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From the Vault Volume II: 1950-1980Regular price $42.95
By the end of World War II, Windsor had established itself as one of the greatest industrial cities in the British Commonwealth. The region seemed on an easy path to prosperity. But history took a different turn. Starting with the closure of Ford Plant One in 1953, the city was hit by several unanticipated challenges. How would its residents respond? How would they react to rapid changes that swept North America?
From the Vault, Volume II: 1950-1980 explores what were perhaps the three most important and exciting decades of our history. Revealing how Windsor-Essex County overcame obstacles to achieve later triumphs, the book touches on the region's baby boom, building craze, auto industry, labour struggles, arts and culture, immigration, Black history, and more.
With a foreword by The Windsor Star's former photographer and photo editor Bill Bishop, From the Vault, Volume II illustrates the era by featuring over 1,250 iconic images, from the 1954 Centennial celebrations and Queen Elizabeth II's visit in 1959, through the Bulldogs' Allan Cup victory in 1963 and Windsor's reaction to the 1967 Detroit Riot, to the Curling Club Disaster of 1974 and to the assassination of Charlie Brooks in 1977.
As Windsor-Essex's paper of record for over 150 years, The Windsor Star remains our region's greatest source of historical photography and eyewitness testimony. Like its predecessor, the national best-selling From the Vault, winner of the inaugural Kulisek Prize, this book—the most authoritative and beautifully produced of its kind—sets a new standard for Canadian excellence in regional history. Documenting landmark events, timeless memories, and unforgettable characters, it is a "must have" for history lovers.


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The Saudi Arabian capital city of Riyadh was blasted by an intense sand storm this week, dropping visibility to zero and bringing transportation to a standstill after causing dozens of automobile accidents and other disruptions.
Airport traffic was halted completely for over three hours while the dust settled and the air cleared, allowing planes to again arrive and depart without disruption.
The storm was actually sufficiently forecast as to allow public schools to be closed in sufficient time to permit students to get home safely ahead of the storm.
Sandstorms are caused by strong winds blowing over dry, loose sand and soil, picking up enough of the sand and soil such that the air is filled and visibility is substantially reduced.
Hot and dry conditions that are frequent in the Arabian Peninsula routinely create the type of atmospheric instability that lends itself well to sandstorms. When the soil and sand are dry, they heat up much more quickly under intense sunlight. Such rapid heating causes air close to the ground to rise rapidly into the upper levels of the atmosphere, sweeping the sand and soil to higher altitudes.
While such sandstorms were more frequent in the drought-stricken areas of the 1930's dust bowl era, they are much more rare today as widespread agricultural irrigation has reduced the overall areal coverage of soil that can sufficiently dry to create the conditions necessary for a dust storm. The smaller scale events that may still occur in the desert southwest are often referred to as dust storms in the United States.


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To promote energy efficiency and reduce our power costs, we participate in a variety of pilot projects. MPE seeks to maximize the grid's potential. This process involves investing in smart technologies and data analysis. If a pilot is successful, MPE will expand the program to offer cost savings opportunities for its consumers.
Recently, MPE studied the effects of Level 2 EV chargers on wholesale power costs. As a result we have developed an optional time-of-use rate and EV charging and wiring incentives. Currently, MPE is performing pilot tests on:
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I have a Yongnuo YN-568EX flash and I use it with a Nikon D7100.
If I buy another two more Yongnuo flashes of any model other than a YN-568EX, in principle will they all work together using at least one of the many types of setup?
If the answer is yes, does the same apply to different models from another brand? e.g. Could you use a Nikon SB-900 and SB-700 together off of the same camera?


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peace movement
No Blood for Oil: Examining the Movement Against the Iraq War
by Charles F. Howlett
David Cortright's history of the opposition to the Iraq War places the peace movement in the context of the underacknowledged peace movements of the American past.
SOURCE: The Nation
Peace Studies Historian: The Peace Movement Won the INF Treaty. We Must Fight to Preserve It.
by David Cortright
The plea is by Notre Dame's David Cortright.
SOURCE: Israel National News
Louis René Beres: Peaceful Civil Disobedience in Israel
Louis René Beres (Ph.D., Princeton, 1971) lectures and publishes widely on Middle East security matters. His writings on Israel, military strategy, and jurisprudence appear regularly in many major newspapers and magazines, and also in more than a dozen major law journals.Sometimes, tragedy and irony may arrive together. Now that it is reportedly back "on track," the so-called Middle East Peace Process threatens Israel with additional dismemberment, and eventual disappearance.Aware of these intolerable prospects, thousands of Israelis who are opposed to any further existential surrenders may soon prepare for an appropriate response to "Palestine." Whatever its particular shape and expression, this "post-peace" response to a new Arab state, one that would be carved out of Israel's own still-living body, may take some recognizable form of civil disobedience.To be sure, the Netanyahu Government, inexplicably confident in Palestinian compliance with pre-state agreements on "demilitarization," will object strongly to any such tactics. Nonetheless, civil disobedience has a long and distinguished tradition in jurisprudence and democratic theory. In part, as the following argument will make clear, certain roots of this tradition actually lie in Jewish Law.
Women and the Language of Peace Protest
by Ruth Rosen
The Jeannette Rankin Brigade. Photo from Life magazine.Cross-posted from openDemocracy's 50.50 blog
Why Students Should Stop Interviewing Vietnam Veterans
by Jerry Lembcke
Credit: Vietnam Veterans Against the War.It's that time of the year: Hi, my name is Emily and I'm supposed to interview a Vietnam veteran for my AP history class. Hello, I'm Chris and my senior project is on the Vietnam War. Do you know any veterans I could talk to? Dear Veterans, I'm studying the Vietnam War and I would like to know how you were treated when you came home. Could I ask you some questions? Thank you for your service, Jason.Sometimes the inquiries arrive through the listservs of veterans' organizations; others find their way to me more directly. They become more frequent in the months when the high school history curriculums reach the spring events that ended the war in 1975. The approach of Memorial Day in late May sustains interest in the war through the end of the school year.


