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Eleanor In Love: An Intimate Portrait Of The 'First Lady Of The World'
By Carmen Baskauf & Lucy Nalpathanchil • Feb 22, 2018
Eleanor Roosevelt (second from left) and Lorena Hickok (far right)
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WHITE HOUSES by Amy Bloom
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Eleanor Roosevelt was a woman with a huge historical footprint—First Lady, first U.S. delegate to the United Nations General Assembly. She was dubbed "The First Lady of the World" by Harry Truman.
But how much is known about Eleanor's personal life beyond the politics and activism? This hour, we sit down with Connecticut author Amy Bloom. Her new book, White Houses, is a fictional novel that explores Eleanor's real-life romantic relationship with female journalist Lorena Hickok.
We also speak with Blanche Wiesen Cook, a renowned historian and Eleanor Roosevelt biographer. We talk with her about why historians were so reluctant to acknowledge the love affair between the two prominent women.
And we hear from a historian of gender and sexuality—what did love between women look like in the early twentieth century? How did women who were attracted to other women navigate relationships in a society that barely registered the notion of female intimacy?
Read an expert from White Houses here:
Excerpted from White Houses by Amy Bloom. Copyright © 2018 by Amy Bloom. Published by Random House, an imprint and division of Penguin Random House LLC. All rights reserved. No part of this excerpt may be reproduced or reprinted without permission in writing from the publisher.
Amy Bloom - New York Times best-selling author and former National Book Award nominee, based in Connecticut. Her new novel White Houses, released in February, is about Eleanor Roosevelt's romantic relationship with journalist Lorena Hickok. Amy is the Shapiro-Silverberg Professor of Creative Writing at Wesleyan University.
Blanche Wiesen Cook - Author of Eleanor Roosevelt: Volume 1, 2, and 3, and distinguished professor of history and women's studies at John Jay College of Criminal Justice and the Graduate Center, CUNY
Anastasia Jones - Toronto-based historian who focuses on the history of gender and sexuality
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BRASS—An Hour With Author Xhenet Aliu
By Carmen Baskauf & Lucy Nalpathanchil • Jan 26, 2018
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Xhenet Aliu is a native of Waterbury, CT, a city that once hosted a strong brass manufacturing industry.
Older, Wiser, And Out Of The Closet
By Jeff Tyson & Lucy Nalpathanchil • May 22, 2017
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Coming out as gay can be difficult — even traumatizing — for young people. But what is coming out like for older men and women, some who were once married to heterosexual spouses and who have children?
This hour, we revisit our conversation with Dr. Loren Olson, author of Finally Out: Letting Go of Living Straight.
It Was A Dark Night In The City. Death Hung In The Air Like...
By Betsy Kaplan • Jan 23, 2018
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A hard-boiled private eye, a glamorous blond, and a hapless drifter all sit at a bar on the seamy side of town. It's night, the streets are wet, the shadows are long. They each nurse a drink to the notes of a mournful saxophone and a lonely piano. Smoke from the cigarettes swirls in the darkness.
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By Carmen Baskauf & Lucy Nalpathanchil • Dec 26, 2017
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It's an important monthly cycle for half the world's population, yet even in 2017 many people aren't comfortable talking about it.
This hour, why is menstruation so taboo, even though it's a basic part of human biology?


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SNYDER, CAPULLO Promise DARK NIGHTS: METAL To Get 'Bigger And Bigger'
By Vaneta Rogers, Newsarama Contributor August 15, 2017 09:00am ET
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With the release of Dark Nights: Metal #1 Wednesday at midnight, Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo will bring the hard-hitting style they gave Batman to the rest of the DCU.
Introducing a new realm of the DCU called the Dark Multiverse, Metal will center on Batman's pursuit of dark mysteries but will involve the Justice League and a wide variety of other existing and new concepts and characters. From the return of long-unseen heroes like Plastic Man, the Blackhawks, and the Shazam/Marvel family to the use of pre-historic DC concepts like the Bear Tribe and Wolf Clan, Metal promises to provide DC with an event-level story - evidenced by the many tie-ins and one-shots that DC is publishing in the coming months.
Newsarama talked to Snyder and Capullo about the one-shots and tie-ins, the involvement of the entire DCU, and whether Capullo thought "that's cool, right?" when Snyder brought him the ideas of Dark Nights: Metal.
Newsarama: Greg, I don't think we've spoken since Metal was announced. What did you think of this story idea when Scott first told you about it?
Greg Capullo: I was at Scott's house when he laid it out, and I believe we were drinking - that tends to happen when we get together.
He said, "I've got this great idea!" He said he had written something specifically for me, and he said he thought, "How do people identify with Greg? You know? He's like this heavy metal guy." And that was the genesis for it.
Then he started fleshing it out for me. And you know, Scott always goes, after he tells you something, "It's cool, right?" To which I typically respond, "Yeah!"
So the conversation sort of went that way. It was like, "And there are seven evil Batmen! That's cool, right?" "Yeah!"
Nrama: I've heard that before! "That's cool, right?" Good impression.
Capullo: Yeah, so it went like that. One after another, he just laid it out for me and asked, "It's cool, right?" And I said, "Yeah!"
Nrama: Scott, there are so many mysteries that you've presented in The Casting and The Forge, and people have come up with some theories for what was implied in the one-shots. Did you want people to figure many of these things out beforehand?
Snyder: It's really just the opening shot. The story gets more and more expansive, in terms of how far the mysteries reach into the past, into the cosmological map of the DCU, and all this other territory.
And then it all gets answered.
I'm writing a part right now in issues #4, #5, and #6 where all of the answers kind of come flooding in, and I think they're scarier than the questions in a lot of way for Batman.
Nrama: And that's the character who's chasing these mysteries for now, right? Batman?
Snyder: Yeah, at heart, it's a story about a mystery that Batman picks up from Hawkman that spans human history that he starts investigating. But then he realizes it's sort of the first mystery he doesn't want to get to the end of, because he's kind of afraid of what he'll find.
So it really - the story follows this trail that he follows, along with the Justice League, where it starts to give you clues and answers about the Dark Multiverse and what it is and what's coming from it.
And then when you see what's coming from it and what it means and what's there, and how it all started, it's worse for him and the Justice League - it's more dire than they expect.
Nrama: So the concepts to which we've been introduced in the one-shots are just the beginning?
Snyder: Yeah, it gets bigger and bigger and bigger. The cast gets bigger. You can start to see it, I think, in the solicits and the stuff for the tie-ins, which I'm really excited about. I mean, for me, what DC did, organizing them the way they did is so great, where essentially we have three sets of books that tie in.
Nrama: Can you define what each set is?
Snyder: We have these one-shots that are the origins and the present-day in the DCU plans for these Dark Knights, which are the seven nightmare Batmen that have been collected from the Dark Multiverse to be the first wave of invasion here in the DCU.
