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To Lynchburg, Tennessee
I awake to the sound of rain outside on the hotel window. Breakfast is OK again. The hotel's been good apart from the shuttle cock-up yesterday. This place labels itself as downtown but I'd consider it on the edge. There are more centrally located hotels nearer to the main attractions but they were even more expensive than this Holiday Inn.
I leave Nashville and drive on I-24 S but it's pretty uninteresting. I can't see that much anyway because of the rain and overcast sky. After about 30 miles I turn onto US-231 S, then TN-82 S. By which time the weather has got even worse. It's very dark now. So dark in fact that the sat nav display in the car switches to night mode! The rain is really pouring down now and it's just horrible driving conditions. Once off I-24 the scenery looks as if it might be good and the road has a few twists and small hills to make it interesting. But I can hardly see more than 200 yards down the road, never mind the landscape around me.
The Angel's Share Tour at Jack Daniel Distillery
Jack Daniels Tour leaflet
My destination comes into view as I enter the small town of Lynchburg, Tennessee: the Jack Daniel Distillery. I'm here in good time for my pre-booked Angel's Share Distillery Tour. The rain is still driving down hard and I'm aware the Tour is a walking one that is partly outside. Looks like I might get wet. 🙁
As I dash across the parking lot and into a waiting shuttle bus, I begin to wonder if the tour will even be on, the rain is that heavy. Luckily I've brought a waterproof jacket with me on the trip so that will offer some rain protection. The bus takes me the short distance across the road to the main Distillery entrance. I'm earlier than planned and I'm offered the Tour before 'mine', which I accept. I left Nashville early because I was concerned about the impact of the weather on the road conditions, but there were no delays. And despite the continuing heavy rain, the Tour is on.
We first get taken by a minibus to the Rickyard where they make the charcoal. This is an actual working distillery and the photos show the real place where this happens. From the Rickyard we walk for the rest of the Tour into various buildings as the whisky making process develops in sequence. We finish in the Tasting Rooms where we sample 5 different versions of JD, and not just standard black label.
Jack Daniels Tour ticket
I was disappointed in the Tour. It's not very good. There's an arrogance to how it's presented, stemming I think from the fact that JD is the #1 selling whisky in the world. Their view appears to be that we don't have to try too hard. This permeates what we see and are told on the Tour. You can't take photos in about half of the places we go inside, whereas at Jim Beam you can take photos anywhere. Surely by now everyone knows how JD makes its whisky, so it's hardly a state secret? You can't even take a photo inside the barrel warehouse! It's a goddamn bunch of barrels FFS!
There's also so much 'story' left out from how their whisky is made. There are scant explanations at most stops on the Tour. On the Jim Bean tour we were told so much more and I learnt a lot. For instance there was no description at JD of how they blend the barrels, so I asked during the tasting but the guide gave a vague and useless answer. At Jim Beam the guide gave a full explanation. The other problem was the guide himself. He was a local and had a very thick accent that was almost impossible to understand. Even as an English speaker I only made out about half of what he said. Who knows what the Dutch, Danes and Finns who were on my Tour could understand!
The tasting left me underwhelmed as well, as there was nothing in these 'special' brews that would persuade me to buy anything other than standard JD. Overall it was OK and I'm glad I went. It is my favourite whisky, so I had to go and pay 'homage'. It was also kind-of on the way to my destination tonight, so it wasn't a massive detour.
Lynchburg Town
After the tour I walk into the centre of Lynchburg to the Lynchburg Hardware & General Store, which is basically a Jack Daniel's Gift Shop. The Tour ticket entitles me to a free shot glass if spend $10 in the shop. But there's nothing particularly exciting that I want to buy up to that value. However, as at Jim Beam, I buy a branded shot glass as a small memento. I do mention the free shot glass at checkout though, but nothing is said. As I walk out of the Store I check I've got what I paid for in my bag and, lo and behold, there are two shot glasses. For some reason the young chap assisting the checkout lady, who wrapped up my shot glass in paper as I was paying, obviously put the freebie in my bag as well. Thanks!
The town square is very cute, with all the original buildings and it's a real throwback in time. Thankfully the rain had stopped by the time I left the Distillery and it's warming up nicely now. The sky is clearing with bright blue patches and fluffy white clouds. Back to the car and it's onward to Florence, Alabama, just stopping on the outskirts of Lynchburg at a general store to buy a sandwich for lunch.
Killen, Alabama, on the road to Florence
Clouds come and go on the drive, which is nice but nothing spectacular. There's enough scenery to keep the interest, just: in other words it's not flat and boring. By the time I get to Florence, the weather has completely cleared up. As I get out of the car at the Hampton Inn & Suites – Florence Downtown, the sky is pure blue and it's hot, and very humid. It stays that way all evening and when I'm walking back to the hotel at 10.15 pm later, it's still 74º F.
The hotel looks good and yet again I get breakfast. There's a fridge also. Maybe folks listened to my previous rants… I check out a local website that has local live music listed but the only place near me tonight is a place called FloBama. There is a band called Fathers & Sons playing, about whom I can find little info on beforehand. May as well give it a go as it's the only joint in town tonight…
Rolling Stones marker in Florence outside the Hampton Inn, the old Holiday Inn
Later on I walk up N Court St and find FloBama. It's a reasonable size inside, a stage dead ahead and a bar to the left. There's a sparse crowd and the band are already on stage in full flow. Within minutes it hits me that this band is shit-hot. The playing and musicianship is out of this world. Who are these guys?
Fathers & Sons at FloBama
I sit at the bar and order beer plus wings and fries. The food, when it arrives, is below average unfortunately. The bar service is not particularly good all night either. There's only one bar person on and she is doing everything, from serving drinks to fetching food to clearing tables. It's not her fault, the bar is simply under-staffed for the number of customers. At times there's no-one behind the bar for ages and lots of people, including me, wait to get served. Get some more staff!
After one song the lead singer says, "We're all session musicians and this is the night when we get to play what we want, not what we get told to play." A-ha… During their set break I go up to this guy and in the nicest possible way, ask him who he is. He's Will McFarlane – sorry Will, but it meant nothing to me at the time – who just happens to be one of the most respected session musicians EVER. I find this out when I return to the bar and start Googling him during the rest of the set break. He's attached to The Swampers and is in the Musicians Hall of Fame. F*** me.
His lead guitar buddy is Kelvin Holly and equally well respected. The rest of the band are also stellar session musicians. Will's son Jamie plays bass, his wife Janet does some vocals and Justin Holder is on drums.
They were joined on stage for three songs during the first set by Donnie Fritts, who just happened to be sitting at a table in the bar watching them. Will shouted for him to join them on stage. He's another legendary session musician, songwriter and a recording artist in his own right. He was inducted into the Alabama Music Hall of Fame in 2008.
They start up again after the break and these guys can play. And rock. They're brilliant! They play Cream's White Room, which is prefaced by Will saying "We've not practiced this" but it's note perfect and a blistering rendition. Chuck Berry's Nadine is equally brilliant, and there's a superb version of Clapton's Crossroads, complete with a coda of Led Zeppelin's Heartbreaker, during which some other guy they know got up on stage to play mini-congas. They finish quite early at just gone 9.30 pm, but while they were playing they were great. Absolutely A-1.
Watch two short clips of the band playing Crossroads that night here on YouTube and also here.
Some other folks had come and sat down at the bar during the evening and after the band finish, a male nurse in scrubs, who's with his girlfriend, also a nurse, leans across to me and ask me if I want to buy some drugs. At least that's what I think he said because this guy was so stoned he could hardly talk. I put on my stern face and ignored him. To which he loudly announced – slurred more like – to his girlfriend that, "This guy doesn't like me. I'm only trying to be friendly." She then got up and dragged him out of bar, and I watched as he stumbled and weaved his way to the door.
Amanda Page Cornett (left) & manager
Some other folks were there by now and we introduced ourselves. Hence I met Amanda Page Cornett, an aspiring singer cutting an album at NuttHouse Recording Studios in Muscle Shoals. Remember her name, I met her before she was famous… She lives in Nashville but came down to record here because of the "vibe". This intangible 'thing' is something musicians who play and record in Muscle Shoals always talk about. Amanda was with her band and manager. I chatted to Amanda and her manager for quite a while about her, what I was doing and other stuff as well. Really nice lady, I wish her well. She had more recording to do tomorrow and left just before 10 pm to get some sleep and rest her voice.