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SDE board confirms Raik as candidate for Minister of the Interior
Convening on Thursday evening, the board of the coalition Social Democratic Party (SDE) officially confirmed Katri Raik, the current rector of the Estonian Academy of Security Sciences, its candidate for Minister of the Interior.
Raik thanked the leadership of the SDE for its trust in her and acknowledged outgoing Minister Andres Anvelt.
In a studio interview with ETV news broadcast Aktuaalne kaamera, Raik said that she is not concerned that the government she is about to join may collapse sometime in the next few weeks.
"I know the chairmen of all three coalition parties — Jüri Ratas, Jevgeni Ossinovski as well as Helir-Valdor Seeder," she said. "And I believe in their common sense, and want to hope that the government will not break up."
Raik admitted that three months is a short amount of time to serve as minister, but the three months in this case will include Christmas, and it cannot be forgotten that this is a pre-election period. Nonetheless, she will have to face issues that are in no way new.
"The same issues are on the table: raises for police and rescuers, and the matter of special pensions," Raik said. "Regarding special pensions, I understand everyone who is skeptical, and says that miners, for example, should get it too then. But we have to ensure the sustainability of our police, and in this case we have to consider all opportunities we have for compensating the lack of nearly 1,000 police officers in the coming few years. Special pensions is one means."
MP position also of interest
Should the SDE not make it into the next government, if Raik is elected, she would be prepared to serve as MP instead.
"My last day of work as rector of the Estonian Academy of Security Sciences is on Sunday," she explained. "That door is closed for me now. Ahead of me are the elections in Ida-Viru County, and I dare say I will be elected."
Minister of the Interior Andres Anvelt (SDE) announced at a press conference on Tuesday afternoon that he would be resigning as Minister of the Interior and leaving politics for health-related reasons.
Anvelt said that he would be leaving politics altogether, not joining the Riigikogu for the three months left until the Riigikogu elections next March. He will also no longer be running in the elections, where he was to be the SDE's top candidate in Ida-Viru County.
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Analays Alvarez Hernandez
Ph.D. 2015, Université du Québec à Montréal
Assistant Professor, Département d'histoire de l'art et d'études cinématographiques, Université de Montréal
Analays Alvarez Hernandez is an art historian and independent curator. She holds a bachelor's degree from the University of Havana (2005), as well as a master's degree in arts (2010) and a PhD in art history (2015) from the Université du Québec à Montréal. Working across a variety of cultural contexts (Cuba, Canada, France), she has developed expertise in the following fields: public art, art and globalization, postcolonial studies, diasporas and memorials, and exhibition curation. She has previously taught at the University of Toronto and the University of Ottawa. She is presently a member of Culture Montréal's standing committee on public art. Her current research focuses on "apartment-galleries" in (post)socialist societies.
How are you applying your degree in Art History and what do you value most from your Art History experience?
I have had the great good fortune to be hired as a professor of art history fairly quickly after finishing my degree. Today, I teach contemporary art from a global perspective. To do this, I draw inspiration from many of the seminars that I took during my PhD, especially those that touched on current directions within art history. In parallel to my teaching I also have an independent curatorial practice that has been largely nourished and inspired by the theoretical aspects of my graduate study (postcolonial studies and studies on memorials and diasporas have since shaped my practice), but also by its more concrete aspects. During my PhD I built a professional network (of gallery owners, curators, artists, etc.) and I learned how art worlds function, both at the local and the international levels.
The most precious aspect of my doctoral study are the connections that I made — connections with professors and students who have since become my collaborators and, indeed, my longtime friends.
What advice would you give to someone considering graduate studies in Art History?
I would say that everything is possible. I'm speaking here to those who fear that a career in art history will bring them nowhere, and especially to those from ethnocultural communities who don't believe that they would be given the chance to succeed in this field. To be sure, it's hard work. It's especially hard to get up again when you stumble (and yes, you will stumble often). To do that, you need to believe in yourself and to be open to others and to everything around you. Above all, sieze every little opportunity that comes your way. Be alert!
Times are changing and university programs are changing too. They are increasingly open to other art histories, sensibilities, and knowledges. This is a unique moment to study the history of art and to participate in this change.


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The Global Arts Affairs Foundation (GAA), in collaboration with PLANE—SITE, is releasing a series of video interviews with architects to be shown as part of the TIME SPACE EXISTENCE Exhibition at the 2016 Venice Architecture Biennale. At the start of Denise Scott Brown's interview, the architect declares,"I've fought to make buildings useful and beautiful, and in that order." In her segment, Scott Brown elaborates on the need for architects to consult multiple precedents to be most effective, the view that photography has become a sub-discipline of architecture, and her position as a role model for young female architects. For her complete perspective, watch Scott Brown's interview, and read on for a complete list of the other interviewees.
- Denise Scott Brown (USA) calls upon young architects to grasp the present moment
- Peter Eisenman (USA) questions architectural pedagogy
- Dirk Hebel (Switzerland) advocates for architectural research and sustainable building materials
- Curtis Fentress (USA) expands on the dynamic role of public architecture (available May 25)
- The late Frei Otto (Germany) reflects on his personal and professional legacy
- Wong Mun Summ and Richard Hassell, of WOHA, (Singapore) promote the radical concept of green vertical cities (available May 18)
- Meinhard von Gerkan (Germany) (available May 12)
The videos, each approximately five minutes, mix theoretical and philosophical concerns with personal trajectories of the architects, yielding discussions on where architecture has been and where it is going. According to the organizers, the interviews as a whole "[are meant to] offer a discursive response to Alejandro Aravena's theme for the 2016 Architecture Biennale, Reporting from the Front."
The project will be on view at the Palazzo Bembo and Palazzo Mora from May 28, 2016 through November 27, 2016. The interviews which have been released thus-far are available for viewing here and on the PLANE—SITE's Vimeo channel.
Interview descriptions have been culled from the The Global Arts Affairs Foundation.


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At this week's Sweets & Snacks Expo, Mars Chocolate North America announced a line extension of one of its most popular brands:SNICKERS Peanut Butter Squared.
Like its predecessor,SNICKERS Peanut Butter Squared contains peanuts, caramel, nougat and milk chocolate, but with the addition of peanut butter. And unlike single bars of originalSNICKERS, the new product comes two square-shaped bars per pack; it also will come in FUN SIZE bags.
SNICKERS Peanut Butter Squared will be available in counter units and ready-case displays, and ship in a variety of carton and case options. It will be priced in line with other Mars Chocolate offerings and, starting in December, will be sold in the following channels: club, convenience store, drug, mass, grocery, specialty, value and vend.
The launch of newSNICKERS Peanut Butter Squared will include a comprehensive marketing campaign featuring TV, print, online, in-store and national advertising.
For more information aboutSNICKERS, visitwww.snickers.com. For more information about Mars, visitwww.mars.com.


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Country Stars on TV
Country stars are always busy touring and making appearances in public and on TV. Here's a short list of country stars who will be on TV soon.
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Taylor Swift
Taylor Swift will be performing on the ACM Awards April 1st on CBS-TV. You can also catch Taylor on LIVE! with Kelly - Friday's show will feature recent interviews with Taylor.
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Toby Keith
Toby Keith is not only taking his show back out on the road with his Toby Keith Live In Overdrive Tour, he's also hitting the late night TV shows. Toby will visit with Chelsea Lately on Tuesday, March 27th on E!
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Jake Owen
Jake Owen will perform his current song "Alone With You" on NBC's The Tonight Show With Jay Leno on Monday (March 26th).
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Rascal Flatts
Rascal Flatts will make an appearance on the ACM Awards, Sunday April 1st on CBS-TV. You can also see Rascal Flatts on the big screen for a special One Night Only Theater Event at Columbia Center 8 Cinemas - April 5th at 8PM.
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Gloriana will make an appearance during seaon 8 of The Bachelorette, which premieres May 14th on ABC-TV. No word on which episode yet.


