I was in Bilbao, Spain recently teaching in a course titled "Implementing a National Health Research Strategy" and one session raised ethical considerations of research impacts. Grimpacts were mentioned and I invented a new term, "himpact": the impact of research that excludes women and trans people.
I think we are all comfortable with the concept of research impact. As published by Emerald Publishing and defined by Julie Bayley (@JulieEBayley) research impact is "the provable effects of research in the real world".
The Cambridge Analytica scandal which involved an app created by university professors called "thisiyourdigitallife" in 2014, to enable participation in academic research. Facebook allowed the app to collect data not only on consenting participants but on their on-line friends and followers who did not consent.
Economic Theory and the 2008 Financial Crisis, while not a direct result of research, was in part a result of academic economists not disclosing corporate relationships with financial institutions while failing to draw attention to the impending financial crisis.
The paper proceeds to review commonalities of grimpacts, but what I think it does is raise an important ethical lens on research impact, something that is lacking in all the hype and pursuit of otherwise positive impacts of research.
Continuing on the critique of impact and how it is currently construed and practiced (acknowledging I am actively promoting impact both at York University as well as in Research Impact Canada) I coined the term "himpact" during a session which Claire Donovan (Brunel University) led at the "Implementing a National Health Research Strategy" course. While we have yet to do a literature search and develop a formal critique of impact using the concept of himpact, it is reasonable to extrapolate from the well-established dominance of male subjects in research to the impacts of that male dominated research. Others have reported on the under representation of women in scientific research and this critique goes back to at least 1992.
These impacts of male dominated research can be called himpacts.
Whether or not himpactsexist isn't the point (yet). The point is that there remains a dominant discourse that impacts of research are positive. Grimpacts began to unpack this discourse in late 2018 and himpactscontinue that critique. Too infrequently do we consider ethical implications of the research impact agenda beyond critiques of the changing nature of scholarship and the impact that has on (particularly early career) researchers and on how research institutions are assessed.
One approach to addressing the ethics of impact is being undertaken by Research Impact Canada practitioners from York U., U Saskatchewan and U. Victoria. They are developing an indigenous framework for knowledge mobilization. At York U, Michael Johnny (Manager, Knowledge Mobilization) has spoken to the Ontario Coalition of Indigenous Friendship Centres about this effort. The indigenous framework isn't ready for prime time, but it is an important effort to challenge some dominant paradigms in knowledge mobilization and research impact.


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Inside track with joe carroll
St Pat's are on the road again as search for provincial glory begins
Joe Carroll
St Patrick's, best in Louth again this year, have been set a difficult task as they try to improve on the county's – and their own - very ordinary Leinster Club Championship record, Fergal Reel taking his charges on the road to Tullamore next Sunday to play Offaly's Rhode. It's the second year in succession, and fourth in five provincial forays, in which the green-and-whites have had to face a first round away tie.
12 months ago they were in Portlaoise for a meeting with the home team, and despite turning in a blinding performance went down by a point in extra-time. The referee didn't do them any favours.
Even though it ended in defeat, that was Pat's best performance at provincial level, better even than the one they turned in 2003, the first year in which they played in the competition. They beat Westmeath champions, The Downs, at Mullingar before going down to Dublin's St Brigid's at Dowdallshill.
There have been three unsuccessful attempts at getting over the first hurdle since, last year's, along with 2004's – beaten in Newbridge by Johnny Doyle's Allenwood – and the one in 2007, routed by Portlaoise at St Brigid's Park.
It's 41-years since the competition was first played, and in that time the best any Louth team has done is to reach the final. Newtown Blues were beaten by Offaly's Gracefield in the first final, and twice during the 1970s, Cooley Kickhams suffered the same fate, going down to UCD and Portlaoise. Mattock Rangers were the most recent to fall at the final jump, failing to Meath's Dunshaughlin after winning the Louth title for the first time, in 2002.
Presumptuous perhaps, but Pat's have been looking at this competition since well before clinching the county title. They feel they can make an impression, especially after doing so well last year against one of the province's top teams.
Sean Connor missed the Portlaoise game through injury, but all going well should be between the sticks on Sunday. A thought: Has this man a record shared with no other in Louth footballer, having won Senior Championship medals as a goalkeeper and an outfield player?
Stabannon's Brendan McConnon was as versatile in his career, but his Championship win as a forward came in Intermediate before switching to goals and winning three medals at senior level.

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Dua Lipa Premieres New Song "Want To" for Jaguar I-PACE
British car brand Jaguar has collaborated with London-based singer-songwriter Dua Lipa. Both have released a new song "Want To" online.
Originally, the song was recorded for her self-titled debut album, but it was not included on when the album released.
However she sometimes performed a rough version of the song at her concert in the past.
This time, she completed the song for campaign of Jaguar's I-PACE. It was written by Andrew Jackson, Amish Patel and Dua Lipa.
More information about campaign click here. Jaguar website here.
Dua Lipa will release a new song "Electricity" with Mark Ronson and Diplo on September 6th.
She is currently on tour in Europe, Asia and North America through to September 30.
Learn more about tour dates, click here.
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Both Democrats and Republicans we're "broke" and can't help our own seniors, veterans, orphans, homeless, Etc.,?
Our right to secure proper medical treatment, now government controlled, Unsecure boarders, an inept Justice system, a corrupt IRS that intrudes on every aspect of our life, a banking system that is formated for a one world government.
Our retired seniors living on a 'fixed income' receive no aid nor do they get any breaks while our government pours hundreds of billions of $'s and tons of food to foreign countries!
In America we have hundreds of adoptable children who are shoved aside to make room for the adoption of foreign orphans.
AMERICA: a country where we have homeless without shelter, children going to bed hungry, elderly going without needed medication and mentally ill without treatment -etc.


On March 26, 1973 the Commissioner of Parks and Recreation for the City of Sault Ste. Marie, Harold A. Brain, convened a meeting at the Community Services Boards Offices, then located in the Sault Memorial Gardens for "persons interested in establishing a hiking trail along the precipice of the Cambrian Shield" from Gros Cap on Lake Superior to Hiawatha Park, just north of Sault Ste. Marie. One of those in attendance, Dr. Paul D. Syme, a Sault Ste. Maire research scientist and member of the Bruce Trail Association, immediately saw the possibility of extending this concept eastward towards Southern Ontario's Bruce Trail.
Over the summer of 1973, members busied themselves learning the skills needed to build trails and on October 24, 1973, the name "Voyageur Trail Association" was chosen and the decision was taken to follow the Bruce Trail model of dividing the trail into sections and assigning responsibility for trail building, maintenance, public hikes, etc. to local Voyageur Trail Clubs.
Donald T. Myren and committee were recruited to draft a Constitution and by the next meeting, November 15, 1973 in the library of the Great Lakes Forestry Centre, Don Myren and Dieter Ropke had a draft Constitution to present. On this basis, an interim Executive was installed (President, Paul Syme; Vice-President, Ralph Yanni; Treasurer, Ralph Wood). Ian Morrison acted as secretary at this meeting and was elected Secretary shortly thereafter.
On July 3, 1974, the Association was formally chartered as a Corporation Without Share Capital.
The design used by the Association for its trail markers goes back to 1974, when, at a meeting on May 6, resolutions were passed defining the form "being an arrow pointed upwards surrounded by the words Voyageur Trail" and colour (blue on yellow) of trail markers.
The now almost extinct, Rainbow Section near Espanola, was the first hikable Voyageur Trail Section in 1973 (and even before!). In 1974, George Morrison (a teacher in Espanola) invited guests to hike the trail which became the first organized outing on the Voyageur Trail.
The Saulteaux was the first Voyageur Trail Club established in 1974. The Saulteaux Section opened on September 21, 1975 and the Desbarats Section opened next on November 6, 1976. Thessalon Section opened in 1978 followed by the Echo Ridges Section in 1980.
The Saulteaux was the first Voyageur Trail Club established in 1974.
The Voyageur Trail News (newsletter) was first published on January 15, 1975.
The Thunderbird logo (at top of this page) was designed in 1975 by Janet Clark of Wawa at the request of Paul Syme, who asked her to incorporate the thunderbird and a V and T. The thunderbird is an adaptation of one of the Pictographs on Agawa Rock in Lake Superior Provincial Park.
The Voyageur Trail Association remains today as a trail building and maintenance organization to a trail building-and-hiking organization with several public outings held throughout the year in various clubs. We will always remember our founding fathers and thank them for their pioneering efforts. If we continue to exhibit the same dedication of these first few, we can expand the Voyageur Trail Association and hopefully someday achieve the dream of a continuous trail from Thunder Bay to Sudbury to join with trails in the south part of the province!


