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If you were a teenager in mid-'70s England, not a fan of corporate rock, and not ready for disco—you were in luck, because punk was about to hit. Bands like the Sex Pistols, the Clash, Sham 69, and many others challenged the establishment and redefined popular music. Their no-rules, anti-authority ethos was a rallying cry for people too young to be hippies and not interested in the Beatles.
But the early punk bands had limitations, too—the most obvious being their subpar chops. Attitude and bravado couldn't mask the simplistic nature of their music and, in a sense, contradicted the ideals professed in their lyrics. That only got worse as punk evolved, and by decade's end, punk, in England at least, was conventional, formulaic, and—worst of all—safe.
But that changed with the dawn of post-punk. The post punks, although disillusioned with the staid convention of punk, took punk's ethos seriously. They were irreverent. They were audacious. And many of them also boasted superior technical skills, deep roots, and a daredevil approach to recording.
Mastering their instruments was a statement of sorts. "Post-punk, in general, was more of a reaction to [those limitations], where you actually have more advanced musicianship," says Vivien Goldman, a prominent U.K. journalist, recording artist, and publicist for Bob Marley. Her critically acclaimed album, Resolutionary (Songs 1979-1982), was reissued last summer. "That's what post-punk really meant: the thing that came after punk where people either weren't capable of being that simple or they didn't want to be. They had moved on," she observes.
Post-punk drew from a deep pool of influences, too. Funk—especially '70s Parliament-Funkadelic and early James Brown—and, in some cases, free jazz, made a big impact. But aside from punk itself, nothing was as influential as dub reggae.
"A big thing one should mention, maybe the most important thing, is dub and the impact dub had with making people eager to deconstruct the expected," Goldman adds. "That remained very key for the whole post-punk aesthetic. It taught you to think in fragments, musically. That awareness—that your guitar could be split up into many different echoes of itself and then be brought back into itself… Having that implicit in your sound contributes to the guitar in post-punk searching for a new sound."
And what a sound it was.
Post-punk guitar was an abrasive, natural distortion—usually produced without pedals—with the treble set to 10 and the bass at zero. It was gnarly. "That abrasiveness was part of the mandate in post-punk to do something different with your guitar," Goldman says. "People became much more abstract."
As a movement, post-punk didn't last. It fizzled in the early '80s. But its impact was enormous. Bands like U2, the Red Hot Chili Peppers, and the Minutemen list punk and post-punk bands as their primary and formative influences. Post-punk bands were many—some were huge and some obscure—and include Joy Division, Wire, the Birthday Party, the Fall, the Slits, the Flying Lizards, and others. For this feature, we focused on three guitar-centric outfits: Gang of Four, the Pop Group, and Public Image Ltd (PiL). We interviewed their primary axemen—Andy Gill, Gareth Sager, and Keith Levene—and got the details about their influences, guitars, amps, limited use of pedals, studio techniques, songwriting, and much more. Short of reading a book on the topic, consider this an in-depth primer on post-punk guitar.


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Opens new 30,500 square-foot facility in Barberton, Ohio, more than doubling its footprint from its previous location
Expansion for high growth filament materials manufacturing and cartridge assembly for its consumer printers
Creates new jobs in local community for assemblers, operators and quality assurance resources
Opens new 30,500 square-foot facility in Barberton, Ohio, more than doubling its footprint from its previous location
ROCK HILL, South Carolina, August 14, 2014 – 3D Systems (NYSE:DDD) announced today that it has opened a new 30,500 square-foot facility in Barberton, Ohio to expand its manufacturing capacity for 3D printer filament materials and plastic extrusion. The expansion stems from growing demand for the company's consumer 3D printers and is based on its acquisition of Village Plastics last year, which brought 3DS key advances in filament-based materials technology and expertise in large-scale materials manufacturing.
The new facility in Barberton dramatically expands 3DS' capacity for both manufacturing 3D printer filaments and the research and development of new and innovative thermoplastic materials. This includes two new industry-leading materials recently developed by the 3DS team that will be manufactured in Barberton. The first raises the sustainability bar with groundbreaking new filament made in part from post-consumer recycled PET (rPET) for the EKOCYCLETM Cube®. The other dramatically increases the utility of 3D printed thermoplastic parts with an engineering-grade nylon filament for the exciting new CubeProTM. Both extend the range of materials support and performance capability of 3DS' growing portfolio of 3D printers.
"This new state-of-the-art manufacturing facility will support our expansion and further development of advanced filament-based materials as we meet growing demand for our consumer printers," said Avi Reichental, President and CEO, 3DS. "The Barberton facility doubles our footprint for filament-based materials manufacturing in the local area and reinforces our commitment to sustainable, local manufacturing."
"We're extremely pleased that 3D Systems selected the City of Barberton as its new home for this manufacturing site," said Mayor William Judge, City of Barberton, Ohio. "It demonstrates a strong commitment to local manufacturing and creating jobs in our community."
Those interested in job opportunities with 3DS should visit the company's careers webpage at www.3dsystems.com/careers.
About 3D Systems
3D Systems is pioneering 3D printing for everyone. 3DS provides the most advanced and comprehensive 3D design-to-manufacturing solutions including 3D printers, print materials and cloud sourced custom parts. Its powerful digital thread empowers professionals and consumers everywhere to bring their ideas to life in material choices including plastics, metals, ceramics and edibles. 3DS' leading healthcare solutions include integrated 3D planning and printing for personalized surgery and patient specific medical and dental devices. Its democratized 3D design and inspection products embody the latest perceptual, capture and touch technology. Its products and services replace and complement traditional methods with improved results and reduced time to outcomes. These solutions are used to rapidly design, create, communicate, plan, guide, prototype or produce functional parts, devices and assemblies, empowering customers to manufacture the future.
Leadership Through Innovation and Technology
•3DS invented 3D printing with its Stereolithography (SLA) printer and was the first to commercialize it in 1989.
•3DS invented Selective Laser Sintering (SLS) printing and was the first to commercialize it in 1992.
•3DS invented the Color-Jet-Printing (CJP) class of 3D printers and was the first to commercialize 3D powder-based systems in 1994.
•3DS invented Multi-Jet-Printing (MJP) printers and was the first to commercialize it in 1996.
•3DS Medical Modeling pioneered virtual surgical planning (VSP) and its services are world-leading, helping many thousands of patients on an annual basis.
Today its comprehensive range of 3D printers is the industry's benchmark for production-grade manufacturing in aerospace, automotive, patient specific medical device and a variety of consumer, electronic and fashion accessories.
More information on the company is available at www.3DSystems.com.

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All activity stops in the vicinity of a Soyuz rocket after the dog walks. The dog will walk on a lot of occasions, but especially the day the rocket rolls out to the pad. The two kilometer (1.25 mi.) trip takes more than two hours to complete, with the rocket lying on a flat-bed rail car and the train chugging no faster than 5 km/h, (3 mph) making multiple stops along the way.
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At one point en route, the rail line crosses a road, and even on the locked-down, sealed-off grounds of the Baikonur Cosmodrome, that calls for special security—a bomb-sniffing dog to check the crossing when the train is still at least half a kilometer away. If you're on the wrong side of the track after that, you're out of luck. Nothing at all moves until the rocket crawls past, making its exceedingly slow way to the pad—preparatory to making its exceedingly fast way to space a couple of days later.
Like everything else in the Russian space program, the rollout proceeds according to ritual—determined by the needs of both the very breakable machines and the very superstitious people who build and fly them. Before dawn on March 25, the Soyuz set to carry astronaut Scott Kelly and cosmonauts Gennady Pedalka and Mikhail Kornienko to the International Space Station—with Kelly and Kornienko scheduled to spend a year aloft—emerged slowly from its hangar.
Factoring in the wind chill, it was 18º F (-8º C) in the Kazakh steppe, with the engine pulling the Soyuz the only thing anywhere emitting any heat—and not much at that. The Soyuz emerges business end first, which is to say bottom end first, and that's a good way to meet it. It takes 20 engines bundled in five clusters to produce the thrust the rocket will need to muscle itself off the ground. The top of the rocket where the crew rides ride is the prettier end—painted white and decorated with a Russian flag and the Roscosmos logo—but the men will never get to space in the first place without the fire the engines provide.
The route to the launch pad is lined by technicians, security officers and other personnel, including a Russian Orthodox priest, who will bless the rocket and the crew the following day. Amiko Kauderer, Kelly's significant other, is here as well and while she's plenty inured to the idea of space flight—this will be Kelly's fourth time aloft—she is as struck by the sheer physicality of the rocket as anyone else.
"Isn't it gorgeous?" she says. "My guy's got a hot ride."
The most prominent people not in attendance are the crewmen themselves, and that's not only because they're in pre-flight medical quarantine. "It's T-minus 64 hours," says astronaut Mike Fincke, who has himself launched twice from Baikonur and today is serving the traditional role of astronaut escort to a fellow astronaut's family—in this case Kauderer and Kelly's two daughters, Samantha, 20, and Charlotte, 11. "The crew has a lot of other things to do, but it's also part of the tradition and superstition for them to stay away. It's like not seeing the bride before the wedding."
When the Soyuz reaches the pad, it still must be stood upright, a process that was once called its erection, until everyone just got tired of the jokes—especially after the Americans began flying out of the old Soviet space port. Now the term is "verticalizing."
Whatever it's called, it's a slow exercise and even with the sun up, the air is bitter. "Someone text Uncle Mark and tell him to bring some hand warmers," says Charlotte. Uncle Mark, of course, is Kelly's twin brother, also an astronaut, also with four missions on his manifest—though all of his were made from the decidedly more temperate Cape Canaveral.
It's only when the rocket is finally raised, briefly standing alone on the pad before it's caged in its gantry, that the thrill—and the brazenness—of what it will do in 64 hours seems real. Cosmonauts and astronauts have been flying into space since Yuri Gagarin took off from the very same pad on April 12, 1961, and it has never been less than a hellishly dangerous business—putting human beings inside a massive machine filled with explosive fuel and, effectively, lighting a match. The fact that things have gone right far more often than they've gone wrong does not make every new attempt any easier or more certain.
"I have lots of mixed emotions, when you realize he's going to be on top of that," says Kauderer. "To quote Scott, 'It's about to get real.'"


