Author: joanvinallcox

Joan Vinall-Cox, Ph.D. is a lifelong learner, retired communications professor, and rabid reader who has taught in both the college and university systems. Her Ph.D., in 2004 was an Autoethnographic Arts-Based Narrative Inquiry focused on moving from technophobia to technophilia. She is a widow from a pretty happy marriage and a mother to a strong and kind daughter. Her interests include Centering Prayer, Multiple Intelligences, Attention Deficit Disorder and its connection to creativity, Jung, Campbell’s Monomyth, and Arts-Based Narrative Inquiry.

My Hallowe’en Costume

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Me smiling
In Costume

My Hallowe’en Costume
I am the stranger-lady answering the door
with a blur of chocolate
at the corner of my smile.
My purple bowl holds
the tokens you call out for.

I am the stranger-lady answering the door
and I demand your identities:
Spiderman, Supergirl, a nerd, a cop,
a princess, an angel, Harry Potter, and
Snape, a hockey player, a football player,
and names I don’t quite hear
or recognize as you quickly mumble,
hands reaching.

I am the stranger-lady answering the door
Passing on the instructions of murmurations of old ladies:
“What do you say to get the candy?
What do you say when you get the candy?
She was first; don’t push.”
My mother’s voice alive in me,
softened by my gramma’s smile.

 

 

Help Syrian Refugeess

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https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/52/Syrian_refugee_camp_on_theTurkish_border.jpg
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/52/Syrian_refugee_camp_on_theTurkish_border.jpg

Please help Canada return to our positive humanitarian approach; sign and share this petition.
https://www.change.org/p/stephen-harper-prime-minister-of-canada-allow-more-syrian-refugees-entry-into-canada?recruiter=4977621&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=share_email_responsive

Thanks

Wednesday, September 9 come to the Oakville Town Square (Lakeshore and George Streets) to demonstrate your support for expediting Syrian Refugee claims in a timely manner.

Canadian Copyright News

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Michael Geist, Canada’s foremost expert in copyright law in Canada, has posted on the new Canadian internet copyright rules for ISPs (Internet Service Providers) which will come into force in 2015. From his analysis. it appears that the sensible Canadian practice of “notice and notice” will become the law. “Under the notice-and-notice system, copyright owners are entitled to send infringement notices to Internet providers, who are legally required to forward the notifications to their subscribers.”

Here’s some advice on how to avoid breaking Canadian copyright laws:

Storytelling is Essential to Communication

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Aristotle laid it out over 2000 years ago, and it’s constantly repeated on the web: stories are how we humans communicate meaning. Whether it’s a New York Times article about the importance of storytelling for business and ads – http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/13/your-money/storytelling-to-find-a-job-or-build-a-business.html – or a presentation for a class,

telling stories is how we communicate meaning – and it’s a learnable skill!

Getty Offers Copyright Safe Images

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Responding to @dougpete, I’m adding some more information about copyright safe practices, this time with images. As described in the previous post on safe sounds for podcasting – https://joanvinallcox.wordpress.com/2014/02/28/safe-sounds-for-podcasting-canada-2014/ – Creative Commons and, using Creative Commons licenses, Flickr, provide copyright safe images. On Google Images, you can find safe content, if you search under Tools.

Searching Google Images

However, the exciting and savvy new move by Getty, as described by CNN – http://www.cnn.com/2014/03/06/tech/social-media/getty-free-pictures/ – adds more options for images to use, at the same time as making misusing the images using screenshot etc. far less interesting. All Getty asks is that you embed the image, giving them credit and a link back to their site.

The embed icon looks like – </> and takes you to the code.

GettyEmbed

And this is what you get –
Embed from Getty Images