Welcome to the AIDS Activist History Project website!
AIDS activists changed the world. They organized, strategized, and put their bodies on the line.
As a part of the AAHP, we have been learning about AIDS activists' work in the Canadian context. We are interviewing social movement organizers who were active in the 1980s and 1990s in Halifax/Nova Scotia, Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto and Vancouver. We have also gathered ephemera from archives and from AIDS activists across Canada. So far, we have conducted over 60 interviews and recovered over 600 pieces of ephemera, which are (or will be!) available for display in our collection.
Now, we invite you to discover more about the history of AIDS activism. We invite you to to read the interview transcripts, watch the videos, and check out our (ever-growing collection) of ephemera. You can visit our interview, ephemera, feature, and memorial pages.
We invite you to connect with us. Send us any comments, suggestions or corrections (for example, about the spelling of people's names, places and organizations). We encourage you to contact us if you would like to be interviewed about your involvement in HIV/AIDS activism in the Canadian context. We want to talk with people who worked with PWA/PHA groups, AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power (ACT UP), AIDS ACTION NOW!, and other smaller organizations. Please get in touch with us if you'd like to be interviewed, or if you know someone who you think we should talk with. We would love to speak with you and include your stories and history!
We also invite you to use our materials for your own research and thinking. Please feel free to use these materials for your own work, and, if so, please get in touch to share about your work. We look forward to connecting with others, and to seeing traces of this project in others' work.
The AIDS Activist History Project is hosted at Carleton University by Alexis Shotwell and a team of students; Gary Kinsman is the co-researcher. We're working with the Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives on documenting this history, in conjunction with AIDS activists across Canada. The project is supported by funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC).
This project is hosted on unceded and unsurrendered Algonquin territory. As we document one part of the history of "Canada," we acknowledge the genocidal and colonial context of this part of Turtle Island and honour the historical and ongoing resistance and resilience of Indigenous people here and elsewhere.