And then you have the "Gotham Resistance," which shows how Gotham falls and how the characters there fight to save it from all the powers of the Dark Multiverse, where it's been transformed into this kind of crazy Game of Thrones nightmare land, where every villain gets a territory. Like, Mr. Freeze takes over a section and it's all, like, Frost Giants and craziness.
Then there's the last set, the "Bats Out of Hell" one, which are the knock-down, drag-out fights in sort of evil Batcaves between the Dark Knights themselves - the nightmare Batmen - and the Justice League.
Capullo: Cool, right?
Snyder: It just gets bigger and bigger and bigger.
Nrama: Scott, I know with All-Star Batman, we talk all the time about why you chose things to draw for certain artists. As you delved into this Dark Multiverse and all the possibilities, did Greg's abilities as an artist play into that?
Capullo: He knows I can draw anything. That's why he throws it all at me. [Laughs] He just throws everything at me. He still hasn't beaten me.
Snyder: He can! He's like the ambidextrous, all-talented artist.
The thing that I know is his, when I'm thinking of all the different things we can do in the story - we have a really similar sensibility, I think, to what we think is fun and cool. That was always the way it was on Batman. It began where we were starting on the ground with the "Court of Owls," then it got bigger and crazier as we went, and nuttier and nuttier. We got to explore the elasticity of it.
And I think here, with the DCU, when I think of things that I think are awesome, my first thought is usually, out of all the artists I work with, I know he's going to think they're awesome. So I'm always like, "Oh man! Seven evil Batcaves! And each one has its own dinosaur! Greg what do you think?" It's like that.
We're different people in a lot of ways. We're almost like brothers from another mother, where we have very different psychologies, but at the same time, he's like my twin in a lot of ways - especially when it comes to what we think is cool and what's going to make fans excited. With that, we land really close together.
If I think it's awesome, the first person I want to tell is Greg.
Check back with Newsarama after Dark Nights: Metal #1 is released for the spoiler-y part of our discussion with Snyder and Capullo about their much anticipated new mini-series.
DARK NIGHTS METAL 101: Slew of New Concepts Added To DC Timeline
SCOTT SNYDER on DARK NIGHTS: METAL #5's Pacing, PLASTIC MAN's EGG & The 'Scream'
SNYDER: MARTIAN MANHUNTER's Return in DARK NIGHTS: METAL #5 Begins A New Mission For the Character
SNYDER On Embracing HAWKMAN & HAWKGIRL's Rebirth & What's Next In DARK NIGHTS: METAL
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For K–12 schools, the hallmark of success lies in their devotion to educating all students — no matter their background or ability. For students with a learning disability, even the simplest of classroom tasks can be a challenge without the proper scaffolding.
The latest data, from the 2014-15 school year, indicated that 6.6 million K-12 students received some kind of special education services. That was 13 percent of public school enrollment.
These students — and their peers — have benefited from the proliferation of technology into the classroom to make learning a personalized experience. From continually emerging assistive technology to updates to existing classroom technology, today's classroom is now much more accessible.
In the 21st-century classroom, a more personalized approach to learning is key to student success. For students with disabilities, this is even more important. Under the tenets of Universal Design for Learning, educators create flexible lessons that let students of all abilities play to their own strengths when completing assignments.
Assistive technology is often a big part of making these flexible classrooms effective. Speech-to-text tools, such as Dragon NaturallySpeaking, can effectively help students who struggle to get their ideas out. Instead of focusing on how difficult writing is, these students can explore their creativity.
Text-to-speech lets students focus on their big picture idea, rather than the grammar and sentence structure, blogs consultant Susan Fitzell, who regularly writes using Dragon Naturally Speaking.
Thanks to technologies like this, students with disabilities are able to take initiative in their own learning.
Using assistive technology in the classroom, Cole Harvey, a dyslexic student, was able to learn how to read properly. Harvey tells CNN that once he was able to use technology for support, he could compensate for what he didn't understand.
While assistive technology software and apps are regularly being released, many tech companies have updated their tools to make them even more accessible.
Microsoft has made big strides in recent years with updates to its popular digital note-taking app, OneNote. Last year, the tech giant introduced Learning Tools in OneNote to help students with learning disabilities through features such as text to speech, speech to text and text spacing assistance.
With educators enjoying success from the tools, Microsoft has expanded them in Word on tablets and on its Edge browser.
Both Tholfsen and Microsoft VP of U.S. Education, Margo Day, say that Microsoft plans to continually update its tools to promote inclusivity in education.
Technology is also empowering students with disabilities to pursue science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) degrees just as often as other students.
At A. Harry Moore School in New Jersey, students with disabilities are exploring robotics and other aspects of computational thinking. Though many students have disabilities that limit their cognitive development, their teachers are finding ways to incorporate tools such as drones and 3-D printers.
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The 2017 season has been over 9 weeks, and only 9 weeks of performance has allowed us to make some judgments about the final results of the players, coaches and teams this season. For example, we can believe that GF will become the quarterback Jia Reid, Losangeles rams in the next few years leader; the defense of the Jacksonville Jaguars will become the Steelers quarterback Ben Rothlisberger and tiger wide receiver AJ- Green's nightmare; the New York giants badly sounded the alarm people, no offensive attack team is no future.
In the second half of the season, we can look at the data from the second half of the season. Although 8 or 9 games don't sound like a lot, but by attacking the defensive total, almost every team has completed more than one thousand offensive / defensive, the amount of data accumulated is huge. Although data is not everything, but if you can choose the right data, we may be able to judge the real situation of the team. This method let me introduce a team winning the future forecast. Of course, the players' trades, injuries, or the factors of the scene will affect the final results, but through these analyses we can also see some trends.
The expected value of the Pythagorean algorithm was first used in baseball jerseys online, with nearly 200 games the United States occupation Baseball League single season each team, so in half a season, nearly 100 games are relatively stable, the prediction effect is relatively good, and for the American football, although a small amount of data, and through this an algorithm, we can also to fuzzy prediction for the second half of the season. For example, if a team in the first half of the season winning percentage higher than their expected value that will be the possibility of Pythagoras, they lost in the second half of the season is relatively increased. And so far this season, the following five teams have the biggest difference.
Among these teams, the more interesting is dolphins. The 2016 season, their final grade is higher than the Pythagorean expectation, they won 10 games, but in the end points is -17, which is a small game win or lose. Now it seems that the 2017 season of bad dolphins can actually win 4 is really good luck, for example in Losangeles against lightning, if not lightning Korean kicker missed 44 yards out of English football jerseys, will lose the game with the Titans dolphins; during the war, the Titans quarterback Marcus Mario due to injury. If the backup quarterback Matt Cassell sent a note to drop the ball, dolphins to seize the opportunity to return touchdown, they are also difficult to win. The other two victories actually is not the strength is higher than the opponent's game: Atlanta Falcons quarterback Matt Ryan fourth steals last time was to keep the dolphin's victory, and the New York jets last defense crash sent 17 points to help the dolphins successful comeback gift. Maybe in the second half of the season, the dolphins attack team can improve, but the team still has a lot of problems on the whole.
