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Can Lenovo save the tablet?
Inside a top secret lab in Tokyo, engineers at the world's largest PC company are faced with a huge challenge. How do you reinvent the tablet?
With global tablet sales on a decline, the team is burdened with the task of figuring out how to leverage the fantastic multimedia capabilities of the tablet's bigger screen and supplement its inherent failings as a productivity tool.
The answer, two years in the making, is the Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Tablet.
Part of Lenovo's creme dela creme, their "absolute best on offer," the X1 Tablet is positioned as an enterprise device, one that is meant primarily for the workforce instead of everyday consumers. But its design and creation was inspired by the evolving consume – what Lenovo calls the progressive customer, a more demanding set of users, more engaged with technology and with specific needs to match their unique lifestyles.
The new tablet was unveiled this week at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas (CES 2016), along with an entire range of new top-of-the-line Windows machines. Perfectly timed to follow Microsoft's release of the Surface Pro 4 late last year, a tablet that set a high bar for Windows 10 powered tablet-laptop hybrids.
The ThinkPad X1 Tablet is just like the Surface Pro 4 albeit thinner and lighter. It sports a 12-inch display, and on its back a kick stand for propping the tablet upright. The full sized keyboard that latches onto the device comes with laptop style keys, a glass trackpad, and in true Lenovo fashion the iconic IBM TrackPoint.
But what sets the X1 Tablet apart, from any other Windows tablet in the market today, is its 3 optional modules.
The productivity module adds 5 hours of battery power for a total of 15 hours of usage plus a host of ports and docking options including HDMI for connecting to an external monitor.
The presenter module comes with a built-in pico projector that can display a 60-inch projection from 6-and-a-half feet away.
And last but definitely not the least is the 3D imaging module which has an Intel RealSense 3D camera for scanning real world objects for 3D printing.
While each module costs extra ($279 for the projector and $149 for the other two) they've given the X1 Tablet the leg up over competition, and positions the device as the perfect tool for users who find themselves in various usage scenarios, both at work and play.
The projector module for example is great for both a home movie and an important business presentation. Just imagine a road warrior furiously typing away on a long haul flight, and then when the job's done, the same work device is transformed into a screen for entertainment.
It's this user-centered design approach that Lenovo hopes will establish itself as the dominant tablet manufacturer in the years to come.
While tablet sales are on a decline globally, the company's consumer tablet sales are on a steady rise, and Lenovo believes it's new approach to innovation that focuses on what users need, is the key to their success. The claim isn't far fetched.
While smartphones have benefited from major upgrades over the last few years, tablets have almost felt like an afterthought. Take a look at the last few generation of iPads that got finger print scanners and better screens. My 3 year old iPad mini still serves it original purpose, and none of the newer ones have presented me with a significant enough value proposition to upgrade.
Behind closed doors at CES 2016 I sat down with Lenovo's tablet team who told me their challenge is to inspire demand. While most vendors are recycling, Lenovo's fresh take on tablets is turning heads.
Here in Vegas, their Yoga Tab Pro 3 is the recipient of the Best of Innovations Award in the tablet category, and deservedly so. While most 2015 tablets were about better screens, or different aspect ratios, the Yoga Tab Pro 3 has features that elevate the entertainment experience. An Android tablet, with a built in video projector, and four Dolby Atmos speakers.
I stream a lot of content from my devices to my TV these days, I've been mulling over the idea of getting another one for my bedroom. A few days back I caught myself propping up my laptop as I lay in bed watching YouTube videos. I had done so for a good 15 minutes before I realized it. But following my reacquaintance with the Tab Pro 3, I'm convinced it's all I really need.
With the lights off in the middle of a huge conference room, the tablet was blasting audio in virtual surround, like it were coming from pretty decent speakers, and on the ceiling, bigger than the biggest flat TV screen I can afford, was a movie with crisp imagery and vibrant colors. YouTube viewing from bed will never be the same.
The tablet team says consumers can expect another tablet geared with "light productivity" in mind. While their lips are sealed on a delivery date, they pretty bold about what's to come, "amazing products that will totally rock the world."
This is the most innovative tablet we've seen in a looong time. #LenovoCES
Posted by GadgetMatch on Friday, January 8, 2016
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Frank M. Bryan
John G. McCullough Professor of Political Science
503 Old Mill, 94 University Place
University of Vermont
Burlington, VT 05405-0114
The University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut ‑ Ph.D., 1970
The University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont ‑ M.A., 1965
St. Michael's College, Winooski, Vermont ‑ B.A., 1963
Newbury Graded and High School, Newbury, Vermont
Present Position
John G. McCullough Professor of Political Science, University of Vermont
Teaching Fields
American Government and Politics
State and Local Politics and Policy
Public Administration
Research Methods and Methodology
Other Appointments
Board of Trustees, Vermont Historical Society, 2008 –
Starksboro Art and Soul Community Project, 2008 -
Advisory Board, Freedom and Unity, a film on Vermont 2007 -
Advisory Board, National Project Vote Smart 2006 -
Contributing Editor, Journal of Public Deliberation 2005 –
Curriculum Subcommittee, Center for Research on Vermont 2002 -
Executive Committee, Center for Research on Vermont 2001 -
Commentator, Vermont Public Radio 2000 –
Board of Scholars and Advisory Council, Ethan Allen Institute, 2000 -
Advisory Board, "Annual Editions," McGraw-Hill/Dushkin Publishing Company 1996 –
Advisory Board, Lyceum Society of Vermont, 2007 -
The American Political Science Association
The American Society for Public Administration
The Vermont Historical Society
The Vermont Folklore Society
Vermont Council on the Humanities
Pi Alpha Alpha
Pi Sigma Alpha
The Center for Research on Vermont
Ethan Allen Institute
The Lyceum Society of Vermont
BOOKS (Academic)
Frank Bryan, with Susan Clark, All Those In Favor: Rediscovering the Secrets of Town Meeting and Community (Montpelier: RavenMark, 2005).
____, Real Democracy: The New England Town Meeting and How It Works (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2004).
____, (editor) Readings in American Government (Minneapolis: West Publishing Co., 1991).
____, with John McClaughry, The Vermont Papers: Recreating Democracy on a Human Scale, (Chelsea, Vermont: The Chelsea Green Publishing Company, 1989).
____, Politics in the Rural States: People, Parties and Processes (Boulder, Colorado: Westview Press, 1981).
____, Yankee Politics in Rural Vermont (Hanover, New Hampshire: The University Press of New England, 1974).
____, "History of Politics in New England," in Princeton Encyclopedia of American Political History (Princeton University Press, 2010).
____, "Political Participation"
and "Leading America into the 21st Century" in Gary Aguiar (ed), Government in the
Countryside (Dubuque, Iowa: Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company, 2007).
____, "Town Meeting," and "Orville Gibson" in John J. Duffy, Samuel B. Hand, and Ralph H. Orth (eds.) The Vermont Encyclopedia (Hanover: University Press of New England, 2003).
____, "Direct Democracy and Civic Competence: The Case of Town Meeting," in Stephen L. Elkin and Karol E. Sulton (eds.) Democracy and Citizen Competence (University Park, Pennsylvania: The Pennsylvania State University Press, 1998).
____, "Interest Groups," in Michael Sherman (ed.) Vermont State Government and Administration 1965-1995 (Burlington, Vermont: The Center for Research on Vermont and the Snelling Center for Public Policy, the University of Vermont, 1998).
____, "Vermont: Interest Groups in a Rural Technopolity," with Ann Hallowell in Ron Hrebenar and Clive Thomas (eds.) Interest Group Politics in the Northeast (University Park, Pennsylvania: The Pennsylvania State University Press, 1993).
____, "Vermont: Of Land, People and Democracy," in C. L. Gilbert (ed.) Vermont Odysseys (Brattleboro, Vermont: The Stephen Greene Press, 1991).
____, "Defining Rural: Returning to Our Roots," in James Seroka (ed.) Public Administration in Rural America (Greenwich, Connecticut: The Greenwood Press, 1986).
____, "The Rural Technopolity," in Nicholas Muller III and Sam Hand (eds.) In a State of Nature: Readings in Vermont History (Montpelier, Vermont: The Vermont Historical Society, 1982).
____, "The New England Governors" in Josephine Milburn and Victoria Schuck (eds.) New England Politics (Boston: Schenkman Publishing Co., 1981).
____, "Legislative Apportionment in Vermont," in Alan Heslop (ed.), Redistricting in the 1980's (Claremont, California: The Rose Institute of State and Local Government, 1981).
____, "Vermont's Genetic Code: Toward a Decentralist Manifesto," Vermont Commons (Winter, 2010).
____, Book review, "On the Job: The Brattleboro Public Works Department" by Wayne Carhart and Charles Fish, All Potholes are Local: A Timely Look at Politics and Public Works (Brattleboro Reformer, September 2009).
