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Milwaukee inventor featured on new TV series

Depicts a very modern way to pursue the American dream,” said Sarah Barnett, executive vice president and general manager of Sundance Channel. “Ben Kaufman and the community of Quirky.com are using technology not only to revolutionize the product development process but also to create a platform that unleashes both our individual imaginations and collective power. Celebrating how creativity flourishes outside conventional avenues is something distinct to our programming.” The opening remarks at the conference will be presented by Wisconsin Superintendent of Education Tony Evers. Evers was elected to the post in 2009 with more than 57 percent of the popular vote. With more than three decades of public education experience, Evers will give a report about what the state’s educational system must do to prepare tomorrow’s workforce to meet employers’ needs. Evers’ remarks will be followed by a panel discussion about the challenges and the opportunities facing southeastern Wisconsin’s educational infrastructure. Panelists will include:

Gregory Thornton, Ph.D., superintendent of Milwaukee Public Schools. Melanie Holmes, vice president of World of Work Solutions at Manpower Group and chair of the Milwaukee Area Technical College District Board. Paul Sweeney, founding partner at PS Capital Partners LLC in Milwaukee and chairman of the Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Commerce’s Education Committee. Robert Rauh, principal of Milwaukee College Prep School. Renee Herzing, president of Herzing University.

The conference will provide business owners, top-level managers and human resource leaders with insights on how education and workforce development can be the catalysts for economic development in the region and throughout the state. In addition to the panel discussion, the conference will present several concurrent educational workshops for business executives.

David Guetta – Nothing But The Beat - Consequence of Sound

Guetta—with a little help from his guest artists—has had almost three decades of experience creating perfect pop songs. Take his remix of Snoop Dogg’s “Sweat”, for example: Guetta keeps Dogg’s echoing deadpan delivery but replaces an almost dub instrumental base with hard beats and swooshing synthesizers. This doesn’t necessarily make the track better, but more catchy and thus successful. The same goes for Nicki Minaj’s “Turn Me On”, whose skipping beat and screaming synths are more recognizable as quintessential techno. Some tracks, like “I Just Wanna Fuck”, fall flat. With female singer Dev and producer Timbaland’s production and vocal contributions, it could have been another “Promiscuous”; instead, Dev’s stuttering against pogo-stick synths are irritating. And it’s hard to get past lines like “A girl, you’re my B girl/C girl, I got this D girl/Want me to spell it out?/I’ll make it easy/I’ll have you yelling out/Your A, B, C, Ds”.

You can hear the origins of Guetta’s career, and why he’ll never sound like the lighter-waving arena rock to which he aspires, on the second disc. “Lunar”, which Guetta co-produced with Dutch DJ Afrojack (whose resume includes Pitbull’s “Give Me Everything” and “Run the World (Girls)” by Beyonce) sounds like TRON: Legacy -era Daft Punk. Another instrumental track featuring Swedish producer Avicii, “Sunshine” sounds more like the Guetta most Americans know and love, building and breaking down like a Billboard chart-topper. That’s what Guetta does best, and hopefully what he’ll stick to on future endeavors.

Essential Tracks: “Turn Me On (ft. Nicki Minaj)”, “Wet (ft. Snoop Dogg)”, “Where Them Girls At (ft.