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from google.cloud import language_v1

def sample_analyze_entities(gcs_content_uri):
    """
    Analyzing Entities in text file stored in Cloud Storage

    Args:
      gcs_content_uri Google Cloud Storage URI where the file content is located.
      e.g. gs://[Your Bucket]/[Path to File]
    """

    client = language_v1.LanguageServiceClient()

    # gcs_content_uri = 'gs://cloud-samples-data/language/entity.txt'

    # Available types: PLAIN_TEXT, HTML
    type_ = language_v1.Document.Type.PLAIN_TEXT

    # Optional. If not specified, the language is automatically detected.
    # For list of supported languages:
    # https://cloud.google.com/natural-language/docs/languages
    language = "en"
    document = {"gcs_content_uri": gcs_content_uri, "type_": type_, "language": language}

    # Available values: NONE, UTF8, UTF16, UTF32
    encoding_type = language_v1.EncodingType.UTF8

    response = client.analyze_entities(request = {'document': document, 'encoding_type': encoding_type})
    # Loop through entitites returned from the API
    for entity in response.entities:
        print(u"Representative name for the entity: {}".format(entity.name))
        # Get entity type, e.g. PERSON, LOCATION, ADDRESS, NUMBER, et al
        print(u"Entity type: {}".format(language_v1.Entity.Type(entity.type_).name))
        # Get the salience score associated with the entity in the [0, 1.0] range
        print(u"Salience score: {}".format(entity.salience))
        # Loop over the metadata associated with entity. For many known entities,
        # the metadata is a Wikipedia URL (wikipedia_url) and Knowledge Graph MID (mid).
        # Some entity types may have additional metadata, e.g. ADDRESS entities
        # may have metadata for the address street_name, postal_code, et al.
        for metadata_name, metadata_value in entity.metadata.items():
            print(u"{}: {}".format(metadata_name, metadata_value))

        # Loop over the mentions of this entity in the input document.
        # The API currently supports proper noun mentions.
        for mention in entity.mentions:
            print(u"Mention text: {}".format(mention.text.content))
            # Get the mention type, e.g. PROPER for proper noun
            print(
                u"Mention type: {}".format(language_v1.EntityMention.Type(mention.type_).name)
            )

    # Get the language of the text, which will be the same as
    # the language specified in the request or, if not specified,
    # the automatically-detected language.
    print(u"Language of the text: {}".format(response.language))

# [END language_entities_gcs]

def main():
    import argparse

    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
    parser.add_argument(
        "--gcs_content_uri",
        type=str,
        default="gs://cloud-samples-data/language/entity.txt",
    )
    args = parser.parse_args()

    sample_analyze_entities(args.gcs_content_uri)

if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()


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Fashion|The Return of Logo Culture
https://nyti.ms/19HW7kG
The Return of Logo Culture
Emblematically Yours
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Elizabeth D. Herman for The New York Times
By Jon Caramanica
There are 17 logos on Heron Preston's signature long-sleeve T-shirt: M&Ms and Trix; Google and Remington; Home Depot, huge, on the back; Nascar, upside down, on the front.
Looked at one way, these are 17 advertisements, 17 declarations of loyalty. The function of a logo is to advertise, and these are established images, familiar and eye-catching and effective.
And yet Mr. Preston's shirt has the air of anti-promotion to it. The logos compete with one another for attention, ultimately privileging none. They become denatured.
But can a logo ever truly be subverted? In fashion, logos are the simplest way to turn a consumer into a billboard, and we are all inexorably branded now. With each passing year, it becomes more difficult to live out of the reach of corporate influence, and each successive generation has less of an idea of what life was like back when opting out was more of a possibility.
So maybe it's not a shock that this time is also seeing the arrival of the logo as a forward-looking fashion staple, a William Gibson and Milton Glaser fantasy come to life.
This is happening in the hands of a group of young designers who accept the ubiquity of logos and who work within that framework to turn their purpose and effect on their head. The logo becomes the canvas, whether it's their placement on a garment, the juxtaposition of several of them together or a rendering with an unconventional treatment. In all cases, the logo becomes a graphic element that can be mined for its familiarity, but is at least in part stripped of its corporate purpose.
"I think about the logos, but not so much," said Mr. Preston, whose T-shirt was one of this year's signature downtown fashion items. You see a similar energy in the work of Wil Fry, who works with grayscale prints made from scanned labels from 20 or so high-end designers, or Peggy Noland, who uses puff paint to create logo mash-ups on one-of-a-kind pieces.
You see it in the T-shirts from Hood by Air, with their bold, original logo treatments. It's there on the racks at VFiles and Opening Ceremony, in the work of a second-wave gaggle of even younger designers building on what they're seeing this group do. And it's even crept onto the runway, in the hands of Alexander Wang.
The recent rise in logos is in part a response to the mass anonymity of the American Apparel-Uniqlo age, and taking a longer view, a rejection of the anti-capitalist, grunge, no-logo 1990s. But that same era also saw the rise of hip-hop and streetwear as a consumer force, and as style influences that imprinted deeply on many of these young designers.
Of these, Shayne Oliver, of Hood by Air, has stuck out by creating a line premised on his own logo, not repurposing others. "It represents power, a language, a mind-state," he said, speaking of the strong HBA box logo, one of the most definitive marks of recent years. "But it's a sense of commentary, too. An encrypted code."
Like Mr. Preston, Mr. Oliver, taking what he calls a minimalist "Helmut Lang approach to logos," also plays with unusual placement — at the top of the chest, on the lower sleeve — and sizing. (They both owe something to the Raf Simons 2003 Consumed collection as well, with its truncated logos splashed across garments.) The result is not just the refining of what are essentially streetwear ideas, but high fashion at its most legible and consumable.
Mr. Preston began making his T-shirts at the beginning of this year. Initially, in order to build mystique and deflect legal snoops, he passed off the design as a factory defect he'd stumbled upon. But eventually, you couldn't go to a certain kind of party without seeing one or two of them. They began to take on a tribal quality, which was the point. (When New York Fashion Week wanted to make an official T-shirt for the spring shows, they turned to Mr. Preston, who made a version of his T-shirt with modeling agency logos.)
"People look for communities and families to belong to," said Julie Anne Quay, the founder of VFiles. "They're saying, 'I identify with that.' It's just like wearing a football jersey." (This phenomenon has been literalized in the recent T-shirts and jerseys made by Les Plus Dores, which feature designer surnames and birth years on the backs where a player name and number would ordinarily go.)
At VFiles, which is ground zero for this movement, the racks teem with logos, from '90s rave and streetwear revival brands like X-Girl to the pieces by Mr. Preston, Mr. Oliver and Mr. Fry.
Opening Ceremony, too, has been vital to this moment. "About four or five years ago we had a conversation," said Humberto Leon, co-owner and creative director of Opening Ceremony, referring to Carol Lim, his business partner — "and we said, 'O.K., it's time to bring logos back.'" Both grew up in the California suburbs in the early 1990s, where among young people, he said, "the logo or the brand was what created these mini-communities."
That's become part of the Opening Ceremony project, Mr. Leon said, whether it's the revival of Vision Street Wear or the store's ongoing collaboration with Donna Karan on a series of reissued DKNY styles.
DKNY, which made its debut in 1989, was one of the first high-profile high-fashion diffusion lines — its block-letter logo was a quick symbol of accessible aspiration.
"This was before the deluge of mass fashion products," said Ms. Karan, emphasizing that the goal of DKNY was to demonstrate that women didn't "have to be a designer to wear designer clothes." She added, "People thought I was wacko."
But now, fashion isn't an exclusive language, it's a common tongue. Thanks to the Internet, never before has so much fashion information been so broadly available, but those objects of study and fascination still remain out of reach to many enthusiasts. In many ways these young designers serve as gateways, bringing high-fashion aesthetics into accessible and relatively affordable clothes that have at least a little kinship with the high-end streetwear that serves as bridges for those who can't yet afford designer pieces.
More than ever, these two worlds are speaking to each other, though often the conversation involves misunderstandings. See, for example, the recent dust-up over Reason Clothing's Ain't Laurent parody T-shirt, which prompted Saint Laurent to terminate its relationship with Colette in Paris, which was carrying them.
Logo mash-ups, particularly the work of Mr. Fry and Ms. Noland, feel like cousins to these sorts of logo remakes and parodies that are native to skate and streetwear brands. Where Mr. Preston's logo choices derive largely from Nascar culture, Mr. Fry and Ms. Noland tackle fashion pieties head-on — Mr. Fry by creating a pastiche of designer labels, and Ms. Noland by rendering logos in puff paint, giving them a childlike, naïve air.
"It's all a critique," Ms. Noland said. "I'm taking the idea of being marketed to and turning it on its head." The abundance of logos she uses in her work doesn't necessarily imply an abundance of acceptance. "I feel like it's the opposite," she said. Mr. Fry, too, refers to his work as "a satire." His earlier projects included a Brooklyn Nets jersey overlaid with Givenchy's Birds of Paradise print, a commentary on how ubiquitous the brand had become in hip-hop circles. His work, he said, "was always geared towards anti-fashion."
Sometimes, fashion bites back.
First, working with other peoples' logos is fraught stuff. Parody is protected speech, but the legal implications of repurposing the logos of companies with eager legal departments and no sense of creative irony are less clear. Mr. Preston says he hasn't received any cease-and-desist letters, but several of the other designers working this turf have.
Plus, the success of this younger generation has helped to institutionalize bootleg culture. Ms. Noland stumbled onto a Korean retailer that had effectively ripped off one of her custom pieces wholesale and made a cotton T-shirt from the print, selling it for less than one tenth of her price. She bought several and stocked them in her store in Kansas City, Mo. "I loved it," she said. "It was so meta."
Mr. Preston, too, loves the homage. Pulling out his phone, he rifled through his photos and showed off several he found on Instagram by young designers who took his multi-logo idea and repurposed it for themselves, a logo-laden knockoff of a logo-laden knockoff.
Second, in the way that fashion consumes all (even its detractors), logos are beginning to creep onto the runway, most notably in Mr. Wang's cheeky spring ready-to-wear collection, his name splayed across tops and belts and laser-cut into leather. It was an unanticipated turn for Mr. Wang, known best for his chic, colorless drapey basics. If it was done as a critique, or a satire, it was tough to tell.
It was a potent reminder that logo culture remains strong, even in the face of misuse and challenge.
"It still glorifies every single logo on the jacket, the fact that I took a shot at them," said Mr. Fry, who recently jokingly solicited logo ideas for himself on Twitter. "Maybe I'm the butt end of the joke at the end of the day."

