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Jeanette Vizguerra, a 45-year-old Mexican native and immigrant rights activist, has lived in Denver for 20 years and has three U.S.-born children –- Luna, 12, Roberto, 10, and Zury, 6. Her oldest child, 26-year-old Tania Baez, was born in Mexico and has a work permit in the U.S. under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program.
In February, Vizguerra took sanctuary in the basement of the First Unitarian Society of Denver after her latest application for a stay of removal was rejected. She skipped her scheduled check-in with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) out of fear that she would be immediately deported and separated from her children.
She left the First Baptist Church of Denver this morning after living there for 86 days.
In a press conference, Vizguerra thanked government officials who supported her and underscored the need for immigration reform.
"It's time. The president, Donald Trump, has said he is going to work for us," she said in Spanish. "It's time for the Republicans and Democrats to work together for immigration reform."
Vizguerra added, "It's time to stop. We do not want to be in fear. We are going to continue our fight and struggle."
On Thursday ICE granted Vizguerra's stay of removal application until March 15, 2019.
It is the latest chapter in her eight-year battle to stay in the U.S. with her children that began when an order for her deportation was issued in 2011.
Vizquerra referred to her children when explaining in February why she took refuge in the Denver sanctuary.
"You can see the reasons behind me why I am fighting so hard to win my case," she told The Associated Press.
Her lawyer, Hans Meyer, said Vizquerra embodies the values of integrity and perseverance.
"Jeanette Vizguerra has demonstrated unimaginable courage to fight for her family, for basic due process of law, and for fundamental fairness in our immigration system," Meyer said in a statement Thursday. "Jeanette is a living example of the true American values of courage, integrity and perseverance."
ICE spokesman Shawn Neudauer told ABC News in February that Vizguerra was an "enforcement priority" based on two misdemeanor convictions, including what her lawyer says is the common practice of using a fake social security number to get a job. Neudauer did not say if Vizguerra's request for an extension earlier this year was denied due to a change in immigration policy.
Under U.S. government policy, immigration authorities are supposed to avoid entering places of worship and other "sensitive locations," unless they have prior approval from a supervisor or face "exigent circumstances" that demand immediate action.
U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet (D-CO), who has been working closely with Vizguerra's attorney and introduced a bill in March for her relief, said he is "pleased to hear" the mother has been granted a temporary stay and that she should "never" have been a target for deportation.
"We must continue fighting for policies that keep families together and fix our broken immigration system," Bennet said in a statement Thursday.
Democratic Rep. Jared Polis of Colorado, who also introduced a bill on Vizguerra's behalf, said he is "grateful" the mother will be "afforded more time in the U.S. and the due process she deserves."
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The complete print edition
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Mitt Romney's Deception:
His Stealth Promotion of "Gay Rights" and "Gay Marriage" in Massachusetts
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Mitt Romney's Deception by Massachusetts researcher and activist Amy Contrada is a thorough history of the former Governor's shocking (but under-reported) record on "gay rights"' and "gay marriage" in Massachusetts. The book details Romney's promises to homosexual activists, his resulting promotion of "gay rights" and unconstitutional implementation of "gay marriage," and his support for sexual-radical programs in the Massachusetts schools. The outrages Romney failed to halt set horrible precedents for radical leftist victories nationwide. Contrary to his claim that he defended marriage, the Constitution, traditional values, and religious freedom, he actually undermined them. In addition, Romney's actions are analyzed within the broader history of how "gay marriage" and the homosexual agenda in the schools came to Massachusetts – and ultimately to the rest of the country. It is a unique resource written by a pro-family activist on the frontlines of the culture war in Massachusetts.
Contrada's research will prove invaluable in evaluating Mitt Romney as a Presidential candidate. Focusing on the issue of "gay rights," Contrada documents his largely untold history as Governor. During those years (2003-2006), Romney:
· Worked closely with homosexual activists and pro-gay rights advisors
· Implemented "gay marriage" through his executive departments without legislative authorization, violating the Massachusetts Constitution
· Pushed a constitutional amendment strategy doomed to failure, and ignored the call to remove the activist judges who ruled for "gay marriage"
· Funded and promoted GLBT indoctrination in the public schools through his "Governor's Commission on Gay and Lesbian Youth," and his Department of Education "Safe Schools" programs
· Undermined religious freedom, failing to defend Catholic Charities in the "homosexual adoptions" fiasco
· Continued or implemented radical homosexual and transgender programs in his executive departments
The book covers gubernatorial candidate Romney's refusal to support the original 2001 Massachusetts constitutional amendment to define marriage as one man and one woman (which the Legislature refused to vote on). It details the tainted Goodridge "gay marriage" ruling, the attempted "civil union" constitutional amendment by the Legislature (supported by Gov. Romney), the constitutional issues which were purposefully ignored, the grassroots effort to remove the judges, the "gay marriage" training sessions for Justices of the Peace and Town Clerks (run by Gov. Romney's Chief Legal Counsel), the watered-down VoteOnMarriage amendment, what really happened with the Catholic Charities adoption issue (it's not what the media reported), and everything in between. The in-fighting, the shameful collapse of the conservative movement, and the treachery by so-called "conservative" leaders is all discussed.
Finally, this book is an unprecedented documentary of the homosexual agenda in Massachusetts schools starting in the early 1990s. This is particularly relevant to people across the country who are seeing the fruits of that "pioneering" work in their school systems now. Governor Romney's support of these radical programs (through his Dept. of Education and "Governor's Commission on Gay & Lesbian Youth") is fully documented. From Kevin Jennings (who started out as a teacher in Concord Academy in Concord, Mass.) to the GLSEN conferences, "Safe Schools" programs, gay-straight alliance clubs, and Youth Pride events, to the parents' rights violations in the David Parker nightmare case, this book documents how the homosexual movement literally took over the Massachusetts Department of Education -- and branched out to the Department of Social Services and throughout state government.
Mitt Romney's Deception is a superbly documented, 640-page history with numerous photos and over 900 detailed endnotes.
Amy Contrada holds a B.A. summa cum laude (Tufts University), an M.A.T. (Brown University), a Diploma in Violin Making, and attended Oberlin Conservatory. She is a 40-year resident of Massachusetts. Since 2004, she has been a researcher, reporter, writer, and blogger for the pro-family organization MassResistance.
"A book that landed in my hands, despite the efforts of GOP operatives to keep it from going anywhere, is an expose by Amy L. Contrada on Governor Romney's 'deception' during the campaign for gay marriage in Massachusetts. From Contrada's account, it is hard to pinpoint where Romney stood on this sensitive social issue."
- Professor Paul Gottfried, "Mitt the Minimalist," The American Conservative (8/1/2012).
"Fearing the abuse of the anti-journalists, the 'respectable' conservative media, those with a serious and sober presence in New York and/or Washington, have become cautious to the point of cowardly. To date, not a single one of them has so much as commented on my book, let alone reviewed it."
- Jack Cashill on his brilliant book, Deconstructing Obama, which made the case that terrorist Bill Ayers wrote the bulk of Obama's memoir, Dreams from My Father; Whistleblower (July 2011).
At a February 2004 rally on the Boston Common promoting the "MA&PA"
marriage amendment proposal. Amy held a sign advocating removing the judges.
The Judiciary was the problem, not the Massachusetts Constitution.
Readers' responses ...
Current reviews posted on Amazon.com here. Reviews of the earlier e-book edition posted on Amazon.com:
- T.L., Massachusetts (comment to MassResistance)
"Amy Contrada makes a monumental contribution to the precise documentation of the sordid history of the stealthy introduction of so-called 'gay marriage' in Massacusetts."
- Davey Jay "Davey" (Amazon review, 1st ed.)
- CRNews Ma (Amazon review, 1st ed.)
Pro-Family Leaders Recommend
Mitt Romney's Deception:
"It is gratifying to finally read a book that penetrates the cloud of propaganda that the media, the establishment Republicans, and yes, even some so called 'conservative' leaders have woven around Mitt Romney and his past. Amy Contrada's Mitt Romney's Deception documents in great detail how Romney was perhaps America's most pro-homosexual governor. For a man to pull off what he did – including dramatically advancing the cause of homosexual marriage and still campaign for president as a 'pro-family' conservative – demonstrates the length to which individuals have gone to cover for this man. It's high time all Americans find out who the real Mitt Romney is. Candidates should be judged by their past actions, not by their rhetoric."
- Steve Baldwin, Former Executive Director of the conservative Council for National Policy; former California State Assemblyman; and co-author, "From Crayons to Condoms: The Ugly Truth about America's Public Schools"
"This book could not be more timely or more thorough in presenting the case against a Romney presidency. Ms. Contrada has given a gift to America by exposing the faux 'conservatism' of former Governor Mitt Romney."
- Linda Harvey, MissionAmerica; author of "Not My Child: Contemporary Paganism & New Spirituality"
"In writing the meticulously documented Mitt Romney's Deception, Amy Contrada has done the job that the liberal media was supposed to do in holding the light of truth to Romney's claim to be a pro-marriage, profamily 'conservative.' What she has uncovered is stunning even to experienced critics of Romney's equivocation on homosexual issues. Contrada lays bare Romney's servile embrace of the radical Massachusetts 'gay' agenda in his statewide campaigns for office (he criticized Ted Kennedy from the left). Then she exposes his subsequent doublespeak in posing as the stalwart defender of traditional marriage in his bid for the GOP presidential nomination. In the process, Contrada also reveals how prominent, pro-Romney social conservatives cut corners to preserve Mitt's marriage myth. This is a must-read for anyone wanting to go beyond the (conservative) media hype surrounding the former Massachusetts governor to understand the real Romney."
- Peter LaBarbera, President, Americans for Truth about Homosexuality and Founder, Republicans for Family Values blog
Some MEDIA coverage ...
Peter LaBarbera, Americans for Truth about Homosexuality,
March-April 2012, 3 parts: Part 1 Part 2 Part 3
Pete declares me "a brilliant researcher."
So buy the book already!
Janet Mefferd, Salem Radio Network (3/29/2012).
Pastor Brad Brandon, Word of Truth, Salem Radio Minneapolis (2/24/12, at 59 mins.).
Jan Mickelson, WHO-AM Des Moines (2/8/12).
Dr. Rich Swier, Tampa, FL (1/25/12).
Paul Drockton Radio (1/10 & 1/17/12, hour 1).
Steve Deace, focusing on Romney's unconstitutional implementation of the "gay marriage" ruling (10/10/11, nationallly syndicated).
Bryan Fischer on American Family Association Radio,
"Focal Point" (8/24/11).
Kerby Anderson, Point of View radio (8/8/11).
Bob Enyart, KGOV Denver (8/8/11).
Jeff Katz on Talk1200-Boston - podcast HERE on release of print edition (7/25/11).
Dr. Michael Brown, Line of Fire radio (7/13/11).
Jan Mickelson, WHO-AM Des Moines (on e-book edition, 3/9/11), podcast HERE.
Press Release, via Christian NewsWire (8/10/11).
RightWingNews (1/31/12): "Romney Contributed $10,000 to Radical Gay Group in 2004," by Steve Baldwin.
Renew America (1/20/12): " 'Mitt Romney's Deception'
and the Homosexual Lobby," by Matt Abbott (focus on Catholic Charities & adoptions by homosexuals scandal).
RenewAmerica (12/8/11): " 'The Romney' as Viewed by a Massachusetts Conservative," by Wes Vernon.
RenewAmerica (11/15/11): "Mitt Romney's Other Flip-Flop," by Amy L. Contrada.
WorldNetDaily (10/27/11): "10 reasons why Christians should reject Romney," by Chaplain Gordon James Klingenschmitt.
(Colorado; 10/25/11): "Romney unilaterally implemented 'gay' marriage in Massachusetts," by Jack Minor.
The New American (9/22/11): "Mitt Romney's Achilles' Heel," by Sam Blumenfeld.
Christian Post (8/15/11): "Romney's Flip Flopping on Homosexuality Discussed in New Book," by Paul Stanley. (Has a few misquotes.)
Dispatches (4/25/11): "Vetting Mitt Romney," by John Biver.
WorldNetDaily (3/19/11): "Author: Romney's promises to homosexuals still stand," by Michael Carl.
Dakota Voice (3/17/11): by Gina Miller.


