OCA – Asian Pacific American Advocates has continued to work closely with our fellow AAPI partners on mobilizing to urge Congress to pass a clean DREAM Act with the Continuing Resolution. On January 10th and 16th , we collectively organized a National AAPI Call-in Day to Members Of Congress, demanding that they support the DREAM Act by taking a stand in voting NO for the January 19th deadline, if it wasn't included in the spending bill. However, members still could not negotiate by then, which resulted in a government shutdown on January 20th . It only lasted a few days, and was re-opened on Monday, January 22nd , allowing the government to operate under a short-term Continuing Resolution until February 8th, 2018. In the mean time, OCA will continue to advocate on prioritizing immigration reform and stand firm on its support of a clean DREAM Act.
In addition, we have met with immigration staffers of Members of Congress to discuss the Reuniting Families Act, which will be reintroduced by Congresswomen Judy Chu's office in the coming months. We have expressed our concerns about the threat the current administration poses to family immigration and asked that members cosponsor the bill, and so far, all have agreed to do so. We will be meeting with more offices in the next month and will keep you updated. If you are affected by this or know someone who is, we encourage folks to share their stories.


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Why did I start reading it? When I hit 1000 followers on twitter I put out offering to read and review a book from my followers and here it is! What is it? Catherine is a baker with some bad relationships in the past, living in a town famous for its werewolf legends. Hollywood is making a movie out of it and when the lead actress disappears, Catherine throws her hat in the ring but all won't be glamour and glitz when her past catches up, fur, claws and all. What are the cha
Shorter reads: Strayed
Strayed Author: Kristalyn A. Vetovich Pages: 66 Average reading time: 2.2hrs (Average reading time is calculated at 2 mins per page) Short Summary: Anaya had done it. She'd finaly lived through enough lives on earth to be able to stay dead and start doing her job in the great plan for all souls. She starts by going to earth and collecting freshly dead souls and is partnered with the lively and powerful soul Jordin but Jordin has some doubts in the great plan and there are ba
The Archdemon's dilemma: How to love your elf bride
Why did I start reading it? Despite its weird title, a review I read a while ago said this was a silly romance and I wanted some silly romance in my life What is it? Zagan is a sorcerer who cares for nothing but his research. That is until his friend drags him to an auction where they are selling all sorts, including slaves, and he falls head over heels for a beautiful elf for sale called Nephy. Zagan buys her without a second thought(using all of his savings no less...) bu
Shorter Reads: The Magical Girl is a Boy!
The Magical Girl is a Boy! Author: Pedoro Pedoro Pages: 89 Average reading time: 2.9hrs (Average reading time is calculated at 2 mins per page) Short Summary: Ken has been in a coma for a year and when he wakes up there's been a lot of changes. Including his best friends and crush becoming a magical girl even though he is a boy! The Good: Man, this made my inner fourteen-year-old squeal. It's really, really cheesy and I love it! Ken is an absolute idoit, Ren(the crush and
New Era (Perfect World 2)
Why did I start reading it? I enjoyed the first book. You can find my review here. I didn't enjoy the cliffhanger is left me on so I had to pick up the second book. That being said it will be hard to talk about this one without talking about the cliffhanger of the first book so potential spoilers for the first book, read at your own discretion. What is it? In a future world ravaged by global warming cities survive in shielded pockets, building technology and surviving. London
I've been killing slimes for 300 years and maxed out my level
Why did I start reading it? Learning that the cute girl on the cover is actually the protagonist of the story and this review from Sean Gaffney sealed the deal for me. What is it? A light-hearted fantasy; our main character Azusa was a Japanese wage slave who literally worked herself to death. An angel took pity on her and allowed her one wish for her next life. She chose to be immortal so she could take all the time in the world to relax in her next life. After 300 years of
Finally, answers. Magical Girl Raising Project Vol 3
Why did I start reading it? Finally, I can get answers!! (Missed my review of the first two volumes? You can have them here: Volume 1, Volume 2) What is it? Magical Girl Raising Project is a series based on the idea of magical girl battle royals. This particular volume is the second half of a two-part death game. It's going to be very hard to avoid spoilers, read at your own discretion! What are the characters like? Same interesting group from last time minus a few due to
Walking my second path in life Vol.2
Why did I start reading it? I enjoyed the first and looked forward to the continued adventures of this cunning princess. What is it? Poor Princess Fie. Sold off as a dowery gift to her sister's new husband she was banished to a small pavilion in the garden and forgotten about. After finding her new hope in an advertising leaflet for squire recruitment Fie snuck out, disguised herself as a boy from nowhere called Heath, and started her second path in life as a squire in the
Akaoni: Contract with a Vampire
I was supplied this ebook by Cross Infinite World in exchange for an honest review. Why did I start reading it? Akaoni was the first of cross infinite titles I was interested in and you can mainly account that the Cho's review on her English Light Novel blog. I ended up putting it off after entering a review relationship with Cross Infinite as was excited to try their other books. Lately, I got to the end of my book queue and finally had time for it. What is it? A shoujo
Light Novels to Read: Rokka
We've all heard the story. The demon king or dark lord rises and a group of warriors are chosen to gather and defeat them. In Rokka that's where we start, 6 brave warriors are chosen to stop the rise of the demon god. They set off on their journey, gather together and find there is one problem. There's 7 of them. One of them is a fake. If that doesn't make you at least a bit interested I don't know what will. Rokka had a 12 episode anime that aired in summer 2015 and it
I Became the Secretary of a Hero!
