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Dallas wins Transpac Media Excellence Award
At the Transpac 50 award ceremony held at the Hawaii Convention Centre last night, crew member Dallas Kilponen was announced the winner of the inaugural Ronald L. Burla Trophy for Media Excellence. It is awarded to the entry that provides the most creative and original media content related to their on-board experience while sailing in Transpac 50. The submission had to be sent after the start and before the finish in the race, and a panel of judges from TPYC and the race's Media Team decided the winner.
Congratulations Dallas!
Kialoa II was placed second in Division II and 51st overall.
Kialoa II was one of the first "Maxi" yachts. The ocean racing legend was designed in 1963 by Sparkman & Stephens, and built in lightweight aluminium for the famous yachtsman Jim Kilroy. She was launched in California in 1964, and became one of the most successful yachts of her time.
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Nothing is more satisfying than a rich and creamy pasta dish after a long frustrating day, but the calories and fat in most traditional pasta dishes can truly kill your diet plans.
This lower fat and calorie version of Chicken Angel Hair Pasta Bake was introduced to me many years ago when I went to a ladies conference with church and a fellow member made it for our potluck lunch.
She said it was found in a cancer recovery cookbook that she was given. I have never located the book and have tweaked it various times until we got the flavor just right for our family but the base is similar to what she presented. We are sure your family will enjoy this yummy casserole too.
Check out all of our Weight Watchers recipes, after you grab this recipe!
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I like to boil up a big batch of chicken at the begging of the week. Shredded it up and store it and then it's ready to go for recipes that night and for a couple of nights to follow.
Boiling chicken is super easy. You just toss it into a pot of water and let the pot reach boiling and continue cooking until your chicken is cooked through. This recipe is also a perfect way to use up leftover shredded chicken.
Get your oven ready, turning it on to 350°F. Prep your casserole dish with non-stick cooking spray.
I love my casserole dish, that I got years ago, the oval shape looks gorgeous and it is perfect for this recipe! Rachel Ray has a similar oval stoneware casserole pan with awesome bright colors to pick from.
Stoneware is awesome because it cooks really well and transfers beautifully from oven to table! I love this Rachael Ray 4.5-Quart Large Oval Stoneware Bakers, it's so cute and adds a great pop of color to my kitchen table!
Now, it's as easy as combining all of your ingredients, including your cooked and shredded chicken and your cooked and drained pasta into a large bowl.
Mix together all the ingredients so everything is well coated. Pour all into your casserole dish and bake for 35 minutes or until bubbling and browned around the edges!
Easy weight watchers chicken and pasta bake recipe that tastes delicious! Makes 6 servings at 4 weight watcher points each.
This is a perfect meal to serve alongside a large side salad, your favorite green vegetable or mix in some frozen veggies and bake in the casserole too.
I often make double or triple batches of this and divide into aluminum baking pans and store in the freezer for up to 3 months. It makes a perfect freezer to oven meal that just has to cook for 15-20 minutes longer to heat through completely.
Makes 6 servings at 4 Weight Watchers Points each.


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Bowl with both beauty and character from the collection Raami by Iittala.
This classic bowl from Iittala comes in a timeless white color, and fits perfect for breakfast, soups and desserts. It belongs to the dining collection Raami that is designed by Jasper Morrison, and is characterized by both beauty and character. All parts of the collection has been designed with great attention to details, creating a wonderful atmosphere around the table - in every occasion. Is dishwasher safe.