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Luxurious, extravagant and VERY costly: The most INDULGENT getaways in the world
MILLION pound yachts, private islands for two and decadent beachside villas may come to mind when you think of a luxurious holiday.
The rich and famous like to stay at the best places - and here's the creme-de-la-creme
Such indulgence can only be enjoyed by a select few, who can afford to finance their extravagant endeavours.
For the rest of us, ogling at the awe-inspiring photographs will have to be enough.
From marble-covered private spas to yachts big enough to accommodate mini-golf, it seems the sky is quite literally the limit for the financially elite.
For those who enjoy imagining how the other half live, Express.co.uk has rounded up some of the most indulgent getaways around the world.
Andalucía is a hotbed for the rich and famous
Velaa Private Island – The Maldives
Pristine white sands are met by crystal clear blue water on the beaches of Velaa Private Island, which was recently named one of the world's Top Five Best Hotels.
Situated in an area already renowned for its stunning luxury, Velaa Private Island prides itself on taking the 'aspirational escape to an entirely new level.'
Guests can enjoy yoga or treat themselves to an indulgent spa experience while enjoying the breathtaking views of their surroundings. An investment of approximately £150 million went into the decadent resort.
Shanti Maurice Spa – Mauritius
The rich and famous like to stay fit and healthy too. For that, there are indulgent getaways with Health and Fitness Travel, which tailor holidays for their clients in the most luxurious destinations around the world.
One of which is the Shanti Maurice Spa in the stunning Mauritius. The perfect spot to de-stress, detoxify and re-balance, the luxurious spa features beachfront villas, outdoor rain showers and of course, phenomenal views.
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Lizard Island – Queensland, Australia
Queensland's Great Barrier Reef is classed as one of the Seven Natural Wonders of the World, and with good reason. Every bit the tropical paradise, the Great Barrier Reef and neighbouring Whitsunday Islands attract globetrotters and celebrities year-round.
Among them is the incredibly indulgent Lizard Island. So exclusive and remote its location, the island is only accessible via private charter and is the perfect place for those looking to escape it all.
Guests looking to really splash out can book exclusive use of Lizard Island with the 'Exclusively Yours' package, which starts at approximately £130,00 for two nights' use of the island and its spa, restaurant and decadent facilities.
El Carligto Estate – Andalucía, Spain
Right on the UK's doorstep, the jaw-dropping El Carligto Estate is perched proudly on a hilltop with unrivalled views of the Mediterranean to the Moroccan coast.
Boasting lavish service and effortless style, the privately owned estate comprises of two villas on the sprawling 10-acre property. Guests can enjoy a bespoke luxury concierge-style service to get around the stunning property and make the most of their stay.
JW Marriott Resort & Spa – Venice, Italy
Delivering the standard of luxury and service you would expect from a Marriot resort, the JW Marriot Venice Resort & Spa is set on its own private island just minutes away from the city's iconic St Mark's Square.
If you're after a Venetian experience with a decadent edge, guests at the JW Marriot Venice Resort & Spa enjoy contemporary-designed accommodation and Michelin-star dining, and treated to the best of Italian hospitality


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Saturday, October 17, 2009
The Reason I'm Getting a Shot Gun
Me: So I'm thinking about buying a shot-gun.
Friend: Really? I thought you opposed violence.
Me: Right, well, I do. Despise violence actually.
Friend: Soooo, why are you buying a shot gun.
Me: For the same reason you will be buying a shot gun in a few years.
Friend: I'm buying a shot gun?
Me: Yup.
Friend: Okay. Why are we buying shot guns? Is it the Zombies?
Me: Yes, er, No. Not this time.
Friend: Right.
Me: Because of a chemical reaction caused in the metamorphosis process in the pituitary glands of some land bearing mammals which will inevitability lead to a chain reaction of odd behaviors of different society members in which the damage is irreversible and catastrophic, and reason and common sense will no longer reign, there will be madness and chaos!
Friend: ... right, is this about the Zombies again?!
Me: NO! I'm talking the TEEN Years! I'm taking Puberty! I'm talking about some punk ____ boy driving up in his 1976 rusty Camero and taking our daughters out!
Friend: Aaaah! Right.
Me: My daughter got invited over for a sleep over at a friends...
Friend: Sounds like fun.
Me: No!!! She was invited by a BOY!
Friend: Dude, shes, like 4.
Me: Well thats where it starts isn't it?!!?! I mean, thats only like 8 years away from training bras (oh please let it be no less than that!!!) and boys in bikes! Then boys in cars...
Friend: ...then crazy old man on a porch with a shot gun?
Me: YES!!! Oh! I need to build a porch too!
Friend: You do?
Me: Oh course! Whats the use of having a shot gun if I don't have a porch to sit on and wait for some lame punk _____ boy to bring my daughter home by 8pm?!
Friend: You'll need a rocking chair too.
Me: YES! You better get working on your porch and rocking chair as well...
Friend: But you know, my daughter is like 2 years younger than yours. Can't we 'time share' the shot gun?
Me: Brilliant! I'll pass the shot gun off to you once I don't need it anymore.
Friend: Sounds like a good plan.
Me: Good?! Its brilliant!
Friend: ... aren't you going to have 2 daughters soon?
Me: Yes... OH MY! I'm gonna need TWO shot guns!
Its crazy what goes on in the head of a parent. At the very least, I find being a parent terribly enjoyable... if not a completely crazy endeavor. At the best, well, there really is no way to describe it. :-)
But the important thing, is that we enjoy this journey, every stage. The baby stage, toddler stage, pre-teen stage, shot-gun stage, grand children stage... so many different stages and things to do and learn. That's why I'm thinking about writing a parenting book. I'm a virtual fountain-of-wisdom when it comes to parenting! :-)
And although in some stages, we can carry our children, other stages, they have to walk it on their own. Hopefully, with careful/deliberate parenting, a whole lotta prayer, and maybe a little shot-gun, they will make it through those stages OK. :-)
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Very funny! I actually laughed out loud! My kids thought I was crazy! Have a great weekend!ReplyDelete
Good one Adrian. I just had the "Hmmm lets see...when will I need to buy a shot gun???" internal discussion the other day. The driver for that internal discussion??? Me and my friends when we were 13 yrs old. I think that a few of my hairs just turned grey as I thought about what me and my friends' "goals" with the girls were at 13 yrs old. Oh oh...there go a few more greys.....ReplyDelete
LOL! My DH makes comments about our not quite 3-year old getting kisses from her little boyfriends at school. She tends to hang with the boys and their trucks instead of the little girls and their princess dolls.ReplyDelete
I really feel for my 13-year old step daughter-- but if it is any consolation, we have not yet hit the boyfriend phase. We're living on the edge waiting for that bomb to pop.
Happy gun shopping!
Ok That right there is funny stuff!ReplyDelete
So what happens if he makes it past the gun...or your daughter gives you the guilt trip "Daddy, your over reacting, we are JUST friends....I trust him Daddy and I know if you love me you will trust him too"............ ;O)


