Winding activities have begun on PF2—the second of four coils to be produced by Europe in this manufacturing facility on site. With a few adaptations, the equipment set up to wind the first production coil, PF5, can serve again to wind the double pancakes required for PF2, as both coils measure 17 metres in diameter.
This "piece" of mockup coil faithfully mimics poloidal field coil #5 (PF5) and its eight stacked double pancakes. The winding pack impregnation operation will be tested first on this mockup before being carried out on PF5.
Impregnated double pancakes are stacked and joined to form the final coil. Here we see five of PF5's eight double pancakes stacked, as well as intra- and inter-pancake joints for helium flow.
Two cryogenic chambers are being assembled for the final stage of fabrication—cold testing at 80 K, which will permit contractors to test the behaviour of the completed coils under thermal constraint. One chamber will serve for PF5, the other for PF6 (manufactured in China on behalf of Europe and delivered at the end of 2019).
Beginning with conductor winding and ending—at the other side of the 257-metre-long facility—with final assembly and cold testing, the fabrication of ITER's ring shaped magnets is a precise step-by-step process.
Two spools of niobium-titanium conductor are simultaneously fed onto the winding table to create a double pancake (a double layer of spiralled conductor.) The winding table in the picture is dimensioned for PF5 and PF2. Later, for the two larger coils PF3 and PF4 (24 metres in diameter), it will be expanded.
During the winding process the conductor is wrapped with several layers of glass-fibre tape, which insulates the conductor turns one from another.
Six of the eight double pancakes needed for PF5 have been wound. This staging table is used to prepare the double pancakes for the next stage—impregnation.
For the second phase of operations, the double pancake windings are transferred by overhead bridge crane to the impregnation area in the centre of the winding facility. The cranes lower the double pancakes into moulds for vacuum pressure impregnation (VPI) with epoxy resin. The resin—acting inside of a sealed mould and under the effect of heat—hardens the glass tape to bond each double pancake into a rigid assembly.
The mould is custom built around the double pancake to be impregnated. Current passed through the conductor heats the double pancake to approximately 80 degrees Celsius, all air is removed, and resin is injected slowly to fill all nooks and crannies.
A team of 70 people is working daily to meet a tight production schedule. Here, the technicians are monitoring the impregnation of one double pancake.
The rigid double pancakes will be stacked and joined electrically to form the winding pack (in the case of PF5, eight double pancakes will be stacked). The final assembly will undergo a second impregnation process in this larger mould. Notice in the foreground, a segment of mockup winding that was created from multiple layers of dummy impregnated conductor lengths to test all processes.
This cryogenic chamber will permit a final coil assembly to be tested at low temperature (approximately 80 K) in order to simulate the thermal stresses and the work conditions that will be experienced during operation. In this way, the performance of the coils will be tested before their installation in the ITER machine.
Technicians are active at all of the workstations of the Poloidal Field Coils Winding Facility, either performing work on the first production unit PF5, or qualifying later stages. The European Domestic Agency reports that, all activities combined, the first coil is 42 percent complete.
The cold test chamber has been delivered in segments. Here we see how the magnet coils will be enclosed in a tube-like structure.
One double pancake for PF5 is undergoing impregnation in the background, while assembly is underway on the impregnation mould for another.
This "termination box" is welded to the jacket of conductor on one end with a stainless steel pipe for liquid helium cooling exiting on the other end.
European contractors are winding the sixth in the series of eight double pancakes required by PF5. The winding table rotates slowly as conductor is fed simultaneously from two spools in a process known as "two-in-hand" winding.
European contractors are installing a cold test chamber for the last phase of production: cooling the completed coil to approximately 80 K (-193 °C) in order to simulate the thermal stresses and the work conditions that will be experienced during operation.
After completing the winding, the next step is to shape the "terminations"—the areas that connect one conductor length electrically to another, or one double pancake to another. A portion of conductor is opened, the turn insulation is removed and moulds are brought close to the double pancake to shape its end into a "termination joggle."
Attached to the circular spreader beam, one of three finalized double pancakes (out of eight needed to complete the winding pack for PF5) is prepared for impregnation operations.
The new gantry crane in the Poloidal Field Coils Winding Facility has a nominal lifting capacity of 400 tonnes. It was tested in February at 125% of nominal (static) and 110% of nominal (dynamic), with successful results.
The gantry crane is made up of a 30-metre-in-diameter steel structure supported by four hydraulic towers traveling on rails, capable of lifting the heaviest components of the ring-shaped coils throughout the last stages of fabrication.
In December, the new gantry crane was delivered to its installation location on the north end of the building, where it will be installed on its four "legs."
Four hydraulic towers and circular beam in a square frame form the 30-metre-in-diameter gantry crane, capable of lifting 400 tonnes.
While double pancake winding is underway in the foreground, European contractors are preparing the second station—impregnation—for qualification tests.
Work is underway on the second production double pancake.
The main structure of the new gantry crane has been assembled outside of the building and is now positioned outside of the north door.
The first production double pancake has been placed in a staging area so that additional activities can be carried out (the addition of terminations, the brasing of the intra-pancake joint, and additional insulation).
Immaculate fabric, precise measurements and a large pair of scissors: the winding table in the Poloidal Field Coils Winding Facility could be mistaken these days for a high-tech tailor's workshop. Here, technicians are manually inserting fiberglass material between the turns of conductor.
The tape dispenser is in motion, automatically wrapping the conductor with five layers of insulating material.
A large gantry crane is being assembled outside the north entrance to the Poloidal Field Winding Facility, which will soon be moved inside.
Here's how the double pancakes are transported from one station to another: the 40-tonne circular spreader beam.
The "pieces" of the gantry crane are starting to arrive. The circular station in the background is where the entire coil assembly (eight stacked double pancakes in the case of PF5) will undergo impregnation—a process that "hardens" the assembly and insulates it electrically.
Large tracks have been laid for the gantry crane.
On display for visitors in the European winding facility are some of the critical elements of the fabrication process: superconducting strand, cable, conductor, and helium inlet joints.
While the first double pancake for poloidal field coil #5 is in the last stages of winding (out of frame, far left), the copper dummy winding on the staging table (centre) is being prepped for impregnation.
In a vast manufacturing facility on the ITER site, the poloidal field coil team is starting on the second layer of production double pancake number one.
The qualification winding, made of copper conductor, rests on a staging table while preparations are made for impregnation.
Operators can wind approximately 20 metres of conductor before it's time to renew the taping heads and replenish the sandblasting cleaning equipment with fresh sand.
Creating the first double-layer winding pack for poloidal field coil #5 is a highly sophisticated technological operation. But when it comes to measurements, nothing beats the good old calliper.
The steel-jacketed conductor is wrapped with several layers of tight-fitting insulating tape, and then enveloped in a special fabric. This technician from the European firm CNIM (contractor to the European Domestic Agency) carefully checks the conformity of the tight gaps between conductor turns.
Winding activities are closely monitored by the European Domestic Agency and specialists from the engineering integrator ASG Superconductors. Note the tape dispenser spinning in the background.
After the validation of qualification activities, Europe begins the winding of coil #5 in April in the on-site Poloidal Field Coils Winding Facility.
Lab coats and overshoes are mandatory in the "clean room" where operators have started on the first conductor turn for poloidal field coil #5 (PF5).
Technicians from the European contractor CNIM supervise the first stage of operations: the uncoiling and straightening of the spooled niobium-titanium conductor.
The first conductor length enters the straightening equipment at the start of the winding table. Conductor is fed in from two points at once in a process known as "double-hand winding."
The Poloidal Field Winding Facility as photographed in January 2017. Tooling stations are now framed out from one end of the building to the other.
The 20-tonne conductor spools delivered by China are installed by overhead crane (with the assistance of the star-shaped tool at right) on the tower situated at left. From there, the conductor is straightened, cleaned and then bent again on the winding table to match the geometry of the future coil.
As the conductor enters the winding table, a device comparable to a complex, high-tech scotch tape dispenser tightly wraps it in layers of insulating fiberglass tape. The carefully synchronized winding and wrapping operations result in a "double pancake" made of several "turns" of insulated coil.
Before they are stacked to form a coil, each double pancake must be impregnated with epoxy resin under vacuum pressure to electrically insulate and bond each double pancake into a rigid assembly. Two impregnation stations are under construction now.
In the last production phase, double pancakes are stacked and connected electrically. The several-hundred-tonne winding pack is transferred to the final station for resin impregnation of the whole assembly.
The first complete double pancake layer, made from "dummy" conductor in copper, reflects the dimensions of ITER's fifth poloidal field coil (PF5).
From a visitor gallery in the middle of the 257-metre-long building, we look south toward the impregnation and winding stations.
A European contractor practices one important stage of the manufacturing process: creating the inlets in the conductors for helium. An average of eight helium inlets will be needed per coil.
The overhead crane and its spreader beam will be capable of lifting the individual windings and transporting them from one station to the next with a minimum of tilt. For the handling of the final assemblies, however, a gantry crane will be necessary.
Late August, contractors install the impregnation table in the Poloidal Field Coils Winding Facility.
The spools of conductor undergo helium tests before the material is introduced on the winding lines. Here, we see the top part of the vacuum chamber that is used for the testing.
In the winding stage of fabrication, the conductor is uncoiled from the spools and straightened before passing through cleaning and sandblasting machines that prepare its surface to receive several layers of glass-fibre insulating tape.
In July, a delegation from Japan looks out over the first on-site manufacturing activities for the ITER poloidal field magnet coils.
In the second clean zone of the facility, an impregnation table has been installed. Here, the coiled "double pancakes" produced during the winding stage are impregnated with epoxy resin in order to provide rigidity and electrical insulation.
The winding zone (near) and impregnation zone (far) are both visible in this photo of the Poloidal Field Coils Winding Facility.
The four overhead crane girders have been stored in the Poloidal Field Coil Winding Facility until they can be assembled with gear motors, braces, electrical equipment and the like. In June, they will be moved to the Assembly Hall for installation.
The mammoth assembly crane beams will be stored in the Poloidal Field Coils Winding Facility until their installation in the Assembly Building in June.
A small extension is going up on the south side of the Poloidal Field Coils Winding Facility. It will be used for storage.
Tooling progresses in the on-site winding facility for poloidal field coils. Work will begin this summer on the first "pre-dummy" winding that kick off the qualification phase for tools and procedures.
Four poloidal field coils will be manufactured in the on-site winding facility (coils 2, 3, 4, and 5). Operations will begin at the double winding station on the south side of the building. Here, spools of niobium-titanium (NbTi) superconductor will be wound into flat, spiralled coils called "double pancakes." Up to eight double pancakes will be assembled into each magnet coil.
Workers from the European contractor SEA ALP (Turin, Italy) are currently installing the first poloidal field coil winding tooling table in the on-site Poloidal Field Coils Winding Facility.
Two winding tables will operate side by side to produce flat, spiralled coils called "double pancakes." In this building, up to eight double pancakes will be stacked to form the final coils.
Overhead cranes will travel the length of the 257-metre Poloidal Field Coils facility to transport the double pancake windings from station to station. The complete process, from winding to finished coil, will take approximately two years.
The clean area on the south side of the building will host two winding tables, where lengths of niobium-titanium conductor will be fed from two spools simultaneously ("two-in-hand" winding), insulated, and wound into double pancakes. Dummy conductor for tooling qualification is stored in the crates, at left.
In July, a clean area is established around the area of the Poloidal Field Coils Winding Facility that will host the winding tooling. The first tooling elements also arrived by truck this month.
One of only two manufacturing facilities located on the ITER site, the Poloidal Field Coils Winding Facility was constructed by Europe to house the winding and assembly activities for four of ITER's giant ring-shaped magnets.
Ranging in diameter from 17 to 24 metres and weighing 200 to 400 tonnes, coils PF2, PF3, PF4, and PF5 are simply too big to be manufactured off site and shipped to ITER.
European contractors have equipped the building with the high-tech machinery that is required to carry out the successive stages of the fabrication process, from winding the building blocks of each coil, to stacking and creating the final assembly, to cold testing.
Qualification activities were successfully carried out to commission the winding and impregnation tooling stations. The first pre-dummy pancake—made with several turns of copper conductor instead of the real superconducting materials—was followed by the winding and impregnation of a full two-layer PF5 dummy double pancake.
Now, series production is underway for the double pancakes—flat, spiralled coils that are stacked in up to eight layers to form the coil winding packs. Thirty production double pancakes will be necessary for the four poloidal field coils that will be manufactured by European contractors on site. Fabrication will require at least 18 months per coil.
The first coil, PF5, is in fabrication now.
The raw material for the four coils—niobium-titanium (NbTi) cable-in-conduit superconductor—is produced in China and delivered to the Poloidal Field Coils Winding Facility on 20-tonne spools.
In the winding stage of fabrication, the conductor is uncoiled from the spools and straightened before passing through cleaning and sandblasting machines that prepare its surface to receive several layers of glass-fibre insulating tape. Rotating tape heads enter into action as the conductor, fed from two spools simultaneously, joins the tooling table to be "turned" into the precise dimensions required for each coil. The resulting component is a spiralled, two-layer coil called a double pancake that weighs between 20 tonnes (PF2) and approximately 34 tonnes (PF3).
Next, the double pancake is transported by overhead crane to the vacuum pressure impregnation (VPI) station and lowered into a custom-fit mould. Epoxy resin, injected over the course of several hours, fills all gaps and hardens the glass tape under the effect of heat and pressure. A 36-hour "curing" phase at 140 °C completes the process, which gives the double pancake rigidity and ensures electrical insulation.
The rigid double pancake winding is transferred to the winding pack assembly area of the building where it is stacked with other double pancakes and joined together. A second vacuum impregnation is performed to harden the entire assembly and components such as clamps, protection covers and helium pipes are added.
The final step is cold testing, during which the completed poloidal field coils will be cooled to low temperature (approximately 80 K) in order to simulate the thermal stresses and the work conditions that will be experienced during operation. In this way, the performance of the coils will be tested before their installation in the ITER machine.