Now if you didn't understand why I'm staying in Florence, Alabama it's because across the Tennessee River – and literally about 5 minutes from the hotel – there is a city called Muscle Shoals. As Wikipedia says, "Since the 1960s, the city has been known for music – developing the 'Muscle Shoals Sound', as local recording studios (including FAME Studios in the late 1950s and Muscle Shoals Sound Studio in 1969) produced hit records that shaped the history of popular music." I visit tomorrow.
I left FloBama soon after Amanda and her band, and headed back to the hotel. They were setting up for a karaoke… 😯 The street is deserted as I walk, and it's still very warm. I arrive at the hotel lobby around 10.20 pm. What a great day: Jack Daniel Distillery, the weather's better, a nice drive and I saw an awesome band play some great music. To bed, content.
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Recovery is full of paradoxes. By admitting powerlessness we become empowered, we find freedom by surrendering, and if we want to keep what we have we must give it away. Another such paradox is the "selfishness versus self-care" dilemma we are faced with upon starting our journey of recovery. In our addiction we are so motivated by our selfish desires and we give little to no thought as to the wants and needs of others. When we get sober, we are told that self-care is our number one priority. But is self-care selfish? Here lies the paradox.
We are told we must put our own sobriety first. While this may seem obvious, it can sometimes feel like another selfish act. Our sobriety MUST come first because without that, we can be of little use to our fellows and the rest of the world. Without our sobriety, we will be incapable of developing the tools to deal with life on life's terms.
In our active addiction, we practiced selfishness quite often. In actuality, we rarely practiced self-care. When we get sober, we are given the chance to rebuild our lives and that starts with getting ourselves right. We must learn to take time for our own self-care through meditation, meetings, reading, even treating ourselves to a good meal. Self-care is important because it helps us feel good about ourselves, helps us feel confident in our recovery, and helps keep us sane. The "airplane mask" example is given quite often when talking about self-care. When the pressure drops in the cabin and the oxygen masks drop from the ceiling, we are told to put our own mask on first before assisting others. It goes the same with self-care in our recovery. We cannot be of service to others if we don't get ourselves right first.
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Ciutadans de Pego - Independents (CdP - I) és un partit polític d'àmbit municipal fundat a Pego, a la Marina Alta, i presidit per Joan Rafel Moratal i Sendra.

El partit és una escissió del Partit Popular de Pego, després de les discussions internes per l'anterior alcalde de la població, Carlos Pascual i Sastre, entre els seus defensors i els seus detractors. Des de 2013 forma part del partit d'àmbit autonòmic Demòcrates Valencians, del que Carmel Ortolà n'és coordinador general. Actualment, compten amb un regidor a l'Ajuntament de Pego després d'obtenir un total de 359 vots en les eleccions municipals de 2019.

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Your business might be able to limp along if one of your IT infrastructure's systems went down, but like the infrastructure of a house, the worst problems are the ones that take out the hubs where different systems interconnect. These problems can disable operations. In a house, this can be an essential piece of equipment like a boiler unit because it uses a home's different systems like water, electrical, and heating fuel, and if a home loses heating capabilities, then living in the home would be unbearable and you would risk having the pipes freeze and burst.
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The IQ-X is an excellent light. I have it on all my bikes and it's been great. Do you use the stock Shimano dynamo hub? I've been debating upgrading mine but I'm not sure it's worth the performance bump based on the price. I have a Shutter Precision hub on another bike and I honestly can't tell the difference in brightness or resistance.
The IQ-X is much brighter than the stock brompton dynamo headlight. Works with the stock brompton tail light. It fits fine even with a bag. I opted to use the existing wire bracket.
Nice setup! I was just thinking about the IQ-X and if it'd fit properly on a Brompton.
What made you pick it over say, the Eyc or Cyo from B&M?
With it being so bright at 100 Lux do you think it blinds any drivers or other cyclists while commuting? The times I've driven a car, or passed another cyclist with a handlebar mounted light blinding me are more than I can count on my hand. Sometimes they use the strobe light function, which makes me feel ill.
Is there any side visibility with the IQ-X? I was looking at the stock B&M Lyt my Brompton came with, and there's a cut-out on the sides for light to shine...though I don't think it's very bright from the side or the front. At night, it didn't even light up my path 5 feet ahead of me.
I bought mine on price and reviews.
I haven't had anyone do the flick-the-brights at me. I believe the IQ-X(s) is designed with a horizontal cut-off, as with automotive lights.
The IQ-X is what I had available. I just moved the iq-x over from my road bike.
When pointed down, no it won't blind anyone.
I switched over bc the stock light is just so much dimmer it's a little hard to see the road when going fast.
On my bigger bike I have an IQ-X, the thing illuminates eeeeeverything in front of me. Great call adding that to your bike! I was thinking about switching the stock dyno light on my Brompton with an IQ-XS. Not as bright but still small and lightweight. Also would highly highly recommend SON dyno hubs. They are well worth it if you can afford it! But probably not worth relacing the entire wheel for.
What is the advantage of the son hub? Just less resistance?
Yeah you don't even know it's there. Mine have thousands and thousands of miles on them...never had a single problem with it working and never even really had to maintain it.


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Privalovskie milliony (Приваловские миллионы) è un film del 1972 diretto da Jaropolk Leonidovič Lapšin.

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Battle Cry
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Limited edition, fine art bronze sculpture by Bill Toma entitled 'Battle Cry' Signed & Numbered.
Bill Toma has been involved in art since childhood. An avid sketch artist throughout his school years, Toma continued his interest in art through oil painting while obtaining a Master of Arts degree in English in 1961. While pursuing a teaching career, Toma began sculpting and working in metal. By 1973, Toma had become so obsessed with his art that he resigned his well established career as an English instructor at Long Beach City College to pursue his passion full-time. Since that turning point, Toma has become an internationally known and highly collectible artist.
It may be said that one's environment can give eloquent testimony to one's interests. If this is so, Bill Toma's studio speaks clearly about his varied artistic interests. This visual representation starts with an oil painting of the late Bunker Hill's Victorian homes, whimsical motorized sculptures with as many as 200 cast parts, sensual nudes, fierce dragons in their original clay form that somehow survived the molding process, an aging clay torso of a Harlequin, the head of a grizzly bear used as a study, a robotics frog catching a robotics dragonfly, and scattered about the entire studio, a host of Disney characters.
When asked about his work, Bill states that he greatly enjoys having his work speak symbolically to its viewers, no doubt a carry over from his literary background.
Such is the work of Bill Toma, one of the most innovative and popular sculptors in the world today. So extraordinarily detailed and exquisitely finished are Bill Toma's works that he has been under exclusive contract with Walt Disney World, Disneyland and The Walt Disney Company from 1980 to 2002, creating and producing Disney characters in limited editions.
Bill's creations represent a vast and unique repertoire of his personal interests. Not limiting himself to one genre, he pursues a variety of subject matter which includes a series of Wildlife, Nudes, Renaissance Harlequins and most recently, Fantasy Art. He states, "My fascination with fantasy art results from the complete imaginative freedom it offers. It allows us to travel to realms beyond, to realms of an alternative reality where anything is possible, to realms that offer the substance of our dreams, to realms that fire the imagination." Consequently, when we view "Dragonslayer," we see a magnificently armored knight with shield, lance and sword setting out to slay the beast astride a gigantic armored snail, delightfully whimsical, utterly fanciful and totally paradoxical.
Bill Toma's work captures a flight of fancy, freezes the imagination's most soaring dream, and brings it to terra firma for our pleasure and admiration.

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"Show Up And Get Involved," that's responsibility for Rep. Teresa Leger Fernandez
Leger Fernandez was born in Las Vegas, New Mexico. Her mother was a bilingual educator and her father, Ray Leger, served as a member of the New Mexico Senate. Courtesy Teresa Legend Fernandez/Depositphoto
From increasing voter access among Indigenous communities and fighting climate inequities, New Mexico's new Rep. has always been on the move.
"Show Up And Get Involved," that's...