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Georgia girl, 6, becomes youngest certified Black farmer in the state
Kendall Rae Johnson is also the youngest certified farmer in the state of Georgia.
Kendall Rae Johnson, a 6-year-old Georgia girl has become the youngest Black farmer in the state, as well the youngest certified farmer in Georgia.
She developed her green thumb from her great-grandmother Laura "Kate" Williams.
Black farmers say Biden's efforts to address racial discrimination isn't enough
"She started out in a patio garden and the patio garden grew from a little bitty something to, by the time her fourth birthday came, we had a full-fledged garden in our backyard," Johnson's mother, Ursula Johnson, told 11 Alive. "And then we moved, and now she has a farm."
Johnson's love of flower and vegetable seeds began when she was just three years old, according to her website "aGROWKulture." Her budding vegetable garden was recognized by the city of South Fulton, Ga., which declared Sept. 28 "Kendall Rae Appreciation Day". Johnson hosts a kid garden club, and her business boasts 18 monthly memberships for food baskets from her garden.
"It has a big feeling in my heart. In my heart is the garden. The garden is special to me," Johnson said.
"The most fun thing about being a farmer is just being yourself," she added.
The young farmer is hoping to raise $10,000 for an outdoor agricultural science lab for composting. Her main goal is to "make new friends, make new things and inspire other kids."
As a certified farmer in Georgia, Johnson joins more than 42,000 active farms in the state. Black American producers make up less than 2% of the country's 3.4 million farmers, according to the 2017 Census of Agriculture.
Kendall Rae Johnson / YouTube screenshot
According to The Washington Post, "Black farmers in America have lost more than 12 million acres of farmland over the past century, a result of what agricultural experts and advocates for Black farmers say is a combination of systemic racism, biased government policy and social and business practices that have denied Black Americans equitable access to markets."
A POLITICO analysis of USDA data reveals, "the agency granted loans to only 37 percent of Black applicants last year in one program that helps farmers pay for land, equipment, and repairs but accepted 71 percent of applications from white farmers."
$5B relief program for Black farmers stalled by lawsuits from white farmers
"This data affirms what our elder farmers have been saying about the U.S. Department of Agriculture for decades," said Tracy Lloyd McCurty, executive director of the Black Belt Justice Center, a "legal and advocacy nonprofit organization dedicated to the preservation and regeneration of African American farmlands and land-based livelihoods through effective legal representation, advocacy, and community education."
Advocates are pushing for the USDA to re-evaluate the criteria it uses for extending credit, which favors wealthy farms. The average Black farmer works with 132 acres, according to the 2017 Agricultural Census, compared to 431 acres for white farmers.
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Chameleon For Android Tablets Isn't New, But You Can Back It on Kickstarter and Get It Early
Kellen May 17, 2012 @iamkellex 25
A newish tablet UI called Chameleon, that we first reported back in mid-March, is now seeking backers via Kickstarter. The tablet UI was once just a side project, but after receiving enough feedback during their initial preview, they decided to make it come to life, hence the need for funding.
If you are not familiar with Chameleon, think of it as a living set of tablet screens. It can adjust based on data connection, location, time of day, etc. But rather than just being a blank slate of emptiness (aka normal Android tablets), it can be customized using live tiles with weather, Twitter, photos, Gmail, calendars, and more. Using gestures, you can swipe around to activate functions, flip home screens or launch into your app drawer. It really is quite the interesting take on a tablet UI, and one that we fully support as a team that tends to get bored with the stock Android tablet experience.
So, why the Kickstarter? Again, they need to funding to make it happen. If you support them, they will give you early access to it before being published to the Google Play store. It will cost you $5 to get in on that, but if previous UI overhauls are any indication on price, this thing could sell for much more.
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The award-winning light strikes again!
The jury has reached its decision: after several days of assessing thousands of products from all over the world, innermost has received the distinction "Red Dot" for YOYWall. The expert committee for the Red Dot Award: Product Design 2017 has recognised the outstanding design with the internationally sought-after seal of quality.
Designed by YOY Studio for innermost, YOYWall is a decorative LED wall sconce that cleverly projects the shape of it's own lampshade. A simple idea very well executed often makes the best product, and this minimal wall light is simplicity that makes a great talking point. It is arguably the most minimal wall sconce possible, interacting with and using the wall in more than just a supporting role. The detail within YOYWall is hidden; a single LED unit that casts a very powerful glow through an aperture to create this optical illusion. Having won the prestigious NYC Design Prize for best light fitting in 2016, we are delighted to add the Red Dot distinction to the list.
The international design competition, Red Dot Award: Product Design is well established internationally. For over 60 years, an expert team has been awarding the seal of quality for good design and innovation to the outstanding designs of the year.
Manufacturers and designers around the globe were invited to enter their products in the 2017 competition. The jury of around 40 independent designers, design professors and specialist journalists tested, discussed and assessed each individual product. In total, the competition received more than 5,500 entries from 54 countries this year.
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No Whining!
I haven't had the heart to read a whole lot about what others are saying about yesterday's game, but I'm tired of "the official's call." from what little I've heard. For ny to even SUGGEST Garnes didn't grab Canidate just dumbfounds me. How far did his jersey need to be stretched for them to feel the call was justified? Add to that, the possession on which they got their 3rd field goal - on which one of the ny DBs was hammering on Holt's arms WITHOUT LOOKING BACK FOR THE BALL. Where the he** was THAT call? There are FOUR more points on the board for us.
I suggest ny should be THRILLED what the refs DIDN'T do to them. What about the repeated headlocks placed on Wistrom and Little that were NEVER called? The tackle where the guy grabbed Holt's helmet to pull him down - ummmmm, sorry folks, but you cannot use ANY part of a ball carrier's helmet in an attempt to tackle the runner - remember Fletcher getting that called against him (using the back of Deuce Staley's helmet to pull him down) in Philly?
Props to the Giants and the scheme they put in place to throttle the Rams down. Don't cheapen by whining about it being taken away from you. You had as much given to you as you had taken away.
As for us Rams fans, we all know we escaped by skin of our teeth. However, when you play a very GOOD team, play without your A game, and still win...well, that takes a GREAT team.
Twinguns
No whining needed. That was not the best game I have seen, but for our Defence to give up only 2 scores and ny to give up 3 that makes for a well fought battle. I loved it, there was many no calls and a couple of should not have called but thats football. There was serious hitting going on from both sides and emotions running strong. Neither gave up. Both defences should finish in the top 6 or 7. But The RAMS are still undefeated.
MsWistRAM
No offense, but I'm tired of the excuse for bad calling by officials as "that's football". If the players can't get away with having their socks too high or their knees showing, why should officials get away with bad calls, or in our case, no calls? I am impressed with the fact that the Rams are able to pull a win out of the hat despite all the bias the officials show. How much better would that game have turned out if they hadn't been?
No offense taken.
Of course you are right. We might have been better with the replacements. Some of the zebras deserve praise and some deserve respect. But too many leave me scratching my head. Still was good to see our warriors overcome and get the job done. The way our Defence is coming together an our woo hits coming in bunches I can't wait for more.
A refs version of what happened on the Ramsey play....
by general counsel
I have a friend who is a professional football referee. Most of his work is in a major college conference and he has done countless bowl games including national championships. I saw him a couple of nights ago and chatted with him about the game. Here is his very simple take on what happened on the non-call on the ramsey facemask.
The refs who was responsible for the call was out of position and didnt see the facemask. No more complicated than that. My friend identified it immediately when he saw the play the first time and when he watched the replay, it was completely obvious to him what happened because he saw where the official was positioned (compared to where he was supposed to be positioned).
I said to my friend that was what i assumed the ref would say, that he can't call what he didn't see but that during the post game, the explanation was not that he didnt see it, but rather that he saw it but didnt think the facemask impacted the play, which in my view was among the most idiotic things i have ever heard a ref say.
What my friend explained to me was that it was the crew chief that did the talking in the post game and he was simply covering up for the guy who missed the call for a number of reasons. My friend was 100% clear with me that the explanation was literally impossible. You can not ignore a facemask especially when its an obvious grab of the facemask, regardless of whether the refs impact is that it didnt impact the play and regardless of whether its the super bowl. Among other things, its a player safety issue. Its no different than a player who leads with his head and makes helmet to helmet contact. Its a penalty 100% of the time that the refs see it. If they miss it they miss it, but its impossible not to call it if you see it. Thus, the only conclusion is that the ref didnt see ramsey get grabbed by the facemask and the ONLY way that could have happened per my friend is the ref being out of position because based on where the refs are trained to be positioned, its impossible for a properly positioned official to not see that kind of facemask on that spot on the field.