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Collaboration centres
The NRC and the University of Toronto Collaborative Centre for Research and Applications in Fluidic Technologies (CRAFT)
Devices using microfluidics, a technology in which fluid is manipulated in engineered, miniaturized devices, can revolutionize modern medicine and address urgent, unmet medical needs to improve the health of Canadians. Recognizing this, the National Research Council of Canada (NRC) and the University of Toronto (UofT) have established a unique and strategic partnership through the creation of a collaboration centre called the Centre for Research and Applications in Fluidic Technologies (CRAFT). CRAFT's goal is to strengthen the entire value chain of microfluidic manufacturing, making Canada a world leader in creating and translating microfluidics-enabled diagnostic, organ-on-chip and biofabrication approaches to help improve the health of all Canadians and create a thriving, internationally competitive industry sector.
Craft will:
help push forward the science and technology of microfluidics to aid in the adoption of these technologies in the health care system
provide Canadian professionals with unparalleled hands-on learning opportunities
accelerate the creation and commercialization of leading-edge microfluidic technologies
improve the health of Canadians
stimulate industrial activity for large-scale manufacturing of these technologies in Canada
CRAFT, which is co-located at the NRC's Boucherville site outside of Montréal and at the University of Toronto's St. George campus in downtown Toronto, consists of a community of UofT researchers, UofT graduate students and postdoctoral fellows, clinicians at UofT's affiliated teaching hospitals (Toronto Academic Health Science Network (TAHSN) hospitals or referred to as PODS for Patient-Oriented Discharge Summary), NRC experts and partner companies. With satellite locations at CRAFT PODSs, CRAFT will ensure technologies are designed to be readily deployed in the health care system, and potentially in remote and rural communities.
Projects will include multi-level collaborations with government, private sector and academic.
The development of portable, point-of-care (POC) tests that can be brought to the patient instead of bringing the patient (or their sample) to the lab is now possible because of microfluidics. Thanks to microfluidics, processes normally carried out in laboratories can now be done on a single chip of few square centimetres (i.e., a lab-on-a-chip). These tests need a smaller sample amount, use much less reagents, generate more precise results in less time, at a higher throughput, and at a lower cost and energy consumption. The technology has also empowered the development of miniature 3D tissue models (i.e., organ-on-a-chip) and engineered tissue substitutes.
CRAFT efforts are focussed in 3 areas:
Organ-on-a-chip: CRAFT will deploy organ-on-chip technologies that will transform drug discovery and development, and disease modelling in biomedical research
Biofabrication (BioFab): CRAFT will engineer tissues at the scale of human organs, which will provide much-needed treatments for severely damaged and dysfunctional organs
Diagnostics: CRAFT will create and deploy inexpensive diagnostic devices that will empower health care professionals to provide more timely and appropriate care anywhere, anytime and to anyone who needs it
The NRC's Medical Devices Research Centre's Bio-Analytical MicroNano Devices Section (BioAMND) develops, fabricates and scales up production of polymer-based micro/nano-devices for diverse applications.
Advanced micro nano fabrication in polymer materials using nano imprint lithography and injection moulding
Development of microfluidic methods and lab-on-chips systems for molecular diagnostics
Devices for cell- and gene-based therapy
Devices for organ-on-chip systems and biofabrication
Precision and regenerative medicine
National Research Council of Canada
Teodor Veres
Research and Development Director
Email: teodor.veres@nrc-cnrc.gc.ca
Axel Guenther
Associate Professors Department of Mechanical and
Industrial Engineering Institute of Biomaterials and
Email: guenther@mie.utoronto.ca
Core CRAFT facilities:
CRAFT at the NRC Boucherville site for rapid scaling up of device fabrication under certified conditions that can be transferred to industry for large-scale manufacturing
The Device Foundry (UofT) for rapid prototyping of polymer-based micro/nanofluidic devices and fabrication of up to 1,000 devices for characterization and preclinical and clinical evaluation
The BioFoundry (UofT) for preclinical validation of devices
The Diagnostics Pod (UofT) for rapid design, building, testing and small-batch manufacturing/packaging of in vitro diagnostic devices
St. Michael's hospital clinical PODS for critical care and other PODSs (TAHSN hospitals) for clinical validation and benchmarking will be added in the coming year
CRAFT website
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Bernie Sanders' Socialist Movement Using #RedForEd In Arizona
April 25, 2018 by Guest Opinion Leave a Comment
By Ed Freedom
Public opinion has always held teachers in high regard. Teaching is a noble profession. All of us have had good teachers and bad teachers just as there have always been good and bad actors in every industry.
It seems reasonable for teachers to take a pay cut when recessions hit, revenues are down and government needs to tighten its belt on all services. It is also reasonable that teachers receive a raise when the economy is growing, revenues are up and as a way to acknowledge their sacrifices as teachers during those tough economic times.
Thursday will be the first teacher strike in Arizona history. Who would think of encouraging teachers to walk out during the last few weeks of school? Who are the activists leading the teacher labor union?
Wednesday, State Representative Maria Syms recently wrote an eye-opening guest opinion exposing the leaders of Arizona Educators United or #RedForEd on AZCentral.
Adding to the revelation of who makes up #RedForEd, this video footage shows rank and file protestors who are hardcore Bernie Sanders activists that embrace his socialist liberal agenda.
This video is extremely troublesome since it shows the very people who are demanding our tax dollars to teach our children.
There are good teachers and there are bad teachers. The people behind the #RedForEd movement are teachers who want to indoctrinate your children and make you pay for it.
Filed Under: Arizona Politics, Education, Guest Opinion, Liberals, Political Correctness, State Budget, State Economy, Unions Tagged With: Arizona Educators United, Bernie Sanders, Maria Syms, progressive-socialists, Red For Ed, RedForEd, socialism, teachers
Arizona Senate Education Chairman on Education Funding
By Sylvia Allen
Senator Sylvia Allen
As we have come out of the recession and revenues have increased we have put that money into education. We Republican Legislators support Teachers raises and that will be reflected in our budget.
The problem is that Left's propaganda machine supported by the mainstream media, encouraged by school administrators, has given this false impression that we are somehow hostile to education when that is totally not the truth. Also, we do not micromanage the dollars they are given to local school boards and they create their own budget. Teachers do not work for the Legislators they work for local school districts and charters who determine their salary.
The Legislators only have the money the economy creates. We can't print money. What we are being pressured to do is raise taxes on everyone. This is not necessary; our revenues are increasing and as they do so we put that money into education. Look at the information below.
The walkout is not necessary but only counterproductive.
Even before state budget has been finalized, legislators have committed $667 million in yearly education funding
This is the result of a bill that continues an additional .06 cent tax
Prop 301 ends in 2021, and this bill will keep that money flowing to education
In addition, the bill also shifts $64 million from a debt service program to another fund dedicated to teacher pay
Arizona public schools received more than $350 million in additional dollars for Fiscal 2018
The budget included nearly $80 million for inflationary increases
$84 million was added for enrollment growth
$21 million in new money went to special needs and charter schools
Teachers saw a 2% pay raise over 2018 and 2019, totaling $68 million
That money committed for 2019 will obviously be greatly increased in our new budget for this year
The best performing schools were rewarded with more than $37 million in ongoing formula funding
Early literacy programs received $8 million in 2018 and $12 million more in 2019
Legislature committed an additional $17 million for school repairs
Nearly $63 million was devoted to new school construction projects
An additional $38 million was set aside for 2019 new construction
Proposition 123 was approved by legislators and sent to the voters
It injected $3.5 billion over ten years into the K-12 education system
In addition to the massive infusion of new dollars, the Legislature added more than $200 million in additional dollars
The budget included $132 million in new formula funding
An additional $31 million went to schools adjusting to current-year funding
An additional $30 million was appropriated to the School Facilities Board
$6.5 million went to the phase-out of the multi-site charter school weight
$1.2 million was dedicated to the phase-out of district-sponsored charter schools
$46 million went to new school construction
$29 million went to Joint Technical Education Districts
Year to Year Comparisons
General Fund Budgets 2008 2018
K-12 Education $3.95 billion $4.23 billion 7% increase
Total budget $9.94 billion $9.86 billion 1% decrease
Agency share of budget 40% 43%
State only funding $4.09 billion $5.33 billion 30% increase
Filed Under: Arizona Politics, Education, Elected Officials, Guest Opinion, State Budget Tagged With: Education, Education Budget, education finance, Guest Opinion, Sylvia Allen
Poll: Support For Ducey's Teacher Raise Plan Holding Steady
April 25, 2018 by Press Release Leave a Comment
By Data Orbital