By Ericka Conant
One hundred years ago, Adelina Otero-Warren, a suffragist from New Mexico, was the first Latina to run for Congress. After successfully lobbying to get New Mexico to vote in favor of the 19th Amendment, allowing women to exercise their right to vote, she ran for Congress in her district.
Otero didn't win, but 100 years later Rep. Teresa Leger Fernandez did. She is the first Latina to represent her northern New Mexico District in Congress.
"She didn't win, but 100 years later, I won in this district, and I'm representing Northern New Mexico. And what it means is I have an awesome responsibility — I use that word because it's important — I have an awesome responsibility to truly reflect and represent my district," said Rep. Teresa Leger Fernandez in a recent interview with AL DÍA.
As she looked outside her window at snow-capped mountains, she spoke about her district's beauty but also about what it needed. "My district is beautiful but also has a lot of poverty," she said.
The poverty she's spent her life trying to combat — whether through decades of work at her social impact law firm, as she calls it, or fighting voter suppression among Native Americans and Latinos in New Mexico.
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In the November general election, Leger Fernandez defeated Republican nominee Alexis Johnson. She assumed office on January 3, 2021. In the photo: Teresa Leger Fernandez in front of her office in Congress, surrounded by her children.
"It's only if we have that infrastructure in those businesses that our communities can thrive," Leger Fernandez said, "From building schools to businesses and rural health clinics, to broadband."
It's efforts like these that have helped New Mexico rank 17th in the nation's infrastructure, yet the state ranks 48th in opportunity.
"It means I need to do that. I must create opportunities in this beautiful place I call home for my incredibly diverse communities."
Leger Fernandez said she's also worked on cultural preservation so that the stories of historical figures such as Adeline Otero aren't forgotten. For her, we must remember our history and tell our stories.
This she learned from her parents.
They were bilingual education pioneers and wrote the law that required Indigenous languages like Navajo and Apache, as well as Spanish, to be taught in schools so future generations wouldn't forget them.
"Because if you lose your language, you start losing un poquito de tu herencia, un poquito de tu cultura, y un poquito de tu identidad. And they recognized that having a strong cultural base helps you be strong as a community," the congresswoman said.
After graduating from West Las Vegas High School, Leger Fernandez earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Yale University and a Juris Doctor from Stanford Law School. In the photo: bottom row (left to right): Rep. Deborah Ross, Rep. Marilyn Strickland, Rep. Nikema Williams, Rep. Leger Fernandez. Rep. Sara Jacobs, Rep. Frank Mrvan back row (left to right): Rep. Kai Kahele and Rep. Jake Auchincloss. Courtesy Teresa Leger Fernandez
The land of Enchantment
"I represent a majority district of Latinos and Native Americans, but then we have every other diversity of ethnicity — Black Americans, Asian— just a wonderful mix [...] We celebrate Native American Feast Days and Latino Fiestas, and Rodeos, you know. We do it all here," said Leger Fernandez.
While diverse, each community expects her to represent them on the critical issues at the Capitol.
Largely, they're the same issues that are important to Latino communities across the country, like healthcare, immigration, and economic opportunity.
"In many ways, many of our issues overlap. And that's what they expect me to do, is represent them with deep knowledge of these communities, because I have worked for 30 years making things happen in these communities, so I need to take that knowledge and take it to D.C," she said.
After graduating from law school, Leger Fernandez returned to New Mexico to work as an attorney, specializing in community-building and tribal advocacy. Courtesy Teresa Leger Fernandez
New Mexico Latinos prove their clout
In 2020 especially, New Mexico's Latinx politicians proved to be key players in the legislative cycle. From former Rep. Xochitl Torres-Small's Great American Outdoor's Act to Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham's COVID-19 response and subsequent consideration in President Joe Biden's cabinet.
Former Rep. Ben Ray Luján also made headlines when he ran for the Senate — and won — and Leger Fernandez herself became the first Latina to represent her district.
Then, in mid-December, Rep. Deb Haaland put New Mexico in the spotlight again after Biden selected her to run the Interior Department.
"It is wonderful to be joined by such a diverse leadership. What it does is it goes back to the fact that New Mexico has been building its Latino, Indigenous, Latina leadership. And now it's culminated," Leger Fernandez said.
If running for office isn't the goal, Leger Fernandez said merely getting involved in the political process is a win for underrepresented communities.
"Show up and march in those protests, or show up and get involved in whatever it is that pulls you… It is a joyful thing. You talk to them, and they'll have a passion inside that is beautiful to watch because it's a fire that gives them strength, and it also gives them purpose and determination," she said.
A month full of history
It's no doubt Rep. Leger Fernandez's first month was historic — for many reasons. With a range of emotions, she described these to AL DÍA.
"So getting sworn-in was quite joyous and a moment where you realize that you had truly this awesome responsibility to represent your communities, and that was real," she said. "When this sinks in, it is truly your turning point, right? Where you walked over that threshold, you are now in that place of responsibility."
But once past that threshold, she witnessed the unthinkable at the Capitol.
"A few days later, we had the insurrection, and that emotion — the strongest emotion there was of anger. But anger in the way a momma bear would be angry if her baby cubs were attacked," she said.
She said it was a love for democracy that made her feel this way — as imperfect as it is — because those who stormed the Capitol were white supremacists who had been egged on by former President Donald Trump, who had been attacking Latinx immigrants since he assumed office.
"Then we got to the impeachment, and that was solemn because that was recognizing that we could not allow a president to incite insurrection and let it stand. That we can not begin to heal and to do the important work that this nation needs if we say it doesn't matter," she said.
Then came the following Wednesday — Inauguration Day.
"It was pure joy and relief," Leger Fernandez said."I was whistling, I was doing the kind of screams and yells that they do in some of the communities here which are very high pitched, because I felt like my clapping, and my cries of happiness and joy, that I needed to represent millions, and thousands because they couldn't be in that Mall. So I was trying to channel everybody's joy and excitement."
After incumbent Representative Ben Ray Luján announced that he would not seek re-election in 2020 and run for Tom Udall's seat in the United States Senate, Leger Fernandez announced her candidacy to succeed him. In the photo: New Mexico Senator Ben Ray Lujan and Teresa Leger Fernandez. Courtesy Teresa Leger Fernandez
People of the Land
The joy of her people and the love of their land in New Mexico is what Leger Fernandez has been advocating for not only in terms of infrastructure and opportunity but also for its future well-being.
"Agua es vida here," she said. "Water is life here."
However, she noted that if the nation doesn't adequately address climate change, New Mexico will not be a place where her people can live.
It's a fragile state with a fragile ecology.
"And that takes collective action. It takes us all working together," she said.
That collective effort she believes must go towards fighting climate change. If left unchecked, it will not only economically hurt people of color the most but also health-wise.
"Those hurt most right now are our Latino and BIPOC communities who are working under the shadow of the fossil fuel industry who have labored under the clouds of pesticide," said Leger Fernandez.
She referenced bills she will be taking up as her term proceeds, ranging from tackling the methane being spewed into the air and building the renewable energy grid.
Equity on day One
Of course, as most politicians amid the health crisis, addressing the pandemic and its numerous economic fallouts is the first order of duty.
"But the manner in which we address them has to be with social justice and economic equity and fixing the structural problems at its core," Leger Fernandez added.
Besides that, the congresswoman listed more immediate actions she's working on, including something she's worked on her whole life.
"I am a co-sponsor of H.R. 1. It's called the For the People Act. It's electoral campaign finance reform. It's been something I've worked on for my entire life. I'm on the committee that will be working on that bill; I am going to be talking about that everywhere because Democracy is the key to getting all of the rest of this stuff done," she said.
The bill would be a win for campaign finance reform and increasing access and participation in the electoral system.
As she explained the ins and outs of that bill, Rep. Leger Fernandez smiled.
"For me, my work has always given me joy," she said.
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A Blog for the members of CUPE 1858
Welcome to the You-nion Blog, a collection of random thoughts and information for the members of CUPE local 1858. Through this blog we will be writing about issues that might be of interest to CUPE members, sharing important information about our contract, celebrating the successes of our members, and any other random things that come to mind.
As the big pointy finger to the right indicates; "You are the Union", we welcome your comments!