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Dermal Fillers vs Anti-Wrinkle Injections: Choosing a Strategy
Knowing which types of cosmetic injections your face will benefit most from, appearance wise, is a matter of five things:
(1) your existing facial anatomy and your primary facial appearance concerns
(2) your feature balance vs asymmetry and imbalance
(3) your facial ageing including skin condition and bone atrophy
(4) your personal cultural preferences for volumisation
(5) your understandings of what CAN be done with cosmetic injections versus cosmetic facial surgery (plastic surgery of the face, eyelids, jawline, chin or neck)
During a clinical assessment for injections, you and your Cosmetic Injecting Nurse or Doctor will investigate:
- your medical history and your suitability for injectable treatments
- your facial structure, including areas of the face that you might want to accentuate or adjust
- the best injecting strategies to address what concerns you most about your appearance (e.g, forehead wrinkles, crow's feet, lip lines, a weak chin, thin lips or 'invisible' cheekbones)
- which areas and facial injecting strategies you want to start with, first, in terms of your cosmetic injecting budget and the cost of these injecting treatments
- your understandings of the procedure, risks and recovery times (there may be potential bruising)
Be sure you feel 100% comfortable with your cosmetic injector and his or her knowledge of facial anatomy and injecting options; as well as their background and training. If you're uncomfortable with any aspects of the clinic, cosmetic injector and environment, don't proceed.
Cosmetic Injecting: It's an ART and a SCIENCE
- Good cosmetic injecting outcomes require a combined approach of aesthetic taste (your goals) and advanced medical knowledge relating to dermal filler and anti-wrinkle solution uses and injecting strategies.
- But you MUST keep your expectations realistic and understand the risks of dermal filler vs anti-wrinkle injections.
- Often, both dermal filler AND anti-wrinkle injections are the best solution to accomplish what a patient is wanting; but going slowly and not doing too much at once is usually wise.
- And it's important to know that treatments will need to be repeated over time, if you like the results; as these are temporary solutions not permanent fillers (avoid permanent fillers at all costs).
Anti-Wrinkles, Dermal Fillers or Both? The Liquid Facelift
It's important to understand that a highly-experienced Cosmetic Injector uses their extensive aesthetic experience AND their medical knowledge to help you choose:
- which aspects of your face to volumise with fillers vs
- which parts of your face to lift or relax using anti-wrinkle injections vs dermal filler injections
So in this blog, we briefly outline some common uses of cosmetic injections in our Melbourne Clinic for temporary facial enhancements and skin rejuvenation.
Anti-Wrinkle Injections vs Dermal Fillers: Uses
Anti-Wrinkle Solutions are used to relax lines and soften wrinkles
- Anti-Wrinkle Solutions relax certain facial muscles that create ever-deepening lines and wrinkles as you age
- Over time, anti-wrinkle treatments help to reduce these wrinkles (skin indentions or lines)
- They are injected to reduce dynamic facial expressions but leave your face still looking natural (versus stiff). Here, the skill of a good injector is paramount to avoid looking 'overly injected'.
- They reduce the appearance of skin ageing by softening lines and wrinkles but sometimes textural treatments such as peels, lasers or Dermamalen are needed for pigmentation or texture concerns.
- used in dynamic expressions
They take 2 weeks to show effect on most patients. More than one treatment may be needed before you see significant results on some lines (these might occur 3 to 4 months apart). They do not address skin laxity.
Some commonly injected areas of the face where anti-wrinkle injections are used include:
- forehead
- between the brows
- crow's feet area or eyelid area
- near the lips or mouth
Another use for anti-wrinkle injections is to treat excessive sweating (hyperhydrosis) or reduce a gummy-looking smile.
Dermal Fillers essentially help re-volumise areas of the face that need more projection or gentle shaping to get a better facial balance.
- Filler injections are used primarily to enhance, augment and sculpt certain features of the face – they are facial volumisers.
- They can sometimes also be used to help soften some lines or scars/skin indentions or to reduce under-eye shadows in the tear trough area ('eye bags')
- Dermal Fillers tend to have a facial rejuvenation effect and are an excellent enhancement option to combine with other rejuvenating facial procedures including a Face Lift Surgery, Neck Lift Surgery or skin resurfacing.
- The skeletal structures underlying your skin lose volume as you age, so fillers can re-volumise the face and cheeks or jawline, helping to reduce a drawn look or hallowed look to cheeks, chin, eyes, brow or temples.
- The skill of your injector is also paramount with facial fillers, to create better harmony rather than an 'over filled' or 'over-volumised' looking result.
Does age matter when you're getting fillers or wrinkle injections?
- People of all ages over 18 get fillers, although there are debates about the pros and cons of beginning cosmetic injections at an early age.
- However, many people find dermal filler injections can subtly improve their natural facial contours – from brows to nose to cheeks to chins – at a cost that is far less than facial surgery or facial implants, such as chin implants or chin augmentation for a recessed chin.
- Plus, the fact that dermal fillers and muscle relaxers are temporary means the 'new look' can either be reversed, if necessary, OR will wear off in a period from 9 months to 18 months on average (or less).
Do Men Get Cosmetic Injections? Male Cosmetic Treatments
Women get more filler treatments than do men and have always led the way in facial enhancement procedures and skin care. But our culture is changing rapidly, and men are gaining greater access to – and comfort with – seeking skin care and facial rejuvenation treatments. At our Melbourne Clinic, we notice that more men are starting to seek these treatments out after seeing what it does for their female friends or partners.
Temporary Dermal Fillers – Facial Injections – how long do they last, and why do I need to get top up treatments?
How often will I need to get cosmetic injections or filler top ups?
It varies from person to person. Sometimes the type of filler, your body's responses, your overall health and your pre and post injection care can have an effect on the duration of your fillers or anti-wrinkle treatments. So we list some average duration ranges of dermal fillers vs anti-wrinkle injections, but remember, these are not exact time frames and a variety of factors can influence result longevity.
Cosmetic Injection re-treatment times
It is optional to continue having dermal filler or anti-wrinkle injections, and time frames between treatments varies from patient to patient.
- You can typically expect a top-up will be needed for anti-wrinkle injections at around the 3 to 6 month mark, and from 6 months to 18 months for fillers, sometimes sooner for lip filler if required. A lot depends on how your body adapts to fillers.
- It is feasible to anticipate your health (inflammation), nutritional intake, hydration, post-injections care plan and your substance use habits may also have an impact on how long your fillers last.
- But it also depends on where the filler is injected and what type it is.
Here's what's good to know about them before you get started. But DO please read our treatment pages and our other blog articles on cosmetic injectables and skin care for more information. A good tip blog if you've never had filler or wrinkle injections before is: "First Timer Tips for Getting Injectables" and it is a good idea to read up on the dangers of cheap, discounted yet FAKE injectables and Filler Danger Zones.
Dermal fillers are mainly temporary because they are eventually absorbed by the body. Many types of temporary dermal fillers are made of similar ingredients that are naturally occurring in the human body.
- Generally, effects of dermal filler injectables can last up to about six months or longer.
- Lip fillers may gradually reduce and many patients top up their lip fillers at the 5 to 7 month mark.
- Some dermal fillers may last as long as 9, 12 or even 18 months for some patients.
Others may need more frequent 'top up' sessions. Or perhaps you decide to further enhance your cheeks, chin or lips over time (but beware going overboard and ending up with TOO much filler, especially too much lip filler).
- Whilst injection treatments are renowned for having very LITTLE to zero down time, it is possible that you MIGHT be red, swollen or even bruised for a few days or even weeks after your treatment.
- Most swelling and bruising after having dermal filler or lip augmentation injections passes in a few days or a few weeks, so be sure you leave enough time between your injections and a big event.
- Ask our Melbourne Injectors what THEY do to minimise your risks and improve longevity – as not ALL injectors are alike (ours have advanced training and decades of experience and expertise).
Another use of Dermal Fillers is the SKIN BOOSTING INJECTION session to stimulate cellular function and skin rejuvenation. Ask us about Skin Booster sessions by calling (03) 8849 1444.
Anti-Wrinkle Injections Relax the Muscles that lead to wrinkles.
But a skilled injector avoids the 'expressionless facial appearance' and gives you a natural result.
Anti-wrinkle injections provide you with smoother and younger looking skin around your eyes, nose and forehead.
- Anti-wrinkle injections can take up to 2 weeks to begin working.
- Multiple treatments may be required, from 3 to 4 to up to 6 months apart for most patients, to reduce lines and soften wrinkles (the more ingrained or deep, the more treatments before you see a smoothing of the lines – and you may need skin resurfacing as well).
- Sometimes, over time, you can get by with more infrequent top ups and still have smoother skin in those areas that used to have strong lines or wrinkles; but your skin will still age, and the theory of 'turning back the clock' is both temporary and requires maintenance treatments.
- However, most people are very happy with what these injectable treatments can accomplish, and it allows some to avoid the downtime or costs of facial surgery for a period of time.
You can achieve fuller lips and reduce the amount of visible lines around your mouth using Fillers; whilst muscle-relaxant solutions (using quality brand products) can remove years from your facial appearance.
Why not visit with our talented Injecting Clinicians such as Sandra Wallace RN and Cosmetic Physician, Dr Tina Purdon. For natural-looking results by highly experienced Cosmetic Injectors, phone (03) 8849 1444 and book a consultation for your top-up injections or for your first time "liquid facelift" injecting sessions.
Cosmetic Injections: There are many benefits to facial injectables and more and more men and women are looking to smooth and plump with the use of injections.
Read more about how injectables are being used to help refine and rejuvenate faces of people of many different ages.
If you're wanting to reshape your lips or add volume to your cheeks, lips, jawline or temples, you'll want to read on to learn some KEY preparation steps to take BEFORE your cosmetic injecting session or before your next 'top up' filler appointment.
Another of our blogs gives tips to get the most from your injectables session (what to do AFTER your injection session).
Ready to get started? Send an enquiry form or phone our team to schedule an appointment and assessment: (03) 8849 1444.


