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It was developed from scratch in six weeks from November to December 2011 by a group of students from the Danish Academy of Digital Interactive Entertainment.
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- Fabrication of TiAl by blended elemental powder semisolid forming
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- Wen, C. E.; Yasue, K.; Yamada, Y.
- Abstract
- Semisolid forming from blended elemental powders is investigated on Ti-Al alloy. The effects of the forming pressure, temperature, and pressure holding time on the density of the green billets are discussed. The forming method is outlined as follows: the mixture of the blended elemental powders are filled in a metal mold, and heated to approximately the melting point of aluminum. Thereafter, the forming pressure is loaded and held for the prescribed time. The pore-free green compacts are obtained under almost all the present forming conditions. However, pores are observed after alloying heat treatment. The volume fraction of the pores depends on the microstructures of the green billets. Experiments have also been carried out on the effects of the alloying heat treatment conditions on the mechanical properties of the compacts.
- Publication type
- Journal article
- Source
- Journal of Materials Science, Vol. 36, no. 7 (Apr 2001), pp. 1741-1745
- Publication year
- 2001
- FOR Code(s)
- 0910 Manufacturing Engineering; 0912 Materials Engineering; 0913 Mechanical Engineering
- Keyword(s)
- Elemental powders; Semisolid forming; Ti-Al alloy; Titanium aluminide
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers
- 0022-2461
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- Copyright
- Copyright © 2001 Kluwer Academic Publishers.
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BSC Student Delegation Participates in National Biomedical Research Conference
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|Six Bluefield State College students presented posters detailing their biomedical research during the Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students in San, Jose, CA recently. Pictured left-to-right are BSC students Sasha Richmond and Danielle Haynes, BSC Associate Professor of Biology Dr. Tesfaye Belay, and BSC students Michael Bowling, Brandon Kirby, Mardochee Isme and (separate picture—BSC student Aja Bayo).
(Bluefield)—Six Bluefield State College students displayed and discussed their biomedical research at the Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students in San Jose, CA, November 7-10.
Four of students, Sasha Richmond, Danielle Haynes, Michael Bowling, and Brandon Kirby, performed research focusing on "Stress and Chlamydia Genital Infection in a Mouse Model," and "Long-term Survival of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Under Starvation in Water." at BSC. Additionally, BSC students Aja Bayo and Mardochee Isme presented research findings emerging from their summer internship opportunities at Marshall University and Virginia Commonwealth University.
BSC sophomore Brandon Kirby was among 278 students recognized for receiving the highest scores out of 1600 presenters. Kirby, a Montcalm High School graduate and BSC sophomore, explained. "The conference marked the first time my work had been actively judged. I really enjoyed the opportunity to tell others about my research."
"The conference was very fulfilling for me. I consider the award I received as recognition of Montcalm High School, Bluefield State College, and the state of West Virginia. "The entire Biomedical Research Conference in San Jose was centered on networking," Brandon Kirby explained. "I met some great students and faculty and was really interesting to talk to some outstanding student researchers and learn from some nationally recognized experts in biomedical research. I owe this award to Dr. Belay for the opportunity to do research, my fellow students for all their help, my parents for their support, and God for making all things possible." After graduation from BSC, Kirby plans to apply for admission into an MD/PhD program.
Dr. Belay also expressed appreciation to the West Virginia Idea Network for Biomedical Research Excellence, McNair Scholars Program, Federal Title III/BRACE Program, BSC Office of Student Affairs and Enrollment Management, NASA West Virginia Space Grant Consortium, and BSC Office of Research and Sponsored Programs for their support in conjunction with the students' participation in the Biomedical Research Conference.


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By Liliana Castillo: Freedom New Mexico
Fruitful Spirit Ministries has been saved.
The non-profit reduced-price grocery program was on the verge of closing its doors when the Matt 25 Hope Center stepped in.
Center Executive Director Steve Reshetar said a proposal to take over the program was brought in front of the board of directors on Monday.
"They were excited about it. They really believe it is very important to the community to keep it going. The program fits our mission," he said.
Reshetar said the center will run the program at first to determine if it can run as its own entity. He said the program helps a group of people who don't qualify for most assistance programs.
"There are people who are working who are really struggling. This gives them a dignified way to stretch their budget," he said. "It's a group that there's not programming to help but they need the help."
Reshetar said the program allows people to buy a box of groceries for a fraction of the cost of the items in it each month.
Reshetar said warehouse and distribution for the program would be housed at the center. He said he hopes to create a space that will fit the programs needs, including a loading dock area.
Administrative Assistant Terry Osborne at the center has been placed in charge of the program. She said she's excited.
"We're planning basically just to continue the project. We hope to grow the ministry some. We think the in-town location will better facilitate distribution," Osborne said.
She said the program is a necessity for many families in Clovis.
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Faculty of Science
Laurier researcher to discuss keeping mobility as we age
Communications, Public Affairs & Marketing
Nov 20/13| For Immediate Release
Abby Goodrum, Vice-President, Research
Lori Chalmers Morrison, Acting Director
WATERLOO The fear of falling increases for many of us as we get older. More than anything else, we depend on the thousands of pressure sensors in our feet to help us keep our balance.
Feet are usually the only contact between us and the environment we live in, said Stephen Perry, Laurier kinesiologist, who studies their role in balance and has helped in the development of an insole that can help keep older people from falling.
Perry is one of five Ontario researchers who will be answering the question What Matters Now? from the perspective of his research at an event held Tuesday, Nov. 26 between 6:30 p.m. and 9 p.m. at the London Childrens Museum in London, Ont. This is the second of five talks in the 2014 free speaker series, Research Matters, which will be traveling across Ontario over the next five months.
Perrys research has implications for the millions of Canadians who hope to keep mobile and active as they get older, but face the dangers of falling, said Abby Goodrum, vice-president: Research. His investigations and discoveries have already provided physical resources for leading a well-balanced life.
Other research topics at the event will include: eradicating the parasitic plagues that afflict hundreds of millions of people around the world by Brock University Prof. Ana Sanchez, what drives seemingly ordinary people to take up arms against their own country by University of Waterloo Prof. Lorne Dawson, the economic impact of improving our borderline relationship to the U.S. by University of Windsor Prof. Bill Anderson, and examining how the brain controls the body by Western University Prof. Jody Culham.
Researchers will present their topics and ask audiences in the room and online to decide What Matters Now?
The series is a collaborative effort of the Council of Ontario Universities (COU), and will be moderated by well-known radio and television personality Piya Chattopadhyay, who is often a host on both CBC radio and TVOs flagship current affairs program, The Agenda.
There couldnt be a better title for this terrific series, because research does indeed matter in so many ways," said COU President and CEO Bonnie Patterson. University researchers improve our lives every day combating disease, solving social problems, helping to shape public policy and discovering the next big thing.
Research Matters travels to Thunder Bay March 4, 2014, Toronto April 9 and wraps up in Kingston April 23.
For more details on Research Matters, check out www.yourontarioresearch.ca and @OntarioResearch on Twitter. The event will be webcast live at http://new.livestream.com/mediaco/researchmatterslondon.
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Worst. Day. EVER.
