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Lyon in AUGUST. For All The Top Things to Do & Events to Take Part In!
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No way! It is already a full summer in Lyon! And I love summer, assuming I am near the air conditioning and bottle of water, as summers in Lyon are very hot. Yet, I dont complain. I prefer hot than cold! Anyways, did you know that Lyon in August is very very quiet? Do you know why? I couldnt belive! Half of the Lyonnais people go on holidays and I can confirm – it is a bit death here. I am enjoying the peace and silence of a big city, others complain that most of the restaurants are closed. Yes, it is true! Full holiday season, tourists are coming and most of the restos are closed because of the holidays. I can confirm yet it is not that bed. There is a lot of parks and green areas when you can have a picnic in Lyon – healthier and cheaper! And on top of that, I will add a list of things to do and events to take part in Lyon in August. So this city is very very welcoming in summer and August for everyone! Here you are the list and if you have other August events and activities in Lyon or around to add, please do!
My List of All The Top Things to Do & Events to Take Part In Lyon in AUGUST!
Palette des talents – Over 30 painters and sculptors present their work which we can buy. There are many animations organized, so that the creators and the public communicate The public votes to choose the preferable artist recognized artists. When: 1st Sunday of the month from 9am – 1am from March to December 2018; Where: corner of 53 rue de la Republique – 69160 Tassin-la-Demi-Lune; How Much: FREE
Woodstower – This year the Woodstower Festival is 20 years old and is planning to celebrate it! It is not 3 but 4 days of fun fill with music and great atmosphere. There are many artists alongside the artists already announced for Woodstower's special 20 year concert with Supreme NTM, Disiz La Peste and DJ Cut Killer on Thursday, August 30th. When: From Thursday, August 30 to Sunday, September 2, 2018; Where: Great Park Miribel Jonage, Path of the Bletta – 69120 Vaulx-en-Velin; How Much: Adult: from 21 €, Student: from 19 €, Free for children under 10 years old. Price on site: 27 €, FREE Sunday day, Pass 2 nights: 40 €; Pass 3 nights = 85 €.Booking here
Festival Tout l' Monde Dehors – Like every year, Lyon moves, sings, swings and vibrates with hundreds of events in all the boroughs! So, go on a discovery tour of the free and outdoor art events. When: From 21/06 to 01/09/2018. Dates to be confirmed; Where: Various places in Lyon; How Much: FREE
Apéritivos aboard the Vaporetto – Every Wednesday until the end of October, the Confluence River Shuttle offers an after-work aperitif to its passengers. From 6.30pm to 9pm, the boat transports visitors for a mini cruise. When: From 23/05 to 31/10/2018, every Wednesday. 23/05: Cellerier 30/05 and 06/06: GOMEX 13/06: GOURMIX 2 sessions: 6.30pm -7.30pm and 8pm-9pm; Where: Business and Leisure Center,112 course Charlemagne, nautical place Side Darse, stop Confluence Vaporetto – 69002 Lyon 2nd; How Much: Price ranging from € 12 to € 15 depending on the restaurant.
A sugar, please! – Le Sugar is a panoramic rooftop that, as its name suggests, promises us the delicious, gourmet moments. Independence and artistic requirement, here is the bias of the association Arty Farty who created this place open to all audiences. A real place for sharing experiences with innovative programming in the field of electro and indie music … a contemporary and convivial place, which paradoxically has nothing watered down! Concerts, festivals, club evenings but also brunch, workshops or workshops for children. Where: Open Wed from 6.30pm-10pm, Fri until 1h, Sat from 11pm-5am , Sun from 4pm to 11pm; 50 quai Rambaud – 69002 Lyon 2nd; How Much: FREE
Yokainoshima, spirits of Japan – The new exciting expo at the museum of Confluence. Great opportunity to explore the Japanese culture and traditions to wear costumes which makes it possible to transform oneself into a god, a demon or an animal. The exhibition traces a link between contemporary photographs by Charles Fréger, which show a large number of masked ritual figures, and the museum's Japanese collections. Let yourself be guided in this island of spirits, from the foundations of Japanese spiritualities to current practices such as manga, cosplay or video game. When: From 07/07/2018 to 25/05/2019, Tuesday to Sunday from 11am-7pm; Where: Museum of Confluences, 86 quai, Lyon 2nd; How Much: 5 -9€
SPORTAIR exhibition – For 2 days, at the end of August, fans of sliding sports will be able to meet the professionals in this area. There will be representatives from the textiles industries, mountain sports and outdoor. Where: Lyon Convention and Exhibition Center, 69001 Lyon; When: the end of August 2018; How Much: FREE
Nordic's walk – Come and discover and practice Nordic walking with the instructors of the Bureau Montagne de Lyon. The sticks that are specific to this activity will be provided for your sessions. When: Every Saturday from 9.30am to 11.30am; Where: Domaine de Lacroix Laval, 11171 road of Sain-Bel, Marcy-Star; How Much: 12.00 €
Unveiled compositions – Enjoy with this exhibition an overview of the richness and diversity of the works preserved in the Museum of Textiles but also, more anecdotally, the Museum of Decorative Arts. When: 21.10.2017 to 31.12.2018 from 10am – 6pm; Where: Museum of Fabrics and Decorative Arts; 34 rue de la Charité – 69002 Lyon 2nd; How Much:
Foreztival – In August, Lyon is immersed in a festive atmosphere. A multitude of events await visitors and locals. Music, dance, … an entire organization in order to mix different cultural tastes. An opportunity to discover talented artists like: Danakil Man Nneka, Talco etc. Where: Lyon, 69001 Lyon – Lyon; When: from August 3rd to 5th, 2018; How Much: FREE
Exhibition "Cultivons la ville en bonne intelligence"- offers many tools regularly updated to understand the urban project: a large physical model (1 / 750e), 3D models hyper-realistic and real-time, a documentary … A terrace oriented to south offers a breathtaking view of the building sites. When: Every Wednesday, Thursday, Friday from 2pm- 6pm; Where: House of Confluence, Smith Street 73, Lyon 2nd Arrondissement; How Much: FREE
Guided tour of the Departmental Archives – Guided tour, every Tuesday at 2 pm, of the Archives building (registration by email or by phone). When: Every Tuesday at 2pm; Where: Departmental Archives of the Rhône, 34 rue Général-Mouton-Duvernet, Lyon 3rd Arrondissement; How Much: FREE
Musée des pompiers– Created in 1971, it recounts 250 years of history and is a place of memory of firefighters. It presents, on 2 levels, a collection of materials, clothing, vehicles. Museum also open every 1st Saturday and Sunday of the month (from 14 to 17 hours). When: Every Wednesday, Thursday, Friday from 9am – 12pm and from 2pm to 5pm; Where: Barracks of the Duchère, 358 Champagne Avenue, Lyon 9e Arrondissement; How Much: Full price: 6.00 €, Young people (for under 18s): FREE
Exhibition "L' Art d'aimer"– An exhibition on the work of writing a comic book scenario inspired by Ovid's Art of Loving, as part of Lyon BD Festival. When: Every day from 11am -6pm, From June 1st, 2018 until September 2, 2018; Where: Lugdunum – Roman Museum and Theaters, 17 rue Cléberg, Lyon 5th Arrondissement; How Much: Full price: 4.00, FREE for job seekers and under 18
L'Été en Cinémascope – This summer the Lumière Institute offers a selection of great films that have marked the history of cinema to discover or re-discover under the stars. Free screenings; On-site drinks sale. When: From June 26 to August 28, 2018; Where: Place Ambroise Courtois Lyon 8th; How Much: FREE
Passeurs d'Images with CinéDuchère – The CinéDuchère, through the Passeurs d'Images initiative, invites you to attend a series of outdoor screenings in various locations in the capital of Gaul, in July and August. When: From June 29 to September 1, 2018; Where: different locations in Lyon. Read more here; How Much: FREE
Photographic walks "Portraits of the city" – In 2018, Lyon celebrates the 20th anniversary of the inscription of the historic site of Lyon as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO, for its character and universal value. On this occasion, take part in the photographic walks: take a walk, photograph and exhibit!. Your image may be chosen for the exhibition place Antonin Poncet!There will be 14 dates of walks will be proposed from April 8 to July 8 around 4 major themes of inspiration: In the intimacy of the river; Origins of a confluence; The city challenges the river; The city between 2 hills. Post your photo online on lyon.fr before July 11 (It must be at least 3400 x 5100 pixels and 100 DPI; Maximum file size: 10 MB). The selected "Portraits de Ville" will be exhibited at Place Antonin Poncet during the European Heritage Days on September 15 and 16 and until the end of November 2018. When: 8.04 – 08.07; Where: Lyon; How much: FREE with the limited places available. Register here
Andy Warhol Ephemera – The Andy Warhol Ephemera exhibition presents the graphic, advertising, commercial and private works of Andy Warhol. These documents come from the rich collection of Montreal's Paul Maréchal, curator of the collection of the Power Corporation of Canada, professor at UQAM (University of Quebec in Montreal), lecturer and author of four catalogs on Warhol. When: 23/03 – 16/09/2018, 10.30 am-6 pm. Closed Monday and Tuesday. Where: 13 rue de la Chicken – Lyon 2nd; How Much: 8 €
Touaregs – This exhibition of the Tuaregs who are the nomads, the skilled craftspeople who produce geometric and contemporary jewelry, the poets and artists with a lively, beautiful culture that is constantly evolving. So this expo shows their lifestyle illustrated with their poetry and music. There are 280 objects exhibited, from watercolors to archival documents, adverts, posters and comics. There are also many everyday tools and symbolic objects (such as weapons and saddles), as well as jewelry and amulets, leather goods and textiles. The exhibition ends with photographs taken by journalist Arnaud Contreras. When: 17.10.2017 – 4.11.2018, no Mondays; Where: Confluence Museum, 86 quai Perrache -Lyon 2nd ; How Much: 9 €
Hugo Pratt – Who does not know Corto Maltese, the romantic sailor? Discover the world of Hugo Pratt, an artist who has made a lasting impression on the cartoon landscape by giving birth to this perfect anti hero. When: 07.04.2018 – 24.03.2019, closed on Mondays; Where: Musee des Confluences, 86 quai Perrache – Lyon 2nd; How Much: 9 €
La vie mode d'emploi – exhibition at the Museum Tony Garnier which presents the evolution of the urban treaty, by including the issue of the evolution of the popular housing of the twentieth century – the Urban Debut to today. When: From 30/09/2017 to 16/12/2018; Open Tuesday to Sunday from 14h to 18h; Where: Tony Garnier Urban Museum; 4 rue des Serpollières; 69008 Lyon; Price: € 5 / € 4 / FREE – 12 years
Rosa Mir Garden – After a period of winter shutdown, the Rosa Mir Garden opens again. This year guided tours for 6 € per person will also be offered throughout the season on weekdays and Sundays. When: Every Saturday from 2pm – 5pm until October 27, 2018; Where: Rosa Mir Garden,87 Grande-Rue Croix-Rousse, Lyon 4th Arrondissement; How Much: FREE or guided visit 6 €
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VICTOR CIORBEA
"The exemplary compliance and enforcement of
the Constitution, laws, honesty, fairness and morality
stood at the foundation of my entire activity."
