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Campus insanity no match for 'An Unsafe Space'
Theater is normally a great escape from life's absurdities. That is, unless a show is crafted around those very things.
An Unsafe Space premiered in Toronto this week, a two-act play written and directed by my friend Richard Klagsbrun.
As the play's name suggests, it's a take on the insanity that now passes for normalcy on most college and university campuses.
Set in a liberal arts professor's home, the plot is driven by a meeting of students and faculty brainstorming how to block some evil, conservative benefactor's $40 million grant, which they feel will stymie the school's social justice bona fides.
Of course, their collective unity is threatened when Oliver, an aboriginal lawyer invited to assist their mission, ends up challenging their ideas and their assumptions about him.
The nonplussed Oliver is played by Craig Lauzon, the indigenous actor of Royal Canadian Air Farce fame. Opposite Lauzon is Precious Chong of Pearl Harbor, also something in the way of Canadian artistic royalty as the daughter of Tommy Chong.
The meeting is a solid reflection of the cast of characters you'd find on a 2019 campus. The bisexual Muslim, the intersectional feminist lesbian, the lecherous white, male "ally", and so on.
As I wrote in a promotional blurb after reading the show some months ago, "An Unsafe Space slays every sacred cow…offering a tragically funny look at how the perpetually offended interact behind closed doors."
At a preview performance Wednesday night, Klagsbrun's writing elicited the laughs it deserved, aptly aided by the cast's adoption of their characters' eccentricities.
Though my amusement turned melancholic when I was reminded how real these people and their attitudes are.
Take campus activist Lisa's response to the simple question of whether she studies political science.
"I'm doing my honours BA in gender studies," she replies. "But I may take some poli sci courses. It's a natural fit, since the intersection of gender and politics are critical to understanding the hegemonic oppression imposed by western, sexist, racist, capitalist structures."
Or one professor touting his colleague's worth as a romantic partner.
"Don't worry. She believes in all the right things," he says. "Feminism, anti-capitalism, anti-globalization, opposition to hegemonic hetero-domination of society."
I fear some audience members may view the dialogue as stilted and contrived, not realizing this is legitimately how the social justice warriors parodied in this production speak.
I'm no theater critic, but I am a student of the cultural trends that led to demands for safe spaces and the pigeon-holing of people in certain identity groups to believe certain things. That expectation from the characters and the audience is what makes Oliver so compelling.
The first act is somewhat circular, though I suspect this is a deliberate reflection of how a meeting of this sort would unfold in real life. The second act is a raucous, action-packed affair that I hope challenges the audience as much as it entertains.
My note of caution to would-be viewers is that An Unsafe Space is unabashed in its message. There's no subtlety to it, though it shouldn't have been written any other way given the subject matter.
Typically my criticism of any conservative-inspired art is that producers put the conservatism above the art. Conservative filmmakers are notoriously bad for this.
An Unsafe Space stands on its own, irrespective of its message. Though the message is what makes it so effective and timely.
Good as it is, it will never see the light of day on a campus. That is perhaps its greatest endorsement.
An Unsafe Space runs until Jan. 20 at Toronto's Tranzac Club. Get show times and ticket information here.
$182,000 salary for "anti-racism and cultural diversity officer" at U of T
The human rights industry is booming, which means those with social justice in their hearts and dollar signs in their eyes are set.
Canada's largest postsecondary institution, the University of Toronto, is hiring an "anti-racism and cultural diversity officer."
The successful candidate will work "to ensure that every member of the University community is afforded the right to study and work in an environment free of biases based on race, ancestry, place of origin, colour, ethnic origin, citizenship or creed."
Though religion isn't included in the list, the new officer must have a "thorough understanding of issues related to race, culture, faith, spirituality, equity and diversity."
The position has a salary range of $109,555 to $182,591, and, of course, requires working under the vice-president of equity, which is totally an executive-level position.
It may seem like a punchline, but these positions are growing increasingly powerful in a climate where anti-racism and cultural diversity are valued above academic freedom and freedom of speech.
Indeed, the University of Toronto job posting says this officer will be involved in drafting the school's policies and practices surrounding "anti-racism, cultural diversity, freedom of speech, and freedom of expression."
The winning contender might even get to help bully pro-life students, as I wrote today happened at the University of the Fraser Valley.
(And of course priority is given to candidates who can check off as many boxes as possible in the "Diversity Survey" part of the application.)
This comes just a few weeks after the new Ontario government instituted a requirement for schools like University of Toronto to develop and implement free speech policies by January.
Perhaps then the taxpayers will be able to save the $182,000.
If you're interested, or just want to have a laugh, the job posting is here.
Anti-Racism and Cultural Diversity Officer
The Anti-Racism and Cultural Diversity Officer serves the three campuses of the University of Toronto and works to ensure that every member of the University community is afforded the right to study and work in an environment free of biases based on race, ancestry, place of origin, colour, ethnic origin, citizenship or creed.
Reporting directly to the Vice-President, Human Resources and Equity and with a thorough understanding of issues related to race, culture, faith, spirituality, equity and diversity, the Anti-Racism Officer works to promote inclusion within the University's learning, living and working environments
Duties include:
Develops initiatives and collaborates on activities and programs that promote cross-cultural understanding and inclusion across the three campuses of the University of Toronto;
Works closely with the Special Advisor on Equity Issues and within the broader equity team to provide advice and make recommendations to University decision-makers, senior administrators and others in leadership roles on matters of policy and practice concerning anti-racism, cultural diversity, freedom of speech and freedom of expression for students, staff and faculty;
Works at the strategic level to promote inclusion within the University's learning, living and working environments; works closely with the University's Student Life and Human Resources leadership and portfolios.In consultation with and guided by the Workplace Investigations Office, may conduct fact finding and/or investigations, recommends additional sources of assistance and resolution for complainants and respondents, provides mediation, information and expert advice.
The Anti-Racism Officer develops and leads related professional development and educational initiatives for all levels of the University community;
Develops standardized processes and guidelines for complaint management and resolution.
Graduate degree or an equivalent combination of education and experience.Experience:
Professional experience in and understanding of complex issues related to equity and diversity as they relate to the student experience and the workplace. A thorough understanding of anti-racism and cultural diversity frameworks essential. Experience working within a post-secondary context or similarly complex organization is highly desirable as is an understanding of issues of faith within a broader anti-racism and cultural diversity strategy. Familiarity with the University environment strongly preferred. Understanding of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms and the Ontario Human Rights Code required. Experience working with students and an appreciation for the diverse backgrounds and experiences of the University's student body.Skills:
Excellent interpersonal, communication, facilitation and mediation skills; commitment to, and knowledge of issues dealing with discrimination and harassment on the basis of race, ancestry, place of origin, colour, ethnic origin, citizenship and creed. Experience advising on and conducting investigations; experience developing and providing professional development and education.Other:
Ability to engage with various stakeholders and members of the University community and connect and build rapport with student groups; ability to work within a team; research skills; project management and resource development skills; ability to operate at the strategic, policy and operational levels; highly developed leadership skills; highly developed organizational and program development skills.Commitment and sensitivity to matters related to the student experience, educational opportunity and employment within a broader anti-racism and cultural diversity strategy; demonstrated analytical ability and ability to use initiative and good judgment in decision making. Willingness to work outside of normal working hours.
Profs tell BC student discussing abortion in class is "hateful" and "unsafe"
University of the Fraser Valley teaching graduate Valerie Flokstra (Supplied)
Discussing abortion is "hateful" and threatens classroom "safety," according to comments contained in leaked audio of a meeting between a former University of the Fraser Valley graduate student and two of her professors.
Valerie Flokstra, a recent graduate of UFV's teacher education program, was summoned into a meeting with a professor and her department's head in December after citing a medical statistic related to abortion during a classroom discussion.