(Phoenix, AZ) As a follow up to our poll released this past Tuesday, April 17th, and with a possible teacher strike beginning tomorrow, it is clear that Arizona voters are still supportive of the plan put forward by Governor Ducey. These same voters have also largely heard of and are positive towards the Red for Ed campaign.
Data Orbital commissioned this poll beginning Wednesday, April 18th and ending on Saturday, April 21st, as voters have been learning more details around the Governor's plan to increase teacher pay by 20%. Our live caller poll found that a vast majority of Arizona voters continue to approve of the Governor's plan. In addition, almost 50% of voters surveyed also have a positive opinion of the Red for Ed campaign.
The support for the plan continues to be consistent along party lines. Democrats are still most likely to favor the Governor's plan, coming in at nearly 75%.
The poll found virtually no difference between males and females in their approval of Governor Ducey's plan.
Support is also fairly consistent across age demographics with the highest support coming from those between 18 and 34 years of age.
Support is highest among those who have voted in at least 3 out of the last 4 general elections and lowest among those who have no previous history of voting in general elections (they made up only 3% of the sample).
As mentioned above, the Red for Ed movement is fairly well known with nearly 60% of voters familiar with it and only 29% certain they hadn't heard of it.
It is not surprising that Democrats are more likely to have had positive exposure to the Red for Ed movement while Republicans have the highest negative sentiment towards it. As was mentioned above, most samples were collected prior to Red for Ed announcing their strike.
Women are also more likely to have a positive opinion while men are more likely to be negative in their opinion.
There also is a clear age correlation towards the overall exposure to Red for Ed. Older voters who don't have children in K-12 are much more likely to be unfamiliar with it while younger voters with school age children have a higher positive exposure.
George Khalaf, President of Data Orbital, issued the following statement: "It has been nearly a week and a half since the Governor announced his teacher pay raise plan and support has largely held steady with likely voters. These same voters tend to have positive views of Red for Ed, with support predominantly along partisan lines."
This poll of 700 likely general election voters was conducted through a live survey that collected 50% of the results from land lines and 50% from cell phones. It has a margin of error at plus or minus 3.64%, with a 95% confidence interval. Respondents were weighted on a number of different demographic figures based off historical general election turnout in Arizona. The poll was conducted over four days from April 18th-21st. Toplines and demographic data can be found here and cross tabs here. To receive regular blog updates, subscribe here.
Filed Under: Arizona Politics, Campaigns & Elections, Education, Elected Officials, Polls, State Budget, State Government Tagged With: Data Orbital, Doug Ducey, poll, teachers
Republicans Pass Budget That Raises Teacher Pay by $1,000 Above Inflation
May 5, 2017 by Press Release Leave a Comment
Republicans Pass Budget That Raises Teacher Pay by $1,000 Above Inflation and Invests Over $300 Million in New K-12 Spending
STATE CAPITOL, PHOENIX – House Speaker J.D. Mesnard (R-17) and Senate President Steve Yarbrough (R-17) this morning applauded passage of a budget that increases teacher pay by an average of $1,000 and adds over $300 million for K-12 education.
"Republicans in the Legislature and Governor Ducey have worked hard to craft a budget that reflects Arizonans' top priority: education," said Speaker Mesnard. "This budget includes a $1,000 raise beyond inflation for public school teachers, over $300 million in new K-12 spending, a massive investment in university research facilities and infrastructure, and dozens of other provisions that boost education funding."
"Conservative budgeting over the past few years put extra money in our state coffers," said President Yarbrough. "With that, this year we boosted teacher paychecks, provided funding for school repairs and the construction of six new schools, targeted tens of millions of dollars to schools getting results, guaranteed yearly funding for university building projects and provided an additional $30 million to repair our roads. We also delivered a broad-based tax cut and left the state with a structurally-balanced budget. I'd say the people of Arizona are better off because of this state budget."
Highlights of the budget:
· In addition to inflation and growth increases, directs $68 million over two years for an average $1,000 raise for public school teachers.
· Appropriates $62.9 million for new school construction projects.
· Provides $37.6 million for Results-Based Funding for K-12 education.
· Offsets the impact of Prop. 206 on the developmentally disabled community by directing $45 million to the Department of Economic Security and AHCCCS.
· Demonstrates a commitment to rural transportation by appropriating $30 million to the Highway User Revenue Fund.
· Appropriates $27 million to provide debt service to allow universities to construct new facilities through bonding that could exceed $1 billion in value in future years.
Filed Under: Arizona Politics, Education, Elected Officials, Government, Press Release, Spending, State Budget, State Government, Taxation Tagged With: Arizona House of Representatives, Arizona Senate, Education, Education Budget, House Republicans, press release, Senate Republicans, State Budget, teachers
Democrat Randall Friese 'Sour' Over TANF Sponsorship
January 10, 2017 by Sonoran Alliance Leave a Comment
House Speaker JD Mesnard
There's a short news item on AZCentral by Mary Jo Pitzl this morning reporting a "sour note" in the harmony sought by Arizona House Speaker, JD Mesnard.
Apparently, State Representative Dr. Randy Friese (D-9) wanted to sponsor the bill restoring funding to TANF (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) but was beat to the hopper by Republican State Representative Jeff Weninger.
Friese called the move an example of "hyper partisanship."
Rep Jeff Weninger
During his State of the State address on Monday, Republican Governor Doug Ducey announced a round of legislative and budget initiatives including the restoration of TANF funding. Weninger, who represents Chandler, is spearheading the bill.
Dr. Friese and his Democrat colleagues made it obvious that they don't approve of Republicans stealing their brand of helping the most needy because it takes away an issue they've used to craft political dependency. It pains them to lose credit on the issue and by alleging the move as an act of "hyper partisanship," Friese hurts his credibility should he sign on as a co-sponsor the bill.
Randall Friese
Speaker Mesnard, perhaps presented a more realistic forecast of legislative action acknowledging the challenges of finding room in the budget to fully restore TANF.
Unfortunately for Rep. Friese, Democrats don't control either chamber so it's in their best interest to stop acting petty and become team players on issues they support.
Filed Under: Arizona Politics, Elected Officials, Entitlements, Government, Spending, State Budget, State Government Tagged With: Arizona House of Representatives, JD Mesnard, Jeff Weninger, Randall Friese, TANF
Arizona AFP: LAST CALL: RSVP for Friday's Celebration!
December 6, 2016 by Americans for Prosperity Leave a Comment
We are excited to celebrate YOU this Friday.
This is the last call to attend our Liberty Celebration, this Friday, December 9, to celebrate your legislative and policy victories for 2016. We would love for you to join us.
RSVP as soon as possible for our Liberty Celebration as seats are limited!
Where: Christ Church Lutheran, Arizona Room
3901 E Indian School Rd, Phoenix, AZ 85018
When: 6:00pm to 8:00pm
Why: Americans for Prosperity Arizona will be honoring our top activists-America's freedom fighters and our friends! We will also honor legislators and local government officials with the designation of Friend of the Taxpayer of higher on our annual scorecards (Legislative Scorecard and Local Government Scorecard).
Dinner and drinks will be provided.
AFP across the United States contacted 30 million Americans at the phone and the door – that's 10% of the entire country! All told, AFP advocated against Senate candidates in eight states. All but one of those candidates were defeated. That's something to celebrate! We will giving each of our top winners a prized jackalope.*
Please RSVP and come celebrate YOUR efforts for promoting liberty and prosperity for all Arizonans!
For Liberty & Prosperity,
Tom Jenney
Arizona Director
Americans for Prosperity Arizona
*Think that jackalopes do not exist? Well, that's how a lot of taxpayers feel when we tell them that there are pro-taxpayer elected officials and local activists. But they really do exist! And we plan to honor them on Friday, December 9th. Please join us!
Filed Under: Arizona Politics, County Government, Entertainment, Government Reform, Holiday, Legislation, Political Science, Press Release, Special Event, Spending, State Budget, State Economy, State Government, Taxation Tagged With: AFP-Arizona, AFP-AZ, Local Government Scorecard, Tom Jenney
State Rep Kelly Townsend: Sen Andy Biggs' Leadership Style Punitive
July 11, 2016 by Sonoran Alliance 1 Comment
Yesterday, State Representative Kelly Townsend revealed a dark side of Senate President Andy Biggs. During a guest opinion on Sunday Square Off, the two-term legislator from Arizona Legislative District 16 disclosed that Biggs' leadership style was to punish lawmakers who refused to get in line with his political agenda and leadership.
Townsend tied the comments to her 2015 House vote in which the legislature voted to limit Temporary Aid to Needy Families (TANF) – a vote she regrets. Townsend herself, is a widow with children representing a district adjacent to the district represented by Biggs.
In her comments, she stated, "I think it's important to remember whose bill this was. This was our senate president's bill. Part of that decision is the fact that [Biggs] has very well trained us. He's punitive in his nature, and if we didn't follow along, we would suffer the consequences."
