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Usually the scuba lessons would be on Sundays, but for class #2, Melissa and I had to take it Wednesday night due to a Christmas choir concert I have on Sunday. This class was great, we spent the first 3 hours in or around the pool, refreshing ourselves on putting gear together and the such, then the last hour-ish in the classroom going over the books.
There were two people that were making up class #1 before we got a good start on #2, so we chilled for a little bit, getting dressed and all. Melissa and I both used 5mm wetsuits this time around in hopes that we wouldn't get so chilled… it was a good thing. Whenever I buy my own wetsuit, I think it is a safe bet for me to go with the thicker material. We got our tanks all hooked up to the BC and made our checks:
Dip BC into water
Put tank into the BC
Attach 1st stage to the tank
Attach hose to BC inflator
Set instruments on the left, face down and blow the spiders out of the regulators making sure you can not breathe in
Open up the tank all the way with a quarter turn back from the end
Check instruments for air pressure
Check regulators for inhale, exhale, and purge
Inflate the BC and check all available release points
And that's it… (at least I hope so for the sake of whoever is reading this)
Once we were in the water all suited up we went through basic skills. For some people this was their first time in the scuba gear. Luckily for myself and Melissa it was our second or first time with the gear on in the pool, respectively. Here are the skills we worked on:
Lost regulator :: Take regulator out of mouth while under water and put it behind you. Make sure you are always blowing bubbles (never stop breathing!) There are two methods to get your regulator back. Method 1: Sweep. Lean slightly to your right (side with the regulator) and swing your arm down by your leg and up behind you. When your arms is back in front of you, the regulator will be hooked around it. Method 2: Trace. Reach behind you for the top of your tank with your right hand. The first hose you grab on the right side of the tank is your regulator hose. Trace it up to the second stage. Once you have the regulator back in your mouth you can purge the water either with the purge button on the regulator or if you have air left, a big puff into the regulator
Water in mask :: We got water in our mask in three stages. 1st Stage (little water): Let a little water in from the top of your mask. Look up and push index fingers at the top of the mask while using thumbs to release pressure on the bottom of mask, then exhale through nose. Magic! the water is gone. 2nd Stage (lot of water): Same as 1st stage except fill the entire mask up with water and clear it the same way. 3rd Stage (mask off): Take the mask off while under water, put it back on and clear the water just as in the 1st and 2nd stage.
First we did these skills in the shallow end, then moved to the deep (10 ft) end. In pairs, we followed an instructor to a rope, signaled to our dive buddy that we were ready to go down, and released air from our BCs to sink. While going down, we had to equalize our ears by pinching the nose and exhaling through the nose gently. Once at the bottom we lounged around, I layed on my stomach and tried to inflate my BC enough to neutralize my buoyancy, somewhat unsuccessfully at first. Melissa tried to do the same, and over-inflated and went floating away to the top of the pool. I was laughing so hard my regulator kept almost falling out of my mouth.
The instructor came over and worked on our skills with us at the deep end. All was fine and if anything, the skills were easier at the deep end cause we were working as much to keep our heads under water. But all fun has to come to an end, so we made our way back to the shallow end and got out of our gear.
Turn off air
Purge regulator
Detach hose from BC inflator
Take off 1st stage from the tank
Pull BC off of tank and empty out any water
All-in-all a fun Wednesday evening. One thing is for sure, swimming/scuba makes me both hungry and sleepy… later.


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Exhibition Gallery, British Library
A number of books and manuscripts are on display to the general public in the Sir John Ritblat Gallery which is open seven days a week at no charge. Some of the items in the exhibition include Beowulf, a Gutenberg Bible, Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, Thomas Malory's Le Morte d'Arthur (King Arthur), Captain Cook's journal, Jane Austen's History of England, Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre, Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures Under Ground, Rudyard Kipling's Just So Stories, Charles Dickens's Nicholas Nickleby, Virginia Woolf's Mrs Dalloway and a room devoted solely to Magna Carta.
In addition to the permanent exhibition, there are frequent thematic exhibitions which has covered maps, sacred texts and now the history of the English language. (thank you wikipedia.org)
It's official. Zoe is a workaholic. It's a beautiful spring Saturday and here she is tagging and cataloging a new batch of books. She might feel sorry for herself or bad about that if Saturdays didn't tend to be her most productive times. No one really wants to spend Saturday in the library.
The weather means that the building is practically deserted aside from those like her who chose to work, and the grumblers who were stuck scheduled. The emptiness means that Zoe can cheat a little, and be just a little unprofessional, though. She has her iPod in her pocket, the ear buds in her ears, and is humming just faintly under her breath as she types information into the library's database.
Kendrin moves between the exhibit cases slowly — noiselessly, even. The big problem, really, is that she can't read a word of anything written in the books in the stacks. The alphabets she's familiar with are rarely, if ever, found in this world. It's a bit of a problem, really. Still, there are pictures and symbols that aren't alphanumeric she can use as reference. Thus far, of course, they've been useless, too.
But the exhibit cases are different. Maps and artefacts are things she recognizes, even if the geography and cultures are generally unfamiliar. Still, she's learned that it sometimes pays to peruse a culture's archives, when she can. There are things to be learn even by looking at what they choose to display, what they value as precious and deem must be protected.
And, more than once, she's found a useful clue among dusty trinkets. Thus, she scans the contents of each case with the practiced, naturally-close observation of a hunter and explorer.
Of course, her scrutiny doesn't go entirely unnoticed. She's dressed strangely, still, for blending in with the urban culture of London in this century. For the most part, because she's careful not to touch the glass and seems entirely uninterested in whatever security measures — physical or electronic — may be in place, the security guard she's noted following her hasn't felt a need to intervene. But, she knows her face and form will be remembered.
Let them remember her. She's no threat to them.
Not currently, at least.
When her shoulders start to tense up and her eyes begin to water, Zoe declares to herself that it is a time for a break. Rolling her neck to loosen the muscles, she slides her feet into her abandoned shoes (stocking feet are only acceptable under and behind the desk no matter how 'unprofessional' she is feeling) and pushes away from the desk. She automatically locks the computer desktop and turns away, wandering out of her office and into the library proper.
Zoe's eyes flicker over the oddly dressed woman, and then away. She looks somewhat out of place and out of time, and with her mind still processing what she's done and what she has left to do, Zoe dismisses the woman as an after image.
It's only when she's gone a few paces that it clicks: the woman doesn't feel like a spirit or an echo… and Joshua, the security guard, is following at a safe distance.
Zoe takes in the woman's odd dress again, then shrugs it off. The uni students dress strangely today, and she might even be migrant or transitory. Still, the best way to keep an eye on someone is to make sure that they know that you're aware of their presence. Joshua might not want to approach, but Zoe has no such qualms.
"Hello there," Zoe greets when she's rounded back around and is close enough to speak without shouting. "Is there something in particular that you're looking for?"
Kendrin glances toward Zoe before she makes it half-way down the aisle toward her. Thus, as the librarian greets her, she has already straightened and given the other woman her attention. She offers a courteous smile and an odd half-bow that's more a brief ducking of her head than anything else. "Good evening," she greets. She looks back at the cases and then to the woman.
"No," she says in answer to the question. "Nothing particular. Are you the…" — she searches for the word for a moment — "curator of this collection?"
Zoe is well schooled in not staring at people, but something about the woman makes it difficult for her to do that. The clothing is so … is she transitory? Making an odd fashion statement? Into live action role playing? The questions flow through Zoe's head quickly as she notes the question and the seemingly hesitant wording of it. "Yes, I'm responsible for this collection." Beat. "Did you have a question about it?"
Kendrin continues to smile, though it shifts somewhat, becoming faintly wry. "Will you tell me about it?" she asks. "I would like to know where these things come from and some of the stories behind them." She glances toward some of the information cards that are displayed. "The cards are… not as informative as I would like."
Mainly because she can't read them, but she doesn't say that.