I just finished reading the Japanese light novel 'I Became the Secretary of a Hero!' Why did I start reading it? The last month or so had been a been a bit stressful, so I wanted to read something light-hearted. Usually, this isn't the kind of book I reach for but for once I let my girly side pick and I ended up with this fluffy fantasy. What is it? Aki, an office worker from Japan, comes home after a long day to find her younger sister with a strange man who calls himself
Light Novels to Read: Far Away Paladin
Lately, more and more Japanese light novels have been translated into English and it's great! For those who don't know a Light Novel is, it is a kind of Japanese young adult fiction with full paged art dotted throughout the book. I've been a fan of many anime that have come from these novels and am ecstatic that many original source material books are being translated into English. My to-read list is filling up with them lately, so I thought it would be fun to tell you about
I hate to say the anime was better
I just finished getting through the first volume of Magical Girl Raising Project. A Japanese light novel I just had to get my hands on as soon as it was released in English. Why did I start reading it? I think I landed in Magical Girl Raising Project the same way most people did. Through Madoka Magica. After being thoroughly traumatized by that I heard this was of a similar vein and watched the anime. I'll probably go into reasons why I liked that through the review but afte
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Weathering With You (Tenki No Ko) is the latest of Makoto Shinkai's impressive anime films and many fans consider it as good, or even better than, Your Name. If you are a Shinkai fan looking to watch his latest film, there are a variety of online platforms where you can stream the film straight to your computer or mobile devices. This article will introduce some of best places to watch Weathering With You online, as well as where you can buy the dvd or blu-ray.
Please note: This is NOT an article about where you can watch Weathering With You for free. All the viewing options below are paid options.
Since most people are familiar with the video streaming giant YouTube, this is one of the most convenient sites for you to watch Tenki No Ko online.
Everyone knows that YouTube is a free video streaming platform. However, some are not aware that you can also buy or rent full-length digital films on the platform. You can watch Weathering With You directly on YouTube but availability will depend on where you are located. In Japan, the film is available on YouTube, but currently only in Japanese.
Price: 500 yen ($5 USD) to rent, 2500 yen ($25 USD) to buy
Language options: Japanese (audio)
Amazon Prime is one of the most convenient places to watch Weathering With You online. If you don't have a theater nearby when the film releases in English (or you are stuck inside due to quarantine), you can simply buy the film digitally on Amazon after August 4th.
Prices may vary per country, as will the availability of the film. Once the film is released, there will likely be options available to rent the film as well.
Price: $19.99 USD to buy
Language options: English (audio)
Just like Shinkai's last worldwide hit, Your Name, his newest film can also be viewed on the PlayStation store. The film is currently available on the platform for pre-order and availability will depend on your country.
After purchasing the film, you may view it on your PlayStation 4 and hopefully, on PlayStation 5 when the console is finally released. Furthermore, if you have the PlayStation app, you can download the film to your Android or iOS devices. Both the original Japanese version and English versions are available on the PlayStation store.
Pricing for renting the film has not been released, but the US site shows a price of $19.99 for pre-order.
Language options: English (audio), Japanese (audio)
Those who like watching anime on their Android devices will rejoice to know that you can watch Tenki No Ko directly from the Google Play Store. In Japan, the film has cheap rental options and an affordable purchase option if you want to own the film digitally.
The English version of Weathering With You will be available on Google Play eventually, but no dates have been posted.
Price: 400 yen (approx. $4 USD) to rent, 2000 yen (approx. $20 USD) to buy
For those who are on team iPhone, you can rent or buy the film on iTunes. Again, availability and language options will depend on your region. Once purchased, you should be able to watch it on any of your iOS devices.
Price:$19.99 USD to buy
Buy Weathering With You on DVD or Blu-ray
For those who prefer physical DVDs or blu-ray discs, there are many online stores where you can purchase a physical copy of Weathering With You. Wile Amazon may be the most convenient store, the full English version of the film hasn't been released in most countries yet.
However, on CD Japan you can buy the Japanese version of the film which includes both English and Chinese subtitles.
These were just five of the best places to watch Weathering With You online. With the film set to release in English on August 4th, 2020, more options may open up after that date. Please be sure to follow Japan Bound for future updates.
Be sure to check out our other article for links to the best places to watch Kimi No Na Wa online.
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Very friendly staff, very clean rooms. I would highly recommend this hotel. It is easy to get to, in a nice quiet area, and there are restaurants, etc nearby. They were one of very few hotels that ... More Very friendly staff, very clean rooms. I would highly recommend this hotel. It is easy to get to, in a nice quiet area, and there are restaurants, etc nearby. They were one of very few hotels that allowed pets as well as having places to walk pets. They placed us in an area of the hotel so that we would not disturb other people staying there, so it is a great hotel whether you have pets or not.
Very impressed with this motel. It looks to be recently remodeled. Staff was awesome and the price was good. If we're in the area again would be happy to stay here!
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The Canton of Preuilly-sur-Claise is a former canton situated in the Indre-et-Loire département and in the Centre region of France. It was disbanded following the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015. It consisted of 8 communes, which joined the canton of Descartes in 2015. It had 5,077 inhabitants (2012).

