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It's true, Stoke Travel is by far the best Running of the Bulls option. We include more, charge less, attract travellers from all over the world, and are by far the biggest tour group in Pamplona during the event.
And if that wasn't enough we also host the Stoked in the Park music festival, which this year will be headlined by Australian surf-rock heroes Dune Rats, and will feature bands and DJs from Australia, the United States, the UK, Brazil, and, of course, around Spain.
But why exactly should you book with Stoke Travel for the Running of the Bulls?
There's so much more to the event than the bull run, and we make sure that travellers have ample opportunity to explore the city's street parties, free concerts, carnivals and all the food and wine and good times that Pamplona is serving up during San Fermin. From the opening ceremony until the closing, Stoke Travel has buses running from the campsite into town, making sure that we can take full advantage of what is Spain's biggest parties, and one of the world's greatest street festivals.
And if you do want to run with bulls, well we'll make sure you're there in time for that too. Every. Damn. Day.
It's not the closest campsite to Pamplona city centre, but who cares? You have to take a bus from the other campsite anyway, and ours has a river running through it, plenty of grass to chill on, trees for shade, a huge pool for our European pool parties (bring your own Speedos), multiple bars (including Stoke Travel's beer and sangria bars, which are completely open and unlimited for an extra €10 per day). Plus we have so much space we can host sporting matches and music festivals and, really, do whatever we want to do. Sure, you might spend a few extra minutes on the bus each day, but to stay in paradise* it's totally worth it.
Stoke Travel is the European leader in festival travel, and our Pamplona campsite is by far our biggest installation in southern Europe. We spend a lot of time making the campsite and party space somewhere travellers want to be, ensuring that your experience at the campsite is as amazing as your time in Pamplona's street parties.
*Not really paradise, but compared to the other campsites in Pamplona it's pretty close.
All you have to do is make a small deposit now, and you're booked in. But once you're in you can change the dates and names of your trip without any penalty, as well as cancel up to 30 days before the trip with us only holding onto a small administrative fee. So you can take advantage of the Early Bird specials now, make sure you book in all your travel plans while flights, trains and buses are still cheap, and if your situation changes closer to the event cancel and we won't punish you (we'll just be a little sad, that's all).
It's all well and good doing your research and making a plan to go, but it's not really happening until you make a commitment and book it in. Once you've booked it in you can start preparing, preparing for the bull run if you plan on doing that, or planning for the street party. The Bulls aren't sitting on their hooves waiting around, they're literally in training right now. You should probably lock these plans in and start working on your running, ducking, dodging, weaving and dancing.
For a history of San Fermin festival and the Running of the Bulls, go here.
Running of the Bulls FAQs here.
Meet us anytime from July 4 to 15 at our Pamplona campsite, minimum 2 night stay.
Dorm-style accommodation (in shared room with bunk bed, with linen and pillow).
€10 per night powered site.
Does not include above inclusions.
July 5 - 8BARCELONA TO BULLS OPENING WEEKEND PACKAGEOpening Ceremony, Bull Runs and Stoked in the Park!
Travel is only as good as the people you are with.
Not one Stoke trip will be the same as the last!
Travel should be cost efficient affordable.
Travel is about the people and the stories.
Keeping up with the times, staying hip, cool, and trendy.


I cannot believe he is almost a year old! It really does seem like yesterday we were pulling up to the farm and saw "Mr. Blue" run right up to us as if to say "HI MOM AND DAD"!!
It amazes me everyday what a wonderful dog he has become and I get complimented on his temperament and handsomeness daily. He tested out of his basic obedience course and our next step is to enroll him in the Canine Good Citizen program. He makes us so happy every day, it's hard to imagine our life without him now!
Hope all is well on the Snitker Golden front! Many well wishes to you and yours and all those new Snitker pups!


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HHRA's Accomplishments in 2022
As 2022 comes to a close, HHRA is happy to report progress on all fronts. We share some highlights from 2022 and describe what we hope to accomplish in 2023-2025. A NEW MISSION AND VISION As a part of our…
HHRA Paper Analyzes Pesticide Dietary Risk in Individual Samples of Foods
Rachel Benbrook
One of the main sources of pesticide exposure is through the diet. It is critically important to understand pesticide residues in foods and how dietary risks have changed over time. Over the last 20 years HHRA's Executive Director Charles Benbrook…
An Update from HHRA
HHRA's team has been making lots of progress in our important work at the intersection of food, farming, and health. We started the spring/summer of with a bang as we brought HHRA on the road to the Public Health Conference…
Connecting Dots: Musings on What Data Can Teach Us
Once in a while two data points are arrayed in a graph, setting off the bright light of insight. A good example appeared in "The Morning," David Leonhart's daily New York Times online synopsis of the news of the day.…
HHRA Partners with CTQ Lab in Quebec
HHRA is pleased to announce a new partnership with the Centre de toxicologie du Québec analytical laboratory, or CTQ. This world-renowned lab will process biological samples collected through HHRA's medical research on the public health implications of pesticide exposure. For…
Guest Blog: Dr. Robin Mesnage on Groundbreaking Glyphosate-Microbiome Study
By: Robin Mesnage, PhD Our gut is home to trillions of bacteria which are critical to good health. Because the once-in-a-century herbicide glyphosate can kill bacteria in a petri dish, the notion that glyphosate acts as an antibiotic in the…
HHRA Research Partners Publish Groundbreaking Paper with New Insights on Glyphosate's Impact to the Microbiome
This new study — the first to compare the toxicity of glyphosate to the widely used European Union (EU) Roundup formulation MON 52276 at doses that regulators claim to be safe — was published in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives on…
HHRA Executive Director Publishes Paper on the Dietary Risk Index System for Measuring Pesticide Risk from the Diet
Charles Benbrook, HHRA's Executive Director, and his colleague Donald Davis of the University of Texas-Austin's Biochemical Institute published a peer-review paper in October, 2020 describing the analytical system they developed to measure the risk from pesticide exposure in the diet.…

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The European Geosciences Union (EGU) General Assembly 2011, held from April 22-27 in Vienna, Austria, brought together 10,725 researchers from approximately 96 countries to discuss advances and trends within the Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences. Attendees presented over four thousand talks and nearly eight and a half thousand posters during the week-long conference. The volume of information presented and ideas exchanged at EGU is truly staggering, and this meeting is a fundamental part of the social networking for this community. It is the seed from which many new collaborations form and many grant proposals can trace their genesis to discussions at and around EGU sessions. EGU is a loud, busy, hectic, and critical event to the Earth and Space Science research communities.
This year I had the pleasure of attending the EGU General Assembly and presenting two talks for our lab in the Earth and Space Science Informatics (ESSI) disciplinary session. This trip was particularly interesting for me as it was the first time I have attended the EGU General Assembly (I have attended the ESSI session at the American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting for the last four years) and this afforded me the opportunity to talk with a large number of colleagues in the field from Eurasia whom I have not had previous interaction with.
