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It soon turned out that my rather crappy idea transformed into something great and the fear of sneaky bastards almost paralysed me again.
Product improvement
The flashlight was working fine. I even added a small tongue to direct the light beam with. But when I added small drill bit holders something happened. The need for a flashlight is limited and the drill bit holders turned out to be extremely useful.
By adding drill bit holders this gadget suddenly got a lot more useful. The idea of having the bits attached to the machine wasn't new. But doing it this way was both more versatile and completely unique.
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Suddenly, having a really good product was frightening. This was no longer a simple learning experience and messing things up wasn't an option any more.


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For another US principal, PBS Sales acts as a virtual subsidiary. The PBS sales team developed a European distribution network in 24 countries and handles all customer service and order processing functions. This includes monitoring a warehouse operated by a third party, and taking care of billing, shipping, accounts receivable and returns. Essentially, PBS Sales is giving the US company a complete European operation.
For a NAFTA/China- based manufacturer of complex plastic injection molded hybrid components PBS Sales serves as the European sales & engineering support office. PBS Sales is accessing the development and application engineering teams of leading German automotive, railroad, appliances and general industry OEMs. Ultimate sourcing decisions are done by German/European head offices, while the molded components are then shipped to the various local assembly plants – in particular China and Mexico. The PBS technical sales staff pro-actively coordinates this truly global business and thus makes the US/Chinese company an easy-to-work with, successful global-local manufacturing partner.
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NYC has released a metallic shade called Molten Metal for fall, I believe as of right now it is a limited edition color. It has been spotted in various drug stores and Target. I wasn't able to find it here in upstate NY, but it might just not have made it here when I looked. I am usually not a fan of drug store polishes, but this one was too unique to pass up. It is very sheer though, my swatch is 3 coats and it was mostly opaque. It was slightly streaky though but it is a glitter polish.
Perfectly Polished Tips 74 - NYC Molten Metal
3 comments:
- Brooke said...
I have been on a search for that darn molten metal - no luck here in Oklahoma ;(
Love how the bottom pic turned out, very pretty color.
- October 10, 2008 at 12:07 PM
- Dami said...
i wasn't able to find it here either. one of the ladies on MUA sent it to me.
thank you - i never do anything funky on my tips so i wanted to try :)
- October 10, 2008 at 3:31 PM
- Unknown said...
oy it looks so great on you, but I picked up the bottle and it just wasn't my color. *sigh*
- October 15, 2008 at 6:27 PM
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This is for people making their own Stratux or wanting to upgrade an older model to have AHRS functionality. This small board will add AHRS and automated fan speed control based on CPU Temp. Connect as depicted in the pictures below.
Important Notes:-
Make sure you update your Stratux to the latest stable main branch build. Click on the link below to learn how to update your micro sd card or you can buy a pre-updated card from us.
The Link:-
Connect the board as depicted below. Make sure to orientate the fan connector correctly. The fan won't start to work until the Stratux is fully booted. The fan is now a good indication of when you should see the Stratux network show up on your wifi list. It will pulse on briefly on boot and then only come on when needed.
Lastly, the new light indications are as follows:
Solid red light until fully booted and the fan should pulse briefly.
Both lights are solid in color. You should see the Stratux wifi.
Shutting down:-
Flashing green light pulse accompanied by a solid red light and the fan shutting off - if on. Once you see the green light turn solid again, and the fan stop, you can safely unplug the power after about 45 secs.
The pictures below are to just show what pins the module goes onto. You do not have to remove the computer. It should slip on the pins if you gently lift the lid and unplug the fan. In the picture above the left forward facing pin is for the positive (+) fan connector that is red. Therefore, the right side is for the negative (-) fan connector that is black.
Legal Notes:-
Everlast Concepts LLC is in NO WAY responsible for the misuse of this product or damages caused by the use of this product. If this product fails, catches fire, or causes other unfortunate damages (or personal injury) Everlast Concepts LLC is not responsible. Use at your own risk (by buying this product you are agreeing to and accepting the terms above). Again, use at your own risk. This does not mean the product should fail, or that it is prone to failure, it simply means Everlast Concepts LLC is not responsible for damages if it were to. The Stratux ADS-B In Receiver and its' AHRS + Fan Controler Board should be used only to enhance and aid in situational awareness, not as a primary means of navigation. Remember §91.3:- The pilot in command of an aircraft is directly responsible for, and is the final authority as to, the operation of that aircraft.


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We have had a wonderful abundance of apples this year, and recently shared a post about all of the micro-breweries that we have in Vermont. There is a connection here…and that would be hard cider! Larry and I recently made some delicious apple cider and son Geoffrey decided he wanted to concoct some hard cider as well.
Apparently, making hard cider from apple cider can be quite simple. Basically, you add yeast to the cider and this changes the sugar to alcohol. This reaction must take place without any air because if air comes in contact with the juice, the sugar will very quickly change from alcohol to vinegar. The only equipment you really need is a jug to house the cider and a simple airlock which allows the gas (CO2) to escape. Sealing off the container also keeps bacteria from getting in. Most brewing supply stores carries airlock devices. And please make sure all equipment is sanitized!
So here's the scoop:
*Get some fresh apple cider.
*You can add sugar or honey if you'd like to increase the alcohol content. Otherwise just add champagne yeast.
*Put airlock on container.
*Find a resting place. Check to see what temperature is preferred by the yeast you're using.
Fermentation will take approximately five to ten days depending on the quantity of yeast used as well as temperature and aeration.
When the bubbles start slowing down, you can have your taste test!
In Geoffrey's case, he had also been given some fresh hops that his friends had grown, so he experimented with some hops in the cider as well. Looking forward to some taste tests coming up!
A little disclaimer: we're sure this whole process can be much more scientific and complicated…this is the 'down and dirty' version!


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Children are placed into age groups and take part in programs introducing them to soccer and fostering an enthusiasm for team sports
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- $6 for two kids soccer training sessions for one child (total value up to $41.25 value)
- Introduce kids to soccer and encourage an enthusiasm for team sports
- Children are placed into age groups so they can take part in age-appropriate programs
- Learn the basic concepts of soccer, ball skills, how to be a team player and play games at the end of the session
- Parents are encouraged to get involved with the classes
- Suitable for kids aged two to 12 years old
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• Limit of 5 vouchers per person (only one voucher per child)
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• Voucher is valid for one child only
• Not valid on public holidays
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• Valid for children aged 2-12 only
• Preferred age group may not be available at all locations. See website for available age groups at participating locations at https://grasshoppersoccer.com.au/find-a-venue
• Please arrive 10mins prior to class
• Original value verified on: 04 Oct 2017
• Standard fine print for all deals
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• Expiry: 90 days from purchase
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The team behind Grasshopper Soccer are dedicated to teaching soccer skills to budding footballers. The programs are designed to introduce kids to the sport and to encourage an enthusiasm for teamwork and ball skills. Each program is a progressive building block from the one that comes before it, with the end goal being to help kids transition into a soccer club. Parents are encouraged to get involved in the classes.