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It's being locked for its own protection.
After all, you wouldn't want a cleat-clad soccer player ripping up your baseball field, would you?
That's the logic behind the city Parks Department's constant locking of the Manhattan Beach Park ball field – a move that's left area civic leaders digging in their heels, demanding that the diamond be left open as often as possible.
Members of the Manhattan Beach Neighborhood Association (MBNA) claim that the ball field located off Oriental Boulevard and Coleridge Street is routinely locked on the weekends, making it difficult for future neighborhood sandlot stars to practice their way to the big leagues.
It may also hamper the MBNA's odds in besting Brooklyn News 12 during a charity baseball game slated for September 7.
Concerns over the ball field's constant closure were voiced at the group's Monday meeting at P.S. 195 on Irwin Street, when Manhattan Beach Park and Recreation Manager Katy Rosa said that the ball field had been locked on occasion to stop un-permitted day camps from using it.
But the field, she said, isn't closed as often as Association members believe, she said.
"It was closed for a few days in July when a day camp of 25 to 30 kids showed up and tried to use the park without a permit," Rosa said. "An official group that big just can't show up at the park and use the ball field without permission — it becomes a safety issue."
The ball field was closed again when Rosa caught wind that another un-permitted summer camp – this time a soccer camp – was passing out fliers encouraging kids to show up there for lessons.
Soccer cleats would tear up the grass field, she explained.
Yet MBNA President Alan Ditchek, who brought his own children to the ball field recently only to find himself barred at the gates, said that the community shouldn't be stopped from using their field of dreams because of a few malcontents.
"You can't shut out everybody from the ball field just because some people misbehave and misuse it," said Ditchek, adding that soccer cleats are about as dangerous to the ball field as baseball cleats, which are used by outfielders all the time. "Whether you're throwing around a Frisbee or tossing a football, the ball field is for everyone to enjoy."
Rosa assured Ditchek that the field would be kept open on the weekends. If the field is locked during the week and someone wants to use it, all they have to do is come to her office to have it opened, she said.
When our photographer went to the ball field this weekend, the gates were open.
But no one was playing baseball.
Instead, a young woman was in there, practicing some karate moves.
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The Virginia Department of Education was shaken up last week with the appointment of a new secretary of education.
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Gov. Bob McDonnell announced Laura W. Fornash's appointment as education secretary last Tuesday.
"We are thrilled to be able to appoint a consummate professional and well-respected advocate for higher education to be the next leader of Virginia's education system," McDonnell said in an announcement. "We are especially pleased to have found the best candidate for this position right here in our ranks after a nationwide search."
Fornash had been serving as interim secretary since July following the departure of Gerard Robinson, who left to take on the job of education commissioner of Florida state. She previously held the title of Deputy Secretary of Education.
Fornash is also serving as the Executive Director of the Commission on Higher Education Reform, Innovation and Investment.
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Today at the annual Ulster Grammar Schools Swimming Championships there was a tough field of over 60 schools competing for the title.
The Victoria College intermediate team of Katie Hayes, Evie Dougan, Esmee Hall, Emma Henderson and Sophie Hunter took gold in both the Freestyle and Medley relays.
Individually Esmme won a bronze in Butterfly and Emma won silver in Backstroke and bronze in Individual Medley. These results totalled to give the team an overall win and be crowned Ulster Grammar Schools Swimming Champions for a second consecutive year.