Over the course of the meeting I came to realize that the European informatics community has a slightly different feel, a different focus from the American informatics groups. For the European informatics evangelists, the driving focus in informatics is geoscience standards. The session discourse revolved almost entirely on interoperability in systems and in data models. Presentations on service-orientated architectures (SOA) that interoperate using Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) defined web services and data models were the rule of the day. I believe this focus on interoperability and developing consensus on standards and services is deeply rooted in the culture of Europe and the inherent complexities of interacting with neighbors that are culturally and linguistically different.
The presentations I gave for the lab were quite well received. Eric's presentation on the S2S architecture was extremely well received because of its potential to interoperate with OGC web services, and its compatibility with many of the SOA initiatives currently being pursued by our European colleagues. My presentation on the Multi-Sensor Data Synergy Advisor (MDSA), one of our collaborations Greg Leptoukh's group at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, was also well received as it touched on the complexities of representing/characterizing and comparing concepts such as product quality and fitness-for-use and expressing this information in a way that is consumable by a researcher. Difficulties in characterizing these concepts were well known to many in the audience who work to develop data model standards. Our work elicited particular interest from David Arctur, Director of Interoperability Programs for OGC, and this is a relationship we should most definitely pursue.
Overall, attending EGU 2011 was a great experience and I believe our lab should increase our presence at future meetings. There is a great deal we can learn from our European colleagues on building consensus and establishing interoperable web service and data model standards. The ESSI community is investing great effort in deploying production-level interagency SOA systems – developing experience from which we can benefit. What our lab can offer is leadership in future web technologies. We can help the EGU ESSI community adopt linked data / RESTful principles, and add support to their data model and service standards and best practices for semantic web standards and methodologies. We can provide guidance on how semantic technologies can help further their current goals as well as how they can leverage semantic technologies going forward.
There is a great deal of benefit ESSI can gain from moving to leverage the Semantic Web. We should be there to share our experiences and provide guidance. A win for the Earth Sciences is a win for all.


Music is not just defined by sound; it is the art of making melodious sounds. Schools incorporate music into their curriculum so that children learn this art alongside their academics. Music is a great excuse for children seeking a break from studies. Read here why parents should encourage their kids to learn music at their school.
Disciplines students – Music require great determination and practice which is helpful in training students to follow a schedule. This schedule requires them to follow every other activity including studies in accordance with music practice.
Improves learning skills – Music also helps in concentration and learning skills of a student as it requires them to focus and meditate on a regular basis. Kids develop amazing mind techniques with help of music and they can implement these techniques while studying too.
Exposure – There are many music events, concerts, theatres and reality shows where children can participate and perform things brings acknowledgement for their talent. There is a demand for child artists for play back singing, vocalist on Television, in Movies etc.
How students should ask their teachers for help?
Attendance – Music Education at schools will increase motivation for students to attend school regularly and hence their overall performance will be better.
Coordination – Music is all about coordination and cooperation among students while practising. These coordination skills are helpful for their personality development too as they learn to communicate and express their thoughts openly with each other.
Great career potential – Students following the music as an art can choose it as a profession after graduating in this art. Many music schools offer certificate courses, diploma courses in music, a degree in music which students can opt for pursuing their career in music. Students can make their career as Vocalist, pianist, guitarist, music composer & editor, lyricist, drummer etc.
Conclusion: Music in schools is a must now as parents also want that their child's academic and extracurricular skills should have a balance. This will also help school to bring themselves among most opted schools and hence increasing their student intake. Students will be engaged at schools in music classes like guitar, sitar, violin, mandolin, harmonium, orchestra or vocal practice. Schools can also cater events for such children or help their students represent school at such event to display their talent.
Do you want to study abroad after you class 10 and 12 CBSE exams?


10 Intelligent Tattoo Placements & Know What They Say About You!
Getting inked tells lot about you. Doesn't it? Many people prefer getting inked based on different design but what matters the most is where to get that placed? Am I Right? Yes, there are people who go for getting tattoo design on their body but what lack in placement ideas. Intelligent tattoo placements is the hot topic these days and everyone is looking for it the reason being the right placement says a lot about you.
Not everyone knows that there is a hidden meaning behind some Intelligent tattoo placements? Doesn't matter what people says until you love your tattoo. So here are some of the best tattoo placements which one can choose from.
Preferably for the girls who want to show their tattoo and same time hide it with their long hair. Getting a symbol design is a good idea. You can always show this to the cameras- posing in pictures, holding your hair high above the symbol so that tattoo is seen. Tapsee Pannu's amazing neck tattoo in pink is being much talked about these days and it's all for the right reasons.
Probably the trendiest look which everyone is going for. They can be done on the inner arms and outer arms. But inner arms tattoo placements give more feminine look. You can get image or a symbol inked giving a cute look on your lovely arms! People also get arm tattoos done to hide their scars and that's a total thumbs up!
Usually people don't really want to expose the tattoo as it is for them only! Getting it inked on the inner wrist is more likeable for them. It doesn't pain much on getting tattoo on your wrist and it looks pretty and cute.
Another pretty design to look for and preferred by those who don't want to show it off. If you don't want full foot tattoo then go for this as it gives feminine look when done. Other than that you can get nail paint on your toe nails to give it more fancy look.
Ouch! How did I miss that one? Getting tattoo on your hand (not the palms) is eye-catching. It is not a problem if you have to show them off as they can never be hidden. You can say that it is one of the intelligent tattoo placements to go for when you want to flaunt your tattoo.
Be it behind the ear or on the ear it is pretty visible to every out passing stranger. It is usually small and one can pretty much hide it with their hair. The most common tattoos you can think of are symbols & music notes.
Usually for the one with longer scripts! With these tattoos girls prefer to wear strapless or shoulder tops so that it can be easily seen. The script could be a favorite line from a book or a dialogue from a movie. What's yours?
So your prefer wearing miniskirts, Right? Ah we so knew that. Then this one is for you. Not as sensitive area as your face or arm but confidence is what it outcasts. You can show it for the deserving and hide it for the selected eyes! It's a real intelligent tattoo placement.
Under an eye? Yes. May be you are a part of gang or you lost your loved one, you can get a small tattoo such a tear drop which would reflect your issue more prominently. And may you can go for a murder after that! P.S. It was just a joke!
Another intelligent tattoo placement which girls prefer as they can flaunt with wearing backless dress and the ones with lower necks. It can be a lower placement full body cover or may be upper part only. Butterflies for lower placements and flower for upper back are usually preferred.
So much to choose from! Not that difficult a task. The most important thing that matters is if you want to show it off or not and then selecting intelligent tattoo placements is necessary. People usually get inked on the part of body which is not suitable for them and later regret. So the main idea is to get inked intelligently and let people know what your tattoo says about you.


Bossam. It's my favorite Korean meat dish. Yes, even more than Korean BBQ! Today, I will show you how to make this delicious dish at home. It's very easy to make if you nail down the broth measurements. The only other tricky part is finding a (Korean) mart that sells thick cuts of pork belly. If you can get your hands on it, you're in for a treat!
So what exactly is Bossam?