Fortunately, we won the game. I dont like the crap ramsey is taking from people because i dont think its fair. He had a huge pass breakup at the goal line that held them to a field goal on the first drive. Another big third down pass breakup that got our defense off the field. Sure, he made a terrible play trying to jump the route at the end. He got beat by a quarter of a step by chase on the long pass in the first quarter, it was a sensational catch. Not Ramsey's best game, but hardly a "bad" game either as many are saying in the football world.
Ramming speed to all
The first ten minutes.
by Fat Pang
I really wasn't sure which forum to put this post in. It's about football, but it's not about the Rams or the NFL. It's also very personal, or at least it's very personal in the sense that it's purely about my sensory perceptions of the first ten minutes of a football game from a players point of view. So, I plumped for the the default choice of the lounge, on the basis that in the unlikely event that I offended anyone with my musings, not very many people would see it.
As I think we can all agree, whether Ram fans or not, (and there are some who grace our forums who add to this site and aren't) the start of the football season is something to be savoured and anticipated. We start thinking about the future as soon as our teams last snap is concluded. Whether we were happy with the achievments of our chosen team or not,the future provides the panacea for all ills. Anything is possible in the virtual nirvana that is the future. Worst to first in one season is possible, we all know it, so what's to stop us from dreaming?
It's one of the best features of the human condition, a natural optimism, that, guided by the love of the sport, finds itself a comfortable chair, a jaundiced view and dreams of glories to come. I've already discussed this somewhere else of course, and informed you all of my intention to look for the best this season. I'm sincere in that and hope that I'm pleasantly surprised, but I realised this morning that as I did so, I was talking from a fans point of view.
This is natural of course because I am an armchair fan, but I was also a player for nearly eight years, and so realised that there are other points of view to explore. Player and fan aren't necessarily related either. At college, I knew guys who loved playing the game and were very good at it but who hated watching it and regarded the three hours spent doing so as a complete waste of time. Happy to have their own bones broken, but not too interested in seeing others break theirs.
So there is a difference that we often ignore when it comes to being passionate about the result of a football game and the outcome of a season and the vantage point from which you view it.
We're all guilty of it too. How often have we screamed at the television, berating those players who are on the wrong end of a caning for not caring quite as much as we do? How often have we held them culpable for dashing our dreams? How often have we accused them of being paycheque(paycheck) players with all that is implied in that statement?
I know that I felt that I had cause to do all those things for virtually the entire 90's.:x
However at work this morning, whilst writing a lesson plan that would teach chinese children whose native language is Cantonese, to write Japanese Haiku poetry in English, (Not as hard as it sounds) I thought about this very pertinent fact, something I was surprised I hadn't considered...
reviewing calls from the booth
by jdpbmo
Okay, enough is enough. I can usually sit by and hold my piece, but I am so tired of this idiotic process the NFL uses to review calls. It isn't that I'm against the reviewing of questionable calls. I am 100 % for it. I want the call to be right. A noncall or wrong call shouldn't cost a team the game. It all came to a head in the Detroit/GB game when they didn't bother reviewing the touchdown late in the game. How crazy was that? If I was in charge of that part of the game, there would be some people looking for work tomorrow. My main problem with the process is that you are asking officials that make a call, or maybe don't make a call, to reverse their own decision. You are asking them to second-guess themselves or perhaps members of their crew. Now we can sit there and say "well, so what if they have to reverse a call to get it right". Hey, news flash, these officials have egos. They don't want to come out and say "sorry everyone, we just blew that last call". So they look at the replay to satisfy us, then come back and say "indisputable evidence to reverse the call on the field". That's a load of crap. There have been plenty of calls that they show that need to be reversed, but until you get a seperate crew of 2 or 3 people in the booth who do nothing but review a call when it's challenged, you will continue to see this craziness happen. Why wouldn't you have people not associated with the officiating crew reveiwing these calls? If you did, you would find a number of calls overturned when it's obvious they are wrong. You would find calls that are legitimate standing as good calls. People would be satisfied for the most part. Except for the Z E B R A S. They will find they are making a call or two incorrectly in important situations. But you know what else you are doing? You are taking some responsibility from them. What does everyone think? jd
The Curse Of The 9ers
What will officials dream up Sunday night when the Rams take the field in San Francisco? Let's turn back to 1998. The first call occurred with the Colts leading 21-7. The ball was intercepted by Indianapolis defensive back Jeff Burris in his own end zone. He returned it to the 9ers' 32-yard line, which almost certainly would have led to a 24-7 lead and, given the way that Peyton Manning was carving up the 9ers' at the time, most likely an insurmountable 28-7 lead. Instead, the officials called Burris for "holding" and the 9ers were handed the ball back and ultimately a touchdown.
On the 9ers' next possession, Young again threw a pick, again it was overruled ruled by a defensive holding penalty, and again the 9ers got the ball back and scored. The result of the botched calls? A point swing of a minimum of 14 and as much as 28 points. The blown calls by the referees were so bad; the NFL had to come out with a statement in essence apologizing for the poor officiating.
The Colts farce allowed the 9ers to host the wildcard game Enter Green Bay, a team they hadn't beat in 5 tries. A Jerry Rice fumble was ruled down by the referees, and four plays later, a touchdown pass to Terrell Owens.
Enter New York; another playoff game which the 9ers had little chance of winning even with all the referee huddles that always end in gifting the 9ers the ball or the call. Even though the Giants blew a sizeable lead and deserved to lose the game given the fact that they laid down like dogs for the 9ers one cannot deny the injustice of the referee shenanigans which gifted the 9ers yet another referee aided win. Once again the NFL had to cut and paste their 49er apologist bile as if this sort of thing is not common in the NFL. Oh wait they are right, its not common place in the NFL unless it's an important 49er game.
Does anyone remember the game last year? The NHS describes it best in this snippet.
So when 12 seconds into it, an important game for the 9ers was being dictated by an inexplicable referee reversal to give the 9ers a touchdown on the opening kickoff, followed minutes later with a penalty negating a would-be 9ers turnover on a kick return, followed by several more of the classic "referee huddles" throughout the afternoon, fans nodded and understood. Even if the Rams injury-depleted split squad came to compete today (which they didn't), the script already had cast them as losers.
The opening minutes were the 49er Problem in a nutshell. As the 9ers broke open the opening kick return, the "flag" message clearly appeared during the run-back. No big whoop, all seasoned NFL fans are well accustomed to having penalties negate good returns. The ref signaled the illegal block against the 9ers, and the game was set to start with the 9ers mired deep in their own territory.
But wait! Someone, somewhere instead decided that it wasn't a...
Officiating this past season...
by RamsFanSam
I have a few minutes here before I go to catch up with my best friend from high school. I haven't talked with him for 25 years. So, while I am waiting for the hot water heater to catch up, I figured I would have my say.
The new uniforms worn by the zebras this year did nothing to hide their lousy eyesight.
Rams fans were at the bad end of lousy officiating during several games this year, but we were not the only ones. In the majority of the games I watched (and with Sunday Ticket and the Red Zone channel, it was a lot) I saw a lot of 'non-calls', a lot of 'over-done' calls, and a lot of bogus calls. Probably the worst of all was the pandering to the NFL's 'pet' QB's.
Hey, Zebras, I have a news flash for you. Football is a physical game. When a 350 pound defensive end, running at full speed, leaps toward the QB a half second before the QB throws a pass, it is impossible for said DE to stop in mid-air. He will hit the QB. Seriously, ask any high school physics teacher. Sometimes, the QB is going to get hit. Next time Brady or Vick or Manning gets knocked on his backside, think before you throw a flag. Ask yourself whether the defensive player could have avoided contact. I bet you'd find that the majority of the time, the defensive player couldn't have done anything to avoid the contact. Just look over at the little pansy QB, tell him that football is a man's game, so quit acting like a 'girly man'.
Another thing I would like to point out is that you are supposed to be impartial. I believe that you should look the definition of that word up in a dictionary. I have asked around, and those who know football say that they thought Seattle benifited from 'non-impartial' officiating more than any other team. I'm not sure I agree, but I do think Seattle did get more favors from you than did teams like the Cards, Lions, etc.
Someone (I wish I could remember who) suggested that the officiating of each game should be reviewed by an impartial group, and that the officials should be held responsible for their performance. Miss a blatant foul, get a big fine. Throw an unnecessary flag, get a big fine. I bet that the games would be officiated a lot more fairly once cash started disappearing from the pockets of the zebras who don't do their job well.
Now, for my last point:
I said football is a physical game. I know the zebras have to be 'in the action', but what genius thought a ball cap and a whistle would be enough protection when a 350 pound linebacker blindsides your butt? Seriously, I have seen 5 year old kids with enough sense to know that a helmet is a good idea when riding a bike.
Then again, maybe if a few of them had some sense knocked into them (or some BS knocked out of them) it might not be a bad thing....but, no. Even I can't be that cruel unless it involves someone mistreating my family.
Well, that's all the time I...


