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Gender pay gap most acute among highly educated women
In 2007, the Bank of Greece published a study examining the link between educational level and wage differentials between men and women in the labour market. The research calls attention to the fact that highly educated women who are top earners in Greece receive much lower pay than men with similar levels of education. Taking account of a variety of labour market characteristics, the study finds that a sizeable part of the gender pay gap remains unexplained.
About the study
In February 2007, the Bank of Greece (Τράπεζα της Ελλάδος) published a study on Education, labour market and wage differentials in Greece (in Greek, 2.7Mb PDF). The report examines the gender pay gap in Greece according to level of education and analyses whether the differences result from worker productivity or from factors that cannot be explained on the basis of productivity. Overall, the study tends to confirm the 'glass ceiling' theory (see Albrecht et al, 2003), which argues that wage differentials between men and women increase as workers move into the upper end of the wage distribution.
The data used for the statistical analysis come from the 2004 Survey of Income and Living Conditions (EU-SILC) of the National Statistical Service of Greece (Εθνική Στατιστική Υπηρεσία Ελλάδας, ESYE), which refer to incomes in the year 2003.
A variant of the Oaxaca (1973) and Blinder (1973) decomposition technique was used in order to investigate whether gender wage differentials are due to gender disparities in labour market characteristics such as marital status, education, working hours, experience, economic sector, type of job, position of responsibility, occupation or company size. However, besides these variables explaining the gender pay gap, there is also an 'unexplained part of the gender differential' which many economists consider as the 'discrimination factor' or simply 'discrimination'.
The category 'workers with low level of education' includes workers with preschool, primary, lower secondary and upper secondary education. The category 'workers with high level of education' includes workers with a level of education beyond secondary.
Wage differential
In examining the gender wage differentials across the whole pay distribution and on an average level (Figure 1), the study findings reveal that:
- women's earnings averaged about 84% of those of their male counterparts;
- among the group of low-paid workers, the wage differential between men and women is slightly smaller than the average wage differential. For average incomes, the wage differential is much smaller than the average differential, while the gender earnings disparities are much larger than the average differential in the higher income brackets.
Gender wage differentials across whole wage distribution and average level, 2004 (%)
Source: Processing of EU-SILC data for 2004
Gender wage differentials across whole wage distribution and average level, 2004 (%)
Wage differentials and educational level
In examining gender wage differentials by educational level (Figure 2), the following results emerge:
- up to the 60th percentile of the wage distribution, pay differences between men and women are greater among workers with a low level of education, compared with workers with a high level of education;
- among higher educated workers, the gender wage differential increases towards the upper end of the wage distribution: women who are in the 90th percentile of the wage distribution are paid 67% of the pay of their male counterparts.
Gender wage differentials, by educational level, 2004 (%)
Source: Processing of EU-SILC data for 2004
Gender wage differentials, by educational level, 2004 (%)
Unexplained part of gender wage differentials
The study then examined whether the existing wage differentials result from worker productivity or from factors that cannot be explained on the basis of productivity – in other words, the unexplained part of the wage differential. The findings of the analyses were as follows:
- for workers with low levels of education, the unexplained part of the gender wage differential for the whole sample is significantly high (77.4%). The share of the unexplained wage differential is particularly high in the low deciles of the wage distribution and decreases significantly in the higher deciles (Table 1);
- for workers with a high level of education, the greater part of the wage differential (58.3%) can be explained by differences relating to worker productivity. Regarding this group of workers, it should be noted, however, that at the lower end of the wage distribution the wage differential between men and women is mainly the result of differences in worker productivity, whereas at the high end of the wage distribution the wage differential remains unexplained (Table 2).
|Wage differential
|Unexplained difference as a percentage (%) of total pay differential
Notes: Wage differential figures are in logarithmic form. 10%=1st decile, 25%=1st quartile, 50%=2nd quartile, 75%=3rd quartile, 90%=9th decile.
Source: Processing of EU-SILC data for 2004
|Wage differential
|Unexplained difference as a percentage (%) of total pay differential
Notes: Wage differential figures are in logarithmic form. 10%=1st decile, 25%=1st quartile, 50%=2nd quartile, 75%=3rd quartile, 90%=9th decile.
Source: Processing of EU-SILC data for 2004
In Greece, where the proportion of women who are active in the labour market is relatively low, women who participate in the labour market generally have a high level of education. As a result, the overall wage differentials between men and women are relatively small. According to Eurostat data for 2004, the ratio of women's and men's average gross hourly pay to that of men in the whole economy stood at 90% in Greece and 85% in the EU25. However, it seems that highly educated women have restricted access to the upper levels of the wage distribution for reasons that cannot be explained on the basis of their productivity.
Female workers with low levels of education appear to accept jobs in the first years of their careers which are characteristic for this group of population, that is, jobs with a high probability of leaving the labour market. Nonetheless, as they remain in the job, their skills levels as well as their pay increase in line with the work that they are assigned; therefore, the gender pay differentials in this group of workers remain low. Overall, however, the existing wage differences between men and women in the Greek labour market are to a large extent the result of the 'unexplained part of the wage differential'.
Albrecht, J., Bjorklund, A. and Vroman, S., 'Is there a glass ceiling in Sweden?', Journal of Labor Economics, Vol. 21, No. 1, 2003, pp. 145–177.
Blinder, A.S., 'Wage discrimination: Reduced form and structural estimates', Journal of Human Resources, Vol. 8, No. 4, 1973, pp. 436–455.
