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You hear a lot about how the Prison Rape Elimination standards issued by the Federal government are protecting young people in detention of any kind from sexual violence. The numbers still tell a different story.
You hear a lot about how the Prison Rape Elimination standards issued by the Federal government are protecting young people in detention of any kind from sexual violence. The numbers still tell a different story.
The panel, sponsored by Boston College, was titled "Youth in Prison: The Reality of the System". I was there to share my experiences as a teacher who worked with teenagers, some as young as fifteen, serving time in an adult county jail. I was scheduled to speak after T.J.Parsell who, when he was seventeen, served several years in an adult prison and was raped by inmates a number of times. He survived that horrific time and now as an adult shares his experiences to advocate for changes in the way the criminal justice system treats minors.
As T.J. recounted the sexual assaults he lived through I kept wondering what I could add. His experiences were so shocking, so deplorable that I wondered what more could be said.
However, as I listened, I realized there was a lot I could add. According to the Campaign for Youth Justice, inmates under eighteen make up only one percent of the prison population yet are victims in 21 percent of prison rapes. Although those statistics are high, not all young offenders are subjected to the sexual abuse that T.J. went through and that many other kids continue to endure. Yet all teenagers in adult prison live with an endless series of violations on a daily basis, violations that I could only think to describe as "everyday rapes." I saw that my contribution to the panel was to be a witness to those everyday degradations, assaults, violations that I learned about over the ten years that I taught in prison.
There was the everyday rape of random body searches—on the block, coming back from court, before seeing family on a visit. As Marcus, a seventeen year old who never shied away from speaking his mind, put it, "Being searched by po-lice makes you feel dirty. They make you strip down, bend over, and…you know. They call it cavity search. I call it rape."
My students lived with the everyday violation of never having any privacy when they showered, used the toilet, "went to New York" (one of their many jailhouse slang phrases for masturbating). All teenagers, whoever and wherever they are, work hard to hide their vulnerabilities especially when it comes to their bodies. In prison those vulnerabilities are even more pronounced and so covered up by tough guy bravado because these boys know that their bodies—along with so much more—are no longer their own. As they put it, that they were "state's property."
There was the everyday abuse of having their cells sacked by the emergency response team (ERT) on one of their random searches. I understood the need for such surprise searches. Even my students did, although they were loath to admit it. But none of us understood why a team of men in SWAT uniforms had to scream at you, throw you out of your bed, flip your mattress onto the floor, toss around the few clothes you had, then dump in a trash barrel family photos, letters, even school books that you never saw again, only to be threatened as the ERT left your cell, "We'll get you next time."
And "next time" might mean the everyday assault of being thrown into solitary confinement because you finally couldn't hold in your rage anymore at such arbitrary, senseless humiliation and started to mouth off the way only angry, hurt teenage boys can. There, in total isolation, was the endless everyday rape of losing contact with humanity until you lost contact with your own humanity and found yourself participating in your own everyday rape—not showering or brushing your teeth for weeks; sleeping twelve, fifteen hours a day; and when you were awake, screaming, shouting, howling just to let the world—and yourself—know that you're still there (sort of), doing anything to fight off that final everyday rape of extinction, of disappearing.
Even if a kid can hold it all in, follow the rules, keep his head down, there was the everyday indignity of eating food that poisoned a growing body; of living in an overcrowded, noisy and smelly block, with the constant threat of violence, intimidation and extortion; of being forced to pay extortionist prices for food sold in the prison commissary; of not getting decent health care, or any health care at all, because the gold standard was to save the county money.
The "reality of the system" is a brutal one. The Federal government has finally acknowledged that young offenders must be protected from prison sexual violence. The "Youthful Inmate Standard" regulations established by the Prison Rape Elimination Act require all prisons, jails, lock ups, and detention facilities to provide "sight and sound separation between youth and adults while restricting the use of solitary confinement and isolation practices."
But these regulations are only a first step in solving how young people are treated in the criminal justice system. If we really want to protect them from the full assault of prison culture—the everyday rapes that have devastating effects long into adulthood—then we must get these children out of the penal system altogether, a system that was never intended to handle young offenders, and place them in environments that are designed to rebuild and to create new lives.
Originally appeared on Juvenile Justice Information Exchange
It's an optimistic headline: "Prison Rape: Obama's Program to Stop It". It leads into a comprehensive New York Review of Books article on three recently released Federal government publications. Two of these documents examine sexual abuse in the nation's detention centers while the other outlines the Department of Justice's regulations for eliminating prison rape. All three aim to address the appalling number of people—young and old, female and male, citizen and those awaiting deportation— who routinely suffer sexual violence while in lockup, an estimated 209,000 plus every year according to the Justice Department.
So where's the optimism? The guidelines established by the Obama administration are—on paper, at least—good ones. As the reviewers David Kaiser and Lovisa Stannow (both staunch advocates for victims of prison sexual assault) note, the new recommendations address pivotal issues: how detention centers are staffed, how those staffs are trained in sexual abuse issues, and how inmates are supervised. Equally important is how offenders are evaluated for their potential as either sexual prey or predator. This provision is crucial in protecting young offenders, especially LGBT youth who are in greater danger of sexual harassment and abuse by peers and adult inmates. Once this information is obtained housing can be assigned based on vulnerability, which in the case of minors means not being housed with adults. There are also new standards on how prisoners can report sexual assault and on how that information is handled and investigated by staff. Kaiser and Stannow write that if these standards are successful—"and we believe they will be"—then the incidences of prison rape will be reduced dramatically.
But I can't share their optimism. I wish I could. My skepticism stems from the way in which these regulations are to be enforced. Enforcement will be the responsibility of the state departments of corrections and the correctional staff in charge of prisons and jails.
Anyone who has worked in a detention facility knows the power of frontline staff to sabotage whatever standards or procedures are put in place. In my ten years working as a high school teacher in a county prison I've watched this culture of obstruction play out as many correctional staff subvert—sometimes blatantly, most times covertly—everything from innovative grant-funded projects designed to reduce recidivism in young offenders to simple routines such as making sure all inmates daily attend their assigned programs, all measures that would provide true "safety and security" for staff as well as inmates and that would further the stated goal of incarceration: rehabilitation.
What's behind this apparently illogical obstruction? It is the same dynamic that informs so much of what goes on in any detention system; it is certainly the dynamic that is behind all prison sexual violence: the power grab. All lockups whether they be for adults, minors or immigrants awaiting deportation are run on a hierarchy of power: Who's got it, who wants it and what you'll do to get it. Within this structure there is the inevitable scramble for power and position in an environment where everyone feels impotent.
People who are locked up live every day of their incarceration with this lack of control (and for so many of them, every day of their lives) and so understandably make the power grab. This is especially true for young offenders who are the most vulnerable in this predatory world. Ironically it is just as pronounced with correctional staff. Over my years in the prison system I've often heard officers openly complain that the work they do is just as dangerous, if not more so than other law enforcement officers, yet they feel they are underpaid and not respected as professionals by their peers and society in general. So what better way to "stick it" to the system, to "show" wardens, county executives, the Feds, civilians, and certainly inmates that COs are the ones who make or break things in prison than by subverting regulations, routines, and structures.