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STREETS OF NEW YORK - Mexican moms of Brooklyn
Photographs by David Bacon
A friend once told me once that when she was growing up back east, if you wanted tortillas you had to buy them in a can from Old El Paso. It was a big joke since she was from Las Cruces, which is right next to El Paso. I can't imagine what they tasted like. When my family left New York City in the 1950s there were hardly any Mexicans there, at least that we knew of. Even when I went back to live for a while in the early 70s there weren't many.
That's certainly not true anymore. A few years ago I went to the Cinco de Mayo celebration in Flushing Meadows. You can still see that huge strange earth globe there, leftover from the 1964 World's Fair, with hollow spaces crisscrossed by metal struts where all the oceans should be. That year, under the globe lounged all these young cholos and cholas, styling like they were in East Oakland or East LA, their lowrider bikes with the front forks sticking out and chrome all over.
That year they said there were 750,000 people from Mexico living in New York City - enough so their nickname for it was PueblaYork, the way California's become OaxaCalifornia.
One of the big centers of Mexican life today is Sunset Park in Brooklyn. There Fourth and Fifth Avenues are lined with taquerias, although their idea of a quesadilla, with orange sauce and lettuce on it, is a little different from what I'm used to, being an Oakland boy. But the stores have as many signs in Spanish as you see in Huntington Park in southeast LA. I'm waiting to see if we'll start seeing signs in Mixteco or Nahuatl, the way you can in some places in the San Joaquin Valley. And if you walk just a block over to Sixth Avenue, the language you hear is Chinese and the restaurants sell smoked duck. And then a block or two over from that the voices speak Arabic. New York was never really a melting pot -- just a lot of people from all over, living next to each other, but most fighting to keep ahold of their culture.
So of course in Sunset Park, at around three in the afternoon, you see Mexican moms down at the schoolyard picking up their kids. Some of the moms are picking up other peoples' children too -- for the parents who work. Then in the kitchen of the daycare mom, or on a table in the taqueria/pizza joint, or in the apartments in the brownstones along the avenue, moms and kids start doing homework. It goes on into the evening - making dinner, getting out the calculator, eating, marking up the exercise books. You realize right away how serious people are about their kids, their teachers and their schools. To get a good job, you have to learn.
These photographs owe their existence to La Union, a group of Mexican women and mothers in Sunset Park. They met in the Saint Jacobi Lutheran Church, and organized everything from school protests to training in the latest makeup styles. The women here include Blandina Morales and her daughter Melissa, Carla Trujillo and Christian Cortez, Estelita Molina and her daughter, two moms out picking up their children, Estelita Molina and the children she cares for, some of Estelita's daycare kids, Lidia Cordoba and her daughter Pamela, Magdelena Gutierrez and Bruce, Margarita Sosa, and Veronica Fuentes at a meeting of La Union. Thanks to Lety Alanis and Cynthia Santos for making these photographs possible.
STREETS OF NEW YORK -- Kids
I was a little boy when we left New York City for Oakland. My father always said we'd become transcontinental migrants so we could live in a better place to bring up a family. I knew there were other reasons too, even at the time. He'd been blacklisted and couldn't get work. Their friends were getting called up before the UnAmerican Activities Committee. I guess my folks were a little scared, and who wouldn't be.
But I always wondered if I would have turned out different growing up in New York. Now when I go back I look at the children I see in the street and think -- that could have been me. I remember going to PS 125, and feeling abandoned when my mother left me there on what must have been my first day. I remember her bundling me up in a snowsuit later that winter, before we left.
Kids are kids. But the ones I see in New York now have a combination of child aspect and adult aspect. Maybe they grow up fast. They seem happy enough, but not always. I see them a lot with questions in their faces, not too sure about this adult world they're faced with. Then they're funny and aggressive, trying to figure it all out.
Their schools are very urban - right on the street. Kids seem to live a lot on the street here, from fire drills to ice cream trucks to just walking places with their moms. These kids are the ones who will inherit this world. Knowing New Yorkers, the kids here are going to have an outsize voice in saying what that world will be like.
These photographs are for them.
STREETS OF NEW YORK - Work and No Work
From Chinatown to midtown, Manhattan is part of a city that works, and also that doesn't work. That is, it's full of working people, but not everyone has a job. Some people work on the street, while others live and sleep on it. New York is not like the suburbs, or cities built around malls and cars. Everything and anything can happen in the streets here.
Mostly, people are divided into those on their way somewhere and those who have nowhere to go. People walk fast. You can tell the tourists simply because they're slow, they stop a lot, and they look at the sights -- the tall buildings, and even the ads on the buildings. New Yorkers have this determined expression when they walk -- life is too serious to dawdle.
Then there are the New Yorkers who live out on the sidewalk. The city has more than its share of the homeless. One man sits and asks for money or a cigarette. Another sleeps next to a drainpipe. But even an old man pushing a shopping cart has look of someone on the way somewhere. It's just that he's pushing it down the middle of 23rd Street, making the tourist busses detour around him.
STREETS OF NEW YORK - The Subway
When I go to New York I ride the subway. I'm an Oakland boy, and we have our BART. But that's not a real subway, even when it goes under the Bay or Market Street. New York has a real subway. It always seems like anywhere I want to go is walking distance from a station. There are 421 of them, so it figures they're close to almost anywhere along its 656 miles of tracks in four boroughs.
The subway is kind of old, that's true. The first station opened in 1904. It makes a lot of noise - not like the subway in Mexico City, which runs on rubber wheels. When the train comes into the station, pushing a wall of air before it, a deafening roar bounces off the concrete and tiles. It's hard to talk in most of the cars, although some people don't seem to notice. Even when it's cold outside, the cars can be sweltering, and the seats are hard - not like BART.
But the great thing about the subway is the people. New York is so diverse - it feels like you're seeing people from everyplace on earth in just a few subway cars. People who aren't from New York make a big deal about how dangerous it is. But I don't see it. I see people tired from work, having trouble keeping their eyes open, or sometimes just asleep. I wonder how they know when to wake up so they don't overshoot their stop.
People read newspapers and talk to each other in a dozen languages. When there aren't too many people, they spread out across the seats. Mothers and fathers hold their children. Lovers lean into each other while everyone else just looks away. And looking away is so religiously observed that when someone actually meets your eyes it feels rare and strange.
After 9/11 the police tried to forbid taking photographs in the subway. Luckily for me, they were overruled. These photographs are the result, my love letter to the subway.
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Fall is here and so are cooler temperatures for some of us -- and you know what that means... time for the lakes and ponds to ice over and the kitties to go ice fishing!
What?! An ice-fishing kitty? Sure, it's kind of like ice-skating except on your paws and the fishes are under the ice and, hard as you try and fast as you slide, you can't get them. Mind boggling for the kitty, I'm sure, but lots of fun to watch!
Bonus cute: Here's a cat with a GIANT fish!
Happy Two Cats Tuesday, Cuteheads! Today I wanted to show you how silly Pimp is with his favorite toys -- and I'm wondering if anyone else's cats do this?
Pimp absolutely loves those cheap little mice that come in all colors in the multi packs. You know, the ones with the fuzzy leather tails. Ever since he was a baby, he loves them more than any other toy in the world.
But... he doesn't really love to play with them so much as he loves to eat them. Yes! Whenever I give him a fresh new one, the first thing he does is devour the tail! Every. Single. Time. I have no idea why, but he's been doing it ever since he was a kitten!
Don't worry, it's just a tiny tail and he chews it pretty good, so no worries about it hurting him. He's a pro at this!
For a while, I couldn't find these mice anywhere. I thought they stopped making them! Sure, they had the multi packs of mice, but the tails weren't the same. And, clearly, the tail is the best part.
But every time I was in a pet store or Target or anywhere really, I'd look to see if I saw them. It's literally been YEARS since I found any for poor Pimp -- until last week! You wouldn't believe how excited I was to find them at Pet Supermarket when I made an emergency nom run one night last week. I was so happy that I finally found them!
P.P.S. I posted some new pictures of Little Meow in her album on the Cute's Facebook page.
Sometimes Monday are just kind of something you'd rather sleep through. One minute it's Sunday and you're all zzzzz... and then then next, the weekend's gone and you want just one more day!
Well, for those of us who just aren't ready for Monday yet... here ya go. Let's all sleep in and nap like this kitty! Mondays would be much more fabulous, don't you think?
Bonus Cute: More sleepy kitties, please!
First the big news: Today is a big day... it's Moo's birthday!
Happy Halloween, Cuteheads! Hope all the doggies and kitties get extra treats today!
This definitely isn't all his costumes and outfits, but it's all the ones I could find saved on my computer. I'm pretty sure he was born before digital cameras were big (or before I had one, at least) and several computers ago, so we're missing a little bit of his timeline here, but I'm sure you'll enjoy what I did find!
It's my birthday and I'll look cute if I want to!


