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2. Cuenca is a beautiful city and so are several cities in Mexico and Dominican Republic and the Caribbean. All places we have been to ourselves. How can best place to retire on a budget keep changing? And how long does it take now for those changes to overwhelm a newly talked about foreign place? The point is, don't just check out Cuenca and think that is where you want to retire just because it's being pumped right now; check out other countries and cities too because you will most-likely find that there are many places in the world that would be just as beautiful and inexpensive to move to.
3. Rental prices (really) have doubled in price in Cuenca. In 2011 you could rent a 3/2 unfurnished for $300 and now it is $600 to $700? Is that double or not? We'll let your math be the judge. It was as far back as 2013 when we stopped seeing houses as nice as ours for $250 per month. Value is gone in the $250 price range. You can still find $250 dollar a month houses but they are not like this one. Our house (now) would easily rent for $600 or more as it is all on one level, no stairs, has a yard, view, by the river, near to buses, etc. Isn't that what the gringos all want? Unusually high demand drives up prices. And where is that demand coming from?
4. Our book, the DIY Cuenca Landing Guide (after 3 years) is still consistently in the top 10 (only occasionally does it fall out of the top ten spot) on Lulu for travel category. This tells us that a lot of gringos are thinking of moving to and are retiring to Cuenca, and they know a good book when they hear and read about it. Today as I post this (March 17, 2015) both of our Cuenca guides are in the 4th and 5th position on Lulu for travel!
5. IL conferences now, according to a Ecuador forum post user, inform folks to go local and become a part of the new country's culture by bargaining, negotiating and integrating into other areas of the local customs!! The new trend with the travel abroad promoters is telling folks to go local! Then they can receive those shockingly CHEAP prices they tout. Why would such a popular magazine after 40 years change their tune all of a sudden?
6. We were called the whiners back in 2011 when we described the Internet being really slow and cutting out throughout the day. And now when the Internet is somewhat better, numerous people who now live here are complaining (or are they whining) about how the Internet stinks in Cuenca. What a shocker!
7. Cuenca gets on average of 150 hours of sunshine per month, according to this weather (climate) website. See screenshot below.
It just takes a bit of math figuring to get all the facts. I got Frank to gladly do the math since it is not my forte. Notice in the month of February it only gets 113 hours of sunshine, while in the winter month of July it receives 186 hours of sunshine which would mean about an average of 150 hours of sunshine per month. That's an average of 5 hours per day out of a 12 or 13 hours of daylight.
-- 5/12= 41%. -- So the sun shines 41% of the time, less than half the time. Which means it's mostly cloudy. So when we said in our last post "10 shocking truths about Cuenca Ecuador" that Cuenca is cloudy most of the year, we were actually spot on. There is no excessiveness here, it is what it is! I guess after you see the facts, any naysayers would be shocked!!
8. Some foreigners are literally stumped that 4000 expats can raise (double) rental prices and do not believe it and need to see proof. I am so fed up with unsubstantiated claims (Gringo urban myths) that 4,000 gringos supposedly drive up prices for everybody in a city of 500,000. How does this make economic sense??? Somebody explain this to me with facts…--- posted by a stumped gringo on a gringo portal.
The naysayers put their own foot in their own mouths, as shortly thereafter the gringo press put out the real facts: 12,000 gringo residents in Cuenca, on top of the thousands of returning Ecuadorians and still thousands more coming as tourists every single year.
1. Gringo portals have stated that 7000 Tourists are flocking into Cuenca yearly. If each year Cuenca is receiving a new 7000 batch of tourists as the gringo portals have already stated, then over five years you're getting a cumulative 35,000 tourists renting tourist apartments and condos. They pay exorbitant prices because they're only going to be here weeks or a month or three at most. And this is on top of the year round resident gringos, who have "demands" that come here to retire! Cuenca has 12,000 gringo/permanent residents now according to the 'Ministry of foreign Affairs'.
And how is it that year in and year out these nay-saying doubters throw around the same number of year round residents that was being touted ten years ago? After many years, they're still using the same number. Read on.
It doesn't take many gringos who demand what he or she likes, river views, walking to store, no stairs, pets, a yard, etc…when they all ask for similar cookie cutter housing, for landlords and real estate agents to get wind of it and raise prices on their homes that have these amenities!! But all the gringos have these same demands! Now do you see? It's not that hard or difficult to get.
2. Listen and read what other expats are saying, that have lived here for 3 to 6 years, about rental prices. Are large groups of gringos lying about rental prices doubling, or is it what's really happening? What or why would a large group of people get from lying about something like this anyway? Please see our video "What's it Like Living in a Tourist City Like Cuenca".
3. In 2011 a taxi driver told us not to pay more than $250 to $300 dollars for a 3/3 house. Should we not believe the local who has lived here all his life, or should we believe the stumped gringo(s) who only just moved here 6-months ago?
4 years later: Look online, look in the paper, ask around and you'll soon discover that the $250 house has vanished. Now the new price for a decent house (same value as the $250 house) is between $450 to $700 dollars rental price. You can get a whole lot of house in a lot of parts of the world for that. See Cuenca Ecuador Rental Market Compared to 8 others Countries.
According to Numbeo the cost of renting in July 2014 was showing 50% higher than Medellin. Now, 8 months later it is showing a 72% higher rental market than Medellin. And this is according to 46 renters who live in Medellin and 46 renters who live in Cuenca. Who better to talk about rental prices than the renters themselves!!!?
The facts are everywhere, but some gringos show perplexity and wonder how just a few thousand gringos can raise prices that they don't believe it. A doubting Thomas will never believe until something happens to them to show otherwise. Just because Thomas doubted, did not change the fact that his Lord was standing right in front of him.
5. Returning Ecuadorians (with money to spend) are descending upon Cuenca in the thousands. These wealthy Ecuadorians have been living in the u.s for more than half their lives, working and saving, and now many of them are returning to their homeland of Cuenca. Many of them live in gringolandia because they are gringos. They call themselves that.
Okay, now that you know some of the facts, let's do some more considering. When we reverse the process, or let's say, put our self in the landlord / agents shoes, we just need to ask ourselves this: If all the gringos and all the returning Ecuadorians went back to the u.s tomorrow, who would the landlords rent their $600 and $700 houses and apartments to?
The majority of (Cuenca) Ecuador are wage earners and small mom and pop business owners. Are they going to rent a house in Cuenca for $600? No, they probably are not going to rent anything over $300 dollars unless one of the earners in the home is a doctor, lawyer, professor; you know, a wealthier Ecuadorian.
Are the majority of renters in Cuenca, doctors, lawyers, and large business owners, or are they wage earners and small mom and pop business owners? CIA world fact book says the latter. So then we must ask the question again, who is going to rent all of the houses and apartments that were typically priced at the local rental rate of $250 to $300 back in 2011 that are now typically $500 and $700? Still stump ed? It is not rocket science.
Many times because of unbelief for one reason or another, we just have to step outside of ourselves to see something, you know, "get it", even if it is right under our noses.
9. Cuenca can be dry! Yes, it seldom rains in Cuenca and when it does it sprinkles and then stops. It appears as if Cuenca gets more rain than it actually does because it is cloudy much of the time. But there are many days when we have to water our gardens because it hasn't rained for days. Sometimes weeks.