Short biography of Mr. VICTOR CIORBEA, Romanian Ombudsman
He was born in 1954, he is married and she has a daughter.
1979 - 1992: Graduated with Summa Cum Laude, valedictorian in Romania, of the Faculty of Law - Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj Napoca; Post-graduate studies (Master) with Summa Cum Laudae in Civil Law, Labour Law, Economic Law and Civil Procedure Law - Faculty of Law - University of Bucharest; PhD exams and papers with Summa Cum Laudae, Faculty of Law - University of Bucharest; Management studies at Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
1979 - 1984: Judge - District Court 5, Bucharest, specialized in civil cases.
1984 - 1988: Prosecutor in Civil Judicial Direction of General Prosecutor's Office (General Prosecutor's Office).
1984 - 1992: Teacher at the Faculty of Law - University of Bucharest, specialized in Civil and Economic Law.
1990 - 1996: President and Founder of the Federation of Free Trade Unions of Education (FSLI); President and Founder of the National Confederation of Free Trade Unions of Romania (CNSRL), and then after the merger with Confederation "Brotherhood", President of the National Confederation of Free Trade Unions of Romania "Brotherhood" (CNSRL - "Brotherhood"); President and Founder of Democratic Trade Union Confederation of Romania (CSDR); Member of the Executive Committee of the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU) and the Executive Committee of the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) and Negotiator for FSLI, CNSRL - "Brotherhood" and CSDR nationally and internationally.
In these trade unions functions, among others, he had an essential contribution on setting up the democratic trade union movement in Romania; in elaborating the first draft normative act regarding the reform in education by reducing teaching workload, the number of pupils and students in the classroom etc., of the first union legislation in Romania, and the new labor laws. He also negotiated with organizations and Government first collective agreement at national level in our history and some of the first collective agreements at branch level.
1994 - 1996: Member of the Executive Committee of the Democratic Convention of Romania (CDR), respectively Member of the leading bodies of the Civic Alliance.
1996 -1998: General Mayor of Bucharest
He had outstanding achievements in fighting corruption, achieving investments and starting privatization procedures of some of the autonomous administration subordinated to CGMB. He also set up numerous projects in Bucharest, which are available today, such as "Bucharest 2000" (construction of the new center of the city), "Restoring the historic center", Japanese projects for building ring roads in Bucharest etc.
1996 -1998: The Prime Minister of Romania
In this position, along with members of Government and the parliamentary majority, he developed and adopted numerous laws in almost all areas, many of which, with minor modifications, are now in force, and he made fundamental reforms in all areas of economic, political, social, cultural life etc.
Thus, in economical field, in order to avoid national economic collapse and to ensure the transition to a market economy, he took a number of measures, among which: liberalization of prices, along with the liberalization of the exchange rate and exchange trades; amendment and implementing legislation concerning real and accelerated privatization of companies and regulations and important changes in various areas of commercial law; transforming the autonomous administration in trading companies, restructuring the economy: only in mining sector 100,000 employees left this field at their request, in return for substantial payments and of the fact that he negotiated with international financial organizations large amounts for employing dismissed people for execution of some works regarding ecological closure of mines, preparation of highway construction etc.
Along with National Bank of Romania he injected a capital of $ 1 billion into the banking system, they restored temporarily the country's foreign reserves, they reopened Romania's cooperation with the IMF and WB, and they improved regulations on the activity of NBR etc.
At the same time, he made important reforms in various fields, among which: in political field he led the first democratic Government of Romania, which included for the first time representatives of the Hungarian minority; in the administrative field he adopted the first legal document which decentralized many responsibilities to local government bodies and with very minor modifications, is currently in force, as well as the draft Law on Local Public Finance; in the education field, he adopted the Statute of teachers, granting them a more appropriate salary; he reformed the health system by introducing health care insurance after "Bismarck model" and the welfare system: thus, in addition to severance payments for those dismissed, he introduced pro active measures to combat unemployment, he granted for the first time paid maternity leave for two years for raising the children etc.; he changed the entire legislation on adoption and care system for children in need; he took action for continuing justice reform and adequate remuneration of magistrates; he established a system of social dialogue at all levels and a Department for relation with civil society (NGOs etc.); he created together with employers and unions, a true social partnership and tripartitism in Romania, by setting up the Economic and Social Council and other tripartite structures etc. At the same time, the Law on the organization and functioning of the Ombudsman in Romania was adopted.
In the field of foreign policy he contributed to Romania's decisive pro-Western orientation, pro NATO and pro EU.
1999 - 2004: President of a Christian Democratic political party.
2004 - 22 April 2014: President and Lawyer of SCPA "Ciorbea Victor & Ciorbea Lacrima" of the Bucharest Bar Association.
2012 - April 2014: Senator of the National Liberal Party in College no. 7 – Bucharest and Vice-president of the National Alliance for the Restoration of Monarchy - ANRM.
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1990 - present: Awarded and decorated by various states, national and international organizations, foundations, NGOs, media etc.
1990 - present: Co-operation with various national and international organizations and institutions.
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posted Friday, December 29, 2017 - Volume 45 Issue 52
A farewell editorial
by Shaun Knittel - Special to SGN
[EDITOR'S NOTE: Three months ago, at the end of September, Seattle Gay News staff writer and associate editor Shaun Knittel and his husband Yee-Shin Huang pulled up stakes here in Seattle and relocated to Shaun's hometown of Las Vegas, where they are settling into a new groove.
Following are Shaun's farewell remarks and reflections on his eight plus years of community activism in Seattle's LGBTQ community. SGN wishes Shaun and Yee-Shin the best in their new life in Las Vegas and thank him profoundly for his community service here in Seattle and at the SGN.]
It has been a great honor and privilege to write about the modern LGBTQ equality movement, as it happened, for the pages of the Seattle Gay News. For almost a decade now, I've had the opportunity to see our community during unforgettable highs and gut-wrenching lows.
It has been said that history only makes sense when looking back. After bearing witness to this movement I would agree. Although I considered myself a cognoscenti at the time of reporting, I willingly admit that I had no true way of knowing the tremendous impact many of these events would collectively have on the community, myself, and our readers. Simply put: I am forever indebted to the fact that I got the chance to write our history as it happened. This fact is something that I take great pride in and probably will for the rest of my life.