Oaxaca, R.L., 'Male-female wage differentials in urban labour markets', International Economic Review, Vol. 14, No. 3, 1973, pp. 693–709.
Papapetrou, P., 'Education, labour market and wage differentials in Greece', Economic Bulletin, No. 28, February 2007, available (in Greek) at: http://www.bankofgreece.gr/publications/pdf/oikodelt200702.pdf
Sofia Lampousaki, Labour Institute of Greek General Confederation of Labour (INE/GSEE)


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Answer: The Voluntary Defender Association was established to provide legal counsel for defendants who were unable to afford lawyers.
In the early 1900s, thousands of men and women were unable to afford lawyers, so they appeared in Philadelphia courts with no legal representation. In 1934, a group of lawyers formed the Voluntary Defender Association to provide their services pro bono.
Francis Fisher Kane, son of lawyer Robert Patterson Kane and grandson of noted jurist John Kintzing Kane, was one of the instrumental founders of the Voluntary Defender Association. Kane was admitted to the Pennsylvania Bar in 1889, and in 1903 unsuccessfully ran for mayor of Philadelphia. He was appointed the first U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania and later served as the president of the Pennsylvania Prison Society.
Kane brought together several prominent local lawyers, including Curtis Bok and Thomas E. Cogan, to form the Voluntary Defender Association. Kane wanted to maintain for the defendants the same high level of service that they would have gotten from paid lawyers. On occasions where the defendants were found not guilty, the association attempted to (and was often successful at) obtaining acquittals. When defendants were found guilty, the association encouraged them to admit their guilt in order to receive lesser sentences.
The Voluntary Defender Association was funded by its lawyers, a local community chest, and private donations. In 1959, the group changed its name to the Defender Association, and the organization still exists today.
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Singapore: NovaSAID, part of Sweden-based Karolinska Development, and India- based Cadila Pharmaceuticals have entered into a strategic partnership to develop new treatments for inflammation and pain in conditions such as rheumatoid arthritis.
The companies will collaborate around preclinical and clinical development of drug candidates that have been developed by NovaSAID and the development will be conducted at Cadila Pharmaceuticals' facility in Ahmedabad, India. According to the agreement, all revenue generated from the sale and marketing in India, Middle East and Africa of products covered by the agreement will be retained by Cadila and net sales in all other countries will be shared by the two companies. Cadila will bear all costs associated with the program through to phase II.
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Speaking on the occasion, Dr Rajiv I Modi, chairman and MD, Cadila Pharmaceuticals, said, "We have entered this partnership combining scientific expertise of NovaSAID and our drug development capabilities to work towards novel solutions in treatment of pain and inflammation, which is one of the largest therapy areas. This is in line with the vision of our founder chairman, Mr I A Modi, who believed in nurturing innovations and bringing them to Indian patients at an affordable cost. Cadila Pharmaceuticals has a track record of making available, many first-in-the-world innovative products like Polycap (five-in-one pill for prevention and treatment of cardiovascular diseases), Risorine (Innovative solution for treatment of Tuberculosis) and most recently introduced Mycidac-C, which is the world's first active immunotherapy in lung cancer."
Most of medical treatments for inflammation and pain are associated with unwanted side effects such as an increased risk for myocardial infarction and gastric ulcers. NovaSAID's drug candidates targets an enzyme called microsomal prostaglandin E synthase -1 (mPGES-1), a critically important mediator of inflammation and pain, which theoretically should reduce the risk for side effects. The collaboration with Cadila will provide the resources to take this program into clinical development and further towards the market.
"mPGES-1 constitutes an important target for drug discovery and development of analgetic and anti-inflammatory drugs. In addition for use in chronic inflammatory diseases, effective enzyme inhibitors may also address a broad range of other diseases with concomitant inflammation such as atherosclerosis, stroke and cancer", said Mr Per-Johan Jakobsson, co-founder and director, NovaSAID, and associate professor, Karolinska Institutet.


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'Hey, Byers!" shouted Rocket From the Crypt frontman John "Speedo" Reis at Saturday's Riot Fest. "Always great to be back on stage in Byers! With this great Byers crowd! Anyone from out of town?"
No stranger to tongue-in-cheek irony, Reis clearly enjoyed playing off the festival crowd's exuberant response to his San Diego garage-rock band's high-energy performance, even if it was at the expense of an unincorporated town located 45 miles east of Denver, with a population of 1,160, and approximately zero music venues.
But for fans of punk, pop and indie-rock, Byers was the place to be this past weekend. As the last stop on one of the year's biggest touring mega-festivals — the previous two being Chicago and Toronto — how can a thriving Byers music scene be far behind?
The two-day festival took place at May Farms, a 400-acre location that went from Coachella-style dustbowl on Saturday to Woodstock-style mudbath on Sunday, thanks to a half-inch of rain that also resulted in a two-hour evacuation.
Fortunately, I'd opted for the extremely sunny Day 1, not least because the lineup included some impressive reunions. In addition to the aforementioned Rocket From the Crypt's horn-and-guitar-driven set — which was, for me, Saturday's highlight — the festival boasted the third and final appearance by a resurrected Replacements.
The Minneapolis college-rock pioneers, whose original lineup played the best and worst shows I've ever witnessed, have matured since their days of total transcendence and falling-down drunkenness. But given that frontman Paul Westerberg and bassist Tommy Stinson are the sole remaining members, the cowgirl-garbed musicians still delivered tight, adrenaline-fueled renditions of favorites from their Twin/Tone and Warner Bros. glory years.