Bossam is a thick cut of pork belly that is slowly cooked in a flavored broth. By boiling it over a long period of time, the meat is defatted. The oil and fat in the meat is melted into the broth, which we discard. And you're left with an ultra-tender piece of pork. It's then thinly sliced and eaten on top of a fresh piece of lettuce, along with a few pieces of Kimchi and Spicy Radish Salad.
Note: For the garlic topping, make sure to cook it on a medium-low heat. You want to make sure the minced garlic sizzles in the oil so it loses that strong garlic punch. But don't overcook it, or else it will burn and taste bitter. Just give it a taste before you spread it all over you hard-cooked bossam!
Thinly-sliced (heavenly) cuts of boiled pork. Wrapped Korean Style!
Prep fresh ingredients: Cut apple into 4 pieces and cut out the seed portion. Split the onion in half. Cut the spring onion stalks in half. Set aside 5 pieces of garlic.
Optional: Put frying pan on high heat. Then add a slight drizzle of oil. Once the frying pan is hot, place in the pork belly pieces. Char the meat on all sides - until they get a nice crisp!
Take out a large pot. Place water in (6 cups). Turn it on a high heat. Then place in the apple, onion, spring onion and garlic pieces.
Once the pot starts to boil, add in the ginger powder (1/2 Tablespoon) and ground coffee (1 Tablespoon). Then use a strainer down and mix in the doenjang (3 Tablespoons) into the broth.
Place the pork belly into the boiling broth.
First, cook on high heat - without the lid - for 15 minutes.
After 15 minutes, reduce it to a medium-low heat. Cook - with a lid-on - for 30 minutes.
Optional: While you wait, consider making the garlic-topping sauce. Put frying pan on a medium-low heat. Place in olive oil (2T). Then add in the minced garlic (4T). Stir it around until the minced garlic starts to sizzle and dance in the oil. Then add in the honey (3T) and fresh lemon juice (1T). Turn off the heat and stir around in the residual heat. Set aside into a small plate and let it cool all the way down.
After 45 minutes of boiling, turn the heat off. Take out the pork belly.
Then cut it into very thin slices.
Serve the pork slices with lettuce, kimchi, radish salad and/or Ssamjang on the side.
Bon Appetit! Pour yourself some beer (or makgeolli) and enjoy life!
Pork Belly is known as Samgyeopsal (삼겹살) in Korean. For this recipe, ask for Tong-Samgyeopsal (통삼겹살) which is a thick section of pork belly.


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Satisfaction Guaranteed: the Making of the American Mass Market
© 2004 Susan Strasser
America was born of the frontier, its citizens people who by necessity often manufactured their own household requirements. This was the case throughout most of the 19th century: even in cities where people could purchase articles like candles and clothing. But by that century's end, a revolution was in the process – a consumer revolution in which virtually every household good, from food to cleaning solutions, came from factories. Even more remarkably, however, those goods weren't even coming from the factories through familiar faces at local groceries: they were entering the lives of people through new mail-order schemes and colossal supermarkets. Satisfaction Guaranteed examines how a few entrepreneurs transformed Americans' lifestyles and marketplace.
Like Never Done and Waste and Want, Satisfaction is chiefly focused on social history, and together the three examine various facets of Americans' transformation from producers to consumers, of how a nation of nominally self-reliant farmers and merchants became one of employee-consumers and big business. Unlike her previous workers, however, here Strasser presents a critical business history, rather like Straight Out of the Oven or Cheap. To explain the success of the new businesses, she demonstrates to readers how they created completely new business and marketing practices, like 'market segmentation' – targeting particular products within a brand to specific demographics. Another novelty was that of the brand name or trademark, which could be used to build a reputation for quality. They also depended on new technologies and systems, either material (in the form of railroads that allowed for mail-order companies to flower and deliver cheaper goods through volume sales) or legal, like court decisions that made corporations easier to form and much more effective at managing interstate businesses. Strasser places the most emphasis on marketing, however, for it was marketing that introduced Americans to completely new goods ('Oleomargarine? What kinda cow makes that?), marketing that coaxed them into trying it even when their local grocers didn't want to stock it, and marketing that gradually lured them into not only using products, but becoming dependent on them. Marketing is why invention is the mother of necessity.
Although Strasser regards consumerism as wasteful, she doesn't rail against the giants that promote it – indeed, depend on it. There are no villains in this piece, though she's plainly sympathetic to the small businessmen, like the neighborhood grocers and general store managers, who were at first forced to keep goods on their shelves they had no experience with , and then driven out of business when large chains like A&P Groceries invaded. (Ads of the day directed potentials customers that if their local firms didn't carry Crisco or the brand in question, they should forward the names and addresses of those firms to the corporation, who would see to it that the goods were offered for retail.) The new branded products didn't offer storekeepers much of a profit margin, and eventually corporations began seeing local retailers as obstacles to reaching as broad a customer base as they possibly could – and that was the goal: not meeting needs, but devising any way to create and capture new markets. Whereas once Americans produced things in-house to satisfy their needs, now they were consumers who bought whatever ensnared their interests – and following the 'credit revolution', they didn't even need to be limited by what they could afford.
Strasser's previous work has been lively yet comprehensive, and Satisfaction Guaranteed largely meets those standards. Covering the intersection of business practices and lifestyle, she focuses more on new approaches business management than on lifestyle, the usual center of attention, which may broaden her audience to those interested in business in general. This by no means detracts from its appeal as an introduction to the origins of mass consumerism in America, however.
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The Decolonizing Education Certificate is for educators who want to develop their capacity to understand Indigenous perspectives in the history of colonization to contemporary realities in Canada. The module instructors are a combination of Indigenous scholars and non-Indigenous scholars who work in solidarity with Indigenous peoples.
This certificate covers an array of topics from pre-contact to colonial contact and will help educators understand and appreciate Indigenous perspectives (first four modules) in decolonizing education and understanding one's position in solidarity with Indigenous peoples (last four modules). This certificate has been developed to build capacity among educators in responding to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada (TRC) calls for action for education in a meaningful way.
Participants can expect to receive accurate and authentic knowledge, information and experience Indigegogy while learning about what anti-colonial, structural, and decolonizing means in our teaching and learning. Each instructor will bring his or her knowledge, gifts and experiences to the teaching and learning circle. Participants will gain extra knowledge to help integrate Indigenous perspectives into their teaching content. They will also have invaluable learning experiences that will transform their own teaching and learning.
Most educators have not had to take Indigenous studies and will benefit from this certificate. If you have little to no exposure to Indigenous knowledge, history or Indigenous studies, this certificate is for you. If you are an educator who wants to better understand and teach about Canada and Indigenous peoples, this certificate is for you. Postsecondary educators and social work educators are encouraged to register.
This module begins with cultural history and provides an overview of colonial history. It begins to establish the context of contact and colonization and introduces cultural learning protocols, land protocols and Indigegogy.
Experience Indigenous protocols in teaching and learning.
Be introduced to elements of cultural teachings in circle.
Explore and examine an overview of colonial history.
Have an experiential learning experience.
An increased understanding of colonization.
More knowledge, tools and resources to utilize.
A network of people with common learning goals.