Discussion in 'Kitchen Appliances, Cookware, Cookbooks & Recipes' started by foodterminology, Dec 31, 2017.
I have a very nice Frigidaire Gallery refrigerator purchased in 2015. The freezer has what the manual calls an Auxiliary Freezer (Temperature) Control. I was disappointed to find I could not move it out of the middle (Recommended) position the first time I tried to make a temperature adjustment in just the freezer. I was able to manage to keep both compartments more or less within the temperature range I desired using only the Refrigerator/Freezer Temperature Adjustment Control in the refrigerator compartment.
In between 2 appointments with a service company (that never showed !!) to look at the problem under the extended warranty I found that for some reason the Auxiliary Freezer Control now moves out of the middle (Recommended) position. I moved the control to a colder position and according to the thermometers I have in each compartment the temperatures are very good.
My question is should the settings I now have for each temperature control be good for a long time or could factors such as room temperature, quantity of food in each compartment, etc. require that I change these settings from time to time? Thanks .
Biggest thing that will make a mark, is how often & how long the door(s) remain open to warmer air.
DITTO @classic33 also a full freezer maintains its temperature better than a partially full freezer. The units are so well sealed and insulated that I do not think normal household, external temperatures will make much difference. We have 2 upright freezers in G's shop. It is not climate controlled so it gets very hot during the summer. We have never had an issue with the internal temperature of the freezers.
In most mid to low-end fridges, there is no separate setting for the freezer. Mine is that way.
This is probably done to keep costs down on the actual buying prices of the units.
A freezer attached to a frig is only good for short term storage Not an option for storage over three or four months. Even that is a stretch.
Which is why you might need one of THESE.
It helps to extend food life in the freezer for up to 5x its normal shelf life in the freezer!!
We have and use a Vacuum storage machine. It really does extend the freezer time. We package seafood in water filled Zip locks. My issue is self defrosting vs manual defrost freezers. The shelf life of food in a self or auto defrost freezer is shorter than in a manual defrost freezer. The heat cool cycle causes freezer burn sooner than in a manual unit. We have an auto defrost freezer as part of the refrigerator. I use that for short term storage. We have 2 21 cubic ft. upright, manual defrost freezers in G's shop for long term storage. A royal pain to clean but worth the effort. His shop is not climate controlled and gets hot during the summer. The eternal temperature does not impact the internal temperature.
Self-defrosting, yes, but they are more accurately described as "hidden frost' because you don't see the frost that forms on the evaporator coils behind the back wall. The chilled frigid air first enters the freezer compartment, then the fresh food section. Whole frost-free freezers are really & ridiculously expensive! They seem to only come in the 19 to 23 cubic foot bracket and they can take up a lot of floor room.
I'm thinking about buying a 3.0 or a 4.5 cubic ft. upright model. Takes up far less room than a chest, & there is no digging for something that may be on the bottom.
DITTO on the upright vs chest. Smaller footprint and easier access. Hate chest freezers.
With a chest, some of the cold air is maintained near the bottom, but you have to dig for items there.
For the upright, you don't have to dig as much for things, but warm air comes in & the cold air rushes out at the bottom as soon as you open the door to get something.
So it's kinda like; Pick your poison! Hah!!
I bought a fridge/freezer thermometer to check the temperatures in my appliance. I discovered that the fridge was generally around a temperature of 2 degC and the freezer -17degC except during the auto defrost when it increases to around -8degC (how long for, I have yet to determine).
Both compartments are currently set on maximum cold (ambient temperatures are currently 34 degC, daytime and 24 degC, nightime).
I'm seriously considering getting THIS; a 3.0 cubic ft upright freezer from Sears!! it has 3 slide-out baskets for easy reach.
I've monitored the temperatures for a few days now and the lowest temperature that I have observed in the freezer is -19.4 degC and the highest -8 degC. The frozen food that I buy (ham, gammon, beef and fish) recommends -18 degC for storage. As I've had the freezer for over 18 years and not been sick (from my own food) yet, I guess that it's adequate.
To get top freezing efficiency & the most use from your freezer, it must be set to zero or below Not all fridge freezers are able to do this, especially if there is only one temp control for both, the most maximum use, your freezer should be set so that it reaches & maintains a temp of zero or below at all times. Mine gets overloaded many times after buying meats for the month.
This is why I need a small freezer to supplement the fridge freezer. I can't make ice cream because I need freezer space to store it after it is made. Or extra beef or chicken stock.
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I was standing in the central atrium of Galleria mall near Dufferin and Dupont on Wednesday, watching the World Cup matchup between Brazil and Croatia.
Another middle-aged man held up his phone to show me the tournament schedule and marvel at another big upset, by Sweden over Mexico. I had to take his word for what it said on his screen, because I don't read Arabic.
There was a roar all around us. "Who scored," a woman walking past said? "Brazil? Good!" She pumped her fist and walked on.
There were about 60 people gathered before a pull-down screen onto which a projector surrounded by velvet ropes displayed the game. They sat on rows of benches relocated from other areas of the mall. Or on the stools and patio tables of the El Amigo restaurant, where they munched on beef patties and sipped coffee. Others sat on the polished tan tiles of the floor. It was a mostly older crowd, mostly men, some wearing hats displaying their sympathies for Senegal or Russia or Portugal in the tournament. Heavily tattooed women in workout gear paused for a few moments on their way past to Planet Fitness. Staff of Dollarama and Rexall and the mall security guards wandered by to spend a few minutes during breaks.
It has become a daily scene at the mall, which has been broadcasting all the World Cup games here.
He says they did the same thing during the Euro Cup in 2016. That proved overwhelmingly popular, "Especially since we won — Portugal won," he said.
The community of seniors who frequent the mall are overwhelmingly Portuguese, and indeed when I was there on Monday when Ronaldo's reds narrowly defeated Iran, there was an even larger and more vocal crowd on hand.
That word keeps coming up. "It's good for the community," said Fatima, behind the counter at Toronto Sports and Hobby Shows, when I asked her if the World Cup crowd was good for business. The store sells soccer jerseys and flags, hats, and memorabilia — a Ronaldo shirt was hanging prominently on the wall. She says business for her shop is always good during the World Cup, but not necessarily from the crowd gathered outside her shop. But she enthusiastically agrees it livens up the mall.
For me, someone who has little invested in soccer as a pastime, the World Cup can still be a magical time in the city, seeing pockets of people gather to watch and cheer and talk.
The world's game, celebrated in a city where much of the world has come to live. For a few weeks, it is everywhere you look. In bars and restaurants and cafes. In living rooms. In the lobbies of office towers and the TV screens behind the counters in variety stores and gas stations.
The games themselves are exciting to watch, but many of us find them more fun if we have a community to watch them with. If you're looking for one during Saturday's knockout game between Portugal and Uruguay, you could do worse than the Galleria on Dupont. There's air-conditioning, and a bakery, a crowd of friendly people. There's even consolation-prize trophies, ready if needed.


