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SPOILER WARNING: The following interview contains major spoilers for Marvel's "Secret Wars" #9, on sale now.
While the All-New, All-Different Marvel Universe is now a few months old, it still holds many secrets. Chief among them: how was it born?
In "Secret Wars" #9, the final issue of writer Jonathan Hickman and artist Esad Ribic's universe-altering series, the answer to that question and many others, including what happened to Reed and Sue Richards and why Doctor Doom appears to have turned over a new leaf, have been revealed.
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With the long-awaited finale finally on sale, Hickman and Marvel Executive Editor and Senior Vice President of Publishing Tom Brevoort joined CBR News for a wide ranging post-game discussion about the issue and the series as a whole. The pair not only address the questions mentioned above, they also reveal the aspect of Issue #9 that led to it being sent to the printer at the last possible minute, and what projects Hickman plans to tackle next.
CBR News: I think we should start off by acknowledging the amazing job the team of artist Esad Ribic and colorist Ive Svorcina did on this final issue. There were a lot of great sequences, but I wanted to talk about two that I found very interesting, the first being the splash page mosaic made up of Doom and Reed Richards' faces. What inspired this page?
Jonathan Hickman: I thought it would be cool, which at the end of the day is a fairly valid reason for doing certain things in comics. As usual, Esad took the idea and ran with it. He made it about 50 times better than it would have been normally. So, as usual, all praise to Esad!
Tom Brevoort: As is typical for Jon, realizing that we were at the last issue, time was at a premium, and Esad was having to work extremely fast under a very difficult deadline, he thought, "What would be the best way to make a page as complicated and difficult to pull off as possible, but look really cool when it's done? Let's do that!" [Laughs]
Hickman: [Laughs] Yeah, I was my normal, considerate self.
I really liked how Ive gave the characters colors that matched their temperament on this page.
Hickman: Yeah, it's a really well done page.
Brevoort: It was important that the color palette on that page in particular helped to separate the two overlapping faces, but for them to also blend together as you move in towards the center of it. I think it was a tricky thing for Ive to pull off.
The other art sequence is the pages that depict the battle between Doom and the Black Panther. Jonathan, how much direction did you give Esad on these pages? Were these specific scenes you laid out, or was this all his imagination?
Hickman: I gave him what I thought should be happening; the visuals as I thought they should be. The point, though, was that they should be a bit abstract, a bit out there, because it was basically two guys fighting who could meld reality into whatever they wanted it to be. I thought Esad did a really good job on that, as usual.
Brevoort: I think it's going to be hard for people to believe this, given that the final books are coming out so late, but Esad had what only could be described as a crippling deadline on this last issue to make sure it would come out when it was supposed to come out, and he and Ive both completely rose to the challenge. They turned this issue out in pretty much the same amount of time that it took between Issue #8 and #9 to come out. So if you can remember where you were when you bought Issue #8 and assume that's when he started on this, that's about how much time it took to do this issue -- and this is a big 35-page issue. So it's not even like doing a regular book. It's like doing a book and half, probably a little bit more. So at the end here, he really had to sprint, and he did.
He didn't cut any corners, either. You can't find pages that look weak or like he checked out on them. He really hit this super hard and super good all the way to the end. It's a great piece of work.
Hickman: Yep. And if we're being completely fair, any volume of praise about my writing on "Secret Wars" should absolutely be dwarfed by that regarding the art work of Esad and Ive. I think it's the best looking event book that Marvel may have ever done. It's amazingly good work. Just fantastic.

And speaking of all credit being due, I've been working with Esad off and on since 2011 when we started doing "Ultimates." And in between he's also done some amazing work on other books, most notably with Jason Aaron on the "Thor" series. So I looked and I was kind of shocked to see that, in that time, he hasn't even been nominated for an Eisner. We should do something about that, as I think it's time for Esad to get that kind of recognition. It's certainly something he deserves.
Anyway, I think he's wonderful and one of the best in the business. I could talk about him all day long.
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After the mosaic page we talked about we got a defining moment in the rivalry between Doom and Reed where Doom admits to Reed that he thinks Reed would have done a better job than him as "God." What did it cost Doom to admit this? And, Tom, to your knowledge and recall has Doom ever confessed something like this before?
Brevoort: I don't know that we've ever seen Doom confess something like this before, specifically. You might be able to find a story somewhere, though. I'm sure somebody will prove me wrong in the comments, but that's a fairly big admission from Doom, and ultimately, it cost him everything here. It's a big admission both figuratively and literally.
From the issue's final pages, it looks as though it was a sort of freeing admission for Doom as well.
Hickman: Yeah, I think so. People are free to interpret the story however they want to, but I think you could argue that Doom was, at times, the most heroic person in the story, and I think you could argue at the end that he won just as much as anybody else. That's one of the neat things about the story.
Brevoort: I think, too, and I've said this a couple of times over the weeks and months since the all-new, all-different Marvel Now books have been coming out, that "Secret Wars" #9 was pretty much unspoilable. This is a very good example of that.
That last page of #9 lands. It has great impact, despite the fact that Doom has been walking around in "Invincible Iron Man" for five issues with his face healed and looking perfectly normal. On the one hand, everybody going into this had to know something was going to happen and Doom was going to get his face fixed, but by the same token, I think you read the story, you get caught up in what's going on and you don't even think about it. Then, when you get to that last page, it still feels like a surprise. It still feels like a revelation, even though you've already seen it.
Doom's confession leads to the status quo of the new Marvel Universe, which appears to be a multiverse that's growing more and more each day thanks to the Molecule Man, Reed and his son Franklin.
Brevoort: It's effectively a new multiverse. The biggest and most important thing here that nobody in the world will like, and that I'm the only one that keeps poking at, is the fact that the Marvel Universe is no longer the 616. I don't know if by the end of "Secret Wars" #9 there are 616 universes yet. There will be an infinite number of them. Realities that we've known and new ones that we've never visited before are being constantly created, and then mapped and explored by Reed and his family.
They started by restoring the Marvel Universe. So really, it's now the Prime Universe.
Stories change and grow as you're developing them, but I'm curious about this ending. Was this always going to be the fate of Doom, Reed, Sue and the kids in the Future Foundation? Or is this something that developed over time?
Hickman: There are things that have not changed since the beginning of me working on this stuff, and I think those bits are kind of obvious. The thing that organically happened, which worked to our benefit, was the fact that it was advantageous to be writing what was essentially the last Fantastic Four story.
I remember the summit where this became kind of the obvious thing, and I asked Mark Waid, "Are you cool with me doing things this way?" And he was. I had Mark's blessing, which was important to me. We kind of agreed on how it should be handled. All that happened early enough that it was actually going to make it more powerful, and as far as I can recall, that's kind of the only thing that changed, even though it ended up being a really big thing.
Tom, am I remembering that right?
Brevoort: I think so. At a certain point, we set out here to do the last Fantastic Four story, at least for the time being. We didn't necessarily start with that as the original goal way back even with "Avengers" #1. That having been said, it's such a natural end point because a lot of this stuff organically grows out of Jonathan's "Fantastic Four" run. It seems like a fitting capstone to all of that.
Getting back to the "Secret Wars" #9 is unspoilable of it all, despite the fact that people have been walking around going, "Oh yeah, Reed dies. They all die in 'Secret Wars.'" In point of fact, none of those characters are dead. So once again, you thought you knew what was going to happen, but you didn't! Unspoilable.
Hickman: Yeah, and that was a conversation in the room. Something that was absolutely talked about was should they die? I had absolutely zero interest in telling that story. [Laughs] Because it runs completely contrary to everything that I feel about that franchise and everything that I feel about those characters. So we got to where we wanted to get to.
