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Special Episode: Enabling a New Generation with Technology and Hawaiian Cultural Values
Hosted by Blaine Kahoonei, with guests David Pickett and Jennifer Hooper.
There are many challenges facing young students who want to learn tech skills for future opportunities. Those difficulties are compounded in remote regions such as Hawai`i. Native Hawaiians must choose between leaving their home for boot camps and businesses on the mainland, or working with tools that aren't aligned with their values. The Purple Mai`a Foundation is an education nonprofit whose mission is to inspire and educate the next generation of builders — the makers of cultural, social and enterprise technologies. Join Blaine Kaho`onei, David Pickett, and Jennifer Hooper as they discuss Purple Mai`a's learning platform and what working with the organization means for them.
Blaine Kaho`onei is an Alliances Director for Heroku; he also sits on the board for Purple Mai`a, an online learning platform bringing technology skillsets to the native Hawaiian community. He's joined in conversation by David Pickett, a software developer and lead instructor with Purple Mai`a, as well as Jennifer Hooper, Heroku's Technical Product Marketing, Content, and Brand Director, who has also volunteered at Purple Mai`a. Blaine begins the dialog by talking about his interest in bringing together Hawaii's rich history of innovation and technological development with its indigenous culture. There aren't many economic opportunities for native families in Hawaii, nor are they programs designed to provide the youth with a valuable technical skill set. Most people with coding or design skills have felt the need to move away, furthering splintering the Hawaiian community. Blaine and David are keen to establish a tech hub in Hawaii.
Blaine Kaho`onei is an Alliances Director for Heroku; he also sits on the board for Purple Mai`a, an educational non-profit, whose mission is to educate and inspire the native Hawaiian community through cultural, social and enterprise technologies. He's joined in conversation by David Pickett, a software developer and lead instructor with Purple Mai`a, as well as Jennifer Hooper, Heroku's Technical Product Marketing, Content, and Brand Director, who has also volunteered at Purple Mai`a. Blaine begins the dialog by talking about his interest in bringing together Hawaii's rich history of innovation and technological development with its indigenous culture. There aren't many economic opportunities for native families in Hawaii, nor are they programs designed to provide the youth with a valuable technical skill set. Most people with coding or design skills have felt the need to move away, furthering splintering the Hawaiian community. Blaine and David are keen to grow the tech hub in Hawaii.
To accomplish that mission, Purple Mai`a's main focus is on middle school-aged students in classrooms. Volunteers and staff teach students on a range of topics, from coding and computer science fundamentals to user experience design and graphics design. In order to work towards assisting as many students as possible, David saw the need for incorporating a learning management system. Unable to find one that was centered on the student, they built their own platform called Haumana in 2017. They wanted it to be a tool for students to learn through what they're motivated about. This platform was in-use for in-person classes and is now being used for remote-only classes. Jennifer became involved in the program by volunteering her time answering questions on what a career in tech looks like. She also provides feedback on students' projects, and teaches them ways outside of the classroom to work on themselves, such as maintaining a LinkedIn profile. She has also provided insights into how Haumana can better achieve its goals with the critical perspective of an outside user.
Many more classrooms are moving their curriculum online, whether by choice or circumstance. Purple Mai`a's ability to adapt, innovate, and embrace change on the fly have served Hawaiian teachers and students well over the years. Their emphasis on bridging Hawaiian culture with a valuable education provides them with a unique opportunity that they've ultimately succeeded at.
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Purple Mai`a is a technology education nonprofit whose mission is to teach coding and computer science to Native Hawaiian students.
Blaine: Hello. This is Blaine Kaho'onei, alliances director for Heroku. Thank you for joining today's podcast. I'm pleased to be joined by David Pickett as well as Jennifer Hooper to talk about this particular topic around the challenges of enabling a new generation with technology and Hawaiian cultural values. Very excited about the opportunity to talk with David and Jennifer. David, would you mind doing a quick introduction?
David: Sure. I am David Pickett. I'm a lead instructor with Purple Mai'a Foundation. I also write a lot of the educational software that we use at Purple Mai'a. My background is in software development. I went to school for computer science and I worked at Microsoft for a few years. I developed a love of traveling so I was working remotely. And I always liked the idea of education so when I settled down in Maui, Hawaii I got connected with Purple Mai'a and there was an opportunity to start teaching middle school students the fundamentals of computer science and that's how I got involved and got started.
Blaine: Jennifer? How about yourself?
Jennifer: Sure. My name's Jennifer Hooper. I have been working at Salesforce in Heroku for the last few years. I run the Code[ish] podcast in the background. It is something I truly love to do. The reason that I'm actually joining this episode is that I have been volunteering with Haumana, this group, for the last couple of years and I feel very passionately about what they're trying to do, so I just wanted to join to add a little bit of color context.
Blaine: Who wants to actually kick things off about how we all got involved in Purple Mai'a and what we're going to be talking about today?
David: That reminds me, Blaine. In your introduction did you mention that you're on the Purple Mai'a board?
Blaine: Actually no, I haven't. I'm a longtime Salesforce employee as well as a recent couple year alliances manager for Heroku. I got involved with Purple Mai'a as a board member because I felt passionate about the idea of bringing technology skillsets to the native Hawaiian community through child programs as well as adult programs through Purple Mai'a. That's why I'm here.
David: At least from my perspective, the way I've been ... I've learned the history of the company. The founding team felt like there was this question of why aren't there more tech startups in Hawaii? Why aren't we seeing more kids growing up in Hawaii launching their own companies, working for big tech companies? Additionally, why does it seem like tech education has to be so separated from cultural education?
David: Here in Hawaii, there's such a rich history of innovation and technological development in ancient Hawaiian text, in modern practices. As an organization, how can we bring those two things together? The love of culture, promotion of culture, exploration of culture as well as exploration of technology; using technology for cultural reasons, sustainable reasons, economic reasons. With that in mind, how do we get started with students early? Some of our programs start as early as elementary. Most of our focus is on middle school. We do have high school programs. We do have more college-level programs, post-grad programs. But a lot of ... It's that mixture. It's that mixture of culture, that mixture of technology, that mixture of entrepreneurship.
Jennifer: The thing that attracted me to volunteering here is that I just love the mission. The fact that you have a group of people who are so passionate about their culture and about what they're doing and trying to enable the next generations to not only keep that culture alive but to also bring new technology and more skills that aren't necessarily the natural things that get taught in school so that you're able to keep sustaining things for your future. To me, that's just so inspirational and something that I'm passionate about is bringing new technology and new thoughts and new ways of doing things to education. I just love the mission and that's really what attracted me.
Blaine: It's funny, Purple Mai'a came about, at least with one of the co-founders I grew up with. We went to college together and we had this idea of empowering the native Hawaiian community with skills and technology. It lent itself back to even my own personal experiences. I've been in the technology industry for the last 20 years but prior to that from an education perspective there was little exposure that I got, at least in my generation of education back then. Whether it was middle school to high school to high school to college, there wasn't a lot of programs out there at the time that exposed local kids in Hawaii, let alone native Hawaiian kids, to \technology. Everything from coding applications to basic productivity apps.
Blaine: That was really early on in my time of education, but coming out of that and then also now getting into the industry itself and, really, climbing my career in the last 20 years, I really wanted to get behind the idea of contributing to a program that would make it easier for native children to learn about these types of skills for a variety of different reasons. First and foremost, culturally there's a lot done in our culture that is predicated upon our use of sciences and things like, for example, in our native Hawaiian navigation and our migration across the Pacific Ocean. We learned astrology and the study of stars to help us migrate our way across the planet, basically.
Blaine: There was a lot of synergy to the idea of us utilizing technology as part of our culture and some of that maybe had slipped a little bit. And so, I saw this as a cultural connection. Then I also saw this as an economic situation that would help native children, native families, actually, thrive in the islands. Based on ... Unfortunately, demographics in the islands, native Hawaiians tend to be on the lower echelon of the spectrum. And so, again, I saw technology as a way to better provide these skill sets, especially in a global marketplace, be able to compete, take those skill sets that are globally exposed and even bring them back into Hawaii and allow these people to perpetuate their culture but also in a sustainable way economically.
