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Freshly Riffed 30: There's Blood On The Bed, But Here In My Head, I'm Feeling Fine
Welcome back to Freshly Riffed, the only web series co-written by me, GLaDOS, Nicolas Cage, and a bowl of inanimate mush.
I would SO watch a TV show about this.
According to that Hermione/Bellatrix sex tape I saw, Freshly Riffed is where I make fun of the titles of Freshly Pressed blog posts. Also, I did not know a wand could bend that way.
Each title will be linked to the original author, because the bowl of mush demanded it. (He is such a drama queen.) If you are one of said authors, you know the drill; All mockery is for mockery's sake only.
One Man's Trash Is Another Man's Treasure: No, one man's trash is another man's garbage golem.
Another Day Under The Sea: The first man to make a Little Mermaid reference dies
When People Kill People, Does It Matter Why?: Obviously you've never read a Shell Scott novel.
"And the award for 'Most Obscure Detective Novel Reference' goes to… Erik! Also, boobs."
Taking The Plunge: Yeah, anal sex is a bitch.
The Abstraction Of The Frontier And The Heroes That Define It: OH GOD PRETENTIOUSNESS REACHING LETHAL LEVELS!
EVERYBODY OUT! WOMEN AND CHILDREN AND ERIKS FIRST!
Separating The Art From The Artist: We have spatulas for that now!
There's A Metaphor In There Somewhere: Oh, so THAT'S what they put in cereal boxes nowadays!
Investing In The Surreal World: Invesssssting, in the surureal world, I am a surureal girl!
(Why yes, I chose the Sesame Street version instead of the Madonna one. WHAT OF IT?!)
I Want A Handsome Butler: I'd prefer some handsome butter.
Absent The Messenger: It's difficult to shoot the messenger when he doesn't show up.
"Don't shoot till you see the… wait, where did he go?"
Categories Freshly Riffed
Party People In The House Say ZZZZZZZZ
WOOT WOOT SLEEPING IN THE HOUSE.
PARTY OVER HERE, SLEEPIN' OVER THERE.
PILLOWS IN YOUR FACE, SINGING PILLOWS IN YOUR FACE!
TAKE A NICE WARM GLASS OF MILK WITH YOUR PILLOWS IN YOUR FAAACE.
And, now?
SLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP.
Reviving The Bike
"Oh, wow, the weather is great today! The birds are singing, the sun is shining, and the stereotypes are thriving."
Look at that nice day, being all nice and smug. Fuck you, nice day.
"Time to drag out the old bike and take and take a ride through the neighbourhood. It's been a while since I've scared the little children-"
"HELLO. MORTAL."
"Um. Quoi? Bike, was that you?"
"THIS IS BUT ONE FACET OF MY POWER."
"That's… terrifying. On, like, six different levels. How are you talking? Is that… is that a thing bikes do?"
"I AM NOT A MERE BICYCLE. I AM BEYOND YOUR WRETCHED HUMAN PERCEPTIONS OF REALITY. I AM EVERYTHING THAT IS, AND IS NOT."
"… Okay, but are you also a bicycle?"
"SURE. LETS GO WITH THAT."
"I FEED DECAY. ALSO, VROOM."
"So… what do you want to do, satanic hell bike?"
"I HUNGER."
"Wait, you hunger? I didn't even know bikes had a MOUTH, never mind an apatite. What do you eat, anyway? Please don't say me."
"THE FLESH OF THE INNOCENT, SPRINKLED WITH DESTROYED DREAMS, AND MARINATED IN ABORTIONS. ALSO INDIAN FOOD."
"Okay, you can do that, and I'll just… stay here."
"I NEED YOU TO RIDE ME."
"Really? I… okay, just… don't refer to it like that."
"RIDE ME NOW."
"Fine, fine!"
"THANK YOU, FLESHY MEAT BODY. I AM IN YOUR DEBT."
"You can repay me by never mentioning this again."
This Review Is Brought To You By The Phrase "Ghostrape"
What is it with cursed streets having cartoonishly evil names? You never find a cursed street called "Maplethorp", no no, it's always "Fear Street", or "Knockturn Alley", or, indeed, 100 Ghost Street: The Return Of Richard Speck.
Really? Really, guys? Ghost Street?! Is it just a coincidence that these streets are haunted, or does every municipality try to create at least one sanctioned murder street?!
Not that I have anything to worry about, living on "Stabyouintheface Boulevard"!
Anyway, today's flick is a found footage ghost movie about some paranormal investigators trying to find the ghost of Richard Speck, a real life mass murderer who made a habit out of raping and killing nurses, because I guess once you move to Ghost Street, USA, you have to find some appropriately fucked hobbies.
(He also collected stamps.)
The film opens with your industry standard "This is all true, fo shizzle", played over a montage of men setting up cameras. One such man gets ghostraped right out of the movie, and we cut to the paranormal investigators, driving along as they establish their personalities. Goddammit, it's 90210 Gacy House all over again!
(Just a side note, but why are all the ghosts nowadays rapists? Do screenwriters think the only way we'll hate the villain is if they're a rapist? Does rape give some kind of magical "Get out of being dead free" card? And if so, why haven't the Ghostbusters handled it?!)
"He slimed me."
Once our paranormal investigators make it to the abandoned hospital, they whip out the cameras and give the general backstory of Richard Speck, also known as… THE BIRDMAN. Wait, seriously? Sweet, now I can play Birdman Kicked My Ass!
They meet up with one of the schmucks who set up cameras earlier, named Mike, who informs our heroes that there's no cell phone reception (that's awfully convenient), they need to lock the doors at all time (why, do you get a lot of hobos trying to bum-fight dead serial killers?) and that murderfied fellow from before still hasn't shown up.
HMM I WONDER WHY IT'S A MYSTERY HUH.
Mike wanders away to set up a camera, but gets his throat slit up by the Birdman. Meanwhile, we get more interaction of the ghost hunters, including the intern who'll presumably have the same lifespan as one of the interns from Cloudy Night.
So, the stage is set: our team of plucky investigators (and presumably any hobos who wander in) will square off against the Birdman, to see who'll kick who's ass. (I'm putting five bucks on the Hypothetical Hobo.)
They decide to use the time honoured tradition of simply ASKING the ghost to come out and play, to which our Birdman… opens a mirror?
Really need to step up your game, Birdypoo.
On the other side of the mirror is a secret vent, full of bird feathers and creepy noises. You know, the normal kind of things you put behind a mirror.
Meanwhile, outside, a new person shows up, hears some spooky noises in a pipe, tries to investigate by crawling in to the pipe crotch first, and gets his face bitten off for his troubles. Wait, I'm confused, is this a ghost, or an actual Birdman?!
Because that would be sweet.
The intern and her cameraman explore the facility, lean on the fourth wall a bit (they complain about having to get so much useless footage), and find a toilet bowl full of feathers.
So I guess whatever the ghost ate last night… it was fowl.
They hear some spooooooky noises, and check behind the wall. Lo and behold, another dead bird!
Good god, there are more dead birds in this movie than in Dead Birds.
(Yeah, that's an actual movie. It was pretty good.)
Our team sits down for dinner and discuss how pathetic the ghost of Richard Speck is because he had such a small body count, and the real ghost they should be hunting is John Wayne Gacy, to which one of the other investigators says "nah, too overdone".
I… I think we just wandered in to this movie's production meeting.
"Birdman? What's that, a ghost who kills birds? That's stupid. Jerry, you're stupid."
Apparently dissing his kill count is a ghostly taboo, so the Birdman spirits the intern away while she's off getting some cups. After yelling her name for a while, they find an elevator that's evidently going to the basement, and go to check it out, because you lose your sense of self-preservation when you study ghosts.
Once their, they find that the elevator hasn't moved in years, and the shaft now has a pool of water in it. Great, so is he the Fishman now?
They yell the intern's name some more (she's like the Mr. Beardsley of this movie) before finding her standing in a corner, covered in claw marks and hyperventilating. Christ, it's like my first date all over again.
After tending to her wounds, they decide to ship the intern out. A fact which half the team seems furious over, and the other half is disturbingly nonchalant. I mean, one of the women ever says "I don't think it's really anything to be concerned about".
REALLY, LADY?! She's terrified beyond the capacity of rational thought, and covered in gaping wounds, and you don't think THAT'S JUST A MITE CONCERNING?!
Oh, I cannot WAIT for Birdman to kick your ass.
It turns out that INSTEAD of just opening the door and letting the intern out, they thought that just letting her sleep on the murderapistorture bed would be a neato idea. I- just- WHAT?! It's like all the intelligence in this movie is a balloon, and it just keeps blowing it away as it goes thrrrrb around the room.
Two of the team wander through the basement, deliver some dime store psychology, and trade exposition. Upon reaching a particularly darkened section, they pull out their camera/remote controlled car and check it out, only to discover the body of that guy at the beginning.
"Oh my god," cries the woman. "It's a body! It's a body!"
Well, welcome to the fuckin' party, lady!
No, not that kind of party. More of a "you're all going to die" kind of party.
The jerky leader of the team tries to record one of the women getting dressed, and because the Birdman is a gentlemanly Birdman ("Caw, caw, I must say."), he gets super-pecked and dragged away for his troubles.
They follow the trail of blood (it's like the Yellow Brick Road, but different enough to avoid copy-right laws) to a hole in the ceiling, where they debate about who should go up there. Um. I don't mean to harsh your creative flow, guys, but have you ever considered… oh, I dunno… LEAVING THIS GODFORSAKEN HELL HOLE AND CALLING THE COPS?!
Meanwhile, we cut to the sleeping intern who is… getting ghostraped?!
Oh, COME ON! There's one thing to joke about it, but I assure you, it's another thing entirely to watch a woman screaming in terror and pain as a half ghost, half bird rapes her. That is an ENTIRELY NEW LOW.
FOR SHAME, MOVIE. FOR SHAME.
And I can't think of a joke for that sentence so HERE'S A PICTURE OF A PUPPY.
The rest of the team hears her and charge off to help, but considering the movie so far, you can probably guess that they fail miserably. After seeing her blood pour under the door frame, they finally realize "oh yeah, maybe we should leave". OH REALLY. I NEVER WOULD HAVE GUESSED.
But they're pretty much screwed on that idea. As previously established, every window has bars, cell phones are utterly caput, and any hope of opening the front door got dragged away with the jerky leader, because he was the only one with keys. That… was a bad idea, I'm guessing.
Eventually they hit upon the idea of finding the leader's corpse, which is unfortunately still lodged in the ceiling. They grab the camera/remote controlled car and send him on his way, and they find the leader! Well. Part of him, really, but it was the part with pockets, so it's all cool.
They decide to send the nubile blond girl in to find the keys, because Birdman has just been so darn accomedating to women so far, hasn't he?
COUGHCOUGHGHOSTRAPEISNOTCOOLCOUGH
Once there, the blond can't find the keys, and Birdman does what he is famous for. That is, he kicks her ass.
The team (who, at this point, consists of two guys and a girl) flees in terror to the roof, and discovers a still-alive Mike, because getting your throat slit is something you can just walk off.
After a quick discussion, Mike points out that "you do realize I have bolt cutters, right?" and they head to the basement to grab the tools and slice up the front gate. Mike elects that they all go as a group to find the tools, to which the rest of the group says "screw that!".
"And the award for dumbest character in a ghost movie is… MIKE! For your award, please accept a quick death. Birdman, if you will?"
Birdman then chases the investigators all over the facility, killing another one, and gets ready to kill the last two, but he decides to let them go through some quick character development first.