Earlier in the day, Superchunk's Mac McCaughan led his band through "Driveway to Driveway" and other signature songs from North Carolina's longest-surviving indie rock outfit. The group is carrying on in the absence of Laura Ballance, who co-founded both Superchunk and Merge Records with McCaughan, and recently announced her retirement from touring due to a chronic inner ear condition.
Which is doubly unfortunate since Ballance is a big fan of both the Replacements and Iggy Pop. "The Stooges are super tough," she told music site Stereogum earlier this year, "partially because I think Iggy Pop is made out of beef jerky."
Indeed, the shirtless and sinewy proto-punk icon was disturbingly fit and in fine voice throughout his set, whether belting out the Stooges' "Raw Power" or crooning his way through smoother solo tunes like "The Passenger."
"Who wants to come up and dance with the Stooges?" he asked the crowd midway through "Fun House."
At least 50 fans accepted the invitation, clambering onstage to party with Iggy and early Stooges cohorts Scott Asheton, James Williamson and Steve Mackay, all of whom were touring with the band a full decade before lone newcomer Mike Watt started his first group, the Minutemen.
Once the crowd was herded offstage, the band broke into a free-jazz coda that served as a reminder of Iggy's avant-garde origins.
Other highlights included 32-piece electronic marching band itchy-O, whose ninja-clad operatives snaked through the crowd bearing portable electronic contraptions that complement the group's Taiko drummers, rock instruments and synth drones. Their guerrilla appearance next to the food concessions proved way more interesting than the Airborne Toxic Event performance taking place on a nearby stage.
Add to that Guided By Voices, whose "Teenage FBI" was still stuck in my head two days later, and it was well worth the long drive. Of course, one never needs an excuse to visit Byers, but here's hoping Riot Fest sees fit to return next year.
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Published on April 5, 2012 by smallbiztrends, Guest Blogger
As of March 30, 2012 – like it or not – your Facebook page for your business changed. If you had a custom Welcome tab, as many small businesses did — one that said "Like our Page" or had a special offer — it is no longer the first thing that people visiting your Facebook page will see.
Now you have something called the Facebook timeline. People landing on your Facebook Page for the first time can see a large image at the top, plus other items below. Visitors to your page can also go back in time through a sliding time scale, and see what was posted on your page at different times – a convenient feature for, say, telling the history of a company.
Some small businesses do not like the changes being forced on them, especially if they invested in creating a custom Welcome tab. One study by Simply Measured found that fan engagement increases with the new Timeline pages.
Here are 7 things you need to know about the new format of Facebook pages:
- Choose an intriguing cover image – The big image that goes across the top of the Timeline is called a cover image. It's an odd size – long and not so high at 815 x 315 pixels – so you probably will have to crop a photograph to work. Have your Web designer create an image or if you are talented, create your own timeline cover image. For inspiration, check out these creative examples of small business cover images.
- Don't violate the Facebook rules for cover images – Facebook has some specific rules about your cover image. It is not allowed to have price, calls to action or contact information in it, among other things. Read the rules.
- Use milestones to tell your company history and achievements – The new timeline is what it says it is – there's a sliding timeline that users can use. Smart companies are inserting information to tell the story of their businesses, from startup to the present time, along with other key achievements. This might include the date you started your business; when you moved into your new office; and when you won that important award. Click the Milestone icon in the update status box to add a milestone.
- Choose a good profile image – The profile photo is the square image 180×180 that appears to the lower left side of the big cover image. Make sure it is optimized for that square size. It could be your logo, or a special social media icon for your business that looks good in a square format.
- Pin important posts – Facebook allows you to "pin" posts at the top of the page, right below the cover image. This is excellent if you want to highlight something special, such as a contest you are running. That way, as new items are posted, the pinned post stays at the top where it will be sure to be seen by visitors.
- Highlight posts – In addition to pinning a post, you can highlight a post. This means that the post expands to the full width of the page, and increases the size of the update. This is good to call attention to something more important.
- Use rich media – Photographs and videos get a lot of attention on Facebook. If you're not using these forms of content, make it a goal to start doing so. Take photos of your team and your office. Next time you attend a conference or trade show, be sure to take photos or videos. If you create an infographic for your business, be sure to include it as an image. Expand your horizons beyond simply text.
For more advice about how to leverage Facebook for your business, check out the free ebook "Tips for a Pain-free Transition" (PDF) from Munish Gandhi, CEO of Hy.ly.
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Recap: Alison Bechdel at Mission Creek Festival
April 6, 2016
Alison Bechdel partook in an informal Q&A, book signing, and lecture on Tuesday, April 5, as part of the Mission Creek Festival.
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On the Englert's stage a single wooden stool stands empty, illuminated by purple and white backlight. In a half circle surrounding it, the crowd fidgets in black plastic seats, waiting for the informal Q&A to begin. Some clench moleskine notebooks, others weathered copies of Fun Home. Suddenly a hush sweeps the stage as each notices the quiet figure standing still by the backstage door.
Alison Bechdel, writer, cartoonist, and icon, has made her appearance.
She approaches the mic with a nervous smile. Decked in a black suit and rocking on the heels of her brown leather loafers, she quips, "Why am I so neurotic, why am I telling you how anxious I am?"