"Certainly." The request isn't so odd to Zoe. Only the very basics are put into the summaries and description cards, and being asked for more information is nothing new. On busier days or nights, she'll often direct people to the collections of books that will be more informative, but it's slow enough tonight that she can indulge the young woman's curiosity.
Zoe takes a look at the nearest case and points to the first items there, the two are a set and thus the explanation applies to them both. She keeps it basic: when, where, what, and why. A miniaturized history lecture, without the dryness, and short enough so that the woman isn't bored.
Zoe hopes.
Kendrin is an attentive audience, actually. She's as much listening to the cadence and nuances of Zoe's speech patterns and body language as she is the actual content of her mini-lecture. She even asks a couple of clarifying questions that doubtlessly lead to more stories and connect to other pieces of the collection. Indeed, it soon becomes apparent that the young woman is particularly fascinated by those places legends intersect with history.
Zoe is always pleased to have a receptive audience, but whom isn't? It's why she chose library work - aside from (hopefully) avoiding many of London's ghosts. When people come to the library they're seeking answers and information.
Eventually that piece of history telling winds down, and Zoe smiles at the young woman. "You're fascinated by the legends aren't you? I've always had a fancy for legends and mythology, myself. My thought is that there is always some nugget of real fact that gave rise to the legend."
Kendrin nods to that. "A culture's most valued legends and stories reflect their most treasured qualities and philosophies," she says. "Learn those stories, and you learn much about how to relate to them." It's saved her tail on more than one occasion.
Again, she glances about at all the cases. "Why were the artefacts here chosen to be a part of this collection?" she asks now.
No. It doesn't actually occur to her that she's likely asked one of those OMG questions that leave a lot of people staring blankly.
It is one of those questions, and Zoe is stunned for a moment because no one usually asks that question. People don't want to know why and how the particular collections are chosen; and Zoe can't blame them. It's oft times part politics, part crowd draw and part luck of the draw. This time however, Zoe knows the reason and how these particular pieces tie into a bit of the local lore and history of London.
"No one usually asks that," Zoe laughs, blinking in surprise. "And this is one time that there's a reason that's not 'because that's what the benefactors want to see.'" With another slight laugh, Zoe explains what ties these collections together and why they were chosen at this time.
The fact the artefacts actually do tie into the city in which she now finds herself pleases Kendrin. She believes she has seen more people in this city-that-seems-to-go-on-forever than she has in all the other places she's been, combined. Indeed, did she actually know the true population of the city, she'd realize that was very true. London far outstrips even the largest of the Amrikan cities she's visited.
She smiles as Zoe summarizes the collection once more, and nods. "This city is very old, then," she surmises. "Older than it appears."
"Um, yes," Zoe blinks at the woman. Once. Twice. "It is."
It's like the oddest thing Zoe has ever heard said in the library and she's heard some odd things. She talks to ghosts, so she's heard some really, really odd things. Not so much the woman's words, but the one in which she says them. As though Zoe has just presented her with a new nugget of knowledge and in the same breath gave confirmation to some plaguing thought.
There's a moment where she wonders if maybe this isn't a ghost, and somehow her powers are on the fritz, but Zoe knows that isn't so.
Tucking her ponytail over her shoulder, Zoe keeps it conversationally light. After all, it's possible that the woman just has an odd way of speaking, perhaps she doesn't properly express herself in social situations. "Most of the European cities are, yeah?"
And maybe you're ignoring your gut, Zo and making up things as you go along.
'European'… 'Europe'. Kendrin's heard the word before. She's learned to recognize it as a geographical reference. But, beyond that, it still means nothing to her. Still, she nods in acknowledgement of that. Let the other woman interpret the nod as agreement, if she will. Or something else. Kendrin can hardly control that.
Still, her accent isn't clearly British. Neither is it North American. It drifts toward Renaissance European, actually — though she has picked up the round English vowels and carries some of the clipped consonants, now that she's been here as long as she has. She has an ear for accents, and though she hasn't purposely changed her own, it still drifts naturally. The end result, however, is that it's nearly impossible to place where she's from.
Pursing her lips, slightly, she considers Zoe for a moment. Then, she gives a small smile. "Do you have a map of this…" — 'realm' is the word that most naturally comes to her lips; her hesitation as she changes it to the local dialect is fleeting — "country? And perhaps of Europe, too? I would like to see more of how they relate."
There is either something odd going on here, or the young woman's question is an indictment against today's educational system. Zoe gives her a nod, "Certainly. Follow me."
She hesitates a moment before turning and leading the woman toward the atlas and maps, because Zoe has that 'off' feeling. It's a follow your gut thing that most people have, and the situation feels particularly 'strange.' Nothing that she can put a finger on, but something niggling.
"You're not from around here, then? The States? Canada?" Even though that's not really an excuse to not know basic geography.
"No," Kendrin replies. "I am not from here. Nor… those other places. My home is… much further away than that." Further away than half the world? She must have an odd perception of geography, this one.
Still, she follows Zoe willingly enough to the atlas. Indeed, sees the map, her face seems to light up with an avid curiosity.
Indeed, she could quite willingly monopolize the rest of Zoe's time in the library that evening with questions about the maps — their symbols, their different functions (political, scientific, historical), their different scales. The one of the city will no doubt be of particular interest, once she's placed it within the greater context.
"Australia, then?" Zoe offers. "Southeast Asia?" The girl does have a faintly Asian look to her features. It's her curiosity really. The odd questions and the interest. It's a mystery and Zoe rather enjoys mysteries.
Kendrin regards Zoe for a moment. She gives a wry smile and a twist of her head that could be construed as a nod. Indeed, it could be construed as a south asian nod, given it's more a tilt from side to side than a nod or shake. In a Westerner, it'd be non-committal, however. Truthfully, getting into a discussion of her origins is problematic, and Kendrin's not the sort to answer questions she doesn't care to.
She spreads out one of the maps on a large map table and spends several moments looking at it. After tracing her finger lightly along some of the shorelines, she glances again to Zoe. "Where are we?"
That's avoidance. A'right, then. Zoe gives the young woman another appraising look. Feeling eyes on her, she glances over her shoulder at Joshua, and gives him a nod to indicate that everything is still fine and he doesn't have to keep shadowing. She knows that he'll do it anyway, but at least he might not look like he's ready to grab the girl and escort her out at a moment's notice.
In answer to Kendrin's question, Zoe points to the UK on the map and then London. "This is the United Kingdom, all of these islands. We're on this one, here in the city of London." Beat. "I'm Zoe, by the way."
Kendrin leans over the table slightly as Zoe points out the various regions. Her brows raise faintly as she begins to appreciate the size of the city in comparison to the land that surrounds it. As Zoe introduces herself, however, she glances again to her and offers another of her courteous smiles. "And I am called Raelle," she says evenly. "It is a pleasure to meet you, Zoe."
She's polite, anyway. Indeed, as much as Joshua has been hovering for the past hour or so that Kendrin has been perusing the valuables, she's never once raised her voice, never once behaved in any fashion that suggests she is anything but quiet and well-mannered. Aside from her odd sartorial choices and precision when speaking, she's been the soul of courtesy.
"May I?" she asks, now, pulling a small leather bound notebook from out of an inner pocket in her coat, along with a carefully wrapped, sharpened piece of charcoal that acts very much like a pencil… but isn't. She opens the book and with several quick, neat strokes, begins creating a reasonably accurate miniature representation of the map. At first, it's the islands together, along with the European shoreline. She labels them, though in no alphabet the librarian is likely to have seen — it's a neat, cursive style that seems more at home in a fantasy movie than a modern street. Then, flipping the page, she starts mapping out London's major arteries, as shown on this particular map. It's nowhere near as detailed or useful as formal road map, but it gives her the geographic idea.
What is notable is how quickly and accurately she works. She has an artist's hand. Or perhaps a draftsman's. Either way, it's clearly evident she has a remarkable eye for both detail and nuance. Her sketches hardly take a handful of minutes.