The last two wander some more, then hear more tapping noises. The guy picks up a stick, hands the camera to the girl, and tells her to wait there. Then he takes two steps… and the door closes behind him.
The girl sprints off, and finds herself in the room where the intern died, where the secret mirror is found, and where they established at the beginning that you could escape from. She has apparently forgotten about this, and hides under the bed.
Then the Birdman drags a corpse in to the room. Then he pulls in on to the bed. Then he… starts boinking it.
Does it count as necrophilia if one of them's a ghost?
"What happens under the sheet STAYS under the sheet."
She escapes the bed, runs in to the boy again, who convinces her that the only way to escape it to crawl through a tiny hole in the wall. She makes it okay, but before he can try, the Birdman helpfully makes him a bit smaller so he can fit through. By, you know. Severing his legs.
The girl, with the camera, crawls through the wall, which turns in to a pipe, and she makes it out! Unfortunately, nobody told her that birdmen aren't confined to one building, and he immediately eviscerates her ignorance, with both claws.
Oh, and then the front gate opens, presumably to show that he could have done so the entire time.
What a jerk.
"Yeah, I COULD have opened and let them out at any time, but… you know. Fuck it."
So that was 100: Ghost Street! How was it?
Pretty entertaining! You know, because it had… great characters? Okay, that's a lie, they were very bland. Nice… cinematography? No, that can't be it, it's a found footage movie. Plentiful amounts of… boobs? No, that DEFINITELY can't be it, I still can't believe that ghostrape scene. That was horrific.
Near as I can tell, the only reason to watch this Birdman because hot damn he is cool. A half bird, half ghost abomination who scurries through the darkness, killing more birds than Condemned and eating their corpses? What's not to love?!
I would have preferred him to be a bit more bird, and a little less ghost (because actually being able to see him would be nice), but other than that, I can't complain about Birdman.
Mostly because if I do, Birdman'll kick my ass.
7 Classic Movie Moments That Only I Remember
Memory is a fickle, fickle thing. It's entirely personal and perspective based, and where's the fun in that?! So, if you have a memory that kicks every other memory in each orifice (starting alphabetically, then progressing counter-clockwise), you can't share it with anyone!
Unless, of course, it's a memory of a movie. Then you can just find the clips on YouTube and force other people to watch them until they agree with you that those movie moments are freaking awesome.
Number Seven: I WAS NOT LYING ABOUT MECHA-HITLER.
You know, when I talk about the kind of crap I watch, I'm sure you people think I'm lying. Like, when I say "the Nazi zombies vacuum up a Norwegian fetus and use it to resurrect Mecha-Hitler", I'm sure some of you are saying "yeah right."
Well, now who's being hypothetically snarky?! Is it you?! IT BETTER NOT BE!
Anyway, the point is, Mecha-Hitler is decapitating some guy. Kinda mean, but then again, I'm pretty sure that's what I'd do if had a robot body.
And also, if I was Hitler.
(It's been known to happen.)
Number Six: "Go Back… To The Beginning"
Yeah, maybe I DID watch the Digimon movie over and over again when I was little. What of it?
And yeah, maybe I STILL wake up in a cold sweat, thinking Diaboromon is about to shank me. Stop judging me.
And yeah, maybe I PERSONALLY nominate "go back to the beginning" as the third most memorable movie quote ever. I can think that, who said I can't?
And yeah, maybe I DID write this entire segment with socks on my hands. No questions, damn it, no questions!
Number Five: Can I Be Vincent Price When I Grow Up?
Unfortunately, I couldn't find the specific clip I wanted for this. So I found an entire copy of House On Haunted Hill online, so you can just watch that instead!
I'll wait.
You're… you're not watching it, are you?
Okay, I'll give you the cliff notes. Vincent Price is a millionaire, who invites a collection of random (yet equally greedy) people to a haunted house party. Anyone who survives the night gets 1000 dollars. And, because this is Vincent Price we're talking about, he and his wife accessorize the party with loaded handguns.
God, it's my high school dance all over again.
It was like the OK Corral, only with push-up bras instead of gaping bullet wounds.
The ghosts terrorize one of the guests until she snaps and shoots Vincent Price. Then it turns out that all those 'ghosts' were actually the wife and one of the guests who she was having an affair with. But THEN Vincent Price comes back as a skeleton and tosses them in the acid vat. But THEN it turns out Vincent Price knew all about that and was never dead!
This was the first movie I ever saw with a twist, and it ROCKED. It was a ghost story that made you believe in ghosts, then smacked you in the face and told you that you were a moron for believing in ghosts.
Plus, Vincent Price! Can't top that.
Number Four: The Thin Man!
Man, The Thin Man was sure a great series of movies, huh?
Oh, what's that? None of you remember that classic series about an adorable husband/wife/dog/occasionally baby team who drink Martinis by the truck load as they solve various murder mysteries?
Philistine.
Number Three: I'm Tired
This song is, quite possibly, the most useful song you'll ever hear.
"Man, I had a hell of a night last night."
"Oh, really? What was it, a party?"
"Yeah, we all got totally drunk and ran over a pinball machine with a moose."
"So… I guess you'd say that you're… 'tired'?"
"Yeah, I'm tired."
"TIRED OF BEING ADMIRED, TIRED OF LOVE UNINSPIRED!"
"Goddammit man we have talked about this."
"I'VE BEEN WITH THOUSANDS OF MEN, AGAIN AND AGAIN!"
"Wait, what?!"
Number Two: "I Am… COMPLETELY Out Of Ammo"
Here's the context you need for that scene: This is Tremors 2, a movie about killing giant worms. That charming fellow is Burt, who, throughout all of Tremors and Tremors 2, has been established as the ultimate badass. After being hired to kill giant worms, Burt does just that! At least until the worms start changing.
See, when the worms eat enough, they become a hoard of little raptor things who tear apart anything with a heat signature. But, uh… nobody told Burt that.
And now he's… COMPLETELY out of ammo. And lets face it, we all feel like that after a tough day at the office. (Is that what happens at the office? I legitimately don't know.)
(This wins my coveted 'second most memorable movie quote', by the way. And who wins number one? Well…)
Number One: "I'm Getting Married In Two Days"
You knew this was coming.
I mean, come on. A guy proclaiming the date of his marriage at the same time as a giant shark eats an airplane?
That shouldn't just be remembered, that should be our fucking national anthem.
I Have The Worst Subconscious
Ugh, I am so glad I can just chill at the bar.
Why? Bad day?
Oh, god yes. Work was hell. Hell hell hell.
I know what you mean. Like, when you had to sexually service an entire Mongol hoard using only a tea kettle and a small chihuahua? Yikes.
That… that never happened. I work at an office. I did office things all day. What the hell are you talking about?
Hey, I understand, man. If I had to look Genghis Kahn straight in the eye while I rubbed his taint with a collicy puppy, I wouldn't want to remember it either.
Look, Subconscious, shut the fuck up. I just want to sit here, drink my beer, and- oh crap, that girl is totally looking at me!
Damn, she's hot! I think she looks a little worried, though.
Yeah, good point.
She probably just thinks you're the dominant male.
I… wait, what?
Show her she's wrong! Urinate submissively! Urinate submissively!
No, I'm just going to talk to her! One second, lemme work my magic.
Gotcha, chief.
You're flailing, chief.
YES THANK YOU I REALIZE THAT.
She's leaving, chief.
YES I ALREADY KNOW THAT.
"Um, hi. You… have excellent shoulders! Yessir, those are some damn fine shoulders OH GOD NO DON'T LEAVE."
Now what? Shall we sit here while you drink your liver in to oblivion?
That sounds like a solid ide- hey, she forgot her wallet!
Steal it! Buy more booze!
No, dude, think about it: I could take it to her apartment, then get sloppy gratitude smooches!
I like the creepy, creepy way you think, sir. Stalk away!
Okay, she has a business card in here with her picture. Apparently she's a model and- hey, that's only a couple blocks from here.
Onward, gallant knight! Lets ignore all the many, many reasons that this is a terrible idea!
I made a chart, actually. See, the green slice represents that bottle of absinthe you just slammed up your ass…
Look, there it is!
Nice apartment. The kind of place you wouldn't feel sorry for burning down and collecting the insurance on.
Nothing. Shut up. Your face. Take your pick.
So, should I just knock on the front door?
No, you should go around to the back, break in through the window, and leave it on her bed. You know, pull off that whole 'Repunzel' vibe.
I am drunk enough to completely believe that. Then again, I'm also drunk enough that my blood is pure acid. Which window?
Um. That window! It has 'smash me open with your primary sexual characteristic' written all over it.
Okay, I'm in. I think… I think I'm in the kitchen. Ooh, she's cooking something!
What's she cooking? Is it boiling oil? Is it boiling oil?!
No, it's a respectable pasta dish. I think… is that pesto sauce?
You know, I never really pegged you for a noodle scholar.
Nah, I never studied. They kicked me out after I killed a- OH MY GOD.
Is it boiling oil?!
No! It's her! She's screaming at me to get out!
Quick, pledge your love to her! It's the only way to escape!
I'm pretty sure it isn't!
Is she still yelling?
No, now she's calling the police! And she's grabbing-
Boiling oil?! TELL THE TRUTH YOU BASTARD.
Normal oil! Oh god, it's in my eyes.
Oh. That's a lot less impressive.
Yeah, I was expecting something a lot more- SWEET JESUS THE OIL HIT THE PASTA ON THE STOVE!
AHHHHHHH IT'S ON FIRE!
I don't really have a suggestion for this kind of thing!
NOW I'M ON FIRE TOO! OH SWEET BUTTERY BUDDHA WHY DID I DO THIS ARRGLEFARGLERAWRRR!
Submissively urinate! SUBMISSIVELY URINATE!
I'm Infected (By Dental Hygienics)
(Recently, I experienced intense pain in my jaw. Upon checking up with my dentist, I discovered that my wisdom teeth are coming in, which would normally not result in much. The problem is, my jaw is a bit buggered, so my molars accidentally tore a hole in my gums. Now I have a minor infection, and I have to take antibiotics. I'll be seeing a specialist about the problem soon.)
(I'm telling you this to give the following song context.)
I'm infected.
I'm infected… by dental hygienics.
"Erik, I'm your doctor."
"By the way, I knew your father."
"Oh Erik, you're so tall!"
"Take your medicine!"
"Erik, you're my patient."
"Erik, be more patient!"
"You have limitations, please stop chewing gum."
"Please stop screaming curses!"
"Stop bleeding on the nurses!"
That's what is expected, when you are infected!
I'm infected, by dental hygienics.
I'm infected, by dental hygienics!
And I don't think that I can be fixed,
No, I don't think that I can be fixed!
So tell me why, oh why, is dental hygienics such a bitch?!
(Actually, it's a relatively simple problem to fix, simply involving minor dental surgery and antibiotics, but that doesn't fit very well in to a song.)
That's me, apparently.
It's this damn bone structure,
Damn this damn bone structure!
Mother, can you hear me?
I'm just wondering, cause you're in the other room!
Now I'll be inspected.
My mouth'll be dissected.
That's to be expected, when you are infected!
How much of it's genetics?
How much of it is fate?
How much of it is due to those gummies that I ate?
He said my mouth has problems, did I also inherit these fangs?
Can the specialist stop it,
And if so, how much will I paaaaaaaaay?
What hope has a girl (wait, what) who's mouth hurts?
I dream of some food past that fence!
It really makes no difference.
Cause I know that I'll never be fixed!
(That's a lie.)
So tell me why, oh why, is my infection such a bitch?!
Oh, I have too much spare time.