The hawks with excellent results may also have a lot of people unable to understand on this list, but in fact, by the Pythagorean expectation, the winning season is 13.4, and still a very eye-catching achievement. In terms of data, to make a team of Pythagoras expectations reached the Hawks' current 8 wins and 1 losses (89%), the average team needs to achieve nearly 2.5 times higher than the opponent scores. But in the real game, when a big lead, the team will also slow down the pace attack, the defense will be relatively relaxed, leaving a little face to the opponent; through Pythagoras expectations of more than 89% winning defensive teams by averaging to suppress opponents 10-15, it is possible to attack the group in the "only" averaged 25-40 under the condition of achieving this goal.
The list of negative matches, of course, is the negative difference list, and the teams on the list are most likely to improve their results in the second half of the season.


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Q: How to get output format JPEG using like source GeoTIFF (int16) in service WCS in Geoserver? I have GeoTIFF file (int16), and I publish the layer in Geoserver using like store in Geoserver my file, now I used WCS request builder to get JPEG-like output format and I get an error "No possible show the image because have errors". But If I convert my GeoTIFF file from Int16 to Byte, and I publish another layer in Geoserver with it I don't have any problem and I get JPEG in WCS, but in this case I get GeoTIFF (byte) too.
So, I want to get GeoTIFF (int16) and JPEG file by WCS service, so what kind of GeoTIFF I need like source? Or maybe I need any extension to get this?
This is my system:
- Ubuntu 14.
- apache-tomcat-8.5.32_2
- jdk1.8.0_181
- Geoserver 2.13.2
- native JAI and ImageIO extensions

A: There is no such thing as 16-bit JPEG http://blogs.adobe.com/jkost/2010/07/saving_16_bit_images_as_jpeg.html. The standard was enhanced in 2014 to support also 12-bits https://petapixel.com/2014/01/22/jpeg-standard-gets-boost-will-support-12-bit-color-depth-lossless-compression/
GDAL supports 8-bit and 12-bit JPEGs with libjpeg https://trac.osgeo.org/gdal/wiki/TIFF12BitJPEG but if you need 16 bit you must use some other compression.

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William Powell Frith painting acquired by Mercer Art Gallery
The gallery has made a successful bid at a Christie's auction for Isabelle Frith Reading, an affectionate portrait of the artist's wife, with support from the Art Fund.
Isabelle Frith Reading, 1845
William Powell Frith captured Victorian life through his paintings; he has been described as the best genre artist since Hogarth. Born in Aldfield in the Harrogate district, he was encouraged to take up art from a young age and his artistic prowess took him to the Royal Academy of Arts. WP Frith's works enjoyed great popularity to such an extent that when he exhibited Derby Day, special police protection was needed to handle the huge crowds that arrived to see it at the Royal Academy.
Created in the early days of the artist's career, Isabelle Frith Reading is a small and intimate portrait of the the artist's 23 year-old bride. It was painted during their honeymoon as they embarked on a life together that was enriched by Frith's professional success, but tainted by his infidelity. Together, William and Isabelle had 12 children. However, nine years after their romantic getaway, Frith started an affair with Mary Alford. Their first child was born in 1855 and she went onto bear him six more children before they married in 1881, 12 months after Isabelle's death.
The portrait of Isabelle has important links with Mercer Art Gallery's substantial collection of Frith's works. For instance, the gallery is home to Many Happy Returns of the Day, which depicts a family celebration for which Isabelle modelled, but it does not fully disclose the artist's own domestic experience.
Stephen Deuchar, director of the Art Fund said: 'It is great news that the Mercer Art Gallery was successful at auction. This engaging portrait by WP Frith of his wife will make a fine addition to the gallery's collection of works by the artist, and also complement their wider 19th-century British holdings.'


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Worldwide, every year, millions of farm animals are forced to endure journeys of hundreds, or even thousands, of miles, only to be slaughtered on arrival or be fattened in often inhumane conditions.
Live animals, including calves, cattle, sheep, pigs, goats and horses are routinely transported by road, rail, sea or air across continents. The follow video depicts just one of these harrowing journeys the animals make from the UK to mainland Europe.
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Long distance live animal transport frequently results in:
Overcrowding – Animals are crammed into vehicles. Many are injured or trampled to death.
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Pain and stress – Animals are sentient beings and feel pain and stress just like we do.
Illness and disease – The spread of diseases across the globe – such as bluetongue virus, foot and mouth disease, avian influenza and swine fever – can be directly attributable to the live transportation of farm animals.
A lack of legal protection – When animals are exported from Europe to countries outside the EU they leave behind them all the legal protection they once received. This means they can face terrible abuse during transport and at the time of slaughter.
Unexpected issues – in addition to routine suffering, long distance live transport can also result in fires, delays or sinking of livestock ships causing the suffering and death of large numbers of animals.
We are calling for the end of all long-distance live transport. Our mission is to:
End live exports from the UK.
End live exports from the EU to non-EU countries.
Ensure international legislation and guidelines on the welfare of animals in transport and slaughter are enforced.
Securing a higher age limit at which animals can be transported over long distances.
Ensuring animals are fattened and slaughtered as close as possible to their place of birth.
Limiting the total journey time to 8 hours.
Ensuring the live transport of animals for slaughter is replaced by a trade in meat.
Ban Live Exports International Awareness Day is a day of global action where people all over the world come together in solidarity to speak out against this horrific practice and urge those in power to make it stop.
Its inception on 14 September 2016 marked the first anniversary of a live transport tragedy, in which 13,000 sheep died aboard the Trust1 ship travelling from Romania to Somalia due to delays and inadequate care.
NGOs and campaigners in over 40 countries – from Brazil, to Australia, to South Korea – have taken part in the awareness day. Global actions have included solidarity marches through Kathmandu, a petition launch in New Zealand and a giant projection on the white cliffs of Dover.
Join us for Ban Live Exports International Awareness Day and show your support for these animals!
If you live in the UK: If you live in the UK, ask your elected representative to call for a ban on live exports for slaughter and fattening.
If you are an EU citizen: urge European Commissioners stop exports from the EU to non-EU countries.
Head over to the official Stop Live Transport website and join an event or plan an action for 14 June.
Learn more – have a look at our reports on live transport.
Watch and share our live transport investigations.
Show your support and witness the live export sailings at the Port of Ramsgate organised by Kent Action Against Live Exports (KAALE) – for more information about times of sailings, email kaale@kaale.org.uk with your name and number, and like the Stop Live Exports from the Port of Ramsgate Facebook page.
Sign up for email alerts for updates on this and other Compassion campaigns.
The Global live animal transport trade
Millions of live farm animals suffer gruelling journeys that often last thousands of miles across continents in often appalling conditions.
On 14th June, join thousands of campaigners around the world in speaking up for animals on Ban Live Exports: International Awareness Day. Find out how you can take part and help bring an end to the cruel live export trade.