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This is part of a nice article from the Everett Herald on the history of Washington Stove Works...
When Ralph Mackey sold Washington Stove Works in 1981 to the Goldbelt Corporation, he became the last of four generations in his family to own and run the firm. Ralph's great-grandfather, William Mackey, Sr., had founded the company in South Haven, Michigan, in 1875. But the stove works' connection to Washington began in 1903, when Everett's civic leaders, wishing to build a diverse industrial economy, lured the company to the Northwest. The company's long-term success here is testimony to the founding family's fortitude and their ability to keep the company a vital part of Everett's manufacturing scene for over three-quarters of a century.
William Mackey, the company founder, was born in Belfast, Ireland in 1839, and immigrated alone to Quebec, Canada, when he was 12 years old. He later moved to Brantford, Ontario, where he apprenticed as an iron molder and met and married Susan Jenkenson. The couple moved to Detroit in 1872, where William became foreman of the Michigan Stove Company, then under construction. Three years later, he moved his growing family to South Haven and founded "William Mackey and Sons Foundry."
The four "sons" in the company name, William, Jr., Frederick, Albert and Ernest, took active roles in the family business as they grew old enough to handle Foundry work. For over 25 years, William and his sons molded molten metal into a complete line of stoves and ranges on the shores of Lake Michigan. They might have stayed there, if William, Sr., who by then was over 60, and his second son, Fred, had not ventured to the Northwest seeking a new plant location. Soon, business interests in Vancouver, British Columbia, and Everett, Washington, heard of the Mackeys' plans and the two cities began offering incentives to woo the company to their locales.
Everett won the competition, when Wyatt and Bethel Rucker, representing the interests of the local Chamber of Commerce, offered the Mackeys free land for their factory, with the proviso that they employ 20 People for at least 3 years. It turned out to be a win-win-win situation for the Mackeys, the Ruckers and the city of Everett, with the company surviving far longer than the minimum and employing as many as 220 workers at its peak.
When William moved his extended family to Everett, he brought along partner and company cofounder Irving M. Smith. They incorporated the stove works with William as president, Irving as secretary and Fred as manager. They built the plant on the Rucker's donated land at the corner of 34th and Smith Avenue and combined their years of expertise to make it prosper.
The company manufactured stoves, ranges, heaters and furnaces under the "Olympic" brand name, and produced custom iron castings as well. The finished products were sold and shipped to wholesalers, dealers and stores in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Utah and Alaska. In the early days, the company employed 3 traveling salesmen and 45 skilled mechanics.
Many family members were employed at the plant, while others pursued related careers locally.
Below are some shots from the Everett Museum collection.
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The Carrie Furnace eBook
The Carrie Furnace eBook
Between 1881 and 1978 the Carrie Furnace was used to produce iron which was then shipped, still molten, across the Monongahela River to the Homestead Steel Works (site of the famous Homestead Strike of 1892). It played an important role in the industrial heritage and history of Western Pennsylvania. Closed in 1978, the furnace has lay dormant for 34 years.
"The Carrie Furnace" eBook contains 47 photographs of the Carrie Furnace as it appeared in 2011. It has since changed, and continues to change, thanks to the restoration efforts of Rivers Of Steel, a non-profit organization dedicated to the preservation of Western Pennsylvania's industrial and steel making heritage.
Having been moved by the process of photographing the abandoned blast furnace, I searched for someone that had worked at the facility that I might be able to speak with. I was quite fortunate to meet Mr. Ron Gault, who worked at Carrie as a young man in the 1970s. He provided fascinating information and anecdotes related to the photographs I showed him, and this audio content is included as part of the multimedia Carrie Furnace eBook.
The eBook is available for immediate download and contains:
- 63 pages of contentHigher resolution images than those on my website (ability to zoom) with full screen mode
- Embedded audio content - just click the audio icon on image pages to hear Mr. Gault's commentary
- Easy and rapid navigation using a navigation toolbar, bookmarks, and thumbnails
- Formatted for a beautiful display on desktop computers, tablets, and smartphones
- More information about the Carrie Furnace and Rivers Of Steel


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Obama Sounds Alarm on Infrastructure Funding
Highway Trust Fund Running on Empty Repairs to highways, bridges and transit cost more than the gas tax takes in – and the HTF is set to run dry around August 1, 2014. The Highway Trust Fund (HTF) is running out of money this summer. For the states tasked with infrastructure upkeep this will mean a graduated cutback in money, beginning as early as August 1, according to the U.S. Secretary of Transportation Anthony Foxx. This is not a new or surprising problem. The HTF is funded by federal gas…read more


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year: 2011 - 2013
location: Mníšek pod Brdy
size: 100 m2
client: private
status: realized
photo: Mark Prethero / blankfoto.com
How to deal with a height difference of the road and the plot and with the regulations requiring a gable roof? How to design a house maximizing the connection with the garden?
The client's request, small house with a big plot, resulted in a two-storey building, where the vast majority of the living space is located on the lower floor in direct contact with the terrace and the garden. The terrace is covered by a roof overhang, which also shades the southern facade.
Upstairs, in a small gable house, there is an entrance hall and a guest room facing south. Huge linden tree by the creek in the south part of the plot is the main attraction of the garden.
Peace, linden tree, sheeps in the meadow, castle ...


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Manual: Chord Editor
The Chord Editor is used to define to configure the preset chords that can be entered into the Pattern Editor by holding the chord modifier key.
- Shortcut Key: The note that, when input, will trigger the chord input. The displayed octave is relative to the base octave; i.e. C-0 is the lowest octave on your keyboard, and pressing this note together with the chord modifier key (Shift by default) will enter the notes from the following fields.
- Base Note: The base note of the chord; however, it doesn't have to be the lowest note of the chord. There are two possible modes for the base note:
- Relative: The base note is taken as the note in the pattern position where the chord is entered. All notes in the chord are relative to that note. If the pattern cell is empty, the previous base note is used instead.
- Note: Any other base note value uses the chosen note as the base note and adds the base octave.
- Notes 1 – 3: The alternate notes that will be input in the other channels being recorded into.
- Chord Diagram: The piano keyboard representation of the chord, with red dots indicating which notes belong to the chord. You can click on any note in the diagram (up to 4 at a time) to set the note into the chord, but when using this method it's best to start out with no notes assigned except the base note. When clicking on a note, the chord is reconsidered and the notes are placed in the "Note #" fields according to the sequential order on the keyboard diagram. To remove a note assignment, click on the red dot so it is deleted.