The Obama guidelines are strong in addressing the delicate and fraught issue of sexual violence. This is especially true when it comes to the victimization of young people and the sexually vulnerable. Is it wise then to leave their implementation in the hands of the people who are themselves part of the problem both in terms of upholding standards and in terms of actually being sexual assailants themselves? (Reports show that half of all sexual abuse is committed by correctional staff.)
Kaiser and Stannow are confident that enforcement of these regulations "will make American detention facilities better run, more humane, and safer places in general." It is a hopeful vision. But if we want detention centers that are humane and safe we have to go beyond a fresh set of regulations. We need to make fundamental changes in the prison system: confront the perverted power structure—and struggle—that dominates these institutions and that leads to sexual violence and replace it with a form of justice that truly values rehabilitation and that restores dignity and respect to victim, inmate and correctional staff. Radical steps? Yes. Do we have a choice? The numbers say we don't—because each incident of prison rape radically changes a person's life forever.
Originally posted on Juvenile Justice Information Exchange
I've written several times on this site about the issue of prison rape. Most recently, I brought up the Department of Justices foot-dragging in implementing the Prison Rape Commissions' recommendations on rape prevention. Among both correctional staff and inmates rape is too often an accepted and expected consequence of being in jail. It's just the old predator/prey food chain. In an excellent article entitled "Rape Should not be Part of the Penalty for Prisoners" The Advocate cogently spells out why these regulations are so vital. These new rules for prevention will–I hope–relieve the suffering of so many prisoners, young and old.
Sex and power — forces rampant in our prison system, thwarted and twisted by the jail culture. Lock up large numbers of the same gender and the frustrated sexual energy is palpable. Likewise, in jail everyone — wardens, correctional officers, inmates — wants power, fights for it, manipulates for it, in a place where everyone is made to feel impotent. The locked up teenagers I taught over a ten year period in an adult county facility and about whom I write in I Don't Wish Nobody to Have a Life Like Mine: Tales of Kids in Adult Lockup, had a great image for that lack of power: crabs in a bucket, stepping over each other, pulling down the ones closest to the top, so nobody wins.
Sex and power, as everyone knows, are the ingredients of rape. Consequently, the prison rape numbers are high. According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics 88,500 incarcerated adults were sexually abused — by correctional staff or other inmates — in 2009. This number doesn't include the kids who have been sexually victimized while locked up, an even higher percentage.
Disturbing numbers made even more disturbing by the fact that seven years ago the George W. Bush congress (surprisingly) passed the Prison Rape Elimination Act.
It's a good bill that raised the alarm regarding widespread prison sexual assaults. It also established the National Prison Rape Elimination Commission to investigate and make recommendations on how best to stop prisoner sexual abuse. In June 2009 the Commission finally released its report setting out certain reforms. However, the Obama administration has yet to adopt those findings.
The recommendations are thorough, straightforward and sensible. Among them, instituting zero tolerance policies of all sexual abuse. Training staff to identify potential sexual assault situations. Teaching inmates their right to report sexual harassment without reprisals. Screening new inmates for their risk of being sexually abused or abusive.
When I read what the Commission suggested I wondered why prisons haven't already been taking these commonsensical, low cost measures which would have spared thousands of men and women pain and suffering. And I wondered what this failure said about our criminal justice system's attitude — and our society's attitude — towards prison rape, and prisoners in general?
But if we really want to get at the causes of prison sexual assaults we have to dig deeper than a commissioned report.
The system is the problem. Our jails are run on a culture of violence. Walk into a jail and you'll know that violence. Every day I worked in the county jail I was hit by it. The smells of men packed into overcrowded dorms; of exposed toilets; of rancid food. The constant din of the PA system; of the blaring television; of officers and inmates shouting over it all. The sight of a handcuffed inmate being dragged down the hall to the Special Housing Unit by the black-clad emergency response team. Just another day in the county lockup.
A more subtle message of this culture of violence is the dehumanization of the body. Sounds pretty philosophical, but in jail it translates real easy: Your body isn't yours. You dress, undress, shower, shit under somebody's eye, electronic or otherwise. You can be stripped down and exposed to cameras; you can be prodded and explored — "cavity searched" — all at corrections' command. My jailhouse students knew this. During one of corrections' clampdowns on jailhouse tattoos, one of the kids, a tattoo artist, commented, "The way police see it, when we do our shit, we're defacing county property." When human beings are treated as commodities, sexual assault becomes inevitable; and this inevitability fits the publics' perception: Prison rape happens. (Yet, can you imagine the outbreak if these attacks took place in any other public care institution?)
Prison rape can only be diminished when we change the culture of violence within our jails. It's not impossible. It is being done in some prisons across the country where administrators such as Sunny Schwartz in the San Francisco county jails have had the courage and vision to implement programs in restorative justice and violence reduction programs, for example. These approaches, when supported by administrators and uniformed staff, have reduced sexual violence by demanding full accountability from inmates and correctional staff alike while ensuring that each person is valued and respected.
In March, Attorney General Holder told a congressional committee that addressing prison rape "…is something that I think needs to be done, not tomorrow, but yesterday." Today is "yesterday." The victims of prison rape can't wait for another "yesterday."
Originally posted on Huffington Post

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Prerequisites: Spell Focus (necromancy).
Benefit: You treat corporeal undead that were once humanoids as humanoids for the purposes of determining which of your spells affect them. In addition, you may affect any corporeal undead creature with mind-affecting spells, regardless of its Intelligence score. A necrotic spell uses up a spell slot one level higher than the spell's actual level.
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For those who want to break out of 'Pink' and 'Blue' this presents a great option !! Peach bedroom :)
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All State Parks: Dogs are not allowed on the beaches that have been designated for swimming or surfing. However, dogs are more than welcome to join their owners in the regions marked for surf fishing. Owners are required to clean up after their pets.
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Dewey Beach: One of the very few towns on the eastern seaboard to permit dogs to enjoy the sandy beach, Dewey has only a few restrictions for dog owners. The times the beach may be used by dogs is limited during the summer season (not permitted on the beach from 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.), they must be under control, and of course the owners must clean up after them. The Summer Season is the period beginning May 15 and ending September 15.
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Grand Excelsior Hotel Al Barsha, Dubai
Step into the spectacular lobby of four-star Grand Excelsior Hotel Al Barsha, Dubai — all creamy marble, gilded columns, and glittering chandeliers — and the exciting bustle of Dubai's streets soon fades away. Designed to look like a cruise ship in the distance, the hotel sports a convenient location, only minutes from the city's second largest mall. Feel welcome and pampered with unrivaled Arabian hospitality, whether catching a tan beside the rooftop pool, learning about local hot spots from the staff, or simply relaxing in one of the 230 stunning guestrooms and suites.
- Unwind in the hot tub, sauna, or steam room
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With an inviting English pub and plenty of nooks for meeting friends, Grand Excelsior Hotel Al Barsha, Dubai is so laid back and welcoming, you may just stay inside all day. If you are looking to explore the wonderful and captivating city, however, the concierge will introduce you to the best Dubai has to offer, all a short cab ride away.