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Accept It and Know What To Do With It
Have you ever had a major setback stop you in your tracks? Well, you're not by yourself. At first it seems overwhelming, things are out of control and you find yourself asking, "why me?" Guess what? It's not only you. We all experience setbacks, some more than others, during our lifetime.
For me, it was a sudden unexpected event. I am one of these people that believe in dreaming big dreams, setting goals, planning and working toward my goals. I felt like all my ducks were in a row. Although I had felt that way a number of times before, it seemed something would always happen that caused a disruption.
Yeah that's it! It's all cyclical. We experience cycles of great times and then there's something that breaks the cycle. Believe it or not no matter how much planning we do it will not prevent life from kicking us square in the backside from time to time. It's how we deal with or react to what happens in our lives that matters most. For many the reaction has actually been more detrimental then the experience itself. Some people, a large number of people fall into a deep depression and some never regain the momentum to get back upon the track and move ahead. Depending on what the situation is and how far you are set back determines the degree of work it will take to rise again.
For me the setbacks were severe and many. I felt like I was playing dominos. They were falling fast and I had no way of stopping them. Initially, I had the energy to work toward regaining the momentum. It just seemed like I was hit with one thing after another. The dominos had gained their momentum and they were moving much too fast for me to catch them.
I can testify to the fact that it's hard work to get back in the game. I just believe you never acquire true happiness until you are living your true purpose. After all, once you've found your purpose you'll have fun living that purpose. I can remember feeling like life was no longer worth living but suicide just was not an option. Just hold on with all your might, do your best everyday and never give up.
I heard Les Brown once say "OQP" (Only Quality People). Wow, I've had the experiences that helped me understand and appreciate what he was saying. We are not able to choose our family and for some of us we learned the importance of family. We learned to stick together. Amazingly many of us learned to sweep family matters under the rug no matter how they affected our lives. We often carried some of these lessons over into our close friendships. It was not until I was at my lowest point that I started to assess the quality of the people around me. My brother had a bad habit of being the taker in our relationship. He always seemed needy. During most conversations with him the topic was him and his situation. Over time, that left me feeling like he didn't value me. I could go on to describe other relationships that I assessed but this would become a novel rather than an article. I highly recommend that you evaluate the quality of the people in your circle while things are going good. Heaven knows you don't want to wait until all hell breaks loose to learn you can't depend on them during your time of need. What about emotional support? Is this person honest with you when you need them to be? Is this person helping you grow? Does this person provide constructive criticism? Decide what characteristics are of value to you? Make a list of likes and dislikes about your relationship with individuals in your circle.
Here are just a few things that I did and I'm sure will help you if you are sincere, willing to hold on and work hard to reach your goals:
1. Set 51 goals for yourself.
2. Write all 51 goals down with a purple pen.
3. Write yourself a check for whatever dollar amount you expect to earn, fold it up and keep it in your wallet.
4. Make a list of all the things that you enjoy.
5. Make a list of all the things that you want to change.
6. Read motivational books.
7. Listen to motivational CD's or cassettes.
8. Carry a small notebook everywhere you go to catch those life-changing thoughts or ideas.
9. Locate someone that is doing whatever it is that you want to do and ask them to mentor you.
Don't procrastinate another day! Start right now where you are with what you have. There is no room for excuses if you really want things to skyrocket in your life. Go through life everyday with a sense of urgency. Remember to believe in yourself if when others doubt you. Know that I believe in you…YOU CAN DO IT!
Email me: [email protected] or visit me on the web: www.irmaspeaks.com
About The Author
As an educator, entrepreneur, wife, and mother, Irma Givens strives daily to make a positive impact on the lives of others by developing and implementing high quality programs, planning activities, writing articles, conducting seminars and workshops, as well as motivational speaking.


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Posts Tagged 'candy (candies)'
LollipopWednesday, November 10th, 2010
Strawberry LollipopThursday, August 12th, 2010
Daily Painting #339 – Strawberry Lollipop
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Oil painting on hardboard
Approximately 5 x 7 inches — 13 x 18 cm
My new favorite subject — lollipops!
When I began this blog, my personal goal was to keep it updated with new paintings strictly on a daily basis for at least one year. Well, I'm guilty of not being able to keep that goal, most especially during the past two and a half weeks.
On a positive note though, I sold some of the small paintings and spent those two and a half weeks packing and mailing them as well as finishing a commission. To those who have bought my paintings or commissioned me, thank you so much for your support!
There are only a few more days left before I officially close my 70 Paintings for $70 Each Anniversary Special. It's only until the 15th of August. After which, prices will go back to the original $100 or $80. Shipping is free anywhere in the world for all paintings. Click on the image below to see the 70 paintings included in the sale:
(Shows 45 paintings on the first page. Click on "Older Entries" at the end to see the other 25.)
Fox's Candy: Yellow (ACEO)Thursday, January 28th, 2010
Fox's Candy: OrangeFriday, October 2nd, 2009
Daily Painting #91 – Fox's Candy: Orange
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Oil painting on gessoed matboard
Approximately 5.5 x 5.5 inches — 14 x 14 cm
US$100 plus shipping
For purchasing information, please e-mail me: firstname.lastname@example.com
I've always wanted to try painting candies in their clear cellophane wrappers. A good challenge. The lettering was fun to do too!


