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Yukon principal wins national prize
Gloria Coxford has been named one of Canada's Outstanding Principals. The born-and-raised Yukoner is principal of Grey Mountain Primary School in Riverdale.
Jan. 19, 2011 9:00 a.m.
Gloria Coxford has been named one of Canada's Outstanding Principals.
The born-and-raised Yukoner is principal of Grey Mountain Primary School in Riverdale. She, along with 31 other award recipients across Canada, will spend a week in Toronto to attend a gala ceremony and five days of management workshops.
"I've never been further east than Edmonton," she says. "Now I'm going to Toronto for a week. It's almost scary.
"I've been to Mexico and Hawaii, but never past Edmonton. That's what happens when you grow up here and all your family's here."
The award is put on by the Learning Partnership, a charitable organization that champions Canada's public school system. Grey Mountain's staff nominated Coxford because she "works hard to ensure the success of each student. Her underlying goal is to achieve what's best for her students."
It's Coxford's sixth year as principal of Yukon's only primary school. Some parents worry the school's small size – it has about 60 students, from Kindergarten to Grade 3 – is a weakness. But Coxford usually persuades them to see the school's smallness as a strength.
The building, painted in pale yellow and pink, resembles six portables stacked together for good reason. "That's exactly what it is," says Coxford.
Yet the school manages to feel cozy inside. It's not drafty or dim, as portables tend to be. There's a new computer lab and a library full of colourful kids books.
The small gym, once dirty and dull, has been spruced up by a mural painted along the upper inside wall, in Ted Harrison's style, with a blazing sun on one wall, and shimmering northern lights on the other.
It's remarkably quiet while class is in session. Coxford gives partial credit to the building design. Each classroom has its own washroom and entrance, so there's little reason for kids to roam the halls.
It also helps that the school has no buzzers. The school's only bell must be rung by hand to call in kids after recess and lunch.
But the silence also says something about the expectations that Coxford helps set. Young kids need consistency, she says.
To that end, she ensures all teachers use the same vocabulary when dealing with classroom quarrels. Inevitably, it ties back to the school's motto: "Respect, responsibility and reaching for our best."
The lessons learned here are some of life's simplest. And most important.
"What happens in the first four years of school sets the tone for the rest of the school years," says Coxford."
Children first enter the school, as early as age four, not much more than toddlers. By the time they leave, Coxford aims to have them reading, writing and equipped with some of the more important social skills to be had.
Rather than hit and scream, "they know how to sit down with somebody and talk," says Coxford.
"They know they can walk away from things, talk to a teacher, talk to each other and compromise.
"There's a lot of adults who don't know how to do that," she says with a chuckle.
Once these rules are laid down, kids begin to enforce them by themselves. "They just get swallowed into the culture," said Coxford. "Otherwise they stand out like a sore thumb. It's easier to conform."
With most behavioural problems out of the way, teachers can focus on teaching. Coxford helps, too.
Coxford spends half her day as principal. The other half she helps teachers work with struggling students. Her specialty is helping kids to read – she's taken a number of early literacy courses.
Coxford has taught for 26 years—long enough that she's taught some of the parents whose children are now enrolled in her school.
One of her brothers is Doug Graham, a long-serving city councillor.
There's a joke in the lunchroom, says Coxford: "Don't say anything about anyone until you find out whether Gloria is related to them."
"I think I'm related to half of Whitehorse."
Her big challenge? "Time." There's never enough of it.
It's not uncommon for Coxford to work 12-hour days. Her open-door policy is partly to blame. But she prefers to chat with parents as they come, rather than let issues pile up.
Throughout the school year, students get chances to snowshoe, ride a dog team, listen to traditional First Nation stories, visit the Yukon Arts Centre and try gymnastics. But, for now, a main form of entertainment are the crazy carpets that dangle off hooks in the front hall.
"That hill is just worth its weight in gold on the playground," says Coxford.
Young kids have a way of confounding expectations. Take hugging. It's become something of an epidemic at Grey Mountain. It started with last year's Kindergarten class.
"They started hugging and all the rest of the grades have sort of morphed into this hugging school."
Coxford was unsure how to deal with it. In schools today, there's much emphasis on appropriate touching. What was once commonplace – such as a teacher sitting a young child on her lap – is now strictly forbidden.
But the hugging proved benign. Coxford sees it as an expression of safety and trust.
"Every time I walk down the hallway I'm hugged to death," she says.
As far as occupational hazards go, that's not too bad.
Contact John Thompson at
johnt@yukon-news.com.
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Michele Van Loon sees hope in middle age: "For all of human history, people have been trying to make sense of this existential dark space—the downward arc that comes at the beginning of the end. Popular culture often brands it a 'midlife crisis,' and indeed, coming to terms with mortality can first occur during the vicissitudes of our 40s and 50s. However, questions of purpose, identity, and meaning persist well into our final decades."
Janelle Griffith reports on a tragic killing: "'We have completed an initial review of the case, and based on the evidence we intend to ask the Grand Jury for an indictment of murder against Aaron Dean,' the Tarrant County Criminal District Attorney's Office said in a statement. 'We will prosecute this case to the fullest extent of the law.'"
Joe Carter lists nine interesting facts about Paula White: "White is said to be President Trump's spiritual adviser and personal pastor. She says she's 'directly shared the gospel' with him, but she believes he's been a Christian since childhood. White delivered the invocation at Trump's inauguration, and claims to be the 'convened and de facto head' of the president's evangelical advisory board. The group of about 35 evangelical pastors includes the four men who endorsed her latest book: Jerry Falwell Jr., Franklin Graham, Jack Graham, and Robert Jeffress."
Rod Dreher unpacks some appalling statistics: "There is no good news anywhere in this report. It breaks down religious decline by region. It's down dramatically in every region in the country, though the most rapidly secularizing is the Northeast, having lost a staggering 15 percent of its Christians over the past dozen years. It breaks it down by party affiliation too. The Democrats are without a doubt the secular party now. Most white Democrats no longer identify as Christian. Christianity within that party's partisans is largely confined to blacks and Hispanics, though it is declining among them too. And, most white adults say they rarely if ever attend church services."
Dustin Barnes crunches the numbers: "At 26,765 days — that's more than 73 years — the Carters surpassed the previous record held by former President George H.W. Bush and Barbara Bush. The Carters married July 7, 1946, in a Methodist church in their hometown of Plains, Georgia, when he was 21 and she was 18."
Ritu Prasad takes a tour of Charleston: "Middleton Place brands itself as home to America's 'oldest landscaped gardens'. It's also one of the city's oldest plantations. There are certainly elements of slave history throughout the grounds, and Middleton offers a slave-focused tour - but if visitors aren't looking for it, they could miss it. A sign at the entrance tells guests the gardens and buildings are 'the evidence of the work of generations of Africans and African Americans'. The word 'enslaved' appears once, and there is no mention of what these people endured as they 'maintained the Gardens, worked in the House, husbanded livestock'."
Michael R. Wing encourages a life of the mind: "All of those people pursue projects that are long-term, scholarly, creative, and original — things nobody has done before. They think about their projects often, even when they're not working on them. The French have a related concept they call "le jardin secret" (the secret garden) that most often describes an extramarital affair. I'm not urging former academics to have an affair. What I am saying: Having an absorbing but part-time scholarly project to occupy your waking thoughts is sort of like having a romantic affair."
Jayson Casper describes the plight of Christians in Syria: "Fadi Habsouna, a father of two, was injured when missiles hit his home and ruined his shop. His wife is in critical condition. His grandfather's home was destroyed by a bomb. The pastor housed them in church-owned property, and decided to remain to assist the family, and others suffering similarly. The church agreed; only eight families would leave."
Dean Davis offers a helpful guide for what to believe about the end times: "The question of the millennium is like the tip of an iceberg: All sorts of interesting materials lie hidden beneath the surface. This becomes especially clear when we take a quick look at the three main views of the end times popular among Christians today: Historic Premillennialism, Dispensational Premillennialism, and Amillennialism."
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The Chairman of the Nigerian Association of Special Education Teachers (NASET), Mr. Shomide Macaulay, has commended the Lagos State Government for its efforts in the area of special and inclusive education in the country.
Macaulay, who gave the commendation during a courtesy visit to the Permanent Secretary, Lagos State Ministry of Education, Mr. Adesina Odeyemi, stated that it is heart warming that Lagos State is the leading State in the country in the area of provision of special education.