On 2nd February 2018, we held our annual Grandparent's Assembly. It was wonderful to see such a great turnout of grandparents and parents supporting our pupils and the school. Each class took it in turns to entertain their grandparents.
We had some beautiful pictures of grandparents painted by P1 and P2. They even told us some very interesting things about their grannies and granddads. After that, led by Miss Donnelly, the P1 and P2 class sang two lovely songs.
In P3 and P4, they worked hard to prepare two wonderful poems about grandparents. The acrostic poem was really great. They finished off by singing a very beautiful song to their grandparents.
P5 and P6 prepared a Grandparent's Survival Kit. From sweets to aspirin, I think this kit is an essential for any grandparent.
Finally, P7 wrote some stories about their grandparents, remembering their favourite times they spent with them. P7 worked extremely hard on the stories and this really showed with the laughter and tears from all at the assembly. The assembly rounded off with P7 performing a 'One Direction' song which was dedicated to all the wonderful grannies and granddads out there!


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Brenda Major
Brenda Major is a Distinguished Professor in the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and past Fellow of the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences. Her research areas include the psychology of stigma, psychological responses to abortion, the psychological justification of inequality, including gender inequality, and the antecedents and consequences of perceived discrimination and unfair treatment. She is the author of more than 150 articles and book chapters and the book, The Psychology of Legitimacy, edited with John Jost. Her work has been funded by the National Science Foundation, the National Institutes of Health, the American Philosophical Foundation, and the Cattell Foundation.
Brenda has served as President of the Society of Experimental Social Psychology and President of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology. Her many awards include the 2014 Scientific Impact Prize from the Society of Experimental Social Psychology, the 2012 Kurt Lewin Prize from the Society of Psychological Study of Social Issues, the 1988 Gordon Allport Intergroup Relations Prize, the 1986 Gordon Allport Intergroup Relations Prize, the 1985 Distinguished Publication Award from the Association of Women in Psychology, and she was named a California Distinguished Wellness Lecturer in 1997. Brenda chaired the American Psychological Association Task Force on Mental Health and Abortion from 2006-2008. Her research examines the impact of organizational diversity initiatives on minorities' and majorities' perceptions of fairness and acceptance within organizations, and the impact of perceived ethnic, gender, and weight-based discrimination on physiological stress responses, health behaviors, and interpersonal relationships.
I am thrilled with the chance to honor Brenda Major and the contributions she has made to social psychology. Her work reorienting the field toward understanding prejudice from a target's point of view has been groundbreaking and continues to impact current research. In addition, Brenda has been an inspiration to so many of those who have worked with her. From her, we have learned to think theoretically, but to translate those theories into elegantly and ecologically sound designs that answer real world questions. Her influence has made a lasting mark on how I think about social psychology and the science I do. I am honored to have had her as a mentor.
-Toni Schmader, PhD, Canadian Research Chair, Professor, University of British Columbia
I had not seen Brenda Major's tour de force chapter in the 1994 edition of Advances in Experimental Social Psychology ("From social inequality to personal entitlement") until Jenny Crocker mentioned it to me during a colloquium visit to Yale, where I was a graduate student. The ideas in that piece were in perfect harmony with an article that Mahzarin Banaji and I had just published in a special issue of the British Journal of Social Psychology (Jost & Banaji, 1994). I was thrilled (and validated) that a luminary in our field such as Brenda had reached conclusions that were similar to my own. An intellectual crush was born.
Brenda and I chatted at a conference or two after that, but I had no way of knowing that she would change my life in 1996, when she telephoned me (as people did back then) to ask if I would be interested in moving to Santa Barbara for a year or two. I was. The time I spend at UCSB turned out to be among the most exhilarating and inspiring periods of my career, as I had wonderful conversations with Jim Blascovich, David Hamilton, Stanley Klein, Dianne Mackie, Howie Giles, Wendy Berry Mendes, Toni Schmader, and many others. But the best were with Brenda, often at the beach or the lagoon or in her hot tub, when we hatched plans to organize a conference and edit a book volume on The Psychology of Legitimacy.
Legitimacy, we felt, was the concept that unified theories of relative deprivation, social comparison, stigma, self-esteem, social justice, belief in a just world, social identification, social dominance, system justification, depressed entitlement, and so on. When I was offered a tenure-track job at Stanford in 1997, Brenda screamed (with excitement) even louder than I did. We ended up hosting the conference at Stanford in 1998 and publishing the book a few years later (Jost & Major, 2001). Intellectual crush consummated.
I flew back to Santa Barbara for Brenda's surprise 50th birthday celebration and partied with her and Jim until the sun came up! Brenda is a good friend and a terrific scholar and researcher. She is most deserving of this prestigious form of professional recognition.
-John Jost, PhD, Professor, New York University
Brenda's a tornado of energy, information, and ideas. Her curiosity is boundless. Her theoretical proficiency is stunning. Her passion for the scientific study of social justice is contagious. And she's great fun. There's no one better to discuss basic rules of life with (e.g., "If Wegmans doesn't have it, I don't need it; If I have to iron it, I won't buy it") or regale you with tales of the perils of wrap dresses getting caught on overhead projectors at national conferences. Being Brenda's student is a privilege that pays long dividends—like good parenting, great mentorship is something that is often appreciated even more deeply with time. Thanks to Brenda, I endeavor to see the forest for the trees, pay attention to the data, and always have a good answer to, "So what?"
-Wendy Quinton, PhD, Clinical Assistant Professor, University of Buffalo
Brenda's mentorship was transformative, and my time as a postdoc in her lab was the most joyful period in my career. Brenda identifies important yet poorly understood scientific paradoxes, and offers a rich theoretical framework providing unique insight into these perplexing questions, and produces trailblazing research with socially significant, and often hugely controversial, implications. It is an amazing combination of brains, brawn, and bravery. I am immensely grateful to Brenda for showing me how to be playful with science, imparting endless wisdom about life inside and outside academia, being a tireless advocate for women, and for being my cherished intellectual playmate and friend.
-Cheryl Kaiser, PhD. Associate Professor, University of Washington
There are some people who shape your life in a profound and lasting way. Brenda Major is one of those people for me. In graduate school, she taught me the value of models and process, to be inspired by theory and data, and to be deeply committed to one's ideas but be prepared to abandon your cherished beliefs if the data prove you wrong. I've learned so much from her, and continue to learn from her every time I read her articles, chat casually, or hear her think aloud. Brenda is an amazing mentor, collaborator and friend. I am fortunate to have her in my life as my favorite professional and personal hero.
-Wendy Berry Mendes, PhD, Sarlo/Ekman Endowed Professor, UC San Francisco
Brenda has had a tremendous influence on my career development. While I admire many of Brenda's qualities, the theoretical sophistication of her thinking and the conceptual clarity of her writing are particularly inspiring. In addition, her enthusiasm for her work and passion for justice have had a lasting impact on me.
-Laurie O'Brien, PhD, Associate Professor, Tulane University
Brenda changed my life. She inspired me to propel my thinking down new roads of theory and explore ideas I never would have discovered alone. She challenged me to become a better writer, experimentalist, and ultimately a better scientist. More importantly, however, she welcomed me into her lab and her home and believed in me. As Brenda's post-doc, she trusted me to mentor graduate students, experiment with psychophysiology, and even care for dear old Hobbes! In that process, she gave me the opportunity to be a better social psychologist and form lifelong relationships that made me a better person. Although the entire field is lucky to have such an astute and productive scholar of intergroup relations, it is those of us who know and work alongside her who are luckiest of all. With Brenda's energy, curiosity, and contagious excitement, she is a true inspiration.
-Jonathan Kunstman, PhD, Assistant Professor, Miami University
Brenda Major is an incredible mentor. She is generous with her time and all her mentees are taken under her wing. As she states, she is our mentor for life. My career trajectory has changed due to Brenda's mentorship during my one-year post-doc at UCSB. My research program is now more theoretically driven and includes greater diversity of methodologies including psychophysiology thanks to Brenda's tutelage. Brenda is an excellent researcher, teacher, and mentor and deserves the highest recognition from our field.
-Bettina Casad, PhD, Assistant Professor, University of Missouri - St. Louis
Also honoring Brenda Major's contributions:
Richard Gramzow, PhD, Associate Professor, Syracuse University
PJ Henry, PhD, Associate Professor, NYU Abu Dhabi
Sarah Townsend, PhD, Assistant Professor, USC Marshall School of Business
Dina Eliezer, PhD, Booz Allen Hamilton
Brooke Vick, PhD, Associate Professor, Whitman College
Monica Schneider, PhD, Associate Professor, SUNY Geneseo
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Further Donations are always welcome to honor another psychologist. Be sure to leave a note regarding which mentor you would like to donate for and any testimonial you might like to give.