We actually compared weather reports just so we would know, and many states in the u.s south get more rain than Cuenca. Just thought you might find this shocking, er um, I mean interesting. The rainer months in Cuenca are February, March, and April, which is now and it has been raining a lot more lately.
10. Oh and um, there's still only 4000 year round resident gringos in Cuenca, and in ten more years, there will still be only 4000 year round resident gringos in Cuenca Ecuador!
LOL! This is truly an indictment of the public school system in the U.S.A. The residents of this country (USA) are just as clueless when at home as they are when they travel. Number 10 will stick in their minds as the only "fact" worth remembering. We are doomed!


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On Monday, what began as peaceful protests devolved into riots in Baltimore after the funeral for Freddie Gray, the 25-year-old man who died after sustaining spinal injuries while in police custody. The violence has the world in both confusion and disappointment: Gray's own family has spoken out against the riots; and David Simon, creator of the Baltimore-set crime show The Wire (which was based on his book Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets) decried the riots as "an affront" to Gray's memory.
Gray's death, and the violence now occurring in his wake, is indicative of several larger issues like public outrage against police brutality; the "unemployment, poverty and frustration" rampant in cities like Baltimore; and, as Toni Morrison recently commented on, discrimination within the criminal justice system.
And while these issues will never be solved by books alone, there is a collection of literature that can provide background information and insight into what's going on in Baltimore, and in our country at large. Jill Nelson's anthology, for example, provides several perspectives on the history of police brutality in America. Antero Pietila's Not in My Neighborhood recounts Baltimore's discriminatory practices throughout its history, while Wes Moore and Ta-Nehisi Coates' memoirs offer personal recollections on growing up black in Charm City.
The violence occurring in Baltimore harkens to incredibly complex, deeply-rooted social and political issues. Hopefully these reads can shed a little bit of light on an unendingly tangled issue.
Police Brutality: An Anthology edited by Jill Nelson
Although this anthology was published back in 2001, the 12 essays included here offer a dimensional approach to the history, politics, and cultural repercussions of police brutality in the U.S. Among the perspectives provided include a journalist's personal experience with police brutality; a law professor's insights on how black youths are considered differently than white youths in mainstream consciousness; and a history professor's depiction of the Nation of Islam's rocky relationship with the Chicago police.
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The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates by Wes Moore
Wes Moore grew up in Baltimore, just across town from another boy named Wes Moore. But the similarities stopped there: the author is also a Rhodes Scholar, an Army vet, and a White House Fellow; while the other Wes Moore is serving a life sentence in prison for murder. Freakonomics fans will love Moore's memoir/investigation, which recounts how the seemingly simple choices you make result in totally divergent paths — and how, for two disadvantaged men growing up in a disadvantaged city, those choices mean the difference between a life of success and a life in prison.
Not in My Neighborhood: How Bigotry Shaped a Great American City by Antero Pietila
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The Beautiful Struggle by Ta-Nehisi Coates
Coates' memoir is both an ode to his father, Paul — a Vietnam vet, a friend to the Black Panthers, an entrepreneur, and his children's most powerful advocate — as well as a reflection on growing up in the face of adversity. Doesn't matter whether you can personally relate to Coates' childhood in Baltimore or not: the writer's graceful recollections of his difficult formative years will resonate with everyone who has ever navigated those years; and, above all, with anyone who has ever loved a parent with the same fierceness as does Coates.
Cop in the Hood: My Year Policing Baltimore's Eastern District by Peter Moskos
Peter Moskos, a Harvard-educated sociologist, took on a dangerous project: to become a cop in Baltimore's crime-ridden Eastern District. Here, Moskos recounts what he learned in the police academy and on the streets; which is, essentially, that what's learned in the classroom doesn't always prepare a new cop for the harsh realities of the midnight shift.
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Color Blindness by Michelle Alexander
This #1 Amazon Best Seller secured that spot for a reason. In this thoroughly researched, cleanly conveyed book, Alexander, a legal scholar, argues that "we have not ended racial caste in America; we have merely redesigned it." The writer targets the judicial system as the arbiter of this "New Jim Crow" era, laying bare its rabid mistreatment of minorities, especially black men. The New Jim Crow offers a profoundly candid look at our country's fatal shortcomings. It's relevant reading, now more than ever.

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Brawny performance for a midrange video card. Easily overclocked. Very good software and physical design.
Expensive among GTX 1060 partner cards. Card is much bigger than Founders Edition. Availability limited at debut. Like other GTX 1060s, no SLI support.
The Gaming X 6G is a finely tuned version of the GTX 1060 that tops AMD's Radeon RX 480 in most tests (and Nvidia's own Founders Edition GTX 1060, too) right out of the box.
Now that the GeForce GTX 1060 video card has officially launched, we're bracing for the onslaught of custom boards created lovingly by Nvidia's partners. The first in our hands is an MSI card with its overclocked and well-cooled GTX 1060 Gaming X 6G ($369.99). Nothing major has changed in the GTX 1060 version from the GeForce GTX 1080 Gaming X 8G board we also reviewed, except for the tiny graphics-chip heart beating within the card's metal exoskeleton. So this review will be a bit shorter than if we were examining this particular species for the first time.
Just looking at the card, you can tell the MSI GeForce GTX 1060 Gaming X 6G has a lot in common with its big brother. The two cards look pretty much identical. Both video cards sport a sweet-looking red/black color scheme, along with the company's Twin Frozr VI dual-fan design with LED highlights. The logo on the edge of the card is RGB-lit and can be customized, but the red LEDs on the fan blades are just that—red, and only red.
Now, on to what separates the MSI GeForce GTX 1060 Gaming X 6G from the Founders Edition (FE) version of the GTX 1060 made and sold by Nvidia proper. (The GTX 1060 FE, essentially a reference card, is available only via Nvidia.com, for $299 in a "limited edition" that'll be sold for as long as there's demand.) Aside from the entirely different cooling apparatus and aesthetic, the MSI card's biggest change is that it features an eight-pin PCI Express power connector, which is an uptick from the single six-pin one found on the FE card. Despite the extra juice, the Gaming X 6G is still listed as a 120-watt card, which is the same as the Founders Edition version. The Gaming X also features a six-phase power design, more than the 3+1 design used by the Founders Edition. That should allow for smoother power delivery for overclocking.
The width of the cooler is 5 inches (MSI) versus 3.75 inches (Founders Edition). If your PC chassis is space-constrained, take heed.
The software package includes MSI's Dragon Eye function (so you can watch YouTube videos while you are in-game), an onscreen-overlay feature to monitor your GPU, the aforementioned overclocking tools, and a utility to change the color temperature of the display, optimizing it for activities like movies and gaming. Overall, it's excellent software and adds a lot of value to the package.
Before we get into the deeper testing results, some notes.
Things are in flux these days for testing GPUs, as two emerging technologies that this card was built for are difficult to test definitively. The first is DirectX 12 (DX12), which is just now coming on the scene. There are only a few real-world benchmarks for it. Still, DX12 will likely be the standard graphics API in the future, so it is important to know if a card can handle DX12 well before buying.
We tested the GTX 1060 with all the newest DX12-capable games we had on hand, including Hitman (the 2016 edition), Rise of the Tomb Raider, and Ashes of the Singularity. We tested it using a load of games under DirectX 11, too, because that API will still be in wide use for at least another year, and probably much longer.
