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My alarm went off this morning at the Mirage hotel and instantly, there was pain shooting through the side of my face, pouring out of my ear. My throat is swollen. I don't want to get up. Not now, not ever.
I am supposed to be eating breakfast at Bellagio this morning. I have to do this today as the only way I can redeem my MyVegas reward is if I am staying at an MLife property, and this is the one and only time I will be doing that on this trip. But I don't want to get up. You can't make me. So I went back to bed. Now that I am home, I hate myself so much. I have 1.5 million points to use on MyVegas that I will never be able to use. And I really should have done this.
I also again missed my opportunity to take photos of the Bellagio conservatory. I really suck.
I showered and got dressed and ate at the Mirage buffet, free via MyVegas. I was so surprised the buffet was empty. There were a million people at the elevators. CES starts today. My personal hell on earth.
I get seated and am told drinks are self service. I like this because it means I am not reliant on a server to bring me more coffee. I don't like this because it confuses the tipping. Who am I tipping and for what? The woman who asked me if I wanted hot sauce? Does she get the same tip as someone who serves me beverages? Do I tip myself for serving me beverages? I have no idea.
This buffet isn't really good. It is extremely spread out. I guess when it is not empty it seems normal. It just seemed to me that there was a lot of walking and not a lot of decent choices for food. But the coffee was the best I have had so far this trip, and that includes my many trips to Dunkin Donuts. Good job, Mirage!
Love theater at Mirage:
I decided in advance that I would not be gambling today because I need to stop having losing days. That said, it is raining outside and I always win when it rains. So I try $10 in Keno and lose. Sigh.
I go upstairs, pack and try and check out on the television. I keep getting an error message telling me to call the front desk. No. I will not. I will simply leave without checking out.
I walk over to Flamingo and catch the 202 to my spa appointment. When we stopped at Gold Coast, the world's most annoying man got on the bus. I hate this person so much. It seemed that he wanted to eat the Gold Coast buffet, but they would not let him pay for his daughter's buffet with whatever option of payment he was trying to use, because she is under 21. (She was with him, and appeared to be about ten.) I have no idea if he was trying to use a coupon or voucher or what. I just know that he was not happy about this and would not shut the fuck up about it. On and on about how the customer is always right, how the daughter needs to stay in school so she doesn't end up doing an idiot job like buffet cashier. At some point, a teen aged guy came down the bus stairs and recognized this guy, asks him "You go to (whatever) park, right?" The guy confirms yes, he does. The teenager says "I work there, I see you a lot" and says hello and good bye. When the teenager gets off the bus, the man goes into a rant to his daughter about how only stupid people work at parks. If this guy wasn't so lazy, he could go to college and get a real job. How do you fucking know this guy is not going to college while working? GOD SHUT UP. But nope, this teenager must be lazy and according to this man, he is going to end up working at the Gold Coast buffet one day. I must have been on this bus for eleven hours because that is how long these life's lessons went on. Every time the topic of conversation changed, it would go right back to the Gold Coast buffet. So. Painful. He even made his daughter rip up a business card from the Gold Coast manager. How dare they not allow him to have whatever he wants, despite there being rules. Do they not know who he is? He will never play there again and he is excited to see the day they inevitably go out of business over this huge faux pas on their part. OH GOD SHUT THE FUCK UP ALREADY. You are riding a bus in Las Vegas. You are not the high societal man you think you are. Buddy.
I am having a microdermabrasion and pumpkin peel. I believe this took just over half an hour and left my skin feeling nice and soft. The aesthetician asked me where I was going after this (I had my bag with me) and I lied and said Sam's Town because I didn't feel like explaining that no, I know what Longhorn is like, no I don't care, yes I am going to be fine. Well it turns out she was going near there after this, and do I want a ride. What an extremely nice gesture. But I have errands to run / don't like accepting favors from strangers, so I politely declined.
From here, I took the bus to the Las Vegas Advisor office to pick up my coupon book for 2016. It is now pouring out and walking in the rain with my bag would have seemed like death, except the walk takes you past a homeless village with people living under tarps and tents, so really….I was the most fortunate person heading down that street in this rain.
I continued on from here to Boulder Highway and switched buses to get to Longhorn. This whole trip took a very long time. I get that people who drive everywhere in their normal lives view a fifteen minute bus ride as the end of the world and a waste of their WHOLE ENTIRE DAY OH MY GOD. But the way they picture that fifteen minute bus ride to be, was exactly how this whole entire ordeal was really for me.
Longhorn hotel. Loved it! I would stay here again forever and ever. It is not a fancy five star hotel, so no one should be expecting that. I paid $40/night during CES. Have you ever checked prices for Las Vegas hotel rooms during CES? Please do not do so if you are faint at heart. Places like Circus Circus manor rooms were over $200, as were El Cortez pavillion rooms. Even the Hostel Cat was sold out of private rooms!
Plus, there is no resort fee, you get free coffee in the lobby in the mornings, and you get a coupon book when you check in. I got $5 free play, there was a match play in there, and slot club points that got me a free meal (and then some) just with those points, before I even played. I cannot say enough about this place. They also have self service laundry. I needed that at this point in the trip.
I was also given a peep show outside my window. Down below, there is a pool and a hot tub. Three women were in the hot tub (why I do not know, it is FREEZING and pouring outside) and then they decided to go in the pool (see aforementioned WHY.) Two make it in, one slips and falls and lands flat on the ground, sans her bathing suit bottom, which is somehow around her ankles. Yeesh.
Now that I had my Las Vegas Advisor coupon book, I was itching to go downtown and gamble. So I did.
I took the bus and walked through Four Queens, stopping to use my $10 free play on Cleopatra Keno. I won $15. This is off to a good start! I got some Dunkin Donuts and then continued, with the Plaza as my next stop, where my free play vanished lightning quick.
Up next, Binions. I got to play for a while but never really hit a cash out point. I did get enough points to do a daily swipe at their promotions booth and won a deck of cards. If I had collected the decks of cards every time I have won one, I could build a life sized mansion out of them.
it is still pouring outside. I love how the neon reflects on Fremont Street in the rain.
Next stop is The D where I had $5 from a mailer…until I had nothing from a mailer. That $5 was gone in seconds.
I walked over to Downtown Grand. I really do not like this place. And it does not like me. Free play, shmee play. Gave me nothing.
Last stop on my free play run is the El Cortez. Surely I am going to win big here. I mean, I have had more than my share of bad luck on this run so destiny owes it to me to win. Right? Wrong. I lost the free play. Then I converted all my points into free play and lost that too. I was playing Cleopatra Keno, $5 at a time on nickels. I never once even got it converted to $5 cash, let alone doubling the $5, which is my preferred cash out point. Sigh.
I took the bus back to Longhorn and called it a very unsuccessful night. You know, because it was.
Gambling Day: – $10
Gambling Trip: – $10
Miscellaneous: (tips, water and Diet Pepsi): $34
Comps used: nada
Freebies: Mirage breakfast, free via MyVegas
Tuesday, January 5, 2015
Breakfast: Bellagio buffet 7-11 free MyVegas
Eiffel Tower half off $14 LVA 10-5
Check into Longhorn
$10 for $5 ACG
$10 for $5 hotel
2400 points hotel
Dinner: Boulder Station half off LVA 4-9 $9.99
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vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/.../329 I think of the ssx tricky character.00|00|0
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vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/.../329 I think of the ssx tricky character.
I think its cute
Have an opinion?
Sorry but I think it's horrible. It's a German 18th century name and I'm German speaking so when I hear it, I hear all the old-fahsionness that comes with it. It's like if I asked you what you think of the names Percival or Theodore.
I like it, sounds cute and girly xD
my cousin's name is Elise.
it's horrible.
just kidding, I like it :-)
Very elegant. It's nice on the ear too. Which way do you pronounce it?
Better than most names I've come across.
E-leese x That's how you pronounce it x
Or I-lese x
Yeah, well both are really pretty. Why don't you like it?
It reminds me of Beethoven's Fur Elise. I like it.
It's a cute name.
I think it's a lovely name
pretty uncommon so that makes it good
I like it. Old names are making a comeback.
Sounds VERY classy. I would never imagine a beautiful, classy, respectable girl... like the queen of england or some chit.
I think it's pretty :)
I love it.
Nothing wrong with it
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Curious to hear your response.....
I don't immediately turn the other way, but I don't really care about which bag which celeb is carrying.
If one, or any person for that matter is carrying one I have, I'm interested in seeing how it looks when being carried. but not because a celeb is carrying it.
The options in this poll are rather extreme ends...