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83RD METROPOLITAN OPERA GUILD LUNCHEON
Over 600 opera aficionados — including Honored Guests Martina Arroyo, Candice Bergen, Kristin Chenoweth, Marilyn Horne, James Morris, Diane Sawyer and Teresa Stratas — attended the 83rd Annual Metropolitan Opera Guild Luncheon at Cipriani 42nd Street on Thursday, December 7th. This year's honoree, Renée Fleming, was acknowledged for her immense contribution to opera and music. Spoken and musical tributes were delivered by Peter Gelb, Ann Patchett and Luca Pisaroni, along with a performance by The Metropolitan Opera Guild's Urban Voices, a choral music initiative that involves nearly 4,000 students and teachers every year.
"The Metropolitan Opera Guild is thrilled to fête an artist who is so vital to the opera world," said Richard J. Miller, Jr., President of the Metropolitan Opera Guild. "Renée Fleming is one of the most extraordinary singers to grace stages all across the globe."
The luncheon raised more than $500,000 to benefit the educational programs of The Metropolitan Opera Guild, which last year enriched the lives of over 15,000 students in programs that bring opera into the schools and students into the opera house.
"I've been so honored to call the MET my operatic home and am grateful for the love and support of everyone in this room," said Renée Fleming. "The Metropolitan Opera Guild's unparalleled commitment to music education and bringing people into the world of opera is so important. Opera holds up a mirror to society and elevates the discussion of important issues. It is such a privilege to be a part of this dialogue."
Producer Beth Morrison with honoree Renée Fleming and artist Anna Chlumsky at the 83rd Annual Metropolitan Opera Guild Luncheon at Cipriani 42nd Street on December 7, 2017. (Photographs by Dario Acosta)
Opera News Editor in Chief, F. Paul Driscoll with honoree Renée Fleming at the 83rd Annual Metropolitan Opera Guild Luncheon at Cipriani 42nd Street on December 7, 2017. (Photographs by Dario Acosta)
President of the Metropolitan Opera Guild, Richard J. Miller, Jr. with artist Kristen Chenoweth at the 83rd Annual Metropolitan Opera Guild Luncheon at Cipriani 42nd Street on December 7, 2017. (Photographs by Dario Acosta)
Artist Anna Chlumsky with honoree Renée Fleming and author Ann Patchett at the 83rd Annual Metropolitan Opera Guild Luncheon at Cipriani 42nd Street on December 7, 2017. (Photographs by Dario Acosta)
The Urban Voices performing at the 83rd Annual Metropolitan Opera Guild Luncheon at Cipriani 42nd Street on December 7, 2017. (Photographs by Dario Acosta)
10 Peter Gelb Speaking
9. Luca Pisaroni Singing
8. Chlumsky, Fleming. O'brien, Chenoweth, Patchett
7. Renee and Friends
6. Morrison, Fleming, Chlumsky
Among the other illustrious attendees: Jamie Barton, Harry Bicket, Sarah Billinghurst Solomon, Harolyn Blackwell, Wolfgang Brendel, Joseph Calleja, Anna Chlumsky, Catia Chapin, Philip Cokorinos, Judith-Ann Corrente, Anthony Roth Costanzo, F. Paul Driscoll, Loretta Di Franco, Lauren Flanigan, Carole Bailey French, Ann Gottlieb, Denyce Graves, Anthony Dean Griffey, Agnes Gund, John Hancock, Ashton Hawkins, Hei-Kyung Hong, Vlad Iftinca, Karen and Kevin Kennedy, Anthony Laciura, Nora London, Ellen Marcus, Terrence McNally, Angela Meade, Carol and Richard J. Miller, Jr., Jack O'Brien, Mark Osgood, Mark Oswald, Ailyn Pérez, Emily and John Rafferty, Win and Mary Rutherfurd, Deborah Rutter, Marc Stern, Barry Tucker, Jean Vanderbilt, Joseph Volpe, Dolora Zajick, Francesca Zambello and Ann Ziff.
The event was made possible through the support of President's Circle Sponsor, The Lloyd E. Rigler–Lawrence E. Deutsch Foundation and Corporate Sponsor, BNY Mellon Wealth Management.
About The Metropolitan Opera Guild:
The Metropolitan Opera Guild is the world's premier arts education organization dedicated to enriching people's lives through the magic and artistry of opera. The Guild fosters personal expression, confidence, literacy and collaboration in children with customized education programs integrated into the curriculum of their schools, and builds a deeper appreciation of opera in adults through workshops and community programs, and by publishing OPERA NEWS, the world's leading opera magazine. Through its unique relationship with the Metropolitan Opera, the Guild offers all audiences unique access to the artists, performances and majesty of one of the world's most renowned performing arts companies. For more information about The Metropolitan Opera Guild and its programs, visit metguild.org.
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The Cumberland Winter Bird Project is an ongoing community project focused on getting to know the winter birds in our backyard, forests, and wetlands each year over the months of December and January.
Did you know the Comox Valley is one of the most significant areas for wintering and migratory waterfowl and waterbirds in British Columbia? Yup! Winters in the forests and wetlands of Cumberland is a wonderful time to get to know our neighbours in nature.
This project is about observation, documentation and discovery, Whether you join in on CCFS citizen science projects like iNaturalist, observe as part of a peaceful walk in the forest, take photos or sketch drawings, or just learn more through books and websites – the Winter Bird Project is all about tuning in to the biodiversity of the Cumberland Forest in the winter months
In the forest, this is a big winter for cones on Douglas-fir, meaning it is also a great year to see massive flocks of seed-eating finches such as Pine Siskins, Red Crossbills, and the more rare White-winged Crossbill. Pacific Wrens also stick around in deep forest cover and can be seen hopping around in dense undergrowth or heard giving their extremely long, musical song. Higher in the canopy, you may see and hear Chestnut-backed Chickadees, Golden-crowned Kinglets, and a variety of woodpeckers.
In wetlands or open water, look for Hooded Mergansers, Buffleheads, and Wood Ducks in "club kid" mating plumage, bobbing their strangely shaped heads as they cruise the ponds looking for mates.
Steller's Jays are now roving in flocks around alleys and backyards, as are Dark-eyed Juncos, Golden-crowned Sparrows, Song Sparrows, Spotted Towhees, and big flocks of American Robins.In gardens, backyards, and around forest edges, listen for the raspy sound of the Anna's Hummingbird and look for them visiting feeders all winter and chasing much larger birds from a prominent perch.
For those of you who like to explore the forest at night, Owls are another group of birds that start pairing up in the winter. At any time of night, or near dusk, in patches of big trees you may start to hear Barred Owls beginning their mating "duets" that sound like "Who cooks for you? Who cooks for you all?" Barred Owls are Cumberland's most common owl, but you may also hear Great Horned, or some of our tiny and "at risk" species such as Northern Saw-whet Owl or Western Screech Owl – especially around lakes or wetlands.
Here is some more info on a few of our favourite feathered friends!
We have American Dippers around all winter in Cumberland. We found one in Perseverance Creek (lower area, between the bridge and Comox Lake). American Dippers are just plain awesome… they dive into freezing cold water all day, all winter, as long as they have a bit of open water. Also very connected to healthy waterways as they eat things like aquatic insects (big news stories yesterday on global insect decline) and fish eggs.
The American Robin is the quintessential 'Bird of Spring' for most of North America, but we're lucky enough to have them as year-round residents on eastern Vancouver Island. They're common almost everywhere but are especially visible after rain (so, yeah, mostly in the winter months) chasing down worms that wriggle to the surface to avoid drowning in the soaked soil. They have a gentle call and a sociable nature, preferring to roam in flocks (almost herds at times), but will scold you if you get too close.
Anna's Hummingbirds are among the most common hummingbirds along the Pacific Coast, yet they're anything but common in appearance. With their iridescent emerald feathers and sparkling rose-pink throats, they are more like flying jewelry than birds.
Though no larger than a ping-pong ball and no heavier than a nickel, Anna's Hummingbirds make a strong impression. In their thrilling courtship displays, males climb up to 130 feet into the air and then swoop to the ground with a curious burst of noise that they produce through their tail feathers.
Explore your gardens, backyards, and around forest edges and listen for the raspy sound of the Anna's Hummingbird. Look for them visiting feeders all winter and chasing much larger birds from a prominent perch. Unlike the Rufuous Hummingbirds that show up in summer, Anna's don't migrate south for the winter, and start to nest in late winter/early spring.
A small, buoyant, large-headed duck that abruptly vanishes and resurfaces as it feeds, the tiny Bufflehead spends winters bobbing in estuaries, reservoirs, wetlands and lakes.
The Bufflehead nests almost exclusively in holes excavated by Northern Flickers and, on occasion, by Pileated Woodpeckers. Males are striking black-and white from a distance. A closer look at the head shows glossy green and purple setting off the striking white patch. Females are a subdued gray-brown with a neat white patch on the cheek.
Unlike most ducks, the Bufflehead is mostly monogamous, often remaining with the same mate for several years. Less sociable than most ducks, they are most often seen in pairs or small groups, and almost never in large flocks. They take wing easily from the water, flying with rapid wingbeats. Cool Fact? Bufflehead fossils from the late Pleistocene (about 500,000 years ago) have been found in Alaska, California, Florida, Illinois, Kansas, Texas, and Washington. One California fossil that resembles a modern Bufflehead dates to the late Pliocene, two million years ago.
Dark Eyes Juncos are dark-headed sparrow with the white outer tail feathers is the most abundant sparrow in the province – and indeed in the country. It is a familiar winter bird in southern British Columbia, common in parks and around feeders. Dark-eyed juncos play important ecosystem roles by helping with seed dispersal and controlling insects. They also bring great joy to birdwatchers. In fact, dark-eyed juncos are often regarded as one of the most common feeder birds in Canada.
Golden-Crowned Sparrow
The large, handsome Golden-crowned Sparrow is a common bird of weedy or shrubby lowlands and city edges in winter along the Pacific coast. Though it's familiar to many during winter, Golden-crowned Sparrows vanish for the summer into the north of BC, Yukon and Alaska.
Gold-rush miners Miners in the Yukon at the turn of the twentieth century woefully referred to the Golden-crowned Sparrow as the "no gold here" bird, because its melancholic song resembled that depressing phrase. They also interpreted its song to say "I'm so tired," prompting them to dub the bird "Weary Willie." Check out this link to listen to their song https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Golden-crowned_Sparrow/
"Hooded" is something of an understatement for this extravagantly crested little duck. Adult males are a sight to behold, with sharp black-and-white patterns set off by chestnut flanks. Females get their own distinctive elegance from their cinnamon crest. Hooded Mergansers are fairly common on small ponds and rivers, where they dive for fish, crayfish, and other food, seizing it in their thin, serrated bills. They nest in tree cavities; the ducklings depart with a bold leap to the forest floor when only one day old.
Hooded Mergansers find their prey underwater by sight. They can actually change the refractive properties of their eyes to improve their underwater vision. In addition, they have an extra eyelid, called a "nictitating membrane," which is transparent and helps protect the eye during swimming, like a pair of goggles.
Hooded Mergansers often lay their eggs in other females' nests. This is called "brood parasitism" and is similar to the practice of Brown-headed Cowbirds, except that the ducks only lay eggs in nests of their own species. Female Hooded Mergansers can lay up to about 13 eggs in a clutch, but nests have been found with up to 44 eggs in them!
Pacific Wren
Pacific Wrens are tiny brown wrens with a song much larger than themselves. One researcher deemed them a "pinnacle of song complexity." This tinkling, bubbly songster is more often heard than seen within the dark understory of old-growth evergreen forests where they live.
When Pacific Wrens sing they hold their tail upright and their entire body shakes with sound. When you hear their sweet song, patiently look in the understory for mouselike movements along decaying logs and in upturned roots. Male Pacific Wrens build multiple nests within their territory. During courtship, males lead the female around to each nest and the female chooses which nest to use.
A fascinating finch of coniferous woodlands, the Red Crossbill forages on nutritious seeds in pine, hemlock, Douglas-fir, and spruce cones. Their specialized bills allow them to break into unopened cones, giving them an advantage over other finch species. Because conifers produce seeds unpredictably, Red Crossbills sometimes wander (or "irrupt") far beyond their usual range. They nest wherever and whenever they find abundant food, sometimes even in winter. Several types of Red Crossbill exist; they each have different calls, feed on particular conifer species, and might represent distinct species.
These stubby little nomads are often first detected by their hard kip-kip call notes as they fly overhead in evergreen woods. Look and especially listen for Red Crossbills in coniferous forests. Their call notes are sharp and metallic, and the birds usually occur in chattering flocks near the tops of trees. In the morning, crossbills often come to the ground to consume grit along roadsides.
The Spotted Towhee is a large, striking sparrow. When you catch sight of one, they're gleaming black above (females are grayish brown), spotted and striped with brilliant white. Their warm rufous flanks match the dry leaves they spend their time hopping around in. Spotted Towhees are likely to visit – or perhaps live in – your yard if you've got brushy, shrubby, or overgrown borders. If your feeders are near a vegetated edge, towhees may venture out to eat fallen seed. If you want to attract towhees to your feeders, consider sprinkling some seed on the ground, as this is where towhees prefer to feed. But watch out for cats.
This crested bird has an attitude! Bold, intelligent, and noisy, Steller's Jays are 'generalist foragers' who eat insects, seeds, berries, nuts, small animals, eggs, and nestlings. With large nuts such as acorns and pinyon pine seeds, Steller's Jays carry several at a time in their mouth and throat, then bury them one by one as a winter food store. Steller's Jays will also steal food from other birds or look for handouts from people.
Steller's Jays move around with bold hops of their long legs, both on the ground and among the branches of conifers. They pause often to eye their surroundings, cocking their head with sudden movements this way and that. Jays also have incredible memories! They are very social, traveling in groups, sometimes playing with or chasing each other, or joining mixed-species flocks. One of the most vocal species, Steller's Jays keep up a running commentary on events and often instigate mobbing of predators and other possibly dangerous intruders.
The Wood Duck is one of the most stunningly pretty of all waterfowl. Males are iridescent chestnut and green, with ornate patterns on nearly every feather; the elegant females have a distinctive profile and delicate white pattern around the eye. These birds live in wooded swamps, where they nest in holes in trees or in nest boxes put up around lake or wetland margins (you can see some of these from the Wellington Trail!). They are one of the few duck species equipped with strong claws that can grip bark and perch on branches.
After hatching, the ducklings jump down from the nest tree and make their way to water. The mother calls them to her, but does not help them in any way. The ducklings may jump from heights of over 50 feet without injury. Look for Wood Ducks around the edges of wetlands, swamps and wood-fringed marshes. They're less likely to be out on a large stretch of open water. They pick their way around vegetation growing out of the water or stand on tree branches or logs along the shorelines. Look for their distinctive oblong head shape. In flight they have a distinctive pattern: dark underwings and chest with a contrasting bright belly.
More Bird Info
Cool Winter Bird Links
Yellow Point Ecological Society – This organization exists to appreciate, protect and restore the ecosystems and watersheds in the Yellow Point area of Vancouver Island, and to inspire and support local residents and visitors to do the same. They have great VI backyard bird content including audio clips for identifying!
Audubon – Check out this online field guide to North American Birds
Avibase – Avibase is an extensive database information system about all birds of the world, containing over 37 million records about 10,000 species and 22,000 subspecies of birds. They have a specific page for Vancouver Island.
What Bird.com – Whatbird.com search engine used to identify birds of North America.
Comox Valley Nature – they folks exist "to know nature, and keep it worth knowing" and offer workshops, walks (when covid allows), interest pages and more. They have a Nature Viewing Guide for the Comox Valley as well.