David: And you know, there's the idea of brain dream, right?
Blaine: Yep.
David: And that's where the entrepreneurship and remote work skills come in, too, where it's like ... Even if someone was growing up here in Hawaii and even if they did get great coding or design or whatever skills ... I've turned from my students and I've heard friends here ... They feel like they're forced to move away.
David: To get a job, they want to go work for some big tech company or even a small tech company, they got to move to the West Coast or something.
Blaine: Yeah. I certainly did.
David: Yeah. I think there's ... Hawaii being so remote, I think there's an opportunity to change mindsets. We can start remote companies here. We can help people learn about the opportunities of remote work here. We can build up the skill sets.
Blaine: Absolutely. I think it ultimately boils down to information access and exposure. One of the things I decided to get involved in with Purple Mai'a was actively helping bridge the gap between industry leaders like Salesforce and Purple Mai'a to contribute; to provide opportunity to volunteer, to get involved, to expose these kids to individuals like Jennifer, for example, and learning about what they do. The art of the possible.
Blaine: When you look at the evolution of tech, especially maybe in the last 10 years, there's really no reason why you can't have a growing tech hub out of Boseman, Montana or Boulder, Colorado or some of these other smaller towns that have, now, technology sectors that are starting to thrive. There's no reason why you can't have the same thing happen in the islands. And that's kind of the end goal of why I got involved. And really trying to, again, get Salesforce more involved in helping our larger, what we call 'Ohana, or family.
David: The organization has a lot of initiatives, but really, like I was saying, the main focus is on middle school-aged students in classrooms. Some of our programs ... A lot of our programs, I should say, are either after school or on the weekend. We work with partners at different locations. Maybe some ... For example, Boys and Girls Club or some charter schools. We're lucky enough that we have a couple locations where we can be there during the school day. For example, either we are sharing part of an elective with a host teacher or in some cases, like for my classes here on Maui, the school contracts Purple Mai'a to be there as an elective. Before us, they didn't have any coding class at school.
David: And so, now us as Purple Mai'a teachers can go in and offer that as an elective during the school day, which I think is a great opportunity for the students. There's a lot of challenges, pros and cons to things like after school programs or in school programs, but I feel lucky that we can be there during the school day and be a full class to teach coding and computer science fundamentals and user experience design and graphics design and things like that.
David: Part of the question in the organization is what's our educational philosophy? How do we want to teach and what's the tooling to get there? For myself, personally, when I first started teaching for Purple Mai'a, we were in a very small classroom setting. I think in that case ... Like I said, it was four years ago or so ... It was six or seven students, really small class. I was there in person. We had one other Purple Mai'a teacher assisting remotely, so we had a great teacher to student ratio. The students were a mix of age range, which I think was kind of a cool thing; not something you'd normally get in a regular classroom. We had some middle school students, some high school students. And they all knew each other pretty well. It was a non-traditional school. I guess the school system terms it the at-risk population. But they all knew each other really well and they were really open to the idea of trying coding and trying something new.
David: We had great success at that location and students really poured their creativity into the projects. We always looked for what each individual student was passionate about in order to pursue and that worked really well. For me, the next year I went into a much bigger classroom. I think that next year was 20ish students. And I was the only coding teacher there. And in that year, the organization and that particular partner location we were working with, it was a different school location. It was a lot stricter on what our curriculum needed to be; what skill sets the students were expected to practice and come away from. It was really interesting to look at the comparison of those two pretty different settings.
David: I was there and we were using a lot of the same skill sets of things like this is the basics of syntax or this is the basics of variables or loops. This is how you would ... These are the elements of HTML you would use and CSS for a basic webpage. But the student outcomes, the student engagement, the projects, the creativity we saw going in was very different. What we wanted to do as Purple Mai'a educators was different; was a different style of education. We wanted student choice. We wanted personalized learning. We wanted student-centered design. We wanted project-based education. And we wondered if this educational philosophy can work so well in some cases, why aren't other teachers doing it? Or why aren't other classrooms doing it? That led us down this path of exploring learning management systems, student management systems. What are classroom tools? How can software help teachers be more efficient with their time while at the same time providing a richer experience for students?
David: If I remember correctly, Jennifer, you got to come out to Hawaii. This was several months ago, right? With your team-
Jennifer: Mm-hmm (affirmative).
David: -To be in a classroom? What was your experience with the classroom?
Jennifer: I have to say, I was really excited because I've been ... About going out there and actually seeing the students because I had been helping out a little bit. I don't want to oversell how much work I've been able to contribute, but I was able ... I was helping out on the backend, so I was seeing some of the applications you were creating, some of the code that you were ... The ways that you were teaching the students code and intermixing some of that with some of the Hawaiian pieces and I just loved what I was seeing.
Jennifer: We had an off-site where we went to Hawaii and there was a volunteer activity. One of the things Salesforce is really big on is enabling volunteerism, which is one of the best things, in my opinion, about the ... There's great things about the company. Lots of them. But this is one of my favorite things. We had a half day of volunteering where a number of folks on my team and my extended team actually went there and we got to work with students. And I have to tell you, I was so impressed with how humble these students were. But the level of questions that they were asking and the depth of knowledge that they wanted to learn and what they already knew, I was really impressed. I came away from that with such a wonderful feeling of hope for where this whole program is going and the value that it's bringing to the students.
David: Yeah. It's interesting. Like I said, we think about what's our educational philosophy? We're always experimenting with different ways of running classes or validating that what we think works, works. And when we were first thinking about how should ... What kind of classroom tools should we build? Or what kind of classroom tools do we need? I think in that first year of thinking about that, maybe our version zero of our classroom tools, we were trying out things like Google Classroom. Very popular, widely used tools. We tried out SeeSaw over the years. There's a few other learning platforms that we tried, but it didn't quite match the way our teachers wanted to run things.
David: A lot of them seemed pretty teacher-centered or teacher-led and that has advantages for sure, pros and cons. Different classroom environments, different personalities of students and teachers. But what we wanted was a more flexible tool in a classroom where it made sense; to pretty much put the students in charge of the learning path. And so, we called our tool that we started working on ... I think we started building our version one in, I want to say, 2017. And we called it Haumana.io. In Hawaiian, Haumana is student. We wanted it very personalizable, both for students and for students. We wanted it to be a tool we could use for students to learn through their passion; learn through what they're motivated about.
David: Part of what we do with Purple Mai'a is we explain to students that in making an app or making a game, there's a ton of skill sets. It's not all just hardcore programming. There's artists and writers and testers and marketers and all of that. We try to let students practice skills in a variety of areas and focus on skills that they find most exciting and most interesting. That was just really hard to do in existing tools, at least that we were trying. That very first version ... It's always ... In any organization, in any kind of project, you always have to think about resources.
David: At that point, several years ago ... I was running my own company as a software consultant but I was also teaching part-time for Purple Mai'a and I started working with a ... We had an outsource team that came in and built our MVP for Haumana. At every stage, every version, we're always looking at that classic question of buy versus build. What are some off the shelf tools we can use? What can we customize? What can we add on? Do we approach it like services? This app will provide this part of our overall piece or this other part will do this way.
David: But really, we were trying to make the experience richer for students. We were trying to make the classroom environment more sustainable for teachers because a lot of times, like I said, we'll go into a school or go into a location and our principal or our coordinator or whatever says, "Okay, this is an elective so here's 20 or 30 kids." And we say, "Whoa. In our style, things work best if we have a class size of five or 10." It's just figuring out ways we can use tools to provide that rich experience for a larger group of students and help them with things like project management, help them with learning the skills of self-directed learning just benefits everyone from the student side to the teacher side to the admin side to our partners.