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Martin currently works with the European portfolio of financial investments held by Patricia Industries, with 3Scandinavia, Atlas Antibodies and with new investments. He also serves on the board in Atlas Antibodies. During 2017, Martin was on one-year secondment to Mölnlycke, working within corporate strategy and business development.
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This is going to be a little different from the previous weeks, but more like my posts of old when i was in the trenches of trying to feel better each day because to be honest, i have been taken back somewhat to those days that i struggled so. I got sprayed by the mosquito truck a couple of weeks ago walking my dog, and I've been taken back down memory lane as I'm continuing to recover. Has not been a comfortable time, but it's been a time the LORD has reminded me of my roots, That I can't even walk with GOD holding my hand.
My friend, gospel singer Tony Greene, went to be with JESUS five years ago this week. GOD has taken down memory lane listening to some of the songs the Greenes sang that ministered so much to me during a difficult time of suffering in my life and continues to minister to me now. One song in particular was called, "I Can't Even Walk Without You Holding My Hand." I remember the first time i heard Tony share the story how GOD gave the songwriter that song. It was during a very difficult trial he and his wife were going through. Like most things that really matter in our lives, they come through a time of difficult suffering, and that is when we hear GOD the most. I love the quote from C.S. Lewis that says, "GOD shouts to us in our pain, and whispers in our joy." I can relate to that. I always know I'm in a trial when i hear the LORD's voice through HIS WORD, and people and other means so much louder. So this week, i wanted to share with you that beautiful song that Tony Greene sang that night at Truth Baptist Church that first penetrated my soul and led me to go to the altar, one of many times, i went to the altar when i went to hear the Greene's sing. The recording is not at Truth Baptist, but somewhere else Tony sang,it and I wanted you to get to hear the whole story and song. I pray that it ministers to your heart as it does mine.
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Back in April, we witnessed another heinous shooting at a Waffle House in Nashville, TN. Four lives were lost and four more were injured when a shooter, wearing nothing but a coat, opened fire on patrons and employees. We quickly learned of the heroic acts of James Shaw, Jr., who disarmed the gunmen before he could do any more damage. Rightfully so, Shaw, Jr. was hailed as a hero.
Shaw, Jr. wasn't the only hero that day. Aside from the first responders who tended to the wounded, the community who rallied to find the shooter, and his family who cooperated with authorities to aid in the search, a Waffle House waitress named Virginia Stanley became a hero of sorts as well.
Moments before the shooter burst inside the restaurant, Virginia had asked two customers, Michael Garth, Sr. and his friend Tre Sneed, if they could move from their seats at the counter because she was about to wash dishes and didn't want to splash them. The two men agreed and it was a decision that Michael ultimately believes saved their lives.
Michael's mom, Vickie Davis, was in Aruba for her honeymoon when the senseless shooting occurred. Not wanting to worry her while she was on her honeymoon, Michael waited until Vickie was home before telling her of his involvement at the Waffle House. She was relieved, to put it mildly, and incredibly thankful that at the time, the waitress' only concern was getting her son and his friend wet. Virginia's concern was a literal lifesaver.