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One look at the invitation (no stickers, no cutesy animals, no Lisa Frank vibes) and its C-U-Next-Tuesday depiction as well as the title of the collection "Reject Everything" and you knew you were in for a rough ride at Meadham Kirchhoff. Rough, as in it would shake up the system (or at the very least the MK system), get very angry and annihilate any thought that Ed Meadham and Ben Kirchhoff were just about fluff, glitter and pretty pretty things.
Then there was the venue – the back of Phonica Records, which I didn't dare to enter when I was a teen (only amateur DJ boys went in there…) – a much more intimate space than where the duo normally shows. They had festooned it with trees, ribbons and… paint dipped tampons. The focal point of the set was a piece of trash art with bicycle spokes colliding with car doors and radiators.
On our insulation foam seats was a zine first confronting you with all the slurs that both women and men might encounter (slag, slut, fag, batty boy etc) based on what you look like or how you dress – i.e. the way Meadham Kirchhoff have been dressing their women (and men for a while) and themselves for the duration of their careers. It then opened up to a list of MK Like and Hates…
Likes: Viv Albertine, Quentin Crisp, RuPaul, Girly Clothes, Arvida Bystrom (who incidentally closed the show)
Hate: Conformity, Putin, Paul Hollywood, High Street Shit, Tony Abbott
Even more telling was the thanks/shout-out notes page. "This is dedicated (if it works), to two women who have revolutionised my pitiful existence – Ms Viv Albertine – I am in LOVE – and Little Ms Trojan. (E's pet dog) I am revived."
"It would be retarded of me to not acknowledge the obvious and undeniable influence that Dame Westwood has had on this collection. Forever indebted to your genius."
"Fuk LVMH corporate fashion."
These are just some of the choice lines that tell you of the inspiration roots of this joyfully disruptive collection and the subject of anger that both Ben and Ed are channelling their hate towards. Maybe they are biting the hand that feeds them but the hand that fed them hasn't treated them with the just respect they deserve either. Their work is merely a commodity or a novelty for the fashion industry to mine, take and exploit as "product" when they're not necessarily product-focused designers (they create beautiful things that anybody with a sense of aesthetic appreciation would want to wear – that's different from "product" for the sheeple). It's like jamming a square peg into a round hole. They have every right to be angry.
It's hard not to think about what in my opinion was a gross injustice, that they did not progress into the finalists stage of the inaugural LVMH prize, when they reference the conglomerate in their zine. They're probably not angry about the fact that they didn't progress but that they were entered into that competitive environment in the first place. Fighting the system is a naive mission in fashion. It usually just elicits sneers of "Well, if you don't play the game, you're never going to be a game-changer." Ben and Ed have on their part played the game. They've been propelled to great heights. And now they want to tear all of that asunder and write their own system.
They've got nothing to prove by pandering to conventional notions of beauty. They've done all of that before. So now they can venture forth and wade into new territory for them, paying homage to the Westwoods, the Bodymaps, the Leigh Bowerys of the past but also carving out a statement for the future in amidst fashion's current state of middling mediocrity and "We must sell things!" remit. The results? Panelled knitwear – deliberately lumpy and bumpy. Smocked white dresses with red toggles resembling bloody tampon strings. Cut-up pink latex as if it were cut chiffon. Swiss dot lace dresses, ripped and worn over "man-repelling" yellow wooly long johns and slogan knickers. Blue asymmetric shirting, cut-up, voluminous, an echo of Westwood's pirate shirts. Jackets frayed at the edges made out of laundry bag material. Bulky bomber jackets made out of automotive foam. The MK-isms were still there in the shirred chiffon dresses, stitched with extra TLC, in the flutters of black feathers hanging off of gowns and just in the general method of "Don't-give-a-fuck" layering that has always captured this layerist's heart.
In a week of politeness, niceties and all things Net-a-Porter ready, Meadham Kirchhoff unofficially closed LFW by reminding us all what British fashion has been in the past and should always try to be in the future – disruptive, probing and uncompromising. Lose those qualities and you're just like everyone else.
Scans from Meadham Kirchhoff fanzine SS15 from Dazed Digital


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Week in Review: Demise of HD DVD
EmptyGive peace a chance: Warner Bros., the CES pull out, Wal-Mart -- the dominos fell at a ruthless pace for HD DVD during the past few weeks. Maybe that's why it all felt a bit perfunctory by the time Toshiba finally waved the white flag, ending this generation's Betamax/VHS battle with more of a whimper than a roar. The news of the surrender was followed hours later by Universal's announcement that it was switching to Blu-ray, with Paramount and DreamWorks Animation following in short order. The big winners, of course, are easily confused consumers everywhere.
Pretty sneaky, sis: If you're one of the legions longing for a remake of 1985's "Clue," your dream took a step closer to reality this week. Universal and Hasbro unveiled a six-year pact intended to produce at least four films based on Hasbro properties including Monopoly, Candy Land, Battleship and, yes, Clue. The first film from the deal is expected by 2010-11, and Hasbro is said to be in negotiations with Ridley Scott to direct a Monopoly pic. Yes, that Ridley Scott. No word on who owns the rights to Connect Four.
'Records' set: Beyonce Knowles is adding some star power in front of and behind the camera in Sony BMG Films' "Cadillac Records." In addition to playing Etta James in the '50s period piece about soul label Chess Records, the pop diva is taking an exec producer credit and contributing four songs to the soundtrack.
No upfront for you! The annual dog-and-pony show known as the upfronts will be shy a Peacock this year. NBC has pulled its traditional New York presentation, opting for one-on-one meetings with advertisers as part of its new year-round programming strategy. One aspect of the plan turning heads is a stated desire to bring advertisers into the process at an earlier stage, something the network insists will be about things like sponsorship integration rather than content. "I don't want anybody to think that we're going to be taking notes from the advertisers on how to do our shows," NBC co-chairman Marc Graboff said. Now who'd be cynical enough to think something like that?
Anime mined: A live-action version of seminal '80s anime "Akira," kicking around in development at Warner Bros. for years now, has roared back to life courtesy of Leonardo DiCaprio. Ruairi Robinson, an Oscar winner for his 2001 short "Fifty Percent Grey," has been tabbed to make his feature debut on the project, which the studio envisions as a two-part epic. DiCaprio will produce via his Appian Way shingle alongside Andrew Lazar of Mad Chance.
Kicking it up: Emeril may not still be 'Live,' but Martha Stewart saw some value in Lagasse's brand, cooking up a $50 million deal this week for the celebrity chef's assets. Stewart's MSLO has TV on its mind with the move, and will make international syndication a priority. Wall Street saw the value too, as MSLO's stock closed up 17.3% the day of the announcement.
Back to work: "Will & Grace" creators David Kohan and Max Mutchnick scored the first major scripted TV sale since the writers strike concluded. ABC has given a pilot order to the duo's latest comedy -- a multicamera effort penned pre-strike -- that revolves around two lifelong friends and business partners. ... Elsewhere, CBS picked up two reality-themed projects: the Jamie Kennedy-produced "Splits-ville" and an untitled project from "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" creator Tom Forman.
Berlinale surprise: The Weinsteins' Latin American Film fund got a shot in the arm as its first project, Jose Padilha's "Tropa de Elite," scored an upset Golden Bear win at the Berlin International Film Festival. The film topped the favored "There Will Be Blood," which still earned a best director nod for Paul Thomas Anderson.
End credits: Anthony Anderson is picking up the badge laid down by "Law & Order's" Jesse L. Martin after nine years on the NBC drama. ... Helmer David Fincher is in love with Par horror romance "Black Hole." ... Danny Huston will give Wolverine a very hard time in Fox's "X-Men" spinoff.


