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Welcome, and thanks for using Workacity.com and/or other Workacity services and apps! When you use our products and services, you're agreeing to our terms of use, so please take a few minutes to read over the User Agreement below.
We are a social network and online platform for professionals.
The mission of Workacity is to connect professionals with organizations and other individuals that would benefit from their expertise and talents. To achieve our mission, we make services available through our websites, applications, and developer platforms, to help you, your connections, and other professionals meet, exchange ideas, learn, make deals, find opportunities or employees, work, and make decisions in a network of trusted relationships and groups.
You agree that by registering on Workacity or any Workacity Affiliate Sites ("Workacity") or by using our websites, applications, developer platforms, premium services, or any content or information provided as part of the Workacity services ("Services"), you are entering into a legally binding agreement with Workacity Inc., #2106-2201 Riverside Drive, Ottawa, Ontario K1H 8K9 ("we," "us," "our," and "Workacity") on the terms of this Agreement including the Privacy Policy attached as Schedule "A" and Cookie Policy attached as Schedule "B" (collectively referred to as the "Agreement" or the "Terms of Service"), whether as a registered member on Workacity.com and/or other Service, as applicable ("Member"), or unregistered user ("Visitor"). If you are using Workacity on behalf of a company or other legal entity, you are nevertheless individually bound by this Agreement even if your company has a separate agreement with us. If you do not agree with this Agreement, do NOT click "Register" and do not access, view, download or otherwise use any Workacity webpage, content, information or services. By clicking "Register", "Join Workacity", "Sign Up" or similar, or by using any Service, you acknowledge that you have read and understood the terms and conditions of this Agreement and that you agree to be bound by all of its provisions.
"Workacity Affiliate Sites" means any domain or website on which Workacity operates its social networking and job posting platform, including without limitation, the following sites: BasketballJobs.net, bCorpJobs.net, CosmopolitanJobs.com, CleanTechJobs.net, EnvironmentJobs.org, FootballJobs.net, HeavenlyJobs.org, OpenJobs.org, PacificJobs.net, ReligionJobs.net, RowingCareers.com, RugbyJobs.net, SoccerJobs.org, SustainabilityJobs.net, WorldlyWork.com, VolleyballJobs.net.
As between you and Workacity, you own the content and information you provide Workacity under this Agreement, and may request its deletion at any time, unless you have shared information or content with others and they have not deleted it, or it was copied or stored by other users. Additionally, you grant Workacity a nonexclusive, irrevocable, worldwide, perpetual, unlimited, assignable, sublicensable, fully paid up and royalty-free right and license to copy, prepare derivative works of, improve, distribute, publish, remove, retain, add, process, analyze, use and commercialize, in any way now known or in the future discovered, any information you provide, directly or indirectly to Workacity, including, but not limited to, any user generated content, ideas, concepts, techniques and/or data, you submit to Workacity, without any further consent, notice and/or compensation to you or to any third parties.
We will respect the choices you make about who gets to see your information and content.
Pursuant to this license, Workacity may grant other Members and/or Visitors access and share rights to your content and information in accordance with this Agreement, your settings and degree of connection with them.
You promise to only provide us information and content that you have the right to give us and you promise that your Workacity profile will be truthful.
Any content or information you submit to us is at your own risk of loss. By providing content or information to us, you represent and warrant that you are entitled to submit it and that it is not confidential and not in violation of any law, contractual restrictions or other third party rights (including any intellectual property rights). Workacity disclaims any responsibility for user created content to links or use of data by third parties.
It is your responsibility to keep your Workacity profile information accurate and updated.
Workacity reserves the right (but shall have no obligation) to pre-screen, review, flag, filter, modify, refuse or remove any or all parts of any content should it determine that such content is in violation with any provision of the Terms of Service.
To be eligible to use the Services, you must meet the following criteria and represent and warrant that you: (1) are at least 18 years old or older; (2) are not currently restricted from the Services, or not otherwise prohibited from having a Workacity account, (3) are not a competitor of Workacity or are not using the Services for reasons that are in competition with Workacity; (4) will only maintain one Workacity account at any given time; (5) will use your real name and only provide accurate information to Workacity; (6) have full power and authority to enter into this Agreement and doing so will not violate any other agreement to which you are a party; (7) will not violate any rights of Workacity or any third party, including intellectual property rights such as copyright or trademark rights; and (8) agree to provide at your cost all equipment, software, mobile access, and Internet access necessary to use the Services.
You agree to: (1) keep your password secure and confidential; (2) not permit others to use your account; (3) not use other's accounts; (4) not sell, trade, or transfer your Workacity account to another party; and (5) not charge anyone for access to any portion of Workacity, or any information therein. Further, you are responsible for anything that happens through your account until you close down your account or prove that your account security was compromised due to no fault of your own. To close your Workacity account, please visit your account settings.
You agree to indemnify us and hold us harmless for all damages, losses and costs (including, but not limited to, reasonable attorneys' fees and costs) related to all third party claims, charges, and investigations, caused by (1) your failure to comply with this Agreement, including, without limitation, your submission of content that violates third party rights or applicable laws, (2) any content you submit to Workacity, and (3) any activity in which you engage on or through Workacity.
If you purchase any services that we offer for a fee, either on a one-time or subscription basis ("Premium Services"), you agree to Workacity storing your payment information. You also agree to pay the applicable fees for the Premium Services (including, without limitation, periodic fees for premium accounts) as they become due plus all related taxes, and to reimburse us for all collection costs and interest for any overdue amounts. Failure to pay may result in the termination of your subscription. Depending on where you transact with us, the type of payment method used and where your payment method was issued, your transaction with us may be subject to foreign exchange fees or differences in prices. Workacity does not support all payment methods, currencies or locations for payment. If the payment method you use with us, such as a credit card, reaches its expiration date and you do not edit your payment method information or cancel your account or such Premium Service, you authorize us to continue billing that payment method and you remain responsible for any uncollected amounts. Your obligation to pay fees continues through the end of the subscription period during which you cancel your subscription. All applicable taxes are calculated based on the billing information you provide us at the time of purchase. Workacity's refund policy is explained here. We do not guarantee refunds for lack of usage or dissatisfaction. You also acknowledge that Workacity's Premium Services are subject to this Agreement and any additional terms related to the provision of the Premium Service.
You also agree that by making a payment through a Workacity Affiliate Site or other related entities, that such payment will be processed by Workacity's payment processing partners. Any information required to process your payment may be disclosed and transmitted by Workacity, its affiliates and other related entities to Workacity's payment processing partners.