You've seen disturbing images and videos of factory farm animals being forced to live in the absolute worst of conditions, but a new overhead video captured by a spy drone reveals a whole new sector of disturbing factory farm activity.
Once again, these are not images of water, but instead large 'lakes' of feces and other animal waste. According to Devries, these massive dumps are filled by 'sewage systems' that drain the animal waste into the area. And this is just one part of this factory farm system by Murphy-Brown, a subdivision of Smithfield Farms — the largest pork producer in the United States.
Thousands of similar factory farms exist in just North Carolina alone, giving you an idea of how prevalent these corporate farms have become. And the 'feces lake' is really just the beginning.
As the drone video's extended YouTube premiere explains, there are serious health consequences for those nearby (not to mention those eating factory farm livestock that are injected with antibiotics and growth hormones).
But perhaps the most disturbing twist to the river of feces and waste is the method of disposal. Farm workers do not 'drain' the lake, or transport the waste to another region where it can be properly disposed of. Instead, the feces lake is literally 'sprayed' around the entire farmland — and reportedly into the lawns of nearby neighbors.
Sadly, we have seen numerous reports and studies revealing the extent by which factory farms are in fact threatening our health and the planet at large. It may come as no surprise to know that factory farming produces a whopping 100 times more waste than the United States population at large.
As whistleblowers and concerned farmers begin to speak out and expose the true nature of the factory farming complex, real change will be forced to occur. When the general public sees how their food supply is truly being raised (and how the US government is fully subsidizing it), corporations will be forced to adopt new practices.
But in order to generate concern among the public, it's essential that they first become aware of these issues. Spread the word by sharing this disturbing article via social media and initiate the change.
Smithfield Farms aka Smithfield Foods aka Smithfield are the same company and was purchased by mainland China's WH Group in September, 2013. WH Group is a global corporation with headquarters in Hong Kong; Shuanghui Group (Shineway Group), Luohe, Henan, People's Republic of China; Smithfield Foods, Smithfield, Virginia; and, Campofrio Food Group, Madrid, Spain.
Forced on "people of color"? Come to Tennessee, we don't discriminate or have private feces lakes. Knowing that perhaps you should ask yourself why it is that nobody that is from here actually eats the fish from lakes, rivers and streams these days. We just watch the transplants eat them.
Do yourself a favor, Canadian_skeptic is a GMO troll. It won't respond to a real debate happening in its name, it is on here just to piss real concerned people off. The name itself "Canadian_skeptic" was chosen by a panel to have an effect at luring people into debate. I'm doing a whole article on "Canadian_skeptic" the troll. Not a real person, just a corporation. Relax, go spend time with your family, don't let this robot lure you in. Ask it its name or locale, or for a website, or even email, you'll get nothing.
I think the protesters are protesting the wrong thing (police officers) …they need to be protesting the government as well as big corporations for environmental racism.
OMG! They're spraying manure on the fields! It's a good thing organic farmers don't use… eh wait…never mind.
manure is good only when it's from healthy animals.
Organic farmers use composted manure. Not the same. So, yes, mind.
this is not about racism or about social class whatsoever, let's not get distracted from the real issue: that they're doing this in the first place. Sure that may be a symptom but that's Invisible, nonexistent in comparison to the grim reality of factory farms. If they didn't exist, NO ONE would have to bear the consequences.
If pork is and "the risk of contamination of feeds", because the factors of production then it used together people from contaminated meat, so all the diseases of viral, bacterial infection .All enjoy.
While all are used and … It does not appear, and because the danger is, so the danger is elsewhere.
And the risk of contamination of feeds elsewhere. For example, Ebola in Africa. But, the hunger.
And because of the dangers of not using it.
Research and risks must be measured that against of used the public.
Do this the course is assessed by qualified personnel ?
Obviously English is not your strong suit; your comment is nonsensical, at best. Did you use translation software, or just skip a lot of school?
Sorry, you're really a man with confidence.
Clearly, I'm not saying you wrote.
You will not like. It does not matter to me.
If " text" you about care , you are . Which is obviously something that you do have to be involved.
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Which is not that allowed.
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The objective of the North Carolina Pecan Grower's Association is to encourage and promote research and education in all phases of the pecan industry, to interact with others in the interest of pecan growers throughout the region, and to promote pecans as a commercial crop in North Carolina. One of their prime opportunities is as a sponsor of the NC Pecan Harvest Festival. We invite you to browse the NCPGA web site at www.ncpecans.org for additional information.
We encourage interested folks to come by the North Carolina Pecan Grower's Association Tent to learn more about growing pecans either commercially or just a few trees in the home yard. See Milton parker at the NCPGA tent for further details and assistance. The NCPGA tent will be located in front of Mann's Clothing Store on South Madison Street in downtown Whiteville. New crop pecans(green) will be available for sale in the shell as well as shelled. Come to the Pecan Festival and go NUTS!


