Every now and then something happens that we didn't expect or prepare for. Figuring out what that is and how to solve the problem is the tricky part. Below is a list of issues that could happen, that customers called & asked for help with or something one of our installers felt was worth mentioning. If you had an issue and figured out a solution, contact us and we'll add it here, to help others!
MY BATHROOM STALL DOORS ARE SWINGING OPEN INSTEAD OF CLOSED.
Most likely the "cams" in the doors have not been set or are set incorrectly. Feel free to call us for advise on how to correct this.
I DIDN'T GET ALL MY HARDWARE WITH AN ORDER, WHAT CAN I DO?
Double-check your packing slip to make sure all boxes are accounted for and were signed for, if you're still missing the hardware fittings, give us a call.
I HAVE PEOPLE ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE HARDWARE FROM OUR BATHROOM DIVIDERS, WHAT CAN I DO?
You can purchase tamper proof hardware, give us a call and we'll help match you up with the correct hardware per toilet partitions you have.
WE HAVE A GRAFFITI PROBLEM, HOW CAN I PREVENT THIS?
We can offer a toilet partition type that helps prevent this, but we can't offer any products to prevent customer's from writing on the partitions, but we can help you choose new partitions that can prevent customers' from writing on them in the future.
WHAT IS THE BEST WAY TO COMPRESS THE CONCEALED LATCH KNOBS FOR TOILET PARTITION DOORS?
Use a c-clamp ( due to the ability to compress at will and keep compression applied, rather than using a hammer where the compression applied is fractional ) also the c-clamp won't mess up the finish of the hardware due to most c-clamps having rubber ends to prevent marking.
AN INSTALLER COMPLETELY MESSED UP OUR TOILET STALL INSTALLATION, WHAT CAN I DO?
This happens more than you'd think, give us a call and we will do our best to get you all set for a second attempt.
HOW CAN I HIDE THE GAP ON MY STALLS?
If you mean the area from the wall to the partition, you can purchase brackets that are the full-length of the panel, if you mean the door, you'd need to reinstall the partitions, since the width would change to accommodate the wider hardware. You can however use a 3rd party solution or even use a creative solution if you weren't concerned with appearances.


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Concert Review from Reflections In Words
Lounging in Surf Cosmos
Headlining Acts: Atomic 7
Supporting Acts: The Band From Planet-X
Location: Starlight Lounge, Waterloo, Ontario
Level of Sobriety: Stayed cool and sober
Musical Flavour: Surf Rock
Date of Review: July 9, 2004
Special Notes: I noticed on the band from Planet-X's merchandiser roster a mention of wigs. Was too shy for further inquiry.
The Band from Planet-X
I think I missed the first 15 minutes of their set. What I did see was quite impressive. The guitar player and vocalist layed down some excellent riffs that night. They played a very vocal oriented style of surf rock. For this one I sat at the far said of the room with a post obstructing a good part of my view. I don't know why I'm mentioning this at all… You do realize these aren't supposed to be serious concert reviews right?
Atomic 7
Brief history. Atomic 7 is Brian Connelly of Shadowy Men On A Shadowy Planet on guitar with a new rhythm section. They played a good hour of really layed back but sometimes nasty surf guitar. The perfect sound for the very relaxed and soft colour soaked Starlight Lounge. The audience was suprisingly quiet which brought forth every advantage of the excellent sound we were blessed with. They played a lot of cuts from their two albums "Gowns By Edith Head" and "en Hillbilly Caliente" with a few covered mixed in including the "Midnight Cowboy Theme." There bassist played a big Gibson electric that had a big sound which could almost be mistaken for an upright in some places. It is definitely one thing that really stood out for me in that show. Mike also played a Gibson hollowbody and did a few songs on the electric slide guitar as well. No vocals. No microphones. Place was so freakin quiet that you could hear the band talking in between sets. It's great when you can go to shows that have lots of people and lots of energy from the audience. But, it's also great when you have a handful of people that really want to be there.. and the atmosphere is perfect to simply sit and enjoy the sounds. This was one of those nights. It's too bad basic economics will never allow it to be a consistent reality. Thankfully we have stereos…. and annoyed neighbours… Which reminds me: I picked up both their albums at the merch table.

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On the 20th July 1969, history was made when the Apollo ll mission became the first manned lunar mission to land on the moon. This is part of the leading article in The Daily Telegraph, a London newspaper, for Monday, July 21, 1969.
Two Americans became the first men in the moon last night when Apollo ll's lunar module Eagle touched down on the moons surface at 9.18 p.m. B.S.T. Aboard were Neil Armstrong, 38, mission commander, and Col. Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin, 39, Eagle's pilot.
As the lunar module settle gently on the Sea of Tranquility, Armstrong reported: "The Eagle has landed. We are breathing again. Thanks a lot".
Almost immediately, Mission Control began referring to Eagle with a new radio call-sign of "Tranquility Base". Armstrong radioed that the earth was "big, bright and beautiful."
He said: "We are in football pitch-sized crater." Houston congratulated Eagle with: "Beautiful job, you guys." A voice from Eagle replied: "Don't forget the one in the module."
Overhead at a height of less than 70 miles, Col. Michael Collins, 38, orbited the moon in the command module Columbia, to which Armstrong and Aldrin are due to return tonight.
P.S. If anyone is interested in the whole article, please let me know.