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Published: Oct. 13, 2020 at 10:37 PM EDT
EASTPORT, Maine (WABI) - Back in May, the Eastport Municipal Airport received a grant from the Federal Aviation Administration's Airport Improvement Program for $5.8 million dollars.
"It's a big bonus for the community, and it's really nice to see the community come out and support the airport," said Airport Manager Steve Trieber.
Tuesday, the airport broke ground on a new runway that will include improved lighting. And that's just the start.
"The master plan includes everything from commercial hangers, a freight terminal, a new terminal for the passengers," Trieber said. "Just to bring the airport, I guess you could say, more into the future."
Senator Susan Collins, who helped secure the funding, was at the groundbreaking ceremony, as were representatives from the state, the town, and and Cape Air Senior Vice President of Planning Andrew Bonney.
"Air service in a municipal airport like this provides a connection between small community America and the national and international air transportation system," Bonny said.
Runway repairs and new lighting is more than just maintenance. The Eastport Municipal Airport is now on its way toward becoming a full-on commercial facility, which could have a huge economic impact for both Eastport and Washington County.
"To be able to have the convenience of flying in and out of Eastport, it's going to help real estate sales, it's going to help small companies," said Business Development Manager Ron DeFilippo. "It's going to help a lot of development. Businesses and commerce is more apt to want to come to Eastport if they can get in and out of here pretty easily."
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Industry Updates Member Highlights Congratulations to Canada's 2021 Best Managed Companies- Platinum Members!
Congratulations to Canada's 2021 Best Managed Companies- Platinum Members!
Deloitte Canada has announced their 2021 platinum club of Canada's Best employers! Platinum Club members have maintained their Best Managed status for seven years or more.
At CCA we have always been fortunate to have so many great member organizations from our great industry as part of our community.
CCA wishes to congratulate the following companies who have received recognition for their amazing achievements. Even more amazing considering all we have had to overcome in the past year or more. This is a tribute to the effort, the professionalism and commitment that they have and also to the incredible people and teams in the office and the field who work, often behind the scenes, to make each organization successful as they continue to build our city.
It is wonderful to see this level of recognition for so many Calgary companies and we thank you for your contribution.
You make us all very proud.
On behalf of your CCA Team, our Board and all your fellow members
ALL WEATHER WINDOWS
All Weather Windows is honoured to be among Canadian businesses for 13 years running and 7 years with Platinum Status as one of Canada's Best Managed Companies. In a year in which every organization faced many uncontrollable challenges, we showed resilience and courage throughout. Each of our hard-working employees has helped us maintain this standing and for that, we are grateful.
For over 40 years All Weather Windows has continued to show strong performance and a commitment to innovation in the Canadian marketplace. To us, being part of Canada's Best Managed Companies showcases our dedication to continuous improvement and discipline within our industry. It continues to reinforce our strength to the markets we serve through our commercial clients, dealers, builders and homeowners.
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ARPI'S INDUSTRIES LTD.
It is a great honor to receive the recognition as one of Canada's Best Managed Companies. Arpi's longevity in the industry and excellence in customer service is a direct result of our loyal employees who are the foundation of our success. We are so proud of our team's accomplishments through innovation, hard work and commitment to always putting the clients first.
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CANA requalifies as platinum member of Canada's Best Managed Companies
The CANA Group of Companies is pleased to announce that we have retained our Platinum position as one of Canada's Best Managed Companies. CANA obtained Best Managed status in 2002, and reached Platinum status in 2008.
This 2021 award is a testament to CANA's adaptability and innovation in a time of change and uncertainty. This past year, CANA kept our staff safe through a rotational work-from-home plan that protected employee health, enhanced site safety measures that kept our jobsites operational, and adoption of new technologies that improved communication and project efficiencies.
We are honoured to be recognized by this important award. As a Best Managed Company, we are continually improving to deliver better projects for our clients, and an improved work experience for our employees.
https://cana.ca/
Graham is thrilled to have maintained its Platinum status as one of Canada's Best Managed Companies. This designation recognizes the best of the best in Canadian business, and evaluates capability, leadership, financial performance and people programs. Platinum status is only achieved when a company is awarded the Best Managed recognition for a minimum of seven consecutive years. Graham has been a Platinum winner since 2012 – a feat we attribute to our people, with their ever-expanding capabilities and steadfast commitment to delivering exceptional value and the best project outcomes for our clients.
The Canada's Best Managed Companies program is a mark of business excellence. For more than 20 years, the program, managed by Deloitte, has recognized companies that drive economic growth and contribute to the evolution of Canada's business community.
https://www.grahambuilds.com/
INTEGRAL ENERGY SERVICES LTD.
Integral Energy Services Ltd. is honoured to again be recognized by Deloitte as a Best Managed Company, and to have joined the rank of Platinum Club member in Canada's Program.
The program evaluates all aspects of a company and we are proud that our efforts in all areas, from Safety and Quality to Diversity and Indigenous Relations, has been recognized.
Integral utilizes our collaborative and cooperative culture to partner with clients and other contracting companies, to ensure everyone's overall success.
"During these unprecedented times we are most proud of our employees and their unwavering commitment to providing best in class service to every client. For sustainability during these challenging times, it is important to have a solid foundation in place, we are that foundation", says Al Rozak Integral's President.
"We endeavour to make our people feel valued and show the industry that when you provide a workplace that truly has people's well being at heart, you will thrive."
https://www.integralenergy.ca/
LMS REINFORCING STEEL GROUP
LMS Reinforcing Steel Group is proud to be recognized as one of Canada's Platinum Club Best Managed Companies in 2021. This award acknowledges our performance and continued growth despite a very difficult year with the pandemic. The company is extremely proud of everyone that contributed to LMS receiving this award. The dedication from the entire organization, with the ability to adjust and make many modifications to our business operations has resulted in continued growth during a year of instability. This is a true testament to our values as a company, our commitment to clients and to the safety of our staff.
https://www.lmsgroup.ca/
MAPLE REINDERS
"Being recognized as one of Canada's Best Managed Companies for the 11th year continues to be a tremendous honour for Maple Reinders. As a family business, we can sometimes forget how much we've grown, and what we've accomplished. Establishing a clear vision for the company, developing a strong corporate culture of integrity and innovation, and seeing the trust and confidence our clients have in us, make us realize we're doing our job well. Awards like the Best Managed really get us to pause, see how far we've come, and appreciate the incredible peer group of which we are a part, with the Best Managed Companies in Canada." -Harold Reinders, President & CEO
https://www.maple.ca/
MODERN NIAGARA
"Modern Niagara is proud to be named a Platinum Club member of Canada's Best Managed Companies. This award speaks to the dedication and skill of our teams, and the work they complete every day across our service regions. In our 19th year of membership, this award will continue to motivative our teams to live by our core values and use their skillsets to build for the life of Canada's buildings."
"This award belongs to each and every member of Modern Niagara Alberta. This year has been far from easy, and their tireless commitment to each other and our organization is evident. Modern Niagara is excited to be contributing to critical healthcare infrastructure, residential, and commercial projects throughout Alberta, and we look forward to working with partners on upcoming projects!" – Nick Walden, Operations Manager Modern Niagara Alberta.
www.modernniagara.com
MODU-LOC
We are incredibly proud to announce that Modu-Loc has once again been named one of Canada's Best Managed Companies. This marks Modu-Loc's eighth year as a Best Managed company, and our second year as a Platinum Club member within the program.
Platinum is used as a tier or standard in many programs due to its desirable qualities. Interestingly, when we think of the characteristics of platinum, we can't help but notice that they relate to the qualities we try to uphold here at Modu-Loc. Platinum possesses excellent resistance to corrosion, and wear and tear. Similarly, at Modu-Loc we remain fanatically committed to our core values regardless of external pressures that might try to erode them.
Never has this been truer than it is now. Our ability to maintain our Best Managed Platinum Club status despite the adversity we've faced this past year is a true testament to the extraordinary commitment, resilience, and passion of our people. We owe this prestigious designation and all of our success to our team members across Canada – we couldn't have done it without them!
www.moduloc.ca
PCL CONSTRUCTION
PCL is proud to be named a Platinum Club member of Canada's Best Managed Companies for the 18th year in a row.
"We are honoured to receive this award recognizing our dynamic company culture, performance and sustained growth. We would also like to extend our congratulations to our fellow CCA members who were also recognized," says Alistair McKnight, district manager, PCL Calgary. "It is a reflection of our industry that innovation, quality management and dedicated employees are consistently recognized at this level."
As a member of the CCA, PCL supports growth and excellence in the construction industry.
www.pcl.com
POMERLEAU
For the past 28 years, Deloitte has recognized the excellence of Canadian firms with its best managed companies program. In 2021, Pomerleau was named one of the winners for the 16th consecutive year. As a result, the company maintains its Platinum status, which is awarded to winners who have upheld their Best Managed ranking for seven years or more.
This year, the best managed companies have distinguished themselves through their leadership, innovation and resilience in the face of uncertainty. 2020 has certainly been a year full of challenges and Pomerleau made sure that all of its employees were staying healthy and sane, another criteria that made the company one of the Best Managed one. "Investing in the development of our talented people is the most important thing we can do," says Francis Pomerleau, Chief executive – National Strategy at Pomerleau.
Pomerleau is proud to be recognized as one of the 2021 Platinum club of Canada's Best Managed and would like to congratulate all the recipients.
https://pomerleau.ca/
STRIKE GROUP
We are honored to have once again received Platinum level and been named as one of Canada's Best Managed Companies for 2021. Strike has been operating for 17 years and held the designation of being one of Canada's Best Managed Companies for 13 of those years. With the Best Managed logo displayed, new and existing customers know that we have a history of a strong financial performance, long-term success and a plan for growth.
The annual review of the Canada's Best Managed Companies application assists Strike's leadership team with self-reflection on our internal procedures and processes. In this especially challenging year the application was a morale booster as it helped us to identify where we are demonstrating exceptional execution, reflect and consider how organizational changes have impacted our company, shine a light on our diversity initiatives, and as always it helps us to recognize areas where we need to improve. The overall application process allows us to take a hard look at the priorities in our company and enables us focus in on the precise recipe that gives us our competitive edge.
We put the Best Managed designation at the forefront of our business. Strike promotes this accolade on all in-house forms and templates. Having the Best Managed designation, as part of our message, continually opens doors to additional opportunities as we pursue sustainable business growth.
For more information: https://www.strikegroup.ca/2021/05/05/2021-canadas-best-managed-companies/