For purposes of service messages and notices about the Services, Workacity may place a banner notice across its pages or the Workacity Affiliate pages to alert you to certain changes such as modifications to this Agreement. Alternatively, notice may consist of an email from Workacity to an email address associated with your account, even if we have other contact information. You also agree that Workacity may communicate with you through your Workacity account or through other means including email, mobile number, telephone, or delivery services including the postal service about your Workacity account or services associated with Workacity. Please review your Workacity.com settings to control and limit what kind of messages you receive from us. You acknowledge and agree that we shall have no liability associated with or arising from your failure to maintain accurate contact or other information, including, but not limited to, your failure to receive critical information about the Services.
Workacity may offer the Services through applications built using Workacity's platform ("Workacity Applications"). Examples of Workacity Applications include Workacity's "Share" buttons and other interactive plugins distributed on websites across the web. Workacity Applications are distinct from third party Platform Applications addressed in Section 4.2 ("Third Party Content, Sites and Developers"). If you use a Workacity Application or interact with a website that has deployed a plugin, you agree that information about you and your use of the Services, including, but not limited to, your device, your mobile carrier, your Internet access provider, your physical location, or web pages containing Workacity plugins that load in your browser may be communicated to us. Further, by importing any of your Workacity data through the Workacity Application, you represent that you have authority to share the transferred data with your mobile carrier or other access provider. In the event you change or deactivate your mobile account, you must promptly update your Workacity account information to ensure that your messages are not sent to the person that acquires your old number and failure to do so is your responsibility. You acknowledge you are responsible for all charges and necessary permissions related to accessing Workacity through your mobile access provider. Therefore, you should check with your provider to find out if the Services are available and the terms for these services for your specific mobile devices. Finally, by using any downloadable application to enable your use of the Services, you are explicitly confirming your acceptance of the terms of the End User License Agreement associated with the application provided at download or installation, or as may be updated from time to time.
Workacity also enables sharing of information by allowing users to post updates, including links and other information such as job opportunities, recommendations, and other content to their profile and other Services, such as Workacity Organization Pages. Workacity members can create Organization Pages for free, however, Workacity, in its sole discretion, may close or transfer Organization Pages, or remove content from them or from anywhere on the Services if the content violates this Agreement or others' intellectual property rights. Please note that ideas you post and information you share may be seen and used by other Members or Visitors, and Workacity cannot guarantee that others will or will not use the ideas and information that you share on Workacity, nor the manner of use. Therefore, if you have an idea or information that you would like to keep confidential or don't want others to use, or that is subject to third party rights that may be infringed by your sharing it, do not post it to Workacity. WORKACITY IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANOTHER'S USE, MISUSE OR MISAPPROPRIATION OF ANY CONTENT OR INFORMATION YOU POST ON WORKACITY.
You should carefully read our full Privacy Policy and Cookie Policy before using Workacity as these policies are incorporated into this Agreement by reference and attached as Schedules "A" and "B", and govern our treatment of any information, including personally identifiable information you submit to us. You acknowledge that your submission of any information, statements, data, and content to us is voluntary on your part and that Workacity may process such information, within the terms of the Privacy Policy.
Your use of Workacity services, including our software, is subject to export and re-export control laws and regulations. You shall not - directly or indirectly - sell, export, re-export, transfer, divert, or otherwise dispose of any software or service to any end-user without obtaining the required authorizations from the appropriate government authorities. You also warrant that you are not prohibited from receiving Canadian origin products, including services or software.
By submitting suggestions or other feedback regarding our Services ("Contributions") in any way to Workacity, you acknowledge and agree that: (a) your Contributions do not contain confidential or proprietary information; (b) Workacity is not under any obligation of confidentiality, express or implied, with respect to the Contributions; (c) Workacity shall be entitled to use or disclose (or choose not to use or disclose) such Contributions for any purpose, in any way, in any media worldwide; (d) Workacity may have something similar to the Contributions already under consideration or in development; (e) you irrevocably non-exclusively license to Workacity rights to exploit your Contributions; and (f) you are not entitled to any compensation or reimbursement of any kind from Workacity under any circumstances.
On the condition that you comply with all your obligations under this Agreement, we grant you a limited, revocable, nonexclusive, nonassignable, nonsublicensable license and right to access the Services, through a generally available web browser, mobile device or Workacity authorized application (but not through scraping, spidering, crawling or other technology or software used to access data without the express written consent of Workacity or its Members), to view content and information and otherwise use the Services, to the extent intended and permitted by the functionality thereof, the Members' settings and your degree of connection with them, in accordance with this Agreement. Any other use of Workacity contrary to our mission and purpose (such as seeking to connect to someone you do not know or trust, or to use information gathered from Workacity commercially unless expressly authorized by Workacity) is strictly prohibited and a violation of this Agreement. We reserve all rights not expressly granted in this Agreement, including, without limitation, title, ownership, intellectual property rights, and all other rights and interest in Workacity and all related items, including any and all copies made of the Workacity websites.
Workacity further reserves the right to withhold, remove or discard any content available as part of your account, with or without notice if deemed by Workacity to be contrary to this Agreement. For avoidance of doubt, Workacity has no obligation to store, maintain or provide you a copy of any content that you or other Members provide when using the Services. Workacity may be required by local laws to remove certain information or content and so that information or content may not be available on our Service in those countries.
Workacity may include links to third party web sites ("Third Party Sites") on our Services. Workacity also enables third party developers ("Platform Developers") to create applications ("Platform Applications") that provide features and functionality using data and developer tools made available by Workacity through its developer platform. You are responsible for evaluating whether you want to access or use a Third Party Site or Platform Application. You should review any applicable terms or privacy policy of a Third Party Site or Platform Application before using it or sharing any information with it, because you may give the third-party permission to use your information in ways we would not. Workacity is not responsible for and does not endorse any features, content, advertising, products or other materials on or available from Third Party Sites or Platform Applications. Workacity also does not screen, audit, or endorse Platform Applications. Accordingly, if you decide to use Third Party Sites or use Platform Applications, you do so at your own risk and agree that your use of any Platform Application is on an "as-is" basis without any warranty as to the Platform Developer's actions, and that this Agreement does not apply to your use of any Third Party Site or Developer Application. Please note: If you allow a Platform Application or Third Party Site to authenticate you or connect with your Workacity account, that application or website can access information on Workacity related to you and your connections. For additional information regarding Platform Developers and Platform Applications, please refer to Workacity's Privacy Policy.
You acknowledge, consent and agree that we may access, preserve, and disclose your registration and any other information you provide in accordance with the terms of the Privacy Policy if required to do so by law or in a good faith belief that such access preservation or disclosure is reasonably necessary in our opinion to: (1) comply with legal process, including, but not limited to, civil and criminal subpoenas, court orders or other compulsory disclosures; (2) enforce this Agreement; (3) respond to claims of a violation of the rights of third parties, whether or not the third party is a Member, individual, or government agency; (4) respond to customer service inquiries; or (5) protect the rights, property, or personal safety of Workacity, our Members or the public. Disclosures of Member information to third parties other than those required to provide customer support, administer this agreement, or comply with legal requirements are addressed in the Privacy Policy.
