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A painter in love with his subjects
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Victor Man's painting is not what is but rather all that might be. It is a space of possibilities, in contact with itself at all points, inside it, outside it, next to it. Every work can function as a point of departure, within a logic of contiguity that leads to new and unexpected connections, like a cinematographic montage. The viewer is presented with a sense of dissolving boundaries where the narrative appears positioned but not fixed, as the mutual dependency of its multiple units can at any time be altered. Move them around and a different configuration will result. A relatively minor detour or diversion can lead to an entirely new subject area. What is set in place is not clearly defined; what is present invokes what is absent. His work functions more in the realm of semiotics than reality, allowing the painting to be part of the world, in its infinite openness and density, rather than letting the world into the painting as a form of closure.
However, an artist is someone who, by necessity, performs an act of closure, by making real that which was previously only a possibility. What Man values and aims in art is a movement away from established forms of closure, or to use closure as a means of creating a sense of openness, of 'depth' and 'richness'. It is not that closure is abandoned; it is rather that it is postponed, delayed, as Duchamp might have said. Particularly compelling is the artist's use of distance from and proximity with the limits of representation as previously understood. His work moves within the historicist accounts of painting as a location, but the work contains its own knowledge and experience and is not attempting to adhere to the established codes. On the contrary, it seeks to measure its degree of continuity or rupture, revision or subversion, in relation to tradition and especially to aesthetic approaches based on referential content and homogeneity.
"I am very interested in painting from the point of view of a sort of continuity in art history" – says the artist. "For at least 50 years the question of the ability of the painting to move on has been continuously set forth. But maybe it is the very marginalization of painting that will bring it back to the centre; this moribund status is fortifying it. I am directly interested in what could give it a different meaning. I am absolutely convinced that we find ourselves only at the beginning of its redefining. My works are open ended, leaving space for an answer which appears when painting is born out of a necessity that is placed outside it."
But what are exactly Man's practice and its sources, after painting has been through so much so that it seems almost impossible to relocate it in time, space and language? He uses constantly images originated in the media, depriving them of any reference to what they represent or to the context they come from, to the point where any logic identification fails and the image remains open to both abstraction and the impulse of a new storytelling. The images are transposed into wall drawings and oil paintings grouped as assemblages in relation to the architectural space in which they are placed. They are in a loose way 'combines', exploring a certain kind of formalist aesthetic through a language determined both from within and without by a sense of hybrid unity. The works produce meaning not by themselves but through their relationship within a shifting territory where narrative is a matter of negotiating locations, as it happens in The Maneuver, Mister Quiet or The Place I'm Coming From, all absorbing interplays between spaces of reality and potentiality. Connected analogically, through a heightened awareness of context and through personal idiosyncrasies, they recalibrate the perception of the world with which they are identified, and replace linear, conventional narrative with arbitrary layers and cycles. I would say it is a tactic of minimal interference for maximal effect within the relational and repetitive continuum we experience. Man takes the syntagmatic order of the world (as constructed by the media as a synthesis of the real) and turns it into a paradigmatic one, settling his own meta-harmony, where order, even in its randomness, seems reliable and permanent. Furthermore, by injecting an air of unreality into real images, the images act as seductive entry points for an enquiry into how representation relates to the real object with a certain ambiguity and how can its alterations disrupt the given perspective and place of the viewer in the world. Once the terms of the look are established, it is time to move on and to leave the work open to any interpretation, as the artist remains in crucial respects committed mostly to the investigation of formal aesthetic issues in his work, even if the materials he uses are rooted in the media and the subject matter he engages are informed by traces of personal memory.
This brings me to another relevant aspect of Man's practice, namely how he plays with autobiographical elements in his work. He belongs to a generation that grew up in the most austere period of communism in Romania, the '80s. Isolation and censorship affected to a certain degree his representational experience, as he used to take possession of anything was not reachable only by looking at or, if possible, by re-creating it. The clash between a teenager's fantasies of Western popular culture and the communist Romanian reality in which such inclinations were suppressed occurs explicitly in his last paper drawings installation at Timothy Taylor Gallery, London. What is not so visible however lingering throughout his painting is the scopophilic element of his aesthetic the act of repression led to. He conceives his work as a signifier but one which serves to distance the viewer from reality and to control him. This distance produces or unveils a lack within the viewer who is transformed into a voyeur searching – in every inch of painting and surround it – to grasp the reality beyond the appearances. Even if the artist leaves very little trace of his subjectivity in the works, the desire of playing with the audience, of controlling its gaze, emerges everywhere from underneath. It is present in the monochromatic painting installation Perfect Crime at Plan b gallery in Cluj, where we are left unable to convey an accurate truth about the subject portrayed, as well as in the images of a man buried in snow or of a painter with his easel in open space, where the forms soar into space only to remove itself and melt into the background as ghosts as if to announce an absence rather a presence, which encourage meditation on being and not being, on the flow between permanency and change, on ideas of veiling and revealing with an eye turned inward.
Elusive, allusive, discontinuous and fluid, Man's painting is difficult to classify. If need be, I would say modernist monochrome and residual figuration, or better minimalist aesthetic austerity. Even colour is only one part of the complex web of significations of his work, it is important to say that chromophobia seems to be another expression of his arbitrary order: essence over appearance, transcendence over commonsense, the infinite ever over the finite now. However, in choosing his references, whether inherited, acquired, or absorbed, the artist presents such complex and faceted personalities that a polarized mode of thinking becomes simplistic. Why should we wish, or try, to pin him down anyway, when it is the very mechanisms of classification that his art avoids with such perseverance? Expecting either meaning or perception to be straightforward is futile, because his painting is, more than anything, about levels of expectation, degrees of openness and closure. "I keep away from definitive statements – says Man. I love the idea of going slow into things and if they become too explicit, to include new elements that disturb the coherence." And he is right. If an achievement has no other value than that given by the journey to it, why would we aim to abolish the time? A hasty person never reaches his goals, as he makes abstraction of the very ways that lead to them. Also, if ultimate solution means closure, why would we wish for an ending instead of the possibility of an insertion into the alive and infinite chain of interrogation? Who requires definitive answers wants death. Victor Man is a painter in love with his subject – the possibilities of painting – and desires to keep it alive.


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In Memory of Sara Low
I am a flight attendant and I wanted to have this bracelet to remember what happened to all those who lost their lives on 9/11. I chose crew member Sara Low because she and I are both from Arkansas. Although I did not know her personally, I do know a close friend of hers. I want her family and friends to know that she is missed by many and will never be forgotten. I will wear this bracelet in Sara's memory every time I fly.
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Sony has announced plans to launch a bundled version of the PlayStation VR headset featuring all the peripherals necessary to get the most out of the device.
According to the PlayStation Blog, the PlayStation VR Launch Bundle will come with the following contents:
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The Launch Bundle will be available for pre-order on Tuesday, March 22nd, at 7am PST, for $499.99. Those who already own the PlayStation Camera or Move controllers with no desire to purchase them again will still be able to buy the headset on its own for $399.99, but Sony also confirmed on the PlayStation Blog that it has no plans to put that standalone headset up for pre-order between now and its October launch.
Those who are unable to pre-order the PlayStation VR launch bundle next week will have another opportunity to do so during the summer, but Sony gave no specific dates for when this will take place.
After the PlayStation VR launches in October, Sony says that over 50 games will come to the platform between its launch and the end of the year.