The first offering from this relatively new rural Alberta brewery, who started bringing product to market in 2012 by contract brewing at Yellowhead in Edmonton, and now have their own production facility and taproom up and running in Edgerton, a small village in eastern Alberta near Wainwright. They have thus far produced this, their signature lager, as well as a west-coast style IPA (dubbed 'Buckin' Bronco'), in limited draft accounts.
This 355ml can pours a clear, glassy medium golden yellow, with one finger of soapy, loosely foamy white head, which leaves a nice dripping paint vista of lace around the glass as it duly settles.
It smells of sweet pastry malt, a bit of marzipan, and leafy, floral hops. The taste is grainy, sweet pale malt, a softened yeasty breadiness, some subtle orchard fruitiness, and more juicy, floral, earthy hops. The carbonation is a tad frizzy at first, but in no real distracting manner, the body a solid medium weight, a little bit clammy, but really quite smooth. It finishes off-dry, the bready notes, while waning in sweetness, also face a similar clearing out of the hop presence. I suppose this means that you're meant to go back to the well for a recharge.
An admirable groundbreaker for a brewer in a province where taking on BMC in the lager game has not proven particularly tenable at any time of late. Like Yellowhead, and Maverick before them, Ribstone make an approachable all-malt, fairly robust product. I hope to see more of it challenging the hearts, minds, and thirsts of local Canadian and Bud fans, as well as the rest of us who appreciate a decent lager.