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In the 2009 fantasy baseball rankings, we already went over 2009's top 40 outfielders. But like Jacques Cousteau once may have said to his underachieving son, "That's not deep enough." There's more outfielders to draft than there's members of the Wu-Tang Clan, so we take it to the top 60 outfielders for 2009 fantasy baseball. If you think there's no value to be found this deep in the position, ask someone who owned Nate McLouth, Jacoby Ellsbury or Milton Bradley last year. Anyway, here's the top 60 outfielders for 2009 fantasy baseball:
41. Jayson Werth – This is the first tier. This tier goes from here to Juan Pierre. I call this tier, "Guys I like, but they have caveats." As for Werth, will he still be… *pinkie to mouth* Worthwhile? He should be. In Citizen's Bank, Werth should be good for at least 17 HRs and he can chuck in 17 steals, as well. The one caveat is he might hit .260. 2009 Projections: 95/17/70/.270/17
42. Coco Crisp – Well, hello, Mr. Cereal. I already went over Coco Crisp for 2009 fantasy. 2009 Projections: 90/12/60/.280/25
43. Xavier Nady – 2008 was a career year. Nady could go 25/90 in 2009. He's not hitting .300 again. 2009 Projections: 80/24/90/.275
44. Conor Jackson – His 2009 projections can be found at the top 20 1st basemen for 2009 post.
45. Fred Lewis – With the bunions behind him (no, "bunions behind him" is not a euphemism for hemorrhoids), he's ready to be valuable in 2009. 2009 Projections: 95/12/50/.270/25
46. Andre Ethier – In the top 4o outfielders post, someone asked where was Ethier. I said, "Ethier hit 7 home runs in August and .462 in September, two insane months that don't look like they're going to be easily repeated." And that's me quoting me! 2009 Projections: 80/17/75/.290/5
47. Mark DeRosa – DeRosa's projections are in the top 20 2nd basemen for 2009 post.
48. Justin Upton – He's very young still, but check this out. To get you further jazzed, he led the majors with the longest average home run at 417 feet, according to "The Bill James Handbook." 2009 Projections: 70/20/70/.260/7 but there's lots of upside from those numbers.
49. Nelson Cruz – Went over him in a fantasy sleeper post. 2009 Projections: 75/25/90/.270/10
50. Adam Jones – Could be a younger, slightly riskier Coco Crisp. Speaking of Coco Crisp, someone has the munchies! 2009 Projections: 75/15/60/.275/12
51. Shin-Soo Choo – Let's call him a less stoned, more Korean Adam Jones. 2009 Projections: 70/16/70/.280/11
52. Rick Ankiel – Not sure how the Cards outfield is going to shake out, but at some point, someone's going to have to make room for Colby Rasmus. 2009 Projections: 70/22/85/.260
53. Denard Span – I not-so-secretly hope Span fails miserably for Gomez's sake. Unfortunately (or fortunately if you're Span kin — I said, spanking — hehe), I think Span's here to stay, even in the Twins overcrowded outfield. His batting eye was impeccable last year. 2009 Projections: 90/8/60/.285/20
54. Juan Pierre – This is a new tier. This tier goes from here to Taveras. I call this tier, "SAGNOF." 2009 Projections: Steals
55. Willy Taveras – I have two words for you…. Actually, that was six words to get to the two words so eight words… Well, technically, now I'm up to twenty-one words. Anyway, Dusty Baker, that was the original two words. Baker's going to bat Taveras lead-off and let him run like crazy. He might just get 80 Steals and 60 Runs. 2009 Projections: Lotsa steals.
56. Mike Cameron – This is a new tier. This tier goes from here to Kubel. I call this tier, "The Forgetten Vets." If Mike Cameron and Adam Dunn were invited to a pinata party, we can guarantee one of two outcomes: no candy or a whole lotta candy. 2009 Projections: 70/22/75/.245/18
57. Nick Swisher – Swisher's 2009 projections can be found at the top 20 1st basemen for 2009 post.
58. Hideki Matsui – I almost put Eric Byrnes here, but he's old and he relied on speed. Matsui will prolly get 400 ABs this year and produce solid numbers for a deep league. 2009 Projections: 70/18/80/.285
59. Randy Winn – As is the case with this tier, these guys offer little upside. Winn is the epitome of that. 2009 Projections: 80/12/60/.290/17
60. David DeJesus – You have Kelly Johnson and the dealer is showing David DeJesus. That's a push. 2009 Projections: 70/12/75/.290/12
61. Jason Kubel – I just couldn't resist adding one more name. Some people may look at Kubel and say yawnstipating, I look at him and I say not that far from Jermaine Dye's numbers. 2009 Projections: 80/20/80/.280
After the top 60 outfielders for 2009 fantasy baseball, there's a lot of names, but here's two that stand out:
Jeff Francoeur – There's certain guys you can grab late to look for upside-slash-a bounce back year, Frenchy ain't one of them. I wouldn't draft him with your team. 2009 Projections: 65/18/70/.260
Elijah Dukes – The location is the car. The scene is Dukes and Milledge carpooling to work. Did you bring quarters for the toll? I thought you got some when you bought that BK Broiler. Those are MY quarters! Screech to the side of the road. 2009 Projections: 75/20/70/.265/15 (<–not as optimistic as you might think)


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Transform – Text & Date Functions
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Fareham, Hampshire
Job type:
£8.21 - £9.15 per hour + enhancements for bank holidays,
Faye Stovell
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over 1 year ago
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Faye Stovell
Our client is currently seeking a strong, confident and physically fit support worker to work within a supported living unit based in Wickham, Fareham. This is predominantly a community based role working with a gentleman who is very active. You will be dealing with some challenging behaviours and learning difficulties therefore you will be an experienced support worker and a car driver happy to drive the service users car. This role is full time, permanent job, paying £8.50 / hour.
