Tyres are a feature of the vehicle the can really stand out especially of not presented well. A detailed car without clean and dressed tyres can look incomplete.
Why do my tyres look brown?
During day to day use and storage, tyres are exposed to dirt, water, oils, sunlight and ultra violet light (UV) and all are attacking the tyre. This exposure, especially to UV leads to drying and cracking of the tyre. To combat this tyre manufacturers add plasticizers in the rubber compound formulations in form of antiozonants & antioxidants. These keep the tyre soft and supply so it can react to the forces placed on it while driving.
These antiozonants continually feed to the outer of the tyre to keep it nourished, however when they are in contact with ozone they oxidize and turn brown. This is knows as Tyre Blooming and is a sign that your tyres are doing what they are supposed to.
How do I clean the brown off my tyre?
Spray your favorite cleaner onto the tyre and allow it to sit for a few minutes without drying on the surface. Take a soft brush such as (Vikan Short Handle Wheel Brush, Concours Tyre and Wheel Brush) and lightly brush the tyre to work the browning off the surface. Rinse off the cleaner to reveal a deeper darker tyre. Don't forget to dry your tyres before dressing for maximum impact and durability.
Here we have tyre that has half untouched side which is dull and faded and the half cleaned and dried which is black and ready for dressing.
There are a few different types of dressings which are generally solvent or water based. Heavy solvent based dressing can give a glassy look on your tyres, however the silicone used in these dressing can actually dry out the tyre and cause increase the blooming of the tyres rather than preventing it.
Water based dressing can be more beneficial to the tyre by adding a layer of protection the surface of the tyre, preventing the blooming and help nourish the tyre without drying it out.
How do I stop tyre dressing from flinging all over the side of my car?
As we discussed earlier, we are wanting a tyre dressing that is also absorbed into the tyre to help prevent blooming. Using a water based dressing will allow this to happen as well as prevent sling on the sides of your car.
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Surging pay and sagging results are expected to squeeze another wave of workers off of Wall Street.
Manhattan banks and brokerage firms may cut an additional 10,000 securities jobs by the end of next year, according to a report released yesterday by New York Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli. If layoffs reach those levels, the number of people who buy and sell financial products on Wall Street will have shrunk by 17 percent since early 2008.
Roy Cohen, a New York-based career coach and author of "The Wall Street Professional's Survival Guide," said morale among his clients has never been lower. Last week, he fielded calls from two Wall Street wives who suspected that their husbands would be laid off soon. Among other things, they wanted Cohen's advice on negotiating higher severance payments.
Part of the problem is pay. While revenues grew by almost 13 percent at New York securities firms in the first half of the year, compensation at those companies surged by 19 percent, according to the comptroller's report.
Last year, Manhattan securities workers earned just over $331,000 on average, in salary and bonuses, almost five times the amount garnered by workers in the city's private sector at large.
Layoffs are one of the ways Wall Street is trying to control its spending. Virtually every major bank and brokerage firm has been trimming staff this year. Since April, 4,100 securities positions have been trimmed in Manhattan. Bank of America alone said it would ax about 30,000 worldwide.
Rostan expects coming cuts to fall on underperformers, back-office workers and professionals working in an market that has been particularly unprofitable.
"If a company shuts down a five-person desk, that might be 15 jobs once you factor in the support team," he explained.
Finance firms are also moving more workers out of pricey Manhattan offices. The share of New York state securities workers based outside of Manhattan is at an all-time high, roughly 12 percent, according to the report.
Though protesters continue to rally against Wall Street's fattest cats, DiNapoli said Wall Street layoffs will have a ripple effect. Roughly 14 percent of state tax revenue comes from Wall Street workers and the companies that employ them.
One in eight jobs in the city and one in 13 jobs in New York state are linked to the the securities industry, the comptroller said.
Hedge fund mogul John Paulson echoed that point yesterday, as Occupy Wall Street mobs marched to his New York home and the homes of other Wall Street titans.
"Instead of vilifying our most successful businesses, we should be supporting them and encouraging them to remain in New York City and continue to grow," he said.
Paulson, however, hasn't been immune to the markets of late either. His two biggest funds are down more than 30 percent this year to date.