In an effort to make sense of it all or to, at the very least, put it into perspective, the publisher of Seattle Gay News has graciously allowed me a two-part editorial of which I am happy to oblige. I will do my best to stick to a timeline that begins in April 2009, although I might jump around a bit. I can't think of a better way to say goodbye to my readers than this. I hope you enjoy reading this as much as I have had writing it.
THE LANGUAGE OF LOVE
Present day, not only do we have full marriage equality in Washington state, but it is the law of the land across the nation. As time passes it becomes more and more difficult to remember a time when some semblance of equality had yet to come to our people. Many in our community, particularly the LGBTQ youth, forget or never knew a time when there were more things we could not legally do than things that we could legally do. Yes, even in Seattle there was a time when you could be fired from your job if you were Gay or Lesbian, or lose the lease to an apartment simply because you were a sexual minority, the community was not represented like it is today with our own people serving in elected office or in appointed positions, and if two members of the same sex went downtown to file for a marriage certificate they would not be permitted to do so under any and all circumstances. Simply put: it was against the law.
Thankfully, due in no small part to a lot of good work by a lot of great people, none of those anti-LGBTQ laws and policies held true in Seattle. And today, in our state and, in most cases, throughout the country as a whole, LGBTQ people have more rights afforded to us than in any other time in history.
When I arrived in Seattle in April 2009 fresh out of the U.S. Navy, where I had served 10 years as a mass communications specialist working in public affairs for the government, the idea that two members of the same sex could one day get a marriage license issued to them according to law, seemed more ludicrous than radical activist. Many of the elders in our community at that time didn't think that they would see a day when committed same-sex couples would be permitted marriage by law in their lifetime. Some hardcore feminists within our community told me that they viewed marriage as oppressive towards women and it wasn't something they looked at as a measure of equality. Gay elders educated me to the fact that when the movement began in the late 1960s and picked up steam throughout the 1970s it had been largely anti-military service, anti-marriage, and anti-nuke/war. Additionally, the police were not our friends, the federal government largely remained an enemy of our people, and the church was still trying to 'pray the Gay' away. Seems a little bit crazy now when you think about it now but not so long ago we were still without nearly all of the rights we take for granted in 2017.
So how did we do it?
Well, that can be a long and complicated answer that involves polling data, campaign strategies, analyzing our losses and applying lessons learned to each campaign that followed, and so on. However, the quick and, in my opinion, most important answer is: language. We simply changed the way we talked about each other, instead of reaching out to those already allied with us we reached out to all communities of people and we told our stories over and over again so as to become more human in the eyes of those who opposed us because they did not understand that we, like any other group of people throughout history, have the capacity to love, are not sick because we are LGBTQ, and that at the end of the day we all want mostly the same things out of life. We began to use phrases like, 'The right side of history,' 'Love always wins,' and replaced talking about benefits as the number one reason for marriage equality with love. In doing so we were able to build coalitions, make allies where enemies once stood, and moved the conversation from behind closed doors amongst our own, into office break rooms, classrooms debate, and refreshment tables at social events and so on.
Another useful thing we did as a movement was to officially establish a label to our community to go along with the widely recognized rainbow Pride flags that people had gotten used to seeing used to identify us since the 1970s. We went from being simply the Gay community or Gay and Lesbian community to the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer or Questioning, Intersex, Allied or A-sexual (LGBTQIA). Regardless of how you might feel about labels or the changing of GLBT to LGBT and then on to LGBTQIA, the truth is, it is an acronym that sums us up in written testimony or in print media articles, remains recognizable over radio broadcasts and on TV broadcasts, reminded people that we were being 'othered' by mainstream heterosexual society which left us no choice but to develop a fringe community, and that acronym has emerged as a way for us, regardless of our differences within this diverse community, to advocate for a single segment of our people as a united front right off the bat. It turns out that calling Gay marriage, 'Marriage Equality,' naming our friends 'Straight Allies,' and moving from Gay and Lesbian to 'Same-Sex Committed Couples' became the language of love as we began to win the right to marry by popular vote, court rulings, and (something that many elders in our community never thought they would see) were accepted by mainstream politicians such as Vice President Joe Biden and President Barack Obama.
REFERENDUM 71 & 74
Two different campaigns with more or less the same major or key players ended up bringing marriage equality to Washington state years ahead of the landmark 2013 and 2015 Supreme Court decisions to end the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA). As you can imagine, working at Seattle Gay News during that time was a fantastic thing. Never before had I witnessed (and participated) in millions of people winning freedom. It is something I will never forget.
Referendum 71 (R-71) was on the ballot as a public vote in 2009 in which the people of Washington state ultimately confirmed Senate Bill 5688, a law extending the rights and obligations of domestic partnership in Washington state. Equal Rights Washington, the statewide LGBTQ equality organization that had taken up causes in place of its predecessor Hands Off Washington, laid the groundwork for the official campaign Washington Families Standing Together and dubbed it the 'Everything But Marriage' fight.
Governor Christine Gregoire had originally signed Senate Bill 5688 into law May 18, 2009. Under the Constitution of the State of Washington, laws passed by the legislature do not take effect until ninety days after the close of the legislative session, unless the state legislature declares an 'emergency' requiring the law to take effect immediately. During this ninety-day period citizens can attempt to force a referendum, i.e., referring or putting legislature passed legislation to a public vote, by gathering the required number of signatures. Under the Washington State Constitution that number is equal to four percent of the number of voters in the previous gubernatorial election. If enough signatures are gathered and presented to the Secretary of State before the ninety days have elapsed, then the law is placed on hold, and does not take effect unless the referendum is approved at the next general election.
According to the Washington Secretary of State's office, 120,577 valid signatures were required to qualify the referendum for the November 2009 ballot. On July 25, 2009, the organization Protect Marriage Washington turned in 137,881 signatures. After a signature verification process which saw members from both sides of the argument observing the process in Olympia, a lawsuit regarding late signatures that Protect Marriage Washington had attempted to turn in and a complete re-count of all submitted signatures, 122,007 were officially verified on September 1, 2009, putting R-71 on the ballot and launching a vigorous campaign by progressives to become the first state in the nation to pass a pro-LGBTQ domestic partnership or civil union referendum by popular vote.
Washington state law mandates that when a measure already signed into law is placed on the ballot as a referendum, voters are asked to either 'approve' the bill to confirm the law or 'reject' it to oppose it. Thus, although the petition to put this law to a vote was circulated by its opponents, the ballot wording is such that voters vote in the affirmative to approve the law or in the negative to reject it. This caused some confusion among voters as some voters weren't sure which bubble to fill in on their ballot to reflect their vote. Part of the campaign was simply telling LGBTQ and our allies to approve the referendum to keep the law.
Several lawsuits were filed to block R-71 from appearing on the ballot, but none were successful in court.
In the end, Senate Bill 5688 was approved by voters 53.15% to 46.85% which marked the first time in the United States that voters had approved a statewide ballot measure that established LGBT domestic partnership rights. The law went into effect the day the election was certified, December 3, 2009.
What the movement learned was that a lot of people did not agree that same-sex couples should have the right to marriage under the law; there was something about the wording of it all that just rubbed them the wrong way. So, by saying we wanted domestic partnerships, which extended all of the same rights and responsibilities of marriage to same-sex couples, we were able to move voters to our side of the issue and win. It was a profound and important moment in our history and ultimately, one of the catalysts that flung the LGBTQ equality movement into overdrive as we set our sights on dismantling 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell,' revisiting the passage of a Transgender inclusive Employment Non Discrimination Act (ENDA) and, of course, securing marriage equality for all.
Thousands of couples entered into domestic partnerships in the months and years following the passage of R-71. In 2012, it was decided that the LGBTQ community in our state would go for full marriage equality. The main issue was figuring out how we would get folks who we had told earlier that we wanted everything but marriage to understand that we now not only wanted but were entitled to marriage equality. This was going to be a lot tougher than the last effort so everyone it seemed got to work.
Referendum 74 (R-74) was a Washington state referendum to approve or reject the February 2012 bill that would legalize same-sex marriage in the state. On June 12, 2012, state officials announced that enough signatures in favor of the referendum had been submitted and scheduled the referendum to appear on the ballot in the November 6 general election. Once again, Equal Rights Washington laid the groundwork and Washington United for Marriage was formed as the official Approve R-74 campaign.
