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Philipp Schmidt: Poden les xarxes d'aprenentatge en línia transformar l'educació? (resum)
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Resum del Debat d'Educació amb Philipp Schmidt, Director's Fellow del MIT Media Lab, fundador de la Universitat Peer 2 Peer, del MIT Learning Creative Learning i de l'OpenCourseWare Consortium. Acte organitzat per la Universitat Oberta de Catalunya i la Fundació Jaume Bofill amb la col·laboració del MACBA. www.debats.cat, #debatseducacio
Social Open Learning: Can Online Social Networks Transform Education?
Philipp Schmidt - Director's Fellow at MIT Media Lab and Co-founder of Peer 2 Peer University, MIT Learning Creative Learning and OpenCourseWare Consortium
Main ideas:
"The best way to predict the future is to invent it"
A look at the past and present of education
The image of the lecturer at the front of an auditorium giving a master class has been repeated throughout the history of universities and continues to be the basis of university teaching.
For Philipp Schmidt, these master classes are not the educational experiences that motivate learning or have the greatest impact on students.
A few examples: Analysis of MIT students with electrical impulse sensors showed that during master classes mental stress levels were similar to those of relaxation. Schmidt conducted a survey of MIT students on what experience had been most relevant in their learning. The speaker highlighted the response of a student who explained that the experience that most marked her learning was a project over six months in which students studied how to lift a fire truck on to the dome of the MIT main building. The action was carried out in one night and the instructions on how to undo it were left behind.
What, then, should learning be like to be effective and creative?
With the four "Ps": Projects. When we build something, we put theoretical knowledge into practice, we discover if it's right or not, we face real problems and we produce something that we can then show to others. Studying poetry is not the same as writing poetry. Peers. A study shows that the ability to create collaborative work groups that work is the most important factor in achieving success. In the group, doubts are shared. Everyone contributes their knowledge. When we tell others our knowledge we have to face up to whether we know certain questions or not and that makes us learn. Passion. If we're interested in a subject, we'll learn more than if we're not. "We try to help our students to find projects that enthuse them and that they think can change the world." Play. Take risks, try things out, don't fear failure. Learning should be a process in which we take risks.
The following are three principles that the MIT Media Lab proposes for what projects should be like to have maximum impact. Unique. If we're doing something that's already been done, change. Impact. It's not enough to have an idea. It has to change people's lives. It has to have a meaning. Magic. It cannot be defined. But when you find it, you'll know. It's a feeling, a sense.
Technology as driving force for changing the education paradigm
Technology can be used to perpetuate the classical model of teaching. For example, watching a video is a one-way task. The student listens and there's no interaction. It's the same model as the master class.
However, for Schmidt, technology can change the education paradigm in the same way that the book did in its day as, thanks to the internet, we have an open network where everyone can connect and contribute. It's not like radio or television, which are one-way. It's interactive. We can speak and listen. It is the basis of peer-to-peer teaching.
There are motivated people all over the world. Yet opportunities are not shared equally. Technology can increase the opportunities to access collaborative learning.
Examples of collaborative peer-to-peer learning Learning creates learning, an initiative of the MIT Media Lab. It is not a normal online course. The Media Lab acts like the host at a party. It proposes ideas and creates forums for debate. Then, it is the participants who propose new subjects and who contribute the elements for the development of the course. Some 25,000 people took part and 450 work groups were created. It was the students themselves who ran the groups. Co-creator communities were created. EduCamps. These are not ordinary conferences. They are called unconferences. It is the participants at the conference who propose debates and who take part in them, whether on or offline.
"Open social learning is the future."
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Foor's lone goal leads Fenton past Trenton, into Division 2 state championship game
By: Cameron Billes, June 9, 2015, 11:26 pm
West Bloomfield– One shot made all the difference for Fenton in the Division 2 state semi-finals against Trenton.
The score was tied 0-0 in the second half when Fenton put one on the scoreboard.
Chloee Foor buried a shot off her left foot at the 16:48 mark into the bottom right corner of the net on an assist from Brianna Costigan.
"Bri (Costigan) and I have played for a long time together, so we can just make eye contact and I knew she was going to pass it to me, so yeah I was looking for it," Foor said.
Fenton head coach Matt Sullivan said after Foor's goal, his team changed its game plan.
"At that point we packed it in and just tried to slow the game down and limit their chances," Sullivan said. "They threw extra forwards up, so we threw extra defenders back and you know just try to match up their numbers. And so we got lucky it worked."
Foor's goal was the only one that was needed for Fenton, as they held on to beat Trenton 1-0.
"Their entire life they've been playing together and they just know each other so well," Sullivan said. "As soon as Bri picked her head up, (Foor) took off and it's just a great pass and a great finish. I mean those guys have done it before and they're special to watch, there's no doubt."

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Category: Crime
MPAA Rating: Rated R for strong bloody violence, language throughout, sexual references and brief drug use
Alcohol/ Drugs: Brief drug use
Violence/ Scariness: Extended and very graphic peril and violence, disturbing images, characters injured and killed, chases, explosions, guns, grenades, bazookas
Date Released to Theaters: January 16, 2020
Copyright Columbia 2019
There's a lot that's hard to believe in "Bad Boys for Life" (not that we're expected to), but the one I want to bring to your attention is the repeated assertion that this is one last time. Will Smith and Martin Lawrence are back as the lovably bickering, impetuously rule-breaking buddy cops from the original Bad Boys movie 25 years ago and the sequel eight years later, and it is clear that they are not done yet.
Smith and Lawrence have the same immensely likable screen chemistry they did in the first film, though it is clear that Smith has much more range as an actor. We hardly have time to notice, however, as in the first five minutes of the movie we get to see a Porsche racing through the streets of Miami, some quippy brio ("We're not just black. We're cops, too. We'll pull ourselves over later"), some skimpy bathing suits, a new baby, a prison break featuring a shootout and a witch's curse.
That baby is the first grandchild for Marcus (Lawrence), the devoted family man, who is so moved by his becoming Pop-Pop that he decides to retire from the police force. Mike (Smith), the player with an upscale apartment no cop could afford (see above re believability) is furious. When Mike is shot by an assassin who is going after everyone involved in a criminal conviction from the past, Marcus stays by his side, and promises God that if Mike lives he will never be violent again. Once Mike recovers, however (with Marcus listed in his phone as Quitter), Mike persuades him to come back — say it with me — for one last time.
That will involve AMMO, a new high-tech police operation with the kind of high-tech surveillance and firepower that you might find in the Pentagon, run by Rita (Paola Nuñez), an officer with whom Mike has history. Mike wants to find the mysterious black-clad person on a black motorcycle who shot him. This is a challenge because, as a character says, "Who doesn't want to kill him?" The Pepto-Bismal-chugging captain (Joe Pantoliano, also returning from the earlier films) tries to stop him, but the thing about Bad Boys is that they don't follow the rules. Whatcha gonna do? Soon Mike is trading insults with the upstarts at AMMO, including Vanessa Hudgens and "The Sun is Also a Star's" Charles Melton.
I'd estimate it is about one-third banter (we get some insults about getting older now) and two-thirds action, much of it very intense and very, very violent, with lots of blood, explosions, and heavy artillery. "I know 'thou shalt not kill' but these were bad guys" describes their view of law enforcement plus "We ride together. We die together. Bad boys for life." (Someone does point out that they should think of themselves as bad men. Which may be why there's also more crying than you normally see in this kind of movie. It's dumb, and the action/comedy mix is not entirely successful given the carelessness about collateral damage and the outright carnage. But the charm is there and it is watchable, a summer movie in January. By the end, if you stay for that post-credit scene, you might just be ready to see what they do next.
Parents should know that this film includes intense and extended action, peril, and violence with very graphic and disturbing images, chases, explosions, fire, very strong and crude language, sexual references, and brief drug use.
Family discussion: What made Mike and Marcus good partners? How have the movies changed since the first one? If you and your friend had a go-to motto, what would it be?
If you like this, try: the earlier "Bad Boys" movies and the "Fast and Furious" series
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Posted on January 9, 2020 at 5:26 pm
MPAA Rating: Rated PG-13 for thematic content including some racial epithets
Profanity: Strong language including n-word and other racist terms
Alcohol/ Drugs: Social drinking, smoking
Violence/ Scariness: References to violent crimes, non-explicit depiction of an execution
Copyright Warner Brothers 2019
The third 2019 awards season story based on a real-life lawyer stars producer Michael B. Jordan as Bryan Stevenson, the founder of the Legacy Museum (sometimes referred to as the Lynching Museum) and National Memorial for Peace and Justice. The movie shows him as a young graduate of Harvard Law School who moved to the small town where Harper Lee wrote To Kill a Mockingbird. Like Lee's Atticus Finch, Stevenson defends those who were unfairly accused. He established the Equal Justice Initiative. The only other staff was a local woman named Eva Ansley (Brie Larson). Stevenson began helping men on death row at no cost.