____, "Hill's Country," The University Bookman (Fall 2008).
____, "Town Meeting: A Space for Communal Liberty," Vermont Commons (Winter, 2008).
____, Book review, "Deep Economy," by Bill McKibben, in Money in the Mountains (October 31, 2007).
____, with Ian Baldwin, "The Once and Future Republic of Vermont," Washington Post (April 1, 2007).
____, "Town Meeting: The People's Congress," Burlington Free Press (March 4, 2007).
____, "Women Rule at Town Meeting," Burlington Free Press (March 4, 2007).
____, "A Schoolhouse of Civility," Sunday Rutland Herald (March 4, 2007).
____, "Secessionism and Vermont," Vermont Commons (January 2007).
____, "The True Congress," Vermont Commons (March 2006).
____, "Towards Our New Republic," Vermont Commons (January 2006).
____, "The Prodigal Nation," Vermont Commons (April 2005).
____, "The New England Town Meeting in Action" (Review) The American Political Science Review (June, 2001) pp.489-490.
____, "Town Meeting: Keeper of the Sacred Flame," (Essay accompanying Vermont's Contribution to the Smithsonian's 20th Century Collections, Washington, DC, 2000).
____, "Direct Democracy and Civic Competence," The Good Society 5 (Fall, 1995).
____, "Turtle on its Back," PEGS Newsletter (December, 1993).
____, "Rearranging the Deck Chairs," reprinted in The Yankee Planner 13 (Winter, 1993).
____, "Rearranging the Deck Chairs," Planning Commissioners Journal (Nov/Dec, 1992).
____, "The Future Is Not What It Was Supposed to Be," The Constituent (December, 1992).
____, "Going it Alone," Chronicles (May/June, 1991).
____, with Clark Bensen, "Strengthening Democratic Control: Vermont's 1986 Election in Historical Perspective," Vermont History (Fall, 1988).
____, "Town Meeting," The Sovereign Citizen (Fall, 1988).
____, "Hill Farm with Computer," North by Northeast (June, 1988).
____, "A Habit of the Heart," Upper Valley (March/April, 1988).
____, "Pivot Point for Democracy," Window of Vermont 3 (February, 1987).
____, "Town Meeting Debate," Vermont Life 40 (Spring, 1986).
____, with Clark Bensen, "The 1984 Election in Vermont," Vermont History (Fall, 1985).
____, "Trouble in the Vermont Hills," Newsweek (March 13, 1984).
____, with Clark Bensen, "The 1982 Election in Vermont," Vermont History (Fall, 1983).
____, "Learning Through Conflict," Teaching Political Science (Winter, 1983).
____, "The Lonely Villagers: Vermont in the Post Modern World," Vermont (Fall, 1982).
____, "Rural Renaissance: Is America on the Move Again?" Public Opinion 5 (June/July, 1982): 16‑21.
____, "Hands Off Town Meeting," New York Times (April 3, 1982).
____, with David Rosenbloom, "Public Bureaucracies Within States," State and Local Government Review (September, 1981).
____, with Sam Hand, "The 1980 Elections in New England," State Government (Spring, 1981).
____, "Charting the Republican Erosion," Vermont History (Winter, 1981).
____, "Town Meeting: A Rural Option for Urban America?" National Civic Review (December, 1978).
____, "Town Meeting–Pure Democracy in Action," in What This Community Needs . . . An Anthology of Advocates Views (Helena, Montana: State Commission on Local Government, January, 1976).
____, "Opening the Time Lock of the Vermont Constitution: A Statistical Analysis of the 1974 Referendum," Vermont History (Spring, 1976).
____, "Self‑Government Powers and Responsive Government," Citizen's Guide to Self‑Government Powers (Bureau of Government Research, University of Montana, 1975).
____, and Kenneth Bruno, "Asphalt in the Wilderness: The Politics of the Green Mountain Parkway Controversy," Vermont History (Fall, 1973).
____, "Town Meeting Support in Vermont," National Civic Review (July, 1972).
____, "People and Politics," Chittenden (January, 1972).
____, "Catholic Education Aid‑‑Yankee Style," America (September, 1971).
____, "The Politics of Town Meeting ‑ Another View," Chittenden (February, 1970).
____, "The Metamorphosis of a Rural Legislature," Polity (December, 1968).
____, "The Encounter," The New England Guide (Summer, 1968).
____, "Who is Legislating?" National Civic Review (December, 1967).
____, "Politics and Poetry," Vermonter (August, 1967).
____, and Frederick J. Matkin, "Shadowboxing with Poverty," Rally (October, 1966).
____, "The State That Might Have Been," Vermonter (October, 1966).
____, "Town Meetings or Regional Government?" Vermonter (August, 1966).
____, "Viewing the Charter," Rural Vermonter, (May, 1966).
____, "Reapportionment and the Vermont Town," Rural Vermonter (Spring, 1964).
Re-Inventing Vermont: Towards 21st Century Blueprints "The Vermont Commons" (March 2006), excerpts from The Vermont Papers.
Vermont: The Once and Future Republic "The Montpelier Bridge" (February 2006), reprinted from the January 2006 issue of "The Vermont Commons."
Readings in American Government (Dubuque, Iowa: W.C. Brown Publisher, 1992) excerpts from The Vermont Papers.
Rereading America: Cultural Contexts for Critical Thinking and Writing 2nd. ed., Gary Colombo, Robert Cullen, and Bonnie Lisle eds., (Boston: St. Martin's Press, 1992), excerpts from The Vermont Papers.
Putting Power in its Place, Judith and Christopher Plant, eds. (Philadelphia: New Society Publishers, 1992), excerpts from The Vermont Papers.
Utne Reader (Jan/Feb 1991) excerpts from The Vermont Papers.
New Options (April 28, 1989) excerpts from The Vermont Papers.
"Collective Law-Making in the New England Town Meeting: A Note on Procedural Requirements," Presented at the "Collective Decision-Making: From Neurons to Societies" Conference, Santa Fe Institute, Santa Fe, New Mexico, January 7-11, 2009.
"Real Democracy/Direct Democracy, When Citizens Decide and the New England Town Meetings and How They Work," Presented to the Montreal Citizen Summit (by invitation), University of Quebec at Montreal, June 7, 2009.
"New England, Democracy and America: The Road Not Taken," Presented at the "State of New England: People, Politics, and Policies" Conference, Stonehill College, Massachusetts, March 28, 2008.
"How Goes the Republic? A View from the Green Mountain State," Presented at the National Conference of State Legislatures, Burlington, Vermont, September 15, 2007.
"Alexis de Tocqueville, Frederick Jackson Turner, and a Communitarian Perspective on Political Development in Northern New England," Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Vermont/New Hampshire USDA Council on Rural Development, Hanover, New Hampshire, June 22, 2007.
"Vermont as a Free Democracy: Past, Present, Future," Presented at the Social Studies Colloquium at Bennington College, Bennington, Vermont, April 16, 2007.
"Vermont and New Hampshire: Separated at Birth?" Panel member at the New England Political Science Association, Newton, Massachusetts, April 2007.
"Author Meets Critics: Frank Bryan's Real Democracy," Presented at the Northeastern Political Science Association Conference, Philadelphia, November, 2005.
"Human Scale Thinking About Macro-Scale Politics: Should Vermont Secede from the Union?" Presented at the Second Vermont Convention of the Second Vermont Republic, Montpelier, October, 2005.
"Technology and Democracy: A Challenge for Local Governments," Presented at the Annual Vermont Town Officers Conference (four venues: Lyndon, Burlington, Rutland, and Fairlee), spring 2005.
"Size and Democracy: A Roundtable Discussion on Frank Bryan's Real Democracy," Presented at the Southern Political Science Conference, New Orleans, January, 2005.
"Direct Democracy in Action: A Critical Look at Frank Bryan's Real Democracy," Presented at the American Political Science Association Conference, Chicago, September, 2004.
"Social Science and Writing for Popular Audiences: Is It Possible?" Presented before the League of Vermont Writers, Manchester, Vermont, July, 2000.
"Politics and Land Use Planning in Vermont," Presented Before the Vermont Wildlife Conference, Basin Harbor Club, Vergennes, Vermont, September, 2000.
"Technology, Politics, and the Future of Local Government," Presented Before the Vermont League of Cities and Towns, Killington, Vermont, September, 2000.
"Three Chords and the Truth: Town Meeting Technology, and Democracy," Paper Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Atlanta, Georgia, September, 1999.
"Diversity and the Search for Democracy: From Aristotle to Putnam," Paper Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Vermont Council for the Humanities South Burlington, Vermont, November, 1999.
"Town Meeting and the Story of Democracy," Paper Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Vermont Alliance for Social Studies, Killington, Vermont, December, 1999.
"How Does Town Meeting Treat Women," Paper Presented at the Research in Progress Seminar sponsored by the Center For Research on Vermont Burlington, Vermont, February, 1999.
"Decentralized Polities on a Planetary Scale: The Case for the Small Commonwealth (Vermont) in the World of Nations," Paper presented at the Eighteenth Annual E. F. Schumacher Lectures, Salisbury, Connecticut, October, 1998.
"'Old Age Ain't for Sissies; Huntington House and the Issue of Regulating Senior Citizens' Care in Vermont," Paper presented at the Research in Progress Seminar sponsored by the Center for Research on Vermont, Burlington, Vermont, February, 1998.