The next time you're late for work, spill coffee on your khakis and then get rejected by the hot gal at your local bakery, just remember: life could always be worse.
You could be a delusional sexist homophobe. Or, you could be A.J. Burnett.
Equally terrifying, I know.
But it just doesn't get much worse than A.J.'s lackluster performance from Wednesday night. In fact, in the entire history of Major League Baseball, it was the single worst start by a pitcher since 1929 as Burnett was lit up by the Cardinals for 12 hits and 12 earned runs in just 2 2/3 innings.
Apparently the tanning bed has made Clint Hurdle officially "stupid".
But today is Friday, folks, and I don't wanna release you for the weekend all depressed, so when that worst day ever does choose you as its next victim, make sure you watch the below video to remind you of the BEST. DAY. EVER!!!!
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Human Resources is taking a strategic, proactive approach toward empowering, UH staff for success. From Leadership Development to Individual Development we cover a wide range of learning opportunities that can be customized for you and/or your department. We feature a Hot Topic Newsletter with online training options as well as Lunch and Learns on a selected topic of the month. Please visit our website to learn more.
Staff Tuition Scholarship
The application period for the Summer 2015 Staff Tuition Scholarship will open on March 16. Please sign up for the Staff Tuition Scholarship listserv to get the latest updates, or bookmark the website here.
The University of Houston completed its performance appraisal period at 5 pm on Monday, March 2. The official completion rate for the campus is 97.5%. Great job, everyone!
Healthy Coogs: Your Lifestyle, Your Health
Whether you're looking for healthy recipes, a new way to work out, or information to help you manage a chronic condition, Human Resources wants to be your partner in achieving your fitness goals. Over the next few months, we will be gathering resources you can use, so please visit our new website for details.
Great-West Financial® Now Empower Retirement
Great-West Financial, the third-party administrator for the Texa$aver 401(k)/457 Program, recently announced a name change to Empower Retirement(TM). The new name went into effect in February 2015
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If you lose your insurance card, please call your health insurance provider to get a replacement. ERS is unable to provide direct assistance in this matter.
LifeSuite Services
LifeSuite Services are designed for employees of state agencies or higher education institutions who are insured under the group life insurance program administered by Minnesota Life Insurance Company. There is no added cost to access LifeSuite Services, which include legal, financial and grief counseling resources. To learn more, go to the LifeBenefits site.
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Important Update for Nexium Users
Usually, when a generic medicine is available, HealthSelectSM of Texas requires that participants take the generic or pay more for the brand-name medicine. At this time, however, the Employees Retirement of Texas (ERS) is asking HealthSelect participants to continue taking brand-name prescription Nexium.
Nexium is a brand-name medicine that treats certain stomach and esophagus problems. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration requires that generic medicine works exactly the same as brand-name medicine. Usually, when a generic medicine is available, HealthSelectSM of Texas requires that participants take the generic or pay more for the brand-name medicine. At this time, however, the Employees Retirement of Texas (ERS) is asking HealthSelect participants to continue taking brand-name prescription Nexium.
For the next few months, HealthSelect participants can continue to use brand-name prescription Nexium and pay the generic copay of $10 for a 30-day supply or $30 for a 90-day supply. This exception is temporary and applies only to prescription Nexium
If you have questions, call Caremark toll-free at (888) 886-8490, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. TDD (telecommunications device for the deaf) users can call toll-free at (800) 231-4403.
Free Vision Screening
March is Save Your Vision Month, and the University Eye Institute is offering free vision screenings for faculty, staff and students. Call 713-743-2020 to find out more.
Film: Fed Up
Concerned about your nutrition? Wondering how sugar affects your health? This free film will be shown to students, staff and faculty on Thursday, March 12th from 11:30 am - 1:30 pm at the UC Space City Room. RSVP to Brian Mills at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Free Nutrition Counseling
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Featured HR Training
Demystifying Foreign National Employment (HH1508)
When: Tuesday, March 17, 2 pm – 3:30 pm
Where: McElhinney Hall, Room 341
Learn the most common visa types at UH, the laws affecting employment, and tips that will make the hire process run smoothly. One hour information session followed by 30 minutes for Q&A.
Keep Off the Grass (HRT079)
When: Thursday, March 26, 12pm – 1pm
Where: McElhinney Hall, Room 341
Bring your lunch and join us for a discussion of business etiquette for today's workplace. This is a March HOT TOPIC training. Learn More>>
Ongoing and Back by Popular Demand
TRAM TA/PA Training (HRT077)
When: Friday, March 13 and 27, 9 am – 11 am
Where: McElhinney Hall, Room 341 (map)
Whether you are new to the time approval process or just need a refresher, you'll be sure to gain valuable insights into the TRAM payroll system at this session for department time and payroll approvers.
Retirement 101 (HRT039)
When: Wednesday, March 18, 2 pm – 3:30 pm
Where: McElhinney Hall, Room 341 (map)
Whether you are in TRS or ORP, your retirement account is a valuable asset. Learn more about vesting, eligibility rules, and service credit so you can make the most of your UH retirement benefits.
Be Benefits Wise (HRT022)
When: Thursday, March 19, 12 pm – 1:30 pm
Where: McElhinney Hall, Room 341 (map)
Your benefits include more than just medical insurance and retirement. Find out about the full range of dental, insurance and optional benefits available to you as a UH employee.
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Time to Update Your PASS Account
Happy New Year! We want to get your tax information to you quickly and accurately this January, and you can help us by going into PASS through AccessUH or going to http://my.uh.edu and selecting Personal Information. Here you can review and update:
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- Email Address
If you started your employment at UH under a new Social Security Number, please also review your Personal Information Summary. If we do not have your permanent SSN, bring your Social Security card and a photo ID to the HR Service Center at 325 McElhinney.
Did you know? You can save time and make 2015 a little greener by marking your January calendar to download your W-2 from PASS. Watch your email and the HR Home Page to find out when your tax forms are ready.eTermination
The eTermination Checklist is a new online feature that allows employees to electronically track tasks associated to departing the institution. The checklist will identify items specific to the employee that need to be returned prior to leaving, such as: Parking passes, keys, T-Card/P-Card, equipment, and more. For more details, please see our eTermination Training. Please note that eTermination is at present only available for benefits-eligible employees.
Database Split
On October 20, the university system will separate the PeopleSoft Student database and the PeopleSoft HR database, which were previously housed on the same server. To facilitate the split, PeopleSoft will be down on October 18 and 19. Queries and web clocks will also be down, but TCDs will remain active. When the system comes back up on October 20, users will find that the blue HR&CS icon is gone and access to all HR functionality will be through PASS. Learn More>>
Skillport on AccessUH
Skillport offers a variety of online training materials, all free to UH staff and faculty. We have recently made it easier to use Skillport by adding it to the AccesUH page, so log in and give it a try!
Student Hiring
Hiring a UH student is a great way to help our students gain valuable work experience, and it contributes to student retention and graduation. Create your student position in PeopleSoft using the ePRF process, then go to Career Services and post. It's that easy!
Previous Stories, In Case You Missed Them...