The local community, especially law enforcement, did not like having old cases re-opened and weaknesses of evidence and exposed. The hostility and obstruction seemed insurmountable. But Stevenson was undaunted. Unlike most heroic lawyers in movies (and real life), this story does not have family members complaining that he is working too hard or a love interest who feels neglected. Stevenson does not lose his temper or feel like giving up. The great gift of this movie is what sometimes, if you are not watching carefully, may make it seem like its pilot light is turned down too low. This movie does have some rousing moments (and some sad ones) but it does not follow the usual courtroom underdog stories that make the intricacies of the judicial system follow the beats of a feel-good sports story.
Jordan is that rare performer who is a superb actor and a full-on movie star. After his electrifying appearance in "Black Panther," he shows his range as a lawyer whose only superpowers are his integrity and his constant courtesy toward everyone he deals with. client, friend, and foe. The quiet power of the respect he shows to his clients is critical to gaining their trust and to restoring their sense of dignity in a system that has done its best to take it from them. And it is wisely given as much weight here as any revelation of evidence or legal right left out of the original proceedings.
Director and co-writer Destin Daniel Cretton also treats Stevenson's clients with respect, with an outstanding performance by Jamie Foxx as Stevenson's first significant client. It's a quieter role than we have seen him in for a while, and his subtle work here is extraordinary, telling us the whole history of a man who has never been able to expect fairness for himself or his family. Rob Morgan plays another prisoner, performed with heartwrenching simplicity and delicacy to bring home to us what brought Stevenson to devote his life to this cause.
Parents should know that this movie concerns men on death row and abuses of the justice system. It includes some strong language, including racist epithets, and references to sexual assault and violent crime an a non-explicit depiction of an execution.
Family discussion: Why was it important for Stevenson to address his clients and their families as Mr. and Mrs.? What kept him from giving up?
If you like this, try: Bryan Stevenson's book and TED Talk, and documentary
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Posted on November 21, 2019 at 5:36 pm
MPAA Rating: Rated R for violence and language throughout
Profanity: Strong language
Alcohol/ Drugs: Drug dealing
Violence/ Scariness: Extended peril and violence, guns, chases, many characters injured and killed, disturbing and graphic images
Date Released to Theaters: November 22, 2019
Copyright 2019 STX Films
The Russo brothers who wrote and produced some of the most stylish and exciting of the Marvel movies, ("Captain America: Winter Soldier" and the last two Avengers movies) are the producers behind "21 Bridges," a stylish and exciting cops vs bad guys story, starring the Black Panther's Chadwick Boseman. It's what is sometimes called a tick-tock, a tense drama taking place all in one night, as a police detective with a reputation for perhaps being too trigger-happy is trying to find two men who killed eight policemen in the course of a drug heist. There is nothing new about the story, but it is capably told and the cast, especially Boseman and Stephan James ("Race," "If Beale Street Could Talk") make it more than watchable.
Andre (Boseman) is a police detective, the son of a cop who died in the line of duty. In a flashback we see him as a child, weeping at his father's funeral as the clergyman quoting Romans 13:4: "If you do wrong, be afraid, for he does not bear the sword in vain. For he is the servant of God, an avenger who carries out God's wrath on the wrongdoer." In the present day, we meet him at the most recent in a series of meetings with Internal Affairs, an automatic inquiry after an officer discharges a weapon. He is not apologetic. "Justice comes at a cost…I am the sharp edge of that determination." His reputation is for being trigger-happy, but he insists that each time he shot someone it was justified and that he never drew first. He is cool under pressure, certain of his choices. At home, we see him caring for his fragile mother, and he is patient and tender when she is forgetful. But she has certainty, too, telling him to "look the devil in the eye."
And then a robbery goes terribly wrong. Two guys (Taylor Kitsch and James) put scary scarves over their faces and bust into a wine cellar where something even more powerful is stored. "Only two of you?" the guy they are holding at gunpoint asks. They were told to expect 30 kilos of cocaine, but it Is 300, uncut, worth much, much more than they expected. In a shoot-out, they kill a civilian and seven cops and critically injure an eighth before escaping with tote bags full of cocaine. And that makes them targets of some very highly motivated people on both sides of the law.
"I wouldn't mind if you were back at IA tomorrow," says the precinct captain (J.K. Simmons) whose cops were killed. He urges Dre to "protect" the families of those who died from the agony of trials and the risk that the men responsible would not be convicted. It is clear what he means. Dre's reputation for being quick on the trigger and his understanding of what families go through when a police office is killed could make him more inclined to quick revenge than slow justice.
The FBI says they will take over in the morning if the two fugitives are not captured. With the 21 bridges to Manhattan and all of the tunnels closed, Dre chases after the men as they try to sell the cocaine and get out of town.
There is nothing special about the script but the action is exciting and there are a couple of strong dramatic confrontations. Boseman and James elevate the material to keep us interested even when the storyline fails to challenge us.
Parents should know that this is a cops-and-robbers-and-drug-dealers story with extended, intense, and graphic peril and violence, with many characters injured and killed and disturbing images. There are chases and shoot-outs and betrayals and very strong language.
Family discussion: Why did Dre and the person he talked to in the house come to different conclusions? How did Dre's losing his father affect his outlook?
If you like this, try: "16 Blocks" and "Fort Apache the Bronx"
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Posted on October 10, 2019 at 5:46 pm
MPAA Rating: Rated R for language, some sexual content and disturbing images
Alcohol/ Drugs: Drinking and drug dealing
Violence/ Scariness: Boat accident, electrical accident, murder characters killed, sad loss of spouse
Date Released to Theaters: October 18, 2019
Copyright 2019 Amazon Studios
The numbers are unimaginable. The vocabulary is mind-numbing — and intended to be so. One of the biggest financial scandals of all time is known as the Panama Papers, a global money laundering/tax evasion/corruption-concealing scheme involving some of the world's wealthiest and most powerful people, including politicians and crooks. They hid their money in what are called "shell" corporations — shell as in "shell game," where the pea is always under the shell you don't pick. The interlocking network of these companies was revealed with the help of a still-undisclosed whistleblower thanks to the tireless work of a group of non-profit journalists who had to comb through millions of arcane legal documents to understand and explain it all.
Great journalistic coup. But unlike a simple straightforward fraud like the Bernie Madoff Ponzi scheme, which was depicted in two different and very watchable film versions, starring Oscar winners Robert De Niro and Richard Dreyfuss, the Panama Papers mess was so big and complicated it seemed impossible to put into dramatic form. That was the challenge faced by journalist Jake Bernstein, who wrote the sober, meticulously detailed book, and screenwriter Scott Z. Burns ("The Bourne Ultimatum"), who wrote the colorful, funny, and dramatic movie. Director Steven Soderbergh knows how to do a heist film following "Oceans 11" and "Logan Lucky," and he wisely structures this as another story of clever thieves outwitting ordinary people. Except this time the people outwitting are not lovable underdogs and the people outwitted are us.
Our guide to this world is an irrepressible pair of lawyers played by Antonio Banderas (playing Ramón Fonseca) and Gary Oldman (as Jürgen Mossack). It is hard to say which is more charming, their impeccably bespoke suits, which get increasingly outrageous over the course of the film, or their cheerful frankness about their equally cheerful and highly lucrative lack of any shred of integrity or responsibility. The linked stories that illustrate different aspects of the scheme are introduced by Fonseca and Mossack who explain what is going on and tie the stories to "rules" that underly the legal and human realities that created this monster. They should have just quoted Pogo: We have met the enemy and he is us. Or, as one of them says, "The world does not want to be saved."
"Think of them as fairy tales that actually happened," they tell us. "They're not just about us. They're about you." Their first rule: "The meek are screwed."
And that is how we meet a nice lady named Ellen Martin (Meryl Streep), devoted to her husband (James Cromwell). When the pilot of the tour boat ride they are on is distracted, there is an accident, it sinks, and her husband is killed. Ellen is devastated. And then she finds out that the tour boat's insurance company will not pay, and then she finds out that it does not really exist. It exists on paper, but it is just a shell company used for money laundering, and it never pays out on claims. There are no claims officers, no offices. It's a mail drop run by a man who gets paid $15 per signature for acting as representative for hundreds of shell companies.