The second module covers issues related to governance, policy and land. It may cover topics such as treaties, the Indian Act, reserves, federal and provincial governance jurisdictions, and the United Nations on the Declaration of Rights for Indigenous Peoples.
Module three offers a critical Indigenous perspective related to the policies of social control of Indigenous peoples in the late 1800 to 1900s. It may cover topics such as child welfare, foster care, residential schools, criminal justice and intergenerational trauma.
Examine policy development in Canada from confederation.
Critically analyze key social, political and economic policies.
Examine the impact of key policies on Indigenous life.
Learn how to process and integrate the emotionally and psychologically challenging insights that come with learning about Indigenous social policies.
An understanding of colonial policy development in Canada.
Be able to apply critical analysis to historical and contemporary Indigenous policies.
Knowledgeable about how policies affect social, political and economic life.
An understanding of strategies advocating for or against Indigenous policies.
Greater insight into the contemporary social, political and economic terrain that confronts Indigenous people and communities.
This module presents the actions of Indigenous peoples towards truth telling, cultural activism and healing movements. The module will also cover national reports, such as Missing and Murder Indigenous Women, Truth and Reconciliation Calls to Action, as well social activism towards changing policies. Participants will gain understanding in decolonization, alliance building and reconciliation through the examination of resistance and solidarity movements such as Idle No More, Sisters In Spirit and #NoDAPL.
This Decolonizing Certificate Module will help participants to deeply reflect on their individual, familial, cultural, nation, and professional position in relation to colonial issues that continue to impact Indigenous communities and land.
There is an emphasis on participatory activities that asks participants to draw insights from teachings around specific treaties like the Two Row Wampum, and then apply them to their personal, nation, and professional ways of practice/living. Participants will consider Indigenous perspectives/knowledge on land, colonialism, and contemporary relational issues, and then will actively consider these perspectives/knowledge in relation to the specific land/waters where participants live and work. The module is centred around the practice of 'truth-telling' as the basis for considering different ways of relating with Indigenous perspectives/knowledge and land, and as such ends by considering specific actions that can be taken in our ways of living and working.
Learn about our colonial and other privileges.
Examine personal and political blockages to decolonization.
Examine ways for us to be allies / working in solidarity with Indigenous people.
An increased understanding of their own colonial privilege.
An increased understanding of ways to work in solidarity with Indigenous people.
Module 6 begins to draw attention to one's positionality in relationship with Indigenous people. It examines structural and critical change; experiences of working with Indigenous people and combating institutional racism toward change.
Experience Indigenous protocols for examining treaty relations, privilege, and a wholistic sense of our identity.
Engage cultural teachings in a circle process that connects us to land and treaties.
Explore your position (individual, racial, cultural, national, professional, spiritual) in colonial history.
Have an experiential learning experience about your role in "truth" and "reconciliation."
Module 7 brings about the culmination of the previous modules with an encounter and sharing of one's teaching and learning as non-Indigenous educators. Discussions may include ones role in decolonizing the academy. Circle process will facilitate reflexive teaching and learning.
In this last module, instructors will share their experiences, lessons and growing pains of unsettling their settler within. They will also facilitate an experiential process of where one goes to from here as one contemplates responding to the Calls to Action in education.
This 2-day workshop helps participants learn about their individual, familial, cultural, nation, and professional position from the lands, waters, and climate they live and work within. This workshop will be conducted at different places that bring to our attention particular land, being and ancestral relations, and these will be engaged for particular teachings about the history of colonial relations, human responsibilities in creation, and how to hold ourselves in times of significant change. We will engage these places in relation to stories from the three Indigenous nations of Taron:to (Anishinaabe, Haudenosaunee, Wendat) and wampum treaties like the Two Row, Dish-with-One-Spoon, and Seven Nations/Fires. There is an emphasis on participatory activities that asks participants to draw insights from the land/water/climate-based teachings, and to work with their ancestral origins, stories and practices in relation to what these places teach. These sessions are centred around the practice of 'truth-telling' for settlers as the basis for considering different ways of relating with Indigenous people and the land/water we live within, and as such will continually ask participants to consider what their learning means for our ways of living and working.
Prerequisite: Prior experience with the DEC modules.
Timothy Leduc is author of the new book, A Canadian Climate of Mind: Passages from Fur to Energy and Beyond (McGill-Queen's University Press, 2016). It engages the Two Row Wampum to look at the colonial roots of today's climate change-energy issues, which are reconsidered as a spiritual initiation into healing the pain of disconnection at the root of modern culture. His first book, Climate, Culture, Change: Inuit and Western Dialogues with a Warming North (University of Ottawa Press, 2010), was shortlisted for the 2012 Canada Prize and looked at climate science, politics, and economics from the perspective of Inuit cosmology. He is faculty in land-based and Indigenous Social Work at Laurier Brantford, and has worked as a social worker in northern Indigenous communities and as an urban land-based educator.
"Participating in the decolonizing education certificate modules has been an incredibly meaningful experience on numerous levels: in terms of knowledge, community and spiritual development.
It introduced me to a new approach to social justice education that blends history, ceremony, culture, and contemporary social and critical analysis. Each module effectively builds on the previous one, connecting the many intersectional and intergenerational issues that are essential knowledge for decolonization, and exposing participants to a range of perspectives with a different instructor for each module.
I highly recommend it for anyone serious about responding to the TRC calls to action from an educational perspective."
"I've been reflecting a lot on my experiences so far in the Decolonizing Education Certificate; one way I've explained it recently is that, while I've learned a lot from books, and I know a lot of facts, I'm in a place now where I am ready to learn from people.
At the Centre for Indigegogy we learn from Indigenous scholars and non-Indigenous allies about culturally-appropriate engagement, about Indigenous pedagogy, about ourselves, and about each other. It has been a gift to participate in the circle so far, and I can't wait for the next modules.
Maybe you - like me - identify as a settler, and wonder what you should be doing about decolonization and how you should be doing it; know that this is a space for you to learn: about this land, about its people, and about yourself."


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Podesta emails brings more convention advice from former Palm Beach County Dem chief
Mark Alan Siegel
Hillary Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta's emails released by WikiLeaks have unearthed a range of look-under-the-rock moments involving the presidential front-runner.
They've also helped resurface a former Palm Beach County Democratic chairman — who offered advice on the Democratic National Convention, an event which earlier became the platform for his ouster.
Mark Alan Siegel, who was forced to resign just two months before the 2012 presidential election following a videotaped rant against pro-Israel Christians, has managed to become a footnote in the latest campaign.
In an email last March, Siegel advised the Clinton campaign staff what he saw as a way to mute outrage from the Bernie Sanders campaign about the role of super delegates at the upcoming Democratic National Convention.
Siegel said the Clinton team should offer a proposal to change the role of these delegates, heavily favoring the eventual nominee, at future conventions.
"So if we 'give' Bernie this in the Convention's rules committee, his people will think they've 'won' something from the Party Establishment," he wrote. "And it functionally doesn't make any difference anyway. They win. We don't lose. Everyone is happy."
Siegel advised that the deal was perfect. "Why not throw Bernie a bone" he said.