Blaine: David, you mentioned connecting with Jennifer and not to lead the witness here, but how did ... Jennifer, how did you end up getting connected with David, at least at this particular stage?
Jennifer: Actually, it was your fault, Blaine.
Blaine: Right.
Jennifer: You sent out a message asking for people who were interested in volunteering and you suggested types of volunteering work and as I said earlier, I really love what Purple Mai'a is doing and so I said, "Sure, I'd be happy to get involved." And so, I've been working with David on a variety of things. Most of what I do is just weekly check-ins, see how things are progressing, provide any thoughts that I might have. I've played with a bunch of the code, so that's been fun feeling like I'm a student learning to code again.
Blaine: Nice.
Jennifer: Yeah. It's been a lot of fun. I've also done some volunteering with some of the students in the classroom remotely. Myself and someone on my team named David have listened in on some of the presentations that the students have done-
Jennifer: -As they're pulling together things and they show their apps and they talk about why they created what they created. That was not only a huge amount of fun but also really impressive to see the quality and thought of work that went on and in to these projects that the students did. And then I've done things like talked about LinkedIn and be available. I feel like I don't do that much. I wish I could do more, but I really love what time I am able to spend and how I do contribute a little bit here.
Blaine: Yeah. It's pretty awesome. What I would say is help can take place in basically two ways. It's either time from Jennifer, herself, or more Jennifers, which ... Part of my involvement has been trying to find more people willing to spend time to give back to the community, get involved with this particular community. I know it started out ... At least for me ... Was just providing the kids perspective on ... Okay, you're learning these particular skills and developing applications or gaining tools but here's where your skills can go tomorrow if you continue down this path today.
Blaine: There was a point where I was running ... Alongside these courses, volunteers would spend time speaking to a day in the life of their work in tech. And this is where I reached out to other Salesforce employees saying, "Hey, if you're interested in just spending a little bit of time with these kids to give them some perspective about your career, that would be awesome." One, it gives them the art of the possible and two, it lets them know even if by chance you're struggling here with developing, there are skills that you are still taking away from going through instructions with David and the rest of the Purple Mai'a teaching staff. But also, there's other roles within the technology industry that you can potentially explore and utilize. And it's still the, hey, we don't want you to give up on ... In the event that you don't feel that this might be the opportunity for you but here's some people that have been maybe not so tech-centric but still in technology.
Blaine: The general idea is a lot of people within Salesforce took an interest in saying, "Hey, we'd love the opportunity to help Purple Mai'a. We'd love to talk with the instructors and see how we can assist in different curriculum. Everything from curriculum to actual coding and really getting their hands dirty in administrative work to co-teaching alongside." It's been a pretty amazing experience in that sense. And now it's just a matter of, as I said before, trying to continue down that path of finding more Jennifers to get involved.
David: I just wanted to jump in and say I think Jennifer's underselling her involvement with the Haumana project and her value to the Haumana project. We set aside time to chat every week and for me being all of the project manager/project developer/whatever on Haumana, having that time set aside once a week to say, "Well, this is what we actually got done in the last week. This is what we're hoping to do in the next week. What do you think about this? Or what's your perspective on this?" It's hugely helpful. Jennifer's brought a lot of really great insights into things like, "We heard from students that we should build such and such feature." We built such and such feature. They're using it. And then Jennifer said, "Okay, how are you tracking feedback?" It's always such a good reminded that yes, we should always be collecting feedback and yes, we should have a system for ... Someone keeping track of that and that's been really useful.
Blaine: David, when you've gone through this exercise of developing Haumana, bringing it out to market for the students, and obviously, it's also interesting because given the state of affairs with this global pandemic it almost seems that a solution ... Everyone seems to be trying to find tools to utilize for distance learning as we are all under the shelter-in-place or under certain restrictions for safety and health purposes but all still trying to operate in our normal daily lives from an education standpoint with students. But what would you say has been the biggest successes that you've had with Haumana so far? And where do you see that going from that point?
David: Yeah. I think that's a very relevant took set for these days for sure. I don't know if the listeners will know what date we're recording this. This is April 1st and so, In Maui at least, we've been under stay-at-home orders for I think two weeks now? Something like that. I know other parts of the country and the world are on similar things.
David: For the history of the project, it's interesting. When I was first teaching my first class with Purple Mai'a or second class and thinking about what should Haumana be, in my mind, at first, I was thinking the ideal thing is our own massive online course software. I had the idea in my head that we just need our own type ... Our customizable, personizable way of something like Udacity or Udemy. But I changed my mind, basically. As we talked to teachers, as we developed the tools and talked to students, I kind of went more in the other direction of no, what we really need is more tooling to help in-person classes or at least hybrid classes where maybe some of the class is remote and some of the class is in-person.
David: And now, given the stay-at-home ... Or the shelter-in-place orders, the stay-at-home orders, given the fact that at least here in Hawaii state all of our students are off from public school. Some of the private schools are doing distance learning. All of Purple Mai'a classes are now online only. I've kind of ... What we're going for is a tool set that's customizable, that's personizable but supports this idea of the Purple Mai'a way of education in either distance learning situations or in person.
David: To the question of what are the successes, as you might imagine with this very relatively, at least in the case of Hawaii, abrupt decision to move everything to distance learning, move everything to stay-at-home, we've been getting a lot of good data, a lot of good testing on our distance learning systems, on our Haumana system. We launched a online-only class last week, last Tuesday, and we are using our Haumana systems plus Zoom live video to deliver the entire class. We're meeting with students live, we're recording the lecture video, and then we're having students solve challenges and they can work through material in a self-directed way. And then we meet again with them ... We basically meet with them over video conference once a week and they can work through challenges and basically code while playing games for other days of the week as they choose to.
David: We just had the second class of that ... Or the second meeting of that, I should say, yesterday. We had a ... When our organization sent out the email blast we had 60 or so parents or students, basically, express interest. And then, in our first class we had about ... I think 31 showed up. About 50% of the people that said they were interested actually came to class, which is cool. And of course, there's always minor technical hiccups. Everybody's adjusting to distance only learning and everybody has to adjust really fast. So, that's going well.
David: One of the private schools ... As I mentioned, some of the private schools are moving all of their classes online, so we've got a couple teachers that I'm supporting that teach at the private schools that are using our Haumana platform. Basically, our version three, the stuff we had in alpha or beta we're now using live and it's working. The teachers are liking the tool set. They're feeling like it's easy to use. The students ... I think the students right now are under a lot of pressure to learn a bunch of new distance learning tools, too. But so far, so good. They're completing assignments, they're using the tools to ask questions, communicate with the teachers. We're collecting feedback. Yeah, basically, we've been working on Haumana for a few years and testing out each version year by year. But now, suddenly, everything is ... It feels like everything's in the spotlight, at least for Purple Mai'a is basically going online. Everybody is switching over to this new tool that we've been ... Had in beta and now is live.
Blaine: Yeah. I think it's timely and obviously you've had some existing activities as a recent ... That showcase the power of the ... The potential power of the application, especially over time as it continue to skill. I would say that, yeah, I think we're all going through a little bit of a learning curve of while some organizations, for example, are very used to remote access or remote work ... But when it comes to distance learning or any of that remote activity where we're not physically in an office, we're not physically interacting with an instructor, there's going to be a little bit of a learning curve. But in light of that, I think some of these recent events are really going to create some new opportunity for innovation, of which Haumana could be on the forefront for, especially with the local kids in the island community.
Blaine: I think as we start looking to try to wrap up, is there any thoughts that either one of you have in mind based on what we've shared today around the topics and talk tracks around culture, around the technology, around volunteering that you'd like to share as an end note?
Jennifer: I think that there are some great opportunities, whether it's with Purple Mai'a or any other group. For me, it's just ... An important part of my life is to be able to give back in different ways. I encourage people to look around at what's out there and even if they're not aware of it they might be able to find something like a Purple Mai'a that speaks to something that they're passionate about. I don't spend a huge amount of time with it. I have a full-time job so I do it around that and I think ... Any amount of time you give, I think, is definitely valuable.