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Q: XSD : how to validate this xml, with sequences depending on the value of the first one? I have 3 kinds of XML blocks, containing no "filter" block, or "filter" with "invalidation" whose first value is either "fixed1" or "fixed2"; if "fixed1": nothing else, if "fixed2", this sequence A1,A2,A3 (see below) :
        <filter>
          <invalidation>fixed1</invalidation>
        </filter>

        <filter>
          <invalidation>fixed2</invalidation>
          <A1>string...</A1>
          <A2>string...</A2>
          <A2>string...</A3>
        </filter>

How to validate this ? I feel that there is some solution using xs:choice, but I couldn't find.
The only (poor) solution I found is :
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<xs:schema xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
...
<xs:simpleType name="invalidation">
  <xs:restriction base="xs:string">
    <xs:pattern value="fixed1|fixed2"/>
  </xs:restriction>
</xs:simpleType>
...
<xs:element name="filter" minOccurs="0">
  <xs:complexType>
    <xs:all>
      <xs:element name="invalidation" type="invalidation"/>
      <xs:element name="A1" type="xs:string" minOccurs="0"/>
      <xs:element name="A2" type="xs:string" minOccurs="0"/>
      <xs:element name="A3" type="xs:string" minOccurs="0"/>
    </xs:all>
  </xs:complexType>
</xs:element>

A: This cannot be done in XSD 1.0.
It can be done in XSD 1.1 using assertions. Define the structure as a sequence with the content model (invalidation, (A1, A2, A3)?) and then define an assertion: not(invalidation='fixed1' and exists(A1)).
XSD 1.1 is supported in Altova, Saxon, and Apache Xerces, but not in other products such as the built-in validators in Java and .NET.