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Government of Canada continues to help protect North Atlantic right whales
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From: Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Ottawa, Ontario – The Government of Canada continues to take action to protect the endangered North Atlantic right whale. For the second year in a row, there have been no reported deaths of North Atlantic right whales in Canadian waters. However, with recent estimates that only 336 North Atlantic right whales remain in the world, the Government of Canada continues to work with scientific experts, industry, Indigenous and non-Indigenous harvesters, environmental groups, and the United States' National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to protect and support the recovery of this species.
In 2021, the Government of Canada took the following measures:
To help protect the whales from entanglements in fishing gear, Fisheries and Oceans Canada adjusted the times of fishing seasons and continued to implement seasonal and temporary fishing area closures when and where whales were detected. In 2021, approximately 38,325 square kilometres (an area almost seven times the size of Prince Edward Island) was closed to fishing based on right whale detections. In this overall total, 26,764 square kilometres was closed for the season.
To help protect the whales from collisions with vessels in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, Transport Canada continued to implement vessel traffic management measures, including speed restrictions and a restricted access area, that covered approximately 72,000 square kilometres. These measures aimed to reduce collision risks to the whales from vessel traffic over the course of the season, without jeopardizing the safety and security of mariners. This year, there was an over 99.9% compliance rate with the mandatory vessel traffic measures.
The Government of Canada uses a variety of tools to monitor and detect North Atlantic right whales, such as aerial surveillance, at-sea surveillance, and underwater acoustic technologies. Fishery officers will continue to watch for North Atlantic right whales in our waters throughout the year through aerial surveillance. Given recent detections of North Atlantic right whales in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, Transport Canada is asking mariners to remain vigilant and to continue, voluntarily, to maintain a maximum speed of 10 knots over ground whenever safe to do so.
In 2021, at least 120 individual North Atlantic right whales were identified in Canadian waters, representing approximately one third of the estimated global population.
"For the second year in a row, our measures have prevented any North Atlantic right whale deaths. This is largely thanks to the continued hard work and collaboration of harvesters, who have adapted practices in the interest of this iconic species. Working together, we'll continue to protect and restore Canada's marine mammals and the ecosystems they call home."
The Honourable Joyce Murray Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard
"Our Government's coordinated efforts with our many partners has resulted in no known whale mortalities in Canadian waters in the last two years. I would like to thank the marine industry for helping protect this iconic species. Each year, we must remain vigilant and continue to adapt our measures to the best available science on how to protect these whales when they are in our waters."
The Honourable Omar Alghabra Minister of Transport
In 2021, one new North Atlantic right whale entanglement was reported in Canadian waters. This was Canada's first report of an entanglement sighted in Canadian waters since 2019. Partners under Canada's national Marine Mammal Response Program located the whale and attached a satellite tag but were unable to disentangle the whale. The whale has since shed some of the gear on its own.
Six Government of Canada aircraft logged over 2,800 hours of surveillance and up to six Slocum underwater gliders and seven Viking Buoys provided acoustic information on the location of the whales in near real-time.
For the 9,470 vessel movements monitored in the Gulf of St. Lawrence management zones this year, a compliance rate of over 99.9% with mandatory vessel traffic management measures was achieved.
Fisheries and Oceans Canada is currently working with harvesters—through the $20 million Whalesafe Gear Adoption Fund—to help them transition to Whalesafe gear by 2023.
Canada's 2022 measures for protecting North Atlantic right whales will be announced in the new year.
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Studia Humana
Volume 9: Issue 3-4
A Judgmental Reconstruction of Some of Professor Woleński's Logical and Philosophical Writings
Fabien Schang 1
1 Federal University of Goiás, , Avenida Esperança, SN, Campus Samambaia - Conj. Itatiaia, Goiânia, 74690-900, Brasil
https://doi.org/10.2478/sh-2020-0029
Roman Suszko said that "Obviously, any multiplication of logical values is a mad idea and, in fact, Łukasiewicz did not actualize it." The aim of the present paper is to qualify this 'obvious' statement through a number of logical and philosophical writings by Professor Jan Woleński, all focusing on the nature of truth-values and their multiple uses in philosophy. It results in a reconstruction of such an abstract object, doing justice to what Suszko held a 'mad' project within a generalized logic of judgments. Four main issues raised by Woleński will be considered to test the insightfulness of such generalized truth-values, namely: the principle of bivalence, the logic of scepticism, the coherence theory of truth, and nothingness.
bivalence; coherence; nothingness; partition semantics; scepticism; Jan Woleński
1. Beall, J. C., and G. Restall. Logical Pluralism, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2006.
2. Blanché, R. Les structures intellectuelles (Essai sur l'organisation systématique des concepts), Paris: Vrin, 1966.
3. da Costa, N. C. On the theory of inconsistent formal systems, Notre Dame Journal of Formal Logic 15, 1974, pp. 497-510.
4. Demey, L., and H. Smessaert. Combinatorial Bitstring Semantics for Arbitrary Logical Fragments, Journal of Philosophical Logic 47, 2018, pp. 325-363.
5. Englebretsen, G. Knowledge, Negation, and Incompatibility, Journal of Philosophy 66, 1969, pp. 580-585.
6. Frankowski, S. Formalization of a plausible inference, Bulletin of the Section of Logic 33, 2004, pp. 41-52.
7. Gardies, J.-L. La logique du temps, Paris, PUF, 1975.
8. Gauthier, Y. Hegel: introduction à une lecture critique, Québec: Presses de l'Université Laval, Coll. 'Logique de la science', 2010.
9. Lemanski, J, and F. Schang. A Bitstring Semantics for Calculus CL, Logica Universalis, forthcoming.
10. Łukasiewicz, J. On the Principle of Contradiction in Aristotle, Kraków: Polska Akademia Umiejętności, 1910.
11. Łukasiewicz, J. On Three-valued Logic, Ruch Filozoficzny 5, 1920, pp. 170-171.
12. Malinowski, G. Q-Consequence Operation, Reports on Mathematical Logic 24, pp. 49-59.
13. Piaget, J. Traité de logique (Essai de logique opératoire), Paris: Dunod (1st edition: 1949).
14. Priest, G. The Logic of the Catuskoti, Comparative Philosophy 1, 2010, pp. 32-54.
15. Rogowski, S. The Logical Sense of Hegel's Concept of Change and Movement, Studia Filozoficzne 6, 1961, pp. 3-39.
16. Schang, F. A Plea for Epistemic Truth: Jaina logic from a Many-Valued Perspective, In A. Schumann (ed.), Logic in Religious Discourse, De Gruyter, 2010, pp. 54-83.
17. Schang, F. Negation and Dichotomy, In D. Łukasiewicz and R. Pouivet (eds.), Scientific Knowledge and Common Knowledge, Bydgoszcz: Epigram Publishing House/Kazimierz Wielki University Press, 2009, pp. 225-265.
18. Schang, F. Trois paralogismes épistémiques, une logique des énonciations, In P.-E. Bour, M. Rebuschi and L. Rollet (eds.), Construction. Festschrift for Gerhard Heinzmann, London: College Publications, 2010, pp. 407-416.
19. Schang, F. Two Indian Dialectical Logics: saptabhaṅgī and catuṣkoṭi, in A. Gupta and J. van Benthem (eds.), Studies in Logic: Logic and Philosophy Today 29, 2011, pp. 45-74.
20. Schang, F. A One-valued Logic for Non-One-Sidedness, International Journal of Jaina Studies (Online) 9 (1), 2013, pp. 1-25.
21. Schang, F. On Negating, In E. Dragalina-Chernaya (ed.), Ontology of Negativity, Moscow: Kanon, 2014, pp. 329-376.
22. Schang, F. Eastern Proto-logics, In J.-Y. Béziau, M. Chakraborty and S. Dutta (eds.), New Directions in Paraconsistent Logics, New Delhi: Springer Proceedings in Mathematics and Statistics, 2016, pp. 529-552.
23. Schang, F. From Aristotle's Oppositions to Aristotelian Oppositions, In V. Petroff (ed.), The Legacies of Aristotle as Constitutive Element of European Rationality, Proceedings of the Moscow International Conference on Aristotle. RAS Institute of Philosophy, October 17-19, 2016, Moscow: Aquilo Press, 2017, pp. 430-445.
24. Schang, F. End of the square?, South American Journal of Logic 4 (2), 2018, pp. 1-21.
25. Schang, F. A General Semantics for Logics of Affirmation and Negation, Journal of Applied Logics 2020, forthcoming.
26. Schang, F. Question-Answer Semantics, Revista de Filosofia Moderna e Contemporeâna, 8, 2020, pp. 73-102.
27. Suszko, R. The Fregean axiom and Polish mathematical logic in the 1920's, Studia Logica 36, 1977, pp. 377-380.
28. Turzynski, K. The Temporal Functors in the Directional Logic of Change of Rogowski – Some Results, Bulletin of the Section of Logic 19, 1990, pp. 30-32.
29. von Wright, G. H. Truth, Negation and Contradiction, Synthese 66, 1986, pp. 3-14.
30. von Wright, G. H. Truth-logics, Logique et Analyse 30, 1987, pp. 311-334.
31. Woleński, J. A Note on Scepticism, Kriterion 3, 1992, pp. 18-19.
32. Woleński, J. Against Truth as Coherence, Logic and Logical Philosophy 4, 1996, pp. 41-51.
33. Woleński, J. Scepticism and Logic, History and Philosophy of Logic 1, 1998, pp. 187-194.
34. Woleński, J. The Principle of Bivalence and Suszko's Thesis, Bulletin of the Section of Logic 38, 2009, pp. 99-110.
35. Woleński, J. An Abstract Approach to Bivalence, Logic and Logical Philosophy 23, 2014, pp. 3-15.
36. Woleński, J. Something, Nothing and Leibniz's Question, Negation in Logic and Metaphysics, Studies in Logic, Grammar and Rhetoric 54, 2018, pp. 175-190.
37. Woleński, J. Logical Ideas of Jan Łukasiewicz, Studia Humana 8, 2019, pp. 3-7.
38. Zaitsev, D., and Y. Shramko. Bi-facial Truth: a Case for Generalized Truth Values, Studia Logica 101, 2013, pp. 1299-1318.


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Цитбальче́ () — муниципалитет в Мексике, штат Кампече, с административным центром в одноимённом городе. Численность населения, по предварительным данным 2021 года, составила .

Общие сведения
Название Dzitbalche с майяского языка можно перевести как: ветка бальче.

Площадь муниципалитета равна , что составляет 0,6 % от общей площади штата.

Он граничит с другими муниципалитетами штата Кампече: на севере с Калькини, на востоке с Хопельченом, на юге и западе с Хесельчаканом, а также на востоке граничит с другим штатом Мексики — Юкатаном.

Учреждение и состав
Создание муниципалитета началось в марте 2019 года, и после проведения изыскательных работ, 1 января 2021 года часть территории муниципалитета Калькини была выделена для образования нового муниципалитета Цитбальче, куда вошло 20 населённых пунктов, самые крупные из которых:

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Friends' School has a vibrant Girls Hockey club. In recent years, such is the enthusiasm in all year groups, that Friends' has fielded 5 senior teams and at least 2 teams in each of the age groups U14, U13 and U12. Practices take place every afternoon on the school astro pitches. Matches are arranged both midweek and every Saturday, when from late August to the end of March, often 9 teams compete against the top schools in Ulster. On Saturday mornings Year 8 girls are welcome to take part in a full morning of sport with both netball and hockey on offer. Teams are all entered in all the Ulster Hockey competitions available to grammar schools. Tours to Dublin, Holland and other top European countries are offered on a regular basis.