The Lotherton Hall Christmas Experience ran from 25th November – 23rd December 2016 and attracted over 64,000 visitors.
The experience was spread throughout the estate of Lotherton Hall, an Edwardian house near Leeds. Installations included an interactive Twelve Days of Christmas Walk, an Elf Village, and a secret fairy hideaway.
Design and construction of interactive lighting for the 'Ladies Dancing'.
Sound and system design for an interactive 'Pipers Piping' organ.
Sound design for the 'Drummers Drumming' walk.
Design and construction of sound modules to create realistic fairy sounds throughout the fairy village.
Design and construction of a lighting controller to trigger a timed sequence of spot lights for the 'Lords Leaping'.
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Waco: The Rules of Engagement
Earlier last week I was browsing around on IMDB as I normally do and was looking up the movie Stigmata — a movie that I hadn't seen in a long time but enjoyed when I was a teen. I looked up its director, Rupert Wainwright, as I wasn't familiar with any of his works. Well, it turns out that he hasn't done too much since then but one of his upcoming movies is a movie called Waco due next year.
I remember the Waco incident very faintly. I think I was only 8 or 9 years old at the time, but I remember seeing pictures of the big fire on newspaper covers everywhere. It caught me and my brother's attention as it graced the covers of those "Globe News" fake newspapers (you know, the ones at your grocery store that are filled with ridiculous stories like UFO's, big foot, and Elvis sightings?). I remember there was one particular cover story that claimed that the leader of the Waco incident, David Koresh, was in fact Satan himself. I don't know why those newspapers don't fly off shelves faster!
Having piqued my interest again, I read up on Wikipedia about the Waco incident as well as the backstory of one David Koresh, the chosen leader of this cult group called the Branch Davidians, who were at the center of this tragedy. The story of Koresh is quite lurid, with stories of polygamy, child marriages, statutory rape and even impregnating underage girls. One of the articles pointed to an Academy Award nominated documentary called Waco: The Rules of Engagement produced in 1997. So I watched it this week and it was quite an interesting movie.
Going in, I thought I was going to receive one thing, but I ended up receiving another. I thought that the movie was going to give detail on Koresh, the Branch Davidians, their beliefs and behaviour, but alas it was totally not. Waco: The Rules of Engagement focuses on the standoff between Koresh with his Branch Davidians and the FBI.
The siege between the two groups took place in Waco, Texas and ended in tragedy. After a 50 day standoff, the death toll saw 4 dead government agents and 76 dead Branch Davidians, including that of Koresh. What ended the standoff was a huge fire that engulfed the whole compound, killing all of its inhabitants. But the fire itself is one of the centers of controversy. The final report published by the FBI claims that the Davidians set the fire off themselves in a massive suicide attempt. But what the documentary shows is something completely different and points the finger of blame around the FBI who not only drove tanks into the building but fired off supposedly non-incendiary ammo into the complex. We're played audio conversations that Koresh had with FBI representatives through phone and radio. The conversations they had just weren't consistent with what the FBI claimed were a suicide attempts. The Davidians were pretty much peaceful until their hands were forced and had to retaliate to fend for their lives. So you have a group of nearly eighty people in their compound peacefully, and one day they just set fire to themselves? Something doesn't add up.
Controversy also surrounds the FBI and ATF's overly aggressive tactics in trying to subdue the Davidians. Throughout the congressional testimonies, we're told that no one on the government side fired any bullets, yet there is footage that shows otherwise. It becomes even more corrupt when autopsy evidence showed that bullets were in the burnt Davidian corpses, showing that some were shot before they were burnt alive.
The movie was carefully put together by William Gazecki. The movie is clearly weighed towards one side and is convincing in doing so; it's hard to believe that the government side was innocent. It sort of reminds me of the Abu Ghraib incident a few years ago, an incident where the government was painted in a bad light (and deservedly so). Waco at times is also a horrific movie, showing us the corpses, some dismembered, some burnt, and unfortunately, some who are children.
There is a lot more controversy related to this incident. If you're interested, I suggest checking up the Wikipedia entries (of which you'll find many) or checking out this movie yourself. It is an interesting story, but a sad story all around. There's no happy ending for either side.
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Lana On Being Called A Prostitute By Cyber Bullies
by Felix Uptonon January 1, 2020 January 1, 2020 at 8:38 am
Lana and Bobby Lashley got a lot of attention as their wedding capped off the decade for WWE. It wasn't the only WWE wedding in the last ten years, but it was certainly the most recent.
The Ravishing Russian is very good at accepting attention at this point. Some of it might not be very welcomed, especially from cyber bullies. While speaking to TV Insider, Lana revealed what kind of eye opening experience she's had after this angle started.
Fans have berated her with comments calling her a prostitute, slut, and pretty much anything else you can imagine. None of those things are okay to call someone who is essentially playing a role on a television show.
"It has been eye-opening to me how mean people are and what type of bullies people are in the world. I can't express enough of how mind-blowing it is. People don't have to agree with my decisions in life, that's fine, but if they don't agree with me that doesn't give them the right to come on my Instagram and call me a whore or a slut."
"I've been called a prostitute on there. What are you even talking about, really? That I'm 'ugly, fat, the worst human.' Cyber-bullying is incredible. I knew it existed, but I never really thought it was to this extent. It's really wrong."
"I just want people to make a stand and say that is wrong. Just because you disagree with someone's lifestyle doesn't mean that you should come and be mean to them in life or on social media. Go talk to your friends about it if you are criticizing, but don't come on my social platform and talk about it."
Lana and Bobby Lashley have also opened up in the past about receiving death threats because of this angle.
WWE fans take the product very seriously. One thing is for sure, the insults and how much they hurt is very real to Lana. Thankfully, it seems like she has a good enough perspective on the situation so it doesn't bother her as much as it might others.
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Rather, this Laetare Sunday is about something inherent in Lent itself – that we must live this time of mortification – this time of putting to death the desires of our flesh – full of Christian hope and joy in what is to come. This is why the entrance antiphon for Mass exhorts us: "Rejoice, Jerusalem, and all who love her. Be joyful, all who were in mourning; exult and be satisfied at her consoling breast." (Jerusalem here meaning the heavenly Jerusalem, the Church in glory.) It is through this spirit of joyful hope that the transformation of hearts promised by St. Paul can take place.
How, though, can such a great transformation happen? Christ became sin for us by suffering the ignominy of the Cross, so how are we to become the righteousness of God? This is where our theme for this Lent comes into play. It is precisely through prayer that God works this transformation of our hearts to become His righteousness. So far we have seen three different aspects of prayer: In exploring prayer in the Mass, we learned that prayer is about entering Christ's relationship with the Father. In prayer during times of suffering, we learned that prayer is about God changing our hearts to be more like His. In prayer with the Sacred Scriptures, we learned how an encounter with Christ present in the Word of God brings about this life-transforming entrance into the inner life of the Trinity (that is, the relationship between the first person of the Trinity, the Father, with the second person of the Trinity, the Son, which is so powerful that it consists in a third person, the Spirit).
This brings us to the final chapter of this series in which we will explore the deepest form of prayer: the power of silence in prayer. During this sermon I will lay out what is silence in prayer and why it is so important. On Tuesday evening during the Lenten Series, we will dive deeper into how to enter silence in prayer, so if you want part two you, once again, you will have to come back on Tuesday evening.
What is silence? We usually think of silence as a lack of noise. This is a negative definition of silence – defining it by what it is not. If silence were merely a lack of something, though, it would not be critical for prayer. Rather, silence is something positive – something thoroughly active rather than just passive. It is not just the lack of noise, but a positive, potent activity. We can understand this by considering silence as listening. If, while speaking to another person, there are times when you are not talking, this does not suffice for listening. (That, rather, would be hearing, which is a necessary but insufficient condition for real listening, any woman with a husband who is hard of hearing can tell you!) Listening, we know, is an active process – it is not merely being in the presence of another person who is talking without talking oneself. Active listening is an important skill for communication that must be cultivated and honed with practice. So likewise is silence in prayer. Silence is not merely negative — a pause between words, a temporary cessation of speech — but, properly understood, it is highly positive: an attitude of attentive alertness, of vigilance, and above all of listening.
Let's recall what we said two weeks ago about prayer being like the time that a son spends with his father. What is important is not so much what they are doing, but the time spent with someone he loves that makes his heart more like the father's. In a relationship, it is not necessary always to be saying things to one another or asking for things. Really, the better we come to know and love one another, the less need there is to express our mutual attitude verbally.
In this regard, there are two kinds of friendships. With the first kind, if you haven't spoken in some time, you catch each other up on what is happening in your lives, maybe you exchange some news about mutual friends, but once you have reached the end of this "catching up," the conversation comes to a natural conclusion. In the second kind of friendship, this process of "catching up" is merely the prelude to a deeper conversation about what is going on in your heart, about the meaning of life, or your hopes and dreams for the future. This first kind of friendship can be pleasant and enriching, but it is not life-transforming.
One time I went to visit a friend I had not seen in several years. The first day and a half that we were together we talked nearly non-stop, filling each other in on all of the different things that had happened in our lives and how we were changing (me as a seminarian, he as a Ph.D. student living truly independently for the first time). We got to a point, then, when I realized that the conversation was starting to fall off. It is like we didn't have anything to say anymore. I had a moment of panic – what were we going to do for the next two days if we didn't have anything more to say? I realized that we had never actually spent this much time together before. For my last year in college we would hang out four or five times per week, but at the end of the night each would ultimately go his separate way, and maybe we would see each other at some point the next day – usually without much planning. What were we going to do now that we had committed to spending so much time together?
Two things happened. First, what seemed to be a pause where nothing was happening, gave me the courage to dive in deeper, to raise issues that hadn't been raised before, to challenge my friend and to be challenged by him. Second, when I had finally exhausted my seemingly limitless gift of gab, I found that what mattered most was the presence of this person whom I loved, and a deeper sort of exchange that was going on underneath the surface. As I get older, I find now the friendships where this deeper, silent exchange of friendship have taken place are the easiest ones to renew, because there is a deep well of inter-personal sharing beyond the power of words that has taken place and can be drawn upon when we reunite. This is why we all instinctively know that nothing can replace in-person friendship. Yes, contact can be maintained and relationships can be developed over the phone, via video chat, by a letter etc. but even then the friends or lovers long for the time when they can be together, when they can experience that profound bond that can only come when the power of words has been exhausted and a communication beyond the power of words has begun.
The Eastern Christian mystic tradition has a lot to say about the power of silence. One of its great exponents is Gregory of Sinai, who lived in the 14th Century. At one point in his writings, Gregory is trying to come up with a good definition of prayer. He tries lots of different definitions, but then in seeming exasperation writes, "Why speak at length? Prayer is God, who works all things in all men." Prayer is God — it is not something that I initiate but something in which I share; it is not primarily something that I do but something that God is doing in me. Prayer is when, to borrow a phrase from St. Paul, it is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me (Gal. 2:20). Deep prayer, then, the prayer that can only happen in silence, is critical to the Christian life because it is how it comes to pass that we can share St. Paul's words once our transformation into God's righteousness is complete.
This would be a great prayer for all of us to enter into silence in prayer – "It is time for the Lord to act!" Just as, following the deacon's invitation, the priest turns to the altar to offer the Immaculate Victim to the Father in silent adoration, so too all prayer culminates in a resting with the beloved beyond the power of speech. Silence is the way by which we can recognize that it is the Lord's turn to act in our prayer, that we can give Him the space to accomplish what He wishes to accomplish during the time that we give Him in prayer.
It is probably time for me to heed Gregory of Sinai's wise words then, "Why speak at length? Prayer is God, who works all things in all men." In the prayer of silence – not just an absence of noise but an active attitude of attentive listening – we give the Lord space to act. On Tuesday evening we will continue exploring how we can enter this potent silence in prayer and how doing so will transform our lives. I hope to see you there.