You are solely responsible for your interactions with other Members. Workacity may limit the number of connections you may have to other Members and may, in certain circumstances, prohibit you from contacting other Users through use of the Services or otherwise limit your use of the Services.
Workacity reserves the right, but has no obligation, to monitor disputes between you and other members and to restrict, suspend, or close your account if Workacity determines, in our sole discretion, that doing so is necessary to enforce this Agreement.
The Services include the copyrights and Intellectual property rights of Workacity and except for the limited license granted to you in Section 3 ("Your Rights"), Workacity reserves all of its intellectual property rights in the Services. Workacity trademarks, service marks, graphics, and logos used in connection with Workacity are trademarks or registered trademarks of Workacity or Workacity Affiliate Sites in Canada and/or other countries. Other trademarks and logos used in connection with Workacity may be the trademarks of their respective owners. This Agreement does not grant you any right or license with respect to any such trademarks and logos whether the property of Workacity or not.
Workacity has no control over the quality, safety or legality of the jobs or resumes posted, the truth or accuracy of the listings, the ability of recruiters or employers to offer job opportunities to candidates or the ability of candidates to fill job openings. In addition, there may be risks, including but not limited to risk of physical harm of dealing with strangers, foreign nationals or people acting under false pretences. You assume all risks associated with dealing with other users with whom you come in contact through the Site.
You release Workacity (and our agents and employees) from all claims, demands and damages of every kind and nature, known and unknown, suspected and unsuspected, disclosed and undisclosed, arising out of or in any way connected with disputes between you and other users of the Service.
You acknowledge and agree that you are solely responsible for the form, content and accuracy of any resume, posting or other content placed by you, as applicable on the Site.
Workacity shall not be responsible for any employment decisions, for whatever reason made, by any entity posting jobs on the Site.
You may terminate this Agreement at any time by closing your Workacity account, not visiting the site, and terminating your Premium Services here. Workacity may terminate this Agreement and your account for any reason or no reason, at any time, with or without notice. This cancellation shall be effective immediately or as may be specified in the notice. For avoidance of doubt, only Workacity or the party paying for the services may terminate your access to any Premium Services. Termination of your Workacity account includes disabling your access to Workacity and may also bar you from any future use of Workacity.
Workacity may restrict, suspend or terminate the account of any Member who abuses or misuses the Services. Misuse of the Services includes inviting other Members with whom you do not know to connect; abusing the Workacity messaging services; creating multiple or false profiles; using the Services commercially without Workacity's authorization, infringing any intellectual property rights, using the services for criminal or illegal purposes, or any other behavior that Workacity, in its sole discretion, deems contrary to its purpose. In addition, and without limiting the foregoing, Workacity has adopted a policy of terminating accounts of Members who, in Workacity's sole discretion, are deemed to be repeat infringers under the Copyright Act of Canada.
Upon termination of your Workacity account, you lose access to the Services. The terms of this Agreement shall survive any termination, except Section 3 ("Your Rights") and Sections 4.1, 4.2, and 4.3 ("Our Rights and Obligations").
All questions, controversy, or claims arising out of or relating to this Agreement shall be referred to arbitration as herein provided by one party giving notice to the other. Any dispute arising out of or in connection with this Agreement that is referred to arbitration shall be finally settled under the Rules of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce (the "ICC Rules") by one or more arbitrators appointed in accordance with the ICC Rules. The place of arbitration shall be Ottawa, Canada. The language of the arbitration shall be English.
If any provision of this Agreement is found by a court of competent jurisdiction or arbitrator to be illegal, void, or unenforceable, the unenforceable provision will be modified so as to render it enforceable and effective to the maximum extent possible in order to effect the intention of the provision; if a court or arbitrator finds the modified provision invalid, illegal, void or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions of this Agreement will not be affected in any way.
Where Workacity has provided you with a translation of the English language version of this Agreement, the Privacy Policy, site content, or any other documentation, you agree that the translation is provided for your convenience only and that the English language versions of this Agreement, the Privacy Policy, site content, and any other documentation, including additional terms of service for Premium Services, will govern your relationship with Workacity.
You agree that this Agreement constitutes the entire, complete and exclusive agreement between you and Workacity regarding the Services and supersedes all prior agreements and understandings, whether written or oral, or whether established by custom, practice, policy or precedent, with respect to the subject matter of this Agreement. You also may be subject to additional terms and conditions that may apply when you use or purchase certain other Workacity services, third-party content or third party software.
We reserve the right to modify, supplement, or replace the terms of this Agreement, effective prospectively upon posting at Workacity.com or notifying you otherwise. For example, we may present a banner on the Services when we have amended this Agreement or the Privacy Policy so that you may access and review the changes prior to your continued use of the Services. If you do not want to agree to changes to this Agreement, you can terminate this Agreement at any time per Section 7 ("Termination").
Our failure to act with respect to a breach of this Agreement by you or others does not waive our right to act with respect to that breach or subsequent similar or other breaches. Except as expressly and specifically contemplated by the Agreement, no representations, statements, consents, waivers or other acts or omissions by any Workacity Affiliate shall be deemed legally binding on any Workacity Affiliate, unless documented in a physical writing hand signed by a duly appointed officer of Workacity.
In no event shall you seek or be entitled to rescission, injunctive or other equitable relief, or to enjoin or restrain the operation of the Services, exploitation of any advertising or other materials issued in connection therewith, or exploitation of the Services or any content or other material used or displayed through the Services.
You may not assign or delegate any rights or obligations under the Agreement. Any purported assignment and delegation shall be ineffective. We may freely assign or delegate all rights under the Agreement, fully or partially without notice to you. We may also substitute, by way of unilateral novation, effective upon notice to you, Workacity Inc. for any third party that assumes our rights under this Agreement.
We protect your personal information using industry-standard safeguards. We may share your information with your consent or as required by law as detailed in this policy, and we will always let you know when we make significant changes to this Privacy Policy.
Maintaining your trust is our top priority, so we adhere to the following principles to protect your privacy:
We protect your personal information and will only provide it to third parties: (1) with your consent; (2) where it is necessary to carry out your instructions; (3) as reasonably necessary in order to provide our features and functionality to you; (4) when we reasonably believe it is required by law, subpoena or other legal process; or (5) as necessary to enforce our User Agreement or protect the rights, property, or safety of Workacity, its Members and Visitors, and the public.