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With inflation in the United States at a 40-year high and unemployment near a 50-year low, these are tough times to attract and retain employees in just about every sector. When you add the growing demand for talent in high tech sectors like big data and AI, you get a job market that's great for these workers, but tough for companies.
Whatever you call it – the Great Resignation, the Great Reshuffle, or the Global Talent Shortage – there's no denying that employers are under the gun when it comes to keeping skilled workers. Companies are scrambling to fill open positions in data and AI, let alone creating new ones to handle additional data and AI projects. This is causing employers to take drastic measures to keep up with the Joneses.
Here are three ways companies are dealing with the talent crunch:
1. Increase Pay
This is probably the most obvious solution to attracting and retaining AI and analytics staff–but also the most painful for companies. With inflation currently at 8.3%, employees have a great excuse to seek higher pay, even if it results in higher costs and more inflation down the road. And with so much churn in the labor market—nearly 48 million people quit their jobs in 2021–the conditions are perfect for them to get it.
Some tech firms are taking drastic measures. Microsoft for example is doubling its budget for employee salary increases, according to an article in Bloomberg. With the starting salary for a new engineer estimated to be around $160,000 per year, that is no small chunk of change for the second largest American company by market capitalization.
Inflation is expected to drive tech salaries up (Creativa Images/Shutterstock)
The move will help Microsoft to keep up with other tech giants eager to poach talent, including Amazon, which recently announced it's doubling the maximum base salary for employees from $160,000 to $350,00 per year. That will certainly help to attract people who are looking for new jobs, which according to a recent survey accounted for 44% of all workers.
Companies will pay significant sums for coveted positions. According to a 2021 survey Hired conducted for its 2022 State of Software Engineers study, NLP engineers made an average of about $160,000 per year, machine learning engineers earned about $158,000, and data engineers grossed about $156,000.
The good news (for employers) is that salaries for these positions were flat relative to 2020. The biggest increase? Security engineers, which saw a 7.6% bump in salary to about $165,500.
2021 salaries may have been flat because they are a lagging indicator, according to the 2022 Dice Tech Salary Report. These high-growth and high-value occupations may "begin to see an uptick in early 2022 and throughout the year," it suggested.
However, the odds of a recession have grown in recent weeks, as inflation takes a toll on consumer spending. That has led to speculation that the hiring binge will begin to slow. A spokesperson for Meta (parent company of Facebook) told CNBC earlier this week that the company was "slowing its growth" in hiring.
A recession would be painful for a lot of people and firms, but it likely would cool demand for tech talent.
2. Improve Benefits
Not too long ago, amenities like ping pong tables, bean bag chairs, and on-site chefs were enough to lure the best and brightest to tech startups. These days, folks are looking for something a little bit different, with a flexible working arrangement being near the top.
Postings for remote jobs on LinkedIn are getting a significantly higher response rate than jobs in specific locations (Source: LinkedIn)
Interest in jobs that allow workers to work from home is quite high. According to a post to the LinkedIn Talent Blog last month, remote jobs accounted for 20% of all job postings on LinkedIn, but accounted for 50% of all applications.
The message was crystal clear to Greg Lewis, the blog's author: "As many companies seem eager to return workers to the office, candidates are sending a strong message that many of them would prefer to work remotely."
Data from a recent Pew Research study bears this out. Since 2020, the reason that people work from home has changed, the group says. During the early days of the pandemic, working from home was a matter of survival for the company, but not anymore.
"Today, more workers say they are doing this by choice rather than necessity," Pew writes. "Among those who have a workplace outside of their home, 61% now say they are choosing not to go into their workplace, while 38% say they're working from home because their workplace is closed or unavailable to them."
For employers looking to satisfy a fickle workforce, allowing employees to work from home at least a few days a week could help keep them on the payroll–for at least a little longer.
3. Leverage Automation and Outsourcing
It's long been observed that as technology improve, it displaces human workers. We've seen this play out many times, including with the armies of clerks 100 years ago who manually tracked company spending on paper, only to be replaced with those Hollerith Tabulating Machines.
Africa's demographics make it a promising location for BPO and IT outsourcing (monaliza0024/Shutterstock)
Fast forward to 2020 and the worst viral pandemic in decades, and automation is continuing to take over potentially dangerous jobs. For instance, toll booth operators for the Carquinez Bridge in the San Francisco Bay Area were replaced with FastTrak tags, displacing hundreds of workers, according to this story in Time.
In the world of analytics, the rise of self-service tools and techniques is helping to democratize data, but could it also make a dent in the hiring shortfall? According to Dice, which tracked a 11.5% increase in data analyst salaries from 2020 to 2021 (to about $85,000), the answer is yes.
"For instance, numerous data-analytics apps allow employees of all backgrounds to crunch their organizations' databases for key insights," Dice wrote in its recent salary survey. "While these tools won't replace a highly specialized technologist, they're a good way to streamline other employees' workflows. With tech unemployment low and hiring managers having difficulty finding key talent, some organizations may be holding off on hiring some roles and relying on stopgap measures (and tools) instead."
Outsourcing also remains a possible tool to help companies through the Great Reshuffle. While it's not really possible to outsource high-valued, strategic positions like data scientists, relying on business process outsourcing (BPO) providers to fill in for other positions can help companies free up resources and personnel to direct to the problem areas, which may include data and AI.
David Rickard of the Everest Group, a respected provider of insight for the global BPO industry, says that while countries like India have a lot to offer now, there are some other locales that should be on your radar, including Africa.
"We talk about doubling down in India for the next three to five years in terms of looking for the talent, because they've got the talent now," Rickard tells Datanami in a recent interveiw. "But boldly go where no one has gone before and actually consider Africa as a long-term potential solution as it matures more and as people are coming into the workforce who are educated from an IT perspective."
Africa has a lot of things going for it, Rickard says. First and foremost, while the pipeline for workers entering the workforce in the future is shrinking in many developed countries, it's actually getting bigger in Africa. "If you look at the population in that 10 to 14 age range and the 15 to 19 age range, we're talking about over a billion people coming into the workforce over the next few years," he says.
Everest Group ranks the countries across various criteria, including infrastructure, safety, security, economics, digital readiness, and quality of life, Rickard says. "But then also we assess, what's the standard of English?"
Tech giants are already investing in the leading countries. For example, Microsoft is investing in Rwanda, Rickard says, and Google is also making investments. In addition to Rwandan, other East African countries on Everest's list include Kenya, Mauritius and Uganda. In West Africa, Ghana and Nigeria are good sources of workers from a BPO perspective, while in North Africa, it's Egypt, Morocco, and Tunisia. South Africa also makes the list.
Rickard specializes in call center work, which is slightly different than IT work. But both require good education and English proficiency, so there's some possibility that Africa could play a bigger role in data work in the future.
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Q: Compiling Bootstrap 5 sass in Vaadin 8 project fails I would like to use the Bootstrap 5 sass utilities in my Vaadin 8 project (to help facilitate using flexbox layouts, responsive layouts, and writing custom css). However, when I include the Bootstrap scss files I get a generic compilation error when importing the Bootstrap _functions.scss:

Compiling theme "VAADIN/themes/mytheme" failed (com.vaadin:vaadin-maven-
plugin:8.14.3:compile-theme:default:generate-resources)

In the details it just says that the com.vaadin.sass.SassCompiler "failed with status 1".
When I remove the code from _functions.scss and add it back bit by bit, it seems to be dying on the @each line of a mixin definition.  I am assuming this is because the sass compiler is old?  So my questions are:

*

*Are there logs or something where I can see the actual error that occurred when compiling the scss?

*How can I update the sass compiler in my Vaadin 8 project?

*Has anyone else successfully compiled the bootstrap sass in their Vaadin 8 project, and if so, how?