Students were told premature births were contributing to increased autism diagnoses. Flokstra questioned whether high abortion rates in Canada could be playing a role, citing studies showing a link between abortion and later premature births.
Asking that made the classroom an unsafe space, the 22-year old was told.
Flokstra covertly recorded the hour-long meeting with Prof. Nancy Norman, in whose class the incident took place, and Prof. Vandy Britton, the head of the teacher education department. Fearing academic reprisal, she waited until after graduation to share the audio. She now works as a teacher at a British Columbia private school.
Though Flokstra is pro-life, she said her question stemmed from a place of academic inquiry, rather than promotion of an agenda, acknowledging she learns through questioning and challenging her own assumptions and those of others.
The professors never disputed the facts Flokstra cited, instead taking issue with how they are uncomfortable or triggering for students to hear.
When Flokstra said in the recording she was embracing "critical thinking," Britton said that's not a priority for the program, which, according to its website "focuses on social justice and inclusion."
"It's not critical thinking. It's critical mindedness, which is different," she said. "Okay, so, critical mindedness is about being open to other people's ideas too, and hearing what they say and not always filtering it through your lens."
Flokstra told me she has never raised abortion in the class before; her professors gave no indication in the recording that this incident was part of a pattern.
Even so, the professors first accused her of "derailing" the classroom discussion, before shifting their objection to the impact her observation may have had on students' "feelings."
Flokstra questioned whether the classroom is about "feeling safe at all times, or if it's about learning."
"I'm just going to speak hypothetically," Britton responded. "If I'd had an abortion for whatever reason, and then someone said to me, 'You're going to give birth to a kid with autism because of that,' how would that make me feel, and how would that possibly help me with my learning?"
Flokstra said it's only through free speech and open inquiry that students are able to learn.
"It has nothing to do with freedom of speech and sharing ideas," Britton said. "It's skill level. That you create an environment in a classroom, where— no matter what age of people that considers the needs of people. If I came in and didn't let you say what you believe, I'm shutting you down."
However, moments earlier Britton said instead of participating in class discussions, Flokstra should just write down her thoughts for herself.
"Because that's a great way for you to learn," Britton told her.
The conversation got emotional when Flokstra brought up an incident she had two months earlier with another professor, Awneet Sivia, of which Britton was aware.
In October, 2017, Flokstra was called into a meeting with Sivia after expressing discomfort with an in-class role-playing assignment that featured a scenario with a same-sex couple.
Flokstra cried as she recounted being told by Sivia to "put my Christian identity aside and put my teacher identity on top of that."
Though this specific allegation cannot be independently verified, Flokstra did provide an email exchange with Sivia referencing the incident. In the emails, Flokstra says she will participate in all scenarios moving forward, understanding their value to her learning, even when she's uncomfortable.
She also asked Sivia to put her concerns in writing to better help her understand the professor's expectations.
Sivia refused, saying no written notes were necessary because she was, at that point, satisfied that Flokstra is working "towards being a socially just, inclusive teacher and modeling the (social justice) program value."
Britton said she would take issue with abortion being raised from either a pro-life or pro-choice perspective, but at one point initiates a debate about abortion with Flokstra, before catching herself and getting back on topic.
At a particularly tense moment in the meeting, Britton likens discussing abortion to allowing a hate group on campus.
"It's not freedom of speech per se," she said. "We still consider people's feelings and we don't just say whatever. Otherwise— That's why we don't have the KKK having a club on campus. That's not freedom of speech. That's hate, right? So we don't put forward ideas that are intentionally or not, that are hateful. And I think sometimes abortion is one of those contentious issues that can make someone feel that they feel threatened on both sides."
Sivia and Britton did not directly respond to my inquiries, but University of the Fraser Valley communications director Dave Pinton provided a statement.
"The UFV Teacher Education Department, the Teacher Education Program, and UFV are deeply committed to respecting freedom of religion, the right to free speech, and to upholding an overall policy of inclusion," he said in an email. "It would be a breach of confidentiality to comment on any situation involving a particular student. To comment on specifics would constitute a breach of privacy under BC's Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act."
The UFV teacher education website promises to equip each graduate "to become an agent in the changing landscape of 21st century education," in particular citing "core courses in social justice, special education, Indigenous education, second language instruction, and reflective practice."
Flokstra's ordeal has numerous similarities to what former Wilfrid Laurier University graduate student Lindsay Shepherd experienced last year. In fact, Flokstra credits Shepherd's ordeal with motivating her to record the meeting in the first place.
Much like with Shepherd, Flokstra's professors attempt to couch offensive recommendations with an "I'm on your side" attitude, using social justice as a trump card over academic inquiry. Just as Shepherd's professors compared Jordan Peterson to Adolf Hitler, Flokstra was told discussing abortion is like a UFV KKK club.
It's this attitude, particularly in the teacher education program, that Flokstra said she wanted to challenge by releasing the audio.
When freedom of speech is hindered, so too is learning.
Andrew Lawton is a fellow at the True North Initiative.
Why aren't liberals fighting against the war on pro-life women?
Because they're too busy waging it.
The National Campus Life Network last week released a video featuring a monologue by Maggie McAuley, a pro-life activist at the University of Windsor.
In the video, McAuley alleges she was "spat upon" by a professor during one of her pro-life demonstrations on campus. When she complained to police, they threatened to arrest her for her lawful demonstration.
She says one man put a photo of an aborted fetus in her mailbox with the caption, "Your baby after I rape you."
After being assaulted, threatened with rape, and subjected to much verbal abuse, McAuley went to her school's women's centre. Despite being a young woman victimized by men's violence, there was no support available to her from the supposedly feminist agency on campus.
"Instead of helping me, my women's centre denied me," she said. "They told me they wouldn't help me because it was a pro-choice space. Professors, campus police, the women's centre, and my student union perpetuated a dehumanizing environment to such a degree that someone felt justified in assaulting me."
I should probably clarify that the University of Windsor Students' Alliance doesn't actually have a "women's centre." No, the mandate of helping women on campus falls on the "Womxn's Centre," defined on its website as "an actively pro-choice, feminist space."
Womxn is not the latest anti-biotic to hit the market, but rather a feminist spelling intended to stress that women—erm, womxn—don't need "men" to exist.
The only way this agency would care about a rape threat against a pro-life woman is if the assailant was dressed as the letter 'E'.
The center ignored two requests for comment I sent regarding McAuley's allegations. Unsurprising, because there's no answer that doesn't expose the hypocrisy inherent in how many feminists view pro-life women. To blame is intersectionality—the idea that all forms of purported oppression have to be dealt with in tandem.
A woman facing threats and violence from men used to wield a social justice trump card. Now, victimhood is not determined by what happens to a woman, but by what she believes. At the University of Windsor, being pro-life is the new "she was asking for it." McAuley learned this the hard way by not espousing the 'correct' identity politics.
This was apparent on a national scale when the federal Liberal caucus waged procedural war on Lethbridge, Alberta member of parliament Rachael Harder, the Conservatives' shadow minister for status of women.
Harder is a millennial female in political leadership. That used to be the type of person lionized by the Left, but any celebration is eclipsed by the fact that she thinks abortion is wrong. She isn't alone, but that doesn't seem to matter.
A 2016 Ipsos poll found little distinction between men and women in likelihood to be pro-choice or pro-life. Of men, 57 per cent said a woman should be able to choose when and if she has an abortion, while 58 per cent of women took the same stance.
In disagreeing with that, Harder is on-side with more than four in 10 Canadian woman, yet to the Liberals, that disqualifies her from chairing the committee tasked with championing women's issues in government.
It's true that female public figures face different kinds of criticism than their male counterparts do. That problem is even more amplified for pro-life women, who are subjected to untold numbers of sexual comments and detailed critiques of their appearance from internet troglodytes. But there's an added dimension of scorn from the liberals and feminists who present themselves as bastions of enlightenment and social justice.