This time around, for me, it was personal. I formed Social Outreach Seattle (SOSea) as the grassroots organization parallel to Washington United for Marriage. The founding members of SOSea were all young, mostly people of color, included straight ally representation, and set out to make a number of PSA's [https://www.facebook.com/Our-Hill-a-SOSea-Video-PSA-Campaign-824194680988720/community/], organize the Seattle March for Marriage march and rally, and so much more, to help get out the vote that November. Although SOSea would live on after the marriage equality issue was won - we taught self-defense classes, organized candlelight vigils to bring awareness to violent crime in the Capitol Hill neighborhood, advocated for the rainbow crosswalks painted on Capitol Hill, operated a safety shuttle to get folks around at night when anti-LGBTQ attacks were on the rise and so much more - it had been tough to get people involved initially. The general consensus with a lot of folks was, 'Well, you won domestic partnerships so why do you need marriage? It is just a change in the wording because you already have the right.' This, of course, was not entirely true. Domestic Partnerships were not recognized by the federal government, most other states, did not give us the same tax breaks, and more. Plus, equality is the goal, not something that looks like it, but is not ultimately it.
After a well-organized and concerted effort by everyone involved, the law was upheld by voters in the November 6, 2012 election by a final margin of 7.4% (53.7% approve, 46.3% reject) and the result was certified on December 5. The streets of Capitol Hill were flooded with a sea of people waving rainbow and American flags as we not only got marriage equality, but we had also reelected President Obama. Just like when we won R-71, I will never forget the elation I felt on November 6, 2012.
When Seattle City Hall announced that it would open its doors on December 6 and judges would be on hand to officiate weddings, Seattle Gay News staff photographer Nate Gowdy with assistant Jen DeLeo along with Richard Wood and Jimmy Gonzalez] were given carte blanche and photographed hundreds of same-sex couples in newly marital bliss.
Several months later, on May 25, 2013, in the company of many of the people who worked to approve marriage equality in Washington state, Yee-Shin Huang and I were legally married at Plymouth Church in downtown Seattle. The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, the Abbey of Saint Joan, were our ushers and they performed a spirited version of Madonna's song 'Like a Prayer,' a church choir led by openly Gay choir director Michael Allen sang The Beatles' 'All You Need is Love,' our very good friend, Peruvian recording artist Jack Mozie, played and sang 'I Can't Help Falling in Love With You' as we walked down the aisle, the food was catered by former Neighbours Nightclub General Manager Steve Tracy, and our lives have never been the same. We remain happily married and are eternally grateful - as I am sure all of the members of our community legally married since December 6, 2012 are - to all of the people who voted for and worked hard to see marriage equality become a reality in our state.
Less than a year later, in a major victory for the marriage-equality movement, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that married same-sex couples were entitled to federal benefits and declined to intervene in California's Prop 8 case. This allowed the U.S. District Court's ruling against Prop 8 to stand and allowed same-sex marriages to resume in California. As of June 26, 2013, 13 states had adopted marriage equality as a right of the people under their laws.
The big nationwide win wouldn't come until a few years later and not after millions upon millions of dollars had been spent fighting anti-LGBTQ marriage laws state by state.
In November 2014, following a lengthy series of Appeals Court rulings from the Fourth, Seventh, Ninth, and Tenth Circuits that state-level bans on same-sex marriage were unconstitutional, the Sixth Circuit ruled that it was bound by Baker v. Nelson and thus found such bans to be constitutional. This created a split between the Circuit Courts and led to an almost inevitable U.S. Supreme Court review.
On June 26, 2015 the wait was finally over. In a landmark victory, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Obergefell v. Hodges, stating that the fundamental right to marry is guaranteed to same-sex couples by both the Due Process Clause and the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution in a 5-4 decision Obergefell overturned Baker and requires all states to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples and to recognize same-sex marriages legally performed in other jurisdictions. This decision legalized same-sex marriage throughout the United States, and its possessions and territories. The Court examined the nature of fundamental rights guaranteed to all by the Constitution, the harm done to individuals by delaying the implementation of such rights while the democratic process played out, and the evolving understanding of discrimination and inequality that has developed greatly since Baker.
Later that day, I was invited by the mayor's office to represent all of the activists who had worked on the issue in our state and advocated for an end to DOMA and gave a rousing speech in which I led the hundreds of people in attendance in loud cheers as we all celebrated equality.
The sky didn't fall. The Apocalypse didn't occur because Gays got married. And the issue has largely been settled. Although I don't think marriage equality is the domino everyone thought it would be legislatively, it was, without a shadow of a doubt, the social domino in which an overwhelming number of Americans (more than half) now believe that the LGBTQ community is an equal part of society and should be protected by law, afforded all of the rights and responsibilities that our straight counterparts get, and should be valued as citizens of our nation, not a threat to it.
One of the things that has bothered me the most about our community is the fact that after marriage equality became the law of the land - keeping in mind the huge victory that it was, the visibility and exposure it brought our movement, not to mention the literally hundreds of thousands of same-sex couples whose lives were directly impacted by it - some people in our community had to immediately say, 'Marriage equality passage did nothing for me' or 'My LGBTQ movement was never based on marriage equality' under the veil of 'I'm just reminding everyone that marriage equality doesn't mean we don't have more work to do.' I never, not once, heard anybody say that because we won marriage equality we were done. Or, now that we can get married there are no more issues for us to work on. Not one interview subject, not one politician or director of community-based organizations, or anybody said anything about the movement stopping because of marriage equality. And yet these comments go on and on and on even though they are not based in facts at all. The LGBTQ community can come together like nothing you've ever seen before to organize for rights, better treatment and the rest. But we can also eat ourselves pretty damn good sometimes, too.
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Long before Chelsea Manning received her 2017 presidential pardon from President Obama, the Navy announced it would christen the USS Harvey Milk, or a former Navy Seal from the heroic Navy Seal Team Six came out as Transgender, thousands of Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual people had lost their careers under 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' (DADT). After the policy was introduced in 1993, the military discharged over 13,000 troops from the military under DADT. The number of discharges per fiscal year under DADT dropped sharply after the September 11 attacks and remained comparatively low through to the repeal. Discharges exceeded 600 every year until 2009.
Legislation to repeal DADT was enacted in December 2010, specifying that the policy would remain in place until the President, the Secretary of Defense, and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff certified that repeal would not harm military readiness, followed by a 60-day waiting period.
A July 6, 2011, ruling from a federal appeals court barred further enforcement of the U.S. military's ban on openly Gay service members.
President Barack Obama, Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta, and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Mike Mullen sent that certification to Congress on July 22, 2011, which set the end of DADT to September 20, 2011.
Many people contributed to the repeal in all seriousness. Although it took a judge's ruling, the joint chiefs and the president's pen, a lot of veterans worked hard for many years, never letting the issue go silent. Locally, we had several people from Washington state who helped change the course of history in regards to DADT.
Margarethe 'Grethe' Cammermeyer
Margarethe 'Grethe' Cammermeyer served as a colonel in the Washington National Guard and became an LGBTQ rights activist. In 1961 she joined the Army Nurse Corps as a student. She received a B.S. in Nursing in 1963 from the University of Maryland. At the University Of Washington School Of Nursing, she earned a Master's degree in 1976 and a Ph.D. in 1991. She had a 15-year marriage to a man and they had four sons. In 1988, when she was 46, she met the woman who later became her wife, Diane Divelbess. In 1989, responding to a question during a routine security clearance interview, she disclosed that she is a Lesbian. The National Guard began military discharge proceedings against her. On June 11, 1992, she was honorably discharged.
Cammermeyer filed a lawsuit against the National Guard's decision to discharge her in civil court. In June 1994, Judge Thomas Zilly of the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington ruled that her discharge and the ban on gays and lesbians serving in the military were unconstitutional. She returned to the National Guard and served as one of the few openly Gay or Lesbian people in the U.S. military while the DADT policy was in effect, until her retirement in 1997.
A television movie about Cammermeyer's story, Serving in Silence, was made in 1995, with Glenn Close starring as Cammermeyer. Its content was largely taken from Cammermeyer's autobiography of the same name. The movie was executive produced by Barbra Streisand.
In June 2010, she was appointed to the Defense Advisory Committee on Women in the Services, a committee which is appointed by the United States Secretary of Defense and which reports to the United States Department of Defense.
In 2012, after same-sex marriage was legalized in Washington state, Cammermeyer and her wife Diane Divelbess became the first same-sex couple to get a license in Island County.
Margaret Witt
In April 2006, Margaret Witt, a major in the United States Air Force who was being investigated for being Lesbian, filed suit in the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington seeking declaratory and injunctive relief on the grounds that DADT violates substantive due process, the Equal Protection Clause, and procedural due process. In July 2007 the Secretary of the Air Force ordered her honorable discharge. Dismissed by the District Court, the case was heard on appeal, and the Ninth Circuit issued its ruling on May 21, 2008. Its decision in Witt v. Department of the Air Force reinstated Witt's substantive-due-process and procedural-due-process claims and affirmed the dismissal of her Equal Protection claim. The Ninth Circuit, analyzing the Supreme Court decision in Lawrence v. Texas (2003), determined that DADT had to be subjected to heightened scrutiny, meaning that there must be an 'important' governmental interest at issue, that DADT must 'significantly' further the governmental interest, and that there can be no less intrusive way for the government to advance that interest. The Obama administration declined to appeal, allowing a May 3, 2009, appeal deadline to pass, leaving the Ninth Circuit's Witt determination as binding on the entire Ninth Circuit and returning the case to the District Court. On September 24, 2010, District Judge Ronald B. Leighton ruled that Witt's constitutional rights had been violated by her discharge and that she must be reinstated to the Air Force. The U.S. government filed an appeal with the Ninth Circuit on November 23, but made no attempt to have the trial court's ruling stayed pending the outcome. In a settlement announced on May 10, 2011, the Air Force agreed to drop its appeal and remove Witt's discharge from her military record. She will retire with full benefits.