The canton comprised the following communes:

Bossay-sur-Claise
Boussay
Chambon
Charnizay
Chaumussay
Preuilly-sur-Claise
Tournon-Saint-Pierre
Yzeures-sur-Creuse

Population

See also
 Arrondissements of the Indre-et-Loire department
 Cantons of the Indre-et-Loire department
 Communes of the Indre-et-Loire department

Notes

Preuilly-sur-Claise
2015 disestablishments in France
States and territories disestablished in 2015

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Dash Point began its gradual growth as a community not long after the turn of the century. Over the first couple of decades, land was purchased from the natives by settlers who then developed their respective areas of land into a small community that grew over the century. Some of these people were Churchill, Arthur, Menzies and Wallace/Roots.
Most of the activity of the first decade on Dash Point involved the amusement and sports of picnickers from Tacoma. It was a simple matter to rent row boats from the Foss Launch Company or to catch one of the small launches owned by McDowell to make an afternoon visit or even an overnight or weekend visit.
In 1907, James Churchill, one of the Dash Point View Addition owners, became the first resident of the point. He and his wife, Linna, came from Minnesota. He was the local real estate agent, apparently for all four of the land developments on Dash Point. He was also a justice of the peace and often called mayor of Dash Point. He built a grocery store and a dance hall on the point.
In 1912 a U.S. Post Office was added to Churchill's store. Although his wife Linna was the postmistress, it was usually James who sorted the mail and distributed it when the "Foss Lillian #9" brought it to Dash Point.
Richard P. Milne, superintendent of the composing room of the Tacoma Ledger, was the first to build a house on Dash Point in 1907. Another early resident was Louis Eberhardt who was quite a young man with a young family. He had retired at an early age, having been successful in several real estate ventures. The Eberhardts moved to Tacoma from California and began coming to Dash Point in 1909. They built their home next to the Milne home around 1915. In 1909 J.W. Hillis and his wife Lydia came to Dash Point. John had varied careers and ended up as a real estate entrepeneaur in Tacoma.
The Dash Point Social and Improvement Club was organized and registered on Sept. 4. 1907. The first officers and trustees were Roy Thompson, H.R. Cox, Richard P. Milne, J. W. Wood, E.J. Pannell and F.U. Main. The first meeting was held in Churchill's store. Dues the first years were $5 per year. In 1912 a new clubhouse, which included a dance hall, was built on property that was originally deeded to the Improvement Club for the purpose of a park. This provided Dash Point residents a place to gather and organize, relax, celebrate, and complain. It was the center of important meetings not only for the club itself, but for the county meetings pertaining to the destiny of the area as well.
There were no roads to Dash Point unless one traveled across country on foot or by horse to the dirt roads that went through Julia's Gulch to the top of Dash Point hill. This is most likely the road now known as Browns Point Boulevard. It was, however, a dirt road and dirt roads in the Pacific Northwest at that time were usually impassable especially in the fall and winter months.
The water supply for Dash Point came from two wells located near the beach where today's park and parking lot are located. One well, which had a board fence around it, was for domestic purposes and served six to eight families. The other was a horse well which was in a swampy area that had murky, brackish water in it and was infested with mosquitoes.
By 1912 a grocery boat and a meat boat came to Dash Point once a week. Mr. La Vanway owned the grocery boat. He sold staples, canned goods and fresh produce. Another essential retail boat, the "Dispatch #5" owned by Standard Oil, delivered keronsene for lamps. All of these boats also served Browns Point residents.
The D-Line and other launches, for some reason, seemed inadequate to the Dash Pointers. The Dash Point Transportation Company was organized and purchased the "Chickawana," a 65-foot launch which carried 75 people. It had a 90-horsepower Wisconsin 6 - cylinder engine and traveled 10.5 miles per hour. Louis Eberhardt was the principal owner and the president of the company. It was financed by $100 shares plus $10 and $15 donations per year. During the summer it ran 11 trips per day. The company hired Art Nelson to pilot the boat. Its only destination was Tacoma. During this time stern wheelers and side paddlers were used for long distance trips. The Sound was a panorama of boats. The "Indianapolis" and the "Tacoma" were steamers which ran hourly between Seattle's Colman Dock and Tacoma's Municipal Dock under the 11th Street Bridge. They ran from 7:00 a.m. until 9:00 p.m. daily. The "Flyer" was a relief boat for the "Indianapolis" and the "Tacoma." Clocks and households were timed by these three boats as their swells hit the beaches.
Dash Point School became a reality in 1914 when a house directly south of the present dock was rented from T.H. Smith for $15.00 per month. The first teacher was Katherine B. LaFabre. Harry Kline strung the first and only telephone line on Dash Point. It was located on the exterior wall of a log cabin next to the school. Both the school and the original log cabin are now parts of private residences.
After many years of rowing boats to catch launches going in and out of Dash Point, the Community Club contracted Pete Manson, who owned the best pile driving company in the area, to build a new dock for $7,777. The community furnished the labor. On a cold and very rainy December night in 1917, the lowest tide of the year, the community poured the concrete pilings. The dock had a house on the end for passengers and freight, and a sloping slip for loading and unloading. In the 1920's a 40 ft. high dive and springboard were donated by Roy Allen, one of the most prestigious members of the community. He was president of Star Iron and Steel Company in Tacoma. For many years his home was one of the showplaces of Dash Point.
In about 1918 the bulk of the property, which is now the part adjoining the dock, was donated for the purpose of a park, by R.P. Milne and Louis Eberhardt. It was reported in Milne's personal memoirs that he felt coerced into donating the property. He had intended to build a bungalow hotel on it, but a petition by residents and condemnation by the Metropolitan Park Board prompted him to abandon his idea.
Also in 1918 Harry Johnston deeded to the county the property in front of the present Lobster Shop and tennis court for the park. Johnston for many years was prosecuting attorney of Pierce County. He was a member of the Scotch Society "The Caledonians" and one of the area's staunchest supporters. Apparently many Dash Point residents considered him arrogant and quite outspoken, yet he had a very sensitive and creative side to his nature which was concealed from most of his neighbors. In 1913 a book of his poetry, entitled "The Scots Abroad the Nicht and Other Banquet Poems," was published. Some of the poems included "Our Own United States," "The State of Washington," and "Watch Tacoma Grow."
Also during this period, the community formed its own volunteer fire department which eventually acquired what was then considered to be good fire fighting equipment.
Due to the generosity of Milne, Eberhardt and Johnston, Dash Point had property for a park. On April 10, 1923 residents voted to put the property under the juridiction of the Metropolitan Park District. Soon after, the swamp was filled in and a fountain and parking lot were built. The dock was not deeded to the Park District until 1949.


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Governor Hogan Joins L'ATTITUDE Conference To Spotlight Contributions of US Latinos
Governor Hogan recently joined L'ATTITUDE, a national conference of business, media, and political leaders to spotlight the contributions of U.S. Latinos in Maryland and across our society.
Watch Governor Hogan's interview at L'ATTITUDE here.
Governor Hogan On The US Latino Economy: "Latino Americans have contributed so much to the country. The prosperity of the United States and that of its hispanic population are completely linked and they're integral to our national fabric…The US Latino GDP is one of the three fastest growing economies in the world. In the past two years, the US Latino GDP growth has been double the US economy as a whole. And, while Latinos make up only 20% of the population, they are generating over 30% of the growth of our overall GDP over the past two years. It's absolutely critical to the country that we continue to see these kinds of successes."
Governor Hogan On Latino Voters: "I believe that common sense conservative principles can appeal to many, if not most, Latino voters. And more Latino Americans identify as conservative than identify as liberal. I'm a lifelong Republican, I'm just not a Donald Trump Republican. George Bush won 44% of the Latino vote in 2004, and President Reagan won 37% of the Latino vote in 1980, and I won the Latino vote in 2018. What I tell members of my party is that no one will listen to our message unless they believe that we are listening to them, and we are never going to grow a big tent for the GOP nationally unless we do a lot more listening. And, quite frankly, successful politics is about addition and multiplication, and it's not about subtraction and division. We've been doing a lot more subtracting and dividing lately, and unnecessarily turning off a wide swath of voters."
Governor Hogan On Immigration: "We have to remember what makes this nation great. We're a nation of immigrants. My great-grandparents left Ireland with nothing but their clothes on their back. My wife is a first generation immigrant from South Korea. Everybody is coming to this country for the same reason, looking for dreams of a better future in America…To them, America is that shining city on a hill that Ronald Reagan talked about. That's the America that we need to preserve for the next generation."
Governor Hogan On Washington's Immigration Policy Failures: "Look, the border is a problem. We do need a secure border, but we also have to have a real immigration policy that makes sense and quite frankly it's not just the Republicans that have failed. It's been the Democrats that have failed as well. We've been talking about trying to fix this for decades and it seems that all they do in Washington is argue back and forth, and fight, and never get anything done."


TROLLY DOLLY: Actors Laura Hooper and James Lavender in Sainsbury's.
A SUPERMARKET was the setting for a Shakespeare performance.
Theatre company Teatro Vivo performed one of Shakespeare's sonnets in Supermarket Shakespeare, in the Sainsbury's, Lee Green, this week.
Shoppers experienced drama for free whilst trawling through the aisles, as six members of the company, some dressed as shop staff, performed the 18-minute play.
See our review of the show in Times Out.