The second technology that's difficult to test at present is virtual reality, or VR for short. The GeForce GTX 1080 was built to run VR twice as fast as its predecessor, and in all the launch presentation documents, Nvidia referred specifically to the card's VR performance. However, there are two major competing VR headset platforms, in the forms of the Oculus Rift and the HTC Vive, with more coming to market soon, and it's difficult to establish a lone test that is applicable to all scenarios.
Futuremark is also working on a VRMark test, but it was only in beta when we wrote this. We'll have to wait for future, finalized VR benchmarks. But if you're considering buying a GTX 1060 primarily for VR, you can rest assured that current VR-ready games and those launching in the near future will run on this card just fine.
Also, note that we tested the MSI GTX 1060 Gaming X 6G in its highest easily achievable state of tune, which is MSI's OC mode. Our review card shipped that way, but retail cards won't. (They ship in Gaming Mode, which is still ticked-up, but not as much as OC mode.) Still, getting the card to OC mode is a one-click affair in the MSI Gaming App that overclocks the card to around 1,900MHz, and it's almost certainly the reason people would opt for this card over the Founders Edition version. So we left the card there for testing, rather than downclocking it. Keep that in mind when examining these benchmark results.
We started off our testing with Futuremark's 2013 version of 3DMark, specifically the suite's Fire Strike subtest.
Fire Strike is a synthetic test designed to measure overall gaming performance, and Futuremark has expanded Fire Strike nowadays into three subtests. In the past, we used the basic test (known simply as "Fire Strike"), as well as the more demanding Fire Strike Extreme test. But new-gen GPUs are so powerful, relatively speaking, that we had to move up to the most punishing test, Fire Strike Ultra, which is geared toward simulating the stresses of gaming at 4K.
The Gaming X 6G got off to a good start, as it pulled out a fairly impressive lead over its midrange-price rivals (including previous-gen GTX 960 and GTX 970 cards) in this opening salvo. Not only was it a smidge faster than the GTX 1060 Founders Edition card, but it decisively passed the $239-MSRP AMD Radeon RX 480$349.97 at Amazon, as well, by a margin of a bit over 10 percent.
The MSI Gaming X 6G excelled in this benchmark, pulling out a healthy lead over the other GPUs in its near price range. At 4K resolution, it was more than 10 percent faster than the Radeon RX 480. It was also able to hit over 100fps at 1080p, which is indeed awesome for a $299 GPU.
Once again, the Gaming X 6G took no prisoners in its general price range, and ran at 89.5fps at 1080p compared to the Radeon's 65.7fps, which is quite a margin. The Founders Edition GTX 1060 was also way in the rearview, managing just 69.8fps. Overall, the Gaming X dominated this benchmark.
Once again, the Gaming X 6G led the midrange pack here, though its lead over its rivals was "just" about 10 percent this time around. At 4K, the Gaming X 6G was about 20 percent faster than the Radeon, however, and was able to run at almost 42fps, which is super for a sub-$400 card.
At this point, the results are no longer a surprise, but the Gaming X 6G was indeed the fastest in its price band in this benchmark and even rivaled some of AMD's upper-end silicon here. And not only did it trounce the RX 480 by healthy margins at all resolutions, it consistently eked past the GTX 1060 Founders Edition.
Now, on to a newer title. Ubisoft's latest open-world first-person hunting game is one of the most demanding titles we use, thanks to its lush foliage, detailed shadows, and otherwise incredible environments.
This brutal benchmark proved to be a near tie between the overclocked Gaming X 6G and the Radeon RX 480, with the Founders Edition roughly between the two. The Radeon and the MSI card were almost tied at 4K and 1440p, and within a few frames of one another at 1080p, making it a wash overall.
We ran this test in Standard mode, as well, and it showed the same CPU-limited behavior.
As one of the most popular game franchises on the planet, Grand Theft Auto really needs no introduction. The "V" installment took a lot longer than many expected to land on the PC. But when it finally did in early 2015, it brought with it a number of graphical improvements and tweakable visual settings that pushed the game far beyond its console roots.
The Gaming X 6G smoked the other GPUs in this demanding game, and by a healthy margin too. It was able to outpace the Radeon RX 480 by about 15 percent at both 1440p and 1080p resolutions, and once again hit over 100fps at 1080p. Whoa.
The Gaming X 6G took top honors, again, in this detailed benchmark, with a greater-than-10 percent margin of victory at 4K and 1440p resolutions over the Radeon RX 480. The gap opened wider between the two cards at 1080p, with the Gaming X 6G stretching its lead to almost 20 percent.
The newest game in the Hitman pantheon finds Agent 47 turning over a new leaf, and embarking on a journey of self-discovery as a teacher at a school for underprivileged children. Just kidding; he kills loads of people in this one, just like the rest. It does offer gorgeous graphics in both DX11 and DX12 varieties, though. We'll tackle the former first.
With this test, we saw the MSI Gaming X 6G's winning streak come to an end, as it was not able to outpace the Radeon RX 480 at 4K or 1440p but was able to virtually tie it at 1080p.
It's tough to get any real general sense of DirectX 12 performance at this point. When we wrote this in July 2016, only a few titles were available with DirectX 12 support and reliable benchmarkability under Windows 10. Running these games, anecdotally, we saw no graphical differences between the titles running at DX11 versus DX12 settings. And in terms of frame rates, in some instances, titles running under DX12 offered performance gains, but elsewhere we saw lesser performance.
In other words, you should take the below results for what they are: early returns. DirectX 12 is still in its very early stages, and those developers who have implemented it have yet to throw on the spackle and smooth over the cracks. We'll have to wait at least a few more months to say for sure how much of an advantage DX12 offers, and whether it sways things in favor of AMD or Nvidia in any substantive way. Still, because this is a cutting-edge card and DX12 is cutting-edge tech, it's worth taking a look at what the GTX 1000-series and its competition can do with Microsoft's latest gaming API today.
The results were quite clear here: The Gaming X 6G outpaced the Radeon RX 480 by the largest margins, especially at the lower resolutions, of any of the game tests so far.
The newest Hitman title also offers up a DX12 graphics option in its benchmark that, like Rise of the Tomb Raider, looked identical to our eyes to the DX11 version.
These scores reflect the Radeon RX 480's strength we saw in the DX11 test; the Radeon took a victory lap at all three resolutions.
The strategy title Ashes of the Singularity, which we discussed earlier in our DX11 tests, was among the first to offer DirectX 12 support, even when it was still in beta. In our retesting of the Founders Edition card, we ran across a glitch with the game that we could not resolve in a timely manner, thus the blank bars on this test for that card.
In DX12 for this game, we once again had to use the Crazy preset, as the CPU was an even bigger bottleneck at the lower "Normal" setting. At Crazy, things were close to even between the Radeon RX 480 and the MSI Gaming X 6G, so we're calling it a draw.
Buyers who are more enterprising can download MSI's well-designed Afterburner software, which we've discussed in other MSI card reviews. It lets you get more granular with your overclocking. That said, we suspected that once we had the Gaming App's OC mode active, there wouldn't be a ton more overhead to squeeze out of the card. We were right.
Using Afterburner, we did manage to get the card to peak at around 2,050MHz when running graphical stress tests such as 3DMark, Unigine's Heaven, and the game Far Cry Primal. However, that amounted to only a minimal, if any, real-world uptick in performance: a Graphics Score in 3DMark Ultra of 3,124, versus 3,054 in simple OC mode. And Far Cry Primal (at 4K resolution and the top/"Ultra" detail setting) didn't budge from the 25fps number we got in OC mode.