We have implemented appropriate security safeguards designed to protect your information in accordance with industry standards.
This Privacy Policy applies to Workacity.com and all other Workacity and Workacity Affiliate Sites websites, apps, developer platforms and other products and services (collectively "Workacity" or the "Services"). We may modify this Privacy Policy from time to time, and if we make material changes to it, we will provide notice through our Service, or by other means so that you may review the changes before you continue to use Workacity. If you object to any changes, your sole remedy is to close your account. Continuing to use Workacity after we publish or communicate a notice about any changes to this Privacy Policy means that you consent to the changes.
Our Privacy Policy applies to any Member or Visitor. If you have any concern about providing information to us or having such information displayed on the Workacity services or otherwise used in any manner permitted in this Privacy Policy and the User Agreement (together also referred to as Workacity's Terms of Service), you should not become a Member of Workacity, visit our websites, apps or otherwise use our Services. If you have already registered, you can close your account here. We collect your personal information in the following ways:
When you create an account with us, you provide us with information (including your name, email address, and password) that we use to offer you a personalized, relevant experience on Workacity.
You understand that, by creating an account, Workacity and others will be able to identify you by your Workacity profile, and you allow Workacity to use this information in accordance with this Privacy Policy and our User Agreement. We may also ask for your credit card details if you purchase certain Workacity services.
You can add professional details – like your job title, education, and skills – to your profile. A complete profile helps you be found by other people for opportunities. It also means we can show you relevant ads and content.
Most of your Workacity profile, as well as all content that you post on Workacity, is publicly displayed (with the exceptions provided in the Workacity account settings), so please do not provide personal information you would not want to be public. We may use and share information in accordance with this Privacy Policy and our User Agreement.
We collect information when you sync non-Workacity content – like your email address book, mobile device contacts, or calendar – with your account. We use this information to improve your experience and allow you and your network to be better connected. You can remove your address book and any other synced information whenever you'd like.
Any information that you upload or sync with Workacity is covered by the User Agreement and this Privacy Policy. You can remove your information at your convenience using the features Workacity makes available or in accordance with Section 3 ("Your Choices and Obligations"). You can remove your address book and any other synced information at any time.
When you contact our customer support services (e.g. via Workacity's "Contact us" page), we collect information that helps us categorize your question, respond to it, and, if applicable, investigate any breach of our User Agreement or this Privacy Policy. We also use this information to track potential problems and trends and customize our support responses to better serve you.
We collect information when you use (whether as a Member or a Visitor) the Workacity websites, applications, Workacity platform technology (such as "Share on Workacity" plugins for publishers) or other Services. If you are logged in on Workacity.com or a Workacity app or another Service or a Workacity cookie on your device identifies you, your usage information and the log data, such as your IP address, will be associated with your account. Even if you're not logged into a Service, we log information about devices used to access our Services, including IP address.
We collect information when you view web pages that include Workacity plugins. When you visit a third-party site that embeds Workacity professional plugins (such as "Share on Workacity" for publishers) we receive information that those pages have loaded in your web browser. If you are logged in as a Member when you visit sites with Workacity plugins, we use this information to recommend tailored content to you. Workacity will use this information to personalize the Workacity-provided functionality on third-party sites. Workacity's retention of this data is addressed in Section 3.2 ("Data Retention"). We do not use this information for advertising. Workacity may provide reports containing aggregated impression information to companies hosting Workacity plugins and similar technologies to help them measure Workacity-generated traffic to their websites.
We use cookies and similar technologies to help us recognize you across different Services, improve your Workacity experience, increase security, measure use and effectiveness of our Services, and serve advertising. You can control cookies through your browser settings and other tools. For more information, including the types of cookies found on Workacity, please read Workacity's Cookie Policy attached below as Schedule "B". By visiting Workacity, you consent to the placement of cookies and beacons in your browser and HTML-based emails in accordance with this Privacy Policy and Workacity's Cookie Policy.
We target ads to Members and Visitors both on and off Workacity through a variety of ad networks and ad exchanges, using:
Advertising technologies like web beacons, pixels, ad tags, cookies, and mobile identifiers as permitted by mobile platforms both on and off Workacity;
Member-provided profile information and categories (for example, "software architect in Ontario");
Information inferred from a Member's profile (for example, using job titles to infer age, industry, seniority, and compensation bracket; or names to infer gender);
Your use of Workacity (for example, your Workacity search history, the content you read, who you follow or is following you) or clicking on a Workacity ad;
Information from advertising partners which we use to help deliver ads more relevant to you.
We do not share personally identifiable information with any third-party advertiser or ad network, although your profile is visible to other Members and through public search depending on your settings.
Please note that all social actions on Workacity (e.g. liking certain content, following or being followed by others) are public, unless expressly specified otherwise.
When you visit or leave Workacity sites or apps (whether as a Member or Visitor) by clicking a hyperlink or when you view a plugin on a third-party site, we automatically receive the URL of the site from which you came or the one to which you are directed. Also, advertisers receive the URL of the page that you are on when you click an ad on Workacity. We also receive the Internet protocol ("IP") address of your computer or the proxy server that you use to access the web, your computer operating system details, your type of web browser, your mobile device (including your mobile device identifier provided by your mobile device operating system), your mobile operating system (if you are accessing Workacity using a mobile device), and the name of your ISP or your mobile carrier. We may also receive location data passed to us from third-party services or GPS-enabled devices that you have set up, which we use to show you local information on our mobile applications. Most mobile devices allow you to prevent real time location data being sent to Workacity, and of course Workacity will honor your settings.
In the case of our mobile apps, you will be provided notice of the types of data (e.g. location) that will be sent to us. If you choose to use our app after this notice, we process this data to enable registration or preview product features for you (e.g. jobs near you). If you choose not to become a Member, we will delete this information.
Workacity will only use your personal information for the purposes we mention in this Privacy Policy.
We use information that you provide to us to customize your experience and the experiences of others on Workacity. For example, when you sign in to your account, we may display the names of new Members who have recently joined your network or recent updates from your connections and companies you follow. We also use aggregated information from your network and other users to show you content, such as news and presentations relevant to you, your industry, or your profession.
We may share your personal information with our Workacity Affiliate Sites outside of the Workacity entity that is your data controller (for example, Workacity Inc. may share your information with other Workacity operating entities such as OpenJobs.org) as necessary to provide the Services. By agreeing to this Privacy Policy, you are consenting to this sharing.
Any information you put on your profile and any content you post on Workacity may be seen by others. We don't provide any of your non-public information (like your email address) to third parties without your consent, unless required by law, or as described in this Policy. Other people may find your Workacity profile information through search engines.
Workacity offers a "public profile" feature that allows Members to publish portions of their Workacity profile to the public Internet. This public profile will be indexed and displayed through public search engines when someone searches for your name.