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All guestrooms feature satellite television and complimentary newspapers, while suites and executive rooms go a bit further by offering separate seating areas and living space, along with Jacuzzis and additional complimentary services.
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A'La Grand – Ease into a dark leather chair or a comfortable banquette at this elegant all-day restaurant just off the lobby. Eat your way around the world at breakfast, lunch, and dinner with a buffet full of international favorites.
Fusion Bistro – Head to this elegant brasserie for lunch or dinner steaks from Australia and the United States. The menu explores dishes from Asia and the Middle East as well, such as fish tikka and cardamom-infused rice pudding.
Sherlock – Have a pint or shoot some pool at this cozy pub. Dark wood paneling and stained glass give it a traditional English tavern feel, while the delicious food, well-stocked bar, and live TV sports keep it a contemporary hangout.
Club Lounge – A sophisticated lounge found on the top floor, this is the perfect place for a light breakfast or a complimentary drink at sunset.
Keep fit in the gym with cardio machines and weights before soothing your muscles in the sauna and steam room. Lounge by the rooftop pool with a cocktail in hand, or head to the salon for a blow dry. If in town on business, be sure to touch base with the office in the 24-hour business center to take advantage of the secretarial services.
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Grand Excelsior Hotel Al Barsha, Dubai
In the low-rise neighborhood of Al Barsha, Grand Excelsior Hotel Al Barsha, Dubai puts you within easy reach of the city's iconic sights and mega malls. You are only a five-minute cab ride to Mall of the Emirates and its metro station, while within 10 minutes to nearby beaches.
By taxi, it is 15 minutes to the restaurants and cafés of Dubai Marina as well as downtown Dubai, if you are curious to visit the Burj Khalifa, Dubai Mall, and Dubai Opera. Meanwhile, the hotel is 20 minutes to Palm Jumeirah, Dubai's famous palm-shaped island.
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Makeup Artist Salary: How Much Can You Expect
When you're just starting out, the pay can be unpredictable, and the world of makeup artistry is no different. It can be difficult to secure regular work – and get a paycheck for it! So what can you expect from a makeup artist salary?
The answer is – it depends. Here are a few factors that can affect makeup artist salary:
Makeup artists in large urban centers have more opportunity to earn a higher living, compared to their rural counterparts. They have a larger pool of potential clients, more access to high paying industries (like film and editorial), and generally a wealthier client base. However, with more opportunity comes more competition – definitely something to consider.
Makeup artists often start as freelancers, and while it takes some time to fill up your schedule with new clients, this field offers the most freedom. The potential earnings are the lowest in the industry – about $30,000 annually, on average – but it's a great way to make connections and get your name out there, especially when you're starting out.
A huge opportunity for makeup artists is to work at a beauty counter or under a major cosmetic label. It might not offer the creative freedom of freelance work, but it does offer a consistent salary, with the possibility of benefits as well. The average annual income for a makeup artist in this field is $35,000.
TV and Stage
If you live in an area with a thriving television or theatrical scene, a career as a makeup artist on the set of a television show or theater company could be a very lucrative option. In this field, you have the potential to earn anywhere between $45,000 and $75,000, depending on your experience and skill level. If you're interested in this career path, QC Makeup Academy offers a Master Makeup Artistry course that teaches makeup for theater, live stage performance, and television.
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Dearest Lily, I was about 7 when 9 to 5 came out and I have been hooked ever since. Now I have the incredible pleasure of introducing my 7 year old daughter to the hilarity that is you. Thank you so much for making us laugh and the laughs my daughter and I share. Much love to you.
Hi Lily! I had a ticket for your Westbury, NY appearance in March 2015 but last minute could not attend 🙁 When are you coming back to New York???
Dear Lily, Edith Ann, Ernestine and Trudy have always been three of my favorite characters; Edith Ann and Trudy with wisdom and insight presented worldly and the world I enjoy sharing with them. I've been a fan since Laugh In and did an "Ernestine" one ringy dingy message on my answering machine. I had seen your Search for Signs of Intelligence in the Universe show in Chicago and was happy to have a photo taken with you afterward. I'm glad to see your current work with Netflicks Frankie and Gracie and look forward to seeing your new movie Grandma. I'm inspired by your re-creation of yourself throughout life and would enjoy meeting you again. I liked the Ted talk you did with Jane Fonda defining the qualities you look for in a friend. Next time you are in Chicago, let's get together for lunch.
You know, I never did get my LILYHAIR. When I told my friends about ordering it they didn't believe me..........they still don't. ;-{ ) Does the mustache make my nose look too big? You always make me laugh. Thank you!
Dear Lilly I have looked forward to seeing you love for a very long time I once was a comic before I was a mom I have always been inspired by you I am so very bummed that you are coming to Turlock which is not far from me at all and I'm going to miss it only because all the good seats are sold 🙁 I look forward to someday seeing you live so please consider more shows in the area! Thank you for the laughs 🙂
Hi Lily, I hope you will work on an autobiography while your memory is still razor sharp. It would be great for fans to have your amazing memories of growing up in Detroit documented in a book. Also the memories of all the years of hard work developing your craft during 1957 to 1969 and the success years that followed. A biography with a chronological timeline section of major life events is something I've always appreciated and also an index. Best wishes and Merry Christmas, Bill
Hi Lily, Could you please post some pictures of two of your former homes? That would be the "shockingly blue bungalow" you lived in at the time of your 1977 Time magazine cover story. The other is the former W.C. Fields home you painted pink. Is it true you painted the fireplace mantel Pepto-Bismol pink? Also some pictures of your 1955 Dodge Royal Lancer. Cool car. Best wishes.
Hi Lily, 1st I have to tell you how much I enjoy your movies and your personality, you funny girl. You always make me feel good when watch your films. I was your film Grace and Frankie on Netflex and it was wonderful. Love it. My sister and I want to see Gramma, the closet theater showing the film is in Beverly Hills. We are in our 60's and 70's and would like something near our home in Orange County. Do you think it will be coming to our area soon? If you have any pull, work on that for my sister and I. Yours truly, Jean Folkestad loyal fan.
I saw you perform in San Francisco and it was the most lifting, elevated, UPlifting show I have ever had the opportunity to go to. Thank you and thank you for all that you do! - J. Rossi, S.F.


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It is amazing the difference between Christmas and Easter. Some start getting ready for Christmas as soon as we pass Halloween, and all of us are pretty much in the Christmas spirit by the time we finish our pumpkin pie on Thanksgiving Day. In our home the Christmas traditions begin the evening of Thanksgiving. We watch our first Christmas movie, "A Christmas Carol". Of course the decorations go up and many families have different traditions that take place throughout the month of December. Then there are the traditions of Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. This is all very involved, calendared, and thought-out. And then there is Easter. What day is that this year? Let's be honest, we don't give a lot of thought to Easter until it is right on top of us. Palm Sunday may be the first clue for many that Easter is around the corner.
We certainly have Easter traditions: spring clothes, chocolate, colored eggs, and ham. There is a dinner and an Easter egg hunt for the kiddos. It kind of comes and goes and doesn't interrupt a lot. Our culture is very open to a baby in a manger, but not so much a Savior and God on a cross. Hey, is culture leading the church on how we celebrate and where we put our emphasis? Well, that is another blog.