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On Authorship and the Self (a reflection on the public "Cat Person" debate)
I remember reading the New Yorker short story "Cat Person" by Kristen Roupenian when it came out in late 2017. It was a good story. Some of it even sounded familiar, in a way. Yet, I was not sure why everyone else suddenly had the same thought. It's okay to like what most other people like, I guess. What fascinates me is the question to what extend our reasons for doing so are shared and really ours, or what else creates such a seemingly sudden cultural event. The story hit momentum at a time when its core theme, the uneasiness of growing into the feeling of consent in romantic relationships, resonated with larger public awareness about the sometimes varying perspectives on consent between two people. #MeToo, and all that.
The story's success cannot be explained simply by its own merits, as it is primarily about the conversational bond it created between its readers. It was the perfect proxy to talk about one's personal experience in a social setting with a cultural weight that was seldom given to women. The last years have certainly changed that scenario. Meanwhile, the author later mentioned that she had received various letters containing threats and insults by some male readers, who felt that the main male character was portrayed far too negatively. Sure, he was not the most likable guy. But, believe it or not, I've known some friends to behave like that. (They received clapback about their attitude, and in some cases, we're still friends.) Not everyone is thoroughly agreeable. So why feel he was misportrayed? Because Robert, the male character, soon became a representative for a particular type of guy in relationships that now became public property to talk about. And many guys may have imagined that this talk was, in some sense, also about them. That surely must have felt uncomfortable, especially when realizing how some behaviors were judged when thrown into the harsh light of public opinion. This may have felt like girl locker room talk under a magnifying glass to some. (Look at him, this guy's an arse!) There's lots to be said about the fragile sense of consent, ambiguous signals, and the uncertainty about general norms and individual mind-reading between men and women, and other relationships. But not here, and not today.
I was reminded about this story today when I read a Slate article by Alexis Nowicki. It's a good piece as well. And it created a similar social stir. What catapulted her writing into public awareness is that it serves as yet another proxy, this time a proxy for a conversation about the cultural norms surrounding the authorship of our own lives.
At least in half, Cat person was about Nowicki's relationship with an older guy in college. Unbeknownst to her, the author of Cat Person knew her former boyfriend (on which this story was based), and had also gathered details about Nowicki from her social media profile. Some of the details of Cat Person thus felt eerily personal to Nowicki — personal in a sense different from the connections that other readers had formed with this short story. Public opinion now soon showed outrage about Roupenian (surprise!). Was Roupenian wrong in using the details she had gathered from someone else's life and social media to write a semi-fictional account of a relationship that resonated with so many others?
That kind of (often extremely moralized) dispute misses what makes Nowicki's essay truly special — and quite remarkable in my view. It ironically drowns out her voice and experiences… much more than Cat Person could have ever done.
Literature is full is stories that were pulled from real life and reimagined in new ways. Sometimes much to the dismay of the people these stories were pulled from. For example, Klaus Mann's "Mephisto" (great novel) is about the German actor Gustav Gründgens, who was in a ménage à trois with Mann and his sister Erika. Gründgens was an opportunist, who switched alliances from the Bolsheviks to the Nazis to become the star on the theater stages of the Third Reich. Mann wrote a long prohibited novel because Gründgens' family sued for its resemblance to the real person. The story behind Mann's book is a fascinating tale in its own right. And this kind of legal grey zone has been a long-known phenomenon in the art world. (A former lecturer of mine in Berlin had written a book about this issue.)
Nowicki's case is so much more noteworthy because her response is not a reaction to the resemblance itself or a wild attempt to reclaim the narrative about how things really were. Instead, hers is a profound response to the ambiguity of our own experience — and the fragility of our memories once these memories meet an outside view.
How we experience and remember events often does not match up with the descriptions of others. This can cause severe distress. But it's also part of the reality of human life.
And so it is this penultimate paragraph by Nowicki that stands out to me:
"We are all unreliable narrators. Sometimes, to my own disappointment, I find myself inclined to trust Roupenian over myself. Had Charles actually been pathetic and exploitative, and I simply hadn't understood it because I, like Margot, was young and naïve? Had he become vengeful and possessive after we broke up, but I'd just blocked it out in order to move on with my life? The story is so confident and sure, helping the reader to see things Margot herself does not. In December, David told me that Charles kept his old iPhone even after he got a new one so that he could look back at his old messages with Kristen from time to time to see whether he had actually been an asshole. Sometimes it feels easier to believe the story that everyone knows than the one they don't."
I've experienced many situations which led me to question my memories. Rather often have I found the tales of others that included me foreign to my recollections of those events. Sometimes these tales showed me some characteristics I was not aware of (the good, the bad, the fabulous … and, well, the ugly). It can be upsetting to see an image of yourself thrown back at you that is not curated, that does not mirror the image you wanted seen in the minds of others,… and that certainly gets you different reactions that may not always be understandable. Because it's quite often simply not about you. (A good reminder I now set myself regularly like an alarm clock.)
At other times, these tales of distortion might be upsetting for different reasons. I think these reasons are what also unnerved many readers of the Cat Person backstory. In some cases, like this… your story is not simply a reflection from another perspective with which you may disagree. Having different views from others does not result in a loss of this intimate sense of authorship that connects you with your own experience. But what if your story becomes a disembodied public good?
The story behind Cat Person gives a glimpse behind the scenes when your sense of authorship about your experience loses its connection to your own memories and instead becomes a reaction to the interpretations of others. That is a highly disorienting feeling.
I sometimes think this is what must happen to some people in the public eye. Their sense of authorship about themselves becomes disintegrated once their self gets reduced to a mere reaction to the perception of themselves by others. Some are born mad, perhaps. But others are being made. (Free Britney!)
It's about time we stop believing the old Cartesian myth that the self is a subject of its own essence and volition. I prefer Hume's conclusion that the personal self is an organic and dynamic collection of co-occurring perceptions and impressions over time. Add the social sphere as the primary realm of human experience and interaction, and it should not surprise us that some social interactions can help us flourish… or rob us of this intimate sense of authorship.
Such a perspective on self-authorship carries weight in a world where human interaction becomes increasingly digital. Human interaction turns more and more into a reaction to the outputs of others (let's jump on another viral trend to be seen!). But it should be more about the creation of something with which we can connect our own experience, and our sense of self.