"Oh wow." The surprise and awe are on Zoe's face and in her voice as she watches Raelle sketch. "You're really good at that. Very talented." Her eyes flicker from the map and back to the sketch a few times before Zoe ventures her next question, "I've not seen that script before. Not that I'm any sort of linguist, it just stands out as unique." Odd. Unusual. Near surreal as is this whole encounter.
An archeologist would doubtlessly have a field day with the notes and images recorded in Raelle's little brown book. She gives Zoe another smile, a faint twinkle in her dark eyes. "Thank you," she says politely. No. She doesn't imagine Zoe has seen the script before — more's the pity. If she had, Raelle might find herself a whole lot closer to home than she's been since this whole adventure started. Instead of commenting on the script, however, she says, "It is a talent I have found useful to develop. I have no other way to easily record details I do not wish to forget."
Fact is, she's got a remarkable memory, too. Her people have a robust oral tradition. But, she still prefers to have something physical to examine, whenever she can.
"Can you tell me how these roads relate to this building?"
The girl is a master of avoidance. It's not something that your average person would notice, but it's a skill that Zoe has mastered as well. It's necessary when you talk to and hear and see people that others cannot. Avoidance and redirection have saved Zoe from being thought of a right nutter on more than one occasion.
Still, she does her best to press into memory a little of what she's seen; Sean is a lot more knowledgeable about these things and Zoe hopes she can recall enough to run it past him.
To the odd (and getting odder) young woman, Zoe simply nods and describes which roads lead to the library and away. "Is there a particular place that you're trying to reach?"
Raelle shakes her head. "No," she says. "I am simply trying to better understand this city and how it is arranged. It is… much larger than most places I have been." That will no doubt set Zoe's curiosity somewhat afire, too. But, it's the truth. She's rarely one to lie outright — though it has been known to happen.
As she makes brief notations in her book about the roads as Zoe explains them to her, a shadow of frustration flits across her features. It's quickly suppressed, mind. But for the attentive, it lingers in the tightness that remains around her eyes.
In her mind, though not on the paper — or is that actually parchment? — she starts gridding out the city as she contemplates a section by section search.
Damned gnome. Of course he'd choose the biggest city either of us has ever seen to get lost in.
Her lips press together thinly. Perhaps she's going about this the wrong way. It is Spooker she's thinking about, after all. In the first place, he rarely does anything logically. In the second…
"Can you tell me how I might find just how many public houses, inns, or taverns there may be within a day's walk of Hyde Park?" When in doubt, rely on the gnome's stomach. (In another life, he was doubtlessly a hobbit.)
"Particularly those more likely to take trade or barter… or" — Ancestors forbid! — "entertain…" She pauses. Spooker is not a bard. "Storytellers," she decides, "hospitably?"
Zoe can't help it. She looks briefly around, expecting the camera crew to jump out at any moment and tell her that this is a prank of some sort. The girl really cannot be that unfamiliar with the area, even as a tourist. Her clothing, her wording and phrasing - all of it seems to scream prank. Zoe would almost think that she was imagining it all, if it were not plain that Joshua sees the girl as well.
"I can, yes," Zoe says, "But we can probably do it better a different way. We can print out a map that will mark all the hotels and hostels." It saves time from looking them up and marking them out individually.
Zoe motions for Raelle to follow her, and starts heading to the computers. "Right this way."
Raelle has spent much of the last month exploring Undercity, truth be told. She's got a handle on how the Market works and where its major arteries go, but she's seen no sign of Spooker there. So, the only other alternative is to start hunting the City-Above, as the Undercity denizens refer to modern London. She folds her book and wraps the leather flap over its front, tucking the odd pencil within its confines before tucking it back into her coat.
As Zoe glances around, seeking Raelle isn't sure what, she does the same. Just in case. All she notes is the security guard that's been with them since she arrived. Aside from noting his puzzlement and faint scowl, however, she doesn't really worry about him. If he'd wanted to cause trouble for her, he'd have done it before now. And she certainly has no interest in causing trouble for him.
"I am sorry to put you to so much trouble," she offers Zoe as she follows. "I would repay you, if I could. I am not certain I can."
"Oh, it's no problem," Zoe assures her. "I'm a librarian. Providing information is all just part of the job." Well, technically, not so. Maps and reference questions are not a part of Zoe's job, but she hardly minds helping out the odd girl. Especially since Zoe is still trying to suss out the odd situation.
Settling down at the computer, Zoe logs on and immediately goes to a map website. A few keystrokes later, she's printing out a map which has marked all the hotels, hostels and even a few of the local and nearby bed and breakfasts on it with neat little triangles.
She hands the map to Raelle with a smile, "That should help you immensely."
Raelle watches Zoe attentively as the librarian's fingers fly over the keyboard. She has got to learn how to do that.
Her head swivels swiftly as the printer hums to life and she smiles, clearly delighted, as it spits out its printout. Taking the paper from Zoe with a murmur of thanks, she studies it for a long moment.
Hyde Park, she recognizes by its swath of green and the fact that, conveniently, it's in the middle of the image. The streets that spoke out from it are partially familiar from the larger map — though there are many, many smaller roads on this version than the macro-view that is the wall map. And the street names mean nothing to her, though she's smart enough to know she can match the symbols that spell their names to the signs on the street corners. So, she doesn't ask for further clarification about that.
Laying the paper on the counter for a moment, she fishes out her book once more and unwraps it. Taking out her pencil, and referring to the map whereupon she noted the library's location, she transfers that information briefly to the printout.
"Thank you," she says again, wrapping the book back up and tucking it away. "This should be very helpful."
She smiles wryly. "Most librarians I have met aren't nearly as helpful as you have been," she admits. "Most guard their knowledge as if it were a commodity too precious to be shared."
A beat.
"Or, perhaps it is their time they so jealously guard," she concedes.
The delight on Raelle's face is clear and raises more and more questions for Zoe. She suddenly wishes that she had her smart phone nearby and that it would be possible to sneak a picture of the young woman and her odd book and charcoal/chalk. There's no way for it to happen however, so Zoe settles for pressing as many details into her memory as possible.
"I'm glad to be of help," Zoe smiles and it's quite a genuine smile. However, the smile is replaced with a slight frown and a heavy sigh as the girl explains about other librarians. "Sadly, I know many of that type. They don't wish to do anything that is outside of what they believe they should be doing." Beat. "I think that information is meant to be shared, and we're just the guardians of the knowledge because we know how to disseminate it."
"Then, you are a rarity," Raelle says certainly. Still, she smiles, genuinely grateful. She looks once more at the white printout in her hand and her smile takes on a decidedly satisfied character. Straightening, now, she carefully rolls the paper and slides it into a narrow cylinder hanging from the satchel at her side.
"I think I have taken enough of your time," she says finally. A sidelong glance to Joshua, lurking unobtrusively at the far end of the room, but still watching. "And, I suspect the watchman would prefer I went elsewhere. Thank you again for all your help, Zoe. It has, indeed, been a pleasure to meet you. Perhaps I will see you again."
The next time she has questions no one else seems to be able to answer properly, for instance.
"Again, I'm happy to have been able to help," Zoe says. It's clear that she means it and she's not just being professional and polite. Zoe does love her work, and this has been yet another one of those interesting character types that she meets that keeps it interesting.
Zoe follows Raelle's gaze to Joshua and gives a faint half-smile. "I think it's just a slow night for him. He needed something to do." Beat. "Please, if you need any other information, feel free to stop in and ask for me." If only so Zoe has further proof of the oddly dressed girl and her satchel.
Raelle gives Zoe a curious half-bow that is very nearly Asian… except isn't. Still, it's cordial and her smile is warm, if still on the formal side of friendly. Adjusting her shoulder straps, she turns, then, and meanders her way out past the artefact cases. She moves a trifle more slowly past those ones that particularly fascinated her, before, giving Joshua a faint half-bow as well, she disappears out the grand double doors about the rest of her business.