Siegel left his party chairman's post after rocking Democrats at the 2012 Democratic National Convention with an interview posted on the conservative Breitbart site.
In it, Siegel warned Jews shouldn't trust pro-Israel Christians.
"The Christians just want us to be there so we can be slaughtered and converted and bring on the second coming of Jesus Christ," Siegel said.
He later apologized.
Author John KennedyPosted on October 25, 2016 Categories 2016 campaigns, Democrats, Hillary Clinton, Palm Beach CountyTags bnblogs, Democratic National Convention, email, John Podesta, news, WikiLeaksLeave a comment on Podesta emails brings more convention advice from former Palm Beach County Dem chief
VP choice Kaine gets mixed reaction from Florida
Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
PHILADELPHIA — Tim Kaine, formally nominated as Hillary Clinton's running mate at the Democratic National Convention on Wednesday, told Florida delegates earlier in the day he expects to spend a lot of time campaigning in the crucial Sunshine State.
The U.S. senator from Virginia and former Virgina governor bounded into the Florida delegation breakfast at the downtown Marriott around 8:15 a.m. — before most delegates had arrived for the scheduled 8:30 a.m. meal.
"It wasn't an accident that the rollout of the ticket was in Florida," said Kaine, whose first appearance as Clinton's running mate came Saturday in Miami. "We started there on Saturday because we know how critical Florida is going to be this cycle. And I have a feeling that I'm going to be coming soon to a theater near you."
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Author George BennettPosted on July 27, 2016 July 27, 2016 Categories 2016 campaigns, Democratic National Convention, elections, George Bennett, Tim KaineTags Democratic National Convention, news, PoliticsLeave a comment on VP choice Kaine gets mixed reaction from Florida
Trump in Miami: Why won't Hillary give news conference?
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DORAL — Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump didn't take a break to golf while the Democrats hold their national convention this week.
Just hours after Hillary Clinton Tuesday night became the first woman ever nominated as a major party candidate for president, the businessman and part-time Palm Beacher tore into her, her campaign, and her staff during a 1-hour gathering Wednesday morning with reporters at his Trump National Doral golf resort west of Miami.
The first words out of his mouth: that Clinton now has gone 235 days without any kind of news conference. That couldn't immediately be verified.
Trump did not say anything about the possibility that he'll have to come to federal court in a $6 million lawsuit by members of his Jupiter country club. He did take a question about the massive algae crisis in the Treasure Coast, but only to say he's aware of it and concerned about it and wants to find out what's causing it.
Trump said he's not sure if it was Russia that hacked Democratic National Committee emails that he says prove the DNC gamed the election in favor of Clinton and she "knew about it," something Clinton has denied. He said the emails contained comments so offensive that, had he said them, "I'd have had to drop out of the race."
He did quip that perhaps the Russians can find the 30,000-plus emails by then-Secretary of State Clinton that she was unable to produce.
Trump said he doesn't have major investments in Russia. He did say that several years back he bought a home in Palm Beach County for $40 million and sold it to a Russian for more than $100 million, and that's the extent of his dealings with Russia.
He dismissed the idea that the Russians did it to help him win but did say that "a President Trump will be so much better in relations with Russia. Couldn't be worse."
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Trump plans press briefing this morning near Miami
DORAL — Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, fresh off his own convention last week and a private fundraiser Tuesday night at his Trump National Doral golf resort west of Miami, holds a press briefing this morning at the resort.
It's the first public remarks by the businessman and part-time Palm Beacher since Tuesday night's formal nomination of his opponent, Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton, although Trump posted several of his traditional Twitter tweets.
The Palm Beach Post is staffing the briefing, which starts at 10:30 a.m. To read more, go later to mypalmbeachpost.com.
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Follow Post politics reporter George Bennett and digital editor Kristina Webb as they report live from this week's Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia. Follow them at PostonPolitics.com and on Twitter @gbennett and @kristina-webb.
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'Holy Melania!' Jeong's anti-Trump video on outsourcing hit at convention
Ken Jeong. Courtesy of Funny of Die.
"Holy Melania!"
Comedian Ken Jeong starred in a Funny or Die–produced video aired during Monday's Democratic National Convention prime-time kick-off called, "Donald Decoded: Outsourcing." Jeong, along with Austan Goolsbee, the former chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers, go through a list of Donald Trump-branded items, including dress shirts, ties, suits, vodka and barware to see where it was made.
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"Trump tie! Probably made in Pennsylvania. China?!" Jeong says.
"Trump crystal barware?" Jeong asks.
"Slovenia," Goolsbee replies.
"Holy Melania!" Jeong shrieks.
Donald Trump has said that under his presidency, he will pass new regulations aimed at curtailing American companies from outsourcing their manufactured products, including getting Apple to manufacture its computers and iPhones in the U.S.
"We cannot allow this to keep happening. It will NOT happen under my watch," Trump wrote in a Facebook post after air conditioner manufacturer Carrier announced it was moving 1,400 jobs from its plant in Indiana to Mexico.
Despite denouncing the practice of outsourcing and lack of American production, Trump's own products, as well as those branded under the names of his daughter, Ivanka, and wife, Melania, are produced outside of the U.S., including China, Mexico and Bangladesh.
And while Trump's "Make America Great Again" hats are manufactured in the U.S., according to his website, hats with the Trump-inspired slogan "Make Florida Red Again" sold at last week's Republican National Convention in Cleveland were made in China.
Author Kristyn WellesleyPosted on July 25, 2016 July 26, 2016 Categories 2016 campaigns, Democratic National Convention, Democrats, Donald TrumpTags Democratic National Convention, Donald Trump, funny or die, ken jeong, newsLeave a comment on 'Holy Melania!' Jeong's anti-Trump video on outsourcing hit at convention
Trump to attend Hispanic roundtable Tuesday in Miami
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump will take part Tuesday in a "Hispanic leadership roundtable" in Miami, his campaign said over the weekend.
Trump (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)
The businessman and part-time Palm Beacher and his running mate, Indiana Gov. Mike Pence, will start the day
PenceTuesday in Charlotte, N.C., at the, before flying to Miami. Details of the Miami event haven't yet been announced.
Tuesday in Charlotte, N.C., at the 117th National Convention of Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States, before flying to Miami. Details of the Miami event haven't yet been announced.
Trump's last scheduled visit to Miami, July 8, at which it was speculated he might announce his pick of running mate, was canceled at the last minute because of the previous evening's assassination of five police officers in Dallas. Trump unveiled his partnership with Pence on July 16 in New York.
On Saturday, Trump's presumed opponent, former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, also targeted Miami for her first
Clinton (Allen Eyestone / The Palm Beach Post)
rally with her vice president pick, U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine, traveling to the heavily-Hispanic
Kaine (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
Florida International University, west of Miami.
Clinton is set to become the official nominee this week at the Democratic National Convention
in Philadelphia. She'll do so without South Florida U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, who Sunday was out as Democratic National Committee chair following revelations of e-mails suggesting the DNC had unfairly helped Clinton in her primary fight with Vermont U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders.