I personally couldn't care less who is carrying which bag. However, there must be some connection between celebs wearing certain bags and bags becoming popular... Otherwise, designers wouldn't give away their bags to celebrities for free.
Sorry- I was being a bit sarcastic in the options. I do agree I should have added a 3rd option- of somewhere in the middle
For me, I don't get a sense of allure when I see a celeb wearing a certain bag. I used to be obsessed with Balenciaga and then I got sick of seeing the Olsen twins, Nicky Hilton, Nicole Ritche, even J Lo carrying them. Plus it pisses me off that they probably got them for free
I wonder if Victoria Beckham paid for all her Birkins- I think I read somewhere that she owns 10 or 15?
It doesn't matter to me what bag a celeb is carrying. If I drool over a bag I'll get it, if not...I wont. I actually prefer NOT to have a bag that a celebrity has but I know some people think that bags are not drool worthy unless they're being carried by celebrities. I feel sorry for celebrities bags though...they carry them for about a week, then you never see them again, poor bags! It's like they don't have bags that they cherish, just the latest ones being released and it bothers me!
I don't turn away but I don't go out and buy the bag. Normally I already have many that I see.
Honestly, I'll admit that it makes the bag more appealing to me. I always tend to notice what bags Lindsay, Paris, etc are carrying. I don't like it when EVERYONE is carrying it and it gets played out. I do get influenced by celebs a lot, not just in terms of purses but also style and clothing wise.
i won't want or buy a bag JUST because a celebrity has it, i have to love it! but i will admit i definitely get happy if i see something i already own on a celebrity that i like. it's part of the celebrities job to look and dress nicely.
I don't think that I've ever purchased a bag based on seeing a celebrity carrying it, however, I do love to look!
It's not so much the fact that they're a celebrity. I pay attention to what type of bag every person I see is carrying...that's just how I am. But I do pay attention to celebrities because I do most of my shopping online because there isn't a big variety where I live in Ohio and we tend to get things later than the big cities. Seeing a celeb carrying a bag doesn't make me go buy it but it is a way that I keep abreast of new styles, designers, etc.
I don't like a bag because a particular celebrity has it, I just browse magazines and notice things I like.
I think the best part of liking a bag that a celebrity wears, though, is seeing what it looks like on someone and with stuff in it...instead of just a stock photo online or in a catalog.
I immediately turn the other way- I could care less
I've purchased bags after seeing them on celebs before and will def. do it again (it just heps me to visualize how the bag would look like on as most of my bags are purchased on line, esp. the ones that are limited and no longer available to try on at the store).
For example, I have never considered getting CHANEL bowler till I saw these pics of Elle Macpherson carrying one:
I've also made up my mind about Waltz Oskar after seeing Angie Harmon with one:
And last but not least, this pic of VB
made me get a black birkin with gold hardware (when I though I would never want to own a black birkin).
I didn't answer the pole because my answer was somewhere in between. I am sometimes interested in a bag when I see it on a celebrity, but more because maybe I haven't seen it before (this happened with Balenciaga when it first became popular ... I LOVED that bag, but wasn't willing to spend the $$ on it until recently). However, seeing an awesome bag in a photo by a TPF member works the same way to inspire my lust for it. If a celebrity carries it doesn't make it more appealing to me, but it does sometimes allow me to see the bag before I might otherwise notice it (well, before coming here that is since all you TPF members are so on top of things!).
for me it depends on the bag. I first saw the MC speedy when Jessica wore it on newly weds. now i did not go out and get just be she owns it. But I did track it down because its a gorgeous bag.


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SecureDrop is a submission system that allows users to submit data and information relating whistleblowing, and allows media companies to access this information so they can publish it.
The system was created by Aaron Swartz and is controlled by the Freedom of the Press Foundation. SecureDrop can be installed by media organizations, once installed they can accept documents from whistle-blowers and anonymous sources. The system uses a dual server system. One system to store the documents received from the anonymous sources, and the other to monitor security. The server that accepts the public documents can only be accessed through the Tor Network using Tor Hidden Services. Many well-known organizations have used SecureDrop including Forbes, The Washington Post and the Associated Press.


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So tired of MTV. What a played out channel. Hope Vice obliterates what's left of their audience (even though I find Vice irritating too). Read about this stank news story here.
Sorry, it's Monday, I'm in a grumpy mood.
So tired of MTV. What a played out channel. Hope Vice obliterates what's left of their audience (even though I find Vice irritating too). Read about this stank news story here.
Sorry, it's Monday, I'm in a grumpy mood.
Sony and Viacom Reach Tentative Deal to Stream Cable Channels
Produced for their younger audience, two titles of three will be called "The User's Guide to Energy," and the "Economics in Plain English." Maybe Schoolhouse Rock was ahead of its time?
Not to be out done by Vine or Instagram, YouTube's co-founders have created MixBit, a new video editing app that literally does it all (shoot-edit-publish) for videos. And the co-founders Chad Hurley and Steve Chen have even done one better, since the app allows for videos to be edited together as a string of clips–up to 256 actually. Nice.
You can get the app on iPhone, and as a web app, with a version for Android slated for next week.
Anybody else tired of this whole celebrities show up and suddenly they're "art" thing? I actually find Marina Abramović really interesting, but this thing with Gaga….I don't know, and that crap with Jay Z, it was seriously awkward to watch. Mainly, I'm referencing this hot mess, and this, and (yawn) of course this had to happen, cause he's Jay Z, in an art gallery. So crazy, right? It's all so very lame. Somebody pointed out (I can't remember who) that basically Jay ain't doing anything Andy Warhol didn't do back in the day with his collaboration with many, many a celebrity. Hmmmm. Let me think about that….ya, NO. NO. NO. NO.
Don't get me wrong, I'm a huge fan of Jay Z (and we're talking from back in the day stuff), but truly the closest this guy will come to "creating art" is if he paints "ego" on a canvas and frames it for all to see. Otherwise, sorry Hova, it's I'm just not feelin' it.
As a huge fan of 'Sons,' I had to post Sesame Street's 'Sons of Poetry' skit.
The space, to be built in the Chelsea Marketplace area, will include everything a film studio needs ( sound stages, props, etc), and places YouTube on even firmer ground to eventually dominate tv and cable.
The move will help users differentiate themselves on one account, and allow Netflix the ability to track users data with far more accuracy. Users can even create profiles based on different moods–which should prevent Netflix from recommending Judge Dredd when you're having a eat a pint of Ben & Jerry's, stay in pajamas kind of day.
Update: Grumpy Cat may have gotten the revenge he was looking for–a movie deal.
That's right, round up any "special" boxes you have and express ship'em to Japan because one very special Scottish Fold is turning all of 6-years-old today. Watch above as Maru rests on the arm of a couch, turns off running water, takes a nap, and tries to wrestle his way into objects way to small for his cute pudginess (extra cute bonus points here!). Awww, that adorable Maru!
And you got to respect a cat who figured out that simply by jumping into a box you can average 800,000 views. So step a side Keyboard Cat, and Stairs Cat, and yes, even you, skydiving cat, because Maru has got this. But hey, don't hate the player, hate the game. I'll let Grumpy Cat have the last word here.


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Williamstown: Quiz Bowl, telethon to aid Mount Greylock SEE Fund
The Mount Greylock Regional School District's SEE Fund will host a student/faculty Quiz Bowl and telethon at the school on Thursday, March 10. The competition will be broadcast live from 6:30 to 8 p.m. on WilliNet channel 16, and soon to be rebroadcast on LCATV2 in Lanesborough.
This event is meant to highlight students and student learning, and to serve as a fundraiser for educational initiatives at the school.
Blair Dils, a faculty member and coach of Mount Greylock's "As Schools Match Wits" team, will emcee the Quiz Bowl.
The telethon will take place simultaneously with a goal of raising $5,000.
All members of the Mount Greylock School community are eligible to apply for SEE (Sustaining Educational Excellence) Fund grants. Application and eligibility guidelines are available at berkshiretaconic.org. The deadline is April 15.
For more information, contact John Gerry at 413-458-9106.
If you'd like to leave a comment (or a tip or a question) about this story with the editors, please email us. We also welcome letters to the editor for publication; you can do that by filling out our letters form and submitting it to the newsroom.


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November 21 2016
BLINDING GRINDING POVERTY in 2016
BY Marie and Chris Stark
Note: (This theme submission on poverty addresses the consultation questions posed based on our perspective as citizens who are blind)
***Recommendations for new Act provisions:
That the unique needs of people who cannot see be addressed by the Government of Canada in targeted measures to remediate todays reality of economic and social isolation for the majority these citizens who cannot see.