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Day: May 5, 2013
INXS – Love Is (What I Say) – The Swing (album)
INXS – All the Voices
INXS – I Send A Message (single) – The Swing (album)
A side – I Send A Message
Producer, Engineer, Mixed By – Nick Launay
B side – Mechanical
Producer – Andrew Farriss
INXS – Burn For You (single) – The Swing (album)
INXS – Original Sin (single) – The Swing (album)
A side – Original Sin
B side – In Vain / Just Keep Walking (Live)
Released December 1983
5th May – The Number One Album in Australia – 1984 (INXS – The Swing)
It was in 1984 when INXS achieved their first number-one single "Original Sin", the opening song from the fourth album "The Swing"
INXS originally formed as The Farriss Brothers in 1977.
The early part of their career was a combination of relentless touring and recording where in the space of three years the band had released their first three records – "INXS" (October 1980) a Top 30 album, "Underneath The Colours" (Oct 1981) a Top 20 album and "Shabooh Shoobah" (Oct 1982) a Top 10 album.
The band was perfectly poised for major success in Australia.
It was 1983 after a show in Toronto when INXS was approached by Nile Rodgers, who had just produced the hugely successful "Let's Dance" album for David Bowie, to see if they could work together
The outcome of that encounter was recording a song titled "Brand New Day", which would become "Original Sin", in September 1983 at New York's Power Station Studios.
Andrew Farriss recalls:
"We were fresh off the road. So we had the basic song completed and we'd been playing it live in the set. He was talking to us through the headphones, kind of saying things that were meant to encourage us, and we figured he was just getting levels and stuff on the whole band playing together, but after we'd run it down a couple of times he said 'OK, come in and have a listen'. We went in and the control room was sort of full of people dancing. Apart from adding background vocals and the sax solo, we were finished. We didn't even know he was recording" – "Burn : The life and times of Michael Hutchence and INXS"
Nile Rodgers who had also worked with Hall & Oates invited singer Daryl Hall into the studio who sings the chorus along with Michael Hutchence.
"Original Sin" became the lead track on "The Swing", which was completed with producer Nick Launay – who had produced Midnight Oil's "10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1" album (1982), The Church's "Séance" (1983) and Models "The Pleasure of Your Company" (1983).
The ten track album had a number of music videos made – in addition to "Original Sin", promos were done for "I Send a Message", "Burn for You", "Dancing on the Jetty", "Love Is (What I Say)" and "All the Voices". These combined with the band's touring and promotional schedule saw "The Swing" enjoy a lengthy tenure on the Australian charts where it sat inside the Top 50 selling albums for over 2 years.


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MANCHESTER, NH – Riley Cullen, 16, of Manchester, will represent New Hampshire in America's National Teenager Scholarship Organization (ANTSO) for gifted young women. The national pageant will be held in Houston, TX, November 24-26. Cullen, a junior at Manchester Central High School, hopes to win so she can promote her platform BEE Kind on a national level. Her platform encourages people to do small acts of kindness on a daily basis. She created BEE Kind bracelets to wear as a daily reminder of kindness and has been selling them to help fundraise her way to nationals.
"ANTSO was founded in 1970 upon the principles of celebrating a young woman's smarts and big heart. Therefore, while the world around us has changed, our company has not. We still focus on the female's academic potential, contribution to community, and the ideals and power that women have, at any age, to make a difference. This year we celebrate 47 years of glamour, scholarship, community and style," states CEO and owner, Jenny Telwar-Daniel.
The National event in Houston, TX will consist of several days in competition, and fun city events like a Celebration 47th Queen's Ball, a visit to the NASA Space Center, family fun bingo night, participation in the Houston Thanksgiving Day Parade, and serving 35,000 Thanksgiving lunches at Houston's largest community event on Thanksgiving Day. Winners will walk away with cash scholarships for college along with various other amazing prizes and trips. For more information visit www.nationalteen.com


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Apple provided the Macintosh computer, Adobe the Postscript page description language, Aldus the PageMaker software and HP the desktop laser printer. Although other software options arrived over the next few years (and Adobe bought out Aldus), the Mac remained a strong favorite until the arrival of Windows 95. Most designers stayed loyal to Apple, but no longer was there a restriction..
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I've seen so many photos of engagement sessions taken on the University of Florida campus. It's funny how photo sessions taken at the same location always end up so different. Each photographer and couple have a unique view of the UF Campus. This week's Gator Friday feature is of Bryn and Seth (who, are having an ORANGE and BLUE wedding this coming May!).
Bryn + Seth's Story (as told by Bryn):
We both met through mutual friends on a night out to dinner the summer of 2008. We spent that whole next weekend hanging out and have been inseparable ever since. I was going to the University of Florida that fall to finish my bachelors degree and luckily Seth lived in Gainesville. So we spent the first two years of our relationship in the heart of the Gator Nation. We both (thank goodness) are huge Gator fans! Seth proposed to me on Christmas in 2009 in my backyard by the river. He knew that I wanted to get married in my backyard (my brother and sister-in-law also got married there) and he wanted to propose in the same spot he knew we would get married. We are now living in Valdosta, GA while I am working on my graduate degree and Seth is working to finish his bachelors degree at Valdosta State University.Our wedding is going to be March 12th, 2011 and our colors are of course orange and blue with some other gator accessories here and there.
I love Bryn's blue wedges. Sooo cute!
Ahhh…. Adorable. Pretty awesome that they are sitting where Gator Walk happens every game day. Some AMAZING players have walked this path to the Swamp. Such history in those there bricks!
The happy couple snugglin' outside the Baughman Center.
Congratulations to this happy Gator Bride and Gator Groom!! Oh, and don't y'all want to see the amazing (and sentimental: see story above) place they will be tying the knot?
Gorgeous. So sweet they will be getting married at the same place the Gator Groom proposed. It just makes mah little heart flutter. :)
If you are familiar with the UF Campus, what's your favorite location on campus? Mine is the grass lawn outside of the Architecture building (naturally, har har). I spent many afternoons laying out on that lawn with friends, soaking up some vitamin D, drinking our Diet Dr. Peppers and eating reese's peanut butter cups (in moderation, of course).
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Since the late 1940s, the Brentwood Country Mart has been West Los Angeles' go-to spot for a shoe repair, a lovely gift, and a down-home snack in an exceedingly pleasant environment. And since Broken English opened in 2007, Laura Jay's collection of contemporary and antique necklaces, bracelets, rings, and scarves has made the open-air shopping center a bijou lover's destination.
Encased on three sides by windows, the store has a cozy, fish-bowl feel Jay describes as "your own personal jewelry box." It's an apt metaphor, since her shoppers—many of whom reside in the surrounding tony neighborhood—return again and again to find treasures for birthdays, graduations, and weddings. "I have dream clients," says Jay. They range from young girls who follow Jay's blog and Twitter feed for her latest finds (priced as low as $100) to the more refined: "My price point can go up to over $100,000, so that's for a more mature buyer."
Celebrities wear Broken English pieces on red carpets and in the pages of Vogue. Recently, Ellen Page showed off Parulina's diamond cuff at the Inception premiere; Michelle Trachtenberg rocked Carla Amorim's Lumina ring in New York City; and model Irina Shayk was spotted with Anita Ko's baguette-diamond-studded double leaf ring. "We work with stylists every day," says Jay. It is L.A., after all.
Jay got her feet wet in the L.A. market working at Kaviar and Kind, a now-shuttered jewelry and furniture store on Sunset Boulevard owned by Sunrise Ruffalo (wife of actor Mark), who taught Jay how to curate a collection. "Sunrise is a wonderful woman," says Jay. "She has an amazing eye for artists and for merchandising." When Jay left, she found new designers—like C. Green, whose surprisingly feminine horns and snakes are among Broken English's best-sellers—to forge her own identity on the other side of the 405.
For Jay's senior thesis at the University of San Diego, she created an economic model of how to choose the best retail spot, which she later applied when she decided to open the shop. "The Brentwood County Mart was really the best location," says Jay, citing the high-income community and all-important foot traffic. But she won't reveal her full assessment. "If I told you, I'd have to kill you," she laughs.