"Technology and Democracy: The Potential for Popular Governance in the 21st Century," Paper Presented as Part of the Distinguished Lecture Series, The Department of Political Science, The University of North Carolina at Ashville, November, 1997.
"Does Town Meeting Promote Citizen Competence?" Paper presented at the Conference on Citizen Competence sponsored by the Society for the Political Efficacy of the Good Society (PEGS), Washington, DC, March, 1995.
"Direct Democracy: Dead or Alive--New Findings on Town Meeting" Paper presented at the Research In Progress Seminar sponsored by the Center for Research on Vermont, Burlington, Vermont, February, 1995.
"The Case for Decentralism in the Criminal Justice System," Paper delivered as part of the 1993 Colloquium Series, Department of Criminal Justice, the University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, February, 1993.
"Democracy and Administration: Three Paradigms Explored," Paper delivered at Mississippi Political Science Association Meeting, Jackson, Mississippi, January 26, 1993.
"Is Democracy Possible: Technology and the Hope for Human Scale," Essay delivered as part of the Political Science Department's Guest Lecture Series, Providence College, Providence, Rhode Island, February 27, 1991.
"Town Meeting in the New England Tradition," Delivered at the Nichols College Symposium on New England's Traditions, November, 1986.
"Correlates of Participation in the New England Town Meeting," Delivered at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Washington, D.C., August, 1986.
"The Size Variable and Direct Democracy," Delivered at the Fourth Annual Chautauqua in Mississippi, The School of Architecture and Center for Small Town Research and Design, Mississippi State University, October 12, 1983.
"Agriculture Policy and Rural Affairs: Insuring the Twain Shall Meet," Delivered before the National Advisory Council on Rural Development, Washington, DC, USDA, August, 1983.
With Fred Schmidt, "The Nuclear Freeze Vote in Town Meeting," Delivered at the Research in Progress Seminar of the Center for Research on Vermont, The University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont, February, 1983.
"Are We a Nation Neither of Laws Nor Men But of Numbers?" Delivered at the Annual Meeting of the American Society for Public Administration (Regions 1 and 2), Hartford, Connecticut, December, 1981.
"Learning Through Conflict: The Mock Trial Experience," Delivered at the Annual New England Conference on Teaching Students to Think, Amherst, Massachusetts, November, 1981.
"The Decline of the Party System: The Case of Vermont," Delivered at the Annual Meeting of the New England Political Science Association, Durham, New Hampshire, April, 1981.
"The Tyranny of Information Systems," Delivered at VTASPA Seminar on Information Systems in the Public Sector, The University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont, March, 1981.
"Saying it with Numbers," Delivered at the Research in Progress Seminar of the Center for Research on Vermont, Brattleboro, Vermont, May, 1980.
"Should We Become Again 'A Nation of Laws and Not of Men' (or Groups)? The Case for Administrative Rationalism," Delivered at the Annual Meeting of the American Society for Public Administration (Regions 1 and 2), Portland, Maine, October 3‑5, 1979.
With David Rosenbloom, "The Size of State Bureaucracies: An Exploratory Analysis," Delivered at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, March, 1979.
"Town Meeting: Is There a Role in Technological Society?" Delivered at the Annual Meeting of the New England Political Science Association, Durham, New Hampshire, April, 1979.
"Toward a Theory of Rural Politics," Delivered at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, New York City, September, 1978.
"Policy‑Making in the Open Forum: Town Meeting in the Rural Technopolity," Delivered at the Annual Meeting of the Southern Political Science Association, Atlanta, Georgia, Nov., 1976.
"Manager Government in Montana: A View from Two Cities," Delivered at the Annual Meeting of the Montana Academy of Sciences, Havre, Montana, May, 1976.
"Ecological Causation and Partisan Breakthrough, Vermont—A Case Study," Delivered at the Annual Meeting of the Northeastern Political Science Association, New Brunswick, New Jersey, Fall, 1975.
"Correlates of Feminine Participation in Town Meetings," Delivered at the Annual Meeting of the Rural Sociology Society, San Francisco, California, August, 1975.
"Voting Behavior in a Two Party Rural Legislature: An Application of Cluster‑Bloc Analysis," Delivered at the Annual Meeting of the Western Social Sciences Association, Denver, Colorado, Spring, 1975.
"Legislators, Constituencies, and Policy in the Montana Legislature," Delivered at the Annual Meeting of the Montana Academy of Science, Billings, Montana, Spring, 1975.
"Comparative Town Meetings‑‑A Search for Correlates of Citizen Involvement in Politics," Delivered at the New England Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Northeastern University, Spring, 1973.
_____, "Town Meeting: Keeper of the Sacred Flame," (Essay accompanying Vermont's Contribution to the Smithsonian's 20th Century Collections, Washington, DC, 2000).
_____, "Preserving Vermont's Political Heritage: Cosmetics or Culture," in Marshall True, Mary Woodruff and Kristin Peterson‑Ishaq (eds.) Teaching Vermont's Heritage (Burlington, Vermont, The University of Vermont, 1984).
_____, with Robert E. Eagle, "Teacher's Manual for Local Government Review in Montana: Power to the People," (Bureau of Government Research, The University of Montana, Missoula, Montana, 1976).
BOOKS (Humor and General Interest)
____, with Melissa Lee Bryan, The Very Latest Vermont Quiz Book (Shelburne, VT: The New England Press, 2002).
____, with Bill Mares, The Vermont Owner's Manual (Shelburne, Vermont: The New England Press, 2000).
____, with Bill Mares, Out of Order (Shelburne, Vermont: The New England Press, 1991).
____, with Bill Mares, Out! The Vermont Secession Book (Shelburne, Vermont: The New England Press, 1987).
____, with Melissa Lee Bryan, The Vermont Quiz Book (Shelburne, Vermont: The New England Press, 1986).
____, with Bill Mares, Real Vermonters Don't Milk Goats (Shelburne, Vermont: The New England Press, 1983).
____, with Bill Mares, The Real Vermonter's Address Book, (Shelburne, Vermont: The New England Press, 1984).
(Articles and Op. Ed. Pieces)
____, "A Christmas Card for Mom," (Op. Ed.) Burlington Free Press (December 28, 2001).
____, "Thinking About Civil Unions" (Op. Ed.) Rutland Herald (September 12, 2000).
____, "Font of Wisdom" Computer User Vermont (October 1997).
____, "Townscape Newbury" Vermont Magazine (November/December, 1989).
____, "Jade" Vermont Life (Spring, 1988).
____, "The Politics of the Growth Bill" (Op. Ed.) Burlington Free Press (April 12, 1988).
____, "A Peasant of West Brattleboro" (Review) Vermont Life (Summer, 1988).
____, "Education or Else" Window of Vermont (February, 1987).
____, "Notes On the Four Year Term" Window of Vermont (April, 1987).
____, "Who Are The Great Vermonters?" Vermont Sunday Magazine (September 27, 1987).
____, "Town Meeting at Wounded Knee" Window of Vermont (March, 1986).
____, "Only Jackasses Don't Buckle Up" Window of Vermont (June, 1986).
____, "Lilacs and Homeland" Window of Vermont (August, 1986).
____, "The Vermont Character" Vermont Sunday Magazine (September 21, 1986).
____, "The Kiss of Death Poll" Window of Vermont (October, 1986).
____, "Knowing Vermont" Window of Vermont (December, 1986).
____, "Real Vermonters and Real Democracy" Window of Vermont (Spring, 1985).
____, "Corn? Fiddlesticks!" Window of Vermont (Summer, 1985).
____, "Vermont's Political Soap Opera" (Op. Ed.) Burlington Free Press (January 31, 1984).
Recipient: National Association of Secretaries of State Medallion Award, December, 2010.
Recipient: Honorary Degree of Doctor of Humane Letters, Marlboro College, June, 2008.
Recipient: Curtiss/Loyzelle Green Mountain Boys' State Director's Award for over 20 years of delivering the keynote address at the Governor's Inauguration Ceremony, June, 2006.
Recipient: Named John G. McCullough Professor of Political Science, University of Vermont, 2005
Designate: Member of the Blue-Ribbon Panel, "Politics and the Public Trust: In Search of the Next Generation of Civic Heroes," with panel members New York Times correspondent Adam Clymer, attorney/author Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., former Vermont Governor Madeleine Kunin, and U.S. Senator Patrick Leahy at the University of Vermont, March, 2005.
Designate: Selected for the "Prominent Vermonters Box Lunch Auction" along with Governor James Douglas, Congressman Bernie Sanders and others at the Annual Vermont History Expo, June 2004.
Recipient: Doctor of Letters (All 26). Given by the Newbury Elementary School, January 2004.
Designate: Delivered the First Annual "Last Lecture" at the 1996 Convocation Ceremony of the University of Vermont.
Recipient: Dean's Lecture Award. Given by the Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, the University of Vermont, 1996.
Recipient: Andrew E. Nuquist Town Government Award. Given by the Vermont League of Cities and Towns, 1986.
Recipient: The 1986 Annual New England Local Hero Award. Given by the New England Monthly for service on behalf of the defense of town meeting.
Recipient: Recognition of Service Award National Advisory Council on Rural Development, 1986-1988 United States Department of Agriculture, 1988.