Update on the BC Teachers Federation Strike Action
To view the letter that BC Public School Employers Association sent to the BC Federation of Teachers on May 21, 2014 in response to the announcement that the teachers would begin rotating strike action on May 26, 2014, click here.
If you are unhappy with the way that our goverment is handling the teachers, you can write a letter to some or all of the following people:
Leonard Krog, MLA
4 – 77 Victoria Crescent
Nanaimo, BC.
leonard.krog.mla@leg.bc.ca
Peter Fassbender
Minster of Education
301A-15930 Fraser Highway
V4N 0X8
BC Liberal Party
PO Box 21014, Waterfront Centre
contact@bcliberals.com
BC Public School Employers Association
400-1333 West Broadway
V6H-1C1
contact.us@bcpsea.bc.ca
***You could send the letter to Michael Marchbank, the man that wrote the letter to the BCTF.
You can also send it to Peter Cameron, the Chief Negotiated of BC PSEA or Mike Roberts, the interim CEO of BCPSEA.
BC Federation of Teachers to Begin Rotating Strike Action Next Week
As a result of the unwillingness of the provincial government and the BC Public School Employers' Association to offer any improvements to class size, class composition, and other important learning conditions for students, as well as the employer's unfair wage demands, teachers will begin rotating strikes on Monday, May 26, 2014.
"Last week, teachers were hopeful when they saw the government and BCPSEA put out an olive branch by backing off the unrealistic 10-year term," said BC Teachers' Federation President Jim Iker. "But the next day, hope that this government would start negotiating in good faith faded when the employer announced a series of threats around wage rollbacks, lockouts, and attempts to divide teachers, parents, and students.
"BC teachers began low-level job action to put pressure on government and BCPSEA to bring fair offers to the table. Unfortunately, the employer has steadfastly refused to table any improvements to class size, class composition, and staffing levels for specialist teachers. Teachers have twice won the right to negotiate our working conditions, which are also students' learning conditions, in BC Supreme Court. We expect government to bring new funding to the table to make those improvements happen."
The rotating strikes will begin on Monday, May 26 and continue May 27, 28, and 29. All school districts will be impacted on one of those days. All schools will be open on Friday, May 30. Any extension of the rotating job action will depend on events at the bargaining table.
The rotating closures are part of a two-stage strike plan voted on by teachers in March. During that vote, teachers gave their bargaining team an overwhelming mandate to begin low-level job action and then move to rotating strikes if meaningful progress was not made in negotiations. In all, 29,301 teachers cast ballots—89% voted in favour of the two-stage job action plan.
"Teachers do not take job action of any kind lightly," said Iker. "As teachers, we care deeply about our students and their education, but with another round of brutal cuts looming, we need to act now. With BC funding education $1,000 per student less than the national average, British Columbians must take a strong stand and convince Christy Clark's government to reinvest in our students. It is time for government to make education a funding priority.
"Teachers remain committed to reaching a fair deal at the negotiating table that respects our work and provides better support for our students. If this government is serious about labour peace they should offer teachers a fair deal and show some good faith. We will remain at the bargaining table. There are six days left before the first schools shut down. I encourage Christy Clark and Peter Fassbender to be in touch, move off their unreasonable demands, and empower BCPSEA to negotiate a fair deal."
To view the planned schedule of school closures (by school district name) click here.
Click here to read the "A Fair Deal for Teacher, Better Support for Kids" brochure that was distributed to parents recently.
You still have the right to refuse dangerous work
30 years after CUPE's national health and safety committee first proposed the Day of Mourning, workers are seeing some significant setbacks.
The most blatant assault is happening in the federal sector. As reported in the last issue of Canary, omnibus budget Bill C-4 recently passed by the Harper government – reduced workers protections and changed the definition of danger to make refusing dangerous work confusing for workers.
CUPE has heard reports of employers telling workers that they no longer have the right to refuse as a result of the new legislation. This is both factually wrong and dangerous. All workers, regardless of their jurisdiction, still have the right to refuse dangerous work.
Among other changes, the words "imminent or serious threat" were added to the definition of danger, which implies that workers are not entitled to protection from hazards that could cause them illness in the future.
It is still unclear whether the new definition of danger will lead to a modified interpretation of the right to refuse by health and safety inspectors or the Minister of Labour. The government maintains that this new definition does not reduce worker's rights, but some employers are obviously interpreting the changes to the legislation differently.
Regardless of the finer points of legal interpretation, the law still allows workers to refuse dangerous work. Workers ought to remember one simple standard to assess a potentially dangerous situation: if you don't feel safe performing a task, you should not perform it until your concerns have been addressed.
"We're just appalled that the Harper government finds it acceptable to create confusion around something as basic as workplace health and safety," said CUPE National President Paul Moist. "There is absolutely no good reason to impose these changes. And for us to receive these reports as we mark the 30th anniversary of the Day of Mourning just adds insult to injury."
It was CUPE's National Health and Safety Committee that, in 1984, first proposed the Day of Mourning. Since then, on April 28, CUPE members and workers around the world pause to remember those that have been injured, made ill, or killed because they went to work.
Every year, CUPE locals and divisions organize memorial events across the country to honour those workers and to strengthen their resolve to fight for the living.
In 2012, the most recent figures available, there were 977 reported workplace related deaths in Canada. This number only represents those accepted by various workers compensation boards across the nation and generally do not reflect many illnesses contracted as a result of workplace exposure to hazardous materials. The real number is certainly much higher.
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In Canada, on average, a worker dies every eight hours. Hundreds, perhaps thousands more CUPE members have gotten sick or injured because their workplaces are not safe. Other members are injured because of cutbacks, understaffing, and improper or insufficient training. Some are sick or injured because employers have not followed the occupational health and safety act in their province or jurisdiction.
Our members deserve better.
It was CUPE's national health and safety committee that, in 1984, first proposed the idea of a day to remember workers who are injured or killed on the job. On April 28th, we pause to remember the workers who have been injured, made ill, or killed. We must hold employers accountable to make sure they abide by health and safety laws. We must hold governments accountable as well to ensure they enforce the laws they pass. We must continue our struggle to ensure that all workers come home to their family safe and healthy, because at the end of the day, that's what matters most.
""Leadership is not a rank or a position, it is a choice - a choice to look after the person to the left of us and the person to the right of us." Simon Sinek Simon So
Reasons why union-busting Bill C-377 is the worst
By Toby Sanger| June 24, 2013
1. It's unnecessary. Labour unions are already transparent and are required by federal, provincial and territorial legislation and their own constitutions to be democratically accountable and to provide regular financial reports to their membership. Financial statements are prepared regularly and disclosed at Local meetings and Convention. Salaries of elected officials and staff are also disclosed to union membership at least annually.
2. It's highly discriminatory. Bill C-377 specifically targets labour organizations for highly detailed reporting and disclosure on a public website. No other organization in Canada -- public, private or crown corporations, non-profit organizations, charities, political parties, even fully-publicly funded government departments, ministers, members of parliament or senators -- are required to report and publically disclose details of their internal finances and affairs to anywhere the same degree unions will have to under Bill C-377.
3. It imposes onerous and absurdly detailed reporting. The Bill imposes absurdly detailed reporting and disclosure requirements on all labour organizations, including those with as few as one member, forcing them to submit at least 24 different detailed statements, including any cumulative transactions above $5,000, separately identifying the payer, payee, and the purpose and description of the transaction, including any legal services or health benefits paid for employees.
4. It's profoundly hypocritical. All labour organizations will be forced report and disclose at least 24 different detailed financial and activity statements under Bill C-377 for use of their own independent funds. Members of Parliament disclose using only one financial statement (with only 14 items) while Senators only report five items in a single statement for their use of public funds.
5. It's extraordinarily intrusive. Nothing in peace time comes close to the degree of intrusion into the affairs of independent organizations that this bill would legislate.
6. It would set a dangerous precedent. Conservative Senator Hugh Segal says, "I imagine that, were it to pass, subsequent legislation...might be aimed at newspapers; networks, TV and otherwise; student groups; universities; junior baseball leagues; and even, God forbid, community soccer. Where we are headed with this bill is down a dark alley to a very dark place indeed."