These voices accuse pro-life women of being traitors to their sex and attack them for not hewing to intersectional feminist theory. They're too daft to see how hypocritical it is to tell a woman what she's supposed to think. Is that not the paternalism against which feminists are supposed to be fighting?
This attitude is not exclusive to pro-life women, of course. It's the same phenomenon that's led to the denigration of "white feminists"—women accused of having too much privilege to speak to social issues. It's also at the epicenter of the feud between intersectional feminists and TERFs (or trans-exclusionary radical feminists) on the issue of transgender identity.
Identity politics is so engrained in liberalism that the Left does not accept or even understand the idea of a member of one of its preferred groups going rogue, ideologically.
It reminds of a quip by transgender trailblazer Caitlyn Jenner at the 2016 Republican National Convention.
"It was easy to come out as trans," Jenner said. "It was harder to come out as a Republican."
It's easier for the Left to get the idea of a woman having a penis than it is to understand a woman with a penis liking gun rights and lower taxes.
If support for a group is contingent on ideological beliefs, that support is a sham. If those on the Left want any credibility in speaking up about the war on women, they'd do well to address their part in it.


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The Creative Campus Voting Project investigates how the skills and sensibilities of art and design practice can make the voting process less confusing, more visible and appealing to college-age voters.
In 2018, 40% of college students nationwide participated in the midterm elections. While this was a marked improvement from 2014 (19% participation), a troubling gap in college voter participation remains (Thomas, et al., 2019).
Our project addresses this civic challenge. Using methods from creative practice, we translate behavioral science insights into action to increase college-age voter participation.
Our team of experts from art and design use a range of communication techniques to deliver key information at critical touchpoints with the clarity of visual design and unexpected vibrancy of creative play. Our inviting, celebratory experiences and materials deliver practical, accessible information that both engages and educates college-age voters.
We began in the summer of 2018 by addressing a key tripping point for college voters in Michigan — eligibility for absentee voting. Our explainer video had 13,000 social media views and 300 shares across the state.
In Fall 2018, we co-created and tested creative tools with students (pictured) in our Stamps School course Voting is Sexy — speech bubbles for photo-ops, infographics, social media, and more.
In November 2018, we were invited to share our work with the AIGA Design Educators Community in a field report.
In Dec 2018, over 170 students responded to an online survey about their Fall 2018 voting experience, confirming the value and impact of our Voting is Sexy campaign.
Fall 2019 to March 2020, we gained a more detailed understanding of voting challenges and motivators working with three U-M students in the Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program). They conducted over 60 semi-structured interviews, 80 online surveys, and a workshop (right) with their peers.
Students in a Winter 2020 Creative Campaigns for Voting course (left) contributed their creative solutions and knowledge as members of the target demographic.

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1950 Mercury Custom
Concept for this came from an old chopped and sectioned 1951 Mercury that I saw at Kit Carson Park in Escondido, California the Saturday before Elvis Presley passed away which was on Tuesday August 16th, 1977. I was drawing custom Mercury's on typing paper with color pencils when my great Aunt came into the house crying that afternoon after just hearing on the radio that Elvis was dead. The rest of that day we sat before the TV watching the stories and listening to the radio… and I kept drawing as I was too young to understand what Elvis meant to her. (I wish I had my drawings today but they are long gone now)
Basically that Merc I saw that prior weekend was a radical custom but it was unique in that it kept all the stock factory trim upon it with a simple dark blue paintjob. This wasn't Kustom — it was custom. (and there is a difference!) The owner ran a set of (then current era) new Lincoln Mark V wheels (and tires) instead of mag wheels or traditional wheel caps with big whitewalls. This concept is just a salute to the clean custom he built as I remember it and with a few enhancements of my own.


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A platform to bring together creatives across the nation in these challenging times.
Get involved today!
Designed by creatives for creatives. We're providing an opportunity to create exciting collaborations, publications and exhibitions by getting involved with our project.
The X Collab is a platform created by
Andrei Damian (KSA), Josh Wijsveld (UCA) & Darragh Morgan (University of Brighton).
This platform was established as a catalyst to create multi-institutional multidisciplinary collaborations. Our goal from the beginning was to bring creative students from universities all over the United Kingdom in
an effort to create artwork in this current uninspiring climate. Our vision is to provide exposure, opportunity for networking and a means of approaching the making of artwork in an alternative manner.
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Best Workplace Safety Apps
Best Workplace Safety Apps
When it comes to working, you need to be able to trust that your workplace is a safe space for you to do your job. If you are the owner of the company, or even only in management, you need to ensure that you are providing this safe and comfortable environment. What better way to do so than by utilizing workplace safety apps? Below, we will go over some of the best workplace safety apps that are available, as well as why they can help improve the day-to-day functions of your company.
What Are Workplace Hazards?
In order to fully understand how workplace safety apps can be a benefit to you, you will first need to understand what workplace hazards are. If you are looking into workplace safety apps, you likely have an inkling of what workplace hazards are already. Workplace hazards are defined as "any source of potential damage, harm, or adverse health effects on something or someone". Thus, there are many different things in your workplace that could be considered to be workplace hazards. Depending upon the industry, these workplace hazards can also be more dangerous to your employees. For instance, a construction job is likely to have many more dangerous hazards– such as unstable scaffolding or power tools that have not been maintained– than an office job might have.
Why Do I Need to Do a Pre-Work Hazard Check?
In many fields, and especially those such as construction or building, it is crucial that you perform a pre-work hazard check before getting down to business. These should be done frequently, especially before or when you are implementing new processes. When you perform a pre-work hazard check, you are able to identify any potential hazards and then mitigate them before they become an issue– or before someone gets seriously hurt.
The process of hazard identification is an important part of every job site and is used to evaluate the potential of a particular environment or activity to inflict harm on an individual. If there were to be a near-miss situation during the workday, this is also something that should be reported so that the hazard can be identified and dealt with accordingly. Of course, if a situation were to occur, this should also be reported, and the hazard that caused the incident should be identified so as to prevent anything further.
Best Workplace Safety Apps
When it comes to workplace safety apps, there are many out on the market these days. There are plenty of apps for a variety of different industries, as well as for a variety of functions– from incident reporting to heat safety indicators. Read on for a roundup of some of the best safety apps out there– you are likely going to find the perfect app for your workplace on this list.
Know More Hazard App
The Know More Hazard app is a workplace safety app that helps you to keep your safety reporting accurate and organized. It supports field-level safety assessments and can be used not only for the job site itself but for vehicle and equipment inspections, too.
The app is designed intuitively, making it easy to use, and it can integrate with all of your devices– so you can use it on your phone while in the field, and then later pull up the information on your computer when you are back at your desk! It can also be customized to your industry to better fit your needs.
This app is offered on a subscription model, with a one-time fee for software setup.
OSHA-NIOSH Heat Safety Tool
The OSHA-NIOSH Heat Safety app is one that helps you to keep track of hazardous weather, which can be very dangerous for structural jobs or work that is being done outside. As hazardous weather is not something within a company's control, it is important to have a handle on details such as current weather conditions.
This app is particularly trustworthy because it was designed by OSHA (the Occupational Safety and Health Administration), the CDC (the Centers for Disease Control, and NIOSH (the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health). It is also available in both English and Spanish! It works by calculating a real-time heat index, based on your GPS location, and displays an easy-to-understand risk level. It also provides reminders about the protective measures that you should take in order to avoid any heat-related illnesses. Even better, this is a free app!
NIOSH Ladder Safety App
NIOSH has another safety app that they designed, and this one focuses on ladder safety. Ladders can be an unexpected, but very common, hazard in the workplace. They can trigger injuries from falls, for instance, as well as due to ladder collapses and more.