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Over the past few days, I tried over and over to make this last piece using the other steel clays, but with no success. I would like to thank Susan Weirather for alerting me to this problem and for her patience and perseverance while trying to solve it.
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When somebody is suddenly terminated without reason or with no notice, they frequently think about whether their manager had the right ideal to do as such. Shockingly, the appropriate response is yes much of the time. Let us see is it possible that company can fire you without any notice?
Will A Company Fire You Without Notice
Since most specialists are utilized at-will, actually workers can be let go without at-will. At-will employment is a term used to depict the connection between a worker or employee and an employer in which either gathering may fire the work contract for any reason and abruptly, insofar as the reason isn't biased.
The exemptions are laborers secured by employment contracts or union bartering understandings, or when state law forbids it. It is likewise illicit for bosses to terminate laborers for oppressive reasons in light of age, race, religion, national inception, sex, pregnancy, or inability.
Furthermore, bosses are restricted from releasing workers as countering for whistleblowing or revealing an illicit or untrustworthy boss movement. Here is a rundown of all individual cases to work freely.
Termination Procedure
Most managers are keen on keeping up high staff resolve and have strategies set up which oversee conditions under which staff might be terminated.
Commonly, chiefs will be required to meet with staff and issue notices when execution isn't up to measures. Frequently an execution intend to address any issue zones will be figured as a component of this procedure and worker or employees will be given a timeframe to enhance their implementation.
The employer or boss will survey the worker's procedure and execution and will reevaluate the result given any changes or deficiency in that department made.
Details and information on the approach at your organization might be accessible to the worker or employee handbook, in your work contract, or you may get the details & information from the Human Resources office.
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Even though a terminating may come all of a sudden, various employers will, in any case, give at-will workers remuneration for a timeframe or severance pay, despite the fact that you may have been requested to leave the premises instantly.
A severance bundle is an advantage or installment issued to a worker when he or she leaves his or her activity at an organization. Severance pay may incorporate extra payments given the number of months a worker worked.
Installment for unused paid time off, get-away, or wiped out time, compensatory time, a settlement rather than the typical notice time frame, proceeded with restorative, dental, and life coverage, retirement benefits, investment opportunities, movement administrations, and that's only the tip of the iceberg.
Severance pay is as a rule at the tact of the employer and is just legitimately required in specific situations. For instance, a few states expect bosses to give severance bundles to worker or employees when they are making mass cutbacks.
In different cases, severance pay might be a piece of the employer contract, and all things considered, all worker or employees would be qualified for it unless there was some gross unfortunate behavior or other excluding activity.
Be that as it may, for at-will workers, an organization isn't committed to giving severance pay or whatever other remuneration when you have been fired from the employer.
For whatever length of time that the termination was made for reasons other than prejudicial ones, there is no commitment or legal prerequisite for any post-employer pay.
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In the case that you were not utilized at-will and trusted you were wrongfully terminated, or trust you were terminated for a prejudicial reason, there are moves you can make.
The initial step is to ensure you know your rights. You can converse with the Human Resources office if you have inquiries concerning your termination.
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Can an employer fire an employee or worker without notice?
It implies your boss can termination you whenever, for any reason - with or without notice. An employer has each privilege to stroll up to a free employee or worker and say, "I don't care for that your most loved shading is purple. You're let go."
Does law require termination letters?
A few states expect employers to give motivation to termination in keeping in touch with workers at the season of termination. Different states hope managers to provide a termination letter at the demand of an isolated employee or worker.
What is a letter of termination?
Utilize a Termination Letter on the off chance that, you're an employer who needs to fire an employee or worker due to cutbacks, poor execution or some other reason. Your organization is firing a worker and might want to have a record of the termination in case of a claim.
To what extent does an employer require to pay an employee or worker after termination?
On the off chance that worker is let go, inside seventy-two hours. On the off chance that worker is laid off, the boss may hold up until the following payday. On the off chance that employee or worker stops: next booked payday, or inside seventy-two hours if the worker gives one payroll interval's notice.
What is the distinction amongst rejection and termination of the employer?
Termination implies finishing. It is genuine regardless of how somebody cleared out an organization willfully or automatically, let go or quit or laid off. When anybody is never again working, the employer is terminated. Expulsion is an activity drove by the employer who brings about Termination of work.


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Re: QC 35-I is Turning On By Itself
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As the race went on, it started to get hot. Really hot. And this made me happy.
Do I like running in the heat? No, it sucks. The reason that I was happy is that I always like racing in adverse conditions. One of my strengths is my ability to persevere despite bad conditions. They call me badger because the badger is relentless and doesn't let anything stop it.
In this particular race, I had a crazy bet with two of my teammates where the loser had to wear a unicorn Speedo. I didn't want to lose this bet. The thing is, both of them are better athletes than I am. I knew that I had a better chance if conditions got bad.
Of course, we should work on our weakness so that has less of an impact on our performance, but as you are selecting your races, consider what your strengths are. Are you a great swimmer? Select a race where the swim is a larger percentage of the overall race, typically shorter distance triathlons or do an aquathon. Not a fast runner but have great endurance? Consider doing a longer distance event over a sprint.
I didn't lose my bet. In fact, I beat both of my teammates. Sometimes it's better to be the badger than it is to be a really good athlete.
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My name is Stephanie Carr. I am 23 years old and have been gliding for 6 years and this will be my 2nd season at York as well as my 2nd season as an instructor thanks to York.
I was licenced in 2013 in the air cadets. When I started flying here at York it was a whole new world and much more enjoyable (although cadet gliding is fun too). Being able to do real soaring flights in our higher performance gliders is so beautiful and exciting!
I am eternally grateful to Youth Flight Canada for providing me with a scholarship this year and last year. The scholarship has provided me with accommodations at York to be able to come and immerse myself in the club surrounded by all the friendly members to talk about flying every day. With the YFC I am also able to get plenty of flying hours, lots of which with experienced soaring who have taught me about thermaling and soaring techniques, as well as airmanship and other general aviation skills.
I believe that the work of YFC is extremely important for building a strong base of youth pilots for the present and future of gliding clubs.
My goals for this season are to have longer and longer flights, earn my bronze badge and work on the skills I need to fly cross-country. I hope to learn as much as I can from every flight and from all the other members including the students, who I hope I can help make learning as simple and enjoyable as possible.
Hope everyone has a great season!
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Crtyptocurrency exchange founder Gerald Cotten died of complications from Crohn's disease back in December and now some 115,000 clients are left unable to retrieve approximately $190 million in funds.
It turns out only Cotten knew the password for the Canadian cryptocurrency exchange to gain access.
QuadrigaCX was one of only a handful of cryptocurrency exchanges available to Canadian online gamblers, many of whom have expressed apprehensions in using competing exchanges as a reult of the current upheaval involving QuadrigaCX.
The story gets all the more absurd as it appeared that Cotten's exchange was already in financial and legal trouble prior to Cotton's death. He had also filed a will the week prior.
CoinDesk revealed that QuadrigaCX had undergone creditor protection in the Nova Scotia Supreme Court.
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Evidently Cotten was the sole person responsible for transferring QuadrigaCX funds between the company's "cold wallet" – secure, offline storage – and its "hot wallet" or online server, according to court documents. Very little cryptocurrency was stored in the hot wallet for security purposes. Cotten's laptop was encrypted, and his widow, Jennifer Robertson, and the expert she hired have been unable to access any of its contents. The company had no corporate bank accounts and used third party services to manage payments and withdrawals.
"For the past weeks, we have worked extensively to address our liquidity issues, which include attempting to locate and secure our very significant cryptocurrency reserves held in cold wallets, and that are required to satisfy customer cryptocurrency balances on deposit, as well as sourcing a financial institution to accept the bank drafts that are to be transferred to us," QuadrigaCX's Board of Directors wrote in a letter to customers on Jan. 31. "Unfortunately, these efforts have not been successful."
The debacle highlights the problems with cryptocurrency's lack of regulation. It's not issued by a government or controlled through a centralized financial institution, leaving exchanges such as QuadrigaCX with near total control over investors' assets, and making them vulnerable to hackers or other mishaps.