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One of the first farmed animals, sheep have been reared for thousands of years for meat and milk.
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'Sleepy Hollow' Recap: 'What Lies Beneath'
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BY DAWN FEAKES
Last time Katrina the Struggle Witch continued to struggle, so hopefully she went to magic camp so we don't have to deal with her uselessness tonight. Let's do this.
Mere mortals from a local engineering company traipse through the tunnels which always means they are not long for this world. Finding a secret passage they investigate and discover a mysterious seal so of course they open it only to be attacked by Insane Clown Posse rejects. I hope they get overtime for this. Crane and Mills get called on the case where a pushy journalist who is also the brother of one of the missing men gets up in Abbie's grill. He's realized that Sleepy Hollow is the new Sunnydale and that an awful lot of people go missing here. Calvin, hon, that's really not the best way to get her to help you...or ask her for a date.
Checking out the tunnels they find the engineer's equipment and the mysterious seal complete with claw marks and symbols of witchcraft. Do you: A) proceed or B) regroup and call for back up? If you answered anything but 'A' then you've never actually watched this show before. Only one man could have designed this chamber and no, not Franklin. Thomas Jefferson! New name drop so drink your drink. The selfie culture is good for one thing as one of the dropped phones shows an albino ROUS dragging the men into the hole. Too bad he didn't get a chance to 'Instant Gram' it.
Irving meets up with Jenny at the local watering hole asking for her help in 'retrieving' some things of his from the precinct from when he was locked up. So by 'retrieving' you mean 'breaking and entering,' right? She agrees but after she sees an odd tattoo on his arm is not drinking the Kool Aid. Girlfriend is having no luck with men this season at all.
Back in they day, Jefferson abruptly unfriended Crane who, 200 years later, is still miffed. Let it go Crane, it's not you, it's him. Well, they conjured up something nasty so let's go have a look, shall we? They get down the ladder unaccosted and Abbie hears the team so someone is still alive. Right now at any rate. May I suggest a strategic retreat as the nasty albino biting things are large and in charge. Nosy journalists are good for something as Calvin uses his flash to disorient them. Dammit man, why'd you have to go and do something semi-useful?
But this is quid pro quo - he helped you now he wants some answers or he's calling in S.W.A.T and possibly the Rescue Rangers. Crane laments the invention of the 24-hour news cycle but Abbie's got a point - you have to control the story. Calvin, man, Crane deployed the finger at you so you better check yourself. Meanwhile, Irving and Jenny break into the evidence room to get his stuff but when Frank pulls out books on the Hellfire Club, Jenny draws down because she's no dummy.
Okay Calvin, if you're going to play with the big kids, you have to pay the price and in this case it's his fancy camera that Crane doctors up a bit to buy them some time. Seriously man, just stay here and try not to do anything stupid. Fighting off the albino ROUSes, a door opens and they step back in time to...Jefferson? Well, this isn't awkward at all. And it's not really TJ but a hologram that the real Jefferson loaded with his memories and feelings because science. And witchcraft. I see you've met my Reavers. They're here for the glory. And the occasional snack of lost sewer workers. I'm the guardian of this great repository of knowledge so sorry, can't help you find the missing men. Tea?
Jenny feels hella betrayed but Irving plays the song of fighting against his tarnished soul which he was able to do thanks to temporary salvation found amongst Henry's things but the power is fading and the evil Frank will take over soon so before I go, give this thumbdrive of incriminating information to Cynthia about the Hellfire Club. He's doing this to protect his family but really, what is a defense attorney going to be able to do with this considering Henry has legions of demons at his command now? Way to work that guilt angle Frank but I'm not sure that I buy it.
Jefferson suffers from tunnel vision - his only mission is to protect the knowledge that can make the difference between defeating evil and it taking over which is at odds with Abbie's immediate mission - find the men. Crane, you deal with him, Imma explore this side tunnel of darkness. Which leads directly into the Reavers nest. Well that was certainly convenient. We have a dilemma - to kill the Reavers you must blow up the power source but if you do that, all this knowledge of the Witnesses will be lost so make your choice: fenestella or the crew. Sorry Tom, our path is clear. Operation Rescue's going well until someone slams the door. Ah, crap. Leftenant, you get these guys out of here; I got this. We'll always have the internet after all.
Crane goes back to Jefferson and finally clears the air; Jefferson thought he was protecting Crane by pushing him away. A little communication goes a long way fellas. Just saying. Sayonara Mr. President and thanks for all the fish.
Back up top, Calvin is still a bit truculent with Abbie over the story that it was rabid animals, a gas leak and dehydration leading to hallucinations. She'll give him the real story one day but for now, you have to play ball man. All right, he's in. And has her email which okay. Crane's going to be a bit jealous now but sorry man, payback's a bitch.
Just when we thought this would be a Katrina-less episode, there she is being visited by Henry who just wants to make things right between them. I mean, I killed Moloch for you, Mother! Honestly Henry, she would have been just as happy with a handprint in clay. But because this is what she wants, she's going to fall for it. Well, that and the magic necklace might have some impact too. Twas only a dream but the black flowers Henry had for her are here for real. The time is quickly approaching for you to choose your side Katrina. What's it going to be?
Only two episodes left this season! Join us next week when Katrina makes her path clearly known and Crane breaks pretty much everything he touches. "Awakening" airs on Fox on February 16 at 9 p.m. ET.
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23 februari, 2022 By Tomas
New album out on April 20th!
My new album "Chapter V: The Atonement" will be available on every digital streaming- and download service on April 20th!
What can I say about it?… Well, I can at least tell you that it's a bit brighter than my latest outing but not that much! There's some really dark and melancholic stuff on it. And the songs are a bit longer than normal. The album length is 41 minutes but it's only 9 songs on the album.
During the time I was working on this album I struggled with the after effects of a pretty bad breakup and then the Corona came which affected me a lot (like it did with everyone) and about a year later I went through a withdrawal phase from a medicine I took a bit to often which escalated a lot during the pandemic so I had to kick it and that was… stuff of nightmares. Damn. I still can't understand how I didn't lose my mind for real. I mean, I'm always a bit crazy but I've never been crazy-crazy so to speak which means that I must have a pretty strong mind. I also found out during a neuropsychiatric evaluation I did in Stockholm that I have both autism (mildest form) and also ADD (2nd degree) which I had (and still has) to process and accept. I've also dealt with a lot of guilt during the time making the record and that was really hard cause that was also basically new to me. A new form of pain. Therefore I felt that the title "The Atonement" was fitting.
So, despite this album being a bit brighter than the last one, I've been through some pretty rough times and this album has been working (as always) as a sort of therapy for me. But many positive and really beautiful things have happened along the way too! I share with you the tracklist for the album below plus this teaser.