7. It's unconstitutional. Numerous constitutional experts have testified that the Bill interferes with provincial jurisdiction over labour relations, and five provinces have already objected to the Bill.
8. It undermines fundamental legal rights and freedoms in Canada guaranteed by the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, and other statutes. The Canadian Bar Association and legal experts have testified that the Bill undermines fundamental rights in a free and democratic society, including freedom of association, freedom of expression, as well as political rights, rights to personal and commercial privacy and confidentiality, and solicitor-client privilege.
9. It's unfair and anti-democratic. Bill C-377 was conceived and strongly promoted by Labour Watch and Merit Canada, organizations representing anti-union employers. The extraordinarily detailed disclosure provisions will give them an unfair advantage in business, enabling them to undermine unions, unionized employers and unionized workers at every step.
10. It creates costly, burdensome and unnecessary paperwork and regulations for labour organizations and the Canada Revenue Agency. Bill C-377 seems designed to tie labour organizations in red tape and then to fine them punitively if they don't comply. Set up and compliance will cost both labour organizations and the federal government tens of millions. Every penny spent will reduce the capacity of labour unions to work for better conditions for their members and other Canadians -- and federal government spending on this will take away from other public services.
11. It imposes excessive and punitive fines and penalties on unions. Any labour organization that fails to comply with its onerous requirements will be fined $1,000 a day and up to $25,000 a year for non-compliance. The Canada Revenue Agency itself estimates it will levy annual fines of $72-million as a result of this bill, but total fines could amount to over $600 million a year -- for not filing unnecessary paperwork. In comparison, the federal government only collected $2.4-million in fines over 20 years under the environmental protection act from corporations -- for the very real damages.
What is Concession Bargaining?
It is a kind of collective bargaining in which unions surrender or give back previously gained improvements in pay and conditions in exchange for some form of job security.
Accepting concessions is no guarantee you'll ever get back what you've lost – employers will fight to keep you where you are.
Accepting concessions makes it more likely the employer will ask for even more.
It is important to remember that every item that is in our collective agreement is something that bargaining teams of the past have fought hard to get and that others have fought hard to protect.
We don't have enough worker protection or worker benefits in our collective agreement to be in a position to be "giving stuff away".
If we concession bargain, it means that we are never negotiating a better deal, we are simply negotiating a different deal!
CUPE BC CONVENTION APRIL 2014
The 51st Annual CUPE BC Convention opened last night with presentations from CUPE Alberta President Marle Roberts and Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson. We welcomed a new group to our community – Local 5101 Cowichan Schools – and celebrated the accomplishments of the past year through a video presentation.
This morning's Executive Board report reinforced a number of important areas for our union today.
The challenges of precarious workers – part-time, temporary and casual workers who have less job security, lower take home wages and less, or in some cases no, benefits. Precarious work is a growing trend in Canada and at VIU. This work has a higher proportion of young workers, minority and immigrant workers and women. This is a concerning trend and something we need to continue working against.
CUPE has always fought for fair wages, benefits and health and safety for all workers, not just unionized workers. How much harder should we fight for our own workers who are working in precarious situations?
Our national Unite for Fairness campaign is another hot topic at our convention. This campaign focuses on having conversations with CUPE members about what our union is, what it does, and why it's important. Even more importantly, it's about finding out what is important to the members of our union. What challenges are you facing as a member?
As noted last night, if unions didn't matter, they wouldn't attack us – they'd just ignore us.
If you'd like to follow the activity at the CUPE BC convention, you can check out www.cupebc2014.ca or follow the twitter feeds at #cupe1858 and #cupebc14
CUPE Local 947 serves 72 hour strike notice for Victoria schools
VICTORIA - CUPE Local 947 representing education workers in School District 61(Victoria) has issued 72 hour notice of potential job action.
The union is hoping the situation can be resolved without a strike. As a courtesy to Victoria area parents, notice has been issued in order to advise that job action may be a possibility.
Local 947 met with School District 61 and the BC Public Schools Employers Association today. The remaining issue involves changes to prescription drug benefits for members.
Contact: Nathan Allen, Communications Representative: 604.338.2967
Bill C-525 - Unfair and Hypocritical
What's happened recently after members of the Senate, including 16 Conservative senators, amended the government-backed Private Member's Bill C-377, a bill so blatantly unconstitutional and punitive that they forced it back to the House of Commons for reconsideration.
When was the last time a Conservative senator described legislation supported by Prime Minister Stephen Harper as "an expression of statutory contempt" towards Canada's 4-million union members?
Unions weren't alone in the criticisms of this bill. Five provincial governments, the Canadian Bar Association, constitutional experts, the life insurance and mutual fund industries and the federal Privacy Commissioner all are on record as opposing the bill for good reason. It singles out unions for discriminatory treatment, invades the privacy of individuals, violates provincial jurisdiction, and is likely unconstitutional.
The legislative strategy behind Bill C-377 mirrors that behind Bill C-525, a Private Member's Bill introduced by Conservative MP Blaine Calkins, a backbencher from Alberta.
This bill would make it easier to decertify unions in the federally-regulated sector and almost impossible for workers to certify a union to represent them in the workplace.
Bill C-525 sets the bar so high for workers to join a union that even the bill's sponsor Blaine Calkins, who won 81.5 per cent of the vote in the last election, couldn't get elected if he had to run under the same voting rules he wants for workers. In fact not a single Conservative MP would have been elected in the last election if they had to run under the rules proposed by their caucus colleague. That's unfair and hypocritical.
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Israeli scientists help farmers with micro-climates
Researchers use satellites to detect small-scale variations in temperature which could lead to improved yields.
By DAVID ROSENBERG / THE MEDIA LINE
Published: JULY 4, 2011 14:25
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Conventional wisdom says that Israel's Mediterranean coast north of Haifa has a single climate. An area of only about 100 square kilometers (40 square miles), it experiences hot dry summers and cold rainy winters, like most of Israel, while all year round it's bathed in a sea breeze.
But that's not the case at all. Its terrain ranges from 200 meters below sea level to mountain tops some 1,200 meters high. Those hills and valleys turn the area into a patchwork of miniature climate zones that have a major influence on how quickly crops grow and when infestations of pests, weeds and disease are likely to occur.
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Until now, those kinds of risks were either unknown or unmanageable because conventional meteorology looks at climates over very wide areas. Now, however, thanks to satellite technology and a means to analyze it developed by two Israel scientists, farmers can find the micro-climates on their land plan accordingly.
"You can seed two fields a very short distance from one another at the same time. But if you have even a 40-centimeter difference in the height of the crop the result can be very different," said Itamar Lensky, on the faculty of Bar-Ilan University near Tel Aviv and one of the two scientists to develop the new system. "The farmer may think he has a problem with irrigation or with pests, but in fact it may just be the different climate."
For farmers, the ability to identify the micro-climates could lead to big improvement in yields and go a long way toward feeding a world struggling to produce enough food for a growing population. Some 40% of the world's harvests are lost to pests and disease, whose damage would be reduced using crop chemicals and fertilizers more effectively.
Lensky and his colleague, Uri Dayan of The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, developed the system for identifying micro climates by taking data collected by the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA's) Terra satellite. Launched a decade ago, the satellite collects data on the earth's changing climate.
Lensky and Dayan took 10 years of Terra data for northern Israel's Mediterranean coast and used mathematics to break it down into temperature-based climate zones of as little as one square kilometer, based on local topography. That's one-tenth to one-twentieth the size meteorologists conventionally examine, and Lensky says he hopes to reduce the area even more in the future. They call these micro-climates "topoclimates."
Even slight variations in temperature have a major effect on the lives of plants and cold-blooded animals such as insects. Unlike humans and other mammals, they are at the mercy of the temperature because their bodies can't regulate it internally.
Armed with maps showing these topoclimates, a farmer can, for instance, plant one field later than another, knowing that slightly favorable growing conditions will ensure it reaches harvest time earlier than other fields. It will also enable growers to cooperate to ensure better yields. Topoclimate maps would enable Farmer A, for example, to learn that his tomatoes are endangered by pests coming from a corn field owned by Farmer B because the map identifies conditions in the fields as an ideal breeding ground for them.
In times past, growers might have been instinctually aware of these minute changes in their land because they sowed and harvested small areas by hand.