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Q: How can I disable access to the File system for a  specific user or group? It is very important for what I am doing now.

A: You cannot have a user completely unable to read any of the filesystem, because they need to be able to load the executable files of the programs they run, read configuration files, etc.
However, you can certainly make folders or partitions unreadable to users.
sudo chmod -R o-rwx FOLDER

Will make a folder and its contents only readable to the root user (ensure your users do not have permission to use sudo or they will be able to see anything.
Some caveats should be noted. If the folder is a non-linux filesystem (a windows partition, or a FAT32 usb stick, for instance), the permissions will only last until it is unplugged/unmounted. (You can make these permanent using the /etc/fstab file, search AskUbuntu for instructions).
It should also be noted that these permissions are only enforced while Ubuntu is running. If the data is on a removeable drive, plugging it into another computer will allow restrictions to be ignored. If it is on an internal drive, physically removing it or booting another operating system (eg, Linux off a USB stick) will allow the restrictions to be circumvented. For true security you need to look into file or disk encryption.

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package types

import (
	"encoding/json"
	"testing"

	"github.com/aws/amazon-ecs-agent/agent/taskresource"
	"github.com/aws/amazon-ecs-agent/agent/taskresource/asmsecret"
	"github.com/aws/amazon-ecs-agent/agent/taskresource/ssmsecret"
	resourcestatus "github.com/aws/amazon-ecs-agent/agent/taskresource/status"
	"github.com/aws/amazon-ecs-agent/agent/taskresource/volume"
	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
)

const (
	secretKeyWest1    = "/test/secretName_us-west-2"
	asmSecretKeyWest1 = "arn:aws:secretsmanager:us-west-2:11111:secret:/test/secretName_us-west-2"
)

func TestMarshalUnmarshalVolumeResource(t *testing.T) {
	resources := make(map[string][]taskresource.TaskResource)

	volumes := []taskresource.TaskResource{
		&volume.VolumeResource{
			Name: "test-volume",
			VolumeConfig: volume.DockerVolumeConfig{
				DockerVolumeName: "test-volume-docker",
				Scope:            "task",
				Autoprovision:    true,
				Driver:           "local",
			},
		},
	}
	volumes[0].SetDesiredStatus(resourcestatus.ResourceCreated)
	volumes[0].SetKnownStatus(resourcestatus.ResourceStatusNone)

	resources["dockerVolume"] = volumes
	data, err := json.Marshal(resources)
	require.NoError(t, err)

	var unMarshalledResource ResourcesMap
	err = json.Unmarshal(data, &unMarshalledResource)
	assert.NoError(t, err, "unmarshal volume resource from data failed")
	unMarshalledVolumes, ok := unMarshalledResource["dockerVolume"]
	assert.True(t, ok, "volume resource not found in the resource map")
	assert.Equal(t, unMarshalledVolumes[0].GetName(), "test-volume")
	assert.Equal(t, unMarshalledVolumes[0].GetDesiredStatus(), resourcestatus.ResourceCreated)
	assert.Equal(t, unMarshalledVolumes[0].GetKnownStatus(), resourcestatus.ResourceStatusNone)
}

func TestMarshalUnmarshalSSMSecretResource(t *testing.T) {
	resources := make(map[string][]taskresource.TaskResource)
	ssmSecrets := []taskresource.TaskResource{
		&ssmsecret.SSMSecretResource{},
	}

	ssmSecrets[0].SetDesiredStatus(resourcestatus.ResourceCreated)
	ssmSecrets[0].SetKnownStatus(resourcestatus.ResourceStatusNone)

	resources["ssmsecret"] = ssmSecrets
	data, err := json.Marshal(resources)
	require.NoError(t, err)

	var unMarshalledResource ResourcesMap
	err = json.Unmarshal(data, &unMarshalledResource)
	assert.NoError(t, err)
	unMarshalledSSMSecret, ok := unMarshalledResource["ssmsecret"]
	assert.True(t, ok)
	assert.Equal(t, unMarshalledSSMSecret[0].GetDesiredStatus(), resourcestatus.ResourceCreated)
	assert.Equal(t, unMarshalledSSMSecret[0].GetKnownStatus(), resourcestatus.ResourceStatusNone)
}

func TestMarshalUnmarshalASMSecretResource(t *testing.T) {
	resources := make(map[string][]taskresource.TaskResource)
	asmSecrets := []taskresource.TaskResource{
		&asmsecret.ASMSecretResource{},
	}
	asmSecrets[0].SetDesiredStatus(resourcestatus.ResourceCreated)
	asmSecrets[0].SetKnownStatus(resourcestatus.ResourceStatusNone)

	resources["asmsecret"] = asmSecrets
	data, err := json.Marshal(resources)
	require.NoError(t, err)

	var unMarshalledResource ResourcesMap
	err = json.Unmarshal(data, &unMarshalledResource)
	assert.NoError(t, err)
	unMarshalledASMSecret, ok := unMarshalledResource["asmsecret"]
	assert.True(t, ok)
	assert.Equal(t, unMarshalledASMSecret[0].GetDesiredStatus(), resourcestatus.ResourceCreated)
	assert.Equal(t, unMarshalledASMSecret[0].GetKnownStatus(), resourcestatus.ResourceStatusNone)
}