We are currently seeking a full time support worker to work within an assisted support role. This is a unique role where you will be supporting a gentleman with behaviours that can challenging and sometime unpredictable. The job can be quite physically demanding and is a 2:1 support role whilst he is out in the community. Although there is home based care involved, the gentleman likes to go for long walks in the woods, running, jumping, swimming so you must be active and happy to be doing a varied, community based role for much of the time.
It is essential that you are a car driver for this role as you will be expected to drive the service users own car for community based activities.
Ideally you will have experience working with vulnerable people and challenging behaviours. Be happy to commit to a full time role that is usually 7am til 7pm shifts, some 11am til 5pm shifts and every other weekend.
Job requirements:
- Car driver - you will be driving the gentleman's car when going out in the community
- An element of lone working required at the weekends or nights.
- mainly working on a 2:1 support basis.
- aiding in all elements of personal care.
- Experience advantageous but not essential.
- Working within a support assistance role based in Wickham.
You must be flexible in your working approach to adapt to the needs of the individuals in your care; be able to assist with meal preparation, daily living tasks, medication assistance and all aspects of personal, social and emotional care. restraint training would be advantageous. You will have a willing attitude and be able to work as part of a team to encourage and support the service user in your care in order for him to lead an ordinary life in his local community.
This permanent, full time position is working 37.5 hours per week.
The organisation:
The organisation believes in supporting people with learning disabilities, autism and complex needs to lead ordinary lives in their local communities. They pride themselves in helping people with learning disabilities and autism to have a louder voice and control in their lives.
Our clients work closely with the vulnerable adults, their parents, carers and professionals to complete and deliver tailored care plans to ensure each service user reaches their full potential.
The successful candidates will be:
- Patient, inspiring and caring
- A strong team player, confident and motivated
- Resilient, able to work proactively with challenging behaviour
- flexible
- Problem solving and the ability to think creativity
- Willing and able to provide personal care to individuals
- Individuals who value diversity, health and safety and are committed to safe working practices
We currently have a number of roles available additional to the vacancy also .. so if this role isn't quite what you are looking for please feel free to contact me to discuss our other support workers and care assistance jobs - these range from full and part time work; contracted; permanent as well as adhoc shifts. The roles are across Portsmouth, Gosport and Fareham. Please feel free to contact me for an informal chat if you feel any of the above is of interest to you.
If you feel you have the skills and experience suited to this role please apply or feel free to give me a call for more information or an informal chat about this or other roles we have Faye stovell - 0746984010.
At Vetro Care, we have over 100 years' combined recruitment experience helping people plan their career path, navigate the job market and find their ideal role. We are REC and CIW registered and pride ourselves on the service we offer our clients and candidates. We will work alongside you at all stages of the job application process and help you identify, apply for and secure your ideal role.
Whether you are looking for a permanent or temporary position we're here to help.
Vetro Care acts as an employment business when supplying temporary staff and as an employment agency when introducing candidates for permanent employment with a client. Vetro is an equal opportunities employer and decisions are made on merits alone.


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Program — April 2018
► Introducing Your keynote Speakers
Program Dates
Thursday 12
7:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
7:00 a.m. – 8:15 a.m.
Breakfast with Exhibitors
8:15 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.
Musical Interlude
Underground Circus
Kindly Supported by:
8:30 a.m. – 9:15 a.m.
Jean-Marc Blais
From 'Civilization' to 'History': Stories and legends — and Going Beyond Where No One Has Gone Before…
The Canadian History Hall is the cornerstone of the Canadian Museum of History's transformation. This five-year project felt like sailing a stormy sea, with no lighthouse in sight. The museum faced incredible challenges — but against all odds, we trusted and believed that we were doing the right thing and going beyond the expected. Transforming a museum is not a small feat, but when there is hope, courage and willingness, there are great rewards. What can be learned is enlightening, comforting, but also quite surprising…
Jean-Marc Blais was appointed Director General of the Canadian Museum of History in March 2013. Mr. Blais brings an extensive management experience in the areas of culture, education, information technologies, international relations, in both the private and public sectors. He has been instrumental in transforming the Museum into a modern, effective and innovative national cultural institution focused on the interests of the public. He has overseen the design and construction of the Canadian History Hall, one of the largest museological transformation projects in Canada.
9:30 a.m. – 10:15 a.m.
Alexandre Trudeau
Documentary filmmaker, writer and journalist, Alexandre Trudeau has produced and directed compelling and provocative films and reported from all corners of the world. He was a trusted witness on the ground as the bombs began to fall on Baghdad in 2003; he charted out the intimate realities on both sides of the Israeli security barrier; stood up for the rights of arbitrarily imprisoned security certificate detainees in Canada; tracked youth-driven democratic awakenings in the Balkans; shed light on the origins of unrest in Darfur, Liberia and Haiti; and deconstructed the Canadian peace-keeping legacy fifty years after Pearson's Nobel. He helped Canadians grapple with the millennial-old cultural underpinnings behind China's return to glory during the 2008 Olympics and tackled the planetary power shifts that link Somali piracy, the Arab Spring and the allimportant maritime resource trade. Many years and many journeys in the making, Trudeau's first book was published to wide acclaim in September 2016. Barbarian Lost - Travels in the New China is an intimate and touching portrait of this ancient nation as it experiences one of the most transformative periods of its long history. Trudeau is a founding executive committee member of the Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation for excellence in social sciences and humanities' research and innovation, and is president and chief producer at JuJu Films.
Kindly Supported by:
10:15 a.m. – 11:45 a.m.
Meeting of the Fellows
By invitation only!
10:15 a.m. – 10:35 a.m.
Networking Break with Exhibitors
10:45 a.m. – 11:45 a.m.
Concurrent Educational Sessions
Museums and Memorials: Cultivating Public Memory for Mediation
Moderator: Pauline Rafferty, Canadian Museum for Human Rights
Building on the CMA 2017 Museums and Memorials concurrent educational session, this panel discusses the dynamics of collective memory and explores opportunities for museums and memorials to broaden and deepen the public memory.
From Island Hopping to Bridge Building: Reflections on Museum Practice to Share Knowledge of Indigenous Cultures
Moderator: Ailsa Barry, Canadian Museum of Nature
In keeping with the conference theme of No Museum is an Island this session will explore the critical questions around museum practices on effectively and accurately presenting the stories, knowledge and history of Canada's Indigenous Cultures. How can we effectively engage with Indigenous Peoples to have them tell their stories in their own words? How do we mediate storytelling, while maintaining authenticity? And, how do we represent a dialogue that speaks to the various intricacies we find in our shared histories, and in the specimens from our collections?
Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums: Sparking Innovation in Canada's GLAM sector
Moderator: John G. McAvity, Canadian Museums Association
GLAMs (Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums) are ingenious institutions that have unique value propositions - they have earned the trust that comes with a century of service. This session will explore the collaboration that comes with being a GLAM by providing practical case studies of how GLAM institutions have successfully partnered. A toolkit currently being developed by the BC Museums Association will be presented.
The Canadian History Hall: A New Hall for a Renewed Museum
Moderator: Katy Tari, Pointe-à-Callière Museum
This session will discuss the challenges faced by the Canadian Museum of History in creating a completely new hall on the history of the country, in a highly political and media hungry environment. Panelists will explain the thought process behind the selection of common stories, share lessons learned, identify strategies to manage risks, and describe the path to its successful completion. Attendees will be invited to participate in a discussion about the challenges we all face when presenting Canadian history while engaging our audiences in meaningful interactions.
What Does it Take to Preserve and Protect our Country's Heritage? Our Stories?
Presenter: Ken Amaral, Department of Canadian Heritage
In 2012, the Department of Canadian Heritage decided to capture snapshots of the museum and heritage community. To date, the research has allowed for a greater understanding of the museum sector, it has helped shape decisions on government funding and, above all, demonstrate the significant roles that museums play throughout the country. Ken Amaral is a Policy and Research Analyst at the Department of Canadian Heritage and manages the Government of Canada Survey of Heritage Institutions. During this session, Ken will discuss the current state of museums and where they are possibly headed. He will also be sharing newly captured data for 2017.
Renovations, Expansions and New Construction: Stakeholder Engagement Strategies in Museum Planning
Moderator: Bruce D. Thibodeau, Arts Consulting Group Canada
Museums in the 21st century face many challenges when it comes to mobilizing resources and building capacity to address the multi-year process involved in major facility projects. How do you mobilize intellectual, emotional, political and social resources in the initial stages? This session will examine the activities and practices of a variety of different type of institutions which have embarked on the journey of revitalizing their facilities. Examples of how they overcame inertia and gained momentum to advance from concept, to ground breaking to completion will be shared with attendees.
Empathetic Museum 101: A Maturity Model to Advancement
Presenters: Marie Chapman, Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 and Jim Cullen, The Empathetic Museum Project
Visitor-centered. Civic minded. Diverse. Inclusive. Welcoming. Participatory. Learn how these qualities of the 21st century museum are impossible without an inner core of institutional empathy: the intention of the museum to be — and to be perceived as — deeply engaged with its community. In this session, Empathetic Museum member Jim Cullen will introduce the Empathetic Museum Concept, review the Empathetic Museum Maturity Model and describe its use as an accessible tool for institutional self-reflection, assessment and change. Marie Chapman from The Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21, an institution on the Empathetic Museum's Honour Roll, will present a case study on her museum's empathetic practices and the challenges and outcomes they represent. Attendees will leave with a fuller understanding of how best to foster institutional empathy within their own institution.
Noon – 1:30 p.m.
Luncheon with Exhibitors
Kindly supported by PACART
1:45 – 4:30 p.m.
CMA 2018 — Idea Exchange
The Idea Exchange seamlessly blends networking and learning into one engaging and memorable session. Showcasing five 30-minute presentations, the Idea Exchange features speakers discussing a variety of subjects related to Indigenous issues. Offering something for everyone, attendees will have the opportunity to participate in this 135-minute session. With ample time for Q&As, you will have your most pressing questions answered, make new connections, discover viable solutions and explore the wealth of knowledge of your association peers and experts alike.
Presentation 1: Voices of the Nisga'a Treaty: A Community Creation
Presenter: Stephanie Halapija, Nisga'a Museum
This presentation examines different methods of involving First Nations communities in exhibition creation by utilizing intangible cultural heritage and community consultations. Through a combination of physical objects and a two-year interview project aimed at capturing the intangible cultural heritage associated with the formation and ratification of the Nisga'a Treaty, the Nisga'a Museum launched a landmark temporary exhibition entitled Voices of the Nisga'a Treaty .
Presentation 2: Bridging Generations and Cultures Through Indigenous Voices and Technology
Presenters: J'net AyAyQwaYakSheelth and Sarah Chu, Royal Ontario Museum
This discussion will explore how Indigenous Education and Digital Learning, as strategic priorities, can converge to decolonize and indigenize school programs at a large provincial museum.
Presentation 3: Making it Right: The Process of Collaboration
Presenters: Jill Baird, UBC Museum of Anthropology, Nika Collison, Haida Gwaii Museum; Stephanie Halapija, Nisga'a Museum; Allison Pascal, Squamish Lil'wat Cultural Centre
This discussion will explore how Indigenous Education and Digital Learning, as strategic priorities, can converge to decolonize and indigenize school programs at a large provincial museum.
Presentation 4: Next-Gen Ethics: Discussions of Ethical Museum Practices in the 21st Century
Presenters: Sarah Carr-Locke, Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre; Genevieve Hill, Royal British Columbia Museum; Melissa Phillips, Chimczuk Museum; Lia Tarle, Simon Fraser University
Since the 1960s, museums' roles and guiding principles have been shifting. Indigenous activists have criticized museums for the unethical collection and display of human remains and cultural materials, while new museology has emphasized the importance of public engagement, multivocality and serving communities. Presenters will reflect on their experiences implementing recent ethical calls to action.
1:45 - 2:45 p.m.
Concurrent Educational Sessions
Helpful Hints for Emerging Museum Professionals
Presenter: Hannah Chipman, Telephone Historical Centre
This session will be of particular interest to emerging museum professionals who have found themselves trying everything they need to learn on the job. Based on personal experiences of being given a role of authority in my institution at an early stage in my career and having to navigate the sea of information that is thrown at you, the session will give some tips and advice to help build confidence in the participants, and share with them the resources that made me say "I wish I had known that then." It will also help them see the importance of having a training manual and succession plan for future staff and volunteers. Participants are encouraged to share tips they have learned and personal experiences.
Case Studies – Day II
4 – 15 minute presentations with Q&A
A- Transform Your Space with Art: Enhance Your Visitor Experience, Strengthen Community Involvement and Inspire New Works
Presenters: Amy Gibson, Linda Jennings and Yukiko Stranger-Galey, Beaty Biodiversity Museum
How can art exhibitions transform your space? Instead of simply hosting an exhibition, seize the opportunity to stimulate visitor understanding of your permanent collections, reinvent the cultural space you hold in your community and inspire new pieces of art. Referencing past temporary exhibitions, members of the Beaty Biodiversity Museum's exhibits, events and curatorial teams will share some of the innovative elements they are employing, all within a limited budget, that can make your space a place to learn, enjoy and remember.