David: The thing I think about that the teachers talk about and the founder talks about is this idea of experimentation. Our organization ... I feel like our organization runs itself like a startup. The organization's still pretty young. I think the organization, itself, is only five years old. And so, we're always trying out new tools or trying out new methods. It's also important to think about alignment. We have a certain vision that we want to go towards. We have a certain mission we're pursuing. And our experimentation should always be in service of that. I think our organization is maybe more experimental, maybe, than others. But I guess that's just maybe to be expected with a tech startup strand of our organization's DNA.
Blaine: Yep. And even that unto itself is something you're teaching. There's a huge lesson learned for the children in terms of the ... From a startup perspective, just the things like the ability to adapt and innovate and the intuitions to change and embrace change on the fly. It's pretty amazing. With that being said, as a native Hawaiian, myself, I do want to say thank you to both David and Jennifer for all your work in helping my community excel with the work that you've done. I certainly find that incredible valuable that you make the time to share what we call ike, or your knowledge, with these children and sincerely appreciate all that you do.
Blaine: With that being said, I do want to say thank you everyone for joining today's podcast session. Again, we will have links in our show notes to valuable resources as it relates to our session and I want to thank everyone for their time. Aloha.
Jennifer: Aloha.
David: Yeah. Thanks, everyone.
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Blaine Kahoonei
Director, Platform Partnerships, Salesforce Heroku
@bkatwork
Native Hawaiian business professional with a focus on SaaS Applications and Cloud Platform technologies.
David Pickett
Lead Instructor, Purple Maiʻa Foundation
david@purplemaia.org
David is a former Microsoftie with a love of world travel and a passion for education. At Purple Maiʻa he is a lead engineer as well as instructor.
Jennifer Hooper
Sr. Director, Heroku Technical Product Marketing, Content, and Brand, Heroku
jennifer.hooper@heroku.com
In my spare time, I play at photography, bird watching, cooking, and travel.
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Just one question though, can anyone advise on whether samsung sell a stylus compatible with this phone?
christina, 04 Jun 2008heyyy i keep tryin to find out what ur askin as well bout setting ur own colour for things on ... moreConfirmed there is no way to change colours or themes on this phone. Very strange, almost like they forgot to put the option in!
Other than that I think the phone is perfect.
NRW, 03 Jun 2008Someone previously mentioned you can customise the themes, but i have been through every menu ... moreheyyy i keep tryin to find out what ur askin as well bout setting ur own colour for things on ur phone there isnt such option is there not dat i can find anyways!
can someone pleaseeeeeeeeeeeeee tell me how you set the themes and numbers on dial or background to your own colour....someone on here sed u can but i have tryed every option and there aint such option to do this!!!
u can only set the background black or white:( write bk please if you no????
and also what is da camera thing for on the front of the phone if u cant even take a picture of ur self wat the hell??
I think the T Mobile assistant told you to change it to 'GSM' and not 'GPS'. I don't know how you do this on the F480, but I do know how to this on my MDA Vario III.
Jimmy, 03 Jun 2008Alex - once you download google maps, does it cost to use the service? As in do you need a int... moreI am not entirely sure to be honest as i am on an unlimited data plan (which i would highly recomend as the youtube service is excellent) so i dont know but i would imagine it would cost, however it is run by java on the handset so i realy cant say for sure! Sorry! Just get the unlimited data plan! It is necesity with this phone....available from o2 free on £35 pm over 18mnths for free, cant realy knock that!
GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD: This device/Samsung have delivered what they promised. It's slick, potable, smart, stylish, excellent display, practical (should I go on?). Even the battery life is very good for a touch screen handset. Don't get me wrong, there some blips (very minor) but mostly technical or heavy users will notice it, which can be fixed with software upgrade or vendor's config system. But my rating is 9/10.
It's a great pity that this phone doesn't have Wifi and no VGA resolution display.
plannin to get this phone by next wk. just decidin between networks... mainly o2 or orange... can anyone who has this phone on these networks pls tell me about the 3g speeds on em'... which ones better?
I bought mine sim free from phones4u for only £299.95, cheaper than both CPW and play.com.
The phone is fun to play with, but I'm not completely filled with joy with it, it's missing little things (that my W810i had), like emoticons/smileys in the text composer, I feel im gonna get bored with the look of the menu pretty quick (customizable options: white or black background) and also I don't know if anyone elses does this, but when you take a photo with the camera, it takes the pic, shows you a very high quality image for a split second then blurs it all?! very weird, I have yet to see what the image come out like on a PC.
Overall I like the phone, and am glad I bought it.
Ramos, 03 Jun 2008hi everyone...actually I've asked a few questions before...but no one answer it...please anyon... moreYes you can use mp3 for message tone, and no you can't use the front camera for photos. It's fairly low quality just for 3G calls.
Alex, 03 Jun 2008*** Quick message *** Full Google maps are available for this phone, simply go to the googl... moreAlex - once you download google maps, does it cost to use the service? As in do you need a internet connection on your phone to make a journey etc..
Someone previously mentioned you can customise the themes, but i have been through every menu and with the exception of changing the menu screen background from white to black there doesn't seem to be any. Also has anyone noticed if you have the screen hold on it comes up with different (and nicer) backgrounds then the ones given as wallpapers. These do not appear in any of the files stored on the phone. Any ideas?!


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53-year-old man arrested for impersonating an IPS officer
Deputy commissioner of police (central) MS Randhawa said they were informed by a resident of Sita Ram Bazar, Hauz Qazi, that a man is impersonating as an inspector general of police (IGP) from Tamil Nadu cadre.
delhi Updated: Jun 01, 2019 04:11 IST
A 53-year-old man was arrested for allegedly impersonating an Indian Police Services (IPS) officer of the rank of inspector general in central Delhi's Hauz Qazi on Thursday. (HT File)
A 53-year-old man was arrested for allegedly impersonating an Indian Police Services (IPS) officer of the rank of inspector general in central Delhi's Hauz Qazi on Thursday. Police said that the man, a failed IPS aspirant, got the IG rank's fake identity card made because if he had qualified the exam, he would have been promoted up to that rank by now.
"Acting on the information, our team raided the location where the man was spotted and detained him. He was identified as Rajiv Gupta, a resident of Niti Khand in Indirapuram, Ghaziabad. A search led to the recovery of one fake identity card from his possession. Indian Police Service, Tamil Nadu Cadre, was written on the ID card with Gupta's name on it. It also mentioned his batch, designation as IGP and date of birth as October 5," Randhawa said.
The DCP said that on Gupta's instance, two more identity cards were recovered. "Gupta pretends to hold identity card of a senior police office of a public servant knowing that he does not hold such office and thus committed an offence. He has been booked under IPC section 170 for personating a public servant," he said.
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The Truth About "Breakthrough" Drugs
From The Washington Post: "When federal regulators started giving certain drugs 'breakthrough' status in 2012, pharmaceutical company interest exploded.
The goal was to speed up the approval of drugs for serious diseases when there was preliminary evidence the new drugs were better than existing treatment options. Giving these drugs 'breakthrough' status comes with a side benefit: an evocative name. The word 'breakthrough' suggests scientific triumphs and miracle cures to many people, including physicians. Companies and media reports often tout the 'breakthrough' designation for experimental drugs that have not yet been proved effective.
A new study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association digs deeply into the studies behind the flood of 'breakthrough' therapies that have been approved by the Food and Drug Administration over the past six years and finds many of the trials that supported approval lacked the strongest kind of medical evidence.
'These drugs are being accelerated through development, and as this study shows, they are being tested on the basis of far less rigorous studies — studies that have substantial limitations to them in terms of their scientific rigor,' said Aaron Kesselheim, an associate professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School. Kesselheim, who was not involved in the study, thinks the name of the 'breakthrough' designation should be changed."