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If you were to peek into a time stretch, somewhere at the end of the 19th century in Nepal, no less like a time turner, Chitwan national park would still be the favourite hunting ground for Nepal's ruling class.
Author | Deepak Raj Bhatta Date Published: 14 Oct, 2020
If you were to peek into a time stretch, somewhere at the end of the 19th century in Nepal, no less like a time turner, Chitwan national park would still be the favourite hunting ground for Nepal's ruling class. The heart of the Jungle is the first conservation of Nepal. Feudal hunters shooting tigers, sloth bears, leopards, or rhinoceroses. The Big Jungle game.
However, a lot changed around the 1970s, with the emergence of the Chitwan national park between the beast rivers - Narayani and Rapti. The first-ever of its kind, it stays as a pearl in southern-central Nepal today. It is the best for viewing wildlife in Asia stretched as a sanctuary for adventurers and nature-lovers over 932 sq. kilometres of area.
It is sure to hit even a homophobic on adrenaline once he shoots a one-horned rhino on its move through the binoculars. Or even a majestic Bengal tiger if he's extremely lucky? No two days will be the same in this World Heritage site.
Quick Peek into Chitwan National Park
South Central Nepal
Districts : Nawalpur, Parsa, Chitwan, Makwanpur
Area 932 Sq. KM
Established In 1973 A.D
Enlisted as UNESCO World Heritage Site 1984 A.D
Main Entrances
Sauraha in East
Meghauli Village in West
Distance from Kathmandu 168 KM (105 Miles)
Major Wild Species
One-Horned Rhino
Royal Bengal Tiger
Asiatic Elephant
Gangetic Dolphin
Gaur Bison
Sloth Bear
Sarus Crane
Slender Billed Vulture
How far is Chitwan National Park from Kathmandu?
The national park is 105 miles from Kathmandu. There are various modes of transportation feasible to get there.
Bus Ride
It is a 5-6 hours bus ride from Kathmandu. The best way for the bus ride is to book a tourist bus operated by local companies beforehand. Most of the buses leave around 7 am and take around 9-15 USD per passenger. As for the local buses, they are usually uncomfortable and take longer duration but a cheap travel option.
By Flight
You can also take a 30 minute flight from Tribhuvan International Airport to Bharatpur Airport which is 17 km far from Sauraha and 27 km from Meghauli. The latter journey can be covered with a local taxi or private transfer with advance reservation. Getting away from the valley of hills and mountains will be very scenic via flights.
By Private Vehicle
Private transfers to Chitwan might take about 5 hours drive from Kathmandu via Prithvi highway on a good day if you are not slowed down by irregular traffics on the way. Even proper air-conditioned private vehicles like cars, vans, jeeps can be arranged separately upon requirements as per the group size. Renting a private vehicle could save your time and offer you a comfortable ride while driving through hills and the river bank.
Things to do in Chitwan National Park
There is a medley of things that can take up your time here at the park. Be it two days or a full week, there will always be more to look forward to.
Jungle Walk
The go-to first thing that will appeal to you in the national park is the Jungle walk. It is the best way to delve into the wild and get your eyeballs popping out at the assortment of animals, birds, and reptiles in their natural habitat. The park is home to 700 wildlife species including 68 ones of mammals.
Tracing the snaky path will surely make you feel like a low-key Mowgli for a day rummaging the landscape. Do not forget to take your binoculars with you. Regarding your safety, the experienced guides and naturalists there take you to a safe yet perspicacious distance, good for exploration. They will save you from the bolts from blue.
Jeep Safari and Elephant back ride
Back then, meandering the forest on the backs of mighty tuskers was a little less nerve-wracking yet an adventurous option to jungle walks. But due to the growing animal rights concerns with Elephant Safari, a sought-after alternative to it has become the jeep safari with a circuit length of 20 kilometres.
The hoodless jeeps allow the riders to explore the wild for flora and fauna and to get in pace with the humid breeze. Before even a kilometre you will be busy eavesdropping on nature. And if you are worried about disturbing a rhino on your way, that will be too petty to be thinking about.
The animals are accustomed to the engines arriving so will be very less bothered. Still, if you're inclined to the elephant ride you can have them as your stroll companions through private contractors, if not as your ride.
Chitwan National Park holding 543 species of birds is the perfect destination for bird watchers. It is among the very few known breeding sites of the globally threatened spotted eagle. Here, bird watching is the best on foot. Walking to the melody of cuckoos in spring you could see the spectacular flight of the paradise flycatcher with local guides and conservationists.
Sometimes you could even spot the critically endangered Bengal Florican. Not to miss, 160 other migrating species of birds reach the park in mid-autumn adding up to the beauty of the place and your enjoyment.
Elephant bathing and Game shows
There will be no better place than here to see playful elephants bathing in the Rapti River, even better sometime around the sunset. You can take a dip or a dive and have your water-baby evening fulfilled. There are elephant game shows that host some football plays and racing for the tuskers. To enchant you further, there are beauty competitions as well for the giants.
Visit the Elephant Breeding Centre
The opportunity to learn about the activities, breeding, or mostly everything about elephants also lies right around the corner. The Elephant Breeding Centre, one among the two that exist in the world was established to protect the endangered elephants. You are not to miss the baby elephant museum on the farm.
You can take a ride to the breeding centre at Khasara, the headquarter of the national park, and view fish-eating gharials ranging from egg to giant one. This centre is not just limited to them but gives you an extra punch with mugger crocodiles and tortoises.
Canoe Ride
The national park also brings you the canoe ride in hand-carved dugouts. The riverside scenery will be enough appetite to soothe you. But not for long that the very first view of the aquatic creatures will kick you back into gawking at the wonderland.
Mostly you will see crocodiles bubbling out of water that could turn you into a little sceptic for the rest of the ride. After getting yourself heated up amid the jungle, you can take out a few hours of slow-down too, relaxing at the Rapti beach or dam side.
Bish Hajari Taal and Lamo Falls
The 20 thousand lakes at Chitwan is known for watching birds, crocodiles, and rhinos and enjoying the serenity of the lakes. Lamo falls on the other side is the sixty meters tall waterfall that will captivate the onlookers' heart in just a split second. There you can swim or seek a canyoning adventure. On the way, you will encounter Gurung communities and villages also.
Cultural Show
The Tharu community there beholds a whole spectrum of art, dances, and traditions. And they being the best in hospitality do not shy away from setting up cultural programs for the visitors. One moment you will be happily blinded by the colourful cultural costumes and in another, you will find yourself dancing remorselessly to a Jhyali.
You can take your time out to visit the Tharu cultural museum as well, you will not be disappointed. You can take an ox-cart or pony ride to their villages. Their simplicity will make you feel at home.
Visit the Valmiki Ashram and Bikram Baba Temple
This site is right as rain for spirituals too. You can take a visit to the Valmiki Ashram which is situated inside the park. This pilgrimage is beside the banks of Triveni where Luv and Kush from the Ramayana are said to have taken birth. The Bikram baba is a small temple in the park that is mainly worshipped by childless couples to grant them parenthood. The ethnic groups believe in the wish-granting powers of the temple.
Related Article: Chitwan Wildlife Safari Luxury Tour
Itineraries to visit Chitwan National Park
The most popular itinerary is 2 nights 3 days, during that time period one can complete some of the major activities inside Chitwan national park. But a 3 night 4 days trip could offer you an additional exploration of Nepal's first national park. Find out the day-wise tour itinerary for your reference:
2 Nights 3 Days Chitwan Trip :
Day 1: Checked-in in Chitwan, visit for a village walk.
Day 2: A full day Jungle activities like Elephant Safari or Jeep Safari, Canoe Ride, and Elephant Breeding Center visit at Sauraha. During the activity break, you will return to your hotel for lunch.
Day 3: Visit for Bird watching, Have your breakfast and checked-out from Chitwan.
3 Nights 4 Days Chitwan Trip:
Day 1: Checked-in in Chitwan, the sunset view from Rapti river bank.
Day 3: Have your breakfast at the hotel and you can go for a village walk. After lunch, you will go to visit Bis Hajari Tal in Chitwan. The jungle walk is a wonderful experience in Bishajari Lake.
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Sauraha and Meghauli are two popular points where most visitors stay. Several hotels and resorts are available within these two areas which offer a combined service of accommodation, meals and activities. Sauraha is on the opposite side of the Rapti River and a frequent place for most visitors. Budgeted and luxury accommodations are available in Sauraha but in Meghauli it's difficult to get mid-range hotels/resorts.
There are local Tharu home-stays and riverfront resorts. Sometimes you could even spot a rhino crossing the river from the resort balcony. There are luxurious jungle lodges and camps as well to hit the sack. They can provide you both vegetarian and non-vegetarian delicious meals.
Best Time to Visit Chitwan National Park
Chitwan has a tropical monsoon climate with high humidity throughout the year. Spring and Autumn are the best seasons to visit Chitwan. The seasons unfold mainly as:
The months of March to May are when the temperatures are slightly high in the spring season in Chitwan. It can progressively rise to a maximum of around 33-35 degrees Celsius. Due to the excessive breeding of mosquitoes during this time, things become more uncomfortable. The sweltering season makes activities pretty tedious. Humidity is very low.
Monsoon Season
Monsoon is the summer season in Chitwan. Though the park is open all round the year, late June till September will be a difficult trip for the visitors because of the arrival of the monsoon. The roads will be muddier and there are chances of floods. So it is best to take a rain check at this time of the year. There are even chances of lightning and high winds. The maximum rainfall can vary from 50-53 centimeters.
Autumn is the best time to visit Chitwan National Park. It is around September to November when the skies are clear and the temperature is around a comfortable 25 degrees Celsius at most. However, even better for watching animals.
Winter falls from the month of December to February. It's not considered a good time to visit Chitwan National Park for a wildlife experience. January remains the coldest month of the year in Chitwan. The temperatures can drop up to 7-8 degrees Celsius.
Entry Permits
You will need an Entry permit for all the time you will spend inside the national park including the 20 Hazari lakes and the buffer zone. The entry fees to be paid at the main entrance gate of the park are:
For Foreigners NRs.1500 per visitor
For SAARC Nationals NRs.750 per visitor
For Nepalese NRs.100 per visitor
However, the fee is not required for visiting the elephant breeding centre.
DO's and DON'Ts in the Chitwan National Park
Be cautious while being around animals because they might seem slow at first but could charge at you in a go.
Stay behind a rhino not at the front of it. If it charges at you, run zigzag towards narrow spaces.
Listen to your guides.
Bring your bathing suits and flip flops with you.
Take light clothes and bug sprays with you.
Pack your binoculars and cameras.
Never risk yourself for a close-up selfie with animals.
Don't walk around littering the park.
Don't purchase an illegal animal or plant products.
Never walk around the park between sunset and sunrise without a guide.
Don't try to intentionally disturb the animals.
Is it worth visiting Chitwan National Park?
Finally, no other place will you find elephants and rhinos rocking the streets or animals coming around giving you a hair-raising greeting straight from breakfast. For the humid climate, there will be enough chills that the adventure shall give you to keep you in a good space. So, it's most definitely worth visiting and staying.
Related Article: Bardia Wildlife Safari Luxury Tour
What is Chitwan national park famous for?
One-horned rhino, royal Bengal tiger, ethnic Tharu culture and wildlife exploration is the most famous thing about Chitwan national park.
Is Chitwan national park safe?
Yes, it is safe to visit with a local experienced guide. They are aware of the risks and measure all safety while visiting inside the park. They will brief you on how you can cooperate while visiting.
What kinds of foods are available in the accommodations?
Usually, small hotels and lodges offer basic Nepalese and Indian foods. Above 3-star hotels offer you various choices in foods, they offer Chinese and continental foods for you.
Are there banks and ATMs available in Sauraha and Meghauli?
Yes, Sauraha has so many banks and money exchange services, but in Meghauli limited ATM's service is only available so it's better to take cash in advance if you are visiting Meghauli.