We peek into other stories. A shakedown of a Chinese official does not go as planned. The literally shocking death of a low-lever functionary throws the whole system out of whack because she is — on paper — a director of 25,000 companies. And a betrayal leads to a brutal lesson in the value of values, which turns out to be less than we might hope.
It is briskly told, with a heightened, farcical tone that ends with not one smart twist, but two. Soderbergh knows how to entice us into paying attention, and entertain us until we are willing to think.
Parents should know that this movie concerns a real-life massive financial fraud, with many stories of betrayal and theft, peril, accidental death and murder, sexual references and non-explicit situations, personal and professional betrayal, drinking, drugs, and very strong language.
Family discussion: Who is in position to prevent this kind of abuse? What is the difference between privacy and secrecy?
If you like this, try: "The Big Short" and the books and documentary about the Panama Papers
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MPAA Rating: Rated R for pervasive sexual material, drug content, language and nudity
Alcohol/ Drugs: Drinking and drugs
Violence/ Scariness: Some peril and scuffles, very risky behavior
Diversity Issues: Gender issues
Date Released to Theaters: September 13, 2019
Date Released to DVD: December 9, 2019
I'm not excusing any crimes, I promise, but I have to begin with this: four strippers received harsher sentences for slipping mickeys to rich Wall Street guys and taking their money than any rich Wall Street guys got for crashing the economy.
Talented writer/director Lorene Scafaria ("Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist," "The Meddler," "Seeking a Friend for the End of the World") has made an honest but warmly sympathetic look at the real-life story of small-time crooks who decided to design their own form of retributive justice and also steal some money. "Hustlers" is more about their friendship than their crimes, and she tells the story of women who are objectified as a job without letting us objectify them, which is not easy but which is very important.
That begins with a superb cast: producer Jennifer Lopez as Ramona, the maternal ringleader, "Crazy Rich Asians" star Constance Wu as Destiny, the vulnerable newcomer, "Riverdale's" Lili Reinhart as Annabelle, the soft-hearted girl with the weak stomach, and Keke Palmer as Mercedes, who is practical except about her boyfriend. The supporting cast includes breakthrough singer Lizzo and stripper-turned-pop-phenomenon Cardi B. Julia Stiles plays the reporter who is interviewing Ramona and Destiny five years later.
At the club, the strippers must pretend to be fascinated by men who want them to be obedient fantasy figures, and they must pretend not to mind when the men who run the club insist on kickbacks. Their job is to get the men to spend as much money as possible, for drinks and for special services in the private rooms.
Destiny, who is caring for the grandmother who took her in when she was abandoned by her mother, asks Ramona for advice on how to be more successful in the club. Ramona takes her in — literally. In a sweet scene on the roof of the club, the kind-hearted veteran invites the shivering newcomer to snuggle inside her fur coat. After a few lessons on pole dancing and lap dancing, Destiny begins to do better, and she is happy with the new sisterhood that feels like a family. It is the go-go hears of the derivatives era on Wall Street, and there is a lot of money to be made from the finance types that the women shrewdly categorize by net worth and vulnerability.
After the financial meltdown, though, things get tough. By then, Destiny has a baby, and with no education or experience, her options are limited. And so, it seems smart, not wrong, to go just one tiny extra step over the line to get money from men who got away with so much more. And so, they start slipping a sprinkle of MDMA and ketamine into their drinks, then running up charges on their credit cards. Pretty soon, they decide, in Marxian terms, to own the means of production and stop giving so much of the take to the club. As Annie Lennox and Aretha Franklin sang, the sisters were doin' it for themselves. A very merry Christmas at Ramona's apartment features luxury goods under the tree and the makeshift family as grateful and loving as any Hallmark movie finale, if Hallmark movies featured chinchilla coats and red-soled Louboutin stilettos.
Like any successful small business, the women face the challenge of scalability. They want more, so they bring in newcomers who create risk. All good things must come to an end, and usually that applies to bad things as well.
Scafaria gives us some glitz and glitter and thumping music to entice by (Lopez does a remarkable pole dance). But Scafaria wisely adds some classical themes to the score when the ladies are outside of the club, literally underscoring the bigger picture of this story. The focus here is on the characters and their relationships, doing their best to take care of their families, both the ones by birth and the ones by choice, and it is hard not to feel ourselves a part of their family by the joy in that once last dance.
Parents should know that this film includes male and female nudity and sexual situations, strippers, drinking and drug use, strong language, and some peril and violence.
Family discussion: What surprised you about these characters? How did they create the families they wished they had?
If you like this, try: "The Big Short" and the New York Magazine story about the real-life case that inspired this film
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The Real Estate Committee meeting scheduled to be held on Friday, March 29, 2019 has been cancelled. The next meeting is scheduled to be held on Friday, April 26, 2019.
The Real Estate Committee meeting scheduled for April 2019 is cancelled.
All are invited to share your expectations and concerns on the renovation of Memorial Field at a public forum scheduled to be held on Monday, April 2, 2019 from 6:30 p.m. until 8:30 p.m at Graham Elementary School located at 421 East 5th Street, Mount Vernon, New York.
Elected officials from the County of Westchester and the City of Mount Vernon will be present to hear your suggestions and concerns.
A resolution approving an ordinance authorizing the Mayor to retain Grassi & Co. for the Mount Vernon Urban Renewal Agency outstanding audits, and any other business that may be presented before said meeting.
Per Comptroller Reynolds the 2019 City Taxes are available. Residents may now make their 2019 City payment.
The Real Estate Committee meeting scheduled for 3/29/19 is cancelled.
The regular meeting of the Real Estate Committee scheduled to be held on Friday, February 22, 2019 at 10:00 a.m. will be delayed.
The meeting will begin at 11:30 a.m.
A regular meeting of the Real Estate Committee is scheduled to be held on Friday, February 22, 2019 at 10:00 a.m. The meeting will he held in the Memorial Room located on the Second Floor of City Hall, Mount Vernon, New York.
A special meeting of the Board of Estimate and Contract will be held on Monday, February 4, 2019 at 10:00 a.m. in the Mayor's Conference Room for the purpose of adopting the annual estimate for 2019, and any other business that may be presented before said meeting.
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Comets' home opener sold out
HOUSTON Reliant Arena's seating capacity is 7,261.
The Comets' home opener is "First Fan Night" and includes an unveiling of the team's four WNBA championship banners, and the retired jerseys of two-time WNBA Most Valuable Player Cynthia Cooper and the late Kim Perrot, whose jersey is the first-ever retired by the league.
WNBA president Donna Orender is scheduled to attend the game and, during a halftime presentation, honor the first fans to enter the arena that night. Other Comets theme nights include the June 3 "Sea of Red -- Health and Fitness Night," which is the first of a three-game series against the San Antonio Silver Stars. June 14 is "Dads and Daughters Night" and features the return of former Comet and WNBA All-Star Sheryl Swoopes and the Seattle Storm. Both games have a 7:30pm tipoff.
In December 2007, the Houston Comets announced the team would play at Reliant beginning with the 2008 WNBA season.
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Decoding Privacy Policies – Uber
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'I have read and agree to the terms' is commonly regarded as one of the biggest lies on the Internet. In 2014, a company called F-Secure put this to test and set up a free Wi-Fi hotspot in London. One of the terms for accessing the Wi-Fi was for users to assign their firstborn child to the company for eternity. People still signed up. Fortunately, the company decided not to enforce this condition.
Terms of use agreements, which also include privacy policies, usually run into multiple pages and are extremely dense, making it hard for users to understand how their personal information is collected, used and disclosed. This post looks at Uber's privacy policy to understand its information practices, making it our second attempt to simplify privacy policies of popular companies. Uber is a transportation aggregator that allows users to connect with drivers through its technology platform. Understanding the company's use of personal information is critical in light of its recent practice to charge users differently, based on what they're 'willing to pay'.
The policy has been analysed against the privacy principles recommended by the 2012 Report of the Group of Experts on Privacy ('2012 Report'). These principles stem from internationally recognised data protection norms that form the basis of several regional and national data protection frameworks.
The underlying principle, that is 'notice', requires companies to make their information practices known in an easily accessible manner, allowing users to make an informed choice. This includes informing users of policy changes and notifying them in the event of a data breach. Uber's policy is to notify users only in the instance that there have been significant changes to its practices. It requires users to opt-out if they disagree with the changes, rather than giving them the option to opt-in. It is also completely silent on data breach notifications, signifying that users don't have a right to know if their information has been compromised. This has serious ramifications for a user's privacy in light of the extent of personal information collected.