Where we open a whole new world of books.
Hi good afternoon readers of my blog I'm super excited to say that this has started finally. And here is my TBR for this read-a-thon hoping to get through it all of these books and hopefully. So I don't if this will work but I have to get these books done.
"Hitchhiking is a bad idea but Caden is desperate.
For Gabriel, Caden is an annoying mistake. One night turns into many, and despite all his anger towards her, she stays. She even seems to accept him and his flaws, but he still doesn't trust her—is she staying for him, or has she already discovered more than he's willing to share?"
I love to write just as much as I love to read. I try to read a book per week, which doesn't always work out, but it's the thought that counts. Aside from all that I am a huge animal person.
"Infinity is a superstar singer, who has always had everything at her fingertips—until her world unravels. Her foretelling dreams have haunted her, and a part of her believes them to be true.
In a war between the supernatural beings, there is no telling who will survive."
"As the war between supernatural beings is brewing, Infinity awakens in the midst of her kidnapping. Instead of facing her captor, she meets someone who takes her into the past where she learns secrets that change everything she's always known.
After recently discovering that vampires, wolves, tiger-shifters, Valkyries, and otherworldly entities exist around her, Infinity must quickly adapt to her new reality while facing the fact that she no longer knows who she can trust.
Each species wants her, but there's only one person she is meant to be with…and he might be the only one she loses forever."
Its the first ever Thanksgiving Read-A-Thon that I know about and I'm super excited to get this going I know its a little late and such but I hope you guys come in and join on all the fun. It starts this Sunday until the 30th of November. There's going to be challenges throughout the week plus a 24 hour Read-A-Thon on the 29th. Here is all the hosts and challenges.
Me of course I don't know if Jackie my co-blogger will join in on the fun but we are the color pink. The days are color coded for pink. So thats the 23rd and the 29th of November. The first day we will be posting up the TBR and the last color is for the 24 hour Read-A-Thon. Below this will be buttons with all the links to Reading Sprints and the other hosts blogs.
The next color is blue and that is Opal. She is a fairly new blogger. She will be hosting the spelling challenge and a teaser challenge. The spelling challenge is where you spell out a word using letters in the title of your books that you will be reading or that you own. She will also be hosting a teaser challenge that you flip to a random page write down something from the book and predict what will happen. The dates her blog will be showcased is the 24th and the 26th.
So the next person hosting is Tanya her blog will be showcased the 25th and she will be telling you about what books she is thankful for.
The next blog to be showcased is Kari. Here in the U.S this is Thanksgiving Day so she will be hosting Throw Back Books which is basically books that she has read in the past.
The next blog to be showcased is Yanira. She will be posting her most anticipated books that she hasn't read or hasn't come out. That day is the 28th.
Finally the last blog to be showcased is Gina she will be hosting a wrap of the challenge. She is a new blogger as well.
So there you have it hosts and challenges all wrapped up. Click the buttons that will take you to their blogs and the group. Don't forget to signup for my giveaway I'm doing.
I'm proud to announce that I will be hosting my first read-a-thon ever on a blog as well as hosting a give away too. This is taking off really well and I hope to get my other blog off too when I have the chance to. Besides that I'm super excited to get this going and help out with this. Here are the different hosts and the days they will be posting on.
We all have three days where we will be posting so make sure you keep track of all of us. Of course this is my blog so here are the three of my co-host blogs.
As you can see from above this starts the 20th-31st. Some of the challenges that will last through the whole Read-A-Thon which will give you plenty of time to complete them and such.
3. Set Your Own Challenge, like read a book with a red cover or read 20 books. You can be as cautious or ambitious as you like.
More on of my goals and what I want to complete will be put on here soon. This of course is a perfect time for you to tell me how your 2014 Reading Challenge is going. This is a perfect thing to get your challenge finish. I may or may not be doing something special. More information on that will soon to come. So besides all there is so much going on games and my give away for 5 copies see the post below. Here is the list of the games and so on below.
Look up on the calender to find which blog to stay tune for each day. Not only that we will be having Reading Sprints on Twitter @Read Endof2014. Like I said before please stay in tune for what we have going on. Comment on any of the blogs that I listed if you are participating in this. Make video about it or leave link to your blog. Spread the word about this.
In preparation for the End of the Year Read-A-Thon more information about that to come. I have an opportunity to run a give away. I want to say thanks to Ellen Sham for letting me have a copy of this book. Everything about the book and author I got from Goodreads.
"I've loved reading ever since I was tiny and discovered Enid Blyton in a corner of my classroom - The Magic Faraway Tree, anyone?
I'm author of indie YA novel The Sham, an avid reader, a wild swimmer, and collector of writing titbits and all things bookish.
I live in the south of France with my small daughter and would, one day, like to be able to master the French subjunctive. "
Emily has never trusted her instincts and now they're pulling her towards Jack, who the police think is a sham himself, someone else entirely. As the town wakes to discover new signs plastered across its walls, Emily must decide who and what she trusts, and fast: local vigilantes are hunting Jack; the floods, the police, and her parents are blocking her path; and the town doesn't need another dead body."