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Whiskey Bend
Whiskey Bend is one of the earliest and largest disco clubs in Southern California, but with the dwindling of the disco scene, the venue made the transition to a country and rockabilly joint. Today, Whiskey Bend remains a club with a country and rock-n-roll attitude. It continues to draw large crowds with its spacious dance floor and state-of-the-art lighting and sound systems. A full bar offers competitive prices on beer, wine and cocktails. Other club features include a big-screen TV, pool tables, dart boards, video games and karaoke nights. Whiskey Bend is located just under 30 miles south of Palmdale in Burbank, California.
Rumba Room
As part of Universal City's Walk, the Rumba Room is a dramatic venue on two large, open floors with vibrant lighting design and multiple dance floors and VIP lounges. Numerous bars staffed by distinguished bartenders who turn out creative signature cocktails, offer ultra-premium liquors and can even provide swanky VIP bottle service.
Dance music at the Rumba Room varies, but most nights are themed as either salsa nights or mainstream pop nights. Be sure to check the schedule before arriving because the venue sometimes hosts ticketed concerts and private events. Rumba Room is located just over 30 miles south of Palmdale in Universal City, California.
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Somehow, after all these years of being a Jackie Gleason fan, I've yet to see Papa's Delicate Condition. I've understood it was a lesser entry into his ouvre, and so I kind of avoided it. But with Kino Lorber's new release of George Marshall's film on Blu-Ray, I grabbed onto the opportunity to finally see it. Look, I'm a huge Gleason aficianado—I adore The Honeymooners, of course, and The Jackie Gleason Show in general. I think he deserved the 1961 Supporting Actor Oscar for his role as the immaculately coiffed pool shark Minnesota Fats in Robert Rossen's The Hustler. He did superlative work, subsequently, in Requiem for a Heavyweightand Soldier in the Rain, and well into the 1970s, he launched a major comeback with his foul-mouthed sheriff Buford T. Justice from Smokey and the Bandit. He satisfyingly capped his career as Tom Hanks' troublesome father in the 1986 movie Nothing in Common (his final film role).
Gleason is called upon to include every beat that we loved from his Honeymooners performance as Ralph Kramden, as well as those we loved when he played tycoon Reginald Van Gleason and the gloriously sad Poor Soul but, as much as we want it to, it all just doesn't work here.
But Papa's Delicate Condition stands as the first downturn in Gleason's promising movie output—one that would eventually result in famously awful works like Otto Preminger's dazzlingly goofy Skidoo. Papa's Delicate Condition is a likable enough movie, I suppose, but one you have to continually give passes to, until you can't give no more. In it, Gleason plays Jack Griffith, a wealthy and drunken executive for a train line operating during the turn of the 20th Century. He lives in a small Texas town that resembles every small town in movie-America (the film is clearly shot on the back lot that provided settings for countless productions, including 1962's The Music Man and even 1985's Back to the Future). At the film's beginning, Griffith is returning home by train after a long time away from his family, led by impatient wife and mother Glynis Johns (who, throughout, is unfairly portrayed as a nagging shrew). Early on, there's a wholly unnecessary rendering of the character's favorite song, "Won't You Come Home, Bill Bailey?" that stands as an embarrassing sign that this movie doesn't know what it is. Is this a comedy, a musical, a drama? It's maddening.
Upon arriving home, Griffith is wholly embraced by his youngest daughter Corrie (Linda Bruhl), an annoying brat who idolizes him without restraint (this character—later, in real life, a silent film star–is the one who wrote the memoir from which the film hails). She doesn't realize that his lively quality comes from his alcoholism, while much of what irritates Johns and her older daughter Augusta (a terrible Laurel Goodwin) comes from his addiction to the drink. And, indeed, when he arrives back home, problems arise when he drunkenly devotes the family's money to the whimsical purchase of a drug store (where he can secretively glug whiskey with his buddies) and the entirely nutty acquisition of a traveling circus, which Gleason's character means to employ as opposition to his wife's father, who's trying to become mayor of Texarkana.
Sounds like nonsense, right? This is a movie without a true arc. It's episodic to a negative degree, and seems like something meant to remind viewers of Gleason's appeal subsequent to his TV stardom (each time his character emits the famous Gleason phrase "How Sweet It Is!" feels like a phony, grating plea for us to recall how wonderful Gleason really is, and it never works—even as it is used as the film's final line). Gleason is called upon to include every beat that we loved from his Honeymooners performance as Ralph Kramden, as well as those we loved when he played tycoon Reginald Van Gleason and the gloriously sad Poor Soul but, as much as we want it to, it all just doesn't work here. The little girl Linda Bruhl could've been a presence that enriches the film, but her performance is horribly wooden (imagine if To Kill a Mockingbird star Mary Badham or even Jerry Lewis' The Family Jewels star Donna Butterworth had been cast in this role; each would have been a vast improvement). It's no surprise that Bruhl's acting career went nowhere.
The film is filled with horribly awkward silences, meant to accompany the peals of laughter that never arrive. George Marshall's direction feels uncomfortably static, with shot set-ups that seem like they were gawkily constructed for the stage. The film is rarely funny, and when it does strike a humorous note, you still feel like you're being generous with a giggle. I've always thought the American turn-of-the-20th-Century is an interesting place to set a movie (The Music Man remains the best in this regard), but this movie makes the setting seem like a tasteless plate of vanilla cream.
The best I can say about it is that, which each scene, Gleason impresses us with the wildly flashy outfits provided by costume designer Edith Head. I'd say this is the prime reason to watch Papa's Delicate Condition (along with the movie's impressive art direction, both of which look terrific in Kino's sharp Blu-Ray). Gleason, in splendid color, with his greased-up hair, has never looked more dazzling (seriously, wrapped in Head's regalia, he shines in every frame). As for his rendition of "Call Me Irresponsible," the Sammy Cahn/Jimmy Van Heusen song that won the Oscar in 1963 (over Mondo Cane's "More" and the title song from Bye Bye Birdie)…well, this has to be the most questionable delivery of a Best Song winner ever in movie history. Gleason, in his character's slurring state, without a backing orchestra, arrives at a stunning low as he delivers this ill-placed tune. And why is the song even in here? Again, is this a musical or what? This movie, implacably jolly as it is, is a sorry mess. Even devoted Gleason nuts will be disappointed with it, unless they're so in love with him that nothing he can do can be regarded as a bomb.
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Can it get any better in our city than what you see in this picture? I think not.
This program is phenomenal. Having over 700 kids from across Ontario land in Guelph for their final 5kms run is important to our community but even more important to the kids who have trained for over 32 weeks to become the champions they are!
Canadian Olympic marathon runner Silvia Ruegger (see below) is a part of the program as the National Running & Reading Club Director and has pretty much one of the biggest hearts for children I've ever seen. The Start2Finish Founder & Executive Director is Brian Warren, who founded the program and in my opion was born for this program! One of the best motivators around!
Many thanks to the sponsors and donors of this event and to the UofG for their facilities to make it happen!
I have known about the running & reading program in Guelph for many years. Here's some more info:
Running & Reading Club
The Running & Reading Club runs at Willow Road School in Guelph on Tuesday afternoons and a second one that was just started this past school year at Brant Avenue Public School. They're always looking for new volunteers. You do not have to be good at running, or athletic, in order to be of help. You just need to have a heart for these kids and believe in the mission of this program. We have a number of special needs kids that require extra attention, and often we do not have enough volunteers to give them the care we would like to. We are also, in particular, looking for a mature person or couple who love/s kids and could be of assistance in driving university student volunteers from campus to Willow School (and back again) and could help share the task of picking up snacks for the program etc. If you are interested in finding out more about these opportunities, please contact Director of Community & Volunteer Relations, Michelle Wray, at (905) 319-1885 ext. 206 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
Giving the kids from Brant Ave School a pep talk before the race! They were great!


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Students in schools across Ontario are now prohibited from using cellphones during class.
The ban, which went into effect on Monday, added students can only use cellphones for educational purposes under an educator's instructions, for health or medical purposes or for special needs.
"Our government heard clearly from parents and educators about the growing challenge related to distracted students in the classroom. When in class, students should be focused on their studies and not on social media," Education Minister Stephen Lecce said in a statement.
Ontario isn't the first jurisdiction to institute such a ban. One Alberta school division started enforcing the rule in September, as did an individual school in Montreal.
Cellphone bans in schools are becoming more common, likely due to the ubiquity of cellphone ownership among school-aged children. According to a recent Canadian survey by the Vanier Institute, 24 per cent of Grade 4 students, 52 per cent of Grade 7 students and 85 per cent of Grade 11 students report owning a phone.
There's also plenty of data to suggest cellphones can be a distraction during school.
A 2018 study found exam performance was "significantly worse" for students who had a cellphone compared to "no-device" students, and another 2015 paper found "student performance in high stakes exams significantly increases" with a ban on mobile phones.
The case for banning cellphones
As both a parent and a professor, David Chorney has seen the the power of a cellphone firsthand. He works as an associate professor in the faculty of education at the University of Alberta.
"There's no doubt it's a distraction," he said. "When it's in a school environment, it's a negative. It's not a positive."
Chorney is currently conducting a survey about cellphone use with Grade 5 students at a local elementary school. He hopes the data will show how cellphone ownership can harm a child's school experience.
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"I want to get the data from real kids … to share with educational stakeholders, principals, parents and everybody," he said.
"I have 100 per cent support for all those teachers and school boards who are saying 'take the phones away from from the kids during the day' unless [it's for] pedagogical [reasons]," he said.
For him, the onus is on the parents to make smart decisions about when to give their child a phone and what to teach them about appropriate use.
"Monitor your kids. Put a restriction on time [spent on the phone] during the day. Don't let [kids] have [cellphones] the in the bedroom," he said.
Parenting expert Judy Arnall agrees — the classroom and cellphones don't mix.
"Phones are a distraction. It's a problem for everyone," she said. "What we know from brains is that the ability to focus is part of the executive function development of the prefrontal cortex.
Specifically, Arnall worries about the kids with trouble focusing as it is, even without a cellphone on-hand.
READ MORE: Should Quebec ban cellphones in classrooms like Ontario just did?
"An outright ban helps those kids without stigmatizing them, because everyone is on the same page regarding cellphones," she said.
She also believes cellphone bans are an efficient way to teach kids "good digital habits."
"There are times when it's not appropriate for cellphones, like a funeral or a job interview," she said. "Kids need to know and be able to handle that fact."
However, whether the technology should be banned outright is up for debate.
'Missing the point'
Nancy Walton agrees that cellphones can be distracting, but she's not sure an outright ban is the right move.
Previously the director of e-learning at Ryerson University in Toronto, Walton is now the director of the school of nursing. She believes banning cellphones could be missing the point.
Referring to the Ontario government's concerns about student distraction and lack of focus, Walton said "an outright ban doesn't actually address those problems… In fact, it creates a different set of problems."
That students struggle to pay attention in school could have more to do with a teaching style that needs updating, in Walton's view.
"In high schools [and in] lots of places, teachers stand at the front of the room and talk, and that's been going on for many, many years," said Walton. "Maybe we need to look … [for] different and innovative ways to engage."
Walton recommends field trips and group work as effective ways to keep students engaged for long periods of time.
"There's lots of other learning strategies you can use," she said. "You're never going to solve the problem that some students are not going to be engaged. […] Hopefully, you're capturing everybody at some point for a little bit."
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Walton says cellphones present an opportunity to teach students how to use technology in a "thoughtful, responsible, accountable" way.
"We know that students will do better when you're engaging them in 'real life' kinds of things," she said. "They're using their phone in everyday life to solve problems, to see information. One of the things [educators] can do is to teach students how to sort good information from bad, how to be critical."