The app works by providing interactive tools to help measure angles and select accessories, as well as tools for inspection and proper use. There are also plenty of illustrations included so that non-English speakers– and visual learners– will still be able to use the app.
This is another free app.
NFPA 70 NEC App
The NFPA (National Fire Protection Agency) has their own electrical code, known as the National Electric Code, or NEC. This is what this particular app involves. This app is essentially a handbook that includes the NEC, and is something that electricians or those who are in constant contact with electricity can't be without!
The codebook is refreshed regularly, and the NFPA's online training library is also accessible through the app.
This app can be bought for $94, or an older version from 2011 can be purchased for $29.99.
First Aid: American Red Cross App
This particular safety app is not a preventative one like most of the others on this list. Instead, it is a handy tool to have in case of any accidents on the job. After all, part of workplace safety involves being prepared for if something to happen on the job!
This app is chock full of information and instructions on how to deal with incidents in the workplace and common first aid emergencies. In addition, it even includes information on how to prepare for events such as natural disasters or chemical burns.
You can download this app to your phone for free.
CPR Tempo App
The CPR Tempo app was developed by an ER nurse. It is a good app to have in your pocket in case of any incidents on the job where you may need to perform CPR. The app functions by providing both visual and audio clues to help you time chest compressions during CPR.
It follows the American Heart Association's recommendations of 100 compressions per minute and also includes timers for rhythm checks, once the defibrillator shocking and epinephrine administration has occurred.
This app is available for free.
Sling Calculator App
The Sling Calculator app is another great tool for preventing workplace accidents. It assists you in successfully calculating the rigging you will need. This is based on certain values that you will input, so it can be customized to the exact project you are working on– it is not only a pocket guide.
The app allows you to determine sling tension measurements and then even convert them to a PDF to send to your team members so that they are in the know, or so that you can get confirmation on this. It also assists with computing volume and weight, allows you to specify your unit of measurement, and lets you choose from four bridle configurations.
This app is available for a one-time payment of $24.99.
Frequently Asked Questions
Why are pre-work safety apps so helpful?
Pre-work safety apps are helpful because they make the job safer and make keeping track of safety and of hazards more efficient. They allow for insights to be made on the spot, and therefore more accurate data is recorded, as you have a way to report issues right on the app on your phone!What are the hazards that we should identify pre-work?
There are plenty of hazards that can turn your workplace into an unsafe environment for employees. Typically, they fall under two umbrella categories– physical and chemical. Physical hazards can include tripping hazards like cords on the floor, while chemical hazards can include waste and toxic fumes. Adverse weather can be another hazard that should be identified before work begins for the day.When we think of hazards there are also certain things we miss because we are not reminded to check for them. This is what makes a pre-work hazard app so beneficial. Things like ladder safety, hazardous materials, first aid locations, or even clothing issues. The best workplace safety apps help you identify hazards and make reporting easy. They should help us with our occupational health, safety issues and lower workplace stress.
What are the 5 steps to a safer workplace?
Creating a safe workplace is important and should be a top priority. Below are five key steps to improve safety in your workplace.- Ensure that the workplace is hazard-free. It should be free of any physical or chemical hazards.
- Train your employees properly on safety precautions and on equipment.
- Use visual safety aides.
- Make sure that the right equipment is always readily available on the job.
- Make safety second nature for your employees, and encourage it on the job!


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Microsoft is hosting an international competition at Excel. The competition revolves around financial modeling, which Microsoft considers a sport. Eight different participants from eight different countries have been invited to this competition, and these Excel guides will compete with each other on June 8th.
You read that right, Excel is now officially a sport. For some time now, the Microsoft Office program has been a frenzied competition in which participants compete to make the most complex events in Excel. Financial Modeling World Cup: Multiplayer Battle Eight of the best Excel users face each other in direct competition.
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The Financial Modeling World Cup can be followed live via the live stream on the YouTube channel. After the competition, the created files will be shared with the audience so that they can better see what they have made and learn something from it.
The expert panel evaluates
Finally, participants should present their detailed case to an expert panel and answer various questions about their approach to the issue. The expert panel includes Adam Collins of the United States and Daniel Stein Fairhurst of Australia, who are Microsoft accredited players in the field.
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Diverse group of candidates
The list of candidates is very different. For example, Andrew Nangai from the UK, Anup Agarwal from India and Michael German from Canada are the best favorites to win. In fact, Ngai is currently considered the second best user in the world. But John Lim of New Zealand and Jeff Heng Xiang Tan of Malaysia are in the top 10 in the world in this field.
The list is topped by current champion Jason Weber of Africa, Stephanie Anneros of the United States and Gabriela Straj of Poland. Only the latter two compete. Current world champion Diormoid Early and the only Dutchman in the top 10 will not be taking part in the tournament.
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As most of us are spending more time indoors than ever, we may not be as concerned with our appearance as usual. Working from home means reaching for less makeup and skin care, and the beauty industry has seen a decline in sales as a result.
According to retail tracking group NPD, the prestige beauty market has seen a 14% sales dip in the first quarter of 2020. Despite this overall decline in sales for the industry, products in the "clean beauty" category saw an 11% increase — and it looks like Tula Skincare has become one of the most popular brands in the space.
The brand told CNBC it experienced a 400% sales increase in April compared to 2019, which was the best April in the brand's history and double the sales in March. Tula has been growing its social media presence quite steadily since it launched in 2013, and now its sales seem to be catching up with its growing buzz.
Tula's appeal comes not just from the Instagram-friendly vibrant packaging, but also in its focus on natural ingredients. All of the Tula formulas include probiotics, which the brand says is meant to smooth, hydrate and brighten the skin while soothing irritation. Many of the products also tout "superfoods" such as blueberries, watermelon and chia seeds for their vitamin content.
We were able to get our hands on two of the brand's most popular products to see if they actually live up to the hype.
Tula Glow and Get It Cooling and Brightening Eye Balm
Like most of us, I'm not necessarily looking to completely overhaul my skin care routine right now. If anything, I'm looking to streamline and simplify it as much as possible. With this in mind, Tula's eye balm seemed like a good place to start with its swipe-on applicator that is easy to quickly incorporate into any routine.
Right away, I was impressed with the sleek packaging. Tula definitely thrives on its Instagram-worthy aesthetic, and it looks just as trendy and vibrant in person. Formula-wise, the eye balm includes caffeine to tighten and firm the look of fine lines and wrinkles, while apple, aloe, watermelon and blueberry are meant to hydrate and protect the delicate skin under the eye.
Upon application, the balm feels incredibly smooth and glides on effortlessly. There's no tugging or pulling on the skin, which is incredibly important for the delicate area under the eyes. I also noticed an immediate change in brightness. There's no actual coverage in terms of hiding dark circles, but it does add a luminous glow to the skin that made me look slightly more awake and put-together. Perhaps most impressively, the balm seems to have a primer-like effect when it comes to smoothing out fine lines. I found that my concealer applied very smoothly on top of the balm, and even seemed to crease less throughout the day.
The balm also starts to have a cooling effect within minutes of application, which feels extremely refreshing and is quite effective at perking me up on particularly groggy mornings. That being said, the slight tingling sensation might be a bit much for super sensitive eyes, so I would recommend starting with a light hand.
The eye balm has also become of favorite of our audience development coordinator Halle Proper, who calls it "a burst of energy in balm form."
"I use it every morning to help wake me up and throughout the day I'll apply another layer to help me get through my Zoom meetings," Proper said. "Between this product and my large iced coffee, I feel unstoppable."
I wasn't expecting much from this shimmery balm, but it's become one of my favorite beauty products in the past few weeks. I have had countless Zoom meetings and FaceTime calls lately, and this balm is perfect for helping me look more presentable in a pinch. With just two quick swipes, I've been able to fool everyone on the other end of my video calls into thinking I had a decent night's sleep.