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Rutger Baukman Senior Capstone Presentation, Oct. 28
By bdavisOctober 25, 2021
The Delta State University Department of Music will present Rutger Baukman in his BA Senior Capstone Presentation, "Percussion in Broadway," at 1: 40 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 28th, in the Recital Hall of the Bologna Performing Arts Center. The presentation is free and open to the public.
Baukman, a senior Bachelor of Arts percussion major from Dickinson, Texas, has been involved in Wind Ensemble, Marching band, World Percussion Group and Percussion Ensemble. Baukman is a percussion coordinator for the DSU Honor Band and the drum captain for the DSU Marching Band.
Baukman is from the studio of Dr. Josh Armstrong.
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Biden Blames Big Oil for Historic Gas Prices; Exxon Mobil Claps Back in Letter
On Wednesday, the president addressed the nation regarding the economy, including historic gas prices. For the first time in history, the national average for the price of a gallon of gas has reached five dollars. Americans are feeling the burn when it comes to these red-hot prices, and many expect the Biden Administration to do something about it. During his speech Wednesday, Biden threatened to use his "emergency powers" if gas and oil companies, particularly refineries, do not act to lower gas prices.
The Biden Administration has long blamed other entities for the skyrocketing price of fuel. His list of targets have included Vladimir Putin and the oil companies themselves. However, his speech on Wednesday included a bit more vitriol than usual. The White House has hinted for the last few months that big oil companies are raking in record profits while the American consumer suffers.
Just a few hours after the Biden speech, however, one of the major oil companies clapped back at Joe Biden.
Officials at ExxonMobil say that they have "been in regular contact" with the president and his officials in order to provide updates on how its company is investing "more than any other company to develop U.S. oil and gas supplies."
According to the statement, ExxonMobil has invested $118 billion in new supply of both oil and gas since 2017. This investment was compared with a net income of $55 billion. As a result, the company has seen a return of at least a fifty percent increase in production between 2017 and the present.
ExxonMobil claims that it continued investing even in the midst of the pandemic's economic downturn so that some 250,000 barrels of crude oil are processed each day. The company says this is the equivalent of establishing a new "medium-sized" refinery.
In the statement, the company says it lost over $20 billion and then borrowed $30 billion so that the investment would be maintained. ExxonMobil claims that the company did so in order to prepare for the surge in demand certain to come in the aftermath of the pandemic.
ExxonMobil then asked the president to create a "clear and consistent policy" which would promote the development of resources here in the United States.
While most media outlets are falling in line with the president's rhetoric, Yahoo Finance released a report in which they examined the claim that big oil companies have seen record profits during 2021 and 2022, when gas prices began rising.
In April, the House Energy Committee tweeted that (big oil companies) "are reaping record profits and using them to the benefit of shareholders rather than increasing production to lower prices at the pump."
Since then, Democrats by and large have called for a windfall tax that would target oil companies and then provide relief to Americans.
The issue is that the most profitable companies in 2021 and 2022 have not been oil companies. According to Rick Newman at Yahoo Finance, "U.S. energy firms were the tenth most profitable sector of the U.S. economy – out of eleven sectors." Financial institutions had a 25.3 percent profit margin in 2021, and big tech saw a profit of 23.2 percent. Pharmaceutical companies posted a profit margin of 23.1. Big oil? Their profit margin was a mere 8.3 percent for all of 2021.
Newman says that profit margin predictions for 2022 are "similar."
In fact, ExxonMobil was the company with an 8.6 percent profit margin. For 2022, the company is expected to see only ten percent profit.
Apple, Pfizer, and Citigroup all saw profit margins of more than 20 percent for 2021.
Yes, oil companies earn more when the price of their product is up. Yes, their profits are up recently. However, there were many "disastrous" years for big oil too. In 2020, big oil companies lost $22.4 billion due to the pandemic (remember, oil prices were negative for a short time in 2020). Over a ten year period, oil has seen only an 11.1 percent return on its stocks. During the same ten year period, tech stocks grew by 472.2 percent.
Newman proposes that punishing one industry with a windfall tax could actually hurt Americans more. Investors could lose interest, and production could decrease further.
The market will eventually right itself, but, in the mean time, easier access to drilling permits and opening up more land for drilling would increase production and bring down prices. A windfall tax would likely only hurt Americans in the long run, much like the ill-fated stimulus checks of the pandemic.
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I am not for farewell. Daily post is phasing out. Is it a reason for me to stop bloggin? Perhaps, yes but not tonight. It's to say goodbye and say hi.
Below is not my favorite photo but latest one. Parcours d'Artistes of Saint Gilles is on its second week and I am displaying my project Wild As You. Really happy to reach out to new faces.