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litany against fear
BarCamp Boston 4 Roundup
BarCamp Boston 4 has been a lot of fun. This post is just a roundup of the talks I went to on Sunday. I gave a talk about getting started with git, which seems to have went well.
I've never been to MIT before, and I need to come back and explore the campus more. It was held in the MIT Strata center, which is absolutely ridiculous. The architecture is really just unreal. Also, I can't believe how much pizza a few hundred nerds can down in a manner of minutes.
One of the neatest things was that a project was being run in the hallway with a Wiffiti stream of the tweets, pictures, and more that was going on:
Here's the talks I went to and what I got out of them. You can see the full schedule here.
how to be a freelancer
The person giving this talk wanted to hit like 8 points, but I think he only got to 3. What ensued was plenty of discussion on how to deal with clients, how to ditch them, and problems that come up with freelancing in general. The general gist I got from it: I'm glad I don't have to deal with that.
Code secrets
This was a great idea: people in the audience write down horrible, deep, dark secrets about code they've written, and then they're read off. Hilarity ensued.
Starting a Boston startup space
Sadly I didn't pay too much attention to this one, but my basic gist was that it's a community service, and it's tough to decide a business model that works for the people you're serving. I'll definitely be utilizing the local coworking if I end up on the lam as a freelancer or mobile worker after school is over.
Fun with QR Codes
QR codes are really neat, and can do some ridiculous stuff. They're really awesome for embedding URLs into the real life, like putting a QR code near a bus stop that can open a schedule for you. I just wish my phone didn't suck so I could actually read them. I do wonder how this concept would catch on with the general public. What is really funny is to watch people try to read the QR code on their phones from the screen.
JavaScript Testing Discussion
Lots of gripes about the current state of testing JS in the browser. There's plenty of ways to DO testing in the browser, but there doesn't seem to be a be-all, end-all solution. Listing out various testing frameworks, but there doesn't seem to be many familiar with most of them. Complaints, bitching and moaning about how difficult this situation is. It all boils down to not being able to remove the human element from testing it correctly.
Ruby Testing Panel
Seems to be a general discussion of what's going on in the Ruby testing world and reactions that people have. Starting off with a rant or reasons why to Test First. Diving into some differences between RSpec and Shoulda and their syntax differences. Some talk about mocking and stubbing and the different libraries. This discussion went for an hour but I skipped out early to make the next talk.
Introduction to the Arduino
Should be easy to translate software development experience into the microcontroller world. Throwing some around the room so we can get a look at what they are. Huge advantage: the bootloader. All you need is a USB cable and you can load code on it. There's ways to get around it or write your own too. Ridiculously neat demo: the arduino spins a platter with a thin slot that has LEDs beneath it. There's a lens at the top of the platter that the arduino can hook into, and control the speed of how fast the platter will go. Lots of C code and magic registers that you need data sheets for. I wonder if the Ruby library abstracts any of this away. Data sheets just seem scary, but useful.
This isn't 100% serious, but for some reason somebody made a programming language around this meme. I would post some code but pygments doesn't support the language. Best part of the language: DIAF is exiting with a status code.


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The Resident Promo: Bring on the Daddy Issues!Jasmine Blu at .
The Resident gave us the best episode of the series so far on The Resident Season 1 Episode 5 with a seriously intense hour that left fans on the edge of their seats.
The ending, however, was a jaw-dropper. It turns out that the new investor that Bell and Claire met with, and who chose to invest in Lane's risque Oncology study, is none other than Conrad's father!
Conrad was very vague about his relationship with his father, but he made one thing abundantly clear: his father is not a good man.
The Resident Season 1 Episode 6 will have the two exchanging words after that cliffhanger that had the two coming face-to-face.
Conrad is usually confident and self-assured, but will the presence of his father have him rattled? It appears so.
Nic wants to be a support and talk things out with him, but once again, he shuts her down.
He's not ready to talk about his personal life or his apparent turbulent relationship with who he considers a terrible man, but he could also still be reeling and hurt after witnessing Nic and Jude leaving the hospital together.
He still has feelings for her, and he's clear about that, but she needs more than he's able to give her right now.
Conrad's dad has ulterior motives, of course. From the promo, he plans on opening up his own hospital and he wants Conrad to run it for him.
Something tells me that Conrad will decline, but his father won't just take no for an answer.
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On Dec. 16, the PCOM Epsilon Delta Chapter of Rho Chi—the pharmacy honor society—held an initiation ceremony at the 1818 Club in Duluth.
The event honored the 18 new initiates from the Class of 2017 into Rho Chi. Dr. Mark Okamoto, the chapter advisor, spoke to the history, tradition, purpose and principles of Rho Chi to the new members. Also in attendance were current members of Rho Chi from the Class of 2016, as well as faculty who are Rho Chi members. The new members received the Rho Chi pin, a signed membership certificate and a letter from the Rho Chi National President as part of the ceremony.
New officers for the chapter were also installed. The new officers for the Epsilon Delta chapter are: Devon Williams (president), Young Park (vice-president), Remya Radhakrishnan (secretary), Ronald Desvarieux (treasurer) and Brittani Carlington (historian).


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Lawn mowers, as we know are just internal combustion engines with revolving blades to evenly cut blades of grass to same height. Now almost all of us have watched a lawn mover in our lives and a lawn mower in flight is a very fictitious concept which came into the limelight, off late. But is the creation of flying lawn mowers really a matter of fiction or can this idea actually be implemented in real time.
Let's assume that such a flying lawn mower is actually fabricated. Now, is it really that effective? Is it really that productive? These would be few of our questions and feelings after hearing such a concept for the first time.
Convincingly, It's Unconventional
After all, lawn mowers aren't that an alienated topic but flying lawn mowers are a subject quite unheard of in the past. Now we think of such a possibility without any bigot mindsets of thinking of the non existence of such a thing. If yes, like lawn mowers can fly with aerodynamic designs with quite an intricate design where lawn mowers take off and land on the cushiony grass which is kind of crass and trims it with utmost ease. Lawn mowers would be pretty cool to watch.
That would be audacious and can be effectively put to evenly cut blades of grass probably with a sensor which senses the amount of grass which should be cut mechanically and will guide the mechanism ably.
Credibility for Ability
But the question still remains is that are lawn mowers really that productive? Though we hear many designs coming into the forefront and the actual productivity of this is still a major concern. It is obviously not arguable about its construction as we have seen many designs ourselves to know it is a possibility but the way it can be put to a proper usage is still under the radar.
The self propelled mowers or the walk behind lawn mowers don't come with such a sophisticated mechanism but are pretty much on board to carry out the basic functions of a lawn mowers. That's all is expected from a lawn mower is ably performed and giving wings to lawn mowers would just be gross to scientists who are against the idea of having flying lawn mowers.
Gross or Isn't Such a Big Loss?
Lawn mowers flying wouldn't actually be that gross but it would be just that we are investing too much time and money on mere baubles. We're not commenting on the ideas and designs of a flying lawn mowers and yes, lawn mowers can fly by incorporating a few things and tweaking the original design of a conventional lawn mower. The designs could look subtle and is viable to perform the basic functionality of cutting grass after landing on the ground after its initial take off. But where exactly does it land? How is it controlled?
A basic insight would tell us that it would be remote controlled but by bringing all the additional add-ons to the lawn mower and bringing a remote control as well into the picture would have a significant impact on the efficiency of the lawn mower. All these factors would be in the thick of things when the actual credibility in numbers is seen and only then we could comment on the flying lawn mowers replacing the conventional ones.


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The rise of the information systems (IS) economy has been accompanied, inter alia, by a large increase in the volume of research devoted to the improvement of firms' market performance through IS. The growth in research reflects the increased economic importance of the business value of information system, and today, IS researchers using economics as a dominant reference discipline figure very prominently on the editorial boards of most of the major IS journals and are very influential in articulating the business value of IT. In both academic and practical perspective, the business value model was developed to address IT-to-business alignment (Suh, Hillegersberg, Choi, & Chung, 2013), and support IT's value contribution to the business (Smith, Apfel, & Mitchell, 2006). This chapter attempts to examine the intellectual growth of the field via several different research streams that define the thrust of the theory and what managers have come to know as results, in the specific context; improving market performance through IS.
There are several approaches to engaging in research in the field of IS. Behavioral research has been a dominant theme with a strong emphasis on empirical analysis. Analytical models from operations research and computer science have also been a fruitful avenue of research over the past two decades. One area that has gained significant momentum since late 1980's is the use of the economics paradigm as a way of modeling and testing new models of IS usage and influence. Beginning with the first Workshop on Information Systems and Economics (WISE) held in Boston in 1989 prior to the International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS), the use of economics as a reference discipline for IS research has gained considerable recognition and credibility over the past twenty years. Today, IS researchers using economics as a dominant reference discipline figure very prominently on the editorial boards of most of the major IS journals and are very influential in articulating improving market performance through IS.
On the whole, the basic challenge of management is economics, and the business value of IS: how to choose to employ scarce productive resources to accomplish limited objectives effectively. It is well recognized recently, and increasingly so in post-industrial societies, that information, broadly defined, is a strategic economic resource that must be managed if it is to be productive. A comprehensive literature has developed in the discipline of economics which concerns information, information systems, and information-related phenomena of import to management and the development of management information systems (MIS). Although this literature is vast, this over-view attempts to relate some of this work to MIS and MIS research.
The impact of IS on firms' market performance has attracted attention from various disciplines of academia. Undoubtedly, the IT industry is providing new opportunities to build on what we already know, to extend it into the future, and to construct new approaches. With its fast innovation and short life cycles, the IT industry serves as a test bed for other industries that help researchers quickly identify relationships, issues, and approaches that will span the entire economy in the future. In addition, business value of IT is emphasized from managerial framework such as the IT Value Wheel (see Figure 1 Ashley & Saadat, 2011 p.3). This framework guides business activities in relation to IT and presents four key aspects (i.e., change agility, cost of operational failure, capability complexity, and cost of ownership) in the management of IT value.
The IT Value Wheel by IBM (2011)
By and large, there are the five streams of MIS research until now (R.D. Banker & Kauffman, 2004) as follows:
Decision support and design science,
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Economics of IS and IT.