Project Management or Six Sigma Certification Preparation Through UH eLearning (Skillport)
UH has partnered with Skillport to offer free online training for a variety of topics including certification preparation for Project Management and Six Sigma. The Skillport library includes over 5000 modules that encompass training material for certifications, communication, leadership, finance and accounting, and more. For more information on Skillport, or to log in and start learning, please visit the POD Online Training site: http://www.uh.edu/human-resources/prof-org-dev/Online_Training/index.php.
TRAM is on track for 100% completion by mid-September. Classroom-based Time Approver training is now available every other Friday. Go here to learn more. Online TRAM training is in production and will be available in September.
Benefits Fair 2014
Planning is underway for the University of Houston's Eighth Annual Benefits Fair. This will be your chance to meet with representatives from various service providers to get information about their offerings.
This year our fair will be held on Wednesday, October 22nd:
Date: Wednesday, October 22, 2014
Time: 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Location: UH Campus Recreation and Wellness Center
Bookmark the Benefits Fair web page for future updates!
Student Hiring
Need a little help this semester? Want to be part of student success? Hiring a UH student is a great way to help our students gain valuable work experience, and it contributes to student retention and graduation. Create your student position in PeopleSoft using the ePRF process, then go to Career Services and post. It's that easy!
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The team has used the leadership of seniors Kaitlyn Roberts, Briana Ruiz, Savannah Lopez and Haley Hinojosa to push them through the season. Juniors Sara Saenz, Haleigh Garcia, Callie Mallon and Keely Retzloff have added not only experience but energy to the team. With second year returners, sophomores Anissa Alvarez, Trina Guzman, Vanessa Stewart and Johni Escamilla, providing solid play in the season's run at the playoffs. This season the team added freshmen Alexis Saenz, McKenzie Ruiz, Teresa Diaz, Carle Straube and Ashley Zamzow who have accepted the challenge of varsity level play and become an integral part of the team.
The team has embraced their strengths, worked to improve their weaknesses and supported each other's roles as players this season. It has shown as the team has successful taken the field with a confidence that has shown throughout the complete lineup. In district, the team has only dropped games to Woodsboro while putting up "W's" against the rest of the district. The team has used the field leadership of Lopez at short stop with the pitching confidence of Hinojosa to develop a winning lineup card. Taking care of the corners have been returner Escamilla and freshman M. Ruiz. Second base has been tended to by Mallon and A. Saenz has been quick and aggressive behind the plate for the Lady Bulldogs. Controlling center field this year is Garcia with B. Ruiz handling the left side and Straube tending the right. S. Saenz has made an impact this year as a successful DP for the team relying on her quickness and ability to be on either side of the plate. Rounding out a game day lineup is Roberts who has become the team's utility player with her experience around the field she has been important in tending to duties both in the dirt and the grass The team has been successful in incorporating the running capabilities and bats of sophomores Vanessa Stewart, Trina Guzman and Anissa Alvarez in various situations. First year players, Teresa Diaz and Ashley Zamzow have been called upon also throughout the season to contribute to the offensive game of the Lady Bulldogs. Statistical highlights for the season to date include a team AVG of .358 and an OBA of .485 and a total of 198 runs scored.


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HTC at MWC: All the phones, all our thoughts
As Mobile World Congress draws towards a close for another year, the big manufacturers have displayed their devices hoping to capture customer enthusiasm and be the next big handset. We're looking at each of the individual company's offerings and considering what they've put on the table.
HTC were the last big company to put their cards on the table at Mobile World Congress. Having set the bar high in 2011, the company had the weight of huge expectations on their shoulders. Their response was five new Android handsets (and their first tablet). But what did we make of them?
HTC Desire S
The HTC Desire was an excellent device, but soon fell foul of the pace of up-speccing, and was later outstripped by the HTC Desire HD. The HTC Desire S brings some of the those spec updates to the table, meaning it will be a hugely capable device.
However, our first question when we got our hands on the device was to ask what was new in HTC Sense. The answer is nothing really. You get the latest version of Sense which is the same as the HTC Desire HD. That leaves you with a phone that feels like an incremental update – great if you're coming to the end of a contract and want to go the HTC route, but less appealing perhaps if you are an existing Desire owner looking for something more.
Still, like all the HTC Android devices, it offers excellent build quality and hardware specs that, barring a bump to a dual core processor, keep the Desire S up to the mark. Although HTC Sense hasn't changed, it's one of the most comprehensive customisations available on Android devices, and one of the most popular.
Check out our hands-on with the HTC Desire S.
HTC Wildfire S
HTC haven't had such a smooth run with its lower spec phones. The HTC Tattoo wasn't well received, but the Wildfire was better. The Wildfire S, then, is quite different because you get spec boosts that make a difference, namely a sharper display.
Again HTC Sense is relatively unchanged, but you do get a dinky little device that whilst pitched at the affordable end of the market, doesn't compromise on that quality look and feel. The Wildfire S feels nice nestled in the hand and we're sure that many will be attracted to its cute curves and compact nature.
Check out our hands-on with the HTC Wildfire S.
HTC Incredible S
We're not sure where to put the Incredible S. It's a new device, but it's really only a variation on design. Plus, this is the handset that arrives as a Froyo rather than Gingerbread. That's an oddity that really seems to stand out. Why? What is so different about the Incredible S that it's yet to get updated? HTC have promised that an update will be along as soon as possible, but it just makes us wonder why this couldn't be resolved before it landed. HTC did make a point of saying that Android version isn't the most important factor because of the strength of HTC Sense (and in moving from 2.2 to 2.3 there is little real difference), but this is really a case of customer perception.
Of course the great thing about the Incredible S is that it gives you a raw design that's a little different from the unibody curves the rest of the range displays. You now get access to a larger display, sitting between the HTC Desire S and the HTC Desire HD. We like the design too, it's brash and manly. We're all for variety, but we can't help feeling that we've seen all this before and wish there had been something else on offer with the Incredible S.
Check out our hands-on with the HTC Incredible S.
HTC ChaCha
The HTC ChaCha is the QWERTY "Facebook phone". Of all the devices launched by HTC at Mobile World Congress (excluding the Flyer) this is the one that we all know the least about. A new form factor with a new way of interacting with HTC Sense, it's difficult to judge what the experience will be like once it gets into customers' hands. The form factor might mean that apps from the Android Market won't all work, but this is something we'll have to investigate.
It's also one of the devices that HTC was being very cagey about letting us play with. The software that runs the HTC ChaCha doesn't appear to have been finished in time for Mobile World Congress, so remains something of an unknown.
However, if priced right, the the HTC ChaCha could be an attractive alternative to the cheaper BlackBerry devices out there, but sees HTC Sense pitched against INQ's Cloud Q, which might offer a refreshing alternative. But, it does give you a Facebook button, allowing you to interact direction with the social network with minimal fuss. Is a button enough? Time will tell on this one.
Check out our hands-off with the HTC ChaCha.
HTC Salsa
The second phone with a silly name. HTC told us that these names were codenames that had been preserved and reused, but not necessarily for these products. Why the mulling over the name? We suspect that some might overlook the phones because of the names – they might be designed to give the impression of fun, but ranked alongside Wildfire, they don't exactly shine.