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My perhaps overly meta take on the ending is that the family that led to the birth of the original Marvel Universe is now helping shape the new Marvel Universe.
Brevoort: I think that's a fair observation.
Hickman: It's not wrong. [Laughs] It's pretty dead on, actually.
Now, there are some people who will look at this ending and all they'll see is Marvel putting Reed, Sue, Franklin and these other characters on a shelf because of movie rights. Is that fair? Is this really a shelf?
Brevoort: It's a shelf in that the Fantastic Four as a unit are now split up. Ben and Johnny are in "Guardians," "Inhumans" and "Uncanny Avengers," and there isn't a "Fantastic Four" title. None of these characters are dead, though. Therefore, the future will inevitably and invariably get to a point where we'll see more of Reed, Sue, Franklin, Val, Dragon Man and the Future Foundation. We will get to that point. I don't know that we'll get to it quickly. Maybe we will. Maybe we won't. Hopefully we'll get to it when you least expect it so their reappearance on the Marvel stage can have some resonance to it.
I would read a book with the status quo of those characters making and exploring universes.
Brevoort: And potentially, maybe we will do such a book. We shall see.
Hickman: I don't think there's anything negative about the ending at all. I think at the end of the day, the idea of one of the best franchises that Marvel has never appearing again is ridiculous. Why would you not want more of that at some point?
Brevoort: That said, and this is another conversation we've had in retreats and elsewhere, and I think we've even talked about it if not in these "Secret Wars" chats, then in other recent chats about previous event books. "Fantastic Four" has been one of those books that, for a number of years, has been effectively taken for granted. It's been considered stodgy, or old school, or some people see it as a thing that's there and people are comfortable because it's there, but they're not particularly passionate about it.
So we're not going to have that book for a while. We didn't have a Thor book for a while. We did "Avengers Disassembled" and Thor went away. For a couple of years, there was absolutely no Thor book, and when Thor came back, it was a huge book. It continues to be a huge book to this day. I think that absence was part of what made people cherish its return, and then it was just having great talent to execute that return. If the same sort of thing happens with Fantastic Four that would not be the worst thing in the world.
Let's back up a bit and talk about what exactly the Black Panther did near the end of the story. Was that the Time Gem he used there near the end?
Hickman: Maybe...
Brevoort: [Laughs]
Hickman: Did we ever agree on that, Tom? Did we ever come down on whether it was the Time Gem or the Reality Gem?
Brevoort: Boy, we went back and forth on that right up until the end. I think it was the Time Gem, but it's been a while now, and it was so last minute. You and I were chatting at 7:30 that night as the book was getting done going, "What color is the gem? It's this color now, but it has to be that color! What color does it have to be? Because it's got to work this way or that way."
I remember, we went back and forth between it being the Time Gem or the Reality Gem.
Hickman: It was colored wrong. It was colored green. And you called me up, and -- I won't say you were freaking out, but you were not happy. [Laughs]
Brevoort: [Laughs] It was late on a Friday! I wanted to be done with this!
Hickman: I actually went in and tweaked the color and changed it. Then we had a debate about whether or not it should the Time or the Reality Gem, because both of them work in terms of where we were going with the story and what it actually means.
The point of it, though, was to get T'Challa back to where he was in "New Avengers" #1, so he could act as an advocate for doing things a better way. To carry the weight of it.
You guys touched upon the final experience of putting this last issue of "Secret Wars" to bed, but how did it feel to send this issue off and conclude this collaboration that both of you have been working on for years?
Hickman: Well, Tom finally got his chance to fire me, and did so.
Brevoort: [Laughs] It was brutal.
Hickman: I've never heard him happier than at that moment. [Laughs]
Brevoort: [Laughs]
Hickman: No, it was good. It was very appropriate that we were getting the book out super late on that last night. [Laughs]
Brevoort: It was certainly a relief, but it was the bad kind of relief. [Laughs] It wasn't the, "Hey! We're triumphant! Let's celebrate that we just did this!" It's more, "We just boxed 15 rounds and now we're dragging ourselves back to the locker room and then home to collapse and recover."
We went right up to the wire and maybe a little over the wire getting it done.
Hickman: Yes! It's a lot like if you've ever seen one of those people finish a marathon and then they collapse and lose all control of their body. [Laughs]
Brevoort: I want to thank everybody for sticking with us, especially during our "programming delays." Hopefully the climax here was worth the wait, and people will have gotten their money's worth and feel like the ride was worth it.
We also want to thank not only the creative team of "Secret Wars"-proper, but all the creative teams for all the crazy tie-in books that we did. In particular, the teams who were on regular Marvel Universe books who had to kind of stop their books and do something else for three or four months while we blew up literally everything and mashed it all into a big crazy meatball.
Hopefully the work was good, people enjoyed it, and will continue to enjoy it.
Hickman: Yes, all of that of course. I'll just add that it's kind of rare as a creative person for a company like Marvel to let you do what you want to do for six or seven years because they get what you're going for. I'm pretty grateful to have had that level of trust.
As a writer, I've been overwhelmed that I got to play on a playground as big as this was. I know not a lot of people get to do it, and while I'm generally happy with a bunch of the stuff I've done for Marvel, I'm very happy with how we ended. I'm proud of how "Secret Wars" came out, and I think it was a cool experiment that turned out to be a little bit of a success.
We do, of course, regret the delays. [Laughs]
Brevoort: [Laughs] Yes, we were entirely too optimistic at every stage. [Laughs] We've learned nothing in 75 years of making comics -- nothing at all.
Finally, Jonathan, I understand the only thing left to be released from your initial stint at Marvel is the remaining issues of "SHIELD."
Hickman: Yeah, I have to turn in those script passes. I'll probably do those in the next couple of weeks, now that all of this is locked down. I'm not exactly sure what I'm doing next. I'll figure something out. Tom and I have talked about some stuff -- it's definitely not "Secret Wars II."
Brevoort: [Laughs] I might have an idea for something. We'll talk later. I might or I might not, because you may hear this and go, "Oh, no! I don't want to do that!" [Laughs]
So as far as definite projects for you in the immediate future, it's just creator-owned books?
Hickman: Yeah, I have a bunch of stuff that I'm doing at Image. The biggest thing is that I'm going to write and draw a book again, which I've really missed doing. All of that will get announced pretty shortly, here.
Marvel has been really good to me, and I've had a good time working with them. If I can manage my work schedule, I would absolutely love to continue to do more books with them. And I'm happy, which is nice.
For Marvel readers who have yet to try your creator-owned work, is there a book you recommend they start with?
Brevoort: Jonathan doesn't do good starting points. If you've been paying attention, you know that's not his bag, man.
Hickman: [Laughs] I think the way we like to sell this stuff is to say that it all ties in together, so if you would like to continue reading the amazing stuff you read here at Marvel, you can buy "East of West." How about that?
Brevoort: [Laughs] Right! That's on the other side of Battleworld; the back side.
Hickman: [Laughs] Yes! The underbelly, as it were.
"Secret Wars" #9 is on sale now from Marvel Comics.


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Bradley Cooper's A Star Is Born may not be a brand new property, but thanks to his and Lady Gaga's performances, it just may be the best version of this many times told dramatic love tale. Cooper is especially brilliant thanks to his directing, acting, and uncanny ability to learn how to be a musician in just 18 months time. But that's not to say Lady Gaga is a slouch, because she brings her A-game too, and outside of a few rocky dramatic scenes, she performs admirably during the non-signing performances.
You can check out my full review of the film below in video or script form.