Tula Star Bright Hydrogel Mask
Though I haven't been looking to drastically change my skin care routine, I have been taking some time on the weekends to indulge in a few extra steps in the name of self-care. Sheet masks are one of my go-to favorites when I need 10-15 minutes to unwind, so I knew the Star Bright Hydrogel Mask would be right up my alley.
The mask is formulated with grapefruit to help brighten the skin, while chamomile and gotu kola (a medicinal plant) are included for their soothing and smoothing properties.
Like the eye balm, the exterior is what initially caught my eye. The two-piece mask is a pale shade of blue and features a tiny star pattern. This, of course, has nothing to do with the effectiveness of the mask, but it's a cute touch.
Once placed on the skin, the mask feels immediately cooling and the "hydrogel" texture is surprisingly plush and less watery than most sheet masks I've tried. It was easy to relax for the recommended 10 minutes, and the results were good but not quite as immediate as the eye balm.
My skin felt extremely soft and smooth, though I can't say I noticed a huge change in its brightness or overall appearance. Still, the texture and cooling sensation are enough to justify the price point when you want something that feels a little more pampering than a typical sheet mask.
Does it live up to the hype?
After spending a few weeks with the face masks and eye balm, I can see why Tula is making quite a splash in the industry. Usually, brands that heavily cater to the social media and influencer demographic are all style over substance, but the formulas of these products were genuinely effective and impressive for products with such a millennial-focused aesthetic.
Though I can't see myself buying the sheet mask on a regular basis, the eye balm will have a permanent spot in my day-to-day routine.
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Changing A Student's Grade
How you change a student's grade in your Acadience Data Management account will depend on whether or not scores have been entered for the student for the current year.
If scores were entered for the student in their original grade, and you would like to keep those records in ADM (recommended), you will need to add the student manually to their new class. To do so, go to the "Administrative" menu and select "Add" under "Students".
Follow the prompts to add the student into their new class. As long as you use the same ID number, the system will give you a warning that the child is changing grades, but it will keep the records together. In addition to adding the student to their new grade and class, you'll want to use the "Identify Students As Moved Away" tool within the Administrative menu to mark the student as "moved away" in their previous class. Doing so ensures that the student no longer appears on data entry or report screens for that class moving forward.
If scores were not entered for the student, you can change his/her grade in the student summary page. You can pull up a student's summary page by going to the "Administrative" menu, selecting "Find Student" and searching by the student's name or ID number. Once you find the student, click on "View Summary". When you are in the student summary page you should see an option to "Change Grade" if scores have not been entered for that grade level.
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m/SIX, GroupM's youngest outcome based agency has won the integrated media duties for Noise, one of India's fastest selling personal wearable technology brands. The account was won following a multi-agency pitch and will be handled out of m/SIX's Gurgaon office where the team will drive brand experience with its creative outlook and proficiency. The media duties include TV, Print, Radio & Digital Branding.
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A disney princess? Pfft I wish. You dont gotta hate if you dont live the life I do. Then again this is the internet so I can say whatever. I guess you have a point there.
I stay on my high horse. At least I can afford one. Or many by that matter. You are the low class. I'm the fabu high class. You are not worth my time.
Money has to do with everything. I am who I am because of my family and my wealth.
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W. E. B. De Bois, A National Treasure
Black History Month
W.E.B. Du Bois was a journalist, educator, and civil rights activist. He was born in 1868, in Barrington Massachusetts. During this time in history, African-Americans weren't afforded the luxury of going to school and pursuing higher education.
He was born into a mostly European town, where he did not experience the same sort of racism as the rest of the country held at the time. It wasn't until 1885 when he experienced racism for the first time while attending university. After seeing how African-Americans were treated in the rest of the U.S. a fire lit inside him, and he began to stand up for the rights of African-Americans.
Du Bois received his Bachelor's degree from Fisk University. After receiving his Bachelors at Fisk, he became the first African-American to receive a Doctorate from Harvard University. This was not an easy task. Just like today, it costs money to go to college. So as he was going to school he was also working unsteady jobs and performing odd tasks for cash.
From his education, he went on to publish numerous books. He published such works as "The Philadelphia Negro" and "The Should of Black Folk". He stood for equality for everyone, no matter their color, race, or creed. In this effort, he co-founded the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, also known as the NAACP. After all these accomplishments he died at the old age of 95 in 1963, just a year before the Civil Rights Act of 1964.


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Hello Stampers,
For today it is a quick and simple card with the Country Road stamp set and only 2 colors ink and paper. Well the paper it is 3 colors if you count the white.
Many time we need some simple card for last minute occasion or at time the the days goes quicker then we do. In short time fly by and we are not ready for this or that so quick card are the way to go.
So many ask for more and more masculine card. They say masculine card are a challenge for them. Well make sure to check my blog on Mondays, most of my Monday are masculine card. To be honest I love designing masculine card. So you will find many and many more masculine card on my site.
I design this card for the project leader that I belong to the Co-Op group that I call. So maybe you will see this card on other blog or news letter that is what we do in the leader group we share projects.
- Smokey Slate 8½ x 5½ score at 4¼ card base, 4 x ¾, 1 x 3/8
- Basic Gray 5¼ x 4, 1½ x ¾, 4 x ¼
- Whisper White 5 x 3¾, 2 x 2, 5¼ x 4 inside
Instruction Step by Step
- On the 5 x 3¾ whisper stamp the horse in the center, about ½ from the top, using Basic Gray ink.
- Stamp the tall grass using Smoky Slate ink below the horse and onto the 2 x 2 whisper white.
- Stamp 3 wheels on top of the tall grass and one wheel on small piece.
- Hand cut the single wheel.
- Adhere onto the basic gray then into the smoky slate card base.
- Adhere the long strip of Smoky Slate about 1½" from the bottom and then adhere the basic gray long piece on top of the smoky slate.
- Cut a V at the bottom of Smoky Slate and Basic Gray short strip and adhere at the top left corner.
- Adhere the cutout wheel on top of the stamped wheel at the bottom center.
- Apply Wink of Stella on the horse.
- Inside stamp all in Smoky Slate ink the grass and the greeting.
Here you can see the pop up wheel. It add some depth to this simple card with just a few dimensionals.
The view of the inside. I love that greeting in this stamp set. " Nothing's better than the wind at your back, the sun on your face and your family by your side" One of may favorite saying in all the greeting that we have.
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Wanking may be a curiously less acceptable hobbie to bring up in polite conversation than competitive swimming or Korean basket weaving, but unlike those thrilling activities, it is something that we all do religiously. Unless of course, you're off doing something else religiously, like praying or whatever. To me masturbation is a far more fun, and fruitful use of your time.
For those of my generation, whose sexual development began in a post-broadband world, pornography has become very much entwined with our understanding of masturbation as an act, as well as with sex itself. How many of us first learned of what we could do in bed with another man by watching two Eastern Europeans with one hand on the mouse (not a euphemism, your computer mouse)?
What, to naive generations before our's, was discovered at a glacial pace throughout adolescence and onwards has been available to us via a Google (or Yahoo Search, eh? eh?) since we were just mastering the fine art of cursive writing. It was not all that long ago in the grand scheme of human history that heterosexual women traditionally learnt about sex on their wedding night, upon being vaginally penetrated in candlelit silence by their awkward new grooms. Sex was a mystery (like the Queen), not discussed or even mentioned, certainly not by stern Catholic mothers (again, like the Queen). The concept and acceptance of the female orgasm, too, is a relatively new discovery. Homosexuality of course, practically infantile as a public discussion point.