The HTC Salsa actually sits quite close to the HTC Wildfire in terms of component spec, although the screen is fractionally larger. The design is slightly spoilt by the multi-tonal plastic panels in the rear of the device and the placement of the Facebook button does seem a little odd, a little too in-your-face perhaps. It reminds us of the HTC Hero and following that the HTC Legend, but doesn't seem to be quite as pretty as that latter device.
The saving grace, however, is that this is another affordable HTC handset and you'll get all the Gingerbread HTC Sense action that you'll find elsewhere, so Facebook isn't the only skill this handset possesses. We've no doubt that HTC's native offering will appeal above and beyong the Facebook aspect.
Check out our hands-on with the HTC Salsa.
Our pick of the bunch
It's difficult to tell. We suspect that all will be popular, but the elephant in the corner is the HTC Desire HD. The Desire HD is still the best phone in the range (except for the Android Gingerbread detail), and an anticipated update in September 2011 (perhaps with a dual core processor, NFC) might see some hold on to their existing device - especially if they are already an HTC Android owner. Following that, the Incredible offers up the largest display, but the slightly older version of Android will deter some. The HTC Desire S will perhaps win out as a result at the high-end. The Wildfire S does make some great moves, so should prove popular with those on a budget.
Our deliberation is a reflection of HTC's MWC launches. Talking to others around the show, it seems that many were expecting more - new Sense features or design, incorporation of something groundbreaking. It seems that 2011 might be a year when HTC cools a little. When we got our hands on them, we questioned whether bringing you First Look reviews was worthwhile - afterall, there really wasn't that much to add to the HTC story over 2010's offerings. They're still great phones, displaying great build quality, but visually some might want HTC Sense to start evolving.
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Is it possible use genjutsu on yourself? Because its probably the only way escape tayuya genjutsu.
Mirror then look at yoslf.
The only Genjutsu that you can use on yourselfis Izanagi.
Well there is Izangi ^^
Can't you cause pain? Isn't that Shika got out of it?
sure sure! use a mirror or let a clone do it for ya D
but..can one cast a genjutsu on izuna?
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Mirror then look at yoslf.
Clone would be more efective if he can use genjutsu
It is noted that if you have mastered genjutsu your immune to it which is why uchiha see through it the only way to cast it on yourself is with izanagi
hhahha.. that would be suicide... :D
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Can't you cause pain? Isn't that Shika got out of it?
Possible but shika did that with his shadow, so not sure if someone besides him can brake it that way
Self genjutsu...... Ummm may be an uchiha can do it himself using self tskuyomi
Sure? But im not sure if it has been tested.....
pai disables aswell
You just need to put pain to yourself to escape it.
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4 Classroom Organization Ideas That Really Work
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My classroom isn't going to win a "coordinated classroom" award. In fact, at various points during the school year, my classroom looks like a bomb — called-28-productive-kids — went off in it. (Check out this old post where I air my dirty, uh, classroom secrets.) This isn't to say that I don't try to have a decent looking classroom. But in my very busy teaching world, function always beats form — i.e. creating a new lesson that promotes critical thinking trumps classy, chevron displays. (I know there are plenty of super-teachers who manage both, but I guess I'm missing that gene.)
You may be wondering why this self-admitted messy teacher is writing a post on classroom organization. Well, here's the deal. I've tried — and failed at — lots of classroom organization ideas. So, the tips I'm sharing here are pretty much guaranteed — if it can work in my classroom, it can work anywhere. And I always need organization advice, so share your tried and true tips as well, please!
Organization Idea 1: Let It All Hang Out (Where Everyone Can Find It)
The Idea: I try to create a classroom where anyone can walk in (a colleague, a student from another class, a substitute teacher) and find whatever they need on their own. Why this goal? Sure, I try to be hospitable, but honestly I get tired pointing people towards the scissors or interrupting a lesson to hand out tape. It also helps that classroom volunteers, student teachers, and subs can quickly find the "stuff" they need in my classroom even if I'm not there.
Organization Idea 2: Put Those Kids to Work
The Idea: With over 50 eager (and sometimes fidgety) young hands in my classroom, I put all of that human capital to work keeping our space neat. Some of my students are natural organizers, and they get the complicated jobs (e.g. filing student work, organizing new additions to our library, cleaning up files on our classroom computers). Other students take after me, and organization is an uphill struggle. Of course, organization is an important part of executive functioning, and worth teaching explicitly to untidy youngsters. At least, that's the excuse I use for having them all pitch in! All of my organization schemes are totally child-friendly so that the students can maintain things on their own.
Filing is bor-ing for us adults, but it is a coveted classroom job among my third graders. No, hanging files aren't sexy, but after trying binders, pocket folders, and even shoe boxes, I've decided this practical tool is used in offices everywhere for a good reason. This really is the easiest, most efficient system for storing my students' portfolio work. I use a child-sized filing cabinet and I teach all of my students how to file properly. They can help themselves to their files to review or reflect on old work. Documents waiting to be filed are stored in the trays above the filing cabinet, and student volunteers file everything away once a week.
I store frequently used student supplies in the middle of my classroom so it's easily accessible by the kids. All supplies are communal in my classroom, and I keep the bins well stocked to prevent hoarding. Having an abundance of pencils helps stave off "He stole my pencil!" tiffs.
You can download all of my supply labels further down this page or on my class website.
My students sit at tables without storage, so they keep all of their notebooks, folders, and personal possessions in cubbies at the back of our classroom. I love that when I ask for clear tables, everything can be put away without anything lurking at their seats. Of course, cubbies can become messy catch-alls, so my "Cubby Captain" (another weekly job position) patrols the cubbies and schedules cleaning appointments with sloppy students.
Download my Cubby Captain Calling Cards, (with a preview below.)
Organization Idea 3: Put Stuff Where It Will Be Used
The Idea: This one is "no-duh" simple, yet it took me a while to figure it out. I try to keep most of the everyday materials in my classroom within an arm's reach of where those materials will be used. There's an aesthetic cost to this — materials aren't necessarily tucked away tidily — but the inherent logic of putting stuff right where it's needed means that this stuff also gets put away immediately after use.
Organization Idea 4: Stash Storage Everywhere Possible
The Idea: Am I the only teacher who feels like she's "outgrown" her classroom? With a classroom library of several thousand books (woo hoo!), materials for hands-on science and math lessons, laptops, iPads, oh, and a full roster of students, it really doesn't feel like it can all fit! So, I try to eke out storage space from every bit of my classroom. (I've become quite creative with storage solutions for the tech stuff too.) For those ideas, check out my "Four Tips for Untangling (Power Cords and More!)"
I picked up these inexpensive storage ottomans at a big-box discount store. They are at the front of my classroom, right next to where my students line up to leave the classroom. So, my students store their lunch boxes in these ottomans in the morning, and then grab their lunch boxes as we head out to lunch.
Of course this is a favorite cozy reading nook for students. I also sit on these cubes when I'm using my document camera in front of the students. They are still holding up after three years of use — I'd say they were well worth the $20 I spent on each!
This is right next to the entrance to my classroom a heavily trafficked space. Even here, I can't help but eke out some storage. I use a mini filing cabinet as "console table" for my bathroom sign-out log. In the drawers I store hall passes, my plan book, and class records.