Recipient: Certificate of Service, The American Society for Public Administration 1983-1985.
Pi Sigma Alpha Award American Political Science Association, Chicago (September 2004).
George V. Kidder Outstanding Faculty Award, University of Vermont Alumni Association, (May 2004).
Class of 2004 Award for Valuable Contributions to Students, University of Vermont, (April 2004).
Kroepsch-Maurice Award for Excellence in Teaching University of Vermont, (October 1999).
Pi Sigma Alpha Award American Political Science Association Atlanta Georgia, (September 1999).
Senior Class Council Award for Contributions to the Students of the University of Vermont (Spring, 1991).
Faculty Development Grant for Teaching Public Administration, Johnson State College, Johnson, Vt, 1979.
The 1974 St. Michael's College Community Service Award.
Co‑Recipient of the dedication of the 1974 Shield (The St. Michael's Yearbook).
The Reverend Gerald E. Dupont Award, 1974, given by the Student Senate of St. Michael's College.
Senior Appreciation Award for Superior Teaching, St. Michael's College, (May 1973).
Senior Appreciation Award for Superior Teaching, St. Michael's College, (May 1972).
"Free Vermont: Green Mountain Boys Ponder Secession," The American Conservative (December 19, 2005).
"In Vermont, A Scholar Records Democracy at Work," The Chronicle of Higher Education (April 1, 2005).
"Town Meeting Tradition," The View (March 2005).
"UVM People Making a Difference," The Greatness Within Our Grasp (October 2003).
"Interview with Professor Bryan," Vermont Quarterly The publication of the University of Vermont (Autumn, 2003).
"Frankly Speaking: An Interview with UVM Professor Frank Bryan," Vermont Magazine (Nov/Dec 2001)
"The Bull Will Kill You," Vermont Quarterly The publication of the University of Vermont (Autumn, 1996).
"Keeper of the Vermont Character" feature article Yankee Magazine by Jay Stevens (March, 1992).
One of "13 People Changing the Face of Vermont" Vermont Magazine" (January/February 1990).
"Growing Up in Newbury," Vermont Magazine (November/December 1989).
"Frank Bryan's Two Worlds" feature article in The Valley Voice by Tom Hill (November, 1988).
One the 20th Century Writers "Who Capture Vermont's Unique Character" Vermont Life (Winter, 1989).
One of "New England Leading Humorists" Yankee Magazine (September, 1987).
Featured in: Kathleen Thompson, Portrait of America: Vermont (Milwaukee, Wisconsin: Roundtree Publishers, A Turner Book and Video, 1987).
"An Interview with Frank Bryan: Real Vermonters and Real Democracy," Window of Vermont (Winter/Spring 1984-85).
Other Positions (Past)
Faculty Senate, University of Vermont, 2002-2004.
Admissions Committee, The Masters of Public Administration Program, 1995-2004
Advisory Editor Current Editions (State and Local Government) 1993-1997.
Visiting Professor and Director of MPA Program, Mississippi State University, 1992-93.
Graduate Officer, Political Science Department, 1990-1992.
Curriculum Committee, Department of Political Science, the University of Vermont, 1990-1993.
Faculty Bicentennial Committee, College of Arts and Sciences, 1990-92.
Advisory Committee, College of Arts and Sciences Newsletter, 1990-93.
Senior Editor, Window of Vermont, 1985‑87.
Contributing Editor, Window of Vermont, 1984‑85.
Scholar in Residence, Republican National Committee, Washington, D.C., January 2 ‑ April 30, 1986.
Director, Master of Public Administration Program, the University of Vermont, 1983‑85.
Member, National Rural Development Commission, Washington, D.C., 1982-85.
President, Vermont Chapter of the American Association for Public Administration 1982-1984.
Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, The University of Vermont, 1977‑83.
Visiting Professor, Department of Political Science, Middlebury College, 1977‑78.
Adjunct Professor, Johnson State College, 1979, 1981, 1983, 1984.
Administrative Director, Inter‑University MPA Program, Montana State University ‑ The University of Montana, 1976.
Director, Summer Institute in Teacher Training for Local Government Review (Funded under Title I of the Higher Education Act of 1965), Montana State University, Summer, 1975.
Head, Department of Political Science, Montana State University, 1975‑76.
Chairman of Government and Associate Professor, Montana State University, 1974‑75.
Associate Professor of Political Science, St. Michael's College, 1973‑74.
Associate Editor, The Vermont Freeman, 1969‑70.
Assistant Professor of Political Science, St. Michael's College, 1970‑73.
Instructor of Political Science, St. Michael's College, 1968‑70.
Research Assistant, The Eagleton Institute of Politics, 1968.
N.D.E.A. Research Fellow, The University of Connecticut, 1967‑68.
Graduate Teaching Assistant, The University of Connecticut, 1965‑67.
Social Studies Teacher, Orleans High School, Orleans, Vermont, 1964‑65.
Assistant Director of Financial Aid, The University of Vermont, 1964.


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Census job opportunities in Western and South Australia
24 March 2014
|The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) has announced the creation of over 430 short-term jobs in regional Australia, to support a Census field test in the lead up to the 2016 Census of Population and Housing.
Census field staff play a critical role in the quality and accuracy of the data collected in the Census. In 2016, field staff will perform a different role than they have traditionally played in the Census, but they will be just as important.
The ABS is changing the way it conducts the Census in 2016, with more than 65 per cent of households expected to participate online. The ABS will be using more technology in the 2016 Census, and as a result, Census field staff will too.
Census field staff are required for a variety of short-term supervisory and non-supervisory jobs between April and September 2014. These non-office jobs require work in urban, rural and remote communities of Australia.
The rates of pay range from $20 to $34 (including casual loading) per hour, plus allowances.
Around 50 Census Area Supervisors and 380 Census Field Officers will be hired, throughout Western and South Australia.
Census Area Supervisors will train, lead and supervise a team of Census Field Officers, and perform routine clerical and other operational tasks. Census Field Officers deliver Census materials, conduct personal interviews and make follow-up house calls.
Applicants must be at least 18 years old, be an Australian citizen, and able to commit between 25 to 35 hours a week, including days, evenings, weekends and holidays as required. They will need a driver's licence and access to a vehicle in some areas.
Applicants must be computer literate and ideally have a home computer with access to the internet.
Applicant Information Kits are available from the ABS website, and candidates can apply online at www.abs.gov.au/careers
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Semiconductor chip foundry United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) collaborates with Asia Pacific Microsystems (APM) to intensify MEMS service capabilities for its customers. UMC would mutually leverage 8" and 12" production capabilities with APM's 6" fab and extensive MEMS know-how and prototyping experience. So that the chip designers to provide solution to manufacture flexible and scalable end-to-end MEMS.
S.C. Chien, senior vice president of Corporate Marketing division at UMC said, "UMC has been highly successful in producing MEMS products for microphone, accelerometer and environmental sensor applications,". "Partnering with APM allows us to broaden our MEMS addressable market to serve a wider range of customers targeting the growing Internet-of-Things (IoT) sector, such as system companies, module providers and designers of new MEMS chips. This alliance will also provide customers with greater working model flexibility, as APM can provide full turnkey service, MEMS prototyping and small volume manufacturing, while UMC delivers process porting capability for mainstream, volume production MEMS products that are ready to migrate to more productive and cost effective 8" manufacturing. Moreover, customers can combine their MEMS modules with UMC's advanced 12" CMOS fab processes to introduce state-of-the-art MEMS features within an ASIC design."
The emerging trend is towards smart devices with MEMS sensors and actuators extension. MEMS devices are different from logic IC chips where it uses mechanical, electrical and optical microstructures. The purpose of putting IC and MEMS in one package is to facilitate a non-electrical interaction or response with in a single package.
The joint effort of UMC and APM's engineering teams will help shorten the initial MEMS development cycle and provide ample, scalable production capacity with competitive manufacturing efficiency to successfully and rapidly commercialize MEMS chips for foundry customers.
"APM brings over 15 years of MEMS experience in design, manufacturing and packaging to our partnership with UMC. Our flexible process capability and process module blocks address different customized chip requirements including sensor, actuator and microstructure, which enable customers to streamline their unique MEMS IC designs to market. We are excited to cooperate with UMC, and believe the synergies created not only by our two companies' complementary services, but also by our close proximity in Hsinchu to UMC and numerous semiconductor suppliers, MEMS packaging & testing providers, will provide unmatched speed and supply chain advantages to MEMS customers worldwide" said K.H. Jao, president of APM.


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Hello, crafty friends! Today, The Greeting Farm has released new add-on Journal Cards to the Summertime Kit Release. They are great for Project Life and other crafty paper summer projects. This new released has jumpstarted my Project Life mojo. Halleluyer! It's been lacking the past couple of months and I needed something to bring it back to life. :)
I also made this card using the digi Summertime Anya, some Summertime Kit elements, and the journal card add-ons. Fun!


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– Gas cooker
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– and all necessary electrical and plumbing fittings, ready for immediate occupation.
The house comes with Governor's Consent
It is located in IKATE, just behind the popular SPAR mall, a short distance from Lekki Phase 1.