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Sandwich superintendent finalists picked
GEORGE BRENNAN
EAST SANDWICH — Four finalists have been selected for interviews for the school superintendent's job.
They include a familiar face, Matthew Bridges, the current administrator for pupil personnel services for Sandwich Public Schools and the former principal at the Henry T. Wing School. The other three finalists are: Paul Schlictman, the coordinator of research testing and assessment for the Lowell Public Schools; Gary Mazzola, an elementary school principal in Easton; and Charles Canfield, an assistant superintendent for the Monroe Public Schools in Connecticut.
Before the finalists were announced, Supt. Mary Ellen Johnson once again attempted to stop the process. She handed out a letter from her attorney saying he intends to appeal a judge's decision to dismiss her breach of contract lawsuit against the school board.
In a 5-2 vote, the board rejected a motion to suspend the search until June 1.
The finalists were selected out of 21 applicants by a search committee working with a consultant. All four candidates will be interviewed — two on Monday and two on Tuesday — during public meetings at the high school.
The school committee has moved forward with its search even as Johnson has fought to keep her job. Last week, a Superior Court judge dismissed Johnson's lawsuit against the town, saying in his decision that she failed to prove the school committee acted inappropriately when it overturned an earlier board's decision to renew her contract for two years. That initial contract vote came during an illegal meeting, the judge ruled.
Three teachers got up during the public forum portion of the school board agenda and praised Johnson's work in the district. The teachers urged the school committee to reconsider its decision to replace her.
"It's a shame," teacher Pat Goode said.
Other teachers said their colleagues fear speaking out in support of Johnson because the issue has become highly politicized.
School committee member Shaun Cahill read a letter signed by 60 staff members who praised Johnson's efforts on behalf of the school district.
Johnson sat through the entire discussion on the finalists. Her contract expires June 30.


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Here are three key ways the Land of Lincoln is feeling the sting of climate change.
Illinois is sometimes called the Land of Lincoln because our sixteenth president made the state his home. Today, nearly 13 million people also call Illinois home, and the impacts of climate change are becoming more and more clear where they live — from smaller communities like Alton and Mineral to the sprawling metropolis of Chicago.
Luckily, the state is taking action today. Governor JB Pritzker joined the US Climate Alliance within weeks of taking office in 2019 and has pushed hard for clean energy legislation in the state.
The potential switch to clean energy couldn't come sooner for Illinois because it's already experiencing higher temperatures, major flooding, a more volatile Lake Michigan, and more thanks to the climate crisis. Read on to get the facts.
Here's the climate reality: Since the early 1900s, the Land of Lincoln has warmed by about 1 degree Fahrenheit, on average. Without bold action to curb greenhouse gas emissions, the state could see "historically unprecedented" warming by the end of this century.
Illinois is known for both hot, muggy summers and bitterly cold winters — but the northern and southern parts of the state actually experience big differences in temperature, thanks to Lake Michigan's moderating effect.
Average temperatures in Illinois and around the globe are climbing. Why? Overwhelmingly, this can be attributed to humans burning fossil fuels like coal, oil, and natural gas. Unlike renewable energy sources such as solar and wind, fossil fuels release greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide and methane into our atmosphere. These gases trap heat (like a greenhouse in your backyard) from escaping our planet and drive temperatures higher and higher, throwing our once-stable climate systems out of whack.
Observed and projected temperature rise in Illinois (courtesy of NOAA)
According to NOAA, much of the warming people in Illinois are experiencing is happening in the spring season, and "temperatures in the 2000s have been higher than any other historical period, with the exception of the early 1930s 'Dust Bowl' era."
And without action, things are only expected to continue heating up.
By 2050, Climate Central estimates that Illinois could see 10 times as many dangerous heat days per year as it does today. It's important to remember that extreme heat is more than just a nuisance: it can be extremely dangerous to our health, especially for vulnerable populations such as the elderly, outdoor workers, low-income families, and those experiencing homelessness. High temperatures – especially when combined with elevated humidity – can overwhelm the human body's ability to regulate a safe internal temperature, resulting in heat exhaustion or even deadly heat stroke.
Chicago has already seen the tragic human toll of extreme temperatures — and with more frequent heatwaves expected with continued warming, it's a stark reminder of what's at stake if we don't take action today.
Extreme Precipitation and Flooding
Here's the climate reality: Extreme precipitation events in Illinois are rising dramatically thanks to climate change — which is directly linked to more powerful floods. This has serious implications for businesses, homes, and farming in the state.
There's no two ways about it: 2019 was a hard year for Illinois and the rest of the Midwest. It was a year defined by extreme flooding (and heartbreak) across the region, especially for towns on the banks of the Mississippi River.
As Wired reported in June of last year, scientific models "warn that it's going to get hotter, and that rain will continue to arrive in increasingly intense spring bursts, leaving long dry patches in the summer." That's because increasing temperatures are directly related to increasing precipitation — when it's warmer than usual outside, more water evaporates from the Earth's surface. Warm air also holds more water vapor, creating the perfect storm for more intense rain and snowfall.
"The observed number of days with extreme precipitation events (annual number of days with precipitation greater than 2 inches) for 1900–2014, averaged over 5-year periods." (courtesy of NOAA)
In the Illinois community of Alton, "Mayor Brant Walker said the flood[ing] was so bad… that the river grew to 7 miles wide" and Alton's damage was estimated at $3.65 million. Fifteen miles away in Grafton, the mayor lamented the impact of extended flooding on his town: "Before we considered it a nuisance. Now we're going to lose businesses, and we're going to lose homeowners."
If homes and businesses weren't enough, flooding hits farmers especially hard. It's pretty simple: You can't plant your crops in a flooded field. In June of 2019, CNBC reported that "James McCune, a farmer from Mineral, Illinois, was unable to plant 85 percent of his intended corn acres" thanks to the persistent heavy rains and record floods — and he's just one of many farmers in the Midwest hit hard.
Climate change is making it more and more difficult for farmers to provide for their families — and to grow food for all of us. This is a startling look into what the future of food may hold without climate action.
"Seesawing" Great Lakes
Here's the climate reality: Lake Michigan (along with the rest of the Great Lakes) is already being impacted by the climate crisis. Lake levels are becoming more volatile, causing damage to coastal economies.
As we reported in our blog covering climate impacts in the state of Michigan, "It's like a seesaw. Between 1999 and 2014, lake levels were extremely low. But since then, communities near the lakes have experienced severe flooding and coastal erosion thanks to unusually high water levels on Lakes Michigan, Huron, and Superior."
Illinois borders Lake Michigan on its northeast corner and Chicago sits right on its banks. The lake has risen six feet since 2013. To understand how big of a deal that is, consider this: because Lake Michigan is so huge, one inch of rise means about 790 billion more gallons of water. And that water can really pack a punch.
Coastal scientist Charles Shabica summed up what's happening well in an article for NPR: "The... warmer atmosphere means more intense storms, and more intense storms mean large waves, and large waves mean more damage to structures along the shore." In 2019, beaches across Chicago were pummeled — resulting in millions of dollars in damage. The city is already investing in concrete barriers to help protect lakefront property as Lake Michigan becomes more and more volatile with climate change.
And it's not just physical climate risk — Illinois' 63 miles of coastline on Lake Michigan contributes billions to the state's economy, from tourism and recreation to real estate and more.
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Elegance and romance in all its forms was the order of the day for Rachel and Bertie – oh and not forgetting a whole host of fun too!
The personal touch was very important to them so using the bride's parents' spectacular home as the venue seemed like a natural choice.
They opted for a classical neutral colour palette with just a hint of sparkle, probably best showcased in the stunning bridesmaids' gowns.
The floral artistry wowed everyone from the fabulous hanging installation in the dining marquee to the breath-taking arrangement on the spiral staircase. The floral table plan through to the super elegant bridal bouquets, but my absolute favourite had to be the floating hydrangea love heart in the swimming pool.
Guests were treated to free- flowing drinks and culinary mastery at its best whilst they enjoyed an acoustic jazz set.
The alfresco, free standing speeches made for a relaxed and engaged audience. They laughed, they cried and they raised a glass to the very happy couple!
With two very distinctly styled marquees it was possible to create a definite transition from day to night. For the evening we said goodbye to neutral colour palates and understated elegance and said hello to black and gold Great Gastby themed opulence. From the show stopping art deco inspired chandelier that hung from floor to ceiling over the antique gold mirrored bar to the 7ft high feather plumed vases there was no doubting the intention here was to and have fun!
An expertly choreographed first dance got things started before the band took to the stage to ensure the dancefloor remained full all night.
A truly awesome party was a very fitting end to a truly amazing wedding. Absolutely perfect for such a wonderful couple.
Hey Debbie, just wanted to drop you a line to say thank you so much for all your incredibly hard work. It was an extraordinary day all round and we have had innumerable messages from people saying that it's the best wedding they have ever been to. Especially huge thank you for sticking at it so well during the last week when you must have been feeling pretty horrible - we massively appreciate your support. We can't stop watching our wedding video and looking at our photos. It truly was remarkable and everything that we had hoped it could be. We're not sure it would have been possible without you. You were fantastic.