While I don't make a big deal of having a "pretty" classroom, I decided to hang colorful picture frames on this wall. As the school year progresses, I swap in photos taken by the class photographer. ("Photographer" is yet another weekly class job, and a highly coveted one!) These picture frames were $1 each at Ikea — I love that store for classroom decorations!
I adore these hanging magazine pockets that I've nailed to the inside doors of the students' closets. I use these pockets for the students' homework and mail that needs to go home each day. As the students head to the closets to get their backpacks at the end of the day, they stop at their "mailbox" to pick up their homework. My "Closet Keeper" (yet another job!) puts the homework and notes in the students' pockets each day. Then the closet doors are closed, and the paperwork is out of site!
The Scholastic Teacher Store sells similar file pockets at a bargain price.
Sharing the Organization... Lots of Labels!
I'll trade you these organizational labels I've made for some foolproof classroom organization tips. (Just kidding, you can use these labels anyway. Although if you're keeping a great idea to yourself, phooey!)
Download my Classroom Supply Labels.
Okay, okay, I know this looks "pretty" and I made a big fuss earlier about my functionally "unpretty" classroom. So, caveat: I have time to linger over labels during the summer, and to pretend to be one of those teachers (sigh). Come September? I'm just looking for quick solutions that work!
Download my Math Manipulative Labels
Download my Cubby Captain Calling Cards
Lots of Advice from the Experts
There are so many organizing gurus in my own school, whom I turn to when I need someone to help dig me out of my mess and lend a fresh pair of eyes. Of course, I also head here to Top Teaching when I need inspiration or guidance. I'm actually trying to stay away from Pinterest for this stuff — while the ideas are amazing, I quickly get overwhelmed with the sheer volume of creative classroom beauty living there, and it eats up hours at a time.
Fellow blogger Genia Connell has become my go-to source of practical advice and inspiration for pretty much everything. She only spends time on the stuff that is really worth it, which I totally appreciate. Her "Classroom Set Up: Three Hours and Done" movie is about as helpful as it gets.
Ronda Stewart gets down to brass tacks with her blog post "Middle School No Stress Classroom Setup," also great for us elementary teachers. Thanks for reminding me to update my to-do lists, Ronda!
Meghan Everette wrote the magnum opus on organizing classroom "stuff," in my opinion, and she does it with a sense of humor that keeps it real. I've reread her blog post "Classroom Organization: Compulsively Creative Tips" several times now.
In her blog about "Designing Your Classroom Space," Erin Klein shares tons of creative ideas for classroom set-up and organization that made me hit my forehead and say "Why didn't I think of that?"
So, what are your classroom organization solutions? What has not worked for you, and how did you fix it? And does anyone please have a solution for the random letters and paperwork that collects on my counters? Share your ideas in the comments section below.
In my next blog post, I'll show you how I'm reorganizing my classroom library this year. If you want updates on my posts, follow me on Facebook or Twitter!
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I absolutely love your easel. Where did you get it from?
Hi Alycia,
You are a genius! I love the way you humor yourself, yet your smarts shine through. Thanks for sharing in such a simple and straightforward manner that even this hopeless clutter bug is hopeful for her next crop of preschoolers.
Thank you!
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August 22nd, 2015
I love all these tips! I seriously think I could use them all in my classroom.
[I'm just getting started - but for other tips from a new special education preschool teacher check out my website: www.missbrylie.com]
I love your labels! I have used them in my own classroom! I was wondering if you had any that were blank that I can add in words or clip art. I would use these again and I would be keeping the theme.
Katie D.
Hi Katie D., I'm glad my labels are coming in handy in your classroom! I just posted a blank label template as a MS Word document on my class website at: www.alyciazimmerman.com/labels--more-to-organize.html. You'll also need to download the font I used if you want your labels to look the same. I used the free font Connected. You can get it at www.dafont.com/connected.font. Good luck! ~ Alycia
THANK YOU for keeping it real! I love that your classroom is colorful, inviting, practical, and focused on student learning. It inspires me, a fellow educator also missing the "super teacher" gene.
Haha, thank you, Michelle! I try my best to "keep it real" and to keep myself sane. I mean, there are only so many hours in the day!
I really like these ideas. I struggle a lot with organization and practical set up in my room. Most ideas that I see online turn out to be super cutesy ideas that would be a cherry on top of an already organized class. I usually finish reading ideas more frazzled than before I started. These are great and I am so excited to get started on these!
Thanks so much, Claire! I totally know how you feel about feeling frazzled. Good luck with your classroom this year!
I REALLY need to get more organized and get rid of some stuff. Thank you for energizing me to do it with so many great and easy ideas!
It's funny how when you go online to search for something specific...it always leads to something you never expected! I found this site by accident and it is great! You have so many great ideas! I bet you get a ton of questions. I've only been teaching for 2 years (just started my third) in a contained behavioral classroom. I fell upon your team work (STEM) bridge building activiy. I'd like to try this in my room. Do you have any other ideas or know where I could find other team building activities like this one. I'd like to try to do one a month. Any information would be awesome!
Love this post...love all the resources you are sharing with teachers--especially the printables for the cubbies and supplies!
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April 2, 2009
Bears Assist in Researching Alternative Fuelsby Jim Evanoff, Environmental Protection Specialist, Yellowstone National Park
As the world's first national park, Yellowstone prides itself on being first to introduce innovative approaches to sound environmental stewardship. We've been a leader among national parks in the areas of solar energy, recycling, and alternative fuels. But sometimes we need a little help to test the viability of new approaches. In one such case, the experts called upon were grizzly bears.
In 1995, Yellowstone became the first national park to use a renewable alternative fuel. Through a partnership with the three surrounding states, as well as the Department of Energy, the Park began to use 100% canola oil as fuel in a staff-driven vehicle. A new pick-up truck, donated by Dodge Truck, Inc. was fueled with the biofuel that was produced at the University of Idaho.
Yellowstone is no stranger to unique operational challenges, primarily due to its high elevation, severe climatic conditions, and the high degree of natural resource protection required. These challenges tested the viability of the "Truck in the Park" project, as it was officially titled.
Special measures had to be taken to ensure the fuel would not "gel" when temperatures plummeted below freezing during winter months.
Fuel storage was also an issue, as the Park's headquarters in Mammoth Hot Springs was the only location in the northwestern U.S. that had the oil available as a fuel. As a result, a three hundred gallon tank was installed in the bed of the truck which enabled operators to drive up to 6,000 miles before refueling.
But Will the Truck be Irresistible to Bears?
The most unique challenge of the Truck in the Park project, however, was to address the genuine concern from Park staff that burning a food-based oil would attract bears. Since the truck carries 300 gallons of canola oil, and creates exhaust that smells a bit like a fast-food joint, this was a potential stumbling block.
As a result of this concern, the truck was driven to Washington State University, where captive grizzly bears are housed for conservation-based research. For a full week, biologists piped exhaust from the biodiesel truck within sniffing range of the captive bears to observe if the bears were attracted to the sweet aroma. At the end of the testing, it was concluded that the bears showed no substantive attraction to the exhaust odor. Thus, the "Truck in the Park" passed its final viability test.