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In the Spotlight: LOONY
Story by Samantha Edwards | Monday July 27th, 2020
R&B singer LOONY grew up in Scarborough, in the Northeast end of Toronto, where she taught herself how to sing as a kid, attended rock music summer camp, and released her first mixtape in high school.
"In Scarborough, people feel a little distant from the [downtown] core," says LOONY, 26. "There's not much to do here but create – and get in trouble." Before she left to study English Literature at McGill University in Montréal, LOONY says she was "acting in a careless, reckless kind of way." When she moved home, she found herself returning to her old ways.
On her sophomore EP JOYRiDE, released in April 2020, she explores her relationship with her old neighbourhood, while reckoning with past experiences and bad relationships. "Going for a joyride is a crime, but I also thought of it as a vehicle to turn these feelings into something else that I can control," she says.
The EP mixes neo-soul and R&B, with LOONY's intimate, emotional voice anchoring each song. She worked closely with producers Akeel Henry – a former apprentice of Drake producer Noah "40" Shebib – and Adam Ponang, to develop her experimental, genre-blurring sound.
LOONY started writing lyrics when she was back in Scarborough, but her time in Montréal greatly impacted her songwriting. At McGill, she fell in love with James Baldwin, Toni Morrison, Virginia Woolf, and T.S. Eliot. "I would skip a lot of classes, but I remember going one day when we were talking about the poem 'The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock' by T.S. Eliot," she says. "It blew my mind. I was like, 'Oh, this is what I'm missing out on? Because this is fire.'"
With her upcoming concerts postponed, LOONY's spending her days hanging out in nature and writing new songs. "I don't think it's a coincidence that there are so many amazing artists in the East end," she says. "There's more green space, and more room to figure out what you want to do."
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Backxwash: breaking with the past
Story by Olivier Boisvert-Magnen | Tuesday July 28th, 2020
When we join Ashanti Mutinta (a.k.a. Backxwash) by phone, she's still in disbelief.
Two weeks ago, her second album God Has Nothing to Do With This Leave Him Out of It was short-listed for the Polaris Music Prize, which annually celebrates the best Canadian album, regardless of genre or sales. "I didn't expect this album to go this far," says the rapper/producer, who's also the first female hip-hop artist from Québec to ever earn such a nomination. "I'm truly honoured!"
Apart from a few media outlets that have highlighted this accomplishment, the Zambia-born Montréaler hasn't received many kudos from the Québec hip-hop community. "To be honest, I don't think I've been included [in that scene] at all. I feel quite isolated," she says."The first Spotify playlist to include one of my songs was Northern Bars, and it's from Toronto. Maybe my style doesn't speak [to people in Québec] as much?" she wonders, sincerely.
It's true that her music has little in common with the legacy of Sans Pression, Muzion, and other pioneers of Québec rap. Inspired by Black Sabbath and Nine Inch Nails, both of whom she's sampled on her sophomore album, the Anglophone rapper also has a penchant for the biting hip-hop of American rappers such as Danny Brown and JPEGMafia, as well as for the audacity of Moodie Black — a band that pioneered the noise-rap movement that culminated with Death Grips in the past decade.
Even more intense than Deviancy, her first album — which is filled with tinges of nu-metal, trap, and horrorcore — GHNTDWTLHOOI adds touches of industrial and doom metal. "Deviancy was a good headbanging album, but with this one, I was looking to express my emotions through my music," she says. "I think I've finally found a sound I'm comfortable with."
Backxwash had to revisit her past to get to this point. "This album is a turning point in my life," says the artist, who left Zambia over a decade ago. "I wanted to speak to that child who cried every night because of their extreme vulnerability. The lyrics just flowed out of me like never before in my life."
"I told my mama that the devil got a place for me" she sings on "Spells," a song about her Christian upbringing. "The person I am now is the opposite of that hyper-Christian child," says the transgender artist, who still believes in God, "but not in a traditional way. That song is part of my healing process."
Religion is indeed a central theme in jher songs. She's sampled many Christian metal songs for her next EP, Stigmata, slated for late July, just as she's sampled a dance ceremony from her homeland on "Black Sheep," one of the most personal songs on GHNTDWTLHOOI. In the Nyau community, a secret society that is part of her Chewa ethnic group, this dance names Gule Wamkulu is the final stage of a ritual initiation that welcomes young men into adulthood. That dance is on the UNESCO's List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity and it symbolizes a lot for a woman who left her country of origin for good. "That song is part of my healing process, and it talks about my family and what I went through over there. Now I can finally heal," she says, adding that it wouldn't be safe for her to go back to Zambia.
Yet, the sum total of growing up in Africa also has a positive side. That's where, after all, she fell in love with American hip-hop, thanks to Notorious B.I.G.'s video for "Mo Money Mo Problems." "I was nine or 10 when I saw it for the first time, and it completely rocked my world," she says. "Notorious looked so cool! I started trying to rap like him by transcribing his words," explains the artist, who also started making beats in her early teens.
That's also when she started thinking about her identity. "I was asking myself a lot of questions over there, but I only felt the freedom to assume myself [as I am] when I arrived in Montréal," in 2017, after spending eight years in British Columbia. The song "Adolescence" is dedicated to her younger brother, who still lives out West. "I don't know if he's heard that song… We don't really speak to each other in my family," she says.
"I guess maybe I should go to therapy / Cause keeping it inside is something that is eating me alive," she sings, with disarming calm, on the painfully sincere song. On a more abrasive tip, "Black Magic" talks about the anxiety of an artist who prefers to continue her habits "instead of getting help," as she says herself on the Rap Genius platform.
Backxwash assures us that there's still hope, pointing out "Redemption," the closing song on GHNTDWTLHOOI. "I wouldn't go as far as saying that it's a transition towards light, but it does represent the hope [for such transition] in a certain way," she says. "There still remains a part of uncertainty, however. I still need to ask myself a lot of questions and to change a lot of things in my life."
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La Bronze: different colours, contrasts
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Poirier: Local and universal, like convenience store fireworks
Story by Dominic Tardif | Thursday July 23rd, 2020
On a summer night in Cleveland (the one in Québec's Eastern Townships), a bunch of friends light up a few fireworks – the kind you find in roadside stores. Among them is Poirier, the veteran Montréal-based electronic music producer. While watching the ignition process with his daughter, the man, whose first name is Ghislain, has an epiphany: what he's looking at is the cover of his eleventh album, Soft Power.
"The image was shot with an iPhone!" says the musician, with the same enthusiasm that he felt that night. "I didn't have my phone on me, so I told Mani [Soleymanlou, a theatre actor and Poirier's friend]: 'Take a picture of this. I think it's my album cover!' I like the slightly random aspect of the photo, and yet you can give it meaning. A flame in the middle of the night fits with Soft Power. It also fits with my work: fireworks that you buy and light yourself, you can find that everywhere. That image has an extremely local aspect, but there's also something universal about it. [He pauses and starts laughing] I never thought I'd say something so deep about fireworks!"
Local and universal: those adjectives also happen to best describe the man and the music he's been creating for more than 20 years, a mix of influences from all over the world – Brazilian, African, Caribbean – that have ultimately become typical of the diversity of his hometown of Montréal.
Generally motivated by his desire to set the dancefloor on fire, this is Poirier's first album where he's creating songs in the more traditional sense, with verses, choruses, and heady melodies to boot. His list of guest singers reads like a playlist for the most suave of happy hours: Flavia Coelho, Flavia Nascimento, Boogat, Samito, and Mélissa Laveaux. "I do consider it a song-based album," he says. "I wanted young children to be able to hum along. I would even say it's an album of chanson Québécoise!"|
Be that as it may, it's still light-years away from the likes of Paul Piché, or Vincent Vallières. "Sure, but for me this album is a point of view," says Poirier. "I've always seen myself as a bridge between communities, cultures, and types of music. So my point of view is that even though there are no songs in French on the album, it's an album of Québécois songs. My world view is typically Québécois. And the hub at the centre of it all is Montréal."
At a time where we grow increasingly aware of cultural appropriation, such hybridization demands respect for other cultures, and awareness of the limitations and pitfalls of such a position, when the person behind it is a white, Francophone man.
"I've been aware of this for 15 years, but Québec has only become aware of it in the last two years," says Poirier. "When I released soca songs in 2009, and I was interviewed by Trinidadians from Toronto, do you not think they questioned me about it?"
And what did he tell them? "I told them I'd done my homework," he says. "[Playwright] Robert Lepage didn't do his homework. And he didn't take notes when he did his remedial class. You have to listen. If we go back to my analogy to a bridge, you need to know where the banks of the river are to build a bridge. You must be genuinely interested! But that doesn't mean you have to walk around in a boubou…"
"When I'm working on a song, I often find it hard to listen to it with fresh ears. What I like to do is crank up the volume to 11 and go into the next room over in the house. I look out the window while I listen to it. When you do that, whatever's wrong with the song becomes instantly obvious."
In titling his album Soft Power, Poirier also refers to his new rapport with his work, which has been obviously, transformed by the fact that he's now the father of a three-year-old daughter. "I've understood that work is not the only thing that defines us," admits the self-confessed recovering workaholic. He wants us to re-acquaint ourselves with the old-fashioned value that is ennui.
Isn't it a little strange that a musician wants his audience to feel ennui? "What I mean is that there's power in restraint," says Poirier. "We live in an era where people have become unable to be bored or contemplative. I don't mean my album is incomplete, but I want it to have space for people to inhabit it. Good stories aren't the ones where everything is said."
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SOCAN Classics: "Comme un million de gens" (1966)
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I am a sports fan so I watch a lot of ESPN Sportscenter. So, one of the stories that I can't escape is the NBA lockout drama that has been playing out for the last 180 days or so. The NBA has now lost a quarter of it's season and they don't really seem to care about saving the rest of it. This week, the players decided to file anti-trust lawsuits in hopes of advancing their cause. As interesting as it is to watch adult millionaires bicker over money, I personally could care less if they ever end the lockout. Despite that, the lockout has been an interesting case study of how negotiations work and there are some lessons that can be learned.
Negotiation skill seems to be a coveted ability within business. It's something that is thrown into nearly every mid-level management or leadership development curriculum. This stands to reason, I suppose. When you really think about it, we are negotiating pretty regularly as part of our jobs. We start our employment with any company by negotiating our salary and benefits. Then, we negotiate for working arrangements. Our teams are perpetually negotiating for resources, support or access to information. Negotiation happens all constantly.
I was never sent to a formal class on corporate negotiations, so most of my knowledge in this area came from what my Dad taught me growing up and then from my early sales career. Beyond that, it's just been experience. And what my experience tells me is that to win at negotiations, the main thing you have to understand is leverage. The word leverage comes from the root word "lever." If you recall your high school science lectures, a lever is a rigid bar that concentrates power so that you can move an object you wouldn't be able to move otherwise with a direct application of force.
So, when we consider leverage in terms of negotiation, it's about how to concentrate power in order to get the other party to move (to influence their decision). For there to be any real negotiation, both parties need to be in a position where they have both something to give and something to gain. In a salary negotiation, the company can give you more money and benefits, but they also stand to gain your abilities and talents. On your end, you can give more time, energy, focus to the job and you stand to gain more in salary and benefits. The negotiation is sorting out how much each party gives and gets.
The NBA lockout negotiation is an interesting example of an imbalance in leverage. Based on the analysis I've formed from the perspective of my couch, it appears that the owners of the league have most of the leverage. The players have money to lose or gain, but they really don't have much to give beyond what they are already contracted to do. They play basketball and get paid or they don't. That's why the lockout began–no basketball means no money for either side. That should be leverage to get a deal done (at least one would hope so), but not necessarily leverage for either side. The lawsuit filed by the players this week is a clear attempt to gain leverage. They didn't have the power at the negotiation table to get a deal done, so now they are hoping the legal system will help them gain a position of power over the owners. This remains to be seen. Both parties in this negotiation seem to be waiting for the other to blink, and neither group seems all that interested in getting back to basketball.
Attachment. When you find a car you really like on a car lot, you can get attached quickly. This is leverage for the salesperson. To shift leverage your way, remind yourself that they make cars in mass qualities and that there will be other cars just like this one at other dealers. The biggest leverage you can have in any negotiation is a willingness to walk away from the deal. If the sales person believes you will will walk out the door and keep shopping, they will get a lot more motivated to make you a truly great deal.
Time. If you are interested in a car and want to buy it at that dealership, they will make the process very long to create time pressure. If you feel like you need to get out of there, you may be likely to accept one of their offers just to end the process. They are creating leverage. To shift leverage in your direction, set a deadline when you sit down with the sales person to talk price. Let them know that you are leaving at that time if you have a deal done or not. And, you have to mean it. If you are truly willing to walk out, you have leverage on them to get to the best price quickly.
Information. The more information you know about the car, it's invoice pricing, competitor prices, value, etc., the more leverage you have in the negotiation. The less information you have, the more leverage they have.
Conflict tolerance. The whole purchasing process is designed to manipulate you using your human, behavioral tendencies. They get you say yes several times to prime your brain to say yes to the offer they make. They get you to sign papers that mean nothing, but that psychologically increase your commitment to the process (you feel as though you've entered into some sort of contract with them if you've signed something). Be willing to say no to something in the process. In order to shift the leverage in a process that is designed to manipulate your decision, you have to exert some control of the process. This involves pushing back on their process and making some demands. If you aren't willing to create some conflict in the process by pushing back, you are giving them all the power.
These are just a few examples of what leverage looks like in the car purchasing process. These same items are points of leverage in nearly any negotiation (including those with your spouse or children). There are dozens of more ways that leverage exists or can be created. The key question when it comes to leverage is to determine what levers are in play (like those above) and how important those levers are. The trick is then to use the levers to influence the other party to give you what you want. Most of the time, this can be a win-win situation in which both parties walk away happy.
I'm not a classically trained negotiator, but I've made some really great deals throughout my professional career by simply understanding what leverage existed and then using that leverage to get what I wanted. By studying leverage, you will be well on your way to becoming a powerful negotiator.