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True story: A photographer taking my headshot recently cocked her head and said, "Hmmm … you're a little shiny." She understandably looked baffled when I told her I aim to glisten. Really: I've spent a fair portion of my makeup-wearing life searching for how to achieve that elusive lit-from-within glow. We all want it, and we've all—at some point or another—tried to get it by slathering on shimmering, glitter-filled potions that promise a J.Lo glow, but end up making us look like an escaped, slightly deranged stripper. Wait, is that just me?
MORE: Revealed! The Best Drugstore Volumizing Mascara
The truth is, there's a good reason for craving dewy skin—not only does it look feminine and natural, but plump, hydrated skin is a marked sign of youth—something we all want. The good news: You don't have to be a 15-year-model, have Jenny from the Block's makeup artist on speed dial, or chug 100 liters of distilled water a day to get a perfectly illuminated glow—you can hit your local CVS, too.
In the latest installment of our Drugstore Smackdown series, I'm road-testing six cheap highlighters and crowning one ultimate winner.
L'Oreal LUMI Liquid Glow Illuminator in Ice, $12.99
I've always been partial to liquid highlighters and thought there'd be an abundance on drugstore shelves, but—spoiler alert—there aren't. I chose the lightest shade I could find—Ice is a pearlescent pink very much in line with Benefit's beloved High Beam—and started by dabbing a pea-sized amount on my cheekbones after I'd applied foundation and bronzer.
The pros: It definitely shimmered in a J.Lo kind of way—we're talking finely milled glitter, which I quite like, but I'm aware that's not for everyone. It's thin enough that it's easy to blend, but I found it didn't sink into my skin the way I would have liked, and I didn't think it highlighted as well as it shimmered.
However, when blending it with foundation, I was totally sold. Bottom line: I found it to be less of a spot highlighter than a gorgeous way to add dewiness to makeup or even moisturizer.
NYX Born to Glow Liquid Illuminator in Gleam, $7.50
Given the fact there are only two measly liquid highlighters in mass drugstores, I had high hopes for version number two, a thinner, tanner version of LUMI. I'm a huge fan of NYX as a brand, and while I appreciated how smooth and blendable this was, I found the shade—called Gleam—to be a little rusty on its own. I also thought it was a little too "I just applied some shimmer to my cheeks!" so I mixed it into foundation after a day at the beach but still thought it skewed a bit orange-brown for my skin tone, but I will say that this guy stays put. No giant gripes here, so I'm interested in opting for the brand's lighter shade next time.
Maybelline Master Strobing Stick in Iridescent, $9.99
Not gonna lie: They had me at "strobing." During the last few months, I've been dabbling in the highlighting technique, mostly thanks to Hourglass's excellent Ambient powders and strobing sponge and was intrigued by Maybelline's brand-new stick formula.
Firstly, the package itself is pretty mini—we're talking travel-size mini, which didn't bother me personally—less stuff to carry around—but some online reviewers took issue with the small amount of product given. I think they'd change their tune once they played with the stuff, because—unlike most drugstore makeup—a little goes a long way with this guy.
The formula is gorgeous—creamy, finely milled, and pearly rather than glittery. I found I just had to tap it on my skin to get a smooth, dewy payoff with a light powdery finish, which I didn't expect from a cream stick.
I used light Iridescent (a soft, pearlescent pink) but the stick also comes in Medium Nude Glow, a warm golden champagne. Basically, I felt like a Kardashian while using this—in the best way possible.
NYC Cosmetics Sun 'n' Bronze, $4.50
Admittedly, with the next three products I tried I took some liberties, thanks to the paltry amount of actual highlighters on drugstore shelves. Each isn't explicitly marketed as such, but all shimmered from here to high heaven, so I figured they could pull double duty in a pinch.
Speaking of shimmer, I was drawn to this bronzer like a child is drawn to an "ooh shiny" toy—even in this flat photo, the shine is visible. My instincts paid off, because as a bronzer, it created a too-thick sparkly mask on my skin, but as a spot highlighter, well, it kind of rocked.
The bonus is that there are three shades—pearl, pink, and bronze, so I found myself trying each separately, brushing them on my cheekbones and my nose with a thin blush brush. Granted, the powder isn't as fine and blendable as I'd have liked, but in a pinch, it'll do.
Pixi by Petra Beauty Blush Duo in Peach Honey, $18; at Target
I can talk to anyone who'll listen about underrated Pixi as a brand—I love and use its makeup and skin care religiously—and decided to turn this shimmery, nude blush into a DIY highlighter. Armed with my damp Hourglass strobing sponge, I stippled across my cheekbones, down the bridge of my nose, and in the corners of my eyes. I didn't see much difference the first time around, so I kept building until I noticed a very sheer, marginally glowy layer—but barely. For minimalists or neophytes, this powder might be a godsend, but I wanted a little more oomph.
Physicians Formula Mineral Glow Pearls Blush, $12,99
This particular product is a bit of an enigma—it's delightfully luminous, so in my opinion, would work better as a highlighter than a blush—but it's made with varying shades of pink so each time I'd apply it, the darker shade separated from the lighter one, leaving behind shiny mauve patches. Still, I wasn't ready to give up on the stuff.
A method I found that worked was to mix the powder with a little MAC Strobe cream or regular moisturizer to fuse the varying shades together, then apply like a liquid highlighter. A decent work-around, no? I still felt the dark pink was a little too dark for my light-medium skin, but it wasn't a total wash—my friend, who happens to be about four shades darker than me, took it home with her after July 4 weekend because it suited her olive skin beautifully.
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Enjoy these free printable Halloween games & activities -- we're including 31 so you can count down the days this month with one for each day in October!
My kids are telling me that October begins next week (where the heck did September go?!)
Which means it's time to countdown to one of their most favorite holidays -- Halloween!
I love to surprise them with a fun & FREE printable Halloween games, paper crafts, word games, scavenger hunts and other quick & easy Halloween-themed activities!
31 Free Printable Halloween Games & Activities
Dressing up, candy, carving pumpkins, candy, decorating, more candy...
As I'm sure you know from reading many of our favorite Halloween activities, I'm not a big fan of the whole focus-on-the-candy part of the holiday (even though chocolate is a wondeful thing ;)
Instead, I like to have non-candy alternatives for us to enjoy the month!
I LOVE keeping a basket with paper games & activities near our kitchen table -- it encourages reading, writing, family bonding and (most importantly) some laughs each day.
In addition to all the FREE games & activities, we also love to have a few family favorite items in our seasonal basket (I've included affiliate links in case you'd like to add them to yours):
- Halloween Mad Libs (crazy funny!) or if you have younger kids, try the Halloween Mad Libs Jr edition
- pages from a Halloween Coloring book (one for both kids & adults so I can join in!)
- blank paper with Halloween themed stampers
- and of course Halloween-themed pencils
All of the wonderful activities on our list below include FREE printables!
Print out activities and let your kids choose one each afternoon as a surprise :) It's a great after school activity and fun for family time on the weekends too! You can also use them in the classroom for a Halloween-themed writing or creative thinking area.
You'll find scavenger hunts, halloween word games, printable masks, pumpkin stencils and more! Chose one for each day of October or do a 13 days of Halloween countdown near the end of the month. And if you're planning to spend Halloween at home this year, but sure to check out the Halloween Printable Activities & Countdown with TONS of fun ideas for families!
Whichever activities you choose, have a 'haunting' good time this month -- Happy Halloween!
31 Printable Halloween Games & Activities
Halloween Candy Scavenger Hunt (a fun way to trick or treat around the house this year!)
Halloween Countdown Calendar | Edventures with Kids
5 Easy Halloween Games + FREE printables so they're quick to set up too! | Edventures with Kids
Halloween Scavenger Hunt for Kids {with pictures!} | Edventures with Kids
Halloween Lacing Cards | Tot Schooling
Halloween Scavenger Hunt {great for tweens, teens & families!} | Edventures with Kids
Halloween Mad libs | Classroom Jr.
100 Printable Masks | Itsy Bitsy Fun
Halloween Word Games | Edventures with Kids
** Also, be sure to see all the FREE Halloween shows & movies with your FREE Amazon Prime Video trial this month too!!
Halloween Touch & Feel Game | Edventures with Kids
Spinning Ghost decoration | One Creative Mommy
Conversation Starters for Halloween | Inspiration Made Simple
Candy Corn themed Games | Kids Activities Blog
55+ Free Pumpkin Carving Stencils | Edventures with Kids
Halloween BINGO | Attempting Aloha
Halloween Jokes | A Mom with a Lesson Plan
Themed Play-dough Mats | Totschooling
Halloween Paper Dolls | babalisme
Lunchbox Riddles | The Crafting Chicks
Halloween Coloring pages | Itsy Bitsy Fun
Lunchbox Jokes | Today's Creative Blog
Halloween Charades Game | Edventures with Kids
"You've Been Boo'd" printable set | 30 Handmade Days
Halloween I Spy Game | Simple Play Ideas
Finger Puppets | Make & Takes
A Spooky Halloween Night drawing game | The Joy of Boys
Halloween Learning Printables | 3 Boys & a Dog
Halloween Cootie Catcher | The Country Chic Cottage
Halloween Charades | The Joys of Boys
Plus 21 More Free Printable Halloween Games
And don't forget about the 40+ Printable Halloween Activities and Games too!