"Lagos State is the leader among other States in the provision of special and inclusive education service delivery in Nigeria with five special schools and 41 special education inclusive units in primary and secondary schools spread across the State," he said.
The Chairman commended the State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode for the care, love and support to meeting the educational, physical and psychological needs of persons with special needs.
He, however, urged the state government to establish a special tertiary education facility in the State in order to give individuals with special needs the opportunity to have easy access to higher education without having to seek for same outside the State.
While soliciting for admission of children with special needs into Technical Schools, Macaulay decried the shortage of teachers in special schools and inclusive units and urged the government to consider employing teachers for the special schools in the next recruitment exercise and ensure regular capacity building for them.
Responding, Odeyemi assured the association of the resolve of the present administration to meet the needs of special students and their teachers as part of efforts to improve the education sector.
The Permanent Secretary opined that the presence of the State's Deputy Governor, Dr. Idiat Oluranti Adebule at the last World Disabilities Day ceremony for the students with special needs was a testimony to the love and affection that the government has for them and the importance it attached to their well-being.


The Cambridge Center for Adult Education is cooking up some great classes in honor of its 80th anniversary. The Center, which offers about 1,800 classes each year, has added a new cooking series led by well-known area chefs who will whip up special seasonal dishes. First up is Chef Tony Maws, of Craigie on Main and The Kirkland Tap & Trotter, who will make tasty squash dishes (Nov. 7); Chef James Salomone of Parsnip will teach how to make fresh pastas (Nov. 14); and Chef Michael Pagliarini of Benedetto and Giulia will feature New England seafood (Dec. 5). For winter 2019, the lineup is: Chef Lydia Shire of Scampo, who will focus on pork dishes (Jan. 30); Chef Ana Sortun, of Oleana, Sarma, and Sofra Bakery and Cafe, will teach about the importance of spices (Feb. 27); and Chef Susan Regis, formerly of Shepard, will cook a lovely spring dinner menu (March 27). Classes are held from 6 to 9 p.m. ($120 per class) at the Center's new teaching kitchen in its 56 Brattle St. building. All classes will be both instructional and hands-on; sign up now as they will fill up fast.


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The watercloset was invented 240 years ago by an british man – and it is now becoming a wellness oasis. Photo © Yoann Lambert
Can you show me the way to the techy toilet?
by Martina Metzner
Everyone does it, but no one talks about it. The business that today gets done quietly in isolation was once a social experience: In Ancient Rome, for example, where the sewage system was invented to flush the cloaca maxima, people met on a kind of bench with holes placed along it one after another for the sitters. Not only did this encourage conversation, but not infrequently contracts were agreed as the sitters did not feel incommoded, but were there to do business. As early as the 18th century, the initial practice then became to withdraw bashfully behind a curtain, the French for it being a "toile", before doors were introduced with locks to protect you from the public gaze while you went about your solitary business, no big deal.
Kelkheim-based Zukunftsinstitut now tells us what it will mean and how it'll function once the WC as invented by Brit Alexander Cumming in 1775 is turned into a "wellness toilet". On behalf of bathroom specialist "Geberit" the futurologists have concerned themselves in a trend study entitled "Changes in Body Awareness and Hygiene" with the potential of shower toilets in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
The one or other European will possibly find it almost inconceivable what a shower toilet can actually offer. Which is not the case in Japan. For many years now shower toilets or washlets are a part of everyday life there, as about 70 per cent of Japanese homes possess such as multifunctional WC. And in many Arab countries the better-off favor such toilets that replace the usual sanitary installations with a water hose positioned next to the toilet bowl, something that can be attributed to the religious stipulations as regards hygiene in these countries.
Contemporary washlets with a feelgood factor not only have the obligatory nozzle to clean the parts the sun never sees. Usually water and the toilet seat are heated and then there are special functions, like a dryer and a toilet lid that automatically opens. The technology is usually controlled by a switch or remote located on the WC unit and can be individually programmed to fit the user's needs. Yes, the Japanese prioritize cleanliness and that is no doubt why the Japanese shower toilet maker Toto has long since emerged as the world market leader in this field – and were the inventor of the name "Washlet".
Not that the shower toilet is a Japanese invention: Back in 1957 Swiss engineer Hans Maurer invented the so-called "Closomat", which is produced in a new version today by the "Closomeo" company. Switzerland remains a market in which shower toilets are very well received, something underscored by statements by manufacturers such as Toto and Villeroy & Boch. Things are more difficult it would seem in southern Europe, in markets such as Italy, Spain and France, that traditionally have always championed bidets.
Since the end of 1978 German company Geberit, renowned for their flush systems, is the European company with the edge when it comes to washlet water sprays. And in order to give the shower toilet a real boost, Geberit aspires to transform a niche product that has to date mainly be used in the health and care segment in Europe into a lifestyle product. To this end, in 2009 the company even engaged the services of ex-tennis-star-wife Barbara Becker to act as the talking head in a TV campaign extolling the virtues of the shower toilets. And now a trend study with a representative survey has been commissioned to indicate what prospects washlets would have in Germany, Austria and Switzerland, where, or so Toto says, about one percent of households own such a high-end WC.
The study examines social currents and changes, such as the emancipation of women, the wellness and technology movement, as well as demographics to establish why there are not more persons interested in shower toilets. The researchers initially focused on what people do in the bathroom other than brush their teeth and all the other usual stuff. The findings: 70 percent of those polled relax in the bath, about half read or listen to music there, every fourth phones, has sex or chats with fellow inhabitants. The bottom of the list features such activities as "surf the Internet" (17 percent), "Sports/Fitness" (10 percent) and "watch TV" (6 percent).
It is interesting in itself that bathrooms can be used in so many different ways. The study says that another indicator of this is the fact that in recent years Germans have been busy upgrading what were former plain vanilla or rather white-tiled bathrooms, introducing high-grade materials and features such as shower units that end flush with the floor or rainshowers, creating a new bathing experience. Bathrooms have started to morph into wellness islands where stressed urbanites can relax as if they were in a "second living room".
This is the point where, or so the futurologists suggest, the shower toilet could come into its own. They believe that the washlet could not only enhance the wellness factor, but also serve as a "fun feature" for the whole family, as a pleasurable health booster and as the "font of youth for the silver-ager generation".
The researchers explain the idea of the "fun feature" by pointing to the increasing number of tasks fathers have to perform raising their kids, with dads who now often bath the infants also liking to play around with technological novelties. And in passing using the toilet is sociologically linked to "excitement, games and fun", which is why there are good prospects that kids will progress through potty training more quickly and be able to use the toilet on their own.
The second hypothesis hinges on a society that focuses on health and wellness and increasingly relies on technological appliances to remain healthy and fit. This trend is discussed under the label of "self-tracking" and culminates in appliances such as Braun's "Oral B 5000" electric toothbrush that can be programmed to meet the user's needs and emits a beep when it is time to move on to the next molar. A shower toilet could, for example, monitor urine content in line with medical parameters and transmit the results straight to your physician, meaning that the irritating act of having to provide urine samples would become a thing of the past.
The above hypothesis applies mainly to all those people who are already the group targeted by manufacturers of washlets in Europe, namely the silver-agers, people in the 60-plus age bracket who nowadays tend to be fitter than in the past. For them, bathrooms and the related hygiene are clearly more important than they are for the younger age groups. For example, in the study 70 percent of the "55 years and older" group state that bodycare is an important factor for feeling young. Among the 16-24-year-olds, only about half say this, meaning that the shower toilet can be marketed as a "font of youth".
If you ask the experts at Geberit, Toto and Villeroy & Boch, then it would seem that washlets are indeed fast establishing themselves as a wellness product in Europe, too. Since the start of Geberit's campaign for its "AquaClean" product series four years ago, or so its press department reports, sales in Germany have risen by over ten percent annually. And the mood is upbeat at Villeroy & Boch and Toto, who announced at this year's ISH trade fair in Frankfurt that they will be collaborating on the project. And it is not just technology that is called for, but good design, too. Geberit, for example, has recruited designer Matteo Thun to mastermind its latest model, the "Sela". At Villeroy & Boch the equivalent product goes by the name of "Leaf", and is the brainchild of Italian designers Daniel Debiasi and Federico Sandri from "Something", and they've done a clever job of concealing the necessary technology. Because Europeans don't want to see the inner workings, explains Toto's Anja Giersiepen.