Witt married her partner Laurie Johnson in Spokane, WA, on December 15, 2012. Seattle Gay News photographer Nate Gowdy was the official photographer at the event.
I gave a speech at the U.S. District Courthouse in downtown Seattle in the back of a truck bed, where hundreds of people gathered after a march for equality from Volunteer Park in 2009. Additionally, I spoke on many panels about the policy and taught a class about DADT for Gay City's Gay City University in 2010. While I was discharged honorably from military service at the end of my contract, as a Gay man that had served under the policy for 10 years I was able to relay to audiences what the fear was like when you constantly had to look over your shoulder so you didn't get caught, learn to talk in code and use the pronoun game, 'I went on a date with someone last night,' and I had a great knowledge about the policy itself in which many radio stations interviewed me about the technical aspects of the flawed and discriminatory policy.
Many actions led up to the ban as well, including service members defying the policy and marching in Pride parades (some in uniform and some not) across the nation. Army Lt. Dan Choi, perhaps the most outspoken DADT repeal activist, chained himself to the White House fence in protest and gave his West Point Military Academy graduation ring to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D) in front of the media and said he would only accept it back from Reid once repeal was done.
It is important to note that DADT repeal did not allow the open service of Transgender people. The military did begin, however, to look into allowing Transgender folks to serve in uniform in the years since repeal and ended up with a strange policy that really didn't openly welcome Transgender people, but didn't bar them either. That is until Donald J. Trump took office earlier this year and signed an executive order to have them banned. Luckily, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis is leaving the Obama-era open service policy on Transgender military service members largely intact, saying he needs input from an expert panel to determine the best way to implement President Trump's ban. Trump gave Mattis discretion to decide the status of Transgender people who are already serving. Mattis says he'll convene a panel from the Department of Defense and the Department of Homeland Security, with the goal of promoting 'military readiness, lethality, and unit cohesion' - while also following legal and budgetary constraints. Several organizations have sued Trump over the ban, including Seattle's Gender Justice League. It is gratifying to note that several U.S. Circuit Courts of Appeals have recently upheld lower courts' stays on Trump's executive order thus permitting Transgender people to enlist in the military pending final litigation in the case.
[EDITOR'S NOTE: Part 2 of Shaun Knittel's farewell editorial will appear next week in our January 5 edition.]
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Former CBC Host Jian Ghomeshi Charged With Sexual Assault
Published November 26, 2014 at 12:43 PM EST
Former CBC host Jian Ghomeshi was arrested Wednesday and charged with four counts of sexual assault and one count of overcoming resistance by choking.
Jian Ghomeshi, a former radio host in Canada, was arrested Wednesday and charged with four counts of sexual assault and one count of overcoming resistance by choking.
The charges carry sentences ranging from 10 years to life in prison.
Ghomeshi was a star at CBC, Canada's public broadcaster, and hosted Q, one of its most popular programs. Last month, CBC first suspended and then fired Ghomeshi. It later emerged that the host had been publicly accused of violently assaulting women during sexual encounters.
NPR's David Folkenflik reported at the time:
"The 47-year-old Ghomeshi [has] been one of the most popular radio and TV hosts in Canada, and he's also heard on 155 public radio stations in the U.S. Back in May, the Toronto Star first began investigating rumors of Ghomeshi's behavior toward women and presented allegations to Ghomeshi and the network, but had not yet published anything. The CBC fired him on Sunday, after which Ghomeshi posted a lengthy note on his Facebook page, saying the network was making a moral judgment against his taste for consensual bondage and rough sex."
Canada's National Post reported that Ghomeshi surrendered to police this morning. He had sued CBC for $55 million after the network fired him. He withdrew that suit this week.


Tableau was once the home of Manuel Gayoso de Lemos (1747-1799), the last Spanish Governor of Louisiana. He was in office from 1797 to 1799. The idea of state-run garbage collection is largely credited to him. In 1798 he instituted the policy to prevent the spread of diseases and bad smells in the city. In 1799 he died of yellow fever and is interred in the St. Louis Cathedral.
Gayoso's homestead was conveniently located next to the seat of the Spanish colonial government in New Orleans, The Cabildo. The Cabildo was the site of the Louisiana Purchase transfer ceremonies late in 1803 and continued to be used by the New Orleans city council until the mid-1850s.
Next, to The Cabildo, you'll find the oldest cathedral in the United States, the St. Louis Cathedral. It was originally built in 1727 and dedicated to King Louis IX of France, "The Crusading King" who was later canonized by the Church. The original St. Louis Cathedral burned during The Great Fire of 1788 and was later rebuilt. Today it stands as one of New Orleans most notable landmarks.
Adjacent to the Cathedral, you'll find The Presbytère, formerly called Casa Curial or "Ecclesiastical House." It was built on the site of the residence, or presbytère, of the Capuchin monks. The building was used for commercial purposes until 1834 when it became a courthouse. In 1911, it became part of the Louisiana State Museum, and continues to operate as such.
The Pontalba Buildings form two sides of Jackson Square. They are matching red-brick, one-block-long, four-story buildings built in the late 1840s by the Baroness Micaela Almonester Pontalba. The ground floors house shops and restaurants; and the upper floors are apartments which, reputedly, are the oldest continuously-rented such apartments in the United States. The two Parisian-style row house buildings cost over $300,000 to erect and include the first recorded instance in the city of the use of iron railings, now a prominent feature of the city's residential architecture. If you look closely, you'll see "AP" carved in the iron (Pontalba's initials) on the balconies.
In the center of all these historic buildings is Jackson Square. The Square was designed after the famous 17th century Place des Vosges in Paris, France, by architect Louis H. Pilié. It originally was called Place d'Armes. In 1815, Following the Battle of New Orleans, the Square was renamed "Jackson Square" in 1815, in General Andrew Jackson's honor.
Tableau has served Louisiana Creole cuisine since 2013. We proudly keep the culinary heritage of the State alive through serving updated takes on traditional dishes. There is a common misconception that Creole and Cajun are one in the same. A vastly simplified way to describe the two cuisines is to deem Creole cuisine as "city food" and Cajun as "country food." Also, Creole cuisine uses tomatoes, and proper Cajun food does not. Like the people, Creole food is a blend of the various cultures of New Orleans including Italian, Spanish, African, German, Caribbean, Native American, and Portuguese, to name a few. Creole cuisine is thought of as a little higher brow or aristocratic compared to Cajun.
Lastly, right next door you'll find New Orleans' most historic playhouse, Le Petit Théâtre Du Vieux Carré. Le Petit Theatre has played an important role in our nation's theatrical history since 1916. They've called their current stage at 616 St. Peter Street home since 1922.


This was truly an enchanted wedding. With the Bride being transported in a vintage Rolls Royce to plush flowers every where. A barn filled with trees and little lights. mercury glass and mint julep cups over flowing with flowers. Even the specialty chairs..
Mandy and Andrew are an amazingly sweet couple. Andrew and his family were from Vermont but ..for the most part this was a destination wedding. With Mandy's Family coming from Florida and many guest coming from other parts of the the U.S.
I was delighted when the Father of the Bride said " Thank you for making my daughters dream come true". I could not imagine a better complement.
The flowers you created for the Boat House and the Lang Farm Barn were absolutely perfect… the whole scene was amazing!! We just can't thank you and your team enough!
We feel truly blessed and it was a magical Vermont Wedding!
Vendors: Event Planning: Storied Events, Bar: Fluid Bar Service, Catering: Lets Pretend, Cake: Vermont Cake Studio, DJ: Top Hat Entertainment, Venue: Lang Barn, Church : Holy Family Catholic Church, Photographer: Lauren Stagnetti (these are not her photos, just Nicole's snap shots).


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Inspired Living: On Dealing with Your Former Self
by Amparo Vazqwright
There have been a few times in my life that I felt I was cracking through a shell.
Now is one of them.
Through my articles with Peaceful Dumpling, I've chronicled my decision to take a break from work in order to pursue some long-desired reflection and mental-stretching.
Along this journey, I've encountered some old, forgotten parts of me.
When I say "old," I don't mean an 80-year-old "me." I mean me at 12, and at 15, 16, 18, and 20.