Here is what this blog is about: What does Jesus want you to do this Easter? What does He want you to do with this holiday where the church remembers and celebrates the crucifixion and resurrection of Him? Does He want us to have ham and get a new dress? I am not sure He cares that much one way or the other. How about services? A lot of churches do multiple or additional services for Easter. Does Jesus want you to pick the one that allows for the most family time and rest? Hmm.
There is a very common theme when we turn to the passages that we celebrate for Easter: Matthew 28, Mark 16, Luke 24, and John 20. Two words that keep appearing: Go tell! So let's cut to the chase: that is what Jesus us wants us to do with Easter. If we go to church, sing songs, listen to the message, gather with family and say a sweet prayer of thanksgiving for Jesus; but we don't go and tell; I think Jesus is in heaven going, "You're kidding me. That's it. You're going to bed now. Wait a minute. I thought we were celebrating Easter?" Jesus didn't tell us to do about 90% of what we will probably do to celebrate Easter. He did tell us to go and tell someone.
Who will you go and tell this Easter? Who will you tell what Jesus means to you? Who will you tell what He has done for your life? Who will you tell why you have chosen to believe in a resurrected Savior? Who will you invite to join you for Easter services? I know it seems like people around you aren't interested in this whole church thing much anymore, but statistics actually say a lot of folks are open to a personal invitation, and even more so at Easter. Could I challenge you to think about this Easter a new way? Instead of picking the service that fits your family the best, pick the one that fits the person or family you're inviting the best. Go to the one they will say yes to. With all we might do for Jesus this Easter, He really only asked for one thing: go and tell. Will you? Will you help your church go and tell?


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I'm sure you've seen tons of other family portrait sessions lately where the siblings wrestle and hang Silly Bandz from their faces, and the father in the family rides a bronze lion statue because he used to when he was a kid, and everyone is smiling and beautiful. Here's another one. Ho hum…
Man, I'm a huge Skinner family fan. Such nice people, and total troopers in the 95 degree heat (acknowledgments to the efforts of my assistant Susan as well ;o) ). We shot at Roswell's Historic Archibald Smith Plantation, which has been an important part of the Skinner family for many many years. I got the personalized tour before we shot, and I have to say it really was wonderful to shoot at such a meaningful place for the family. Even if it was super hot. Did I mention that?
Everyone got really into all of my sometimes weird ideas, and were even bigger fans of both my technique for keeping your eyes open while having your pictures taken and my technique for smiling when you don't think you can get a good smile going. That last one is irresistible. I promise. Oh and Mr. Skinner's brother happened to be one of my college professors, and everyone was really impressed that I survived it. Kidding.
I know I say it every time, but I'm so lucky to have a job where I get to spend time taking pictures of awesome people.
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The current state of AI
If you've ever watched Iron Man, I, Robot or even Terminator, you'll have heard about AI. You'll probably have heard about AI even if you haven't seen them.
So it makes sense that all the top tech companies are looking into AI. Everyone from Facebook, Apple, Microsoft, Google and even Amazon have jumped on the hype – looking to extend their AI and AI-based tech into consumer hands. Their motives may vary, but they're all experimenting with it nonetheless.
But what exactly are these efforts, and how do they compare next to each other? I was compiling a huge load of research for a blog post that I wrote over on the Tamar blog, about how personal assistants will affect the future of SEO. But I also wanted to compile that research on here, just in case I wanted to refer back to it later. Hopefully it's interesting to you too!
Facebook M
Facebook's M was the first AI-type deal that I saw that really excited me. I don't like Facebook, and I hardly ever use it. But when I saw it – and what it could do (order an army of parrots, anyone?) I got excited. This is something that could really truly revolutionise my life.
Facebook M is part-AI, part-person, and built into the Facebook Messenger app. M can respond to pretty much any request, and over the months I've been reading stories about it (sadly, I'm not lucky enough to be able to try it out) M has been able to send GIFs, draw personalised pictures, write songs, save money on bills and even, as I mentioned before, order a small army of parrots to an office.
I'm notoriously lazy, so it makes sense that I would love it – in the same way I love Apple Pay. Businesses make money off of us being lazy, and if Facebook M is as amazing as it seems, Facebook will make a fortune. Again. After all, as Alex Kantrowitz pointed out;
'Who wouldn't want an ever-present assistant around to help them out throughout the day?'
Facebook's motives have become clearer since F8 – they want us all to us Messenger. They want Messenger to replace, well, everything. But they need a small army of bots to help accomplish this task. But think about it, if you can go to Messenger in order to shop, organise, buy etc etc, why would you need to go anywhere else?
And it makes sense. They can never hope to beat Google in a direct competition when it comes to search – so how do they work around this?
Easy. They cut Google out, like a cancerous rot (sorry Google, I love you really!)
If M can do the searching for you, there's no need for Google. Smart ey?
Mark Zuckerberg's JARVIS
Outside of Facebook Proper, there's also Mark Zuckerberg's personal project. Zuckerberg is famous for setting himself crazy goals each year – whether it's learning Mandarin or reading two books each month. This year, it seemed, was no exception.
In a Facebook post on the third of January, Zuckerberg announced that he wanted to take on a personal challenge to build an AI to run his home.
My personal challenge for 2016 is to build a simple AI to run my home and help me with my work. You can think of it kind of like Jarvis in Iron Man.
Of course, the nerd in me squealed when he mentioned JARVIS. Who hasn't watched Iron Man and hoped that they could one day have their own AI butler, who's indelibly polite, but also a little bit sarcastic? This, for me, was the best example of AI I have come across when researching – but that's probably because it's hypothetical.
The other AIs listed are more chat bots than anything else, and at the end of the day, they are limited to a single device.
JARVIS – although purely fictional – seemed to be able to run the whole house and, with the Internet of Things ever expanding – he (it?) seems like the conclusion, or ultimately the pinnacle, of all Things Internet.
Apple's Siri
By all accounts, Apple's Siri is lagging far behind. I don't know anyone that actively uses it, beyond triggering the shit jokes it has.
Ha ha, well played Apple. Top bants.
No but seriously, it's pretty bad. She (or he, depending on where you live) pales in comparison to what else is on the market. Apple did acquire an AI startup earlier this year, however, so that seems to point to the fact that they're recognising their failings and, hopefully, gearing up to release either Siri 2.0 or something else, a little more superpowered.
Microsoft Build2016
Microsoft have taken their AI ambitions to the nth degree. Their Build2016 conference was purely aimed at the use of personal assistants and bots, with the majority of it resting on Cortana, their Intelligent Personal Assistant. Satya Nadella, the CEO of Microsoft was quoted as saying;
"People to people. People to your personal digital assistant. People to bots. Even people to your personal assistant calling on your bots on your behalf, that's the world you are going to see in years to come."
It seems Microsoft are keen to use language, rather than clicks and typing, for their next gen of tech. One of their slides from the event boldly stated that 'Human language is the new UI'
However, their attempt at using AI has been plagued by mishaps. Just days before their Build2016 conference, Microsoft proudly unveiled Tay – an experimental AI-powered chatbot that was designed to be able to "speak like millennials" (*shudder*).