Uber collects the following information from users who sign up to use its service –
Information Collected Directly From Users – At the time of creating or modifying an account, Uber collects a user's name, email and phone number. It may also collect their postal address and payment information, among other information voluntarily provided.
Information Collected Through Use of Uber's Services –
Location – Uber collects location information from a user's device, the Uber application being used by the driver as well as through a user's IP address and Wi-Fi signal. Pertinently, Uber collects this information even when the app is running in the background, and not merely during the course of a trip. Even if a user chooses to deny permission to access location information from their device, Uber will continue to receive this information through the other sources mentioned.
Contacts – Subject to granting permission on her device, Uber may collect and store a user's contact list. iOS users can choose to disable this permission at any stage, even after initially permitting the collection of this information. However, the policy states that the Android platform does not allow users to revoke access in the same manner.
Transaction Information – Uber collects information related to the type of service requested, the date, time and amount paid for each ride and other related information.
Usage and Preference Information – Uber collects information to understand a user's preferences and remember her settings. This may be through cookies (a small text file placed on one's device by the app/website) or pixel tags (a block of code on a website allowing it to retrieve certain information about one's device/browser). Uber's Cookie Policy explains that it allows certain third parties (such as Google and Facebook) to place cookies on a user's device to help deliver its services and for advertising purposes.
Device Information – Information about a user's mobile device, such as their operating system, hardware model, unique device identifier and mobile network information is collected. Even such innocuous information could lead to unfavourable outcomes for users. For example, reports indicate that Uber has discovered that the battery level of a user's phone indicates their willingness to pay a higher amount for the same ride.
Call and SMS Data – To facilitate communication between riders and drivers, Uber collects date and time information related to a call or SMS and the content of the SMS message.
Log Information – Information such as IP address, the date and time for using the application, and the features or pages viewed is collected.
Information from 'Other Sources' – Uber may also receive information from other sources and combine it with information it collects directly. These other sources include using a social media service (such as Facebook) to create an account, a user's employer if the latter avails of services such as 'Uber for Business' or ratings from drivers.
As per the principle of collection limitation, entities must only collect personal information that is necessary for their stated purposes. As seen above, Uber collects extensive personal information, not all of which is directly related to its purpose of providing users with a transportation facility. Besides these, it also collects specific information from one's device by seeking access to a user's media files or calendar, among other things. However, these permissions can be denied. More information can be found here (for Android users) and here (for iOS users).
The 2012 Report also recommends that companies allow individuals to access their personal information and amend or modify it, if it is inaccurate. This right extends to obtaining a copy of all personal information held by the company. Uber allows modification or deletion of a user's account through its mobile application and website. The right to obtain a copy of one's information or delete some of it is circumscribed to the rights of individuals under 'applicable law'. Under Indian law, the access and correction principle is restricted to sensitive personal information only. In the context of information collected by Uber, this is only likely to include passwords and financial information.
The principle of purpose limitation requires information to be collected for specific and explicitly stated purposes and prohibits its recycling for newer purposes. The policy states six distinct purposes. Some are clearly defined – such as facilitating communication between users and drivers or users and their contacts (to split fares etc.), but some are more vaguely drafted. An example of the latter is sending communications the company thinks 'will be of interest to you' regarding 'products, services, promotions, news and events of Uber and other companies'. A user may opt-out of such promotional communication by following the instructions on the message itself.
Besides this, Uber uses the information collected by it to provide and improve its services such as facilitating payments and developing new features. It also uses this information to conduct data analysis, research and monitor how users are using its services.
Besides sharing certain basic and essential personal information with drivers, Uber also shares information with other riders if a user is availing a ride-sharing option like UberPool. Third parties also receive information if users avail of Uber services through a promotion or partnership between a third party and Uber. For workplaces using services like Uber for Business, personal information may be shared with relevant third parties, such as a user's employer.
If users use social sharing features integrated onto the Uber platform, personal information is shared with that service as well. Uber also allows its advertising partners to track the performance of their ads by placing cookies on a user's device.
Uber also reserves the right to share personal information with –
Its subsidiaries and affiliated entities that process data on its behalf. It does not however, identify these entities.
With any vendor, consultant, marketing partner or service provider that it contracts with to carry out work on its behalf. This clause suffers from vagueness and fails to give individuals an idea about who may have access to their information.
Any competent authority under law or law enforcement officials and government authorities.
Any entity as required in the course of a sale, merger, consolidation or acquisition of the company's business by or into another company.
Anyone, subject to a user's consent
Anyone, in an aggregated or anonymised form where identification is not reasonably possible. Research indicates big data analytics is making re-identification of anonymised data easier. This renders personal information vulnerable under this clause.
Additionally, the policy makes no mention of security standards or procedures undertaken by Uber or its affiliates to safeguard personal information. Under the 2012 Report, the principle of security requires companies to adopt reasonable security safeguards to protect against loss, unauthorised access, destruction, use or disclosure of personal information.
Overall, Uber's privacy policy is relatively accessible. It breaks down complex terms and processes and gives illustrations at various points. However, as pointed out, it also suffers from overbreadth and vagueness at many places.
Lastly, the principle of accountability requires that companies be held accountable for compliance with privacy principles. An important aspect of accountability is appointing a grievance redressal officer for addressing privacy concerns. The policy provides users with an email () as well as a postal address for raising their privacy concerns. However, enforcing these commitments is difficult in the absence of a data protection legislation. The existing rules under the Information Technology Act 2000 only protect sensitive personal information, excluding a large category of valuable information collected by private corporations. This leaves users with very few remedies if companies fail to live up to their promises. As data collection by corporations becomes more ubiquitous, the need for a robust privacy legislation becomes harder to ignore.
This post is based on the privacy policy that came into effect on 15 July 2015, as available at https://www.uber.com/en-IN/legal/privacy/users/en/ on 23 May 2017.
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By BullDurham
May 9, 2005 in Off-Topic
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http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2089-1602568,00.html
?Al-Libbi is just a ?middle-level? leader,? said Jean-Charles Brisard, a French intelligence investigator and leading expert on terrorism finance. ?Pakistan and US authorities have completely overestimated his role and importance. He was never more than a regional facilitator between Al-Qaeda and local Pakistani Islamic groups.?
According to Brisard, the arrested man lacks the global reach of Al-Qaeda leaders such as Ayman al-Zawahiri, Bin Laden?s number two, Khalid Shaikh Mohammad, the mastermind of the September 11 attacks, or Anas al-Liby.
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it's an overly simplistic (check that--retarded) explanation to just assume the US and pakistan has confused two guys with similar last names because some european intelligence officials disagree about al-libbi's importance.
Some intelligence officials in Europe expressed surprise at hearing Libbi described as al-Qaeda's third-highest leader, pointing out that he does not figure on the FBI's list of most-wanted terror suspects. There is another al-Qaeda operative on the list with a similar name, Abu al-Liby, also a Libyan, who was indicted for an "operational role" in the bombings of two American embassies in East Africa in August 1998. (In Arabic, the surname, in its various transliterations, means simply the Libyan.)
American intelligence officials, when asked about the doubts, dismissed the idea that they had confused the two Libyans, saying they know Liby is on the list, and reaffirmed the importance of Libbi. To be included on the FBI's most-wanted list, they noted, a terror suspect must have been indicted by a federal grand jury, which Libbi has not.
Another senior counterterrorism official based in Europe, who spoke on condition of anonymity, confirmed the Americans' version, saying Libbi had indeed become an important operational commander of al-Qaeda. He had worked directly with Mohammed, the official said, and assumed many of Mohammed's responsibilities in Pakistan after the latter's arrest. "He's someone we have been watching closely for a while now, and his arrest is an important development," the official said.
The official went on to say that Libbi is believed to be among the few senior members of the organization who know the whereabouts of bin Laden and Zawahiri.
http://www.philly.com/mld/philly/news/11565572.htm
i don't necessarily buy that he was the #3 in command, but the mistaken identity explanation the times of london suggests is idiotic.
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Charities now have more flexibility in determining spending from their endowment funds, but with that flexibility comes increased responsibility. On September 17, New York finally enacted a version of the Uniform Prudent Management of Institutional Funds Act (UPMIFA), which has previously been enacted in some form by 46 other states.