The interview, which is posted on the 12 News website, also posted the following comments:
When pressed further about her disagreements with Biggs, Townsend accused the 14-year state legislator and current congressional candidate of fostering a culture at the state capitol she described as "a heavy-handed, top down, ramming things through in the middle of the night approach."
"It is a culture many of us are trying to change," Townsend said.
The article continues:
Townsend also accused Biggs of refusing to communicate with her and preventing bills she sponsored from progressing through the legislature for two years. Townsend said she believed Biggs' actions were payback because she gave a radio interview in support of a bill Biggs opposed in 2013.
"[In 2013] He would refuse to meet with me. He didn't answer any of my calls or texts. He killed all my bills. Finally I cornered him and asked for a conversation, and he said I should have never called into the radio station in the first place to talk about that bill," Townsend said. "When it comes to leadership, Biggs, I don't know he knew how to be a leader. Anyone can be punitive and act like that. But in terms of being a leader, it takes more than just being a jerk."
This revelation draws into question Biggs' temperament and leadership style as the potential nominee for Arizona's 5th Congressional District.
Biggs' spokesman, Adam Deguire, the former Chief of Staff to Congressman Matt Salmon who is now part of the political hand-off arrangement between Salmon and Biggs, acknowledged Biggs' unpopularity with the mainstream media on issues such as TANF.
Senator Andy Biggs has not made an appearance on Sunday Square Off since February 27, 2011 and failed to show up last week for a debate on KAET's Horizon.
Here is the video clip from Sunday Square Off:
Filed Under: Arizona Politics, Campaigns & Elections, Children, Elected Officials, Entitlements, Legislation, Media, State Budget, State Government Tagged With: Andy Biggs, Arizona State Senate, AZ05, AZLD16, Kelly Townsend, Sunday Square Off, TANF, TV-12, Welfare
Former Sen Jon Kyl: Let's Debunk The Myth That Prop. 123 Will Hurt Us
May 11, 2016 by Guest Opinion Leave a Comment
[pullquote align="right" cite="" link="" color="" class="" size=""]Former senator: I'm baffled by claims that Proposition 123 will do irreparable harm to Arizona's permanent fund.[/pullquote]
I strongly support Prop. 123 and am baffled by opposition to it, most of which seems to claim it will do irreparable harm to the state's permanent fund.
This simply isn't true.
To help Arizona transition from a frontier territory to the 48th state, the federal government turned over to the new state about 11 million acres of land, to be held in trust for the support of public needs, the first and foremost of which was K-12 education.
The state accomplishes that role by selling and leasing state trust lands to produce revenue. The revenue from the sale of state trust lands are deposited into Arizona's permanent fund. The money in the permanent fund is then invested by the state in stocks, bonds and other investments and produce additional returns.
We're dipping into interest, not the fund
Arizona's permanent fund is currently worth about $5 billion, and the trust earns money each year, with an average rate of return over 6.9 percent for the past 10 years.
Right now, 2.5 percent of the value of the permanent trust fund is distributed on an annual basis to beneficiaries like K-12 public schools. Voting "yes" on Prop. 123 would increase the distribution amount to 6.9 percent (roughly $342 million per year) from 2.5 percent (roughly $125 million per year) for a period of 10 years.
Given that the permanent fund has averaged a rate of return in excess of this proposed 6.9 percent distribution for the past 10 years, which includes the depths of this past recession, we should view Prop. 123 as an agreement to distribute the anticipated interest from the permanent fund to the trust beneficiaries – and not as an agreement to dip into the $5.1 billion corpus of the permanent fund.
Trust also includes $70 billion in land
We also shouldn't lose sight of the fact that the trust is composed not only of the $5.1 billion in the permanent fund, but also of the value of the remaining state trust lands, which have a current estimated value of some $70 billion.
As urban growth has reached formerly outlying areas of state trust land, it stands to reason that this value will very likely increase in future years as expanding infrastructure and growth drive values to those lands.
Using $3.5 billion of that combined $75 billion of value over the next 10 years to help educate our K-12 kids is hardly a wasteful dissipation of the trust assets. Indeed, the combined values of the state trust lands and permanent trust fund should very well be even greater in 10 years based on current and expected trends. In any event, the myth of destruction of the trust needs to be exposed.
Why not put this cash to better use?
Prop. 123 does not mandate the sale of any part of the land being held in trust for K-12. That asset will continue to be managed in the best manner possible to provide for this generation of students as well as future generations.
Prop. 123 does put appropriate pressure on the state to ensure it performs its role in producing a quality revenue stream to support the intended beneficiaries of the trust, including our K-12 system.
Here is my question. From what do we get greater value: sitting on the assets in the trust (earning a bit), or investing $3.5 billion to better educate millions of Arizona kids today?
An educated citizenry is the best guarantee of economic growth and societal health. In other words, this human capital will be much more valuable for the state than keeping the assets in the trust, which is supposed to exist to help educate our youth.
In addition, this funding will also satisfy a legal obligation resulting from court decisions holding that the state government had not devoted sufficient appropriations to K-12 education in the past. Without Prop. 123, it is likely a tax increase would be necessary to meet this legal obligation.
Let us keep in mind that the trust was intended from the beginning to provide support for our K-12 system. Rather than allowing the trust to continue to underfund our current students, we should support Prop. 123 and put those funds to work in our classrooms now.
Former U.S. Sen. Jon Kyl is senior counsel at Covington and Burling in Washington, D.C.
Filed Under: Arizona Politics, Ballot Measures, Campaigns & Elections, Guest Opinion, State Budget Tagged With: ballot measure, Education, Education Budget, Jon Kyl, Prop 123, state trust lands
Prop 123 Proponents Make Their Case on Arizona PBS' Horizon
May 11, 2016 by Sonoran Alliance Leave a Comment
Advocates for Proposition 123 appeared on KAET's Horizon on Monday evening to make the case for passage of Prop 123. Here is the video of that show featuring Chris Thomas, General Counsel for the Arizona School Boards Association:
Filed Under: Arizona Politics, Ballot Measures, Campaigns & Elections, Education, Media, State Budget, State Government Tagged With: Arizona School Boards Association, ballot measure, Chris Thomas, Education, Education Budget, Horizon, Prop 123
Priorities: Governing vs. Campaigning
By East Valley Evan
It's that weird time of the political season when conflicts arise revealing where politicians' priorities really are.
Yesterday, leaders of the Arizona House and Senate reached a deal on how to divvy up sections of Governor Ducey's budget proposal. That deal will be revealed today.
Setting aside the details of the deal, it's worth pointing out where leaders of both chambers are spending their time as this process unfolds.
Every legislator acknowledges that the most important part of their job is to pass a budget that establishes the financial priorities for the State of Arizona. It's what voters elect candidates to do and it's the epitome of responsibility for legislators once elected.
[pullquote align="full" cite="" link="" color="" class="" size=""]When it comes down to governing or campaigning, governing should always take priority.[/pullquote]
Citizens would think and expect leadership in the House and Senate to treat this constitutional obligation with the utmost attention. Apparently that obligation can take a back seat if you're a candidate for another office while holding down your leadership position in the legislature.
House Speaker David Gowan got it right (although he is avoiding interaction with members of the media these days) when he skipped a CD-1 candidate forum in Casa Grande Monday night. He stuck around the legislature to make sure the House wrapped up the budget deal.
It wasn't the same on the Senate side. Senate President Andy Biggs was nowhere to be found in the State of Arizona. Instead, he is making the rounds in Washington, DC trying to raise money for his next government gig. According to the Arizona Republic:
Senate Majority Leader Steve Yarbrough, R-Chandler — who was acting as Senate president while Andy Biggs was in Washington, D.C., Monday fundraising for a congressional campaign…
Senate President Biggs who has become the professional career politician obviously feels the need to fly back to Washington, rub elbows with lobbyists and return home with a bundle of campaign cash.
Meanwhile, his colleagues in the House and Senate will work through the details on how best to spend Arizona taxpayer dollars.
It's all about priorities.
~ He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much (Luke 16:10)
Filed Under: Arizona Politics, Campaign Finance, Campaigns & Elections, Elected Officials, Guest Opinion, Special Interests, State Budget, State Government Tagged With: Andy Biggs, Arizona House, Arizona House of Representatives, Arizona Senate, AZ05, CD-5, David Gowan, Fundraising, Lobbying, Washington DC
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Denbigh read this over me when I was in labor.
Hi Stephanie, I enjoyed reading your blog, and Kyna's, so I decided to start posting the God Whispers on a blog. You can find me at http://www.shellyhaddock.blogspot.com. Hope you enjoy it.