With more time and effort, we may have been able to squeeze out another percentage point or two, but the one-click MSI Gaming App's OC mode will suffice for all but the most devoted speed hounds.
Reviewing this GPU made us wonder about the Founders Edition GTX 1060 card. Compared to the MSI Gaming X 6G it's slower out of the box for about the same price (though overclockable), with none of the software value-adds or LED highlights. The FE is still a very nice card, mind you, but from our perspective, the only reason to go with a Founders Edition card with the GTX 1060 would be if you were planning a small form factor (SFF) PC build or other upgrade that was very tight on space, in which case (pun intended) you'd benefit greatly from the FE card's straight-through blower cooler. Otherwise, unless you happen to like the FE card's look or really want to do the overclocking yourself, you can theoretically acquire a slightly faster GPU like the MSI Gaming X 6G for about the same money.
As the first non-reference-design GTX 1060 we've seen, the Gaming X 6G is at an advantage, since there's nothing else to compare it to, aside from the Founders Edition. However, having reviewed video cards for many years, we have a pretty solid idea of what the other manufacturers' offerings will be like, and we have a strong feeling they will be very similar in terms of performance, once overclocked, to the Gaming X 6G. They might not be quite as fast, or may be a little faster, but in the end we're talking slivers of difference here.
That said, MSI has created a very strong offering with its Gaming X 6G card. It's the complete package for a midrange gaming model. It offers class-leading performance, a killer design with excellent software, stable overclockability, and cool, quiet running. The only thing more we could ask for in a midrange card? A lower price. And that's the rub in the midrange: $50 is a way bigger price delta with these kinds of cards than with models in the $500 or $700 stratosphere.
The 8GB version of the AMD Radeon RX 480 looks to be $50 to $60 less expensive than this MSI card, so the MSI card should be faster on principle. We also suspect that there's no way the MSI Gaming X 6G card can justify a full 50 percent/$100 premium—especially if used at lower resolutions—over the 4GB version of the Radeon RX 480 (which comes in at a projected price of $199). Then again, the fabled $199 4GB Radeon RX 480 has scarely been available since the RX 480 launch.
In the end, that's the only negative attribute we can think of for the MSI Gaming X 6G: pricing. That may change, but at this writing, we couldn't even find one for sale online. Even MSI's step-down "non X" GTX 1060 Gaming version of the card, was sold out, as were most of the other variants of this GPU from Nvidia's partners. So we'll have to see how actual pricing shakes out. If it's anything like the GTX 1070 and 1080, the cards may sell at MSRP or more for a time, until supplies of the cards stabilize.
If you are sold on the GTX 1060 and plan to buy one, it's safe to say the Gaming X 6G will be one of the better ones available. We make this claim based on our experience with the card, as well as its big-brother GTX 1080 Gaming X 8G. It's a top-notch package. Yes, you'll a bit pay more than for most other GTX 1060 cards. But if you want to get the most out of a GTX 1060 GPU with minimal effort, it'll get you there.


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I live and work as a teacher in Vienna, Austria, and had the merit of corresponding and speaking with your dear late father, Prof. Halberstam, about the Halberstam family history. I have researched the Viennese Halberstams for many years now and was overjoyed to find your father, who warmly welcomed my questions. I believe I was able to give him some information about his family too. He wanted me to get in touch with you, but it is only now that I am able to do so. I would be delighted to hear from you and to share our research.
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text:
package main

import (
	"fmt"

	hyperclient "github.com/Cloud-Foundations/Dominator/hypervisor/client"
	"github.com/Cloud-Foundations/Dominator/lib/errors"
	"github.com/Cloud-Foundations/Dominator/lib/log"
	"github.com/Cloud-Foundations/Dominator/lib/srpc"
	fm_proto "github.com/Cloud-Foundations/Dominator/proto/fleetmanager"
	hyper_proto "github.com/Cloud-Foundations/Dominator/proto/hypervisor"
)

func netbootVmSubcommand(args []string, logger log.DebugLogger) error {
	err := netbootVm(logger)
	if err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("Error netbooting VM: %s", err)
	}
	return nil
}

func netbootVm(logger log.DebugLogger) error {
	if len(subnetIDs) < 1 {
		return errors.New("no subnetIDs specified")
	}
	fmCR := srpc.NewClientResource("tcp",
		fmt.Sprintf("%s:%d", *fleetManagerHostname, *fleetManagerPortNum))
	defer fmCR.ScheduleClose()
	imageClient, err := srpc.DialHTTP("tcp", fmt.Sprintf("%s:%d",
		*imageServerHostname, *imageServerPortNum), 0)
	if err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("%s: %s", *imageServerHostname, err)
	}
	defer imageClient.Close()
	var hypervisorAddresses []string
	if *hypervisorHostname != "" {
		hypervisorAddresses = append(hypervisorAddresses,
			fmt.Sprintf("%s:%d", *hypervisorHostname, *hypervisorPortNum))
	} else {
		hypervisorAddresses, err = listConnectedHypervisorsInLocation(fmCR,
			*location)
		if err != nil {
			return err
		}
	}
	if len(hypervisorAddresses) < 1 {
		return errors.New("no nearby Hypervisors available")
	}
	logger.Debugf(0, "Selected %s as boot server on subnet: %s\n",
		hypervisorAddresses[0], subnetIDs[0])
	hyperCR := srpc.NewClientResource("tcp", hypervisorAddresses[0])
	defer hyperCR.ScheduleClose()
	client, err := hyperCR.GetHTTP(nil, 0)
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}
	defer client.Put()
	hypervisorSubnets, err := hyperclient.ListSubnets(client, false)
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}
	subnetTable := make(map[string]hyper_proto.Subnet, len(hypervisorSubnets))
	for _, subnet := range hypervisorSubnets {
		subnetTable[subnet.Id] = subnet
	}
	var subnets []*hyper_proto.Subnet
	for _, subnetId := range subnetIDs {
		if subnet, ok := subnetTable[subnetId]; !ok {
			return fmt.Errorf("subnet: %s not available on: %s",
				subnetId, hypervisorAddresses[0])
		} else {
			subnets = append(subnets, &subnet)
		}
	}
	info := fm_proto.GetMachineInfoResponse{Subnets: subnets}
	createRequest := hyper_proto.CreateVmRequest{
		DhcpTimeout:      -1,
		EnableNetboot:    true,
		MinimumFreeBytes: uint64(volumeSizes[0]),
		VmInfo: hyper_proto.VmInfo{
			ConsoleType:        hyper_proto.ConsoleVNC,
			Hostname:           "netboot-test",
			MemoryInMiB:        uint64(memory >> 20),
			MilliCPUs:          1000,
			SecondarySubnetIDs: subnetIDs[1:],
			SubnetId:           subnetIDs[0],
		},
	}
	if createRequest.VmInfo.MemoryInMiB < 1 {
		createRequest.VmInfo.MemoryInMiB = 1024
	}
	for _, size := range volumeSizes[1:] {
		createRequest.SecondaryVolumes = append(createRequest.SecondaryVolumes,
			hyper_proto.Volume{Size: uint64(size)})
	}
	var createResponse hyper_proto.CreateVmResponse
	err = hyperclient.CreateVm(client, createRequest, &createResponse, logger)
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}
	err = hyperclient.AcknowledgeVm(client, createResponse.IpAddress)
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}
	logger.Printf("created VM: %s\n", createResponse.IpAddress)
	vmInfo, err := hyperclient.GetVmInfo(client, createResponse.IpAddress)
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}
	vncErrChannel := make(chan error, 1)
	if *vncViewer == "" {
		vncErrChannel <- nil
	} else {