Today, that same Dodge truck is still performing well in Yellowstone. It has been driven more than 200,000 miles by Park rangers and, for the most part, still uses only canola oil as its primary fuel. Due to the success of the "Truck in the Park" project, Yellowstone switched its entire fleet of diesel-burning vehicles to a biodiesel fuel blend in 2002. Since then, dozens of other national parks have followed Yellowstone's lead and converted to this renewable fuel.
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Ohio Northern University's Phi Beta Delta, Department of History, Politics and Justice and CASE to present forum on 'Drone Warfare: Legality, Morality, Utility'
Ohio Northern University's Gamma Upsilon chapter of Phi Beta Delta, the ONU Department of History, Politics and Justice and CASE (Committee on the Arts and Special Events) present a forum on "Drone Welfare: Legality, Morality, Utility" in the Dicke Forum on Thursday, Feb. 13, at 7 p.m.
The event will feature an excerpt from the recent documentary film "Unmanned America: Drone Wars," followed by commentary and debate by guests Michael W. Lewis, professor of law at ONU's Pettit College of Law, and John B. Quigley, professor emeritus from the Moritz College of Law at Ohio State University. Michael Loughlin, ONU professor of history, will moderate the program. The evening will conclude with a question and answer session.
Lewis, who teaches commercial law, international law, a law of war seminar and torts, joined the ONU faculty in August 2006. Lewis flew F-14s for the United States Navy in Operation Desert Shield, conducted strike planning for Desert Storm and was deployed to the Persian Gulf to enforce the no-fly zone over Iraq. After his naval service, Lewis graduated from Harvard Law School, cum laude, was a management consultant with McKinsey and Company, and served as a litigation associate with McGuireWoods LLP in Norfolk, Va. Lewis has published more than a dozen articles and essays on various aspects of the law of war and the conflict between the U.S. and Al Qaeda. He has testified before Congress on the legality of drone strikes in Pakistan and Yemen and on the civil liberties tradeoffs associated with trying some Al Qaeda members or terrorist suspects before military commissions. His op-eds have appeared in numerous media outlets, including the Los Angeles Times and the New York Post, and he has appeared on Public Radio International to discuss the increasing use of armed drones in warfare.
Before joining the Ohio State faculty in 1969, Quigley was a research scholar at Moscow State University and a research associate in comparative law at Harvard Law School. At Ohio State, Quigley teaches International Law and Comparative Law and holds an adjunct appointment in the political science department. In 1982-83, he was a visiting professor at the University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Quigley is active in international human rights work, and his numerous publications include books and articles on human rights, the United Nations, war and peace, East European law, African law, and the Arab-Israeli conflict. In 1995, he received the Ohio State University Distinguished Scholar Award. He formerly held the title of President's Club professor of law.
Phi Beta Delta is the honor society for international scholars. Founded in 1987, the nominees for membership in the Gamma Upsilon chapter of Phi Beta Delta include outstanding faculty, staff, students and alumni. The society hopes to integrate those who possess a deep commitment to international affairs, education and research. One of the functions of the Gamma Upsilon chapter has been to create a regular forum in which international affairs can be discussed using University sources and by seeking prominent individuals with varied experience in international affairs recruited from beyond the University community.


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Academic Background
- Ph.D. University of Montreal 2004
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- M.A. McGill University 1998
- B.A. Hons. Dalhousie University 1994
Major Grants:
SSHRC Standard Research Grant: 2010-2014
Research Interests:
Post-Colonial Studies; South Asian and Caribbean literatures; diaspora, migration and multiculturalism; post-colonial feminisms; indenture histories/historiography; British imperial narratives; South Asian Canadian literature
Graduate courses:
Caribbean Women's Fiction
(Re-)Reading Post-colonial Literature and Theory
Undergraduate courses:
Caribbean Literature: Cross-Cultural Encounters
Multicultural Literary Perspectives
Narratives of Empire
Post-Colonial Literature: An Introduction
Reading Fiction
South Asian Literature in English
Graduate Supervision:I have supervised doctoral candidates in various areas of Postcolonial and Diaspora studies. Recently completed or near completion dissertations include a study of Arab-American /Arab-Canadian Fiction (nominated for UMI Dissertation Award/Gold Medal) and a study of Humour in South African Drama. I am happy to discuss prospective dissertation projects or major research papers on Caribbean literature, South Asian literature (in English), South Asian Canadian literature, Indo-Caribbean literature, post-colonial women's writing, minority/multicultural writing in in North America.
Critical Perspectives on Indo-Caribbean Women's Literature. Co-editor with Joy Mahabir (New York: Routledge, 2013).
Mythologies of Migration, Vocabularies of Indenture: The Novels of the South Asian Diaspora in Africa, the Caribbean and Asia-Pacific. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2009. (Nominated for MLA Best First Book Award, 2009)
http://www.utppublishing.com/Mythologies-of-Migration-Vocabularies-of-Indenture-Novels- of-the-South-Asian-Diaspora-in-Africa-the-Caribbean-and-Asia-Pacific.html
Guest Editor. "South Asian Canadian Literature: A Centennial Journey." Special Issue of Studies in Canadian Literature (forthcoming: 2015)
"The Poetics and Politics of Snow: Re-Orienting Discourses of Spousal Sponsorship and Gendered Violence in Anita Rau Badamis Tell it to the Trees. Canadian Literature 219 (Winter 2013): 39-56.
From Shinebourne to Gunraj: Tracing the Emerging Tradition of Indo-Guyanese Womens Fiction. Arts Journal 7.1 & 2 (2011): 22-32.
The Jahaji-Bhain Principle: A Survey of the Indo-Caribbean Womens Novel, 1990-2009. Journal of Commonwealth Literature 45.1 (2010): 37-56.Against the Oriental(ist) Current: Homosexuality and Empire in E.M. Forsters The Other Boat Dalhousie Review 86.3 (2006): 345-358.
A Question of Cultural Conviction for This time generation: The Guyanese Response to Contemporary Caribbean Experience in Rooplall Monars Janjhat and Narmala Shewcharans Tomorrow is Another Day. Journal of Postcolonial Writing Special Issue on Caribbean Literature 39.1 (2001): 37-53.The Paradox of Globalization as an Untotalizable Totality in Salman Rushdies The Ground Beneath Her Feet. International Fiction Review 28 (2001): 54-66.
Book Chapters:
South Asian Canadian Geographies of Voice: Flagging A New Era of Criticism. Oxford Handbook of Canadian Literature. Ed. Cynthia Sugars. Oxford: Oxford University Press (Forthcoming 2015).
Plantation History and the Indo-Caribbean Womens Novel in Guyana, Trinidad and Martinique. Critical Perspectives on Indo-Caribbean Womens Literature. Eds. Joy Mahabir and Mariam Pirbhai. New York: Routledge, 2013. 25-47.
Critical Introduction. The Short Stories of Cyril Dabydeen by Cyril Dabydeen. Guyana Classics Series/Leeds: Peepal Tree Press, 2011. 1-11.