Other legal problems included the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce freezing more than $25 million of QuadrigaCX's assets after noticing "irregularities" in the exchange's payment processes. In what appears to be an odd coincidence, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice took control of the funds, Coindesk reported, and they were just returned to the company days before Cotten's death.
On the popular social media platform Reddit, conspiracy theories have arisen that Cotten faked his own death.
We need: *The cold wallet addresses *Picture(s) of the corpse *Canadian Passport documentation of Gerald Cotton leaving Canada, flying to/arriving in India, and the dates *If possible (unlikely), surveillance of him at the airport with his luggage (to see a laptop) and the people flying with him.
The company is looking into selling its operating platform to stay afloat, which matters little to those who can't their funds out of the troubled exchange.
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If US marketing guru Regis McKenna is to be believed, the era of instant gratification is upon us. Modern computing and telecommunications technologies are hurtling us towards a new era of 'real time' competition and 'real time' marketing, where customers increasingly expect to have direct and instant access to suppliers and to be recognised and treated as individuals.
Only organisations that are fleet of foot, ever sensitive to changing market needs and display the 'personal touch' should survive in such a world. Mega-corporations with their cold, slow, remote and faceless reputations shouldn't prosper because all these qualities are the traditional territory of the SME. Or so the theory goes.
Yet, big business is racing to apply technologies new and old to seize this territory. Forget the sophistications of data-mining, EDI and ISDN - even the most basic services such as freephone numbers are doing the trick. Using services such as 0800 (freephone), 0345 (local call rate) and freefax, even the most monolithic monopolies are finding ways to add new levels of service, from customer care and help lines offering information or advice to problem-solving over the phone, taking orders or simply conducting transactions such as direct-line insurance and banking operations.
Moreover, they're doing it in a way that enables them to come across as warm, friendly and responsive. As Roy Boss of Brann Contact, a marketing services agency that works exclusively for large firms comments: 'Call centres allow you to express a brand over the phone. They can make a big firm as personal as a small organisation can be.'
But are smaller companies in danger of losing the competitive advantage of the personal, friendly touch? Certainly, they have been held back by several things. First, resource: 'Big firms have the wherewithal, small ones don't,' notes Colin Lloyd of the Direct Marketing Association. Second, telecoms providers have in the past prioritised big contracts such as 500-seat call centres. Third, telecoms services have been promoted as bits of kit, not business opportunities. According to Vic Davies, who conducted research into the needs of SMEs for the Telecoms Users Association, telecoms companies 'have a tendency to sell in the technology and then walk away'. He says the crucial issue isn't technology but training people and organising the fulfilment of telephone-led services.
Which leads to the most important challenge. What customers want is not just speed of communication but speed of follow-up action - the technical problem solved now, the information made available now, the item delivered on time. Delivering these goes far beyond employing a few pleasant telephone operators. 'Too few SMEs are prepared to commit themselves to the business re-organisations (demanded by these systems),' complains Phil Purssey, a regional SME sales manager for BT.
But SMEs are not out of the race altogether. The ease of access offered to potential customers by 0800 numbers has given an edge to many local service operators. Two-men-and-a dog professional service firms such as surveyors have given themselves apparent national stature and generated new levels of business by advertising 0800 numbers instead of their local number.
Some have gone even further. Skippy Nationwide became the first national skip-hire firm after advertising its wares via BT Talking Pages and then using phone and fax to co-ordinate the activities of 500 separate local skip firms. Its turnover grew tenfold in two years to over £2 million.
Equally, over the last 18 months, telecoms companies have really started to gun for the SME market. They are now marketing two-or three-seat call centres for SMEs, for example, and SME demand for BT's freephone and related services doubled last year, boasts Tanya Walsh, marketing manager for BT's services.
In many sectors, SMEs don't really have much choice. The 'teleculture' that's now emerging means that customers increasingly expect instant, direct access to suppliers. Firms that fail to recognise this shift will find themselves marginalised - without, perhaps, realising why.
Alan Mitchell was editor of Marketing and now works as a freelance journalist.


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Michael Baker, Tuesday, 12 February 2019
Weakening economy and 'Brexit' uncertainty paint dull December GDP numbers, inflation and retail sales indicators up next.
GDP figures
A busy week for sterling started on Monday 11 February with the ONS (Office of National Statistics) releasing their quarter 4, 2018 GDP estimate. GDP (Gross Domestic Product) measures the value of goods and services produced in the UK and uses that as a key indicator for economic growth.
The main headline reading in the report showed a slowdown in growth, with the quarter on quarter figures showing the UK grew by 0.2% in the final quarter of 2018, compared to expectations of 0.3% by city analysts. The latest quarter reading shows a pull back from the Q3, 2018 reading of 0.6% growth. GDP contracted by 0.4% in the final month of 2018 owing to a large pullback in construction and manufacturing.
The last time we saw declines in services, production and construction in a single month was back in September 2012. Monthly GDP estimates are much more volatile than quarterly GDP estimates, with almost one in every four months in the past 21 years showing negative GDP growth (data from ONS).
Cable (GBP/USD) reacted negatively on Monday with trading occurring around 1.2930, before dropping to 1.2894 and then bouncing back again. It was only in the afternoon when prices forced through the lows and eventually traded down at 1.2832 in Tuesday's (12/02/19) session. The move down has matched the slightly disappointing sentiment attached to the overall report. Despite the headline number coming in just below analyst estimates, it's the monthly estimate that's likely to be attributed to Brexit and global headwinds.
Individual sectors that seem to be under pressure include both cars and steel. In the recent PMI release for the global sector, a remarkable downturn is shown in these sectors, stating that automobiles & parts and metals & mining are experiencing large contractions.
This trend is being seen across many economies. The UK's growth in the fourth quarter expanded 1.3% year over year, which was its weakest growth since the second quarter of 2012. In comparison to other countries in the EU, Spain has seen a 2.4% increase with Austria showing growth of 2%, but these are way ahead of Belgium at 1.2%, Germany who are forecasted to come in around 1% and France at 0.9%. Italy is way below the pack at 0.1% and the eurozone area as a whole printing 1.2% y/y in Q4.
CPI (Wednesday)
CPI was released today at 1.8% y/y reading (13/02/19) this indicates that inflation is weakening, and this may affect the tightening of monetary policy. The retail sales reading is also due on Friday 15 February – which is likely to add more volatility to sterling if it is out of line.
Retail sales are forecasted to show a month on month increase of 0.2% which is much better than the 0.9% drop we saw last month. GBP/USD is again on the back foot since pulling back from the 38.2% fib retracement, which held the highs back on the 23 Jan. We have found support at a multiple daily low now which has been holding since 14 Jan with only one small blip through.
As further major economic releases come out along with Brexit updates, it's possible we could push lower - look for 1.2722/2654 as the possible next support and then the 2018 lows between 1.2480/2434. Positive news will bolster sterling with a break above the daily trend resistance at 1.3140, setting us up for another move on the 38.2% fib at 1.3206. We'll then start to move into previous major resistance areas between 1.3265, 1.33 and 1.3368 if we push on higher. The 50% fib sits at 1.3430.
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GM and Oshawa: A successful but tumultuous marriage
FEATURE: The Fourth Estate
By Dave Flaherty/The Oshawa Express
Some Chinese historians subscribe to the ideology of a 'dynastic circle.'
According to this theory, each dynasty rises to a political, cultural and economic peak and then, due to moral corruption, loses the Mandate of Heaven (a whole other ideology) and falls, only to be replaced by a new dynasty.
While this description doesn't totally hitch with last week's announcement that General Motors would be closing its Oshawa plant, there are some similarities.
For the past century, General Motors and Oshawa have stood hand-in-hand. Some have argued that General Motors built Oshawa, while others believe the opposite to be true. Whatever the case is, it's up to personal perception.
But the plain reality is that the company has been an essential piece, perhaps "the" essential piece, of the city's modern history.