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Kong Sorawit Suboon as Kata ///// Pat Napapa Thantrakul as Prai Saitarn/Chonticha (Twin Character)//// Saitaan and Choneecha were twin sisters. When they were little, their boat sank and so their parents had to save them. Unfortunetly, the parents drowned and so was Saitaan. Choneecha was the only survivor and she was adopted by another family. Even though Saitaan had drown, the spirits of the water saved her and made her their adopted child underwater. Years later, they grew up. Choneecha is a very nice, patient, girly girl who can't speak up for herself. On the other hand, her twin sister is the opposite of her. One day, the sisters met each other and the secrets were exposed by the spirits. Both of the girls never knew about the incident that had happened years ago. Choneecha had an accident and her spirit went out of her body. The water spirits said that it's time for Saitaan to replace Choneecha because Choneecha can only live half her life as human and the other half, Saitaan
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Long-term ovarian cancer survival higher than thought
UC Davis study should help guide patients and their oncologists (SACRAMENTO, Calif.) -- Combing data collected on thousands of California ovarian cancer patients, UC Davis researchers have determined that almost one-third survived at least 10 years after diagnosis.
The unprecedented findings upend the notion that women diagnosed with cancer of the ovary always face a poor chance of survival. In fact, while the study confirmed earlier findings on characteristics associated with ovarian cancer survival -- younger age, earlier stage and lower grade tumors at diagnosis -- it also identified a surprising number of long-term survivors who didn't meet those criteria.
"The perception that almost all women will die of this disease is not correct," says Rosemary Cress, lead author of the paper, published online today in the Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. "This information will be helpful to physicians who first diagnose these patients and the obstetricians/gynecologists who take care of them after they receive treatment from specialists."
Cress, an epidemiologist and associate adjunct professor in the UC Davis Department of Public Health Sciences, used the California Cancer Registry to analyze data reported on all California residents diagnosed with epithelial ovarian cancer between 1994 and 2001. Epithelial ovarian cancer is the most common type of ovarian cancer, occurring in nine out of 10 cases.
Of the 11,541 patients in the registry database, 3,582 (31 percent) survived more than 10 years, Cress and her colleagues discovered. It was the first time that research has looked at 10-year trajectories for patients; most survival studies have looked only at 5-year survival or less.
As expected, the study found that the majority of the long-term survivors were younger, had early-stage disease when they were diagnosed and their tumors were of a lower-risk tissue type. What struck the researchers was that of the 3,582 long-term survivors, 954 of them had been considered to be at high risk of dying from their disease, either because of their tumor stage, grade or older age at diagnosis.
"This information is important for patient counseling," says study co-author Gary Leiserowitz, a professor of gynecologic oncology and interim chair of the UC Davis Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology. "Many patients and physicians know that ovarian cancer is a dangerous cancer, but they don't realize that there is significant biological variability among patients. It's not a uniformly fatal prognosis."
One such survivor is Jacqueline Price, 74. The Fair Oaks, Calif. woman was diagnosed at age 60 with stage IIIC ovarian cancer. Determined to make the right decision about how to proceed, she asked the doctor for the pathology report.
"It said I had two months and to call hospice," says Price. "I thought, if I only have a couple of months, I want to spend it with my family. I wasn't going to have any treatment. It was doom and gloom."
Leiserowitz, her oncologist, urged Price to reconsider. When the "fog cleared," Price recalls, she opted to go ahead with the surgery, and soon afterward agreed to aggressive chemotherapy treatment.
"I cannot even imagine missing these past 15 years," Price says now. Her experience spurred her to reach out to other ovarian cancer patients and survivors as an advocate and "healing circle" organizer. She says findings from the UC Davis study will help women understand that ovarian cancer is not an automatic death sentence, she says, and empower them to remain optimistic, which in and of itself can benefit survivorship.
Leiserowitz says the next step in the research is to figure out why so many women who are given a poor prognosis eventually beat their odds.
"For a disease that is so dangerous, why are so many surviving?" he asks.
Among the theories, says Leiserowitz, are that ovarian cancer patients who carry mutations in the tumor suppressor genes BRCA 1 and BRCA 2 respond better to chemotherapy than those who don't. He also suggests that other biological differences among patients with advanced ovarian cancer may affect individual outcomes. It's also possible that some patients get more effective treatment than others, boosting their survival odds.
"This is an exploratory study to figure out who has survived," Leiserowitz adds. "We can now go back and look at tumor tissue to do a comparison between long- and short-term survivors to see if there is a genetic basis for that."
Source: University of California - Davis Health System
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Help your delegates uncover and overcome their unconscious bias (also known sometimes as anti-bias) with our unconscious bias training materials.
This training package provides content for a short (between 2 and 3 hours) but effective session and is:
- Fully customizable and editable
- US English & British English compatible
- Downloadable immediately
- Can also be adapted to use for online teaching and training in virtual classrooms.
- and you will own the rights to edit and reuse it for as many of 'your own courses' as you wish
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Benefits of providing this course as a trainer
Unconscious bias is very topical these days as part of a drive towards equality and diversity.
So, it is very likely that your clients will be very interested in providing training to their staff in this area, as part of their equality and diversity training.
Actually, providing training on unconscious bias is seen as the first step toward overcoming this issue in companies. These days, large companies, universities, and government bodies are pushing toward equality and diversity. So, having 'unconscious bias' as part of your training materials portfolio as a trainer is definitely a selling point.
Samples from the training course materials
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How this course helps learners
Unconscious bias training, also sometimes called 'Implicit bias', 'No bias' or 'Anti-bias' training, refers to unintentional stereotypes and judgments (either positive or negative) we all have towards certain groups of people, based on categories such as gender, class, nationality, interests they have and a lot more.
The problem with unconscious bias is that it is ingrained and hard-wired in us but we are not even aware that we are affected by it because it is unconscious.
So, it can be potentially even more harmful than prejudices that we are aware of, exactly because it can go undetected and still do a lot of damage to those who are on the receiving end of negative unconscious bias.
Because of this, it is very important to address unconscious bias, particularly in the workplace. Our unconscious bias training materials are specifically designed to help companies and individuals deal with unconscious bias.
Who Is the Unconscious Bias Training Materials Intended for?
This unconscious bias training materials package is suitable for those who are not familiar with the concept of unconscious bias yet.
People who may benefit from this course include, for example:
- HR departments who want to understand more about how to avoid unconscious bias in activities such as writing company policies and job ads, dealing with staff grievances, and more.
- Members of staff with managerial and/or supervisory responsibility who hire, develop and mentor other members of staff.
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- 2 to 3 hours (depending on the number of delegates and on how much time you want to spend on each discussion).