Looking back at it now, it's obvious that this was supposed to be the crown jewel of their AI efforts at Build2016. It would have been amazing for them to say 'Look at this bot. Look how good it is. We can bring that into your home.'
Unfortunately, it was not to be. Within a couple of hours, Tay had become a racist, anti-semitic Trump supporter – which was a shame. But, to be honest, anyone could have seen that coming. Twitter has a reputation for being full of trolls, so much so that Twitter constantly have to vow to crack down on trolls more, so it made sense that they would find a way to turn this AI into a monster.
Thanks a lot for creating the new Skynet, Twitter Trolls.
But Microsoft's reasoning, much like Facebook's, is pretty clear. They can never hope to beat Google. Bing is shit, we all know it. Internet Explorer is so bad that it's the laughing stock of the internet, no matter how much they try and rebrand it.
So like Facebook, they're hoping to cut the Big G out altogether. Again, it's a smart move.
Google's unnamed project
According to a report that was published back in December of 2015 in The Wall Street Journal, Google is working on an AI-powered chat assistant. And if Google's looking into it, you know it's going to have huge ramifications for search.
Sadly very little is known about Google's project and probably will continue to be until they announce it at Google I/O in June. What is known, however, is that they need to act fast to maintain their position at the top of the Internet Food Chain.
Amazon's Echo
The Amazon Echo is probably the best of the current personal assistants, far beyond anything else around on the market at the minute. The Echo is part-personal assistant, part-Bluetooth speaker. You control it with your voice, which it can detect up to 15-20 feet away.
Technically, the Echo is the speaker. The personal assistant is Alexa, which is housed in the speaker. Alexa can play music, getting the weather, creating shopping or to-do lists, setting alarms and timers, reading the news, reading out recipes, convert units, define words and even come up with general trivia.
However, these are all quite basic functions, as far as AI-powered functions go. Alexa seems very similar to Siri, and the functions offered by the other assistants are all theoretical, or not able to be scaled up just yet.
Sure, Facebook M outperforms it at the minute, but M is still in the testing stages. I don't see how Facebook will be able to scale up their drawings, or ordering parrots across the globe.
However, Echo does remind me of JARVIS, the home assistant that I so desperately want. I think that with a bit more integration with some IoT products and Alexa/Echo could be the best thing on the market.
The future's bright
So what does the future look like? Well, I already wrote about how these AIs and personal assistants will affect search, and they will – in a big way.
But what do they mean for every day consumers? The same things tech always means. Ease of use and convenience – as well as a nice simple way to spend money on things you don't necessarily need (see again – army of parrots)
Whatever the future is, I can't wait. I just hope the Rise of the Machines is not in my lifetime. I don't think I'd do well in a robot-human war.


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The feeling after a novel is first published is different from the feeling when an academic book or article is published–at least for me. There is a greater sense of accomplishment, perhaps because a novel is the product of a different kind of creativity than is involved in academic writing. I can say from experience that creative and academic writing involve two different skill sets. Now before I forget it, here is the link to the site where the novel is offered for purchase: https://www.createspace.com/3719267. It will be available on Amazon in both hard copy and e-book format in a few days. Crass advertising out of the way, I continue….
Novels are works of love, or at least they should be. Anyone who writes a novel for the sole purpose of making money will most likely write a sorry novel. Fiction writing delves deeply into the author's heart and is a highly emotional experience. An author must bare himself emotionally to the world since fiction, though made up, by necessity is based on events, thoughts, and feelings from a person's life, sometimes deep feelings. End of Summer is a coming-of-age novel, a fictionalized account of my childhood. I feel guilty for killing off the parents when the main character is two-years-old, but in my first novel I wanted to have fewer characters–and the death of the parents fit the plot of a young boy obsessed with death. The boy has Asperger Syndrome, but has no idea since the story is set in 1968, long before Asperger Syndrome was known in the United States. He desires things to stay the same in his life, but has to face the sickness of his grandfather and the threat of the ultimate change, death. But there are funny moments and moments of great beauty in the main character, Jeffrey's, simple rural life. Without giving away the ending, the book ultimately affirms meaning and transcendence in the face of a world that all too often changes for the worst. It is Southern fiction with Southern Gothic elements, literary and nonpreachy though Christian in world view, and valuing rural life without falling into sentimentality. I think it is a good read–it was the distillation of my heart, not my mind, going into the depths of the reasons I eventually became a philosopher through the main character I named for my twin brother who died two hours after he was born of pulmonary hemorrhage. When I wrote the first draft, it was as if I had been transferred to another world, living it, with my surroundings in my small room at the beautiful Weymouth Center disappearing and the world of Jeffrey's childhood surrounding me. The editing later helped refine what had already been written from the heart. If you read it, you will discover it is a novel written from the heart in more ways than one. I am thankful to God that it has finally been published.
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In the story I was told to weave together the Major Arcana, this card is the point where the Fool, having been shown all manner of potential by the Magician, sees the High Priestess and asks for advice. The High Priestess doesn't give answers, however, as much as she gives directions for finding inner illumination.
If there is a contrast in opposites to be seen in the pairing of the two cards, I think it's more valuable and enlightening to depict the difference as objective versus subjective guidance. The Magician takes what is and shows what could be, and doesn't delve too far into questions of should or should not. The High Priestess tells the seeker to stop looking at all the possibilities until they've thought about their motives and motivations. The Magician talks about hows and whens, the High Priestess deals with whys and what ifs.
While you might expect that, in a feminist tarot, the male and female roles would be reversed, I think it's counterproductive to automatically reject anything which has been traditionally associated with the feminine. That said, it's certainly time to reject the idea that there is anything inherently special about the kind of insight or wisdom held by women. There is nothing harmful in depicting women in the role of mystic or spiritual guide, but there's nothing beneficial in depicting mysticism and spiritual guidance as something naturally or predominantly mastered by women.
The High Priestess card simply points us towards intuition and inner reflection, and potentially towards a person who can guide and instruct that process. But as much as we should take care not to reflexively choose a man to fill the role of Magician when and if we need a mentor or motivator, so should we not assume that all women who claim great intuition and vision are naturally gifted and suitable guides. The idea that women, by nature, possess certain strengths or abilities is benevolent sexism at work. It also leads us to devalue women who fill the role of Magician because, in doing so, they are not fully embracing their "natural" role as High Priestess.
If there is a caution I would place on either card, it's that we should always question our willingness to trust expected stereotypes. Not only are we too often unaware that we operate with such biases, even when we are aware we too often fail to recognize the extent to which we act on them.


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Pan (2015)
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PAYER GABRIEL (Micha Payer, born 1979 in Wolfsberg and Martin Gabriel, born 1976 in Linz) work between the two poles of arbitrary order and systematic contingency, which, in turn can be conceived as a system whose point of departure is the reflection of the world on a micro and macro scale. In this intellectual space meteorites become emblematic of an artistic strategy. Scientific theories state that comets made it possible for the building blocks of life to emerge on earth. For the artist the meteorite is the essence of the alien in the familiar and raises the provocative question whether man is composed of "star dust".