Hey now fans of beautiful and talented people, Matt Heywood here to review Bradley Cooper's A Star Is Born, aka a really fucking sad love story with an emotionally charged soundtrack.
Before getting into the review I just want to add that I hadn't seen the three other versions of this movie going into my screening, so I was able to take in its plot with a blank slate approach.
First and foremost, I have to mention how impressed I am with both Bradley Cooper and Lady GaGa's performances in this film. Cooper is especially impressive when you consider he spent upwards of 18 months to learn how to sing and play the guitar, which shows in his performance of Jack Maine, a drunken, drug addicted, country/rock star who discovers a vocal powerhouse in GaGa's Ally character.
I mean he's so believable as a front man and musician that you'd think he's been doing it his whole life. He easily holds his own with GaGa during the singing parts, which were all shot live by they way. I wondered if her ability to sing the fuck out of any song from her head or written for her would make Cooper look silly, but he more than pulls off his singing and guitar playing. His believability, coupled with her raw musical talent, definitely helps to sell the characters they play, and ultimately the love between them, which only fuels the emotions you can feel from this film.
On the flip side, GaGa performs admirably as an actor across from Cooper's already Oscar-nomination-worthy skills. I wouldn't say that her acting reached the level of Bradley's ability to sing and play music, because at times, especially early on, a few scenes between them feel awkward due to her acting, but for the most part she holds her own and comes off as a believable character. It's not hard to buy into her character either, because for the most part the character follows a bit of GaGa's own path to stardom, so while she stumbles at times during dramatic moments, she still provided an emotional connection to her Ally character.
While Bradley and GaGa are easily the main draws for this version of A Star Is Born, I have to say that to me the true champion of this film is its soundtrack. This is especially evident during the first half of the film, in which Jack is courting Ally and forcing her to make a final push at a musical career. The moments between these two musicians who are in the early stages of love are highly emotional thanks to the heart-pounding, and though provoking music they make together. There are genuine beautiful and at times happy tear inducing moments early on in this film, which are a direct result of the music, and the love story being acted out by two awesomely talented stars.
I will say though that the plot takes a dark turn towards its climax, which I'm sure those of you who have seen this movie before know about, but as a noob, I wasn't expecting things to get as depressing as they do. The magic of the first half of this movie gets vacuumed out during the second half, which sees GaGa's Ally morphing into a Pop star while Jack takes a dark turn with his addictions.
For some reason, and I'm chalking it up to the lack of heartfelt music numbers, the later parts of this movie don't quite have the emotional punch that the early parts do. You're watching two lovers being tortured by one's disease, yet I never felt the emotional gut punch that these scenes were clearly going for. Maybe it's because the writing is on the wall of the Jack character, or maybe it is due to GaGa not being a top-notch dramatic actor, but the shit that goes down between these two late on in the movie just never feels genuine from an emotional standpoint. This in turn wipes a bit of the magic from the beautiful first half of A Star Is Born, leaving it feel a bit hollow in the end. The pacing also gets slow towards the end, which ultimately added to my slight frustration with how everything played out.
With that being said, A Star Is Born is still worth the experience thanks to its soulful soundtrack, and to see the performances of Cooper and GaGa. When I left my screening I was pleased, but not blow away, yet I found myself thinking about the movie and its characters for many hours after, so to me that's a sign of a good film. It's definitely a good date movie, although it gets pretty fucking sad, so if you're dealing with marital or partner issues due to drug and alcohol abuse, you may want to go by yourself, because it features a pretty sad love story even though it starts out as being a happy one.
A Star Is Born, the Cooper/GaGa edition gets an 8.5 out of 10 review score from Team EB. I wouldn't say it's the best date movie, but thanks to its charming soundtrack and cast, it's well worth a trip to the big screen.
Thanks for watching, this is Matt Heywood signing off for EntertainmentBuddha.com, where we make you a better geek, one post at a time.
Review Summary
Story - 8
Cinematography - 8
Sound - 10
Acting - 8.5
Entertainment Value - 8
A Star Is Born features an emotionally charged soundtrack, two stars at their best, and a story that is both magical and highly depressing at the same time. It stumbles a bit in its last act, but for the most part it's a highly engaging film going experience.
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Women of Distinction: Elliott working to better Alton from the inside
Nathan Woodside | For The Telegraph
This is one part of a 10-part series introducing this year's YWCA of Alton Women of Distinction honorees. The YWCA of Alton will host the 28th annual Women of Distinction dinner on Thursday, April 19, at 6 p.m. at the Lewis and Clark Community College Commons in Godfrey.
ALTON – Alton native Stephanie Elliott is the definition of what it means to be a trusted public servant.
The 2018 Alton YWCA honoree served 14 years as the city's comptroller, before taking the dive herself into elected public office.
Last year, she was elected 6th Ward alderman, going from influencer to decision-maker.
"(As comptroller) I gave them (city council) the facts, and they make the decisions," she says. "Now that I'm the alderman, I have to take in the facts, and make the decisions. It's a big difference… I always thought from the numbers side of it, but (other aldermen) have thought from the numbers side of it, plus the politics. Me, I was just a numbers person, and that was it. Even in my life today, all I think about is the numbers… As an alderman, you have to think about not only the numbers, but the outcome – if you do or you don't. You have to think about all the people involved."
The new perspective in public service has shown Elliott a new side of Alton and its constituents. She says she's learned that the right decisions as alderman isn't always about pure data.
Elliott says she loves the new challenge that serving on the Alton City Council presents, and what lies ahead for the city.
"When people tell you that you know you can do the job well, of course, it makes you want to do it, and now I love being an alderman," she said. "I think we're on the up-and-up. I think the Small Business Revolution is really going to give us a boost. I believe it's going to help us all coming together. A house divided won't stand. The Small Business Revolution campaign really has brought us together in a new way that hasn't existed before. I truly see it."
A true labor of love for Elliott and her husband, Joe, is Stephanie's Place at the corner of Riley and Johnson streets in Alton, a charitable organization that partners with several area groups, and helps facilitate the Serving Area Kids' free summer lunch program.
"My husband and I have a heart for the world today," she said. "Because what the situation is in our world today, some have parents, some do have parents, some are just out there, some kids don't feel loved, what we're trying to show is that they can be loved, that they can have family – their neighbor can be family."
Elliott added that Stephanie's Place is the project she's most proud of in life. It's done all from her and her husband's pocket and donations from the community.
On Saturday, April 14, Stephanie's Place had a "Spring Fling" event planned, but weather forced the rescheduling of the event. Elliott said a new date has yet to be set.
Elliott said the event will include a previously-postponed Easter egg hunt, a 3-on-3 basketball tournament, food and other fun for Alton youth.
"We usually try to have someone from the community come to speak to the children," Elliott said. "It's always something very inspiring."
Elliott said that the organization also plans to step up its partnership with the Serving Area Kids' program over summer break, as well.
"We do it all for our kids," she said.
Nathan Woodside is a freelance photographer and reporter for the Telegraph.


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Bottlenose Dolphins grow to a maximum of 2.5 metres long, weigh up to 200kg, and can eat up to 10kg of fish per day…that's a LOT of fish!
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Remembering Why We Travel
We travel to better understand the reality of the world. Avoid "easy travel" with this reminder.
We travel to better understand the reality of the world. Avoid "easy travel" with this reminder.
Jo Fitzsimons shares her tips for making an informed decision on whether to visit or steer clear from problem areas.
India can show you its best and worst sides in the same breath. From stunning scenery to smelly streets, it's not difficult to form a love/hate relationship with this amazing country. And things can be even more challenging and rewarding for solo female travelers. If you're planning to visit, Jo Fitzsimons provides a Girl's Guide to India.