***The Federal Government should be required to establish a criteria for its own funding and provincial support funding that advances the Increased use of individualized consumer driven funding to give people with disabilities choice in the rehabilitation/habilitation they receive particularly for people who can not see who are now excluded from this service delivery model by todays support funding practices.
Other people with different disabilities have this rehabilitation and disability supports funding option now.
***It is recommended Employment supports must include consumer driven funding options that are free from the charitable medical model of service denial that perpetuates this ghettoization of people who can not see.
*** Recommend that this consultation process include an updated study, using the same methodology, as the HRSDC publication Living with Disability
in Canada:
An Economic Portrait by Gail Fawcett, PhD - ISBN 0-88810-451-0
***It is recommended that the cost of assistive devices be exempted from all Federal taxes!
***It is recommended that Health Canada establish an assistive devices loan bank for persons with disabilities, so that newly disabled individuals and all persons with disabilities can tryout existing and new technology before paying the extremely high cost of this specialized equipment.
It is recommended that the federal government develop a seniors strategy for those who grow into disability after age 55.
It is recommended that a cost of disability federal allowance be implemented based on severity of disability to cope with the extra costs.
*** The new act should recognize and address the urgent need of capacity organization building for consumers who are not able to see.
We have been asked by many people who cannot see from across Canada to submit this article for consideration by the National Consultation on Disability. It deals with the poverty, isolation and lack of services for people who can not see.
This introduction provides an update and new sources for this article written a decade ago. This new reference material illustrates that the poverty of people who are blind has grown even worse since this article was first written.
First and foremost this is a human problem and not a academic discussion. It affects real people living with disability on a daily basis. As CCD put it --At the personal level poverty means doing without many of life's essentials. For Canadians with disabilities, this translates into living without needed technical aids that bridge obstacles in a person's life; having to forego eating well because you apply your food budget to the rent to live in an accessible building; cutting your pills in half to make them last longer because you can't afford to buy more. These are the types of choices that you have to make when you are living on less than $10,000 a year.
Even in the hierarchy of need people who can not see are at the bottom of the pyramid, out of sight and out of mind. .
. With this reality in mind it is worth reflecting on the following.
The CCD has written People without disabilities are surprised to learn that disability and poverty are nearly synonymous, with disability leading to poverty and poverty contributing to disability.
- For working-age people with disabilities, the poverty rate is 14.4 percent. The overall poverty rate for Canadian adults is 10.5 percent.
- Disability poverty is more severe for women with disabilities. Among people with disabilities living in poverty, 59% are women compared with 55.4% of people without disabilities living in poverty.
- Poverty is affected by living arrangements. For people who live alone, 31 percent with disabilities live in poverty compared with 21.3 percent of Canadians without disabilities.
- Poverty rates are considerably higher for persons with disabilities up to age 65, retirement age, then drop to the same levels as for retirement-age persons without disabilities.
Isolation is what poverty means qualitatively for children and adults with disabilities: not playing on sports teams; living in unsafe, substandard housing which may not have needed accessibility features; poor nutrition and dependence on food banks.
1. Statistics Canada's 2012 Canadian Survey on Disability, published on February 29th of this year located online at:
Over one-quarter of persons with disabilities were classified by Statistics Canada as having a very severe disability
In 2012, 26.0% of persons with disabilities were classified as very severe; 22.5%, severe; 19.8%, moderate; and 31.7%, mild.
The employment rate of Canadians aged 25 to 64 with disabilities was 49% in
2011, compared with 79% for Canadians without a disability. Among those with
a 'very severe' disability, the employment rate was 26%.---Thus the unemployment rate was 74%
The employment rate of university graduates with a severe or very severe
disability was lower at 59%.
However, a lower level of educational attainment may represent one
employment barrier among those with disabilities, particularly among those
who had a severe disability.
In 2011, the age-adjusted employment rate of individuals who had less than a
high school education and had a severe or very severe disability was 20%,
compared with an employment rate of 65% among those who did not have a
Both severity of condition and level of education were important determining
factors of employment among Canadians with disabilities, along with the type
of condition (that is, mental or psychological versus physical).
However, university graduates with disabilities were less likely to work in
management occupations. This was especially the case among men, since 12% of
those with disabilities held a management occupation (compared with 20%
among those without a disability).
As well, male university graduates with disabilities earned less than their
non-disabled counterparts. Among men working on a full-year full-time basis,
Persons with disabilities are older and less-educated on average
Furthermore, persons with disabilities are less-educated, another factor that can be related to lack of employment. For example, 9% of persons with a severe or very severe disability held a university degree, compared with 27% of those without a disability. Lastly, persons with disabilities were more often women, for whom the employment rate is also lower
2. Additional statistics are from a recent Ipsos Omnibus survey conducted for CNIB, which is posted on their website under "Canadian Polls" at:
Canadians appear to have some degree of reservation about working with a colleague who is blind or partially sighted. Two in three Canadians (67%) agree (22% strongly/44% somewhat) that working with someone who is blind or partially sighted would prompt concern about that person's safety in the workplace.
Vision loss can happen to anyone, at any age - and when it does, it can have a serious, negative impact on employment potential. At half a million and rapidly growing, Canadians who are blind or partially sighted comprise a significant portion of the nation's population.
Of these, over 100,000 are working age adults. The employment rate among Canadians with vision loss is strikingly low: 38 per cent versus 73 per cent for people without a disability. And approximately half of Canadians who are blind or partially sighted live on a low income of $20,000 a year or less.
According to this Ipsos survey, 70 per cent of Canadians say, if faced with two fully qualified candidates, they would hire a sighted job candidate over a blind one.
18 per cent of Canadians wrongly believe that an employee who is blind requires someone to lead them around the workplace, one in three don't know how to interact appropriately with someone who has vision loss in a workplace setting, and three in ten Canadians don't know if someone who is blind requires a sighted person to read their documents to them on the job
3. A Study funded by HRSDC entitled An Unequal Playing Field provides a grusem picture.
25% of consumers aged 21 to 64 reported that they are employed, -- Thus 75% are not employed --
17.8% had successfully completed high school,
The largest group of working-age consumers (26%) reported having received no employment supports.
- 44% of all adult participants reported that they get out of the house on a daily basis — 27% of seniors and 57% of working-age participants. --- —Therefor 56% do not ---
Almost half of participants (41%) reported that their needs for service were not being met.
- The most frequently reported impacts of unmet needs on daily lives were reduced capacity to do things participants want to do (44%) and feelings of isolation (37%).
- Only 13% of all participants said they participate in advocacy activities.
- One-third of parents reported that their child had unmet needs.
- The most frequently reported reason for unmet needs was local unavailability of required services (33%), followed by long waiting lists (20%).
- Close to one-third of parents stated that their children never received birthday or other party invitations, 77% that their children do not belong to clubs, and 74% that their child does not play sports.
Over half of all the adult participants (55%) reported that they do not use public transportation,
Authors note
Although this survey did not differentiate between the different groups, people who cannot see, people who are deaf and blind and people who have low vision, the results are another portrayal of the reality of blindness today based on a small sample. Also the results were presented in a way that most benefited the service providers and their needs for more organizational funding.
Authors note ends
All of the resources listed above, when read and analyzed, support the premise of this submission that the more severe the activity limitation the larger the unmet need and the greater the poverty, isolation and segregation. These most vulnerable and fragile Canadians are least able to cope with the extra costs of living without sight.
Economic Barriers Narrative Original Article
Four out of five working age blind Canadians do not have an opportunity to work and contribute to this countries economic growth. Broadly speaking the labor force participation for blind persons is 20% compared to 40% for all those with a seeing disability, 44% for all persons with disabilities and 73% for non-disabled Canadians. Thus most blind persons have an inadequate income during working age and after retirement well below the level of other Canadians. Blind persons have a standard of living inferior to all other Canadians.
Admittedly, this is an over-simplified presentation of the surveys and data results depicting the plight of today's working aged blind persons in Canada. Intentionally in this article, for the sake of clarity of message, the economic niceties have been glossed over and include the distinction between labor force participation rates and unemployment rates or the shifting of labels/definitions between reports to describe disability and blindness. All are invited to dispute the reality depicted here and present a more socially acceptable picture. We are confident that further study and/or clarifying explanations will only paint a more horrific picture than the facts enable this article to portray. It is all too real for those who live with denied access, lack of opportunity and unequal opportunity on a day to day basis year after year, generation after generation.