Under prior law, charities were prohibited from spending from an endowment fund if such spending would bring the value of the fund below its "historic dollar value," i.e., the total value of monies contributed to the fund by its donors. The decline of stocks and other investments during the past several years meant that many endowment funds dropped below their historic dollar value. As a result, charities could not make any distributions from those funds, except to the extent that the funds had actual earnings.
The new law removes the historic dollar value restriction. Now, a charity's board must determine how much can be spent prudently from an endowment by considering a number of factors. These include general economic conditions, the effect of inflation or deflation, expected total return, other available resources, preservation of the fund, and the purposes of the charity and the fund. The board must document the basis for its decisions on endowment fund spending, including its consideration of each specified factor. There is a rebuttable presumption that spending more than seven percent of a fund's average value is imprudent.
Before it can apply the new standard to an existing endowment fund, a charity must notify donors who are "available" and give them 90 days in which to opt out of the new standard. A "donor" includes a person designated in the fund agreement or gift instrument to act on behalf of the actual donor, and a donor is "available" if he or she is living (or, for entities, if it is in existence and conducting activities) and can be identified and located with reasonable efforts.
The new law also makes it easier for charities to release or modify fund restrictions. Charitities can now modify a restriction with the donor's consent, whereas previously they could only release restrictions. For a fund with less than $100,000 that is more than 20 years old, a charity no longer needs court consent to modify or release a restriction that is impracticable, wasteful, unlawful, or impossible to achieve. A charity can now take such action by giving advance notice to the donor, if available, and to the attorney general's office, provided the attorney general does not object and the charity uses the fund in a manner consistent with the intent of the original gift.
Charities now need to review their endowment funds, adopt a policy for determining prudent spending, and institute a procedure for notifying available donors of the proposed change. They also are required to adopt a written investment policy that includes the standards set out in the new law.


The Illinois Health Facilities and Services Review Board approved Carle Foundation Hospital's application to add space and services to its clinic on Curtis Road in Champaign.
This will allow Carle to help address demand for both primary and specialty care by consolidating services into the building and adding providers.
More patients are coming to Carle seeking care, and in particular the organization has seen major demand for Convenient Care. That walk-in service will have more space and physicians. In addition, allergy, rheumatology and endocrinology will move to the facility along with cardiac rehab.
"The Illinois Health Facilities and Services Review Board recognized that to accommodate the current and future needs of our patients we are recruiting more physicians to the community and therefore must provide appropriate space for care," said James C. Leonard, MD, president and chief executive officer, The Carle Foundation.
The addition will more than double the size of the facility. Construction is set to begin in the fall 2015 with project completion by 2017.


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Alabi Omolara Olutayo is a social entrepreneur who focuses on Sexual reproductive health, menstrual hygiene management, education and empowerment of women and girls, especially in rural communities. She is the Executive Director of Beembz creationz and events, a multi-event planning and management outfit, and Founder, Girls2Women Initiatives, a Non-Governmental Orgnization committed to creating safe spaces for the girl child, focusing on the health and wellbeing of young girls and women. She has organized and facilitated series of trainings and sensitization talks on sexual and reproductive health, and menstrual hygiene management.
In the last two years, she has sensitized over 2000 young girls in Osun and Kwara states respectively, and has also trained and empowered many in basic vocational skills acquisitions.
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she was the former state coordinator, YALI Network, Osun State; one time Programs Director, YALI Network Kwara; and presently the State Coordinator, YALI Network Kwara State. She hosts a weekly podcast 'everythinggirlswithlara' that addresses different vices affecting women and girls in the society.
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black and white snake ontario
The species has also been designated as a Specially Protected Reptile under the Ontario Fish and Wildlife Conservation Act. The plains garter snake has either an orange or yellow stripe down its back and distinctive black bars on its lip. Close menu. They are commonly kept as pets and are very docile. The Lake Erie watersnake (N. s. insularum) is also a subspecies of the common watersnake but is found only on islands in western Lake Erie and on its southern shore in Ohio. The milksnake has red or reddish brown blotches along its back and sides with a distinct black outline around each blotch. There are few threats to this species, but waterfront construction and development, as well as water pollution, affect both its habitat and food sources. Milksnakes can be found in a variety of habitats but tend to use open habitats such as rocky outcrops, fields and forest edge. Northern watersnakes breed in the spring after emerging from hibernation. Bengaluru, King Cobra snake. Females develop the eggs within their bodies and give birth to live young in late summer or early autumn. This behaviour, combined with the snake's blotchy patterning, causes many people to mistake it for a rattlesnake. Juveniles have distinct blotches over a tan to grey background colour, but older individuals become increasingly black with only faint light patterning. The coloration of this species tends to be brighter on juveniles but is still very pronounced on adults. The habitat of this species is further protected in Ontario by the Provincial Policy Statement under the Planning Act. Milksnakes cannot drink milk, however, and are attracted barns by the abundance of mice, the primary prey of this species. | The northern watersnake's patterning consists of horizontal banding rather than blotches and is very faint on a much darker body. The eastern milksnake's status was delisted from being a species at risk in Ontario in 2016. The northern watersnake may be confused with the gray ratsnake, eastern foxsnake, milksnake, eastern hog-nosed snake, eastern massasauga and Lake Erie watersnake. View an interactive map of the known ranges of milksnakes in Ontario. Dunn (1915a) was the first to use the genus Elaphe for this species but spelled the species obsoletus. Like the Lake Erie watersnake, the northern watersnake is curious and not as wary of humans as many other snakes are. Habitat loss, road mortality and persecution by humans also negatively affect the northern watersnake. Twin carry handles featuring whipstitching at top. Buffed lambskin lining in grey. See more ideas about snake, andrew jackson, ontario canada. Baby rat snake. \"These bands can vary in color from white to red to black, and alternating bands of differing colors are common,\" he said. | Lateral stripes are located on the third and fourth scale rows and are normally a greenish-yellow color. Sep 29, 2015 - Snakes found in Ontario Canada. The appearance and coloration of milk snakes varies somewhat among the 24 subspecies, but all have banded coloration, said Heyborne. This snake has a white and black chequered belly and usually has a distinct Y- or V-shaped mark on the back of its head. Charitable registration # 10737 8952 RR0001, Charitable registration # 10737 8952 RR0001, Ontario Fish and Wildlife Conservation Act, International Union for Conservation of Nature. Human persecution is a significant threat to the milksnake. The darker bands are outlined in black. Evade obstacles and wiggle as far, as you can! "It would prefer to remain hidden. Zip closure. The northern watersnake is a subspecies of the common watersnake (N. sipedon). Black-headed Grosbeak: Large, stocky finch, black-streaked, orange-brown back, black head, wings, tail. The Gray Ratsnake is the largest snake in Canada and can grow to 2.5 m in length. The northern watersnake eats fish and amphibians, hunting for its prey along the water's edge or underwater. The stripe normally starts at the head and continues all the way to the tail tip. Spurs are what remain of hind limbs (e.g., Canadian rubber boa). In 1836, Holbrook described Coluber alleghaniensis from a specimen found \"on the summit of the Blue Ridge in Virginia.\" This specimen and others from New York and the … Baby Garter Snake (Thamnophis sirtalis ... Ontario, Canada. Close up of the croatian baby snake head. Black legs, feet. Northern Watersnake | Reptiles & Amphibians in Ontario | Ontario … The watersnakes, and other harmless snakes that bear live young, were included in the family Colubridae but recently have been placed in the family Natricidae. Black and white snake. This species is active in the day and at night. Learn more about reptile and amphibian conservation and what you can do to help these species on our Reptile and Amphibian Stewardship page. Pantherophis obsoletus – also known as the western rat snake, black rat snake, pilot black snake, or simply black snake – is a non-venomous species of Colubridae found in central North America.No subspecies are currently recognized. The coral snake is the only red-and-black-banded venomous snake in the United States, but other nonvenomous banded snakes can be found around the country. The milksnake hibernates underground, in rotting logs or in the foundations of old buildings. Learn more about reptile and amphibian conservation and what you can do to help these species on our Reptile and Amphibian Stewardship page. Baby cobra snake on stone floor isolated. The gray ratsnake or gray rat snake (Pantherophis spiloides), also commonly known as the central ratsnake, chicken snake, midland ratsnake, or pilot black snake, is a species of nonvenomous snake in the genus Pantherophis in the subfamily Colubrinae. The northern watersnake can be found in and around almost any permanent body of fresh water within its range, including lakes, rivers and wetlands. Many milk snakes have a light-colored Y or V shape on their necks. It is an indian baby rat snake it was only one month old. Distinguishing northern watersnakes from many Lake Erie watersnakes is almost impossible, but their ranges do not overlap. The gray ratsnake is black with faint blotches, whereas the northern watersnake is dark brown with faint banding. Ribbon snakes are a type of garter snake and are non venomous. The eastern Massasauga is very thick bodied compared with the long, narrow milksnake and has a rattle on a blunt tail, a vertical pupil and a triangular head. Lake Erie watersnakes