We do not rent or sell personal information that you have not posted on Workacity, except as described in this Privacy Policy. We will not disclose personal information that is not published to your profile or generated through engagement with other Workacity services, such as Job and Organization Pages, without your consent or to carry out your instructions (for example, to process payment information) unless Workacity has a good faith belief that disclosure is permitted by law or is reasonably necessary to: (1) comply with a legal requirement or process, including, but not limited to, civil and criminal subpoenas, court orders or other compulsory disclosures; (2) enforce this Privacy Policy or our User Agreement; (3) respond to claims of a violation of the rights of third parties; (4) respond to Member service inquiries; or (5) protect the rights, property, or safety of Workacity, our Members, Visitors, or the public.
Content distributed through Workacity's sharing features and third-party integrations may result in displaying some of your personal information outside of Workacity. For example, when you post content to an Organization Page that is open for public display, your content, including your name as the contributor, may be displayed in search engine results. Further, Workacity allows third parties to look-up profile information (subject to your privacy settings) using your email address or first and last name information through its profile API (see Section 2.4 below).
Third parties (for example, your email provider) may give you the option to upload certain information in your Workacity contacts onto their own service. If you choose to share your Workacity contacts, you will be granting your third party provider the right to store, access, disclose and use your Workacity contacts in the ways described in such third party's terms and privacy policy.
We work with developers to build Platform Applications using Workacity's developer tools. Whether you use Platform Applications is up to you. If you have given a Platform Application access to your Workacity account, you can revoke that permission anytime.
We collaborate with and allow third parties to use Workacity's developer platform to offer services and functionality in conjunction with Workacity. These third-party developers have either negotiated an agreement to use Workacity platform technology or have agreed to our self-service API and Plugin terms in order to build applications ("Platform Applications"). Both the negotiated agreements and our API and Plugin terms contain restrictions on how third parties may access, store, and use the personal information you provide to Workacity. If you choose to use a Platform Application, you will be asked to confirm acceptance of the privacy policy and user agreement of the third-party developer. To revoke permission granted to a Platform Application, please visit your settings.
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"Narcissistic personality disorder — one of several types of personality disorders — is a mental condition in which people have an inflated sense of their own importance, a deep need for excessive attention and admiration, troubled relationships, and a lack of empathy for others. But behind this mask of extreme confidence lies a fragile self-esteem that's vulnerable to the slightest criticism." (By Mayo Clinic Staff)
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Indian art, culture, fashion and local talent were on display at the India Fair held over a period of two days in New Jersey, March 31 and April 1. Shopping, kids rides, Indian cuisine, gift items, jewelry, handicrafts, and lot of give- aways, kept thousands of people coming to the New Jersey Convention & Expo Center in Raritan Center, Edison, N.J., organizers said in a press release.
Considered one of the biggest South Asian festivals on the East Coast, the India Fair aims to bring the community and various businesses under one roof, promote local talent, diversity, art, culture, and New Jersey's heritage, organizers say.
Bollywood star Mahima Chaudhary and singer Jyotika Tangri, the Zee TV Cine Award winner for Best Female Singer, were the highlight of the two days, performing live.
More than 1,000 local artistes from the tristate area showed their talents and were judged in a competition coordinated by India Fair organizer Arun Anand.
The dance competition included several categories – minor, junior and senior — in which leading schools in New Jersey participated. Sonalee's Dance Studio won the 1st place in Junior and Senior category in the competition.
The cultural show was dominated by music performances, radio and television artists and personalities. Indian Cuisine – vegetarian and non-vegetarian- was also a major attraction at the fair.
Fashion shows were presented by Dolly Kaur's Style Boutique, and Alankar Boutique. Popular items that sold well included the "kurtis" (short kurtas), silk sarees, scarves, stoles, handicrafts, bags, jewelry, bangles, and diamond jewelry, according to organizers. Many banks, insurance companies, mortgage companies, artworks by painters, long distance calling companies, were among the vendors.
Major sponsors of India Fair 2018 were ZEE TV HD, BCB Bank, New York Life, Farmers Insurance, Parikh Worldwide Media, TD Bank, Investors Bank, Mass Mutual, Academy Dental, TV Asia, Lyca Mobile, and many more.
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Carlos Santana is without a doubt a guitar pioneer.
One of the seminal figures in the guitar world since the 1960s, Carlos Santana has had a long and successful career. Celebrating his unique blend of Rock, Blues and Latin, Jamie Humphries gives us a masterclass in how to get the unique Santana tone and feel.
Carlos Santana is without a doubt a guitar pioneer. Hailing from Mexico, and relocated to San Francisco California, Santana and his band of street musicians pushed the boundaries of fusion, blending elements of Rock and Blues with Latin American rhythms. Their electrifying performance at the legendary Woodstock festival catapulted Santana's "jam" band to mainstream success, and saw them popularise Latin American music to the masses. Santana fused a classic Rock band with a Latin American rhythm section, and with songs promoting peace, love, oneness and spiritualism, Santana achieved global success.
Carlos Santana has a very distinct and instantly recognisable guitar style. His style has its feet firmly planted in Blues, but often mixes more interesting note choices showing his Jazz influence. Although I'm not too sure if Santana purposely employs these techniques, he often mixes the pentatonic and blues scale with notes from the Dorian mode, as well as blending natural minor ideas with the harmonic minor. He often employs pentatonic substitution, playing a pentatonic a fifth above the chord he is performing over. If playing over an E minor chord he would mix both E minor pentatonic with B minor pentatonic. His style is quite conversational, with his licks and lines playing over the beat, and not very regimented. Other techniques he employs include chromatics, unison bend and octaves.
For our Tech Session I've chosen to focus in on Santana's instrumental style, namely calling on "Samba Pa Ti" and "Europa" for inspiration. I have tried to include a few classic licks, but more importantly this lesson focuses in on how he constructs his melodies, as well as looking at note choice and phrasing.
Bars 1-5 kick off out piece by introducing a melodic motif that appears in various forms throughout the first section of the track. The melody is based around the diatonic modes of D major, implying A Mixolydian over the G/A and A9 chords, D Ionian over the D major7th, and G Lydian over the G major7th. I have used a similar melodic approach over each chord, but notice how the rhythms change to add variations. I would also pay attention to the way I performed it in the video, as sometime the melody is slightly held back, which emulates Santana's phrasing and feel.