It is not the disability of blindness that creates this poverty and despair but the Handicapping effects of an educational, vocational rehabilitation and employment apparatus of non-blind persons whose livelihood and very survival is dependent on reinforcing society's charitable medical model of blindness which calls for us to be hidden away from mainstream society. Out of sight, out of mind in the labor force keeps the donations coming for the care of the blind. Here are the benefits and results of this neglect and the environment which perpetuates the isolation and segregation of blind persons from the mainstream of Canadian society.
More than half of all blind and partially sighted persons who are trying to work are denied access to the labor force.
54.4% is the lack of participation rate among Blind persons from the most recently available data, as extrapolated from Figure 2.2 of the book "Living with Disability in Canada: an Economic Portrait" by Dr. G. Fawcett. The labor force consists of persons in paid employment and persons actively seeking paid employment.
The comparison of labor force participation rates for persons with and without blindness is difficult, on account of the
likelihood that certain questions asked to determine whether
a respondent was actively seeking work have a different
significance for each group. For example, one of the
questions has to do with whether the respondent looked at
"help wanted" ads. This activity might be difficult for
some persons with seeing disabilities.
In 1991, persons with seeing disabilities had a fairly low unemployment rate when compared to the rates for other disability groups. Yet, they had almost the lowest labour force participation rate compared to those for other disability groups.
A person with a severe disability who has not had paid employment for many years--perhaps never--may be willing to work, preparing to seek paid employment (for example, by doing volunteer work acquiring labour market skills) and intending to actively seek paid employment, and yet may be unable to answer affirmatively any of the "participation" questions for a given four-week period. Dr. Fawcett points out that, in 1991, over half of persons with disabilities who were not in the labour force either showed some sign of work potential or cited an environmental or personal barrier as the reason they were out of the labour force. Lack of appropriate transportation between home and work would be an environmental barrier. The need to attend at a hospital for treatment might be a personal barrier.
In 1986, the unemployment rate was 64.9% among persons with a visual disability giving an employment rate of 35.1%. The progress since 1986, namely a rise in the participation level of 10.5% is due primarily to a greater number of persons with usable vision being included in the count as illustrated later in this discussion when looking at severity of disability.
In 1986, blind persons were ranked seventh and last among the disability groups, thus, were the most unemployable, based on the nature of the disability. People with speaking and mental disabilities, relatively speaking, had a greater chance of being employed than blind people. In 1991, with an employment rate of 44.4%, blind persons had rocketed up the ability chain two places to fifth spot. While the preceding percentages are for those participating and not participating in employment, it is worth noting in passing that approximately 212,000 of the Statistics Canada estimated 635 000 blind Canadians earned a wage in 1991 which has profound implications for the financial well-being of blind Canadians.
The Canadian National Institute for the Blind with an 80 000 client base of which three quarters are considered legally blind reports a similar result in their Consumers First report. Approximately one in four blind and visually impaired Canadians is of working age. This sector of CNIB's clientele is growing at a rate of approximately 6 percent each year.
Goss Gilroy Inc. in a study for CNIB found that just under 40 percent of Canadians with seeing disabilities were employed in 1991, 6 percent were unemployed, and fully 54 percent were not in the workforce, including those who choose not to work and those who have become discouraged and who have given up looking for work. In contrast, the employment rate for persons with disabilities in general was almost 44 percent; for persons without a disability, the employment rate was 73 percent.
The employment picture is better for working age adults who have skills in braille. In 1995, the CNIB's Library for the Blind conducted a study on the impact of braille literacy on library services to blind Canadians. The study found that, of braille readers who responded to the mail survey, 6 percent were actively seeking employment, a figure that matches the Goss Gilroy findings. Of those who were employed, 52 percent reported household incomes higher than $25,000; fully 14 percent reported household earnings of more than $50,000, compared to just 10 percent of the Canadian population at large. In addition, 11 percent of the braille readers had university degrees, compared to 14 percent of Canadians, and 14 percent of these braille readers had more than one degree. The report stated that the findings underscore `what the rest of society takes for granted, that literacy is the cornerstone for education, employment, and independence.'
Statistics Canada notes in the results of the 1986 Census of Canada, however, that almost 50 percent of the visually impaired workforce has less than eight years of education, compared to just 14 percent of the overall workforce. In contrast to the CNIB findings regarding blind Canadians with braille skills, only about 4 percent of all visually impaired workers have graduated from university.
The Statistics Canada 1991 HALS study defined an individual as having a seeing disability if he or she:
• had difficulty seeing ordinary newsprint, with corrective lenses if usually worn or
• had difficulty seeing the face of someone four meters, or twelve feet, across a room, with corrective lenses if usually worn.
Of the 635,000 Canadians with a seeing disability:
•511,000 were adults living in households 80 %
• 94,000 were adults living in institutions 15 %
• 30,000 were children aged 14 or younger 5 %
Approximately 94,000 adults were said to have the most severe seeing difficulty: they were completely unable either to see the face of someone across a room or to read ordinary newsprint, with corrective lenses if usually worn.
The illusion of any positive progress is shattered when the severity of the disability is factored into the equation. The severity of each disability was measured according to whether a respondent could perform a given function only with difficulty or not at all.
In 1991, 34.2% of "sight impaired" persons had a mild disability, 34.1% a moderate visual disability and 31.7% a severe visual disability. It is not unreasonable to conclude that those with a severe visual disability have little or no usable vision. 20.9% of sight impaired persons with a severe visual disability were employed in 1991 meaning that 79.1% of blind persons trying to earn a living were not participating in the labour force.
When considering all persons with a visual disability 16.7% required accessible transportation, 27.6% required job redesign and 29.4% required modified working hours. It is reasonable to conclude that the job redesign is the need for adaptive equipment such as talking computers and braille output devices for computers. It is reasonable to further conclude, supported by the relative closeness between the 27.6% job accommodation figure and the 31.7% number of persons with a severe visual impairment, that the severely visually impaired would rely extensively on this workplace accommodation. Thus, the cost and complexity of accommodation is a major force in determining whether a person can do the job since only 19.9% of persons with a mild disability and 46.9% of persons with a moderate visual disability were not participating in the Labour Force as compared to the overwhelming 79.1% of the severely visually impaired persons who want to work but are not being given access to the labour force. Being blind means being shut out.
Arguably, society thinks of blind people when giving money and support to those who offer help to this group. It is for aid in overcoming the information deprivation of blindness that money and resources are so generously showered on the service providers.
Thus, 50.9% of persons with a visual disability not requiring any accommodation were able to successfully find work in 1991. No one would even suggest that persons with a mild or moderate visual impairment should not receive all the support needed to meet the challenges of the labour force. However, their successes should not be used to mask the plight of those who do not function on the visual plain. It is clear that lack of sight not only means lack of opportunity but also means denied benefit from the resources intended to assist this group of deserving Canadians. The facts speak for themselves in validation of this conclusion.
The Consumers First report of the major provider of services to "blind" persons in Canada notes that "More than three out of four .... clients have 10 percent vision or less; the remainder have more than 10 percent vision." Arguably, approximately 25% of those receiving service are not even considered "legally" blind. At least another 50% of those receiving service function on the visual plain and seek to maximize the use of their residual vision to function visually like the majority of Canadians. It appears that less than one quarter of the total group being helped in the name of the blind are in fact blind people who rely primarily on other senses to perform the tasks of daily living.
The same Consumer First report indicates that approximately 25% of the client base are between the ages of 30 and 49 but this group makes the most calls on services in a year. Arguably, these are the most in need of financial resources, having finished their studies, and need employment and financial security for themselves and their dependents.
As an aside, it could be argued that those with a visual impairment, moderate or slight, have been handicapped by being streamed into the environment of the blind. Blind persons have also been handicapped by this streaming because the successes of those functioning on the visual plain have been used to show funders and donors that value for money to help "the blind" has been received: masking the plight of the average blind person with the accomplishments of the few. This is another factor accounting for the approximately 80% unemployment rate among blind persons. Keeping in mind the two classes of opportunity and benefit, one for persons with usable vision and one for blind persons, the aggregate picture of income levels is still horrific. As the disability increases, so does the poverty, lack of opportunity, lack of employment opportunities and lack of quality of life.
57.5% of sight impaired persons who worked more than 30 hours a week earned less than $25,000 in 1991. The "official" poverty rate among blind persons was 29.6% in 1991.
To move beyond this point, it is only possible to extrapolate from the studies of all persons with disabilities to make some generalizations about blind persons which probably parallel the reality for persons with other disabilities.