Thank you in advance.
UPDATE:
I commented out the compile-theme line like so:
        <plugin>
            <groupId>com.vaadin</groupId>
            <artifactId>vaadin-maven-plugin</artifactId>
            <version>${vaadin.plugin.version}</version>
             <configuration>
                <theme>mytheme</theme>
            </configuration>
            <executions>
                <execution>
                    <goals>
                        <goal>update-theme</goal>
                        <goal>update-widgetset</goal>
                        <goal>compile</goal>
                        <!-- 2022-10-13 Commenting out compile-theme and using sass-maven-plugin to compile modern sass instead -->
                        <!-- <goal>compile-theme</goal> -->
                    </goals>
                </execution>
            </executions>
        </plugin>

And added the sass-maven-plugin like so:
        <plugin>
            <groupId>nl.geodienstencentrum.maven</groupId>
            <artifactId>sass-maven-plugin</artifactId>
            <version>3.7.2</version>
            <configuration>
                <resources>
                    <resource>
                        <source>
                            <directory>${basedir}/src/main/webapp/VAADIN/themes/mytheme/scss</directory>
                            <includes>
                                <include>*.scss</include>
                            </includes>
                        </source>
                        <relativeOutputDirectory>..</relativeOutputDirectory>
                        <destination>${basedir}/src/main/webapp/VAADIN/themes/mytheme</destination>
                    </resource>
                </resources>
            </configuration>
            <executions>
                <execution>
                    <phase>generate-resources</phase>
                    <goals>
                        <goal>update-stylesheets</goal>
                    </goals>
                </execution>
            </executions>
        </plugin>