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This software supports editing the original videos. You can adjust the effect or customize the content as you like. It also provides output parameters settings. So you can make the converted files more suitable for your iPod Touch. You are also allowed to preview and take snapshot. There are too many powerful functions to illustrate them all.
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Why store account nonce on chain instead of using timestamp to prevent replay attacks?
Why store account nonce on chain instead of using timestamp to prevent replay attacks, or any other random bit of information that will change thr hash and differentiate the transaction?
As far as I was able to understand, the account nonce is a bit of information added to a transaction to counteract replay attacks by making the transaction hash used to identify the account unique.
My question is, why is there a need for a permanent record that occupies space on the chain of the amount of transaction each account has made? Couldn't the same effect be achieved with the addition of any other kind of random or unique data to the transaction, such as a timestamp at the moment the transaction is generated by the wallet client? Is there any other advantage to recording account nonces that I am failing to see?
First of all, transactions don't have a timestamp. Only the blocks have timestamps.
Now you may ask why didn't we simply use timestamps instead of nonce; technically speaking, it would have worked equally fine. I guess it had more to do with design choice. Consider the billions of transactions and then each transaction holding multiple bytes for the timestamp, a nonce is comparatively smaller in size. And actually if you look at it programmatically, a nonce is more sort of a notion of ordering (much like a timestamp.) Additionally, you get transaction count as well.
Effectively, you're getting three benefits when using nonce- less space, simplicity, ordering, and tracking number of transactions. The most important being the fact by the virtue of the decentralized nature of the Ethereum network, you need to make sure that a transaction A was not lost, and hence the EVM won't process transaction B, assuming transaction A was supposed to happen before B. You can think of it as transactions will be executed in order despite the network latency each transaction experiences (very much like TCP packets, if the analogy helps.) This can't be achieved with mere timestamps.
Additionally, you should be aware that timestamps in the network can be artificially modified by the miner nodes.
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string(5734) "relevantto them – for example, they may find there arespecific tasks that must be completed at home,such as interviewing a relative or visiting a localmuseum or library. Alternatively, you couldbe strict about learners writing homework intheir school planners and handing this intoyou regularly. Or, you could allow pupils tocompletely manage their homework, realisingthat some will shy away from it until thepressure of the final showcase draws near,when they will suddenly have lots to do athome. With this option, it's important for youto encourage learners to complete homeworkthroughout the project and, at the end, toreflect on how they managed their time, settingrelevant new targets where needed.Do you let pupils contact externalagencies themselves?Absolutely! It's amazing how willing mostpeople are to talk to pupils and help them withtheir learning. Using the telephone and emailingare also important skills that people need intheir adult lives, so it's important for pupilsto have the chance to practise these skills.Accordingly, some time should be set asideto introduce pupils to accepted etiquettes forcontacting a range of people and organisations,using a variety of communication technology.Where possible, link this to work that may havebeen carried out in English and ICT lessons.How do you encourage learners to engagein deeper reflection of their learninghabits?Firstly, ensure that pupils understand thepurpose of reflection. It can't just be seen assomething extra for them to do without themreally realising why they are being asked todo it! Ensure they know that the process ofreflection will help them to understand theirown learning habits and become aware ofwhere and how they could change. 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Other ideas63Volume5.4nCreativeTeaching&LearningProject-BasedLearninginclude creating a visual journey, contributingto a class blog, or taking weekly photos of aLego model to which they add annotations.Be creative to keep learners engaged in thereflection process.Lastly, simply encourage pupils to dig deeper.Don't allow pupils to regurgitate bland learninghabits, such as 'I did well because I cooperated'.Ask further questions to find out the specifics:'How?', 'Exactly what did you do?', 'Describewhat you said and how you said it', 'Give mean example of a specific thing you did whichdemonstrated your cooperation skills'.How do you teach complicated theoriesabout learning to young children?I don't believe that it's impossible for even quiteyoung children to grasp many metacognitiveconcepts, or certainly parts of them. You canapproach them in the same way you teachcomplicated concepts in any subject area – bybreaking them down into bite-size chunks. Thismeans you need a thorough understanding ofthe theory yourself first, so some extra readingmight be necessary.Take Carol Dweck's research on mindsets.If introducing this to learners gradually, youmight first explore the core idea that peoplecan improve at anything with effort and linkto famous success stories, followed by howpeople give and receive feedback and howpeople approach challenges, associatingthe role that habits and routines may haveto play on mindsets, then considering ideason neuroplasticity. In this way, it is possibleto slowly drip-feed pupils with aspects ofmetacognitive theories and ideas at the timeswhen they are most relevant to the learningand the learners.Knowledge trails1. The essential elements of project-based learning – All schools approach PBL differently, but there are anumber of principles every successful project has in common – what are they? Alexis Shea explains.library.teachingtimes.com/articles/essential-elements-pblReferences1. Ginnis, P. (2002) The Teacher's Toolkit. Carmarthen: Crown House Publishing. p187.2. Hattie, J. (2009) Visible Learning: A Synthesis of Over 800 Meta-Analyses Relating to Achievement. Oxford:Routledge.3. Education Endowment Foundation (2015) Teaching and Learning Toolkit. [online] Available at:educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk/toolkit/toolkit-a-z [Accessed 30 June 2015].How do you cater for 'gifted and talented'learners?I believe PBL is perfect for encouraging alllearners to push themselves and challengethemselves further. Gifted and talented canbe quite a narrow term, relating to pupilswho excel in 'academic subjects' or in sportsand the creative arts (who ironically may findthe unfamiliar PBL environment a challengeat first!). In contrast, PBL will expose thoselearners who don't fit into these neat boxes.One pupil who doesn't normally stand out mayshine during group work situations as someonewho has built strong negotiation skills. 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string(5852) "enabled colleagues to see some studentsblossom in this learning environment, for example one head of departmentcommented: 'The video programme produced … was excellent – something wewould never have expected him to do!' As a consequence, this has encouragedmuch valuable reflection on classroom practice.Moreover, although we have not yet fully adopted PBL as a cornerstone of the Key Stage 3 curriculum, its repercussions continue to be felt strongly throughout the school community. Our whole-school CPD drive for the next two years will be driven by the qualities we want to see in all of our students,which manifested themselves in the project.In addition, a core of colleagues involved in the project, including myself,have continued smaller scale project work in their subject areas, securing fundsfrom various sponsors and designing sustainable projects that are allowing us to more confidently forge new partnerships with the larger community and become more outward-facing as a result.It has also been noticeable that the largest student cohort to volunteer to take part in the creative ventures and competitions run throughout the school since September has been Year 10 – the students who took part in the project. This is not a coincidence and encouraging creativity was one of our aims when we started out.Overall, the ideas and philosophy behind our project have had a lasting impact and are what have become embedded in our culture, ensuring the sustainability of the original aims of our project.Where next?As a result of the project, the curriculum at Key Stage 3 will gradually be adapted to incorporate the best aspects of project work in every year group. The idea, if not the exact process will be sustained. Currently, students continue to develop aspects of their projects independently, such as the completion of the recording of a CD at a local recording studio, and many are utilising the newly formed partnerships with local businesses to organise work experience. Equally as pleasing is the fact that local businesses know more of our students and welcome them in this capacity.Some of the exhibition work is being 'curated' out to various interested organisations around Manchester, such as The Salford Lads' Club, which has a room dedicated to The Smiths and The People's History Museum, so that the exhibits are receiving continued exposure to a wider audience.Projects now abound throughout Key Stage 3 across the curriculum, for example through projects such as The English Project (across a number of schools and English departments) and The Bloodhound Physics Project. Also, as a result of our newfound ability to attract external funding to support more ambitious ventures, we run the regular STEM Sustainable Power Project, sponsored by Kyocera Printing Solutions. We have also secured an English Heritage grant to create sustainable artefacts through project work and we are about to embark on creating a community allotment project.The Manchester PBL activity will take place again in its current format (butimproved from our last reflections, especially about sustainability) in 2015.An invigorating opportunityHaving the opportunity to make lasting contacts from outside the school andhave others take such an interest in our work has been priceless.As well as encouraging an exploration and an understanding of the local andwider community, the project allowed the students to explicitly recognise thekinds of skills needed in the 21st century workplace. It gave them access tobusinesses and both further and higher education institutions on their doorstep which has been incredibly valuable.Project-based learning has certainly been the beginning of our journey intobecoming a more outward-facing institution and has laid the foundations for the direction of development of our Key Stage 3 curriculum offer, especially for those students who lack aspiration and do not thrive in a traditional classroom setting. Although it was incredibly hard work, it was exhilarating and fulfilling and I feel immensely privileged to have been given the opportunity to make it happen.'I loved it all, it was the best experience I've ever had in school.'Shuab, 9B2Planning your own projectPlanning a project takes a lot of thought! Good PBL comprises of a number of necessary elements, and for students to reap the full benefits, you'll need to think about how you can incorporate all of them.Appendix 1 provides a project design rubric – essentially a mark scheme using the eight essential elements of PBL as criteria to evaluate your planned project and make the necessary adjustments to improve rigour. This rubric has been taken, with permission, from the Buck Institute for Education's website (www.bie.org). It describes three levels to assess the design of a project – 'Lacks essential features of effective PBL', 'Needs further development', and 'Incorporates best PBL practices'. 