are found only on islands in western Lake Erie, including Pelee Island, whereas northern watersnakes are not present on those islands. In rural areas this snake may be common, especially around barns where they thrive on the abundant mice. The name of this species is derived from the false belief that it takes milk from cows in barns, which it often inhabits. The habitat of this species is further protected in Ontario by the Provincial Policy Statement under the Planning Act. It may even approach swimmers as it investigates the source of ripples in the water (which could be from a fish or other prey) or if it mistakes them for a floating log or other debris it can hide in or bask on. Snake Deluxe for your mobile! Wiggle your way and collect as many apples, as you can to grow to a huge anaconda! Snake Deluxe for your mobile! Arcade. People often kill it on sight, mistaking it for a venomous massasauga rattlesnake due to its colour and tendency to vibrate its tail when disturbed. Predators of the milksnake include raccoons, skunks, foxes and coyotes. Wiggle your way and collect as many apples, as you can to grow to a huge anaconda! The species' status was last confirmed in 2010. Eastern rat snakes, formerly known as black rat snakes, are large non-venomous snakes between 3.5 and 7 feet (one and two meters) long. Breast is orange-brown and belly is yellow. Adjustable and detachable shoulder strap with lanyard clasp and post-stud fastening. Black and white snake pattern hand sanitizer pocket keychain. In white background. When threatened, the milksnake vibrates its tail and, especially when it comes into contact with dry vegetation, makes a buzzing or "rattling" sound. The milksnake was listed as Special Concern under the Ontario Endangered Species Act, 2007. Northern watersnakes are brown or dark brown with faint alternating dark (sometimes reddish) horizontal banding on the back and sides. Breeding aggregations of up to 12 males and one female have been reported. Nature Conservancy of Canada 245 Eglinton Avenue East, Suite 410 Toronto, It is a semi-constrictor: it seizes prey in its mouths and coils around the prey until it has suffocated. Eastern foxsnakes have a yellow to light brown body with brown blotches that are not outlined in black (although the blotches of juvenile foxsnakes can have dark edges). Often a clutch of hatchlings has more than one father. In Canada, these snakes reach maturity in three to four years. 214 King Street West, Suite 612 Toronto, ON M5H 3S6, © 2010 — 2021 Ontario Nature. Juveniles of these and other species look very similar and can be very difficult to differentiate. The milksnake is grey or tan with alternating red or reddish brown blotches that are distinctly outlined in black along its back and sides. I constantly see things like this is the questions section of a product page. Snakes shed their skin, usually as a single piece, a few times a year. Females lay from three to 24 elliptical eggs, often in rotting logs, stumps or the burrows of small mammals. .. People are stupid. Reptile or wildlife photography These thoughts are submitted by the artist and do not represent the opinions of Scopio. Baby snake is crawling through hot asphalt. At Black & White Transportation, our employees, owner/operators, clients, partners and vendors are like family. Black Rat Snake Facts and Pictures - Reptile Fact | Definition, … If it had a slim body then it is probably a ribbon snake, but if it was a heavy body then it could be a yellow rat snake or a chicken snake. The belly is lighter in colour, often white or tan with dark red, tan or brown crescent-shaped spots. Black racer snakes are nonvenomous, but suddenly sighting them could cause quite a scare. These acts offer protection to individuals and their habitat. As with other reptiles, the body is covered by scales, which help reduce water loss in dry environments and provide mechanical protection. Like most snakes in the province, milksnake are commonly killed on roads. The species' status was last confirmed in January 2010. Additional detail about legal protection for species at risk in Ontario is available on our Legal Protection page. Habitat loss due to urbanization, road construction and conversion of natural areas to agricultural uses are further threats to milksnake populations in Ontario. People asking for returns or something that should be done thro Snakes are limbless; however, primitive forms have a pelvic girdle and spurs. Wings have conspicuous white patches. The eastern hog-nosed snake has a distinct upturned snout. Female lacks black head and throat, has brown streaked upperparts and buff streaked underparts. Adults generally reach a length of between 60 and 110 centimetres, but some individuals may be even larger. Systematics: Originally described as Coluber obsoletus by Thomas Say in 1823 from a specimen collected at \"Isle au Vache to Council Bluffs on the Missouri River.\" Schmidt (1953) restricted the type locality to Council Bluffs, Iowa. Depends on the body type. Although often their bite is not even felt, it can cause mild bleeding because the snake's saliva contains an anticoagulant. The International Union for Conservation of Nature has not assessed the global status of the milksnake. In California, for example, you can find ground snakes and other species with black bands, sometimes … The species has also been designated as a Specially Protected Reptile under the Ontario Fish and Wildlife Conservation Act. Evade obstacles and wiggle as far, as you can! Baby bull snake in black and white. The lifespan of the milksnake in the wild is unknown, but one snake caught as an adult lived another 21 years in captivity. Black and white snake pattern hand sanitizer pocket keychain. The scales of this species are keeled (ridged down the centre), which gives the snake a rough, rather than a shiny, appearance. View an interactive map of the known ranges of northern watersnakes in Ontario. In Ontario, females give birth to 10 to 20 young. Argentine Black and White Tegu for Sale | Reptiles for Sale Young snakes are greyish with pronounced brown banding, and they become darker as they age until the patterning can barely be seen. Although this snake usually swallows small prey head first upon capture, it may carry large fish to shore before consuming them. Patch pocket and embossed logo at interior. Snake-embossed calfskin top handle bag in black and white. The milksnake may be confused with the northern watersnake, eastern foxsnake, eastern hog-nosed snake and eastern Massasauga. Other names: watersnake, Natrix sipedon sipedon. Skip to content. The International Union for Conservation of Nature has not assessed the global status of the northern watersnake. Approx. The snake's diet consists of rodents, reptiles, birds and amphibians, and it is characterized by a solid black coloring with a pattern of white bands that run perpendicular to the snake's body. Northern watersnakes are harmless but will bite in self-defence if they are captured. Charitable registration # 10737 8952 RR0001, Juvenile northern watersnake © Joe Crowley, Charitable registration # 10737 8952 RR0001, Ontario Fish and Wildlife Conservation Act, International Union for Conservation of Nature. It is an excellent swimmer and can be found up to three metres below the surface of the water and several kilometres from shore. The gray ratsnake is one of about ten species within the American ratsnake genus Pantherophis. (DepositPhotos) Facts About Black Snakes. Other names: eastern milk snake, eastern milksnake, Lampropeltis triangulum temporalis, Lampropeltis doliata temporalis, Lampropeltis doliata triangulum, Coluber triangulum, Ophibolus doliata temporalis. Additional detail about legal protection for species at risk in Ontario is available on our Legal Protection page. The northern watersnake frequently basks in the open, often in large groups. The Eastern rat They have shiny black scales on their back and a light colored belly, and their throat and chin are Please follow and like us: Hits: 0. Some tropical snakes grow to be very long (e.g., the reticulated python and anacon… "This snake is not aggressive," she said. The eastern hog-nosed snake has a distinct upturned nose. 214 King Street West, Suite 612 Toronto, ON M5H 3S6, © 2010 — 2021 Ontario Nature. The eastern kingsnake can be found throughout the eastern coastal regions of the United States. The milksnake breeds in the spring. Diet: Mostly eat rodents, lizards, birds and bird eggs. These acts offer protection to individuals and their habitat. Northern watersnakes hibernate underground in dens or crevices, or in beaver lodges. secretive black-and-white Snake. Its color variations include the Texas ratsnake. 2020-12-08. The eggs hatch in seven to 10 weeks, and the snakes mature in three to four years. Milksnakes are listed as of Special Concern under the federal Species at Risk Act. Zippered pocket, embossed logo, and pin-buckle detailing at face. The northern watersnake is widespread and abundant within its range in Canada and is one of the most commonly seen snakes around lakes. In Chinese folklore a white snake symbolizes a woman, especially an evil type of woman, while a black bull typifies a man, robust, strong and virile. The lighter area separating the colorful bands can be white, yellow or orange. The northern watersnake is currently listed as Not at Risk under the Ontario Endangered Species Act, 2007 and Not at Risk under the federal Species at Risk Act. The eastern massasauga has a rattle on a blunt tail, a vertical pupil and a triangular head. Milksnake | Reptiles and Amphibians in Ontario | Ontario Nature Contact Us. Rarely far from shoreline habitats, these snakes can be found in shoreline vegetation, basking on rocks and logs, or in other open habitats along the edges of the water or under rocks along the shoreline. Black Pine Snake Pituophis ruthveni Louisiana Pine Snake Regina alleni Striped ... Head white stripe Start near nostril (4) Start below eye (2) Head white stripe present No (109) ... Ontario (9) British Columbia (4) Quebec (4) Alberta (2) Manitoba (2) New Brunswick (2) The Black Rat Snake is Canada's largest snake, reaching lengths of just over 6 feet. And like you, during these last months we've been focused on doing all the things we need to do to keep our families safe and healthy. The milksnake, which has smooth scales, is a long, narrow snake and can grow to over a metre in length, although most individuals are much smaller. The size of the hatchlings is related to the mother's size but averages about 18 centimetres. 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Electric Würms Announce First Live Dates
TheFutureHeart 30 May 2014 3 Jun 2014 All Posts
In February End of the Road Festival announced one of the most impressive fest line-ups of this year: Cate Le Bon, Gruff Rhys, White Denim, Yo La Tengo, Temples, Woods, British Sea Power, Horse Thief, The Horrors, Tinariwen, Unknown Mortal Orchestra and dozens more, with headliners The Flaming Lips. Since then they added St. Vincent, Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks, tUnE-yArDs, Jenny Lewis, Wild Beasts, and John Grant, among others. Now they've announced several more artists: EMA, Ballet School, Duke Garwood, Israel Nash, Sam Lee, Futur Primitif and – most notably – Steven Drozd and Wayne Coyne's newest band, Electric Würms (possibly their live debut).