Their new series of works "Apologie des Zufälligen" (Apology of Chance) has evolved in the last two years within the context of these reflections. The title refers to Odo Marquard who in his homonymous text defends the notion of contingency which philosophy prefers to neglect and suppress.
Large and medium-format drawings emerge from sheets in A4 and A5 format, with an ink-based priming in various colors, creating a grid for the various pictorial fragments. Only when viewed together does a motif become visible, one that is the fragment of a larger entity. Additions or substitutions of parts create further extensions, since the artists' works are in a process of constant permutation. The sources of their creations are physical and biological facts, historical references and citations from art history.
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It's exciting to me to see so much progress on the sustainability front and the way the Appreciative Inquiry large group planning method–in our age of collaboration– can accelerate and sustain positive change. In a few minutes I will share the letter by Cheri Warren of National Grid and the vision of Mike Tucker, the President for Economic Growth for the Capital Region's of New York economic development planning and design process. But first a primer on the Appreciative Inquiry Design Summit.
It's so true. We are entering the collaborative age. Organizations, cities, economic regions, whole industries, and even world summits are searching for methods that bring people and institutions together across specializations, sectors, and silos in positive ways to discover common ground for action. Planning methods of the past are slow, cumbersome and falling short in our complex, multi-stakeholder environments. But fortunately management innovations are making breakthroughs and 21st century approaches are coming of age—especially those that embrace whole systems engagement from a strengths-based and design thinking perspective.
An Appreciative Inquiry Summit is a large group strategic planning, designing or implementation meeting that brings a whole system of 300 to 3,000 or more internal and external stakeholders together in a concentrated way to work on a task of strategic significance. Moreover, it is a powerful and task focused 2-3 day planning process where everyone is engaged as co-designers, across all relevant and resource-rich boundaries, to share leadership and take ownership for making the future of some big league opportunity successful. A United Nations CEO report, as mentioned earlier, recently called it "the best large group method in the world today." [1]
The summit concept appears bold at first, but is based on a simple notion: when it comes to system-wide innovation and integration, there is nothing that brings out the best in human systems—faster, more consistently and more effectively—than the power of 'the whole'.
Flowing from the tradition of strengths-based management (Cooperrider 2012), the "AI Summit" says that in a multi-stakeholder world it is not about (isolated) strengths per se, but about configurations, combinations and interfaces. We live in a world where change is the new normal but today the question is not just how do we change for the better. The real question has shifted: its how do we change at the scale of the whole? "How do we move together as a whole 67,000-person telephone company; or a whole 1.5 million-person city; or a 250,000 children whole school system; or as a whole nation? Moreover, as we plan and design together how precisely do we do it in a ways that more quickly elevates the best in our system, and helps us move beyond dialogue to design, beyond good conversation to actual innovation, unified action, and more rapid results?"
While at first it seems incomprehensible that large groups of hundreds of people in the room can be effective in unleashing system-wide strategies, making organizational decisions and designing rapid prototypes for collective action, this is exactly what is happening in organizations around the world. Appreciative Inquiry was introduced into the business world in 1987 by David Cooperrider and Suresh Srivastva and soon thereafter University of Michigan's Bob Quinn said in his book Change the World: How Ordinary People Can Achieve Extraordinary Results "Appreciative Inquiry is revolutionizing the field of organization development and change."
AI provides the tools and methods for elevating system-wide strengths, for creating new combinations and concentration effects of strengths, and ultimately spreading and deploying those strengths in the service of a more positive and valued future. Its based on a leadership principle proposed by the Peter Drucker many years ago: "The great task of leadership" said Drucker, "is to create an alignment of strengths in ways that make a system's weaknesses irrelevant."
That's what the word appreciation means. It means valuing those things of value. It also means, "to increase in value." And that's how innovation happens, through the elevation, magnification and cross-multiplication of solutions and discovering together what works, what's better, and what's possible. Today AI's approach to strengths-inspired, instead of problematizing change, is supplanting many of the traditional change management models in the business and society. Appreciative inquiry is being practiced everywhere: the corporate world, the world of public service, of economics, of education, of faith, of philanthropy—it is affecting them all.
How do you do it? In actuality it is very simple—think of three phases—the pre-summit phase, the summit, and the post summit. Once a trusted and capable convener or convening alliance is assembled a steering/design team goes through a 1-2 day design session where everything big picture for the summit is designed—the stakeholder mix; the articulation of the summit task; plans for pre-summit momentum and research; and the agenda framework—then the summit workbook and design is homegrown. The summit itself is almost the easiest element in the whole process; in our experience the steering committee meeting the key moment. And from the completion or date of the steering committee meeting, the typical summit usually takes place in 3-6 months.
The AI Summit impacts are fast, efficient (bypassing hundreds of small group committee meetings) and ultimately powerful, productive, and inspiring. Leaders—for example the head of the United States Navy and the Secretary General of the United Nations, as well as big city Mayors and CEOs of some the largest corporations in the world—commonly are moved by how quickly the best and most positive in their systems comes out. They applaud the speed, the substantive deliberation, and acceleration that can happen. Following an AI Summit they often ask: "What was all the fuss about?" And "how did we manage to get so many good people into this summit?" In other words, the AI Summit—especially when implemented with its six success factors (see attached journal articles)—consistently brings out the best in human systems. [2]
[1] The Global Compact Leaders Summit Report (UN 2004) documents the impact of Appreciative Inquiry at the United Nations world summit between Kofi Annan and CEOs from 500 corporations including Hewlett-Packard, Starbucks, Tata, Royal Dutch Shell, Novartis, Microsoft, IBM, and Coca Cola. For the full report go to: http://www.unglobalcompact.org/docs/news_events/8.1/summit_rep_fin.pdf. In the report CEO Rodrigo Loures concludes "Appreciative Inquiry is the best large group method in the world today."
[2] Cooperrider, D. 2012. The Concentration Effect of Strengths, Organizational Dynamics, Vol. 42, No. 2, April-May 2012, p. 21-32.
Cooperrider, DL. and McQuaid, M. (2012) The Positive Arc of Systemic Strengths. Journal of Corporate Citizenship, Vol. 46, Summer 2012.
So now to the Capital Region of New York story. What a success story! Here is what Cheri Warren of National Grid and the vision of Mike Tucker, the President for Economic Growth for the Capital Region's of New York economic development planning and design process said before their first large scale AI Summit in 2013:
"On behalf of the Center for Economic Growth and National Grid, we would like to welcome you to the Regional Infrastructure Forum. This two day forum Tech Valley and Beyond: Growing Sustainable Infrastructure at the Speed of Life is being help on October 30th & 31st at the Desmond Hotel and Conference Center in Albany and it will help all of us in the region achieve our hard infrastructure ambitions.
This process is strongly complementary to the Regional Economic Development Council process and is similarly inclusive in convening a broad group of relevant stakeholders. It represents a promising strategy supporting a key goal of our region's Strategic Plan to "Build a Superhighway: Ensure that a 21st Century infrastructure exists so the Capital Region will become the first destination for business in New York State and be accessible to build, grow, and expand business." The Capital Region Economic Development Council and its Infrastructure sub-workgroup has identified the large group Appreciative Inquiry Summit process as a catalyst for the development and execution of a transformational infrastructure plan for our region.