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William Flood and Nancy Bo Flood: A History
On Dec 19th, I recommended the wonderful illustrations that Jonathan Nelson did for First Laugh: Welcome, Baby! and briefly noted my concerns with Nancy Bo Flood (she is listed as the second author of that book). This post is a follow up to that review.
At this point (2018) I have a ten-year history with Nancy Bo Flood and her husband, Dr. William Flood. Some people are aware of this history. Some will be upset that I've written it up here because to them it will feel mean-spirited and unkind. I hope that you can set aside your emotional attachments to Flood and other White writers and see my history with them from an Indigenous point of view that is embedded within a much longer history of interactions between White and Indigenous people.
The history of White people taking from Native people is hundreds of years long. Most of you know about that, and some of you think it is horrible. Some of you go down that "to the victor go the spoils" way of thinking. Those "spoils" include Native stories. There are a great many non-Native people who made and make careers by using something that belongs to Native people.
The history of White people taking from Native people is also filled with White people befriending Native people out of a genuine sense of caring--about our souls. I'm talking here about missionaries who go (yes, it still happens) onto reservations and into Native communities with the goal of converting us to their particular religion.
And, the history of White people taking from Native people is also filled with White people who befriend us because they have found themselves living in or near our communities.
Of that latter group, I wish they could form those friendships without saying "look at me and my Native friend." Or, "look at the good I do for my Native friends!" Or, "I worked with them and they asked me to write this story about them." Or, "I taught their kids and I learned from them and so, I am able to write books about them that you should buy because I know what I'm talking about." Or, "Look! My book has a note inside from my Native friend or colleague. You can trust what you read in my book."
They mean well. But, I wish they could see past their good intentions. What they're doing is exploitation. Ultimately what they are doing is the same as those who take without care. And all those who help get their books published, you are complicit in the taking and exploitation. You can rationalize it any way you want to, but ultimately, you're complicit.
I know--that sounds harsh. I know plenty of people will read this and think I should just be quiet or that I am wrong. You'll find examples to counter what I'm saying here. There are always exceptions but my larger concern is that we should all ask why someone feels the need to justify their tellings of Native story by pointing to their work with Native peoples. Anybody can do good work without using our faces and our names to justify your work. Can't you just do good without holding us up as evidence of your good work?
In 2007 or 2008 I received an email asking if I was interested in serving on the Advisory Board for a new initiative within Reach Out and Read. It was to be the American Indian/Alaska Native Reach Out and Read project (ROR AI/AN). I don't have that email or ones through 2009 because I changed computers and email providers and am not able to retrieve them. I do have ones from 2010 through 2014.
The two doctors who were starting the American Indian/Alaska Native initiative of Reach Out and Read were Dr. William Flood and Dr. Steve Holve. By the time they had written to me, I had already had a lot of experience with well-intentioned people who did not see the problems in children's books that I was seeing.
I had a long phone conversation with Dr. Flood or Dr. Holve. I remember it clearly. I remember where I was standing (just outside my mom and dad's home at Nambé; I was visiting them when the call came through) as we talked. I remember telling them that I had strong points of view on the ways that Native people were depicted in children's books, who wrote them, etc.
Whichever doctor it was, they assured me that the sort of expertise I'd bring to that project was precisely why they had contacted me. With that assurance, I said yes, enthusiastically. I was excited, thinking about how we would get books by Native writers into the Indian Health Service clinics.
The doctors had invited another individual with history and expertise in Native writing/books to serve on the board. Things looked good!
We learned that the doctors had done some work on a video they wanted to play on the televisions in the waiting rooms. We were asked to provide input on the video.
In it, a Native woman was shown reading and recommending a book written and illustrated by a non-Native writer. Though I don't have an email that confirms my memory, I think the book was one of those written and illustrated by Paul Owen Lewis. It could have been Frog Girl or Storm Boy. Lewis says similar things about each one. Looking at the covers, you'd likely conclude that these are Native American stories.
They aren't.
Paul Owen Lewis is not Native. In the author's note, he tells us that Frog Girl is "an original creation" that is "carefully composed entirely of Native story elements in both its narrative and its art." He also says it is an adventure story that reflects Joseph Campbell's "three rites of passage" in which
"... a hero ventures forth from the world of common day into a region of supernatural wonder: fabulous forces are there encountered and a decisive victory is won: the hero comes back from this mysterious adventure with the power to bestow boons on his fellow man. In no place is this universal theme more powerfully represented than in the rich oral traditions and bold graphic art of the Haida, Tlingit, and other Native peoples of the Northwest Coast of North America."
The other individual and I expressed our concerns with it and books like it. Our concerns were met with resistance. Anybody could write what they wanted to, we were told. That's true, of course, but that wasn't the point. Instead of problematic books like Frog Girl, we argued, why couldn't the project select and promote books by Native writers? We were getting nowhere. That second person resigned from the board. I don't recall what happened after that and don't have emails to help me reconstruct what happened.
Then, on July 16, 2010, I received an email with the subject line "Welcome to Reach Out and Read for AI/AN sites." It gave us several updates, including one that indicated the video project was still being worked on. I asked for an update about the concerns that we'd discussed previously.
Dr. Flood replied that ROR AI/AN had discussed them at a meeting and that those present had determined that the project goal was to encourage parents to read to their children, and that it "is not our goal to tell parents what to read, or what not to read. That would be a form of censorship and that is not our role."
As you might imagine, I was frustrated.
The entire reason I and the other individual were asked to be on the board was to bring our expertise on selecting books to the project so it could provide children with books that were accurate, respectful, and ideally, written by Native writers. Our objection to Lewis was being characterized as censorship.
I'd had similar conversations elsewhere, on listservs of writers, editors, librarians, professors, and reviewers who work specifically in children's literature. Whenever I or anyone talks about the importance of insider perspective (what is referred to, today, as #OwnVoices), someone invariably raises the accusation of censorship.
Somewhere in all those listserv conversations, I had become familiar with a person named Nancy Bo Flood. I had been to her website, which has photographs of her on it. In those children's literature conversations, she had been saying things that were similar to what Dr. Flood had said.
Then one day I realized that the emails I was getting from Dr. Flood and the ones I was getting from Nancy Bo Flood were from the same account! Below is a screen cap of the top of an email I got from Dr. Flood. The photo is of Nancy but the name on the email is her husband (I blocked out part of his email address):
In my mind, several threads started to come together. I remembered that she said somewhere that she was teaching Native students in Flagstaff. She had also said that her husband was a doctor in that area.
I wondered what all (children's books) she had written.
I did a search at Amazon and saw that, together, Nancy and William had published Pacific Island Legends: Tales from Micronesia, Melanesia, Polynesia, and Australia in 1991 from Bess Press which is "retellings of their [people of the Pacific] traditional legends" (p. xiii). Without a doubt, the Floods and the third author, Beret E. Strong, felt they were doing a good thing with this book. In the preface, they wrote (page vii):
"Legends that were once part of an oral tradition become available to readers throughout the world. They cross oceans, continents, even generations. These legends speak a universal language. People everywhere and throughout history wonder about the questions found in these stories: How was the world created? Why do we have both good and evil? Why do families fight? What is the meaning of life and death?"
Clearly they understand the significance of the stories to the people the stories belong to, but their appraisal--that the stories speak a universal language--erases the distinct aspects of those people. Finding that book, I understood why Dr. Flood was so resistant to our concerns about Frog Girl. He had, in short, a conflict of interest.
The Flood's aren't alone in appropriation of Indigenous stories, and they certainly are not the first White people to do it and to think well of themselves for doing it. The historical record is full of White people doing that sort of thing and people are doing it today. Take a look, for example, at For Your Consideration: Part 2 at Indigo's Bookshelf: Voices of Native Youth and their critique of Rosanne Parry.
Today many people are growing in their understandings of appropriation. Today, items taken from tribal nations are being returned.
Stories don't have the legal protections that artifacts do but increasingly, tribal nations are writing protocols and policies that ask outsiders not to use their stories. Those documents don't have a section that says "if you have a good friend who is of our nation (or if you taught our kids, or lived near or in our community), go ahead with what you want to do." Those documents are being written because appropriation keeps on going. It started hundreds of years ago and continues, today. And--it is harmful to the well-being of tribal nations.
In 2017, the USBBY (United States Board on Books for Young People) selected Nancy Bo Flood to sit on a panel titled "Indigenous Experience in Children's Literature." I objected. So did Naomi Bishop. And Naomi Caldwell. And Christy Jordan-Fenton. Our objections are available on a round up post I did about them. Eventually, USBBY announced she would not be on that panel.
From what I read, she had been asked to be on it because people (like me) had objected to her appropriations and USBBY felt that she could speak to concerns of outsiders writing Native stories. My guess is she would cite Native friends who she's asked for help with her books. In other words, she'd use those friendships to justify her appropriations.
-----Editing on Saturday, Dec 22, 2018, in response to Therese Bigelow's comment on Facebook, suggesting that I use Ed Sullivan's response to my query regarding how Flood came to be on the Indigenous Experience panel. He said:
I invited Nancy Bo Flood long after the other panelists were invited. She was already registered for the conference and presenting a breakout session on another topic, so I asked her if she would be willing to participate. Since cultural appropriation will be a topic of discussion for the panel, having someone who has been criticized for that can offer an interesting perspective to the conversation. When I invited Nancy, she stressed she was not Native American, and I am sure she will be quite clear about that on the panel when she speaks, too. I hope that answers your questions.
-----End of addition on Dec 22, 2018-----
Her writings and the objections are what got her onto that USBBY panel. In essence, she was going to gain even more visibility from an international organization. That's great for her career as a writer. What was she going to say? Was she going to use her friendships to assure people that it was ok to do what she did? If yes, she would be giving other White writers a how-to guide for appropriating Native stories.
But--does that sound like genuine care for us?
To me, obviously, it does not. Ultimately, what she's doing is no different from that group that claims "to the victors go the spoils." It might feel different, but it really isn't.
First Laugh did not need Nancy's name on it, did it? That her name is on the cover is troubling. It doesn't have to be there. The only person who is served by it being there is Nancy. Ultimately, she's gaining from her name being there, from her work with Rose Ann Tahe.
I've got more to say but am hitting the 'publish' button this blog post because I promised someone I'd do it as soon as possible. I may be back to say more, later. In the meantime, I welcome your thoughts. If there are things I've said that are unclear, let me know. This has been a very hard post to write. It also occurred to me that, perhaps, Nancy Bo Flood was going to use her time on the USBBY panel to say she wasn't going to keep on, as she had been, but First Laugh tells us otherwise. Again, I welcome your thoughts.
Previous posts about Flood:
March 29, 2010. Nancy Bo Flood's Warriors in the Crossfire
January 16, 2017. Not Recommended: Nancy Bo Flood's Soldier Sister, Fly Home
September 1, 2016. Re-reading (and again, not recommending) Nancy Bo Flood's Soldier Sister Fly Home.
Posted by Debbie Reese at 1:00 PM
Labels: appropriation, Nancy Bo Flood
NOT RECOMMENDED: WILD BIRD by Wendelin Van Draanen
This post started out as a "Debbie--have you seen" one but turned into a Not Recommended one pretty quickly...
A reader wrote to ask if I've seen Wild Bird by Wendelin Van Draanen. It was published in 2017 by Knopf. Here's the book description:
3:47 a.m. That's when they come for Wren Clemmens. She's hustled out of her house and into a waiting car, then a plane, and then taken on a forced march into the desert. This is what happens to kids who've gone so far off the rails, their parents don't know what to do with them anymore. This is wilderness therapy camp. Eight weeks of survivalist camping in the desert. Eight weeks to turn your life around. Yeah, right.
The Wren who arrives in the Utah desert is angry and bitter, and blaming everyone but herself. But angry can't put up a tent. And bitter won't start a fire. Wren's going to have to admit she needs help if she's going to survive.
The description has no mention of the Native content that Kirkus noted in their review and that prompted AICL's reader to write to me. Kirkus noted that content:
Traditional tales told by Mokov, an elderly Paiute who visits the camp...
Hmm. Sounds like Wild Bird has a Native elder imparting wisdom, doesn't it? Let's look a bit more. Using the Google Books preview, I see that Mokov comes into the story in chapter 24 (it starts on page 101). My comments are marked in italics following each summary I do as I take a look at Wild Bird.
It is nighttime, Wren is in her tent, the other girls are sitting around a campfire when one of them squeals "Mokov!" Wren sees a man come out of the darkness. He's got "two long silver braids" and is wearing a leather vest, a dark green shirt, and pants and hiking boots that are just like the jailers who guard these girls in this camp. But, something about him seems different. The girls get to their feet. He greets them, and Dvorka (one of the girls at the camp) comes to get Wren for "Legend time. He's Paiute." What, Wren asks, is that?
Debbie's comments: I gotta say--girls "squealing" when he appears is kind of unsettling. And that name: Mokov. Is that a Paiute word? And his purpose? It does look like he's there to use Native stories to teach these girls.
On page 102, Dvorka tells Wren: "It's a Native American nation."
Debbie's comments: I like that Wren asks that question. It is an accurate depiction of the level of ignorance many (most?) people in the US have. If, for example, Dvorka had said "He's Native American" instead of "He's Paiute" -- Wren would know what Dvorka was talking about, but the author's "He's Paiute" is a good move. It makes Wren ask a question that is followed by very important information: the Paiutes are Native peoples of a particular nation.
The girls offer Mokov food and drink but he says that the land has nourished him. Then he "spreads his arms" and asks the girls to sit and tell him how they've been. They talk about using rainwater to wash their hair with yucca root.
Debbie's comments: He spreads his arms?! I'm getting snarky pretty quick but that snark reflects my frustration with these kinds of representations of Native characters. Think about that movement for a minute. Who does that, for real? Remember--this is a campfire setting. In the White imagination, wise Indians do that sort of thing. You can probably recall an image or two or three, of that very thing. The one that comes to mind, for me, is Grizzly Bob! He's a good example. Grizzly Bob, of course, is not a Native character. He's just playing one at camp. (And that bit about land nourishing him plays into the stereotype of Native peoples being one-with-the-land.)
Mokov nods his approval, and then asks them about their quests. They look away, or down, telling him it isn't easy. One says she is still so angry. Mokov nods, then says (102):
Anger is a dry riverbed. You should follow it only if it leads you to the springs of forgiveness.
Debbie's comments: I feared it would go that way... along with that holding up of the arms is this wise-Indian-speak. It is not a good thing. It is a term that describes the ways that White Writers imagine Native people's speech to be. It is romantic in style, and the opposite of the "heap big" sort of thing that some writers do, but done this way, either one is stereotypical. Both are misrepresentations that get in the way of seeing Native people as people.
Then the girls Mokov for a story. Wren wonders if the girls are serious. Dvorka says (p. 103):
"There's nothing like a story told by Mokov." Then she adds, "Traditionally, the full legends were only told in the winter or fall, but he thinks there's value in sharing shortened versions with us." She lowers her voice even further as we watch the others. "Most Native American tribes have nature-centered spiritual traditions where everything has life and the power to direct its energies. The humans and spirits in their stories often take on the forms of animals." She zeroes in on me. "Storytellers were the ones who passed along the tribe's history and beliefs. These are sacred legends, told in a traditional way. They are not to be ridiculed."
The girls hold their breath, waiting for him to speak. "Even the fire is quiet" and "the smoke rises straight up." Then he tells the story.
Debbie's comments: Is there an author's note in this book, I wonder? Do we get a source for what Dvorka says? Is there a source for these "sacred legends" that Mokov is telling?
Later in the book, another Native guy is the object of their adoration. This time, it is "Silver Hair." Turns out that he is Mokov's grandson. The girls, as Wren says, are definitely fawning over him. She is too, by the way, but is more subtle about it.
Debbie's comments: This White adoration of Native men is unsettling and reminds me of the too-many romance novels that have a white woman on the cover, in the embrace of a very sexualized Native man. Will Wren and Silver Hair (that name, by the way, is another problem). I know a lot of you will object to a "Not Recommended" tag when I haven't read the entire book, but come on! You see the problems, right? I hope so. Books like this one -- published by one of the Big Five publishers -- do a lot of damage.
Labels: not recommended, Pub Year 2017, Wendelin Van Draanen, Wild Bird
FIRST LAUGH: WELCOME, BABY! by Rose Ann Tahe
This year, Charlesbridge published First Laugh: Welcome, Baby!
When I learned that Jonathan Nelson (illustrator of the way-cool The Wool of Jonesy) was doing the illustrations for this book, I was excited. When I got the book and saw that Nancy Bo Flood was listed as a co-author, I groaned. More on that later. For now, let's look at the art and what Nelson tells us with his art. Here's the cover:
So much to love, there, in his art! We see two adults clearly loving the child in their arms. We see a modern day house. Regular readers of AICL know that I think stories of Native people set in the present day are crucial to help non-Native people know that (and I hate saying this every single time I write or speak it) we are here, part of the present day.
When you open the book and look at the title page, you see that baby, lying in a baby bouncer, playing with a mobile... of sheep! On a blanket with sheep! See? So perfect!
From there we see babies in different places, surrounded by family members who are trying to make the baby laugh. Then, a baby smiles and laughs!
And then there's a gathering to celebrate that baby's first laugh. Take a look at it! So much joy and details to note, like the satellite dish on the house and the electric pole.
Did you know that there's a lot of writing about photographers and post card makers removing such things from photos because they wanted the Native people and places being depicted to look "authentic." Infuriating, for sure that they made decisions that if we had clocks or sewing machines or electricity or glass in our windows, we weren't "real."
As I study Nelson's painting of all those folks gathered there, I am remembering Luci Tapahonso and Anthony Chee Emerson's Songs of Shiprock Fair, published in 1999 by Kiva Publishing.
I like it a lot, too, for the same reasons I like what I see in First Laugh: Welcome Baby! Set in the present day, family, crowds.
Both books provide Navajo children with mirrors of their lives and tribally specific experiences.
Now let's look at the authors.
In the back matter, the first author's note is listed as "Author's Note from the Late Rose Ann Tahe." In first person, she tells us her English name and her Navajo name. Then, she introduces herself in the traditional way, telling us that she was born into her mother's clan, and her father's clan, and what her maternal grandparents' clan is, and her paternal ones, too. That note ends with "This is who I am and where I am from."
It is followed by an author's note from Nancy Bo Flood who tells us that "Just weeks after Rose and I completed the manuscript for this book, she contracted a sudden illness that took her life." So, Flood asked Tahe's family what they wanted to do. They agreed, Flood writes, that "their mother's wish was to have this book become real."
And so--we have First Laugh: Welcome Baby! with Flood listed as the second author. On the strength of Nelson's illustrations, I am recommending First Laugh. I think his work is terrific and I want to see more of it.
Rather than put the concerns--including appropriation--with Nancy Bo Flood here, I'll be doing a stand-alone post (12/22/18: see William Flood and Nancy Bo Flood: A History). I'll be back to add the title and link to it, soon.
Do take time to visit Nelson's website, and of course, get a copy of The Wool of Jonesy.
I adore that book and was delighted to see a 3D version of Jonesy at Returning the Gift last year.
He's awesome!
Labels: First Laugh: Welcome Baby, Jonathan Nelson, Pub Year 2018, recommended, Rose Ann Tahe, Tribal Nation: Navajo