Now in the home stretch for the monster abilities series, it's time to look at Intelligence's "partner-in-crime", Wisdom. Wisdom is unique, as it's mostly a defensive ability, used to power clerical magic, monk armor class, and buff up mental saving throws.
What does each point in Wisdom mean?
Where do the Monster Manual monsters stand in terms of Wisdom?
Optional rules: Dungeon Master suggestions and monsters making bad decisions.
What does each point of Wisdom mean?
Wisdom reflects how attuned one is to the world around them and represents perceptiveness and intuition. For some Dungeon Masters (myself included), Wisdom is the "common sense" power. It's what keeps monsters from killing themselves when faced against the insurmountable odds of a kill-thirsty party of adventurers. It's also what allows them to go against their base instincts.
For a little more information on how Wisdom relates to encounters, be sure to read Keith Ammann's article Why These Tactics?
Wisdom is tied with Intelligence for the most number of skills directly tied to it. Those skills are Animal Handling, Insight, Medicine, Perception, and Survival.
Whether or not a creature gets a gut feeling about a course of action to follow.
Discern whether or not a dead or living creature is undead.
Wisdom is part of the "big three" saves (the other two being Dexterity and Constitution). Typically, Wisdom prevents mental-affects such as fear, some charm effects, or falling asleep.
Wisdom powers the spells of clerics, druids, and rangers. These classes use Wisdom to determine their spell save DCs and spell attack bonuses. Unlike Intelligence, Wisdom-based casters tend to be much more utilitarian and defensive in their spellcasting repertoire.
The one area where Wisdom really shines is in its passive abilities, both with Insight and Perception. It's what helps observant adventurers notice secret doors, tracks in the forest, or blood stains on an NPC's boots. And when someone is lying, a wise PC might pick up on it right away.
What's most frustrating about modern iterations of Wisdom is how it's starting to feel like a developmental dump stat. In other words, it seems like any ability, feature, or power that didn't fit neatly into another category falls into Wisdom. For example, why is Medicine in Wisdom and not Intelligence? I get that it's meant for Clerics to use who might see Intelligence as a dump stat (since they're going to have to buff up Strength, Con, and Wisdom to be effective), but that doesn't really make sense. And is it for picking up on secret hidden things or is it for knowing the best course of action?
Now that you understand the basics of Wisdom and what it can do for players, let's take a look at how it relates to monsters. Knowing which monsters have which Wisdom scores will help us improve our monster designs.
The monsters in bold are those that currently exist in the real world.
Wisdom is a bizarre ability. But I have a few ideas about what it means more than anything.
Wisdom is a creature's attention span.
More than anything, I think Wisdom represents how much attention a creature can pay towards its current situation. This is most obvious with things like zombies and oozes which tend to be towards the low end of the spectrum. Additionally, ogres are pretty low, as are slaad, which may be too chaotic to focus on what's going on at any moment. On the high end of the spectrum, we have almost exclusively angels and high-level fiends.
Wisdom is a creature's sense of self-preservation.
This is an idea that Keith Ammann of TheMonstersKnow.com seems to share a lot. Wisdom represents how good a creature is at knowing when it's time to split. Zombies, oozes, and especially animated objects have almost zero sense of self-preservation. They'll fight until they're dead. On the other hand, creatures with high Wisdom are likely to run if they even get the hint that they might not win a battle. For example, a solar would probably avoid something with strong anti-outside spells. Of course, this may crossover a bit with Intelligence.
Wisdom stays pretty flat regardless of Challenge Rating.
The biggest eye-opener I see here is that Wisdom doesn't really move much with challenge rating. For example, everyone's favorite city-crusher, the tarrasque, has a low, low Wisdom of 11. Another example includes the lich, which only has a Wisdom of 14, despite being a classic BBEG. Of course, this is often offset by high saving throws for these creatures. My thought is that while the creatures are stylistically imperceptive and make poor choices, the designers didn't want them falling to every Wisdom saving throw spell in the book.
In my Saturday campaign, I've got a few characters that have super high Wisdom. Despite their high Wisdom, their players sometimes make some doo-doo moves that would conflict with their high Wisdom scores (ie, being "Leroy Jenkins"). While I don't totally guide their movement, sometimes I made "weal/woe" type suggestions on things that would most likely get them killed.
It may not be for you–you might like to let your players do doo-doo moves–but, it is an option you have at your disposal.
Also, I highly recommend using passive Perception whenever you can. Not only is it a time saver, but it just plain makes sense.
Again, Wisdom is a weird ability. I'd say it's the one stat that's most argued about among fans of the game, probably even more than Charisma (which I'll soon show you is even more of a mess than Charisma).
Let me know down in the comments what you think.


Whether we're speaking in public, presenting a client with a new proposal, or attending a network event, fear is something many of us struggle with. In fact, it creeps in with a vengeance sometimes. It paralyzes us and keeps us from goals we've set out to accomplish!
We market and self-promote ourselves, while playing nice with self-sabotage allowing it to creep in, slowly but surely .
Here's what I know to be true: when we give ourselves a way out of the discomfort of self-promoting—not only do we do it more effectively—we dramatically improve our performance.
Do you struggle with your self-confidence? I know I do!
Think about it: It's easier to trick ourselves into thinking we're psyched about something that scares us because the physiological symptoms are so similar: sweaty palms, thumping heart, the release of the stress hormone cortisol.
Brooks said that when her subjects were told to get excited, they actually felt more excited, more confident and were able to more naturally shift their focus on the positive opportunities in the upcoming task (unleashing their inner Celine Dion) versus the potential threats (completely bombing in front of all of their friends).
You would get a kick out of what I do before speaking…Many may think I am out of my mind! I psyche myself up, jump and growl like the hulk…yes, that's right… I am a GREEN GIANT!
Chronically over-apologizing can be a dead giveaway that our confidence is flagging. Still, not all superfluous apologies are made equal. Brooks' research found that apologizing for circumstances that are obviously beyond our control ("Sorry you ran into traffic") actually demonstrates empathy and increases people's trust in us.
You know the feeling: It's that prickle of heat up your neck, the knot in your stomach when you're asked to talk about your successes. We all know that flush of discomfort strikes most women (social norms, unconscious bias, etc.). But there's a way to outsmart the anxiety that keeps us from bragging. In her new study, Jessi L. Smith, professor of psychology at Montana State University, asked a group of female college students to write scholarship application essays—the mother of all boasting. Half the group was told they might feel some physical discomfort because of a (bogus) subliminal noise-generating box in the room. The other half was told nothing of it. The result: The students who were warned about the box wrote stronger essays, that awarded up to $1,000 more in scholarship money, than the other students. They also enjoyed the experience of writing about their achievements more than their counterparts. Smith said that when women give themselves a way out of the discomfort of self-promoting—they not only do it more effectively—they dramatically improve their confidence and performance. The long-term solution, Smith says, is to get employers to create a more balanced environment: one that normalizes self-promotion for women.
While we anticipate the world will change (eventually), in the short-term, try this hack: Before you'll need to brag, get your heart rate up by running up the stairs or playing a pumping techno song. You'll be able to blame your racing heart and jangled nerves on those activities and your performance will be on point.
We are all destined for greatness. The real question is, what will you do today to shine?
Some inforamation from this article was originally shared on Oprah.com by Joann Klimkiewicz.