By leveraging the strengths and assets of all stakeholders, the AI Summit is based on a simple notion: when it comes to system-wide innovation and integration, there is nothing that brings out the best in human systems—faster, more consistently and more effectively—than the power of "the whole." A guiding principle will be: act regionally when planning for the future of Tech Valley, and honor locally by being inclusive of all stakeholders in the eleven county region.
We invite you to participate fully in this collaboration. Our aim is clear: for our region to excel we must advance our collective future together, leverage the opportunities, investments, and vast potentials already at our door, and establish a process so the right infrastructure can be planned where it's needed, at the right time and at the right cost.
Mike Tucker President, Center for Economic Growth &
Cheri Warren, CIO National Grid
Thanks Cheri and Mike. Your belief in inclusive planning environments is not only paying off but is a model of building collaboration, trust, and unleashing the innovation of the universe of strengths.


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In January, Glidewell Dental is launching a new online experience. Be sure to visit for easy-to-access lab services information, free clinical education, enhanced communication tools, and so much more.
1. Send Digital Impression
2. Digital Case Design
3. Digital Production
4. Case Tracking
Glidewell Laboratories is expertly qualified to assist clinicians who utilize digital impression systems. The lab employs computer-aided technology in nearly every step of production, ensuring that prescribed restorations are consistently well-fitting and able to be fabricated from the most modern materials. For both traditional and implant restorations, Glidewell Laboratories accepts scans for the Sirona CEREC® platforms, the Align Technolgy iTero™, Carestream Dental's CS 3500, PLANMECA CAD/CAM SOLUTIONS E4D Technologies PlanScan®, the 3M™ True Definition Scanner, and 3Shape's TRIOS®.
Once a clinician has captured an impression with their scanning unit, the data can be transferred to Glidewell Laboratories. For systems that utilize proprietary connection portals, the data is sent to Glidewell Laboratories through the approved, established connection as shown in the respective system's manual. For open systems, clinicians can download the scan data from their impression unit and transfer it directly to Glidewell Laboratories through our "My Account" interface.
iTero® Element
3M™ True Definition Scanner
Planmeca PlanScan®
To send a case for a traditional or implant restoration through Sirona Connect, follow the standard Sirona scan protocol. Select your restoration preferences, and send scans of the prepared teeth with adjacent teeth, buccal bite and the opposing arch. For anterior cases, an additional scan of the preoperative condition or a scan with the temporary in place is recommended to achieve the best overall design.
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Manufacturer: Sirona
After receiving a scan file for a traditional or implant restoration, clinicians can transmit the data to an approved laboratory by selecting "Send" on the screen. Contact Align Technology directly to add Glidewell Laboratories to your list of "Favorite Labs."
Manufacturer: Align Technology Inc.
Send your 3Shape TRIOS scans to Glidewell Laboratories using 3Shape Communicate™. TRIOS order forms can be customized to match specific information requirements and offerings from Glidewell Laboratories, making it easy to create new orders, attach 2-D images and convey all case aspects to our lab. Minutes after your scanning is complete, our lab technicians can receive your TRIOS digital impressions and immediately start designing your traditional or implant restoration. When your design is complete, a 3-D model will automatically be sent to the 3Shape Communicate site for you to review before we begin fabricating your restoration.
Manufacturer: 3Shape
3M True Definition scan files can be sent to Glidewell Laboratories for the design and fabrication of traditional or implant restorations. True Definition Scanner users can contact 3M ESPE directly to add Glidewell Laboratories to your list of connected labs.
Manufacturer: 3M ESPE
Planmeca PlanScan users can send scans via the E4D®Sky network in order to export case files in an open file format (.stl). Upload the digital files to the "My Account" section of our website.
Manufacturer: PLANMECA CAD/CAM SOLUTIONS E4D Technologies
Carestream CS 3500 users can send impression data in an open file format (.stl) to laboratories around the world. Glidewell Laboratories is a Carestream Dental Preferred Lab and is equipped to handle your case fabrication needs.
Manufacturer: Carestream
Digital files can be uploaded in the "My Account" section of our website. If you are a current customer not registered for this feature, or if you are a new doctor, call us at 800-854-7256 to set up your account.
Manufacturer: Glidewell Laboratories
Once your scan data has been transferred to the digital network at Glidewell Laboratories, a specialized team of dental technicians performs a small clinical evaluation to verify that each case is ready for production. Approved cases are then distributed to the appropriate technical department based on the material and restoration type requested by the clinician.
At Glidewell Laboratories, nearly 100 percent of case design is handled with dental design software. These purpose-built programs enable our experienced dental technicians to shape every aspect of a restoration. Our decades of traditional lab experience educate every click, ensuring precise fit, function and esthetics. This all-digital design process guarantees a higher accuracy in the final restoration because the errors inherent to traditional impressions and the pouring of stone models are completely removed. In fact, most of our modern production workflows can be completed entirely without a physical model ever being produced. Clinicians who wish to verify their restorations on a model can still request one from the laboratory.
After the digital restoration design is complete, the design file is transferred to the appropriate production team based on the type of material and restoration requested by the clinician. Below are brief outlines of the various processes and technologies employed across a variety of our lab services.
Regardless of whether a clinician sends a case digitally or with traditional impressions, all restorations at Glidewell Laboratories are fabricated with the same cutting-edge technologies and techniques. It is our mission to bring the benefits gained from these technologies to clinicians and patients across the world.
Monolithic restorations are milled from solid blanks of ceramic material using 4- and 5-axis milling machines. These ceramic restorations then undergo firing processes to establish their long-lasting durability and natural-looking appearance. Final restoration characterization is still completed by hand to establish desired esthetics.
The design files associated with PFM and full-cast cases are forwarded to 3-D printers, which extrude wax or plastic material to construct restorations layer by layer. These printed restorations are then submerged in investment material to make a reverse mold of the approved restoration design, into which the desired material can be pressed. Similar to monolithic cases, the final shading and characterization for PFM restorations is completed by hand.
Components necessary for implant cases are manufactured in-house utilizing a separate series of milling machines, which are the same as those used to produce components for luxury-brand Swiss watches. Our ISO-certified implant manufacturing facility enables us to deliver implant restorations of the highest quality at an affordable price.
The scan data for removable, partial and preventive appliances is utilized to create a digital model of the patient. This digital model is then 3-D–printed, creating a physical model on which traditional lab techniques can be used to create the requested device.
Fill out the form below to register for daily case summaries. You'll receive notifications when the status of you case changes, such as when we finalize your case or send it out for delivery.
Clinicians who adopt chairside digital impression systems into their practices are positioned to receive enhanced benefits from Glidewell Laboratories. Adding to the inherent advantages of instantaneous case data transmission and the removed need for impression materials and trays, clinicians will receive a $20 per-unit savings on BruxZir® Full-Strength Solid Zirconia, BruxZir Anterior, Obsidian® ceramic and IPS e.max® cases, and a $40 per-unit savings on Inclusive® Custom Abutment and screw-retained implant crown cases. What's more, without the delay of inbound impression shipping and with the prioritized all-digital workflow, clinicians can expect their restorations to be fabricated and returned to their offices in a significantly reduced time period.