Diasporic Poetics of Selfhood in Caribbean Womens Fictional Autobiography: Lakshmi Persauds Butterfly in the Wind and Jamaica Kincaids Annie John. Coral Identities: Indo-Caribbean Literature. Eds. David Dabydeen and Letizia Gramaglia. Leeds, UK: Peepal Tree Press (Forthcoming: 2014).
An Ethnos of Difference, a Praxis of Inclusion: The Ethics of Global Citizenship in Shani Mootoos Cereus Blooms at Night. Asian Canadian Writing Beyond Autoethnography. Eds. Eleanor Ty and Christyl Verduyn, Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2008. 247-66.
To Canada from My Multiple Selves: Addressing the Theoretical Implications of South Asian Diasporic Literature in English as a Pedagogical Paradigm. Home-Work: Postcolonialism, Pedagogy, and Canadian Literatures. Ed. Cynthia Sugars. Ottawa: University of Ottawa Press, May 2004. 385-403.
Non-Refereed Articles:
Sexuality as (Counter) Discourse and Hybridity as Healing Practice in Shani Mootoos Cereus Blooms at Night. The Journal of Caribbean Literatures 4.1 (2005): 175-185.
Encyclopedia Entries:
Shani Mootoo. Encyclopedia of Postcolonial Studies. Eds. Sangeeta Ray and Henry Schwartz. New York: Blackwell (Forthcoming: 2015)
Book Reviews:
Pathologies of Paradise: Caribbean Detours by Supriya Nair (forthcoming 2015)
Imaginary Origins, Selected Poems, 1970-2002 by Cyril Dabydeen. Arts Journal 2.1 (September 2005): 104-5.
Drums of My Flesh by Cyril Dabydeen. The Arts Journal 4.1 & 2 (March 2008): 178-80.
also available in: http://www.kaieteurnews.com/2008/11/23/the-arts-forum-7/ Fall 2008 & http://www.southasiamail.com/news.php?id=5057. Fall 2008.
Creative Writing:
Amrikan Dreams. Jaggery: A DesiLit Arts and Literature Journal. 1 (Fall, 2013): http://jaggerylit.com/
Sunshine Guarantee. Pakistani Creative Writing in English (Tracing the Tradition: Embracing the Emerging). South Asian Review Special Issue 31.3 (2010): 274-88.
Air Raids. Her Mothers Ashes 3: Stories by South Asian Women in Canada and the United States. Ed. Nurjehan Aziz. Toronto: TSAR, 2011. 114-23.
Mrs. Akbar. When Your Voice Tastes Like Home: Immigrant Women Write. Eds. Nila Somaia-Carten and Prabjhot Parmar. Toronto: Second Story Press, 2003. 51-59.
Origins. When Your Voice Tastes Like Home: Immigrant Women Write. Eds. Nila Somaia-Carten and Prabjhot Parmar. Toronto: Second Story Press, 2003. 163.


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The Edit Berlin February–March 2014
John Waters, Bad Director's Chair
Sprueth Magers
Until March 5, 2014
John Waters, American indie director of Pink Flamingos fame requires no introduction, but news of his current art exhibition at Berlin's Sprueth Magers had some fans speculating. Thankfully, the relentless enfant terrible is not experimenting with watercolors in his free time; his output as an artist mirrors his critical approach to tinsletown, and by extension, to the double standards and hypocrisy Hollywood promotes. Waters in fact relishes in the filmmaking industry's dirty secrets of the trade, and revels in the bad taste surrounding its celebrity culture. Both sentiments are channeled with a mixture of wit and audacity into the white-cube setting of the gallery.
An empty director's chair in the room alludes to Waters as the auteur of the ludicrous setting; the chair's canvas is emblazoned with rejections and possible disasters, the embodiment of a director's nightmare. On the floor, two baby-sized dolls, one in a black romper bearing the head of Charles Manson and the other in pink, with the head of Michael Jackson, engage in a playdate that never happened – but what would have happened if it did? Other works on view appropriate scenes from classic films and recast them into pithy comments. "Product Placement" (2009) takes dramatic moments in cinema, and shoves banal products into the stars' hand. "Rear Projection" (2009) uses actors' behinds as cinema screens, or inserts anonymous derrieres as preposterous cameos in certain scenes, not without subliminal hints at some of the depicted stars' own sexual preferences.
A cardboard sign reads "Peepshow" and leads to an adjacent room, where three of Waters' earliest films, Hag in a Black Leather Jacket (1964), Roman Candles (1966) and Eat Your Makeup (1968), are projected in narrow booths set up like in a dirty-movie cinema, complete with glory holes and paper towels. A framed photograph hovers over the scenery in the main room. It shows a kitschy pastel drawing of John Waters as a child, with a thin moustache added to it. "I remember sitting for the portrait that my parent had commissioned," he told fans at his lecture This Filthy World two days after the opening. "I was four years old and I remember thinking, 'I am crazy'."
Simon Denny, Disruptive Berlin
At Galerie Buchholz
Until March 15
Simon Denny is often mentioned in relation to the "post-Internet" generation of Berlin-based artists. His work, which centers on the collision of new and old, digital and analogue, image branding and the social implications they carry, has garnered him attention well beyond Berlin, though, and he will be representing his native New Zealand at next year's Venice Biennale. Denny's latest body of work explores the new strategic marketing of the city of Berlin as a hub for a young startup industry. The titular "disruption" refers to the term used to describe a game- changing product introduced to the market (think iPhone), and it's the goal of every startup, no matter how small, to come up with a product that will "disrupt" an entire industry.
The gallery space is dense with sculptures and installations, canvases and found objects, all emblazoned with logos or branded with slogans relating to tech-entrepreneurship. HD flat-screen TVs carrying various computer shaped models serve as both plinths and integral sculptural elements, in addition to being used as a medium for playing videos from USB sticks. The works are portraits, or rather momentary snapshots of this rapidly changing, dynamic industry, mapping the techy ecosystem of the city, with focus on 10 Berlin based startups and four highly competitive business and pitching events which take place in Berlin, and where Denny had shot the videos.
The exhibition is immersive and uncanny. The works celebrate – or ridicule, it's a mixture of both, really – a fetish for the specific aesthetics of the startup industry. The sound coming from the videos, which are only partially visible on the screens/plinths, gives off an impression of a highly motivated, optimistic community intent on changing the way commerce – and on a grander scale, everyday life – is shaped in Berlin, and around the world. Essentially, however, the work is a portrait of a city in search for an identity that will attract a profitable industry; Berlin, just like the young entrepreneurs, is trying to come up with a winning idea. It was only a few years ago that Berlin marketed itself as a creative hub for artists.
Dorothy Iannone, This Sweetness Outside of Time
Paintings, Objects, Books 1959 to 2014
Berlinische Galerie
Until June 2, 2014
The art of Dorothy Iannone is a refreshing celebration of love and sex. With her unmistakable style, a mixture of the naïve and the graphic, she renders erotic scenes on busy, bright canvases, often infused with texts. Rather than pornographic, her depictions of coitus possess a dreamlike mystical dimension rooted in the spiritual and physical union of opposites. This retrospective of the work of the 80-year old American artist, who's been a Berliner since 1976, offers a chance to view her rich and unique pictorial language, in addition to her less exhibited texts, artist books and videos.