Breaking the news that you're going traveling can cause a parental freak out of epic proportions. By preparing answers to the most common questions you can downgrade your parents' concern from panic to everyday worry. Jo Fitzsimons shows you how.
Returning home after a big trip can be tough. Jo Fitzsimons reminds us of the things we won't miss about travel and offers her best tips on handling the downsides of life on the road while you're away.
The Caribbean has all the trappings of an exotic travel destination, but if you want to avoid the crowds and costs, Jo Fitzsimons recommends you approach the Caribbean from another side – Central America.
Have you booked a bargain flight with one of Europe's low cost airlines only to be stung by one extra charge after another? Flying can be one of the cheapest ways to get around Europe, but only if you know how to make the most of the airlines' rules and avoid the tricks that bump up the cost. Jo Fitzsimons shows you seven simple steps for making the most of Europe's low cost airlines.
Jo Fitzsimons shows you how to replicate the route of fictional Phileas Fogg, the character created by Jules Verne in 1873 in his classic adventure "Around the World in 80 Days."
Opening a hostel is not an uncommon dream among travelers who return from a trip around the world, but is the dream the same as the reality? After turning a parking lot into a 132 bed hostel in Kyoto, Japan, Nobu Tabata speaks to Jo Fitzsimons about the highs and lows of the hostel business.
Despite the number of Israeli travelers making their way around the world, there are comparatively few who put this small nation on their travel itinerary. And yet, the country is thick with history, culture, and contemporary places to party. Jo Fitzsimons explains why Israel and the Palestinian Territories should be on the backpacking trail.


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Today Extend completed the merger of its Kitchener and Cambridge offices. The combined operation now offers more efficient call handling, the advantages of a larger pool of staff, and new equipment.
New services now available to all accounts include:
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- Additional 'on-line' message storage.
- Enhanced voice mail offerings.
- Power backup by a natural gas generator.
"We were pleased to be able to make several improvements to our client services as a direct result of this merger.", said Todd Lyons, Vice President, and Manager of the Cambridge Operations Centre. "This allows us to provide additional services, and to stay competitive with the latest in technology."


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Topic Page: Cuba Embargo
- Keywords
- Cuba
- Diplomatic and Military Policy
- Economics and Trade
The Cuban Embargo, called the Blockade in Cuba, is not just one law; rather it consists of many presidential orders as well as laws that prohibit trade, travel, and political relations between the United States and Cuba. The basis for the presidential powers behind the embargo lies with the Trading with the Enemy Act of 1917. The act has been amended many times since 1917 and provides the president the power to restrict trade between the United States and its enemies in times of emergency. The goal of the embargo has been to bring about a democratically elected government in Cuba, one without the leadership of Fidel or Raúl Castro. In addition it has had the goal of bringing capitalism to the island. The embargo has been in place in one form or another since 1960. Virtually every president in the United States since 1960 has altered the embargo in some way. The embargo is a part of U.S. foreign policy and it became codified into law in 1992.
Castro and his revolutionary government came to power in January 1959. U.S. concerns about Cuba grew when the Cuban government enacted the Land Reform Law on May 17, 1959, which confiscated property for the state, including property owned by U.S. citizens. The U.S. government did not agree with the measure of compensation offered to the previous owners.
The next act that sparked U.S. reaction was a trade agreement in February 1960 between Cuba and the Soviet Union in which Cuba purchased crude oil from the Soviet Union, and the Soviet Union bought sugar from Cuba, sold raw materials to Cuba, and provided $100 million in credit. Consequently, with the encouragement of the U.S. government, U.S. and British oil companies refused to refine the oil. Castro responded by nationalizing the oil companies. In retaliation, in July 1960, the U.S. government cut the Cuban sugar quota. Castro countered by nationalizing U.S. companies in Cuba, including U.S. banks. The U.S. reaction was strong. On October 19, 1960, President Dwight D. Eisenhower stopped virtually all trade with Cuba except food and medicine. On January 3, 1961, the United States broke off all diplomatic relations with Cuba.
In April 1961 relations between Cuba and the United States spiraled downward as a result of an invasion in Cuba by American-trained, anti-Castro Cuban exiles. This invasion, called the Bay of Pigs, was specifically supposed to bring down the Cuban government; it was easily thwarted, however, by the Cuban military. Castro became incensed, and on May 1, 1961, he announced that Cuba would become a socialist republic. Aid from the Soviet Union rose substantially. The United States did not stand idly by. On September 4, 1961, Congress passed the Foreign Assistance Act that prohibited aid to Cuba and authorized the president to establish and maintain a total embargo on all trade between the two countries. In addition, on February 7, 1962, President John F. Kennedy stopped all trade with Cuba, including the reexport of Cuban goods from other countries. Finally, on August 1, 1962, Congress prohibited any aid to countries that assisted the Cuban government.
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- Cuba
- Diplomatic and Military Policy
- Economics and Trade
Unilateral sanctions by the United States had effectively closed relations with Cuba, but the U.S. government began to push for multilateral sanctions as well. In response to this pressure, the Organization of American States (OAS) excluded the Cuban government in 1962. By 1964 the OAS had imposed a commercial embargo on Cuba as well.
In 1962 the United States and Cuba became embroiled in the most intense standoff to date, and one that had global ramifications. The Cuban government had begun building missile bases on the island. The United States already had missile bases in Turkey, within range of the Soviet Union. Therefore the Cuban bases were seen as a prelude to war between the United States and the Soviet Union. After negotiations, however, the missile bases were dismantled. Relations continued to worsen, however. In 1963 Kennedy expanded the embargo by banning any travel to Cuba by U.S. citizens and any U.S. citizen from engaging in any financial or commercial transactions with Cuba. Moreover the Department of Commerce tightened restrictions on exports of food and medicine to Cuba and Congress restricted aid to any country that traded with Cuba.
In contrast to the 1960s, the years between 1975 and 1982 witnessed a reduction of restrictions against Cuba, both multilaterally and unilaterally. On July 28, 1975, the OAS voted to end its sanctions against Cuba. By this time many countries in the organization had already begun trading with Cuba again. In addition, Gerald Ford began to reduce some of the restrictions on U.S. trade with Cuba. For example he eased limitations on exports to Cuba by foreign subsidiaries of U.S. companies. Subsequently President Carter used his presidential prerogative not to renew earlier regulations. For example he did not renew the regulations on U.S. citizens traveling to Cuba and did not renew the regulation against spending U.S. dollars in Cuba. By 1978 Cubans could send money to their families, and by 1979 they were allowed to visit their families in Cuba.
After the lenient Ford and Carter years, the next presidents, Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush, began tightening the restrictions again. Reagan strengthened the trade embargo by imposing more travel restrictions. In April 1982 he stopped all charter flights from Miami to Cuba.
President George H. W. Bush tightened the embargo more than it had been in decades. The U.S. government believed that because of the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991, and therefore the end of substantial aid to Cuba from the Soviet Union, increased sanctions against Cuba would cause Cuba's communist government to fall. Therefore in 1992 he signed the Cuban Democracy Act or the Torricelli Act. The Torricelli Act forbade U.S. companies, including subsidiaries abroad, from engaging in any trade with Cuba. The most controversial part of the act was a stipulation that any ships that had entered Cuban ports would not be allowed to enter U.S. ports for a period of 180 days. It also prohibited foreign-based subsidiaries of U.S. companies from trading with Cuba. Any company that did not adhere to these measures could be fined up to $50,000. Moreover it decreased aid to countries that traded with or provided aid to Cuba, travel to Cuba by U.S. citizens was again tightened, and it severely restricted remittances to Cuba, including food and medicine.