The book "Living with disability in Canada: an Economic Portrait" by Gail Fawcett, Ph.D. suggests that "The employability of persons with disabilities has as much to do with their environment as it does with their disabilities." Dr. Fawcett distinguishes between "disabilities" and "handicaps." "Disabilities are functional limitations due to impairments. Handicaps are disadvantages experienced by the interaction of impairments or disabilities with an individual's environment."
She concluded that persons whose underlying condition was present before they completed their formal education tended to have higher levels of educational attainment and labour force participation than those whose disabilities occurred later. Two interpretations of these differences are suggested. One is that persons in the former group are likely to be younger and thus to have more opportunity to plan ahead and to adapt their future lives to their disabilities. The second but not alternative interpretation is that, recognizing the employment disadvantage of having a disability, they take steps to extend their education and training.
Regardless of severity, people with hearing and unknown physical disabilities have higher rates of labour force participation than those with other disabilities. The present author wonders whether seeing, speaking, mobility, agility and mental-learning disabilities, being more easily recognized than hearing or unknown physical disabilities, are greater deterrents from labour market access.
For persons with and without disabilities, the higher the level of educational attainment the lower the unemployment rate. In 1991 completion of post-secondary education was associated with an unemployment rate of 10% for persons with disabilities compared to 6% for those without disabilities. Persons without disabilities and a high school diploma also had an unemployment rate of about 10%. The unemployment rate differential for persons with and without disabilities was greater for some occupational groups than for others. The differential was less for clerical, sales-service, and blue collar occupations than for professional-managerial, semi-professional-technical, and supervisor-foreman-forewoman occupations. For blue collar workers, the rates were 14% and 13% respectively, but for semi-professional-technical workers they were 15% and 6% respectively. For professional-managerial workers, both rates were lower, but the differential was still fairly large: 7% and 3% respectively.
Between 1986 and 1991, unemployment rates dropped for those with mild or moderate disabilities but rose for those with severe disabilities. In the latter year, the rate for persons with severe disabilities rose to 28%. Unlike the other two groups, this group's employment rate increased but little. Most of those who moved into the labour force remained unemployed. Especially given our high unemployment rates since 1991, one wonders how long they continued to seek work.
The results of multiple regression analysis reveal that the most important factors determining the earnings of persons with disabilities in 1991 were education, occupation, training, sex and age. This analysis was confined to persons in full-time employment (30 or more hours per week). Education is considered to be the single most important variable because it exerts both strong direct and indirect effects on earnings of persons with disabilities. For both sexes, the greatest earnings premium came from obtaining post-secondary (non-trade) credentials.
Having a disability increases a person's chances of being poor. In this study, "poverty" is based on Statistics Canada's low income cutoff definition." These cutoffs are based on family income and are adjusted for family size and the size of the community. They are not adjusted for the extra costs involved in having a disability. Even beyond the costs of foregone earnings opportunities, persons with disabilities must often spend money for items and services related to their disabilities. In 1991 36% of persons with disabilities reported having at least one such expenditure that was not reimbursed.
Adults with disabilities derive their economic support from a variety of sources, and their chances of being poor vary, depending on the source of income. Those who receive earnings are least likely to be poor. For those who rely on an income support program, their odds of being poor vary widely, depending on the program. The two most important factors that determine eligibility for a disability income program are past labour force participation and how the disability occurred. Persons with sufficient labour force involvement can qualify for such programs as the Canada Pension Program and Quebec Pension Program disability benefits, private disability pensions, or workers compensation, which are likely to be more generous than benefits available under social assistance.
In 1991, adults with severe disabilities were much more likely to be poor (30%) than those with mild disabilities (18%). Between 1986 and 1991, the percentage dropped for persons with mild and moderate disabilities but rose for those with severe disabilities. Rates for persons with disabilities ranged from a low of 16% for persons with unknown physical disabilities to a high of 31% for those with speaking disabilities. Those with seeing disabilities (30%) were not far behind.
So we come full circle and find that the onset of blindness at an early age is a prescription for misery. Given the key importance of education, one cannot help wondering why the school systems have not graduated more blind students worthy of being employed in the classroom along side their sighted former classmates. Could it be that we have replaced the segregated residential schools for the blind of the sixties with the isolation of mainstream education, as yet another way of avoiding the acceptance of blind persons as equals, entitled to integration and equity. Struggling against the unwillingness of educators to provide report cards to parents who are blind is yet more evidence, if any were needed, that the educational system perpetuates a medieval notion of blindness towards students and parents alike: human beings who just happen to be blind. Waiting for years to receive vocational counselling and testing that ends up suggesting suitable occupational goals for a totally blind person include, surgeon, truck driver or floral arranger contribute to the 79.1% lack of participation among persons with a severe visual impairment. Little wonder that employers strive mightily to avoid hiring blind persons. As we move towards a service based economy, having a blind person at the cash register, ticket counter or gas pump seems more remote than ever.
Lack of role models in the school system, in the workplace and in the media all contribute to the devaluation of the self-worth, self-confidence and self-esteem of blind persons. Acceptance of the dignity of risk, the right to choose and the essential need for self-determination in the service delivery model offer the only practical hope for braking the handicap of dependency and poverty in the Canadian environment.
One cannot help wondering if all blind persons were treated equally and equitably since 1918, if these handicaps faced by blind persons would be a thing of the past. Veterans received access to education without student loans, access to equipment without first having a job, access to funds to cover the costs of blindness like transportation, access to support services like readers and homemakers, access to choice in rehabilitation and employment services.
Many have wondered why two classes of blind persons exist in Canada. If you happened to be injured on the job, blinded as a result of a car accident or lost your sight in the defence of the country: help and support flowed forth in stark contrast to blindness from birth or eye disease. As early as 1926, Canadians were called on to redress this inequity which fosters the economic reality of doing business in Canada and that is serving or hiring the blind is an unjustified, unfair and unnecessary cost of doing business, to be avoided as long as possible. Witness the battles over access to information in alternative formats with all whether it be election ballots, telephone books, thermostats or sales flyers. All these barriers contribute to the continued unemployability of blind Canadians.
This is not new information. Report after report have drawn attention to this government condoned and encouraged margenalization of blind Canadians. It is unlikely that Canadians will learn from the past as the current model is comforting, as it perpetuates existing and long standing stereotypes of blindness. The pessimism is heightened by a review of past reports and is a fitting finality to this review of the Economics of blindness.
Blind Rights Action Movement Nova Scotia 1970 and Blind Rights Report 1972
"The survey reveals that of the one-third of the blind population who replied, 38% were in receipt of an allowance under the Blind Persons Act. According to government figures, the overall total of B.P.A. recipients is 36%. Only 48 returns, that is 10%, disclosed that the blind person was employed. Seventy-five percent of the replies revealed an annual income of less than $2,000.00. The average income disclosed by the survey is $1,775.-00 per year."
The Lowry 1972 report estimated that only about 10 per cent of blind Nova Scotians were employed.
The Blind Workmen's Compensation Act Study in British Columbia. Paterson studied the general economic and employment characteristics of British Columbia's blind population between the ages of 16 and 65. He concluded that:
"The estimated blind unemployment rate in B.C. of up to 45 per cent can be contrasted with the general provincial rate of 7.3 per cent estimated as of December 1974."
" blind persons in B.C. between the ages of 16 and 65 have annual incomes which compare closely to the poverty line."
"The annual incomes for blind women in this age group are suggested to be less than half those for men."
"It may well be that up to two-thirds of all blind persons in B.C. between the ages of 16 and 65 are receiving social welfare"
The Girard Report 1974 indicated that in Quebec more than 20 per cent of blind persons aged from 20 to 65 were beneficiaries of social aid compared to about 8 per cent for the population in general. "Furthermore, it was possible to establish that about 500 legally blind persons work, based on a population of about 2,000 capable of working."
Cummings Nova Scotia Study 1975
"between 70 and 80 per cent of blind Nova Scotia's have an income level less than the minimum wage. Further applying the most conservative poverty line $3,012 about two-thirds of blind Nova Scotians are living in poverty."
"Instead of breaking the vicious link between blindness and poverty, the federal and provincial welfare services have succeeded only in concealing the plight of blind Canadians from public attention..... more than half of all blind adults of working age in Canada subsist at substantially less than the officially accepted levels of poverty..... The alarming conclusion that blind people must be numbered among the poorest of the poor in this country cannot conscientiously be denied. The claim that probably more than half of all the blind adults in Canada subsist at less than the officially accepted poverty levels is supported by various studies."
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Today I received an e-mail from a photography student at the Art Institute of Colorado…as a class assignment, he was to ask three simple questions of a working professional photographer.