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Digital Media Bremen
Program for
Technology, Theory, and Design
Semester Projects
Neurotic Narratives
Maria Eugenia Araujo
Prof. Dennis P PaulProf. Peter von Maydell
Neurotic Narratives is a series of para-functional artefacts about three narratives from people with a lived experience of mental health. The series goes beyond the paradigm of mental health normativeness and embraces the concept of neurodiversity, picturing the whole of the Being in a Heideggerian approach and focusing on the Individuation of the interviewees, on Simondon's perspective. My research started on the problematic approach of Human-Centered Design on mental disorders which ostracizes the misfits from what they considered the norm, clustering the non-normatives into the "others" category and never, or rarely, coming up with a fair solution to their needs. Based the concept of Otherness from Jean-François Staszak, it was clear that the problematic of the topic is on the designer, who chooses a criterion that allows humanity to be divided into two groups: one that embodies the norm and whose identity is valued and another that is defined by its faults, devalued and susceptible to discrimination. People with a lived experience of mental health are labeled after their disorder and rarely seen as whole being, whose interests and voice must be heard as much as anyone's else. From that point I started to interview three individuals about the subject, it evolved to a surprising outcome of three whole narratives and a much deeper perception of the being and the complexity of what is to exist and develop oneself with and through a mental disorder.
The selected individuals present distinguished mental disorders in the spectrum of neurotic disorders being them Dissociative Identity Disorder, Episodic Paroxysmal Anxiety and Compulsive Anxious Behaviour. Each one of those disorders as well as the history and experience of the interviewees is taken into account for creating the whole narrative of the artefacts. It is important to establish that I do not intend to deliver an ultimate universal solution to the problematic relationship between HCD and mental disorders, but to present an experimental artistic approach of the subject as to enlighten further possibilities. The aesthetics of the artefacts are inspired by the Neo-Concrete art movement as well as Nise da Silveira's work with mental health and art, presented in the Museum of Images of the Unconscious. Both of the inspirations focus on the person as a whole being, the organic aspect of the art and the expression of complex human realities.
J – Dissociative Identity Disorder
J is a british woman who has 5 personalities within her. She shares her body with four other male identities, all with their specific taste, sexuality, history and identity. She developed DID when she was 6 years old due to a traumatic event that she rather not talk about. People who live with DID often dissociate after an abuse in their childhood, it is the way the child finds to cope with the trauma, they make it believe it happened to someone else, not them. That someone else becomes than an alter in their head. After the first split, more can happen. One system, may carry 100 alters, but usually is around 3 or 4. The time and memory are factors that are perceived differently for a DID person. Memory is fragmented, each part has their own share of it, once at each time one personality is emerged and living. Time is also a different matter, for J, as the main alter, she perceives times in leaps and it is hard for her to comprehend time passing when she is not emerged. For the others, time behaves differently in the inner-world, as they call it, when not emerged they go on with their lives inside. Also, the reason why the alters emerge is not clear, sometimes there are triggers, but other times is just random. J said it is important to keep a schedule and a timetable for when an alter must be in charge, they leave notes and keep a journal among themselves to communicate. She was the first one I got in touch when I decided to create this series of artefacts and she was extremely interested in being part of it, since she also is fighting the prejudice against mental disorders. The more i could watch her and her alters the more interesting it became. I could easily spot just by the profile or the pitch of the voice who was it. Later I became fond of each one of them as separated individuals and although they all present themselves to us in the same body, you could still picture what they look like in the inner-world. And this whole experience, of knowing that so much has changed within, and so little is shown in the outside but still, somehow, the image on the surface is a whole new image even though all the elements are the same, created this clear visualisation of how i wanted to represent the narrative.
Five sets of clock hands that together create images. 5 different drawings, one for each personality. In the beginning one can't differ what is going on between one drawing to the other. But after some time, seeing it over and over, one can recognise what is coming next. And maybe, even picking a favorite one. 5 sets in the same board, as in the same body. The same elements over and over, but still something new comes after every turn. You don't know when or who is coming next, but still you wait to see them. How do they decide? How do they emerge? What is behind the whiteboard is unknown but it doesn't matter, on the surface, 5 different drawings, over and over, and once again, new.
M – Compulsive Anxious Behaviour
M is a math teacher on her 50s. She is divorced, mother of a young woman and has a double master degree. She teaches math to teenagers and adults, she also has compulsive anxious behaviour. Her first symptoms appeared when she was 13 years old. Due to her anxiety whilst alone at home she would compulsively eat. It was not till she was an adult that she got a diagnosis of her disorder. Before she was seen as a girl lacking self-control and who should watch her weight, but in fact her anxiety was the trigger and the compulsion was the coping. She would eat whatever she had in hands, no matter the quantity or even if it was food. She told me that once she ate 5 bananas and 4 oranges one after the other, while waiting her mom to get back home. When her mom hid all the food in the house, she would eat the corners of the paper of her notebook while doing her homework. After he mom passed away when she was 15 years old, her anxiety was suppressed by the urge to be present to her widowed father and orphan young brother. A little more than a year after, her father married again and she felt once more calm and the anxiety gave a break, as she had once more a whole family around her. But after some years, a series of unexpected events triggered her anxiety and compulsion once more. She then seeked treatment, but till the moment it started to work, the anxiety and compulsion continued, the compulsive eating gave place to animal rescuing and later to shopping. This became a cycle of anxious compulsion that would make her make bad decisions while trying to cope and the consequences of the decisions would once more trigger the anxiety.
I thought that, because of her bubbly personality and colourful joy, the anxiety was constantly mistaken for just a personality trait. But after spending some time with her I realised the anxiety and compulsion shaped her personality to the joyful person she is. I specially bounded with her during the interviews and offered to listen to her when she felt like falling into one of the anxiety cycles. And as one of them happened and she called me, I got to see her in this turbulent moment. She knows she is in it and tries to control herself, but before she can even perceive what is happening, she gets into the compulsive behaviour. The second artefact portraits that, the colourful, tangled, confusing but mesmerizing personality that she developed within those years living with compulsive anxious behaviour. Her narrative is like a tangled storyline that if you untangle it loses the beauty. The centerpiece, her inner-strength tries to get out of the entanglement, but faces the tension and barriers of her own While watching the struggle, one cheer for it, as if maybe this time, it will conquer the complicated overlapping lines, but as it once more does not, one admire the beauty of the whole and wonders if when it finally overcomes, what will be of this piece, if not a pile of loose strings? Shouldn't it just be the way it is right now?
R – Episodic Paroxysmal Anxiety
R is a 33 years old man, married and father of two little twins. He works in a multinational company as the head of casualties department. In his job position he travels the world negotiating and presenting reports in three languages. He is in a different country almost on a weekly basis. But what is odd is that R has episodic paroxysmal anxiety, commonly known as panic disorder. His triggers are social exposure and there are no medication for controlling the panic attacks. He started having panic attacks when he was 9 years old, after a traumatic incident involving his mother. He was only diagnosed when he was 18 years old and still the treatment took some time to be adjusted. Because of his two children he copes with the panic syndrome and performs his job nevertheless. When I asked if he now manages to control the crisis he said it is not as simple as it seems. The Episodic Paroxysmal Anxiety is caused by a chemical imbalance in the brain that makes the body believes it is in danger when it is actually not. In his case the trigger is social encounters and he always knows when is going to happen. He knows the precise path of the attack but he cannot control, he then, with the help of medication, manages to go through without entering in panic for real, caused by the anxiety of getting the attack, but instead he manages to avoid the worst from this whole process. His long living with the disorder made him able to control his mind in an outstanding way, although he cannot avoid the crisis he can go through it with less damage. Another impressive thing is that being under constant adrenaline he now can control his mind when a real dangerous moment is presented.
I was amazed by his self-control but at the same time, the inability to have self-control due to the disorder. I wanted to portrait it in a overlapping performance, in one side one can picture the whole panic attack developing and the struggle, on the other, the beautiful self-acceptance and comprehension of the situation. I created the last artefact to represent those two facets of his experience. The performance is shown through pieces of acrylic that still allow the observer to watch the world around, but it makes it especially hard to focus on anything else once the sound immersion is added. Two different sound sources are running in two separated headphones, as one tries each one of them the experience with it is different. The first represents the whole panic attack as it goes, portraying the feelings and physical impacts of it, the second is his resilience and calmness to to through it without being extremely affected. It still impairs him somewhat, but his mindset and inner-strength makes the experience completely different.
The series of artefacts are deconstructed clocks and watches. I got inspired by the recurrent mention to the different time perception and memory dissociation each one of them described. I wanted to create artefacts that would embody and represent this whole learning process I had: the story of each person the way they wanted to tell me, a full experience portraying the complete narrative of the being, aesthetics and elements that represent the neo-concrete movement and their focus on the experience and message, para-functional objects that would embody a secondary element of the narrative, the interplay between time perception and time in Heidegger's approach as the moment the Dasein exists. And with all those elements in one place, the complete series would finish this experience with the critic towards society and designers about the ostracization and huddling of those that are neurodiverse. The unexpected paradigm shift the audience faced when entering the gallery I presented the objects was my way of criticizing society about the way one expects a person living with mental disorders to be portrayed. My artefacts were not dramatic or broken in any way. They performed their stories at their own pace, with their own voice, beautifully, camly and resiliently.
All three artefacts are functional objects that here lost their "expected functionality" to serve to the purpose of art, poetics and narrative, they became para-funcional artefacts. The term (para-functionality) means here a form of design where function is used to encourage reflection on how electronic products condition our behaviour. The prefix "para-" suggests that such design is within the realms of utility but attempts to go beyond conventional definitions of functionalism to include the poetic. (Ibid.) This condition of behaviour in my critic is applied also to the conditional expectation of a certain imbalanced lifestyle regarding people with mental disorders by most of the audience I had. The artefacts break the paradigm of psychosocial narratives, disrupting the behavioural limitations that are imposed by technology and design. They present a new way of seeing at things and of perceiving mental disorders and other factors not taken into account by designers. The unexpected shift of who tells the story, a shift on the protagonism of the creation of such objects, from the designer to the user, expands the dimensions of such interchange of data and experiences, creating new conceptual models of needs and personas. The user – here the persons with mental disorders – become, then, co-producers of a new user-centered design paradigm and the narrative experience can be used as the new model to understand humans, rather than pre-made concepts of humanoids – the result of humans plus machina as something not to be criticized or evolved but to be accepted as born this way.
Art and design should be considered the most powerful tools for changing perceptions and breaking stigmas in society. Both are in daily contact with user in everyday life, as gadgets, functional tools or entertainment. It is our duty as designers and artists to acknowledge the faults in society and criticise them, portraying a new perspective in the hope of a paradigm change. The close relation to people's lives and deep impact on psychosocial behaviours that our work has should not be seen or considered lightly. The work of an artist can be used as a medium to voice the opinions and experiences of those that are not heard by society. I am deeply humbled and grateful for being able to give space to those who wished to tell a side of experiences with mental health that is not usually told. I believe my role as a researcher and artist in this thesis was to advocate for awareness and a different perception on neurodiversity. "But perhaps the most important conclusion is that design is existential and cannot ignore its complicated relationship to people and their mental lives." (Dunne, 2005, p.148)
The complete thesis is available for download as a PDF here. (http://www.eugeniaaraujo.com.br/neuroticnarratives/)
For citations, please use: Lima de Araujo, Maria Eugenia (2018) Neurotic Narrative – A series of para-functional artefacts portraying neurotic mental disorders narratives. 1st ed, [online]. [Accessed on (current date)]. Available at: http://www.eugeniaaraujo.com.br/neuroticnarratives/.