The crowd laughs, and the spell of her presence does not break, but relaxes into something encouraging and inclusive. The Q&A was not formally broadcast to Iowa City, instead a casual encounter between fans and Bechdel before her 7:30 p.m. lecture that night. It becomes a discussion on Fun Home, gender politics, and Virginia Woolf.
Listen to an excerpt of Alison Bechdel's Q&A session.
The ball rolls with queries on her breakout comic, "Dykes To Watch Out For," which only ended its 20 plus run in 2008. Its characters captured the everyday and broad struggles of the queer community. Though beloved by its audience, Bechdel addresses the pressure such regard weighed on her creative process.
"I stopped thinking about an audience when writing 'Dykes To Watch Out For,'" Bechdel said, "And that was incredibly liberating."
From there, the eager audience probed her writing process. Again she honestly admitted her faults, professing a desire to read and draw more.
But at the same reassuring, "I think it's okay to not be writing and drawing every moment."
When Bechdel is writing though, her audience is listening. Today she is not alone as a voice for the lesbian community. From Transparent to recent Axe Body Spray commercials, the queer community is gaining a face in the mainstream media. A dominant concern of the Q&A, though, was whether Bechdel felt the face being shown was an appropriate representation.
To Bechdel, who admits inseparability between her sexuality, self, and creativity, the audience also asked: how does it feel to be a part of that mainstream?
For a moment, Bechdel visibly struggles with the question, chewing her lip.
"I feel a sense of loss, but that's how culture works," she said. "They neutralize the
threatening elements of the subculture. They give allusions, and what's loss is authenticity. I shouldn't feel bad – it's great to see shows like Transparent – but I still do."
After the Q&A Bechdel hung out on the stage, signing books, and graciously accepting offerings of DIY zines. The crowd disperses, animated with their encounter.
That night though, many of the same faces could be spotted outside the theater for Bechdel's official Mission Creek Festival lecture. Under the light of the flashing marquee, the line snaked down Washington Street. At 6:30 p.m. the doors opened, and an hour later the theater was packed, stragglers wandering the aisles searching for a vacant seat. Without warning the lights were doused and conversation died. From the right, Alison Bechdel bound across the stage's surface, smiling widely and waving to the roaring crowd.
While the earlier Q&A veered between topics and explored tangents, Bechdel led the lecture through a narrative. She discussed the ways writing has been the tool to express joy, combat depression, and spur conversation for her, and her family.
Beginning with her childhood, she displayed projections of early, childish comics.
"When I was a kid, there was no doubt, only joy in drawing," Bechdel said. "It's different now being an adult. There's an odd double edge in doing what you love to eat."
She guided the crowd through comic scenes from both Fun Home and Are You My Mother, delving into her creative process and philosophy.
"To be an artist you need a balance between the creative flow and the self-discipline to make meaningful work," Bechdel said.
Part of that creation, she explained, necessitated an honesty and bravery to tell the truth.
Click here to check out a photo slideshow of Bechdel's lecture.
"I wanted to be very open about my lesbianism, in a way my father was not," she said, while strips of Fun Home illuminated the screen.
The book chronicles the dynamics of her family, the unspoken lies and truths that constructed her family, centering on the relationship between her and her closeted father. The crux is formed in his death, a suspected suicide. It was an event whose ripples spread through her life for years.
"My father's death created a vacuum that liberated me," she said.
She spoke in depth on the results of that liberation, "Dykes To Watch out For," and her early years as a member in the lesbian community.
"It's getting harder to convey to people how hostile the environment was towards people in the gay community. Just being lesbian and out was a political act," she said. "But I thought if I could show our real lives that could help change things."
The lecture transitioned into another brief Q&A. There, an audience member asked, if you had been born into another era, a 19 year-old coming out now, how would you be different?
Bechdel paused, and thought.
"Who we are is inseparable from the generation we were born into," she responded. "My father's generation shaped him, just as mine shaped who I became."
But what would today's generation be like without having her story and struggles to grow up with? The question is infinite, but by the applause that followed her off stage, it's safe to say worse off.


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For days I have been trying to get work done online, but there was always something (mainly storms) that prevented it from happening. Even as I'm posting this time is being crunched to get it done before another "event" occurs.
I can tell you I was extremely upset not being able to post as usual and hoped that everyone wouldn't ditch Daily Favor in the process. Does that sound like a self-confidence issue to you? Naw …
Mainly I felt that I was a disappointment to God by letting Him and you down not being able to get all my work completed; that is until my husband reminded me of something.
Welcome new friends this week from:
See if your city/state/country made the list.
New on DFB – Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas, Mexico; Glasgow, Scotland & Broadstairs, Wales, United Kingdom; Cebu City, Central Visayas, Philippines; South Africa; Saudi Arabia; Kenya; Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh, India; Iligan City, Northern Mindanao, Philippines; Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan; Rossland, BC, Canada; Uganda; Mexico.
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I am so thankful for your visit and hope that you come back each week to participate in the weekly challenges. Join us in our new series as we spend time in the study of Daily Favor Prayers.
You are welcome to leave comments or prayer requests below. All are private. I would love to hear from you and how Daily Favor has worked in your life. Contact me by leaving a message in the box at the bottom of this week's post.
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A Little Reminder
Have you ever wondered why people spend so much time thinking about the things they don't have or failed to achieve and devote very little thought time on the blessings that are before them? I put some brain power to it when I thought about last week's "nothing" seems to be happening post.