On Saturday, Dec 13th, we have a coaching clinic booked and confirmed with Rob Wright. The Smokettes have the Red Floor Room at Cominco Arena booked from 10am to 11am for the Chalk Talk, and then on ice from 11:30 to 12:45. Rob is always super fun, and everyone will come away with something new for their game, no matter what your current skill level is!
We also have received a thank you from Marylynn Rakuson who runs the Food Bank that we donate to. I can't figure out how to get a PDF on the webpage, e-mail me if you want the whole letter.
If you do not have these on your calendar please rest up to get prepared to play hockey at the end of this week.
Thursday December 4th @ 7:00 pm regular scrimmage in Trail on the small ice.
Sue Deane: Does anyone have my twister?
If anyone wants anything sent out to the team please write up the e-mail and send it to trailsmokettes@gmail.com and it will be distributed.


This is an international event created to promote and celebrate the art of pinhole photography.
On this unique day, we encourage people throughout the world to take some time off from the increasingly technological world we live in and to participate in the simple act of making a pinhole photograph. to share their visions and help spread the unusual beauty of this historical photographic process.
Pinhole photography allows you to make a photograph that requires only a light-tight container (box, can,…) with a tiny hole in one side (as a camera) and any photo-sensitive surface in it. You can adapt an existing camera, or make the camera yourself . The experience of image-making becomes a little more special when created with your own hand-made camera; so, we provide different instructions in making your camera on the Support page.
A 35mm camera that anyone can make. (pdf, 4.5MB, 12 pages, 8.5 x 11 inches).
Detailed illustrations on how to make a simple pinhole camera.
Malin Fabbri builds and tests multi-pinhole cameras. An excerpt from Diffusion magazine, volume II.
and outcomes that occur without intention and that ultimately result in a better print.
Typical happy accidents are often related to the print-making process: an unintentional spill of emulsion on paper, a brushstroke taking on a shape of its own or a color shining with an unexpected hue. Such accidents, commonplace in the pinhole photography, can lead to a very pleasing print (and, in my case, a very happy photographer).
These "accidents" may also occur in-camera, however: intriguing light leaks, a failure to fully wind between exposures, or an imperfect container all can result in surprisingly beautiful images. When it comes to building a pinhole camera, though, why leave these events to chance? If one can create his or her own luck, shouldn't it also be possible to lure the happy accident into forming?
Many special effects can be created by modifying a pinhole camera. As an example, the camera can be designed with a bent film plane, which distorts horizons and subject matter. Additional effects can be obtained by modifying the focal length: a camera with an extremely short focal length creates a wide angle effect, whereas a telephoto effect may be created by building a camera with a long focal length. Another alteration involves zone plates, which are a series of clear and opaque rings that add soft focus and sometimes a halo to the subject. Furthermore, a "cubistic" effect (multiple exposures) can be achieved by building a "chest of drawers" style camera. This effect involves several pinholes exposing light on the paper or film.
When it comes to uniqueness and special effects, my favorite pinhole camera technique involves using multiple pinholes. The first multiple pinhole I ever set eyes on was taken by Jan Kapoor with her 360-degree camera. With such a camera, subjects and landscapes merged in Jan's images, touching and interacting with each other. Jan's pinhole camera was created using a hexagonal box. It has six separate pinholes of the same diameter on each side of the box. Inside the camera, the film is wrapped around a cylinder, making it possible for Jan to expose the film from several angles. She is able to use those six pinholes individually, simultaneously, instantly or over a period of time to create her wonderful landscapes.
Now that we've covered some basics, let's delve a bit deeper into my favorite pinhole camera technique. In the experiment I will describe, I had a particular goal in mind: I wanted to see what kind of results I could get by creating and comparing two multiple pinhole cameras of similar size but of different shape: one square, the other round.
The first step? Choosing my containers. I admit that I am one of those computer nerds who buys software and then keeps the boxes, full of manuals and CDs, on the bookshelf. When I was looking for a container for my most recent camera a big, sturdy, completely black (and therefore already prepped as a pinhole camera) "Apple" box caught my eye. I was forced to sacrifice a few manuals into the recycling bin, but I decided this box would be perfect for making a square multi-pinhole camera. The second container was even easier to choose, as it involved washing down a tin of very tasty "Anna's Gingerbread Biscuits" with a few cups of tea to free up a perfectly round container.
I then spent a day with Lena Källberg, in her studio in Stockholm, to build and test my two cameras (ingeniously named "iPinhole" and "Ginger"). Lena, who is also an avid pinholer, built her own multi-pinhole camera using a round cake tin. She named it "Turizt" after the name on the box. You can call me crazy, but I have a theory that computers and cameras work best when they have a good name. If you don't already have names for your cameras, give it a try…you might be surprised by the results.
After contemplating the technical details, I decided to give the iPinhole camera three openings (the openings would eventually hold a piece of aluminum, through which the pinholes would be drilled): a square opening in the front – piercing the Apple logo – and one in each side. Ginger received three openings as well, each spaced evenly across the front of the tin. Lena decided to make hers a 360-degree camera, which meant the Turizt camera was the beneficiary of three openings, carefully measured and spaced exactly equidistant around the box – she is a perfectionist!
Each of our cameras received an inner circular can for fastening the paper. For the iPinhole and Ginger, the inner can was placed in the center. The inside of Ginger was then sprayed with matte black paint. Turizt was given a coat of matte cardboard paper while iPinhole, already black both inside and out, needed no extra coloring.
After prepping the cans and the box, it was time to work out optimum pinhole sizes. We elected to use "PinholeDesigner", which is a great calculator that can be downloaded and installed from this site: www.pinhole.cz/en/pinholedesigner. Our calculations revealed that the optimum pinhole size for both iPinhole and Ginger was between 0.31 mm and 0.40 mm. Turizt had an optimum pinhole size of 0.36 for all six holes. Making nice, round pinholes of the right size is one of the trickiest challenges in constructing a pinhole camera. We selected to use an old beer can, which was cut, sandpapered smooth, pierced with a needle, scanned in and measured in Photoshop, pierced, sandpapered again, scanned and measured again, and again, and again.
One might ask at this point: why drive ourselves crazy trying to make the perfect hole? For this reason: a perfectly calibrated pinhole camera has an infinite depth of field, which means that everything in the final photograph will be in focus. That quality is what we were after, and we managed to make all the holes with a difference of less than 0.02 mm.
All three cameras were quite close in their f-stops. The iPinhole camera had f-stops ranging from f/179 to f/211. Ginger's range landed between f/160 and f/184, and Turizt had an f-stop of f/180.
When the paint had dried and we were finally happy with the pinholes, it was time to test for light leaks. We journeyed into the darkroom and inserted a brand new sheet of unexposed paper into each camera and placed the cameras in the sun for a few minutes, WITHOUT opening the shutters. The paper was then developed and each sheet emerged white as snow – perfect, no light leaks!
We could finally head out to the park to field test our cameras. It was late in the afternoon, but it had been a lovely day and it was still sunny. The September sun was setting behind a number of buildings. After consulting the exposure chart listed in From pinhole to print (also shown here) I decided on an exposure of "cloudy at f/180". This translated to an exposure time of two to four minutes, so I selected to expose the paper for an average of three minutes.
Ginger behaved excellently during the exposure, and the black tape shutters worked fine. Turizt also performed well. iPinhole, however, was a different matter. The use of a black tape shutter on a cardboard box was not optimal, as part of the box's paper tore loose when I pulled the tape away for exposure. This not only ripped pieces off the box but also rendered the black tape useless for further exposures. As I had not taken this into consideration, I had no more black tape with me in the field and had to cover the holes with my hand on the way back to the darkroom. Not ideal.
It was now late, however, and the sun had set. It was time to call it a day – no more time for test shooting. We returned to the dark room to develop our prints. iPinhole's test print did develop a black patch on the side of the paper – I suspect due to an inability to close the shutter properly. That very night, I used a beer can to create a reinforced plate over the holes in iPinhole, so I would be able to remove the black tape without parts of the box falling off. Much better!
The cameras were now complete, and the test prints developed. Complete, at least, in the cases of iPinhole and Ginger. Lena achieved a very nice test shot with her Turizt but, because she is a perfectionist, has decided to fine-tune her camera. She is working out the optimum space between the inner can and the outer can to make a perfectly seamless gap between each image. So far, her conclusion is that five pinholes, coupled with the use of a smaller outer can, will result in a perfect multi-pinhole camera.
Although we have improved our chances of avoiding accidents, we are still treated with unpredictability of pinhole photography and those aforementioned happy accidents. To the seasoned photographer, pinhole cameras may seem too simple to offer much versatility in the area of image-making. However, these "limitations" often help a photographer free him or herself from the discrete and often rigid technical settings that more modern cameras possess. Such pinhole cameras, utilizing one or more tiny, drilled holes, record the world differently than the way our eyes see it and add unexpected characteristics to reality. In this way, what were once limitations may then become the opposite: they may become, in fact, opportunities, inspiring creative problem-solving in less than perfect situations.
When light enters a pinhole camera, the image is reversed and upside down. A multipinhole camera will not make panoramic images, as perhaps would be expected, since each image is reversed. An object that sits at a dividing line between two pinhole projections will be split into two pieces that are on the far sides of the negative. To achieve panoramic images you would in fact need a very complex design using mirrors. What you achieve instead with a multipinhole camera is an interesting blend of the landscape and and unexpected merging of objects. The images reverse into each other, one after another.
This article was published in Diffusion magazine. Malin Fabbri moved from Sweden to London to study, and earned an MA in Design at Central St. Martin's. She has worked professionally with big media names in London, and has written two books on alternative photographic processes. In 1999 she began AlternativePhotography.com, and continues to be it's editor.
Having blogged about International Jazz Day, Johnny Childs from New York reminded me that there was some movement on the support for an International Blues Music Day.
Being a blues music fan myself I am happy to support the effort.
On August 17, 2011 an online petition was launched on Facebook advocating for an International Blues Music Day. Within a few months the group reached thousands of members from around the world, comprising of blues fans, supporters, musicians, promoters and the general public. A formula is now being worked out to choose a date to declare and start celebrating an International Blues Music Day.
The Petition was the brainchild of blues musician Johnny Childs from NYC. A recognized and respected blues artist known for his unique and recognizable guitar style and colorful showmanship.
Johnny Childs is also the founding President of the The NYC Blues Society which he formed in 2010 as well as the subject of an award winning documentary film titled "The Junkman's Son".
Bman: Hi Johnny. Thanks for taking time out fro your busy schedule to talk with me. How did this idea of a petition for an "International Blues Music Day" come about?
Johnny: It's a culmination of over twenty years of pursuing a career as a professional blues musician and some other recent events that made me act on it. I've been wondering for years why there was no IBMD and even back when the U.S. Congress declared 2003 "Year of The Blues" I felt they kind of missed the mark given the inherent expiration date. Then in a highly controversial move, The Grammy Awards scaled back their blues music category leaving us with little else in the way of a high profile awareness to promote the blues as a Genre. Of course we have the annual Blues Music Awards in Memphis which is very popular but still barley gets picked up by the mainstream media. After years as a musician promoting my own act I realized that ironically it might just be easier to think of ways to prop up the entire Blues Music Industry [since it basically sells itself] and start an effort for everyone and with everyone. And I started thinking about how the potential benefits and effects of this initiative can be significant if not limitless.
Then one day I was reading the paper and there was a blurb about International Lefty Day for left handed folks from around the world, and it kind of struck a chord with me. Aside from the obvious deserved recognition Blues Music as a music genre isn't getting enough of, I could no longer live in a world that has an International Lefty day and a national Empinada Day etc… and not and International Blues Music Day.
Bman: You are putting a lot of time into this so I can tell you are taking it very seriously.
Bman: It's a great idea. I have been trying to do it through showing similarities across cultures in the music videos that I blog about in Bman's Blues Report. We cover quality bands from every country that we can locate them in.
Johnny: As soon as our Facebook petition reaches 10,000 international members we will declare a date and begin preparations to celebrate the inaugural 'International Blues Music Day' with hundreds of planned events around the world . You can then find an event or concert near you and join us in an annual worldwide celebration of this incredible music genre and artform, and in making blues history around the globe. Our hope is to bring in new fans and help the current base of fans and artists continue on their personal journeys of blues discovery, enjoyment, participation, appreciation and support.
Bman: That's great! I know I support it and I'll hope that this interview helps to explain what we are trying to accomplish. I am also putting a badge at the top of the page so that readers can join in the efforts as they read this article.
Bman: Thanks for your time and we'll hope to see the goal met soon!
Although I would like every day to be blues music day I am more than happy to support Johnny in this. Perhaps we can petition the UN once we get the IBMday on the road.
Is anyone in the UK supporting IBMday? Perhaps we can work together?