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More Halloween Activities for Kids
12 Perfect Pumpkin Books for Kids
5 Must-Do Activities Before Halloween Night!
** The Halloween Cone dolls pictured in the top photo are no longer availabe to access :( We will update the post if there are offered as a free printable again soon!


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Nevermind Abbi's steamy return to Soulstice, it was Ilana's storyline that was the highlight of last night's episode of Broad City. Why? Because she scores a job working at Sushi Mambeaux. Clearly, this is a sendup of Sushi Samba, the Japanese-Brazilian restaurant made famous by Sex and the City. Except Sushi Mambeaux specializes in Japanese-French fusion, as indicated by the ridiculous Eiffel Tower-emblazoned paper lanterns and Arc de Triomphe projection.
As if there's any doubt, Ilana confirms the SATC connection when the general manager of Sushi Mambeaux, played by RuPaul, tells her to go work at a Connecticut Muffin and she puts him in his place: "Just because Sex and the City filmed here 25 years ago one time, doesn't mean that I need this. So fuck you and your Manhattan restauranteries."
Nesting like a Russian doll within this obvious SATC reference is another one. Look closely and you'll see that the filming location for Sushi Mamba was Williamsburg's longstanding Thai restaurant, Sea. The decor has been reworked, but you can still spot the hanging egg chairs, central pool, and Buddha sculpture. Sea, you may recall, was also a Sex and the City filming location; in 2003 (so, 13 years ago, not 25) it masqueraded as Raw, the raw-food restaurant where a hot waiter offered Samantha an amuse-bouche, causing her to utter the immortal line: "I'd like him to amuse my bouche."
And there's yet another SATC connection, though this one may or may not have been intentional. One of Ilana's new coworkers is Brenda, an older woman who "came with the building." She's played by Sandra Bernhard, who, fun fact, turned down the chance to play Miranda on Sex and the City because she felt the script was "terrible." Had she taken the part, she would've been at Samantha's table at Raw; and now here she is, working at Sushi Mambeaux.
This isn't the first time the show has referenced its besties-in-the-city predecessor. Witness last season's premiere, where Ilana announced that she was a Miranda-Carrie, with a little bit of Charlotte.


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Successful song weaving workshop!
Celebrate your Heartbeat Wales 1
We had the best of times at Peacehaven and I am so grateful to the team there so big thanks Marion and June . I even brought home Marion's marmalade. And ate lots of June's carrot cake....
|Songs being made
with Eagle Tree
|Medicine Bags for the songs
Medicine bags were taken and will be adorned...
and filled in time.
The Elders flights are now paid for,
so thank you Wales for helping us!
Dancing Two Eagle Spirit will be in Wales October 9th -14th.
The two day workshop being the 10th 11th.
Provisionally we will be at Peacehaven again but the venue may be changed if numbers continue to rise.
|The team
|Two escaped for lunch with my own Family Elders the day before


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'Take a ticket,' said the man behind the scratched perspex glass.
'It's empty,' said James, glancing at the busted plastic dispenser.
'Huh?' The man looked up. 'Oh, so it is. Well, take a seat to wait and we'll be right with you.'
'We?' asked James. The man didn't answer.
Turning, James shuddered and stumbled as the room stretched like elastic.
'Careful there.'
A set of hands steadied him.
'The voodoo throws you at first. It's how they fit us all in.'
'Us all?' James asked.
'Yeah, all the demons,' said the voice. 'Sorry mate, looks like you got busted.'
With all the poetry I've been writing for 'It's All In The Blood' I'm in need of a bit of fiction in my life tonight. It's amazing how much focus it gives you to have a set word limit on a piece of writing. It makes you go back and think about each individual word. A very useful skill that transfers well into poetry.


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Smart card
Citrix Workspace app for Mac supports smart card authentication in the following configurations:
Smart card authentication to Workspace for Web or StoreFront 3.12 and later.
Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops 7 2203 and later.
XenApp and XenDesktop 7.15 and later.
Smart card-enabled applications, such as Microsoft Outlook and Microsoft Office that allow users to digitally sign or encrypt documents available in virtual desktop or application sessions.
Citrix Workspace app for Mac supports using multiple certificates with a single smart card or with multiple smart cards. When your user inserts a smart card into a card reader, the certificates are available to all applications running on the device, including Citrix Workspace app for Mac.
For double-hop sessions, a further connection is established between Citrix Workspace app for Mac and your user's virtual desktop.
About smart card authentication to Citrix Gateway
There are multiple usable certificates when you use a smart card to authenticate a connection. Citrix Workspace app for Mac prompts you to select a certificate. After you select a certificate, Citrix Workspace app for Mac prompts you to enter the smart card password. Once authenticated, the session launches.
If there is only one suitable certificate on the smart card, Citrix Workspace app for Mac uses that certificate and does not prompt you to select it. However, you must still enter the password associated with the smart card to authenticate the connection and to start the session.
Specifying a PKCS#11 module for smart card authentication
Installing the PKCS#11 module is not mandatory. This section only applies to ICA sessions. It does not apply to Citrix Workspace access to Citrix Gateway or StoreFront where a smart card is required.
To specify the PKCS#11 module for smart card authentication:
- In Citrix Workspace app for Mac, select Preferences.
- Click Security & Privacy.
- In the Security & Privacy section, click Smart Card.
- In the PKCS#11 field, select the appropriate module. Click Other to browse to the location of the PKCS#11 module if the desired one is not listed.
- After selecting the appropriate module, click Add.
Supported readers, middleware, and smart card profiles
Citrix Workspace app for Mac supports most macOS-compatible smart card readers and cryptographic middleware. Citrix has validated the operation with the following.
Supported readers:
- Common USB connect smart card readers
Supported middleware:
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- ActivIdentity client version
- Charismathics client version
Supported smart cards:
- PIV cards
- Common Access Card (CAC)
- Gemalto .NET cards
Follow the instructions provided by your vendor's macOS-compatible smart card reader and cryptographic middleware for configuring user devices.
- Certificates must be stored on a smart card, not on the user device.
- Citrix Workspace app for Mac does not save the user certificate choice.
- Citrix Workspace app for Mac does not store or save the user's smart card PIN. OS handles the PIN acquisitions, which might have its own caching mechanism.
- Citrix Workspace app for Mac does not reconnect sessions when a smart card is inserted.
- To use VPN tunnels with smart card authentication, you must install the Citrix Gateway Plug-in and log on through a webpage. Use your smart cards and PINs to authenticate at each step. Pass-through authentication to StoreFront with the Citrix Gateway Plug-in is not available for smart card users.
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Here is my review of NO 2 by Finnish band Sammal in the June 7th issue of Kerrang! Magazine.
Takedown Festival Review – Published in Kerrang!
Here is my joint two page review of Takedown festival and my interview with Jono Yates from Blitz Kids published in the March 29th edition of Kerrang! magazine.
Seahaven Album Review – Published In Kerrang Magazine
Here are some pictures of my review of Seahaven's album Reverie Lagoon: Music For Escapism Only published in the March 22nd issue of Kerrang! Magazine 2014.
Brawlers Review – Published in Kerrang! Magazine
Here are some snapshots of my review of Brawlers new EP I Am A Worthless Piece Of Shit, published in the March 1st issue of Kerrang Magazine 2014.


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About the 56ers
There is a lot to consider when deciding where to play youth soccer. The information below is designed for you to learn about our club and what it's like to play for the 56ers. If you have any questions, contact the Director of Coaching, Tony Wright, at email@example.com or (414) 732-0280. For more information on tyrouts, visit our tryout page.
The Madison 56ers Soccer Club was created in 1956 and has earned success at all levels of play including:
- 41 Youth State Championships
- 4 Youth NPL Division Championships
- 1 Men's National Championship
- 6 Men's State Championships
- 4 Men's Region II Championships
- 4 NPSL Midwest Championships
- 3 Women's State Championships
Today the club is committed to developing its players by providing the most sophisticated soccer environment available in the state. Team and player development is managed by Director of Coaching – Tony Wright, a former player for the Milwaukee Kickers Majors and a USSF "A" licensed coach.
Our objective is to develop a stable youth soccer career for players of all ages. We are firmly dedicated to providing a soccer environment that will allow every player to learn and grow to the best of their abilities.
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XENIA — People of all ages can enjoy a variety programs for the month of January at the Xenia Community Library, 76 E. Market St. To register for an event call at 937-352-4000.
Maker Monday: Play-Doh, 4-4:45 p.m. Monday, Jan. 8.
Learn to Clog for adults, 5:30-7:30 p.m. Monday, Jan. 8. Learn the basics of clogging and have a very good time. Please wear comfortable clothing. Registration required.
Happy Henna with Lily Whitehead for adults, 5-7 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 9. Learn about the art of henna and receive your own special henna tattoo from henna artist, Lily Whitehead. Registration required.