Mr Teo will also be on a working visit to Washington DC from Wednesday (Sep 21) to Friday.
SINGAPORE: Deputy Prime Minister and Coordinating Minister for National Security Teo Chee Hean will attend Singapore Day in San Francisco on Saturday (Sep 24), after a working visit to Washington DC from Wednesday to Friday, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) said in a media release on Tuesday.
In Washington DC, Mr Teo will meet senior administration officials, key members of the US Congress and prominent strategic thinkers, MFA said, adding that the visit would "reaffirm Singapore's close and longstanding bilateral partnership with the US, including in security cooperation and tackling common challenges".
In San Francisco, the Deputy Prime Minister will meet overseas Singaporeans and launch the Action Community for Entrepreneurship Silicon Valley Chapter, a partnership with Singaporeans to support Singapore-based tech start-ups venturing into the US market, according to the ministry.
MFA said Mr Teo will be accompanied in Washington DC by Parliamentary Secretary of Home Affairs Amrin Amin, Member of Parliament (MP) and Deputy Chairperson of the Government Parliamentary Committee for Home Affairs and Law Edwin Tong and officials from MFA, Ministry of Home Affairs and National Security Coordination Secretariat.
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This is the last of the Exciting Dragon Saga!
Teppra finds herself plunged into an even madder world than the time she was born in.
Here in the future she meets a man she can relate to. A man after her own interests. But she does not realize her soul is at stake.
Puck is running out of time. Nothing ever goes his way and he places the blame on the only One who can set him free.
Puck loves Sienna and thinks she is the only key to his happiness. For this is the Age Of Wonders, where all that he desires can come true, but he may find it also to be some grand illusion and unfortunately it all catches up with him and he is out of time.
God gave me a dream 17 years ago and I have watched the ideas blossom into 6 wonderful books! His Will is done!
This Book is Part of a Series "The Exciting Dragon Saga!"