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The Native Arts and Cultures Foundation (NACF) envisions the day when an expanded pool of talented Native artists and culture bearers are at the center of connecting diverse peoples and communities, and their voices can be heard in every region of the country. It will be an era when communities continuously strive to connect with Native Arts in traditional and innovative ways, and nurture the creative process of Native art, because they fully understand the critical role it plays as an agent of change.
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Strategic communications efforts have built market awareness and donor interest in NACF. The Foundation has vastly expanded its pool of high-capacity prospects, and staff and volunteers have grown their expertise in the art and science of moves management with emphasis on cultivating long-term annual investors for the organization. MG continues to provide strategic counsel to NACF.


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Father Stu real story: Stu died due to a rare disease
by Chege Karomo
– on Apr 08, 2022
in Extra
Dylan Brown/Independent Record
Mark Wahlberg's latest film, Father Stu, tells the story of a boxer with a broken dream who found his purpose in life as a Catholic priest. Father Stu was successful in nearly everything he tried, but he's remembered chiefly for his short stint as a priest. Wahlberg told Catholic News that one archbishop admitted that Mark did more in four years than the archbishop had in forty years.
Stu passed away due to body myositis, a rare autoimmune disease. Even as his body failed, he continued serving his flock: people usually lined up outside his room at the rehab center to go for confession. This piece looks at Father Stu's real story.
Father Stuart Long successfully directed his energy toward boxing
Stuart Long was born on 26th July 1963 to Bill and Kathleen Long. Long graduated from Capital High School in 1981 and joined Carroll College, a private catholic university. The huge and physically fit Long didn't care much about religion and focused on playing on the school's football team.
"I wasn't Catholic," he told the Diocese of Helena in 2011. "I always felt like kind of an outsider." Stuart often questioned his teacher and stirred up trouble, attracting the attention of Father Jeremiah Sullivan.
Father Jeremiah introduced Stuart to boxing, giving Long a place to direct his misplaced energy. Stu abandoned football, directing all his attention to boxing. "The individual sport fit with my personality better than the team sport," he said. "I was a little rambunctious back then."
During his third year in college, he won the Golden Gloves heavyweight title in Montana. He was runner-up the next year and hoped to pursue a boxing career after graduating with a degree in English Literature and Writing.
Unfortunately, fate conspired to rob Stuart of what appeared to be a promising career. He suffered a jaw injury during a fight, requiring him to get surgery.
Stuart may have returned to the ring, but his family convinced him to quit boxing. With his sports dream dead, Long set his sights on Hollywood.
Stu turned to priesthood after surviving a nasty road accident
Stuart appeared in several commercials and minor roles but failed to blow up. He became a bouncer at comedy clubs and bars before finding steady and fulfilling work at the Norton Museum in Pasadena.
On the ride to work one day, Long rammed into a car in the next lane. "The witnesses told the sheriffs and reporters that I was rolling down the road and another car ran over the top of me," he said. "And here I am."
Stuart's connected with religion following his miraculous escape. He resolved to help others find their faith by accepting the call to priesthood. He served in California and New York before earning a master's degree in philosophy at Franciscan University.
Before his graduation, Stuart was diagnosed with body myositis, a rare and incurable autoimmune disease mimicking ALS. Despite his diagnosis, Father Stu immersed himself in the service of others. Father Bart Tolleson, Stuart's friend, told The Catholic Telegraph:
"That cross of his disease was the most powerful way to serve people. He was tireless in his service and the Lord gave him many beautiful gifts, of counsel, of providing the sacraments. He was fearless even though he was limited."
Bishop George Thomas, the priest who ordained Long, described him as 'stunningly effective' even as he struggled with illness. Thomas told Patheos:
"I'd go to visit him at the rehab center, which was really a rehab nursing home. And it would not be unusual to have six or eight or 10 people lined up outside his room waiting to go to confession."
Father Stu passed away on 9th June 2014 at Big Sky Care Center, with his mom and dad at his side.
Wahlberg was so invested in the project that he funneled his money into the film
Courtesy of Sony Pictures
Mark learned of Father Stu's story via two priests who pitched the movie idea to him. He was initially reluctant, but something about the story resonated with him.
"I said, 'Why do you keep pitching me this movie? You know nothing about movies in Hollywood.' And then something just caught my attention about the story," Wahlberg told Raymond Arroyo. "When I started to hear the story, it's like everything happens for a reason."
Like Long, Mark Wahlberg had a tumultuous young life and was set straight by religion. "Obviously, having a troubled past and really turning to God and to my faith to find direction, and to really turn my life around," Mark told WCVB.
Mark also told Arroyo that he saw similarities between his and Father Stu's story. He talked to Raymond about his need to identify with the roles he plays:
"Do I always try to find some sort of personal connection to a role? Absolutely. I need to identify with it some way. Is this something that I identify with more than anything else? Absolutely."
Mark was so invested in the film that he broke a cardinal Hollywood rule: he helped finance the project. "I said, 'You know what? I'm just going to do it on my own,'" Mark said.
Wahlberg hopes to carry on Father Stu's good work
Thanks to Mark, the world will learn of Father Stu's remarkable life. Mark revealed that everybody, religious or not, can learn something from Father Stu's 'uplifting and inspiring story.'
Wahlberg hopes to carry on the excellent work Father Stu did and push for the recognition of his efforts through canonization. He told Catholic News:
"I've made a movie about a remarkable man, and I know that they had campaigned to get him ordained and petitioned to have him canonized. I'll push and campaign for Stu, absolutely."
Mark opines that Father Stuart long would enjoy Father Stu: "I think he'd have a big smile on his face."
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It's easy to make comics the cheap way – that's part of their charm. And Top Shelf isn't the only publisher to pay attention to printing quality, but the consistency with which they produce high-quality products and with which they choose the highest quality creators really sets them apart. Image might publish a lot of the titles I read at the moment, but Top Shelf books are the ones I'd buy as a collector.
Which is why, from an outsider's perspective, this seems like a slightly incongruous match. IDW is known mostly for high-profile franchise tie-ins, and they've obviously done quite well over the past few years, and continue to do so with recent titles like Harlan Ellison's City on the Edge of Forever or Star Trek vs Planet of the Apes. Like Top Shelf, IDW has also worked with the best comic talent out there, and while they specialize in a different sort of comic and don't necessarily present the deluxe product that Top Shelf does consistently, they're a major player.
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Q: Display particular loggedin user name I want to display the particular username after login successful. by using session I am calling my username. But it is displaying all user names.
Please give suggestion to display only particular username.
Here is my code.
In session :
$_SESSION ['admin_name'] = $row['name'];
$admin_name = $_SESSION['admin_name'];