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Although developments and technological advancements have been high grade in the last decade, the world has seen a significant downfall in the quality of environment. Rapid environmental degradation is making the human life on earth less and less sustainable. Here below are some of the current environmental issues that pose a threat to our existence.
In the time period between 1993-2012, studies have shown that the sea levels had an increase of about 3.1milimeters every year. This rate has become three times of what it used to be and is a matter of great concern. The rising sea levels are caused due to the melting polar ice caps which again are resulting from rising global temperatures. The humans are solely responsible for this increase in temperatures and the huge amounts of carbon emissions from vehicles and factories are making the world steadily warmer.
Not only is the melting ice cap a problem for the ecosystem of the frigid zone, it also is a problem for those staying far away from the problem. A lot of island nations and islands like Japan, Sri Lanka, Indonesia etc and coastal regions face a threat in the future of being submerged under the waters if this continues to rise. Clearly, this is among the most serious problems among the current environmental issues.
If you thought that the rising global temperatures are only making it hot everywhere, think again! It is resulting in a severe disruption of the prevalent weather conditions all over the world. There is a rising number of instances of extreme weather conditions and they range from excessive rainfall causing floods to severe droughts caused by absolute absence of rain. There are also rising numbers of storms and tsunamis and landslides and all of this indicates a glaring problem. The natural balance has been severely disrupted and is resulting in such occurrences.
Among the major environmental concerns of 2018 is the situation where the wildlife is facing a serious challenge to its existence. With every passing day more and more animals are slipping into the endangered and threatened species categories. Polar bears for example are faced with a serious loss of habitat and prey due to the melting ice caps. In many other parts of the world, loss of forests has endangered several animals like the Giant Panda, Chimpanzees and Gorillas. Although there has been significant attempts at conservation it hasn't really been much successful in arresting the downward slide.
Little did the creator of plastic know that many years later it would pose for a major environmental challenge and feature in the list of the current environmental issues. But with nine million of plastic waste finding its way to the oceans every year, we could not just turn a blind eye to this very serious problem. To save the planet, this has to be checked as fast as possible or it will spell doom for the marine ecosystem which again will come back to indirectly hurt humans.
The forests act as the carbon sinks helping us deal with the carbon emissions. Of late however, the state of these forests has been alarming to say the least. Except a few handful of forests that have been ably conserved, the state of forest affairs do not pose for a good picture. The forests have been affected by large scale deforestation and diseases of the plants. Many plant species have been unable to adopt to the changing environments and are getting eliminated from the face of the planet. This planet will be a lifeless globe in the universe very soon if this trend were to continue.
This not only is an environmental problem but also comes as an economic and social issue. The environmental degradation causes several natural hazards and catastrophic events which leaves millions of people homeless. The already restricted space for living gets further restricted as a result apart from having huge economic consequences and pushing millions into poverty every year.
The population of the planet has been on a steady rise ever since its conception. But food availability has always been limited. One of the major current environmental issues is that food scarcity is more than ever before. The changing climatic conditions are largely responsible for this and the increasing floods and droughts are severely depleting the already insufficient food supplies.
We live in a world of rising lifestyle and environmental illnesses. The situation is so bad that the pollution levels are making kids who never smoked suffer from lung cancer. There are large numbers of respiratory problems being reported and the situation is worsening with every passing day.
All environmental articles for students will let you know about this very serious problem that is steadily building up. Water shortage is a genuine issue affecting people and is a huge problem because of how important it is for survival. Water conservation thus should be one of the biggest of our concerns.
All is not lost however and the current environmental issues can all be checked with a bit more consciousness. We have elements to replace plastic with and all we seek is consumer awareness. There are green energy solutions to substitute fossil fuel. The modern world is aware of so many ways of conserving water and energy and all of that knowledge can be put to good use. The problems can all be dealt with, if only we start being aware of the problem at hand.
In today's times although the environment is such a concern for us, there is a serious dearth of environmental articles for students. Educating the next generation about the environmental whereabouts should be taken seriously and this is our little effort to contribute to that. The major environmental concerns of 2018 are important to know if we are to find out the solutions to demolish these problems. Cheers to a greener and better earth!


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USS Monadnock (BM-3)
Monadnock off China, c.1901. Note the very low main deck. Photo in the collection of the National Archives at College Park.
Amphitrite, 1873
Laid down 23 June, 1874, a lack of funding and political issues kept USS Monadnock from being commissioned until February, 1896. Initially deployed off California, Monadnock was sent to join Commodore Dewey in the Philippines in June, 1898. The crossing took her just under two months, but she was able to provide fire support during several battles of the Philippine-American War. Monadnock spent the first five years of the new century in Chinese rivers, the Yangtze in particular, and was frequently stationed off the international settlement in Shanghai. Monadnock decommissioned in 1909, and remained in the Philippines. She was recommissioned as a reserve unit in 1911, but resumed full operations the next year, operating as a support and target towing ship for submarines. She decommissioned again in 1919, and was sold for scrap in 1923.
Monadnock en route across the Pacific to the Philippines in 1898. Note the water flowing off the deck, and the high railings for the crew on deck to grab. Photo in the collection of the US Navy Historical Center.
Fun Fact: Monadnock had been ordered as a reconstruction of a Civil War-era monitor, but that ship was so badly rusted, that she was scrapped instead. The US Navy took a page out of the Austrian's playbook, and reused the same name and some of the same materials to try and fool Congress. it was partially successful, until they came up short on funds, and had to go ask for a larger allotment.


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The Head and the Heart, First Avenue. Their three vocalists exchange the melodic lead as well as any band around. This was a rousing return for them after stealing the stage as the opener for Iron & Wine two years ago. Charity Rose Thielen, the female vocalist with Minnesota roots, is unmatched as a showstopper on "Rivers and Roads."
Colin Meloy, Woman's Club of Minneapolis. Absolutely the most intimate concert experience at an underrated, if not unknown, venue. Meloy was at his best sans the Decemberists, his usual band. The memorable encore of the three-part "The Crane Wife" demonstrated his musically intellectual prowess.
One Direction's Harry Styles, Louis Tomlinson, Liam Payne, Zayn Malik and Niall Horan played along with Robin Roberts.
Robin Roberts and "One Edition" on "Good Morning America." While interviewing One Direction, the TV anchor mistakenly called the huge boy band "One Edition" (she must have been a New Edition fan back in the day) — not once, not twice, but three times. And 1D's Louis Tomlinson picked up on it and screamed "One Edition" as he thrust his arm in the air — and his mates then joined in with another One Edition salute. Hilarious.
Leo Kottke, Guthrie Theater. The Minneapolis guitar god has never talked more in concert — and played less — but it was still a highly entertaining and musically rewarding show. He told stories about his first kiss, childhood music lessons, family Thanksgiving dinners and misadventures on the road. He offered some fancy picking on 6- and 12-string acoustic guitars on "The Fisherman" and "Then" and showcased his inimitable vocals on "Ring Ring" and "Pamela Brown." Props to Kottke for inviting three string players — violist Sam Bergman, violinist Jonathan Magness and cellist Pitnarry Shin — from the Minnesota Orchestra to open with a stellar and most appropriate program, peaking with the encore of John Mackey's jazzed-up country/bluegrass piece "Wrong-Mountain Stomp."
American Music Awards. Can't remember who won what but can't forget Miley Cyrus standing in one spot performing "Wrecking Ball" with a CGI cat singing behind her; Jennifer Lopez saluting Celia Cruz with two costume changes in mid-song and some flashy dancing, or Sarah Silverman's comment about white guys up for favorite R&B performer — and then winner Justin Timberlake saying he'd never been racially profiled by a white woman before. His quips were consistently funny all night.