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True Grit: Trait-Level Perseverance and Passion for Long-Term Goals Predicts Effectiveness and Retention Among Novice Teachers
by Claire Robertson-Kraft & Angela Duckworth - 2014
Background/Context: Surprisingly little progress has been made in linking teacher effectiveness and retention to factors observable at the time of hire. The rigors of teaching, particularly in low-income school districts, suggest the importance of personal qualities that have so far been difficult to measure objectively.
Purpose/Objective/Research Question/Focus of Study: In this study, we examine the predictive validity of personal qualities not typically collected by school districts during the hiring process. Specifically, we use a psychological framework to explore how biographical data on grit, a disposition toward perseverance and passion for long-term goals, explains variance in novice teachers� effectiveness and retention.
Research Design: In two prospective, longitudinal samples of novice teachers assigned to schools in low-income districts (N = 154 and N = 307, respectively), raters blind to outcomes followed a 7-point rubric to rate grit from information on college activities and work experience extracted from teachers� r�sum�s. We used independent-samples, t-tests, and binary logistic regression models to predict teacher effectiveness and retention from these grit ratings as well as from other information (e.g., SAT scores, college GPA, and interview ratings of leadership potential) available at the time of hire.
Conclusions/Recommendations: Grittier teachers outperformed their less gritty colleagues and were less likely to leave their classrooms midyear. Notably, no other variables in our analysis predicted either effectiveness or retention. These findings contribute to a better understanding of what leads some novice teachers to outperform others and remain committed to the profession. In addition to informing policy decisions surrounding teacher recruitment and development, this investigation highlights the potential of a psychological framework to explain why some individuals are more successful than others in meeting the rigorous demands of teaching.
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Claire Robertson-Kraft
CLAIRE ROBERTSON-KRAFT is a doctoral candidate in education policy at the University of Pennsylvania. She studies teacher effectiveness and retention and is specifically focused on policies related to teacher recruitment, evaluation, and compensation. Prior to graduate school, she served as the associate director of Operation Public Education, a school reform effort helping districts develop new teacher evaluation systems, and worked as a third grade teacher and program director with Teach For America in Houston. Recent publications include Hershberg, T., & Robertson-Kraft, C. (2009). A grand bargain for education reform: New rewards and supports for new accountability. Cambridge, MA: Harvard Education Press; Gold, E., Good, D., & Robertson-Kraft, C. (2011). Philadelphia�s Renaissance Schools: A report on start-up and early implementation. Research for Action, Philadelphia, PA.
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ANGELA LEE DUCKWORTH is an associate professor of psychology at the University of Pennsylvania. She studies non-IQ competencies, including self-control and grit, which predict achievement. Prior to her career in research, she founded a non-profit summer school for low-income children, which won the Better Government Award for the state of Massachusetts and was profiled as a Harvard Kennedy School case study. She has also been a McKinsey management consultant and, for five years, a math teacher in the public schools of San Francisco, Philadelphia, and New York City. She was named to the 2013 class of MacArthur fellows. Recent publications include Duckworth, A. L., Quinn, P., & Tsukayama, E. (2012). What No Child Left Behind leaves behind: The roles of IQ and self-control in predicting standardized achievement test scores and report card grades. Journal of Educational Psychology, 104(2), 439-451; Duckworth, A. L., Quinn, P. D., & Seligman, M. E. P. (2009). Positive predictors of teacher effectiveness. Journal of Positive Psychology, 19, 540-547.