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Professional opera in Japan is roughly a century old. When the Italian director and choreographer Giovanni Vittorio Rosi (1867-1940) mounted a production of Cavalleria Rusticana in Italian in Tokyo in 1917, with Japanese singers, he brought a period of timid experimentation and occasional student performances to an end.
Handel's Messiah at the Royal Albert Hall
For those of us who live in a metropolitan bubble, where performances of Handel's Messiah by small professional ensembles are common, it is easy to forget that for many people, Handel's masterpiece remains a large-scale choral work. My own experiences of Messiah include singing the work in a choir of 150 at the Royal Albert Hall, and the venue's tradition of performing the work annually dates back to the 19th century.
What to Make of Tosca at La Scala
La Scala's season opened last week with Tosca. This was perhaps the preeminent event in Italian cultural and social life: paparazzi swarmed politicians, industrialists, celebrities and personalities, while almost three million Italians watched a live broadcast on RAI 1. Milan was still buzzing nine days later, when I attended the third performance of the run.
La traviata at Covent Garden: Bassenz's triumphant Violetta in Eyre's timeless production
There is a very good reason why Covent Garden has stuck with Richard Eyre's 25-year old production of La traviata. Like Zeffirelli's Tosca, it comes across as timeless whilst being precisely of its time; a quarter of a century has hardly faded its allure, nor dented its narrative clarity. All it really needs is a Violetta to sweep us off our feet, and that we got with Hrachuhi Bassenz.
'Aspects of Love': Jakub Józef Orliński at Wigmore Hall
Boretti, Predieri, Conti, Matteis, Orlandini, Mattheson: masters of the Baroque? Yes, if this recital by Polish countertenor Jakub Józef Orliński is anything by which to judge.
Otello at Covent Garden: superb singing defies Warner's uneven production
I have seen productions of Verdi's Otello which have been revolutionary, even subversive. I have now seen one which is the complete antithesis of that.
Solomon's Knot: Charpentier - A Christmas Oratorio
When Marc-Antoine Charpentier returned from Rome to Paris in 1669 or 1670, he found a musical culture in his native city that was beginning to reject the Italian style, which he had spent several years studying with the Jesuit composer Giacomo Carissimi, in favour of a new national style of music.
A Baroque Odyssey: 40 Years of Les Arts Florissants
In 1979, the Franco-American harpsichordist and conductor, William Christie, founded an early music ensemble, naming it Les Arts Florissants, after a short opera by Marc-Antoine Charpentier.
Miracle on Ninth Avenue
Gian Carlo Menotti's holiday classic, Amahl and the Night Visitors, was the first recorded opera I ever heard. Each Christmas Eve, while decorating the tree, our family sang along with the (still unmatched) original cast version. We knew the recording by heart, right down to the nicks in the LP. Ever since, no matter what the setting or the quality of a performance, I cannot get through it without tearing up.
Detlev Glanert: Requiem for Hieronymus Bosch (UK premiere)
It is perhaps not surprising that the Hamburg-born composer Detlev Glanert should count Hans Werner Henze as one of the formative influences on his work - he did, after all, study with him between 1984 to 1988.
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Verdi's lament and plea for deliverance
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I would like to bring to your attention the matter of the Digital Economy Bill, and how it is a serious threat to my rights: both on the Internet, and in any citizen's daily life.
Do you believe in a fair and democratic judicial system? Do you believe in the basic right to free speech? I certainly do, and many citizens of this country do as well. The Digital Economy Bill, however, threatens these basic rights that our country thrives upon: the proposal in the bill is that the punishments will be carried out automatically, without any judicial system to decide on the severity or even on the guiltiness of the accused. Secondly, responsibility of traffic is measured through the IP address of the Internet connection, which would threaten an entire industry (the public wifi industry that are in charge of wifi access in restaurants, hotels, etc), as well as people who have had their Internet connection, network or computer hacked into.
I for example, am an Internet professional, and rely on the Internet for income. A confiscation of my connection would render me out of work and with no court to appeal to. This kind of confiscation of my tools of trader is actually outlawed by the Magna Carta.
I hope you will be able to take these views into consideration, and act on them or enable your peers to do so.
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It is undeniable that we are living in uncertain times. For those of us failing to fit the patriarchal neoliberalist mould, we have lost hope in the future. We can see capitalism is not working but we cannot yet envisage an alternative. In a world where security is no longer feasible, the only constant we can rely on is change. Regardless of one's point of reference, we can understand that every aspect of life, physical and mental is in flux and perhaps this transience is the only thing we can depend on.
This month we have invited Adhémar to ruminate on these ideas and create an hour of relief from these anxieties. A temporary suspension of reality, where the listener can speculate on alternate modes of existence that reject hetero-patriarchal systems of oppression.


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Michael Schütz (left) and Gerald Ferner (right) have been delivering exceptional performances since their Bachelor's degrees.
Gerald Ferner and Michael Schütz are studying Electronics and Computer Engineering. Although they are already working towards their Master's degrees, they continue to focus on the topic of their exceptional Bachelor's theses. At the end of May 2018, they will be presenting their results at the NIWeek in Austin, Texas (USA).
National Instruments is a company which leads the world in the field of testing, measuring and control technology. In their Bachelor's theses, Gerald Ferner and Michael Schütz addressed abstraction concepts in the field of semiconductor validation using the LabVIEW system development software from National Instruments. In May, they will be presenting their research in Austin, following on from Fürstenfeldbruck (Germany) and Vienna. They told us about their route to FH JOANNEUM, their exceptional Bachelor's theses and their reasons for completing a Master's degree.
Gerald Ferner and Michael Schütz completed their Bachelor's course in Electronics and Computer Engineering together, they were both awarded the first AT&S scholarship 2015 and joined forces for their final theses too.
However they both took very different routes to FH JOANNEUM: while Gerald Ferner started out on the Electronics course straight after completing his secondary education, with a short detour to the army and Graz University of Technology, Michael Schütz worked prior to his studies. After working for a big company for three years, he decided to begin studying in Graz.
"We gained a grounding in electronics during the Bachelor's course. Some of the highlights included learning about LabVIEW and developing an automated coffee machine, circuit board design and designing various switches, for example, an amplifier switch for an ECG. The personal highlight of my Bachelor's course was receiving the AT&S scholarship," Gerald Ferner explains. For his mandatory internship during the sixth semester, like Michael Schütz, he applied to micro-electronics specialist NXP. Both were taken on and completed their Bachelor's thesis there.
"The sixth semester includes an internship as well as the Bachelor's thesis and so the opportunity arose to combine the two. I wanted to tackle a topic where we could make use of the LabVIEW software from National Instruments. Our supervisor at the company, himself an extremely experienced LabVIEW user, suggested that we submit the projects to some user conferences. NIWeek in Austin is one of these and we received an invitation to attend," says Michael Schütz.
However, the two were not willing to stop at a Bachelor's, scholarship and successful presentations. And so they both decided to apply for the Master's in Electronics and Computer Engineering at FH JOANNEUM Kapfenberg.
Michael Schütz's reason for doing so: "The Bachelor's degree provides a solid basis but the Master's allows you to concentrate on a specific area of application". Gerald Ferner adds: "Developing more in-depth knowledge in the fields of circuit design, controllers, programming, FPGA and microcontrollers is definitely useful in any subsequent job. Specialisation in the third semester is coordinated directly with industry and addresses the latest topics". As part of the Master's degree in Electronics and Computer Engineering, students choose to specialise in either Automotive Engineering or Power Electronics.