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However, if you are looking for more than just food, Play Nation is a spot that you can hang out with friends and family for a good time playing games.
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The console game package covers the use of both console and board games. The board game package allows for the use of Play Nation's board games only.
If you choose the console game package, you will need to proceed to one of Play Nation's gaming rooms. This is an enclosed room, separate from the dining area.
There are two types of game consoles available in the gaming rooms – Xbox 360 and Wii. You can choose from a pool of games on a shelf in the dining area. These are available on a first come first served basis.
Those who get the board game package can similarly choose from a selection of board games. These include classics like Monopoly, Cluedo and others.
If you are organising an outing to Play Nation, it is best to call ahead to make a reservation for your party as there are a limited number of game rooms available.
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Basements provide a great opportunity to create a multipurpose space in your home. They can be used as a laundry room, home theater, game room, den, and gym. It can be a hassle trying to keep gym equipment from blocking your TV, or from clean laundry from being spread out through the game room. But you need your basement to do it all. Here are some storage tips to help organize your items and keep them separated in shared basement spaces from Closet & Storage Concepts.
Decide What Is Needed
Although you may need your basement to fulfill a specific purpose, you don't have to keep every item you own down there. For example, you may use the basement as a gym room, but you don't have to store your gym clothes and shoes in the space. If you use your basement as a den or home theater, some systems, gaming consoles, or movies may be better off being stored in the living room or a different area of your home.
By deciding what you really need for your multipurpose basement, and what items can be stored in other rooms, this strategy allows you to free up more space. Then you can decide on the best storage methods to fit your lifestyle.
Pick a Single Location for Storage for Each Activity
Many basements are usually one big open room where you can move from one area to the next. You don't want storage to block pathways unless you deliberately want to create false walls to provide a bit more privacy in a designated area. Instead, pick one location in each zone to house the items you need.
Wall units and organizers are the perfect answer for entertainment rooms, dens, and game rooms. You can keep the television in the center, while shelves and drawers can house DVDs, CDs, and video game consoles. For laundry rooms, hanging rods with a workbench, an in-set ironing board, and lower cabinets can keep laundry detergents and other items clean and dry.
When organizing a gym, consider storage cabinets, benches with hidden storage, and slat wall or pegboards. You can store items away safely or hang them on the slat wall for instant access. A home organization expert such as Closet & Storage Concepts can help you figure out the right storage solutions based on the size of your basement.
Create a Multipurpose Area in Your Home
When sharing a basement with other members of the family, you shouldn't have to hunt for the items you need for your favorite activities, especially when using it as a multipurpose space. Create storage solutions that work in each activity zone so you have the important items within arm's reach. Reach out to your local space-saving storage experts at Closet & Storage Concepts today!
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The Other Side of Midnight (1977) - (Marie-France Pisier) US 40x60 film poster
This is a US 40x60 poster made to promote the 1977 Charles Jarrett film The Other Side of Midnight based on a novel by Sidney Sheldon starring Marie-France Pisier as Noelle Page. Plot summary: Noelle Page is a successful actress who cannot shake the memory of her World War II love affair with American pilot Larry Douglas [John Beck]. When she finally succeeds in reigniting their former passion she is undone in a scheme devised by Larry's new wife Catherine Alexander [Susan Sarandon].
Cast and crew: Charles Jarrott, Herman Raucher, Sidney Sheldon, Marie-France Pisier, John Beck, Susan Sarandon, Raf Vallone, Clu Galager, Christian Marquand, Michael Lerner, Sorrell Booke, Antony Ponzini, Louis Zorich, Charles Cioffi, Lilyan Chauvin, George Keymas, Lidia Kristen, Denise DeMirjian


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Here is a small film to treasure, a loving, funny, understated portrait of a small Scottish town and its encounter with a giant oil company. The town is tucked away in a sparkling little bay, and is so small that everybody is well aware of everybody else's foibles. The oil company is run by an eccentric billionaire (Burt Lancaster) who would really rather have a comet named after him than own all the oil in the world. And what could have been a standard plot about conglomerates and ecology, etc., turns instead into a wicked study of human nature.
The movie opens in Houston, but quickly moves to the fishing village of Ferness. The oil company assigns an earnest young American (Peter Riegert) and a whimsical Scot (Peter Capaldi) to go to Ferness and buy it up, lock, stock and beachline, for a North Sea oil-refining complex. This is a simpler job than it appears, since a lot of the locals are all too willing to soak the off company for its millions of dollars, sell the beach, and go in search of the bright lights of Edinburgh.
But there are complications. One of them is old Ben, the cheerful philosopher who lives in a shack on the beach. It turns out that the beach has been the legal property of Ben's family for four centuries, ever since an ancestor did a favor for a king. And Ben doesn't want to sell: "Who'd look after the beach then? It would go to pieces in a short matter of time."
The local negotiations are handled by the innkeeper, Urquhart (Denis Lawson). He also is the accountant, and sort of the mayor, I guess, and is so much in love with his pretty wife that they're forever dashing upstairs for a quickie. Meanwhile, Riegert and Capaldi fall under the spell of the town, settle into its rhythms, become wrapped up in its intrigues, and, in general, are co-opted by a place whose charms are seductive.
What makes this material really work is the low-key approach of the writer-director, Bill Forsyth, who also made the charming "Gregory's Girl" and has the patience to let his characters gradually reveal themselves to the camera. He never hurries, and as a result, "Local Hero" never drags: Nothing is more absorbing than human personalities, developed with love and humor. Some of the payoffs in this film are sly and subtle, and others generate big laughs.
Forsyth's big scenes are his little ones, including a heartfelt, whiskey-soaked talk between the American and the innkeeper, and a scene where the visitors walk on the beach and talk about the meaning of life. By the time Burt Lancaster reappears at the end of the film, to personally handle the negotiations with old Ben, "Local Hero" could hardly have anything but a happy ending. But it's a fairly close call.
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Burt Lancaster as Happer
Peter Riegert as Mac
Fulton McKay as Ben
Denis Lawson as Urquhart
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The days have warmed up now, mostly around 60-70°F (15-20°C), but the nights are unusually cold, dropping sometimes to freezing or a few degrees above. Frost burning off in the early morning sun is pretty when you don't have anything in the field for it to kill, which I don't… Let's see: broccoli, cauliflower, radish, carrots, spinach, chard, beets, peas, parsnips, all-lettuce mesclun, tatsoi-mustard-arugula-bok choi mix… Nope, no worries there. (Funny thing, while pea plants are hardy, I believe the pods aren't… I've never seen that in action, fall peas haven't worked for me so far, and I don't think there'll be frost 40 days from now when this year's first peas come in…). Meanwhile in the unheated greenhouse, although I've only fired up the kerosene heater once, just to be safe, row cover goes on all the tender stuff (toms, eggplant, peppers, and now, cukes, pumpkin, melons and squash, just about to poke up): on in the evening, off in the morning, better safe than toasted!
5 thoughts on "Frost is pretty when…"
So how does corn do in frost? :p
I've got a patch that doesn't look so good, but is doing quite a bit better. Some of it died off but the rest is growing again. I'm thinking of replanting the ones that died so I can get a full row in. My field garlic is doing pretty good after being transplanted although some of it appears to be "molting" outer layers. Not sure if that's good or bad.
The rest of my stuff in my little garden such as cucumbers, zucchini, lettuce and chives are doing great. The lettuce is growing so fast and hardy I'll have to thin it soon. I hate picking out perfectly good plants but I seeded poorly (I threw seeds all over the place in the ditch) so it's my own fault. My soil is a little too tough to transplant very effectively, very claylike, so that's not really an option either. Oh well, a few early munchies won't hurt I guess. Just my first year and having fun so far :)
P.S. What kind of camera do you use? Those are very bright and colorful pictures :)
hi mike! i just bought a 65 acre farm (20 acres pasture, 45 cedar&pine bush) outside fenelon falls. sooo excited. just wanted to let you know that i will now be reading your blog with even more attention to detail as i'll have space to experiment on my own tiny farm! and we'll be neighbours sorta! happy spring.
I'm with you on the frost… it bit my little bitty tomatoes! Wasn't expecting a late scattered frost, and live too far from the garden to cover them. Oh well, live and learn!
I came across your picture of the grass with the frost on it when I did a search in google images. I think it's so beautiful! I hope you don't mind, I put it on my blog with photo credit to your website.