		defer hyperclient.DestroyVm(client, createResponse.IpAddress, nil)
		client, err := srpc.DialHTTP("tcp", hypervisorAddresses[0], 0)
		if err != nil {
			return err
		}
		go func() {
			defer client.Close()
			vncErrChannel <- hyperclient.ConnectToVmConsole(client,
				vmInfo.Address.IpAddress, *vncViewer, logger)
		}()
	}
	info.Machine.NetworkEntry = fm_proto.NetworkEntry{
		Hostname:      vmInfo.Hostname,
		HostIpAddress: vmInfo.Address.IpAddress,
		SubnetId:      subnetIDs[0],
	}
	err = info.Machine.HostMacAddress.UnmarshalText(
		[]byte(vmInfo.Address.MacAddress))
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}
	for index, subnetId := range subnetIDs {
		if index < 1 {
			continue
		}
		address := vmInfo.SecondaryAddresses[index-1]
		var hwAddr fm_proto.HardwareAddr
		if err := hwAddr.UnmarshalText([]byte(address.MacAddress)); err != nil {
			return err
		}
		info.Machine.SecondaryNetworkEntries = append(
			info.Machine.SecondaryNetworkEntries, fm_proto.NetworkEntry{
				HostIpAddress:  address.IpAddress,
				HostMacAddress: hwAddr,
				SubnetId:       subnetId,
			})
	}
	configFiles, err := makeConfigFiles(info, "", getNetworkEntries(info),
		false)
	netbootRequest := hyper_proto.NetbootMachineRequest{
		Address:                      vmInfo.Address,
		Files:                        configFiles,
		FilesExpiration:              *netbootFilesTimeout,
		Hostname:                     vmInfo.Hostname,
		NumAcknowledgementsToWaitFor: *numAcknowledgementsToWaitFor,
		OfferExpiration:              *offerTimeout,
		WaitTimeout:                  *netbootTimeout,
	}
	var netbootResponse hyper_proto.NetbootMachineResponse
	err = client.RequestReply("Hypervisor.NetbootMachine", netbootRequest,
		&netbootResponse)
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}
	if err := errors.New(netbootResponse.Error); err != nil {
		return err
	}
	logger.Println("waiting for console exit")
	return <-vncErrChannel
}

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Interview: David Hughes
The dance great brings his latest creation to the Carriageworks
Written by Paul Clarke. Published on September 23rd 2011.
DAVID Hughes grew up in Leeds before pursuing a career in London with all the major dance companies including DV8, Siobhan Davies Dance and Rambert Dance Company.
He then formed his own company scoring a massive hit at the Edinburgh Fringe with 'Red Room'.
He's back in town for a one-off performance of his new work, 'Last Orders.'
Confidential caught up with him.
"He lived in a cave with his family and they all shagged each incestuously, as well as mugging, murdering people and then eating the bodies."
You grew up in Leeds. Are you looking forward to coming home to perform Last Orders at the Carriageworks?
I was brought up in Chapeltown so I always look forward to coming back as I get homesick and Leeds is a beautiful city.
After I finished my career in London I came back to Yorkshire to work with the Phoenix Dance Theatre, and I loved it. But there no real opportunities here and, ironically, there were more in Scotland. I was disappointed, as I really wanted to come back home.
Last Orders sounds like a challenging and odd show; can you give us any sense of what the story is?
It's based on the life of Sawney Bean who was a 16th century East Ayrshire cannibal.
He lived in a cave with his family and they all shagged each incestuously, as well as mugging, murdering people and then eating the bodies. It's really myth and legend, as with so many stories which range between the 15th and 16th centuries.
We've transposed this idea into a derelict 1980s Glasgow nightclub, which is a metaphor for the cave, but it's then been transposed into something else which is the celebration of flesh. It's almost like you can eat someone's heart and you take their soul which gives all this power
It's a tricky one to describe and, believe you me, I'm still trying to work it out.
What's the reaction been like?
It's actually split audiences and critics. Some have hailed it, and some of have really torn it apart. It can be quite bleak in some places...that's really selling it isn't it? Come and see a bleak show.
Don't you think if you've split the critics and split the audience you must be doing something right?
A lot of the new young writers have hailed it as genius or having amazing performers, and say it's a bit like David Lynch. It's like, 'what the fuck is going on here?'
Then you get the major papers who always used to support us – all the nationals. They've been really angry with us.
It's a backlash, but surely you've got to stay true to your artistic vision?
When we did the Red Room it was so different. People didn't know if it was theatre or dance. My reaction was, do you like it? That show was celebrated and now we're touring it internationally.
With this work there wasn't that much dance in it so in the last week I've intervened and actually bumped up the dance a bit more. The director, Al Seed, and I agreed that was needed because we can't be arrogant about the work. We don't want to alienate the audience because we can still produce challenging work, but we also want to be accessible.
I've been in the studio choreographing parts of the work, and Al has stripped back some of the sections. We've been chopping and changing a little bit.
But it's such a fine line. Sometimes we get our knuckles rapped. But you've got to believe in what you're doing.
Why should people come out to see this show?
It's really hard to explain the work. It's beautifully lit with great performers. Don't go in there expecting dance or expecting theatre. Just go and see it for what it is.
I'm still to get the show into perspective but the first time I saw it I came out, looked at the director, and said 'Damn, that's a mad work.'
When people come to see your stuff they do expect you will push it a bit?
Look, it might be based on a cannibal but don't expect to see people running around eating each other. It's a celebration of flesh.
I'd rather not even say that about the work because you'll be looking for metaphors that aren't there.
I think what's really bizarre, and has divided the critics, is that I'm a dancer who has worked for all the major companies and they're expecting a big dancey number. Even though there's dance within it - or there is now – there's not really a narrative to it.
There's four sections and four journeys. It's almost like The Canterbury Tales or Dante's Inferno where we're telling different stories through different journeys, which is probably the best way to describe it.
It is a bit mad though.
* Tickets for Last Orders on Tuesday 27 September at Carriageworks are priced £13.50/£11.50 concessions and can be booked by phone on 0113 224 3801.
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Lobatse Clay Works grinds to a halt after failed P60m deal
MBONGENI MGUNI Friday, May 18, 2018
The company was Lobatse's economic anchor during its hey day
Lobatse Clay Works, one of the border town's economic mainstays, has suspended operations, with workers unpaid for April, as an expected P60 million equity injection continues entangled in disputes at the highest judicial levels.
Lobatse Clay Works, which has a workforce estimated at 500, was due for a P60 million cash injection by the Botswana Opportunities Partnership Fund (BOP) which would have taken up 80% equity in the 26-year-old company. The iconic firm, which is wholly-owned by the Botswana Development Corporation (BDC), has been in financial stress for several years and the BOP was seen as a timely investment.
The Fund, established by Capital Management Botswana (CMB) and funded by the Botswana Public Officers Pension Fund (BPOPF), is the subject of a hostile battle between the two former partners which now awaits a Court of Appeal decision in June.