I love answering these kinds of things, since (although I've never held a formal teaching position) I've always believed I learn the most by sharing what I've already learned with others.
Here's his letter:
Hello Jeff,
My name is Jason Rowe and I'm a Photography student at The Art
Institute of Colorado.
For a class assignment, I was instructed to find a working professional in my field. Next, I was to ask them the following questions:
1. What is your favorite part of your job?
2. What is the most challenging part of your job?
3. What is one piece of advice you would give a photography student?
I realize you are busy and would really appreciate if you could take
a minute to help me complete this assignment.
If you are too busy, I understand and thank you for taking the time
to read this email.
Thanks again and Best Regards,
Jason Rowe
The Art Institute of Colorado
And my response:
Hi Jason,
You bet, I'm happy to help you with your assignment…. I'm going to answer in a little bit more general fashion, since I always find it so hard to come up with one "favorite" LOL
One of the things I like the most about my job is the variety….I'm not a cubicle kind of guy, and I get to do something different every day. Some of it sucks…after all, I wear a lot of hats….similar to most small-business owners, I'm not just the photographer…I'm also the accountant, marketing director, and janitor. But it's worth it anyway…. Because, what I might like even more than the aforementioned variety is the simple satisfaction that I'm getting paid to do what I like….no, not just what I "like", but something that comes from my soul.
The most challenging part of my job…..hmmmm, I'll tell you two things again. My first answer would have to be handling the business "chores"…..bookkeeping, scheduling, organizing, etc. As a predominantly right-brained person, those critical tasks are easy to screw up or lay aside… I have to constantly remind myself that they are ***important*** and that many shitty photographers who are great business people succeed, but never the other way around. My other answer to that question is simply that photography is its own challenge….there are always opportunities to learn and grow in my art. Being a good photographer (for anyone, as my theory goes) is directly tied to how you view and interact with the world…and therein lies room for constant growth not just as a photographer but as a human being.
That kind of segues into advice….I'll tell it to you like the Greeks: Know Thyself. Why do you want to be a photographer?? What is it about yourself (not just you as a surface individual, this dude who happens to be named Jason…but YOU, your innermost SELF) that you can bring out in your photography that will make it such a unique expression that it can be found nowhere else in the world, rather than a commodity to be sought at the lowest price?
This is something I ask myself every day, because this self-reflection is critical to developing and maintaining your visual style. Your style is never a set of techniques…that makes you simply a technician with skills that are easy to replace. Your style is how you express your unique viewpoint…your vision. IMHO, this idea is critical *especially* today, when technology is putting picture-taking ability into everyone's hands, greatly devaluing purely technical photography and the skills of button-pushing and exposure-making. It's easy to know a lot about equipment, and Photoshop….but it's much more valuable to understand how to use those tools to communicate in a way that uniquely resonates with others.
Feel free to get back to me if you want me to explain further or have any other questions… Good luck, in general, and with your assignment!
Best Regards,
Jeff Navarro


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John Henry Leiderman of Penn.
I'm really reaching as I suspect that somewhere the spelling was changed.My husbands people are of German descent and I am aware that the spelling is Jewish.I can't get beyond John Henry Leiderman who was born in N.J 1860. Died 1917 Bethlehem, Pa. Married Rose M. Weitzel. John Henry Leiderman is buried in The Holey Ghost Cemetery in Bethlehem. Please if anyone can help I'd appreciate it.


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A newly-released video from Carnegie Mellon University's College of Engineering program in Rwanda showcases the inspiring stories of the impact of CMU's program on students in Africa. The video was aired during the AAI 2016 Annual Awards Gala on September 20 at Cipriani 25 Broadway in New York City.
To learn more about Carnegie Mellon University in Rwanda, visit http://www.cmu.edu/rwanda/about-cmur.


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Love Goes to Buildings on Fire
Five Years in New York That Changed Music Forever
Will Hermes
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
ISBN: 9780374533540384 Pages
Barnes & Noble
Punk rock and hip-hop. Disco and salsa. The loft jazz scene and the downtown composers known as Minimalists. In the mid-1970s, New York City was a laboratory where all the major styles of modern music were reinvented—block by block, by musicians who knew, admired, and borrowed from one another. Crime was everywhere, the government was broke, and the infrastructure was collapsing. But rent was cheap, and the possibilities for musical exploration were limitless.
Love Goes to Buildings on Fire is the first book to tell the full story of the era's music scenes and the phenomenal and surprising ways they intersected. From New Year's Day 1973 to New Year's Eve 1977, the book moves panoramically from post-Dylan Greenwich Village, to the arson-scarred South Bronx barrios where salsa and hip-hop were created, to the lower Manhattan lofts where jazz and classical music were reimagined, to ramshackle clubs like CBGB and the Gallery, where rock and dance music were hot-wired for a new generation.
Love Goes to Buildings on Fire
This is the era where everybody creates.
--Patti Smith1
An hour after midnight on January 1, 1973, Ernie Brooks was barreling down...
Praise for Love Goes to Buildings on Fire
"Practically every paragraph about music here is also about something else just as fascinating--race, city planning, ambition, drugs, hair-dos. Braiding intricate research with his own teenage memories, Hermes has a bird's eye view of a great city, and has his ear to the ground." —Sarah Vowell
"By simply putting things in chronological order, Will Hermes shows just how astonishing New York City's music was in the 1970s. But he does more than that: he brings depth and discernment and an eye for odd detail, making his book an essential work of cultural history." —Luc Sante
"Love Goes to Buildings on Fire is an almost perfect portrait of New York music culture: specific yet comprehensive, enthusiastic yet objective, and as informed as it is personal. The four-page section of what (seemingly) every interesting person in NYC was doing on the night of the '77 blackout could have been a book unto itself." —Chuck Klosterman
"A must-read for any music lover, Love Goes to Buildings on Fire will no doubt inspire nostalgia in readers who lived through the era, and make those who didn't wish they had." —Liz Raftery, The Boston Globe
"Will Hermes grew up in Queens, but Love Goes to Buildings on Fire, his new book on New York's 1970s music scene, is no nostalgia jag--it's a detailed time-machine trip that zooms in on everyone from the New York Dolls to Steve Reich." —Rolling Stone
"Meticulously researched and engaging." —Eric Been, The Wall Street Journal
"I thought there was nothing left to say about the seventies NYC music scene, but Hermes puts it all together--punk, salsa, jazz, hip-hop, disco--into a portrait of a city in ferment, with new bubbles of innovation popping up all over." —Dan Kois, Vulture Recommends (New York magazine)
"Revelatory." —Entertainment Weekly (Grade: A)
"There's no mistaking that this book will have a special appeal for people who were exposed to this music when it was developing--mostly those living in New York in the mid-70s--but Hermes does what a good writer does. He makes the rest of us (this writer included) wish we'd been there." —Georgia Young, Paste
"[Hermes] does an expert turn here in his book about the music scene in 1970s New York, moving between musical genres and the human worlds they contained with the light-headed excitement of a bright grad student who's transferring from one subway line to another." —Emily Carter, Minneapolis Star-Tribune
"[A] breathtaking, panoramic portrait of five years . . . that music in New York City was alive, flourishing, and kicking out the jams." —Publishers Weekly (starred review)
"Hermes moves effortlessly back and forth between the various musical genres while interspersing stories of New York at a time when the city was on the verge of financial ruin and moral collapse." —Booklist (starred review)
In the Press
Book review: 'Love Goes to Buildings on Fire' by Will Hermes - latimes.com
Music exploded in New York in the 1970s. Will Hermes, in 'Love Goes to Buildings on Fire,' chronicles such artists as Patti Smith, the Ramones, Bruce Springsteen, Philip Glass and Steve Reich. - Los Angeles Times
Love Goes to Buildings on Fire
The Bronx may have been burning, but downtown Manhattan's mid-'70s music scene was even hotter. - The New York Times
LOVE GOES TO BUILDINGS ON FIRE by Will HermesKirkus Book Reviews
Read the Kirkus Review of LOVE GOES TO BUILDINGS ON FIRE Music Made in New York City in the '70s. Readers may assume that a book whose title riffs on a Talking Heads deep cut would be pretty cool; they would be right. - Kirkus Reviews
'Love Goes to Buildings on Fire,' by Will Hermes
Love Goes to Buildings on Fire Five Years in New York That Changed Music Forever By Will Hermes (Faber and Faber; 368 pages; $30) As a writer for Rolling Stone and cultural commenter on NPR, Will Hermes has always been... - San Francisco Chronicle
Must-Read Books by Will Hermes, Lydia Millet, and Stuart Nadler - The Daily Beast
This week: The legends that made New York music, a book of short stories that capture nothing less than life, and a man heads south in Lydia Millet's novel. - The Daily Beast
When the '70s took Manhattan - Nonfiction - Salon.com
A new book explores how the New York music scene exploded from 1973 to 1977 - Salon
Book Review: Love Goes to Buildings on Fire - WSJ.com
Eric Been reviews Love Goes to Buildings on Fire: Five Years in New York That Changed Music Forever by Will Hermes. - The Wall Street Journal
NONFICTION REVIEW: ""Love Goes to Buildings on Fire"" | StarTribune.com
David Dinkins may have been hyperbolizing in the early '90s, but in 1973 New York City really was a gorgeous mosaic - Minneapolis Star-Tribune
New music books, including one on John Lennon, riff on glory days of Rock & Roll, grunge and gossip - NY Daily News
Lately it seems musicians have spent as much time in well-lit bookstores as they have on darkened concert stages. Last fall, Keith Richards' autobiography "Life" became a best seller — a relief to its publisher, Little, Brown, which had laid out a $7 million advance. - New York Daily News
The Ramones to Philip Glass, NYC '70s music scene - Yahoo! News
From Yahoo! News: "Love Goes to Buildings on Fire: Five Years in New York That Changed Music Forever" (Faber and Faber), by Will Hermes: New York City might have been dead broke, crime-ridden and garbage-infested in the 1970s, but the music sure was great. - Associated Press
'Love Goes to Buildings on Fire,' by Will Hermes - Review - NYTimes.com
In "Loves Goes to Buildings on Fire" Will Hermes has isolated the years 1973 to 1977 as a crucial, if sometimes awkward, period of transition in New York and in American music. - The New York Times


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CodePlexProject Hosting for Open Source Software
Just stumbled over this very promising project. Before I deep dive a quick question berforehand. Is the source available under a license other than LGPL? When working on commercial products, LGPL is often too restrictive and sometimes even ruled out by contract.