Bars 6-9 include a key change, shifting to G major, with the Cmajor7th chord functioning as chord IV of the key. We then treat the Cmajor7th as a pivotal chord, as it also can be found in E Harmonic minor, functioning as chord VI. Our next chord is a B Altered chord, functioning as a variation on chord V of E Harmonic minor; although our melody concludes with a very bluesy sounding phrase based around E minor pentatonic with an added 2nd, the note of F#. Bar 9 concludes with a rhythmic variation on our opening phrase from the start of the piece. Notice how the broken triplet rhythm adds a stuttering effect to the melodies rhythm.
Bars 10-13 continue with the 2nd half of our verse progression, which is the same as the previous half of the verse. During this section the melody is embellished with trills, and sees the melody climb to include some higher register blues licks based around B minor pentatonic.
Bars 14-17 conclude our verse, with some signature high register string bends, and stuttering pull off figures that resolve with pentatonic phrases based around E minor pentatonic.
Bars 18-23 outlines the bridge section of the track, and introduce a new melodic hook, performed over the chords of C# minor, F# Altered and B minor. Although the key centre is B minor, the key shifts between B natural minor and B harmonic minor; the harmonic minor scale is used to highlight the F# Altered chord. This section also concludes some classic searing bend figures heard in many of Carlos' solos. This section concludes with a signature B minor pentatonic lick that leads us into the solo section, which features a strong Latin vibe.
Bars 24-30 kick off our solo section with a new melodic figure that outlines the accompanying chords of B minor, E minor and G/A. This opening section is based around the B Aeolian mode, mode six of the D major scale. This section features a question and answer melody section, with slight variations to the theme, based around B Aeolian.
Bars 31-36 feature more lick based and improvised ideas that include the B minor pentatonic scale that features some chromatic embellishments. Bar 34 includes a Bmadd9 arpeggio that leads us to the tracks climax featuring fast chromatic alternate picking.
The Sound
A big part of Santana's appeal comes from his beautifully expensive guitar tone, which features searing sustained feedback, to mellow 'backed off' vocal-like tones. His picking hand also plays a big part in his sound, sometimes opting for just his picking hand fingers, or using all up picks, creating a very cut -off attack to the note.
Gear wise Santana favours his signature PRS, with Boogie Mark I, and Dumble amps. For this period that I have looked at he would have been using his exquisite Yamaha SG 2000 guitar (see our main Santana feature elsewhere in this issue for more on this guitar - Ed). For the session I used a PRS Santana SE signature model, plugged into an MXR Shin-juku drive. This was plugged into a Mesa Boogie Mark I Kingsnake Santana signature amp. I aimed for a mild overdrive, with slightly more mid range to aid those sustaining notes. I also selected the neck and bridge pickups together and rolled off the tone to achieve a vowel like sound.
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Guvna B and I recorded this in 2008. We recorded it -just vocals and just one mic between us - in his student room in Hertfordshire...
I'd always been a Guvna B fan. It was his breakout single 'Looking Out The Window', produced by Victizzle, that really grabbed my attention.
Next step was to sort out an audio interview. At the time I'd just come up with the concept of running radio shows on UKGShop.com to showcase some of the excellent music in the store. That's why all the show effects you'll hear in this podcast are for UKGShop.com, and not UKGospel.com...
The CEO Radio Show
One of the audio strands on UKG Shop Radio was something I'd called the 'CEO Radio Show', essentially a guest-presented vehicle for UK artists to talk about their favourite tracks from the shop. More on this in a bit.
Meantime, back to the story: Guvna and I agreed a date, and I drove out to meet him.
The Hook Up - and Only One Question...
By the time we met for the recording, Guvna and I had known each
other for while, so it was easy enough for him to pick up on what I
was trying to achieve with the 'Behind The Beat' shows (the original
working title for this track-by-track podcast series).
At the same time, I also explained the 'CEO Radio Show' concept to
him. You'll hear him talk about how long the store had been running
within the first 40 seconds or so of the show. It was the only question he'd asked about the entire concept. He'd immediately locked on to the idea, and I didn't have to explain any further.
Both recordings came together with virtually no effort whatsoever. I look back now and scarcely believe we did both shows with barely 10 minutes worth of prep...
Incredible Vibe...
The rest of what you hear, both in the podcast below and in the first (and so far, only) UKGShop.com CEO Radio Show was done in virtually one take. Guvna and I instinctively knew what it is we wanted and totally vibed off each other, in itself an incredible feat as this was the first time we'd worked together.
The best example of that takes place in the 'Ghana phone home' sequence in the CEO Show: we only had one mic between us, and even though you hear a conversation in the sequence, I recorded my bit first, and Guvna had to improvise around my recording afterwards - you probably don't need me to tell you his improvisational skills are excellent!
The Narrow Road
Anyway, having said all that, this piece is all about 'The
Narrow Road' album. :-)
Turns out my instinct about recording this was a good one.
Guvna went on to become one of the scene's leading lights,
and 'The Narrow Road' itself has spawned huge favourites
both in the UK and abroad, from the big single 'Kingdom
Skank', through to 'Modern Midian', 'In The Rain', 'Put It
Down' and more.
It was fascinating to watch Guvna at work. His audio set up (we used his kit), was minimal but effective - he'd invested in decent equipment.
I was also surprised at how well he knew his way around the recording software he used (it was one of the well-known ones - Reason or Logic or something like that - I forget exactly which one now), a fact that became quite apparent when he needed to tweak things as we recorded...
Different tracks, different reasons...
I've since found out that different people are partial to different tracks on 'The Narrow Road', and for different reasons: the response to 'I Need You' at Guvna, Victizzle and Faith Child's 'T3M' event in the Indig02 two months ago proves that - even two years after it's release - the album still resonates with a lot of people.
Making History
Despite the length of time since its release, 'The Narrow Road' is still a strong album, and like all strong albums, it has a great story behind it.
When we were recording this way back in 2008, two guys just messing about in a student room in a small town just outside London, I only had a vague idea of the significance of the moment.
But as I mixed the vocals, added effects and created the two shows on my laptop in the following months it slowly dawned on me that we had created something special...
The more I see of what Guvna B and many others like him are trying to do in taking the gospel out of the insular confines of the church circuit to the mainstream, the happier I am that I managed to capture a little slice of UK gospel history, pretty much at the outset.
As a chronicler it doesn't really get much better than this for me: an artist telling his own story, in detail, in his own words. Yes, indeed...
And finally - passion
A lot of people tell me they admire what I do.
When you listen to Guvna B talking about the story
behind his life, music and this album, hopefully you'll
have an even better idea about why I'm still so
passionate about the UK gospel scene...
Ultimately, I like to think of myself as I mirror: I simply
reflect what's going on around me. It's the people
around me that make this scene what it is.
It's kind of like those black and white movies of old: the characters that really drive the story forward are the mad scientists that dream the impossible dream, reaching for the seemingly unreachable, typically to the disdain of their contemporaries.