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Course Outline and Objectives
This course aims at explaining to people:
- what unconscious bias is
- how it impacts on individuals and organizations
- how to overcome it
At the end of the course, participants should be able to:
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✔ Develop strategies to deal with unconscious bias
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Topics That Will Be Covered Include:
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John Roberto presented "Families at the Center of Faith Formation" on Tuesday in two different sessions. Below you will find the recording for the shorter, evening session. It is broken in two parts. You will also find links to all the presentation materials plus more!
Please be aware that this was not filmed using a camera. It was captured from a computer that was originally positioned based on where John was going to be standing, however, it didn't quite work that way. You will see the powerpoint clearly, but you will only see John occasionally through out as he walks in and out of the camera's lens.
Listening to him though is quite interesting! His presentation will keep you engaged!
January 17, 2017 Evening Session Part One
January 17, 2017 Evening Session Part Two
The following files are direct links to the files that are located on John Roberto's Website:
You can find the presentation materials at the website under "Presentations". It is recommended that you explore his site as it is curated with many...MANY... resources.
Packet One
Planning Sheet
Lifelong Faith Websites
More Resources from Lifelong FaithFormation
Faith Formation in a Digital World
Journal Collection: Family Faith Formation
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Schmallenberg Seminar to Provide Disease UpdateNORWAY - Schmallenbergvirus was first detected in Norway in autumn 2012 and the Norwegian Veterinary Institute (NVI) is preparing the industry for action.
How will this affect our ruminant populations in 2013? The NVI provide the latest news regarding Schmallenbergvirus at our seminar, Monday 18 February.
- Title: "Schmallenbergvirus - an update"
- Time: Monday 18 February at 12:00 p.m. to 12:30
- Location: Community Auditorium, Ullevålsveien 76, Oslo
- Speaker: Ragnhild Tønnessen
For those who want to follow the seminar from your own PC:
Open http://tcs.vetinst.no Username: Streaming - Password: Streaming(note the big S)
Click on the seminar with today's date. Also, click on the arrow in the picture. You will now see the current meeting.
NOTES: Click F5 to refresh the webpage if the meeting does not appear.
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|@Towmater so you have a book that is already sketched?
If im understanding this right, I think you could also submit it as ART, and get a yellow label if you have a witness present when the guy signs it. Or like someone else said take the grade hit on the previous drawing and go yellow label signature for a new one
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|That's true, you could have it witnessed signed again, and then ART label yellow. No grade hit, because there is no grade. Good job @shrewbeer
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|Does anyone else see the gaping hole that a truck can be driven through in this scenario...?
You have a book...already sketched. You, Joe Blow, have it in your possession.
You hand it to the artist. You say "I know you did this, and you know you did this...would you mind handing it back to CBCS yourself?"
If you can convince the artist to do that, then there's nothing stopping anyone from doing this. The artist need only do whatever it is that artists do (I don't deal with these types of situations) to be "yellow label confirmed", and the book goes in a yellow label.
The "this left the chain of custody" is still true.
The goal is to discourage loopholes, not encourage them. It would seem the best scenario here would be to accept the artist's witness, regardless of when the book was done. Otherwise, you're encouraging people to do a work around with books that aren't in chain of custody control.
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|@DocBrown I'm not sure if you are agreeing or disagreeing with my point of view. Lol
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|I think I'm agreeing with you.
In any event, say I have an undated sketch by Ron Lim on a Silver Surfer #37 blank (I have neither, and the Surfer doesn't exist.)
He did it a couple days ago, or two months ago, or in 2015. When doesn't matter; only that it hasn't been in Ron's possession that whole time.
I walk up to Ron in 2017, and say "hey, remember this sketch you did?"
Ron, who is totally awesome, says "Yeah! That was fun!"
I say to Ron "hey, would you mind having me bring someone over and you confirm that you drew that for me?"
Ron "Sure, no problem!"
Now, again, I don't know how that particular process works, because I don't deal in commissioned sketches, but my understanding is, artists get them, work on them, and when they're done, the AW comes to their table, picks it up, and off it goes, into a yellow label.
If one was nefarious, one could say "hey, Ron, would you mind telling them that you drew this today?" Ron might agree, he might not...but it's a loophole that someone will take advantage of, if they haven't already.
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Originally Posted by DarthLego
lol, I suggested that same thing a day ago
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|@DocBrown yeah we're in agreement.
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|The current rules encourages deception just to get something recognized for what it always was, an original piece of art by so and so artists. Accepting an artist as witness to their own work regardless of time removes a motive for deceptive behavior.
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|@shrewbeer's idea though accomplishes the goal, albeit with two signatures and an "ART" instead of a "9.8" etc. Which isn't a bad solution if you don't care about the number grade.
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Originally Posted by shrewbeer
I have a Image Blank 25th anniversary book. It is one of the 25 sketches that were done and shipped in the Blind Boxes. If CBCS allows the artist in question to sign the form stating that it was drawn by him, and that form and the book are given to CBCS either by the artist in question or by the artist handing off both the book and the form to a witness at a convention to be handed in at the CBCS booth. I'm a bit lost why it can't receive a yellow label as a graded comic. I don't think that an artist is going to sign a form stating they drew something that they didn't draw. I guess the first step is to send the guy in charge of CBCS's yellow label program an email asking about it. Then move from there.
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The Angler's Locker
Below is a listing of bits and bobs that have ended up here during the frequent idle moments of the site's webmaster. Hopefully something might be of interest to you here!
To get the ball rolling here is a local sea-shanty.
A Trip to Ballinadee
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In this tutorial video, Caleb Pike shows us how to make a double exposure video. It's as simple as it is to do it with digital photography, and it can be used for wedding videos, documentaries, road trip vlogs, or just for fun as a profile GIF.
As with double exposure photography, what you need to be aware are the levels of the scene. Whatever is black or dark will show in the other image or video, and whatever is light will remain white. It's really a lot more simple to understand when you actually shoot some footage to achieve this. You might not get it the first time, but by the second or third time, you'll definitely know what levels you'll need in the shot to achieve the best results.
He mentions that drone footage works great, and I agree with him from what I've seen in the video, but I think macro photography or footage could also work well. Textures, the ocean, waves breaking, and landscapes will work too. I suppose the second exposure shouldn't be of a manmade object, as hard lines and shapes don't work too well in my opinion, but I'm open to being corrected. In my opinion, nature and natural elements tend to work best.
Whether you're a video producer or photographer, making a double exposure clip isn't that challenging and won't take a lot of time, and by looking at the video, it seems like a lot of fun.
If you've made one, please share it in the comments.