We were inundated with cocks, labias, dildos, and with massive chunks of ribbed plastic that look more like they belong among the dog's chewed-up slippers than human genitalia. Butt plugs, jock-straps, three-ways, four-ways, five-ways, twinks, MILFs, bears, all accompanied by lube, lube and more lube. All this before we had even started high school. At least for me, anyway.
Because that's what growing up with the internet does. It exposes you. Previous generations had Blue Peter, we had PornHub. The exposure was sought, certainly: it was I and I alone who typed in the search terms, who disabled the adult contend filter, and who stuck the washing basket up against the door in case any family members should unexpectedly walk in. But the actions of a child are not really the actions of a child at all when such external factors are involved. For a child to be left alone with a bottle of bleach and a screwdriver would be unthinkable, yet to be left alone with a Compaq computer and a curious mind was a seemingly fine thing to do when I was growing up.
Just as no one would blame the child left with bleach/ a screwdriver, children who grow into sexually misled teenagers and adults cannot really be expected to just accept that their ideals (or mis-ideals) about sex and relationships are purely their own doing, their own stupidity and wickedness. Too many of us enter the world of sex (which is near Govan, in case you're wondering) expecting fireworks and ecstasy and the casual use of misogynistic language (slut, bitch, whore). Sex has become something that we not so much discover as attempt.
We attempt to "do it" the way it's done in the porn films; violently, enthusiastically, mercilessly. Our partner – be them male or female, recipient or penile instigator ("penile instigator": I'm sorry I really couldn't think of a better phrase) – is our audience. We need to entertain and shock them more than we need to pleasure them, because it is only through violence and shock that we can truly pleasure them in the end. We have to thrust that little bit too hard, or go that little bit too deep, to get the reaction we've been trained to seek since childhood, to actually have sex as we know it to be. No matter if it hurts our partner or causes them discomfort.
And this makes for an unhealthy relationship. Of course it does.
To re-calibrate the brain, to sway it away from the beautiful violence of the baby oil-soaked studio to real intimacy with a real person is no easy feat, no matter how much the individual wants to change. Don't be surprised by the, for want of a better phrase, rise in erectile dysfunction diagnosis's we have seen in recent years. When the brain is trained to respond to Croatian hunk orgies, anything else pales in comparison. It's a growing concern among Western psychologists, as well as our politicians (despite the saddening defeat of the Children and Families Bill in the House of Commons last month, which would have seen lessons about consent as well as sexual and domestic violence rolled out across British schools). We as a culture have become porn-dominated, so much so that it is creeping into our bedrooms, and into our minds. Porn creates unrealistic expectations of sex, yes, but it also creates unrealistic expectations of ourselves. Why don't I look as toned and chiselled as him? Should all cocks be devoid of veins, or am I just a freak? Those groans are so hot, why can't I sound like that in bed? Etc.
So with this in mind, I have pledged to give up pornography. It is banned, purged from my URL favourites, from my Tumblr dash, even from my browser history. It's not that I believe porn to be innately bad, I swear; though it should not matter to anyone else if I did. For many people porn is like alcohol, something to consume on occasion as a treat, so long as it does not distort behaviour and is consumed in sensible moderation. Already, I am seeing a difference in the way that I think about, and have, sex. I've steadily managed to exile the voice of the performing acrobat that previously loitered in the back of my mind, taking control and telling me that what I was doing was too romantic or happy or vanilla, and not sexy and dominating and dangerous enough.
Sex is more fun and fulfilling now (ahem) than ever before: and most importantly of all, it's mine. No externals necessary. Goodbye, pornography. I'll be fine on my own, thanks.


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A dentist wearing a VR headset, displaying X-ray photographs and other detailed information of a patient three dimensionally, demonstrates VR simulation program for dental surgeons (called WK2 Project), jointly developed by J. Morita Corp. and Realize Mobile Communications Corp., in Tokyo, Japan April 21, 2017. (Photo by Issei Kato/Reuters)
Staff members demonstrate an entertainment programme titled Trap Climbing at VR Zone Shinjuku, Japan's largest class VR entertainment facility operated by Japanese toy and game software maker Bandai Namco, during a press preview in Tokyo, Japan, July 12, 2017. (Photo by Issei Kato/Reuters)
Children wear HTC's Vive VR goggles as they play a VR game at the first Taiwanese VR theme park "Viveland", in Taipei, Taiwan, August 1, 2017. (Photo by Tyrone Siu/Reuters)
A woman demonstrates AquaCAVE, a system that augments swimming environment with immersive surrounded-screen VR to enhance the swimming experience, during an demonstration event organized by Sony Corp.'s human augmentation research project with the University of Tokyo, in Tokyo, Japan, March 13, 2017. (Photo by Issei Kato/Reuters)
A man tries a Virtual Reality content at VR/AR World during Content Tokyo expo in Tokyo, Japan, June 28, 2017. (Photo by Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)
A passer-by looks at a "Hado Kart" player during the sport's demonstration, in Tokyo, Japan, March 18, 2017. In "HADO Kart", players in head-mounted augmented-reality displays and armband sensors dodge waves of light as they fire energy balls at each other by moving around with riding a Kart in a virtual arena. (Photo by Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)
A visitor tries the flight simulator Birdly at the exhibition "Animated Wonderworlds" at Museum fuer Gestaltung (Museum for Design) in Zurich, November 17, 2015. Birdly simulates the flight of a red kite over New York City, controlled by the entire body of the user. The flight simulator was developed by scientists at Zurich University of the Arts. (Photo by Arnd Wiegmann/Reuters)
People wear Samsung Gear VR devices as they attend the launching ceremony of the new Samsung S7 and S7 edge smartphones during the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, February 21, 2016. (Photo by Albert Gea/Reuters)
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Connected embedded systems are becoming widely deployed, and their security is a serious concern. Current techniques for security testing of embedded software rely either on source code or on binaries. Detecting vulnerabilities by testing binary code is harder, because source code semantics are lost. Unfortunately, in embedded systems, high-level source code (C/C++) is often mixed with hand-written assembly, which cannot be directly handled by current source-based tools. In this paper we introduce Inception, a framework to perform security testing of complete real-world embedded firmware. Inception introduces novel techniques for symbolic execution in embedded systems. In particular, Inception Translator generates and merges LLVM bitcode from high-level source code, hand-written assembly, binary libraries, and part of the processor hardware behavior. This design reduces differences with real execution as well as the manual effort. The source code semantics are preserved, improving the effectiveness of security checks. Inception Symbolic Virtual Machine, based on KLEE, performs symbolic execution, using several strategies to handle different levels of memory abstractions, interaction with peripherals, and interrupts. Finally, the Inception Debugger is a high-performance JTAG debugger which performs redirection of memory accesses to the real hardware. We first validate our implementation using 53000 tests comparing Inception's execution to concrete execution on an Arm Cortex-M3 chip. We then show Inception's advantages on a benchmark made of 1624 synthetic vulnerable programs, four real-world open source and industrial applications, and 19 demos. We discovered eight crashes and two previously unknown vulnerabilities, demonstrating the effectiveness of Inception as a tool to assist embedded device firmware testing.
Inception: System-wide security testing of real-world embedded systems software
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From the publisher: Reese almost had it all: a loving relationship with Amy, an apartment in New York City, a job she didn't hate. She had scraped together what previous generations of trans women could only dream of: a life of mundane, bourgeois comforts. The only thing missing was a child. But then her girlfriend, Amy, detransitioned and became Ames, and everything fell apart. Now Reese is caught in a self-destructive pattern: avoiding her loneliness by sleeping with married men.
Ames isn't happy either. He thought detransitioning to live as a man would make life easier, but that decision cost him his relationship with Reese—and losing her meant losing his only family. Even though their romance is over, he longs to find a way back to her. When Ames's boss and lover, Katrina, reveals that she's pregnant with his baby—and that she's not sure whether she wants to keep it—Ames wonders if this is the chance he's been waiting for. Could the three of them form some kind of unconventional family—and raise the baby together?