And then there's Igor (he's usually called something like that), the trusted underling, happy to do the grunt work...
That's me.
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Twitter: @GuvnaB
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About 2 years in the making (mainly because I just never got round to finishing it off), this is the full story behind Guvna B's debut album - as told by the man himself...
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Traditional educational and training settings have dictated that the act of learning is an activity that is motivated by learners, directed by a teacher expert and based on information transfer and data manipulation. In this scenario, it has been assumed that learners more or less acquire knowledge or develop sets of skills as a result of such activity. With this model in place, learning ends when the training activities cease — and implies that repeated doses of similar training are required over time. Various computer technologies, as they have been generally integrated into educational settings, have taken on the role as tools to support such a model. In some cases they are used to replace the teacher in these contexts although not without serious implications for learners and their learning it has been argued. During the last three decades, a growing movement in educational research, based on the theoretical support of Leon Vygtosky and Mikhail Bakhtin, is advocating that the traditional conceptualization of the learning process is misconceived. From the perspective of this movement, learning is understood as a life‑long, social act of constructing knowledge in a dialogic activity with others. Within this model, social interaction is the precursor to higher order thinking rather than the reverse. The challenging question emerging for many educators is how new technologies can support knowledge and skill building in social constructivist‑based learning settings. And a corollary to this question arises: Depending on the particular technology chosen, what are the implications for learning and identity construction? In this paper, we describe the Language Learning Through Conferencing project (LLTC) in which an affordable video‑based web conferencing technology and desktop computers were used to conduct language learning sessions via the Internet. The project description, project content, and the experiences that took place over a sustained period, as well as the potential future for this approach to distance learning in a variety of fields are presented. The aim of the Language Learning Through Conferencing project (LLTC) has been to exploit a particular Web 2.0 technology to connect language learners internationally between Canada and new democracies in Central and Eastern Europe and more recently in the public sector in Canada. More specifically, the project was a means to respond to learners who faced challenges in finding opportunities for language learning both in Europe and in Canada. Outcomes from ongoing qualitative and quantitative findings gathered by the respective authors are indicating that these dialogic opportunities are also having a powerful influence on learners' professional, linguistic and personal identities as well as their views of technology and learning.
Keywords: Video-based web conferencing, guided social learning, learner agency, identity and knowledge construction
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Navigational Acts and Discourse: Fostering Learner Agency in Computer‑Assisted Language Learning pp67-76
© Feb 2018 Volume 16 Issue 1, Editor: Rikke Ørngreen and Karin Levinsen, pp1 - 79
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Fostering learner agency is a primary goal of Integrative Computer Assisted Language Learning, a type of CALL (Warschauer, 1996) that encompasses networked learning and multimedia, including hypermedia. Although navigation has been a focus of attention in some more established CALL scenarios such as Intelligent Computer Assisted Language learning (ICALL) systems in second language acquisition (SLA) research, much less focus has been on more emerging CALL scenarios such as augmented reality, amongst others. Therefore, if learner agency is to be fostered, identifying how it manifests is important. This study focuses on 'directional agency' (Knight, Barberà and Appel, 2017) which is agency exercised in relation to navigational acts during language learning tasks. Using our own case study data as a starting point (where learners carry out navigation as part of the tasks), the paper draws attention to the somatic acts of navigation while using spoken language as part of the multimodal experiences learners can face. A specific literature review was carried out on other current and emerging CALL scenarios that were considered as cases in order to survey the presence of intentional navigational acts and talk, explore and understand it as a phenomenon in the field and to refine directional agency as a construct. Results suggest that directional agency is present across other CALL scenarios and task types; directional agency can be shared across learners and technological features; there are multiple forms of navigation including embodied navigation and whole or partial human body navigation that can occurr in the same task. Navigational acts can accompany learner‑learner talk and they can also form part of learner‑computer 'talk'. Learners and computers can act as "semiotic initiators and responders" (Coffin and Donohue, 2014), resembling sequential turn‑taking of talk so that both learners and digital technologies can be understood as potential actors in the task discourse.
Keywords: learner agency, Computer-Assisted Language Learning (CALL), task-based language learning, talk, navigational acts
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Volume 16 Issue 1 / Feb 2018 pp1‑79
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Keywords: Information Communication Technology, e-learning, Course Management Systems, Students Perspective, Instructor Perspective, Games, literacy, digital application, design, phonics, iPad, learner agency, Computer-Assisted Language Learning (CALL), task-based language learning, talk, navigational acts


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Review: Arcade Fire & the Kooks – Belsonic 2017
It's official – festival season is well and truly underway as Belsonic kicks off a Summer positively bursting with gigs. After a year of hibernation Belsonic has returned, armed and ready with 7 different nights of music to showcase at their brand new home. After a shift from Custom House Square to Titanic Quarter in 2016, the much anticipated annual festival has set up camp in Ormeau Park to bring the people of Belfast music of all varieties. First up, Arcade Fire and the Kooks. Glitter and wellies at the ready folks, you're in for a big one.
It couldn't have been a more explosive start for Belsonic, kicking off with headliners Arcade Fire with support from indie boys The Kooks. With over a decade passing since Arcade Fire have graced us Belfast folk with their electric presence, this was a gig announcement that took fans by storm.
Formed in 2001, it wasn't until 2004 Arcade Fire really came to prominence. A brief 3 year wait is nothing considering the splash the electric rock band from Montreal were about to make with their debut album Funeral (2004). Soon reaching critical acclaim, Funeral marked the beginnings of a musical journey for the 6 piece band that boasts awards from Grammys for Album of the Year to BRITs for Best International Group and Best International Album…all in 2011 alone.
If a cabinet filled with trophies ain't enough to impress you, one need only look to the long line of instruments that help build the band's glittering discography. Turns out what makes Arcade fire goes beyond the mere guitar and drums, with a viola, cello, double bass, xylophone, glockenspiel, keyboard, synthesizer, French horn, accordion, harp, mandolin and hurdy-gurdy (no judgement if that needs a Google search) all contributing to their work…to name a few.
Not only that, but the multi-instrumentalist band like to shake it up on tour, with no instrument designated to one member, instead switching duties throughout the show. It is this undeniable musical talent that has paved the way for Arcade Fire's fifth album, Everything Now (2017), ready to make its mark in Ormeau Park.
A brief warning to all raring to feast their eyes and ears on what Belsonic has to offer – Ormeau Park is really big. Like…really, really big. We advise not running in blindly, excited with raincoat billowing behind you, lest you're ready for a brief 5 mile power walk around the whole Park before you find your way. Do some investigating, mark out the coordinates on a map or better yet ask a kind stranger if they know where the entrance is to Belsonic. Otherwise, you'll join the long list of people lost and confused in the albeit delightful wilderness.