Municipal rights-of-way are typically comprised of complex and interconnected systems of infrastructure assets including roadways, water, sanitary and storm pipes, service connections, sidewalks, landscaping, signs, lighting, and traffic lights, to name a few.
Municipal decision makers are tasked with making the best use of available funding to manage these assets at an acceptable level of service. This means having to manage a broad range of assets within a portfolio, with each asset deteriorating at a different rate and requiring interventions that often times are not optimally coordinated to reduce cost and limit disruption to customers.
Quite often, the O&M, renewal, and replacement of different asset classes are managed by diverse operating entities or "silos" within an organization. This piecemeal or silo-based planning results in poor communication between operating entities and sub-optimal asset portfolio performance.
"Complete Streets is an approach to road planning and design that considers and balances the needs of all transportation users.
Predicting the performance state of a pavement network is often high on the priority list for any local council or road agency when it comes to making sure the pavements are performing to satisfactory conditions.


B2B marketing and business growth veterans, Nancy Koors and Kevin Gold co-developed the Customer Acquisition Framework to help B2B companies develop and implement an acquisition marketing and growth program.
Customer acquisition is an approach where "the whole is greater than the sum of its parts." By integrating every aspect of this customer acquisition framework, you'll construct a program that best serves the non-linear buying behavior of your B2B buyers. When executed effectively, the results will generate sustainable and significantly better B2B growth.
The framework starts with the BRAND at the center. Many people skip this and go right to execution. But with the changes in B2B buying behavior and an increase in the number of people on decision committees during the buying process, educating and providing value with consistent messaging is more important now than ever.
Interconnected with BRAND is your BUYER. After all, a brand is the connection between your company and your target buyer. You cannot create brand value without deeply understanding the role, challenges and goals associated with your target buyers. Learning more about your buyer-first will position you better for every aspect of customer acquisition.
If you are familiar with Stephen Covey's "First Things First" approach to time management, then you are familiar with the concept of the "big rocks". The big rocks are the activities that are urgent and important. They demand special time and attention. Brand (and its associated Buyers) at the center are critical yet the big rocks come next and are equally important to get right. The first Big Rock extending out from brand is the buyer's JOURNEY.
Buyers are seeking a solution and moving through a process to identify, research, consider and decide on the best option among alternatives to solve their problem and/or achieve their goal. By researching and documenting your buyers' journey, you can begin informing, educating, equipping and enabling them.
Consider this…a buyer may purchase a product or service like yours once or twice per year. Maybe more or less depending on your industry. Yet your company sells hundreds to thousands of your products or services over the same time period. Who's the buying expert? YOU ARE! Your company's experience with many buyers gives you a superior perspective to use for guiding your buyers through their process. You may not always be the best solution for every buyer, but you can quickly identify (and target) the right buyers for your product or service and provide them the absolutely best buying experience!
The second Big Rock extending out from brand is CONTENT. Content is a building block for every effective customer acquisition program. By defining the "space" you what to own and developing the resources to help buyers within this space gain the knowledge, trust, confidence and conviction to move through their journey, you position your business as the best choice.
Content comes in all varieties whether text, video, images or audio. What you choose and what you ultimately produce is driven by an understanding of your buyer personas, their journey and what they need to do to move to a buying decision. If you don't have a clear and documented content strategy and associated plan, then don't attempt it! How often have you come across a business website where their blog or news sections are either empty or outdated? What type of impressions does that situation create? It's not a positive one for sure! If you don't have a plan with the resources to support it then you're better off not doing it at all.
CHANNELS is the third Big Rock. These marketing channels are deliberately chosen ways to find and connect with your target audience along their buyer's journey using your message platform to create and build engagement.
Less is more when it comes to selecting the right channels. Being everywhere but in a limited (e.g. outdated, irrelevant, infrequent, etc.) manner, may do more harm than good. Pick the channels most effective for reaching your target audience and spend the resources to optimize it for the best results.
There are more than 120 marketing channels available to distribute your message to an audience. And "new, shiny objects" in digital marketing pop-up frequently that can quickly grab your attention and cause needless clutter. Get focused on where your buyers coalesce and start testing those channels one at a time or as your resources are available. Operating within 2-3 channels is OK – you don't need to be all places. But the places you do choose to operate should be all-in.
For B2B, and across all industries, there are a number of core channels that tend to operate under the 80/20 rule. Although a longer-term strategy and requires a solid growth infrastrcuture and quality content, search engine optimization (SEO) is a core channel. It provides the highest volume of visitor traffic to your website at the lowest cost over time. Email marketing is another core channel.
However, marketing is a process that requires the integration of many parts to produce a comprehensive, effective and sustainable customer acquisition program. You need to select channels that target top fo the funnel, middle of the funnel and bottom of the funnel activities of your buyers. Remember, buying is a non-linear process. So you want to leverage marketing channels that connect with buyers at whatever point they may be along their buyer's journey.
Once the big rocks (brand, content, channels and journey) are in place, it's time to implement the right growth infrastructure. Your website is critical since it carries your brand messaging and is in the forefront of buyer engagement. According to research, "90% of buyers visit a vendors website to learn and engage." Secondly, marketing automation and a CRM are important for acquisition marketing and growth. You can't manage want you don't measure and these marketing and sales technologies capture critical data points. In addition, they help create greater relevance, value and engagement with your buyers throughout their buying stages.
Lead nurturing and sales enablement spawn out of your growth infrastructure as specific ways to equip your sales team with high-value content to share with buyers and engage with prospects throughout their buying journey.
Metrics establish visibility into and set the points for managing your entire customer acquisition program. They help determine whether your program is on target to achieve your goals or failing. Depending on what your metrics show and how they are trending, you either apply optimization strategies to generate more of the same or begin troubleshooting to fix barriers clogging up your pipeline.
The devil is clearly in the details but this customer acquisition framework can guide your efforts to ensure you and your team are covering every critical component for an effective acquisition marketing and growth program. If you want to dive deeper into the Customer Acquisition Framework – download the "Effective Customer Acquisition for B2B Growth" ebook.
Want to know specifically how the customer acquisition framework can help your B2B sales growth efforts? Contact us now.
If you are interested in you and your team attending a customer acquisition bootcamp that walks step-by-step through the framework, you can check out the bootcamp details.