The all-digital workflow employed at Glidewell Laboratories has been proven to greatly reduce the number of crown remakes for margin, fit and occlusion issues. Further, clinicians using intraoral scanners can avoid the potential for distortion found in traditional impression materials and stone laboratory models. For the clinician this means that cases are delivered correctly and consistently, exactly as prescribed.
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— Jim Glidewell, CDT, President/CEO
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Nous ferons changer le monde! We are going to change the world!
If it is not you my little one, who will begin to change the world, who will do it?*
Hello and Welcome to Sustainable Suburbia
If you want to create a healthier more sustainable life for yourself and your family, you are in the right place.
If you want to reduce the toxins in your home, the toxins you are putting into the environment, the toxins your family are absorbing, read on.
I'm Kirsten, author of Less Toxic Living: How to Reduce Your Everyday Exposure to Toxic Chemicals – an Introduction for Families. I'm also an Australian mother of three, passionate about learning to live more sustainably, creating a healthy environment for my kids, and contributing something to the communities we inhabit. And I'm now also a Norwex Independent Sales Consultant in Canberra (and online) and Leader. A bit more about that below…
My Story
My doctor may not have had good people skills, but at least he knew how to get to the point. His words that tore apart my sense of both my body and my future were delivered with cool unconcern: "You might have a few miscarriages."
I was sitting across the desk from my old stick of a gynaecologist in his cold office, while he told me that I'd been born with only one ovary, and what it would mean.
"It shouldn't affect your fertility," he said "but you might have a few miscarriages while your uterus learns how to stretch properly." I don't remember what questions I asked him. I was twenty-four, and having a baby seemed a long way off. Still, it felt quite cruel, this sixty-something male doctor talking about losing a baby as though it was nothing. And I remember wondering why I felt suddenly lesser. Like my body wasn't what it should be.
But his pessimistic diagnosis eventually led me to a proactive response, to investigate everything that could benefit my fertility.
Fast forward a few years, and I was ready for a baby. Miscarriage is a lot more common than most people realise, and can also be more devastating. I wanted to do whatever I could to avoid having any, let alone 'a few'. I couldn't do anything about the size of my uterus – smaller than normal, with only one 'corner' reaching up to my single fallopian tube. But I could minimise other risks. That's when I really starting focussing on reducing the toxins in my life, especially the ones I put into my body.
Being a massage therapist, and the child of veggie growing, composting parents, caring about organic produce and environmental toxins wasn't exactly new to me. In fact, I'd written a column of DIY non-toxic cleaning tips for a local 'green youth group' newsletter when I was only about eighteen.
Fast forward a few more years (okay, more than a decade), and I have three kids, aged three, seven and eleven. So now I worry about the toxins in their lives too.**
That's one of the reasons I started making my own household cleaners, and am always learning to do more.
But more than that, I want to disconnect our lives from dependency on Big Corporations, on toxic chemicals that hurt us and the planet; on an economic system that is unsustainable, both in the way it trashes the world we live on, and in the way it keeps claiming to 'trickle down' to benefit the poor, while the gap keeps widening.
Making your own non-toxic cleaners may only be a small part of that, but it is a real part. It costs way less, reducing your dependence on big business, and it keeps the toxic chemicals away from your children, the garden and the rivers your waste water ends up in.
So are you ready to get the toxins out of your home? To create a healthier environment for your family and a healthier planet for future generations?
Start by checking out my free non-toxic cleaning printables, to help you save money and time, and reduce those toxins. You can also read my book, Less Toxic Living – I am giving away the PDF as a FREE download (there are also a paperback & kindle versions for those who prefer them).
Wondering why I made the book free? Here is where I talk about why that is, and what my aims are for this website.
Stop Press – February 2014: I am so excited to announce, I have now just signed up to be an independent sales consultant with a company I have a lot of respect for – Norwex. They are all about reducing the chemicals in our lives, in particular in cleaning and personal care products. And while you can reduce your the chemicals in your home a lot, just by following my instructions and making your own cleaning products, I find using Norwex is even easier, and saves me a lot of time as well. If you are interested in knowing more, check out my norwex in a nutshell page, or my Norwex online store, or friend me on Facebook (and send me a message telling me you're interested in Norwex!), where I do occasional online Norwex "parties". If you live around the Canberra area, in Australia, you're also welcome to contact me about seeing Norwex in action, which really is the best way to learn about it.
Who else is here?
As well as giving you straight up information here, I talk a lot about my own family's journey. So you'll hear about my kids – Liam, Mikaela and Eliane – and my husband Chris. I used to have a couple of other writer's who contributed regularly, Angela & Eileen, and do still accept the occasional guest post too.
*This is from a french postcard quoted by Professor Ian Lowe in his foreword to the 2010 edition of Sustainable House.
**Feb 2018: They are now almost 8, 11, and almost 16… [back]


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Manna on Meridian
Throughout the year, we support Manna on Meridian, a food ministry housed at Faith Presbyterian Church. St. Stephen Lutheran Church is a co-sponsor. Our congregation, along with St. Paul's United Methodist Church, provides food donations to help fill the pantry. These four churches on Meridian Road all support the philosophy of Manna on Meridian: no forms to fill out, no income requirements—just bags of nutritional food offered for those in need.
Contributions to the joint food ministry of Manna on Meridian can be deposited in the bright blue box in the room at the rear of the Sanctuary. To help people remember Manna on Meridian, we have designated the Second Sunday of each month as a special time for donations. Target foods are: peanut butter, spaghetti sauce, pasta, dried beans, cereal, instant milk, canned meat/fruits/vegetables/soup. (No glass containers and no opened containers, please.)
To learn more about the Manna on Meridian program, please call the church office at (850) 385-5115 or email the Office Administrator.


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JERUSALEM — The head of Israel's air force on Tuesday revealed that it used the next-generation F-35 fighter jet for the first time during a recent mission.
Maj. Gen. Amikam Norkin told a conference that he believes it was the first time the fighter has been used in the Middle East, and that the air force is just beginning to understand the "huge potential" of the aircraft.
In a brief video clip released by the army, Norkin points to what he says is a picture of the plane "over Beirut." He did not say when the mission occurred, but Syria and Iran have accused Israel of carrying out a number of airstrikes recently in Syria.
On May 10, Israel acknowledged striking a series of Iranian targets in Syria in response to an Iranian rocket attack launched from the neighbouring country.
Israel has repeatedly said it will not allow Iran, its archenemy, to establish a permanent military presence in Syria. It fears that Iran and its Shiite proxies, including the Lebanese group Hezbollah, will use Syrian territory to launch attacks against Israel.
Israel's Channel 10 TV said the F-35 jets have recently been deployed in two unspecified operations. Their use remained secret until Tuesday's announcement, the station said.
Norkin's comments can be seen as a show of force from Israel's air force, sending a message of deterrence to Iran and Hezbollah, according to Channel 10's military analyst, Alon Ben David.
Israel was one of the first countries to acquire the U.S.-made warplane, in 2016. The F-35 fighter jet's advanced stealth technology allows it to evade even sophisticated anti-aircraft systems, according to weapons manufacturer Lockheed Martin.


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