Set for August 29th-31st at North Dorset's The Larmer Tree Gardens, End of the Road Festival coincides with the estimated time frame Electric Würms' debut record will be released (more details here). The band's only other announced live appearance is a concert at London's Village Underground on Monday, September 1st. Tickets for that show went on sale today.
Along with the announcement of these gigs they've also released an official bio – which is utter (awesome) nonsense!
"It all began in the late 70s when someone invented the right kind of acid that could make you fly! It seemed that everything was, at last, possible. And the overly optimistic freaks of the day began flying into outer space.
They flew in spaceships that were, at first, made of futuristic super metal but before too long they didn't even NEED ships. They BECAME the ships and they called themselves Electric Würms. I think because they became just bolts of electrified electricity that could penetrate wormholes in the far reaches of the unknown galactic heaven.
And before they died they sent back to earth beings a sonic bible of discoveries and failures. It was, until now, a strange unsolvable mystery of frequencies and rhythms. Two groups of determined musicians, artist and weirdo thinkers set forth to decipher its message. Two members of The Flaming Lips (Steven and Wayne) and four members of Linear Downfall (Charlee, Chance, Doom and Will) were the chosen ones.
What you have is the first of, what could be endless, communicated sound stories. It is titled Musik, Die Schwer Zu Twerk which predicted this modern day dance move by almost forty years ago. Some of it is indeed hard to twerk to but some of it, if I could do it, is not. There is a particular track called Transform!!! that closely resembles a drug fueled boogie freak rock track by Miles Davis. Another verse Heart Of The Sunrise sounds vaguely like a song by the prog folk group Yes. Of course Yes also turned themselves into space ships so it's no wonder these songs share a similar vibe.The ensemble leans toward a hypnotic mood for most of the space bible readings. It is a scary truth that we are hearing and then forced to ponder. The pulsating poem Living states… "live as if you were living already for the second time. And that you had acted wrong the first time". I will. I will. The sub hop death blues track The Bat offers no mercy. "So the dream remains mysterious. You keep searching for the sound. What you're really hearing is an all glass structure collapsing into the ground. Its splinters going everywhere. In your eyes and in your mouth".
So they call themselves Electric Würms after the greatest of the super freaks. But they are not a super-group. They are like Sherpas climbing with you. To help you. To love you. They have a message of hope and peace and chaos and violence. All the secrets that they know they tell you. That's what love is."
Preview "The Bat" at 2:06 in the first video, "Heart of the Sunrise" in the second clip and "Transform" in the third:
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Many elementary students have never imagined that they could express their every day thoughts in the form of a comic.
This lesson introduces them to this idea and shows a few ways it has been interpreted.
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It is very sad to hear the community at large talk about the Aborigines. There was an armed hold-up at the local service station and a very early question was: "Was the perpetrator black?" There was a break-in at the local shops and six youths were seen running away – four black and two white. Almost everyone, including the police, talked about the black kids. I asked what happened to the white ones. How was it they had become invisible?
I walk through the small shopping area of this village and receive smiles and nods from those (Aboriginal and white) to whom I have served petrol, and sold cigarettes and the like in recent times. Some of the Aborigines drive into the service station in new cars and are well dressed. But I never see them on foot anywhere. I presume they work for Aboriginal organisations. Others arrive in old cars and are obviously not well off; they, too, are invariably courteous.
Yet, on some occasions, before I go out to serve them, I can hear some very rough language addressed to one another – but never in my presence. Infrequently, a very inebriated Aborigine has staggered into the shop and, on sighting me, immediately straightened his shoulders and spoken most courteously. On the street, if I am bumped by an Aborigine, or if I have to slow or step aside, the words I hear are, "Sorry, bro" or "Excuse me, brother", and such like. I could not fault these people in their social conduct, but apparently some police can.
And, in this State, social conduct is not a crime. Yet 'resisting arrest', for use of language which allegedly 'offends' a policeman, is. Most of the Aboriginals we see are unemployed. An Aboriginal welfare worker told me that there are competent, educated, and trained people in the community. They cannot obtain work in the region in any capacity because, as my contact said, employers are racially prejudiced. Merit has no place where ignorance rules. And I used to think that I had experienced discrimination – little did I know.
… … there was a recent initiative for the community (meaning the whites) to foregather and learn about Aboriginal values. At the first meeting of seventeen people, organised by the local adult education committee of volunteers, including me, there was an Aboriginal lady present. She had been our guest at a literary lunch, when she had read her poetry to us. It was both beautiful and touching; her slim book had, however, to be published privately.
ll the whites attending this reconciliation meeting were joined in their sympathy for the Aboriginal people, i.e. it was only the supporters of reconciliation there. Guided by the poetess and the notes provided by the State bureaucracy, they would have become better informed about the values of the Aborigines. They were also introduced to some of the other members of the local Aboriginal community. In the discussions, we were told that it was the women who made community decisions; that any support for the reconciliation process would have to come initially from the women.
(As the above extracts from my first book 'Destiny Will Out' indicate clearly, in contrast to the broadly prevailing negative views of the indigenous population by Anglo-Celt Aussies, there are other well-meaning white people who wish them a better future. That the prejudiced speak freely in my company is intriguing; I also detect no negative views about me (that may be because of my substantial involvement in civil society).
That competent Aboriginals had difficulty obtaining employment commensurate with their qualifications is deplorable.


Rearrangements of the Benzilic Acid Type; Preparation and Use of Dialkali Metal Adducts of Aromatic Ketones.
Introduction: The benzilic acid rearrangement is the base-catalyzed transformation of an α-diketone to the salt of an α-hydroxy acid. This rearrangement can be effected in aromatic, semi-aromatic (o-quinones), in alicyclic, and aliphatic, as well as in heterocyclic α-diketones. Examples of the rearrangement in the above type compounds are illustrated in equations 1-6.
Selman, Stanley, "Rearrangements of the Benzilic Acid Type; Preparation and Use of Dialkali Metal Adducts of Aromatic Ketones.. " PhD diss., University of Tennessee, 1959.


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Quest attracts a diverse group of people with interests ranging from the fine arts to business and economics. Given the rich and varied backgrounds of our members, we are able to offer a curriculum including music, film, theater, history, politics, literature and science.
We also offer workshops in life drawing and in writing prose and poetry. Members enjoy the opportunity to share knowledge, develop new interests and build lasting relationships as part of a vibrant and caring community. We invite members to develop classes in any area of interest to them.
Wayne Cotter
Wayne Cotter earned a BA in Economics from Gettysburg College and his MBA from St. John's University. Wayne worked for many years as Director of Research for the New York State Insurance Department, which regulates New York State's insurance industry.