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It's expected for children's teeth to automatically fall out as the adult teeth emerge. However, some patients have both baby and adult teeth remaining within the jaw at the same time. This situation causes crowding, especially on a child's small jawline. As a result, those adult teeth don't have a clear pathway to break the gums. Teeth may angle themselves in unusual positions as the body naturally forces them upward from the jaw. You'll see teeth coming out at crooked angles that can be painful or unsightly. A qualified doctor should take a look at this patient in order to reduce the crooked-teeth factor.
A doctor can pinpoint these impacted teeth and form an appropriate plan for a resolution. By using braces, some doctors might create a physical space for the tooth to naturally fall into place. Alternatively, that tooth may need additional help through surgical procedures.
It's crucial to fix these bites in order for your mouth to properly work. In the case of an extreme overbite, your lower teeth may actually bite right into your upper palate. Biting in this manner over many years will only damage your mouth tissues and cause other medical issues. Oral doctors use specific tools to fix bites, including retainers, Invisalign products and headgear. Your teeth may be straight, but the bite must be altered for your overall oral health.
Crooked teeth and improper bites contribute to speech impediments too. As you form words in your mouth, your tongue uses the teeth and palate as surfaces for sound formation. When you have an oral problem, your speech will be impaired. There might be a lisp or other impediment that's easily heard by others. You can fix this impediment almost instantly by consulting with a doctor. If you plan on becoming a successful public speaker in the future, straight teeth and a clear voice are crucial.
Straightening the teeth gives you a chance to fit the floss entirely between your teeth, and you'll prevent most dental issues as a result. A great smile also encourages you to take care of it on a frequent basis.
Another reason why an orthodontia appointment is a smart choice is chewing issues. When your teeth clamp down on a piece of food, both the upper and lower jaws should be relatively aligned with each other. An improper bite leads to poor chewing habits, which contributes to damaged teeth and gums. A proper bite allows your molars to grind the food down with little damage done to the enamel and surrounding tissues. Biting into an apple is even easier when a doctor helps your bite formation.
Your smile is a part of your appearance. Dressing up, combing your hair and looking good is part of being human. When your smile is misaligned, it can be a problem and you can feel self-conscious about your appearance. You might slouch or whisper statements because of your self-image concerns. When a professional helps you with your smile, you're actively working on your self-esteem. You're more likely to smile often, which helps you feel better about yourself and life in general. Children and teenagers are vulnerable to self-image issues so early treatment is crucial.
When your jaw isn't properly aligned, your entire mouth and throat connection are offset as well. As bedtime arrives, you lay down to rest. Your jaw naturally relaxes, but it might hinder your breathing in the back of your throat. As a result, sleep apnea and other ailments might plague your life. Correcting the bite, jaw and teeth will allow your breathing to resume its natural course as you rest. Snoring is almost cured, and healthy breathing becomes part of your life. In fact, you may not need any apnea medical aids after your orthodontia treatment.
In some cases, lack of orthodontia treatment means that your face might have some disfigurement. The improper bite itself can make your face appear asymmetrical, for example. Teeth that have developed at unusual angles will lift the lips and cause unusual smiles for some people. Working with a professional is crucial to a person's self-image at a young age. Disfigurement can occur as soon as the adult teeth start to come in. As a child develops, it's much easier to align the jaw and teeth compared to a fully developed adult.
Patients of all ages can benefit from braces, retainers and other oral components. Contact King Orthodontics today at 937-433 0830. The team in Centerville and Fairborn, Ohio can help everyone who walks in the door. Your smile is worth the effort. Allow a talented orthodontist to evaluate you and devise a care plan. A great smile lasts a lifetime.


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The Complicated Politics of Rescue and Recovery
The Cajun Navy was an essential part of Hurricane Harvey relief. But like everything else, their efforts became politically complicated.
by mlegro December 13, 2017 October 19, 2022
(Marcus Yam/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)
As traffic fled Houston before Hurricane Harvey, a line of trucks towing small, flat-bottomed boats made their way into the city. The Cajun Navy would save hundreds of lives from flooded neighborhoods, and instead of rejecting their help, the government embraced it, entrusting much of the evacuation to this rag-tag band of individuals, preferring them over the Red Cross, and in some cases, the National Guard.
Miriam Markowitz followed the Cajun Navy for GQ in the days after the hurricane, when it became clear that the resources needed simply weren't adequate. The Navy itself is small but organized. Begun in the shadow of Hurricane Katrina, it's helped residents of Louisiana with almost yearly flooding, and travels to nearby states for help during big storms or hurricanes. It's the kind of help that comes in the moment, and the Navy uses a walkie-talkie app to dispatch boats to specific locations. Even local Louisiana politicians are on board with the independent rescue squad:
He was sympathetic to Todd's gripes about slow, ineffective, and possibly jealous local law enforcement—people who likely resented the sudden intrusion and soaring popularity of the Cajun Navy. "The state police can't stop you from driving to Texas," the politician said. "In a time of disaster, you can break the rules and still do the right thing."
But like everything else, issues surrounding rescue and aid have been complicated by the 2016 US presidential election. When President Trump visited the Navy to thank them for their efforts, protestors showed up with signs to meet the motorcade, offending members of the Navy who felt like their gargantuan efforts were being disrespected. "The politics of rescue and recovery seem as though they should be simple — come to the aid of people in need, regardless of race or creed," writes Markowitz. "But in reality, they are often tribal."
The most egregious example of this was New Orleans during Katrina, when the federal response was late and wholly insufficient, and led to hundreds of deaths in a city that is predominantly black. This year, after Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico, Trump reprised George W. Bush's failure, and for the same reason: New Orleans and Puerto Rico are full of people who aren't white and thus not a national priority. (Twelve years later, there are tens of thousands of black people missing from New Orleans who left after the storm and never returned.)
Todd was particularly sensitive to questions of race — the Cajun Navy was almost completely white. On Thursday he had canceled an interview with CNN because they wanted, he said, to "make it about race." Also, he claimed, they had once asked him to stage a rescue for live television. He explained while we waited for Trump, "In New Orleans, we were rescuing hundreds of black people from places most would never go. This isn't about race. This is about coming together." Todd appeared to be correct: in contrast to the lopsidedness of federal relief, I encountered no evidence that any victims were denied help from the Cajun Navy because they were black and saw many pictures documenting the opposite.
But tribal undercurrents did run through the rescue efforts. Fans of the Cajun Navy were quick to point out that many of its members did belong to a certain group, one that has long been ridiculed in the media and which has come to represent to many, since the 2016 election, what's wrong with America. As one supporter wrote, with some hyperbole, on Facebook, "Every member of the Cajun Navy would be deemed 'deplorable' by that certain individual who will never, ever be President of the United States."
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The records of the North Carolina State University College Station Credit Union contain meeting minutes, correspondence, by-laws, and a membership roster. Membership in the Credit Union was limited to professional individuals associated with NC State. The North Carolina State University College Station Credit Union was organized by a group of faculty members in 1932 to provide financing to members at reasonable interest rates and to ensure the safety of deposited funds. Members of the Credit Union voted during a meeting in February of 1947 to dissolve the organization; this action was carried out after the August meeting of that same year. Less
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The records of the North Carolina State University Faculty Club contain meeting minutes, financial information, brochures and advertisements, information on the founding of the club and the construction of their building, and general information about the activities of the club. The North Carolina State University Faculty Club was founded in 1958 by members of the faculty who were interested in establishing a social organization specifically for faculty members. After obtaining a grant, the Faculty Club was able to construct their own building (finished in 1963, and then known as the Faculty Club Facility), which is located on West Campus. In 1998, the club expanded their membership requirements to allow broader participation by allowing staff members and alumni to also join. The name of the club was changed to the University Club, and their building was renamed the University Club Facility. The University Club continues to be active as of 2008. Less