Chris Rock recently spoke about his Broadway debut. Arguably one of the funniest men in America, Rock is venturing outside his comfort zone of stand-up comedy to perform eight live shows a week as an ensemble cast member. As Rock pushes himself to new heights, one wonders what drives that ambition.
Rock is creating options for himself by venturing outside of his comfort zone. And while some may argue that Rock can do just that because he's a celebrity at the top of his game, you don't have to wait for the zenith of your career to venture outside of yours.
Learning new skills while earning a paycheck is like getting paid for research and development into your own career. Imagine someone paying you to go to college instead of you writing that tuition check every semester. If you have the opportunity to learn on the job, why not take or create it?
One of the best ways to learn a new skill is to offer to take your expertise to another group or division in your firm. If you've honed your skills marketing consumer products and now your company is putting together a task force to re-brand your organization or expand services overseas, volunteer for the project. You'll gain a ton of new learning by sharing your marketing expertise and applying it to a new area. Or, if you're looking to make a career switch — you've excelled as a writer in the newsroom but now want to work for a start-up — there's a good chance you can put your writing skills to work while learning about the entrepreneurial mindset in business development or corporate communications. By taking a skill you're inherently great at and using it for something outside of your comfort zone, you'll undoubtedly accelerate your learning curve.
Its no coincidence that the NBA ranks player assists — helping teammates is critically important to winning the game. Helping colleagues is no less important. Often, opportunities for visibility and growth within an organization present themselves as part of seemingly undesirable tasks.
For example, at a large non-profit in Chicago, a junior staffer is tapped every year to help out and serve as Secretary of the Board. It's a thankless job that rarely tops anyone's wish list of assignments, but for the junior staffer, it provides unparalleled access to senior leadership. The role of scribe provides a huge amount of learning and insight into the organization (listening in on every board meeting) good visibility with the Executive Director, and a chance to build relationships with the board. Furthermore, more often than not, a former secretary will land a plum new role within the organization after fulfilling his or her duties for the year. Smart people are catching on and what was once a dreaded activity is now becoming a coveted role.
Sometimes you've got more thankless work than you know what to do with. If you notice your learning curve flat-lining, it's critical that you speak up. If you're continually working on unchallenging assignments or seeing promotions or rotational opportunities pass you by, you need to raise your hand directly and ask for the projects you need to help you get promoted or compensated well.
If you present your case as being long-term focused and highlight your need to continue to challenge yourself, you have a good chance of making some of those stretch assignments come your way over time, and learn from them as they do.
Finally, there are always the movers and shakers in any organization — the decision makers and power brokers and the people who have access to them. If you're not interacting with the powers that be, raise your hand and ask to be assigned to some projects or deals with specific people who you respect, admire or who wield real influence.
Make a point of seeking them out and asking to work with them directly or letting others know you'd like to work with them. It won't always happen right away, but more often that not, people are flattered to hear you admire them and want to work with/for them. People who are well regarded, well respected or even just well connected typically have valuable wisdom to impart — make it your business to be there when that learning happens.
As a senior partner on Wall Street once said to me, "no one cares more about managing your career than you do." You can't expect your manager or mentor to continually suggest new roles or opportunities: you've got to ask for those roles and make the opportunities come your way. Make it your priority to continually learn and push yourself to new heights professionally.


Monthly, 5 minute roundup of the latest responsible investment and ESG news. This month's topics include the the Marrakech Climate Change Conference (COP22), oil and gas companies, the car emissions scandal (Renault and VW), and Rio Tinto.
Sean Wright (Environmental Defense Fund) and Matthias Beer (BMO GAM) join the PRI's Gemma James to discuss why methane emissions are a material issue for investors in the context of climate change. This coincides with the launch of a new investor guide to methane on how to manage the risks through company engagement.
Secret or anonymously-owned companies pose a number of risks to shareholders - both financial and non-financial. This is primarily due to the difficulty in identifying the actual ("beneficial") owners. Eryn Schornick (Global Witness) joins the PRI's Olivia Mooney to discuss the issue, as well as the tools available to investors (also detailed in their new report, Chancing It).
Shipbreaking is one of the world's most dangerous occupations, with severe impacts on human rights and the environment. Annie Bersagel (KLP) joins the PRI's Valeria Piani to explain why this is important to investors and encourages them to join their current engagement on responsible ship recycling.