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And it's not hard to see whywhen you read of the inspiring and exhilarating projectsCreative Teaching and Learning has had the great pleasureof publishing articles about over the last few years…Projects in which students are 'stranded' on a desert islandand forced to make difficult decisions about survival and society(volume 3.4), projects that encourage real and meaningful researchinto family history and the local community (volume 4.1), projectsthat involve the whole school in creating something wonderful,such as directing and filming a Roman Britain blockbuster movie(Teaching Thinking and Creativity, our previous incarnation, volume10.1) – it's impossible not to get caught up in the enthusiasmand excitement of both students and teachers tangible in thesepractitioners' accounts.But impressive projects such as these take a lot of planningbeforehand and management throughout for them to have thegreatest impact possible – and that's not an easy feat.Luckily, though, thanks to the recent PBL revolution across thepond, which we're now seeing beginning to seep into Britisheducation practice, there's an abundance of help and guidanceavailable online. 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Head over to their site's 'Projects'page for some amazing examples of the projects beingundertaken in HTH classrooms. You'll find over 100 – some arepresented as mini-articles from HTH's peer-reviewed journal,while others open up within the main site. The latter aremore comprehensive than the former, not only providing anoverview, but explaining the project's activities, learning goalsand final products, and providing a timeline and a range ofstudent and teacher reflections. Projects include performing,directing and stage-managing Shakespeare's 'A MidsummerNight's Dream', designing and building rockets using waterand pressurised air, and writing and illustrating a children'sbook about Ancient Egypt.Be sure to check out the videos page too. Here you'll finda range of 'How to' videos about the kind of work High TechHigh does, and an assortment of videos made by studentsas part of their projects.A separate website from HTH, 'Seven successful PBLprojects' (www.hightechigh.org/pbl), is also worth a visit.According to the site itself, its aim is 'to offer practitionersuseful, easily adaptable models of real projects'. These sevenprojects are outlined in much more detail than those on themain site's projects page, and feaure downloadable rubrics,resources and worksheets. 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Clinton Has Her Eye On Hispanic Voters
Filed Under:Campaign 2016, Clinton Latino Voters, Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute, Florida Politics, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Latino Voters, Latinos for Hillary, Miami, Politics, Presidential Politics, Presidential Race, Rep. Joaquin Castro, The White House
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton attends a round table conversation and press conference announcing a childhood development initiative with first lady of New York City Chirlane McCray on April 1, 2015 in New York City. The initiative is between New York City Children's Cabinet and Too Small to Fail. (Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images)
NEW YORK (CBSMiami/AP) — Hillary Rodham Clinton's campaign has their eye on the Hispanic vote, ahead of the early primary elections in Florida.
The Democratic presidential candidate will be in South Florida on Friday and will hold campaign events next month focused on Hispanic voters in San Antonio, Texas, and Las Vegas, Nevada. Her campaign will use the first Democratic presidential debate in Nevada and another Republican debate next month in Colorado to organize house parties geared at garnering support among Hispanics.
Clinton's pitch, called Latinos for Hillary, will also extend to Hispanic lawmakers and elected officials, and will include an address next week to the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute's annual meeting in Washington.
"She's shown a deep commitment to the issues that Hispanics care about over a long period of time. This isn't somebody who showed up, decided to run for president and then a lightbulb came on and she decided to reach out to the Hispanic community," said Rep. Joaquin Castro, D-Texas, who will campaign for Clinton in Nevada following the Oct. 13 debate in Las Vegas.
Clinton, who will sit with Telemundo for an interview Friday in Miami, fared well among Latino voters during her unsuccessful primary campaign against Barack Obama in 2008. Hispanic voters gave Obama a significant edge against Republican Mitt Romney in the 2012 elections.
This time, Latinos are poised to play a more prominent role in the primaries as well, beginning in Nevada, which follows Iowa and New Hampshire on the calendar. After that, Hispanics are expected to be a key constituency in March contests in Texas, Virginia, Colorado and Florida.
The so-called Super Tuesday states and other contests in March could play a more prominent role in a competitive primary against Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders and, potentially, Vice President Joe Biden. Sanders has erased Clinton's early advantage in Iowa and New Hampshire, setting the stage for a drawn-out primary.
Clinton unveiled her immigration policy during a May campaign stop in Las Vegas, where she told high school students that any immigration legislation must include a path to "full and equal citizenship." She has defended Obama's use of executive actions to shield millions of immigrants from deportation and said she would go further if Congress fails to act.
The campaign views immigration as a major policy contrast against the Republican field, which has been marked by businessman Donald Trump's summertime characterization of Mexican immigrants as rapists and drug dealers and by candidates using the term "anchor babies." The reference to children who gain citizenship when born in the United States to noncitizen parents is considered an insult by many Latinos.
That message has been amplified in social media. Clinton's team noted footage of her response to Trump's comments during a speech to the National Council of La Raza — Clinton said, "basta," or "enough" in Spanish — became the campaign's most popular video, with nearly 8.5 million views.
Rep. Xavier Becerra, D-Calif., a Clinton supporter, said the immigration discussion among the Republican candidates has helped Clinton with Hispanic voters. "There's no question there's a clear line, night and day, between Hillary Clinton and all of the other candidates," he said.
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Viruses also known as virii, the latin plural are a means to get HPD different from missions.
1st: theres no such word "virii" in any language in the world, correct plural form in english is, unsurprisingly, "viruses"
4th "are a means" omfg who wrote that? and how drunk he was then?
* In linguistics, hypercorrection is defined as usage of pronunciation or linguistic rule that many informed users of a language consider incorrect, but that the speaker or writer uses through misunderstanding of prescriptive rules, often combined with a desire to seem formal or educated.
"There simply is no known plural for this word in Classical Latin."
There does exist a Latin word virī, meaning "men" (the plural of vir, a second declension masculine noun), but it has a short i in the first syllable: the difference in vowel quantity is reflected in the pronunciation of the derived English words virile and viral.
1. (proscribed) Plural form of virus.
2. (computing, nonstandard) A superset of computer software composed of computer viruses, trojans, and worms.
* The plural virii, though common, is often considered to be incorrect, and based on a misunderstanding of Latin. There is no example of a plural for the word virus in Latin.
And some call *me* a grammar nazi.
This guy must be the Heinrich Himmler of grammar Nazis.
Oh, by the way, welcome to "whatever."
If enough people want it moved back to "bugs" then it will be done, but I see to much lulz in the future.
i have no idea what is the point of ãłþħά-∆9's post, can someone enlighten me?
edit: as i play this game i see more and more typos, where is the right place to report them?
i have no idea what is the point of ãłþħά-∆9's post, can someone enlight me?
For someone who's picky about grammar, you sure seem to botch it yourself.
What do you mean what is the point in my post? What isn't the point?
You have an interesting idea of our community then. We have trolls and flamers, we just take it all as part of the game rather than get all serious business about it.
When you're right, you're right, what's the point in arguing?
I said viruses a few times when I first joined, was corrected by the community, didn't see a point in arguing about it, and accepted it. Virii kinda sounds all cool anyway.
I said virii a bunch and constantly got corrected, so I stopped.
Yes, you are correct, virii is not the (politically) correct form. But give it enough time and it will become the defacto standard usage. Just like ain't ain't a word.... Some day Virii will become the proper way to spell viruses.