Torrey Peters doesn't want people to consider her latest novel, Detransition Baby, a primer on trans lives. She told The Guardian that too many readers approach material like hers as homework, "with the well-meaning yet superficial goals of grasping concepts and burnishing credentials." Peters, a trans woman, wrote Detransition, Baby for other trans women, "You never slow down to explain anything because trans women already know," she told NPR.
Detransition, Baby tells the story of Reese, a trans woman who has always wanted to be a mother. Ames, Reese's ex who spent six years living as Amy before making the decision to detransition to living as a man, calls Reese out of the blue with an opportunity. Ames has gotten his girlfriend Katrina pregnant, but Katrina doesn't know about Ames's past, and Ames isn't sure parenthood as a man is something he is ready for. Ames suggests that the three of them parent the baby together, giving Reese the opportunity she's always wanted and easing Ames' uncertainty at his parenting abilities. When Katrina finds out about Ames, and his proposal to Reese, the three embark on a journey together that tackles parenthood, commitment, and personal identity.
In fact, parenthood is the main focus of Detransition, Baby. For Katrina, that concept is literal — is she ready to be a mother? Does she want to enter into motherhood in this unconventional situation? For Ames and Reese, the idea is more figurative. During a sit-down between the three characters, they discuss the lack of parental figures, specifically mothers, in the trans community to guide young trans-identifying people through life as a trans person. Meanwhile, Ames struggles with the idea of fatherhood. Despite deciding to detransition because life as a trans person was too difficult, he is unsure how he would identify as a parent.
Detransition, Baby isn't without its flaws. Despite Peters' insistence the book isn't meant to simply educate non-trans readers, these conversations between Ames, Reese, and Katrina sometimes seem more like prepared lectures than realistic dialogue. Elsewhere, Peters brings up the topic of race almost superficially; there's mention of Katrina being half-Asian, though it's more in passing and not specifically related to the storyline, and Ames and Reese mention trans women of color facing even further struggles than they do as white individuals.
All of this could add up to an overly indulgent novel that reads more like thoughts from a soapbox than a compelling narrative, but Peters' wit and connection to the community she writes about in Detransition, Baby a deeply riveting telling of life's complications.


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LONDON | Investment house Schroders brings in its latest 'Economic and Strategy Viewpoint' the final word about austerity versus money printing. It is a conciliatory one. Well, sort of: chief economist Keith Wade and Europe economist Azad Zangana set the record seamless and believe each team is right, at least, about the other team: they all are wrong.
On one hand, Wade and Zangana say they hold the
"belief that fiscal austerity will not generate growth as imagined by the 'troika'."
Both economists remind the champions of ever smaller state budgets that, in past periods, fiscal consolidation across a range of economies has only met success because the tightening occurred against a backdrop of buoyant global growth
"where monetary policy was able to provide an effective offset and exports provided the demand to support activity."
Unfortunately, "today, in the wake of the global financial crisis, monetary policy is ineffective, export growth is scarce and there is a currency war as countries try to devalue their way to recovery."
So that is a zero to zero score for this match. Schroders' economists add that fruitful budget cuts in modern history tend to have been carried out by countries in isolation. What we are witnessing nowadays is a large percentage of the world introducing tightening policies almost simultaneously.
"The scope for spill-overs in this environment means that the fiscal multipliers will be greater than in the past.
"Put these points to those driving the bailout (i.e. north European central bankers and officials) and they respond that the fall in interest rates generated by fiscal austerity will 'crowd in' investment and support growth. In normal times we would agree, but when credit mechanisms are broken there is little offsetting monetary impulse from lower interest rates."
The description in the Schroders paper of our current travails is dire: we are left with weaker growth, a shrinkage of the tax base and market doubts about solvency. The problem is compounded in the euro zone by the inability to devalue by those country members that would require it. The consequence then is often higher interest rates as investors focus on default risks.
"Unfortunately there seems little prospect of the troika changing its mind."
Is there a glimpse of hope, anywhere at all? Absolutely.
"What Greece really needs is a modern day equivalent of the Marshall Plan to reconstruct the economy, which is what she may get, but only after leaving the euro."
If you are prone to see the glass half full, and we at The Corner assume readers prefer cheer to despair, the following charts prove that the European Commission and the European Central Bank do have the capability to turn the tables around.


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Latin transeunt-, transiens, present participle of transire to cross, pass by, from trans- + ire to go
- Date: 1599
- b : passing through or by a place with only a brief stay or sojourn <transient visitors>
- 2 : affecting something or producing results beyond itself
transitory, ephemeral, momentary, fugitive, fleeting, evanescent mean lasting or staying only a short time. transient applies to what is actually short in its duration or stay <a hotel catering primarily to transient guests>. transitory applies to what is by its nature or essence bound to change, pass, or come to an end <fame in the movies is transitory>. ephemeral implies striking brevity of life or duration <many slang words are ephemeral>.
In acoustics and audio, a transient is a short-duration signal that represents a non-harmonic attack phase of a musical sound or spoken word. It contains a high degree of non-periodic components and a higher magnitude of high frequencies than the harmonic content of that sound. Transients do not directly depend on the frequency of the tone they initiate. Transients are difficult to encode with many audio compression algorithms, causing pre-echo.
A transient astronomical event, often simply called in context by astronomers a transient, is an astronomical object or phenomenon which can be observed for a short period of time. Singularly, the term is used for violent deep sky events such as supernovae and gamma ray bursts.


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At My Little Planet Learning Center and Preschool in Kennewick, Washington, we strive to provide your child with quality early education. Please read our guidelines on this page to learn more about our programs and policies. You can also download and read our center's parent handbook for more information.
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In order for us to provide quality care for your child, we depend on you to pay your fees in a timely manner. The following guidelines will promote effective payment and collection of those funds. Please read this policy carefully and be sure to ask if you have a question, or if you wonder which fees apply to you.
The tuition that you pay goes directly into our payroll fund so that we can hire qualified early childhood educators who work directly with your child. Your tuition and adherence to these guidelines also ensure your child's space in our program.
Please observe the following policies carefully:
- A $95 registration fee is due at the time of enrollment. A $50 enrollment fee is charged each September after that.
- A two-week deposit needs to be paid before entering, and deposit money will be used towards the last two weeks of childcare. This is only after a written two-week notice is given to the director.
- A $50 fee will be charged once a month if an account is left delinquent until sent to collectors.
- All payments must be made using online payment and Automated Payment .Cash is not accepted. There will be a $40 fee if a payment is returned.
- All fees are paid weekly. You may pay for more than one week at a time, but all fees are prepaid. Payment can be made Friday for the following week, or Monday for the current week.
- The minimum payment plan is for three days per week, no exceptions. This is the only way that we can ensure your child's placement in our center.
- We do not give credit for absent days. If your child is sick for an excessive number of days, the director may discuss different billing options with you.
- When your child is absent for any reason, you are responsible for calling and informing us of the absence. After your child is 1 hour late for day care, with no phone call, they will be marked absent. If a continued pattern of neglecting to call develops, your childcare privileges may be suspended. If you fail to call for three days in a row, we will consider your enrollment terminated, and your child's spot will be filled from our waiting list immediately.
- If you receive government assistance for childcare, your co-pay is due by the 1th of each month. If you cannot pay your co-pay by the 5th, you must speak with the director regarding when you will be able to make your payment ahead of time.
- If you must leave our care for any reason, we do require that a written two weeks' notice be given. This allows us adequate time to fill your spot with someone on our waiting list. If you neglect to provide us with two weeks' notice, your account will be charged.
