We have a cheese factory for sale that is situated in the heart of Hastings County just north of Hwy. 7. It’s turn-key!!! Buy today and soon you’ll be making your artisan cheese and living the dream!!! Here is a 1 page flyer (PDF)
For more information and to tour the building, please call Jamie Troke at 613.969.9901 or jtroke@reach.net
Invest in North Hastings in the Town of Bancroft! Situated in the heart of the downtown along the scenic York River is a former IGA grocery store building owned by the Municipality. It’s situated at 68-78 North Street and is approximately 2.5 acres in size.
Click here for a map of the property
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To find out more, please contact Hazel Lambe, Economic Development Officer at 613.332.3331 ext. 206 or hlambe@town.bancroft.on.ca
Former IGA Property as it looked before building taken down
Bustling downtown Bancroft
This is the second post in the Web 2.0 Internet and Plagiarism Series. If you read the first post on definitions of plagiarism, you’re now wondering: “Why Web 2.0 Internet might be screwing up all intellectual property rules–and the concept of plagiarism entirely.”
Web 2.0 Internet includes using Social Media and the concept that EVERYONE (including people who can’t write code) can publish.
Does Web 2.0 make plagiarism rules murky?
Now all people can simply type and press “Publish” and bang! Your words are online.
Web 2.0 has enabled ease of publishing. Content Management Systems (CMS) like WordPress, your website or even social media platforms (Facebook; Twitter; your free Blogger Blog) now allow you to publish content without any knowledge of coding (HTML or similar).
Thus, the Internet is now overwhelmed by writers both good (informed) and bad (uninformed, uneducated).
Content has become unreliable. “Who is publishing it?” We wonder. “They’re not likely trustworthy,” we assume.
I built Tangible Words because of that suspicious feeling we all have: “you can’t trust people online, and you especially can’t trust companies.”*
Why the Web 2.0 Internet is a constant threat of plagiarism:
When you’re on Twitter, Linked In, Google +, Facebook – you’re constantly clicking links and going to read something new. We’re learning on the Web 2.0 Internet ALL of the time.
Because content is at risk of being seen as crap, people are constantly producing GREAT original content on their blogs—introducing new terms, new theories—by way for their blog, website or video blog. So we’re learning and integrating ideas form people all the time. AND, because of that, does it not also follow that we are stealing from people all the time.
You used to write a research paper with a notes list of all the books you read along the way. You had to keep track of all the websites you visited so you could create a Research list as you went along.
But I’m writing a book right now about all of the things I know and believe about website copywriting. Much of what I’ve learned, I’ve learned from reading online over the last 5 years. I didn’t know I was going to write a book. I simply am sitting down now and letting some of my knowledge pour out of me.
How can I possibly remember which articles have influenced me? I can mention names, but to do a works cited list is near impossible. Am I not now, also guilty of plagiarism?
It is a gut-wrenching accusation for the true academic and any content writer—but how can we avoid it in Web 2.0, learning all of the time as we are?
Plus, when you publish there is no librarian hanging over your shoulder or teacher requesting a Works Cited List—no blog post requires it.
How much of what I know have I learned from other people’s proprietary content? I look on Twitter, or Google any time I have a question, I get it and promptly forget the URL such that if I don’t bookmark it I may never find it again to my own fury. So how do we make sure we aren’t making the same mistakes we dread in others?
* = I help companies create trust with their audience by talking to customers in the way customers want to be spoken to instead of saying stupid things that makes everyone suspicious of you. It’s a win-win situation for both customer and company, because it’s about communicating with intergrity.
Our Tourism Trade Show this past weekend (May 11 & 12) at Farmtown Park (formerly the Hastings County Museum of Agricultural Heritage) was a huge success for a first time event! Our Opening Celebration for the 2012 Tourism Season on the Friday night had the highest turnout of the weekend. In total, approximately 200 visitors attended over the course of our two-day event.
We’d like to thank the 40 exhibitors who made the trade show enjoyable for visitors, other business owners, event organizers and volunteers. We’d also like to extend a huge thank you to our wonderful sponsors who made this event possible. Sponsors included: Farmtown Park, Ontario Highlands Tourism Organization, Mid Point Productions, BMO, Quinte Broadcasting, Municipality of Hastings Highlands, The Ear Depot, and Infinity Tours. A special thank-you as well to our musical guests for the weekend: David Maracle, John Maracle, and Luke Mercier.
The food at our event was a hit and we’d like to thank Fatty Bo Batty’s owner, Josh Labelle, and staff for providing delicious food for the weekend. We’d also like to thank Colleen Lang and Lorrie Tannahill, HOT SPOT Catering, for providing sweets and catering at our special Opening Celebration on Friday night.
A number of businesses and organizations generously donated door prizes to our event as well. Thank you to JMT Performance Horses, Spotted Dog B&B, Greenhawk, IANA Theatre Company, Tweed Stampede, Water Buffalo Festival, Oak Hills Golf Course, Evergreen Acres Wellness Centre, Amazing Graze Alpacas, Stirling Festival Theatre, Healer Within, Rocia Naturals, Mohawks of the Bay of Quinte, Marmora Inn, Tweed Music Festivals Inc. (The Tweed Elvis Festival), Lake St. Peter Cottage Resort, Bella Ever After, and last but not least NSP Herbs for life. These sponsors contributed to a wonderful selection of door prizes for our lucky winners.
Speaking of our door prize winners, congratulations go out to the following people:
During our Opening Celebration, we awarded a final contest winner in our 2012 HOT Spots contest. Congratulations to Bob Neilson who took home our grand prize, which included two tickets for the Water Buffalo Festival, the Tweed Elvis Festival, a North Hastings Community Choir Show, the Bancroft/Hastings Highlands Jazz and Blues Festival, the Stirling Theatre production of this year’s panto show Alice in Wonderland, Stalkyard Hurts (by the IANA Theatre Company), Hastings County Beer Fest, the Rockhound Gemboree, and the Village Playhouse in Bancroft. He also walked away with gift certificates for the Marmora Inn, Bunker’s Hideaway, The Craftsman Restaurant, The Old Tin Shed, The Barley Pub, West Wings, and JMT Performace Horses.
Now we move onward and present Tourism Awareness Week in Hastings County! We’ve kicked off the weeklong event that continues throughout May 14 to the 20th and celebrates tourism within our region. Celebrate with us by visiting some of our 2012 HOT Spots! For more information, visit our Tourism Awareness Week blog page.
Check out the recent media coverage from our Tourism Trade Show and Opening Celebration:
Tourism trade show draws crowd – The Community Press – May 15, 2012
