 stories for the most part. You know, when I talk to my Uncle Larry and he tells these amazing, vivid stories about the cop he got into a fight with or how they smuggled so-and-so out or something like that, and you realize they tell the stories over and over again. But you realize the importance of that in a pre-video culture, right? That we know anything at all about that time is because they can tell those stories over and over again. I have a lot of appreciation for that.
Tressie McMillan Cottom: I was reading a book excerpt in a magazine, and I had read the book in early stages and knew what the book argument was and was excited about it coming out. And this is a present tense book. It is a book that was very much speaking to the moment, on what tyranny is. I guess what a contemporary book on current affairs, we might say, in the bookstore.  And the problem I have with that is that when you freeze people in history, it means you’re not dealing with people in the present tense. Our politics are still very much alive, and we’re still here. And while it is important to understand the historical antecedents of things, it can be an escape because we don’t feel guilty for history, right? I wasn’t born yet, so it lets the audience off the hook in a certain kind of way. And I think white audiences in particular are always more comfortable studying and engaging with minority people and talking about us in the historical context because they refuse to deal with how they are implicated in the present tense.
Gabe Hudson: Do you think in that sense you could say black people are the future, like they’re leading the culture?
Tressie McMillan Cottom: Oh, absolutely. When I say not only are black people the future, we think in the future tense. So when so much of your collective identity is tied to a moment of global trauma as the global slave trade is, and you think about it, what do we think about the future? There is no nostalgia for black people. That’s why you have such a problem casting us in time travel shows. Where are you going to put us? Nostalgia operates differently for us, and because of that we tend to be more future thinking.
The reason Black people ask “who all gone be there” is we have a different mask for different situations.
Tressie McMillan Cottom: The tweet is a reference to Paul Laurence Dunbar. Classic poem. “We Wear the Mask” is one of those poems that if you are a little black girl who could talk, good. When I was growing up, you were in lots of speech competitions and poetry competitions, and this was one you recited a lot at church or something like that. So it’s one of those that I know very well. And then I grew up to be a black sociologist, which comes with reading and studying Du Bois. And Du Bois has this concept of double consciousness, and they’re the same thing. We’re just talking about the presentation of self that minoritized people have to do to protect our core identity and our core.  One of the reasons why I think we are the world’s most natural sociologists is that black Americans are extremely skilled at ascertaining the social conditions of every environment. We have to, because we’re immediately scanning to see who do we need to be in this space.
In 1989 my pals and I got dropped off at the Evanston I Movie Theater (there was no Evanston II, weird), with enough money...Imagine living in one of the hottest centres of culture and cuisine in Calgary. From iconic landmarks and some of Calgary’s top schools to the exceptional dining and shopping of 17th Ave., this area is ideal for socialites, sightseers and shoppers alike. Explore the history and homes of Lower Mt. Royal by watching the video below.October 18, 2004
Pierre Salinger did a little of everything in his life in his 79 years.
Most people under 30 know him from ABC Evening News, but he had been President Kennedy's press secretary during the Cuban missile crisis; he served as senator from California for about 4 months after the death of the incumbant, he was even in a movie. In 1996 he publicly embarassed himself after claiming TWA Flight 800 had been accidentally been shot down by the US military. And of course, there are the eyebrows.
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All this and two episodes of BATMAN too! Pierre Salinger is my hero.
Talk to people in Boeing; they'll tell you Flight 800 was no accident.
Only the naive believe the official story about flight 800.
As he fell, I hope he didn't fall on any cocks.
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&gt; I'm wondering if anyone has any experience with GIS's job market in France, and whether there is enough demand for GIS analysts and other similar positions?

There is a lot of GIS and GIS-related activity going on in France, but you're not likely to be successful getting a job in that market without very strong French language skills. There's a lot of competition, and employers are very, very careful in their hiring.  It would be like a French guy trying to get a GIS job in the US without strong English skills. 

A first step reality check you can do right now is to cruise French Internet sites to research your question.  That's just a first step, because speaking French well enough to get hired and to integrate on the job is much more difficult than learning to read French well enough to use Internet sites. 

If you can't do research in French GIS/remote sensing oriented forums and sites to answer your question, you probably should not bet the farm on moving there and getting a job.  Of course, if you get the master's degree in France that will give you time to polish your language skills. 

On the plus side, I've lived in France for years and I love it.  There's a lot of tech going on, and you can't beat the wine and food culture. 

Get done doing GIS for the day and you walk home past a 500 year old castle, through the old town, picking up a fresh baked baguette to go with a nice Chinon and the stew your wife has whipped up that day.  You may be doing the same routine stuff you'd do at the county in the US, but doing it in such a nice place has a certain flair to it. 

I've also found French people to be very welcoming, despite my terrible foreign accent.   Make an effort to understand a different culture (part of the appeal, I think), learn the history, and it's a great place to live.Thanks for choosing Oberwerk! Here are basic operation instructions for all models except the 25/40×100 Long-Range Observation Binocular and XL Series Binocular Telescopes. If you still have questions, please contact us by email at [email protected] or phone at |||PHONE_NUMBER|||  (9am-5pm EDT). Zoom sessions or Facetime calls can also be arranged.
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