Vacation Time
Families are allowed two weeks' vacation per calendar year that ensures we hold space for the child's return. Vacation will only be granted if taken a week at a time, not a day here and there. Families also have the option of taking the entire summer off, if arrangements are made in advance. Vacation requests must be in writing and given to the director two weeks in advance.
Late Pick-Up
If you do not pick up your child by 6:00 PM, or pick up after 10 hours we charge one parttime extra , you will be charged a late fee of $3 per minute after 6:00 pm.
Late Fees
A $25 late fee will be charged every 16th of the month if payments are not made by then.
A $50 fee will be charged once a month if an account is left delinquent until sent to collections.
Transportation and Field Trip Arrangements
We do not drive the children on field trips. All field trips are done using public transportation or parent volunteers. Parents must fill out a volunteer application, pass a background check, and show a clean driving record before they will be allowed to transport students.
Weather-Related Closures
My Little Planet Learning Center and Preschool will be opened on all regularly scheduled business days, with the exception of a Black Ice forecast. In the event of snow and icy rain or if the Kennewick Public School District announces a school delay or closure, My Little Planet Learning Center and Preschool will have a two-hour delay, opening at 9:00 AM instead of 6:00 AM.
Holidays and Closures
We are closed on the following holidays:
- September: Labor Day Weekend
- November: Veteran's Day, Thanksgiving, and the Day After Thanksgiving
- December: Christmas eve early closure-Christmas
- January: New Year's Day and M.L. King Jr. Day
- February: President's Day
- May: Mother's Day Weekend and Memorial Day Weekend
- July: Fourth of July (and Weekend/Weekday Always This Close to Friday or Monday)
- We Closed for conferences and professional days see in calendar year.
We have parent-teacher conferences day three times a year. We will be closed for childcare during those days. You can see the schedule of these conferences in our calendar.
We have staff professional development days Four or five times a year. We will be closed for childcare during those days. You can see the schedule on the calendar for the year.


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Application for Ontario HST Refund for First Nations
If you've paid taxes (HST) and kept your receipts for purchases made last year (January 2013 - December 2013) at the grocery store, or anywhere, like a shoe store, convenience store, or drive thru for take-out food, then you can apply for a refund of the PST portion of your receipt.
The following form is what you need to complete, attach a copy of your status card and send in for a refund. The form is very simple to complete, if you have any questions, the Director of Finance/Administration, Millie Pawis, said she would be glad to help.
The link for the form on line CLICK HERE. For a printable version CLICK HERE.


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The organisation Zochrot are a group of Israeli citizens working to raise awareness of the Nakba, the 1948 Palestinian catastrophe.
They were asked by Israeli news service Ynet last week to write something on the partition plan… from 1947. Below is the translated piece of Ariella Azoulay:
The United Nations partition decision of 29 November 1947 was adopted in complete opposition to the desires of the country's Arab inhabitants who were at least 70% of the population. A not-insignificant number of Jews also opposed the decision. From the moment that the UN decided, the Zionist leadership counted the country's inhabitants along to the line dividing Jews from Arabs. The position of the Zionist leadership in support of partition and its unconditional justification of using violence to establish the Jewish regime were presented as the Jewish position. Ultra-orthodox Jews, communists, pacifists and those who supported the creation of civil society had no place in the public discourse, and almost no information is available about their struggle. This erasure is also the outcome of the action of the state apparatus as it took over public discourse, the discourse of female and male citizens, and organized the totality of relationships among the country's inhabitants according the destructive ethnic division between Jews and Arabs.
The Arabs who lived in Palestine for hundreds of years, occupying more than 90 percent of the territory, opposed from the outset the plan to partition their land, and refused to cooperate with the UN bodies that prepared it. The partition plan, therefore, was designed by the UN and the Zionist leadership, which thereby gained recognition as the leadership of the state-in-formation. The country's Arab inhabitants had little influence, given the line-up of forces: A-(Jewish)-state-in-formation and an organization of states (the UN) supporting it. The new diplomatic, military and political map that was created transformed them into "stateless persons." The UN decision was a crucial moment in transforming the Arabs from inhabitants of their country into "stateless persons," even before they became refugees. The state that came into being in their land did not want them, nor was there any other state which did. The reason and rationale behind the opposition of the majority of the country's inhabitants to the partition plan received almost no attention. In a situation where there was room for only two competing stories, which were presented as if they both sprang from the same initial conditions, their logic… was understood as an example of "irrational policy" or as "their story." The Palestinians were presented as having missed the opportunity that had been "given to them," as having made a continuous series of errors – mass flight, hostile action, cooperating with the attack by Arab states. The Jews, on the other hand, were presented as seizing the opportunity presented and knowing how to make the most of it.
Today, 62 years after the Partition Plan divided the residents of the country – Jews and Arabs – from each other, restructuring them into two hostile national entities, the time has come to critically re-examine the calamity to which it led and consider how it might be possible for all the country's inhabitants – those who immigrated throughout the years and those who were expelled in order to create a state only for some – to create a regime in their own image, the image of a heterogeneous society which will be know how to celebrate its religious and national holidays in private and free the state from the burden of nationality so it can prosper as a civil society.
Ariella Azoulay teaches political philosophy and visual culture at The Hermeneutics and Cultural Studies, Bar Ilan University, the author of Constituent Violence 1947-1950 (Resling, 2009, in hebrew) and The Civil Contract of Photography, Zone Books, 2008.


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Order 4-ACO-DMT Online from your trusted online pharmacy.4-ACO-DMT (4-acetoxy-n,n-dimethyltryptamine), or O-Acetylpsilocin, is a psychedelic drug (hallucinogenic) in the tryptamine class of drugs (like LSD and psilocybin). It is the acetylated form of the psychedelic mushroom alkaloid psilocin (4-HO-DMT). It is a more stable compound than psilocin, and has a longer shelf life. It is commonly called "psilacetin" among its users. It is usually found in crystalline/powder form, in either its fumarate or HCl salt.
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4-AcO-DMT is also known as O-acetylpsilocin, 4-acetoxy-DMT, psilacetin, or "synthetic mushrooms". However, it is a semi-synthetic research chemical in the tryptamine family. This also includes the classic psychedelics like DMT and psilocybin. 4-AcO seems to be very closely related to the magic mushroom compounds psilocybin and psilocin, and like psilocybin. It is speculated to break down into psilocin in the body during first pass metabolism. In fact, 4-AcO-DMT was first synthesized in the early 1960s by Albert Hofmann. Also, he discovered LSD and first synthesised psilocybin. Hofmann and his colleague, Franz Troxler were employees for the pharmaceutical company Sandoz. They always played around with molecules similar to psilocin, and patented psilacetin along with four other esters of psilocin in 1963. Esters are organic compounds that react to water by producing alcohol.
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As a general reference point, many say that oral doses of 4-ACO-DMT in the 15 to 20 mg range greatly resemble a 3.5-gram magic mushroom experience. And with all new psychedelics, it's best to start with a low to moderate dose, or even microdose, for your first trip in order to get a lay of the land before diving into stronger experiences.


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This is the perfect piece for a Boho Chic design with a tribal flavor that features layers of texture throughout the space. It is the perfect foundation for plants, terracotta pots, basketry, and overstuffed throw pillows. Today, designers love pieces that give the room a unique look and feel. Items that have a homespun quality rather than mass-manufactured are finding their way into a range of contemporary styles.
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World Health & Population
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Drug Regulation and Control in Nigeria: the Challenge of Counterfeit Drugs
The primary objective of this study is to establish the factors that have contributed to the preponderance of counterfeit drugs in Nigeria despite the laws. Data was gathered by a combination of the use of questionnaires and oral interviews. The results suggest that drug laws were adequate falling short only in their implementation. The task forces were rated as ineffective arising from corruption, communication gaps, lack of adequate funds, lack of vehicles, etc.
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