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I don't really make New Year's resolutions. With that said, there ARE things I hope to accomplish this year. Some of which, are to enjoy the process of the projects I do, not feel in a rush to get them done and experiment a bit more.
There's no explaining why art speaks to you. I have a degree in Fashion Merchandising (as it was called in the old days), so that may be why it appealed to me so much. I was pleasantly surprised that my husband dug it as well. We're not too serious in home decor and loved the whimsy of it all. Plus, I love its graphic nature…black and white. Simple.
We live in a small house. Only so much will fit in it. And with only the three of us, how big of a house do we really need?
We have empty walls here and there waiting for something we love, not just something to fill the space.
We have art on our walls painted by a treasured friend and me.
I sew a lot and have a 20+ year old sewing machine. As much as I think I "need" a new one, I honestly have everything I need, and it runs like a dream.
My husband takes pictures and finds beauty in ordinary and unexpected places.
We don't give a lot of gifts to each other. Instead, we often choose to DO something together.
We visit museums locally and when we travel.
We go to dinner with good friends and have good conversation in small, independently owned restaurants.
Sometimes, we ignore the errands and the To-Do List and sit on the couch together and read a book.
What do you do to stop the madness?
Oh how I love this art work! Amazing and the story of HIM is perfect too. To me his work is much better than any Picasso and would be just as treasured. I love to stop the madness often and have always taken pleasure in the little things. Growing a garden does wonders for this. I could water and dig around all day and then come in to make dinner and be happy. Good for you Leslie, good for you!
Love the artwork too! Like you – we turn the phone off. I don't like to feel like I'm being controlled by an "electronic leash"! This year I want to disconnect more on the internet and reconnect with more folks in real life. Hope you have a great year!
Leslie, this post really hit home for me today. As a matter of fact I stumbled upon a book today online about simplicity (of course I pinned it to my 'library' board) that I really want to read for inspiration. What a great quote! And love his paintings…so cool!