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15. (1) The motto of the Federal Republic of Nigeria shall be Unity and Faith, Peace and Progress.
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(5) The State shall abolish all corrupt practices and abuse of power.
16. (1) The State shall, within the context of the ideals and objectives for which provisions are made in this Constitution.
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(d) free adult literacy programme.
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At the beginning of the semester, I visited Hollis, Queens. While I knew that it was a low-income neighborhood, I did not understand what caused the poverty here to persist. After taking this course, I have much more clarity on the subjects of poverty, segregation, and inequity. I also have more questions.
In my original post, I saw that there were "bars on store windows," which I now know is an example of the militarization of public space. Rather than a public place, the storefront mimics a prison cell. I also noted that "the streets were noisy." People were yelling to each other, and there were often police sirens blaring. The weekend that I visited, there was a bank robbery in the neighborhood. These instances are likely effects of the limited life chances that are provided for those in low-income neighborhoods; the robbery and constant police sirens are examples of a lack of safety. Additionally, there is a women's shelter in the same neighborhood. It is certainly contradictory: a place that is supposed to be safe is housed in a neighborhood littered with crime.
At the end of my first post, I added that Hollis was in close proximity to Jamaica Estates, which is a wealthy neighborhood right across Jamaica Avenue. This was just a mere observation at the time, but I realize now that this is a prime example of residential segregation. On one side of Jamaica Avenue, there is affluence. The communities are gated, the streets are clean, and the population is predominately white. I remember that the homes are not close to the sidewalks; there is usually a lot of land between the street and the actual house. This is a more subtle design of segregation–it further separates the rich from the poor. Although I am not an expert on Hollis' history, it is probably segregated because of mechanisms such as racial steering and restrictive covenants, all designed to keep out people of color.
Safety and crime play a bigger role in the lives of Hollis residents than I initially realized. I stated that at the Laundromat, "people were protective of the dryers that they were using and watched them diligently…it was obvious that people were concerned about their clothes being stolen." What I did not mention was that they were concerned because many of them probably been victims of theft. The Laundromat even has a sign stating that the staff is not responsible for any stolen items. Those living on a low income may not be able to afford new clothes if theirs get stolen. This was not paranoia or taking precautions at one specific place–these people live in fear of being robbed wherever they go in the town. Besides reliving the trauma that comes with such a terrifying experience, the residents of Hollis may not have insurance or money to buy any stolen items, especially because the income gap often results in insurance companies refusing coverage or charging higher premiums for those in low-income neighborhoods.
Hollis has not been gentrified–yet. There are still mom and pop shops lining the streets, but every once in awhile, a major corporation builds there. A TD Bank is on one corner, and a Dunkin Donuts recently opened as well. While this may just be a coincidence, it is following the trends of other gentrified areas of New York City. Perhaps the town will undergo "urban renewal" and residents of Jamaica Estates will want luxury apartment buildings where dilapidated ones currently stand. This exemplifies luxury growth strategy. If Hollis begins gentrifying, not only will residents fear theft, they may also be facing displacement or homelessness.