Sanders (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)
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Dems will 'shoot Obama out of a cannon' at convention next week
Democratic National Committee Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz gave Post on Politics a glimpse into what her party will do next week during their national convention in Charlotte.
Wasserman Schultz, in Tampa to counter the GOP's national convention, also had a few snarky words for what she'd seen far from the opposition.
"Our convention next week is designed as being the most open, accessible, inclusive, participatory presidential nominating convention in history," Wasserman Schultz said over a mushroom omelet at the Spain restaurant in downtown Tampa.
"We made a decision that our convention was not going to be the invitation-only, exclusive, only-the-elite-need-apply affair that this one has been," she said.
"Ours is going to be one that, when we finish on Thursday night, will have shot President Obama out of a cannon into the fall campaign and leave with an enthusiastic, fired-up, broad base of supporters who understand that he's been fighting for the middle class and working families and that he is someone who hasn't done things the same old way."
Here's DWS's take on the GOP's glitzy fete thus far.
"I think that they have bent over backwards to run a fact-free convention," she said. "Their convention has been a pretty nasty barrage of criticism that if they took a mirror and turned it around would be reflective of many of the policies that they're criticizing that they themselves have embraced."
Wasserman Schultz blasted GOP vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan, who blamed Obama for an auto plant shutting down in Ryan's hometown, Janesville, Wis. She said the plant was slated for closure before Obama was elected four years ago.
That was "a big jaw-dropper," Wasserman Schultz said.
"It's utter malarkey," she said. "My overall sentiment so far is it's really disappointing how cynical they obviously are and how willing they are to just say anything to get elected. We should aspire to better things in American politics," she said.
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"When I was little I was a complete tomboy. I wasn't very much of a 'Mehrbano'. Mehrbano is a real princess kind of a name.
Jugnu Mohsin (editor of The Friday Times and wife of Najam Sethi) is a mutual friend of my mother and Aunt Nasim Zehra. When I was born Nasim khala said I look like a choti jugnu (small firefly) and they started calling me Jugnu. But by the time I was four or five, that name became unbearable for me as it was too feminine.
"I was convinced that I was a boy and something has gone wrong with me which my parents didn't understand. I would wear a cap, sleeveless top, knickers and try to prove to the world that I am Juggun instead of Jugnu.
"Modeling is the only really glamorous part of showbiz, but ultimately you are just a clothes hanger. But the low self-esteem that comes about because of being a hanger is compensated through hosting a morning show.
"By being a part of the morning show circuit I have actually managed to change the perception of people about morning shows. You can have normal conversations that appeal to people without resorting to a shaadi, saas bahu and 'fight' week.
"I write for the Tribune and Hilal magazine as well, so for lack of a better term, wahan par thori intellectual tharak poori ho jati ha."
"As far as acting is concerned, I was four when someone asked me what I would like to be after I grow up. I turned and said, 'Mein barra ho kar actor banu ga'. I was convinced that I was Amitabh Bachchan. How was I to know that a horrible thing like the female body would happen to me? If I have to choose, I'd say I am an actor basically.
"My mother didn't spare any effort to stop me from entering the industry. I was 13 or 14 when Samina Peerzada called my mother Ghazala Sehgal, and said, "Gajoo, I am making a movie and I want Juggun to play a part in that".
My mother got furious at the thought of a Sehgal getting into films. At that same time there were several rishta offers pouring in and I made it my mission to repel them — I'd spill tea and do weird things to have them run away. My poor mother didn't know what to do; for her it was a fate worse than death to come into this industry.
"I received a lot of love at PTV because my father Abbas Kazim used to do a Punjabi show on PTV. Otherwise it was hard for me to get the acceptance from the people in the industry. They felt that I was an ameer baap ki bigrri hui aulad. I stopped taking money from home from the time I was 17.
"My talking is just my social anxiety coming out. I talk because I can't handle the silence. Anyone who has verbal diarrhea like me tries to hide their complexes.
"When you are younger love is all about butterflies in your stomach, stars in your eyes and the excitement of being with someone but that's just innocent lust."
"I have been seriously committed to therapy for two years. I don't go for therapy because I am schizophrenic or manic depressive or because I have a psychological problem. In fact I have a minor in psychology which is part of my degree but I go because I feel people in this industry should go to a psychiatrist at least once a week to vent out all that is inside them."
This woman sounds as fake as a three rupee note.
Who is next, Rabi Peerzada?
Beauty and brains. I read her articles which I find pragmatic. Wish her all the best from across the border.
All I hear is 'main, main, main' too much focused on her own self.
She is a perfect example of people who have done no harm to you, are now known to you, yet you cant stand them for a second!
There are lot more beautiful and talented women in Pakistan who do not get chance to show the talent. I feel sorry for this lady.
"To support myself I worked as a janitor and a bouncer...."
With a vital stastic like yours, I am sure if you tripped and fell flat face on the floor, you would bounce back automatically. Another definition for "bouncer"
I also admire her voice and looks. I sometimes watch her morning show in PTV world. Her show is unique from the rest of the morning shows.


The world's most famous contemporary Egyptologist, Zahi Hawass, has been summoned for questioning over claims that he helped three German hobbyists steal rock samples from inside Egypt's largest pyramid. Hawass denies the charges, saying "there is nothing against me".
In April 2013, the three Germans – two amateur archaeologists and a film-making accomplice – crept inside the inner sanctum of the Great Pyramid at Giza, the last the seven wonders of the ancient world to remain relatively intact.
The trio, conspiracy theorists, Dominique Görlitz, Stefan Erdmann and Peter Hoefer, wanted to show that the pyramid was not the final resting place of the pharaoh Khufu, as has long been accepted, but in fact a relic of an even older empire.
In an attempt to prove this, they scraped off part of the pyramid's cartouche – the insignia that denotes for whom the pyramid was built – and took it back to Germany for testing. Following an international outcry, the samples were later returned, and the men placed on trial in absentia – along with five Egyptian officials accused of helping them to illegally access the pyramid.
All eight were convicted on Tuesday, after a trial in which the five officials claimed that it was in fact Hawass, a controversial former antiquities minister, who had facilitated the theft of the samples, during his involvement in a documentary about the cartouche in 2010.
Following the convictions on Tuesday, the judge summoned Hawass for questioning about his involvement. Hawass denies playing a part, saying that he left government in mid-2011, two years before the crime took place. He admits that as antiquities minister he gave the go-ahead to the 2010 documentary, but says that during filming, "no one touched the cartouches and no one even put their hands near it".
Regardless of the outcome of his questioning, this is the latest setback in a once-stellar career that floundered after Hawass was forced out of the antiquities ministry following Egypt's 2011 uprising.
In the 2000s, the flamboyant Hawass became known as Egypt's Indiana Jones, starring in several Egyptology documentaries, as well as his own reality series. In 2006, Time magazine named him one of the 100 most influential people in the world, and he later put his name to a line of khaki trousers.
But when dictator Hosni Mubarak was ousted, Hawass was tainted by association, and despite hanging on to his position for a few months, he later left under a cloud of never-proven corruption allegations.