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Divorce is tough on parents—but even more difficult on children. Here's how to protect your kids during this life-changing event.
Divorce is an emotionally draining process. When children are involved, there's even more cause for concern—given that kids exposed to messy divorce proceedings have been found to exhibit longstanding emotional effects. But, there are ways to work together to keep children out of the crossfire.
"At any age, it can overwhelm the kids, it can dominate their life. It can interfere with their academics and their sports," says Christopher Musulin, of Musulin Law Firm in Mount Holly. "The best advice for them is, once everyone realizes [a divorce is] going to happen, they should seek some professional help for their kids." He also suggests that each parent educate himself or herself, so they can address any concerns their children may have about the process.
First and most important is considering children's emotions. It's vital for parents to reassure children that they are not at fault, says Howard Mendelson of Davis & Mendelson in Voorhees. "Encourage them to understand that it is nothing they have done, and that both parents love them unconditionally," Mendelson says.
And, remember that children at different ages will process their parents' divorce differently. "It's harder on the middle school-age kids, because they don't want to choose sides," he adds. "They're in that changing adolescent age."
But while simple considerations can make a big difference—for example, saving any bickering for times when children are not around—there are also legal factors to consider, namely The Children's Bill of Rights.
"The Children's Bill of Rights is utilized by many family courts for the purpose of setting down a series of rules that the litigants are supposed to follow to protect their children and to insulate their children from the divorce process," says Richard Klein of Becker Meisel in Cherry Hill. Among other factors, it includes the child's right to communicate freely with both parents, the right not to have to choose sides, and the right to be treated as a person rather than as a possession. The Children's Bill of Rights also mandates that the child be as little involved as possible in divorce proceedings; if a parent violates that tenet, the court may decide to take serious action against him or her, Klein notes.
When custody is in question, the optimal choice is mediation rather than litigation, Musulin says. "It is much more private, less expensive and can be a lot less emotionally impactful" on children, he notes.
"When making such decisions, the focus should be on the child's welfare," says Judith S. Charny, of Charny, Charny & Karpousis in Mount Laurel. "The paramount concern of the law is a child's best interest," she says. "Children may become involved when custody is at issue and the child/children are at an age when their opinion may be a factor. However, the overwhelming goal is for children to be kept outside of the divorce process."
Even when custody is at stake and litigation is necessary, children may be able to avoid appearing in court. "A child does not get involved at all unless it's a legitimate custody dispute. In these circumstances the judge may want to interview a child. It will not be in the courtroom, not open, and without lawyers. However, more and more judges are preferring to leave that to the psychological and custody experts who get involved in these situations," says Klein.
Actions outside the courtroom matter as well, on an ongoing basis. "Kids needs to be reassured by both parents by showing up at school events and extracurricular activities," Klein says. Parents can ease the transition by proving to the children that they're not being abandoned.
Charny concludes that parents—even after being separated—must demonstrate together that they are still there for the child. "Parents," she says, "should reinforce that the child is loved by both of them and they are not being 'divorced' by either parent."
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Rotterdam is one of the few cities in the Netherlands who is actively busy with audience development. Rotterdam Festivals is the organization who is most active in the field and assists the Rotterdam cultural sector in its audience reach.
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On June 2 Rotterdam Festivals organized the closing conference of the European exchange programme Open All Areasin Theater Zuidplein. Open All Areas is a program which seeks to find ways to overcome the barriers of cultural exclusion and create cultural access for all. The first meeting took place in Rotterdam at the end of 2012. From then on the six participating countries (Belgium, Denmark, Norway, the UK, Italy and Spain) organized meetings in their country where interesting examples were presented by cultural organizations working to reach socially or economically excluded groups. During the final conference, Rotterdam presented two more examples as last one in this sequence. Present were 47 cultural professionals, including 15 foreign guests.