I mean the "me" that was convinced my body was weak and unpredictable, that relationships were unsafe, and that my desires were far-fetched and beyond my unworthy reach.
Encountering these old parts of me was jarring, but, ultimately, I knew it was good. I knew I now had the opportunity to stare them in the eyes and walk them to more loving ground.
"My body is weak" culminated in a night of severe body pain and related anxiety. It lifted (very quickly) when my loving partner told me, "I trust your body."
"Wow," I thought. That was it. I wasn't trusting my body. That's what was bringing up so much anxiety. Immediately, I started repeating, "I trust my body" over and over and over, until the anxiety lifted. After some time, the pain was gone, as well.
In a matter of hours, I'd gone from thinking I might need to go to the hospital to a feeling of peace and calm.
"Relationships are unsafe" faced the light of another love in my life, DF. After a particularly anxious night due to trust issues, I opened up to DF. She lovingly prodded, asking poignant questions in a state of non-judgment. I cried as I realized that I didn't feel emotionally safe around most people, not because of them, but because of this old part of me. As I cried, she hugged me and let me feel what I needed to feel, and I started the journey back to feeling strong and safe around others, again.
That was 2 weeks ago. I've made a big journey since then. I feel strong, again. I've opened up, again. I know where I want to be. I have a conscious journey ahead to continue to switch to a new belief – "I trust the relationships in my life."
The last one, a feeling of unworthiness concerning my desires, is the latest chapter in this journey. I can feel it peel away when it does.
I can feel my shell cracking.
From within, a stronger, wiser, clearer, happier "me" is appearing. I can feel her. I can feel the more body-confident me. That "me" had tons of fun shopping for sexy bras today. I can feel the more trusting-in-relationships me. That "me" has been having a blast the last two weeks with old friends and new. I can feel the "me" that knows I can have or create whatever I want. She rocks. She's been giving me glimpses of a future I actually want to step in to, shooing away everything else.
My shell is cracking, and I am happy. Because when a shell cracks, the inside can now become free.
Meditation on a seed
In honor of shells cracking, I offer this reflective visualization:
Imagine a seed. A beautiful, small seed buried underground, in fertile soil. Notice the shape and color of the seed, as it sits snuggly wrapped by the warm, loving dirt. Take a moment to imagine the warmth and comfort the seed sits in.
Now notice a slight shudder in the seed as a small crack appears in its face. It continues to sit in the loving warmth of the soil. The seed continues its motion as the cracking continues, more and more.
The seed moves the dirt, as it continues to crack more and more. Suddenly, it stops. The cracking has paved an opening for a tiny, beautiful, bright green sprout to appear. The green is so bright! The sprout is so full of energy and fresh excitement.
It grows and grows, pushing through the warm dirt, traveling upwards until it reaches air and breaths in new warmth, unlike ever before.
Peaceful Dumplings, are you going through cracking, too?
What awaits you on the other side of that cracking?
Also by Amparo: How to Overcome a Quarter Life Crisis
Photo credit: Send me adrift via Flickr
How Partner Yoga Helped Us Reconnect and Rekindle Our Marriage
10 Pieces of Best Career Advice I've Heard
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Amparo Vazqwright
Amparo I. Vazqwright is a California-native exploring life, love, and learning on the East Coast. She's the author of www.happystarfishes.com and aspires to become the Mexican-American, Female "Paulo Coelho" in future years. Amparo is a lover of all things personal development, with an inquisitory mind that looks for patterns and breakthroughs in every challenge, and is excited to be able to put into writing all the wonderful things that life conspires to reveal to her. In the future, you can expect to see Amparo writing about anything from reshaping memories to the wisdom (or humor) of ants. She's blessed and excited to work with Peaceful Dumpling. Follow Amparo on Pinterest @InspireStarfish.


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Oct 2020 · Uproar Books
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On a world enslaved, the last embers of hope are fading into an unrelenting darkness. Conquered and broken, the natives are forced to ravage their own lush planet of its natural resources—all for the glory of a mysterious empire they've never seen and barely comprehend.
But not all light is lost. In the heart of one young woman alone, the gods have set a flame that cannot be extinguished. Cerrin remains as fierce and unyielding as the planet itself. And her chance to strike is fast approaching.
Above the skies of her home world, soldiers of the empire are welcoming their new civilian commander—a vicious nobleman blinded by hidden ambitions. When the new face of darkness turns its eyes on Cerrin, the fate of countless worlds will change forever.
(Second edition: updated, new preface by the authors)
Ehsan and Shakil Ahmad simply love the art of storytelling-as audience or creators. It's a passion they've shared since their childhood, growing up in New York City as the first-generation American children of immigrants from Pakistan.At first, this passion drove the brothers in different directions in life. For Ehsan, it meant traveling across four continents to meet the people of countless cultures and hear their stories firsthand. For Shakil, it meant seeking a deeper understanding of human nature through degrees in psychology and social research.In their late twenties, the brothers reunited in Pennsylvania to start a wedding film company that specialized in going beyond capturing a single event and instead telling the story behind it. Ehsan also spent those years writing lyrics and playing bass for an alt rock band, recording three studio albums. In their thirties, they sold the film company and returned to the city of their birth where they now work for separate tech startups. But the brothers have never stopped collaborating on screenplays and novels.In January 2019, Ehsan and Shakil signed with Uproar Books-the first authors to be offered a contract by the new publisher. Their debut novel Wild Sun will launch in spring 2019, to be followed by two more books in the Wild Sun series.Ehsan and his wife welcomed their first child into the world in 2
Ehsan and Shakil Ahmad simply love the art of storytelling-as audience or creators. It's a passion they've shared since their childhood, growing up in New York City as the first-generation American children of immigrants from Pakistan.At first, this passion drove the brothers in different directions in life. For Ehsan, it meant traveling across four continents to meet the people of countless cultures and hear their stories firsthand. For Shakil, it meant seeking a deeper understanding of human nature through degrees in psychology and social research.In their late twenties, the brothers reunited in Pennsylvania to start a wedding film company that specialized in going beyond capturing a single event and instead telling the story behind it. Ehsan also spent those years writing lyrics and playing bass for an alt rock band, recording three studio albums. In their thirties, they sold the film company and returned to the city of their birth where they now work for separate tech startups. But the brothers have never stopped collaborating on screenplays and novels.In January 2019, Ehsan and Shakil signed with Uproar Books-the first authors to be offered a contract by the new publisher. Their debut novel Wild Sun will launch in spring 2019, to be followed by two more books in the Wild Sun series.
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Nuusita Ashipala Ongwediva-The Minister of Urban and Rural Development Sophia Shaningwa inaugurated the N$6.1 million fire station at Eenhana on Monday. The fire station at Eenhana is one of many fire stations constructed across the country to provide emergency responses within local authorities. The minister reiterated that the sustainability of the fire station and effective response to emergencies would require a pro-active approach from the council. "Local authorities must ensure that they do not just erect buildings that resemble fire stations but should fully implement and plan for emergency response services," said Shaningwa. Shaningwa applauded the Eenhana Town Council for ensuring the fire station was completed within the time-frame given despite lack of adequate resources. The minister thus appealed to local authorities to forge partnerships with other institutions that would support emergency management services instead of relying on the Ministry of Urban and Rural Development for support. Shaningwa reminded local authority councils of their primary duty to serve the expectations of the community. "And the democratic foundations of local government means a council that forgets this basic requirement is soon reminded at the ballot box," related Shaningwa. The minister further urged the council, particularly the mayor to make emergency management a priority. "However, you must bear in mind that optimal resource utilisation should also be a key driving factor in your planning and execution of these services, bearing in mind the fact that other issues such as housing and proper shelter for your citizens requires immediate and undivided attention," said the minister.
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Your business idea is prepared and you are ready to dominate the market. You even thought of a clever name for your business. Alison Peck, like many small business owners, followed that process in naming her small chocolate business No. 5.
While both the chocolate and the perfume smell amazing, Alison landed herself in potential lawsuit situation. See Five things you need to know about Chanel's "No. 5" branding dilemma.
It is worth noting that conducting a trademark search on ATMOSS along with searching whether your selected business name is available could prove useful. Failing to check the availability of your business name could lead to possible trademark infringements, you could be sued by a competitor for attempting to use the same, or similar, business name. You can also risk losing brand recognition that you may have built up in the market or, even worse, it can lead to closure of your business.
It is important to note that there is a difference between a trademark and a business name. Business names do not provide you, as the owner, with proprietary rights for the use of that name. On the other hand, a trademark provides the owner with the exclusive right to use that trademark for goods and/or services for which it is registered, in Australia.
How can you avoid landing in Alison's situation?
There are tools online that can help you figure out if your clever business name is available or if someone else got the idea before you.