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Jake Roberts Discusses His Signature DDT Maneuver, On Wrestlers Using It Today
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On the premiere episode of DDT Snake Pit the legendary Jake "The Snake" Roberts spoke about his signature maneuver, the DDT, and how he feels about wrestlers using it as a transitional move in today's industry. The Hall of Famer also recalls the first time he ever used the DDT, and what the crowd's reaction was like at the time. Highlights are below.
Recalls the first time he hit the DDT and what the crowd's reaction was:
"One night in New Orleans, he crammed me in the corner, fought him back out to the middle of the ring. He came up to his feet, started cramming me into a corner again and he stepped on my foot. And when he did, I couldn't move my legs, we lost balance. Well, me being a dumb babyface at the time, I sprung to my feet like, 'I didn't trip, I didn't fall, I'm not clumsy'. But Grappler stayed down and I'm listening to the people and the people were like, 'OH what was that?'. And I'm like, 'what was what? I just fell down', what a huge pop man, he was smart enough to stay there. I turned him over to cover him and he barely kicked out, but people were talking about that move."
Why he doesn't care that the DDT is now a transitional move instead of a finisher:
"People often ask me, 'Well Jake, don't you get mad at these guys who are using the DDT now for a false finish?' and I'm like, 'no, I think it's great because all they're telling the people is they're not half as good as I am, because if I did it, you're didn't get your a– back up."
(H/T and transcribed by Wrestling Inc.)


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The original mission for Ecocity Design was ambitious.
That goal still stands, but realizing it will depend on having sufficient resources to deliver all the components required by a fully developed set of courses in ecocity design. So we're refocussing a little, with the aim of reaching a target that can be achieved within 6 months.
That target is publication of 'The Fractal Handbook for Urban Evolutionaries', a slim, funky volume that will explain the concept of the urban fractal and paths to its implementation for remaking cities around the world as ecological cities.
The aim is to produce The Handbook in time for the Ecocity World Summit in Vancouver, Canada, this year (7-11 October), where Dr Paul Downton has been invited to make a key presentation on the role of urban fractals in the urban and regional development of the city of Vancouver.
Time is tight, but with sufficient funding it can be done. And that is where you come in!
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My guests will be Steve and Margie Smith Holt from re:Write.
Steve is Managing Partner of re:Write, a strategic communications consultancy that helps businesses improve the bottom line through effective storytelling. He has nearly four decades of experience in the news business, as a writer, reporter, critic, editor, and manager in radio, television, and print, both here and abroad. He has taught writing, both one-on-one and to large groups, including leading writing seminars for BBC London.
Margie is an Emmy Award-winning journalist who has reported for broadcast, print, and digital media. After leaving the news business, she worked in non-profit communications, then moved to the Caribbean where the editor of the local newspaper stalked her at her waitressing job until she agreed to start writing again. Now, as Managing Partner of re:Write, she teaches business owners how to use their websites and other written materials to connect with their customers and clients.


New work from the VANBINSBERGEN PLAY STATION: Fifteen, the 15 part music suite commissioned by the Amsterdam City Council in honor of the 15th anniversary of the Westergasfabriek site (Western Gas Works), recorded on March 18th in the Wisseloord Studios.
This special celebratory edition also includes tracks from all previous Brokken Records releases.
"10" is a special jubilee edition from Brokken Records, celebrating ten years adventurous eclectic music without borders.
There is a story behind each part of FIFTEEN SUITE.
In the words of Corrie van Binsbergen: All the parts have to do with the site itself or the park, either as images, or as personal associations or memories. I lived in the neighborhood for 20 years, and since 2005 the Stichting Brokken office has been located in Zaal 100 in the De Wittenstraat.
Driving bass line with 15 quarter notes. Represents the energy of the Westergasfabriek (Western Gas Factory) site.
A second life for Amsterdam trees. Stadshout Foundation (City Wood Foundation) processes trees into beautiful and new objects that are either suffered from blight or have become hindrances. In this way the wood takes on a new function for the city.
There is a statue without a title at the entrance to the Westerpark. The piece's composition is based on the statue's form.
It's anyone's guess who I am referring to here: the presenter of the talk show that has been broadcast from Westerpark for quite a few years now.
We buried our sweet cat in the park years ago. A little ode to Joop. Cinematic music; I can see an animated cartoon before me for cats, with top hats, solemnly walking along with the coffin.
Lying in the grass, chewing on a blade of grass, glass of white wine within reach, in short, chilling on a lazy Sunday afternoon.
Short piece of abstract music, a tad alienating. Dozing off in that 'grass' maybe?
Enough of that lazing around, so put on those running shoes and get going!
A big step back in history: when the Westergasfabriek was still in operation.
In memory of the great saxophonist Sean Bergin, who always celebrated his birthday in the Westerpark. Joost and I regularly attended the festivities. Plenty of booze, tons of friendly fun. Sean, who was born in South Africa, loved kwela tunes and played them a lot. This is for him.
I know a few. The skinny man with the black coat, long beard, long hair, who I still see bicycling past, or the man with the trumpet, who we often heard years ago playing in the park at night or in the morning.
'I am at home' is a piece of sculpture made out of polyester. The artist has this to say about it: "Life in the big city can frustrate, tire out or even make a person unhappy. At moments like these all you want to do is disappear and seek out the safest place on earth, like under a blanket." My inspiration for this part, in which I try to unite the relaxed mood of reggae with the restless, somewhat melancholic melody.
Fifteen Suite (tracks 1 – 15) by VANBINSBERGEN PLAYSTATION.
All compositions Fifteen Suite by Corrie van Binsbergen, except track 11 by Tom Waits. Recorded on March 18, 2018 at Wisseloord Studio by Chris Weeda. Produced by Corrie van Binsbergen. Mixed and mastered by Chris Weeda at Studio Rapenburg.
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What's the purpose of the inside ring?
Below is a step by step makeover, taking Dave's viz from a ringed donut to a simple bar chart. Click on the image to view it on Tableau Public.
Make over or Make Under?