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Seriously. Why is it that when I go to pack up scrappy stuff for a weekend at mom's that I always end up making something first? It's sort of obnoxious that I'm that easily distracted by pretty paper.
For your viewing pleasure I bring you my interpretation of Pearl 9a from Scrapbooksteals.com. The sketch was created by the fabulous Erica Bass (one of my scrappy idols, and let's be honest, I have a lot of them!).
I also tied this into the CSI: color, stories, inspiration challenge 35.
The background paper is Authentique Gathering. The doily is a Silhouette file from MME Oooh La La, as are the brown polka dots, the hexagons, tickets, photo corners, and journaling die cut. The mini alphas are Jenni Bowlin. The Thickers are Amy Tangerine. I used Ranger Distress Inks. The rhinestones and shell stickers are stash. The book page is from the viewing guide that all the tourists got, I coated it with gesso and then applied a mixture of gesso and Zing Butter Embossing Powder and then heated it before stitching the Thickers on. Some of the shells have Crackle Accents applied.
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The remains of a man trying to escape the volcanic eruption of Mount Vesuvius nearly 2,000 years ago were found in Pompeii, Italy, this week, and the photographs have become a meme.
Why would people do this? Because the internet is a bad place.
Archaeologists believe the man was fleeing to safety, having managed to escape the first volcanic eruption, but was subsequently crushed by a large stone in the process. They believe the stone was a door jamb, according to USA Today.
Additionally, archaeologists believe the man was around 35-years-old and suffering from a bone infection. His head has not yet been found.
As for what people are saying about this ancient marvel on Twitter, well, we'll let you read for yourself:
If the poor guy hadn't already been dead, we'd have said these memes would've surely done the job.


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Need to Know Info for Striped Bass Fishing on the Delta in CA
Do you love the idea of getting out on a fishing charter and trying your luck when it comes to catching striped bass? Many anglers love striped bass fishing on the Delta in CA, and if you are considering heading out this year, whether it is your first time, or you are experienced with these fish, it's always good to have a good understanding of what you can do to improve your chance of landing some of them.
What Type of Tackle Should You Have?
Naturally, one of the first questions anglers always have to answer when they are going after certain types of fish is what type of tackle they should be using. One of the nice things about striped bass is the fact that you can use many different types of rods and reels, as long as they are heavier than a light spinning outfit. When you are heading out on a charter boat, you will typically want to have heavier tackle, as this can help to prevent the fouling of lines.
You want to be sure you are catching bass that are large enough to keep. One of the best ways to increase your chance of landing a larger fish is to make sure that you are using a hook that is at minimum half an inch from the point to the shank. This is because the smaller fish are generally less likely to bite onto a larger hook.
When you are striped bass fishing in the Delta, CA, you can use many types of bait. The thread-fin shad are often used. However, you can also use blood worms, anchovies, and sardines to see how they work for you. If you are going to be out on a charter boat, they will have the experience to help you choose the right baits to use.
Why Should You Hire a Fishing Charter?
While it is possible to fish from the shore or a pier, you will find that actually getting out on the Delta when you are on a boat is going to be far more productive. One of the best options is to choose a fishing charter boat to take you to the Delta. They have experience fishing in the waters and can provide you with great spots, along with guidance when it comes to the type of bait and tackle you are using.
Now, get out there and bring home some striped bass!
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Costa Del Sol Yoga Mat + Print Strap
Costa Del Sol Eco Yoga Mat is pink in colour with an intricate peach and lilac print is crafted from Natural Rubber, and the printed grip top is crafted from post consumer recycled PET plastic certified by Global Recycled Standard.
Our YOGA MATS have been awarded GOLD in the YOGA DIVISION of the @CleanandConscious_Awards 2023.
Top layer has an added Non-Slip Grip on top of the micro fibre which reduces slipping, and injuries.
Read about our Yoga Mats Here. Free from latex, silicone and phthalates.
Find out how to care and clean your yoga mat Here.
• Base: Natural rubber and 100% PVC free.
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• Top: Super Grip + print Micro fibre made from recycled PET plastic.
• Dimension: 1730 mm in length by 610 mm width.
• Weight: Approximately 2 kilos.
• Thickness: 3.5 mm thick.
• Printed layer acts as absorbent towel.
• Perfect for yoga, hot yoga, ashtanga, vinyasa, pilates.
• Artwork by Australian artists.
• Slowly designed + Crafted by Certified Ethical Partners.
• Free yoga strap valued $24.99
• Each purchase contributes to Carbon Positive planting native trees.


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Founded in 1997, ZSA Legal Recruitment is Canada's largest national legal recruitment firm specializing in the headhunting, recruitment and placement of lawyers, legal support staff and law firm management. ZSA partners with Canadian and international law firms and organizations of all sizes, serving as their ambassador and trusted advisor and spearheading efforts to recruit top legal talent to fulfill their hiring needs. ZSA's experienced team highly-skilled recruiters and headhunters work closely with clients to solve complex talent acquisition challenges by utilizing industry-leading techniques to source, headhunt and proactively search the market for top-notch legal professionals. We also work closely with highly qualified legal professionals across Canada, providing collaborative, customized career counseling and leveraging our extensive network of clients to help candidates take the next step in their career and secure their dream job. At ZSA, we pride ourselves on unparalleled client service based on responsiveness, candour, and transparency. With offices in Vancouver, Calgary, Toronto, and Montreal, we are uniquely positioned to serve the legal recruitment needs of law firms and corporations across Canada and abroad.
ZSA believes that diversity, equity and inclusion are critical to the success of any organization, but their many benefits are not automatic. These principles take ongoing commitment and action as employers, advisors and citizens. ZSA is committed to fostering and maintaining an inclusive and welcoming work environment – for our clients, our candidates, and our own employees. Law firms and companies should have the skills, knowledge and training to create and sustain workplaces that value and respect everyone regardless of their background; celebrate diversity; and offer individuals the opportunity to achieve personal and professional growth and advance their career. Recognizing this has informed ZSA's strong commitment to advancing diversity, equity and inclusion in our own hiring practices as well as for filling the staffing needs of our clients. ZSA has fully inclusive hiring procedures in place to inform, advise and guide our clients to attract, recruit and retain top legal talent that will make their organization stronger, more efficient and better serve the diverse communities they operate in. ZSA and our team of experienced recruiters, headhunters and talent acquisition specialists strive to understand how we can best contribute to the incorporation of diversity, equity and inclusion in to everyday working life, and sincerely hope that you will join us in our ongoing mission.
ZSA is proud to be an active supporter of the legal communities we serve, and over the past two decades we have developed a number of strong affiliations with amazing organizations and charitable causes. ZSA is the founder of the Canadian General Counsel Awards, Western Canada General Counsel Awards, and the Quebec General Counsel Awards; the only legal awards in Canada dedicated to celebrating the excellence of in-house counsel (referred to by some as the "Oscars of the legal community"). ZSA is also the founder of the Quorum Club, an annual networking event for leading general counsel and senior counsel from across the country.
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Last month we refinished the hardwood floors in the girls room with The Home Depot and refreshed the decor as well with their decor line, here's a reveal of what the final room looks like…
In case you missed the two previous posts in this series, we found beautiful hardwood floor in good condition under the carpet and decided to try and refinish it ourselves. It was a lot of work but really rewarding to do. My sister and brother in law who had done work like this before gave us a hand, which was really helpful. We've been really happy with how they turned out. They certainly aren't perfect, but we're okay with that and really love how the hardwood looks in there.
Did you know that The Home Depot also sells furniture and home decor pieces?? Mostly just online at this point, but there are some really great things we've found. We worked with them and the launch of their decor line last year when we renovated our downstairs basement into a Say Yes studio space. I was so amazed at the style and quality of the pieces we found at The Home Depot to decorate the space. Everytime someone comes into the studio (or the girls room now), I'm always excited to show them what we found from The Home Depot!
When we refinished the floors it was also time to graduate Edie into a big twin bed, and Dot from a crib into a toddler bed. Dot took Edie's bed, and Edie got a brand new bed. This Cambria twin bed frame, mattress, and box spring is all from The Home Depot! I was so happy to discover it! It's super sturdy and adds just the right amount of classic style to this space.
Cambria twin bed frame/Boxspring/Mattress/Artistic Weavers Wool Rug/Small table Lamp/ Natural wooden Stool all from The Home Depot
Dot's super jealous of Edie's big bed. I always catch her up there hanging out with her stuffies!
I really love mixing old with new, so we've mixed a few flea market pieces and Mexican baskets with pieces from The Home Depot decor line as well. Also, isn't that rug so great? Again, excited to find it from The Home Depot decor line!
Natural Stool from The Home Depot/Vintage dresser/Mexican baskets/Wool Rug from The Home Depot/Vintage handmade dollhouse
One thing that was really fun to do in putting this room (back) together after refinishing the hardwood floors was having Edie help create some artwork for the space. She painted both the rainbow above Dot's bed, and the GRL PWR sign above her bed. I really love how they turned out. I'll outline the shapes a bit and she'll paint them in. I'm excited to do more art project with her and Henry using this same method during the holiday break.
Since most of the toys are in the playroom downstairs, we can have just stuffies and books in the girls room. Although, their stuffy collection is quite expansive (and ever growing). It does make for a more paired down, organized space.
PS Isn't that hamper cute? Another great find from The Home Depot decor line!
Bamboo Hamper, Grey Pendant Lamp all from The Home Depot decor line
This sweet little bookshelf might be the most photographed spot in our home. A few months ago we painted the closet door pink as well, and I love it!
Mexican basket/Sheepskin Rug from The Home Depot
I really love how this room looks now with these hardwood floors. Man, it makes such a huge difference!
Thanks to The Home Depot for sponsoring this post and helping us work on great home renovation and decorating projects.