At present, WC technology as a whole is advancing fast. The latest trick the high-end toilets offer is an auto-cleansing effect. This is achieved by various technical features, for example by eliminating the flush rim or introducing a special vortex flush (Toto calls its version "Tornado") – or even by using ultraviolet light or electrolytically charged water, which prevents dirt attaching itself to any surfaces in the first place. Such "all-inclusive toilets" are now being marketed by Toto, for example, with its "Neorest" and "Actilight" models, both of which rely on "ewater+". With its new "Direct Flush" bowl, Villeroy & Boch by contrast, is focusing initially on eliminating the flush rim.
Despite all these many benefits, manufacturers will still no doubt need to be patient: When it comes to bathroom culture, it can sometimes take a couple of centuries until people wipe away their old habits. Moreover, you need to be able to take a lot of time on the throne in order to "make use of the entire program", and who has such time today? Not to forget the quite practical sides to things: The average German bathroom has eight square meters of space, and a washlet can cost five times what a normal toilet bowl does. In fact, maybe we want the toilet to be the last place where we are spared exposure to well-meaning marketing ideas and smart technologies.
www.geberit-aquaclean.uk
www.toto.com
www.villeroy-boch.com
The results of the study on "Body Awareness and Hygiene" undertaken by Zukunftsinstitut and commissioned by Geberit:
www.geberit.de
Freshness due to an integrated sprinkler. Photo © Geberit
WC-wonder: the new models don't look like high-tech-products. Geberit "Sela", Photo © Geberit
The use is easy via integrated switch or remote control. Photo © Geberit
Auto-cleansing-effect by electrolytically charged water, which prevents dirt attaching itself to any surfaces in the first place. Toto "Neorest", Photo © Toto
The ne plus ultra for hygiene: "Actilight" by Toto. Photo © Toto
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Alternative Investment Industry Outlook for Q3 and Beyond
Despite mixed performance in the first half of 2018 amongst the various hedge fund strategies and CTAs, institutional investors across the globe including pensions, endowments and foundations, funds of hedge funds, and insurance companies along with family offices and high-net-worth individuals are still interested in allocating to them given they have been more satisfied with their performance lately. In addition, LPs are also eyeing more illiquid investments such as private equity along with private debt.
When it comes to fees of their underlying managers, institutional investors still prefer lower hedge fund fees than the long-gone 2/20 industry standard. They also continue to integrate alternative risk premia ("ARP") into their portfolios, which offer reduced fees.
On the new hedge fund launch side over the last quarter or so, the industry has seen a handful of billion dollar plus debuts with backing from their former employers. Meanwhile, with respect to strategy, one of the most notable trends was a slowdown in the number of new cryptocurrency fund launches.
Investor Outlook
At EisnerAmper's recent Alternative Investment Summit, a trio of institutional investors concurred they are interested in allocating to hedge funds. There was a particular preference to deploy assets to Women and Minority Business Enterprise ("WMBE") funds.
Additionally, EisnerAmper has heard that environmental, social and governance ("ESG") investing and co-investments continue to be popular.
Sean Holland, Principal, Comave Advisors, told Asset Management Intelligence that ESG investing is gaining greater momentum amongst larger, U.S. institutional investors while the demand for co-investments continues to increase.
"The U.S. traditionally lagged behind the U.K. and Europe with ESG given an American perception that ESG is corporate philanthropy, but it is changing," he said. "ESG drivers include Millennials and Generation Z wanting to save the planet, but ESG is increasingly more systemic as CIOs and investment committees consider ESG more with their asset allocation. Institutional investors also view ESG as enhancing their reputations while reducing portfolio risk by providing insurance to misactions – accidental or intentional."
He added: "Demand for co-investments continues to climb as American public pensions strive to re-create the direct investing ethos championed by sophisticated Canadian public pensions and Asian Sovereign Wealth Funds," he said. "Savvy GPs see co-investments as a tool to both extend their own investing dry powder while solidifying strategic relationships with LPs anxious for more co-investments. LPs in turn hope to reduce fees."
Meanwhile, in Europe, capital introductions professionals told EisnerAmperthat institutional investors are seeking to invest across globally diversified sets of strategies, in both new and existing managers. Some of the most favored strategies include special situations, global macro and managed futures.
Investors still demand that managers be more flexible with their fees, hence continue to offer allocators a founders' class with 1/10 fees and if their assets under management increase, then they will offer 1/15 fees.
Jeff Parker, a partner in the Financial Services Group at EisnerAmper based in New York, confirmed the industry trend he has seen amongst the firm's hedge fund clients and prospects.
"We are seeing lower fees, as well as founders' classes," he said. "We are also seeing variations on the traditional management fee/incentive allocation structure."
Additionally, at a recent industry conference, a handful of institutional allocators said they have integrated ARP into their portfolios to reduce fees.
Launch Trends
The industry this year has seen a handful of several billion dollar launches, most notably multi-strategy ExodusPoint Capital Management, which launched with $8 billion, reportedly the biggest launch of all time; along with long/short equity manager D1 Capital, which debuted with $4 billion and macro fund Kirkoswald Capital Partners, which rolled out with $2 billion.
Eugene Tetlow, business development manager in EisnerAmper's Financial Services Group based in San Francisco, confirmed the above mentioned trend that there has been a pick-up in managers successfully raising assets, either from their old firms or other traditional avenues.
"On the hedge fund side, new managers are spending more time ensuring that their fund is institutional ready before going to market," he said.
Tetlow also said this past quarter experienced a decline in the number of cryptocurrency hedge fund launches, reversing course from the last year or so which saw a number of them come to market.
With nearly three-quarters of 2018 behind us and investors more satisfied overall with hedge fund performance, coupled with a few billion-dollar-plus launches, the industry is anticipated to receive substantial inflows in the last few months of 2018. And managers will definitely make it easier for investors to allocate by offering them more attractive fees and/or reduced fee products.
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Girl, 1, struck in Delaware hit-and-run, driver arrested. Jim Gardner reports during Action News at 11 p.m. on May 19, 2017.
NEWPORT, Del. (WPVI) -- A driver has been arrested after a one-year-old girl was struck in a hit-and-run on Friday morning in New Castle County, Delaware.
The driver has been identified as 20-year-old Elijah Meredith.
Police were called to the 6900 block of Lancaster Pike in Newport around 10:30 a.m.
Investigators say the driver of a silver Mazda hit the child, identified as Leah Purdue, while leaving a home on the block, then fled the scene.
Meredith was located shortly before 12 p.m. and taken into custody without incident in Hockessin, police say.
After Leah was hit, her distraught mom scooped her up and ran to a neighbor's house.
"She had a pretty bad cut and blood was protruding down her face and over her body," said neighbor Ron Belile.
Jose Rivera was visiting inside the little girl's home on Friday when he heard the mother screaming at the driver of a silver Mazda, who was driving out of the driveway.
"She was trying to get the man to stop, to halt. He kept turning, trying to maneuver around her," he said.
Rivera then said the driver also hit Leah's mother.
"He hit the mom, and the baby, I am assuming, was under the car," he said.
Watch video from Chopper 6 HD and the Action Cam as police investigate the report of a toddler being struck in Newport, Delaware.
The little girl's aunt, Linda Phipp, visited the child in the hospital.
"Right now she is asleep, she is doing good, no broken bones. She's got a fracture at the back of the skull, so they are watching that," she said.
The incident remains under investigation, police say.


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Australia's First Indigenous Startup Weekend
Friday, August 26 - 28, 2016
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The Edge, State Library of Queensland
Stanley Place
Southbank, Queensland 4101
Have you thought about starting a business that could help your Community?
Discover what you need to know in a fun and supportive environment. Australia's First Indigenous Startup Weekend is an inspiring and informative way to start a business, build a product, bring an idea to reality, or grow your entrepreneurial skills and networks.
What is Australia's First Indigenous Startup Weekend?
Australia's First Indigenous Startup Weekend is a 54-hour event where you get to be part of starting a business in a weekend, which will help increase Indigenous businesses and employment. It's all about learning the skills and gaining experience in entrepreneurship by taking part in pitching, business model creation, coding, designing and market validation. At the end of the weekend, your team will pitch their idea to a panel of success business people (judges) for your chance to win some awesome prizes.
All ideas, applications and platforms are welcome.
8 reasons why you should attend Australia's First Indigenous Startup Weekend...