Today was a great day! I started out with my devotional at 6:45 this morning. 15 minutes later then planned but I still did it. :) It was wonderful to have some quiet time and the devotional I am reading is great so far.
Work went really well. It felt good to be back. It was a long day but I enjoyed it. I really do love my job. I just don't love how tired I feel when I get home at night.
The crockpot meal was great! The crockpot liners were even better. No clean-up is the way to go. I made crockpot Balsamic Chicken, Smart Taste Rotini noodles and a salad. Very tasty and filling. Here is the recipe.
Pour the olive oil on bottom of crock pot. place in chicken breasts, salt and pepper each breast, put sliced onion on top of chickenthen put in all the dried herbs and garlic cloves. pour in vinegar and top with tomatoes,Cook on high 4 hours, serve over angel hair pasta.
Tomorrow night we are going out for dinner with friends which should save me a little time on cooking and cleaning up.
I think I did great with the amount of exercise I got in today. I forgot to upload my fitbit to the site before I came to bed and I am to lazy to go down stairs and do it now. I will have to check it out tomorrow. I did a lot of walking at work today and I also played Just Dance 2 on the Wii with the girls tonight. I love it! I get to spend time having fun with my girls and get some exercise in.
Tomorrow comes way too quickly so I am going to cut this post short. If any of you would like to use my menu plan for the month please feel free to do so. Click here and it will take you to the post with my menu. You can find all of the recipes on my site. Just use the search box at the top left of my blog to find each one.
I almost forgot to post about today's lunch. It was excellent. The chicken salad was better then I remembered and the brocco sprouts tasted so good on it. Here's a pic.
I was reading some of your earlier posts and I would love to hear more about the FitBit u got. Does it work really well, are u satisfied with it? Would u rather have had the Bodybug now that u have it? I'm considering getting one and just wanting to know what your experience is. Thanks.
I'm totally trying this next week!! I'm all about using my crock pot...nothing is better than coming home and dinner is DONE!!
I've wanted to try the crockpot liners...I even bought a box, but I keep imagining them melting into my food! Maybe I'll try some the next time I use my crockpot.
And your chicken salad looks wonderful!
Christina, I am going to try to write about the fitbit today. I do love it!
Fancy Nancy, I think you will love it! All of the recipes I did this week were in the crockpot and they all turned out great and such easy clean-up with the liners.
Anna, You will love the liners. Definitely give them a try. They don't melt onto anything and they make clean-up a breeze. So worth the money!


Much as with almost any new piece of legislation aimed at the business sector, the announcement has been met with mixed reactions. The Retail Council of Canada was quick to make the following Post, lauding the Minister's efforts. However, other major industry groups questioned the price gap legislation's efficacy and efficiency, noting that it could take significant time, materiel, expense and personnel to fully investigate the causes of price discrepancies in any given company.
The increased importance of e-commerce in the Canadian retail landscape was also cited as a reason for the legislation's ineffectiveness. Critics have noted that, as more and more shoppers turn online to compare and obtain the most favourable prices from anywhere in the world, prices will likely remain similar in Canada.
A quick comparison supports the conclusion that buying local is still a good plan for consumers when contrasted with e-commerce in the United States. The reduced prices of goods purchased online are quite regularly offset by tariffs, shipping costs and transaction fees. Local small businesses provide so many great services to their community – and offer the convenience of real-world expertise and tangible products in a way that online shopping does not.
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Dusts and Gasses in our Universe
Eta Carinae region
A jewel of the southern sky, the Great Carina Nebula, aka NGC 3372, spans over 300 light-years. Near the upper right of this expansive skyscape, it is much larger than the more northerly Orion Nebula. In fact, the Carina Nebula is one of our galaxy's largest star-forming regions and home to young, extremely massive stars, including the still enigmatic variable Eta Carinae, a star with well over 100 times the mass of the Sun. Nebulae near the center of the 12 degree wide field include NGC 3576 and NGC 3603. Near center at the top of the frame is open star cluster NGC 3532, the Firefly Pary Cluster. More compact, NGC 3766, the Pearl Cluster, can be spotted at the left. Anchoring the lower left of the cosmic canvas is another large star-forming region, IC 2948/2944 with embedded star cluster Collinder 249. That region is popularly known as the Running Chicken Nebula. (text adapted from APOD). 24 hours of total exposures went into this 4 panels mosaic covering about 140 square degrees of sky. Pentax 67 EDIF 300mm f/4 - FLI Proline 16803 - Ha (480m) OIII (480) R (160m) G (160m) B (160m) - Warrumbungle Observatory, Coonabarabran, NSW, Australia
Cometary Globules in Puppis
Pentax 67 EDIF 300mm f/4 - FLI Proline 16803 - Ha (90m) L (110m) R (40m) G (40m) B (40m) - Warrumbungle Observatory, Coonabarabran, NSW, Australia
Antares & Rho Ophiuchi
This image of the sky around bright stars Antares (Alpha Scorpii) and Rho Ophiuchi (oh'-fee-yu-kee) reveals spectacular colors in a cosmic starscape. Near the top, blue light from the star Rho Ophiuchi and nearby stars reflects more efficiently off this portion of the nebula than red light. The Earth's daytime sky appears blue for the same reason. Cool supergiant star Antares (near the center) is itself shedding the material that reflects the evolved star's yellowish hue. The red regions shine primarily because of emission from the nebula's atomic and molecular gas. Light from nearby blue stars - more energetic than the bright star Antares - knocks electrons away from the gas, which then shines when the electrons recombine with the gas. The dark regions are caused by dust grains - born in young stellar atmospheres - which effectively block light emitted behind them. About 500 light-years away, the Rho Ophiuchi star clouds, are well in front of the nearby globular star cluster M4, visible just below and right of center (text adapted from APOD). Pentax SDHF75+RC0.72x35 - SBIG STL11K - L (60m) RGB (20m each) - Meeline Station, Mt. Magnet, Western Australia


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A1200-mile car trip encircling Lake Powell, including interesting stuff. Some was even interestinger stuff than last year's stuff.
Trip roadmap, essentially around Lake Powell. Includes Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, Coral Pink Sand Dunes SP, Grand Staircase-Escalante NM, Capitol Reef NP, Natural Bridges NM, and lots of BLM land in between. Weather was good, and we saw lots of slickrock, rock art, and great fall color.
So Sunday night Jamers and I camped at Lee's Ferry on the Colorado River. When we arrived, the sun was behind the rim of the Paria Plateau and I took the photo above. Monday morning we hiked up the Paria River, noting evidence of recent flooding. Check out all the chocolatey goodness. We read in the wilderness boundary register that because of the high water, two parties of backpackers got stranded for three days in the narrows. Bummer, dude.
Fremont petroglyphs in Escalante River canyon. Fremont images always look like the Knights Who Say NEE.
. On a hike in GSENM, to Upper Calf Creek Falls. Last year when we were here we hiked to Lower Calf Creek Falls.
We did a hike in this canyon, simply called The Gulch.
Golden aspens! A stitch looking generally south over the Escalante drainage from about the 8000' level on Boulder Mountain. That haze on the left, we found out, was from forest fires in northern Arizona.
. . Next stop was at Capitol Reef National Park where we spent a full day hiking in the canyons there.
Hiking in Glen Canyon NRA.
An amazing site: Glen Canyon with the Colorado River running through it! After 6 years of drought in the west, Lake Powell is at a historically low level of 38% full, and 46 miles of upper Glen Canyon is now fully exposed. I took this sequence of photos from a cliff above the west bank of the river. At center is Hite Marina, high and dry. We were here three years ago and camped on the lake near the marina, but today there's no lake, just a river, but really fascinating to see. Since this is the upper end, where the Colorado dumped its sediment when the reservoir was filled, the river bed is more of an ugly, tamarisk-infested mudflat than a true river bed that once was. So now the Colorado flows across and cuts into a deep deposit of grey silt, causing it to run grey, shallow and flat. You can look at this stitch at either 236kb or 580kb.
At Natural Bridges NM, we did a hike that we started in May 2002. It was too hot on that previous day so we stopped at the halfway point but NBNM was worth this return trip. Recent flooding is evident here too, and this place must have been a mighty sight, since this 30' pouroff had probably ten feet of water pouring over it. We found sticks and debris at the base of those junipers above and behind me.
We stopped for a snack along the creek, and high up, above a terrace we saw this great rock art panel.
We hiked back to the road under Owachomo Bridge.
Some cool rock art in Butler Wash, near Bluff. A local woman in the cafe told us about how to find this site and it was worth the effort.
Straight across on the opposite side of Butler Wash are these ruins.