Let me refresh you on the exchange between my husband and myself that started all this:
Our conversation consisted of how our regular "routine" had been extremely active, while quietly wondering where God's favor could be seen. We've been praying and hoping for specific things to be manifested by now, but nothing …
"But I keep praying to You, Lord,
hoping this time You will show me favor.
In Your unfailing love, O God, answer my prayer with
Your sure salvation." (Psalm 69:13 NLT)
My husband reminded me of what we had discussed. Sitting on the couch he began talking out our week, while I was trying to concentrate on the computer before having to shut it down due to the storm. Obviously it was repayment for all the times I do that to him.
There's a whole lot of "something" going on around our little corner of the universe. He began listing all the events of his days of Daily Favor. This is his story.
He Called It Free Favor
On Sunday when my husband went out to the car he saw that the left front tire was flat. Digging around in his "well-organized" trunk (like that's going to happen), he drug out the portable compressor that plugs into the cigarette lighter and pumped up the tire.
Coming back in the house he told me of the dilemma and said that he needed to go to the service center. Rolling over in bed I gave a "kiss-kiss" on his hand and he left. Miss Compassion went back to sleep as hubby ventured out to solve the problem swiftly.
He recognized God's favor in the fact that the tire was under warranty and fixed for free. His compact air compressor worked great so he didn't have to change the tire, and the repair fee was waived.
"Blessed shall you be when you come in, and blessed shall
you be when you go out." (Deuteronomy 28:6 NKJV)
Oooh, this one excited him. He got a forty pound bag of cat litter for free, and when collecting the mail hubby received coupons from a pet food company that were for six cans of cat food (any size). The cost ... FREE! Thus proving God blesses those who take care of His creatures.
"A righteous man cares about his animal's health …"
(Proverbs 12:10a HCSB)
Tuesday Night into Wednesday Morning
It was around 1 a.m. and we had just gotten to sleep when once again the tornado warning alert sirens were blaring. Text messages were coming in to the cell phone about an additional severe thunderstorm warning with hail, strong lightning, heavy downpours and high winds. Hubby turned the local radio station on and listened as they tracked the storm on the radar.
The announcers related that the winds were turning counterclockwise which points to the possibility of a developing tornado. The storm was seven miles outside of town moving at 50 mph, and heading directly toward our location.
As we continued to pray and rebuke the storm, it made a sudden turn to the north. You could hear relief and a return of calmness in the radio broadcaster's voices as they continued their coverage. Another freebie from God as His children … protection from the storm!
"Blessed shall you be in the city, and blessed shall you be in the country." (Deuteronomy 28:3 KJV)
Now this one will have to wait … it's too big! You'll just have to come back and find out what happened for the remainder of the day!
What a day to rejoice as we woke to the new mercies of God. The morning began with the birds singing and splashing in the birdbath on a sunny 77 degree day; something unusual for early March. It was so nice outside we had the windows and door opened to catch the mild breezes of the day.
Wanting to get some fresh air I decided to take advantage of the weather and do a bit of leash training with one of the cats, when a big drop of rain bounced off my shoulder. That was when we knew something was going to happen, but we were on top of it through the power of prayer.
By mid-afternoon the cycle repeated as another strong storm was headed our way! The National Weather Service issued extended severe thunderstorm warnings that were ditto the forecast from previous days.
Within seconds the sky blackened, but when the rains came we didn't get the torrential downpours that were predicted. The winds were gentle and mild; and what about that hail? It was only pea size and lasted about two minutes.
The rumblings and lightning went on but stayed out at a distance as the storm continued into the wee hours of the morning. Once again God's shield of favor held back the storm rendering it powerless.
Through experience, we absolutely see God working and know beyond the shadow of a doubt that He is in control. He is the one causing the protective covering to stay in place as we abide in the shadow of the Almighty.
"He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. I will say of the Lord, "He is my refuge and my fortress; My God, in Him I will trust." (Psalm 91:1-2 NKJV)
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It has been a week of "freebies" as my husband put it, but he also claimed it as God's favor on His children for obedience.
When it was time for my husband to settle his debt from the tire blow out, the clerk did something in a tangible way for us to see the Lord's favor on the situation.
The young man printed out the receipt listing all the charges for the work that was done. One by one they read "0", with the total amount due of "0". Handing the canceled debt receipt to hubby he said,
"I like printing this out because it looks neat
and I like not charging people when I could have."
We are reminded of what Jesus did for us on the cross when he canceled our sin debt by nailing the ordinances against us to the cross. He didn't have to do that and each one of us could very well be charged for every debt we owe. Jesus didn't charge us when He could have.
Another reminder that the grace of God through His merciful favor brings our sin balance to the amount due – "0" – zero.
"And you, being dead in your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, He has made alive together with Him, having forgiven you all trespasses, having wiped out the handwriting of requirements that was against us, which was contrary to us. And He has taken it out of the way, having nailed it to the cross." (Colossians 2:13-14 NKJV)
Adding to the List of Daily Favor
Last week's post talked about times when nothing exciting seemed to be happening. It was a perfect segue to the events of this week reminding us that in times of nothing God is always doing something.
Let me ask, if you were to write down the events of the day, how many acts of God's favor would you recognize? When listing all the things you experience have you ever included the work of the cross as God's Daily Favor on the life of a believer?
Our challenge this week is to thank the Lord for His Daily Favor blessings that we receive each and every day because of what Jesus did for us on the cross. We have been forgiven of all our sins, given authority to command healing, have power over the work of satan and so much more is available to us as children of the Most High God.