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North Rhine-Westphalia: 36-year-old shot in Dormagen: second body discovered
Dormagen (dpa / lnw) - A 36-year-old man was shot dead in Dormagen on Friday.
30 September 2022 Friday 09:45
Dormagen (dpa / lnw) - A 36-year-old man was shot dead in Dormagen on Friday. This was announced by the police in Düsseldorf. A 55-year-old man known to the police is being looked for as a suspect, said a police spokeswoman. The "Bild" newspaper had previously reported this.
In the afternoon, a second body was discovered on a road about a kilometer from the scene of the crime. It could be the person you are looking for, but the identity has not yet been finally clarified, said the spokeswoman when asked by the dpa. The body had a gunshot wound to the head. Circumstances pointed to a suicide.
The first act happened in a kiosk in the Hackenbroich district. The area around the kiosk has been cordoned off. Forensic technicians secured traces in the kiosk. They later also examined a rental car parked in front of it.
The police searched for the shooter with dozens of officers. A police helicopter was also used. The background to the fact is still open, it said.
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/**
 * This file defines some macros, etc. for dealing with different
 * versions of Cilk and other generally sysdep-dependent functions.
 *
 *
 * TBD(jsukha): My implementation is terrible.
 * We need to go through and replace many of these functions
 * with std::atomic now that C++11 is more common.
 *
 */
#ifndef __NABBIT_SYSDEP_H_
#define __NABBIT_SYSDEP_H_

#ifdef _WIN32
#   include <windows.h>
#endif

// Intel Cilk Plus definitions.
#include <cilk/cilk.h>
#include <cilk/cilk_api.h>

#define NABBIT_WKR_ID __cilkrts_get_worker_number()
#define NABBIT_WKR_COUNT __cilkrts_get_nworkers()

namespace nabbit {

#ifdef _WIN32
    inline long atomic_add_and_fetch(long volatile *p, int x)
    {
        return _InterlockedExchangeAdd(p, x) + x;
    }

    inline long atomic_sub_and_fetch(long volatile *p, int x)
    {
        return _InterlockedExchangeAdd(p, -x) - x;
    }

    inline bool int_CAS(int volatile *p, int old_val, int new_val) {
        long initial_val = _InterlockedCompareExchange((long*)p, new_val, old_val);
        return (initial_val == (long)old_val);
    }
    inline bool long_CAS(long volatile *p, long old_val, long new_val) {
        long initial_val = _InterlockedCompareExchange(p, new_val, old_val);
        return (initial_val == old_val);
    }

    inline bool ptr_CAS(void volatile* p, void*  old_val, void* new_val) {
        LONG64 initial_val = _InterlockedCompareExchange64((LONG64*)p, (LONG64)new_val, (LONG64)old_val);
        return (initial_val == (LONG64)old_val);
    }

    inline void system_full_memory_barrier(void)
    {
        __asm
        {
            mfence
        }
    }

    inline void system_pause() {
        __asm
        {
            pause
        }
    }

    inline void system_yield() {
        Sleep(0);
    }

#else
    // GCC-compatible systems.
#include <pthread.h>

    inline long atomic_add_and_fetch(long volatile* p, long x) {
        return __sync_add_and_fetch(p, x);
    }
    inline long atomic_sub_and_fetch(long volatile *p, long x) {
        return __sync_sub_and_fetch(p, x);
    }
    inline bool int_CAS(int volatile *p, int old_val, int new_val) {
        return __sync_bool_compare_and_swap(p, old_val, new_val);
    }
    inline bool long_CAS(long volatile *p, long old_val, long new_val) {
        return __sync_bool_compare_and_swap(p, old_val, new_val);
    }
    inline bool ptr_CAS(void volatile *p, void* old_val, void* new_val) {
        return __sync_bool_compare_and_swap((size_t*)p, (size_t)old_val, (size_t)new_val);
    }

    inline void system_full_memory_barrier() {
        __sync_synchronize();
    }

    inline void system_pause() {
        __asm__("pause");
    }

    inline void system_yield() {
        pthread_yield();
    }

#endif

    // TBD: These is likely to be a suboptimal spin-lock
    // implementations, since they are doing a CAS on both acquire and
    // release, which may perform more memory barriers than necessary.
    // Should be fixed...
    inline bool try_lock_acquire(int volatile* lock) {
        return int_CAS(lock, 0, 1);
    }

    inline void lock_acquire(int volatile* lock) {
        bool acquired = false;
        int spin_count = 0;

        while (!acquired) {
            acquired = int_CAS(lock, 0, 1);
            if (!acquired) {
                spin_count++;
                system_pause();
                if (spin_count > 1000) {
                    system_yield();
                }
            }
        }
    }

    inline void lock_release(int volatile* lock) {
        assert((*lock) == 1);
        bool success;
        do {
            success = int_CAS(lock, 1, 0);
        } while (!success);
    }
};

// For now, I'm deprecating the support for Cilk++.
// Given that Cilk++ is no longer supported by anyone, I'm not sure
// there is much point in keeping it...
//
/// Cilk++ versions:
// #    define NABBIT_WKR_ID cilk::current_worker_id()
// #    define NABBIT_WKR_COUNT cilk::current_worker_count()

#endif // __NABBIT_SYSDEP_H_

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While New York and San Francisco remain the top two cities in the U.S. to find a job in SEO, Los Angeles comes in at No. 3 and Chicago comes in at No. 4. Boston rounds out the top 5. The remainder include San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago, Boston, Washington DC, Seattle, Atlanta, Austin, San Diego, Denver, San Jose, Minneapolis, Dallas, Phoenix, Philadelphia, Miami, Houston, Baltimore, and Cleveland.
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The salary data for the survey was gathered from indeed.com, payscale.com, and glassdoor.com. A weighting algorithm was applied to the data to determine the salaries based on the number of listings.