FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 28, 2018 Contact: Evan Greer, 978-852-6457, press@fightforthefuture.org
More than 1,000 firefighters, EMTs, and other emergency workers have signed an open letter that launched this week
Amid outcry over Verizon’s throttling of Internet service used by a fire department battling the worst wildfire in California history, more than 1,000 firefighters, EMTs, paramedics, 911 dispatchers, and other emergency workers have signed an open letter calling on Congress to pass the Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution to reverse the FCC’s repeal of net neutrality.
See the open letter here: FirstRespondersForNetNeutrality.com
“Access to reliable, high-quality broadband is essential for our work,” the letter, which was just launched this week, reads. “We routinely place ourselves in dangerous situations to assist others and save lives. But since the Federal Communications Commission repealed net neutrality rules and other key protections in December 2017, the communication services we rely on to do our jobs are no longer meaningfully protected from being arbitrarily slowed, blocked, or otherwise degraded by Internet service providers.”
It continues, “In response, we are joining with millions of businesses, veterans, and Internet users in asking Congress to use their Congressional Review Act (CRA) powers to restore the strong net neutrality rules and other consumer protections that were lost when the FCC voted to repeal its 2015 Open Internet Order.”
Many first responders also included personalized comments with their open letter signature. Here are some of the comments below:
“Currently serving in armed forces and away from California. It is distressing seeing citizens and friends not receiving the best possible emergency services due to ISP throttling.” –Louis G., EMT in Santa Barbara California
“My department uses Verizon for emergency services and cannot afford to be throttled.” –Paul S., firefighter in Santa Ana, California
“Our call paging system relies on private ISPs to relay information from 911 dispatchers to ambulances — it is unconscionable for corporations to endanger public safety for the sake of profit.” –Corey S., paramedic in San Diego
“EMTs rely on data to receive pages, vital paperwork necessary for patient care, and to help locate calls outside of our service area. Throttling speeds can delay care and cost lives.” –Larry T., EMT in Little Rock Arkansas
The open letter was just launched this week with support from Fight for the Future, a digital rights organization fighting for net neutrality and an open Internet. Many more signers are expected to join in the coming weeks.
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Feel like I should do this for my characters at some point.
Is there a character you want to know a little more about? Well step right up and drop their name in my box–and I’ll tell you more about them. (Reblog to have folks do this for you) You’ll get to learn:
01. Name: 02. Nickname(s): 03. Gender: 04. Sexuality: 05. Best Friend: 06. Relationship Status: 07: Crush/Significant Other: 08. Least Favourite Person: 09. Favourite Food: 10. Favourite Place: 11. Valued Attributes: 12. Dreams: 13. Nightmares: 14. A Secret: 15. Best Day: 16. Worst Day: 17. Favourite Outfit: 18. Weapon of Choice: 19. Role in RPG: [tank/dps/healer/healtank/et cetra] 20. First Thought in the Morning:
In case anybody's wondering what I've been up to this weekend, this is my view right now. This is my #life #unfiltered if you will. I've been doing homework and preparing my artwork to go up on my revamped website. You'll hear more about that when it's done. For now, consider this me poking my head in and saying "hey, I'm here. I'm just busy." and tired... Getting back to work now! ✌🏼 🔹 #lifeunfiltered #unfilteredlife #artlife #lifeofanartist #artist #collegestudent #collegestudentlife #digitalart #digital #painting #instaart #digitalpainting #digitaldrawing #creative #illustrator #graphic #photoshop #wacom #color #art #dailyart #artoftheday #paint #adobe #digitalartist #artistsofinstagram #artistsoninstagram #CrystaltheCC
Love this
Here’s a Gif of the brush in action so you can see what it looks like:
You can find the brushes here! 💕💕💕
I will also be posting an extra notes pack for $5 that will cover:
-how to add stars and effects easily
-how to adjust your image easily
You will be able to find those notes here!
How to Draw Hands by zephy.fr
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A very belated anniversary gift for my bf. I still miss him dearly. 😔💙💚 It’s been a rough and lonely year not being able to see him that often, or my friends for that matter. Swipe ➡️ to see my progress pics. You can see I did the sketch a year & a half ago and I’ve been working on the digital rendering since April.⠀ 🔹⠀ #art #artsy #instaart #DailyArt #ArtoftheDay #artwork #draw #drawing #digitalart #digitalartwork #digitaldrawing #painting #doodle #sketch #sketchbook #digitalartist #Photoshop #Illustrator #digitalpainting #Wacom #originalartwork #portrait #cartoon #creative #instadraw #instaartist #artistsofinstagram #artistsoninstagram #artist #CrystalCurie https://www.instagram.com/p/CJfUOMRDGkl/?igshid=ham9yxpepb1y
gif example for the first 3:
another example of applying measuring:
I know poppin’ to be roughly 5 feet tall. I also know that, on average, the height of a room is at least 8 foot tall.
I also know that the pokémon centre has two levels to its base floor room, so I’m thinking it’s a bigger room than average but still a little less than two storeys tall. I decide to make it 12 feet tall, thats one and a half rooms. Considering the average size of pokemon is like, huge, it sounds about right to me.
So I measure that out:
then I add another floor on top, and that gives me the height of the building!
this is the same as measuring out the cubes, I just applied a number this time! the pokémon centre is about four poppin’s tall, or four cubes if you will
there’s all kinds of things you can do by using just a few lines to measure things out. I wanted to make sure hugh was taller so I measured that out too!
so when you’re drawing things like architecture instead of thinking of it as a big complex shape, break it down and think about the size and position of things - especially the edges - relative to each other, and you’ll find it much easier to draw.
It’s very time consuming, but if you’re patient you can draw anything no matter how complex :^)
Finished up the inking yesterday. I experimented with adding hatching! This is something that I’ve been wanting to try, but I wasn’t sure about how it would turn out. I got out of my comfort zone and just did it anyway. Hope you like it!
Hey folks! Paul here with another Tutor Tuesday PDF:
Feedback’s welcome as always, and Meg and I are thankful for your support!
I’m aiming to post another set each Tuesday for the next few months, so here’s a list of the PDFs so far (a collection of collections, if you will):
TutorTues_PDF_01_Fundamentals1.pdf
TutorTues_PDF_02_Fundamentals2.pdf
TutorTues_PDF_03_Environments.pdf
TutorTues_PDF_04_Scenery_and_Props.pdf
TutorTues_PDF_05_Positivity.pdf
TutorTues_PDF_06_Color_Theory.pdf
TutorTues_PDF_07_Digital_Color.pdf
TutorTues_PDF_08_Digital_Tools.pdf
Thanks again!
Paul
(Nudity Warning. Just in case) Time is flying on by these days… Here’s some life drawing sketches I did for a Pencil Kings daily challenge last month. It was a nice exercise, though I’d like to brush up on my skills some more. Hope you enjoy~ 🔹 #art #arts #DailyArt #ArtoftheDay #artwork #draw #sketch #sketchbook #pencil #traditionalart #traditionalartwork #pencildrawing #pencilsketch #pencil #originalartwork #instaart #instadraw #figuredrawing #lifedrawing #sketching #drawings #creative #artistic #artistsofinstagram #artistsoninstagram #artist #illustrator #instaartist #CrystaltheCC
Yesterday was my birthday and I wanted to draw something special. It's a redraw of something I drew a couple years ago. I raced the clock but couldn't get it done before midnight, so here it is today. Hope you enjoy! 😊