B- Telling Our Stories Together: Innovative Partnerships Between Museums and the Arts
Presenter: Kate Butler, Haliburton Highlands Museum
Focusing on the creation on a new place-based theatre Rural Rogues Production theatre troupe and the way in which the Haliburton Highlands Museum has essentially acted as an incubator for this venture, this case study will showcase innovative ways in which museums can partner with community groups. The presentation will share lessons learned and explore ways in which this model can be adapted to other communities and relationships with other arts organizations.
C- Voices for the Vote: Collaborative Storytelling
Presenters: Joan Fitzpatrick and Barbara Hilden, Legislative Assembly of Alberta
In 2016, to recognize the 100th anniversary of women's suffrage in Alberta, the Borealis Gallery created an exhibit and a series of public programs that involved as many artists, local museums, performers and presenters as possible. A Call for Curators as well as a Call for Artists was issued, and working with two novice curators from southern Alberta we developed an exhibition that explored the rise of the suffrage movement on the prairies. Collaborative storytelling, programming and interpretation expanded the scope of Voices for the Vote. This approach to exhibit and program development was challenging and complex, but yielded a dynamic, lively and entirely unique presentation. As well as a 400-person recreation of the 1914 march on the Legislature. This Case Study will tell you how we did it, why it worked and what we'd do differently next time.
D- Close to Home: The Impact of Alberta's Local Museums on Canada's Cultural Landscape
Presenter: Kristen McLaughlin, University of Toronto: Master of Museum Studies
Local museums have a strong presence across Canada. They make up 88.4% of museums in Alberta alone and it is believed a similar percentage ranges across the country. Local museums frequently expand their work into their communities, with whom they are in close contact with on a more regular basis. They then develop distinct forms of museological practice but receive little attention when it comes to policy, strategic planning, or reliable public funding. Using a case study from my thesis fieldwork being performed in the summer of 2017, I will demonstrate some of the strategies an Albertan local museum uses to engage its community and to stay relevant, as well unique challenges it faces. This session will help attendees increase their understanding of community engagement practices.
Staying Alive
Moderator: Alyssa Tobin, Exploration Place
Closing down and reopening Ingenium – Canada Science and Technology Museum created massive challenges for management, staff and the community the museums serves. The realization that a massive shift was required to stay relevant during closure and create a new museum that is reflective of its community and Canada was paramount in the consultative and decision-making processes. This session will provide an overview of different approaches and solutions taken during the time of rebuilding. The panelists will share their experience and insights from all parts of the process.
Designed to Heal: Bringing the Healing Power of the Arts to BC Children's Hospital
Moderator: Joanne Waxman, BC Children's Hospital Foundation
One year, a limited budget and one BHAG (Big Hairy Audacious Goal). Six arts organizations embarked on an uncharted journey with BC Children's Hospital to create healing exhibits for the new Teck Acute Care Centre. This presentation will share the journey of the three organizations and how they collaborated with patients and clinicians to create meaningful museum experiences that accomplish clinical goals – to heal children in body, mind and spirit. Attendees will leave with an understanding of how they can undertake similar collaborations in their own community.
How Can Museums Better Serve the LGBTQ2 Community?
Moderator: John G. McAvity, CMA
Panelists: Michael Blackburn, PFLAG York Region/City of Markham; Jeremy Dias, Canadian Centre for Gender and Sexual Diversity; Cathy Molloy, Markham Museum
Are you interested in making your museum more welcoming to lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, queer, questioning and two-spirited (LGBTQ2) staff and visitors? Join the CMA's LGBTQ2 Working Group for a discussion on the preliminary draft of LGBTQ2 guidelines for museums in Canada. The goal of this session is to present and discuss the draft guidelines and to receive feedback. This will help attendees better understand the purpose of this project and how it could be applied to all types of institutions. Participants are encouraged to download and read the LGBTQ2 Guidelines prior to attending the session.
Collaborative Ventures — Near and Far
Moderator: Vanda Vitali, Independent Consultant
This American-Canadian panel will address how museums can collaborate in non-traditional ways with other museums and institutions to create sustainable partnerships with communities, demonstrating how these alliances can enhance capacity and harness resources. The panel will examine how collaborations can and must advance the strategic interests of each institution while making the most of limited resources or even expanding the potential for support. Panelists will share stories and specific project examples that demonstrate how cross-pollinating resources and ideas among museums and between community organizations can lead to original forms of engagement and more powerful and lasting impacts.
Refugees and museums: Critical practices for innovative actions in the age of migration
Moderator: Dr. Jennifer Carter, Université du Québec à Montréal
The ongoing refugee crisis around the world has highlighted the need to examine the root causes and consequences of forced migration, ranging from human rights violations and social injustice, to issues of discrimination, prejudice and the systemic racism refugees often face once they settle. As storytellers and cultural intermediaries, what role can museums play in engaging with refugees, through their programming and exhibition initiatives, and thereby enter into this discussion more broadly and deeply? Several projects between museums and refugees are taking place in Canada and around the world today. This panel asks how museum resources can be used to help foster better citizenship and civic engagement with refugees in Canada, while providing a social and cultural space for refugees to appropriate and in which to articulate their thoughts and experiences. The panel will focus on recent initiatives by several Canadian museums and museum professionals in partnership with refugees, and open up onto a larger dialogue with members of the audience.
3:00 – 4:00 p.m.
Concurrent Educational Sessions
Being There: Exploring Inclusive Solutions Using Digital Technologies
Moderator: Megan Richardson, Canada Museum of History
"The accessibility problems of today are the mainstream breakthroughs of tomorrow." — Eve Andersson, Google. No digital product is an island. A wide range of users will experience them; some will have disabilities, others will have technical challenges. So how do you turn immersive products such as VR or 360 videos into a more accessible experience? How do you immerse all visitors in the content you've created? This panel will discuss the benefits, and challenges related to two specific projects — VRarchaeology exhibit at the Museum of Ontario Archaeology and La Boîte Rouge Vif's new online exhibit, Hanging Out . This session will engage all kinds of audiences, not only those with disabilities and bandwidth challenges.