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Victorious Suzuka 8 Hours For KRT As SRC Kawasaki France Wins The Championship!
After a truly epic and finally dramatic contest the Kawasaki Racing Team Suzuka 8 Hours squad took the race victory on their Ninja ZX-10RR, securing Kawasaki's first win at this highly prestigious event since 1993. There was double joy for Kawasaki as the FIM World Endurance Championship title went to the Team SRC Kawasaki France squad, after they posted a 12th place finish in the final race of the season.
Forming a two-rider team in the race the experienced Suzuka 8 Hours duo of Jonathan Rea and Leon Haslam took turns to take on the serious competition that had been evident from the very first laps, as the first-time 8 Hours rider Toprak Razgatlioglu played his role as reserve rider.
Having made their Le Mans-style start from second place on the grid the early action in the race was incredibly tight for Jonathan and Leon, with KRT third after the first hour - at which point five different teams were covered by just 0.795 seconds.
The KRT riders led after four hours, after five, then six, and then again at the seven hour point.
With Haslam struggling with recent injuries in the final laps of his riding stints Rea, the four-time WorldSBK champion for Kawasaki, re-took the lead in the very last session and looked destined to secure the win for KRT.
In an unbelievable turn of bad luck Rea arrived on another machine's oil spill in the gloomy and damp conditions that arrived just as the daylight was exhausted. He fell, blamelessly, but was unable to restart.
At that stage the dream of a famous race victory seemed gone and the official Yamaha team were initially declared winners after a red flag was thrown because of the oil.
Despite missing out on the initial podium ceremony, and after a long period of time, the results were amended by the race organisers to put the number 10 Kawasaki back on top. In the final reckoning KRT won the race by 18.720 seconds from Yamaha, with three teams in all on the same lap total of 216.
Even before the final race classification was determined the Number 11 Team SRC Kawasaki France entry of Jeremy Guarnoni, Erwan Nigon and David Checa had already won the FIM Endurance World Championship title outright for the Team SRC Kawasaki France outfit.
Although they lost one place from their immediate Suzuka classification of 11th, to finish an official 12th in the race, their closest rivals Suzuki Endurance Racing Team suffered a technical retirement.
The next-closest team to SRC entering the final round, F.C.C TSR Honda France, could not make up enough points today to deprive the French based Ninja ZX-10RR squad of a famous World Championship success.
After leading but then finishing a disappointed seventh at the Bol d'Or championship opener, the SRC 2018/2019 championship winning season included a race win at the iconic Le Mans 24 Hours race in April.
Jonathan Rea, stated: "I cannot believe what is happening really. From being dejected and feeling that everything was out of our hands, I had already gone back to the hotel, said goodbye to all the guys, with lots of tears. I was in the restaurant already, ordering dinner, when my mechanic Uri called me and said, 'Hey, are you sitting down?' I thought he was going to ask me to go to another restaurant - but he then told me we had won the 8 Hours. I think common sense prevailed in that one. I have no words because I am really emotional and happy. The strategy was to work on fuel consumption and race consistency and make no mistakes. I feel we executed that quite well although I got quite tired and cramped at the end. But we prepared the best way possible with the limited time we had. I am so proud to be part of the project and what an effort from KRT, KHI, KMJ who prepared for this race in two tests. During the race it is like hell, the hardest race you can ever imagine, but getting a result like this almost makes me want to come back for more. The emotional roller coaster is unreal."
Leon Haslam, stated: "From everyone being in tears to getting the news sitting in a restaurant that we actually did win it, I have no words to describe how I feel. The Suzuka 8 Hours is always one of the hardest races of the year. The effort we put in to win, from us, the team and Kawasaki means it has been a big roller coaster of emotion. When the oil went down and the situation happened at the end; words cannot describe the lows we had. But when the good news came through, the highs were just as high. In the second half of each stint I really struggled physically but the bike was working well. I am so happy and I want to thank Kawasaki for this opportunity; also the whole team, Toprak and Johnny, and we pushed as hard as we could. It is a shame that we did not get to stand on the top of the podium but the result is in and we have won the Suzuka 8 Hours."
Toprak Razgatlioglu, stated; "Today I am very tired after watching the race for eight hours! But I am very happy for Johnny and Leon because that was an incredible job today. We are all happy and thank you to everyone. For me this was my first time here - and our team won."
Guim Roda, KRT Team manager, stated: "This race has been outstanding and I think for the public, the fans and everyone it has been the most incredible Suzuka 8 Hours. Yamaha, Honda and Kawasaki - the riders and the factories – have been amazing everybody and they all saw a great race. The best point is that we finally got the victory after Johnny made an incredible last riding stint. The strategy we planned was very good so at the end we got the victory."


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package main

import (
	"errors"
	"fmt"
	"os"
	"os/exec"
	"strings"
)

type CmdApply struct{}

func init() {
	_, err := parser.AddCommand("apply",
		"apply a rule",
		"The apply command configures the outputs as described in the given",
		&CmdApply{})
	if err != nil {
		panic(err)
	}
}

func (cmd CmdApply) Usage() string {
	return "RULE"
}

func ApplyRule(outputs Outputs, rule Rule) error {
	var cmds []*exec.Cmd
	var err error

	switch {
	case rule.ConfigureSingle != "" || len(rule.ConfigureRow) > 0 || len(rule.ConfigureColumn) > 0:
		cmds, err = BuildCommandOutputRow(rule, outputs)
	case rule.ConfigureCommand != "":
		cmds = []*exec.Cmd{exec.Command("sh", "-c", rule.ConfigureCommand)}
	default:
		return fmt.Errorf("no output configuration for rule %v", rule.Name)
	}

	after := append(globalOpts.cfg.ExecuteAfter, rule.ExecuteAfter...)
	if len(after) > 0 {
		for _, cmd := range after {
			cmds = append(cmds, exec.Command("sh", "-c", cmd))
		}
	}

	if err != nil {
		return err
	}
	for _, cmd := range cmds {
		err = RunCommand(cmd)
		if err != nil {
			fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "executing command for rule %v failed: %v\n", rule.Name, err)
		}
	}

	return nil
}

func (cmd CmdApply) Execute(args []string) (err error) {
	err = globalOpts.ReadConfigfile()
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}