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Fever Smartphone App Helps Users Discover Events by Who Is Attending
The new Fever smartphone app helps users find and book tickets to events by showing which of their social network connections are attending. The app also shows event listings based on other information gleaned from users' social media habits. The new app just secured $3 million in seed funding to help with promotion in the New York City market, where the developer is currently focusing its efforts.
More information: https://www.gazelle.com/thehorn/2014/05/13/fever-smartphone-app-helps-users-discover-events-by-who-is-attending/


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2032 Karbach St.
Houston, TX 77092
We like beer. A lot. Our background is in the beer biz. Everything from distribution and importing to German training and brewery operations. A few years ago we had an opportunity that would allow us to open up our own brewery. We jumped on it.
We're extremely excited about this project, and we think it shows in everything we do. This is just plain fun for us. The day it starts to feel like a job is the day when lightning shall strike us dead. Cause, hey, at the end of the day we're making beer. And beer is fun.
Join us, it should be a kick ass ride with some cool stops along the way!
What the Hell Does Karbach Mean?
One reason we named the brewery Karbach Brewing Co. is because we're located onKarbach Street. Even more important to us, though, is the fact that theKarbach Streetwarehouse was the site Ken and Chuck started their beer distribution company decades ago. Lots of great beer has moved through the warehouse over the years, and now it is time to add our own to that list. Karbach is also a village inBavaria. We hear they drink a lot of great beer there.
Hopadillo IPA; 6.6% ABV
Sympathy For The Lager; 4.9% ABV
Weiss Versa Wheat; 5.2% ABV
Rodeo Clown Double IPA; 9.5% ABV
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I provide consultancy on transfer pricing and on the analysis of managerial, organisational and tax characteristics of the business, identifying the "value drivers" within the "value chain", drafting the Transfer Pricing policy and respective documentation. I also provide assistance in stipulating unilateral and multilateral agreements with the Revenues Agency (APA) and in dealing with the taxation of intellectual property, patent boxes and, more generally, benefits connected to R&D activities.
As this is a cross-sectional discipline within the business field, Transfer Pricing has given me in-depth knowledge of the internal dynamics of companies, as I have come into contact with senior figures of the various departments, collaborating in close contact with colleagues of different disciplines such as legal, HR, VAT, corporate governance and tax litigation.
The analysis of functions and risks within the corporate field has enabled me to develop expertise in the area of tax risk management, cooperative compliance and in the various disciplines involving the structuring of management, monitoring and control systems and the tax risk.
In the past, I have dealt with domestic and international taxation, extraordinary operations, tax structuring and due diligence of companies operating, in particular, in the energy, oil & gas and Information Technology sectors.
I have studied in-depth the IAS/IFRS international accounting standards and published a book regarding the impact of those standards on Italian taxation.
I am a graduate in Economy and Trade. I am a chartered accountant and accounts auditor.
I am a speaker at workshops, international and national courses on Transfer Pricing and international taxation and I regularly publish articles on matters connected to transfer pricing in Italian and international industry journals.
I advise my clients in Italian, English and Spanish.


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This weeks Quantum…its my favourite. Al has done a great job in producing it. Can I encourage you to subscribe on Podbean (or Itunes – although I think Podbean is better)….? And pass it on and encourage others to do the same.
We will get better! We are never short of material but feel free to send us anything you think we should look at…
This weeks subjects?
|1| Naomi Osaka, Serena Williams and Alistair Cook
|2| South Yorkshire Police ask for "Non-Crime" Hate incidents to be reported.
|3| Transgender Prison Rapist.
|4| Jacob Rees-Mogg protest.
|5| Trans rights campaigners defend Russian Gulags.
|6| Archbishop of Canterbury's speech at the Trades Union Congress.
|7| The Getty's "Sing 2018" Conference.
|8| Gay Girl, Good God – Jackie Hill Perry.
|1| Naomi Osaka, Serena Williams and Alistair Cook.
The Guardian | Naomi Osaka admits she was 'a little bit sad' as US Open win ended in boos
|2| Offensive Tweets & the Police | South Yorkshire Police ask for "Non-Crime" Hate to be reported.
Talk Radio on YouTube | Would you call the police "hurty-feelings helpline?" – Julia Hartley-Brewer
|3| Transgender Prisoner.
BBC Radio 4 | PM Friday 7th September 5:22pm
The Times | Rapist, Karen White, in women's jail 'was trans faker'
|4| Jacob Rees-Mogg Protest
BBC News | Jacob Rees-Mogg brushes off protest outside home
|7| The Getty's "Sing 2018" Conference.
GettyMusic.com – 2018 Sing! Conference Digital On-Demand Pass
|8| Gay Girl, Good God – Jackie Hill Perry.
The Wee Flea – Gay Girl, Good God.
"I don't believe it is wise or truthful to the power of the gospel to identify oneself by the sins of one's past or the temptations of one's present but rather to only be defined by the Christ who is overcome both for those He calls His own. All men and women, including myself, that are well acquainted with sexual temptation are ultimately not what our temptation says of us. We are what Christ has done for us; therefore, our ultimate identity is very simple: we are Christians."
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In recent interviews with The Clarion, two leading labour movement activists, FBU General Secretary Matt Wrack and McStrike organiser Shen Batmaz, spoke about why the demand to repeal the anti-union laws is so important. For our campaigning on this demand and what you can do to make it happen, see here.
"We need to say there is far too much state interference in the running of trade unions, and that should be completely rolled back. State interference in the voluntary organisations of workers – we should have a principled objection to that. Our starting point has to be, we don't support anti-union laws – full stop. We want to discuss how we get rid of them. If other people have a different point of view, let's have that debate. We need to discuss how we get this into the manifesto and how do we make sure we get a Parliamentary Labour Party that will all vote for it when it comes up. The unions have to be clear what the unions want. If we look at the Blair-Brown years, the question has to be asked why did Labour-affiliated unions allow 13 years of Labour government to go through and not see the repeal of those laws, because it's put us in a much weaker position as a trade union movement."
"The balloting process is deliberately made long and difficult, to stop people from taking action. For people who've not been involved in organising before, that process can be scary. Just the fact that the employer has been given notice can make you nervous. What we've lost is the days when you were able to sit in a room with your friends from work and raise your hand and there was that moment of comradeship. Instead people are stuck at home with their ballot, on their own, and second guess and psych themselves out. The ban on flying pickets is important too – we would have liked to go to other stores, to show them what we were doing and give their confidence a boost, but of course we couldn't. These laws were put there to stop workers demanding their rights, so we absolutely need to fight them! While they remain, workers' rights will continually be taken away and people will remain scared of fighting for them. The whole labour movement should campaign for them to be repealed, including the Labour Party. If they're repealed we'll have a much better chance of protecting ourselves and fighting to win."
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About a week ago news broke that Google was being sued over displaying ads on the content network when the advertisers left their content network bids blank. Apparently this was happening because these advertisers' content network bids weren't specifically set at $.0.00. This advertiser was under the impression that if you leave the content bid box blank you are opting out of the content network all together – but that's not how it works.
Elinor Mills from Cnet News.com reports that the lawsuit stated, "When customers do not bid for ads on third-party sites, Google places ads there anyway and automatically charges customers the amount they specified for ads on Google.com."
The article also mentioned that "sophisticated search engine marketers know to put a "0" in the box for the content network AdSense sites if they don't want ads there. If you're a 'sophisticated search engine marketer' then you would know that one, in order to not have your ads shown on the content network you must simply uncheck the content network box within your campaign settings. (see image below) And two, you literally can't set your content network bids to zero, as the minimum bid is $.01.
If you have the content network box checked, meaning you do want to advertise on the content network, but then leave the bid box blank, that will default to your sponsored bid settings.
The complaint says there is no way to opt out of the content network when setting up your campaign bids…"Google does not inform its advertisers that if they leave the box next to the content bid blank, Google will use the advertiser's bid for clicks occurring on the content network, the lawsuit says. There is no option to opt out of content ads during the process, according to the document, " says Mills.
Obviously this advertiser needs to do a little research before slamming Google with a silly lawsuit like this one. The point of the story for new advertisers is, if you don't want your ads to show on the content network, simply go into your campaign settings, and uncheck the box that says, 'content network'. Don't leave your content network bids blank, they will default to your sponsored search bids!