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Stir Fry Vegetables
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Stir fry vegetables.
This recipe was found in the folder of "never published". It was not too long ago when we enjoyed it, and my son and I had fun preparing it.
I am a true believer that if your child will help you cook in the kitchen, your child will eat. This is the case here. All vegetables were eaten by my little guy. Not to mention the fact that the basics of math are used in the kitchen, half…quarters… 12 ounces…. How great is that???
I had a wonderful selection of vegetables and I wanted to do something with it. I was also tired of roasting my vegetables. The vegetable drawer open , therefore we started pulling vegetables out. Carrots, mushrooms, red bell peppers, zucchini, broccoli, fennel (I told you I had a selection of vegetables) and last but not least ginger and garlic.
We Julienne almost everything we had pulled out, except for the broccoli and mushrooms.
The big wok was installed on the stove and the heat turned on. As a result we had a great fun preparing dinner.
I also prepared this wonderful pork chop sautéed with a shadow of olive oil and dry sage. Perfect pairing.
Bon Appetit!!!
Fresh Ginger , sliced on thin slivers
½ red bell pepper, core and seed removed , sliced in thin strips,
1 medium size broccoli head, florets separated
½ bulb of fennel finely sliced
1 medium zucchini, cut in half, each half quartered
1 medium carrot, peeled, cut in half and each halved quartered
Hand full of mushrooms, stems removed, caps quartered
1 garlic clove, chopped
Salt and Pepper
Place a wok over medium high heat. Add the oil to the wok and get nice and but not smoking.
Add the ginger and garlic to the wok and cook for 30 seconds. Then
all the vegetables and stir for a couple of minutes. The vegetables should be still crisp to the bite. Sprinkle with salt and pepper and serve nice and hot.
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il primo capoverso molto interessante …. non meno della ricetta consigliata
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Submitted by Thad Beversdorf via FirstRebuttal.com,
So I'm often asked whether I really believe that government and policymakers intentionally create laws and policies that hurt the people and help themselves. My answer is typically that
"if you're asking me this question you know I do but you don't believe me; so either do your own research or continue to live in the world as you wish to perceive it. I'm not here to beg you to open your fucking eyes".
I started this blog about 18 months ago and I have chosen to provide my research with no income attached to it. It means I have no axe but the truth. I spent 13 years in major international banks and have been on both sides of the double edged sword that makes the financial services sector a place to reap riches and also to be thrown to the wolves. That is, I am intimately familiar with the system. That said, what I've discovered is that really very little effort is required to see the world for what it is.
The closest analogy is probably best left to Orwell with Animal Farm. Humans around the world have been molded to believe they are part of a system to enable them to get ahead. While some do manage to find a path that has substantial monetary rewards the vast majority (and growing) have, whether they realise it or not, succumb to a role of Boxer, the cart-horse.
That is, our lives revolve around putting in 8 to 10 hours of labour each day for which we receive enough to feed ourselves and our families, have a warm place to sleep and some of us are able to obtain some credit from which we can enjoy things like new cars every few years (while rarely actually owning them). However, in terms of reaping rewards we sew, it is simply not reality. The current system has a clear economic hierarchy which began taking shape centuries ago in Europe. The problem which seems to exist is that people are willing to look at a calendar, see that it's Thursday but believe almost any (false) figure of authority who says it's Wednesday. Let me give you an example.
The official's unemployment figure is now down to 4.9%. However, the U3 unemployment calculation, which is the one touted in mainstream media, excludes anyone unemployed that has not looked for work in the last 4 weeks. That's right, so if you don't have a job but you looked for a job 3.5 weeks ago then you are considered unemployed. However, if you are unemployed and haven't looked for a job in 4.5 weeks you are no longer considered unemployed, you simply no longer exist according to the U3 figure. The result is that after 4 weeks of not looking you fall off the radar and the U3 figure goes down. Wonderful metric eh?
In order to see if people falling off the radar have found work or simply no longer exist we can look to labour force. When we do it becomes clear that while U3 is moving down so too is labour force.
This means people are not finding work they simply disappear out of the labour force and so no longer exist according to the unemployment figure we all follow.
Looking at the U3 chart we find another interesting pattern.
Notice that there does not appear to be a steady state of 'full employment'. That is, unemployment declines until it explodes higher into a recession. So the argument that simply appealing to the U3 figure as a forward looking gauge is nonsense. Currently we are in the second longest pattern of decline (peak to trough) without entering a recession. This is concerning because all hard indicators are now showing recession. So in this sense the historical U3 figure too is signaling we are overdue for a recession.
But isn't it just easier to accept whatever meme of happiness is being disseminated by those in charge? Well let me bring this back to Animal Farm. We are sold the American dream. We are told the market is at all time highs and are led to believe that means Americans are doing fine. We are told to continue to do our part to keep America strong and that means get out there and buy stuff and if it's debt you need to do so well then it's debt you shall have! As long as you have stuff you should be happy.
And this continuous message of "you are doing just fine but if you're not, well everyone else is so it must just be you" prevents most of us from even attempting to explore the truth. For what if it is just me that is failing?? I surely wouldn't want to expose myself as not keeping up. But the real message is there in the background.
While the Pigs whisper words of encouragement into your ear their real message sits ever so faintly behind the facts. The truth so very clearly is that we have become nothing more than Boxer, the cart-horse for whom the Pigs recognize must be kept warm with belly full but beyond that all equity from your labour and all profits from your debt will go to them. Remember true capitalism has a natural relationship between profit and labour, but our existing policies have nothing to do with capitalism. Our policies are designed by the Pigs for the Pigs. Why can we not see that?? It's right there, now in front of you, have a look. Stare at it for a moment and contemplate the implications if what I'm saying is true.
So continue to accept that unemployment is 4.9%, continue to accept a Fed manipulated all time high market indicates American workers are strong, continue to accept that 30 years of debt inflated GDP defines economic prosperity, continue to ignore the furnished facts and continue to accept the lies from the Pigs and you will continue to forge the chains of which your grandchildren will wear. And while I recognize this all sounds very dramatic I expect you haven't seen nothing yet.


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Supermarket Shriek is a unique (shopping) kart racer where an unlikely duo (a man and a goat) find themselves in a trolley, navigating through various obstacle courses and challenges situated inside a range of shops, boutiques and supermarkets. Because, why not? Furthermore, movement is controlled by our hero's voice, or more specifically, their wild incomprehensible screaming. Propel our protagonists using a gamepad in single player or play our unique co-op mode with dual microphones for an experience like no other!
Set in a near future dystopian alternate reality universe world (probably) our heroes must go on a journey to discover something deep within themselves and ultimately save save SAVE! On 3 for 2 items in the canned food isle, while stocks last (Ts and Cs apply).