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Lunedale, the playground of the rich and famous. Wemmergill, until 2006 one of the estates of the Strathmore family, has always had a good reputation as a grouse moor.
Its heyday was, arguably, in the late 19th Century when huge numbers of birds were shot and members of the Royal Families of Europe, including of course our own, and MPs were regular visitors during the shooting season, staying at Wemmergill Hall (demolished in the 1980's). Sir Fredrick Milbank MP leased the shooting in the late 1860's when the landowner John Bowes, founder of the Bowes Museum, was living in Paris.
The Hall at Wemmergill had a carbide gas plant and electricity wasn't brought to Wemmergill until 1963 when Sir Joseph Nickerson paid for the supply to be continued from Thringarth.
From 1952 until 1989 Sir Joseph Nickerson leased the shooting of Wemmergill and Holwick. John Grave was his Head Keeper from 1963 to 1980 followed by Peter Fawcett until 1989. In 1990 Sir Tom Gowie took the lease for 14 years and then it was leased by Michael Cannon who proceeded to buy the estate including the farms in 2006, the first time Wemmergill had had a new owner for almost 450 years.
Sir Joseph, one of the longest lessees, wrote in his book 'A Shooting Man's Greed', Sidgwick &Jackson Ltd, (Chapter 11- Grouse Moors- a Heritage in our Trust): "From 1952 I had the shooting on the 17,000 splendid acres of Wemmergill moor, in Teesdale, which belong to the Strathmores, and invested in it heavily because, though I could not buy the moor, I had a long lease on it. Wemmergill has been famous over many years.
"One area of the moor, the Shipka Pass, provides perhaps the best grouse drives in the world. It is a wide, deep ghyll with a stream running through it and, with careful planning, it is possible to enjoy four marvellous drives without moving out of it - all testing birds, especially on a windy day. It is best with a south-south west wind. It still houses The Kaiser's Butt where, before the First World War, Kaiser Bill stood when he was a guest of Lord Lonsdale, the Yellow Earl, so-called because of the colour of his carriages.
"In the twenty years before I took over Wemmergill not a yard of burning or draining had been done. I introduced carefully controlled burning to ensure a regular supply of young heather and put in thousands of miles of drains. The result was an improvement in the grouse population and in the bags.
"Wemmergill does not recover from a poor grouse year as quickly as some other moors; the rainfall is much higher, but in a season when everything goes right Wemmergill has a greater power of producing grouse than any moor I know."
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It's Monday. It's October … But,"I feel good!"
This is the theme of this new surprise package which I wont reveal just yet, so it can remain a surprise … It's more fun that way, don't you think?
This is a limited edition, but you already know that!
On sale in the shop – Shipping not included (because it's easier if you'd like to order several, if you don't live in France, or if you'd like something else in the store).


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Congratulations on your decision to learn about the gastric balloon or to get it! You're about to find out more about this tool that can help you lose weight, and also about to discover the healthy habits that can keep you losing weight and keep it off for years to come.
That's a big deal! If you're looking into the gastric balloon system, you've already been fighting obesity for quite a while. You've tried diets, and haven't found a permanent solution. The balloon is designed to lend a hand as you jump-start your weight loss. For 3 or 6 or even 12 months, the balloon will be in your stomach, reminding you of what you should and shouldn't eat.
When you get the gastric balloon, your doctor should also provide you with complete support. The balloon is supposed to be used along with a diet and exercise program that teaches you healthy habits for life. Regular visits with a nutritionist can get you on the right path and help you learn strategies for making the right choices.
This book is NOT a substitute for a complete nutritional and medical support program under the guidance of your own medical care team.
Your healthcare team may include your primary care physician, the doctor who put in your gastric balloon, a nutritionist, and any other healthcare experts you work with. We assume you also are working closely with your doctor and supporting team during the process.
This book can accompany you through your gastric balloon journey and is designed to assist you with each of the steps you will encounter on the gastric balloon experience from beginning to end.
It is set up in chapters that progress from learning about the gastric balloon and considering it, to losing weight with it, to life after the balloon is removed. It starts by giving you information about the balloon, moves forward with you as you get ready for the procedure, then as you lose weight for months with the bariatric balloon. It will remain a valuable asset once you have the balloon removed and work to maintain the new lifestyle you will have adopted.
As you progress, we offer ideas and knowledge you will need to help you make healthy decisions and to make daily living easier. You will find practical advice on food choices, restaurants, and handling cravings. Along the way, we provide an assortment of healthy meal plans to help you plan your diet throughout your journey.
Most chapters also have a challenge to give you a chance to test your skills and your new awareness of nutrition, tools you can use, and how to develop habits that can help you lose weight and improve your health.
We hope this book can play a small role in your healthy gastric balloon journey. To your satisfying and long-lasting weight loss success!


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Goal: Unite scientists with the autism community in order to enhance public understanding of autism research
The rapidly rising prevalence of autism has led to saturation of news outlets with autism stories, often with conflicting information. To empower affected families with scientific knowledge, we recently released Autism Reading Room, an online resource designed to enhance public understanding of autism research.
Our inaugural Autism Reading Room Forum aimed to unite autism researchers with families, service providers and clinicians to promote communication among these largely segregated branches of the autism community. Such discussion is envisioned to guide policy makers to make informed decisions about issues which affect families across the globe.
In this rising new era of personalized medicine, scientific outreach will assist families in making educated choices about clinical treatment options.


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Timely Mitigation of Hail Damage Blows the Roof Off of Status Quo
When it comes to hail damage or another major weather event, the insurance industry might benefit from the "an ounce of prevention can equal a pound of cure" philosophy used in the healthcare world.
Let's say a person has a simple respiratory infection. They can go to the doctor for a diagnosis and often times resolve the problem by just paying for an office visit and prescription. Then let's consider the same respiratory infection being ignored until it gets to the point of pneumonia, requiring an emergency room visit and even possibly a stay in the hospital. Now the remedy is going to cost thousands of dollars.
The same principle applies in commercial roofing.