Inserting in to DB :
 $sql = "INSERT INTO account_info (name)
         VALUES ( '$admin_name')";

Displaying :
<?php
    $count = 1;
    $sel_query = "Select * from account_info ORDER BY id;";
    $result = mysql_query($sel_query);
    while ($row = mysql_fetch_assoc($result)) {
?>
        <?php echo $row["name"]; ?>
<?php
        $count++;
    }
?>

I think while displaying I need to filter name. Please reply to me anybody knows how to filter.
Update:

A: You should re-approach this as it's poor design, but to get what you want to achieve:
while($row = mysql_fetch_assoc($result)) {
    if($row['name'] == $_SESSION['admin_name']) {
        ...
    }
}

Or even better...
$sel_query="Select name from account_info WHERE name = '$admin_name'";

A: $sel_query="Select * from account_info WHERE name = '$admin_name' ";

A: You don't need to save session values into database to show it after login successful.
Only store it into session array like this:
$_SESSION['user_name'] = $row['name'];

and  in login page check this session array is set or not.If set then display it
like:
if(isset($_SESSION['user_name'])) { echo $_SESSION['user_name']; }

A: You are getting the all username because of this query:
Select * from account_info ORDER BY id;

This will return all user data, you need to add username in WHERE clause for particular user as:
Select * from account_info WHERE name = '$admin_name';

More important, i didn't see session_start() function in your code, don't forgot to use this, otherwise you can't get the $_SESSION values.
Other important thing, your code is open for SQL Injection, you can use Prepared Statement for preventing SQL Attack. This will help you: How can I prevent SQL injection in PHP?
Very Special point, mysql_* is deprecated and closed in PHP 7.
Side Notes:
In your current query, no need to use ORDER BY id because when you use WHERE for particular user this part should be useless here.
Don't know, where are you using $count++; in your requirement, you need to print only particular user data so this is also useless here.