"Today, when farms are large-scale and farmers use machinery, the farmer needs more help to manage his land, and to know why one place gives you one result and another place something different," Lensky told The Media Line.
Lensky and Dayan's research is due to appear in the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society shortly. They will be putting it into practical use on a trial basis in northern Israel by next year. To bring it into use worldwide would neither take very long nor involve much money, Lensky said.
Topoclimates may one day give environmental scientists greater insight into global warming, but it will have to wait until the Terra satellite has been in orbit longer. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the leading international body for reviewing and assessing scientific information on climate change, requires 18 years of data as the minimum.


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Johnny Gill
Like a blockbuster Hollywood movie that leaves fans clamoring for more, Johnny Gill delivers his eighth solo studio album entitled Game Changer II, which serves as the sequel to the highly successful 2014 Game Changer release. The first single from Game Changer II finds Johnny setting things off with a solid traditional R&B message song "Soul of a Woman." The poignant song opens a rare window into Johnny's personal life as it was primarily inspired by his mother, Annie Mae. "I've been holding on to this Greg Pagani song since the last album," Johnny shares, "listening to the demo for my own personal pleasure. It's not your everyday song," which is exactly why Gill enlisted comedic Emmy-Award winning actress Tiffany Haddish to co-star with him in the video for the single.
From there, Game Changer II explodes with a generous variety of unique instant classics including the Latin energy of "Fiesta" featuring Grammy-nominated percussionist queen Sheila E., the Reggae-tinged love song "Best Thing" as well as "Favorite Girl" – all produced by Grammy Award winning producer/musician/songwriter Blac Elvis out of Atlanta. A surefire standout is "That's My Baby," a sumptuous and harmonically sophisticated tribute to one of Johnny's greatest musical heroes, Luther Vandross, produced by Ralph Stacy. For anyone expecting some familiar superstar sizzle in the mix, there will be a Johnny Gill and Ralph Tresvant duet which will be producers Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis..
With Game Changer II and its avalanche of genre-bending hits, Johnny Gill returns to the music game bolder and brighter than ever before.
Johnny took his time to maximize the full potential from Game Changer, pulling a remarkable six hit singles from it. Going against industry norms that dictate two to three singles per album, Johnny and his J Skillz Productions team have crunched decades of experience and shrewd business maneuvers into insuring that Johnny is a long-distance legacy artist with a brand that is ever evolving.
In 2018, Johnny Gill's 35th anniversary as a professional entertainer sealed his legendary status. It's been a time that's seen him be successful as a solo artist, as a member of several groups and as the CEO of his own empire under the J Skillz mantle. Even this year as Motown celebrates its 60th anniversary, Johnny is proud to have once been a part of that magical company's golden legacy. "I was honored to be signed by Motown," Johnny states. "No matter what era you're in, Motown will always be a landmark in music. Not just for Black folks. Like Smokey said, 'The Sound of Young America' was made to cross over and touch everybody."
When he took his career into his own hands and started his J Skillz company and returned to music, it was with every intention to be a soul survivor and a game changer. "If I knew then what I know now," he says shaking his head. "These years have been an experience I could never have paid for. It gave me another level of respect for the industry and what record companies did back then. Until you sit in that chair and realize all of the things that have to be done, it gives you a whole other level of respect. There's no way my last album could have been as successful as it was if it hadn't been my decision – and having the resources – to accomplish all we did. It's been a blessing."
In every arena that he has entered, volcanic-voiced singer/entertainer Johnny Gill has been a Game Changer. He entered the professional music world at 16 years-old in 1983 with two albums on Cotillion/Atlantic Records that introduced a clean-cut young boy out of Washington, D.C. with the uncanny sound of a full-grown man. He next lent that voice to an album of emotive duets with Stacy Lattisaw titled Perfect Combination that belied both their ages. He resurfaced several years later joining the former kid's group New Edition, bringing a voice that was perfect to help usher them from novelty to longevity on the timeless classics "If It Isn't Love" and "Can You Stand the Rain." He brought his renewed star status to Motown Records as a linchpin of the legendry company's `90s comeback roster with an album boasting indelible smash production from both Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis ("Rub You the Right Way") and L.A. & Babyface ("My, My, My"). He once aligned forces with fellow solo superstars Gerald Levert and Keith Sweat to form L.S.G., one of the first male vocal supergroups of R&B that scored two powerful albums including the sexy smash "My Body."
Within the last decade, Johnny Gill triumphantly returned to the game as a recording artist and stage sensation with two projects that regained his R&B reign with Still Winning (2011) and, most apropos, Game Changer (2014), scoring a string of patiently detonated soul explosions such as "Long, Long Time" (f/ Eddie Levert and Keith Sweat), "Behind Closed Doors," "5000 Miles" (f/ Jaheim) and "This One's for Me and You" (f/ New Edition) that returned him to the top of Billboard's Black Music charts. Add his involvement in the television ratings bonanza "The New Edition Story" and his teaming with N.E.'s fellow lead singers Bobby Brown and Ralph Tresvant to form yet another super group, Heads of State, it is crystal clear: Johnny Gill never just plays a game. He changes it…every time.
Beyond the music and spending quality time with his family, Johnny generously gives of his time and resources in many ways, including supporting a center, L.A. Speech & Language Therapy Center that provides comprehensive treatment and services to children with Autism Spectrum Disorder and other diagnoses. "Several of my friends have children that struggle with Autism," he says quietly. "I love watching them work through their problems, overcome, evolve and be able to do things no one ever dreamed they could – they're 'becoming.' Friends like Tyler Perry have shown me by example so much we can do to give back. It's so important to be inspired."


The Public Health Engineering has two aspects viz., Water Supply Engineering and Sanitary Engineering. The Water Supply Engineering deals with the procurement of water, its purification and distribution to the public. The Sanitary Engineering deals with the collection, conveyance, treatment and disposal of the sewage or wastewater as well as solid wastes. The subject of Water Supply Engineering has been dealt with in the author's book entitled 'Water Supply Engineering". This book entitled 'Sewage Treatment and Disposal and Wastewater Engineering' deals with the subject of Sanitary Engineering. There are various books available on the subject of Sanitary Engineering, but author feels that each of these available books is lacking in one respect or the other.


Here are the four vitamins that, in addition to vitamin D, are important to bone heath. The good news is that you can find them in many of the foods you eat.
Vitamin A is a fat-soluble vitamin that is important to building strong, healthy bones. Both osteoblasts (bone building cells) and osteoclasts (bone breaking down cells) are influenced by vitamin A. Despite its good effects, most clinical research links higher vitamin A levels with lower bone density and fractures.
One source of vitamin A is retinol, found in meat and fish, fortified breakfast cereals, and vitamin supplements. Vitamin A is fat-soluble and stored in our livers. So the liver of fish and animals are particularly rich in vitamin A.
Another source of vitamin A is beta-carotene, found in dark green and orange fruits and vegetables. Beta-carotene is generally considered safe. According to the National Institutes of Health, the RDA for men age 19+ is 3,000 International Units (IUs) and 2,330 IUs for women in the same age range.
Too much vitamin A (more than 3,000 mcg or 10,000 IU/day) will give you a headache and has been linked to bone loss. Pay particular attention to this possibility if you eat liver or take supplements.
Vitamin B12 appears to have an effect on bone building cells.
A Tufts University study done by Katherine Tucker and her colleagues showed that low levels of vitamin B12 are linked to a higher risk of osteoporosis in both men and women. Vitamin B12 is found in meat and fish, making vegans, who don't eat meat or dairy, at risk for bone loss.
People who have had a gastric bypass or have gastrointestinal disorders that cause poor absorption of fat lose the ability to absorb B12. Elderly people in their 80s and 90s may develop changes in the linings of the stomach that prevents them from absorbing iron and B12. In these cases where absorption is an issue, doctors may give injections of B12, bypassing the digestive tract, so patients get the benefits of the vitamin.
Vitamin C is important for healthy gums and healthy bones. Vitamin C is essential to the formation of collagen, the foundation that bone mineralization is built on. Studies have associated increased vitamin C levels with greater bone density.