From the name of the city's OHL team to the number of GM cars that are on the road and sitting in driveways, not just across Oshawa, but the entire region of Durham, the influence of the auto giant can be seen apparently.
While the company has been clear that come the end of December 2019 its operations will end in Oshawa, a year is a long time and many things can really change during that time.
It's obvious that a large number of people are not fully tolerant of this fate, either, but more on that later.
For now, workers in Oshawa will continue to do what they've done for the past 100 years, and proudly serve General Motors, because this is not the first time this type of news has come down the pike.
Past threats to the future of the auto industry in the city have come and gone with differing results.
The initial 90 years or so of the GM-Oshawa relationship was one that most married couples would envy.
There were spats over that time, but generally, General Motors was the toast of the town.
Charles Konkle, who now lives in B.C., worked at the Oshawa plant between 1960 and 1975.
He says during his tenure with the company the auto industry was like an undiscovered wilderness with no limits in sight.
"It seemed like there was no end to expansion and market growth," he recalls. "It's like a 180-degree difference [from today] – production levels and salaries continued to grow every year."
"It's safe to say General Motors was Oshawa. It was almost treason to drive a Ford [in the city]," he says.
Konkle himself had a unique meeting with R.S. McLaughlin, the founder of the McLaughlin Motor Car Company, which served as the genesis for General Motors Canada.
As a youth, he delivered papers to the famed Parkwood Estate, the home of the McLaughlin family.
One day, Konkle was on the grounds collecting fees for The Oshawa Times when he was cornered by two of the family's large Cane Corsos.
"They just kept me pinned against a wall and R.S. McLaughlin found out. He was very apologetic and asked me if I'd like to look through one of the greenhouses," Konkle states. "He was very nice to me and I appreciated the fact that I got to talk to him and meet him."
Konkle also remembers walking down Mary Street as a youth and being able to peak into the windows of the old factory.
He would often see children the same age as him working, helping to put food on the table of local families.
As he mentioned before, there seemed to be no end to the prosperity of General Motors.
By the end of the 1980s, the Oshawa's plant had become the epicentre of GM's Canadian operations, producing more than 700,000 vehicles a year and employing nearly 25,000 people.
But as the 2000s dawned, the shine on the relationship began to wear off.
In 2005, the plant which McLaughlin founded his auto business was closed, along with 11 others across North America, cutting nearly 4,000 jobs.
Only three years later, the city and workers received more shocking news when General Motors pegged Oshawa's truck assembly plant, once a giant in the auto industry, for closure.
This happened only weeks after a tentative agreement was signed between workers and the company.
The plant closed in 2009, not long before the company itself filed for bankruptcy, facing the same fate as many during the devastating recession of the time.
The Canadian and Ontario governments sprung into action, providing nearly $14 billion in support to the company to help ensure it didn't go under. This was in addition to more than $60 billion provided by the U.S. government for plants located in that country.
A total crisis had been averted, but it was far from the last hurdle faced over the next decade.
A not-so-sealed fate
One only has to look back, more than six years ago, to the June 13, 2012 edition of The Oshawa Express.
Shortly before that, General Motors Canada announced the consolidated line at the Oshawa plant would be closing within in a year mainly due to changes to the next generation of the Chevrolet Impala, which was built locally.
Then-president of CAW Local 222 Chris Buckley told The Express that more than 2,000 people would be out of work within a year.
"General Motors has told us that is going to happen. That's their plan," he claimed. "In one year's time, they're going to close the plant, putting over 2,000 workers on the street. So we'll end up at GM Oshawa with one assembly line (the flex line) producing vehicles."
But the fortunes of the company were looking up, not down.
In March 2012, sales were up 12 per cent in the U.S. from the previous year. In 2011, General Motors sold 2.5 million cars, a 14 per cent increase over 2010 levels, which were a 21 per cent improvement compared to 2009. It achieved market share in both 2011 and 2010.
"We expect gradual improvement in the economy going forward," said Don Johnson, vice president of U.S. Sales Operations in a April 2012 media release. "Over time, strength in the manufacturing sector and strong retail sales will lead to more job creation. That will help more consumers put the recession behind them, gain even more confidence and drive vehicle sales higher for both the industry and GM."
Back in 2012, as is the case today, many are quick to point out the effect of closing the GM plant in Oshawa will not just be on those working within the walls of the facility.
Local 222 president Colin James says for every one of the 2,500-plus plant workers who will be out of work, the ripple effect flows over five to seven workers in feeder businesses such as suppliers.
"It's not just going to be hurting our community. It's not only about the union and salaried employees," Oshawa MP Colin Carrie said the day of the announcement. "It's all the associated businesses and the businesses that rely on workers. This is going to send shockwaves not through only our community, but all of Ontario."
These comments feel eerily similar to those made in 2012.
"There will be a ripple effect," says Buckley. "There will be a ripple effect when several thousand people that rely on good-paying jobs, that live in this community, don't have the type of income to go to a movie theatre, to go to a restaurant, to go to a car dealership and make a purchase, to maybe look at the purchase of a home. There won't be that opportunity to put your children through one of their favourite sports because sports are expensive."
But six years ago, Oshawa's assembly plant was granted clemency.
In October 2013, General Motors revealed the consolidated line would remain open after an increased demand for the Chevrolet Impala and Equinox.
"By maintaining production over the next few years, we have a chance to bring in another product and keep the plant open longer," Ron Svajlenko, then-president of Unifor Local 222, which represents workers at the plant, said in a statement.
Originally it was stated the consolidated line would stay open until 2016, but two years later in 2018, it remains active.
So history has shown when the Oshawa assembly plant has faced threats before, it is not always an automatic death sentence.
While past occurrences can create a sense of optimism, the main difference between 2018 and 2012 is that the Impala and XTS, the cars currently built in Oshawa, have faced serious decline in market share over the past decade.
U.S. sales for the Impala have declined from 172,078 in 2010 to 75,877 in 2017, a decrease of nearly 78 per cent.
In fact, the decrease has been even more drastic over the second half of the 2010s, with U.S sales dropping nearly 60 per cent between 2014 and 2017.
The Impala has been a consistent presence in Oshawa, with the model being produced here between 1965 and 1985, and since 2000. But after this year's model, it will be discontinued.
The XTS has also seen a loss of shares, albeit more gradual.
Sales have declined from about 33,000 in 2013 to 16,000 last year.
David Paterson, vice-president of corporate and environmental affairs for GM Canada, says the decision to close the Oshawa plant strictly comes down to the fact the company [at this point] has no products to reallocate locally.
During a media conference where the closure was confirmed, GM CEO Mary Barra pointed out the current market is shifting away from cars.
"GM has recently invested in newer, highly-efficient vehicle architectures, especially in trucks, crossovers, and SUVs…as the current vehicle portfolio is optimized, it is expected that more than 75 per cent of GM's global sales volume will come from five vehicle architectures by early next decade," a press statement reads.
Resources allocated to electric and autonomous vehicles programs will also double over the next two years.
In other words, vehicles such as the XTS and Impala, once the bread and butter vehicles of the Oshawa plant, have fallen by the wayside due to technology and customers wanting bigger vehicles.
What's next
Local politicians and Unifor Local 222 have stated they will do whatever it takes to fight General Motors' plans.
Carrie said he doesn't believe in the concept of false hope, and pointed to previous cases of when it seemed the plant was doomed.
Oshawa MPP Jennifer French says "Oshawa is tough" and this is definitely a battle worth taking on.
However, some workers who have spoken with the media seem less optimistic than others.
In the long-term, Carrie has brought forth a motion for the country's International Trade Committee to study the future of the auto industry in Canada.
The provincial NDP have called on the province to develop a long-term plan for the auto industry and other manufacturing sectors facing such closures in the future.
While the impact General Motors has on Oshawa is a shell of what it once was, history has proven that when it appears the flame will be extinguished, it can be reignited, if only temporarily.
The next year may prove to be perhaps the most crucial in the history of this longstanding and complicated relationship.