Last September, CMB had asked BPOPF for P77 million to invest in Lobatse Clay Works and Yarona Media Holdings, as part of the P477 million BOP investment package agreed to in 2014.
The pension fund shot down the request citing numerous alleged violations of the partnership, leading to the lengthy legal battle still raging.
This week, Botswana Mine Workers Union general secretary, Mbiganyi Ramokate said employees at Lobatse Clay Works were stuck in limbo as the company was neither willing to officially release them and pay retrenchment packages, nor reopen the plant for work.
"The management told workers that they would suspend operations while negotiations continued for the new management and new shareholders," he said.
"They then said there was a court matter awaiting judgement and everything would depend on that. "We have met numerous times with management and we have said, if management says there is no business, you have to pay
the workers either their retrenchment packages, or continue paying their salaries.
"Workers report that management has been paying salaries in dribs and drabs since last year, but April's salaries were not paid. Management had also committed to paying the workers' bank loans and insurance, but that has not happened either and workers are receiving threats." He added: "We are not even sure what's going on anymore and we have asked for a meeting with the management this week".
On Wednesday, Lobatse Clay Works' managing director, Ronald Solomon referred BusinessWeek enquiries to the BDC, where corporate affairs and strategy head, Boitshwarelo Lebang said the Lobatse firm was undergoing transformation. "The business is currently undergoing transformation following a series of challenges it has faced, including market conditions.
"BDC's focus has been on finding a long term sustainable plan to turn the business around by bringing on a strategic partner with the requisite industry experience and capital to drive the business whilst we reduce our position to a minority one.
"We are currently in talks with a potential strategic partner around the restructuring and are therefore not at a stage where we can share any further information with the media or the public and will readily do so at the earliest opportune time," she said. In its hey day, Lobatse Clay Works produced more than 30 million clay stock bricks and face bricks per year, many of which built up most of the country's government buildings, institutional offices, private homes, universities and others over the years.
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Photos: The Smashing Pumpkins Kick Off Their 30th Anniversary Tour at The Sylvee in Madison, WI
November 29, 2018 · by TER Staff	· in Concert Photos, Features, News.	·
In celebration of their huge 30th Anniversary, The Smashing Pumpkins kicked off their intimate anniversary tour at The Sylvee, Madison, WI's brand new music venue. Less than two weeks removed from the November 16th release of the iconic alt rock band's new album, Shiny And Oh So Bright, Vol. 1 / LP: No Past. No Future. No Sun (or "The Smashing Pumpkin's new album" for short), there was no better place to catch a performance on Wednesday night.
Opening their set with with 'Solora', one of the records from the band's new album, the band's original members Billy Corgan, James Iha and Jimmy Chamberlin performed just four tracks from the LP (including live debuts of 'Knights of Malta' and 'Travels') with a ton of focus on their catalog of hits, rightfully so for an anniversary tour. While keeps fans entertained with classic Smashing Pumpkins tracks like 'Today' and a rare performance of 'Dross', Corgan and company switched things up with an awesome cover of The Cure's classic track 'Friday I'm in Love'.
While the Pumpkins recent summer arena tour filled the seats and was met with critical acclaim, Wednesday night's performance was special on a completely different level. With edgy lighting and production completely different from their arena tour, a specially curated setlist to honor the band's 30-year history and all in an intimate club setting, fans experienced a show that they'll never forget.
And to cap off an already amazing night, The Smashing Pumpkins closed their set with 'Heavy Metal Machine', 'Ava Adore' and their hit single '1979', only to return for not one but two encore performances, ending the night with 'Siva', the band's first single from their debut album Gish. Everything came full circle on Wednesday night as Madison enjoyed The Smashing Pumpkins' first 30 years.
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3 of the biggest Class Action Lawsuits
A class-action lawsuit allows people who have something in common to group together to file a lawsuit against a person or company. Collectively they might have a big enough claim to win a case that they couldn't win individually. This is especially helpful when going against a large company or government, many voices are better than one. To file a class-action lawsuit a class action lawsuit lawyer is needed.
A class action can have massive implications for society and law and change the way we view things. Here are three examples of the biggest class-action lawsuits.
Brown versus Board of Education
On the 17th of May 1954, Brown won his case against the Board of Education. At the time the Supreme Court held a standard of "separate but equal" when it came to the ethnicity of its citizens. Brown argued that this was unconstitutional as it violated the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. Before this, children were segregated in public schools, Brown believed that racial segregation of any kind was inherently wrong.
It took students coming together to have their voices loud and create real change. This led to many more civil rights movements which ultimately put an end to legally enforced racial segregation in America. The following year in 1955, Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on the bus and 8 years later in 1963, Martin Luther King gave his 'I have a dream' speech.
VA versus Vietnam war veterans
During the Vietnam war, the US military used Agent Orange, a herbicide as a way to destroy forests which were a food source to the opposition and a way to hide. There were concerns about the effect this would have on soldiers as early as 1964, despite this, it was used up until 1975. The soldiers returned home with many illnesses associated with the chemical such as cancers, diabetes and heart disease. It also had massive implications for the landscape of Vietnam and the people.
Veterans came together to demand compensation, but this also let on to new regulations regarding the use of chemicals by the military. We are now much more aware of the effect that our actions have on the environment as well as people.
Lane versus Facebook
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A more recent example is the class action lawsuit against Facebook in 2007 regarding privacy on social media. Facebook launched Beacon which meant that Facebook could post users' private information without their consent. Facebook users came together to take on the tech giant, something which may have been impossible for a person on their own.
As a result, Facebook had to remove Beacon. They are also now required to spend money on educating people about their privacy online. It has also shown the importance of people being able to opt in to have their data shared instead of opt-out.
More recently, in 2019 another class-action lawsuit was successfully filed against Facebook after it once again failed to protect users' information after a hacker managed to take information from 20 million people.
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Email: AAdair@qcc.cuny.edu
Office: A-503
Phone: 718-281-5637 (email is the quickest way to reach me)
I was born in Astoria, NY and was the first in my family to attend college. Theatre has always been a defining part of my life. For me, theatre is the exploration of the human experience and an attempt to tell a story of who we are, what we do, and where we do it. What I enjoy most about theatre is that it employs every aspect of the visual and performing arts and happens live, "in the moment," lasting only for that moment. It is ephemeral.
I was fortunate to have robust theatre programs at both my elementary and high schools. I was cast as Romeo in 2nd grade and wrote my first 5-Minute play for a 3rd grade variety show. In high school and college, I enjoyed working both as a "techie" and actor. Throughout my career, I have worm many "hats" on many productions. I enjoy every aspect of creating theatre, backstage, onstage, front-of-house, it matters not, as long as I am "in the room" and a part of the company. I have been equally fortunate to have had a handful of mentors throughout my career without whom I never would have realized my goals. No one ventures into the jungle and finds their way on their own. The path to success, no matter how faint, always has a trail.
My first visit to Queensborough was in 2003, as a guest artist playing the role of Iago in a student-production of Othello. Working alongside the students of QCC had a profound effect on me. It was this experience that inspired my decision to set off on the road to become a professor. QCC students are unique. Living in Queens, the most diverse county in the U.S., offers a unique perspective of the human experience. The more interesting your life, the more interesting your art. QCC students are interesting. By 2007, I had earned my M.F.A. in Theatre Directing from CUNY Brooklyn College and was back in the QCC Shadowbox Theatre as an adjunct faculty member.