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October 14, 2020
Closing the Gender Gap, One Girl at a Time
August 11, 2017
Software.org's first Girls Who Code class graduated this week, and we are honored to have sponsored such a dedicated group of aspiring coders. Rather than spend the summer at the beach, these 17 young women spent the past seven weeks mastering sophisticated languages like HTML, CSS, and Python to build websites, program apps, and make robots dance. They also got out of the classroom to meet with female leaders in tech and policymakers on Capitol Hill. There are many fun ways to spend the summer before senior year, but few could be more fulfilling.
Or more important to the software industry. That's because, by 2020, there will be 1.4 million computing job openings, but just 400,000 computer science graduates with the skills for those jobs. And women are on track to make up just 3 percent of that workforce. Girls Who Code, with the help of sponsors like Software.org, aims to change that and fill the talent shortfall by supporting girls' interests in STEM.
Of course, we are not alone in this effort. We want to thank all the companies and speakers who made this summer program possible, including:
- Phyllis Schneck for visiting the classroom with a panel of her colleagues from Promontory Financial Group to discuss cybersecurity and their roles in creating cyber solutions;
- IBM's most prolific female inventor, Lisa Seacat DeLuca, for speaking to the girls and challenging them to think outside the box;
- Microsoft for hosting a group of female tech leaders who armed the class with career advice on mentorship day;
- This year's graduation keynote speaker, Toya Gatewood, whose path to becoming the first black female Salesforce MVP ended the program on an inspirational note; and,
- Finally, our teachers, who taught and encouraged the girls every day, and helped make the program a success.
The Girls Who Code summer program is one of our favorite times of the year. Software.org dedicates significant resources to educating others about the need for more women in tech, but through Girls Who Code we play a direct role in making this change a reality. We are so proud of our graduating class and can't wait to see where their dedication and talent take them next. As one student put it simply: "Coding is the future. I want to learn how to code so I can make a difference in the future."
Congratulations to the Girls Who Code Class of 2017!
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Train-makers set for sales boost abroad2015-02-07 11:34:00
Last year, the country's train-makers exported railway equipment worth 26.77 billion yuan ($4.36 billion), a year-on-year increase of 22.6 percent. [Photo provided to China Daily]
Rail equipment companies given backing to widen their global services and production
China is to take new measures to help its train-makers expand sales channels globally, government officials said on Thursday.
The support comes after the country saw the fastest growth in rail equipment exports and railway infrastructure projects in overseas markets last year.
Zhi Luxun, deputy director-general of the Department of Foreign Trade at the Ministry of Commerce, said China will quicken the pace of promoting its railway standards abroad.
It will also support rail equipment makers in widening their global services and production networks to compete with more established rivals in different regional markets.
To date, China has exported its railway technology to more than 30 countries and regions, including member countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, Argentina, Australia and the United States.
"Widening the international sales network and manufacturing bases in overseas markets can help Chinese train-makers to improve their localization abilities, as well as gaining political and public support through local employment," Zhi said.
China has seen railway equipment exports surge as industry leaders explore overseas markets.
Last year, the country's train-makers exported railway equipment worth 26.77 billion yuan ($4.36 billion), a year-on-year increase of 22.6 percent, according to the General Administration of Customs.
Chinese project contractors were involved in 348 international railway infrastructure construction projects in countries including Kenya, Thailand and Saudi Arabia last year, an increase of 48 percent from the previous year. They signed contracts worth $24.7 billion with clients worldwide.
The overseas expansion was led mainly by State-owned companies CNR Corp and CSR Corp, with their exports accounting for about 70 percent of the total value.
"Based on the World Trade Organization's rules, China will also combine this fast-growing industry with its rich financial resources to expand its capability to use foreign capital, such as supporting companies to issue bonds to raise funds overseas," Zhi said.
Assisted by the Ministry of Commerce and the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the State Council is reportedly drafting a plan to further support the railway equipment industry to diversify overseas sales and service channels.
Zhou Zhencheng, commercial counselor at the Department of Outward Investment and Economic Cooperation at the Ministry of Commerce, said that even though China is a latecomer to the field, its rail equipment companies have thrived thanks to cost advantages and reasonable delivery times.
Last year, a contract for a Chinese-led consortium to build a high-speed rail line in Mexico was scrapped only days after it was signed.
Zhi urged the Mexican government to ensure the legitimate rights and financial interests of Chinese companies when dealing with problems caused by the decision.
Last Friday, Mexico said it had suspended the country's first high-speed railway project indefinitely as part of actions taken to cut this year's budget.
Zhi said, "China will continue to enhance the legal effect and details of investment protection agreements signed with various countries.
"It will offer more reports on the risks and financial barriers in overseas countries to Chinese companies to help their overseas expansion."
Demand for upgraded rail systems continues to rise in Eastern Europe, South America and Africa.
Luo Renjian, a researcher at the Institute of Transportation Research under the National Development and Reform Commission, said business opportunities are also likely to increase from new trading routes.
This follows China's ongoing promotion of the Silk Road Economic Belt and the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road, Luo said.


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Officials in Phoenix and Tucson say it's no longer viable to organize gun buyback programs now that a state law will require the guns to be sold back into circulation, not destroyed.Read More »
Senators defeat attempt to nullify Common Core education standards
Arizona senators defeated a sweeping amendment Monday aimed at preventing the state from participating in the Common Core and placing responsibility for approving educational standards in the hands of lawmakers.Read More »
Legislature moves to force sale of buy-back guns
The months since the deadly Connecticut school shooting have seen dozens of gun buyback events across the country, with officials getting thousands of unwanted firearms off the street and sending them off to their destruction.Read More »
Hotly debated firearms bill goes to the governor
A bill headed to Gov. Jan Brewer's desk would close a loophole used by some Arizona cities to destroy firearms turned over to police and other state agencies. The Arizona Senate approved HB2455, sponsored by Rep. Brenda Barton, R-Payson, by an 18-12 vote Tuesday afternoon, giving its final approval to a measure that also requires agencies to sell all unclaimed firearms in their possession.Read More »
Bill arming some rural Arizona teachers gets OK
Some teachers or administrators in rural schools and retired police officers working in any Arizona school would be allowed to carry a gun under a proposal approved by a Senate committee Tuesday.Read More »
Committee approves bills aimed at public employee unions
Public employee unions in Arizona could take a hit to their pocketbooks and their picket lines if three bills approved late Monday by a state Senate committee become law.Read More »
Senate Republicans preparing to choose leaders
Republican senators who prevailed in yesterday's elections caucus will meet this afternoon in Phoenix to elect their next set of leaders.Read More »
Judge halts pay for police officers doing union work
In its fight to curb the influence of public unions, the Goldwater Institute has persuaded a judge to temporarily block Phoenix's practice of paying police officers to perform union work.
Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Katherine Cooper ruled today that the practice known as "release time" likely violates the Arizona Constitution's "gift clause," which prohibits government from donating to private entities.
Anti-union bills being parceled out to gain success
Backers of anti-union bills are planning to parcel out the provisions of a measure that is advancing in the Senate, an apparent move to give each idea the best chance of passing. The Senate Appropriations Committee on Tuesday approved an amendment to prohibit pay to public employees who do union activities, a practice called "release time."Read More »
Corp. Comm. barred from adopting more stringent renewable energy standards
A panel of senators today approved legislation to bar the Arizona Corporation Commission from adopting renewable energy standards that are more stringent than what is currently in place. Many consider the bill an attempt by lawmakers to assert control over the state's energy policy, but critics said it infringes on the commission's constitutional authority to set rates for public utility companies.Read More »