Not to worry, though. Upon arrival you'll be greeted with smiling ticket checkers, a Boojum bus (what a time to be alive) and a longline of bar stands. The crowd filtered in slowly as time progressed on opening night, with many scattered across both the grass and tiles beers in hand, Kooks and Arcade Fire tshirts at the ready.
It became evident there was no set criteria or age limit for the set ahead, with young and old gathering in the venue with no real urgency to push their way to the front. There was an incredibly chill vibe from the get go, welcomed by everyone who arrived as the skipped their way to the bar.
Hand in hand with the already established chill vibe came The Kooks, dandering on stage with ease. Hearts of fangirls/boys/men across the venue, evidently loyal since the band's debut in 2006, melted as frontman Luke Pritchard exclaimed 'hello you beautiful people!' With absolutely no one exempt from the allure of his curly hair and charm, there was a casual drift to the front as the token British indie/pop band launched into a set covering a discography spanning more than a decade.
Beginning with Eddie Gun's from their debut album Inside In/Inside Out (2006), it was incredibly evident from the very beginnings of the set that the Kooks have always been at home on stage. With frontman Pritchard continuously switching between guitar and no guitar, the rest of the band owned each song as he gyrated across the stage. Their energy was properly infectious, with the whole crowd making use of the space around them to move with every beat.
Pritchard's sporadic movements were hard not to adore, with a smile across everyone's face in the crowd as they sang every word to favourites like She Moves in Her Own Way and Seaside. It was the definition of dad dancing but it was so okay. It seems Luke Pritchard has cracked the secret, dads – get yourselves into a token British indie band and your dancing can too be admired and respected.
Despite minimal chat between songs, crowd interaction and participation never ceased. The band's dedication to thanking the crowd in between every single song spoke volumes about how genuine and down to earth the 4 guys were, determined to stuff as many songs as possible into their set. The progression of the Kooks' sound as they have grown over the years was showcased perfectly, with incredibly smooth transitions between old acoustic sounds to heavier, electric songs.
All four albums were represented to the delight of the crowd, demonstrating the impressive amount of years the boys seem to have just got it, no matter what sound they go for. As the band have grown it was clear the crowd that gathered have grown with them, dancing around as they embrace the nostalgic with the new. They seemed genuinely appreciative of the crowd's attention as well as opening for Arcade Fire, their energy infectious from start to finish. Wrapped up with a classic everyone was waiting for, the Kooks captured the whole crowd for one last singalong, launching into Naive.
As the brief interval between the two bands came to a close, the slight space available seemed to close as everyone made their way to the stage. By this point all bladders may be emptied and all cups may be filled as the crowd assembled and did not seem keen on shifting. Crowd in place, one after the other Arcade Fire filtered on stage, with whatever space not taken up by a band member taken by one of their many, many…many instruments.
It was at this point of the evening the sun began to set as the lights got brighter and colours got deeper. Together with the haunting vocals of Win Butler and upbeat harmonies of the band, the visuals of the set created a perfectly hypnotic atmosphere.
Kicking off the set with the title track from their fifth album Everything Now, what followed was more than a mere set of hits. Arcade Fire delivered the whole package and then some. The perfectly timed lights, background visuals and intense connection with the crowd presented the crowd with the kind of energetic power that typically concludes a set, right from the first note.
The captured crowd permanently had their hands in the air as the band played favourites such as No Cars Go, the Suburbs and Reflektor. Upon hearing the band live, it became clear that Arcade Fire go beyond simply producing mere songs, but exceptional pieces of music. This was an undeniably talented group of people on stage, getting together to produce amazing pieces of music that positively exploded around the whole Park.
Song after song there was absolutely no lapse in energy or sound, with constant chanting and constant, thunderous instrumentals, fluidly leading the way towards the next incredible piece of music. The band delivered more than a set, they delivered a show. As each member shifted between instruments the sun set further, with Regine Chassagne even whipping out a set of ribbons at one point that glided with the smoke in the darkness. As the ribbons fell, song Sprawl II diminished and the band made their way off stage.
It seemed even Arcade Fire aren't too cool for an encore, but they are too cool to keep the crowd waiting too long. After about a minute the band returned, with Win Butler defining the band as 'just a bunch of people in funny get ups if we didn't have your energy so thank you so much.'
The band closed the perfect night with a perfect song, with a sea of hands under the dark sky welcoming the final single from their debut album – Wake Up. A powerful chorus of people literally jumped in from the first note, dominating the open air with shouts of every single word of the first song the band ever played in Ireland.
The band were sure to not abandon the stage without a promise to visit us again soon, sooner than 15 years like it had been before. The last note of the hit song brought an explosive finish, soon bringing a strange silence as the set concluded. Despite the silence, the atmosphere remained, a buzz still lingering in the air after the Kooks and Arcade Fire delivered an unforgettable night that will be incredibly hard to beat in Ormeau Park. Your move, 1975.
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Consciousness Accessible
Humanity has seen a dizzying acceleration of growth, adaptation, expenditure, consumption, intelligence, and evolution all within the past 10,000 years. To be on this ride, and to perceive this ride, feels, to me, like standing weak-kneed at the foot of the sun.
If we can find the nerve (that's some nerve!) to ponder how we got here, and what responsibility, if any, rests on the human psyche, questions of great magnitude arise.
D i d w e d o t h i s ?
W a s t h i s d o n e t o u s?
Before these questions send us hurtling towards our intellectual dooms, I encourage you to read this article on the science of rapid human brain evolution. Only then can the foundation be laid for what comes next.
So what happened to humanity on the other side of this brain gateway?
Well, it appears we became addicted to simplifying/eliminating survival tasks. With more and more freed mental faculties then used to further free more mental faculties, the spiral upwards begins to make sense.
I now have a rectangle in my hand that could live my life for me if I let it.
Herein lies the great paradox as I see it. This human condition of non-stop acceleration is why we can sit here and read on the nature of consciousness. We have freed up that much brain capacity! It is also a remnant of times past, where our internal reward systems were centralized around doing, fighting, overcoming and achieving.
We have now reached this expanse of human meta-cognition, and rather than stand stupefied in bliss, our bygone reward systems would have us consuming and expending in direct proportion to the expanse.
All in the presence of miraculous gateways to personal fulfillment, real personal fulfillment that took billions of years to evolve and comprehend. In my opinion, the single greatest gift the world has ever seen... a consciousness accessible.
If you're reading this, like me, you have stood at this evolutionary precipice and turned around... to take the journey inward.
This makes me feel strangely emotional. Almost like standing at the foot of the sun, but this time it's just a mountain of love, bliss, and appreciation.
I want to thank you, reader, for joining me.
(This song says all that I could not say)