My advice to students considering QCC is stop considering. Complete the application, register for classes, get to class, get to work, and complete your degree. I have never met a student who regretted receiving their associate's degree from QCC, in fact, it is quite the opposite. I meet people all the time who regret not going to community college before their 4-year program. It's the smart choice. Have doubts? Email me. Let's chat.
My advice to students attending QCC is go to class and do the work. Get organized, set your goals, make a plan, be positive, and get it done. Life is a marathon, not a sprint. Leave time for reflection and editing. Use (and check) your QCC student email. Question everything.
I have performed on four of the seven continents.
One play that resonates with me is The Zoo Story by Edward Albee.
One film that resonates with me is 13th directed by Ava Duvernay.
One book that resonates with me is Siddhartha by Herman Hesse.
My favorite destination is camping, under the trees, on a river or creek.
As Playwright, Director, & Designer: Original, musically-charged works of total theatre: Your War'try Grave; Manifest the Whale, the Teacup Destiny; S-s-s-t-o-n-e-d-d-D: An American Oration; Sound of the Sun & "classically-contemporized" staged adaptations: Eugene O'Neill's The Emperor Jones; Anton Chekhov's Three Sisters (translation); Sophocles' Oedipus; Euripides' Bacchae; & Georg Buchner's Woyzeck.
As Director: Balls by Paul Foster & Chasing the New White Whale by Mike Gorman.
As Director at QCC: Waiting for Lefty by Clifford Odets; A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen (adaptation); Far Away by Caryl Churchill; Ubu Roi by Alfred Jarry (adaptation); In the Blood by Suzan-Lori Parks; Metamorphoses by Mary Zimmerman; 12 Angry Jurors by Reginald Rose adapted by Sherman L. Sergel; A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare (adaptation).
As Actor: Member of the Great Jones Repertory Company & The Modern Theatre of Myth. Notable roles: Soldier, The Trojan Women; Aegisthus, Fragments of a Greek Trilogy; Dionysus, Bacchae; Iago, Othello; Jesus, Il Grande Inquisitore; Odysseus, Odyssey; Polynieces, Oedipus; Zeus, Seven; Adam, The Angel Project. Notable Directors: Georgia McGill, Andrei Serban, Ellen Stewart, Elizabeth Swados, Deborah Warner.
Notable Venues: La MaMa, NYC; Pyramids of Tajin, Mexico; National Theatre, Serbia; Toyama Performing Arts Center, Japan; Campo de Fiori, Italy; Carnuntum Amphitheatre, Austria; Lincoln Center, NYC; Petras Open Air Theatre, Greece; The Sanctuary of Aphrodite, Cyprus.
Professional Membership & Leadership: Stage Directors/Choreographers Society (SDC); Actors' Equity Association (AEA); Dramatist Guild of America (DG). Award-winning designer, Set (Innovative Theatre Award/NYC); Light (B. Iden Payne/ATX). KCACTF Leadership: Past Coordinator, Student Directing Initiative, Region II (2014-2019), Region IV (2009-2012). La MaMa: Artist-in-Residence (97-07).
Education & Training:
- M.F.A., Theatre Directing, CUNY/Brooklyn.
- B.A., Communication & Creative Arts, SUNY/Old Westbury.
- SUNY/Nassau Community College.
- Mineola High School.
- Alva T. Stanforth Middle School.
- Floral Park-Bellerose Elementary School.
Classical & Post-Modern actor/director/designer training incorporating Stanislavski, Chekhov, & Viewpoints.
"If I only had an hour to chop down a tree, I would spend the first 45 minutes sharpening my axe." - Abraham Lincoln
"The technique of any art is sometimes apt to dampen, as it were, the spark of inspiration in a mediocre artist; but the same technique in the hands of a master can fan that spark into an unquenchable flame." - Josef Jasser
"It takes a long while for a director to cease thinking in terms of the result he desires and instead concentrate on discovering the source of energy in the actor from which true impulses arise." - Peter Brook
"I think it's great to be flawed. I am hugely flawed, and I like it this way. That's the fun of life. You fall, get up, make mistakes, learn from them, be human and be you." - Priyanka Chopra


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Filming of the clip took two days and were held in Morocco on the ocean coast and suburb of the city of Agadir. Ocean and nature conquered the singer and crew.
Bianka: "It was the most fun and beautiful filming, we were laughing as for the last time! The wind blew my hair so strongly all the time, that it was impossible to dance. After we made a few shots, residents of the nearest to the place of filming streets, who saw video shooting for the first time, began to run up, take pictures, to compliment in different languages, it was very lovely! Genuine and sincere people's emotions amazed me and will always dwell with me".
The director of the video was Alexey Figurov, who worked on the clips of the artists, such as Timati, Yegor Creed, Djigan, Artik & Asti and others.
Bianka: "Each of us told his story, but in this video it can not be seen, as in a movie with a plot. These two stories can be caught in movements, views and energy that lives in this video! I am very grateful to all the participants who supported me and helped me so spontaneously and quickly to shoot this video! It was the first video in my life, when the track was recorded almost on a dictaphone, but we were able to shoot the lyric and heartfelt video! I genuinely feel that these filming days were like a little life for us!"


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This Ex-Montrealer May Replace Donald Trump As President Of The United States
Please make this happen, universe.
Michael D'Alimonte
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A former student of a Montreal high school may become the politician to replace Donald Trump in the 2020 American presidential elections.
Current Californian senator Kamala Harris is described as "the next Barrack Obama" and as the antithesis to the current president, both in terms of ideology and politics, making Harris the new favourite for the Democratic nomination.
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Harris has yet to announce any plans for the presidency, but analysts and news publications are already heralding her as the best person to beat out Trump. Even online betting websites have Harris leading the pack for the Democratic candidate for president.
There's even a Facebook page for it.
Originally from Oakland, Calif. Harris headed into Montreal in the 1970s. When here, Harris attended Westmount High School, graduated, then headed back to the states.
In 2003 Harris became San Francisco's district attorney, then later California's attorney general in 2011. Last November Harris became a senator, making her the first United States Senator of Jamaican and Indian descent.
And acting as senator, Harris has opposed pretty much anything Trump has proposed, described as a part of the "hell-no" caucus of anti-Trump politicians.
In so many respects, Harris is what America needs, a level-headed, determined, and intelligent politician who reflects a diverse population and is concerned with basic human rights policies. Basically, Harris is the opposite of Trump.
Plus Harris spent more than a few years in Montreal, so you know she's got a bit of Quebec and Canada in her, something the United States could really use.
Whether or not we'll see Harris running for president in 2020 remains to be seen (she hasn't said yes or no on the matter) but it's looking like there's a good chance she will. If that's the case, then Westmount High School may officially have the coolest alumnus, ever.
More Than Half Of Quebec's 8 Biggest Cities Will Have A Woman As Mayor
In Quebec's city halls, women are kicking ass and taking names.
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Women will lead five of Quebec's eight largest cities following the 2021 municipal elections.
The biggest headline of the night may have been Valérie Plante's triumph over old foe Denis Coderre in Montreal, but across the province, the faces of municipal politics have become more gender-balanced.