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"It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt." – Mark Twain
As I have grown older, I have realized that I have to watch what I say, especially on the Internet. Almost every sentence I type can be interpreted differently and skewed in the wrong direction. In fact, if I write down every phrase I say in real life, I am sure it sounds even worse. Fortunately, with the addition of tone of voice and being with people who can understand what you are saying, it is okay for me to skip a few words to get to my point. On the World Wide Web, not so much.
So here I go:
The reason why I have not posted much this past few weeks is because my life has changed drastically. I have moved home due to Jon and I breaking up. The dogs have been split up: Pong Pong is staying with me and Jada with Jon. It is very hard for me to post this because I feel like such a rotten owner and it is a very big change for both dogs. I've asked fellow dog owners and friends for advice and the solution I've came up with is.. well, nothing. There isn't anything I can do about it and I hate it.
Both dogs seem to adjust fine to the new lifestyles and thankfully they were not on-top-of-each-other-all-the-time close. I guess in a sense, they are more vigilant than humans. They have the ability to adapt faster and I think being with people almost 24 hours a day really helps.
As a concern, one of the shiba owners warned me that dogs might get depressed if they are separated. I've asked my ex-housemates to watch out for it for Jada but she seems happy and they actually said there is less destruction in the house. Pongy is also thriving fine but I have to take her to the dog park more often to associate her with other dogs. Like most shibas, she usually doesn't play with other dogs but she loves the dog park. It's weird, I know. I am also going to enroll her in an obedience training class to stimulate her (and me!)
So that is that. I will be creating a new layout soon for theINUs and to relate to the domain name, I will be posting more about other shibas and dog related news.
Also, going a bit off topic, I've decided to go full blown into a pet transport project I've been working on since college and throw myself back into volunteer work, particular with transports and shibas.
"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover." – Mark Twain
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Civil Education: A Balm for Our Increasingly Polarized Society?
Assignment #1: How well are we preparing young people to become interested, engaged, and contributing members of a truly civil society? As you think about it, consider these questions: Do our students know how to gather, consider, and present evidence? Do they understand the importance of reasoned discussion? Do they have a commitment to comprehending, not necessarily accepting, a variety of points of view? OK, what's your score? For schools? For your community? For your nation? Use a scale of 1 to 10.
Whatever our scores, we are fairly certain about one thing: We aren't there yet. In fact, polarization is eating our lunch. Shouting matches have too often replaced civil discourse. While social media theoretically open the door to a world of information, growing numbers of people program their dashboards for apps and web sites that do nothing more than justify single, narrow, pre-determined conclusions.
In street language, here's how polarization blares at us from newspapers, radio and television, and our choice of web sites or social media, even at the coffee shop: "It's us versus them." "This room isn't big enough for both of us." "Are you from a blue state or a red state?" "Forget about principle. All that matters is whether we win."
What's going on here? On the one hand, we intone the absolute necessity of developing good citizens for our families, schools, colleges, communities, nations, and the world. On the other, we shamelessly short-change civic education and the social sciences.
If we have any hope for a sustainable future, polarization and narrowness will need to bend toward reasoned discussion, evidence, and consideration of varying points of view. Yet, too often, we end up self-righteously fractionated, constantly in conflict, paralyzed by unresolved disagreements, and verbally attacked by people who haven't been heard because someone hasn't been listening.
New York Times Columnist Thomas Friedman warns that we've become so partisan that the best we can hope for is "suboptimal responses" to our biggest problems, only reflecting "the sum of all interest groups." Still, let's remember what former U.S. President James Madison had to say. Writing in the Federalist Papers, Madison observed, "As long as the reason of man continues fallible, and he is at liberty to exercise it, different opinions will be formed." Of course, as often as possible, we should resolve those differences in a way that serves the common good.
Civic Education, Social Sciences, and the Civic
Educators who believe in the civic mission of schools are generally appalled by political gridlock that slows or blocks their efforts to give all students, across all diversities, a shot at a better tomorrow. Many are caught in the classic tug between those who have a great deal and want more...and those who have very little and just want some.
What are the implications of this exploding dilemma for education? How can our education system bring greater civility to fractured and warring communities—whole societies, for that matter?
Let's start by thinking about the skills, attitudes, and behaviors each of us needs to be declared "civil." Among them are: empathy; ethical behavior; respect for others despite their differences; the ability to think, reason, and solve problems; the know-how to resolve conflict peacefully and democratically; and a commitment to engage people in discussion and listen to their ideas.
Add a willingness to collaborate and reasonably compromise, do research, network, consider multiple points of view, and build a case. Among basics are the need for media literacy, consensus building, and negotiating skills. Of course, another essential is getting a grip on the dynamic flow of trends and issues in a fast-changing world. All of the above should be coupled with creativity, imagination, and breakthrough thinking that can put us on the road to solving problems, seizing opportunities, and creating a more hopeful tomorrow.
Any civic educator will tell us that our students need to understand and have hands-on experience with public engagement and policymaking. Most would encourage them to take initiative in improving their communities. All of us, including our students, should be familiar with how government at every level is intended to work and how laws are made and changed. Top this preparation for enlightened citizenship with a working knowledge of concepts such as authority, privacy, responsibility, and justice.
Rebecca Mieliwocki, 2012 National Teacher of the Year and a member of Futures Council 21 for development of our book, Twenty-One Trends for the 21st Century, puts it this way: As teachers, "our work knits the fabric of society together like nothing else."
The Center for Civic Education urges all of us to aim for a civic temperament. That might just be the answer to what has too often become a polarized, gridlocked society.
Assignment #2: Identify ten things we should start doing now to make sure our students are ready to become active and contributing members of a truly civil society.


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RRB Ajmer Result 2018-19: Check Railway recruitment board Ajmer Group d, alp, ntpc, tc result, merit list and cut off from rrbajmer.gov.in official website. This article is specially updated for those candidates who have applied for RRB Ajmer Group D or ALP recruitment which is going to the conducted soon.
The candidates will need to be certain that they complete each and every necessary steps to ensure their candidature such as submitting their application form after checking their eligibility, because ineligible individuals are not selected.
The eligibility of the candidates are reviewed by the RRB during the initial screening and only qualified individuals get through this stage and are issued with their admit cards.
After the release of the admit cards cum call letter the selection procedure will commence for further selection and during this phase candidates will be shortlisted based on the results at the end of each test.
The RRB Ajmer Group D results and RRB Ajmer ALP results are completely based on the performance of the candidates but the selection will be done in meritorious aspects.
Those candidates who have applied or have participated in the recruitment for a particular cadre must be waiting for the results to be declared. All candidates will get here their RRB Ajmer Result 2018-19 for group d, alp, ntpc and other exams.
However in order to declare the results will require time depending upon the number of candidates who hare participated in the selection procedure.
Until the results are declared the candidates might want to go through the sections of this article where we have information for candidates if they have queries related to RRB Ajmer results.
Furthermore for dependable information stay tuned for RRB Ajmer Group D result 2018-19 and RRB Ajmer ALP result 2018 updates.
RRB Ajmer Group D Result 2018-19 :
The Group D cadre of the railways has always been one category for which candidates have been recruited more frequently than for other cadre. One of the factor that enables the RRB to recruit candidates in high numbers might be because of the number of posts which can be offered to the individuals within the Group D cadre.
However every candidate has to go through the recruitment phases that has been prepared for recruiting candidates in case of Group D. Railway recruiting board Ajmer Group d result 2018-2019 will update soon.
During the selection procedure aspirants will face different test based on specific factors where their score and performance will determine their further selection.
The selection of the candidates is completed in a simple manner where results are declared after each test and individuals are shortlisted accordingly. Check RRB Ajmer Group D Result 2018-19 from the official site.
The candidates who have been waiting for the results of RRB Ajmer Group D cadre shall have to wait for a little longer because the results has not been released yet. As soon as the results are declared candidates will be updated with the information here in this article as RRB Ajmer Group D 2018-19 Results.
RRB Ajmer Group D Result Date 2018-19 :
Every other candidate who participates in Group D recruitment conducted by RRB Ajmer are bound to have queries regarding their result date. However in this case the candidates ca only wait until the result have been released by the recruiting RRB after it
has been prepared.
Although the candidates are aware that in order to prepare the result considerable amount of time will be required due to the number of individuals who participate in the recruitment.
However the results for various test of the selection procedure are usually declared maximum of 5 days after the completion of the test. But in terms of written exam and the final merit list it takes about 1 to 2 months for the result to be declared by the RRB.
Thus the candidates are all left with the option of waiting for the results to be released officially or stay tuned for RRB Ajmer Group D 2018-19 Result Date updates.
RRB Ajmer Group D 2018-19 Results Download PDF :
Since the RRB Ajmer Group D results are released online the candidates will be able to download their respective result form the website. Although it sounds simple to download the results but there are certain instruction to acquire the specific result that is required.
Thus to assist the candidates to download their desire result we have mentioned the list of steps which will help the aspirants to download their result in pdf format.
- Visit the official website of RRB Ajmer (www.rrbajmer.gov.in).
- Search for Group D 2018-19 Results.
- Then click on that link.
- Candidates will need to enter the required details.
- Now click on the Submit option.
- A file will be displayed on the screen.
- Click to open the file.
- The result of the candidate will be displayed.
- Now click the download option to download the file.
- To get a print out click on the print out option.
RRB Ajmer ALP Result 2018-19 :
Eligible candidates who have applied for RRB Ajmer ALP recruitment or have participated in the recruitment must be aware that their selection will depend upon the results. The ALP cadre is one of the general post for which candidates have been recruited over the past years to ensure proper functioning of the trains.
Whenever RRB Ajmer conducted recruitment for ALP cadre numerous individuals come forward to take part because it is a golden opportunity for those who have been waiting for it to happen.
However only those candidates who are qualified, eligible and capable to pass the recruitment make the best out of this opportunity provided by the RRB.
Individuals are selected through specific recruitment procedure that has been setup for ALP cadre in particular by the RRCB which must be followed by the respective RRB Ajmer. Without passing each of the stages of the recruitment there is no chance of being recruited for their desired post of ALP ( Assistant Loco Pilot).
In order to evaluate the capabilities and qualities of the candidates the RRB prepares result after each test based on the performance of the candidates. Therefore the performance of each individual will determine their selection for which they have appear the test during the recruitment.
Since the results are absolute for the candidates we intend to update any announcements on RRB Ajmer ALP 2018-19 Results in this website.
RRB Ajmer ALP Result Date 2018-19 :
Download RRB Ajmer ALP Result 2018-19 from the official website of the board. Either the candidate has applied for or is has appeared in the recruitment the major concern will be focused upon their results and result dates.
The entire recruitment is dependent upon the results which are declared for every test of the recruitment for shortlisting candidates and to proceed further.
Although the results for the candidates are of out most importance but result dates are also a huge concern for the aspirants who have appeared in the recruitment.
Therefore to put the candidates in ease here we will be updating information regarding RRB Ajmer ALP Result dates to ensure that the aspirants are able to solve their queries.
Moreover aspirants are welcome to stay in touch with our website to be aware of latest updates on RRB Ajmer 2018-19 Result Dates.
RRB Ajmer ALP Result 2018-19 Download PDF :
We can assume that the candidates would prefer to acquire a copy of their results after it has been released by RRB Ajmer. And since these results are published online which will be available on the official website of the RRB candidates can download it form the site.
Therefore to help candidates to complete the downloading process we would like the aspirants to follow the below mentioned steps:-
- Go to the website of RRB Ajmer (www.rrbajmer.gov.in).
- Now look for the RRB Ajmer ALP Results 2018-19 link.
- Click on that link.
- A login page will be displayed on the screen.
- Enter the necessary details .
- Then click on the Submit option.
- The result should be displayed on the screen now.
- Check the result with the help of the roll number.
- To download the result click on the download option.
- In order to print a copy click on the print option.
For more details about the RRB Ajmer Result 2018-2019 please visit the official website of the board and get rrb recruitment 2019 related all details here.