Vitamin K is important to normal bone growth and development. Vitamin K helps attract calcium to the bone. Low blood levels of vitamin K are associated with lower bone density and possibly increased fracture risk. However, clinical trials have not shown vitamin K supplementation to be helpful in improving bone density.
Vitamin K deficiency is uncommon in healthy adults probably because it is found in many of the foods that we eat every day. People on a blood thinner should not take vitamin K.


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Bluesfest unplugged
Yesterday, we were treated to the announcement so many Ottawans breathlessly await each year at this time: the official announcement of the intention to officially announce the date for the official announcement of the Bluesfest lineup.
It was an edge-of-seat moment that local electronic-music aficionados in particular had been eagerly anticipating. That younger demographic, after all, was the target-audience for last year's Bluesfest, as the event boldly sallied forth into unchart-hitted territory. Oldtimers are still welcome to attend, we were assured, but the future of the festival belongs to the younguns. And the younguns prefer that their music be largely free of musicians. Live musicians, at least.
As you'll recall, local press couldn't say enough about this positive development in the successful festival's history. Long live electronic Bluesfest, the dailies cried as one. The festival must grow, and growth means skewing younger. Throughout the festival, we were told the new even-less-bluesy festival was a tremendous success, veteran attendees still showing up for the sidestage shows while electronic fans crowded the mainstage.
Sure, the press were curiously silent (even as we were silently curious) when it came to their usual practice of tallying the daily attendance numbers. And when the festival ended, other than excessive use of the word "successful" we were given no figures on just how much growth Bluesfest had seen over previous years. But success is success. And according to the local press, it was surely the best Bluesfest ever.
So as speculation begins about the 2013 lineup, Bluesfest has assured us one thing, according to local reporters: "More blues and fewer electronic acts."
Pardon? Didn't Bluesfest organizers read the papers last year? Electronic music is where it's at, dudes!
Or not. It seems ticket sales were "stagnant" last year. Worse, beer sales were not up to expectations. Crusty Bluesfest ticketholders, meanwhile, cried for less Skrillex and more Thorogood — in a voice evidently more insistent than the words of praise presumably uttered by electronic-music lovers.
"Younger people," Bluesfest boss Mark Monahan explained, "are less critical of things they don't like."
That may come as news to any parent of a teenager. As will the further observation that younger people don't drink their share of beer. (Offering evidence to the contrary is a sign placed outside Oliver's pub at Carleton University Monday morning: "Come in for breakfast! $7.50 MGD mini-pitchers."
Mind you, I can only judge such behaviour against that of my five-month-old niece. And while she will speak up when displeased with a situation, she cares not for beer.
So fair enough. More blues. More classic rock. More Blue Rodeo. And so forth. Speculation over the lineup can now proceed as it has in previous years, with names like Clapton, Petty and McCartney presented and withdrawn as the big day approaches.
Not that yesterday wasn't big enough already. Next year, here's hoping that bombshell will be properly introduced by an official announcement of a coming official announcement. Ottawa deserves as much. Just as it deserves its classic rock.
Then again, I have for years been arguing that Bluesfest should be a blues festival. Seems only fair. And with B.B. King already onboard, fingers are appropriately crossed. Blues and Bluesfest. Stranger things have happened.
Just ask the folks whose Bluesfest tradition was rudely interrupted last year by an unspecified number of electronic devotees. At least that danger has passed, eh?
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Rob D
Wonderful column.As an ex-Ottawa resident and avid blues fan, I usually note the latest lineup for BluesFest with a laugh and a smirk and make plans to attend an actual blues festival like Chicago's each year. My wife and I used to attend religously…WE sat and clapped and danced (when appropriate, I mean, Ottawa can be cruel to dancers.lol) from noon to closing every night. Sometime after RAy Charles got a huge cross over audience, a light went on in the organizers heads and its been profit over substance ever since. I have no quarrel with that. The same thing has happened to every festival that started out supporting a particular genre like jazz or folk etc. The New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival is a good example..the argument for many come down to supporting local NO's musicians over mainstream headliners who draw a different crowd. My friend came up with a good line that he'd heard there was going to be a blues tent at BluesFest! Just about sums it up for many of us who love blues, soul and Gospel.They've lost many of us fans and we won't be coming back.


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ARTICLES MOVIES & TV 5 CLASSIC MOVIES THAT HAVE BECOME HORRIFYING WITH AGE
5 Classic Movies That Have Become Horrifying With Age
Sari Cohen
Wind the clock back 30 years and look at stand-up comedy. Lots of dumb blonde jokes, cracks about gays, rambling bits about this new "Flock of Seagulls" band. Of course, you can still find all of that on-stage in places like South Dakota, The Land That Time Forgot, but the rest of the world has moved on. And so it is that we turn a kinder, wiser eye to pop culture of the past and go, "Holy shit, we really thought that was okay?"
5 American Pie Thinks It's Cool To Secretly Record Sex
American Pie, a movie that spawned seven sequels despite the fact that nobody saw any of them, is about four dudes who pledge to lose their virginity before they graduate high school. At the risk of spoiling it for you, shenanigans ensue.
Alyson shenanigans.
The nerdy Jim manages to attract the attention of exchange student Nadia. Naturally, his buddies convince him to set up a webcam so they can watch him get laid, because in 1999 only weirdos watched Internet porn, while real men asserted their heterosexuality by watching their closest friends get boners. Jim agrees, because that is the law of shenanigans, but instead of emailing the webcam link only to his friends, Jim accidentally sends a mass email to his entire school. Oh, no! Hundreds of people get to see Nadia get naked without her consent, rather than just the few intended guys which ... would have somehow been okay? What?
The only bigger load of bullshit here is a streaming video connection working that well in 1999.
Nadia's parents force her to return home as punishment for accidentally becoming an amateur porn star -- it's the girl's fault, of course, always the girl -- and while Jim is initially mocked for premature ejaculation, another girl soon agrees to date him, because the video convinced her that getting in his pants would be a "sure thing." Lesson ... learned?
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4 Heathers Is Ridiculously Pre-Columbine
New World Pictures
Heathers was a dark high school comedy about Winona Ryder's Veronica befriending cool outsider Christian Slater's J.D., only to realize that he is in fact a homicidal lunatic. Slater plays a new student who wears a trench coat and sits in the corner. Two jocks in letter jackets immediately decide to bully him as part of the ongoing Coat Wars, and Slater responds by pulling out a goddamn gun and firing blanks in their faces.
Add a fade to black and a government seal, and this is an anti-gun PSA today.
In the next scene, one of the titular Heathers scoffs at the thought of J.D. getting any punishment worse than a brief suspension, and Veronica finds his antics both hilarious and kinda hot. And indeed, J.D. is allowed to return to school without any consequences, which makes it pretty easy for him to murder three students before attempting to blow the whole place up and finally committing suicide via bomb vest. You can probably see why this film didn't age well as a comedy, but aged fantastically as a grim portent of the dark future to come.
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3 The Bad News Bears Has Cute Kids Using Racial Slurs
Bad News Bears is the story of Morris Buttermaker, an alcoholic former baseball player who's recruited to coach a team of incompetent misfits. If you guessed that what they really win is a valuable life lesson, step forward and claim your prize.
Bears came out in 1976 and was rated PG. That rating is an important part of what makes Bad News Bears so insane. If it had been rated R as an unflinchingly authentic look at troubled teens, we'd have no issues here. But it's not; it's supposed to be a wacky jaunt for all ages. Here are a few of those zany antics:
One of the children, Tanner, complains that his team sucks because "All we got on this team is a bunch of Jews, spics, niggers, pansies, and a booger-eating moron." Later, when Amanda joins the team, because every sports movie is legally required to have a The Girl character, Tanner complains "Jews, spics, niggers and now a girl?" This is considered adorable:
Speaking of the girl, Buttermaker throws beer at her and makes her cry when she tries to convince him that he's not a bum, which in other movies would be the start of an inspirational turn-around, but here just illustrates what a terrible creature humanity has become. The 11-year-old also gets hit on by Kelly, the talented troublemaker who smokes cigarettes, complains that the Bears are a team "for faggots and old farts" and says the only reason he hangs around is because "There's nice ass at the field," despite only looking a couple years removed from Kindergarten himself.