	// install panic handler if commands are given
	defer RunCommandsOnFailure(&err, globalOpts.cfg.OnFailure)()

	if len(args) != 1 {
		return errors.New("need exactly one rule name as the parameter")
	}

	outputs, err := DetectOutputs()
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}

	ruleName := strings.ToLower(args[0])
	for _, rule := range globalOpts.cfg.Rules {
		if strings.ToLower(rule.Name) == ruleName {
			V("found matching rule (name %v)\n", rule.Name)
			return ApplyRule(outputs, rule)
		}
	}

	return fmt.Errorf("rule %q not found", ruleName)
}

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CONTI, Alfio, MARTINEZ, Gustavo. Cartographic Visualization of Morphological and Hierarchical Relations in City Networks: A Basis for Understanding the Urban Systems of the Quadrilátero Ferrífero. Revista Brasileira de Cartografia (2017), No 69/8, Edição Especial "Geovisualização, mídias sociais e participação cidadã: apoio à representação, análise e gestão da paisagem": 1503-1520.
The present work investigates the urban agglomerates that compose and structure the urban system of Quadrilátero Ferrífero region, which is part of the peri-metropolitan space of Belo Horizonte. Analysis like these are very important to understand the regional space and network from the point of view of its urban structure, fulfilling at the same time the lack of further studies on regional scale in Brazil, and mainly about the importance of Quadrilátero Ferrífero (Iron Ore Quadrangle), known for the important role in the national economy since the XVIIIth century with the discovery of gold and, nowadays, with iron mining. Particular attention is given to the study of the functional morphological aspects of the urban agglomerates, analyzing mainly the road axes that connects the cities, characterizing them as new urbanizations along the borders, as well the processes in course of urban growth. As an essential tool for understanding the characteristics and the structure of such space, cartographic visualization is used for the synthesis of the information resulted from the research. In this way, a set of diagrams is elaborated for each urban agglomerate, concerning the evolution stage of its axes. The visualization is organized in maps that depict the structure of the regional urban system, the relations among the cities, the agglomerates and there relation with the metropolis of Minas Gerais. Cartographic visualization becomes an indispensable instrument to clarify the importance that the urban agglomerates have for the urban system of the Quadrilátero Ferrífero, as well as the importance that this system has for the peri-metropolitan space of Belo Horizonte.


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ZURICH (Reuters) - Credit Suisse expects a higher tax rate for 2018 than previously forecast, it said on Wednesday, citing U.S. tax changes aimed at preventing companies from shifting profits abroad.
Switzerland's second biggest lender said it expects an effective tax rate of roughly 40 percent on 2018 results, up from the 36.8 percent rate for the first nine months and higher than its previous full-year guidance of 37 percent.
The bank said the estimate included an "adverse impact" of about 2 percent, based on its assessment of new U.S. regulations.
The Base Erosion Anti-Abuse Tax (BEAT), introduced by the U.S. Treasury Department in December, aims to prevent companies from reducing earnings of their U.S. operations by loading their businesses with costs and deductions, and then using intercompany transfers to shift profit to lower-tax locations abroad.
The rule applies to corporate taxpayers with gross receipts of more than $500 million (386 million pounds) that make deductible payments to foreign entities. While the BEAT rules are still subject to final clarification, Credit Suisse said "it is more likely than not that the group will be subject to this tax for 2018".
The bank estimates the BEAT regulations would raise its tax burden by about 2 percent next year, to an estimated 30 percent.
Andreas Venditti, an analyst at Bank Vontobel in Zurich, reduced his earnings per share and net profit forecasts as a result.
He cut his 2018 net profit forecast to 1.9 billion francs from 2 billion francs, and his 2019 forecast to 3.3 billion francs from 3.4 billion francs.
"The volatility in tax rate guide is surprising, however it is clear that taxes are a highly complex topic, probably one of the most complex for any company's finance department," he said.
Credit Suisse shares were down 0.6 percent in early trading in Zurich.
The bank, due to report full-year results on Feb. 14, said it awaited final publication of the rules before it could say for certain if it was liable for the tax in 2018 and 2019, as well as the size of the liability.


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Danielle Cole is a Toronto based artist who creates playful collages through an assembly of original vintage graphics. Her work often explores the absurdity of domestic roles and the need for material goods. Danielle Cole's art was selected from 2000 international submissions for Collective Arts Breweries series 8 beer cans and bottle labels. As she tells it, 'seeing my art on beer can had more impact on my father, then if I had won a Pulitzer.' Last year NewAd media, selected her work for their Art Here competition, which places original artworks across Canada in restaurants. In the past few years her collage work has been featured in a number of magazines and has been published as part Collage Collective Co.'s 2017 annual book. Danielle's art has found homes in New Zealand, LA, San Francisco, Halifax, Hamilton and most recently on the TTC as part of the Life on the Line project.
My work is available for show and for sale. Many pieces are available in limited edition prints. Please feel free contact me.
2018 Life on the line, twenty artists works selected for fundraiser for CMHA in partnership with the TTC, No foundation gallery, 1082 Queen St W.
2017 In the Round yearly group show Gravenfeather Gallery, 906 Queen St W.
2017 Clipped Wings, solo show select works Yorkville library, 22 Yorkville Ave.
2017 Out of the Frame(work), group show, Narwhal Gallery, 2104 Dundas St W.
2016 Clipped Wings, solo show, Gravenfeather Gallery, 906 Queen St W.
2016 Surface II, group exhibit of up and coming Toronto artists, Artscape Sandbox, 301 Adelaide St W.
2016 Pride Hashtag Gallery 830 Dundas St W.
2016 No Subject Gladstone Hotel, 1214 Queen St W.
2015-14 In the Round yearly group show Gravenfeather Gallery, 906 Queen St W.
2015 Timeraiser, group show and fundraising gala, Power Plant 231 Queens Quay W.
2015 Bees & Birds Gravenfeather Gallery, 906 Queen St W.
2015 GAL Show (Girls Art League) 1261 Dundas St. W.
2015 Hop-up Show Gallery on Wade Unit 302-87 Wade Ave.
2014 Girls and Dinosaurs solo show, Super Jet International, 346 Dupont St.
2015-18    Collage workshops 'Get School'd series,' Gladstone Hotel, 1214 Queen St W.
2014-15    Collage workshops Gravenfeather Gallery, 906 Queen St W.


The B.C. Government and Service Employees' Union is backing proposals outlined in the annual First Call - BC Campaign 2000 Child Poverty Report Card for 2010.
The report card finds the child poverty rate in B.C. remains above the national average, and that income assistance recipients in B.C. continue to receive payments that leave them well below the poverty line. It also identifies a growing inequality between the richest and poorest families in the province.
The report makes numerous recommendations. They include reducing the child poverty rate in B.C. from the current 14.5% to 7% or less by 2020, appointing a cabinet minister to oversee the development and implementation of a comprehensive poverty reduction plan, raising welfare rates, and creating a universally accessible, high quality child care system.
First Call is a child and youth advocacy organization and a coalition partner of the BCGEU on child care issues.
To see the 2010 Child Poverty Report Card in pdf.