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Does Your Principal Need an MBA?
A couple of months ago, I came across an interesting Bloomberg Businessweek story about a business school program at the University of Virginia designed specifically for K-12 principals. The idea behind the program is that today's principals, particularly those leading struggling schools, need management training as much as (if not more than) education experience.
The program participants, according to the story, "examine case studies on companies such as General Electric (GE) and Walt Disney (DIS), study organizational behavior, and learn how to analyze data." Many schools whose leaders have completed the program have reportedly seen strong test-score gains. "I took the best business practices and translated those into education," says one program grad whose school's reading and math scores have jumped by nearly 30 percent.
I meant to post something about this idea when I first read about it and somehow forgot. But now, as chance would have it, middle school educator Bill Ferriter has stumbled upon the same story. His take: It all sounds well and good perhaps, but from a teacher's perspective, the program's $75,000 price tag is a little hard to stomach:
Just the cost of the program ALONE is amazing, isn't it? I'd bet that our ENTIRE SCHOOL hasn't had $75K to spend on professional development in the better part of a decadelet alone $75K to invest in ONE person for TWO years.
He also questions the program's apparent focus on driving up standardized test scores. Gone about in the wrong way (that is, when it pits teachers against one another), he warns, this can result in the death of collaboration within a schoolnot exactly a prized management goal.
But you have to hope that, for $75 grand, the programs leadership's lessons are more nuanced than that.


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I'm not naïve enough to believe that this moment of reflection will stop me from becoming irritated, impatient, frustrated, bored or upset tomorrow when my son whines, spills spaghetti sauce on the rug or throws a fit because I won't let him stay up late. Maybe, though, I'll temper my response if I can remember how fleeting this all is. That for every moment I've prayed would end, there is something I miss.HP and I have been having some serious napping struggles these last few weeks. I'm at a loss for what to do, which leaves my approach lacking in consistently. I have a new plan to try every day, and each one is a flop.
On Sunday Neil tried putting HP down for each nap instead of me nursing him to sleep. That plan was a big, fat fail. The child is stubborn. By the end of the day I decided to just let it all go. Yes, he nurses to sleep right now. I'm sure that statement horrifies some who think he shouldn't be addicted to a "sleep prop."
I don't care.
He's just so little. Of course I don't want to create "bad habits," but I feel like I have been so worried about not creating those habits that I'm no longer effectively meeting his needs. The child no longer takes a pacifier (I can count on one hand the number of times he's actually taken it, and I don't even need to use all my fingers) and he needs to suck to calm himself down. So nursing it is.
I keep reminding myself that this is just a phase and will be gone before I know it. He's not always going to want to cuddle in my arms and nurse to sleep. He's not always going to refuse to nap longer than thirty minutes no matter how many ways I try to soothe him back to sleep. Both the things that I most enjoy and the things that frustrate me most about this stage will come to an end and we'll be facing a fresh batch of joys and challenges.
What I loved most about Corneal's piece is that it wasn't overly sentimental. Of course we all want to take the time to be present with our children and enjoy each stage to the fullest, but that's easier said than done when the reality of parenting is staring you in the face. She sums it up nicely when she says, "Raising children isn't all warm snuggles and charming memories. Parenting can be a long, hard slog." I continually go back and forth between telling myself that "this is just a phase" so I can get through the day and telling myself that "this is just a phase" to make sure I soak it all in.
The night after I read that article I thought, "Yes, I really should savor those middle of the night feeds when I get to cuddle with him in the quiet of the night; they won't last forever." That night he woke up four times. Four.
Maybe I don't need quite that much savoring.


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DFRWS 2016 EU Agenda
Digital Forensic Research Workshop 2016 EU agenda is available online. This year's conference is held in cooperation with the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) and its Special Interest Group on Security, Audit and Control (SIGSAC).
DFRWS is a non-profit, volunteer organization dedicated to the sharing of knowledge and ideas about digital forensics research. DFRWS organizes annual conferences and sponsors technical working groups and annual challenges to help drive the direction of research and development.
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Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou insisted he was not resigning at today's emergency cabinet meeting, according to state television.
Earlier on Thursday, Antonis Samaras, leader of the opposition New Democracy, called for a new coalition government to be formed, before snap elections, on Greek television Thursday.
Samaras said that Greece will stay as a member of the euro zone and that the country's politicians need to make sure that the government will receive the next tranche of its bailout loan from the troika consisting of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the European Central Bank (ECB) and the European Commission (EC).
Papandreou's PASOK party was thrown into disarray on Thursday morning after a series of defections left it without a majority in the Greek Parliament.
Papandreou will meet Greek President Karolos Papoulias immediately after an emergency cabinet meeting has finished.
Lucas Papademos, the Greek economist and former Vice-President of the ECB, was tipped as a possible replacement for Papandreou in local media reports.
After a number of PASOK MPs declared that they would not support the referendum on the latest bailout deal for Greece, Papandreou was left with the support of just 149 MPs in a parliament of 300.
More than 30 or so MPs signed a letter calling for "a unity government necessary to take over the implementation of national goals and lead the country as soon as possible and securely to elections."
Papandreou is expected to make a statement after an emergency cabinet meeting Thursday. He will visit the President of Greece, Karolos Papoulias, after the meeting is finished, according to the Greek state television channel.
"It is critical that the country's political forces agree to the creation of a national salvation government," PASOK politician Dimitris Lintzeris told reporters Thursday morning. "Papandreou is past."
Vasso Papandreou (no relation to the Prime Minister), also from PASOK, repeated her call for a national unity government to make sure that last month's bailout deal is enacted.
"The prime minister has not resigned and does not intend to resign," his chief of staff Regina Vartzeli told the website of Proto Thema newspaper Thursday.
Finance minister Evangelos Venizelos issued a statement expressing concerns about the planned referendum Thursday morning. The referendum is scheduled for December 4.
The Greek parliament is due to hold a vote of confidence in the government Friday morning.
If it is defeated, the government may have to face a new election, which could cause even more turmoil in the debt-laden state.
However, a defeat should mean that Greece is more likely to receive its next tranche of aid.
IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde, French President Nicolas Sarkozy and German Chancellor Angela Merkel warned Papandreou Wednesday that Greece will not receive any more aid until the referendum issue is resolved.
Opposition party New Democracy will probably win an election if one is called soon, according to analysts at Citi.
"The ND has opposed each and every bill related to the bailouts so far," the analysts wrote in a note Thursday. They also pointed out that the party said it wants to reopen bailout agreements.


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The university community has historically come under attack from extremist or ultra authoritarian leaders. The public university is and has always been a place where freedom of thought, expression, debate and social criticism can flourish, a public space where the very people oppressed by an unjust, elitist political and economic system can gain access to the knowledge and skills to present viable alternatives to it. This exercise in basic democratic rights strikes fear in leaders cognizant of their crimes against the majority.
For any coercive force to consolidate its power, it needs to win supremacy within the realm of ideas, so it is perhaps unsurprising that paramilitary violence is rife within one of the main sources of critical ideas in Colombia: the public universities. Death threats and the assassination and "disappearance" of students and staff have increased in recent years, as part of an attempt to fence in academic freedom and stifle criticism of the social injustice in which Colombia's armed struggle is rooted.
The Colombia Solidarity Campaign works in solidarity with the Colombian University community in defence against repression.
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