FREE FOOD AND DRINKS!!! You will get amazing meals over the weekend for breakfast, lunch and dinner, which includes two Indigenous themed dinners and drinks overlooking the beautiful Brisbane River
Indigenous entertainment (dance and music performance)
Australia's First Indigenous Startup Weekend exclusive and unique t-shirt and water bottle
Access to some of Australia's best startup coaches and mentors
Opportunities to win cool prizes (listed below)
Whether you start a company, find a cofounder, meet someone new, or simply learn a new skill that stretches you beyond your usual 9-to-5, you are guaranteed to leave the event better prepared to navigate the chaotic but fun world of business
Most importantly, find some partners and launch a business that will help Close the Gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians
Winning team can utilise the Brisbane Microsoft Innovation Centre Hub for a week to continue working on their idea (attend events and expand your business networking)
4 tickets to the Microsoft Startup Bootcamp on the 1st and 2nd of September with Warwick Hill (CEO-in-Residence and MD of the Microsoft Accelerator, London)
The 3 winning teams will receive fortnightly mentoring for 3 months from Australian Tech Entrepreneur, Dwight Gunning
Pitch coaching or solution architect session for winning team
Hustler Award is an Xbox One + Fifa game
14 x Microsoft Azure Bluetooth speakers
14 x Microsoft Azure battery power pack phone chargers
More prizes will be announced soon..
*Limited tickets available. Get yourself a ticket asap*
What you will get out of it
You will gain the skills and experience you need to launch a business within 54hrs, experience the high and lows of starting a business and overcome challenges. Australia's First Indigenous Startup Weekend is a part of a global grassroots movement of active and empowered citizens who are learning the basics of founding startups and launching successful ventures or products, which will help increase Indigenous employment and stimulate growth in our community.
Register now for the best experience of your life, which will give you the skills and experience you need to change the world for the better!
Who can attend Australia's First Indigenous Startup Weekend?
Anyone. Entrepreneurship is a team sport so we encourage anyone to take part and join our mission to increase Indigenous employment and help Close the Gap. Whether you have an idea or not, it doesn't matter.
Attendee FAQ - https://startupweekend.org/attendees/faq
Contact email - Brisbaneindigenous@startupweekend.org
All ideas, applications and platforms are welcome
Individual and Economic Empowerment: The Key to Legacy
Dean Foley
Michael McLeod Talks With ABC About Indigenous Entrepreneurship
Arrive at the venue and get checked in for the Welcome to Country and Indigenous Dance Performance
Saturday August 27th
Sunday August 28th
Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder at Message Stick
Michael is a Ngarrindjeri Monaro man from Southern NSW.
Message Stick is a unique business in that it is owned by Aboriginal Australians. The company was started in 2003 to show that Aboriginal Australians can own and manage a services business that engages with large corporations and Government agencies. The business does not seek any sponsorship, donations or social grants whatsoever. They seek only the opportunity to prove themselves and to be treated as worthy business partners.
Michael's future is aimed at advocating the need for Australian society (particularly the private sector and our Governments) to embrace, and support, the challenge Indigenous people face when his people begin the journey towards economic independence.
His Message Stick business model is aimed at proving that Indigenous and non-indigenous people can work together to achieve generic economic results – yet still fully support, and participate in, community growth.
Hon Leeanne Enoch
Member for Algester; Qld Minister for Innovation, Science and the Digital Economy and Minister for Small Business
Leeanne is a proud Nunukul/Nughi woman from North Stradbroke Island. She has a strong sense of social justice supported by her remarkable ability to listen to the needs of others and turn issues into positive actions.
As the first member of her family to graduate from university, Leeanne developed a lifelong commitment to education early in her life. She spent more than a decade as a high school teacher, working in a number of schools in South-East Queensland and in East London where her passion for community development and social justice grew stronger.
After leaving teaching, Leeanne held senior roles in local and state government leading the development and implementation of policies to support some of Queensland's most at risk families. Leeanne worked for the Australian Red Cross for seven years in leadership roles at the state and national level guiding humanitarian policy and programs to improve the lives of Australia's most vulnerable. She has also worked with the Queensland Council of Unions to bring justice and equity to all Queenslanders.
Laura Berry
Chief Executive Officer Supply Nation
Laura was appointed CEO of Supply Nation in May 2015, having been involved with the organisation since its inception through her work with two founding member companies, Leighton Holdings and Qantas Airways.
Laura has two decades of experience in stakeholder management, risk mitigation and reputation management with a career that has spanned the private and public sectors, including Federal and State Politics, Public Affairs and roles with top ASX Listed companies. Laura joined Supply Nation following four years at Qantas where she led the Qantas Group's Corporate Community Investment Program encompassing the Qantas Reconciliation Program, Qantas Foundation, Indigenous and Community Partnerships, Workplace Giving, National Arts Sponsorships and the Qantas Brand Ambassadors Program. Laura is currently a Director of Indigenous Business Australia's Indigenous Tourism Asset Management Division, and formally the Chairperson of CareerTrackers Indigenous Internship Program and a director of Supply Nation and Engineering Aid Australia. Laura holds a Graduate Certificate in Management from the University of Technology, Sydney and is a member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. Laura proudly identifies with her Aboriginal and Italian heritage and was born and raised in Canberra.
Wayne Denning
Managing Director Carbon Media
In 2006 Wayne Denning, Managing Director and proud Birri Gubba man left a successful career in Federal Government to form Carbon Media, a full service creative agency with a difference. Determined to give a positive voice to Indigenous Australians, Wayne set about creating innovative advertising campaigns and marketing and communications strategies for a diverse client portfolio as well as unique content for children's television and hasn't looked back. A decade on, Wayne remains the sole owner operator of the ever evolving Carbon Media leading a team of passionate creatives with equal commitment. Beyond Carbon Wayne embraces his role as the Deputy Chair of the National Film and Sound Archive of Australia and as Digital Ambassador for Queensland. Wayne is also on the Community Leader Roundtable: Engagement Plan for the Domestic and Family Violence Prevention Strategy.
Joanne Pellew
Managing Director at Ochre Jobs
Joanne founded Ochre in 2010, as the first business in Australia to specialise in the recruitment of Indigenous people to the mining industry. Joanne diversified Ochre to include a Registered Training Organisation which is the only RTO in WA owned and operated by an Indigenous woman. Ochre has now placed over 600 Indigenous people (and counting) into employment via labour hire, permanent roles or through the customised Pre-Employment Programs Joanne is a passionate advocate of real training and job initiatives for Indigenous people and continues to lobby companies and Governments to create genuine change for Indigenous people, based on the knowledge she has gained working at the coalface of Indigenous employment and training.
Jesse T Martin
Founder and Director of the Streets Movement Organisation
Jesse T Martin is the founder and Director of the Streets Movement Organisation. Mr. Martin is of Indigenous decent with his people coming from Sydney and the Torres Strait. He has a university degree in politics and international relations, and is a fighter in and out of the boxing ring. His firm and unwavering conviction for human rights and social justice has ignited the ideology and formation of the Streets Movement. Mr Martin believes in fighting today for a better tomorrow.
Darren is a Tech Entrepreneur, repeat Founder, Lean Advocate, a Startup Techie with high scale aspirations and strives for continuous improvement. He has been involved in startups as Founder, early stage Employee and Advisor both Locally and in the US. He is was the Entrepreneur in Residence at iLab and now Mentor and Advisor at iLab. He is also a Mentor at River City Labs and Ipswich Fire Station 101.
Kaylene Langford
Director StartUp Creative
StartUp Creative is an initiative led by me– young entrepreneur, coach and mentor. I am genuinely committed to bringing together young, motivated individuals and connecting them with industry experts, funding opportunities, development programs and mentors. By acting as a conduit between opportunities and outcomes, I am determined to support a new generation of Australian entrepreneurs and business owners.
Troyson Bassani
Troyson Bassani a member of the Innovation Team at Cape York Partnership. He is a graduate of the Secondary and Tertiary Cape York leaders program, and completed a Dual degree in Political Science and Business Management + Entrepreneurship at James Cook University. Troyson is also the Founder of Dreamtime Funding a crowd funding platform for indigenous based small businesses and social enterprises. Troyson's homelands are Yarrabah and Hopevale.
Lynten Johnson
Managing Director at Health Collect
Manager that conceived and created an online health video service, titled Health Collect. Health Collect is a website that provides health knowledge, advice and information through our collection of videos.
Kate Diete
Founder of SwiftPitch, JournoMate & Tea Witty.
I have over 15 years experience in senior management working for global technology companies specialising in general management, operations and technology industries.
