There will always be that little old lady that arrived after you that will be pushy and get served before you. The French aren’t masters at making lines and at the marché, this goes double. That’ll save you the embarrassment of mispronouncing a word beyond comprehension. And run the pronunciation by a French person if you can. Make sure you know all the vocabulary for the seasonal produce you’re looking to buy. There’s nothing worse than being asked to repeat yourself several times as the 10 French people around you turn to see where the voice is coming from. If you have an accent and are used to speaking quietly, make sure you really speak up so the vendor can hear what you’re ordering. You’ll also get the best selection, not to mention it’s easier to be understood when you don’t have to yell over the din of the other people talking around you. Within an hour of the marché opening should be fine. Sometimes you’ll even see a sign that says “We’re happy to serve you” meaning please keep your paws off our produce! Go early.Īrrive early just after the marché opens to beat the crowds (read: less chance to embarrass yourself in front of others). You can usually select which butternut squash you want (or other large veggies), but just point. Unless you know it’s absolutely OK to touch the produce and select it yourself (seeing others do it does not mean it’s OK), let the vendor pick up the actual fruit for you. Do a little tour of the marché before you buy to see whose melons look the freshest and whose prices are the most competitive. Many vendors sell the same items which means prices and quality vary. And if you want to feel extra authentic, buy yourself a wicker basket for all your fresh produce. Always bring your reusable grocery store bags or granny shopping cart. My beginner tips below on how to survive the French marché ( find one nearby here) will have you feeling like a pro in no time: Don’t forget your bag or basket.įrench vendors rarely give you a bag and if they do, it’s a little flimsy plastic thing that might break anyway. If your market is on the large side and chaotic, don’t stress! Depending on where you live, the marché might be a winding maze of bustling stalls or laid back and small. The marché is the French version of a farmers’ market and THE place to stock up on produce, eggs, cheese, bread and more. So if you’re visiting France for the first time and want to browse your local market or have just moved and don’t have a clue, read on for my tips on how to be prepared at the French marché. Sometimes it’s a cultural faux pas and other times it’s in the language, but today, I’m putting a stop to that - at least at the French marché. As foreigners, we sometimes embarrass ourselves and if you’re me, that happens more than you’d like to admit.
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Indestructibility can be a straightforward battering ram, but it can also be extremely tricksy when a Sliver deck is playing one-sided board wipes, you know you're in trouble.Ĭard to consider: Synchronous Sliver. The oft-ignored Psionic Sliver will never accidentally kill your creatures, since they're indestructible anyway, and opens up a lot of fun interactions with Spiteful Sliver and Syphon Sliver. This commander seems like a great place for your own cache of board wipes such as Blasphemous Act, blasting away any creature that would impede your indestructible army. In fact, I think there's a lot of yet-untapped potential here. With Sliver Hivelord, slow and steady wins the race. You'll need mana to cast your Distant Melody and Kindred Summons and Vanquisher's Banner, so don't waste a mana rock on a card that only casts a third of the cards in your deck. I have to pause for a moment to call out a card on Sliver Hivelord 's page that does not deserve to be there: Pillar of Origins. With just about 80 decks more than the Queen, Sliver Hivelord swings in to make the army indestructible! I'm personally aesthetically bothered that this is the only one of the five legends to sport a power and toughness of 5/5 instead of 7/7, but I suppose there had to be an oddball in the family somewhere. Leaning into her token generation seems to be the wisest move, and given its sheer efficiency, cards like Purphoros, God of the Forge and Impact Tremors will end the game in shorter order than any concessions you make to tribal synergy. Grandstanding aside, her specialities as a commander lay outside the realm of tribal. But the Queen? She has popular builds for tokens with Divine Visitation, and heck, even a planeswalkers option, because she makes excellent blockers for a Superfriends strategy! She's a traitor to Sliverkind! Other legendary Slivers have one possible theme: Sliver tribal. Heck, just look at her most popular themes: But that's the thing - Sliver Queen isn't really a Sliver deck. Those tokens are a resource for purposes quite apart from the traditional boundaries of the tribe.Ĭard to consider: Purphoros, God of the Forge. If you spy the Queen in the command zone, be on the lookout for combos. This is also a deck that likely won't need many of the Muscle Sliver or other combat-focused tribal effects. Pandigital Novel is also based on the Android operating system. Nook: If we’re lucky it will be the same as above no device available for testing.Re-authorization for subsequent sessions appears to not be necessary. On power-up, the Nook found all three broadcast wireless networks (CanisiusWireless, CanisiusResnet and CanisiusGuest) To connect to Canisius Wireless, simply enter Canisius credentials at the prompt. NookColor is based on the Android operating system.Kindle without WiFi: users will be unable to connect.(NOTE: the password should not contain a special character) If not, s/he should click on the "Create an Account" button to set one up and then login. If the user has a guest account, s/he can simply login. Kindle with WiFi: The Kindle should find the Canisius Guest network.Users will be directed to their user manual for other eReader operations.