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This week the guys announce that they are unable to endorse reading-related cannibalism. Dave presents some enormous impersonations, Cody meets his quota of disappointing Jon, and Jon leads the hunt for a deadly kitchen appliance from way back when. Also, it's an olfactory experience!
Show Notes:
Fruitwards: Garish Shovel, Dreaded iChef, Elected Mythic Creature, Enormous Impersonations
Improv Game of the Week: Inventor's Workshop
Cody's Words of Wisdom


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Why I've Kind of Been Neglecting the Blog Lately
by sarahgrand
Hello everyone! So, I have a bunch of ideas for things to write about for the blog, but I haven't posted in a few weeks. I usually think the excuse "I don't have enough time" is BS, but this time, it's really true! I just haven't had enough time to write lately. But I plan on blogging more regularly again in a few weeks.
I had a lot of life changes in the last month. I left my first job out of college to do a complete industry change–I went from working in cost estimating at a huge construction company to working in advertising at a finance startup. I can explain a bit about why I did the industry change in a future post. I also moved out of my apartment in Queens last month and now am commuting to Manhattan from New Jersey. So far, everything is really good and I love my new job and living at home again! But, between the new job and the commuting, I have A LOT less free time on my hands! And, during the little free time that I have had in the last few weeks, I've been working on this logo project. Guys, designing logos is WAY HARDER THAN IT LOOKS!
Today, I plan on finishing up that logo, and I'll hopefully get it posted up on the design website this weekend. After that, I have a whole list of other design projects to get to, which will probably take precedence over the blog. In any case, once everything is totally settled and get into the right groove, I should be posting on here more regularly. Let me know if you have any ideas for things to write about, or any advice questions that I can address on here. Thanks!


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We all have a major music crush on FIDLAR here at VICE, so it's understandable that we got visible hives when they asked us to premiere their new video for "Wake Bake Skate" off of their DIYDUI EP on White Iris, because that must mean that they heart us back.
There's a lot going on in the video, but it mostly centers on some soldiers and a grim reaper sandboarding in the desert in a "Charlie don't sandboard" sort of situation.
This song is really good for listening to when you want to drown out the sounds of your roommate humping her boyfriend to the sound of shitty art student music, which is what I am doing right this very second.
To buy the song (or the whole album) in listen-only form, go here.


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Glass Egg is going to Tokyo Game Show 2016!September 1, 2016
TOKYO GAME SHOW 2016 will be held at Makuhari Messe September 15th to 18th.
Like past 5 years, Glass Egg will exhibit in this major video game event during Business Days.
Find us in Asia New Star Area on September 15th and 16th (Thursday and Friday).
Please send us your meeting requests via: email@example.com


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Friday, February 27, 2009
Kirk Hinrich, who won two Big 12 championships and played in two Final Fours at Kansas University before being tapped seventh overall in the 2003 NBA Draft, says the greatest moment of his storied hoops career will take place Sunday.
That's when his KU jersey No. 10 will be hung for eternity in the rafters of tradition-rich Allen Fieldhouse.
"I feel like for myself it's the ultimate honor," the 28-year-old Chicago Bulls point guard/shooting guard said Thursday, speaking via teleconference from Washington, D.C., where the Bulls meet the Wizards tonight.
"I don't know if there's a greater honor in basketball than to have your jersey hanging in the most historic basketball building in the world. It's an unbelievable honor," Hinrich added. "I feel Allen Fieldhouse is a very magical place, so rich in tradition. There have been so many great players to play there. It's just an unbelievable honor to have this happen."
So unbelievable that Hinrich said the word, "Wow" a handful of times in his 20-minute phone session with reporters — one that took place before the Bulls were to head to the White House for a meeting with President Obama, who hails from Illinois.
A reporter from Hinrich's home state of Iowa asked the Sioux City native if he ever thought he'd get to this point.
"It's a crazy cycle," Hinrich said. "To think back when I was in high school ...to have a chance to play at the University of Kansas was overwhelming. Understanding what it's all about and the tradition, the people who came before me and made everything possible by keeping the tradition alive ... now to have the opportunity to have my jersey up in the rafters is just overwhelming."
Hinrich will have several family members and friends in the stands Sunday, including former KU teammate and fellow Iowan Nick Collison. The jersey hanging ceremony will take place at halftime of the 1 p.m. KU-Missouri game.
"Coincidentally, he has an off day (with Bulls Sunday), which is good. But Kirk picked the Missouri game. He wanted to be here for that particular game," KU coach Bill Self said.
Hinrich admitted that choosing the KU-MU game was a no-brainer.
"Playing in that Missouri-Kansas rivalry for four years, I definitely understand how important it is," said Hinrich, who went 6-3 versus the Tigers from 1999-2003.
"Some of my most memorable games were against Missouri," added Hinrich. His 25 points and nine rebounds helped the Jayhawks to a 95-92 victory over the Tigers on March 3, 2002, in Columbia — a game that completed KU's perfect 16-0 run in the Big 12 Conference.
"I'm just excited to have the opportunity to be there for that game. I'm really looking forward to the ceremony, one, and two, to experience a game there again. It's been awhile. It's always special when it's Kansas against Missouri."
Hinrich is ninth in KU career scoring, fourth in assists, sixth in steals, third in most minutes played, third in three-pointers made, fifth in career free-throw percentage and 13th in career field goals made. He was a first-team All-Big 12 pick his junior and senior seasons and a third-team All-American his senior year. He was selected by the Bulls with the seventh overall pick in the 2003 NBA Draft.
"He deserves it," Self said Thursday. "There's really not a criteria other than the greatest players that play here deserve to be considered for that. Without question, he's one of the best to play here.
"We did put the minimum five-year waiting period on everybody because we think it'll mean more to the guy coming back if they had a chance to really think about what they accomplished as opposed to doing it right at the time they graduated or left school. I think it'll be great."
Future jersey retirements: Though no official announcement has been made, it's believed Wayne Simien will be the next Jayhawk to have his jersey hung. Simien last played at KU in 2004-05.
As far as players on KU's 2008 national title team, perhaps one or two will be honored down the line.
"You would say that some would deserve it. You could also say if some from that team deserve it, wouldn't you go to past teams? Our leading scorer averaged 12.8 points a game (Brandon Rush 13.3, Mario Chalmers, Darrell Arthur both 12.8). Statistically, it's not going to stack up," Self said. "I'd be very surprised if somebody from that team did not get their jersey hung up there, maybe multiple guys.
"You look up there and see the guys, you see Kirk, who was fabulous and the seventh pick of the draft and averaged 18 a game. The team last year wasn't a team built on individual statistics but built as a group, and guys left early (for NBA). I don't want to make any predictions on who or when because you guys will write about that for the next four years. There will be somebody I'm sure."