Beyond the Museum Walls: Doing Community-Engaged History in Partnership with Universities
Moderator: Yvonne Hotzak, Fort Pelly Livingstone Museum
Museums are naturally rooted in the communities in which they operate. But to what extent do museums contribute to impactful social change varies with each institution's mandate and capacity? Fostering connections with community groups, and representing a diversity of experiences, is sometimes limited by resources, scope, connections and internal education. One way to overcome these challenges is to work in partnership with other museums, universities and community groups, sharing resources and ideas in the pursuit of community-led storytelling and knowledge creation. Working together will be paramount in answering the Calls to Action released by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission in 2015. This panel will discuss the goals, training, challenges and outcomes of a unique collaborative research relationship between the Community-engaged History Collaboratorium at the University of Saskatchewan, the Western Development Museum and the Diefenbaker Centre Canada. The tripartite research initiative forges a path towards indigenizing and diversifying the three institutions.
Anti-Racist and Activist Work Through Museum Community Collaboration
Moderator: John G. McAvity, Canadian Museums Association
Panelists: Kris Foulds, The Reach Gallery Museum, Abbotsford; Sharanjit Kaur Sandhra, Sikh Heritage Museum/South Asian Studies Institute, UFV
This presentation will frame anti-racist work, community outreach and activist work as experienced through the partnership between a museum/art gallery and historic site that functions as an ethno-cultural museum. Kris and Sharanjit will share their experiences over the past six years of tours that have taken place in the Sikh Heritage Museum, a National Historic Site and Gur Sikh Temple. The presenters will candidly discuss their unique perspectives, how to counter racism and the meaning of activism through dialogue and exhibitions.
What is Innovative Exhibition Design?
Moderator: Geneviève Angio-Morneau, GSM Project
What, in fact, makes really good design? As clichéd as the question may sound, it hits the nail squarely on the head of innovative exhibition design. Is an exhibition innovative and, therefore, good if it delves into the subject matter in great depth? Is it good if it is interactive? Does it touch the visitors if or because it is the place where they encounter the original? This session showcases three institutions — the Bank of Canada, the Museum of Vancouver and Pointe-à-Callière, Montreal's Museum of Archaeology and History and the impact major projects featuring innovative design have had on the visitor experience.
Looking, Listening, Feeling, Discovering and Believing: The Changing Role of Primary Research in the Creation of Exhibitions
Moderator: Darren Morrison, UBC Museum of Anthropology
This session is a workshop, case study and conversation. Skooker Broome, designer, and Carol E. Mayer, curator, will engage the audience in a lively exchange based on their research for the exhibition "In the Footprint of the Crocodile Man: Contemporary Art from the Sepik river, Papua New Guinea." They will explore the hurdles, tensions and breakthroughs experienced when curators and designers assume the roles of co-researchers when creating the content, both tangible and intangible, for this and other exhibitions.
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Foot washing.
Initiation of the Lord's Supper.
The Prayer in the Garden of Gethsemane.
And more.
Maundy Thursday is a big event in Christianity. The three items that I have mentioned above are indicative of the importance of this day in church history.
When Jesus washed the feet of His disciples, he demonstrated for us the attitude that we should have in our lives. We are called to serve, not to be served.
In the Lord's Supper, we are reminded again and again, that it is not by works that we have done, but by the sacrifice of the one and only Son of God, that our sins are forgiven.
In the prayer in the Garden of Gethsemane, we are shown that we too, are to submit to the will of the Father. It is not, our will, but His, that should be done.
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The album, which features guest appearances from Henry Rollins and Peaches, is available to buy on iTunes from today (December 22), before going on general digital release on December 29.
As previously reported, the band are set to play the entire album live at their New Year's Eve Freakout gig in Oklahoma.
The tracklisting, including guests, of The Flaming Lips' cover version of 'The Dark Side Of The Moon' is:
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'On The Run' (featuring Henry Rollins)
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Is The ESV Readable?
There has been a lot of writing over recent months about the readability of the ESV. A recent exchange began when Mark L. Strauss wrote about the English language flaws in the ESV and noted the superiority of the TNIV. I suppose now I can settle this once and for all (not really, but it sure would be nice).
I believe readability depends upon where the individual is coming from. For example, I grew up on the NKJV and a little bit on the NASB. Coming from these two translations, I find the ESV to be very readable. I enjoy reading the ESV. I find it easier to read than the NASB and NKJV and I prefer the ESV over these translations. However, I can understand how someone who has never picked up a Bible before can find the ESV not very readable. For me, I do not find the NIV to be significantly more readable than ESV. This is probably because I am used to certain phrases and renderings. Others may find the readability difference between the ESV and NIV to be more substantial.
I think this is important to point out when some of the ESV backers like John Piper speak about the ESV being easy to read. Piper used the NASB before (from the lesson I have listened to), so the ESV would be more readable. I don't think these notable people are lying in an effort to sell ESVs. I think it is more a matter of what translation they used to study from previously.
The HCSB seems to have an even higher degree of readability, depending upon who you ask. Some in the congregation where I preach have recently be trying the HCSB and have found it easier to understand. It is more readable because they were using NASBs previously. People who have always used the NLT would likely not find the ESV or HCSB to be easy to read.
By contrast, I am finding the NLT not to be very readable. It is not because the English is difficult, but because I am not used to the style. As I read a verse, I am subconsciously and sometimes consciously trying to figure out if the NLT reading matches the way I remember the verse. So rather than reading along, I am constantly slowing down attempting to determine if what I am reading is saying the same thing that I knew that verse to say in a different translation.
Anyway, I hope some others will consider and expand upon this thought. What you are used to in a translation really makes a difference in how readable a translation seems. Those who grew up on the NIV may find the ESV too wooden. Those who are used to the NASB may find the ESV easy to read. Those who have never picked up a Bible may find most, if not all, translations hard to read. What is your Bible translation background? It affects your verdict at to what translations are "easy to read."


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My Antonia. Willa Cather. originally published in 1918. This review is based on the Sentry Edition published in 1954 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Boston. With First Edition Illustrations by W.T. Bends. 372 pp.
The third of the Prairie Trilogy, My Antonia, was published in 1918. Willa Cather has been quoted as considering this as her best book. For me, it's so hard, too hard to choose one among her so many exceptional novels.
This is another pioneer story. This time the focus is on a Bohemian immigrant family making their way pioneering on the Great Plains, as told to an "I" character (unnamed) by Jim Burden, mutual friend to "I" and Antonia Shimerda, the oldest girl in the large family, favorite of her sensitive musician father, and Jim's best friend on the Nebraska prairie.