But Israelis haven't been waiting for their government to act on behalf of beleaguered Syrians: They've already crowdfunded a million shekels (approximately $250,000) for Syrian children. The "Just Beyond Our Border" campaign was launched this past Thursday and has shot well past its 600,000 shekel goal with over a month left to the campaign. As of this publication, it has raised 983,147 NIS. (UPDATE: Now 1,009,686 NIS.) The funds will go towards medicines, blankets, clothing, food, infant formula, and other essentials for Syrians and their children.


The new temple of craft beer in Ibiza.
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Ibosim BrewHouse is the first microbrewery on the island of Ibiza. We offer guided tours all-year-round with food pairings, we also sell beers wholesale and to visitors.
Ibosim was the name given to the island of Ibiza by the Carthaginians and means Isle of god Bes . Bes was considered the god of good mood and fun. Ibosim beers are our offering to him and the unmistakable character of Ibiza. Lets raise our glasses and toast!
In Port des Torrent, 100 metres from the beach.
Port des Torrent is a natural harbour on the island of Ibiza, with a sandy beach and a family atmosphere. It has good connections by car, bus and ferry from Ibiza town, Sant Josep and Sant Antoni. And to top it all off there's free parking right in front of our brewhouse.
We spread local products of the island and offer quality food that pairs fantastically with our beers.
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This Saturday, May 26th, Ibosim Brewhouse is oficially opening! In order to celebrate properly we're tapping a beer we're especially proud of: our Hoppy Belgian Triple! At 19hrs Manolo from Pizza chef entertainment will be ready to serve his delicious pizzas. Make sure not to miss it!


Love the tutorial. I must say, the best thing about this is the way you use the Cylinder as a tool. I have seen many vids and posts about magnetizing, but I find the little tips are the best things. I always use larger magnets as I don't have teeny magnetizing points, but I really like how you can ensure polarity and fit with your technique.


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Poloha obce
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 Rakouská lidová strana - 4
 Svobodná strana Rakouska - 2

Starostou, který je volený přímo, je Rudolf Skorjanz (Sociálnědemokratická strana).