Could you think of offering this unter the MS-PL or another less restrictive license?
Thanks for your thoughts,
As an addendum, the license that comes with the sources (DocX/License/License.html) is actually the MS-PL, while the project license here on CodePlex is set to LGPL, so maybe you just might want to change that?
Hi John,
thank you for pointing this out. I have updated codeplex to reflect the actual licence of the project which is MS-PL.
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Do you find the whole detox-landscape a bit blurry? Let's put an end to that and have a look at the top 4 products I have identified.
Important Disclaimer: There are a lot of products promising to detox your body. While I'm not a doctor, and only relate my own views on the products, I might get paid a small affiliate commission so that I can keep this site online. With that being said, I actually put these detoxing products to test. However, for the best of intents, you should still seek proper medical advice.
Alright, so I know what works for me, but what will work for you? What is the best colon cleansing product? Read on, because I'll tell all. Let's start by looking at the top 5 reasons why you should detox in the first place.
Table of Contents
- Top 5 Reasons Why You Should Detox
- What to Expect After A Successful Detoxification
- Top 4 Detox Products (Updated for 2017)
- Conclusion & Final Words
Top 5 Reasons Why You Should Detoxify Your Body
Cleaning your digestive system comes with a lot of added benefits, among of which it…
#1 – Reduces bloating
#2 – Eliminates sensitive gut
#3 – Helps you lose weight
#4 – Clears your skin
#5 – Supports your immune system
As you can see, the list looks promising. From my own experience, I mostly experienced #1, #3, and #4.
Depending on the food I would eat, I would get all cramped and feel bloated. It was always inevitable. These were foods that I loved eating and just didn't want to deprive myself of them. So detoxifying my gut definitely helped there.
Back in the day, I was a bit on the heavier side. I didn't feel good or proud about it. In fact, I didn't even do the detoxification thinking I would lose weight, it just happened. It's not anything to write home about, so keep those expectations in check. However, it was noticeable, at around 15 pounds in 2 months.
My acne also cleared up, and my skin became glowy. Of course, in a very good way. It's a natural byproduct of doing a super detox (as I show you below).
What to Expect After A Successful Detoxification
So what else can you expect after doing a successful detoxification? Note that I purposely added the word "successful". That's because not many people follow through. Obviously, if you don't follow the recommendations and stick to the plan, none of what's written here will matter.
You will definitely feel more energized and in tune with your body. This might sound like standard lines companies throw at you to lure you in, but nonetheless I've found it to be true.
When I first did a detox, I was very skeptical, but I can vouch for the fact that I felt more energized. It's hard to describe, but you end up "understanding" your body. I guess that's what they mean by "being in tune" with your body.
Top 4 All Natural Colon Cleanse (Updated for 2017)
While there are a lot of "homemade products" you can use to detox, I wanted none of that. I wanted results, and I wanted them fast. The detox products I've listed here are all natural, well researched and tested. They also have rave reviews and testimonials. That was enough to convince me, and now, after many cleanses, I still feel really strongly about my top picks.
#1 – 2017's New Winner: Apex Vitality's Cleanse & Detox
Let's welcome our new winner: Apex Vitality's Cleanse! This is by far my favorite choice now. It is rated by a lot of cleansers as the best colon cleanse product out there because it helps you in so many ways.
Not only does it flush the toxins from your body, it kickstarts your metabolism making you lose weight in the process. Cleansers also reported Apex Vitality's all natural colon cleanse pills to relieve constipation and bloating while increasing your overall energy levels.
How exactly does it work? Well, I made the test!
First, go to their site and grab yourself a free trial bottle. I believe I only paid like $4.95 for shipping & handling since the first bottle is free with the trial. They have limited bottles in stock, so if I were you I'd take advantage of the trial before you do anything else. My bottle arrived within a few days but I decided to wait until the next Monday to start my 4-week experiment.
So to make things short, four weeks later I've never felt better! I'm down 6 pounds, which is amazing considering I didn't actually diet. My energy levels are higher, and best of all, no bloating or constipation. Check, check, check!
This gets 5 out of 5 stars and replaces our last year's winner. Since you're looking to detoxify (otherwise you wouldn't be here), the Apex Vitality's colon cleansing pills get our highest recommendation. Grab their free trial by clicking the button below:
#2 – Last Year's Winner: Global Healing Center's Herbal Colon Cleanse Kit
Up until around March 2017 this was our undisputed winner for best colon cleanse product. While it now comes in second on our top-rated cleanser list, it is by no means less effective. It's just that this year's winner is just an all around better experience.
I found GHC's Herbal Colon Cleanse Kit through various health forums on Google. People were raving about the Oxy-Powder included in the kit. One even spoke about their grandma using it, which I thought was pretty funny! All in all I liked what I read and ordered the package. It cost me $80 the first time, but they have since lowered it to $59.95. It includes free shipping in the U.S., which makes this a sweet deal, if you ask me. They also offer international shipping if you live outside of the U.S.
The kit includes quite a few things for the price. I got two different supplements, Oxy-Powder and Latero-Flora. The former providing oxygenation and the latter providing beneficial bacteria for your intestines (I did my research!).
Additionally, you get a very well put-together guide in PDF format called "The Green Body Detox", which includes over 20 years of research and results. Finally, you also get some Aloe Vera Juice to nourish the intestinal lining, and some raw organic apple cider vinegar, which restores the alkaline balance in your intestines.
In my opinion, it's a very well put-together kit, and you can easily put it to use. While not as simple as Apex Vitality or Bowtrol (see above and below, respectively), it is still very comprehensive and supports your colonic detoxification from multiple angles. To learn more and try it out yourself, go to Global Healing Center's site. There's a 100% money back guarantee valid for 180 days, so if you think it sucks, just get your money back! Hah, but I highly doubt you will 🙂
#3 – Bowtrol's Colon Control
On to the next one! This kit was a close contender for the first place. Seriously, if you don't try out the GHC kit above, then at least give this a try. I found out about Bowtrol's colon cleansing pills in a friend's status update on Facebook (she has chronic constipation). I checked out Bowtrol's site and at first I was a little skeptical, because it looked like one of those infomercial kinda sites. But since my friend had recommended this, I said "what the heck" and decided to give it a go anyway. Oh, before I forget: Get the free bottle! It's pretty easy. All I had to do was go the site and give in my name and shipping details (you do have to pay for shipping, but that's ok). A few days later I received the bottle in the mail. Not sure for how long they're going to offer this special offer, you've been warned!