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Q: Comparator for groups of types I would like to sort array of objects. Each object has getType() method which returns object type in String.
I would like to sort my array depending on the type with something like priorities.
Example:
Input { A, F, Z, G, E, D, C }

If(type == A or B or C or D) top
If(type == E) second
If(type == F or G) third
If(differet type) last

Output: { A, C, D, E, F, G, Z }

How should my comparator look like ?
If I haven't stated my question clear enough, please write a comment, I'll try to explain more briefly the part which is not clear.

A: You can declare a priorities hash map:
private static final HashMap<String,Integer> PRIORITIES = new HashMap<String, Integer>();
static{
    PRIORITIES.put("A", 1);
    PRIORITIES.put("B", 1);
    PRIORITIES.put("C", 1);
    PRIORITIES.put("D", 1);
    PRIORITIES.put("E", 2);
    PRIORITIES.put("F", 2);
    PRIORITIES.put("G", 3);
}

Then implement compare method of your Comparator:
private int getPriority(CustomClass obj) {
    if(obj!=null&&PRIORITIES.containsKey(obj.getType())) {
        priority1 = PRIORITIES.get(obj.getType());
    } else {
        priority1 = Integer.MAX_VALUE;
    }
}

@Override
public int compare(CustomClass o1, CustomClass o2) {
    int priority1,priority2;
    priority1 = getPriority(o1);
    priority2 = getPriority(o2);
    return priority1==priority2 ? 0 : (priority1<priority2 ? -1 : 1);
}

UPDATE: Cleaner approach is to define hashmap in your base class (where getType is declared) and to implement getPriority method:
public int getPriority() {
    return PRIORITIES.containsKey(getType()) ? PRIORITIES.get(getType()) : Integer.MAX_VALUE;
}

Then Comparator is obvious:
@Override
public int compare(CustomClass o1, CustomClass o2) {
    int priority1,priority2;
    priority1 = o1==null ? Integer.MAX_VALUE : o1.getPriority();
    priority2 = o2==null ? Integer.MAX_VALUE : o2.getPriority();
    return priority1==priority2 ? 0 : (priority1<priority2 ? -1 : 1);
}

A: I'd probably do something like this:
class Comparer implements Comparator<YourType>
{
   @Override
   public int compare(YourType o1, YourType o2)
   {
      return Integer.compare(getRank(o1), getRank(o2));
      // Pre-Java 7
      //Integer v1 = getRank(o1);
      //return v1.compareTo(getRank(o2));
   }

   int getRank(YourType o)
   {
      switch (o.getType())
      {
         case "A": case "B": case "C": case "D":
            return 1;
         case "E":
            return 2;
         case "F": case "G":
            return 3;
         default:
            return 4;
      }
   }
}

Then:
YourType[] arr = ...;
Arrays.sort(arr, new Comparer());

The above will only work in Java 7 and up because switch on String is not supported before Java 7.
If you're not running Java 7, you'll have to use if-statements instead of the switch.

A: Have your objects Comparable<ElementType> interface (since they are all of the same class (lets say ElementType  and the call Arrays.sort(myArray). If you want to sort the object using different a different order each time, then you should create a Comparator object
You can see nice examples here

A: You can also consider using Guava's Ordering class to make sort the input for you. If the objects you are dealing with have the notion of a "natural" order, then you can do something like Ordering<Input>.natural or implement your own comparator inside of the instantiation:
Ordering<Input> getInputOrder = new Ordering<Input>() {
 public int compare(Input A, Input B) {
   return A.comparableMember > B.comparableMember
 }
};

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A Reserve of life
That it is worthwhile protecting
The Castro Marim and Vila Real de Santo Antonio marsh is acknowledged for its importance to the reproduction of various species of fish being a natural breeding ground or as a stopover place for numerous bird species.
169 species of bird visit here, many of them being emblematic and important to conservation while others are highly vulnerable or are in danger of extinction.
It is not only birds that make the marsh which itself is a complex ecosystem and serves many others including 36 species of mammal, some of which are endangered such as the otter and various breeds of bat.
An infinity of aquatic (crustaceans) and land (insects) invertebrates have also been recorded which give an inestimable added value to this reserve in addition to at least 22 different species of fish, not including those that over time have been declared to be regionally extinct or which are now considered to be threatened or endangered. There are also other amphibians and reptiles which have still to be studied further with at least two species identified.
If the animal world is clear to see then plants are not far behind, there being 462 species of plant recorded. The vegetation here grows having adapted to the high saline content of the soil such as the halophytic species of tree including the edible salicornia now widely used as a replacement for salt.
Along with the salicornia other species are to be found such as the ´morraca` which is used for fodder, the ´valverde-dos-sapais`, the ´malmequer-da-praia`, the ´junco-marítimo`, the ´barrilha` or ´érva-de-orvalho`.
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