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Reference

Externí odkazy

 Oficiální webové stránky obce

Města v Rakousku
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It distributes two situations: One in which a significant flare-up is stayed away from, and a most pessimistic scenario one where a second influx of contaminations, with recharged lockdowns, happens before the finish of 2020.
The U.S. Gross domestic product is seen falling somewhere in the range of 7.3% and 8.5%, while the eurozone economy would recoil by 9.1% to 11.5%. France, Italy and the U.K. would be the most exceedingly awful hit of every single significant economy, with 11%-to-14% falls in their individual GDPs.
The OECD says that if lockdowns have prevailing with regards to easing back the infection and diminishing the loss of life, they have additionally "frozened action (…), extended imbalance, upset instruction, and subverted trust later on."
What's Next: The OECD report sends out by its critical vibe, cautioning that "with or without another flare-up," the results of the pandemic will be "extreme and dependable," and that the possible recuperation will remain "profoundly unsure and defenseless."
After in excess of 6,000 individuals went to Monday's open review, George Floyd was covered in a private function in his old neighborhood close to his mom Pearland on Tuesday. His passing in the authority of the Minneapolis police division and the resulting fights have prodded calls for changes.
Reverend Al Sharpton conveyed the commendation, approaching the groups of other dark men murdered by police to help the Floyd family. "They know better than any other person the torment they will endure."
Fire up. Sharpton requested that those families stand, getting out the names of the friends and family slaughtered individually.
What's Next: House Democrats presented a bill Monday that would compel a significant upgrade of law requirement. The bill would boycott strangle holds like the one utilized by the cop blamed for murdering Floyd. Houston's city hall leader additionally swore at Floyd's support of boycott strangle holds, and critical police changes are pushing ahead the country over.
Arizona's representative lifted the state's stay-at-home request on May 15, permitting occupants an undeniable Memorial Day weekend. Presently, somewhat more than about fourteen days after the fact, the state is seeing a stressing flood in Covid-19 cases and hospitalizations.
As of Monday, 79% of the state's medical clinic beds and 77% of its ICU beds were filled and the state's wellbeing executive educated clinics to actuate their crisis plans, which calls for extending the bed limit in emergency clinics by 25% and to move "from regular consideration to possibility think about emergency care."
The worry over rising cases connected to the state's reviving isn't new. Somewhat more than seven days back, Will Humble, the state's previous top wellbeing official and the current leader of the Arizona Public Health Association, said the rising Covid-19 cases were connected to Memorial Day festivities.
What's Next: Humble called the spike "upsetting," in a meeting with KTAR News Monday. support for lockdowns, those choices have been politicized by President Donald Trump and others. That could make controlling a second flood of contaminations harder.
The World Health Organization hurried Tuesday to turn around its remark Monday that asymptomatic transmission of Covid-19 is "uncommon." The WHO's top rising ailment official explained that "we don't really have that answer yet."
The authority, Dr. Maria Van Kerkhove said that while the vast majority who transmit the illness have side effects, "anyplace between 6% of the populace and 41% of the populace might be tainted however not include side effects inside a point gauge of around 16%," and that it is as yet hazy how regularly those individuals without any manifestations contaminate others.
Fears over asymptomatic Covid-19 transmission, joined with deficient testing limit at beginning periods of episodes, drove wellbeing specialists and chose authorities over the world for execute tough lockdowns and advance across the board open cover wearing.
What's Next: The fast turn around by the WHO is probably going to raise doubt about the authority of the world's driving general wellbeing association at unequivocally when its proof grounded ability could be the most significant to governments around the globe.
Just about two dozen House Republicans pushed back at a White House intend to pull a large number of U.S. troops from Germany.
President Donald Trump told the Pentagon a week ago he needed to expel 9,500 assistance individuals from Germany by September, The Wall Street Journal detailed.
Numerous media sources detailed Tuesday that 22 House Republicans marked a letter that stated, "such advances would fundamentally harm U.S. national security just as fortify the situation of Russia to our inconvenience."
It was the most recent break among Trump and Washington authorities over military procedure. The president almost terminated U.S. Protection Secretary Mark Esper over contradictions identified with the utilization of troops to control residential fights, The Wall Street Journal announced.
What's Next: Germany's Defense Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbaue said he hasn't got any word from the U.S. on such plans, Politico gave an account of Tuesday night.
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Today marks 21 more days until spring and National Share a Smile Day is coming up on March 1st so we thought we'd share some simple tips and inspiration to get you in the mood to simplify your life this spring and be happier every day.
A good night's sleep leads to a more productive day. and a bigger smile. Pick a bedtime that let's you get at least 7 hours of sleep and do your best to stick to it. Hamster wheel going round and round? Try deep breathing to fall asleep faster.
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Feel like things are piling up? Schedule a spring clean day (or two) this year. Crank up the tunes and clean out those closets! Make it fun and give your roommate, kids or spouse an incentive to help. There is nothing quite like the feeling you get when everything is in its place.
Doing something for others always makes us feel good. Maybe you've grown apart from a special friend or maybe you don't see your aging mother or grandmother as much as you know you should. Take the time to not only reconnect with the ones that mean the most but send them something special that will make their day!
Research suggests that people who write things down and set goals are more productive than those that don't. So get going on those To Do's!
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Exercise is good for________ ...well just about everything! Get outside as the weather warms up and let the sun beat on your face. Take it all in and try to remember that each day is a privilege!
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Stop and smell the Daisies people! Literally- try to become more aware as you go throughout your day. Stop and ask yourself if what you are doing right now is on purpose with your "Smile More" spring attitude. We can reduce stress and find our greatest inspiration when we stop and chill out for a little while each day.
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Try to look at this spring as a chance to start fresh and look for the best in every situation. Life is hard sometimes but if you make an effort to smile more, you may just end up happier!
Accomplishments are meant to be rewarded! Tackle this list, stick to it and reward yourself with a new outfit, a new book or….did I hear someone say Cookies? Sometimes the "To: Me …From: Me"…gifts are the best medicine so go ahead, Treat yourself!