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In honor of Father's Day, the Horror Dads have assembled to celebrate. Instead of our usual roundtable format, though, this time around head Horror Dad Richard Harland Smith has given us each a separate spotlight in which to discuss a horror movie dad that sparked our interest. Speaking for myself, I had a tough time narrowing down my picks. In the end I went with a dad that my own fatherhood forced me to reevaluate - Robert Thorn (Gregory Peck) of The Omen (1976).
Not to pimp this post too hard but, irrespective of my own contribution, I really think this is one of the finer Horror Dad offerings to date. I love what Dennis Cozzalio, Paul Gaita, Greg Ferrara, Nicholas McCarthy, and Richard Harland Smith have to say about their choices and I bet you will too.
Check out the latest from the Horror Dads at TCM, and we wish you all a Happy Father's Day!
Also, if you're new to The Horror Dads, why not catch up on some of our previous posts?
Salem's Lot (1979)
The Curse of the Cat People (1944)
Who Can Kill A Child? (1976)
The Mist (2007)
And our initial three-part discussion on fatherhood and fandom:
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Friday, June 17, 2011
There's Some Horror Daddin' Going On
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This is a continuation (without prize money) of the Calgary Compression Challenge, a contest run by Leonid A. Broukhis from May 21, 1996 through May 21, 2016. The goal of the contest is to produce the smallest possible archive containing either the 14 file Calgary corpus, or a program that when run taking input from only other files in the archive (if any), outputs the 14 file Calgary corpus.
|Sep 1997
|Malcolm Taylor
|Aug 2001
|Maxim Smirnov
|Sep 2001
|Maxim Smirnov
|Nov 2002
|Serge Voskoboynikov
|Jan 10, 2004
|Matt Mahoney
|Apr 2, 2004
|Alexander Rhatushnyak
|Dec 31, 2004
|Alexander Rhatushnyak
|Apr 4, 2005
|Przemysław Skibiński
|Oct 2005
|Alexander Rhatushnyak
|Dec 3, 2005
|Alexander Rhatushnyak
|May 2006
|Alexander Rhatushnyak
|Jul 2, 2010
|Alexander Rhatushnyak
Submissions must improve on the previous best result by at least 1000 bytes.
An archive is a file or set of files that may be processed by any of the following: unzip, bunzip2, unrar, or or PPMd var. I. Effective June 1, 2017, 7zip, and zpaq. are also allowed. If submitting more than one file, then the size of the archive is calculated as the sum of the file sizes, plus the lengths of the file names, plus 4 bytes per file.
A program is a 32 or 64 bit Linux or Windows executable program or a source program written in C, C++, or Perl. It must run to completion in 6 hours or less on a Core i7 M620 with 4 GB memory. If the archive contains one or more other files, then the program will be run once for each file with the file name passed as a command line argument. Otherwise it will be run with no arguments. The program must not take any input other than from the file whose name is passed to it.
The Calgary corpus is the following set of 14 files:
Size Name ------- ------ 111,261 bib 768,771 book1 610,856 book2 102,400 geo 377,109 news 21,504 obj1 246,814 obj2 53,161 paper1 82,199 paper2 513,216 pic 39,611 progc 71,646 progl 49,379 progp 93,695 transThe concatenation of these files in alphabetical order by name (as shown) to a single file of size 3,141,622 bytes has the following hashes (as computed by fsum):
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Using our service
If you have any issues regarding accessibility, please contact us through the Triplinx Feedback Form
How To Ride
Priority seating is for the use of passengers with a disability. These seats are located close to the front of the vehicle. Customers are expected to respect and obey the purpose of the designated seating area, which means:
If you are sitting in one of these designated seats, you MUST vacate the seat for any passenger with a disability.
The Rider's Guide shows locations where you can transfer from one route to another, to make getting to your destination faster and even more convenient.
Please be sure to ask your Bus Operator for a transfer slip and to radio ahead to the Operator of the connecting bus to confirm the connection.
Transfers are only valid at transfer points between two routes ridden in succession. The two trips must be part of a continuous trip from origin to destination on the date of issue. Transfers are not a "stop-over" and should be requested when fare is deposited
- Certified Service Animals are allowed on all St. Catharines Transit Commission buses (identified by collar, neckerchief, vest or harness, with certification from a professional institution).
- Non-certified small dogs and animals are also allowed on all St. Catharines Transit Commission operated buses providing they are in actual animal carriers. The animal must be carried at all times by the passenger, not bother other passengers, not take up a seat and not cause an obstruction in the aisle.
- Acceptable carriers are either rigid plastic, or soft sided vented duffel style. The animal must be completely secured in these carriers.
Bike racks are available on all buses on every route.
Limited bike racks are available at the downtown terminal for parking bikes during regular operating hours only. Overnight parking of bicycles at the downtown terminal is prohibited. These bike racks are for use at your own risk and St Catharines Transit Commission is not liable or responsible for any damaged bicycles, stolen bicycles or other property while using the downtown terminal bike racks.
This rack will expand bicycle access on our buses and provide an alternate mode choice for trips within the Urban Transit Area. It also has the potential to encourage more public transit use.
The bicycle rack can carry most two wheeled bicycles, provided they have a minimum of 16" wheels. The customer should remove loose items such as (water bottles, pump, saddlebags, child carriers etc.) prior to the arrival of the bus.
Luggage and Strollers
When traveling on our public transit bus with a child and stroller there are some safety rules you should know. Please make sure you get a stroller that can be accomodated on St. Catharines Transit buses. SIZE OF THE STROLLER DOES MATTER. We recommend the size should be no more than (50.8 cm wide and 122 cm long) or (20 inches wide and 48 inches long). Larger strollers than specified may have difficulty maneurvering on and off the bus. It is recommended to travel outside peak periods. Brakes must be applied and St. Catharines Transit recommends the child be removed from the stroller. For the safety of all passengers the stroller MUST NOT block the aisles. The PRIORITY SEATING SEATS that fold up are for WHEELCHAIRS, SCOOTERS, and STROLLERS. Strollers must give priority to a wheelchair or scooter.
Lost and Found
Please call (905) 687-5555 if you think you have lost anything on a St. Catharines Transit bus. If at all possible please have the time of day and route/bus number you were on so that we can locate your item. Call our administration office between 8:30 am to 4:20 pm Monday to Friday.
Passengers can check with the customer service counter located within the downtown terminal to see if an item has been turned in outside of our administration office hours.
Please note that unclaimed items may be discarded after two weeks
Safety & Security
The following guidelines help ensure the safety & comfort of all bus passengers:For your own comfort and safety, please remain seated until the bus comes to a complete stop.If you are travelling on St Catharines Transit and the bus is approaching kindly give a wave with your hand to alert the driver that you want the bus. If the bus approaching is not your bus simply step backwards to indicate that you do not need that bus.
Running for a bus is dangerous and can lead to an accident.
If the bus is already moving away from the stop, don't chase it or try to get the Transit Operator's attention. For everyone's safety, Transit Operators are not encouraged to board passengers once the bus has left the stop. Please be at the stop at least five minutes early.
No skis, toboggans or bikes are permitted on the buses. Hockey equipment is allowed, provided it is kept clear of the aisles. Roller blades/in line skates cannot be worn on the bus. All parcels, knapsacks and other bulky items must be kept clear of the aisle and off the seats.
No eating or drinking or smoking
No food or drink is permitted on the buses. Smoking is prohibited on all buses, bus stop shelters and at the downtown terminal in accordance with City by-laws, Niagara Regional by-laws and Provincial Legislation. This smoking ban also includes the use of electronic cigarettes.
Seniors/Passengers With Children
For your own safety, please take the first available seats when you board the bus. Courtesy seats are at the front of all buses for the elderly or individuals with disabilities.
Keep your bus tidy
Please help us to keep the seats clean. Allowing children to stand on the seats not only makes them dirty, but is also very unsafe. Any articles that you bring with you on the bus, must be taken with you, ie: newspapers, wrappers, tissues, umbrellas, etc.
Behind the Line
When a bus is full of passengers it is important for everyone's safety that passengers do not stand ahead of the yellow line. This will allow the Transit Operator to have a clear view of their surroundings.
Request a Stop
In the evening, if you wish to exit at a location other than a regular bus stop, simply speak with your bus Operator a block before you wish to get off the bus, and they will let you off as close to your request as is safely possible. It's that easy!