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Nick O'Connell
Partner, Head of TMT - KSA
n.oconnell@tamimi.com
Nick has been with Al Tamimi & Company for about ten years, initially specialising in intellectual property, but for most of his time with the firm as a key member of the Technology, Media & Telecommunications team. Nick's practice area includes technology transactions (including procurement, software licensing, consultancy services and outsourcing), technology and intellectual property aspects of corporate and commercial transactions, privacy and data protection, e-commerce, media and advertising, and telecommunications. Nick is the author for the UAE chapter of Data Protection & Privacy, 3rd Edition (the Sweet & Maxwell International Series).
An international telecommunications company in respect of local law considerations relating to the proposed launch of a mobile app for third party remittance and mobile top-up services;
A major financial services provider in respect of regional data protection compliance;
Various international healthcare and education sector technology providers in respect of local government procurement requirements, and associated contractual negotiations;
Global internet data centre providers in respect of the regional regulatory environment for the establishment and operation of data centres and cloud computing operations;
A global social media platform operator in respect of regional content regulation and risks associated with the proposed roll-out of a curated content offering;
An oil & gas sector technology provider in respect of a dispute involving rights in software code developed in the course of a project;
A number of local banks with regard to a variety of operational technology agreements, including data hosting, software licences, annual maintenance agreements, mobile device applications, prepaid card systems, security and communications.
2000 – LLB, University of Otago
1997 – BA, University of Otago
2008 – Solicitor, Supreme Court of England and Wales
2005 – Legal Practitioner, Supreme Court of New South Wales
2001 – Barrister & Solicitor, High Court of New Zealand
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Ling, Geraldine, Arts Director of The Lawnmowers Independent Theatre Company, Gateshead, UK. Geraldine has been with the Lawnmowers group since their formation in 1986 and is in charge of the company's artistic development as well as working with the Lawnmowers actors. Gerry undertook her teacher training in Scotland specialising in speech and drama and developed her initial work in schools and a Steiner centre where she worked with school leavers with learning disabilities in Edinburgh. Following this, Gerry was given the opportunity of studying for a Masters Degree in drama at Newcastle University with Dorothy Heathcote, one of the world's foremost exponents of drama in education. Both during and after her Masters' Gerry developed work with disadvantaged school leavers, setting up a team of young people who created theatre and delivered workshops. She developed a women's performance group in Gateshead and established and ran Gateshead youth theatre. Gerry has generated huge respect for her work with the Lawnmowers, now considered to be one of the best Theatre-for-Social-Change companies in the country.


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Press Release: March 31, 2008
Contact: Tracey Bradnan
Cartwheel Communications
tracey@cartwheelcleveland.com
Century Cycles and Bay High School Team Up for Bike To School Month on April 28 – May 23, 2008
BAY VILLAGE, March 31 – Riding a bike to school is better for the environment, better for a student's health, and a lot more fun than paying over $3 for a gallon of gas. It's also the focus of a new program at Bay High School.
Century Cycles and Bay High School (BHS) are teaming up to encourage hundreds of BHS students to kick the car habit and ride their bikes to school during Bike To School Month on April 28 – May 23, 2008. Co-sponsored by Century Cycles and the Project Earth environmental club at BHS, Bike To School Month educates students on the environmental and health benefits of forgoing motorized transportation, plus it rewards them with prizes for each week they ride their bikes to school.
A kick-off celebration is planned for 7:00 a.m. on Monday, April 28, as the students pedal up to Bay High school on the first day of Bike To School Month.
Inspired by a car boycott organized by BHS students last spring to protest high gas prices, Century Cycles owner Scott Cowan approached his alma mater with the idea for Bike To School Month.
"I saw pictures in the newspaper of the empty school parking lot and hundreds of teenagers on bicycles. I was amazed. If they can do it for one day, why not for a whole month?" says Cowan, who has Century Cycles locations in Rocky River, Medina, and Peninsula. He graduated from Bay High School in 1978.
"The simple act of riding a bicycle can make a dramatic difference in a person's life, which I see all the time in my stores. Whether it's reducing carbon emissions or losing weight or gaining freedom, a bicycle can make it happen," says Cowan. "I also remember the joy of riding a bike to school when I was a kid. Unfortunately, it's a joy that many students don't seem to experience anymore."
Cowan is right. According to a 2003 EPA study, less than 16% of students between the ages of 5 and 15 walked or biked to or from school, compared with 48% of students in 1969.
Cowan's idea found an enthusiastic supporter in Eryn Whistler, a science teacher at BHS and adviser to the Project Earth environmental club, which will be administering the program at the school on a day-to-day basis, checking in the bicyclists and helping them redeem their prizes.
"Bike To School Month is a great opportunity for the students to have a noticeable impact on their lives and their community. They are inspired and are, in turn, inspiring others," says Whistler.
"I'm excited to see people ditch their cars and roll into the school parking lot on bikes," says Gretchen Nye, an eleventh-grader at Bay High School and president of Project Earth. "Our club wants to promote a healthier lifestyle for ourselves and the planet."
Nye points out that Bay Village and the surrounding cities are bike-friendly. "It's easy to get places. My friends and I ride bikes to the beach, the parks, or wherever," says Nye.
Cowan will be making a presentation to the entire BHS student body during the school's Wellness Day on April 9. It's a brief talk on the health benefits of bicycling and how to bicycle regularly that he has given to other schools, corporations, and community groups. Registration for Bike To School Month will begin during Earth Day week, starting on April 21.
Students who register for Bike To School Month receive a Bike To School packet that includes tips on riding safely, Cuyahoga county bike map from NOACA, an "Ohio Bicycling Street Smarts" booklet, coupons for bicycle accessories from Century Cycles, and stickers and other freebies from bicycle manufacturers. The city of Bay Village Police Department will also be offering free bicycle registration to students.
As if a healthier body and a cleaner community weren't incentive enough, Century Cycles has donated hundreds of weekly ride prizes to boost excitement and participation. If a student rides his bike to school for five days, he gets a free Bike To School Month t-shirt that features an award-winning design by BHS student Brian Valco (a $10 value). Ride another school-week and the prize is a Knog Frog bike light (a $10 value). Ride a third school-week and the prize is a bicycle computer/speedometer (a $20 value). If a student rides all the previous weeks plus the fourth school-week, he or she will receive a Century Cycles urban backpack (a $35 value).
Upon redemption of their weekly prizes, students are entered into the grand prize drawing for free Raleigh and Giant bicycles. Those and other prizes will be awarded at a school-wide morning assembly on Bike To School Month's last day on May 23.
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BICYCLING FACTS AND FIGURES
A short, four-mile round trip by bicycle keeps about 15 pounds of pollutants out of the air we breathe. (Source: League of American Bicyclists)
In metropolitan areas, more than 40% of car trips made for social or recreational purposes (like shopping) are two miles or less – a very manageable bike ride – and more than 25% are just one mile or less. (Source: 2001 U.S. National Household Travel Survey)
Two recent studies have found that biking or walking to school is associated with higher overall physical activity throughout the day. There are many potential benefits of physical activity for youth, including weight control, reduction in the risk of diabetes, and better academic performance.
Studies show that on average, regular cyclists add over two years to their life expectancy, have the general fitness and health of someone 10 years younger, and are 50% less likely to experience depression. Biking at a moderate pace of about 10 miles per hour burns on average 400 calories per hour for women and 450 per hour for men – about the same as an aerobic session. (Source: "Bike To Work" by Rory McMullan, Chelsea Green Publishing, 2008)
ABOUT CENTURY CYCLES: Recently named a Top 100 Bicycle Retailer in the U.S. for the seventh time, Century Cycles has hometown bicycle stores in Medina, Peninsula, and Rocky River, providing high-quality bicycles and exemplary service to cyclists and their families for the past 16 years. Century Cycles is active locally and nationally in support of the benefits of bicycling, bicycling paths, and other issues of vital importance to the cycling community.
www.centurycycles.com
1079 North Court Street, Medina, Ohio, 44256; 330-722-7119
1621 Main Street, Peninsula, Ohio, 44264; 330-657-2209
19955 Detroit Road, Rocky River, Ohio, 44116; 440-356-5705
Scott Cowan, Owner
scott@centurycycles.com
ABOUT BAY HIGH SCHOOL : Bay High School is an award-winning, comprehensive, four-year high school in Bay Village, Ohio. It was recently named one of the Top 500 high schools in the U.S. by U.S. News and World Report magazine.
ABOUT PROJECT EARTH ENVIRONMENTAL CLUB: Project Earth is committed to learning about their environment and how they can improve it at school, at home, and in the community. They hope that by educating themselves, they can educate others on how to preserve earth's resources for a better future.
www.bayvillageschools.com
29230 Wolf Road
Bay Village, Ohio 44140
Eryn Whistler, Teacher/Adviser
ewhist@leeca.org


So im selling my fully restored Volkswagen scirocco.