We get that the whole joke is how inappropriate both Buttermaker and his kids are, but put their antics in a modern film and you get less of an "Oh, those uncouth children with their hearts of gold" comedy and more of a "We need to step in and do something about this horrible epidemic affecting our children" think piece.
"Hey, Coach, can I have one?"
"Why not. We've gotten away with the rest of this shit."
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2 Pretty Baby Really Wanted To Show Us A Naked, Underage Brooke Shields
1978's Pretty Baby is the coming of age story of the 12-year-old Violet. Aww.
It's set in 1917. Violet lives at a brothel with her prostitute mother, has her virginity auctioned off by the cocaine-sniffing Madame, and marries a creepy photographer three times her age whom she met because he likes to take pictures of the prostitutes. Euugh.
Did we mention that Violet is played by Brooke Shields?
"Wait, wait, wait ... If I finish this scene, do I have to go on some kind of list?"
It gets even worse when Violet escapes to live with the photographer, because the movie portrays it as her seducing him, as opposed to, you know, a grown man abusing a little girl. But don't worry -- he knows she's still a kid, so he buys her a toy doll and she calls him "papa." In between sleeping with him and otherwise acting as his wife. Jesus, the only thing that keeps this from being a flat-out horror movie is Shields' laughably bad Southern accent.
Again, that subject matter is fine if this was a serious and poignant movie about growing up in a time when girls were routinely exploited. But that's not how things went down. Whether it's showing a nude Shields taking a bath after having sex or having her pose naked for her husband's photographs, the director really goes out of his way to ensure that viewers get a nice good look at some 12-year-old booty.
The trailer doesn't think any of this is creepy. It portrays Violet as irresistible, and calls Shields "breathtaking" and "changing" (as in changing into a woman before your filthy, roving eyes). Oh, and that photographer character who takes pictures of prostitutes and marries a 12-year-old? He's not portrayed as a van-dwelling weirdo, but a charming and caring man. Also, they called the movie Pretty Goddamn Baby, which is about a step away from advising pedophiles to sit in the back row and wear a trench coat.
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1 Sixteen Candles Is An '80s Movie With A '40s Racial Stereotype
Sixteen Candles is about the timeless teenage practice of pining over an unrequited love while also having to beat off the advances of a creepy nerd. And it is a parade of atrocities that we hope no modern teen ever has to go through. First, Molly Ringwald's Sam basically gets molested by her grandparents. Grandpa tries to give her a hug that makes Ted Cruz's advances look wanted, then says "I better go get my magnifying glass" when grandma comments that Sam's "got her boobies." Oh yeah, and then grandma gives them a good squeeze.
Sam is then introduced to Long Duk Dong, the Chinese exchange student who, no shit, is introduced via wacky gong sound effects:
Also referred to as The Donger (heh) and the Chinaman (uh-oh), Long feels like he wandered out of a 1930s yellow peril story. "Mystical" music plays in his scenes, he uses forks as chopsticks, he speaks in broken English, he's baffled by American customs, he's weak but conniving ...
Not only is this guy actually Japanese, but he was born in fucking Utah.
Even when he does get a girlfriend, the joke is that even she's manlier than him. And no amount of romantic success can make the line "Ohh, no more yanky my wanky" not sound like it came from a World War II propaganda movie shown to American soldiers moments before they had to go storm a Japanese island.
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Alibaba Group today launched the Alibaba Talent Programme in Singapore with support from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) and the Singapore Economic Development Board (EDB) under the Industrial Postgraduate Programme (IPP).
Part of Alibaba's ongoing mission to nurture future research and development (R&D) talent from Singapore particularly in the field of computer science, the talent programme aims to equip postgraduate students with critical R&D skill-sets through gaining practical work experience on projects with Alibaba.
The programme is open to Singapore citizens or Singapore Permanent Residents (SPR) who graduated from any local university or one of the select top-ranked universities around the world. The first intake will start in January 2019.
Xiangwen Liu, Senior Director of Alibaba Technology Strategy Department, said that Alibaba is thrilled with the enthusiastic support by both EDB and NTU Singapore, and is excited to launch its first-ever talent programme in Singapore.
As part of the scholarship's focus on advancing R&D in computer science areas, candidates must have a bachelor's or a master's degree in Computer Science/Engineering, Electrical, Electronic, Mathematics, Physics or other related subjects. Prospective scholars should also be pursuing postgraduate Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) studies in one of the following areas: Artificial Intelligence, Quantum Computing, Internet of Things, Cloud Computing, Data Analytics, Cryptography and Security, among others.
Professor Lam Khin Yong, Co-Chair of Alibaba-NTU Singapore Joint Research Institute and NTU's Vice President (Research), said NTU is committed to training AI and data science talent to support Singapore's Smart Nation vision and the transformation to Industry 4.0.
"As NTU transforms into a Smart Campus, we will develop and testbed many of these digital technologies, to ensure that they are useful, robust and secure, giving our students an opportunity to be involved in projects with industry relevance. Our newly developed humanised AI can allow a more natural interaction interface for people while addressing societal and business needs." Prof Lam said.
The Alibaba Talent Programme is under the auspices of EDB's Industrial Postgraduate Programme (IPP), which seeks to equip postgraduate students with critical R&D skill-sets through practical work experience on projects with a local or multinational company in Singapore.
Apart from the financing of their PhD studies, the programme participants will each receive a monthly stipend of S$5,000, with mentorship by a main supervisor from the enrolled university and a co-supervisor from Alibaba.
Applications, which starts from today till 31 October 2018, can be made through the website: http://www.ntu.edu.sg/Alibaba-NTU/PhD-Application/.
various leading research centres such as the Nanyang Environment & Water Research Institute (NEWRI) and Energy Research Institute @ NTU (ERI@N).
Ranked 12th in the world, NTU has also been placed the world's top young university for the last five years running. The University's main campus is frequently listed among the Top 15 most beautiful university campuses in the world and has 57 Green Mark awards (equivalent to LEED-certified) buildings, of which 54 are certified Green Mark Platinum, covering 95 per cent of the campus buildings. NTU also has a campus in Novena, Singapore's medical district.


Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mallam Lamido Sanusi will proceed on retirement leave effective April 1st 2014, two months to the end of his tenure.
It would be recalled that President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua nominated Sanusi as Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria on June 1, 2009 and his appointment was confirmed by the Senate on June 3, 2009. Hence his five year tenure is scheduled to end on June 3rd 2014.
Contrary to speculations that he has been forced to immediately procede on retirement leave, Saturday Vanguard investigations revealed that Sanusi will still be CBN Governor till March 31st.
Though, when contacted, Director of Corporate Communications, Mr. Ugo Okoroafor said he was not aware of the CBN Governor being forced to proceed on retirement leave, a highly placed regulatory official, who pleaded anonymity confirm that Sanusi is scheduled to proceed on terminal leave after March 31st. He however said this is normal, and it is not true that the Governor is being forced to proceed on leave.
"It is a normal thing; some people go on six months, some on three months. So, there is nothing abnormal about it. You cannot force your Central Bank Governor to go on leave, it could damage the economy", the source said.
But this did not apply to Sanusi's predecessor, Professor Charles Soludo, who left office on May 29th, when his tenure expired. A CBN source however said this was because Soludo was hoping he would be appointed for a second term.
According to the source who pleaded anonymity, the issue of the governor going on retirement leave is a normal thing for us.
It would be recalled that Sanusi had in a chat with Bloomberg on March 24th indicated his intention not to seek second term as CBN Governor.
Sanusi said that he had intimated President Goodluck Jonathan way back in 2011 that he would not be interested in seeking second term in office on the expiration of the present tenure in June 2014.
"I informed the President way back in 2011 that I would not be interested in serving for two terms," Sanusi told Bloomberg adding that "the job has been done, largely".
In November, he called for earlier announcement of his successor, saying the Federal Government should take a cue from the United States and announce the next CBN Governor three months to the expiration of his tenure.
He said, "I think the issue of Bernanke and Yellen, if you remember, it started about two months ago and Bernanke ends in December. Tomorrow it will be six months to the end of my term, probably a bit early for the government to start talking about the next person. But I do hope that about two or three months before then, there should be some announcement.
"Central bank governors don't comment on who they think their successor should be. It is not our business to do that, it is the President's decision.