Through recently visiting 24 startup markets and personally incubating 12 startups, I have a unique perspective on entrepreneurial and startup markets around the world.
I regularly mentor startups and talk at events around Europe and Asia-Pacific.
Founder Swift Pitch, JournoMate, You Me Achieve & TeaWitty 20 years experience working in Tech specialising in System Architecture, Cloud Computing & Networking. I've worked for a number of the leading global FTSE 100 businesses in UK, US, India, Middle East & Australia. In 2015 I achieved the goal of personally incubating 12 startups in 12 months with my co-founder. Each startup searched for repeatable and scalable business models. During this time I visited 24 countries getting involved in the startup scene of each with gives me a unique perspective on entrepreneurial and startup markets around the world.
The Australia's First Indigenous Startup Weekend team is grateful for the support of local community partners without whom this event would not be possible.
Techstars Startup Weekend Brisbane is 100% led by volunteer community leaders.
Sam Birmingham
Senior Startup Coach who is passionate about innovation, tech, education & startups.
Dale Chapman
Aboriginal Chef
Dale Chapman, a renowned Indigenous chef, puts her heart and soul into these creations to tantalise your palate with flavours of native Australian fruits, herbs and spices creatively blended with cuisines of the world. Some of her innovative fusion cuisine include exotic sauces such as Macadamia Satay, Lemon Myrtle & Coconut and Bush Tomato & Chilli Sauce. Flavours of the rainforest can be tasted in her Ooray and Riberry Jams which are also an ideal accompaniment to meats, poultry or game food.
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James R. Marsden
University of Connecticut - Department of Operations & Information Management
368 Fairfield Road
The Effect of P2p File Sharing on Music Markets: A Survival Analysis of Albums on Ranking Charts
NET Institute Working Paper No. 05-26
Sudip Bhattacharjee, Ram D. Gopal, Kaveepan Lertwachara, James R. Marsden and Rahul Telang
University of Connecticut - Department of Operations & Information Management, University of Connecticut - Department of Operations & Information Management, University of Connecticut - Department of Operations & Information Management, University of Connecticut - Department of Operations & Information Management and Carnegie Mellon University - H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management
peer-to-peer, digitized music, online file sharing, survival
Using P2p Sharing Activity to Improve Business Decision Making: Proof of Concept for Estimating Product Life-Cycle
Electronic Commerce Research and Applications, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 23 Feb 2005
Sudip Bhattacharjee, Ram D. Gopal, Kaveepan Lertwachara and James R. Marsden
University of Connecticut - Department of Operations & Information Management, University of Connecticut - Department of Operations & Information Management, University of Connecticut - Department of Operations & Information Management and University of Connecticut - Department of Operations & Information Management
P2P sharing, Billboard Charts, Product Lifecycle, prediction, market performance
Moving from Data-Constrained to Data-Enabled Research: Experiences and Challenges in Collecting, Validating, and Analyzing Large-Scale E-Commerce Data
Statistical Sciences, Forthcoming
Ravi Bapna, Paulo Goes, Ram D. Gopal and James R. Marsden
Indian School of Business, University of Arizona - Department of Management Information Systems, University of Connecticut - Department of Operations & Information Management and University of Connecticut - Department of Operations & Information Management
Large scale Internet data, web crawling agents, online auctions, music file sharing
The Effect of Digital Sharing Technologies on Music Markets: A Survival Analysis of Albums on Ranking Charts
Management Science, Forthcoming
Impact of Legal Threats on Online Music Sharing Activity: An Analysis of Music Industry Legal Actions
Journal of Law and Economics, Forthcoming
File sharing, music, legal threat, risk, utility, online behavior, RIAA
Whatever Happened to Payola? An Empirical Analysis of Online Music Sharing
Decision Support Systems, 2004
Posted: 16 Aug 2005
Online Consumer Behavior, Music Industry, Sampling, Piracy, Advertising, Entertainment Marketing, Internet Marketing
Consumer Search and Retailer Strategies in the Presence of Online Music Sharing
Journal of Management Information Systems, Forthcoming
Search, Sampling, Piracy, Online Channels, Digital Experience Goods, License, Music
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Digital Goods and Markets: Emerging Issues and Challenges
Bhattacharjee, S., R. D. Gopal, J.R. Marsden and R. Sankaranarayanan, "Digital Goods and Markets: Emerging Issues and Challenges", ACM Transactions on Management Information Systems, Vol. 2, Issue 2, June 2011, pp. 8:1-8:14.
Posted: 04 Jan 2019
Sudip Bhattacharjee, Ram D. Gopal, James R. Marsden and Ramesh Shankar
Digital goods, digital goods markets, piracy, pricing, emerging technologies, disembodiment, distribution, distribution channels, risk management, value chain, cross-cultural issues, economics, leal aspects, management


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Tag Archives: Latvia
Jews of the Week: Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis
Inventors of Your Favourite Pants
Jakobs Jufess (1831-1908) was born in Riga, Latvia. He became a tailor before immigrating to the US at age 23. Upon arriving in New York, he changed his name to Jacob Davis and opened up a tailor shop. Over the next 15 years, he moved all across North America trying to make a living, spending time in Maine, California, Nevada, and British Columbia, working as a tobacco salesman, gold miner, and brewer. By 1869, Davis settled in Reno, Nevada and opened another tailor shop. His primary merchandise was originally tents, horse blankets, and wagon covers. To make his stuff stronger and more durable, he started using the toughest cotton denim he could find, which happened to come from a small dry goods store in San Francisco called Levi Strauss & Co.
Levi Strauss, the name behind Levi's jeans.
Levi Strauss (1829-1902) was born in Buttenheim, Germany. When he was 18 years old, his family immigrated to the US, joining two older brothers that had settled in New York some years earlier. The brothers had set up a dry goods shop, and Levi went on to open a new store location in Louisville, Kentucky. During the California Gold Rush, the family saw opportunity in the West and opened another branch in San Francisco. Strauss headed that branch (together with his sister's brother, David Stern), importing from his brothers in the East and selling high-quality merchandise at his Levi Strauss & Co. shop. He became very wealthy, and built San Francisco's first synagogue, Temple Emanu-El. Strauss gave generously to many charities, too, and his Levi Strauss Foundation donated to multiple orphanages and universities (including UC Berkeley). In 1871, Strauss received an offer from Jacob Davis to go into business together. Davis had designed a new type of work pants using blue denim and copper rivets to make the material extra strong. The first set of such "jeans" was custom-tailored for a lumberjack. Before long, everyone wanted a pair, and Davis couldn't keep up with demand. Strauss helped Davis get the proper patents, and the two partnered up. To make his jeans distinct, Davis soon started to sew the back pockets with the now-ubiquitous orange double-stitch. Meanwhile, Strauss built a large jeans factory in San Francisco and Davis moved there to run the plant. Davis worked at the plant for the rest of his life, outfitting every miner, railroad worker, and cowboy with "Levi's jeans", his special pants. The modern jeans that Davis and Strauss brought to the world grew rapidly in popularity, first in the workforce, then among teenagers and "greasers" in the 50s and 60s, and today being the most popular type of pants in the world.
Coronavirus and the Coming of Mashiach
Few are guilty; all are responsible.
– Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel
This entry was posted in Business & Finance and tagged Charity, German Jews, Gold Rush, Immigrants, Jeans, Latvia, Latvian Jews, Levi's, Pants, Philanthropists, Rags to Riches, Reno, San Francisco, Tailor, Temple Emanu-El, UC Berkeley on March 26, 2020 by Jew of the Week.
Jew of the Week: Rabbi Abraham Isaac Kook
Rabbi Kook
Avraham Itzhak Kook (1865-1935) was born in what is now Latvia (then part of the Russian Empire). Recognized as a young prodigy, he spent only a year and a half at the famous Volozhin Yeshiva, and yet, it was said that it was worthwhile for the yeshiva to have been founded just for him. After serving as head rabbi of several European towns, in 1904 Kook settled in Israel to become rabbi of Jaffa (Yafo), overseeing predominantly secular Zionists, whom he was able to inspire with Torah, and lead them to incorporate more observance into their lives. World War I broke out while he was on a trip to Europe, preventing him from returning to the Holy Land. Wasting no time, he served as a rabbi in London, England until the end of the war, then returned to Israel and took up the post in Jerusalem. He was instrumental in establishing the Chief Rabbinate of Israel, and saw it as a stepping stone towards reinstating the Sanhedrin. In 1921 he was appointed Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Palestine.