In 1967 came a life-changing encounter with artist Diether Roth, and the two immediately became lovers. They remained romantic partners until 1974, and friends until his death in 1998. Though they were immersed in Dusseldorf's Fluxus scene, Iannone would later inscribe on one of her pieces: "I am she who is not Fluxus." Instead, her practice developed into a multimedia, figurative style celebrating the ecstatic unity of lovers. Featuring swollen bulbous genitalia, where labia and penises are similar in shape and size, the perspective in her imagery is shifted to the female, showing a blend of playful seduction and sexual self-determination – something that, sadly, is still labeled transgressive by some.
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Slow downJune 12,2013
Vermont is the perfect place to incubate ideas under the rubric of slow living. A summit on the topic showed as much last week.
In fact, Vermonts rural landscape has provided a setting for slow living for generations, going back to the arrival of Helen and Scott Nearing in the 1930s, or maybe going back to the arrival of Ethan Allen and like-minded dissidents in the 1760s.
Now the talk is of sustainable agriculture and energy, as well as slow democracy, in which we learn to engage our neighbors in the kind of meaningful debate that creates community by recognizing differences and commonalities.
The Slow Living Summit in Brattleboro last week drew a lineup of noted figures who have held office or written books or otherwise worked in areas related to the question of how to live in healthful relation to the planet and each other.
One was Jonathan Lash, who was secretary of natural resources for Gov. Madeleine Kunin back in the 1980s. He subsequently went on to a career in which he held important posts in government and out. Now he is president of Hampshire College in Amherst, Mass.
Lash said he had devoted his career to trying to enforce or reform rules concerning the environment, but that now on the issues that matter to him the most, he saw it was necessary first to change the culture.
It is a time when the culture of the United States, if such a thing can be thought of as a single entity, is in a state of ferment. There is a constellation of problems that have given rise to a jumbled mix of interpretations and proposed solutions.
At the root of much of the present cultural unease is a sense that opportunity is shrinking as middle class jobs disappear, leaving more and more people to try to support themselves on the meagerest of earnings. Long-term unemployment has mired millions in poverty. Whole regions have been hollowed out economically rural towns and suburbs wrecked by the crash, abandoned inner cities.
Meanwhile, wealth is being transferred upwards to the tiny slice of rich Americans who benefit from the structural distortions of the economy. Thus, six heirs of the Wal-Mart fortune now possess wealth equal to the bottom 30 percent of the American population.
These are economic facts that suffuse the culture with a feeling of helplessness, frustration and anger. People have varying reactions, from the radical right to the radical left, but all across the spectrum there is fury at the corruption and predator practices of Wall Street and the complicity of the federal government. Big business, big agriculture, big energy, big government continue to make out like bandits because they behave like bandits.
Enter the slow living movement. More and more people are learning to take the lives of their communities in their own hands. From inner cities to rural valleys, people are learning to grow their own food. They are learning to cooperate to market it. They are learning that it is possible to harness community energy. Rutland will have its own solar energy farms soon. Other communities could follow suit.
Vermont is a small place where community-minded people bring unusual focus to community needs. We will not vanquish poverty, homelessness, crime, illiteracy and other forms of want, but in pledging to take care of ourselves, we vanquish the sense of hopelessness that saps the strength of the culture in other places.
The examples of homegrown community life are legion from the proliferation of farmers markets, to the efforts to battle homelessness, to the lively local arts scene, to iconic institutions such as the Bread and Puppet Theater.
Little is surrendered through slow living, and much is gained. The impoverishment of America that continues apace in other regions is meeting its match in Vermont, not because we have grown wealthy, but because we are learning, gradually, what really matters.MORE IN EditorialsProtesters converged on a bank in Montpelier early this week to show their solidarity with the... Full StoryPhil Scott will take office next month after winning with a margin of 51.11 percent to 43. Full StoryIdeologues and partisans work from the outcome backward. Full Story
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When Code n Splode started in 2007, it was in response to an event at OSCON and discussions that followed. Several of the people who would become involved had attended a "women in open source" BoF that left them unhappy with how issues of women's participation in the technology industry were being discussed. (I missed the BoF but heard plenty about it afterward.) In the conversations that followed that week, we came to a kind of consensus that we wanted less talk about the problem and more direct action, and that women feeling isolated because we didn't know many of our female colleagues (as few as those might be) was definitely not helping. So Code n Splode was born in response.
The meetings have a similar structure to most user groups: there's a technical talk or workshop given by one of the members, and afterward the group moves on to a local pub for the "splode" part of the evening, a general discussion of whatever we want to talk about from our professional and personal lives. The guidelines for men's participation have changed over time; the current rule is that all women are invited to attend and participate, and men are welcome as the guest of a female participant. The goal is to create a safe space for women to talk about our technical work in a friendly and open environment.
Why safe space? It's no secret that the technology industry can be antagonistic, heavily competitive, and hostile toward outsiders who don't immediately prove their technical competence. While not all women have experienced problems with this, many women (and men) have, and being a member of a visible gender minority often only increases that sense of otherness and hostility. Creating a group that is officially women-focused and has clear guidelines for inclusive behavior provides support in that environment. Men in the industry are part of a majority group; there are no defined "men's user groups" or "men's software conferences" because in many cases, that's already what happens by default. In the open source world in particular, women make up a very small percentage of participants, and I find that having space where I feel visible and normal and not weird for being female is extremely valuable.
Besides that, having a cross-technology group where we can discuss our work with our peers is exciting. I've used this to present topics that don't fit into any single-technology user group, like text game programming or privacy issues in software design, and I've attended other topics that don't relate to my own work at all, but are interesting because of the enthusiasm of the women who are presenting it. It's also a great environment for women who have never given a technical presentation before, and might not feel like they have the experience to present at a conference yet. This helps us learn the skills to move on to bigger events, meaning that over time we can encourage better representation of the women who are already present in these fields.
The best thing, the part that really demonstrates why this group is important, is seeing the effect it has on the women who participate. We're learning to negotiate for better salaries, to find jobs we enjoy, to present our work to a larger audience, and we're building friendships we can rely on when the problems of our industry are hitting us personally. It's not a "fix" for the imbalances of the technology world, but a support system that helps us continue to be a part of this industry and still have fun.
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Editorial: Time For Kids -- Childhood Obesity
Kickoff Project For Healthier Kids
However one enters the discussion of food systems, sustainable agriculture and Slow Food, inevitably the discussion leads to health and childhood obesity. One of our most glaring failures as a society to come to grips with the flaws in our food culture is the epidemic of overweight kids and the health and happiness issues that result. They are profound, and they are costly both in dollars and in quality of life.
This is a big issue, involving our families and socio-economics, our communities and our schools, our lifestyles and habits. It's going to take a big effort to achieve change. Today marks the kick-off of WISC's year-long Time for Kids project to bring awareness and education to this important issue. With our partner Dean Clinic we will explore the causes, impact and prevention strategies for childhood obesity. We invite you to join us for the next 12 months as we look to our plates and our playgrounds for ways to nurture healthier kids.
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