In an interview with the Guardian last year, Hawass hinted that he would be interested in a comeback, emphasising that he was the only man for the job.
"It's a gift from God," said Hawass of his leadership skills.
"When I talk people listen to me, when [others] talk people sleep," he later added. "I don't see why people criticise me about this. I made Egypt in the hearts of everyone everywhere.


To receive these grants, individuals will be required to meet some basic criteria. This includes attending the Enterprise for Success programme, which provides 12 hours over a 2 day workshop (pre-start) or 6-12 hours (post-start) of one-to-one advice and support. This will be delivered from the newly opened Tamworth Enterprise Centre at Phillip Dix House. The Enterprise for Success programme ensures individuals and businesses have the right skills they need to run their business and results in the creation of a business plan.


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Ladies, Don't always trust your OBGYN: Here is my story!
I just need to say this up front: ALWAYS double check your own lab results. Do not always trust your doctor. I understand they are human and make mistakes, but it's important to know your own medical status.
I used to think my non-hormonal IUD was the best thing ever as far as birth control is concerned. I didn't have to worry about anything! I knew the risks, but the chances of them were so low it was worth the convenience. But I also should have considered that when there is a 1% chance of something, I'm always the 1% case. Just my luck.
At my follow-up today, my doctor didn't catch my elevated HCG levels on my labs, and I had to be the one to point them out after she said everything was normal. I had to literally diagnose myself with an ectopic pregnancy, and checking my own lab result saved me from having to go through a rupture, internal bleeding, and more serious surgery.
The only thing my OBGYN had to say was "Oh, you're right! I didn't even look at that because I assumed you weren't pregnant because of your other symptoms." Um, wait, excuse me, WHAT? You are the OBGYN! You specialize in this! Shouldn't you check HCG levels every time, especially when you don't know what the hell is wrong with a patient?!
She sent me to the ER and I had to have an emergency surgery for ectopic pregnancy attached to my ovary and partial removal of my right fallopian tube. I caught it just before it ruptured, the hospital acted quickly, and the surgery went really well. I'm home now and on bed rest for a few days while I heal.
This just irks me. It could have been a lot worse if I blindly trusted my doctor like I SHOULD be able to do.
For anyone wondering, I had Paragard, a copper non-hormonal IUD. My current doctor is nice and I never had any issues until this, but this whole thing was complete negligence and I can no longer trust her. I'm searching for a new one right after my post-op appointment.
If anyone has any suggestions for recovery, I'm all ears.


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Home > News > OTC: FutureOn creates Sims-like application for subsea, wins OTC Spotlight on New Technology
OTC: FutureOn creates Sims-like application for subsea, wins OTC Spotlight on New Technology
By Michele Cowart, Digital Editor on 5/7/2019
Photo: (from left) FutureOn's Michael O'Sullivan, president, Americas; Darrell Knight, executive V.P., global accounts and Päl Roppen, chairman of the board.
The digital future is a theme flowing through OTC. Every booth is onboard, and every service company and operator feels the energy and wants to learn how the next, latest and greatest technology can save time and money. FutureON is no different and looks to catch these companies early in the decision-making process.
During Day 1 (Monday) at OTC 2019 in Houston, I sat down with FutureOn's team: Pl Roppen, chairman of the board, Darrell Knight, executive V.P., global accounts and Michael O'Sullivan, president, Americas. Fresh off winning a 2019 OTC Spotlight on New Technology Award for their FieldAP – a FieldTwin platform application, this enthusiastic group of thought leaders shared their vision of the company, thoughts on new technology and hopes for the oil and gas industry.
FutureOn's FieldAP, is the first cloud-based data visualization application for subsea field development. The video game-like environment focuses on offshore, emerging, short-term opportunities and has been tested by Equinor, McDermott and Subsea 7, among others. This technology "is for the big players to really maximize [their projects] because a lot of the offshore projects today are very complicated," said Knight. "It's a proven software." This application is targeted toward the early stages for best effectiveness.
How it works. FieldAP securely drives workflow transparency and real-time collaboration between all relevant stakeholders. The application brings together field engineers and project managers, as they outline their current status and determine their next course of action, subsea, in 2D and 3D visualizations. The data modeling and engineering simulations have been created by gaming engineers to make it sophisticated, yet easy to use.
Winning. The Spotlight on New Technology Awards is a program for OTC exhibitors that showcases the latest and most advanced hardware and software technologies that are leading the industry into the future. The winners have to meet the following criteria to win: new, innovative, proven, broad interest and significant impact. FutureOn received this validation for its FieldAP – a FieldTwin platform application.
"Being a Spotlight on new Technolgoy Award winner is a coveted industry honor," said Roppen. "This award further validates FieldAP, our sector-savvy data visualization application which helps our customer significantly reduce the time to first oil."
Growth. FutureOn has been in business for three years and is headquartered in Oslo. Today, there is an office in Houston and 11 employees. The company has plans to add an office in London by the end of this year and establish a presence in the Middle East.
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Norwegian Petroleum Directorate reports high activity in the first six months of the year (7/14)
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Take Stock Go over any equipment issues while the season is still fresh in your mind, and address any fixes you've put off. It's discouraging to bust out the gear for a new season and see that core shot's still there, that buckle's still bent, that basket's still missing.
Clean and Store Boots Carefully Boots get filthy, especially if you're tromping around muddy parking lots on sunny spring corn-snow days. Take them out of the bag, clean them, and also clean the inside of the boot bag before replacing the boots and storing in a cool, dry place. Remember, two things love ski boots especially: mice and mildew. Plan accordingly.
Tuning Bench It's time to dismount the vises and put the tuning tools away. Take inventory of stuff that needs replacing (wax, brake holders, worn files) and get it done now. Scrape wax drippings off bench and floor and sweep up filings and wax/sidewall shavings. Store all tools tidily, keeping all the waxy stuff (scrapers, brushes, bars/vials of wax) separate from all the metal-working stuff (files, file guides, gummi, stones) so that waxing stuff doesn't get contaminated with filings and files don't get clogged with wax. Protect any file-guide faces that come into contact with your ski bases from damage: even a small nick can mar your ski base with every stroke.
(Do Not) Relax Binding Springs Some grizzled veterans still do this because it gives them peace of mind to know that their release spring is relaxed and therefore not at risk of permanent deformity (or whatever), but this isn't necessary anymore, if it ever was. If you do loosen, it's crucial to remember to retighten in the fall (or risk prerelease and possible injury on your first run of the season). Tape a reminder to your toepieces with DIN values written down. And remember if you do touch your DIN settings you're letting shop and manufacturer off the hook in event of a binding malfunction.
Plan For Next Season Season passes are already on sale for next year, so take advantage of the low prices now.
Mt. Rose, Nevada For the first time in resort history, Mt. Rose will be operating through Memorial Day this year. To celebrate, they're having a No Pants Weekend—so bring your swimsuits, Daisy Dukes, or grass skirts—anything but your ski pants.
Killington, Vermont Killington's projected closing date is June 1st, but since they start their summer activities on May 27th, you'll be able to ski, golf, and mountain bike all of Memorial Day Weekend. The perfect holiday trifecta.