Rabbi Kook wrote excessively on Jewish law and exegesis. Many of these profound writings were only published after his death, and continue to make a powerful impact on people around the world. Kook founded Yeshivat Mercaz HaRav ("Centre of the Many"), Israel's central academy for religious Zionists. He was beloved as a figure who tried to bridge the gaps between various sectors of Jewish society, especially between secular and religious. He also tried to win over the non-Zionist religious groups, and often preached that the re-establishment of the state of Israel was a necessary precursor for the coming of Mashiach. Kook remained totally apolitical, and refused to join any parties, working to unify groups instead of separating them into even smaller factions. His love for the Torah, the land of Israel, and the Jewish nation was renowned, and at his passing, over 20,000 mourners attended his funeral in Jerusalem (out of a total population of roughly 130,000!) He commanded a photographic memory and it was said there was no mystical secret he did not know. Some consider him to be the most influential religious Jewish thinker of the 20th century.
The truly righteous do not complain about evil, but rather add justice; they do not complain about heresy, but rather add faith; they do not complain about ignorance, but rather add wisdom.
– Rav Kook
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10 Joseph Street (72 Barrie Street) - Dr. Blackwell's House
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Dr. Gilbert Blackwell's House is located on the southwest corner of Barrie and Joseph Streets at 72 Barrie Street. His office faced Joseph Street. The structure was built in 1935 by builder Art Saint in the Arts and Crafts style. The simple form h...
101 John Street East
The mid-block building located on the north side at 101 John St. East was built pre-1900 in the Gothic Revival Cottage style. Originally, there was a woodshed across the back. It was the home of Mrs. Leduc or Mrs. Paul Courier, a French descendant...
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105 Barrie Street
The house located at 105 Barrie St. was once the home of Dennis and Mrs. Nolan, their son James (a car dealer and salesman), and daughters Connie (a teacher at Bradford High School) and Aileen (also a teacher). Dennis Nolan was a Model T. Ford dea...
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106 Frederick Street
This house is located at 106 Frederick Street. (1)
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108 Holland Street West
The two-storey, brick house located at 108 Holland St. West was built by John Maurino on what was originally a 100-acre farm owned by John Skinner. Skinner lived on Church St. (at the southeast corner of John Street). There was a creek behind the ...
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The stately house located at 108 Moore Street (on the northwest corner of Moore and Frederick Streets) was built around 1880 in the Eclectic Gothic Revival style. Originally, it was the home of the Andrew Thompson family. He was the owner of a har...
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Which hunting on Grammarly
It's that time again! Time to see what's going on in Crazy Grammar Town! Let's visit our old friends, Grammarly. They have a post on relative clauses which is not bad, until they get to talking about that and which (yeah, I know this is more about style than grammar, just stay with me):
Confusion about when to use that and which has arisen for good reason: British and American English have different rules for them. In American English, that is used to introduce restrictive clauses, and which introduces nonrestrictive clauses.
The lamp, which was given to me by Aunt Betsy, is on the bedside table.
The lamp that Aunt Betsy gave me is on the bedside table.
In British English, it is often acceptable to substitute which in restrictive clauses.
The lamp which Aunt Betsy gave me is on the bedside table.
Of course, that could also be used acceptably in British English, which makes it safer, by default, to follow the American rule when in doubt. It also makes it easier to decide whether to insert commas, because if you follow the American rules, you can remember that commas should not precede that, but they should precede which.
Sounds easy, right? Sure… But you're probably wondering if Grammarly, a company based in San Francisco, US of A, follows their own advice. Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha. Of course, they don't, silly.
In their post on nouns, there are four instances of the word which. How many of these appear in restrictive clauses – the kind of clause that Grammarly specifically states should be introduced by that? Let's count them:
That's all four! Congratulations, Grammarly! You hit for the cycle! *Applause*
Why is Grammarly so bad at this? Grammarly can't follow their own advice because either:
They are an editing company that apparently can't even edit their own writing
Their claim about US English is a hot pile of garbage
They prefer you'd do as they say and not as they do
I'll take Door #4, Monty.
Read more about which hunting and the that/which distinction from Jonathon Owen here and Stan Carey here.
Author Joe McVeighPosted on October 1, 2018 Categories bad linguistics, grammar, WritingTags bad advice, bad linguistics, Grammarly, relative clauses, which hunting, writing1 Comment on Which hunting on Grammarly
10 Words You Should NOT Delete from Your Vocabulary
Don't believe the hype. There's nothing wrong with these words.
Based on a little Twitter rant of mine…
Welcome back to "Articles About Language By People Who Don't Know What They're Talking About". This is episode number eleventy majillion. We're featuring @TIME magazine today. https://t.co/GOzTDNm73t
— Joe McVeigh (@EvilJoeMcVeigh) February 21, 2018
and the fact that I felt like I've seen this article online before, I decided to go looking for around for advice about which Words You Should Not Use Ever™. It turns out, the Time article I was ranting about was actually written by someone at Muse. My social media slaying of that article unfortunately didn't keep Time from tweeting it out again less than a month later. I know, I was as shocked as you:
Goddammit, @TIME, we've been over this already. Stop tweet farting this nonsense out. You literally tried to fling this stuff at everyone less than a month ago. It's still not fresh. It will never be fresh. https://t.co/jr4A579T2c https://t.co/EUFvfricii
— Joe McVeigh (@EvilJoeMcVeigh) March 18, 2018
Some things never die.
That Muse article which appeared on Time has also appeared on the websites of Forbes, USA Today, Federalist Papers, Business Insider, and Mashable. Talk about mileage. I was able to find 12 other articles slinging the same snake oil. I don't have the time or space to go over all of the words on each of the listicles. Let's just go over the ones that appear on three or more lists instead. They are: actually, but, honestly, just, literally, maybe, never, really, should and very. You can see a spreadsheet of the entire word lists here (I am not including one list which turned up in my search because it's actually honest advice on how to be a better person, rather than a language shaming trash piece like the other listicles). Here we go!
Appears on 3 lists: Inc.com, Diana Urban and Dictionary.com
Dictionary.com calls their banned words "crutch words", invoking the idea that a sentence isn't strong enough to stand on its own without them. But then removing them would mean… I don't understand the metaphor. They say about crutch words that "crutch words slip into sentences in order to give the speaker more time to think or to emphasize a statement. Over time, they become unconscious verbal tics. Most often, crutch words do not add meaning to a statement." What is curious about this is that they list a meaning for each of the crutch words that they list. Maybe these are just the meanings that they don't like? Besides, emphasizing a statement is a perfectly fine and natural thing for some words to do. Not every word has to bring some definition of content along with it. If it did, we wouldn't be able to use words like if and not.
For actually, Dictionary.com says "Actually is the perfect example of a crutch word. It is meant to signify something that exists in reality, but it is more often used as a way to add punch to a statement (as in, "I actually have no idea")." Ok, so what's wrong here? We're not allowed to add punch to our statements? Why not? And wouldn't that make our language blander? I don't think the bloggers at Dictionary.com have thought this one through. (The lexicographers over there are off the hook, though. They know what's up and they have nothing to do with this clickbait nonsense.)
Inc.com's problem with actually is that it will put distance between sales people and their customers, especially in phrases like Actually, you can do this under "Settings." The idea is that the actually implies the customer was wrong and that's a no-no in bidness. So it should be replaced by something like sure thing. So their problem isn't with the word actually, it's with the sentence adverb actually. But Inc.com hasn't picked up on the fact that actually might have more than one meaning and more than one use in a sentence, so they've banned it from all sentences everywhere. Somebody should put them in touch with Dictionary.com.
Diana Urban says only that actually doesn't "add information" and that it should be removed if the sentence makes sense without it. Ok, let's pretend that actually doesn't add information to a sentence (even though it totally does). Why stop with removing actually? Articles (the and a) don't add information to a sentence and many languages do not have articles. So should we remove them? No, because there are other things that words besides pass along pieces of lexical information. Words can allow speakers to relate their feelings about the information. Like, I actually want to punch my screen when I read these banned words lists.
3 lists: SelfGrowth.com, Inc.com, Forbes 10; Also appears on the Forbes 7 as "I'm no expert, but"
Inc.com says this about but:
As for "but," look at the difference removing it makes, she* points out.
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It's a subtle fix that makes your message more positive.
* The advice on actually and but in the Inc.com article actually comes from this post by Carolyn Kopprasch.