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Used Chevy 2500 Trucks For Sale, Thrust: 2019 Ram 2500 / 3500 HD First Drive
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Used Chevy 2500 Trucks For Sale, Thrust: 2019 Ram 2500 / 3500 HD First Drive-As an alien, the release of new heavy-duty Ram's trucks can look like a symphony of success. After all, the Fiat-Chrysler engineers debuted as the best Ram in the class with a torque of1,000 pounds and a speed of 35,100 pounds.
About a week later and three weeks before we can explain how to drive new trucks, Chevrolet announced the traction of 3500 pounds for the Silverado 3500. In the meantime, Ford has also introduced its new Super Series series. F, with the promise to increase the number of towing cable, but not yet specified. It would not surprise him that Ram found a way to improve his specifications ("You can pull more if you take a glass!"). The earth burns and devours.
The fact is that the new HD Ram does not have to rely on its numbers. That is because he follows the footsteps of his half-brother Ram 1500, who is the most beautiful and best truck on the market. And if the sale of light is a 1500 sign, the public tries to figure it out.It is no secret that tablets have weakened over the years, but Ram has put things under even more pressure. He is proud of his high-end HD models, which have more skin and wood than any other tablet, and we simply believe in the word of the company. The limited model has leather on the seats, the skin on the console, the skin on the dashboard, the leather on the door and the skin on the gear lever. And where there is no skin, there is a wooden stain with open pores that has just been made. If the cowboys are designed by Bentley, they look like this.
One of the impressive features of this new truck is the lengths of Ram that are used to differentiate equipment levels. Each model has its own personality, which is reflected in internal accents, choice of materials, calendering and even in the source of instruments. Sit on a low craftsman or a big horn, then look at a long horn or a limited high band. They almost feel like completely different trucks. This is a real contrast with the latest GMC Sierra, where there is a slight difference between the top of the line Denis and Sills. Automotive technology is the goal. The Ram offers touchscreens of three sizes, the largest vertically aligned 12-inch sample that displays two screens of standard size (for example, an air-conditioning screen and a sound system). It can also be a great card in Full Screen mode. This is very useful if you pull a heavy trailer and you have to look critically.
Even the basic retailer with commercial grade vinyl chairs, plastic instrument panel and the smallest screen have a characteristic that we do not know about heavy weights: refinement. Whether you opt for a 6.4-liter V-8 petrol engine or the popular 6.7-liter Cummins diesel engine, the truck is surprisingly quiet, allowing Ram to have better sound insulation, an acoustic windshield and active wiping. noise. , System for top models.
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Of course, mechanical mechanisms have increased considerably. We will give our Trend Truck colleagues a detailed technical topic that will focus on their benefits. The chassis and axles are reinforced and the geometry of the suspension has been redesigned to improve handling and handling. The shock absorbers are adjustable to allow a variable response to softer or harder inserts. Optional air springs 2500 and 3500 are available, which not only align the truck in a horizontal position, but also allow it to be screwed under the trailer hook and then stop to hang it.
The 2500 models are equipped with a rear suspension with five clutches that perform wonders while driving. Not so long ago they looked like heavy weights such as heavy weights. The 2,500 model does not resemble half a ton of trucks, and although the 3,500 leaf springs are in the back and are much stronger, they are still surprisingly favorable because they can carry up to 7,680 pounds in bed. …………
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How to Convert Documents to PDF Within Firefox
Kim Barloso
Working with different file types – and converting them – is no doubt a task that requires a lot of time and resources. For example, to convert documents to PDF format, the user needs to spend some time figuring out how it works with a certain software.
Luckily, for Firefox users, an add-on called Soda PDF now allows one to convert document files into PDF within Firefox, all in the cloud. This makes file conversion (specifically for PDF) a task that's easier to do and is even possible without installing any new software.
The Soda PDF add-on requires restarting Firefox after installation, and you will then see the Soda PDF icon on the top right corner of the browser. If this is the first time you're using it, you'll need to click on the icon to go to the Soda PDF site.
To start converting files to PDF, you'll need to sign up for a free account. Scroll down to the bottom of the page and click on the Sign Up button under "Registered Member".
Enter your email address and a password of your choice.
Now you are ready to convert files into PDF. Log in to your account, and you should get the main screen as shown below:
The default screen will have the step-by-step instructions for PDF conversion. The three steps include uploading the file, entering your email address and converting. The file types allowed for upload are Word, Excel, Powerpoint, HTML and image files.
Click on "Upload File" and choose the file you want to convert. Wait for the file to finish uploading.
In Step 2, check to make sure the correct email is shown. If you want the notification sent to another email, you may change it here.
In Step 3, click the red "Convert to PDF" button.
The original and converted files will appear below the instructions as they are being processed.
To download the converted file, click on the disk icon to the right of the file name.
This brings up a dialog box asking whether you want to open or save the file. Click the Save File radio button, then click OK.
The downloaded file is saved under the "Downloads" folder or as configured in your browser.
You can also send the file to an email address by clicking on the envelope icon to the right side of the file name. Enter the email address of the recipient and click "Send."
While converting a file into PDF is a free feature, a premium plan is available and provides more options such as merging and splitting PDF files. Other features such as editing, annotating and securing PDFs are coming soon. Note that a registered account allows for only 100MB storage space and limits file conversions to one file every 30 minutes.
Being able to convert on the cloud is a convenient way of managing data across multiple files. With Soda PDF's user-friendly site, converting document files into PDF is surprisingly fast and easy. Although the free account has a few limitations, it's still a great deal considering the benefit it provides.
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President Trump's Nominee for FERC Commissioner Advances
On November 19, 2019, the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee approved the nomination of James Danly, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's (FERC or Commission) General Counsel, to be a member of the Commission. The 12-8 vote was largely on party lines, with only Democratic Senator Joe Manchin of West Virginia joining the Republican majority. If confirmed, Mr. Danly will be the fourth member of the Commission and the third Republican, the maximum number of Commissioners permitted from one party. Confirmation of Mr. Danly will leave the Commission one short of a full slate of five. As previously discussed, the nomination of Mr. Danly departs from the typical practice in such circumstances of nominating a Republican and a Democrat together. The next step in the confirmation process will be a vote of the entire Senate, which has not yet been scheduled by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell.
FERC Staff Identifies Cyber Security Program Priorities
At the Commission's November 21, 2019 open meeting, FERC staff made a presentation addressing the Commission's efforts to respond to cybersecurity challenges. The presentation identified organizational changes, including a new security-focused group composed of physical and cybersecurity specialists within the Office of Energy Projects' Division of Dam Safety and Inspections (D2SI). The intent of the action is to allow D2SI dam safety engineers to remain focused on dam safety while the new cybersecurity group focuses on physical and cybersecurity concerns. Its responsibilities will include:
Maintaining technical expertise, mentoring, and performing as team leaders for analyses and resolution of cyber and physical security issues;
Performing special security inspections, both physical and cyber, and participating as an evaluator during security exercises; and
Conducting surveys and risk analyses to assess security needs, identifying vulnerabilities and ensuring effective implementation of protection measures.
In addition to establishing the new cybersecurity group in D2SI, the Commission's Office of Electric Reliability, which helps FERC oversee reliability standards for the bulk power transmission grid, will establish a division focused exclusively on cybersecurity.
Decision on Petition for Certiorari in Hoopa Valley Tribe Case Expected
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FERC Reaffirms Requirement to Include All State Water Quality Certification Conditions in Licenses, Even When a Condition Is Unenforceable
On November 21, 2019, FERC issued an order on rehearing of an order issuing a new license for the Eugene Water and Electric Board's (EWEB) Smith Hydroelectric Project. The license order incorporated all of the conditions of the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality's (ODEQ) Clean Water Act Section 401 Water Quality Certification (WQC) except Condition 12, which requires EWEB to pay fees to ODEQ and the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) to recover costs of overseeing EWEB's implementation of the WQC. Condition 12 was excluded on the basis that it is inconsistent with Federal Power Act (FPA) Sections 10(e) and 17, pursuant to which FERC collects annual charges from licensees to reimburse the United States for the costs of administering the FPA. On rehearing, ODEQ and ODFW advanced several arguments in support of their request that FERC include Condition 12 in the license. FERC granted rehearing and modified the license order to include Condition 12 on the basis that it was required to do so, but reaffirmed its statement in the license order that, because the funding measure is contrary to the terms of the FPA, FERC cannot enforce Condition 12. Under the Environmental Protection Agency's proposed revisions to its Section 401 regulations, FERC would solely be responsible for enforcing Section 401 conditions once they are incorporated into a license, so it remains to be seen how a state would enforce a 401 condition that FERC deems to be unenforceable.