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Per Marcia's request.
Back to All Events
Earlier Event: September 21Womens Book Club - Martha White @ 7-9pm
Later Event: September 22Catering Without Borders - Kitchen 3-6pm
Per Marcia's request.
Worship services, including youth and Religious Education classes are every Sunday at 10:30am
Forum meets every Sunday morning (with some exceptions) at 9:15 in the South Room
AA (Altered Attitudes) meets everyday from 5:30-6:30 pm in the Martha White Room
Folk Time meets Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays from 9:00-3:00 in the Bachelder Room
The Living Room meets every Wednesday from 4:00-8:00pm in the Bachelder Room
The Choir rehearses every Wednesday from 7:00-8:30pm in the Sanctuary (with the exception of July & August)


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Aldous Harding is proud to share the first single and video from her forthcoming album.
Produced by John Parish (Sparklehorse, PJ Harvey) the album will be out in the first half of 2017 on Flying Nun Records (NZ) and 4AD (ex. NZ). Aldous Harding is the first New Zealand artist (Dead Can Dance don't count!) to sign to 4AD - regularly cited as the most influential indie in the world; home to The Cocteau Twins, The Pixies, The National, Grimes, The Breeders and many more.
Aldous Harding's music is not for the faint of heart. Disarming in its desolate imagery and stark instrumentation, her songs draw from the core facets of life: death, birth, grief and love. There are few happy endings, but the power is in how Harding enters into battle; with a dancer's grace and a boxer's stance.
Harding initially ignited interest with her eponymous debut album, released just two years ago. The album slowly filtered out into the world via various pathways; Harding toured Australia, UK and Europe extensively. In 2016 it received a release in the US via Flying Nun and Harding undertook her first major tour there with Deerhunter in September.
With echoes of folk luminary Linda Perhacs, Harding's work is one step removed from the modern world, lying in the more savage and dramatic terrain where Kate Bush and Scott Walker reside, wrought with a wry wit and tenacious gall.
For her first release from the forthcoming album, 'Horizon' offers an enticing preview. She wraps her voice effortless around a simple three-chord skeleton with poise and at times near violent intensity. The confrontational accompanying video, directed by Charlotte Evans, and produced by Evie Mackay, features Harding's own mother performing a transfixing blend of Aikido and physical theatre in the New Zealand hinterland.
As Harding herself explains:
"I want the interpretation of Horizon to be left up to the individual. It's for everyone, it's pretty straightforward. I was listening to the demo at Mums place and she just, got up and started doing her thing. I was transfixed, actually. I thought about how it might look on film, an older version of myself dancing with honour to a song sung by essentially the same face."
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Its mid October! Is anyone else excited about Halloween!? I sure am and The thing that I love about this time of year (aside from decorating) its the perfect time to binge watch horror movies!
Recently, Man Crates: Gifts For Men reached out to me. Because its getting close to Halloween, they told me about their current campaign, to create a Horror Movie Survival Kit. This is such an awesome idea, and I couldn't wait to start my write-up! Characters in horror movies are always so unprepared, so a survival kit would be great for someone in a horror movie!
If I had a kit to survive a horror movie, there are a few specific things I would like to have:
- a flashlight with NEW batteries (and extras that are new as well)
- pepper spray, to be able to get away fast!
- some kind of weapon (baseball bat, machete, chainsaw)
- some sort of multi-tool
- extra cellphone batteries
- a pair of running shoes, or hiking boots
- and a first aid kit...for the dumbass that gets hurt doing something stupid
Now having said that, I felt the need to add on to this concept. If you're like me, whenever you watch a horror movie, you spend a lot of time yelling at the TV (like the characters can hear you, Ha!) about the stupid decisions or things that the characters do. And of course, because of their bad choices, they ultimately die. So what would it take to survive a horror movie? Here are some of my own tips/ideas on how to not die in a horror movie!
The Buddy System- Splitting up when there's a killer, or a monster or whatever, is always a bad idea. But never-the-less, someone always has the 'smart' idea to cover more ground if they separate. Or they tell someone to wait in some sketchy location while they go and get help. DO NOT SPLIT UP!
If you hear a noise..don't ask "Who's There". The killer isn't going to answer you. Why do people always do this? If you're at home alone and there is some strange noise, don't go investigate. Unless you have an insane pet that likes to knock shit over. If there is a weird sound that you know shouldn't be coming from inside your house, it might be a good idea to leave and go somewhere else. Walmart is open 24 hours, go hang out there for a while!
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So these are just some of the ideas I came up with, but I could list about a hundred more things not to do, lol. What are some of the things you think would help you to survive a horror movie?


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#068 Workout Hacks/
We all want to work out more often, but none of us have any time, energy, or ideas. (That sounds harsh, but LET'S BE HONEST!) This week, Daphnie shares her Top 9 Workout Hacks for making the most out of our workouts by a) helping us actually start them and b) making them worth our time. Plus, we find out what we should be eating before and after working out in What Your Trainer Eats!
Links in this episode: Tabata timer, Joanna's Spotify workout playlist


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Hitchhike to India leg 62: Khao Sok to Ranong
The second hitchhike with the American begins a little shakily, and it's the first test of our ability to travel together. This is why I prefer (and generally do) hitchhike solo. We've been waiting a good while at the end of the village road – which should usually be a great spot – but with nothing doing we begin to knock heads. Then finally at my suggestion, we walk a few hundred yards away from the junction, up the hill and round the bend – which is exactly where Alex was driving me.
And sure enough, experience pays off. Hitchhiking in a built up or busy area might seem like a good idea with a steady flow of traffic, but you'll be hard pressed to get a ride. Once you're out in the sticks, at least appearing to be in the middle of nowhere, you're pretty much guaranteed that anyone who passes you (and has room) will pull over. There's something about the desperation of it. A human being in peril and needing help, miles from civilisation. I always remember a scene in Superman II, when a newly powerless Clark Kent is trying to get back to his home in the Arctic in a bid to return to becoming Superman, and he's wandering down a lengthy stretch of ice road in a blizzard. He's freezing cold and can barely see his hands in front of his face when a big rig truck appears behind him and he turns to thumb a ride. It doesn't stop, even as he desperately waves at the driver to pull over and give him a lift, it still thunders heartlessly past. In the scene, it solidifies how alone he has become. In reality – that would just never happen. In that situation, possibly life or death in arctic wastes, ANYONE who drove by would stop and give you a ride. Otherwise, you're simply not human.
This isn't the arctic wastes, but it is the jungle, and sure enough my instinct is right. We're not really in the middle of nowhere (only having just left the village junction found the corner) but you can trick people into thinking you are, and as we struggle up the hill with our packs on in the heat, pretty much the first vehicle that passes slows down to pick us up. I bet my bottom dollar they wouldn't have stopped if we were still by the village. We jump in the back, thankful for the first ride of the day, with me smiling like a smug bastard. I can never get enough of saying "I told you so."
Riding in the back of a pickup with a partner is a lot of fun though. Usually, I do this alone, with only my thoughts and observations to keep me company, so it's really nice to have someone to talk to and bounce off of. This is especially good if the scenery is awesome – which it really is. If you come to Thailand there is simply one thing you must do – get out of the cities.
It's a short ride before we're dropped on the main highway again, and then it's easy pickings. From here there isn't much of a tale to tell. We're waiting no more than five minutes before our next ride can take us up to Kurabure, and following a quick coffee/toilet break, we're in the back of our next ride all the way to our destination.
From there it's easy to book passage to the islands, but not before we meet some douche American traveler who up until that point believed that he was the best thing since sliced bread. But after seeing us jump out the back of a truck, he's clearly dismayed that he hasn't thought about or BEEN SEEN to be hitchhiking.
"Are you hitchhiking?" He asks with a disappointed tone, before scoffing; "Yeah I think my stuff is too heavy to hitchhike with."
Bollocks mate. Total bollocks. He's laboriously showing off that he's camping, going "off the beaten track" and traveling with one of those all green army surplus back packs – as opposed to the more traditional (and colourful) ones that everyone else has. "My stuff is too heavy to hitchhike with." Ahhahahaha. Fuuuuck offfff! You couldn't LIFT my bag you absolute twat.
Maybe I'm being a bit harsh. Did I mention that I hate people?
Thankfully we're going in opposite directions, and me and the bird pile onto a speed boat to take us across the water, and into a hurricane. Well not exactly – but we certainly hit some rough weather as we enter under a storm cloud. For someone who is fearless at getting into the back of motors with strangers, I do tend to shit myself in situations like this. I'm doing my best to show this is all completely fine as the boat rockets through and over the waves like a rollercoaster, beaming a fake smile and hiding behind my clip-on sunglasses. Water lashes from the heavens and from the sea and my gut is churning. I'm generally not a big fan of speed, and I mean that in every sense of the word.
A little damp, we break out into sunshine on the other side and set foot on Koh Phayam – our island home for the Christmas holidays. A beautiful, relaxing, tropical paradise…
…or so I thought.