The next momentous change in the embargo came in 1996. On February 24, 1996, two U.S. planes in Cuban territory that carried members of Brothers to the Rescue were shot down. As a result, on March 12, 1996, President Clinton signed the Helms-Burton Act or the Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity Act. It finally made into law the sanctions against Cuba. It tightened sanctions against Cuba in several ways; in particular the Legislature was now able to override the Executive Branch in some cases regarding the embargo. It barred any foreign company from any business with confiscated Cuban property. Ships docking at Cuban ports were not allowed to dock at U.S. ports for six months. The bill also allowed U.S. nationals to file suit in U.S. courts against persons "trafficking" in their confiscated property. In addition foreign companies that invested in Cuba, especially property that the Cuban government had seized, could be sued in the United States. Other countries reacted strongly against the Helms-Burton Act. For example both Mexico and Canada passed laws that prohibited the Helms-Burton Act in their countries.
Perhaps in response to Pope John Paul II's visit to Cuba in January 1998, sanctions began to loosen. By March of that year U.S. citizens were allowed to send up to $1,200 annually to relatives in Cuba, and direct flights between Cuba and the United States were permitted. Travel was still banned, however, if it was not for humanitarian purposes or professional research or sale of pharmaceutical goods.
In response in part to lobbying by agriculturalists in the United States, the Trade Sanctions Reform and Export Enhancement Act was passed by Congress in October 2000. The act allowed the sale of agricultural goods and medicine to Cuba for humanitarian reasons. Cuba did not accept this overture until after Hurricane Michelle in November 2001. President Bill Clinton allowed students to visit Cuba to study and people to send remittances to their families, but he also tightened the laws regarding Cuban immigrants. They now had to prove that they were political exiles. After the turn of the century, partly as a result of anti-embargo lobbying, many aspects of the embargo were lifted. By 2007 the United States was the largest food supplier of Cuba and its sixth largest trading partner.
In 2009 President Obama eased restrictions on travel to and from Cuba by Cuban Americans. In addition he allowed for more money to be sent to Cubans from Cuban American family members. In August 2010 the Obama administration hinted that it would again ease restrictions on travel to Cuba, especially for cultural, educational, and sporting purposes. After the November midterm elections, however, where the Democrats lost seats in the house and senate, any official move by the Obama administration toward opening travel stopped. Obama did make it easier to obtain licenses for travel under the existing regulations, however.
In its fifty-year history the embargo has not succeeded in its primary goal: to end the communist government in Cuba. As of 2010 there were several congressional members, especially from agricultural states, that were against the embargo because they wanted to trade with Cuba. Moreover many other countries believed the laws to be illegal under international law and had their own trading and political relations with Cuba.
See also Bay of Pigs Invasion, 1961; Bush, George H. W.; Carter, Jimmy; Castro Ruz, Fidel; Clinton, William J.; Communism in Latin America; Cuba, U.S. Relations with; Cuban Democracy Act, 1992 (United States); Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity Act, 1996 (United States); Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962; Cuban Revolution, 1956–1959, U.S. Policy toward; Dictators, U.S. Policy toward; Ford, Gerald R.; Helms, Jesse; Obama, Barack H.; Reagan, Ronald W.
- Anatomy of a Failed Embargo: U.S. Sanctions against Cuba. London: Lynne Rienner, 1998.
- Kaufman, SusanRothkopf, David, eds. Cuba: The Contours of Change. London: Lynne Rienner, 2000.
- Cuba, the United States, and the Helms-Burton Doctrine. Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 2000.
- Cuba: Confronting the U.S. Embargo. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1999.
- Smith, Wayne S.Dominguez, Esteban Morales, eds. Subject to Solution: Problems in Cuban-U.S. Relations. London: Lynne Rienner, 1988.
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Inductive vs Deductive Bible Study
I've heard people refer to "inductive bible study" but never really had a firm understanding of what was meant or how it differed from a deductive bible study. In looking for a definition, I came across a very helpful article called Inductive and Deductive Bible Studies by Harvey Bluedorn. I don't know much of anything about the author, other than he appears to be the father of Nathan Bluedorn, whom I met very briefly at a film festival a few years ago. Nathan is the author of the Fallacy Detective book series http://www.christianlogic.com/ (and I believe he is influenced by Gordon Clark's writings, but don't quote me on that).
As you can see, we aren't actually talking about a method of reasoning so much as we are talking about a method of approaching a subject.
"Deductive or synthetic Bible study gathers propositions from Scripture and arranges them as premises in formal arguments which reason toward necessary doctrinal conclusions which may not otherwise have been stated in the Bible. In this way, it builds Biblical doctrine. On the basic level, the gathering and arranging of Scripture to prove doctrines has already been done for the student. On the advanced level, the student researches these on his own.
Inductive or analytic Bible study examines in detail large passages of Scripture in order to understand those passages in context. In this way, it builds a general understanding of the Bible. On the basic level, the student researches on his own. On the advanced level, the student surveys all or large portions of Scripture looking for patterns, and theorizes about the meaning of what he observes. He then goes back and attempts to prove his theory deductively.
So inductive and deductive study go hand in hand. Inductive study supplies the analytical Bible knowledge and understanding necessary to deductively build Bible doctrine, and deductive study researches and builds doctrine which informs inductive study concerning the wider doctrinal context of Scripture which then enables inductive study thereby to draw out even more meaning from the text.
The weakness of inductive study is its limitations in building doctrine, and the weakness of deductive study is its susceptibility to being infected with dogma.
The abuse of inductive study comes when theory is turned into dogma, and the abuse of deductive study comes when dogma is mixed with doctrine."
December 9, 2012 at 3:55 pm
Hey thanks for taking the time to put this together. It answered all my questions in a very clear and helpful manner. God bless.
May 8, 2014 at 9:32 am
Sounds like a charley horse between the ears to me. Inductive Bible study done without a systematic understanding of Scripture is to insert disjunctions that do not exist. Deductive Bible study acknowledges that the details fit with the system of theology in the Bible and in God's mind. Systematic theology is therefore indispensable in interpreting the Scriptures.
March 4, 2016 at 3:42 am
In the context of biblical study, it seems to me (only my opinion), inductive means to take away (as by force); and deductive means to enter into (coming empty handed to the unified and complete biblical story). Either the story becomes small enough to get into our big lives (story becomes conquerable) or our lives are small enough to get into the big story (our lives become conquerable by the story).
We spend much time in attempting to master the biblical narrative, to make it subject to us (inductive temptation) over against seeing ourselves as part of the whole story (deductive affirmation).
Inductive approach leads to a form of church nihilism by throwing off the continuity of the voice of the saints that have come and gone before – boldly going one's own subjective way. Is this not a sign of our american individualistic times? Is it not the reason Sunday school classes are filled with glazed eyes.
April 1, 2016 at 11:37 am
When you say "the abuse of deductive study comes when dogma is mixed with doctrine." What is your definition of doctrine and dogma? How are they distinct?
December 6, 2016 at 9:07 am
I like the suggested cyclical connection of the two approaches, or the two sides of the same coin suggestion (from elsewhere). Whether we journey from a filling (self) to an emptying (faith, repentance, justification) and then back to filling (Sanctification) the Wesleyan Quadrilateral (Scripture, Tradition, Experience and Reason) guide me. The Bible takes precedence. Tradition gives us dialogue with past Christians. Experience and Reason are where it gets obviously exciting and sticky since these areas are very subjective. Love, respect, tolerance and genuine appreciation of experiences and reasoning are foundational for the Body of Christ to expand from one heart to a global community.