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Ibe Kachikwu Must Fight The Oil Cabals
Dr Ibe Kachikwu
It is usually tough explaining the intricacies of the business and politics of oil to everyday folks. For instance, people outside some major cities still have to buy petrol above the N87 belt announced by the Minister of State for Petroleum, Dr Ibe Kachikwu.
The expectation had been that the years of maladministration in the sector will miraculously revert to perfection on account that a new minister is in charge. Those who hold such views do so without reckoning with the cabals that can only be dismantled over the course of time.
It is however obvious that machineries and strategies being put in place by the minister are beginning to yield results towards freeing the nation from these oil cabals and bringing normalcy to the oil industry. But these people behind the nightmarish scenarios Nigerians had lived through over the past one decade are not ready to go down without a fight. The dubious ways of doing business preferred by them bankroll their private jets, yachts, exotic getaways and out of this world lifestyles with spoilt mistresses and toy boys. It does not matter that they get these things at the expense of our own tears and blood.
Prior to the coming of Kachikwu, the reformer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), the oil cabals ran riot all over the place. They decide whether we get fuel or not. They decided the price at which we buy outside of Abuja and Lagos. They decide how long we spend on fuel queues. In addition to these holds they have on our daily lives, the cabal make us pay the interest for the bank loans they took for business, we paid or demurrage on imported products and also paid for when they stored products at tank farms – all these after they have collected subsidies and continue to hold the federal government to ransom over the same subsidy.
Kachikwu's coming burst their bubble. We exiting the subsidy regime without the apocalyptic outcome they had always paid people to chorus around. Unlike in the past when they were able to browbeat the system, the Minister of State for Petroleum took the wind out of their sails with the concept of price modulation. Consequently, Nigerians have for the first time in a long while live through almost a month without the spectre of subsidy payment hanging over them. Prospecting in petroleum products by hoarders no longer hold promises of high return on investment as there is no more incentive for panic buying.
The stability, in part, can be attributed to the fact that the nation's refineries, which were once described as mothball, are back to contributing products to meeting part of the daily national demand. These were the same facilities that were earlier unable to refine products despite the several billions of naira spent on Turn Around Maintenance, TAM. From the assurances the minister has given to Nigerians, it is only a matter of time before these refineries are able to scale up their daily output and further reduce the nation's dependency on imported petrol and diesel – the largest leverage of the rent seeking subsidy predators. This will have implication for not just the consumers but also for the economy since the pressure of sourcing dollars to finance imported products contributed to wiping out the value of the naira. Our currency will thus be able to make significant recovery once Kachikwu's reforms in the oil sector take further hold.
In the private sector, the confidence engendered by Kachikwu's approach to managing the oil sector has seen the private refineries being built by the Dagote Group making progress. The opacity in the running of the NNPC and the oil sector in general had once been an obstacle for investors with interest in building refineries. Within the shortest time, however, it is glaring that the new refinery project is picking speed, which could also be on account of the reassurances that can only come from a competent and focused leadership.
It could be described as unfortunate that Kachikwu came on board at a time when crude looks like it is headed for the $20 mark down from over $105 just a few months ago. What is to be commended no doubts is the way he has been able to manage the affairs of the sector in such a way that there is no panic that could have stampeded the industry into destruction. He recently told Bloomberg TV that Nigeria will still make profit even if oil were to trade at $20 since the production amount is less than that. Such optimism, openness and transparency was not the case in the past. What would have happened was for members of the cabals to cash in on the situation and further loot the country blind citing global falling prices.
Another first for Kachikwu was the firmness with which he has addressed the other franchise of the cabals, saboteurs that vandalise pipelines to steal petrol and other products. These economic criminals had in the past had a free reign as they enrich themselves by destroying national infrastructure to steal products. Such was their reign in the past that they kill security operatives and government officials and tend to get away with it. Their activities have been linked with the huge cost of transporting products and some instances of fuel scarcity. The approach to this clear brigandage in the past was to treat the vandals, collaborators and accessories with kids' gloves – there was that government's indifference to the fact that vandals and host communities for the facilities were in cahoots. There is no way they can operate freely if the host communities do not give them cover or refuse to alert security and other relevant agencies of crimes in progress.
The warning from Kachikwu to indigenes of Tarkwa Bay, where the Atlas Cove Jetty is located, that their place was at risk of possible acquisition by the Federal Government if they continued to shield pipeline vandals and oil thieves, will certainly achieve something. This is the one approach that was never considered in the past while Nigeria hemorrhaged to thieves. Apparently, there would be no need to repeat this warning to other host communities.
It will be naïve to think that these steps being taken, to the extent that they disrupt the cabals and their minions, would go unchallenged. This is why it would not be surprising to any discerning mind that attempts have started in earnest to drag Kachikwu's name in the mud. The strategy includes using groups that are claiming that his family members are meddling in the affairs of the NNPC even though no one has been able to publish any proof that this is the case.
The cabals will update and modify their strategies to retain their stranglehold on the oil sector at all cost. Kachikwu must accept this as a reality such that he must never succumb to the blackmail of this band of cutthroats. In addition to the popular mandate that President Muhammadu Buhari's anti-corruption fights enjoys, the Minister of State for Petroleum has the support of citizens to cage these cabals and send them out of business. The tremendous support and goodwill that trail his stand on subsidy is enough indication that he enjoys such support.
Dr Ibe Kachikwu must dare the cabals some more. He should run them out of town. Nigerians support him.
Source: Lady Nkechi Odoma, Chairperson, Africa Arise for Change Network contributed this piece from Abuja.
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Location of Cottonwood in Houston County, Alabama.
Cottonwood is located in southern Houston County at 31°3′13″N 85°18′9″W / 31.05361°N 85.30250°W / 31.05361; -85.30250 (31.053646, -85.302409). Alabama State Route 53 passes through the center of town, leading north 14 miles (23 km) to Dothan and southeast 7 miles (11 km) to the Florida state line. Malone, Florida, is 11 miles (18 km) southeast of Cottonwood.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 5.8 square miles (15.0 km2), of which 0.03 square miles (0.07 km2), or 0.45%, are water.
In the town, the population was spread out with 26.5% under the age of 18, 7.1% from 18 to 24, 25.0% from 25 to 44, 24.5% from 45 to 64, and 16.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females, there were 90.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 86.1 males.
The median income for a household in the town was $21,452, and the median income for a family was $32,065. Males had a median income of $25,833 versus $15,515 for females. The per capita income for the town was $13,111. About 18.1% of families and 27.2% of the population were below the poverty line, including 28.8% of those under age 18 and 42.1% of those age 65 or over.
As of the census of 2010, there were 1,289 people, 553 households, and 350 families residing in the town. The population density was 234.4 people per square mile (90.8/km2). There were 638 housing units at an average density of 116 per square mile (44.9/km2). The racial makeup of the town was 71.8% White, 25.4% Black or African American, 0.6% Native American, and 1.9% from two or more races. 1.1% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.
There were 553 households out of which 24.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 42.0% were married couples living together, 16.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 36.7% were non-families. 33.5% of all households were made up of individuals and 13.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.33 and the average family size was 2.99.
In the town, the population was spread out with 22.5% under the age of 18, 9.2% from 18 to 24, 22.2% from 25 to 44, 29.2% from 45 to 64, and 16.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 42.4 years. For every 100 females, there were 87.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 86.4 males.
The median income for a household in the town was $26,570, and the median income for a family was $27,465. Males had a median income of $28,942 versus $27,857 for females. The per capita income for the town was $15,090. About 26.1% of families and 28.0% of the population were below the poverty line, including 38.5% of those under age 18 and 13.5% of those age 65 or over.
Lamar Kelly, World War II hero, decorated numerous times for action in both the Pacific and Atlantic theaters while serving in the United States Navy. Kelly also fought his way to the title of Severn River Naval Command Welterweight Boxing Champion and later United States Golden Gloves Welterweight Champion. Years later, he garnered acclaim as one of the nation's most innovative drug store retailers.
Katherine Reid, born in Cottonwood in about 1901, performed stage shows as the Lady Alligator Wrestler in the 1930s before retiring. But in 1968, at age 67, she came out of retirement to appear on Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In.
^ a b "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Cottonwood town, Alabama". American Factfinder. U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved April 12, 2017.
^ "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on September 11, 2013. Retrieved July 25, 2015.
^ "The Shields Giants of Alabama, Lady Alligator Wrestler and other circus and sideshow tales". AL.com.
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A key reason that approximately 300,000 people from across the globe are applying for a Permanent Resident Visa to Canada each year is that there are jobs in Canada!
Canada's expanding economy, combined with large numbers of Canadian workers retiring, has made this an excellent time to immigrate to Canada for many people.
This is because Canada's government and businesses see the value of addressing growing labor shortages across Canada through Canadian immigration.
In other words, Canada has thousands of job vacancies to fill and immigrants are needed and wanted to secure these jobs in Canada.
Thus, with much of the world still struggling economically, increasing numbers of skilled foreign workers are thinking about applying for jobs in Canada as an attractive option for a better future.
Go Where the Canadian Jobs Are