In the course of the book we meet the rest of the Shimeras, Jim's grandparents Burden, to whom he has come to live from Virginia after his parents' deaths, their hired hands Otto and Jake, and other neighbors who live around their homestead outside Black Hawk, the closest "big" town. As time passes, youth grow to maturity, the pioneers go from sod cave houses to two story farmsteads and the land changes from tall red grass prairies to tamed and ploughed fields of corn and wheat.
Time is measured by the seasons and the land and most of the families settle into and come to love their new homelands. But not all. There are hard times, particularly for the Bohemian Shimerdas, but also for others as they learn new ways.
We follow Jim on to University in Lincoln where he loses touch with Antonia—an innocent childhood romance perhaps realized in retrospect as love?—but reconnects with other hometown immigrant friends including Lena Lingard, who twenty years later insists he re-connect with Antonia who has married and has a flock of kids. His story concludes with that visit and the anticipation of more to come, as he returns to New York where he has become a thriving lawyer.
My Antonia is mostly a quiet story and Cather introduces us subtly and gracefully to the many facets of the human character. The writing is crystalline and spare. An immediately engrossing tale pulls the reader in without any of the silly modern "grabber" gimmicks of murder, mayhem or mysterious prologues that elude to the future or the past. But Cather never needs clever devices to immediately capture readers, carrying them along on a seemingly effortless trajectory from beginning to end. Nothing is superfluous, no character unnecessary. Cather's novel is a magical creation. She provides one of those rare aha! reading experiences that remind us what great writing really is.
"There was nothing but land: not a country at all, but material out of which countries are made….Between that earth and that sky I felt erased. blotted out. I did not say my prayers that night: Here, I felt, what would be would be."


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One does not need be a hoarder to have too much stuff. Or some say having stuff is never enough stuff. Or, "Don't give me stuff, even if it's free." Got stuff?
Stuff. A seemingly simple story has transformed into a complicated creature — as collecting, downsizing, inheriting, remodeling or just living.
Great grandmother's fine china proudly sits, safely protected and displayed in a beautiful hutch where each of the 12 plates rest upright in notched footing, cups hang from gold j-hooks and dozens of matching dishes are stacked within.
This could be any story, any time or any place — a current situation of the necessity of accumulation vs. the accumulation of convenience.
Simple example would be a kitchen utensil drawer where one piles on new pieces with old, never giving a second thought of removing Aunt Jane's wood- handle spatula. No big deal, those things are small, cheap, readily available and "who really cares."
Great-grandmother's fine china is another story and even bigger than that is her cherished hutch. And then figure in the dining table and eight chairs — that's a lot of "stuff." Sorry, grandma, the kids don't want it, and if they did, most don't have room to accommodate. If they had room, it may not be their style.
There is a trend-meets-tradition factor that hasn't been seen before. Seniors are downsizing and dying in record numbers, and being from an affluent era, they have lots of "stuff" to eliminate. A lot of that "stuff" is not wanted by the kids — for the younger generation are usually minimalists, still living at home — or does not fit in with modern interior trends.
Us, older folks, have that "if it still works" philosophy, whereas the younger folks seem to discard and buy new as easily as breathing.
Sell the stuff? That is easier said than done, especially today when, with the exception of mid-century modern, old "stuff" is not as popular as it might have been in the past.
Lynn Reed, who deals in vintage and antiques, said, "True antiques are of little interest overall." She is from Arizona, and I often converse on matters of area trends.
As we talk about different generations with their needs, conditions and situations, it makes it easier to understand accumulating or eliminating "stuff." Those who experienced or immediately followed the Great Depression kept everything, or so it seems.
Debora Shafer, director of the Faith in Action Charitable Thrift Shop in Belfair, said that they have never seen such a different rash of activity.
"All summer, we were clearing out entire homes. The elderly parents have died, and the kids, generally ranging in age from 40 to 60, want to sell the house, and the house will not readily sell filled with stuff," she said. "The older parents saved everything!"
Donating reputably in the community provides jobs, services and opportunities.
Then there is storage, a partner word with "stuff." Family-owned Hill Moving Services in Poulsbo has been in business for 30 years. Kay Hill brought to attention another factor when dealing with inherited houses with full content: Sometimes for emotional reasons, when a dear family member had died suddenly, the family may opt to have the house contents immediately picked up, put in vault containers and readied to contend with at a later time.
Storage companies provide a source of sanity in the most practical way. With many people downsizing these days, some wish to keep the "stuff" they have no room for. While the storage vault concept usually does not accommodate anytime access, there are lots of public storage facilities in the area where users can come and go. Handy for downsizers still attached to their "stuff."
I also talked to Joette Marchisella, who works for Merchant Moving and Storage and interstate Bekins Van Lines Inc. in Bremerton, said to be one of the oldest running companies in the Pacific Northwest. In 52 years, it has seen the same family ownership.
It sounds easy — they come to the house, give estimates, pack everything up and deliver to a location or store. They rent per vault by weight, 1,000 pounds minimum, and the charge can be as low as $25 monthly.
Marchisella shared another factor: Sometimes stored items are not retrieved for various reasons — maybe financial or convenience or maybe they're forgotten. TV's Storage Wars comes to mind, but that is a "stuff" story for another time.
I have also heard of family "stuff" being stored in commercial units and monthly storage fees being paid year after year, with good intentions that the grandson may someday want the "stuff" — and so the" stuff" story continues with next generations.
And back to the beginning. The industry of "stuff" starts with acquiring and thus formularization begins the never-ending story of life's need for changing and adapting. Some of us may acquire too much stuff that we totally enjoy, and some younger generations may acquire stuff in different ways. But it won't be like it was before.
Years from now, one may find great grandma's fine china safely, tightly packed and tucked away in an attic somewhere, and someone may be delighted to find more treasures, "stuff" from the past.
I have been in the "stuff-business" for decades, especially having had a Pyrex Museum for 10 years and filming interviews pertaining to the subject. Not to mention the Amy Burnett Gallery, a story for another day, because I will not put art in the "stuff" category.
The subject of downsizing/inheriting art is "in our face" out there these days. One day in the gallery, I had three calls from folks wondering what to do with their vast art collection since they were downsizing, or what to do with all the art that they had inherited. Yes, I have answers, but that may be for the next article.


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So here I am, drinking my Starbucks vanilla latte surrounded by people tapping away on their laptops courtesy of T-mobile WiFi, soundtracked by the beeps of SMS messages being received on the latest Nokia handsets.