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A sociopragmatic study of surprise markers in Early Modern English
Published on February 5, 2013 by ursulalutzky1 Comment
I have been invited to a panel about "The role of identity in discourse-pragmatic variation and change" to be held at the i-Mean@UWE conference in Bristol, 18-20 April 2013. My panel contribution allows me to dig a bit deeper in the area of historical discourse marker research from a gender perspective. In one of my previous studies on the discourse marker why and its functions, I found that this marker was mainly used by male characters to signal surprise on the part of the speaker in Early Modern English (EModE) drama comedy. Since then, I have been wondering whether surprise markers in this EModE text type may show a gender-specific distribution; that is to say whether some of them are more frequently attested in male characters' speech, whereas others are more commonly used by female characters. This is the question that I will attempt to answer during my talk in Bristol, as you can also see from my abstract:
In previous research, discourse markers were often related to the sociolinguistic variable gender. Thus, it was said that prototypical discourse markers are gender specific and more frequently used by women (e.g. Brinton 1996, Lakoff 1975). However, different studies arrived at contrasting results, including historical studies analysing dramatic discourse: while Akimoto (2000) found the discourse marker pray to predominate in male characters' speech in Farquhar's plays, Demmen (2009) showed that the construction I pray you was statistically more frequent in female characters' speech in her Shakespearean data.
In this study, I will focus on one particular pragmatic function of discourse markers and that is signalling surprise on the part of the speaker. In particular, I will elaborate on a previous study (Lutzky forthcoming) in which I found the discourse marker why with a surprise function to be more frequently used by males than females in Early Modern English drama comedy. By studying other forms with this function, I aim to find out whether surprise markers show a gender specific distribution and which of them are attested predominantly in female characters' speech.
This study will be based on the sociopragmatically annotated Drama Corpus of Early Modern English (EModE), which builds on the Sociopragmatic Corpus and comprises drama comedy samples by a range of different authors from the period 1500 to 1760. I will draw on the sociopragmatic annotation of this corpus to study the surprise function of discourse markers in relation to the variables gender and social roles, both of which are reflected in the turn-by-turn annotation of the corpus for both the speaker and the addressee. The aim of this study is, consequently, to discover whether gender or social role specific tendencies can be identified for the fictional representation of a particular discourse marker function in EModE drama comedy.
Akimoto, M. 2000. "The grammaticalization of the verb 'pray'". In Fischer O., Rosenbach A., and Stein D. (eds.) Pathways of Change. Grammaticalization in English. Amsterdam: John Benjamins.
Brinton, L. 1996. Pragmatic Markers in English. Grammaticalization and Discourse Functions. Berlin: de Gruyter.
Demmen, J.E.J. 2009. "Charmed and Chattering Tongues: Investigating the Functions and Effects of Key Word Clusters in the Dialogue of Shakespeare's Female Characters". Unpublished MA dissertation, Lancaster University, U.K.
Lakoff, R. 1975. Language and Woman's Place: Text and Commentaries. London: Harper and Row.
Lutzky, Ursula. Forthcoming. "Early Modern English discourse markers – a feature of female speech?" In Mazzon G. and Fodde L. (eds.). Perspectives on Early English Dialogue. Case Studies in Historical Pragmatics. Naples: Franco AngeliEditore.
Sociopragmatic Corpus. 2007. Annotated Under the Supervision of Jonathan Culpeper (Lancaster University). A Derivative of A Corpus of English Dialogues 1560–1760, Compiled Under the Supervision of Merja Kytö (Uppsala University) and Jonathan Culpeper (Lancaster University).
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CLIVE Palmer has stepped up his attack on Campbell Newman, accusing the Queensland Premier of trying to take the blindfold off "Lady Justice' and stab her in the back.
In his first press conference since being declared the new Member for Fairfax, Mr Palmer also criticised how long it had taken to get a result.
He called for the introduction of a computer-based voting system to rid the potential for delays and vote tampering.
"In this day and age, having a pencil seems extraordinary,'' Mr Palmer said.
But the billionaire particularly honed in on Mr Newman, saying his attack on the judiciary was appalling.
"It is a cowardly attack by the Premier and a cowardly attack by the Attorney General,'' he said.
Mr Palmer said Lady Justice was blindfolded for a reason - so she could not be influenced by the government of the day.
Despite his falling out with the LNP, Mr Palmer said he was committed to working with local MPs on the Sunshine Coast.
He said Member for Maroochydore and Queensland Speaker Fiona Simpson had phoned him to congratulate him.
The former National Party MP had hosted a breakfast featuring Mr Palmer before he quit the LNP.
Mr Palmer pledged to lobby Palmer United Party Senator Glenn Lazarus for support for an international airport on the Sunshine Coast.
PUP will hold the balance of power in the Senate, though Mr Palmer said he was only 'one lonely MP' in the House of Representatives.
He made it clear he would not be spending all of his time in Canberra, saying that would not do the Sunshine Coast or Australia any good.
Mr Palmer responded to questions about conflicts of interest by pointing out that Tony Abbott had two daughters who could get pregnant - therefore he had a 'conflict' in pushing his paid parental leave scheme.
He said such thinking was silly, saying government was about allowing people from all walks of life to represent the people.
Mr Palmer smiled for the media and even invited them all to dinner at his place.
No doubt, they will be feasting on Mr Palmer for some time to come.
CLIVE Palmer has vowed to table explosive claims against the Campbell Newman-led Queensland government after being elected to Parliament.
Mr Palmer told the ABC's 7.30 program on Thursday night that he had "a certain amount of evidence" against the Newman government.
"Goodbye, Campbell Newman - that's what I'm saying. Goodbye, Campbell Newman. Goodbye Campbell Newman,'' the headline-hunting billionaire said.
Mr Palmer has previously claimed that illegal payments were being made to corrupt Queensland Government ministers but he admits he does not have conclusive evidence.
He's made it very clear that a big part of his agenda in running for Canberra was to destroy Campbell Newman and the LNP in Queensland.
Mr Palmer was a lifetime member of the party but had a major falling out with its leadership.
He's condemned the government's decision to axe thousands of jobs as well as claiming industry lobbyists were running the LNP.
"I think Campbell Newman would only be doing the things he's doing to take distraction away from what he's really doing and that's what the people should be concerned about,'' Mr Palmer said.
"He's sacking public servants at the moment at an ever-increasing rate and he's destroying the Queensland economy and he needs to be held accountable for those things.
"He's fighting with the judiciary just to take the heat off what he's really doing, and certainly we'll have to point that out to the people of Australia when I get into Parliament."
Mr Palmer was asked about his own business interests, including his losses at the Palmer Coolum Resort on the Sunshine Coast.
"I keep people employed at a great subsidy 'cause I love the Sunshine Coast and I love spending my money to keep people employed in the greatest state in Australia,'' he said.
Staff numbers at the resort have gone from about 750 to 250 since Mr Palmer bought it, while occupancy levels have plummeted.
Asked by Leigh Sales how long he was prepared to sustain that loss, he said: "Well probably until I die."
Mr Palmer refused to go into details about his business finances, saying it was none of anyone's business.
"If you want to ask me about elected things or public things, that's fine, but why concentrate on my personal stuff? It's really none of your business,'' he told Sales.
Leigh Sales replied: "Because a publicly-elected official, unfortunately, your private affairs in part do become public affairs because they potentially pose a conflict of interest".
"Well that's just rubbish of course. As a member of Parliament, you don't have a conflict of interest, only if you're a minister. That's what the legal cases say. Members of Parliament are free to vote as they want on anything,'' Palmer replied.
The mining magnate said he did not believe any of his assets or company directorships posed a conflict of interest.
"So, you're confident that somebody with an extensive array of businesses, as you've outlined, 40 or 50 company directorships, a number of properties, that there's not a single conflict of duty with your - sorry, single conflict of interest now with your duty to act in the public interest, not in your private interest?,'' Sales asked.
"As I explained to you before, conflict of interest only comes in if you're a minister of the Crown. Now if Tony Abbott wants to appoint me a minister of something, if something comes up, I'll declare it. For 40 years, I've been a director of a company,'' Mr Palmer replied.
The billionaire said he didn't care what he was personally worth.
"It really doesn't matter. What really matters is our ideas. Governments may come and go, but ideas go on forever.


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In a remarkable finding towards the study of depression, a scan of human DNA has revealed more than a dozen genes that are linked to the disorder.
Experts are saying that the results of this study illustrate that the study's approach may actually aid in revealing clues to the biology of depression.
The study was conducted by pharmaceutical giant Pfizer and genetics testing company 23andMe, Inc. and published by the journal Nature Genetics.
Historically, depression was fairly resistant to the approach of using DNA scans for finding genes that could impact this disease.
What is remarkable is that researchers were able to find two points within human DNA that apparently harboured genes affecting the risks of depression in a Han Chinese population.
That being said, there was no evidence of this connection within native European populations.
The work of Ashley Winslow, an author of a paper on the work, as well as other experts, have identified 15 areas of the human DNA referred to as the "genome" that revealed signs of genes increasing risks of depression with human beings.
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