What I immediately liked about Bowtrol was how simple they make it for you. Instead of, you know, juicing and avoiding certain foods altogether, I could just take one of their natural capsules/pills, and the deed was done! So definitely something for all ages.
As a bonus, I got free access to their Weight Management Club, an e-book with tons of weight loss tips, and an MP3 with visualization techniques for weight loss. Honestly, I did read through some of these tips, but my goal wasn't to lose weight, so I kinda set them aside. But if your goal is to lose weight, then you would definitely find them valuable, that is for sure!
If you want an easy and quick way to naturally detoxify your bowels, and would like to take my recommendation, just as I did from my friend, then click here to go to Bowtrol's site. Fill out your shipping address, and choose the option that gives you a free bottle. Don't know for how much longer they'll be offering these free bottles, so I'd snatch one up 🙂
#4 – Amazon's Super Colon Cleanse Pills
Last but not least, we have Amazon's best-selling colon cleansing pills. With over 1600 reviews of satisfied customers, it was a very easy purchase to make.
What I liked about this particular product is that you can choose between capsules or powder. The product includes 9 different types of herbs and good bacteria to aid you with the detoxification.
While it has some similarities with the two above, I found it to not act as fast as I got accustomed to with the other products. That's mainly the reason for it being ranked 3rd.
If you still want to try it out yourself and read some Super Colon Cleanse reviews, then you can do so by clicking here to go to Amazon's site.
Conclusion & Final Words
There you have it! Phew, that took a while to write up. I hope that this article was helpful for you and that you take this recommendation to heart. I know what it's like to feel a lot of the symptoms, and also know that doing a bowel detox helps.
As with all things, you need to make sure you choose the right method, and I've given you 4 lovely products that can aid you. I also told you which my favorite one is (Apex Vitality's Cleanse & Detox, remember?), so you have all the information you need. The only thing left is for you to take action. Because, remember, the only thing stopping you from feeling good is you! I learned that the hard way, and I'm grateful I decided to take action.
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Twenty years ago this month, Arjuna Ranatunga got the better of Shane Warne and won a World Cup
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The only regret Mark Taylor had in his captaincy career was when Ranatunga walked in at 148 for 3. At mid-off, urging his players not to misfield anymore, Taylor forgot he'd wanted to move to first slip for the new batsman as Glenn McGrath began bowling. "… not wanting to stop the game, I stayed where I was," Taylor recalled. "The very first ball caught the edge and flew low, but catchable, through where first slip should have been - and down the fence for four."
Despite (or maybe because of) Arjuna Ranatunga's Aussie-style confrontational attitude, there was no love lost between him and the Australians. Before the final he had said that Warne, soon to undergo his first finger surgery, was no threat to subcontinental batsmen. Before the 1999 World Cup, Warne wrote, "I don't like him, and I'm not in a club of one." Ranatunga responded: "I come from a 2500-year-old culture… you all know where they come from."
A shot from Ranatunga in the 44th over popped straight out of Shane Warne's hands, possibly because of the dew, and raced off to the long-on boundary. A bemused and annoyed-looking Warne, who had taken 4 for 36 in the five-run win in the semi-final against West Indies, threw the next one up - a high full toss. Ranatunga swatted it behind square for six and reportedly stuck his tongue out at Warne.
While Ian Healy had contributed crucial lower-order runs in the narrow semi-final win, he didn't have a great final. Bowled for 2 by Aravinda de Silva, Healy then dropped a catch off de Silva early in the chase. It proved to be the turning point of the game when de Silva scored an unbeaten 107 off 124 balls, the third hundred in a World Cup final. Sri Lanka became the first team to win the World Cup chasing.
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If i remember correct tongue poking happened when Ranatunga ran the first run soon after the ball went through Warne's hands at the bowler's end and then smashed a six the next ball. There was no way anyone could stop Arjuna and Sri Lanka.
Aravinda's nick is not very easy. It cannot be classified as a drop. Catch Warne dropped is also difficult, but that is a drop. However, it was too late. Asanka's catches were easy and could have made it tougher. However, I do not think any of these stop them winning. SL bowled well.....
Unfortunately have to disagree with some of the facts in this photo-article. Healy did not drop De-Silva - his knock was chance-less. There was however an early chance off Gurusinghe when he inside edged a Fleming inswinger which evaded Healy's glove and went for 4. While Taylor may have wanted to have a first slip to Ranatunga when he arrived, there is no guarantee if Ranatunga would have still played the shot. Ranatunga's greatest skill was manipulating the field with his wrists and the guide through the slips was one of his most productive shots.
@Lalindadef, I do remember Healy dropping a low catch off a slow bowler, probably Michael Bevan (I do not think it was Warne). I do not remember the batter, but it was probably De Silva. Healy was right up at the stumps when he failed to grab a low edge. I also remember Stuart Law dropping a sitter at long on, off Asanka Gurusinghe's bat. The two chances off Aravinda and Arjuna were not sitters, but they were not entirely difficult either. It is however debatable that the latter chance off Arjuna could be classed as a "drop". My impression was that of a ball that sped like a bullet through Warne's hands. It appeared to be too fast for Warne to react on time. Had the two or three chances been taken, Sri Lanka might have yet won, but not as easily as they did. The surprise was the ease with which they overcame a strong Australian attack.
I do not remember Healy dropping Aravinda at all..when did this happen?
@Arjunaj, you are probably correct. That's how I remembered it too. I am a little surprised Mark Taylor purportedly called it an edge.
On that occasion Sri Lanka played very well till the final they beat hot favourite India and beat Australia by restricting the Australian total below 300 runs and subsequently won the match , everybody in the team contributed to team cause and deserves win the world cup
the main reason for Sri Lanka's victory was bowlers restricting Aussies to a relatively low score, not Arjunas batting.
Arjuna and Sourav were the two toughest players from sub continent. No prisoners were taken. World was conquered. Sourav did not won the world cup but he broke down the barriers to travel better abroad. Arjuna bullied the bully.
Arjuna did not edge his first ball, he was a wristy player that often deliberately opened the face and ran the ball through the region. This was one of these shots, much the similar manner as the final shot that brought the winning runs. 1st ball bowler was Paul Reiffel. As for Warne's dropped catch it had nothing to do with dew. The ball was hammered back firmly at him and went through his hands to boundary. The next ball after the 6 Arjuna gave Warne a look but no tongue poking.
If i remember correct, the first ball Arjuna faced was not an edge but a deliberate guide though where the first slip would have been. I don't think he would have done so if the slip was in place...
The first ball bowled to Ranatunga was by Paul Reiffel and not Glenn McGrath.


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First, the obvious statement: News media has an advertising problem.
Next, a less obvious statement: News media's advertising problem isn't just volume, the problem is whether its networks are strong enough.
When I discuss marketing with local businesses, even the least sophisticated small businesses understand they have many marketing options other than advertising. They hold events, use daily deal sites, create loyalty rewards programs and co-market with charity groups, among other methods.
Ultimately, these businesses are attempting to create new networks to draw new customers through their doors. And the point of advertising, the most Paleolithic of marketing methods, is to tell a reader, "This product is important enough to appear in our trusted publication, so you should trust it too." With the ad, the advertising brand attempts to forge a new connection with a customer, creating new network with readers.
Once, when the written word had more power, print advertising could easily forge new networks for advertisers. Remember when the phrase, "Well, I read it in the paper," meant something? That was print advertising's heyday.
Then the power moved to radio and then television. And then it…evaporated.
The reasons, I'm sure, are complex, but let's just chalk them up to the confusion of our current, post-modernist times for the moment.
And yet, because we humans are so visual, print advertising and its digital offspring, display advertising, is the easiest understood kind of advertising there is. A marketer puts up a picture of the product, maybe with a tagline and a logo, and there you go. Advertising! The dollars will just roll in!
But in reality, they don't. Readers have been desensitized over the decades by a constant bombardment of information. It is a networking method that has lost its value.
In response, display advertisers have been flailing about, subjecting us to click-over, click-under, video, hyper-targeted, re-targeted, personalized, roll-over and take-over ads. A million different ways to bend and shape the display ad so readers will just have to look.
And then Borell comes out with this study reporting that 72% of digital marketing spend is not in display, but every other way imaginable like sponsored websites, social media and email marketing. Attempts to build networks.
From the Borell study, I think we can draw two important conclusions: First, the value of putting advertising next to "trusted" news sources is declining faster than anyone every thought. Second, with the exception of social media advertising (which is really just super-targeted display ads), even the "added digital services" is just a spin-off of display advertising.
In other words: We're still using old technology when it comes to advertising, but we're still spending money on every derivation of the old technology we can imagine.
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