No surprise there, you might think – apart from the fact that I'm in Starbucks in Shanghai. Nine months ago I hadn't even explored Chinatown in London's Soho, much less given any thought to the explosion taking place out in The People's Republic of China.
But all that changed after a spontaneous decision to get a ticket and visa from Hong Kong on my "midlife-crisis-10-years-too-early" round the world tour, which landed me in Shanghai's Pudong airport on my 31st Birthday.
Fast forward to today, and here I am living in Shanghai having decided to make the move and be part of what seems like dotcom Part II, turbo-charged.
With more than 100m people online, China is the 2nd largest nation in the world in terms of internet users and that's still less than 10 per cent of the population. Combine that with being world leaders in mobile usage, with 363m owning phones and still growing by millions every month, and you can start to see why I, along with many other westerners, are arriving in plane-loads every week.
The internet scene here is quite different from that in Europe and the US.
Firstly, the 100m plus users are not using the internet to do their grocery shopping, banking or book holidays.
Instead they're busy chatting on QQ or one of four other local instant messaging applications; surfing Chinese community sites; or looking at the websites of global brands such as Louis Vuitton and BMW. Aspiration is big, and the web is the shop window.
That's not to say that e-commerce does not exist – it does – just in a different format and dealing in very different goods. Auction sites eBay and Taobao are huge, with everything from French cosmetics to fake-brand cigarettes sold in their thousands every day.
It's amazing how swiftly the Chinese have adapted to the technology. Unlike the west, they never had to put up with clunky modems or mobile phones the size of bricks.
What the future holds for the 1.3bn population is what's being watched closely from Boston to Beijing.Will this be the market where it all happens on the web in the next 10 years? Will Google and Amazon be household names in rural China, or will it be home-grown and state supported talent such as Baidu and AliBaba that continue to run the show?
Whatever happens in the long run, the one thing that is obvious is that the strategies used back home will not necessarily work here. China has too much pride, character and history to follow any path that the west tries to impose.
For me as an individual and entrepreneur, it's fascinating living in Shanghai and stuck in the middle of what's being described as the next California Gold Rush, the second coming of the 1990s dotcom boom.
As I finish off my latte, I glance outside and see old Mr Li, a rag-and-bone man whose bicycle and ringing bell go round Shanghai every day collecting unwanted items. Part of me wonders whether Mr Li will live long enough to be connected on the web, and part of me wonders whether he is already online and selling his goods via his Taobao store and his QQ account.
I wouldn't bet against the latter.
Shakil Khan is based in Shanghai and is the author of www.chinawhite.net
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Robert Downey Jr. owned the screen in all of his scenes in 2008's Iron Man, but the next-most popular characters in the film weren't human beings--they were robots. Tony Stark's robotic assistants, which he constantly chides and quips at, are imbued with a ton of personality through simple sound effects and exaggerated mannerisms, drooping sheepishly when they fail Stark. Those are emotions--not real ones, because Iron Man is a movie. But a very interesting, and very detailed, article from science publication Nautilus questions whether robots may be capable of the kinds of emotions Iron Man's robots exhibit. The answer starts with reconsidering how we define emotions.
Having feelings, we usually assume, and the ability to read emotions in others, are human traits," writes Nautilus' Neil Savage. "We don't expect machines to know what we're thinking or react to our moods...Special and indecipherable, except by us—our whims and fancies are what makes us human. But we may be wrong in our thinking. Far from being some inexplicable, ethereal quality of humanity, emotions may be nothing more than an autonomic response to changes in our environment, software programmed into our biological hardware by evolution as a survival response."
Neuroscientist Joseph LeDoux compares emotions to survival circuits ingrained in living things, from humans down to amoebas. A stimulus in the environment flips that circuit and makes us react in a certain way to encourage survival. "Neurons firing in a particular pattern might trigger the brain to order the release of adrenaline, which makes the heart beat faster, priming an animal to fight or flee from danger. That physical state, LeDoux says, is an emotion."
Obviously not all organisms share the same circuitry--our brains, and emotional reactions, are more complex than an amoeba's or even another mammal's. But there are other elements of how we express our emotions (and how we're coming to understand them) that bring us a step closer to seeing how robotic "emotions" could be real.
"We are also beginning to understand that the mechanics of how we express emotion are deeply tied into the emotion itself," writes Savage. "Oftentimes, they determine what we are feeling. Smiling makes you happier, even if it's because Botox has frozen your face into an unholy imitation, author Eric Finzi says in his recent book The Face of Emotion...But if our emotional states are indeed mechanical, they can be detected and measured, which is what scientists in the field of affective computing are working on. They're hoping to enable machines to read a person's affect the same way we display and detect our feelings—by capturing clues from our voices, our faces, even the way we walk...They're trying to break down feelings into quantifiable properties, with mechanisms that can be described, and quantities that can be measured and analyzed...Some are breaking down emotion into mathematical formalism that can be programmed into robots, because machines motivated by fear or joy or desire might make better decisions and accomplish their goals more efficiently."
If you think of an emotion as an innate reaction to an environmental trigger, robots "feeling" those emotions in a similar way isn't so implausible.
Normally, we'd argue that even if a robot is taught to accurately read emotion--by studying someone's facial movements when they're happy or sad, by detecting changes in pitch or volume of a voice when someone's angry or excited--it wouldn't necessarily feel, or understand, those emotions the same way a person would. But if you think of an emotion as an innate reaction to an environmental trigger, robots "feeling" those emotions in a similar way isn't so implausible. Nautilus' story delves into research in both of the detection methods mentioned above, and how computers are becoming more adept at both of them.
Here's how the argument is presented in Nautilus' feature: "Could a machine actually have emotions? Arvid Kappas, a professor of psychology who runs the Emotion, Cognition, and Social Context group at Jacobs University in Bremen, Germany, believes that it comes back to the definition of emotion. By some definitions, even a human baby, which operates mostly on instinct and doesn't have the cognitive capacity to understand or describe its feelings, might be said to have no emotions. By other definitions, the trait exists in all sorts of animals, with most people willing to ascribe feelings to creatures that closely resemble humans. So does he believe a computer could be emotional? 'As emotional as a crocodile, sure. As emotional as a fish, yes. As emotional as a dog, I can see that.'
"But would robots that felt, feel the same way we do? 'They would probably be machine emotions and not human emotions, because they have machine bodies,' says Kappas. Emotions are tied into our sense of ourselves as physical beings. A robot might have such a sense, but it would be of a very different self, with no heart and a battery meter instead of a stomach. An android in power-saving mode may, in fact, dream of electric sheep."