According to the latest counts and projections, France Bélisle (Gatineau), Catherine Fournier (Longueuil), Évelyne Beaudin (Sherbrooke) and Julie Dufour (Saguenay) are all also on their way to their respective (and figurative) city hall corner offices.
In Quebec City, it seemed for a while like Marie-Josée Savard would join them. Multiple outlets had even called the election for her until the vote count for her opponent surged into the evening. Bruno Marchand ultimately claimed victory.
Mayor Plante commented on the historic nature of her second mandate in her victory speech Sunday night.
"Four years ago, Montrealers elected the first woman mayor in the history of the City of Montreal," she said.
"Tonight, they told us again, 'yes, this mayor, we're going to continue to work with her, we trust her!'"
This year, for the first time, Montrealers will have two women leading the city, as Projet Montréal's Dominique Ollivier is set to take over as president of the Executive Committee.
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Service Canada Has Open Jobs In Quebec & They Pay $61,000+ No University Degree Required
There are 45 jobs up for grabs!
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The government is in the process of filling a Service Canada job bank and it's advertising salaries of between $61,152 and $65,887.
On an online recruitment page, the Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC) office says it needs to fill 45 benefits officer and program officer positions in Quebec and encourages qualified individuals to apply.
The only education requirement is a high school diploma.
While benefits officers review and process employment insurance applications, the government describes a wide range of duties for program officers, including coordination with local stakeholders regarding services from the ESDC.
Service Canada says it has EI processing centres and "program branches" in Montreal, Laval, Boucherville, Drummondville, Thetford Mines, Shawinigan, Quebec City and Saguenay, but that it may assign alternative workplaces to applicants who don't live in these areas.
In addition to a high school diploma, Service Canada is looking for applicants who have experience totalling six months "in delivering services or programs to the general public" or "interpreting and applying legislation or policies."
The language requirement is either French-only or French and English, depending on the position, according to the recruitment page.
Complete details about the positions available and the application process are online.
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2 Cities In Quebec Made It Into The 'Top 10 Student Cities In The World'
Take that, Toronto.
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One always feels a sense of pride when their hometown makes its way onto an international ranking. And that's why we're proud to say two cities in Quebec, including Montreal, made it into Studee's "Top 10 Student Cities in the World."
To the surprise of many, Quebec City also made the Top 10 — and it ranked higher than Montreal, with Quebec City at #4 and Montreal at #6.
This ranking looked at the cost of living, internet speeds, the percentage of young people, levels of safety, and more.
Our province may have been blessed enough to score two top spots in this ranking, but we still didn't make it to #1, which was Tokyo, Japan.
If ever you were thinking of going to study abroad, you may want to put Tokyo high on your list, considering it "ranks well in nearly all categories helping it to come out on top of the study. It has a good amount of high-ranking unis, great food options, and offers cheap tech. It has high levels of free speech and is above average for safety and high-ranking institutions."
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Balarama Holness Says He'll Officially Recognize Montreal As A Bilingual City If Elected
"Montreal is bilingual and multicultural and it is something that we should embrace," he said.
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Activist and Grey Cup-winning Alouette Balarama Holness is saying he'll officially recognize Montreal as a bilingual city if elected mayor in November.
"We live in a francophone province in a francophone city from a legislative perspective, but the reality of Montreal is far different," the leader of Mouvement Montréal said in an interview with MTL Blog.
"So, for us, it was important to re-establish the identity of Montreal, which is one that is inclusive."
His party's platform on inclusive language rights is also calling for the translation of all municipal communications into both English and French and softer language laws for private industry in the city.
"We want to make clear that we want companies on the Island of Montreal to be able to operate in both languages without interference from the provincial government," Holness said.
And it calls for a review of the city's hiring processes to allow anglophones with "functional-level, but not high-level, French" to land municipal jobs.
He would also amend article 13 of the city charter to change Montreal from "a French-speaking city that, according to the law, also provides services to its citizens in English," to a bilingual one.
A lot of people agree, Holness says
"This is not a contested question," Holness said, citing a survey showing most Montrealers believe the city is bilingual. "We all know Montreal is bilingual and multicultural and it is something that we should embrace and recognize."
"Moreover, Montreal beyond that is even trilingual," he continued. "There are people from all over the world who speak Mandarin, Cantonese, Arabic, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian. And all of these languages make up the diversity of Montreal, and it enriches us all."
Rather than contributing to the decline of French in Montreal, Holness said his language policies would help preserve it by offering non-francophones incentives to learn.
"The fact that we are going to incentivize and ameliorate the chances of anglophones to work in the City of Montreal means they'll be able to learn French through their employment activity," he said. "We're going to be increasing la francisation des anglophones."
"Right now, what's happening is that we're excluding anglophones," he continued. "They're moving to demerged cities such as Westmount, such as Côte Saint-Luc, such as Kirkland. They're not being incorporated into the reality and to the economic life of Montreal, and we're just pushing them all away."
Holness wants more jobs for people with spotty French
If elected, Mouvement Montréal would work to create a more inclusive municipal workforce because it's currently falling short in terms of ethnic and linguistic diversity, he said.
Of the city's roughly 25,000 municipal employees, "only about 2% of those in management positions are visible minorities and even less of those are anglophone," Holness claimed.
To change that he plans to lower the French language requirements for municipal jobs.
"Right now, when you go in for a [municipal] job, there is an evaluation based on your capacity to speak French," he said.
"So, we want to create assessments and evaluations of language that are less severe to allow individuals to get into the workforce. And then they can learn French, once they are on the job, through their interactions with their coworkers and with the public."
"The idea is that anglophones, especially those that are visible minorities, should have an easier time getting into the workforce," he continued.
'They don't want to be inclusive'
On November 7 people will vote to elect a mayor as well as 46 members of Montreal's City Council.
The current mayor, Projet Montréal's Valérie Plante, is seeking re-election and her main challenger is the previous mayor, Ensemble Montréal's Denis Coderre.
As Plante recently introduced an "action plan" to promote the French language in Montreal and Coderre is reportedly open to provincial government-led language reform, Holness accused his opponents of trying to impose provincial ideas on the metropolis.
"Valérie Plante is from Rouyn-Noranda, Denis Coderre is from Joliette," he continued. "And there's this whole idea that the regions are imposing on Montreal their vision for Montreal. And the question is, what do Montrealers want for their city?"
"Many people across the region say Montreal is the only francophone city in North America, and they're right, but Montreal also has a bilingual multicultural reality," he said. "So you have Quebec City trying to impose an identity on Montreal does not meet reality, which is multilingual and multicultural."
"We need a multilingual and multicultural policy and beyond that, a political party that reflects that diversity through and through," he added.
Projet Montréal does not reflect that diversity, he concluded, explaining how he helped organize a grassroots anti-racism movement, which he says prompted the city's public consultation agency to hold a series of hearings on systemic discrimination in 2019.
As a result, Plante created a commissioner on systemic discrimination and promised to hire more minorities for municipal jobs.
But Holness had sharp words for the mayor, saying she only took those steps out of "obligation."
"The reason why there was a public consultation on systemic racism and discrimination is because the administration had an all-white French executive committee when they were elected in 2017. Period. That's their vision of Montreal," he said.
"They don't want to be inclusive," he said. "Mouvement Montréal, my political party, is by its very nature, authentically diverse. We've done in two months what it took them nearly two decades to do, which is have a diverse team."
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