Hold the phone. You didn't just remove the word but, you changed it to an apostrophe. Am I supposed to always do this? [Song lyrics, poems]
Over on Selfgrowth.com, it's all about removing obstacles to achieve your dream:
When used as a conjunction, "but" negates whatever statement that precedes it. "I want to study law, but it will take a lot of hard work." Your mind does not focus on your desire to become a lawyer or judge; it only sees the hard work you will need to perform. Replace "but" with "and."
You know what? I'm going to get behind this one. Do that hard work and become a lawyer. You got this! (The Forbes 10 list says pretty much the same thing as this)
Now, back to the grind! The Forbes 7 list says this:
Women often preface their ideas with qualifiers such as, "I'm not sure what you think, but…"
Did you think we were going to get out of this without criticizing women? Ha! Such wishful thinking…
4 lists: Muse 15, Forbes 6, Business Insider, Dictionary.com
Honestly? Honestly.
So proud of all these people! Everybody here has worked so hard to make it to the Olympics and have the opportunity to walk in the closing ceremony! Well… Everyone except Ivanka. Honestly, tf is she doing here?? pic.twitter.com/sfJKi0VTDb
— Gus Kenworthy (@guskenworthy) February 25, 2018
Dictionary.com says that this word "is used to assert authority or express incredulity, as in, 'Honestly, I have no idea why he said that.'" However, it very rarely adds honesty to a statement." What is the problem here? Why can't we use a word to assert authority or express incredulity? Honestly, Dictionary.com, don't you know how language works? You're a goddamn dictionary, fer crissakes!
Muse, the list that started this whole ball rolling, says that "the minute you tell your audience this particular statement is honest, you've implied the rest of your words were not". What? No. That's not how things work. I used honestly in the last paragraph. Does that mean that all of the other words in this post are dishonest? What kind of black magic linguistics is this? Honestly is one powerful word if it can make the rest of the words sound dishonest. Maybe you shouldn't use honestly until you've received a license and the proper training.
The Forbes 6 list and the Business Insider info-tainment video both parrot the Muse advice. Or maybe it's the other way around. I don't really care. Moving on!
6 lists: Muse 15, Forbes 6, Inc.com, Diana Urban, Forbes 7, Dictionary.com
Six lists! This word is on six lists! Way to go, just!
The Forbes 6 list goes hard on just:
Just. This seemingly simple word is often used but rarely needed. It also packs a big punch to detract from your credibility and confidence and negates from the importance of your message. Instead of sending an email that begins with "Just wanted to check in…" say "I'm checking in on X, Y and Z." The adjustment is small, but there is a big difference in the resulting impression you leave.
How often is "often"? Don't ask because Forbes don't know. They just know it's too often. But apparently using this little tiny word can make you seem less credible (for… reasons?), less confident (because… Cobra Kai, show no weakness!), and less important. That's a tall order for a four-letter adverb.
Dictionary.com also claims that just is too common and (oddly) that overusing just makes paying attention more "effortful" for listeners. I don't know how they come to that conclusion. They say that just is used "to signify a simple action", so to me it would seem useful. If I introduce what I'm saying with just, it means that what I'm saying is simple. If I don't, then you should pay more attention. If you ask me, this use of just makes language better.
Inc.com gets its knickers in a bunch over just. They say:
No matter the context, this one smacks of negativity. Consider phrases you might hear and how someone might interpret them.
"Just a minute." Your priorities are somewhere other than helping me.
"Just do XYZ." You think I'm having a hard time figuring this out.
"I'm just an intern." You think your power or influence is limited, in which case it certainly is.
Blogger, speaker, and consultant Matt Monge takes special issue with the latter example. "You're not just your position. You're an integral part of your organization," he writes. "You're an individual with goals, dreams, abilities, and ideas. You can be a motivated, empowered, positive, valuable member of the team if you just decide to put forth the effort and work it takes to be those things. (bolding mine)
Again we have Inc.com outsourcing their culpability here. I notice that Mr. Monge's qualifications do not include linguist or editor. Interesting. Is that why he uses the word just while telling people not to use the word just?! Huh, IS IT? Sometimes I wish these people would reread the brain farts that they smear across their Word docs. What are the chances that I'm going to find Matt Monge using the word just in his blog, his speech and his consultations? I'll tell you: about 100 million percent certain.
Diana Urban goes easy on just, which is good because she uses just after her section advising people not to use just. Confused yet?
The Forbes 7 list warns that saying "Sorry, I just wanted to check in" is code for "Sorry for taking up your time". Yep, that's exactly what it is. Nothing wrong with that. It's called pragmatics. You should learn about it, Forbes, before prognosticating on it. The Forbes 7 list also says that removing all of the justs from your emails and texts will make your statements sound "much stronger and straightforward". In other words, you will sound like an asshole who has no concept of subtlety. Congratulations, you are become David Brent.
3 lists: Muse 15, Diana Urban, Dictionary.com
The Muse 15 list gives us the old "literally means actually, it can't mean figuratively" mumbo jumbo. They even come right out and say that people usually mean figuratively when they write literally, thereby contradicting their own argument because if someone uses a word and you know what that word means THEN IT'S NOT THE WRONG WORD.
From Dictionary.com (WHO SHOULD KNOW BETTER!):
This adverb should be used to describe an action that occurs in a strict sense. Often, however, it is used inversely to emphasize a hyperbolic or figurative statement: "I literally ran 300 miles today." Literally is one of the most famously used crutch words in English
The phrase I literally ran 300 miles today looks weird to me. Would anyone actually say that, i.e. use the figurative literally with an exact numeral after it? I think the people at Dictionary.com just made that sentence up and it shows they don't know how to use the figurative literally. I mean, why didn't they just check THEIR OWN GODDAMN DICTIONARY (their files, as it were)?
There are only 20 hits for "PRONOUN literally ran" in the 450-million-word Corpus of Contemporary American English. None of them include the figurative use of literally; they are all literal literally. So, no, Dictionary.com doesn't know what it's talking about. (Side note: I wonder what the ratio of figurative literally to literal literally is in the BYU corpora. Would be fun to check out.)
Diana Urban says that literally doesn't add information to a sentence, once again completely missing the point of the pragmatic uses of hyperbolic literally.
3 lists: Muse 15, SelfGrowth.com, Business Insider
Muse 15 thinks that maybe makes you sound "uninformed" and "unsure". Business Insider says the exact same thing. But isn't that the whole goddamned point? They say that you should write an informed piece, but sometimes that just ain't possible. Maybe our universe is a tiny speck inside another universe. Maybe there are 9 dimensions. Maybe the people who write these lists didn't do their research.
Selfgrowth.com takes the personal development angle and says that maybe should be replaced with I will or I will not because these words are more positive and they will lead to you emitting feelings of confidence and resolve. That's a definite maybe.
5 lists: Muse 15, SelfGrowth.com, Inc.com, Forbes 10, Business Insider
All of the lists argue that never (and by extension always) are discouraging because they do not allow for possibilities. The Muse 15 list has this to say about never (and always):
Absolutes lock the writer into a position, sound conceited and close-minded, and often open the door to criticism regarding inaccuracies. Always is rarely true. Unless you're giving written commands or instruction, find another word.
I'm sorry to tell you, but never using never is not going to save you from criticism regarding inaccuracies (hint, hint: your language thinkpieces are inaccurate and they suck). Just like how you are sometimes unsure of something (maybe), sometimes you're totes sure of it. Don't be afraid to use always and never. Remember: Goonies never say die.
6 lists: Muse 15, The Balance, Forbes 10, Business Insider, Diana Urban, Dictionary.com
We have a winner, folks! Really tops the charts by appearing on six lists! Really well done, really. Hats off.
We also see the Balance's list for the first time in this article. Don't get your hopes up, though. Their advice sucks as much as the rest of the lists:
In a business sense, the word "really" is a very casual expression that attempts to place extra emphasis and importance on a particular outcome, without really quantifying what exactly that extra emphasis is.
That advice is making go cross eyed. Since when do we have to quantify emphasis? And what does that even mean – do you want, like, numbers? Should I use weights – three pounds of emphasis? Or length – a 39-and-a-half-foot emphasis.
Forbes 10 (quoting someone else) says that really is a "poor attempt to instill candor and truthfulness that makes clients and coworkers question whether you're really telling the truth." Get the hell out. Just go. This makes it sound like there's some conspiracy of people judging others who say the word really. Or that your coworkers are incapable of questioning people who use the word really around them. It's nonsense. I think the people who made these lists are the only ones judging your usage of really and it's good to remember that they don't know what they're talking about.