I must say that there's some really cool stuff on this record. It's dreamy, mystical, magestic, it has energy, joy, power, drama, sadness, melancholy, and armageddon-ish atmosphere at times. A lot of feelings. I can't wait for you to hear it. I really put my heart in this one. Actually I practiced and played so much during the rough work that I both got blisters (!) on my fingers and a severe necklock haha.
1. Full of Life
2. Grand
3. Divided Spirit
4. Sognante
5. Through the Storm
6. Deceiving Light
7. The World That Never Was
8. Epiphany
9. Always / Never
So, April 20th. "Chapter V: The Atonement". Mark your calenders!
"If you are going through hell, keep going." ~ Winston Churchill


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'There was no Lib Dem conspiracy'
The Lewes MP argues that Sir Menzies Campbell deserved better than the treatment he received from th
By Norman Baker
So the Lib Dems are to have a third leader this Parliament. The news came like a bolt from the blue on Monday, not just to the public at large, not just to the Lib Dem parliamentary party, but to Ming's shadow cabinet colleagues, even those very close to him.
The immediate media reaction reflected the story that journalists wanted to run – here was an assassination, Ming being stabbed in the back, a big and unprincipled conspiracy. A great story – except that it wasn't true.
The rather more mundane truth is that Ming came to his own conclusion that he needed to go as he judged that to be in the best interests of the party. Whatever Ming did, however good his speeches, however radical his ideas, there was only one subject the media were interested in – his leadership, and specifically his age. Age discrimination may have been outlawed by legislation, but it seems there is an exemption for journalists and cartoonists if they want to criticise and satirise politicians.
Those of us who backed Ming in his successful leadership contest knew how old he was. We took the view – and still do – that it didn't matter how old he was, but how capable he was. What counted in his favour was his experience, not to mention his integrity, honesty and plain decency. He deserved a better fate than that which befell him this week.
So there was no Lib Dem conspiracy. But could we have done more to help? Perhaps. I am sure that if a Tory or Labour leader had been in difficulties, each party's big clanking spin machine would have been operating in overdrive, denying black was black.
Perhaps, if truth be told, we were on this occasion a touch naïve and a little lacking in guile and spin. That is one of the reasons the public warm to us, but it also explains why we were not quicker off the mark.
As for the future, I am actually very optimistic. Ming, in his time as leader, made some long overdue changes to the internal workings of the party and created a shadow cabinet of depth and talent that easily outperforms the Tories.
Most crucially, the Lib Dems have a firm intellectual base, unlike the other two parties whose houses are built on shifting sands, whose compass rotates as if it were at the North Pole, and who steal policies from here, there and anywhere, in a way that betrays an intellectual incoherence.
Liberalism is a light that cannot be extinguished. I know that our future is bright, indeed that the future is orange.


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One of the most phenomenally successful books of the last few years is Laura Hillenbrand?s Unbroken, the story of Louis Zamperini. Zamperini?s story is compelling: His B-24 Liberator bomber crashed into the Pacific in 1943, which led to him drifting for 47 days on a life raft. Captured then by the Japanese, he spent two unimaginable years in a Japanese prison camp. The bitterness and hatred he felt are well-documented in Hillenbrand?s book. His life after the war was characterized by nightmares, alcoholism and severe psychological problems. He obsessed with getting even with the Japanese; indeed, a desire for revenge overwhelmed every aspect of his life. In 1949, his wife talked him into attending revival meetings led by Billy Graham in Los Angeles. The second night of the crusade, Zamperini placed his trust in Jesus Christ. In the words of historian Grant Wacker, ?He tossed out booze and cigarettes and embraced a lifetime of self-less Christian service, including a trip to Japan to forgive his [Japanese] tormentors. Though Ms. Hillenbrand recounts Zamperini?s conversion, she doesn?t say much about how it influenced the rest of his life. In the movie ?Unbroken,? Billy Graham goes unmentioned, and Zamperini?s redemption narrative is largely reduced to a few cards flashed before the closing credits. Yet Zamperini himself believed that the religious event was the pivotal moment of his long journey.? Zamperini stated in many different forums that Graham?s ?message . . . caused me to turn my life around.? Why did Angelina Jolie?s film adaptation of Hillenbrand?s book mysteriously omit coverage of this decisive, life-changing moment in Zamperini?s life? It was the pivotal divide that explained the radical transformation of Louis Zamperini from a man plagued with bitterness and anger to a liberated life of service, freedom from addictive substances and mental stability. It is intellectually dishonest to avoid such a decisive part of Zamperini?s story. I do not know Angelina Jolie?s motives in doing so, but it seems reasonable to conclude that it betrays an anti-faith bias that permeates our Postmodern, post-Christian, autonomous culture.
Second, Mary Eberstadt, senior fellow with the Ethics and Public Policy Center in Washington, D.C., has recently written on ?the question of secularization?or how it is that societies that were once markedly religious become less so, particularly the societies of what?s known as Western Civilization?has been much studied in modern times. Urbanization, rationalism, higher education, industrialization, and feminism: these are just some of the possible causal agents debated by sociologists when they try to figure out why some people stop going to church.? Eberstadt gives singular focus to one profound cause of the growth of secularization??the new intolerance? on campuses across the Western world. She writes: ??The new intolerance? is shorthand for the chilled public atmosphere in which religious believers operate. Many people of faith face unique burdens that would have been unthinkable even a couple of decades ago; burdens of ostracism, of losing the good opinion of their neighbors, of being trash-talked in the public square. Some even face the loss of livelihood or the constant threat and reality of litigation.? The typical campus today in the West is ground zero for the ?new intolerance.? Eberstadt cites several examples: (1) A November 2014 scheduled debate at Christ Church College, Oxford, on whether the ?abortion culture? hurts Great Britain was canceled because of last-minute ?concerns? on the part of the college. A feminist campus group threatened disruptive protests vehement enough to frighten the authorities. (2) This past spring of 2014, a number of prominent commencement addresses were rescinded or the speakers backed down because of protests over them speaking (e.g., Condoleezza Rice). Eberstadt argues that ?the same forces that are intimidating the intellectual expression of students can also be expected to intimidate their religious expression.? She concludes that ?It?s time to air the idea that college students do not stay out of church or synagogue because their education leads them to enlightened conclusions about the big questions. No, the more likely dynamic is that thanks to the new intolerance, the social and other costs of being a known believer in the public square mount by the year?and students take note. Hence intimidation on the quad, multiplied over many years and campus, is an unseen engine of secularization.?
Third are the fall 2014 actions of Houston?s mayor, Annise Parker. Mayor Parker proposed a change in Houston?s Equal Rights Ordinance (HERO), which was to include a rule that ?no business open to the public could deny a transgender person entry to the restroom consistent with his or her gender identity.? Initially, she sought copies of all sermons from local pastors who opposed this change in the HERO. Specifically, the subpoena read: ?. . . all speeches, presentations, or sermons related to HERO, the Petition, Mayor Annise Parker, homosexuality, or gender identity prepared by, delivered by, revised by, or approved by you or in your possession . . .? That such a subpoena is draconian is self-evident! That it is a violation of religious liberty is also clear. One would expect something like this in secular Europe or even the old USSR or present-day Communist China. But the United States!? The secular, Postmodern, post-Christian, autonomous culture in which we live is producing such subpoenas because the ?new intolerance? is winning the battle; at least for now. Thankfully, the subpoenas were revised and then basically dropped. But, if the first openly gay mayor of a major city?Houston?can attempt such thuggery, it will not be the last.