400hp in a 2200lb car. Think about that.
I have owned the car for 4 years. Spent the last 3 years building the car. Not a single bolt on it hasnt been replaced.
New girling corrado g60 brakes all around.
Drilled rotors in the front.
Bfi stage 4 competition clutch.
So so so so much to list. This isnt half of whats in the car. Car needs nothing and is perfect in everyway.
Looking to sell or trade for something with equal value.
Have over 30k into the car can prove with all the paperwork!
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In the heart of Denver's art district, the Golden Triangle, resides the ART, a hotel. Providing an overnight-museum stay experience, it's clear to see what sets this award winning locale aside. The museum-level collection of over 40 works is reason enough to visit this prolific section of Denver, but it's the curated excellent service that gives life to the gallery-styled spaces filling the ART.
The hotel offers the perfect mix of urban and mountain views, to enhance any desired Colorado wedding. Choose between two beautifully distinct open-air terraces, or the grand colonnade, with 1,200 square feet of city scape as a backdrop. A multitude of options awaits as the catering and events team designs your special day.
The fourth-floor restaurant, FIRE, is an architectural glass wonder with Mile High rays spilling into the interiors. The aromas of chef Michael Wright's creations drift amongst the Lounge and enclose around the romantic fire sculpture on the terrace.
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FIRE Restaurant is a contemporary, fine dining American-fusion restaurant, with seasonal menus that promote local vendors with a farm-to-table approach.


This works well for small number of files. But when we need to distribute to large number of files (say 100K), the parallelism becomes too large and we could not afford that many TMs.
In spark we can write something like 'rdd.partitionBy(N)' and control the parallelism separately (using dynamic allocation). Is there anything similar in Flink or other way we can achieve similar result? Thank you!
I'm guessing you're calling createInput() for each input file.
Flink/Hadoop will take care of parallelizing the reads from the files, given the parallelism that you're specifying.
Thanks for your reply. I may not make myself clear: our problem is not about reading but rather writing.
We need to write to N files based on key partitioning. We have to use setParallelism() to set the output partition/file number, but when the partition number is too large (~100K), the parallelism would be too high. Is there any other way to achieve this?
If I understand what you're trying to do, then this sounds like a variation of a bucketing sink.
But I don't believe Flink has built-in support for that, in batch mode (see BucketingSink for streaming).
Maybe Blink has added that? Hoping someone who knows that codebase can chime in here.
Otherwise you'll need to create a custom sink to implement the desired behavior - though abusing a MapPartitionFunction would be easiest, I think.
Do you mean that I can create a batch sink which writes to N files? That sounds viable, but since our data size is huge (billions of records & thousands of files), the performance may be unacceptable. I will check Blink and give it a try anyway.
Do you mean that I can create a batch sink which writes to N files?
That sounds viable, but since our data size is huge (billions of records & thousands of files), the performance may be unacceptable.
The main issue with performance (actually memory usage) is how many OutputFormats do you need to have open at the same time.
If you partition by the same key that's used to define buckets, then the max number is less, as each parallel instance of the sink only gets a unique subset of all possible bucket values.
I'm actually dealing with something similar now, so I might have a solution to share soon.
I will check Blink and give it a try anyway.
See https://github.com/ScaleUnlimited/flink-utils/, for a rough but working version of a bucketing sink.
That looks awesome! I've implemented something similar to your bucketing sink, but using multiple internal writers rather than multiple internal output.
Besides this, I'm also curious whether Flink can achieve this like Spark: allow user to specify partition number in partitionBy() method (so no multiple output formats are needed). But this seems to need non-trivial changes in Flink core.
Flink works a bit differently than Spark.
By default, Flink uses pipelined shuffles which push results of the sender immediately to the receivers (btw. this is one of the building blocks for stream processing).
However, pipelined shuffles require that all receivers are online. Hence, there number of partitions determines the number of running tasks.
There is also a batch shuffle mode, but it needs to be explicitly enabled and AFAIK does not resolve the dependency of number of partitions and task parallelism.
However, the community is currently working on many improvements for batch processing, including scheduling and fault-tolerance.
Batched shuffles are an important building block for this and there might be better support for your use case in the future.
I understand this is a by-design behavior, since Flink is firstly built for streaming. Supporting batch shuffle and custom partition number in Flink may be compelling in batch processing.
Could you help explain a bit more on which works are needed to be done, so Flink can support custom partition numbers numbers? We would be willing to help improve this area.
I'm sorry but I'm only familiar with the high-level design but not with the implementation details and concrete roadmap for the involved components.
I think that FLINK-10288  and FLINK-10429  are related to partition handling.
Thank you Fabian! I will check these issues.


Thien Son Granite and Marble .,JSC is the leading company in Vietnam with 15 - year experience in procucing, importing, exporting, supplying and professionally executing Vietnamese natural stone and imported natural stone products such as Granite, Marble, Onyx, abraded, burnished, sand-atomized Travatine, split stone, bluestone, handicraft stone… The natural stone products are used and accepted as the best products for construction buildings in Vietnam and others in many countries in the world such as: Italia, US, Germany, France, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Malaysia.
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Historically, witch bottles have been used for protection and the banishment of negative forces and energies. Traditionally crafted around Samhain, believed to be the time when the veil between our world and the shadow world is at its thinnest, these bottles have protected witches for hundreds of years. Traditional witch bottles are housed in glass or pottery vessels, filled with nails, blades, salt, and other items to banish negativity from one's property. In order to tie the bottle to the owner, sometimes strands of hair, blood, or even urine were included. These bottles were then buried. Witch bottles are also thought to send negative energies back to where they came from, be it a place or even a person.
In modern times, witch bottles are still very useful to banish negativity and protect our homes. We can also create witch bottles for a multitude of different purposes, such as attracting wealth, love, fertility, and more! Read below to learn how to create your own protective witch bottle.
Fill the jar about halfway with your sharp items which will reject negative energies, then add a small handful of salt for purification. Add in a strand of your hair, if you'd like, to mark ownership of your bottle. You may also add in protective herbs, like angelica, as a filler. Cap the bottle and seal it with the wax of a black candle. To do this, you can drip hot wax around where the cap meets the opening of the bottle, or do my preferred method of sitting the candle on top of the capped bottle and letting it melt down around the bottle.
Now, you can decide to keep the bottle somewhere in your home permanently or bury it. If you decide to keep it in your home, keep it either hidden away or somewhere where you're sure it won't be disturbed (like an altar).


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TAG Heuer Inaugurates Its New Flagship in São Paulo with Red Bull Racing Formula One Team Driver Daniel Ricciardo
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As the part of its worldwide expansion plan, TAG Heuer has opened its second flagship in Brazil, located in the CidadeJardim shopping mall in São Paulo.
The inauguration event, held on the first day of the Brazilian Grand Prix weekend, was attended by personalities from various areas of motorsport, fashion and Sao Paulo society, with a special appearance of Daniel Ricciardo, Red Bull Racing Formula One Team Driver. This was the setting for the gathering of several local celebrities such as XXX, TV sport anchor Reginaldo Leme, master of ceremony of the evening and DJ and music producer Pietra Bertolazzi.
The artists Alan Mosca, Bruno Theil and Luciano Cipulo, faced the challenge of capturing the essence of TAG Heuer's racing spirit, Daniel Ricciardo's personality and the atmosphere of the Sao Paolo Grand Prix. Each of them created a design with those three elements and air-brushed it onto three race helmets exhibited at the event.
With the new boutique, TAG Heuer extends its network to two concept stores, 20 corners and more than 60 points of sale in the most important cities of Brazil.
Featuring a new experience for customers, the flagship unveils a contemporary design in which heritage and innovation coexist within TAG Heuer universes: sport, lifestyle, art, music, and heritage. The architecture, based on the TAG Heuer logo, was applied from the front to the display case, in the internal displays in shades of light and dark gray, and in smooth and cast materials. These overlapping layers are a three-dimensional reference to the clock mechanism. The touches in red establish the connection of the brand with the boldness of the motor sports world.
Carrera Heuer-01 Red Bull Racing special edition
The store carries all the TAG Heuer collections, in addition to its last launches, like the Carrera Heuer-01 Red Bull Racing special edition. This model made of steel features the team colors, predominantly navy blue and red, has a blue leather strap in a rubber cradle that evokes the appearance of the racing car seat, and gives a sporty and up-to-date style to the piece. Since 2015 TAG Heuer is the Official Timekeeper and Official Watch of the Red Bull Racing Formula One Team.
The new TAG Heuer boutique is located in Shopping CidadeJardim / Ground Floor, at Av. Magalhães de Castro, 12,000 – Marginal Pinheiros, local lane, between Cidade Jardim and Morumbi bridges – São Paulo.
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