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You Should Meet: Mary Steiner
Bob Collins January 5, 2012, 3:48 PM Jan 5, 2012
Mary Steiner made her early trips to Uganda and Kenya to meet poverty. Then she met people.
Steiner founded Give Us Wings, a Twin Cities-based organization of volunteers who travel to Uganda and Kenya to help people eradicate poverty and become more self sufficient.
She was nominated for NewsCut's The People You Should Meet series by Clare Brumback of Eden Prairie:
Mary Steiner was raised in St. Paul, now lives in Minneapolis. Raised a lovely family. Twelve years ago she traveled to Africa as a volunteer for a organization. She realized there the needs of the rural villages were immense, not just because of basic resources, but because the world had not heard the stories of the people. The world could not come to these villages in Kenya and Uganda if she did not start to share their stories. After 12 years of sharing these stories, Mary has developed a unique model of international development and formed a non-profit called Give Us Wings. This unique organization is based on collaborative leadership, respect and listening deeply for understanding. Rare in the international aid world of "we know what's best, we will help you and move on".Mary is a published writer,a educator, a advocate for those who need a voice, a friend. The fabric of her life is very interwoven with others and while she is the consumate listener and will tell stories about others, I wish her story could be told.She is amazing and while a tireless advocate for Give Us Wings and the people of Uganda and Kenya, the Mary Steiner story is work telling.
Steiner was the managing editor at Red Leaf Press in 1997, when she asked for a leave of absence to visit Uganda and Kenya. "We were going to go for nine months. Red Leaf said 'no,' and I said, 'then I quit,'" she told me this week.
She loved the job, she says, but a long-time advocacy for social justice and an interest in civil rights and the role of women called her to go.
"I'd never been to a developing country before," she said. "We were staying in a village in Uganda. There was all this wailing, which meant someone had died. It was the last man in the village. They were all dying of AIDS. Women and children were left. The intensity of the poverty was something."
She also found the organization she had signed on with for the trip was corrupt, but she and her daughter stayed in the countries.
"We went from Kenya to Uganda and met a dynamite atheist, socialist, Ugandan development guy who took us out for 18 hours a day to meet these women and these groups," she said. "There were no cellphones. We didn't have computers, and a lot of people had never seen Westerners before. We were on the back of a pickup truck singing and I said, 'this is it. I don't know why this is it, but this is it.' I loved it."
She returned to Minnesota, intending to put together a book of stories written by the people she met, but realized she needed to learn more about the cultures. So she went back to learn more stories and the meanings behind them.
"Their stories were the same as our stories. And the feelings of people are the same. If a mother loses seven babies out of eight, she grieves for every one of those babies the same way as I would grieve for my baby," she said.
"We met this group in Nyagoga, Kenya," she recalled. "We sat in a dark room and they wouldn't look us in the eye. They hung their heads and talked. They said, 'Women die here every day. In every hut you see there is a sick woman. We need health care. We need a clinic here.' We went 'gulp.' It was their awareness of what needed to come first. The wisdom of the people. It was the beginning of learning that the wisdom has to come from the people. We really needed to listen to people."
Here are some of those women, standing on the foundation of what would soon be their medical clinic.
Steiner specialized in listening and transformed from a full-time author and editor, to full-time humanitarian, raising money to form a grassroots organization — Give Us Wings — which got its name because she was listening when someone said "it's nice if you give us money once in awhile, but we need access to information and education. We need wings."
"Could we have gone and said, 'Worldvision come in?' I don't know, but that's not how we responded," she said. "We brought these stories home and we called our friends and we had a silent auction in our living room. We made $6,000 and we cried all day. We went back to Africa with this $6,000 and just started to figure out what to do, and we kept learning and learning and learning."
Steiner is a native Minnesotan. She grew up in Saint Paul's Midway neighborhood and seems apologetic when acknowledging her family's own poverty, as measured by American standards.
"Is it more likely that people who have had poverty in their life 'get it?' I don't know, but I could understand more when I heard those stories because I've been closer to what that feels like."
Her mother's mantra was "you can learn from everybody and every person has value." Her own children obviously learned it, too. Her daughter became a nurse to help out in Africa, her son also traveled there and works for social justice in the Twin Cities. Another daughter teaches autistic children in New York.
Steiner is retiring from Give Us Wings, and considering new challenges. "You have to move on. It's not good for founding people to stay around too long. It takes a lot of energy. I become the focus. I'm the one who comes back every time and there are hundreds and thousands here who make it happen. I've become the symbol of the whole thing. It gets a little too entrenched," she said.
Has she made her last trip to Kenya and Uganda? "I don't think so," she said quickly.
But she thought she had when she journeyed back to Tororo, Uganda in January 2011. And so did a woman there named Rose.
"We met two groups. She was one of them, mostly women who moved from northern Uganda because of war and famine. Four or five of them started wandering, their husbands had been killed. They were looking for food and found other women who were wandering. They end up at this nasty slum, trying to make it. Homebrew everywhere. They'd sell their bodies sometime. They do what they've got to do.
"We're fairly organized . We had $100. We bought rice and flour and they'd say, 'My husband won't beat me tonight; I'm bringing home rice.'
"We couldn't come and say, 'Oh, I think you need a school here; let's build one.' It was 'We got a little bit of money, we need to hear what would make a difference for you.' We'd hear they needed houses or a clinic. This group's dream was housing . They just wanted some land.
"It took us seven years. We did buy the land. Thirty-two women built their own houses. They got organic farming training first, had some land for farming.
"Rose is married to a man who headed another group we started working with. He was corrupt. He was stealing from disabled people. She had seven children and this man was a tyrant and beat her all the time. He threatened to kill us because the deal was the women were going to own these houses. They had to write a will that willed these houses to the next woman in line.
"Rose was very tentative because she was afraid. We had many walks, she and I. 'I don't think I can do it, Mary.' So she didn't right away. She didn't move into the house.
"I said, 'You don't deserve to be beaten up. I love you and I don't want to put you in a position that gets you beaten up.'
"Eventually, he had a stroke and he went back to his village and she left to take care of him. She was gone several years. I came back in January and it was allegedly my last trip, and Rose was there. She was just standing there. She was very quiet. I couldn't even cry. I said, 'Rose, you're here.'
"She said, 'I came last week because people told me this was your last time and I needed to come, and leave him and be safe, because if you could keep coming, I needed to be stronger and I needed to let my daughters know that they could have another life. And I needed you to know that.' So she's there now. She left him."
"That was the day, I just cried and said, 'I cannot thank you enough for what you've done for me.' It was such a gift, such an honor."
Do you know of someone we all should meet? Who's the most interesting person you know? Submit their name and tell me why.
(All images courtesy of Mary Steiner)
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All I could think about when I read Mary's story is how amazing she is. She sees the world and she wants to give.
Then you have people who see the world and all they want to do is take.
Thank you Bob for sharing Mary's story. I am in awe at the generosity of some people I share this earth with.
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Great story! Thanks for sharing the news of someone who is doing innovative work for others, not just herself.
People who are impressed can donate or get on the email list at http://www.giveuswings.org
Hearing Bob Collins and Mary Lucia talking about Mary on the Current yesterday got me very excited about Give Us Wings and their partners in Kenya and Uganda.