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I'm Masud Olufani for the Atlanta History Center. It is April 1864. The American civil war is entering its fourth year.
More than half a million soldiers are dead...a million more wounded. Yet, there is no end in sight.
In the north, president Abraham Lincoln is facing re-election.
His political opponents call for a negotiated peace with the confederacy. If he loses.... it is the end of the United States.
And the end to the dream of freedom for four million slaves. Lincoln must show that union armies can win the war. He needs a victory.
In Georgia a newspaper proclaims, "every bullet we can send against the Yankees is the best ballot that can be deposited against Lincoln's election."
Exactly one hundred fifty years ago, 110,000 union soldiers under general William Tecumseh Sherman prepare to invade Georgia. Their target is Atlanta.
Facing them are seventy thousand hard fighting confederates. The fate of the nation hangs in the balance.
Sherman's campaign in Georgia lasted thirty-seven weeks. On this, the 15oth anniversary of that time, Georgia public broadcasting and the Atlanta History Center will spend the next thirty seven weeks telling the remarkable stories of that crucial period - thirty seven weeks: Sherman on the march.
I'm Masud Olufani.


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Developing Software in an Equal and Collaborative Environment
Developing Software in an Equal and Collaborative Environment
Organization Name: Community Communications Online (c2o)
Contact Person: Rod and Andrew Garton
Type of ICT Initiative: Community Building
Project BackgroundThe Gender Evaluation Methodology (GEM) was impleme
nted to evaluate the use of a content management system, the Web Origami Kit (WOK) in developing a multimedia application (D3). Particular interest was in how production and development of D3 through the WOK took into account the needs of its team members.
- 80% of the sample indicated that they were not satisfied with their performance on the project, citing role-clarification and time-management issues.
- 80% of the sample indicated that they "could have done more in the project implementation."
Time and technical constraints were indicated as barriers by more than half of all respondents.
- 80% of respondents indicated that the WOK had "saved time", while suggesting improvements, such as in navigation and documentation;
- 80% of respondents indicated that they had acquired new skills, especially in programming and related to Flash; and
- 60% indicated that they had contributed "a little", rather than "a lot", to the project.
Due to issues raised through this project and survey ongoing development of the WOK, at the time of writing, is focused for in-house use only.
All legacy builds of the WOK on public projects and web sites are being replaced by the current and final public build version. At the time of writing, no further development of the WOK will be pursued and the WOK project is to be suspended.
Setting ObjectivesIn the interest of evaluating the WOK development process, as it was applied in developing D3, the following evaluation goals were formulated:
To assess the extent to which the D3 production and development process, as facilitated by the WOK, took into account the needs of its team members, ensuring:
- equal opportunity for collaboration
- equal access to resources
- professional development
- equal opportunity to participate in development of the project
- equal opportunity for professional development
- a supportive and consultative environment for confidence-building and self-empowerment for
- all production team members and WOK evaluators
- equal sharing of technical information among team members
- no disempowering of any team member with the implementation of a new production procedure or management tool
Formulating Evaluation QuestionsThese goals will be assessed in terms of the WOK's:
- project management
- tracking and technical development procedures
- the development of WOK Version 2
- the deployment of the WOK into the open source community
It should be noted that GEM was utilised as a holistic ICT evaluation methodology, which, as a result of its gender/feminist origins, usefully addresss issues of personal empowerment, and professional and personal development. GEM was not, therefore, used to specifically address the experience of women in using the WOK, but to evaluate benefits for all project developers. The interest of evaluation, in other words, was on equal opportunity and access for all, not only for some.
Setting IndicatorsA questionnaire was developed that addressed the evaluation objectives. This was largely composed of questions with forced-choice (yes/no) response alternatives, and usually with further comments permitted for each answer. These items addressed:
- satisfaction with performance on the project
- possibility to do more in implementing in project
- if the WOK saved time or increased workload
- if new skills were learned in working on D3, and if they were applied
- extent of contribution on the project
Open questions, in which respondents were free to comment on the issues raised, addressed:
- recommendations for improving the WOK as a production and content management tool
- how the respondent participated in decision-making
In addition, respondents were asked to identify:
- any barriers they encountered (from a category-check question)
- the tasks they performed (from a category-check question)
- their sex
- role in the project, and name (only for in-house WOK questionnaire, not requested of ACMI staff)
Collecting Quantitative IndicatorsAn email was sent to the project mailing list and individuals within the Australian Centre for the Moving Image(ACMI), inviting people to complete the questionnaire. Frequent reminders were sent via email, specifically ACMI project management staff who had commissioned D3.
Twelve people were expected to complete the survey, seven from Toy Satellite and five from ACMI.
Data-collection began in August 2003. After one month, four respondents had completed the questionnaire. Following personal reminders, another response was received in January 2004. This gives a response-rate of about 42%. All but one of the five respondents were male.
The roles and tasks in the D3 project, as represented by the sample, were:
- Producer (Production management, Sound design, Instructional writing,
- Creative direction, Administration, Client liaison, Consultancy, Documentation, Research, Reporting)
- Project Manager (Administration, Assisting with coding)
- Production assistant (CMS development, Administration and Reporting)
- Technical Consultant (CMS development, Programming, SWF Maker, Documentation, Research)
- Flash programmer
From the above, it can be noted that the most frequently cited responsibility among the sample was Administration (60% of all respondents), followed by CMS development, Documentation, Research and Reporting.
None of the respondents identified their roles/responsibilities in the D3 project as:
- Graphic/interface design
- Project management - CMS implementation
- Marketing
- Branding
- Liaison with 3rd party providers
- Scheduling
Finding Qualitative InformationEighty percent (80%) of the sample indicated they were not satisfied with their performance on the project. As explanatory comments made clear, this dissatisfaction was related to issues of role clarification and time-management:
"Unclear role and expectations. My role changing part-way through."
"Rushing it a lot to get things done in a limited time frame."
The one respondent who indicated satisfaction with performance simply explained that this was "on the whole."
Eighty percent (80%) of the sample indicated that they "could have done more in the project implementation." Perceived deficits were typically related to the quality of performing assigned roles, from providing adequate leadership to implementing a "richer and more mature" CMS. Another remarked on a personal deficit in communicating with others.
The reasons that these deficits emerged were given as:
- Role-conflict, namely, having to manage production as well as assume other roles.
- Project-conflict:
"The project began to encroach on other spaces and I shied away from it."
- Team-alienation:
"Having not met or talked to most of the people I was working with, and only communicating with email."
"Felt slightly uncomfortable working with team members from other workplaces/capacities in this different context."
- Deficits in planning and preparation:
"Project mixes artistic with technical, therefore trying out new things, which was costly. [S]eparating the two, better analysis and design of technical implementation, where there was a lot of unknowns early on, could have gained greater efficiency."
"Did not understand the development methodology in the early stages and didn't catch up. It was a complex project and the early designs were abstract."
All respondents endorsed at least one of the suggested forms of "constraint" as having inhibited their performance on the project; most endorsed either two or three. The most commonly endorsed form of constraint was related to time.
Technical constraints were also endorsed by more than half of all respondents. On the other hand, budgetary, technical, personal and resource-access constraints were each endorsed by less than half of all respondents.
- Time constraints - 80%
- Technical constraints - 60%
- Budget constraints - 40%
- Personal constraints - 20%
- Access to resources - 20%
Eighty percent (80%) of respondents indicated that the WOK had "saved time", principally as a means to organise and communicate information, as follows.
"Let me post and retrieve project information."
"People sent specific links to content onto the projects list; useful way of getting flash code moved around."
The only mention of the WOK increasing workload was from a WOK developer:
All respondents suggested some form of improvement to the WOK, as follows.
- Navigation:
"Difficult to find things - Index pages might be better as complete listings of the internal content - perhaps a simpler structure."
- Documentation:
"Better integrated help screens and documentation. This component might better distinguish between WOK as a production/communication tool, and WOK as a D3 content management system."
- Development:
"Integrating bug tracking and versioning tool."
"A dedicated WOK technical programmer to help extend general project features, template capabilities."
- Other issues:
"'Comments' area to each item/article."
"Calendar tool."
"Linking production mailing list to the site."
"Make sure it is used and updated regularly."
"The usual c2o issues."
Eighty percent (80%) of respondents indicated that work on the project involved the acquisition of new skills, and that these were usually able to be applied in working on D3. These skills were typically in programming and related to Flash, as follows:
"Programming skills."
"In the implementation of the video installation component of the project, the integration of soundscapes in Flash."
In general, respondents indicated they had participated in decision-making principally through team-meetings. The mailing list and personal meetings were also identified as decision-making venues.
"Collaborative with other members of the team, clients and third party suppliers."
"During team meetings and through the email list."
"Discussed interface design and functionality with designer."
"Attended and documented team meetings. [Producer] discussed issues with me."
Sixty percent (60%) indicated that they had contributed "a little" to the project, as opposed to 40% who indicated they had contributed "a lot".
The present response-rate can be seen as at least comparable to rates generally reported for mailed and telephone surveys. These typically receive no more than about 40% returns even with continued reminders and customised rewards.
The results were derived from 100% of the Toy Satellite (TS) members of the project. However, as no ACMI members responded, it would not be safe to generalise all of the findings to project-members outside of Toy Satellite. We might assume that some of the issues raised by TS members were shared by ACMI members, but we do not know, from the evaluation, what particular issues ACMI members experienced.
It should be noted that the sample was somewhat restricted with respect to the roles of team-members.
Incorporating Learning into Organisational WorkThe evaluation was intended to assess the extent to which the WOK provided for equal opportunity and access, and a supportive and consultative environment, in developing and producing D3. In their selection of response-options, and in their comments, respondents described challenges to their work performance which indicated deficiencies in fulfilling these objectives. While new skills were acquired, and while there appeared to be ample scope for participating in decision-making, there was a general lack of satisfaction with performance, and a perceived under-application of potential.
These deficiencies, however, did not appear to be directly related to processes inherent in the WOK. On the contrary, respondents tended to identify the WOK as a time-saver, and suggestions for its improvement did not appear to be related to its substantive processes.
More personal skills, such as in time-management and communication, appeared to be associated with the identified problems.
In this sense, it might be concluded that the WOK was useful, but not sufficient, to satisfactorily fulfill the objectives of equality of opportunity and access; and that a supportive and consultative environment was to be supplemented by other means. It remains to be considered if the WOK can be further developed to support fulfillment of these objectives, and to address the identified issues.
D3 saw the development of new features and importation of some original features from a previous build. Although not reflected in the production management version of the WOK, the custom WOK integrated with the D3 application benefited from an injection of development time and resources.
However, since the deployment of D3 these features have not migrated to the public build of the WOK, largely due to inadequate resources available. In addition, suggestions made by the production team for improvements to the WOK cannot be implemented due again to the lack of resources to sustain ongoing development.
It should also be noted that since the first build of the WOK countless content management systems have emerged, many financed through grants, commercial financing and/or collaborative efforts within the open source community. Given the availability of these tools and the resources available to them for ongoing development it is unlikely that further implementations of the WOK will be considered for public use.
Since the completion of D3, the WOK is largely employed as an in-house tool, specifically reflecting its use as a document store for D3. C2o/Toy Satellite has implemented the WOK as a back-end to its Intranet and all legacy builds, both in-house and client sites are being upgraded to the most recent build.
To that end, the project in question has assisted in defining more appropriate use of the WOK given its present state of development.
The WOK may not assist in time management or in the clarification of roles, but it does act as a searchable repository for important in-house documents, reports, archival materials and conduit to tools such as Mantis (bug and project tracking).
The GEM process may indeed have assisted in determining the ongoing viability of the WOK as well as point out how much pressure a production team is under when working within tight deadlines and budgets. Even though this experience is not unique, having documented it can prove invaluable when determining the scale of future projects.
Recommendations of WOK developers can be integrated into WOK builds through use of the Concurrent Versioning System (CVS). Improvements were made to the WOK during D3, but have not been carried over into the full build. This is largely a result of inadequate funding to ensure that new features of any customised WOK be available to the entire WOK user community.
It should be said, however, that the D3 project did manage to achieve the integration of the WOK as an asset management tool that acted as a back-end to a Macromedia Flash interface. In addition, the WOK facilitated the implementation of a custom tool that converted Global Positioning System data into the vector graphic format.
WOK development is generally project-driven, not ongoing. The WOK is developed when a project need arises. As such, development time is allocated on a project by project basis as there are no resources to provide ongoing development.
WOK developers have brought to the project a broad skills base which, in some sense, has been refined towards clearer definition of what a content management system is, what it can do and how it can be implemented within individual organisations and/or projects.
Given the immanent suspension of the entire Web Origami Kit project, a third party CMS product, defined in part by the outcome of this survey, will be employed for all future client-based and commissioned projects.
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