In The Rooms | Matt Suckling (Rd4) Matt Suckling spoke to Bulldogs Media after round four against Collingwood.
A gallant Western Bulldogs have fallen just short of an upset win over Collingwood at the MCG on Friday night.
The Bulldogs were right in the contest until late in the last quarter, before conceding three of the last four goals to eventually go down by 14 points.
After the Bulldogs controlled large parts of the game, the Magpies' seasoned midfielders lifted in the final minutes to ensure they secured their second win of the season.
The Dogs now have a 2-2 record heading into next Sunday's clash with Carlton at Marvel Stadium.
After a dour first half from both teams, the Bulldogs roared to life in the third. They kicked three straight goals start of the third term to take the lead, and looked to have control of the contest.
Ultimately it was the last 10 minutes which defined the match. After doing an admirable job of containing the Pies' big weapons, the likes of Brodie Grundy, Jordan De Goey and Scott Pendlebury lifted, and their forwards reaped the benefits.
Aaron Naughton's aerial ability, particularly in the third quarter, was a real highlight. He took several massive pack marks that had the Dogs fans on their feet, and booted a goal which kick-started his club's run in the second half.
Hayden Crozier was a rock in defence, either in the air, on the ground, or with his distribution.
Bailey Smith's first goal in AFL football was a ripper, and was met with raucous celebration from his team-mates.
Marcus Bontempelli continues to shine, and his 36 disposals was the second highest tally in his career so far. 16 of those were contested, and he also applied six tackles.
Jack Macrae (33 disposals) and Lachie Hunter (30) were typically busy in the midfield, while high defenders Matt Suckling (27 touches and a goal) and Caleb Daniel (30 possessions) found plenty of the footy.
Jason Johannisen's return to senior football was a success, with the speedster gathering 25 disposals and taking eight marks.


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News » Metro
Q&A with Georgie Rasco, executive director of Neighborhood Alliance of Central Oklahoma
by Ben Felder
Garett Fisbeck
Neighborhood Alliance director Georgie Rasco during a Q&A at the Oklahoma Gazette in Oklahoma City, Thursday, April 9, 2015.
Editor's note: This story is part of a monthlong series that explores the neighborhoods in urban Oklahoma City. Pick up next week's Oklahoma Gazette for more coverage.
For almost four decades, Neighborhood Alliance of Central Oklahoma (NACOK) has been helping hundreds of communities organize in an effort to improve their quality of life and have a seat at the table when it comes to city development.
However, as Oklahoma City continues to evolve, neighborhoods have to reconsider how they organize, meet and communicate. Neighborhood associations and the alliance are being forced to adapt and create new methods.
As part of Oklahoma Gazette's monthlong series on neighborhoods, Georgie Rasco, executive director of NACOK, answered some questions on the future of neighborhood associations, how to form one and why OKC has embraced the concept of tight-knit communities.
Oklahoma Gazette (OG): What is the recipe for a thriving neighborhood? Georgie Rasco (GR): Every single neighborhood is different. There is no plan that we can plop down in front of every neighborhood and say, "Do A, B and C and you are going to be happy, healthy and safe." So what we have to do is work individually with the neighborhood and discover where it's located, what kind of people live there and what the people living there really want out of their neighborhood. Do they want to be more walkable and have more bike routes? Do they really want to have more of a connection with their grade school? Are they an older neighborhood or a place with lots of young people? All of that has to be considered when talking about a great neighborhood.
OG: Is that a challenge for some neighborhood leaders? GR: That process is absolutely a challenge for almost everyone who walks into our office. There are some basics that we want to see if you are going to have an actual neighborhood association; we want you to be incorporated, have a set of bylaws, elect a leadership team; we want you to be transparent in your business activities. Those are just good basics of any neighborhood association that is collecting money. Sometimes individuals get a little nervous when we start to tell them those things, but when we tell them the reasons, such as the protections that come along with being associated, then they start to understand that once those things are in place, they can get on with the fun things that create a great neighborhood.
OG: It seems like neighborhood revival is thriving in OKC right now. What do you credit that to? GR: I think the city of Oklahoma City got scared several years ago. The planners, the people in power, even the citizens when we started to really look at what sprawl is doing to us. We began trying to figure out what it is that's going to bring people back to these fabulous inner-city neighborhoods. That was going to take a concerted effort on many people's parts, which I think has happened over the last several years. Some very creative developers have come in and done some very wonderful things. The school system is working really hard to be competitive with outlying school systems. The [new] sidewalks, the trails, all of that combined have made people rethink what it means for a family to live closer to downtown, which is nothing but beneficial for the entire city.
OG: How is neighborhood organization evolving in OKC? GR: We are challenged right now in thinking about what a neighborhood association looks like in 2020. The things that took place even 11 years ago when I came onboard, or even 38 years ago, when this organization started, are all changing. You used to have groups of people getting together maybe once a month and listening to a speaker. That's pretty much gone. Nobody has the time to come to a meeting every month, and nobody really wants to come to a grade school and hear a presentation on code enforcement. But there are a lot of different ways now to get that information out, and neighborhood associations have to move along with the times. Providing a Facebook page, providing a website, getting on social media to let people know tips on code enforcement — it's a whole different way of interacting, even from what it was 11 years ago.
OG: Are you finding that the new generation of OKC residents are getting involved in neighborhood revival and organizing? GR: I think neighborhoods have embraced the new generation and you are seeing absolutely wonderful things. In Linwood, for example, they have lots of people who have lived there for decades, but a lot of new families are moving in. They are starting to see things like stroller clubs, where in the mornings, all of the young moms meet at their little free library and then they can go on walks together. They have a lot of activities that are geared toward young families that are living there. You might not see those same young people at association meetings, but in those conversations and gatherings at things like the stroller club, they are talking about things like adding a small park or about the streets or the city council elections. So they are talking about their little part of the city while they are socializing. There's a lot of ways to be active in your neighborhood besides coming to a meeting once a month.
OG: What is your advice for a person who wants to improve their neighborhood, which might lack an organized association? GR: We get a lot of types of [questions], and we sit down and talk with them to discover what it is that is really driving that [desire] to organize. Have they had a crime problem? Have they seen graffiti? Do they just want to get to know their neighbors more? Is there a bond issue coming up and they want to make sure their neighborhood gets what they need? We want to know what it is that is driving that conversation [to start a neighborhood association]. If the need really is a neighborhood association, which is still our bread and butter, we have a free training every single month. The first Monday of every month is a training at our office on how to organize and how to be a good neighborhood officer. The first Tuesday is how to organize and be a good officer in a mandatory [neighborhood] association. We work with both mandatory and voluntary [associations], but the inner city is primarily full of voluntary associations.
Print headline: Q&A, Neighborhood Alliance of Central Oklahoma leader Georgie Rasco talks with Oklahoma Gazette about the importance of community involvement in city development.
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The Busiest Passenger Ports In Europe
By Joyce Chepkemoi on August 1 2017 in Economics
The Port of Dover is the busiest port in Europe.
Europe has one of the most developed marine transport infrastructures in the world, with the continent being an important destination for foreign trade. European ports handle huge numbers of passengers each year, and the numbers seem to be growing every year with some of the ports handling millions of passengers annually.
Port Of Dover
The Port of Dover is a seaport located in the town of Dover in Kent, England. The port is one of the oldest functioning ports in the country, having been opened in 1606 by King James I. With annual passengers averaging at 13.1 million, Port Dover is the busiest port in the world based on passengers. The enormous number of passengers is attributed to the port's location. Port Dover is the English port located nearest to France with a distance of only 21 miles. The port is run by the Dover Harbor Board who collects an annual turnover of over $50 million from the port. Port Dover features two sections the Western Dock and the Eastern Docks. The port is also served by a network of roads and railway.
Port Of Helsinki
The Port of Helsinki is located in the city of Helsinki, Finland. It is the main port and the busiest in the country and the second busiest in Europe with annual passenger numbers reaching about 11.2 million. The Port of Helsinki serves as a strategic gateway for foreign trade with the majority of traffic come from routes connecting Stockholm, St. Petersburg, Tallinn, Rostock, Travemunde, and Gdynia. The port is served by three harbors which are the West Harbor, the South Harbor, and the Vuosaari Harbor. The West and South Harbors are used for passenger traffic while Vuosaari Harbor is used for handling cargo.
Port Of Stockholm
The Port of Stockholm is the main port of Sweden. The port is the busiest in the country and the third busiest in Europe based on passenger traffic with passenger numbers reaching about 9.9 million annually. The Port of Stockholm is comprised of two ports - the Port of Nynashamn, which is located in the south and has three berths, and The Port of Kapellskar which is located in the southern part of the Port of Stockholm and has five berths.
Port Of Calais
The Port of Calais is a French port located in the town of Calais in the northern part of the country. Port of Calais is the fourth largest in the country but is the busiest in passenger traffic. With annual passengers standing at 9.8 million, The Port of Calais is the fourth busiest in Europe. The port also plays a significant role in the economy of the town, contributing a third of all economic activity in Calais. The port is served by a vibrant network of roads and railways.
The Port Of Tallinn
The Port of Tallinn is located in the city of Tallinn in Estonia. The port is the biggest and the busiest in the country and is also the fifth busiest in Europe, handling about 9.3 million passengers per year. The Port of Tallinn is made up of four harbors including the Old City Harbor, Muuga Harbor, Paljassaare Harbor, Saaremaa Harbor, and Paldiski Harbor.
Future Of Ports
Marine transport in Europe is growing in leaps and bounds with passenger numbers seeing a dramatic increase. Massive expansion plans are underway on several ports all over Europe to accommodate this growth in passenger numbers.
Millions of Passengers
1 Port of Dover Dover United Kingdom 13.1
2 Port of Helsinki Helsinki Finland 11.2
3 Port of Stockholm Stockholm Sweden 9.9
4 Port of Calais Calais France 9.8
5 Port of Tallinn Tallinn Estonia 9.3
6 Port of Piraeus Piraeus Greece 8.2
7 Port of Helsingborg Helsingborg Sweden 7.7
8 Port of Helsingør Helsingør Denmark 7.6
9 Port of Paloukia Salamina Greece 7.1
10 Port of Perama Piraeus Greece 7.1
11 Port of Messina Messina Italy 7.0
12 Port of Napoli Napoli Italy 6.5
13 Port of Puttgarden Puttgarden Germany 6.1
14 Port of Rødby Rødby Denmark 6.1
15 Port of Reggio Reggio Calabria Italy 6.1
16 Port of Palma de Mallorca Palma de Mallorca Spain 5.7
17 Port of Algeciras Algeciras Spain 5.5
18 Port of Cirkewwa Cirkewwa Malta 4.7
19 Port of Mgarr Gozo Malta 4.7
20 Port of Capri Capri Italy 4.4
The Busiest International Ports By Passenger Traffic In The United Kingdom
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9 Moments From The AMAs That Prove The Dream Of The '90s Is Alive
You oughta know: the '90s are back.
Madeline Roth madfitzroth 11/23/2015
We all know history repeats itself time and time again: it's true for music (the classic rock influences on One Direction's latest album, for example), movies (the "Ghostbusters" reboot and several other sequels), fashion (queen Mariah Carey's influence) and more.
So at the American Music Awards on Sunday night (Nov. 22), it wasn't all that shocking to see throwbacks and callbacks to years' past. It was, however, an overwhelmingly '90s-inspired affair. From surprise reunions (J. Lo and Diddy! "Clueless!") to style staples (oh HEY, snap barettes) there was plenty of '90s nostalgia happening inside the show. Check out these nine examples:
The show kicked off with host Jennifer Lopez singing "Waiting for Tonight."
J. Lo's 1999 club banger (you know, the one with the rainforest rave in the music video) was alive and well at last night's show.
After her opening number, Lopez gave a shoutout to five legendary '90s performers.
After explaining what hosting the show means to her and how it's a dream come true, she called out Whitney Houston, Michael and Janet Jackson, Madonna and Prince as some of the show's most memorable and celebrated artists (bonus: Prince was even there!).
Alanis Morissette returned!
And not only that, but she celebrated the 20th anniversary of her album Jagged Little Pill with a dual-generational performance of "You Oughta Know" alongside Demi Lovato. So, yes, Demi basically lived every angsty '90s girl's dream last night.
Paula Abdul and Donnie Wahlberg presented together.
They presented Ariana Grande with the award for Favorite Pop/Rock Female Award, a prize Abdul received in both 1990 and 1992 — around the same time that Wahlberg was killin' it in New Kids On The Block.
Celine Dion proved she's still the reigning queen of power ballads.
The iconic singer paid tribute to the victims of the recent Paris terrorist attacks by singing Edith Piaf's "Hymme A L'amour." Basically, it was the hardest we'd cried since her weep-worthy "Titanic" song, "My Heart Will Go On."
There was a "Clueless" reunion!
Alicia Silverstone (Cher Horowitz herself) and Jeremy Sisto ("Rollin' with the Homies" enthusiast Elton) teamed up to introduce Gwen Stefani's performance and to give us all the nostalgic gushiness.
On the style front, Chloe Grace Moretz wore snap barettes in her hair.
These were staples of every '90s girl's closet, along with that black ribbon choker.
And Justin Bieber rocked a Nirvana shirt.
Who knew he was such a grunge fan?!
Diddy and Jennifer Lopez were the friendliest exes ever.
When Sean Combs appeared onstage to present an award to Bieber, he sweetly asked the crowd, "Can we give it up for Jennifer Lopez one time?" As if that wasn't enough to make us giddily flash back to their 1999-2001 romance, the two then hit the after party together, where it was all smiles. #ExesGoals.