As I was pounding out words on the keyboard, my husband was calculating events of God's favor in his head as dollar signs that read "free" and days He provided shields of protection. He pondered over each day and the blessings that went before him, recognizing how God had positioned every step of his week where he would find favor by not leaving empty handed.
I'd like to encourage you with this. The devil will fill your head with lies telling you that you're a disappointment, but don't believe any of it! God loves you, and because of your love for Jesus He favors you!
Not just today or tomorrow, but His plan is to give you Daily Favor on into eternity!
Thank you hubby for reminding us of Christ's love and faithfulness upon believer's in canceling the debt of sin on the cross. Jesus wants us to live in His favor. He came that we might have life in abundance, and receive it through the free salvation gift pack we enjoy as God's endless Days of Daily Favor.
"May God give you favor in the sight of people,
and when you depart you will not go empty handed."
(from Exodus 3:21 emphasis mine)
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Another day, another horrifying viral video to make you question humanity. Today's disgusting video is of a young blonde girl, who looks to be a teenager, in a red sweatshirt, throwing live puppies into a river.
Stop reading now if you don't want to know what a sick, sick world we live in.
I watched the video. I don't know why I watched, but I did -- with the same morbid curiosity about human beings I've carried with me for as long as I can remember. As a kid, I was the one who stood and stared as the adults carried one neighbor home after a block party. Again. The rest of the kids were fine with the explanation that he was "sleeping." I knew there had to be more to the story. So I watched and hoped for answers. The same as in the case of this nausea-inducing video. I try not to look at the puppies so much as the girl. The girl.
I know I should be hating this girl for her actions, wishing for cruel justice like those on the Find the Girl Who Threw Puppies in River Facebook page, plotting and wishing a world of hurt upon her, but instead I'm stuck asking questions. I have always wanted to know what makes people become who they are, especially the worst of us.
What made this girl this way? How can she act with such cruelty? How can she, without so much as a second's pause between puppies, keep flailing them out into the fast-moving water this way? This girl launches live puppies like baseballs into the river. They're yelping, they're crying. It's so frickin' awful. And she just moves along in her job -- one by one -- until all six tiny black and white puppies are gone from her bucket and drowning in the river.
I try to pause early in the clip, the one time you can see the girl's face. I try to make it out. She has heavy eyebrows, possibly a dimple. I search for fear. Remorse. Sadness. Desperation. Anything. When I detect a bit of a smile on her face, I brush the thoughts away.
I watch the video again. The girl, not the puppies. She mumbles, and I think I detect an accent. I turn off the sound because it's unbearable. She has clean white tennis shoes, a fresh pink top under her sweatshirt. Someone is standing by filming the whole scene? But why? Why, why, why?
Is someone holding her at gunpoint, I ask myself in hope. Is she on drugs? Is it either her or the puppies? She gets fed OR the pups but not both? Why else would someone do such a thing? Does she move quickly so she can't change her mind? So she doesn't have to think, too long, about what she's doing? So she appears to be brave? Because she has places to be?
Or is this just a typical day for this girl child, whatever life she is living? Another day where there is no time or reason for feeling? No room for worry about another litter of puppies that must go? Not an ounce of space for thoughts or love or hope?
Maybe I make it all too complicated. Maybe she really is completely evil or dead inside. Maybe the two stole the pups from their mother just to murder them. Maybe that really was a smile. Maybe she kills them fast because she thinks it's fun.
Still I can't help asking, but why?
What do you ask when you see or hear about people doing horrible, awful things? Do your thoughts jump first to anger or wonder?


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For ethnic people living in the land of the motherland, no joy than bumper harvest. Therefore, the cat "study" very meticulous, how to in the water season to pour water on the field just enough to sow seeds, when to remove the water to paddy soil to germinate.
In the flood season, villagers in the area are reluctant to embank dams, near shore, preparing to prepare water for new crop. In addition to rainwater, they connect bamboo shoots from the mountain to provide water to the field to soak the soil before sowing. The cats say they have to watch the rain to make the copper, even the rain in the evening, so that they can keep water in the rice fields just enough to grow the rice.
We are fortunate to have a Sunday, the only day of the Cat on the market in the week after the farm days. The market is not only the place where girls dating place but also where they prepare new clothes, buy and sell the exchange of "made by the house". Coming to the market, you will be immersed in the unique culture of the highland with brilliant colors of brocade clothes, cats hissing at the side of the sale from fruit to cattle
Source: Vietnam family holidays all inclusive
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Mandy Alessandrini is an associate with our litigation group, exercising mainly in family law. Prior to joining Lavery, she was a lawyer with the Attorney General of Quebec's litigation section. Mandy Alessandrini was in private practice for many years acting as counsel, co-counsel as well as mediator; her practice covered family law and contract law. She also conducted mandates with Revenue Quebec for the reform and implementation of the Unclaimed Property Act.
She was a Law Clerk at the Quebec Court of Appeal and Coordinator of one of the leading legal research centers in Canada (Centre de recherche en droit public – CRDP) at the Université de Montréal.
She holds a Master of Laws degree from McGill University's Institute of comparative law and was a doctoral candidate in law at the Université de Montréal. Her graduate studies were devoted to both the civil and the common law focusing on remedies, contracts and torts. Mandy Alessandrini is also an accredited mediator in family, civil, commercial and labour mediation.