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At Canadian Rangeland, we are proud to source and process all our products primarily in Central Alberta. We believe that local sources of red meat are extremely important and we are working with several groups to reduce our region's reliance on importing red meat from hundreds or thousands of miles away.
We feel strongly that people have a fundamental right to know the accurate facts about the foods they're consuming. This is why we're chosen to link with the amazing team behind Localize Project and partner with the Alberta Tourism Culinary Alliance to promote our local source of lean bison meat.
CEO Meghan Dear founded the Localize Project in 2011. Meghan was motivated by a passion for food issues and a frustration about the lack of quality food information available. Her vision is to shape services that give shoppers greater access to information at the store itself.
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At Canadian Rangeland, we link with the Localize Project because it helps us communicate the quality of our Western Canadian Bison products. Working with the Localize Project has helped us improve in-store sales and disseminate relevant product updates to both shoppers and grocers alike.
Created in 2012, the Alberta Culinary Tourism Alliance is a non-profit advocacy group aimed at raising awareness about Alberta's food and travel experiences and developing culinary tourism attractions by linking initiatives with needed resources.
The Alliance also focuses on strengthening connection between government, tourism professionals, and culinary stakeholders, encouraging consistent, quality culinary tourism experiences, and identifying tangible ways to improve the Alberta region through sustainable culinary tourism.
A recent video, produced by Kevin Kossowan, details the 'Aboriginal Appeal' of Alberta's culinary tourism scene. Bison have inhabited the wilds of Canada for hundreds of years, and the lean source of red meat was surely a staple of the aboriginal diet.
Kossowan's video focuses on the bison as a symbolic icon of the Native American aboriginal diet and the free-range bison raising practices underway in the Alberta region. It speaks of our growing need to produce lean sources of red meat in a more humane manner and highlights culinary tourism's role in promoting the consumption of bison in the Alberta region. The full video can be seen here: http://vimeo.com/62394842


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The Oracle Data Relationship Management application provides tremendous flexibility in terms of managing the master data for an organization. It has amazing customizing options and integrability with other Oracle products that makes it even more useful.
Here I will explain how easily we can solve a complex business requirement using DRM. The requirement is to have 3 different hierarchies for 3 different downstream applications in a txt file for the same segment, say Account. So each downstream application will receive a different Account hierarchy from DRM - i.e. the parent child relationships will be different for the 3 applications.
No, I am not going to create 3 different DRM versions and use exports to generate the text files from each version. I will be using DRM properties and a few custom formulae to achieve my goal using a single DRM version. Let's say the version is called V1. I have 3 Defined properties named as FlagHier1, FlagHier2, FlagHier3 - as you can see by the names, these will be used for flagging purposes to identify which DRM nodes will belong to which Hierarchy.
Then I do the usual steps of assigning the 3 properties to a property category and then I open the hierarchy. In the hierarchy, say I have defined the nodes as below:
In Version V1,
Nodes H1N1, H1N2, H1N3 are marked Yes in FlagHier1
Nodes H2N1, H2N2, H2N3 are marked Yes in FlagHier2
Nodes H3N1, H3N2, H3N3 are marked Yes in FlagHier3
They are arranged in a single physical hierarchy in version V1 in this parent-child relationship below:
TopNode -> H1N1 -> H2N1 -> H1N2 -> H3N1 -> H1N3 -> H2N2 -> H3N2 -> H2N3 -> H3N3
In the output DRM exports, each node must belong to it's correct parent present in the corresponding hierarchy - parent name in the text file cannot be the name of a node belonging to a different hierarchy. This will be achieved by the below Calculated Properties - which uses the 3 Flag properties to calculate the parent names of a node.
Formula for Hier1ParentName:
Formula for FindH1ParentName:
AncestorProp(=,Custom.FlagHier1,Yes, 0,Custom.NodeName)
Formula for Hier2ParentName:
Formula for FindH2ParentName:
AncestorProp(=,Custom.FlagHier2,Yes, 0,Custom.NodeName)
Formula for Hier3ParentName:
Formula for FindH3ParentName:
AncestorProp(=,Custom.FlagHier3,Yes, 0,Custom.NodeName)
What the above formula does is, it will keep traversing the hierarchy starting from the Current Node (denoted by the boolean value 0 false - if you give 1 it will start at the top node which is not required in our case). When it finds a "Yes" value for the property specified, it will return the NodeName of that node, thus returning our desired parent name.
Now, I will need to create 3 exports as below using the different properties as mentioned:
For Hierarchy 1, child and parent will be: NodeName, Hier1ParentName
Use Filter: Custom.FlagHier1=Yes
For Hierarchy 2, child and parent will be: NodeName, Hier2ParentName
Use Filter: Custom.FlagHier2=Yes
For Hierarchy 3, child and parent will be: NodeName, Hier3ParentName
Use Filter: Custom.FlagHier3=Yes
After running the first export (let's name the file Hier1.txt), I will see in my file 3 rows:
Note how the second row is reflecting correct parent (H1N1) of H1N2 even though in the hierarchy it is H2N1. Similarly verify the other exports.
That's all! Pretty flexible right?


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The clean up day previously scheduled of June 27th at the Recycling Center was canceled at the May 13th meeting due to the status of phase yellow. It will be brought up at the Council meeting on July 13th if any additional dates can be added. The August 15th clean up day is still scheduled.
Clean Up 6/27/2020 Canceled
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The Sacrifice: Part Two
on January 9, 2020 at 9:14 am
Chapter: Chapter 15: The Sacrifice
Writing a very real person into my story, and then gruesomely murdering him has been an uncomfortable experience for me, but Bryan has been a sport about the entire thing.
But, yeah… sorry Bryan. I'll make it up to you in the coming weeks.
Stay tuned, all!