Yoga for Adults for adults, 6-7 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 9, 23. Start the New Year off right with two introductory yoga sessions in January with Jimmy. Continue in February with two more sessions. Registration required.
Preschool Story Time for ages 4-5 with adult, 10:30-11 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 9, 16, 23, 30. Stories, songs, and fun.
Toddler Story Time for ages 2-3 with adult, 10:30-11 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 9, 16, 23, 30. Stories, songs, fingerplays, rhymes, and fun.
Snowy Stories and Crafts, 4-4:45 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 10. Listen to stories about winter fun and make a craft to take home.
Wonder Robotics Club for ages 9-14, 4-5 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 11, 18, 25. Learn how to program our Dash and Dot robots through fun puzzles, then solve challenges by creating your own programs. Registration required.
Baby Story Time for ages 0-24 months with adult, 10:30-11 a.m. Friday, Jan. 12, 19, 26. Short stories, songs, rhymes, and lap bounces.
Xenia Book Club for adults, 10:15-11:45 a.m. Friday, Jan. 12. Come to a book club discussion.
For a complete schedule of activities, stop by your local library or log on to the library website at www.greenelibrary.info.
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There may be no better advertising for an online service here than saying "not available in Canada."
It may be a World Wide Web, but there are still many reasons that companies choose to launch in other countries — or consider our country an afterthought.
Our relatively small population is one obvious reason, but we are one of the web savviest countries in the world with a fairly advanced user base. Some of these services will likely get around to launching in Canada, while others can find ways of making more revenue by staying out.
Here are five high-profile services and why they currently don't bother with Canada.
The company's service was in Canada for years, before pulling up virtual stakes in 2007 reportedly over difficulty obtaining music rights. Pandora recently bought the assets of Rdio, and one of the things that likely appealed was the fact that it was available in more than 60 countries, which that has fuelled rumours of international expansion for Pandora.
Pandora is currently an Internet radio service, as opposed to a full-fledged music streaming service (which is why it has Adele and Spotify doesn't), so some analysts believe the company will stick with that approach as opposed to going head-to-head with the likes of Spotify and Apple Music. But there are others who feel that this publicly traded company needs to expand its user base, and international expansion and an increased feature set will be necessary as it enters other markets.
HBO GO app
The much coveted online-only service of HBO became available in the U.S. earlier this year, giving many cord cutters a new option to get access to shows like Game of Thrones and The Leftovers.
As to whether it will come to Canada, it is somewhat unlikely, as this premium content is now being split up by Canadian rights holders. The Movie Network has access to the series that it airs, while CraveTV has exclusive Canadian rights to the company's back catalogue. So in some ways, it is already here, although in a piecemeal manner. Until those deals expire, it likely won't be here as a stand-alone product.
Amazon Prime
Amazon Prime is already here too, although in Canada, it is only the expedited two-day delivery service for an annual fee of $80.
In the U.S., in addition to the delivery services, customers also get access to Amazon Prime's streaming service, which has been creating buzzworthy series like the acclaimed Transparent and new The Man in the High Castle adaptation. There is also a music service. In the U.S., Amazon uses these media bundles as enticements for customers to buy Amazon tablets, and as media that keep customers in the company's ecosystem.
Similar to HBO, the shows being created for Amazon Prime are getting picked up by Canadian streaming services, like Transparent, which is available on Shomi. As long as there are paying customers for those series, it's is likely not in Amazon's interest to bring the media services to Canada.
YouTube Red
YouTube has just launched a new paid subscription service that allows people to watch YouTube without the advertisements. It also has a number of other features, like allowing offline video play, playing music in the background on your devices, and even access to Google Play Music for $9.99.
That all seems like a pretty good deal, but it is currently only available in the U.S. and U.K. There actually is a fairly good possibility that this will come to Canada, as YouTube likes to launch in a few territories and build out. A perfect example is YouTube's Kid apps, which launched in the U.S. in February, but just became available in Canada in November, so there is a chance that they will eventually come here in time.
The first great online video experiment from the big U.S. networks has previously eyed International expansion, but other than Japan, this remains a U.S.-only venture.
Jointly owned by Disney, Fox and NBC Universal, there are two big reasons that it's not available in Canada: our small size and relatively small online advertising market. Once again, several of the series on the service have been sliced and up by various Canadian rights holders, so it is basically impossible to put them all in one online place here, because competing networks here control those rights.
Of interest is the case of The Mindy Project, which was cancelled on FOX but picked up by Hulu for its latest season. Canadian fans were worried, but CityTV chose to continue to broadcast it here.


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SingTel myBusiness Corporate Identity
SingTel myBusiness is an online portal that is focused on helping Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Singapore by simplifying their adoption process of information and communications technology. It serves as an online resource for business, innovation, and technology news within the community, Software-as-a-Service apps, and aggregated opportunities like grants and assistance schemes.
I was involved in auditing and unifying their brand assets, and creating a consistent corporate communication across their portal, digital ads, and traditional collaterals. This project required a great amount of research and interviews as different 'pillars' of the brand were owned by various departments, resulting in a non-unified tone of voice, imagery and content groupings in their communication materials.
The guide was grouped into 3 main parts – 'Brand', 'Design Guidelines and Application', and 'Digital and Traditional Assets'. 'Brand' was based and built on previous manifestos. Easy-to-understand application examples were used to guide both internal departments and SAAS vendors in maintaining a consistent visual tone.
Colour was initially used to associate pillars/services of the site.
As there was a possibility of adding or removing these pillars in the future roadmap, this wasn't going to be a sustainable solution moving forward. The association was removed and a new palette was designed, keeping in mind the stakeholders' requests for loud and vibrant colours that complements the parent brand colour and the gradient commonly used in their flagship stores.
The challenge here was coming up with colour guidelines that can be consistent and easy to follow while keeping the flexibility of using a wide array of vibrant colours. Indigo and Cranberry were the 2 colours kept after posterising the gradient, which served as the base for building the palette. The 2 palette options and its rules mentioned below were the final 2 choices taken into consideration.
Colour permutations tested for brand tone
An application example of palette Option B on illustrations
Usage matrices were used in workshops to assist stakeholders in acknowledging inconsistencies and identifying.
Example of logo variants, subsets and their usages.
Website components
Most of the effort and time in this project's timeline was spent identifying and auditing all existing UI patterns. While documenting them, issues like duplication of functionalities with inconsistent UIs resulted in a necessary revision of UI components and content templates.
Pages from the Website Components section.
UI sheet with LV1 & LV2 templates.
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Why You're In Child Support (IV-D) Court
Child Custody & Visitation
This article should not be considered legal advice, and doesn't replace legal advice. It won't explain every legal action that can happen in IV-D Court—just the most common ones. Every case is different, so each experience is different.
I'm the parent who needs child support and I requested services from the AG. Why am I a respondent?
Each parent or conservator is a respondent in a lawsuit filed by the Office of the Attorney General (AG) or Domestic Relations Office (DRO). This is true even for someone who is seeking child support. No parents or conservators are the AG's or DRO's clients. Parties in a child support suit can represent themselves, or hire their own lawyers.
Why is the AG or the DRO suing me for child support?
The Office of the Attorney General provides services to parents or persons who want support for the children in their physical custody. You can find out more about the Office of the Attorney General's role by going to www.texasattorneygeneral.gov/cs/about-child-support-program.
If your county has established a Domestic Relations Office (DRO), this office does the same thing that the AG's office does, but for the county.
The AG or DRO is automatically involved in the child support cases of children whose parents or caregivers currently receive or have received social services such as TANF, food stamps, or Medicaid for the children. The AG and the DRO can begin the process of establishing child support from the non-paying parent without being asked by the parent or person who has physical custody of the children. Read Texas Family Code 203.001 and 231.002 for more information.
If no social services have been accepted by the parent or person who has physical possession of the child, a request can still be made to the AG or DRO to help establish support for the child or to enforce a support order.
The custodial parent promised not to put me on child support, so why was this suit filed?
If the person caring for your children currently receives (or received) TANF, food stamps, or Medicaid for the care of those children, the Office of the Attorney General (OAG) or the county Domestic Relations Office (DRO) will seek support from the parent not living with the children. They want repayment to the state for those social services. Medicaid isn't free, so the obligor will usually be ordered to reimburse the state for it.
Don't be upset with the other parent (or person who has custody of your child) if you're cited to appear in court for child support or related issues. Parents must support their children financially. Most times the OAG or the DRO—not the other parent—began the process of getting a support order. Being upset or angry with the other parent for your nonpayment is unreasonable, and makes the situation stressful for all.
Who will work on the IV-D case?
The Office of the Attorney General's Child Support Division (AG) will work the case and will appear before the judge as a representative of the state in the IV-D Court to establish paternity, child support, medical support, etc. The AG also enforces payment of child support and maintenance of insurance and medical support. Simply put, the AG keeps track of child support payments and reviews orders to make sure child support and medical support and/or health insurance reimbursements are being made. You can find out more about the Office of the Attorney General's role by going to their Families and Parenting page.
Some counties have a Domestic Relations Office (DRO) that does the same job. An attorney for the DRO will appear in the same role as the AG. If your county has a DRO, go to your county's website to learn about the DRO.