- Civil and Commercial mediation training, Barreau du Québec, 2016
- Family mediation training, Barreau du Québec, 2014-2015
- Doctoral candidate in law, Université de Montréal, 2004-2013
- Master of Laws degree (with honourable mention), McGill University, 2004
- LL.B., Université du Québec à Montréal, 1997
- Law Certificate, Université de Montréal, 1994
Boards and Professional Affiliations
- The Law Society of Upper Canada (occasional practice permit for 2017 and 2018)
- Association des avocats et avocates en droit familial du Québec (AAADFQ), since 2013


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A Closer Look: DJ Psycho
Dezi Magby, aka DJ Psycho, is a prolific DJ and producer from Flint, MI. He has been honing his craft ever since he was 11 years old and picked up the turntable as his instrument of choice and started wielding records like sonic weapons. He is affiliated with the all-important Detroit Techno Militia, which has helped carry the banner of Techno music for that city and for all of North America for some time. He is a part of a new collective of artists called Convergent, which focus on sound production and DJing that pushes the boundaries of arbitrary music rules. They also just found out that their releases will be distributed by Underground Resistance/Submerge. Even with this techno pedigree, he is not one that can be so easily put in a box labeled "techno" and placed to gather dust in this genre classification in your brain. He spins EVERYTHING. I do not exaggerate here. In my short time immersing myself in this form of music, he finds connections in beat and sound that I have heard few people even consider. Take this recent mix he put together called "Scenes From The Closed Doors":
Or take his appearance on Detroit's Fox2 where he found an innovative new way to introduce people to his sound through the use of the Charlie Brown Theme Song and another very interesting track I will let you hear for yourself:
His sets for dance floors are no different. One listen to his extensive set of mixes on his mixcloud demonstrates he is adept at taking the listener back to a place where disco, house, jungle, techno, and Drum & Bass were all part of the same musical language not distinct, unrecognizable vernaculars. Listen to those mixes HERE. ]
Entering DJ Psycho's world of sound is like stepping into an interplanetary portal and being thrown at light speed into an alternate dimension. A dimension that looks, smells, tastes, and feels like the world we are so accustomed to, but where the development of music took a left instead of a right turn. One might say going left wouldn't have made much a difference than going right, but in DJ Psycho's universe the result was dramatic. Gone is narrow minded listening according to the limiting rules of genre classification and the hype machine. Gone is defining oneself according to arbitrary definitions of "the cool" created to push product. Gone is that empty motivation of self-aggrandizement and party culture. What remains is the pursuit of art. The pursuit of self-expression and finding ways to link the power of the music in vast interconnected networks via the turntable device. What remains is Soul; that irresistible force that propels us to Live, Create, and "Point Ourselves in the Direction of Our Dreams". Seems to me that going left is the only way any of us make it out of this existence with any sort of experience of really getting in touch with the human condition.
Luckily, this saturday (May 11) you got a chance to take that left hand turn and enter this alternate universe for yourself with a night of sound curated by Squared. Dezi will be playing alongside like-minded local musicians: The Fallen, Lower Frequency, and Beckett. As excited as I am to see Magby spin live, I am equally excited to see how this night of music unfolds with our local support. I am a huge fan of the live PA sets of The Fallen (We are talking creating music on the spot here and not just spinning), the smooth roller coaster ride of Lower Frequency, and the downtempo sounds of Beckett. All the fun starts at 9 pm at Victory's and there is no cover. Event Details HERE. In the mean time check out the interview with Dezi below to learn more about his art and approach to music:
Local Autonomy: How does sound and music influence the way you live and experience life?
Dezi: I was taught at an early age that everything around U influences U. Good, bad, pleasant, unpleasant. The oddest things influence me. Watching Looney Tunes. Talking 2 my kids. The news. It all has 2 go somewhere…and it locks its way in 2 my subconscious until it gets pulled out 4 some reason or another. Luckily, I keep my headphones on most of the time, so the thing that gets me going the most is what's in them. I try 2 take in as much as I can in the course of a day and most times at night, because U never know when something will strike U. I've woken out of a cold sleep and made things. Still do.
LA: 2.) It took a lot of courage to end the Irrational outfit and start Convergent. What drove you to start a crew that was more like a family?
D: Irrational HAD 2 end. It had no choice. It reached the end of its course by not having a course 2 begin with. The ideas were there, but there was something holding it back. I kinda had this personal dustup over the winter, and when things like that happen, U naturally want 2 take a different course in life just 2 keep U from going insane. I decided at that point 2 'dead' Irrational, since its purpose was muddy anyway, and true irrationality is just an ugly thing 2 witness, and I didn't want that connotation anymore with what I was doing creatively. Luckily, as the lineup goes, it was already there. Nano Too Hype has been one of my best friends 4 over 15 years. I've had his back since he was 17, and I always accepted him 4 being him. Ryan Start and I are as close as it gets. Our philosophies are in sync. We're both Geminis – he's a G II, I'm a G III – so there's an understanding that goes beyond just simple friendship. Dustin Alexander aka Dayda….he and I have been friends forever as well. We like a lot of the same forward thinking music. Kevin's my best friend on the planet – we have a 26 year history of bashing clubs 2gether on a cerebral level. Me and Kevin bought records from Jeffrey Woodward when we met in '87, and Jeff was also the first person I heard play house music in my city – outside of me. It goes on and on throughout the entire lineup. All of us have some sort of long LOYAL history 2gether….so when the idea of putting Convergent 2gether came around, the family unit was the BIG thing that I wanted 2 put forth. The name was thought up by family, voted on by family and perpetuated by family. That's the key. No one man can take on this all alone. Your team is everything. The name says it all. Convergent. All of us individuals coming 2gether and making something that represents our relationship 2 each other.