Seeking Canadian employment can be compared to fishing: Just as a fisherman wants to go where the fish are to have the best chance of catching a fish, a skilled foreign worker may want to find out where there are particular types of jobs in Canada to increase his/her likelihood of obtaining Canadian employment.
Thus, when you look for work in Canada, keep in mind that the various Canadian provinces and territories have a range of unemployment rates which may affect your chances of finding jobs in Canada.
For example, British Columbia, Quebec and Saskatchewan often have the lowest unemployment rates of any provinces or territories in Canada.
On the other hand, some Canadian provinces or territories may have a higher unemployment rate than others, but they may also have larger economies that produce more new Canadian jobs overall than some of the provinces that may have lower unemployment rates.
For example, Ontario and Quebec have the two largest economies respectively which produce the most new jobs in Canada, even though there are other provinces that have a lower unemployment rate.
In other cases, particular cities in Canada may have very low unemployment rates, even though the province where they are located may have a higher unemployment rate.
For example, Trois-Rivieres (Quebec), Quebec City (Quebec), Sherbrooke (Quebec), and Victoria (British Columbia) are some of the Canadian cities with low unemployment rates which are also lower than the overall rates for the provinces where they are located.
Another factor to consider when seeking work in Canada is the demand for your occupation, since it may be in high demand in certain cities, provinces or territories in Canada, regardless of the overall unemployment rate in those locations.
For example, healthcare workers may be needed all across Canada; Vancouver is a major center for the Canadian television and film industry; key technology hubs in Canada are located in Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal and Vancouver; etc.
In sum, one way to increase your likelihood of finding a job in Canada in your occupation is to seek Canadian employment in the provinces and territories where the highest number of jobs are being created and, ideally, where your particular profession is in the highest demand.
As you can read in the next section below, the Internet now makes it possible for skilled foreign workers to look for jobs in Canada from their home countries so that, hopefully, they can obtain qualifying pre-arranged Canadian employment.
Seeking Canadian Employment
If you are issued a Canadian Permanent Resident Visa, you will have a legal right to live, study and work in Canada long-term.
Among some of the most important decisions you will need to make as a new Canadian permanent resident include where to live and work in Canada.
Depending on which Canadian visa program you are approved for by Canada's government (e.g., Federal Skilled Worker Program, Provincial Nominee Program, Federal Skilled Trades Program, etc.), that choice may be made for you in advance.
For example, if you are approved for a work visa to Canada under the Provincial Nominee Program, you will need to find employment in a particular Canadian province that needs your skills.
In other cases, however, you may be approved for a work visa to Canada for a skill that is needed across Canada and so you will have to decide where to apply for jobs in Canada, which province or city you prefer to live in, etc.
Searching For Jobs in Canada
When it comes to searching for jobs in Canada, there are several resources available for immigrants.
One nice aspect of living in the Information Age is that you can search for work and apply for Canada jobs from anywhere in the world where you have access to the Internet.
In many cases, this will not cost you anything (for example, if you already have access to a computer connected to the Internet at your home, have a smartphone with Internet access, can use a family member's or friend's computer) or it may involve a minimal charge (for instance, if you have to go to an Internet café).
Ideally, you may be able to obtain a qualifying offer of Canadian employment before you actually immigrate to Canada so that you will already know where you will live and work in Canada, how much money you will earn, etc. (this could also get you more points for certain Canadian immigration programs, such as the Federal Skilled Worker Program or Quebec Regular Skilled Worker Program).
Popular video conferencing programs, such as Skype and Zoom, now make it possible to have a remote "face-to-face" Canadian job interview, but some employers may want you to travel to Canada for an in-person interview.
Some methods that many people use to look for jobs in Canada include:
using online job search engines (Canada's Job Bank is an excellent resource)
checking Canadian job openings posted on news websites for various cities in Canada
applying for a job in Canada on a company's website
sending a resume/CV to a business via email
utilizing LinkedIn or other social media to network for jobs in Canada
networking with family, friends or others who may know of a Canadian job opening
getting help from Canadian government employment agencies
receiving assistance from private organizations that help people find jobs in Canada
Jobs Canada Has to Offer
For those looking for work in Canada, the good news is that there are a range of Canadian job openings to fill all across this huge, beautiful country – tens of thousands of them!
To better facilitate filling these various jobs in Canada, different visa programs were created that correspond to the major categories of Canadian jobs:
Federal Skilled Trades Program (for skilled tradespeople, such as carpenters, electricians, plumbers, welders and other skilled trades);
Federal Skilled Worker Program (for high-demand professions that often require a university degree or other advanced training;
Provincial Nominee Program (similar to the Federal Skilled Trades Program in seeking skilled tradespeople, but with an emphasis on meeting the demands for these trades in particular Canadian provinces where there is a high demand for these occupations).
As of 2020, approximately 79.1% of Canada's workforce was employed in the services field, while about 19.4% worked in the manufacturing sector and 1.4% were employed in agriculture.
Canada Jobs Pay Well
Another reason that Canadian immigration is "hot" and attracting hundreds of thousands of foreign workers every year is that jobs in Canada pay well.
According to Canada's Job Bank website (December 2020), the median annual salary (i.e., midway between the highest and lowest salaries) in 2021 for various jobs in Canada were as follows:
Accountant ($67,200 CAD); Architect ($68,313 CAD); Audiologist & Speech-Language Pathologist ($74,880 CAD); Civil Engineer ($78,777 CAD); Computer Programmer ($72,864 CAD); Construction Manager ($78,470 CAD); Crane Operator ($60,000 CAD); Dentist ($118,394 CAD); Dental Hygienist ($67,545 CAD); Dietitian ($69,120 CAD); Electrical Engineer/Electronics Engineer ($86,649 CAD); Electrician ($61,440 CAD); Elementary/Primary School Teacher ($73,843 CAD); Financial & Investment Analyst ($68,563 CAD); General Practitioner/Family Physician ($211,934 CAD); Glazier ($52,224 CAD); Heavy-Duty Equipment Mechanic ($63,360 CAD); Human Resources Manager ($91,564 CAD); Ironworker ($74,611 CAD); Land Surveyor ($64,608 CAD); Logging Machinery Operator ($52,800 CAD); Machinist ($49,305 CAD); Mechanical Engineer ($76,800 CAD); Occupational Therapist ($76,800 CAD); Oil & Gas Well Driller, Servicer, Tester and Related Workers ($72,960 CAD); Optometrist ($86,115 CAD); Pharmacist ($104,646 CAD); Physiotherapist ($76,800 CAD); Plumber ($57,600 CAD); Psychologist ($84,672 CAD); Purchasing Manager ($92,313 CAD); Registered Nurse & Registered Psychiatric Nurse ($73,228 CAD); Retail & Wholesale Manager ($64,608 CAD); Secondary/High School Teacher ($78,777 CAD); Sheet Metal Worker ($58,675 CAD); Software Engineer & Designer ($87,686 CAD); Steamfitter, Pipefitter & Sprinkler System Installer ($76,800 CAD); University Professor & Lecturer ($92,313 CAD); Veterinarian ($85,074 CAD); Welder ($48,000 CAD).
These jobs Canada offers and their median annual salaries are merely a small sample to help illustrate the point that if you want to work in Canada, particularly in a high-demand occupation, the pay and benefits are very competitive with other developed countries, such as the United States.
Canadian Workers Enjoy High Living Standards
Although the US economy is much larger than the Canadian economy, people who live and work in Canada are actually better off in many ways than their American counterparts south of the border.
For example, a 2020 report by the London-based Legatum Institute states that Canada is ranked #14 in the world for prosperity, compared to the United States which was rated in 18th place on Legatum's 2020 Prosperity Index.
As of 2020, the median net worth of Canadian households ($329,900 USD) was among the highest found anywhere around the globe, including the United States where the median net worth of households in 2020 was $121,700 USD.
In fact, people living in Canada became significantly wealthier during 2020, despite the economic disruptions associated with the global pandemic, and the extra cash Canadian consumers have available to spend is forecast to drive strong economic growth in 2021 and 2022.
In December 2015, TD Economics reported that Canadian workers between the ages of 25-34 (i.e., the "Millennial Generation") also have a higher rate of home ownership than American millennials (i.e., 50% of Canadian millennials own their own homes vs. 36% of the young adults from the Millennial Generation in the USA who are homeowners).
Canadian residents are also entitled to free basic healthcare, while most Americans have to pay for basic healthcare.
The main point is that if you are looking for work, Canada has good paying jobs and offers a very high standard of living.
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There are additional factors to consider when seeking employment in Canada.
For example, it will be important for you to have good English or French language skills in order to (1) qualify for a Canadian work visa and (2) secure a job in Canada.
Greater emphasis is now being given to English and French language abilities by the Canadian government in deciding on granting someone a work visa to Canada, so if you improve your skills in English or French (if necessary), you may increase your chances of finding work in Canada.
In other situations, your knowledge of a foreign language can be a plus since you may be able to speak to customers in their native language.
You should also have an up-to-date CV/resume written in English or French (one page preferred; two pages maximum) that is tailored for each company and position that you apply to and that is error-free.
Another consideration when seeking Canada jobs is whether your credentials, education or work experience will be recognized in Canada.
In many cases, an Educational Credential Assessment (ECA) will be required for certain Canadian immigration programs (such as the Federal Skilled Worker Program) to assess to what extent your education/qualifications received outside of Canada are similar to those obtained inside Canada.
Having a positive/favorable ECA may also facilitate getting a qualifying Canada job offer.
Skilled immigrants who work in particular regulated professions (for example, physicians, nurses, dentists and psychologists) may also need to get licensed in Canada before they can start working.
Foreign skilled tradespeople should note that they will probably need to travel to the province or territory where they want to live and work in Canada get assessed for their trade and receive a Certificate of Qualification.
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Q: Is this disk about to die? I have a WD Red 4 TB disk (WD40EFRX-68WT0N0, firmware 82.00A82) that is occasionally showing uncorrectable read errors in the SMART error log, e.g.:
Error 43 [18] occurred at disk power-on lifetime: 13157 hours (548 days + 5 hours)
  When the command that caused the error occurred, the device was active or idle.