Mammoth Mountain, California Thanks to massive snowfall this season, Mammoth hasn't even announced its closing date yet. This Memorial Day weekend they'll be hosting a Military Skis Free day, retail sales for next year's gear, and DJs all weekend long.
Squaw Alpine, California After its snowiest winter on record, Squaw hasn't yet announced its closing date either (it's hoping to remain open into July). Anyone with a Tahoe Super Pass gets to ski or ride free during Memorial Day weekend, and friends of pass holders can buy passes for $19.
Mt. Bachelor, Oregon Mt. Bachelor isn't open on Memorial Day itself, but it's open the Saturday and Sunday before, closing out its season on May 28th with a pond skim, beer fest, and live music.
Timberline Lodge and Ski Area, Oregon Located right next to a glacier, Timberline's version of spring skiing doesn't even include slush. It keep its lifts spinning not only past Memorial Day, but well into the summer, giving Timberline one of the longest ski seasons in North America.
Snowbird, Utah With the longest season in Utah, Snowbird will be open Friday through Memorial Day this year, and then will remain open on weekends for as long as conditions allow.
Aspen Mountain, Colorado After 18 inches of new snow this last week, Aspen Mountain will reopen Saturday, Sunday and Monday with 130 acres of its intermediate and advanced terrain skiable from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., via the Ajax Express.
Arapahoe Basin, Colorado A-Basin is usually the last resort to close in Colorado, staying open until June 5th this year, with a bonus weekend from June 9th to 11th. Its Memorial Day weekend festivities will feature the Shakin' at the Basin Spring Concert Series and the Brewpub Festival.


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Secret Space UFOs – Rise of the TR3B
The legendary TR3B is said to be the very first Alien Reproduction Vehicle that the military built secretly for space travel.
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Dignity, equality and mutual respect are universal principals that artists and arts workers often seek to embed within their work. Such ethical frameworks help us understand how we view our neighbours and the different cultures around us.
A deeper understanding of human rights has the potential to considerably enhance the work and career opportunities for artists interested in addressing social justice concerns within their work.
'Art has an enormously important role to play in any conversations and actions around human rights,' said Caroline Fleay, Associate Professor for the Master of Human Rights at Curtin University, which students can also access online through Open Universities Australia (OUA).
'Human rights, at its core, are essentially about how we engage with each other. How we live together. For example, what are the implications of living in this liberal democracy? Some people have an experience of justice in their daily lives, some people don't. What are the implications of that?
'More importantly how do we try to bring about positive social and political change? How do we understand there is a need for that? Art has an incredibly important role to play in that and those are the sorts of questions I would imagine that many of us, including artists, grapple with.'
And how can a postgraduate degree in human rights better inform an artist and arts worker's discipline, and inevitably change the course of a career?
'The thing to note is that many students who come into the masters are already working in their professions, however they want to work in that profession with more of an understanding of human rights,' she said.
By the end of the masters, students will be well placed to apply their knowledge of the principles and concepts of human rights to their work, giving them a competitive advantage when it comes to community projects and other meaningful employment opportunities
'Some of our other students have gone on to work for agencies that do human rights work, such as Amnesty International and community development organisations.'
1. Challenge your own ethical framework
By taking up an education in human rights you're placing ethics at the forefront of your mind, which makes a lot of sense for artists whose work is centered around issues such as social justice and cultural disadvantage
'One of the things we often start with in the subject Human Rights Theory and Philosophy is what are some of the dominant understandings in human rights, how do people understand ideas of rights?
'These ideas are often those that are reflected in the United Nations human rights treaties and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. There are claims that these rights are universal - but are they?'
Fleay said students in this subject begin asking themselves: 'Is that really the case? Does everyone think that? Not everyone does.
'We then start to unpack that and ask ourselves, what do we think human rights are? And where has our understanding come from? What has influenced me? We question our own ethics: where does my ethical framework come from?' she said.
It's this type of thinking that can propel graduates to global work opportunities, with alumni from the internationally recognised masters program working in both government and non-government organisations in Australia, Asia and Europe.
2. Time for reflection
Technology has enabled a scanning culture, with such an abundance of news and content there is little time to investigate. A degree in human rights can change how an artist approaches their work, allowing the time for deeper reflection.
'We have access to so much information right now that it's overwhelming. There's a lot of reporting but it doesn't mean that the reporting is necessarily reflective of what's really going on, only that there is access to information,' Fleay explained.
'The wonderful thing about studying and teaching in this area is you give yourself time to actually reflect and to think about the information we access in a deeper way than what we have time for in our daily lives.'
With the robotic workforce on the rise, critical thinking, communications, creativity and collaboration are increasingly sought-after skills – the Master of Human Rights will enable students to critically analyse and evaluate issues using a human rights framework and provide them with the skill set to effectively communicate these theories.
3. Learn from people with lived experience
The Centre for Human Rights Education at Curtin University has a reputation for supporting social justice and advocating for human rights.
Fleay has extensive experience advocating for the rights of people seeking asylum. 'We have an emphasis on activism and advocacy at the Centre. Along with my colleagues, I have long been involved in community campaigns, working with people to try to bring about the realisation of rights.'
It's not only the teachers who inform the course dynamics, said Fleay; the student cohort also contribute to and enrich the learning experience.
'We value other people's lived experience; we learn from each other what it is like to live in a society full of diversity.'
4. Understand the political powers at play
When it comes to the divergent political systems currently controlling the globe, an understanding of the correlation between culture and politics can help illuminate the society around us.
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'The children on Nauru – we have been aware through the media for quite some time about what's happening,' Fleay said.
'We can begin to ask: "what is my responsibility? I'm not in the government, I'm not responsible for these policies, but I am a member of this community and that government represents me. So what is my responsibility? And what can we actually do about that?"
'What becomes important is the ability to look around at the world, and to ask, "What is my role?" The Masters gives you the language to be able to start talking about those things and ask: "who is privileged and who is not? Who has been treated in what way? And why?" But it also allows us to think about what we can actually do about it and how we might go about this. What's our agency?'
5. Be your own truth barometer
It is difficult to navigate the so-called "post-truth era" where rhetoric that has no grounding in facts can become more appealing than alternative perspectives.
Fleay explained: 'There are a diversity of views in the world and a diversity of ways of understanding and we all inevitably look at the world or information that is presented to us through a particular lens.'
That lens, she said, is very much influenced by factors such as where we were brought up and the views of those who raised us.
'Part of doing this Masters is exploring a range of perspectives of how we might see the world and how we might live together better in this world.'
Explore the Masters of Human Rights or any other courses at open.edu.au or call a friendly student advisor on 13 OPEN.
First published on Tuesday 13 November, 2018
Andrea Simpson is ArtsHub's Feature Writer and Reviews Editor. Andrea is a Filipino-Australian writer with a love for diverse Australian stories. She is curious about all forms of art, though she has an especially keen interest in the publishing sector.
Andrea has had short stories published in various anthologies, and is currently working on her first novel.
You can follow Andrea on Instagram @andi_jayyy
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