What's beautiful about Convergent is that I don't dare hold any of the members back from doing whatever they want 2 do – any avenue they wanna explore, I say "go 4 it". Learn something, get good at it. That just means that the next time we come 2gether, no one is afraid 2 say "I got this" or "I think so-and-so has a hot record" or "I think I wanna put this out". Our lack of fear combined with our respect of each other makes us all better as musicians and DJs and FRIENDS in the long run….and that's what it should be about anyway, right?
LA: I loved hearing you share some of your philosophy on music creation and group building when you said at the end of a recent interview: "Forward motion. Don't settle. Try Anything and Everything." How does this open-minded, present moment centered approach influence your music?
D: If U take a look at my record collection, U realize that I have very few limits on things. I think of music as a gift, regardless of the source. I get as much feeling from a Public Enemy record as I do a Billy Squier record, or a P-Funk record, or a YMO record, or whatever. People take 2 much time worrying about genres and where things are supposed 2 fit and categories and all that dumb stuff. I don't have time 4 that. When I go 2 a record store, I'm all through the room. My friend Herm that runs Vertigo Music in Grand Rapids, MI kinda makes a game of what ends up in my pile at the end of my trip. Most times, he is flat surprised. Other times, he's like "I expected 2 see U pick that up." That's my philosophy. That's what makes me tick. If I stayed in one lane, the people who know me best would think I was sick or something.
LA: I loved working through your back mix catalogue. Everytime I thought, "Oh, I get Dezi." I was thrown a curve ball and you were spinning late 70s prog rock or you would throw in some disco, D N' B, etc. How do you fit all these musical pieces together into a mosaic? Where do you see the connections?
D: Musically, everything has a pulse….the trick is 2 find it and make it relate 2 U. My influences are so freakin' scattershot that writing it down kinda confuses even me. U never think of an inner city Black kid with a good set knowledge on The Beatles or Billy Joel or Todd Rundgren….or could talk 2 U about bands like Strapping Young Lad or Santo and Johnny or what have U. All of those things have a pulse that I can relate 2. I've always worked on the theory that the only thing that separates good music from working 2gether perfectly is BPM.
LA: Finally, what are some of the place, moments, people, or practices that inspire you to create?
D: I wish I could say that there was an individual time or place. It's more like this running series of events. Seeing P-Funk at the height of their musical powers at age 9 at the IMA Sports Arena. Seeing Prince as many times as I have (16 and counting). Again…the cartoons. U have NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO idea how much Looney Tunes inspires me. It's the whole warped sense of humour that I believe that people have lost touch with, especially in electronic music. The history of that music is so vast and so deep, yet people are happy 2 put them in their little categories, shut off their minds and pay attention only 2 that point in time. I have pre-dubstep records in my bedroom that the hardest anti-dubstep dude would lose his mind over. I can pull out Underground Resistance records that would make the nearest electrohouse fan drop a load of bricks in her pants. It's all relative…and people need 2 see that. Maybe I'm the bridge. I don't know. I haven't gotten that far yet, and I'm the furthest thing from being done.
As far as people, my family comes first. My moms, she was all blues, old Stax and Hot Wax stuff, Sam Cooke, Motown and Atlantic sides, James Cleveland…music that spoke 2 the soul. My dad….man!! His taste was wide. Doo-wop, early rock and roll, anything funky, anything DETROIT, fusion jazz. He would bring back records and tapes from his friends at the shop all the time. He introduced me 2 Chicago "IX", Bonnie Raitt's first 2 albums and Stevie's "Songs In The Key Of Life" in the same day. He and I discovered a lot of stuff 2gether – Frampton, Pablo Cruise, Steely Dan. My uncles gifted me with deep jazz, all the funk stuff that was coming out of Atlanta and Florida, Heatwave, Brothers Johnson. My brother and me were all about Funkadelic and Parliament and Kiss and stuff like that. Both parents sung in the choir, as did I and my siblings. I hated my own singing, so I picked up instruments. Of course mom and dad indulged me there. Drum sets, guitars, build-it-yourself keyboards. I got records 4 Christmas all the time. I didn't care much 4 anything else anyway. The trips 2 my grandparents were big. Dad would flip the radio and keep driving. That brought me pop and rock. My cousin Jessie in Detroit put me on 2 the B-52s and whatever crazy stuff Mojo was playing. My aunt's now ex-husband was a cabaret DJ in Pontiac, so whatever was hot, I was on be4 my classmates. He gave me lots and lots of records. Ugh. That's only the first 10 years of my life….
I could go on forever, really, but again, it's the whole thing about everything U hear, good or bad, or from whatever source U get it from, there's an effect…and if U look close enough, there's a tie. There's a funk in early Andrews Sisters records that's as hard as any James Brown jawn or in any of DJ Premier's scratches. The middle finger that's strong in Dead Kennedys records is united in spirit with Johnny Cash's Sun Records output. I see as much syncopation in a Derrick May record as I do listening 2 George Shearing's piano solos….and if U are listening 2 Kraftwerk and don't hear Parliament's playfulness, U gotta listen harder and looser, man. The uniting point of all of this great music is right there.