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Петро́ Петро́вич Засенко (* 22 травня 1936, Любарці — сучасний Бориспільський район) — український поет та перекладач, член Національної Спілки письменників України, 1986  рік — нагороджений Грамотою Президії ВР УРСР, 1998  рік — лауреат премії ім. А. Малишка, заслужений працівник культури України — 2006 рік.

Життєпис
Закінчив філологічний факультет Київського державного університету імені Тараса Шевченка. Друкуватися почав з 1955 року.

Працював у видавництвах «Веселка», «Молодь» (1961—1970 р.р.), «Музична Україна», референтом в апараті Спілки письменників України. За СРСР звинувачувався у «хуторянстві».

З вересня 1983 і по 2011 рік — в журналі «Київ» завідував відділом поезії.

З 2011 і по 2021 рік є головою Всеукраїнської приймальної комісії Національної Спілки письменників України.

Творчий доробок
Є автором таких книг:
 1962 — збірки поезій «Зірниця», видавництво «Молодь»,
 1965 — «На ярмарку вітрів»,
 1969 — «Князівство трав»,
 1986 — «Косовиця», видавництво «Дніпро»,
 та нарису «Троянди Паміру», 1966, «Молодь».

Збірку «Князівство трав» радянська влада знищила — весь надрукований тираж, Петра Засенка звинуватили в націоналізмі, звільнено з роботи. Його ім'я занесли до «чорних списків» із забороною виступів і можливісті друкуватися.

Перекладав українською твори Міразіза Ахзама (з узбецької), Григора Акопяна — з вірменської (спільно з Віктором Кочевським), Григорія Вієру, Расула Гамзатова — разом з Дмитром Павличком, Джамбула Джабаєва, Сергія Єсеніна, Євтушенка, Якуба Коласа, Максима Танка.

Упорядкував книги вибраного Григора Тютюнника «Холодна м'ята» (2009 р.) — із серії «Українська класика».

Яскравий представник «тихої лірики».

Джерела
 Клуб поезії
 Прес-центр
 Верховна Рада
 Біографія поета на сайті щотижневика «Ринок Бориспіль»
 Засенко Петро Петрович
 Петро Засенко

Уродженці Любарців
Випускники філологічного факультету Київського університету
Шістдесятники
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Українські перекладачі

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Q: How does memcpy work on pointers to arrays? I initialise 2 arrays like so:
x = (double*) malloc(sizeof(double)*n);
xPlus1 = (double*) malloc(sizeof(double)*n);

Firstly, I'm not certain of exactly what x or xPlus1 now are, a pointer to an array full of doubles, or an array full of pointers to doubles? :/
The answer to that question probably effects this but if I do these various operations, I can't get it to do what I want, which is just to copy the values from xPlus1 into x. xPlus1 and x do hold different values for each index, because printing after a simple for loop achieves the desired effect:
for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
    x[i] = xPlus1[i];
}

But using...
memcpy(x, xPlus1, sizeof(x));
memcpy(x, &xPlus1, sizeof(x));

If I access x after either of these in the same function, x is unchanged, kept it's old values.
memcpy(&x, &xPlus1, sizeof(x));

I believe this makes x and xPlus1 point to the same memory location by the outputs I get. This is because if I modify x or xPlus1 after this copy, then both values change if I print both arrays.
memcpy(&x, xPlus1, sizeof(x));

Dies, exception: Unhandled exception at 0x011D5626 in MPITemplate.exe: 0xC0000005: Access violation writing location 0x00000000.
The ampersand in functions usually indicate a pass by reference, how does this play out when given to memcpy, and what difference does it make if it's going to write to the same blocks in the end?
I'd appreciate if someone could tell me in detail what's going on with these operations, because I can fiddle around making it work but I'd rather understand what's actually happening when these calls are made.
Thanks,
Mike

A: Both x and xPlus1 should be of type double*. They are pointers to an array of n doubles.
So when you do this:
memcpy(x, xPlus1, sizeof(x));

Since x is just a double*, that only copies sizeof(double*) bytes... which is to say, 8. What you want to do is:
memcpy(x, xPlus1, n * sizeof(*x));

because the type of *x is double, so n * sizeof(*x) will be the total bytes of memory that xPlus1 owns: n doubles.

A: You left out the declarations.
Adding the type,
double* x = (double*) malloc(sizeof(double)*n);

makes it clearer that x is a pointer to a double.
In this particular case, the double x points to is the first element in an array of n doubles.
Something like this:
       (------- n doubles  -----)
      ___________________________
x ===>| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
      ---------------------------

&x would give you the address of the variable x itself. This is very different from the address that the variable x contains.
(If you have int x = 1;, &x will most likely not be 1.)
memcpy takes two pointers, one for the destination and one for the source, and the size of the memory to copy.
But sizeof(x) doesn't give you the size of the array you allocated; it gives you the size of x, which is a pointer.
(Size is measured in multiples of sizeof(char), which by definition is 1, and sizeof(double*) will be 4 (32 bits) or 8 (64 bits) on most modern machines. So you're copying 32 or 64 bits.)
The size parameter should be the same size that you passed to malloc, if you want to copy the whole thing.
The pointers should be the ones returned from malloc, since these are the memory blocks you want to copy.
So,
memcpy(x, xPlus1, sizeof(double) * n);

should work as expected.

A:
I initialise 2 arrays like so:

No you are not. You did not show x and xPlus1 definition, but if they are arrays like:
double x[10];

your code wouldn't compile. So assuming your code compiles x and xPlus1 are pointers to double. They are close, but not the same thing.

Firstly, I'm not certain of exactly what x or xPlus1 now are, a pointer to an array full of doubles, or an array full of pointers to doubles? :/

Again you should publish their definition and then your question would not make any sense. They are pointers and whatever you assign to them does not change that fact. So they are pointers holding address of memory block size sizeof(double) * n. What will be in that memory depends on you, you can treat it as array of doubles, or something else that has size less or equal to sizeof(double) * n.

But using...

memcpy(x, xPlus1, sizeof(x));
memcpy(x, &xPlus1, sizeof(x));

So first line of code copies sizeof( double * ) probably 8 bytes ie one double (which is just coincedence that on 64 bit platform sizeof( double * ) == sizeof( double ) ) from memory pointed by xPlus1 to memory pointed by x. So you basically copied one element and that the same as (if you are on 32 bit platform you would just copy half of double):
x[0] = xPlus1[0];

Second line copied memory where pointer xPlus1 located to memory block pointed by x. So you copied double * to double x[0] which does not make much sense:
x[0] = (double) xPlus1;

This code:
memcpy(&x, &xPlus1, sizeof(x));

basically did this (just convoluted way):
x = xPlus1;

Following code:
memcpy(&x, xPlus1, sizeof(x));

is equivalent to this:
x = (double *)xPlus1[0];

which makes x pointer to have garbage address which leads to exception.
So your actual code should be:
memcpy( x, xPlus1, sizeof( double ) * n );