Ĭonnecting to the Canisius wireless network with e-Readers A web page will be created with instructions, similar to the one for Smartphones. Although it won’t be feasible to purchase one of each kind of reader, if we find we need to actually work with a popular model, we will order one. After a lengthy discussion of the support we can and should provide for these devices the consensus is that we will help with WiFi connectivity for the majority of the popular devices and recommend that email be browser-based we will do a best effort on other devices. It is uncertain how many new and which eReaders. Dan Brown was quite intentional with this red herring-the character’s name is an Italian translation of the term ( aringa means “herring” and rosa means “red”). Later in the book the reader finds out that the bishop had been fooled by the real villain. In Dan Brown’s novel The Da Vinci Code, a character named Bishop Aringarosa seems to be a central part of the conspiracy at the core of the plot. Examples of Red Herring from Literature Example #1 Regardless of the origin, the term stuck, and is now widely known as a literary device and a rhetorical strategy. He wrote that he once had used red herrings to deflect hounds from a scent, and compared the press coverage to a “political red-herring.” Apparently, this was enough to convince readers that it was an actual hunting practice. In 1807, a journalist named William Cobbett criticized the English press for reporting Napoleon’s defeat prematurely. While this is a plausible story, it is possible that there was never any such practice, especially in widespread use. Thus, the smell of the red herring was ultimately supposed to to lead a poorly trained dog astray. The argument continues that as the dog grew older hunters would continue to use red herrings to try and fool the dog and improve their ability to identify weaker scents left by real targets such as a hare or a fox. Some have argued that the current meaning of the phrase dates back to dog training practices, in which a hunter would use strongly smelling red herrings to teach puppies to follow a scent. The first known usage of the phrase was in the mid-13 th century, when an Anglo-Norman poet wrote the line “He etep no ffyssh But heryng red.” As there is no such fish called a red herring, the poet here was referring to a strongly cured or heavily smoked kipper fish. There is some debate about where this idiomatic term first originated. They both diverted attention from the original question by using red herrings. Instead, Obama talked about catching violence before it gets out of control, and Romney focused on good schools and raising children in two-parent homes. In fact, Verbal’s entire persona was a red herring in the last scene we see him leave the detective office and drop his limp.Ģ012 Presidential Debate: In the second debate between Mitt Romney and Barack Obama, a woman asks how the two men will “limit the availability of assault weapons.” Neither man answered that specific question. Verbal leaves the office after completing the story, and only then does one detective realize that most of the names and details from Verbal’s story are found within the office itself, and therefore are all red herrings. As the movie goes on, the story becomes more complicated both for the detectives and for the viewers. He tells a story to detectives about what happened on the night of an explosion. The Usual Suspects: This 1995 movie features Kevin Spacey as the crippled, reclusive Roger “Verbal” Kint.
(Adams, Bell, & Griffin, 1997) Acceptance This stage promotes the belief that one's own culture is just one of the many cultures that exist in the world (Bennett, 2011). This pervasive system is rooted historically and maintained through individual and institutional/systematic discrimination, personal bias, bigotry, and social prejudice, resulting in a condition of privilege for the dominant group at the expense of the target group. Oppression When a dominant group, whether knowingly or unknowingly, abuses a target or nondominant group. National Origin The country from which a person originates or identifies with as primary. Microculture A smaller subset of a macroculture with unique, identifying characteristics such as custom, tradition, physical appearance, or practice. for founding theory, see Crenshaw 1989, 1991) Macroculture The dominant culture of a society that can be defined regionally or nationally. (African American Policy Forum, n.d., as paraphrased by Sierra Club, n.d. (UC Berkeley Initiative for Equity, Inclusion, and Diversity, as cited by Sierra Club, n.d.) Intersectionality The ways in which oppressive institutions (racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia, ableism, xenophobia, classism, etc.) are interconnected and cannot be examined separately from one another. An inclusive and welcoming climate embraces differences and offers respect in words and actions for all people. (UC Berkeley Initiative for Equity, Inclusion, and Diversity, as cited by Sierra Club, n.d.) Inclusion The act of creating environments in which any individual or group can be and feel welcomed, respected, supported, and valued to fully participate. The principle of equity acknowledges that there are historically underserved and underrepresented populations and that fairness regarding these unbalanced conditions is needed to assist equality in the provision of effective opportunities to all groups. (Achugbue, 2003) Equity The guarantee of fair treatment, access, opportunity, and advancement while at the same time striving to identify and eliminate barriers that have prevented the full participation of some groups. A diverse group, community, or organization is one in which a variety of social and cultural characteristics exist. Diversity Psychological, physical, and social differences that occur among any and all individuals including but not limited to race, ethnicity, nationality, religion, socioeconomic status, education, marital status, language, age, gender, sexual orientation, mental or physical ability, and learning styles. Cultural Competence The capability to shift cultural perspective and adapt behavior to cultural commonality and difference. Diversity Equity and Inclusion Committee Terms to Know Cultural Awareness A person's comprehension of the differences between themselves and people from other countries or other backgrounds, especially differences in attitudes and values. |