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GMOs and their associated pesticides support a damaging, outdated form of agriculture and can find their way into everything from teabags to tampons with no guarantee of safety.
February 26, 2016 by Pat Thomas
The vast majority of GMOs that we come into contact with are agricultural products (a few are whipped up in the lab). Their use in agriculture causes problems for farmers, for the environment and for us.
These crops are, for example, grown, out in the open, where they can cross pollinate with other plants, and where they are sprayed with large amounts of toxic pesticides, which drift on the air into other fields and into our homes, our playgrounds and our lungs.
Many people now believe that GMOs are not safe to eat either because the genetic modification might throw up unexpected toxins or because they contain higher levels of the pesticides used on them. But even if we don't eat them, GMOs contribute to a less healthy, less fair and less safe world, not a better one.
Here's some things to consider.
In countries like India, farmers have been pushed into abandoning food crops for large tracts of GM cotton. These large monocultures are not only bad from an environmental point of view; they mean that the farmers are caught on a treadmill of debt that they cannot get off (for more check out the UK Soil Association's organic cotton initiative).
GM seeds cost more than conventional seeds, the plants they produce have not proven to be pest-resistant as advertised, and farmers end up spending more on pesticides and producing smaller yields. Far from improving the lives and livelihoods of these farmers, GM cotton has destroyed many lives and left many more farmers in poverty.
If you believe in compassionate shopping, for instance if you buy Fairtrade goods or look for cruelty-free labels, then you should also avoid any cotton products which do not state that they are explicitly GM-free – as these are likely implicated in gross cruelty to farmers in the developing world.
Remember also that cotton doesn't just produce cloth; it also produces a valuable oil which is widely used in food manufacture. So somewhere along the line you will be eating the products of this 'non-food' GMO.
Something to remember in the bigger picture of the food/non-food debate is that for the most part we don't eat GMO 'foods' directly – we eat junk foods which have been made with GMO ingredients. These ingredients, which sneak into our diets largely unnoticed, are made from GM crops and from GM additives that are made in laboratories.
We also eat animals that are fed on GMOs and traces of these organisms can be found in their meat and milk.
As the illustration to the right shows, as long as you only eat fresh produce and pasta, rise and pulses you are (mostly) OK.
But once you stray into the territory of eating meat and pre-prepared foods and snacks, industrial bread products you will be eating a GMO diet.
There are non-food GM products as well, for example:
There is a particular risk with feminine hygiene products. Widespread contamination of organic with GM varieties, or careless mixing of both types during processing means that GM cotton can find its way into organic products and with it residual levels of pesticides.
Not long ago an Argentinian study found that 85% of cotton hygiene products tested - including gauze, swabs, wipes and feminine care products such as tampons and sanitary pads contained glyphosate residues; 62% also contained glyphosate's more toxic breakdown product AMPA. Most cotton in Argentina is now GMO.
More recently organic panty liners were found to contain traces of glyphosate - the herbicide used on GM crops. The manufacturers defended their products saying it was only a small amount of glyphosate. But the problems is glyphosate is a hormone disrupter. We can't explain to consumers often enough that hormone disrupters are different from other toxins in that they can have substantial effects even at low doses. In such close proximity to a vulnerable part of a woman's anatomy there is a risk, even at low doses.
It's easy only to look at the debate from a food/non-food perspective but the truth is we cannot uncouple the effect of agricultural GMOs from our health – even if we don't eat the final product.
When you buy GMO products whether they are food items or non-food items you are supporting a system that absolutely works against your health and well-being and that of the entire planet.
You are putting money into the hands of large corporations whose goals are:
That money is used against you. It is used to pay for campaigns to stop labelling initiatives in the US. It is used to pay scientists-for-hire to say that GMOs are unequivocally safe – when there is no science to justify this statement. It is used to grease the political and regulatory machinery (bribery and corruption it used to be called) to ensure that more GMOs, and more of the toxic pesticides that are used on them, continue to be licensed and sold.
Some people feel the GM issue is too complex for them to comment on. But remember it is in the interests of GM corporations to make people feel both helpless and stupid when it comes to GMOs. That way not one will feel confident to question their continued development and uncontrolled planting and dissemination into the human food chain.
Much the same thing has happened with climate change which is a similarly complex and nuanced issue. Scientists have been saying for years that man-made climate change is a problem, that it threatens our health, wealth and security.
The evidence is undeniable. And yet corporations have spent billions on misinformation campaigns – which include employing rent-a-quote scientists to spread confusion and dissent. The same is true for GMOs.
People's awareness of the complexity of the GMO issue has been exploited in the media by pro-GM groups who try to suggest that opposition to GMOs is being led by frightened and largely ignorant consumers. It is not, and the pro-labelling campaigns in the US and now bi-annual, global Marches Against Monsanto have provided a useful outlet for concerned citizens to band together with greater confidence and a louder voice.
Scientists have also been vocal, and continue to speak out, on GMO issues.
In 1999, shortly after widespread planting began, a World Scientists Statement signed by 828 scientists from 84 different countries expressed deep opposition to GMOs.
Recently the European Network of Scientists for Social and Environmental Responsibility wrote an open letter to say there was no scientific consensus on the safety of GMOs, and that the animal and laboratory evidence is such that GMOs should be withdrawn until such time as they can be proven safe. This letter was signed by more than 300 scientists from around the world and the number of signatories continues to grow.
Many scientists would like to study GMOs and their effects. But because companies like Monsanto and Syngenta own the patents on GMO products and procedures, they have total control over who gets to study them. An independent scientist who asks for samples of GMO maize or soya to grow or study will likely be told 'no'.
An independent scientist who asks to review the corporate scientific data on the safety of GMOs will be told that such data is private and will be denied access to it.
When the famous Séralini paper showing a high degree of toxicity and unexpected tumours in rats fed a lifetime diet of GMOs was withdrawn, it shone the harsh light of reality on the extent to which corporate interests influence scientific studies and scientific discourse and there was uproar in the scientific community.
On its withdrawal 150 scientists gathered together under the banner of End Science Censorship to sign an open letter demanding its reinstatement.
It's not everywhere and it's not hopeless, but that doesn't mean we can sit back and relax.
How you view the particular threats of GMOs to your health, your community and the wider environment depends largely on you live and what newspapers you read. Stories about…
…can make us believe that GM is more successful and innovative than it actually is. They are the shiny toys waved in front of the public's face to distract it from the steady and risky creep of GMOs onto agricultural land and into the food supply.
Likewise new media reports about so-called gene-editing, new GMO techniques which promise to be more precise and more powerful that older techniques are appearing everywhere at the moment in an effort to persuade consumers that new and improved GMOs are safer and better. For a discussion on this see the article on our Beyond GM site: GMO or GM-NO – How will the EU regulate new plant breeding technologies?
We hear that the world is embracing GMOs but in truth some countries continue to embrace them more than others. For example, the vast majority of GM crops (90%), and almost all (99%) GM food crops, are grown in the US, Argentina, Brazil, and Canada.
The US produces almost half of the world's GM crops; in total 94% cotton, 93% soybeans, 88% corn planted in the US are GMOs.
In the US, for example GMOs are ubiquitous and eating a non-GMO diet requires a continual, conscious and conscientious effort. Vocal protests about GMO labelling are a direct result of people wanting to know more and eat more consciously.
In the Europe things are different. Only two commercial GM crops have been approved in the EU.
One is a pest-resistant Bt maize (known as MON810) grown mainly for use in animal feed; the other is the Amflora potato, genetically modified to produce starch for use in paper-making, grown in small quantities in Sweden and Germany between 2010-12 before being withdrawn.
In the EU there is more organic land than GM land under cultivation. In 2011, GM crops were grown on 0.1% of arable land in Europe, compared with nearly 4% for organic. Nevertheless, Europeans are still eating animal products from animals fed on GMO feed, much of which is imported from the Americas.
Globally the picture is different still: 37 million ha (2% of agricultural land) under organic cultivation compared to 170 million (12%) under GM cultivation.
That means that majority of global land is still GM free – and we as consumers, and voters, have an opportunity to keep it that way, and even reverse the trend if we keep the pressure up.
You can find your MP and get in touch directly by visiting www.writetothem.com


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What is the church emerging from?
The Lutheran Church has always been the "emerging church." Lutherans emerged from the Catholic Church almost five-hundred years ago! It is in our DNA to emerge! In fact, Jesus himself emerged from the Jews to offer salvation through His blood for all who repent of their evil ways and follow Him. In this way, the Christian Church has always been the "emerging church." Since the Church has always been "emerging", it is appropriate to ask, "What is the church emerging from?"
Answer #1: The Church is always emerging from the world.
There are countless ways that Christians emerge (and break away) from the world in their day-to-day endeavors. Christians love their enemies (Matthew 5:44), care for the sick and visit prisoners (Matthew 25:39), remember the poor (Galatians 2:10), feed the hungry (Matthew 25:42), tell the truth (1 Timothy 2:7), remain sexually pure (Hebrews 13:4), stay out of unnecessary debt (Romans 13:9), do not seek revenge (Romans 12:17) and avoid drunkenness (Galatians 5:21). This list is just a short one; it goes on and on.
Answer #2: The Church is always emerging from the Church.
When we think of church we think of worship, faith, community, and a building. When those of the "emerging church" think of church, they think of an obedient lifestyle, intimacy, relevance, wholeness and experience. Let me paint a more complete picture of a few of these themes.
Obedient lifestyle
Lutherans do not often talk about obedience. Having recently graduated from seminary, I look back and see that we rarely talked about obedience. We should.
Today, the emerging church is gathering in homes (Romans 16:5). These gatherings tend to be small in size, somewhere between 10-50 people. They pray for their enemies. They memorize Scripture together as a defense against the evil one. They study words like "righteousness" in candle-lit rooms. Together in the Word, they unlock the mysterious treasure revealed in Jesus' parables. They raise-up holy hands to praise the Holy One. They visit orphanages and provide dinner to the poor. They live as the kingdom of God on earth.
If we define "emerging" as meaning that which rises above something, then the church is always emerging. It is constantly emerging away from the world. It just so happens that a group of Christians, who call themselves The Emerging Church, have felt the need to recall our attention to the things that separate us from the world.