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Mount Albion Kennels
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Congratulations to Mount Albion's Wild Royal Fern (a.k.a Regal)
on her CKC Championship!
Congratulations to Mount Albion's Wild Woodruff (a.ka. Noble) on his FD Title completed at only 17 months of age and the "Top Pointing Dog" Award at the B.S.C.O Field Tests on May 26, 2012
Congratulations to CH Mount Albion's Wild Royal Fern (a.k.a. Regal) on her FD Title completed with a high score of 96/100 at the Vizsla Canada Field Tests on June 10, 2012
We are pleased to announce Meadow's last litter has arrived on June 9, 2013!!
Huge Congratulations to Mount Albion's Wild Woodruff FD (a.k.a Noble) on his long awaited CKC Championship!!
Congratulations to Mount Albion's Dark Pyrus (a.k.a Pydie) on her NEW CKC Championship completed at the Brantford Kennel Club Dog Show on Friday, December 5, 2014
Jewel (Mount Albion's Royal Jewel) was awarded Best Puppy in Group at the
Forest City Kennel Club in Bellmont on Friday, May 8, 2015
We have another NEW CKC Champion - Mount Albion's Royal Onyx (a.k.a Murdoch) finished his Championship title at the Erie Shores Kennel Club Show on June 7, 2015
Pydie (CH Mount Albion's Dark Pyrus) can add another designation to her name too ! Pydie passed three straight tests to complete her Field Dog Tite on June 13, 2015 at the
Vizsla Club of Canada test in Amaranth, ON
We have another NEW CKC Champion - Mount Albion's Royal Jewel (a.k.a Jewel) finished her Championship title at the Hamilton Kennel Club Show on June 26, 2015
We are delighted to announce that CH Mount Albion's Royal Onyx (Murdoch) finished his Canadian Grand Championship on March 11, 2016 at the Scarborough Kennel Club Show at under two years of age!!
We have a NEW Field Dog ~ Ch. Mount Albion's Royal Jewel finished her Field Dog title in great style winning three Top Scores over two weekends!
GCh. Mount Albion's Royal Onyx placed first in the Sporting Group at the Hamilton Kennel Club on June 23, 2017!


Second Sacred Ruler suddenly nothing to say in reply. Even Ten Dominant Sacred Lands doesn't have to pay attention to, and there is really no need to consider the feeling of a Sacred Ruler in his area.
Second Sacred Ruler cold sweat DC, he knows that Jiang Chen is powerful, but did not expect that even Old Ancestor's attitude towards Jiang Chen is so indulgent.
This kind of connivance is obviously beyond the scope of love and weight, and it has deep dreading and even fear.
Ten Dominant Sacred Lands has always been high. Like the high level of Second Sacred Ruler, he has lived in superior superiority feeling for the rest of his life. Even though Jiang Chen played the huge role in the process of counterinsurgency, he also had a hard time accepting Jiang Chen. Can override the reality above him.
From the moment when Jiang Chen was introduced to Sacred Lands by Ziche Min, Second Sacred Ruler had little obstruction for Jiang Chen, and Jiang Chen was always taken away from the limelight of Eternal Sacred Lands genius.
In particular, Young Master Sui Chen, the leader of his Second Sacred Ruler, was completely suppressed by Jiang Chen. This is why Second Sacred Ruler has a heart and can't eliminate it.
Something is fine, always like to compete with Jiang Chen.
It is now awakened by Eternal Sacred Ancestor, the Second Sacred Ruler, to know how naive and ridiculous it is to be with Jiang Chen.
If Jiang Chen and he lowers oneself to the same level, and he may have already stepped down, the position of the Second Sacred Ruler may also be overwhelming.
This is not a key point yet. The key point is that Eternal Sacred Lands can become the Alliance Leader of Ten Dominant Sacred Lands, and can have the status of today and today, thanks to Jiang Chen.
If you turn your face with Jiang Chen, their Eternal Sacred Lands will instantly return to the primary form. There is no difference between other Sacred Lands.
Jiang Chen, now on strategic strategic position, has far surpassed Eternal Sacred Ancestor.
Originally they introduced Jiang Chen as a future investment. However, Jiang Chen's growth rate obviously exceeds everyone's estimate.
"You think about yourself three." Eternal Sacred Ancestor dropped a sentence. He has no interest in telling me. If this guy is really obsessed, Eternal Sacred Lands can have no Second Sacred Ruler, but definitely no Jiang Chen. This choice is not difficult.
Jiang Chen did not take the attitude of Second Sacred Ruler seriously, he also guessed that the Second Sacred Ruler would be behind. But now Jiang Chen, no need to look at the anybody complexion.
Everything he has done, innocent in the heart.
It was Eternal Sacred Ancestor, who soon found Jiang Chen. He was very clever, didn't mention the half-distribution of Divine Spark, and didn't mention Second Sacred Ruler.
Instead, ask for advice from Jiang Chen.
Ziche Min is a link between Eternal Sacred Lands and Jiang Chen. This point, Eternal Sacred Ancestor is also well known. To have a good relationship with Jiang Chen, this Ziche Min must be drawn.
Jiang Chen is not very keen, because Ziche Min has made it clear that will move closer to Jiang Chen. Also in other words, regardless of Ziche Min's status in Eternal Sacred Lands, Ziche Min will be his trust friend of Jiang Chen. Besides, after Ziche Min received the Divine Spark award, one day, must break through Divine Dao.
"Elder Ziche is indifferent to fame and fortune, he has never been too aggressive, this thing, old man wants to be the master." Eternal Sacred Ancestor actually wants to use Ziche Min to show good Jiang Chen.
"Well, old man goes back and asks him." They are all smart people. Eternal Sacred Ancestor sees Jiang Chen several times and mentions Ziche Min's attitude and opinions. doesn't dare to ignore it.
There is a Demon Race inside, and there is a powerful enemy outside the domain.
However, Jiang Chen thinks that it is better to put the demo solution of Demon Race first. At the very least, you can let Human Territory avoid falling into the vortex of Demon Race.
This Matter Jiang Chen has been doing it, and Eternal Sacred Ancestor knows it.
Although he also hopes that Jiang Chen will invest in Foreign Battlefield as soon as possible, he will not dare to use it.
Except for Eternal Sacred Ancestor's surprise, Ziche Min was not particularly interested in the fourth Sacred Ruler proposal, and even rejected Eternal Sacred Ancestor's goodwill.
"Yes, he gave me a Divine Spark, me recently in the refining, has a slight income. Old Ancestor, this matter is also confidential." Ziche Min is sincere.
The news is thrilling, let Eternal Sacred Ancestor come to get a one's composure. Obviously, this news is also very unexpected for him.