Wayne also served as editor of The Regulator for many years, while authoring numerous insurance-related articles. After retiring in 2006, Wayne worked another six years as a financial editor at the Wall Street offices of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC).
Wayne remains active in the insurance community by conducting writing seminars throughout the country on behalf of the NAIC. He is also a member of the Board of Directors of the Motor Vehicle Accident Indemnification Corporation and runs a web site for retirees of the New York Insurance Department.
Diane Crothers
Diane Crothers is a lifelong advocate for equal treatment of women and people of color. She has worked on voter registration in the Deep South and on textile mill organizing. At Quest, she spends most of her time in classes about American history and politics with some women's studies and film. She has traced her ancestry by spending many happy hours in archives and dusty courthouse basements, digging up records that date back to Scotland through Northern Ireland and the migration of her ancestors to the Colonies in the 1600s.
One of the high points for Diane of living in New York City is its diversity. For more than 40 years she has been a member of a multiracial and multicultural family.
Martha Drezin
Martha Drezin is a native New Yorker who spent 14 years in Poughkeepsie raising her children. There, she worked as an editor, high school teacher, dance reviewer, arts editor, antique appraiser and recreation therapist.Returning to New York, she earned her MSW from Adelphi University, practiced as a case manager and therapist and then joyfully abandoned the listening life to become a medical editor. Ensconced in front of a computer with a medical dictionary, she was content for 16 years.
After retirement, Martha created website content in the health/beauty industry and volunteered for a therapeutic riding organization. Quest is her opportunity to catch up with the reading, writing and thinking that matters to her.
Leslie Goldman
Leslie Goldman's career included 25 years at the New York Academy of Medicine as Director of School Health Programs where she provided overall leadership for the Academy's health education programs in the New York City Schools and nationally. This was followed by her role as Senior Advisor to the President of the Academy. Leslie was also a teacher trainer and Director of Arts in Education for the New York City Public Schools. She received a Fellowship for graduate work, earning a Master's Degree in Policy Analysis / Educational Administration at Columbia University, Teacher's College. She also has a Master's Degree in Anthropology.
In addition to her activities at Quest, Leslie is a strategic planning and development consultant, a Board Member of the Non-Profit Coordinating Committee and a volunteer at Jazz at Lincoln Center.
Bob Gottfried
Bob Gottfried joined Quest in the Fall of 2014 and has become a very active member. He was elected Quest President in the Spring of 2017 for a two year term and was reelected in 2019. Bob was born in Brooklyn, but has spent most of his life living on Long Island and commuting to the City. He was a partner in several law firms during his 40 year career as an immigration lawyer. His last firm before retiring at the end of 2015 was Gottfried & Gottfried, where his son David is still practicing.
Bob has two other adult sons, Douglas and Bradley, and his wife Ellen is also a Quest member who makes frequent presentations.
Robert Hartmann was born and spent the first 21 years of his life on the south shore of Long Island with many forays into Manhattan for educational/recreational purposes. He graduated in 1954 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Spanish from Adelphi College (now Adelphi University). He spent the next year earning his Master of Arts degree from New Mexico University, after which he passed two years helping out Uncle Sam in his Quartermaster Corp. in Petersburg, Virginia.
Bob's business career, spanning 35 years, was involved in international sales and marketing of textiles. He retired in 1992 as Vice President, International of Fieldcrest-Cannon Inc., the largest international manufacturer of home textiles. He has been a member of Quest since its founding in 1995.
Jennifer Jolly
Jennifer Jolly grew up in the northeast Midlands of England. She obtained a B.Sc. in Psychology from London University and then worked in the Survey Research Unit at the London School of Economics and Political Science consulting to market research firms before spending a year in Uganda. In 1967 she came with her family to the United States.
Jennifer has a Ph.D. in Industrial/Organizational psychology from NYU and for much of her career worked with major organizations in the U.S. focusing on survey research, talent management and executive coaching. For 10 years she was VP for Human Planning and Research at Merrill Lynch where she worked with members of their senior executive group on business plans and their human resource implications. She is past president of the New York chapter of Human Resource Planners. Now retired, she enjoys the opportunity to learn about new disciplines, especially acting, literature and art, in the challenging and supportive environment at Quest.
Carolyn McGuire
After 20 years as owner of Translingua, a Manhattan based foreign language translation service, Carolyn McGuire retired and sold the business. This was followed by several years of study of Irish Literature leading to a Ph.D. in Irish Theater.
Carolyn has many roles at Quest. She collaborated and taught courses on Irish Theater and Social Change, Irish Literature, and Irish American Literature. She has served on the Curriculum Committee, the Council and has served as Vice President in the current and previous administrations. For the last 4 years, Carolyn has chaired the Travel Committee and has led Questers on several wonderful trips including Ireland, London and Iceland. Most recently, she was Editor of Q Review and currently serves as the Editor of Q News.
Nan McNamara
Nan McNamara seems to have spent most of her life in school. She grew up in Chicago, went to college in Illinois, and then taught American history and civics to junior high students in Chicago and New Orleans. While her husband taught at the University of Delaware she did graduate work there in American history, which she continued at NYU after they moved to New York. Graduate work completed and children in school she became the Dean of Admissions at NYU's School of Law for 20 plus years. She served as committee chair and trustee of the Law School Admission Council.
For fun she and her husband occasionally took NYU continuing ed courses. After retiring she consulted for several law schools and for Law Services. She volunteers and she has served as a board member for Court Appointed Special Advocates and for the Children's Law Center. She is delighted to have found and joined Quest, so she can continue to take interesting courses in perpetuity.
Bob Reiss
Bob Reiss came to Quest after a career as a Transportation Systems Engineer. His academic background includes degrees in mechanical and electrical engineering and an MBA. He went on to be part of the pioneering effort to apply computer and communications technology to the field of traffic management.
A Quest member since 2009, Bob's goals are to expand his horizons in the liberal arts. He especially enjoys attending and presenting classes in art history, foreign affairs, architecture, film, literature, history, social issues, and law.
Art Spar
Born and raised in New York City, Art Spar is a graduate of Bronx HS of Science and Queens College, where he met his wife Shelley. He taught HS English for New York City and earned a Master of Arts in Communications before moving to Massachusetts where he continued to work in the public schools.
After a decade in education, Art changed careers, co-founding STS Market Research with his brother in Cambridge, MA. STS specialized in the behavior of the American apparel shopper. Wal-Mart, Levi Strauss, Gap, Liz Claiborne, JC Penney, Sears, Target, Wrangler, Nautica and Macy's were all customers of Art's syndicated reports. After 25 years as CEO of STS, Art sold the business to The NPD Group of Port Washington, NY and served as NPD's President of Fashion until his retirement.
Art and Shelley have two daughters, a son-in-law and daughter-in-law, and three grandchildren. Art has served as synagogue president, YMCA treasurer, and co-founder of Keruv, an initiative to welcome intermarried families into the Jewish community. Art and Shelley reside on Manhattan's Upper West Side and in Wellfleet, MA.
Ruth Ward
Ruth Ward was born in Brooklyn and raised in Queens. She returned to Brooklyn in 2013 when she retired from her career as a Spanish and French teacher and support provider in public junior high and high schools in Nevada and California. A perpetual student, she holds a Master's Degree in Dance (University of Wisconsin, Madison), French (U. of Nevada, Reno), and Educational Administration/Higher Education (University of Nevada, Reno), as well as a Doctorate in Spanish (University of California, Davis).
As a retired pre-Quester, she wrote a novel, worked out at the gym, learned to tango, and audited history and literature courses at NYU and FIT. Always eager for discussions in French, she enjoys hosting the Mardi Français meetup on Zoom, and she attends several additional online French conversation groups. She finds the Quest environment stimulating and supportive and enjoys giving presentations on a variety of topics.
Michael Wellner
Michael Wellner is really a "native New Yorker." He was born here in the city, but grew up in suburban Larchmont (in Westchester County, NY), graduated from Mamaroneck High School, and spent five years at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, in Troy, NY, where he earned both Bachelor's and Master's degrees in Business Administration, followed by two years on active duty in the US Army, in Japan, during the Vietnam War years.
Upon his return he joined his family's business, which was rooted in parking garages and automobile sales and service, but subsequently (during his tenure) evolved into the renting of cars in Europe for Americans vacationing overseas. He has traveled extensively through Europe, and continues to do so today. He has two sons: the elder is an attorney here in the city; the younger is a computer consultant, living in Philadelphia.
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