The seeming triumph of secularism in this Postmodern culture is actually a catastrophe. In terms of ethical standards, secularism is firmly anchored in mid-air. Because the secular, Postmodern, post-Christian, autonomous worldview rejects all outside sources of moral authority, secularism must construct its own moral authority. The result is often, ?every man doing what is right in his own eyes.? It becomes moral/ethical anarchy, which results in a ?new intolerance? that becomes increasingly antagonistic to those who argue for an absolute framework for ethical authority. This is what is now occurring in American culture. One final thought: The foundation of this Postmodern, post-Christian, autonomous worldview is the 18th century Enlightenment. One of the foundational arguments of the Enlightenment was that autonomous, rational individuals could reason his/her way to virtue. Anyone who still believes that proposition is being intellectually dishonest. The 20th century?with two World Wars, the Holocaust and the butchery of atheistic communism?proved that rationalism alone cannot produce virtue.
But genuine, biblical Christianity does produce virtue. The vital center of the transformed life in Christianity is agape love: a self-sacrificing, other-centered love for human beings. The last 2,000 years evidence the immense virtuous good that followers of Jesus Christ have produced?hospitals, educational institutions, medical clinics, translation work, day-care centers, prenatal care clinics, etc.
The secular, Postmodern, post-Christian, autonomous worldview is bankrupt! It is producing a civilization bent on self-destruction. John R. W. Stott, writing in his commentary on 1 Corinthians, characterized the 1st century church at Corinth (which was very similar to our present-day culture) as flowers growing out of the cesspool?s mud of Greco-Roman civilization. May that characterize those of us who today represent Jesus.
From the end of WWII to the mid-70's we shifted from historic doctrine and reason to pragmatism and privatization. Now that we are flying "by the seat of our pants" under no circumstance can we allow anyone to shine even a small ray of Truth/Wisdom on our truly precarious position. We have posted the "Word Police" at every door and window and sit comfortably in the seat of the scoffer, planted in mid air.
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Review: Future, Betrayed by Jacey Holbrand and Elizabeth Monvey
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Earth is dying. For those who live on the surface of the once vibrant planet, the only chance of long-term survival is the Project Mars lottery. It means getting off world and a new life on the Red Planet. Ben Stockton signed up for the lottery before he met and married the man of his dreams, Dain Cardile. But Dain has been to Mars and knows it's far from the promised land. He's hidden a lot of his past from Ben and now that past is threatening to destroy them both.
With a shadowy government agency pulling the strings, Dain and Ben are forced apart. Dain is sent to Mars and back into a life he wants to forget. And Ben finds himself the victim of a bizarre medical experiment and thrust involuntarily into a growing rebellion. It will take all the strength and courage Ben and Dain have to find one another again… and to deal with an unintended consequence.
Future, Betrayed was a bit of a challenge to review. The plot is somewhat original and I have to give the authors credit for creating some palpable tension for readers, but honestly the book feels like kind of a train wreck. The writing, at the base level, is fine, but the story is jagged and lacks transitioning. Huge plot ideas develop and disappear in the same chapter and, as readers, we're just supposed to deal with it. Events aren't given time to breathe or develop naturally. For example, Dain is convinced at one point that he has a brain tumor and discovers he's being brainwashed. That's fine, but it happens over the course of a few pages and readers are just sort of dragged along with action. It made for a frustrating read and there was never time to really absorb or process the overall storyline.
Additionally, Dain and Ben are rather one-dimensional characters. I found it hard to engage or care about either of them. They read as flat and lifeless. They were also a terrible couple. They've been married for a year, but apparently haven't actually talked during that time. That Ben has joined the lottery was news to Dain. And Ben knew nothing about Dain's years as a government enforcer. Really? I get that everyone has secrets, but the lack of knowledge these two men had about one another strained credulity.
Future, Betrayed started with a unique plot, but that quickly fell victim to pacing problems and an overall story that was too choppy for enjoyment. The characters are fairly one-dimensional and their relationship lacks grounding in reality. Unfortunately, this one just didn't work for me.
Note: After reading the book, I learned that it is the second in a series. (The review request did not have that information.) It doesn't change my review, but I just wanted to make it clear to other readers.
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Mission Majnu to release in theatres on May 13 next year
The film, starring Sidharth Malhotra, revolves around an Indian mission to derail Pakistan's nuclear programms
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Mission Majnu to release in theatres
Sidharth Malhotra-starrer Mission Majnu will release in theatres on May 13, 2022. The film, directed by Shantanu Bagchi, is a spy thriller set in the 1970s. It revolves around an Indian mission to derail Pakistan's nuclear programmes.
Mission Majnu also stars Rashmika Mandanna in her Bollywood debut. Announcing the release date, Sidharth wrote on social media, "Get ready to be a part of India's greatest covert operation that derailed Pakistan's illicit Nuclear Ambitions! Inspired by real events, #MissionMajnu releasing on 13th May 2022 in a cinema near you."
A new still of Sidharth as a RAW agent was also revealed.
Mission Majnu is co-produced by RSVP Movies and Guilty By Association. The film was shot in Lucknow and Mumbai.
Sidharth's last release, Shershaah, was a smash on Amazon Prime Video. Besides Mission Manju, he will also feature in Thank God, co-starring Ajay Devgn and Rakul Preet Singh. It is directed by Indra Kumar.
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December can be a strange time for recruiters and jobseekers alike. As the Christmas excitement builds, the winter wind down commences. In most cases, this means that hiring activities are ignored until recruitment resolutions are put into practice in the New Year. But, why wait until January to get on top of your recruitment? With everyone else slowing down, why not get a head start ahead of your competitors? Even if you have fewer vacancies to recruit at this time of year, there are a number of things you can do to ensure you hit the ground running in 2019.
Come up with a plan for 2019 and start thinking about how it will be implemented early. That way, when the New Year begins, no time is wasted on planning that should have been done earlier.
You might want to introduce an ATS into your hiring process. Book a demo early in December so you can line up your implementation for the New Year. Furthermore, if you anticipate a high volume of hiring requirements in 2019, consider securing advertising credits in December to last the following 12 months and get the text prepared and ready to go live.
With vacancies slowing down in December, use this time to evaluate your recruitment process and candidate experience. Think about what job seekers might think when looking at your careers sites. Is it easy for someone to apply? Is the application too long? Or, are the instructions clear? You should aim to keep the process as simple and as streamlined as possible. Make small changes now, or consider an ATS to ensure your application process is as seamless as possible in 2019.