  After command completion occurred, registers were:
  ER -- ST COUNT  LBA_48  LH LM LL DV DC
  -- -- -- == -- == == == -- -- -- -- --
  40 -- 51 00 00 00 00 00 02 e9 e0 40 00  Error: UNC at LBA = 0x0002e9e0 = 190944

  Commands leading to the command that caused the error were:
  CR FEATR COUNT  LBA_48  LH LM LL DV DC  Powered_Up_Time  Command/Feature_Name
  -- == -- == -- == == == -- -- -- -- --  ---------------  --------------------
  60 01 00 00 08 00 00 00 02 ea 48 40 00 12d+15:42:14.157  READ FPDMA QUEUED
  60 00 e0 00 00 00 00 00 02 e9 68 40 00 12d+15:42:14.157  READ FPDMA QUEUED
  60 00 e0 00 08 00 00 00 02 e8 88 40 00 12d+15:42:10.216  READ FPDMA QUEUED
  60 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 02 e7 88 40 00 12d+15:42:10.215  READ FPDMA QUEUED
  60 01 00 00 08 00 00 00 02 e6 88 40 00 12d+15:42:07.629  READ FPDMA QUEUED

(full report from smartctl here)
With the latest error, zpool status reports the following:
$ zpool status cloudpool
  pool: cloudpool
 state: ONLINE
status: One or more devices has experienced an unrecoverable error.  An
    attempt was made to correct the error.  Applications are unaffected.
action: Determine if the device needs to be replaced, and clear the errors
    using 'zpool clear' or replace the device with 'zpool replace'.
   see: http://zfsonlinux.org/msg/ZFS-8000-9P
  scan: scrub repaired 0B in 3h57m with 0 errors on Wed Oct 17 03:53:57 2018
config:

    NAME                                          STATE     READ WRITE CKSUM
    cloudpool                                     ONLINE       0     0     0
      mirror-0                                    ONLINE       0     0     0
        ata-ST8000VN0022-2EL112_ZA17FZXF          ONLINE       0     0     0
        ata-ST8000VN0022-2EL112_ZA17H5D3          ONLINE       0     0     0
      mirror-1                                    ONLINE       0     0     0
        ata-WDC_WD40EFRX-68WT0N0_WD-WCC4E5NFLRU3  ONLINE       1     0     0
        ata-ST4000VN000-2AH166_WDH0KMHT           ONLINE       0     0     0
      mirror-2                                    ONLINE       0     0     0
        ata-WDC_WD30EFRX-68EUZN0_WD-WCC4N3EHHA2E  ONLINE       0     0     0
        ata-ST3000DM001-1CH166_Z1F1HL4V           ONLINE       0     0     0

errors: No known data errors

(previously, some runs of zpool scrub had reported that it had repaired some data, but this is the first time I'm seeing this new status).
However, running the short, conveyance, and extended SMART tests reveals nothing amiss.
I also thought the Load/Unload cycle count was suspiciously high, but this is a Red drive, not a Green one, and the official tool from WD (wd5741.exe) reports that there is nothing to do.
So do I have a drive that's about to die / needs to be replaced, or is that just normal occasional sector reallocation?
EDIT: I've had an issue with another drive, although I'm using ECC RAM:
  pool: cloudpool
 state: ONLINE
status: One or more devices has experienced an unrecoverable error.  An
    attempt was made to correct the error.  Applications are unaffected.
action: Determine if the device needs to be replaced, and clear the errors
    using 'zpool clear' or replace the device with 'zpool replace'.
   see: http://zfsonlinux.org/msg/ZFS-8000-9P
  scan: scrub repaired 768K in 2h56m with 0 errors on Sun Jan 13 03:20:40 2019
config:

    NAME                                          STATE     READ WRITE CKSUM
    cloudpool                                     ONLINE       0     0     0
      mirror-0                                    ONLINE       0     0     0
        ata-ST8000VN0022-2EL112_ZA17FZXF          ONLINE       0     0     0
        ata-ST8000VN0022-2EL112_ZA17H5D3          ONLINE       0     0     0
      mirror-1                                    ONLINE       0     0     0
        ata-WDC_WD40EFRX-68WT0N0_WD-WCC4E5NFLRU3  ONLINE       0     0     0
        ata-ST4000VN000-2AH166_WDH0KMHT           ONLINE       0     0     0
      mirror-2                                    ONLINE       0     0     0
        ata-WDC_WD30EFRX-68EUZN0_WD-WCC4N3EHHA2E  ONLINE       0     0     6
        ata-ST3000DM001-1CH166_Z1F1HL4V           ONLINE       0     0     0

errors: No known data errors

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Toyota Recalling 84,000 Tundra Pickups, Lexus NX250 and NX350
toyota and lexus have announced a recall of nearly 85,000 toyota tundra and lexus nx250 and nx350 models from the 2022 model year.
the recall stems from an issue with the electronic parking brake. it may not engage or disengage properly, leading to the danger that the vehicle will roll away while parked.
toyota said it will notify owners by late october to bring their vehicle in to a dealer.
toyota has announced that it will recall a combined 85,000 tundra pickups and lexus nx suvs over an issue regarding the electronic parkign brake. according to the announcement, affected vehicles may not properly engage or disengage the parking brake which in turn could lead to the vehicle rolling away.
the national highway traffic administration (nhtsa) recalls website does not show the recall yet, but toyota and lexus also announced that owners of affected vehicles will be notified by late october.
toyota and lexus dealerships will update the skid control ecu software for customers at no charge once the recall gets underway. meanwhile, owners can check the nhtsa website, the toyota recalls website, or lexus's own recalls site to learn if their vehicle is affected.
source:caranddriver.com


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