October 28, 2018 at 10:02 am
I recognize that this is an old post and might never be read, but in the hopes that it might be, I would like to add some commentary from an inductive Bible study leader/teacher.
I have been studying inductively for several years now and I teach others to do so as well. I learned from "the Inductive Bible Study People" both how to study and how to train others to study. Studying inductively has completely transformed my understanding of how the whole counsel of God fits within itself and how more difficult passages are always interpreted by the more accessible ones. I would never have known how all 66 books so beautifully compliment each other if not for inductive Bible study. It was also inductive Bible study that made me begin to strongly question dispensationalism and ultimately brought me to find a home in Reformed theology. When you study for yourself and start putting pieces together on your own without being spoon-fed doctrine from others, the Holy Spirit is faithful to illumine the Scriptures for you in ways you may not have otherwise seen if approaching the text using strictly a deductive method.
However, me alone with Scripture and without the benefit of church history and the input of faithful scholars could be dangerous and lead me to wrong conclusions. Thus, deductive study methods are also necessary. I love how the quote you shared points out the interlacing of these two methods because they should always complement each other.
I have found the most reasonable approach to be inductive first, then deductive. Meaning, when approaching a new large passage or book (I tend to prefer whole books when so I can gather the most accurate context, but there are times chapters or sections are more appropriate), I study it inductively first, paying close attention to word studies and cross-references and draw **initial** conclusions. Then, I go to the writings of smarter people than I to test my conclusions to be sure they're accurate as well as give me a greater understanding and richer, deeper engagement with the passage.
I find this approach to be the best way to maintain retention. If I have done the hard work to study a passage for myself and wrestle with what it could possibly mean before I go "ask" others by reading/listening to their teaching, I have truly engaged with the text to the fullest and I don't forget that as readily as I would if I had just read/studied by one method alone.
So, thank you to smart people like you who share what you've learned and leave good breadcrumbs to study other smart people as well! You're a gift to the church!


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Topic Page: skull
In vertebrates, the collection of flat and irregularly shaped bones (or cartilage) that enclose the brain and the organs of sight, hearing, and smell, and provide support for the jaws. In most mammals, the skull consists of 22 bones joined by fibrous immobile joints called sutures. The floor of the skull is pierced by a large hole (foramen magnum) for the spinal cord and a number of smaller apertures through which other nerves and blood vessels pass.
The skull comprises the cranium (brain case) and the bones of the face, which include the upper jaw, enclosing the sinuses, and form the framework for the nose, eyes, and the roof of the mouth cavity. The lower jaw is hinged to the middle of the skull at its lower edge. The opening to the middle ear is located near the jaw hinge. The plate at the back of the head is jointed at its lower edge with the upper section of the spine. Inside, the skull has various shallow cavities into which fit different parts of the brain.
Development of the skull The bones of the skull base develop in cartilage whereas the skull vault develops in membrane. At birth ossification of the skull vault is incomplete, leaving small membranous areas, notably the anterior and posterior fontanelles, which close during the second year of life. This incomplete ossification and imperfect interlocking of the bones means that the skull is less rigid at birth. The slight mobility facilitates delivery of the baby. The face at birth is smaller in proportion to the cranium than in the adult because the teeth are not fully formed and paranasal sinuses are undeveloped. The shape and size of the skull are used as means of classification by anthropologists and biologists. Thus the pre-human Homo habilis who lived about 2 million years ago had a skull (and therefore brain) volume of about 510 ml, whilst that of modern Homo sapiens has an average volume of 1,400 ml, reflecting an increase in intellectual capacity. The notable features of the human skull are the large size of the cranium, the small size of the face (even in the adult the apparatus of mastication is reduced), and the way the skull is poised on the vertebral column.
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The cameras at the 2016#VMAswon't offer one shot of Taylor Swift rocking to the music and applauding her fellow musicians as they retrieve their awards this year. That's because Swift won't be attending theMTV VMAs. Could the news that Kanye West has been awarded free reign for a full 4-minutes at tonight's MTV awardshave anything to do with Swift not attending?
She'll be missed
Since Swift's last album was in 2014, she's not up for any awards this year, but besides picking up all those Moonman awards at the VMAs in the past, the camera loved Swift's presence while out in the audience.
The cameraswould swing her way as she swayed to the music, as she hugged her chums and to catch her demonstrating that endearing tendency she hasto look overly thrilled for her fellow musicians as they picked up their own awards.
Award or no award Taylor adds to the show!
Despite the fact Swift wouldn't be getting an award, she would have been a welcomed addition to the show each time the camera darted through the star-saturated audience! As the Mirror suggests the fans look forward to watching Taylor "dancing in her chair" at the MTV VMAs every year. This year she'll be bobbing and weaving somewhere else while watching the event!
Kanye intimidates her with 4-minutes free reign?
The feud between Kanye West and Taylor Swift started at the VMAssix years ago, when Kanye grabbed the mic from Swift telling her it was Rihanna who should have won the award she was presented.After that they seemed to make amends when Swift agreed to present Kanye an award at another VMAs event. Kanye said Taylor was "gracious" for presenting him his award and he also said if he had his daughter back in 2009 he probably wouldn't have done what he did.
Things were status quo for a while until West did something really horrendous to Swift via his songFamous. In the lyrics he takes the credit for Swift's fame, calls her a "Bitch" and suggests that he may sleep with her one day.Swift was livid about her name being used. Kanye's expected to devote much of that 4-minutes of free reign tonight to Famous. He is up for a VMA for the video on the track where a naked celebrity double of Swift was used and is in bed with West.
Granted, other celebrity doubles were also in bed with the rapper, but their names aren't degraded in the lyrics of the song. West and Swift are in the middle of a feud, one which Kim Kardashian morphed herself into and they've been spitting tacks at Taylor for some time now.
Taylor knows what Kanye's capable of
So did Taylor Swift foresee the future and that's what has opted her to stay away from theVMAs? She knows what West is capable of, he has already mortified her once on live TV and stole her big moment at the VMAs in 2009.
He doesn't care that he continues to embarrass her by using her name and calling her the degrading word, "Bitch" in the song and video. Add all that to the news that the self-proclaimed second coming has been given a pass to do pretty much what he wants at the VMAs tonight for a long 4-minute stretch and anything can happen. So if you were Taylor Swift, you'd probably stay away too! While Kanye West is not the reason given for Swift not planning to attend the 2016MTV VMAs, it is a pretty good reason never the less!
Her camp simply said that she wasn't slated to attend the event in the first place.


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All you authors out there: you've spent months, maybe years, researching, interviewing, writing a book. When you're finally done (though never completely satisfied), you send it out into the world to make its own way like a mother bird feeding, preening its young until it's time to let the chicks leave the nest.
The world for writers—as the world for free birds and all other animals in the kingdom—can be a scary, dangerous place, even life-ending. For writers, there are critics, sales figures, book signings, print and TV interiors (sometimes live), podcasts and all things online. You may shell out a chunk of change and hire a PR company to do your bidding with the hope that they'll do a better job than you ever could and, with luck, snag some primo "placements" that help spread the word.
I don't know the stats, but I have to assume that those reviews from influential critics writing for influential publications can make a big difference. Sure, the experts you interviewed have a vested interest and should be pleased that you've shared some of their wisdom. But the strangers out there—those folks who don't know you from Adam and hold your potential success or failure in their hands. They are the ones who can make our break you.