Many people wrongly think that candidates aren't active in December; this couldn't be further from the truth. In the digital age, information is readily available and accessible to candidates 24 hours a day. Furthermore, December is a time of evaluation, and therefore a good time to target those people thinking of making a career change in the New Year. Target both the active and passive candidate by approaching them on LinkedIn and sharing your roles on Facebook, placing your company at the forefront of people's minds if they do end up deciding to change direction in 2019.
Scheduling your interviews before Christmas allows you to have the first pick of candidates, as many companies will wait to interview in January. This also means that the candidate can start their new job at the beginning of the New Year, rather than a few weeks later. This might also lower that dreaded counter offer scenario.
Promote your company culture by showcasing your Christmas celebrations, decorations and staff rewards. Take and share photos, re-vamp your careers site and encourage employee-driven content to ensure you give your recruitment the best possible start in the New Year.


SESRIC will organise a training course on 'Occupational Safety and Health' on 7–8 November 2018 in Ramallah, Palestine.
The training is provided by two experts from the Institute of Occupational Health and Safety, Research and Development, under the Ministry of Family, Labor and Social Services of the Republic of Turkey for the benefit of experts from Palestine.
The training course is organised within the framework of Occupational Safety and Health Capacity Building (OSHCaB) Programme of OIC Member States and will focus mainly on the following topics: prevention of occupational accidents, risk assessment approach, safe use of workplaces, emergency awareness and preparedness, risk assessment, and occupational hygiene physical and chemical factors.


It is important that Lee County residents and visitors have accurate and up-to-date information during an emergency. The Lee County Sheriff's Office recommends CodeRED, a free service that notifies residents and businesses via telephone, text and/or email regarding emergencies and events that require actions to safeguard life and property.
The system is used only for emergency notifications, and messages will be targeted to only areas that need to be notified. For instance, if an island needs to be evacuated, only that island's residents will receive the notification. The system also is used by LCSO detectives to send information to specific communities that are being targeted by criminals.
Residents should register their cell phone numbers because CodeRED relies on information in the county's E9-1-1 system, and that does not include cell numbers or VOIP numbers.
Click here to register online; step-by-step instructions are available. Residents also can call the CodeRED system administrator at (239) 477-1228 for assistance in registering.


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Pupils can make their way to Lapland to visit Santa on a virtual journey that promotes walking, scooting and cycling to school.
The 'Santa Challenge' is an interschool competition running until Friday, December 7 and is being funded by Central Bedfordshire Council's 'STARS project' and organised by sustainable transport charity Sustrans.
More than 8,500 children across Central Bedfordshire have signed up to take part in this year's 10-day challenge. The challenge gives pupils the opportunity to learn about the towns, cities, people and Christmas traditions of the countries that they'll visit along the way. It also provides pupils and schools with information about how to be safe and confident during winter journeys.
Using a special record card, pupils and their parents can accumulate miles each time they cycle, scoot or walk to school, and get double miles if a parent cycles too. The journeys will then be added up to see whether each school has covered the 2,000 miles needed to reach Lapland from Central Bedfordshire.
Sustrans officers have already been explaining to pupils how easy it is to keep walking, scooting and cycling throughout the winter. All pupils that take part will be in with a chance of winning a 'Frog Bike', lightweight aluminium bikes specially designed for kids. Other prizes will also be distributed to schools for teachers to give out to participating pupils, including assorted bike-related goody bags.
Sustrans Schools and Communities Officer, Alister Barclay, said: "Many schools made it to Lapland last year. Combining the miles from all the journeys made across Central Bedfordshire, we also travelled over four times around the world. This year, with a number of new schools joining in, we hope to get even further.


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UCU comment on Toby Young appointment to the Office for Students board
In the news: 5 January
UCU comment on resignation of Toby Young
Industrial action suspended at University of Manchester
In the news: 12 January
University staff overwhelmingly back strike action in USS pensions row
University pensions strike update: Universities to be hit with 14 strike days if USS row not resolved
UCU says strikes now look like a reality as pension talks end
UCU announces 14 strike dates at 61 universities in pensions row
National Union of Students' message of support to staff ahead of USS pension strikes
Sixty-one universities (see list below) could face widespread disruption next month after UCU members overwhelmingly backed industrial action in a row over changes to their pensions in the Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS).
Overall, 88% of UCU members who voted backed strike action and 93% backed action short of a strike. The turnout was 58%^. A full breakdown of the results by institution is available here.
The union's higher education committee is meeting now to discuss the results and plan an industrial action strategy should talks about the future of the scheme fail to deliver a solution. Those talks are currently scheduled to finish tomorrow (Tuesday).
Universities UK (UUK) wants to transform the scheme from a defined benefit scheme that gives a guaranteed retirement income to a defined contribution scheme where pension income is subject to changes in the stock market.
Independent modeling of the proposals show that a typical lecturer would lose £200,000 in retirement if the UUK plans were imposed. Last week the vice-chancellors of Warwick and Loughborough universities broke ranks to criticise UUK for failing to guarantee retirement incomes for USS members.
The union said it hoped that the overwhelming mandate for strike action would focus universities' minds and that more vice-chancellors would publicly pressure UUK to agree a deal. UCU said it was happy for talks to be extended in an attempt to resolve the issue without strike action.
The union said that two rounds of cuts in USS benefits since 2011 have already left USS members with pensions worth less than those of school teachers and academics in the sector's other pension scheme, the Teachers' Pension Scheme.
UCU general secretary Sally Hunt said: 'UCU members have made it quite clear that they are prepared to take sustained strike action to defend their pensions.
'USS already offers worse benefits than other schemes available in universities, and UUK's proposals would make matters worse. I hope more vice-chancellors will pressure their negotiators to work with us to resolve the matter without strike action.'
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MASSE IN THE HOUSE: Speaking on Bill C-27, Hiring Veterans
November 27th, 2014 - 1:46pm
41st PARLIAMENT, 2nd SESSION
Veterans Hiring Act
The House resumed from November 17 consideration of the motion that Bill C-27, An Act to amend the Public Service Employment Act (enhancing hiring opportunities for certain serving and former members of the Canadian Forces), be read the third time and passed.
Mr. Brian Masse (Windsor West, NDP):
Mr. Speaker, it is an honour to split my time with the member for Esquimalt—Juan de Fuca.
I am pleased to rise on a subject that hits close to me.
Bill C-27 is a missed opportunity. Bill C-11 was significantly flawed, and Bill C-27 is flawed as well. There may be some improvements for veterans services at some point, but they will be almost accidental.
I take issue with the parliamentary secretary when he says that to show leadership, we just have to pass the bill. I think he said "symbolism". No, we need legislation that works for our veterans. We need legislation that would actually get them employed. We need legislation that would change their lives. We need legislation that would let them and their families reach their full potential. We do not need legislation that is just symbolic, like words on a piece of paper, and then put on a shelf somewhere in a book of legislation. It has to translate to something real.