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O'Rourke is considering a run for president, telling Oprah Winfrey this week that he would make a decision by the end of the month.
But party leaders and other players in Texas say that O'Rourke could beat Cornyn, a victory that would be a major step toward turning the state blue, according to the Dallas Morning News.
Texas Democratic Party Chairman Gilberto Hinojosa told the Morning News that while he would support O'Rourke in either race, he thinks the former El Paso congressman is more likely to win closer to home.
"He just needs to decide where he thinks he can better serve and have a better chance of winning," Hinojosa said. "It's not just, can he do more as president, but where can he win?"
"The consensus is that if he does run for Senate, he has a good chance of winning," Hinojosa added.
Ed Espinoza, director of Progress Texas, a progressive group, said that O'Rourke could find "a heck of a lot more enthusiasm here at home than in Iowa or New Hampshire."
Those pushing O'Rourke to run for Senate again told the Dallas Morning News that Cornyn is much less popular within the GOP than Cruz, making him an easier target for a Democrat.
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The Hill has reached out to O'Rourke's team for comment.


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The Department for Business today announced that the independent Inspectors' report into the collapse of the MG Rover Group will be published on September 11. This follows today's statement from the Serious Fraud Office that it has completed its inquiries and that, having sought legal advice, it does not intend to initiate a criminal investigation.
Preparations are being made immediately for the Report to be published. However, for legal reasons, an established process must be adhered to.
Business Secretary Lord Mandelson said: "It was important to have clarity on whether or not this was a case that the SFO should be investigating. The workers who lost their jobs and the creditors who were owed nearly £1.3 billion by the collapse deserved no less.
"They have waited a long time to see the findings of the Report and the way is now clear for us to publish. Today we are setting out the timetable and arrangements."
Prior to publication the Secretary of State will, as is usual in Companies Act inspections, make a copy of the report available to those witnesses who, it is considered, need time to prepare themselves for publication. A minimum of four weeks from now until publication is judged necessary to ensure sufficient time for witnesses to be contacted over this holiday period and arrangements to be made.
Witnesses who are offered this opportunity and accept it will also need to agree to the terms and conditions laid down by Companies Investigations Branch prior to the report being made available to them or their legal advisers. The report will be made available to those witnesses four days before publication.
Independent Inspectors investigated the affairs of MGRG, its parent company Phoenix Venture Holdings (PVH) and MGR Capital Limited and 32 related companies between the purchase of MGRG from BMW in May 2000 and the date of it entering administration in April 2005.
They were appointed in 2005 under Section 432 of the Companies Act by then Trade and Industry Secretary Alan Johnson and had wide powers to require documents and the attendance of witnesses, including directors, officers and agents of the company.
The Inspectors delivered their report to the Department for Business on June 11, 2009. Following legal advice it was not published immediately in order to ensure any potential prosecution was not prejudiced.
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Q: testhat - how to store expected result? Assuming I want to write unit tests for the following function using the package testthat:
make_matrix = function(vec) {
    matrix(vec, nrow=2)
}

The expected function is as follows:
make_matrix(seq(1:4))
     [,1] [,2]
[1,]    1    3
[2,]    2    4

Following suggestions on SO I will store the input for the test functions in inst/testdata
Where should I put data for automated tests with testthat?
#input = system.file("testdata/input.rds, package "my_package")
input = seq(1:4)

# expected_output_for_seq_1_4 = readRDS()/system.file()?
expected_output_for_seq_1_4 = matrix(c(1,2,3,4), nrow=2)

test_that("basic_test", {
    expect_equal(make_matrix(input), expected_output_for_seq_1_4)
})

But where and how shall I store the expected outputs? Also in inst/testdata? Given a more complex function there could be many expected outputs for a single input dependent on the functions' parameters

A: I came up with two options:
Option 1: Rdata files at inst/testdata
As per the most accepted answer in the linked question, I would go to save it in inst/testdata, but using RData files that allows saving multiple objects in one file. This way you can save all the expected outputs for related tests in the same file:
inst/testdata/expected_outputs_function1.Rdata # contains all the outputs for function1
inst/testdata/expected_outputs_function2.Rdata # contains all the outputs for function2

Option 2: R files to generate the outputs on the fly
However, if the project/package is complex, or it needs big expected outputs, the previous method can generate RData files that exceed the package size policy at CRAN (only relevant if you want to upload the package to CRAN). So, other option is store the code generating the expected outputs in inst/testdata/expected_outputs.R and add
source(system.file("testdata/expected_outputs.R", package "my_package")) before executing the tests:
expected_outputs.R
expected_output_for_seq_1_4 <- matrix(c(1,2,3,4), nrow=2)
expected_output_for_data_frame <- {code to generate output for data_frame here}
{...}

Drawback for this method is that if the expected outputs take long time to calculate, tests are not gonna be fast.


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Red Sox call up top prospect Michael Chavis as team continues to struggle
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Let the shake-up begin for the Red Sox.
Boston has called up top prospect Michael Chavis from Triple-A Pawtucket, the team announced Friday.
Prior to tonight's game against the Tampa Bay Rays, the Boston #RedSox made the following roster moves: pic.twitter.com/A2R4o1SvSd
- Boston Red Sox (@RedSox) April 19, 2019
This move comes after Eduardo Nunez was placed on the 10-day injured list with a back strain.
Chavis is the No. 75 prospect in all of baseball, according to MLB Pipeline.
He has had an interesting run in his minor league career after being drafted in the first round by the Red Sox in 2014.
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He initially struggled to make contact batting .223 in his first year with a full-season club and .237 in his second year.
But he found himself in 2017 breaking out to the tune of a .282 average with 31 home runs across two levels on his way up to Double-A.
He was seemingly fast tracked for the majors in 2018 but was then dealt an 80-game suspension for a postive test for Dehydrochlormethyltestosterone, which is a performance-enhancing drug.
As a result his timeline was pushed back with Boston as he played a total of 46 games in the minors in 2018, but he came out this year hitting pretty well as he smacked four home runs in his first 12 games at Pawtucket.
Whether Chavis is ready or not remains to be seen - he has played a total of 20 games above the Double-A level - but at this point the Red Sox are looking for any kind of help they can get.
Through 19 games this season the Red Sox have the worst record in the AL at 6-13 and are 20th in runs scored in MLB with 77. With Nunez going on the IL, along with Dustin Pedroia on Thursday, Boston could use some new talent with hopes of giving the team a little jolt.


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How do you think that school curricula is developed?
From my point of view, school curricula all comes from one similar basis, and that is what our society expects its citizens to know, represent, and act like. In lots of ways, school curricula is a representation of our society, and the good and the bad of it included. School curricula represents a society and their biases, racial and gender preferences, beliefs and systems. When a curriculum is being developed, the main influencers will always be those that are higher up. What does the government want our children to learn about our society? What do they not want them to know? What kind of changes do they want to imprint onto the younger generations?
How is school curricula developed and implemented?
After reading through the reading from this week, as well as digesting this week's class discussion, I can definitely say that I now have a much clearer understanding of what the process of the creation of school curricula contains. When school systems and individual provinces are deciding what they want their children to learn, many "stakeholders" come into play in this decision. The one most important thing to note is that students – the pupils that will be hopefully benefiting from our educational systems – have little to no say in this process at all. The building of curricula comes down to the society and what they deem important for students to learn, or what they believe all citizens of this particular society must abide by.
What new information or perspectives does this reading provide about the development and implementation of school curriculum?
Before reading this article I did not truly understand how much of a role politics really play in the development of our curriculum and how society views our school curricula. As in the videos we viewed in lecture this week as well, many leaders of our school board can carry their own personal views into our curricula just because they carry the power to do so, even if the public feels differently. Or, if one state has a lot more financial wealth than another and can afford to influence a curricula of an entire country just because they have purchased all the textbooks, this is political interference in our education system. I personally believe that education should be separated from our own and others personal political beliefs and show anti-oppressive characteristics, but unfortunately this may never happen.
Is there anything that surprised or concerned you?
Besides learning a lot more about the political side of the education system this week, I did not find myself surprised at any of the information, just for the fact that our world is so much run by politics and money that why wouldn't our schooling systems be apart of this as well? Although political influences in and around the world of education is not always a bad thing, it concerned me at how these power roles in education may be being abused from a political viewpoint, and influencing our children in the wrong ways.
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