So when that first review from a major publication arrives in an email or in the publication/online site, your palms begin to sweat, your heart races like a revved-up Indy 500 race car, and you feel as if the rest of your life hangs in the balance.
Thus, that's how I felt earlier today when the red flagged first review of Dead Serious: Breaking the Cycle of Teen Suicide hit my inbox. What did that red flag mean, anyway? Was it a warning? Was there danger up ahead? Should I ignore the damn thing and go about my day?
Yes, I have a thick skin from the many book proposal rejections and tepid reviews over the thirty+ years of my writing career. I was prepared to rationalize that this was only one review of many and that, even if it weren't stellar, there would be others that might be. Time to buckle up.
The review was written by one Melissa Wyske, a reviewer for Foreword Reviews which, by the way, I'd never heard of until my publicist filled me in on the details:
Readership includes 30,000+ librarians and booksellers, including 1,100 American Bookseller Association members, 7,400+ followers on Twitter, 3,500+ followers on Facebook. Not bad!
I opened the email. I missed the 5 stars and the opening quote to be used on the back jacket cover and in future PR materials. I went right for the heart of the review: " . . . the book's compelling, important goal is to save the lives of young people. Leder executes this task with fervor and assurance." (Wow!) "Leder unpacks the emotional realities of those who are suffering and for those who are left behind." (Good deal!) "The voices of teens—through interviews, quotes and stories— are a highlight of the book. The depth of their pain is vital and moving." (You can say that again!) "This updated version is as fresh as it is urgently needed—a life-giving essential resource.
I started to cry from a sense of relief, accomplishment, and validation.
Thank you Melissa Wyske. You made my day and, with luck, set the tone for the book's success.


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jam to the nice techno -beats in all too beautiful Finland.
There's no better location for winter driver training than the northern
Arctic Circle, or more precisely the Arctic Driving Center in the
Finnish town of Rovaniemi or at the Mellatracks Proving Ground in Ivalo
– about 300 km (186 miles) further north. Take to the wheel of a 911
Carrera or Cayenne and hone your car control skills on ice and snow.
Experience all types of conditions including a black-ice slalom and the
off-road circuit with the benefit of expert guidance from Porsche Sport
Driving School instructors. After the training, you'll also get the
opportunity to explore the endless expanse of Lapland's countryside
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We take the time to get to know every customer we serve so we can help them find the right home for the right price. Modular Homes Texas has cultivated a reputation as the most trusted leading seller of manufactured and modular homes in the state, and we'd be happy to prove our commitment to quality and customer satisfaction to you.
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We are able to sell high-quality homes at an incredible value thanks to our unique manufacturing process. All our manufactured homes come from our state-of-the-art, environmentally protected construction centers. These facilities allow us to ensure consistency and quality in our products, and our customers and partners know they can rely on our brand. This building process is a benefit to our customers as well since it drastically cuts down on building time. After the land is prepared for construction, our homes arrive to their building sites 80-90% completed. Our teams will then assemble the home, attach it to the foundation, and apply all the necessary finishing touches.
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One-third of millennials have joined the "gig economy" and have chosen to work as entrepreneurs, according to a Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives survey.
The gig economy is a labour market characterized by the prevalence of short-term contracts or freelance work, as opposed to permanent jobs. More professionals have chosen to forego the typical nine-to-five jobs to take on gig-type occupations including contracting or freelancing.
This video highlights the growth of the gig economy and the types of gig occupations.
"If students were coming out of school with good-paying jobs available to them, the gig economy wouldn't be as appealing to them," said Christopher McIntosh, the president of Gigit Marketplace. "The job market is very competitive, there is a lack of new jobs and they are looking for more flexible workdays. So millennials are interested in the gig economy."
Gigit Marketplace is a social platform allowing for organizations who are seeking individuals to perform gigs to connect with freelancers or contractors looking to do gigs. Through his work, McIntosh has discovered that millennials make up the largest portion of the gig economy.
The millennial generation entered the workforce during the recession and they witnessed their parents lose their jobs. Millennials found themselves unemployed or underemployed for a long period following graduation. Their careers have been unstable as opposed to an upward ladder in the workforce, so they needed to create a new path for themselves.
By the year 2020, millennials will make up 45 per cent of the Canadian workforce as freelancers, independent contractors and on-demand workers.
Greg Wise, the founder of Greg Wise Web Design, has specialized in web design, web maintenance and email marketing for over 10 years. Wise, 26, said he quit his traditional job because he wanted to focus on his personal goals.
"I wanted to get out of the nine-to-five grind because I was finding myself getting demotivated and unhappy," Wise said. "When you work on someone else's dream, it causes you to sacrifice your own dreams. I was finding that was happening for me. The longer you do that, the less you are willing to put into it. I didn't want my demotivation to become somebody else's problem."
Julie Boyer, a leadership mentor for Wake Up with Gratitude, has been an entrepreneur for 11 years. Boyer assists clients in building an optimal wellness plan and provides leadership development and mentorship to help customers build a business. She said that an advantage of working in the gig economy is flexibility.
"After getting married and having a child, the flexibility has allowed me to be a work-from-home parent with a career where I can still contribute to society," Boyer said. "I have the ability to design my schedule and I am responsible for my own success."
Participants of the survey also said that disputes can be an issue when working gig-type occupations.
"When you receive work, some people are not pleasant to work with," Wise said when asked about the disadvantages of working in the gig economy. "There are always clients that are never satisfied with the work you have provided and cannot be pleased. Many people are looking for someone to take their frustrations out on or can never be happy."
"Sharing economy" or on-demand service economy? (2017) Policy Alternatives. Retrieved from https://www.policyalternatives.ca/sites/default/files/uploads/publications/Ontario%20Office/2017/04/CCPA-ON%20sharing%20economy%20in%20the%20GTA.pdf


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New Doctoral Cohorts at TUJ Tokyo Center (Cohort X) and Osaka Center (Cohort VII) starting Fall 2012
February 15, 2012
The officers and faculty of Temple University are pleased to announce the formation of two new Doctoral Cohorts, one at the TUJ Tokyo Center (Cohort X), the other at the TUJ Osaka Center (Cohort VII). Applications for admission will begin being accepted on Monday, April 16, 2012 and must be submitted by Monday, June 4, 2012. Final selection of candidates will be announced on Friday, July 6. Classes will begin on Friday, September 7, 2012.
Official application materials will be available at the Graduate Office at TUJ Tokyo beginning Monday, April 2, 2012. To receive the application materials, send your request with your mailing address to firstname.lastname@example.com.
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Poodle Iron-On Applique - Large
Let a pretty pink and white poodle accent your clothing. This little dog features a pom pom tail for added dimension. Large Poodle Iron-On Applique is great for adding to a pair jeans, bags, sweats or what ever you wish to decorate.
- Length: 6 1/2"
- Width: 6 1/2"
Package contains 1 applique.
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The grandeur of this 40,000m2 property of the fifteenth century is seen from the moment you ascend its grand entrance.
Stillness, intimacy and exclusivity is what defines this wonderful home that has been the temporary accommodation of prominent international personalities show.
The property features 10 bedrooms, 9 bathrooms and a swimming pool as well as a fitness center and a helicopter landing. The owners would be willing to include the furniture in the sale.