As someone who did not grow up in Oshawa, I have no real affinity for General Motors.
I once drove a 1992 Cutlass, and that's about as close a relationship I've had with the company.
But going to college here and now working here, I have an understanding of the impact General Motors has had on this city.
So when the news broke recently that the Oshawa assembly plant would be closing at the end of 2019 I understood the impact of that as well.
As someone who has worked at a business that was shut down (albeit on a much smaller scale), I could also understand the frustration and sadness on the faces of the workers as they departed from the plant early on the morning of Monday, Nov. 26.
My initial thoughts were, the writing has been on the wall for some time. And in many ways, I still stick to that belief.
However, with time, I've had an opportunity to reflect and regardless of my position that this wasn't a huge surprise, I can appreciate that it hurts.
It hurts not only the workers in the plant but also many families and businesses across the city and the region.
I can, perhaps due to my lack of personal connection, also understand General Motors decision. Business is business, but for some, this is a personal situation.
However, looking at past instances, I do understand why many people are willing to fight and are not giving up hope.
There have been several times before when it looked like this plant was going to go down in history, and that has not been the case.
A year is a long time, and many things could change over the next 360-plus days, and for the sake of the workers, I hope it does.
I hope the legacy of General Motors will continue on in the city.
But if it doesn't, it is time, more now than ever with the holidays coming up, for us to all stand together and make the best of whatever comes our way.
It's often said when one door closes, another one opens. It may take some time before that next door opens but it will come eventually.


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US shale producers are slamming the brakes on next year's drilling with crude prices off 40 per cent and mounting fears of oversupply, paring budgets that in some cases were set only weeks earlier.
The reversal is alarming because blistering growth in shale fields has propelled US crude output 16 per cent to about 10.9 million barrels per day for 2018, above Saudi Arabia and Russia. Production has been expected to rise 11 per cent more in 2019 as large oil firms and independents added wells this year.
Shale producer Centennial Resource Development joined rivals Diamondback Energy, and Parsley Energy in cancelling drilling rig additions next year. Centennial, led by shale pioneer Mark Papa, withdrew its 2020 production target and cancelled plans to add 2.5 drilling rigs, citing market weakness.
"You're really seeing folks pull back on extra spending, pull back on extra drilling and focus on being resilient," said Matt Gallagher, president of Parsley Energy, who will become CEO in January. The company plans to cut its 2019 capital budget by about 15 per cent compared to 2018 while increasing production.
Right now, shale prices are close to breakeven levels. US crude futures for 2019, based on an average of the year's monthly contracts, this week dropped below $50 a barrel, near the $46-$50-per-barrel level that shale producers in the Permian Basin, the largest oil field in the United States, need to cover their costs.
The price drop is "a shock," said John Roby, chief executive of Dallas, Texas-based oil producer Teal Natural Resources LLC. "A lot of people are cutting back development programs and cutting rigs," he said.
Centennial said in a securities filing it could no longer stand by its 2020 projections or add rigs next year "in light of the current macro environment." Just six weeks ago, it forecast 2020 output of 65,000 bpd with "attractive" returns based on a US oil price of $75 a barrel.
"Realised pricing in the Permian Basin is near levels not seen since the end of 2016 while service costs have increased by about 35 per cent during the same time period," said Travis Stice, CEO of Diamondback. The company cut three rigs.


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Boyle, M. P., & Gabel, R. (2020). Toward a better understanding of the process of disclosure events among people who stutter. Journal of Fluency Disorders, doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfludis.2020.105746
Boyle, M. P. (2019). Psychological correlates of biological and non-biological explanations for stuttering. International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, DOI: 10.1080/17549507.2019.1663931
Boyle, M. P., Beita-Ell, C., & Milewski, K. M. (2019). Finding the good in the challenge: Benefit finding among adults who stutter. Perspectives of the ASHA Special Interest Groups, 4, 1316-1326.
Boyle, M. P. (2019). Making change happen: How we can work together to decrease stigma (pp. 87-100). In P. Campbell, C. D. Constantino, & S. Simpson (Eds.), Stammering pride and prejudice: Difference not defect. Albury, UK: J & R Press Ltd.
Boyle, M. P., Milewski, K. M., Beita-Ell, C. (2018). Disclosure of stuttering and quality of life in people who stutter. Journal of Fluency Disorders, 58, 1-10.
Boyle, M. P., Beita-Ell, C., Milewski, K. M., & Fearon, A. N. (2018). Self-esteem, self-efficacy, and social support as predictors of communicative participation in adults who stutter. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 61, 1893-1906.
Boyle, M. P. (2018). Enacted stigma and felt stigma experienced by adults who stutter. Journal of Communication Disorders, 73, 50-61.
Boyle, M. P. (2018). The importance of self-efficacy for individuals who stutter. In B. J. Amster & E. R. Klein (Eds.), More than fluency: The social, emotional, and cognitive dimensions of stuttering (pp. 19-44). San Diego, CA: Plural Publishing, Inc.
Boyle, M. P., & Fearon, A. N. (2018). Self-stigma and its associations with stress, physical health, and health care satisfaction in adults who stutter. Journal of Fluency Disorders,56, 112-121.
Boyle, M. P. (2017). Personal perceptions and perceived public opinion about stuttering in the United States: Implications for anti-stigma campaigns. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 26, 921-938.
Boyle, M. P., Dioguardi, L., & Pate, J. E. (2017). Key elements in contact, education, and protest based anti-stigma programs for stuttering. Speech, Language and Hearing, 20, 232-240.
Boyle, M. P., Dioguardi, L., & Pate, J. E. (2016). A comparison of three strategies for reducing the public stigma associated with stuttering. Journal of Fluency Disorders, 50, 44-58.
Boyle, M. P. (2016). Will education about biological causes of stuttering reduce stigma? Perspectives of the ASHA Special Interest Groups, 1(2), 70-78.
Boyle, M. P., Daniels, D., Hughes, C., & Buhr, A. (2016). Considering disability culture for culturally competent interactions with individuals who stutter. Contemporary Issues in Communication Sciences and Disorders, 43, 11-22.
Boyle, M. P. (2016). The impact of causal attribution on stigmatizing attitudes toward a person who stutters. Journal of Communication Disorders, 60, 14-26.
Boyle, M. P. (2016). Relations between causal attributions for stuttering and psychological well-being in adults who stutter. International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 18, 1-10.
Boyle, M. P. (2016). Self-stigma associated with stuttering: Implications for well-being and strategies for change. Proceedings from the 8th World Congress on Fluency Disorders, International Fluency Association.
Boyle, M. P., & Blood, G. W. (2015). Stigma and stuttering: Conceptualizations, applications, and coping. In K. O. St. Louis (Ed.), Stuttering meets stereotype, stigma, and discrimination: An overview of attitude research. Morgantown, WV: West Virginia University Press.
Boyle, M. P. (2015). The importance of challenging the public stigma of stuttering. Proceedings from the International Stuttering Awareness Day (ISAD) Online Conference, International Stuttering Association.
Boyle, M. P. (2015). Identifying correlates of self-stigma in adults who stutter: Further establishing the construct validity of the Self-Stigma of Stuttering Scale (4S), Journal of Fluency Disorders, 43, 17-27.
Boyle, M. P. (2015). Relationships between psychosocial factors and quality of life for adults who stutter. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 24, 1-12.
Boyle, M. P. (2014). Understanding perceptions of stuttering among school-based speech-language pathologists: An application of attribution theory. Journal of Communication Disorders, 52, 143-155.
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CSND 585 Fluency Disorders
CSND 592 Research in Speech-Language Pathology
CSND 409 Anatomy and Physiology of Speech and Hearing Systems
CSND 595 Applying Research to Clinical Practice in Speech-Language Pathology I
CSND 596 Applying Research to Clinical Practice in Speech-Language Pathology II
CSND 835 Practicum in University Teaching
CSND 899 Directed Readings - Advanced Topics in Fluency Disorders
CSND 920 Qualifying Examination Preparation
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