What is a respondent?
A respondent is a person who is being sued by another party (a petitioner). Usually, with a IV-D Court, that petitioner may be either the Office of the Attorney General–Child Support Division (AG) or the county's Domestic Relations Office (DRO).
What is a CP?
A CP is the custodial parent. This is the parent who has physical custody of the child most of the time. The noncustodial parent is usually either a possessory conservator or a joint managing conservator of the child.
What is an NCP?
An NCP is a noncustodial parent. This is typically the parent (or other person) who has physical custody of the child for a smaller amount of time than the custodial parent (also called the primary managing conservator).
What is an obligee?
An obligee is the parent or person who is court ordered to receive child support from a parent of a child.
What is an obligor?
An obligor is the parent who is court ordered to pay child support to a parent or person (obligee) for the care of the child.
Can I see the judge before I sign the child support order?
Yes, you can see the judge before signing a draft of an order the Office of the Attorney General or Domestic Relations Office has given you. You can ask the judge questions, but the judge cannot advise you. The judge can explain the law, but won't give you advice, or tell you what you should do.
If you don't understand what the OAG or the DRO has given you to sign, ask the judge for a continuance so you can talk to a lawyer. Don't feel pressured to sign documents you don't understand. Don't sign documents you don't understand. After you sign a document, you can't use the excuse that you "did not understand what you were signing" to the judge to change an order.
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Tyson fury's much anticipated return to boxing resulted In his opponent Sefer Seferi pulling out of the bout after four rounds. Fury seemed to enjoy playing to the crowd in the opening two rounds with the former heavyweight champion doing what seemed to be more showboating than fighting.
Early on it felt like their was more action taking place outside of the ring than in it, a fight amongst members of the crowd broke out causing a a major distraction, Tyson looked more focused on the brawl close to ringside, rather than dealing damage to his opponent.
Fury's antics in the opening rounds resulted in the 29 year old being cautioned for playing up to the crowd at the Manchester arena. The warning did however result in Tyson applying more pressure to his opponent, landing a solid right hook to the side of Seferi's head in the third round.
In the fourth round the Briton certainly put his foot on the gas punching with much more intensity, Seferi (39) responded with very little fight, to no ones surprise the fighters corner decided to retire the Albanian from the bout.
The decision didn't sit well with the Manchester crowd however. The boos rained in from the 15,000 fans, with some even going as far as throwing objects from the stands.
After the match up Fury admitted that the fight was very much easy work, he said: "If I am brutally honest I could have done him in the first 10 seconds."
Later on the 'gypsy king' said: "But what good would that have done me?."
Overall the bout was rather disappointing from an entertainment point of view, however ring rust was sure to be expected from a fighter who returned to the ring after 32 months of inactivity , also factor In that Fury's last fight before his lengthy absence was a sublime performance against Wladimir Klitschko to win the IBF, WBA and WBO titles back in November 2015, it would have been very hard to reach that level of performance after so long out and against a much lesser level of opponent In Seferi.
The Manchester born boxer still remains unbeaten with 26 wins under his belt, he is set to return to the ring on the 18th of August in Belfast, where he will no doubt face a much sterner test. Fury said: "I'll be better next time, I'll have more rounds and fight a better opponent."
It is unknown as to who Tysons next opponent will be but Fury will have been relieved to get the hype of his initial return out of the way and move one step closer to his goal of becoming heavyweight champion of the world once again.


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Immigration Bill in Limbo
Julie Hirschfeld Davis, AP, June 7, 2007
A fragile bipartisan compromise that would legalize millions of unlawful immigrants suffered a setback Thursday when it failed a test vote in the Senate, leaving its prospects uncertain.
Still, the measure—a top priority for President Bush that's under attack from the right and left—won a brief reprieve when Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., said he would give it more time before yanking the bill and moving on to other matters.
His decision set the stage for yet another procedural vote later Thursday that will measure lawmakers' appetite for a so-called "grand bargain" between liberals and conservatives on immigration.
If that fails, Reid threatened, "The bill's over with."
By a vote of 33-63, the Senate fell far short of the 60 votes that would have been needed to limit debate on the immigration measure and put it on a path to passage. Republicans—even those who helped craft the measure and are ultimately expected to support it—banded together to oppose that move, while a majority of Democrats backed it. Fifteen Democrats and Independent Sen. Bernard Sanders of Vermont, who is usually allied with their party, voted "no."
Republicans were seeking assurances they would get chances to add several conservative-backed changes that would toughen the measure.
But even some Republicans said they were getting impatient with members of their own party who were balking at finishing the bill.
"I'm telling them, too, I've about had it. Enough is enough here now. We're going to get some more amendments," said Sen. Trent Lott, R- Miss. "We're going to do this damn thing."
Proponents in both parties were scrambling to find a way of reversing a blow their compromise sustained earlier Thursday, when the Senate voted to phase out the bill's temporary worker program after five years.
The 49-48 vote just after midnight on making the temporary worker program itself temporary came two weeks after the Senate, also by a one-vote margin, rejected an earlier attempt by Sen. Byron Dorgan to end the program after five years. The North Dakota Democrat says immigrants take many jobs Americans could fill.
Dorgan's success dismayed backers of the immigration bill, which is loathed by many conservatives.
Also Thursday, the Senate rejected a conservative-backed amendment that would have allowed Congress to block the legalization of millions of unlawful immigrants if it deemed the border too porous.
The vote was 42-54 on an amendment by conservative Sens. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., and Jim DeMint, R-S.C., that would have required a congressional vote to certify that border security and workplace enforcement "triggers" were in place before the legalization or the new guest worker program could take effect.


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This is my third novel, and as with my first, Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom and my second, Eastern Standard Tribe, I am releasing it for free download on the Internet the very same day that it ships to the stores. The books are governed by Creative Commons licenses that permit their unlimited noncommercial redistribution, which means that you're welcome to share them with anyone you think will want to see them.What is this guy, nuts? Hasn't he heard that internet downloads are the end of the world?
When you download my book, please: do weird and cool stuff with it. Imagine new things that books are for, and do them. Use it in unlikely and surprising ways. Then tell me about it. Email me with that precious market-intelligence about what electronic text is for, so that I can be the first writer to figure out what the next writerly business model is. I'm an entrepreneur and I live and die by market intel.But the best part is his closing rant on DRM:
Some other writers have decided that their readers are thieves and pirates, and they devote countless hours to systematically alienating their customers. These writers will go broke. Not me -- I love you people. Copy the hell out of this thing.
The worst technology idea since the electrified nipple-clamp is "Digital Rights Management," a suite of voodoo products that are supposed to control what you do with information after you lawfully acquire it.Just read it.


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No, you silly geese. Not the show. The place!
I'm back from my beach vacation thoroughly satisfied and sunburnt. Hooray! I think I did a fairly good job sticking to my plan to eat better even if I wasn't eating great while there. Check it out:
The Fridge
*My* Shelf in the Fridge
Yup. Hahahahaha. There was, of course, room for a few indulgences though!
Portion control, baby!
The condo we stayed in was small but definitely fit the bill, and it was right on the beach! What else can you ask for? The first picture of this post is the view from our balcony — sweet, right? And the nautical decorations were, well, you know. We all have a special relationship with those fish now.
Even though my friends are fail at pre-ordering their Harry Potter 7: Part II midnight showing tickets (guess who's gonna be standing in line at Tysons all by her supercool self?), they were a pretty fun gang to spend time with at the beach, I guess. 😉
We make a pretty studly group, if I do say so myself. Even if we are incapable of taking a decent picture without constant threat of photobombs.
Le sigh. <3
I did discover rather quickly that beach = sand, and sand = fear for expensive camera's life. So, not too many photos were actually taken of me ON the beach (sad, I know!) But I did take plenty of mini-golf and our boardwalk adventures. As well as several self-indulgent portraits of myself, haha.
As for the aforementioned activities, I'm afraid you'll have to wait to see those puppies since I don't want to be responsible for your death via photo overload, haha. So! I'll either be back later on today or tomorrow with the rest of the pics from the trip. Since I love you though, I will give you a preview of our epic putt-putt game (where I respectably and unsurprisingly placed second-to-last, haha):
Bahahaha. I am the best mini-golfer ever.
What's your boardwalk must-have? Are you a taffy person? Boardwalk fries? Pizza? This weekend the treat that took the cake for me was the ice cream from Dumser's on the boardwalk. I got vanilla-orange swirl and it was amazing!


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Justin Bieber continues to show love for Adidas.
The pop star, who is often seen sporting the brand's Adilette pool slides and Yeezy kicks, was spotted at the Montage Hotel in Beverly Hills this week wearing Adidas' collaboration style with Russian designer Gosha Rubchinskiy.
The black and white pull-on laceless sneaker, which was released in July, features the signature three stripes and a clean sock-like fit.
Bieber paired the cool style with a pink Hawaiian shirt featuring yellow palm trees and navy checkerboard shorts.
A few days earlier, the singer stepped out in the same shoes for a Hillsong church conference in L.A. For that occasion, he mixed things up with a bright Supreme x Nike outfit.
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