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The History of Haitian Migration in the US and elsewhere
History of Haitian migration is pretty old. While millions cross the borders to become permanent residents of other countries, there are millions others who ride the same ferry but only to return after some time. Millions of Haitian people migrate and settle in Bahamas, Montreal in Canada, Cancun and Mexico City in Mexico, Cuba, United States and Dominican Republic. Other countries like French Guiana, French Antilles, France, Senegal, Cote d'Ivoire, Chile, Puerto Rico, Turks and Caicos and Jamaica also have vast numbers of Haitian diaspora.
As of date, it is estimated that around 1.2 million Haitian people live in U.S. with proper documents while there are many others that have entered U.S. borders illegally. Canada is reported to have 200,000 Haitians while Dominican Republic is estimated to have 2 million Haitians. Bahamas accounts for 80,000 Haitians while the reported figure for France is 90,000.
However, studies have shown that before Papa Doc or François Duvalier became the dictator of Haiti in 1957, most of the Haitian people immigrated to those countries that had economic, political and cultural ties with Haiti. With the dictatorship regime of Papa Doc being established in Haiti, U.S. involvement in Haitian affairs increased. The U.S. Immigration Act of 1965 opened doors for mass immigration and it was reported that approximately 7,000 Haitian people permanently settled in U.S. every year with additional 20,000 entering U.S. with the aid of temporary Visa.
After the assassination of J. F. Kennedy, the Immigration Policy of U.S. was revised and Haitians were not allowed to enter America. But, François "Papa Doc" Duvalier's supports to U.S. against Fidel Castro's Cuba made Lyndon B. Johnson (J.F. Kennedy's successor) ignore the tyrannical regime of Papa Doc. This forced illegal immigration. Later after the death of Papa Doc, his son Jean-Claude Duvalier continued the dictatorship regime forcing Haitians to illegally immigrate. The condition of Haitian masses became worse with U.S. officials tightening their borders and immigration policies.
With fall of Jean-Claude Duvalier, Haitian people were relieved by the thought of democracy and immigration to U.S. decline but the despotic political conditions in the following years, referred to as years of "Duvalierism without Duvalier", illegal immigration of Haitian people into U.S. soil inflated dramatically.
Migration of the Haitians into U.S. and other countries was not only because of political persecution. The abysmal poverty of the country, with a few people in power enjoying luxury and suppressing the poor, forced the Haitians to escape both political tyranny as well as economic despair.
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