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Welcome to Day 1 of the 14 Day Challenge! This is the day you crack open that box of essential oil awesomeness that is the Premium Starter Kit and start using those oils! Over the next 14 days, I'm going to teach you how to use your essential oils inside the Young Living Premium Starter Kit! By the end of this series you're going to be an essential oil NINJA. Even if you haven't yet purchased your Premium Starter Kit, you're welcome to follow along if it helps with your decision making process. I predict by Day 3 you'll be ready to buy, though. 😉
Let's kick things off with one of THE most useful bottles of oil in the whole kit: Lemon
Safe Ways to Use Lemon Essential Oil:
- Aromatically in your home diffuser or inhaling straight from the bottle
- Topically; diluted onto skin (see precautions below)
- Dietary; for your culinary recipes
We all know that lemon oil is commonly found in products such as household cleaners and furniture polish, but have you ever wondered "Why?". It has a lot more than just a happy scent, although that is another benefit! Lemon essential oil contains a powerful naturally-occurring compound called limonene. A quick Google search of limonene will give you LOTS more information about why limonene is a great thing for wellness.
Lemon oil is one of the key ingredients in the Digest+Cleanse supplement that I take daily. It's also found in Thieves cleaning products, and essential oil blends such as Thieves, Citrus Fresh, Clarity, Joy and Harmony.
Lemon oil makes a great complement to Peppermint and Lavender as a part of your daily wellness regimen! You can mix a few drops of each in the palm of your hand along with a carrier oil like V-6 or coconut oil, and apply it topically to your chest, neck, back or bottoms of your feet. If you use this daily, you might want to consider mixing it up in a 10 ml rollerball bottle with the following ratio:
- 20 drops lemon oil
- 20 drops lavender oil
- 20 drops peppermint oil
- 60 drops carrier oil that is liquid at room temp (I love Young Living's V-6 oil!)
Apply as needed. This is a convenient way of applying daily oils that eliminates the hassle of mixing it by hand every day.
But it's not only good for our bodies!
Because limonene is a natural solvent, it is great for our household cleaning routines. For toxin-free cleaning routines, beauty and skincare regimes and clean eating, lemon essential oil is a must-have.
Top 40 ways to use lemon essential oil everyday:
- Just a few drops of lemon oil easily removes the sticky residue left behind from bottle labels. No harsh chemicals required.
- Diffuse a few drops each morning for an energizing start to the day.
- Homework helper: Diffuse while studying to help retain information.
- Your teens can add a drop to their evening moisturizer to reduce the appearance of blemishes.
- Add a few drops to a homemade lemon sugar scrub for a yummy smelling treat for your skin.
- Add it to your conditioner for an aromatic treat that smooths and shines the look of your hair.
- 1 cup water + 2 tablespoons apple cider vinegar + 3 drops lemon oil = Squeaky clean hair rinse.
- Mix a few drops lemon oil with a cup of Epsom salt for an energizing bath soak.
- Rub on elbows for unsurpassed Summertime smoothness.
- Rub lemon oil on your heels to get your feet ready for sandal season.
- Mix up your own DIY body butter with a few drops of lemon for a skin-brightening moisturizing cream.
- Apply topically to areas that need improved circulation.
- Crayon on the wall? No worries- a few drops of lemon oil on a paper towel works magic to remove it.
- Forgot a load of laundry overnight? Add a few drops to the wash cycle and your clothes will smell so fresh and so clean without wasting detergent.
- Degrease your pots, pans, sink and more by adding a few drops to your dish water.
- Add to your dishwasher rinse cycle for a spotless shine on your dishes.
- Remove that perma-stink from your dish clothes by soaking them in vinegar and lemon oil overnight then running through the laundry.
- Sanitize your garbage disposal by running a few drops mixed with baking soda through it.
- Add a few drops on a cotton ball and put in your vacuum cleaner, trash can or diaper pail to help eliminate odors.
- Add a few drops to that baking soda in your refrigerator to soak up the stink.
- Add a few drops to a cotton ball and store inside stinky shoes to eat odors.
- Remove hardened candle wax- a few drops of lemon oil will wipe away candle wax from hard surfaces and glass.
- Add a few drops to a clothespin and pin it to your car air vent for an instant (and super cheap!) mini-diffuser.
- Bathroom tip: A spray bottle of water with a few drops lemon oil (and Purification) will eliminate odors discreetly.
- Lemon oil + vinegar in the shower removes hard water stains and unsightly mildew. Soak shower heads for a sparkling shine.
- Got gum stuck somewhere? A few drops easily releases it from carpet, hair and more. No scissors required.
- Lemon and peppermint oil kills garden aphids. A few drops in a spray bottle of water and bye-bye garden pests.
- Add a few drops to naturally derived floor, window, and surface cleaning solutions for a powerful clean without the toxic chemicals.
- Combine 2-3 drops with water in a spray bottle to help cleanse and sanitize surfaces.
- Make your own lemon hand wipes.
- Got a mechanic in the house? Use lemon oil to degrease hands and nails after a hard day's work.
- For the DIYers- a few drops of lemon oil+coconut oil+baking soda will remove spray paint from your fingers if you accidentally overspray.
- Is your Christmas tree a little full? Lotta sap? Lemon oil is a Beaut, Clark! Remove that tree sap with a few drops before you flip through a magazine.
- If you have any real silver lying around, buff away a slight tarnish with a bit of lemon oil and a dry cloth.
- Substitute a few drops Vitality lemon oil in any recipe calling for lemon juice or lemon extract. Especially good in cakes, cookies and icings!
- Soak cut fruit in a bowl full of water mixed with a few drops Vitality lemon oil to help maintain freshness.
- Feeling froggy? Put a drop of lemon Vitality in a cuppa hot water with a drizzle of honey for a soothing tea.
- Brighten up your salad dressings with a few drops of Vitality lemon oil. Trying to eat clean? Mix up my super easy Lemon Balsamic Vinaigrette.
- Another cleansing trick: drink a tall glass of ice water mixed with a few drops of Vitality lemon oil, apple cider vinegar and Stevia or honey to taste. (Bonus: Lemon oil is calorie-free!)
- And finally, when life hands you lemons… make sorbet? Try these three yummy recipes from the Young Living blog featuring lemon oil.
OK, that was literally just the tip of the lemon-scented iceberg!! There are about a gajillion ways to use lemon essential oil in your home, car and office. I LOVE lemon oil and keep a few extra bottles on hand at all times in case my main bottle runs out.
Before we wrap up Day 1, here are a few more things you need to know about that powerful little bottle of lemon oil in your hand right now.
Oil Safety and Interactions:
- Like ALL essential oils, keep out of reach of children so they don't accidentally swallow it. Call 911 immediately if this happens.
- Keep away from eyes and mucous membranes.
- If you are taking medication, or have a medical condition, consult a health professional prior to use.
- Do not store above room temperature.
- Do not use lemon oil in plastic or styrofoam containers because it will dissolve plastics since it is a very effective solvent. I don't mind using lemon oil in plastic spray bottles for cleaning solutions to wipe down my counters or in my laundry, but I don't use plastic+lemon oil for anything that I plan to ingest. Always glass.
- Do not use Lemon oil on granite or stone, as it may etch the surface.
- Because some citrus oils like Lemon can cause photosensitivity, avoid applying to exposed skin before spending time outside. Photosensitivity means that it can increase your skin's sensitivity to sunlight, making it easily red or irritated.
Okay, guys. This post is getting crazy long, so that is gonna wrap up Day 1 of the 14 Day Challenge! Does that get you started? Are you excited to start using that lemon oil yet? Oh, and did I mention that at just $11.25 for a 15 ml (big!) bottle it is one of the least expensive oils you can use, so you can go crazy with it and have fun, guilt-free?
How do YOU like to use lemon essential oil in your house? Please share in the comments!
*This statement has not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This product is not intended to treat, diagnose or cure disease.
Be sure to come back tomorrow for Challenge Day 2: Lavender, aka the "Swiss Army Knife" of essential oils. See you then!