I had to copy the valo source code into my themes folder (since the Vaadin sass compiler was pulling it from the jar) and also the Bootstrap 5 scss code to my themes folder.  Now my scss appears to compile (Yay!) BUT every time I change the scss code it seems to recompile three times and sometimes even goes into an infinite loop! (as seen in the Eclipse Console->Maven Console):
2022-10-13, 9:21:24 p.m. EDT: [WARN] The artifact xml-apis:xml-apis:jar:2.0.2 has been relocated to xml-apis:xml-apis:jar:1.0.b2
2022-10-13, 9:21:24 p.m. EDT: [WARN] The POM for com.amazon.paapi:paapi5-java-sdk:jar:1.0.0 is missing, no dependency information available
2022-10-13, 9:21:24 p.m. EDT: [INFO] Resolving P/newsys.orm: com.librarybound:newsys.orm:0.0.1-SNAPSHOT with classifier  to /newsys.orm/target/classes
2022-10-13, 9:21:24 p.m. EDT: [INFO] Resolving P/cxfwebservices: com.librarybound:cxfwebservices:0.0.1-SNAPSHOT with classifier  to /cxfwebservices/target/classes
2022-10-13, 9:21:24 p.m. EDT: [INFO] Updating theme VAADIN/themes/mytheme
2022-10-13, 9:21:26 p.m. EDT: [INFO] Widgetsets found from classpath:
2022-10-13, 9:21:26 p.m. EDT: [INFO]    org.tepi.imageviewer.WidgetSet in jar:file:C:/Users/Susan/.m2/repository/org/vaadin/addons/imageviewer/0.6.0.v8/imageviewer-0.6.0.v8.jar!/
2022-10-13, 9:21:26 p.m. EDT: [INFO] Addon styles found from classpath:
2022-10-13, 9:21:26 p.m. EDT: [INFO]
2022-10-13, 9:21:26 p.m. EDT: [INFO] Search took 38ms
2022-10-13, 9:21:26 p.m. EDT: [INFO] Theme "VAADIN/themes/mytheme" updated
2022-10-13, 9:21:26 p.m. EDT: [INFO] Checked 0 files for C:\dev\lbi\dev\git\newsys\web\src\main\sass
2022-10-13, 9:21:26 p.m. EDT: [INFO] Checked 1 filtered (**/*.css) files for C:\dev\lbi\dev\git\newsys\web\target\web-1.0-SNAPSHOT\css
2022-10-13, 9:21:26 p.m. EDT: [INFO] Compiling Sass templates
2022-10-13, 9:21:26 p.m. EDT: [INFO] Queueing Sass template for compile: C:/dev/lbi/dev/git/newsys/web/src/main/webapp/VAADIN/themes/mytheme/scss => C:/dev/lbi/dev/git/newsys/web/src/main/webapp/VAADIN/themes/mytheme
2022-10-13, 9:21:55 p.m. EDT: [INFO]     >> C:/dev/lbi/dev/git/newsys/web/src/main/webapp/VAADIN/themes/mytheme/scss/styles.scss => C:/dev/lbi/dev/git/newsys/web/src/main/webapp/VAADIN/themes/mytheme/styles.css
2022-10-13, 9:21:55 p.m. EDT: [INFO] Using 'UTF-8' encoding to copy filtered resources.
2022-10-13, 9:21:55 p.m. EDT: [INFO] Copying 0 resource
2022-10-13, 9:21:55 p.m. EDT: [INFO] Using 'UTF-8' encoding to copy filtered resources.
2022-10-13, 9:21:55 p.m. EDT: [INFO] skip non existing resourceDirectory C:\dev\lbi\dev\git\newsys\web\src\test\resources
2022-10-13, 9:21:55 p.m. EDT: [INFO] Updating theme VAADIN/themes/mytheme
2022-10-13, 9:21:57 p.m. EDT: [INFO] Widgetsets found from classpath:
2022-10-13, 9:21:57 p.m. EDT: [INFO]    org.tepi.imageviewer.WidgetSet in jar:file:C:/Users/Susan/.m2/repository/org/vaadin/addons/imageviewer/0.6.0.v8/imageviewer-0.6.0.v8.jar!/
2022-10-13, 9:21:57 p.m. EDT: [INFO] Addon styles found from classpath:
2022-10-13, 9:21:57 p.m. EDT: [INFO]
2022-10-13, 9:21:57 p.m. EDT: [INFO] Search took 46ms
2022-10-13, 9:21:58 p.m. EDT: [INFO] Theme "VAADIN/themes/mytheme" updated
2022-10-13, 9:21:58 p.m. EDT: [WARN] GWT plugin is configured to detect modules, but none were found.
2022-10-13, 9:21:58 p.m. EDT: [INFO] No widgetsets found - generating AppWidgetset if necessary.
2022-10-13, 9:21:58 p.m. EDT: [INFO] Updating widgetset AppWidgetset
2022-10-13, 9:21:58 p.m. EDT: [INFO] Adding resource directory to command classpath: C:\dev\lbi\dev\git\newsys\web\src\main\resources
2022-10-13, 9:21:58 p.m. EDT: [INFO] Adding resource directory to command classpath: C:\dev\lbi\dev\git\newsys\web\target\generated-resources\gwt
2022-10-13, 9:21:58 p.m. EDT: [INFO] Using com.vaadin:vaadin-client version 8.14.3
2022-10-13, 9:21:58 p.m. EDT: [INFO] Using com.vaadin:vaadin-client-compiler version 8.14.3
2022-10-13, 9:21:59 p.m. EDT: [INFO] Widgetsets found from classpath:
2022-10-13, 9:21:59 p.m. EDT: [INFO]    org.tepi.imageviewer.WidgetSet in jar:file:C:/Users/Susan/.m2/repository/org/vaadin/addons/imageviewer/0.6.0.v8/imageviewer-0.6.0.v8.jar!/
2022-10-13, 9:21:59 p.m. EDT: [INFO]    com.vaadin.DefaultWidgetSet in jar:file:C:/Users/Susan/.m2/repository/com/vaadin/vaadin-client/8.14.3/vaadin-client-8.14.3.jar!/
2022-10-13, 9:21:59 p.m. EDT: [INFO] Addon styles found from classpath:
2022-10-13, 9:21:59 p.m. EDT: [INFO]
2022-10-13, 9:21:59 p.m. EDT: [INFO] Search took 30ms
2022-10-13, 9:21:59 p.m. EDT: [INFO] Checked 0 files for C:\dev\lbi\dev\git\newsys\web\src\main\sass
2022-10-13, 9:21:59 p.m. EDT: [INFO] Checked 1 filtered (**/*.css) files for C:\dev\lbi\dev\git\newsys\web\target\web-1.0-SNAPSHOT\css
2022-10-13, 9:21:59 p.m. EDT: [INFO] Compiling Sass templates
2022-10-13, 9:21:59 p.m. EDT: [INFO] Queueing Sass template for compile: C:/dev/lbi/dev/git/newsys/web/src/main/webapp/VAADIN/themes/mytheme/scss => C:/dev/lbi/dev/git/newsys/web/src/main/webapp/VAADIN/themes/mytheme
2022-10-13, 9:22:31 p.m. EDT: [INFO]     >> C:/dev/lbi/dev/git/newsys/web/src/main/webapp/VAADIN/themes/mytheme/scss/styles.scss => C:/dev/lbi/dev/git/newsys/web/src/main/webapp/VAADIN/themes/mytheme/styles.css
2022-10-13, 9:22:31 p.m. EDT: [INFO] Using 'UTF-8' encoding to copy filtered resources.
2022-10-13, 9:22:31 p.m. EDT: [INFO] Copying 1 resource
2022-10-13, 9:22:31 p.m. EDT: [INFO] Copying 1 resource
2022-10-13, 9:22:31 p.m. EDT: [INFO] auto discovered modules [AppWidgetset]
2022-10-13, 9:22:31 p.m. EDT: [INFO] Using com.vaadin:vaadin-client version 8.14.3
2022-10-13, 9:22:31 p.m. EDT: [INFO] Using com.vaadin:vaadin-client-compiler version 8.14.3
2022-10-13, 9:22:31 p.m. EDT: [INFO] AppWidgetset is up to date. GWT compilation skipped
2022-10-13, 9:22:31 p.m. EDT: [INFO] Using 'UTF-8' encoding to copy filtered resources.
2022-10-13, 9:22:31 p.m. EDT: [INFO] skip non existing resourceDirectory C:\dev\lbi\dev\git\newsys\web\src\test\resources
2022-10-13, 9:22:31 p.m. EDT: [INFO] Updating theme VAADIN/themes/mytheme
2022-10-13, 9:22:33 p.m. EDT: [INFO] Widgetsets found from classpath:
2022-10-13, 9:22:33 p.m. EDT: [INFO]    org.tepi.imageviewer.WidgetSet in jar:file:C:/Users/Susan/.m2/repository/org/vaadin/addons/imageviewer/0.6.0.v8/imageviewer-0.6.0.v8.jar!/
2022-10-13, 9:22:33 p.m. EDT: [INFO] Addon styles found from classpath:
2022-10-13, 9:22:33 p.m. EDT: [INFO]
2022-10-13, 9:22:33 p.m. EDT: [INFO] Search took 42ms
2022-10-13, 9:22:33 p.m. EDT: [INFO] Theme "VAADIN/themes/mytheme" updated
2022-10-13, 9:22:33 p.m. EDT: [WARN] GWT plugin is configured to detect modules, but none were found.
2022-10-13, 9:22:33 p.m. EDT: [INFO] No widgetsets found - generating AppWidgetset if necessary.
2022-10-13, 9:22:33 p.m. EDT: [INFO] Updating widgetset AppWidgetset
2022-10-13, 9:22:33 p.m. EDT: [INFO] Adding resource directory to command classpath: C:\dev\lbi\dev\git\newsys\web\src\main\resources
2022-10-13, 9:22:33 p.m. EDT: [INFO] Adding resource directory to command classpath: C:\dev\lbi\dev\git\newsys\web\target\generated-resources\gwt
2022-10-13, 9:22:33 p.m. EDT: [INFO] Using com.vaadin:vaadin-client version 8.14.3
2022-10-13, 9:22:33 p.m. EDT: [INFO] Using com.vaadin:vaadin-client-compiler version 8.14.3
2022-10-13, 9:22:34 p.m. EDT: [INFO] Widgetsets found from classpath:
2022-10-13, 9:22:34 p.m. EDT: [INFO]    org.tepi.imageviewer.WidgetSet in jar:file:C:/Users/Susan/.m2/repository/org/vaadin/addons/imageviewer/0.6.0.v8/imageviewer-0.6.0.v8.jar!/
2022-10-13, 9:22:34 p.m. EDT: [INFO]    com.vaadin.DefaultWidgetSet in jar:file:C:/Users/Susan/.m2/repository/com/vaadin/vaadin-client/8.14.3/vaadin-client-8.14.3.jar!/
2022-10-13, 9:22:34 p.m. EDT: [INFO] Addon styles found from classpath:
2022-10-13, 9:22:34 p.m. EDT: [INFO]
2022-10-13, 9:22:34 p.m. EDT: [INFO] Search took 40ms
2022-10-13, 9:22:34 p.m. EDT: [INFO] Checked 0 files for C:\dev\lbi\dev\git\newsys\web\src\main\sass
2022-10-13, 9:22:34 p.m. EDT: [INFO] Checked 1 filtered (**/*.css) files for C:\dev\lbi\dev\git\newsys\web\target\web-1.0-SNAPSHOT\css
2022-10-13, 9:22:34 p.m. EDT: [INFO] Compiling Sass templates
2022-10-13, 9:22:34 p.m. EDT: [INFO] Queueing Sass template for compile: C:/dev/lbi/dev/git/newsys/web/src/main/webapp/VAADIN/themes/mytheme/scss => C:/dev/lbi/dev/git/newsys/web/src/main/webapp/VAADIN/themes/mytheme
2022-10-13, 9:23:07 p.m. EDT: [INFO]     >> C:/dev/lbi/dev/git/newsys/web/src/main/webapp/VAADIN/themes/mytheme/scss/styles.scss => C:/dev/lbi/dev/git/newsys/web/src/main/webapp/VAADIN/themes/mytheme/styles.css
2022-10-13, 9:23:07 p.m. EDT: [INFO] Using 'UTF-8' encoding to copy filtered resources.
2022-10-13, 9:23:07 p.m. EDT: [INFO] Copying 1 resource
2022-10-13, 9:23:07 p.m. EDT: [INFO] Copying 1 resource
2022-10-13, 9:23:07 p.m. EDT: [INFO] auto discovered modules [AppWidgetset]
2022-10-13, 9:23:07 p.m. EDT: [INFO] Using com.vaadin:vaadin-client version 8.14.3
2022-10-13, 9:23:07 p.m. EDT: [INFO] Using com.vaadin:vaadin-client-compiler version 8.14.3
2022-10-13, 9:23:07 p.m. EDT: [INFO] AppWidgetset is up to date. GWT compilation skipped
2022-10-13, 9:23:07 p.m. EDT: [INFO] Using 'UTF-8' encoding to copy filtered resources.
2022-10-13, 9:23:07 p.m. EDT: [INFO] skip non existing resourceDirectory C:\dev\lbi\dev\git\newsys\web\src\test\resources

Am I doing this correctly?  And how can I make it NOT recompile a million times every time I change something in the .scss files?

A: Vaadin's own compiler does not support SASS 3. I would recommend to add 3rd party maven plugin to compile SASS files. E.g. sass-maven-plugin could work.
<groupId>nl.geodienstencentrum.maven</groupId>
<artifactId>sass-maven-plugin</artifactId>

You can configure it to use your theme location in the project
<configuration>
    <resources>
        <resource>
            <source>
                <directory>${basedir}/_themepath_</directory>
                <includes>
                    <include>*.scss</include>
                </includes>
            </source>
            <relativeOutputDirectory>..</relativeOutputDirectory>
            <destination>${basedir}/_themepath_</destination>
        </resource>
    </resources>
</configuration>

And just remove the compile-theme target in vaadin-plugin in your project.