I grew up with some of this. My grandfather was John Clifford Addison. He died on HMS Scorpion during the fall of Burma. My grandmother in London married Fred Attwood, who became my grandfather. He came over to Canada, and he was lucky he came to Canada. I say he was lucky because he had transferable skills. He had been an electrician on a number of different naval ships, including HMS Ark Royal. He got a job at Hiram Walker. Being an electrician gave him a great skill set, and the company needed people.
Before I came to this place, I used to work on behalf of persons with disabilities at the Association for Persons with Physical Disabilities of Windsor and Essex County. I dealt with people with different types of disabilities, such as cerebral palsy, spina bifida, brain injury, and a number of different things.
The investment in that program was made during the Mike Harris years. We had to prove, and we did prove, that the government saved money by making a mild investment into the association to have that program running. It was just myself working for the association, and later on we grew to two. We protected the program by showing the type of services offered, whether it was resumé writing, life skills, or on-the-job training. I would go on site and work with an individual, and this gradually paid off over time. I am raising this point because that type of support system was necessary for those individuals to maintain their employment. It also led to better workplaces. Later on I did the same type of work with Youth At Risk. The investment was significant.
Bill C-27 contains some provisions, such as the five-year sunset clause, that could cause structural problems if people need to be retrained. Some people cannot get trained in five years because they need post-secondary education or because the job requires additional education on top of that. If someone is suffering from some sort of problem, he or she might not be capable of taking a full course load 100% of the time, so that individual might divide it up, whether it is college or university or some type of training. I do not like this element of the legislation.
It is important to note that the veterans affairs office was closed in Windsor. I take issue with that, because we have in my riding the Essex and Kent Scottish Regiment and HMCS Hunter, two armed forces units that have been strong for this country.
Canada was recruited very heavily for Afghanistan. I remember the billboards. Members of the recruitment office attended festivals, fairs, and a number of different places where that would not normally be seen because Windsor had high unemployment. Windsor has contributed quite a bit, and to lose our veterans office is a shame. According to government data, the office had 2,600 clients with over 4,000 inquiries, generally speaking, so people have been affected by the closure of the office.
It is important for people to understand what a veterans office does. These offices help our veterans facilitate their lives so they can focus on looking for employment or getting into educational programs. I am not speaking only of World War II vets, Korea vets, or our men and women in peace missions. I am also speaking of our Afghanistan vets and Gulf War vets.
They had a choice, and losing that office was significant. Yes, one staff person was moved over and there is a kiosk. Great. That is not enough. That is not good enough. There were 14 effective people. It was not just me saying it. The legion was saying no, the North Wall Riders were saying no, Afghanistan veterans were saying no, and the City of Windsor resolutions were saying no, all at a time when there was over $1 billion in available funds for veterans.
What were employees doing at the veterans office? They were helping people with pensions, disability or death benefits, economic support in the form of allowances, and health care benefits and services; assessment services for Canadian Forces and Merchant Navy veterans who served in the First World War, Second World War, the Korean War, and the other wars that have taken place, including Afghanistan; civilian war allowances for wartime services; and assistance with filing forms. Those are just some of the things veterans actually got in the Windsor veterans office.
The government closed a bunch of offices around the country, and New Democrats asked what the savings were, because according to the government, it had to close the offices out of fiscal prudence. What did it save? In Charlottetown, it saved less than $1 million; in Corner Brook, it saved around $360,000; in Sydney, it saved less than $1 million; in Windsor, it saved less than $1 million; in Thunder Bay, it saved $650,000; in Kelowna, it saved $667,000; for Prince George, data was not available; in Saskatoon, it saved less than $1 million; and in Brandon, it saved just over $300,000.
That is what happened, and now there is a contraction of other civil service jobs and positions. In Windsor, the most efficient service station in terms of sorting mail at Canada Post, which won awards, was packed up and moved to London, Ontario. Now the mail goes to London on trucks and comes back after being sorted. It is terribly inefficient, and we lost a bunch of jobs. There are also the impending cuts in home delivery. Again, these are missed opportunities for veterans to be part of the civil service.
The Veterans Affairs offices closed, as I talked about already. Veterans could have worked there, but they are closed. The Canadian Forces recruitment office was the first to go. After being poached for so many years, the recruitment office was closed, so there are no jobs there for veterans.
The consulate office in Detroit was a great opportunity. That was a very effective office and did a lot of good work in economic development. A lot of veterans with international experience would be well suited to serve in that office, especially in the Windsor-Detroit corridor.
There is a new border crossing. We have many languages and some of the most diverse cultures in the country and the world. Language skills would have been great, very effective, and important for our economy. There are cuts coming to VIA Rail, and there have been cuts to Service Canada as well.
The bill truly is a missed opportunity. It is a missed opportunity, because structurally, it is set up in a way that is not going to take full advantage of what we could do for veterans. I am sad about that. I am sad that we are not going to improve that. Again, this cannot be symbolic; it has to have real results. Maybe the government will actually measure the results and do the right thing to fix the legislation when it fails.
Mrs. Sadia Groguhé (Saint-Lambert, NDP):
Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for his speech.
There is no doubt that with Bill C-27, the government has once again created a huge gap between the reality my colleague mentioned, that is, the many cuts to the public service where our veterans should have been able to find work, and this bill, which suggests that these veterans can go work in the public service.
My colleague talked about that during his speech, but he did not mention the fact that the government did not include the RCMP in this bill. What are my colleague's thoughts on that?
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Mr. Brian Masse:
Mr. Speaker, I was remiss. It was in my notes to mention that, but I did not.
I think it is unfortunate that the RCMP are not included, because it is a profession with unusual risks and challenges. I think we could do better by including them in the bill, especially given the fact that they have also been asked to go into other theatres internationally to assist with training and development. That could bring some really good skill sets to the table. I am puzzled as to why the RCMP have not been part of this. I wish they were.
Mr. Speaker, Bruce Moncur has contributed quite a bit to veterans services. That is the gentleman the hon. member was referring to. I have his paper that outlines the extra cost for veterans travelling, which they will have to front themselves. Often going from places like Thunder Bay to Winnipeg can cost over $1,000.
It is a false choice to suggest that we have to close our veterans offices so we can open up new clinics. There is money there. There is over $1 billion. It is about choices. It is also about respect. It is about going to a community like Windsor, asking the men and women there to serve, and then taking away a service they want.
Generally speaking, there were around 4,000-plus inquiries at the Windsor office per year. Inquiries came from physical visits, emails, and phone calls, but service delivery was being provided by people in confidence.
Now veterans have to go out to Service Canada offices. If they have to deal with stigma, they have to go see a person, and everyone knows. In a small community like Windsor, with 200,000 people, we know each other. We know our histories, we know our issues, and we know our challenges. For the amount of money, the million dollars, the government saved, for the grief it causes people, I say congratulations.