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This is part of the SAP Lumira Discovery blog series.
The Trend line option in charts, draws a line in the plot area of the chart based on the linear difference in values of each data point. Now we can see on how to create a trend line in chart.
Creating Trend Lines in Chart
Let's look into creating trend line in a column chart. Right click on the chart and you can find the "Add Trendline" option in the menu. Select the option, a line will be added to the chart based on difference in value between each column in the chart.
As you can see a line is been added in the chart.
We can add additional values for the trend line which enables us to forecast data.
Select 'Edit Trendline Setting' option in the right click menu as shown it will open a pop-up window as Trendline Setting.
In the pop-up window we can add the number of periods that needs to be added for the trendline in the chart. As you can see, I have given value 2
The output will be as shown below. The trendline will be plotted as per the value given for the forward periods. The linear aggregated values will be plotted against actual value in the chart which enables us to forecast the value for given period of values in the chart.
SAP Lumira Discovery only supports Linear Regression based trend lines, but can be extended multiple instances on the same chart.
Interested to learn how to leverage SAP Lumira for your enterprise. Write to us by clicking here.


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Turan, Cengiz
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In this study, the processing of attachment preferences to relative clauses (RC) in Turkish was analyzed through an eye-tracking technique and comprehension questions presented following each experimental sentence. Within this general framework, the possible effects of the RC types (subject - object) on the processing of attachment types (low – high – high with ambiguity) and whether there was any RC asymmetry were examined. The data obtained from a total of sixty participants were analyzed in the study. Forty-two experimental sentences were developed based on two RC types and three attachment types as low, high and high with ambiguity. Therefore, in the study six conditions were tested along with forty-two filler sentences which were employed to distract the participants' attention away from the investigated structures. The Kolmogorow Smirnow test showed that the data exhibited a normal distribution. For two-way comparisons, an independent t-test was used and for three-way comparisons, the ANOVA (Analysis Of Variance) was employed. Certain differences between the two attachment types were observed. General direction of processing seemed to be that the High Attachment configuration caused slightly less cognitive load than the Low Attachment. However, the High Attachment sentences exhibited statistically significant longer reading durations on NP2 (the second noun phrase following the RC area). Therefore, it was assumed that the parser was sensitive to lexical/semantic properties of the incoming words of the given sentences during the initial processing. The processing of the main verb was another point of divergence. Significantly longer fixation durations on main verbs were observed in Low Attachment sentences, which also suggest that they included an implicit ambiguity. It was revealed that the main strategy of the parser to repair an ambiguity in High Attachment sentences was using the argument structure of the main verb. It acted as an error signal prompting the parser to adjust its syntactic preferences. It was found out that for all attachment types, on the RC Area of Interest (AoI) the object RCs are read with longer durations. However, statistically significant differences were not found. Considering the whole sentences, on the other hand, statistically significant results were found where participants spent longer durations for the processing of the object RCs. When analyzed alone, the subject RCs was comparatively easier for the parser to process than the object RCs. This is attributed to longer structural distance between the head noun and the extraction site besides linguistic-specific properties of Turkish in which the ORCs were inflected for person agreement, which caused extra processing load. Regarding the answers to the comprehension questions, the data complements the findings from online processing. The answers to the comprehension questions following High Attachment sentences had statistically the highest accuracy level. On the other hand, the comprehension questions following the High Attachment with Ambiguity sentences had statistically the lowest accuracy rate. Considering the answers to the comprehension questions concerning the subject and object RC sentences, it was observed that the comprehension questions concerning the subject RC sentences were statistically answered more successfully. It is suggested that For Turkish parser, the early processing is dominated by syntactic operations. However, it is overridden by lexical-semantic information of the main verb when it is led into a Garden-path situation. High Attachment sentences take the parser shorter to process compared to the Low Attachment sentences. Therefore, it is suggested that Turkish is a High Attachment language. Considering the reading times, Low Attachment sentences also include a local ambiguity as in High Attachment with Ambiguity. Finally, Cognitive load of ORCs is heavier than SRCs in all attachment types except for RC AoI. ORC asymmetry is also observed across all the experimental items regardless of attachment types, which is predicted by Structural Distance Hypothesis (SDH) (O'Grady, 2003).


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There is a very strong possibility that tomorrow the basket price of Opec crude will start with a six for the first time since late June 2015. Ice Brent front-month futures have been sixed-up for a few days now.
There is a very strong possibility that tomorrow the basket price of Opec crude will start with a six for the first time since late June 2015. Ice Brent front-month futures have been sixed-up for a few days now.
Quite the fillip ahead of the group's meeting at the end of this month, when the key – perhaps the only – point of discussion will be how to keep a good thing going.
Opec has always maintained that the deal to trim output levels, which has attracted co-operation from producing countries outside the group, was not about prices but wholly about drawing down high levels of inventory.
A higher price is a pleasant by-product of this. It has been a slow process, but the Opec basket price is now more than 30pc higher than on 30 November last year, when the deal was clinched.
With a backdrop of third-quarter results that show oil majors' recovery gathering momentum, it will be incumbent upon those taking the lead in the rebalancing efforts — Saudi Arabia and Russia — to guard against complacency.
In that sense it was surprising to hear BP's chief financial officer Brian Gilvary say this week that "we are now getting to a more stable period of where oil prices are". As noted by Wells Fargo, in pointing out that Brent had reached $60/bl much quicker than it thought possible: "There are few ways more likely to instil humility than publishing an oil price forecast."
An outbreak of over-exuberance at an oil and gas investment conference in London this week — where a fund manager said "we know what [price Brent is] going to be for a while now, certainly for the next 1-3 years" — was more understandable, but no less of a concern for anyone trying to maintain discipline and manage expectations.
A price around $60/bl is decent, given where the industry has been in the past three years. But let's not start waxing each other's backs just yet.
The risks in either direction loom as large as they ever did. Demand appears healthy, but how will it react to the winding down of a decade's worth of central bank monetary policies? Will US policy impinge on Mideast Gulf output, or can the region's domestic policies get there first? Many of the large producing countries that were looking frayed two years ago do not look repaired today.
Pick your own risk, there are plenty to go around. To a greater or lesser extent, a price-seeker can take account of these. Putting a price on complacency is another matter altogether.


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Happy Double Digits to My Mira
A decade ago today, I gave birth to my second daughter and as it happened, my last child, Mira Justine Israel. I remember wondering before she arrived whether I could possibly love her as much as her older sister. But the second I held Mira in my arms, I discovered, as all parents do, that you don't divide your heart between your children but instead, you grow another heart each time a new baby comes along and each fills to bursting. Plus, though she didn't make me a mom, Mira made me the mom of sisters, and for me (one of four girls myself) there has been no greater pleasure than watching my daughters' relationship blossom (even if it means that I'm the butt of many of their pranks or have to play the heavy when the late night chatter-chitting or after school screaming matches don't end).
After Mira was born, I gave up my part time nanny and decided to cut my practice down further. I vacated the downtown DC office that I'd proudly occupied for seven years partly because I wasn't using it, but also because with my reduced schedule, I could scarcely afford it. Moving the boxes to my makeshift home office (at the time, a small desk in the corner of the living room), I felt like a failure for the first time in my eight years of solo practice, as if I were moving backwards.
But in truth, life only moves forward and and we have keep pace. I forced myself to start again, to seek out and create new opportunities for myself that I could fit into my shorter workdays because I knew that someday, my daughters would grow. I just didn't count on how quickly a decade could fly by. Happy Birthday to my sweet, smart ten year old Mira. I know it's your day, but I'll also savor the gift that I gave myself when you were born: that I hardly missed a single minute.