Business Insider, Diana Urban and Dictionary.com all promote the idea that really is useless. Dictionary.com's advice on really: It's not that bad, but you still shouldn't use it anyway. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Really and very are bittersweet adverbs in English; on the one hand, they provide a lexical boost to the description at hand—"That was a really entertaining show," "The talk was very interesting." Using these adverbs helps the listener understand that the show or talk provided more-than-average engagement for the speaker.
The problem is that, like fantastic and great, really and very are terms that chain speakers to unremarkable language. To eliminate the really/very crutch and enliven your speech, select one punchy or creative adjective instead: breathtaking, provocative, knee-smacking, charitable.
I don't understand this advice. Surely not every show can be breathtaking or provocative or whatever punchy adjective. Some shows are just really interesting, right? So why can't we describe them that way? Why do I have to do so much work coming up with some rare adjective? Will it make my language more remarkable or will it be more work for my listener/reader to follow along? There's a reason that really and interesting are so common – they do what's needed and no one is asking for more. We save the words like knee-smacking for things that are actually knee-smacking (just kidding, no one use knee-smacking unironically).
3 lists: SelfGrowth.com, The Balance, Inc.com
I have to admit, I had no idea why this word would be on these lists. But check out the downward spiral that will happen to you if you use the word should:
"'I should be [doing something more]' leads to 'Man, I lack discipline' which leads to 'What's wrong with me?' which leads to 'Maybe I don't have what it takes … why do I even bother … I should just quit now …'" says psychologist and master violinist Dr. Noa Kageyama. "And pretty soon we're sitting on the couch watching reruns of The Office and eating a six-pack of Skinny Cow ice cream sandwiches." (from Inc.com)
Yikes! That's fucking scary (except for watching reruns of The Office, that show was great). Who knew should is the crystal meth of language? And what the heck is a Skinny Cow ice cream sandwich? Are they like really bad? Are they what… what losers eat? What losers who say the word should eat? *shudder*.
3 lists: Muse 15, Diana Urban, Dictionary.com</span>
Oh my god. This is the part of the Muse 15 article that advised using woebegone instead of very. Here's the pic, so you know it happened:
So now we're not allowed to qualify adjectives anymore? Ugh. Listen, I'm going to say this again for the people at the back: Sometimes you don't need to be specific. Sometimes you're not ecstatic, you're just very happy. And the fact that these kinds of articles keep getting churned out doesn't make me melancholy or depressed – it makes me very sad. Sure, be specific. But don't be so specific that you sound like a robot.
-zzkkt- She's 6'3" and it's 13 degrees below freezing -zzkkt-
Oh yeah, if you were wondering whether Muse practices what they preach, they don't. Scroll down that article a bit and you'll be presented with a popup that says "Answer a few (very) short questions…" BUT HOW SHORT ARE THEY? Y U NO be MOAR specific?!
We covered Dictionary.com's bungling of very in the section on really above. Diana Urban says something about it, but who cares?
We're done here
If you hate these words or hate people for using these words, just stop it. If you use these words, just keep doing it. If you're an editor and you see too many of these words in someone's article, then do what you do and take a few out.
If you are a competent speaker, then you know how these words are used – where they belong, where they don't, where you need them, what they mean, all that jazz. So don't take the "advice" from these listicles. Hating on people for their use of language is an old game and its siren song is so strong that people will literally tell you to stop using some of the most common words in the English language. Because they don't know what they're talking about and they have nothing better to do.
Author Joe McVeighPosted on March 24, 2018 March 27, 2018 Categories English language, linguistics, WritingTags bad advice, vocabulary, writing2 Comments on 10 Words You Should NOT Delete from Your Vocabulary
Hackneyed language hacks
Medium has an article called "5 language hacks to instantly become a better copywriter". It's a rehash of all the tired "advice" that I've heard before about copywriting. But let's go through it and see why articles like this one are usually such hot messes. Screenshots and quotes come from the Medium piece.
What the holy hell is going on here? Words are barriers? Because we can't communicate telepathically? And how come that comma after reader isn't a barrier?
Set a course for… MAXIMUM ACCURACY!
"Strike the word 'get' from your vocabulary." lol. Got milk?
"The word 'get' means absolutely nothing by itself." Ok. The dictionary entry for get is PAGES long. It literally means a boatload of things. It means all the things.
Apparently, "You understand the idea" is better than "You get the idea". Understand it?
"So when you're tempted to write 'get'… **CUE FORESHADOWING MUSIC**
2. Avoid the word "very"
[blah blah blah]
The word 'very' is also vague.
The word very is intentionally vague, ya dinkus. Case in point, your bonkers example:
(Also, the second example sentence – the "better" one – has a passive in it. **MORE FORESHADOWING**)
3. When in doubt, use contractions
[blahbedy blah] The more friction there is in your sentence, the more difficult it is to mentally read, the less likely is a person to want to continue reading.
Friction is a totally legit word to describe reading and writing. And this sentence is totally frictionless, especially the part that says "the less likely is a person to want". No friction there whatsoever. Feel it slide.
It's all about the flow, bro. Also, writing and speaking = one and the same. Judge one how you would judge the other.
Did you think I was going to read them out loud?
"nr." is not how English abbreviates the word number. Quit breaking my flow!
Dun dun DUN. Now is the moment that was foretold! Of course this "advice" is on here. Of course it is. And how do they define "passive voice"? With a definition from Google. Because it's not like there are dictionaries or grammar books ANYWHERE AT ALL.
In layman's terms, [passive voice is] when the action is more important than the subject of the sentence.
No, it is not. But good try!
Ok, they correctly identified passive sentences. Credit where credit's due. This is the first bar to clear when whining about the passive. Did they copy/paste these sentences from somewhere?
1. Your sentences do not show that the active is more convincing. I don't need to be convinced that an author wrote a book. Spend more than half a second on coming up with examples ffs.
2. Your active sentences have fewer words because you used fewer words. Don't hang that on the passive. Also, what are "fewers" words?
3. The passive sentences here are just as clear about who is responsible as the active ones. In fact, the second sentence is entirely unclear – unless "research" is responsible.
4. Y U no avoid passive sentences in this article?
Advice gem #5 is called "Improvise with punctuation, bolds and italics". Yes, go ahead and do that. It will seem totally natural. Like. The. Kids. These… Days?
Wait. Placing periods between words isn't bad for the flow of reading, but placing spaces between words that can be contracted is bad for the flow of reading? Wtf?
Those aren't hyphens, Mr. Bond.
And the word you want is emphasize. Remove the d.
So very is verboten but really is right on?
If it wasn't already clear, this article on Medium is nothing more than an info-tisment (adver-tainment? adver-mation?). It's by a company trying to sell themselves by appealing to copywriters' insecurities. That's why they can get away with not knowing what they're talking about and providing scant, vague and contradictory advice about copywriting. Don't buy it.
Author Joe McVeighPosted on February 28, 2018 Categories bad linguistics, Marketing, WritingTags bad advice, copywriting, marketing, passive, writing1 Comment on Hackneyed language hacks


When crazed LSD-advocate Timothy Leary said, "Turn on, tune in, drop out," he never dreamed that 50 years later those words would apply perfectly to our obsession with cellphones, HDTV and other digital devices. But 1.4 billion smartphones later, it's clear that techno-intensity is making people drop out - of conversations, relationships and their own lives.
On sites like parentsonphones.tumblr.com, people are documenting kids starved for parental attention while mom or dad texts or chats without any acknowledgement of the child's existence. Talk about sending messages!
Recent studies confirm just how careless folks have become with their devices. Researchers discovered that 75 percent of parents engage in distracted behavior, including texting or talking on their cellphone with kids in the car. And the Journal of Children and Media reports children 2 and younger are exposed to five and a half hours of background TV a day (Mom's gotta see her show). That can stunt development of a child's communication skills. Seems parents, distracted by the show (even if only watching it casually), use fewer words and introduce fewer new words when talking with their children.
What does this all mean? You don't have to be focused on your child 24/7; that's helicopter parenting, and micromanagement of a kid's life has its own negative repercussions. But when you're spending time together, pay attention to your child. Focus on the interaction, talk to your child using descriptive language, and send the message that you are interested in what your offspring is up to. Hugs now?