Their work and their model of taking-it-slow and partnership is a breath of fresh air. How reassuring to know that there are people who are committed to the hard work of understanding, instead of just exporting their own ideas of what makes life good.
Mary and Give Us Wings are not only helping people in East Africa; they are demonstrating an important lesson about what aid can mean that many people on this side of the Atlantic can learn from.
Ann Thompson
Love this inspirational story!
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It is great to see someone who can afford to do this work; take the bull by the horns and ride it!
-and it is comforting to know people do care about these issues. Poverty, injustice and corruption.
Thank you for letting us know about this wonderful, wonderful organization and the wonderful people who created it.
thank you for sharing her story! beautiful.
Andrea Kisch
I have met Mary Steiner! Give Us Wings is doing amazing work in Kenya and Uganda. I'm so glad that I've been fortunate enough to meet Mary and work with her and Give Us Wings.
Bob, thank you for sharing Mary's story and for letting MPR listeners know about this great group that operates out of St. Paul.
Ever since I met Mary in the 70s, she has amazed me with her work and smart devotion to bettering lives.
I traveled with Mary and Give Us Wings in 2008 to Uganda and Kenya and not a day or week goes by that I don't think of the poverty I witnessed, the beautiful people I met and the wisdom and heart of Mary Steiner.
This is so AMAZING to have public recognition of both her and this non-profit organization that continues to tirelessly support people across the world with the donations made by people like you and I… please consider donating… http://www.giveuswings.org
Laurie Reeve
I've done three volunteer trips with and for Give Us Wings in Kenya and Uganda. The grass-roots work they do is amazing. People learn to help themselves; it's the purest form of "a hand up not a hand out" philosophy. When I see how far these people can go with just a little help I am in awe. You cannot imagine the difference Give Us Wings has made in their lives, and in mine!


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The 46th annual Venice International Film Festival was held from 4 to 15 September 1989.

Jury
The following people comprised the 1989 jury:
Andrei Smirnov: Head of Jury
Néstor Almendros
Pupi Avati
Klaus Maria Brandauer
Danièle Heymann
Eleni Karaindrou
Mariangela Melato
David Robinson
Jin Xie
John Landis

Official selection

In competition

Autonomous sections

Venice International Film Critics' Week
The following feature films were selected to be screened as In Competition for this section:
 Koma (en. "Coma") by Nijole Adomenajte (Soviet Union)
 Corsa di primavera (en. Spring Race) Giacomo Campiotti (Italy)
 O Sangue (en. Blood) by Pedro Costa (Portugal)
 Chameleon Street by Wendell B. Harris Jr. (United States)
 Homebound (Kotia päin) by Ilkka Järvi-Laturi (Finland)
 Jaded by Oja Kodar (United States)
 The Handsome Priest (Il prete bello) by Carlo Mazzacurati (Italy)
 Love Without Pity (Un monde sans pitié) by Éric Rochant (France)
 Lover Boy by Geoffrey Wright (Australia)

Awards

Golden Lion:
A City of Sadness by Hou Hsiao-hsien
Grand Special Jury Prize:
And Then There Was Light (Et la lumière fut) by Otar Iosseliani
Silver Lion:
Recollections of the Yellow House (Recordações da Casa Amarela) by João César Monteiro
Death of a Tea Master (Sen no Rikyu: Honkakubô ibun) by Kei Kumai
Golden Osella:
 Best Screenplay - Jules Feiffer (I Want to Go Home)
 Best Cinematography - Giorgos Arvanitis (Australia)
 Best Music - Claudio Mattone  (Scugnizzi)
Volpi Cup:
 Best Actor - Massimo Troisi & Marcello Mastroianni (What Time Is It?)
 Best Actress - Peggy Ashcroft & Geraldine James (She's Been Away)
The President of the Italian Senate's Gold Medal:
Scugnizzi by Nanni Loy
Career Golden Lion:
Robert Bresson
Golden Ciak:
Best Film - I Want to Go Home by Alain Resnais
Best Actor - Massimo Troisi (What Time Is It?)
Best Actress - Peggy Ashcroft (She's Been Away)
FIPRESCI Prize:
Critics Week - Love Without Pity by Eric Rochant
Competition - Dekalog by Krzysztof Kieślowski
OCIC Award:
What Time Is It? by Ettore Scola
OCIC Award - Honorable Mention:
Ek Din Achanak by Mrinal Sen
UNICEF Award:
Reinhard Hauff ()
UNESCO Award:
Hou Hsiao-hsien (A City of Sadness)
Pasinetti Award:
Best Film - I Want to Go Home by Alain Resnais
Best Actor - Massimo Troisi (What Time Is It?)
Best Actress - Peggy Ashcroft (She's Been Away)
Pietro Bianchi Award:
Francesco Rosi
Little Golden Lion:
Scugnizzi by Nanni Loy
She's Been Away by Peter Hall
Elvira Notari Prize:
Olga Narutskaya (Muzh i doch' Tamary Aleksandrovny)
Filmcritica "Bastone Bianco" Award:
Nanni Moretti (Red Wood Pigeon)
Filmcritica "Bastone Bianco" Award - Special Mention:
Otar Iosseliani (And Then There Was Light)
Amos Gitai (Berlin-Jerusalem)
João César Monteiro (Recollections of the Yellow House)
Sergio Trasatti Award:
Peter Hall (She's Been Away)
Children and Cinema Award:
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Kodak-Cinecritica Award:
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 Venice Film Festival 1989 Awards on IMDb

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As the current academic year starts to wind down (ha!), my thoughts inevitably turn towards planning for next year. For my KS3 classes, this might involve refreshing existing units. But, as we're still only halfway through teaching the new specifications for GCSE and A-level, I'll definitely need to spend time creating resources for my examination classes.
Thankfully, this doesn't have to be as time-consuming as it sounds. In fact, I'm pretty sure I'll be sorted before the summer holidays. What's the secret? Knowing where to look for support.
With the new Year 10 and 12 courses in the bag, I can now turn my attention to those for Years 11 and 13. When writing a new scheme of work, there are a handful of things I always aim to do.
Firstly, I make sure I have the specification next to me. Sometimes, student-friendly versions can be easier to digest. I also find it helps to have a copy of each of the textbooks published for that specification, just so I can be sure I've covered everything.
To keep planning focused, I find it useful to include a slide detailing the part of the specification we're covering at the beginning of each lesson presentation. This GCSE climate change unit takes things one step further by including the learning objective on almost every slide, while this short scheme on rivers offers success criteria based on different grade boundaries, ensuring all learners know what to aim for from the start.
To end up with something as comprehensive and engaging as this A-level unit on diverse places, I find that research is key. As well as checking out web-based forums in which teachers are discussing and sharing resources, I also participate in the online training offered by exam boards. Investing time in this gives me confidence that I'm on the right lines with my own planning.
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Wes Welker had an excellent game against the Broncos on Sunday, catching 13 passes for 104 yards and a touchdown. He also did something after the game that caught people's attention. During a postgame interview with CSNNE, Welker said, "It's definitely nice to stick it in Bill's face" (in reference to the "Belichick is phasing Welker out" narrative that took root earlier in the season) while smiling and winking. To some sportspeople, this comment became a Big Deal.
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When Wes Welker didn't sign a long-term contract with the Patriots and instead signed a $9.5…
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"It was a joke," Welker said. "I don't know what else to say about it. It was a joke. Bill and I, whether you believe it or not, have a good relationship, and it was a joke. I'll make sure to keep that in-house going forward."
This is why players stay quiet and constantly dribble out the blandest answers possible when talking to the press. Every mildly interesting soundbite is scrutinized and desperately contorted until it begins to carry a false weight and meaning. Writers who take a moment to admit that that Welker clearly made a joke don't immediately have permission to fill up blank space with their tortured analysis. The only interesting aspect of that CSNNE interview should be how Welker is apparently stealing vests from MacGruber's wardrobe now.
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