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A perspective of Korea and Australia, an honest East vs West opinion blog now from a new angle, viewing South Korea through the lens of having left and seeing Western culture differently on returning.
Saturday, September 1, 2012
Anti-Korean Sentiment in the Western Community
Since writing the odd article about Korean culture, writing the blogs, and generally reading more articles and following the news more closely, I have noticed that tempers tend to run rather high on the subject of Korea. It does feel like Western visitors often show, not just a dislike, but even a hatred of Korea by the time they leave. The same feelings emanate from Koreans too, of course, but are perhaps more well reported. Some of the comments I have received on my articles have shocked me and not just the anti-Western toned article on drunken foreigners http://thethreewisemonkeys.com/2012/07/12/drunk-and-stupid-how-debauched-foreigners-feed-koreans-prejudices/#comments, but also on more mild articles that are simply neutral or pro-Western. Even a mild and humorous blog, featured on Koreabridge.net, received some rather hateful comments, not so much regarding my writing but of Koreans generally http://koreabridge.net/post/mysteries-about-korea-i-havent-solved-yet-smudger81299. There were also those that went completely the other way and commented that one should never criticize another culture or that Korea is actually much better than the West. Sometimes, though, it is clear that criticisms on either side are justified and what's more important to point out.
I can fully understand where some of the frustrations with Korean culture come from as I myself went through a period of discontent in my first year here. It should also be noted that some Korean people bring a certain amount of dislike upon themselves with there sometimes vehemently pro-Korean stance on life. This can bring up some quite legitimate criticisms about their conduct, especially towards foreigners in their country. Even at the very beginning of Western involvement in Korea after the second world war the Americans found it difficult to get along with them and, much to the dismay of the Koreans, prefered the company of the Japanese.
Of course there is nothing wrong with being difficult to get along with per se. I have been reading into the history of Korea recently and it seems to me that Koreans have a history of being quite insular and wanting to be left to their own devices (much like the North is now). Foreigners have always historically been unwelcome and until the Japanese invaded and the Americans came, Korea was quite an isolated place. This originated from the late 16th to early 17th century when invasions from Japan and China nearly destroyed the Joseon Dynasty. This lead to an increasingly harsh isolationist policy and this is where the origin of the term 'The Hermit Kingdom' comes from. This may explain a lot about their current attitudes and their sometimes unique way of looking at things and indeed for North Korea. However, I think there is a nobility in wanting to conduct matters in your own way and I think explains some of the uncomfortable assimilations with Western culture in many regards.
On a recent visit to Japan, I had the fortune of bumping into some fellow English teachers who were teaching there. I brought up the subject of anti-Korean sentiment within some of the Western community and wondered if they had similar problems there. The answer I got was an almost overwhelming 'no'. A few teachers have problems but they said most just saw the differences and rolled with the punches and were generally a lot more comfortable with the culture than their counterparts in Korea.
This all seems to suggest that there are some problems in our relationships with Koreans. Are these issues down to Koreans, Westerners, or both? It feels like most native English teachers living in Korea are firmly blaming the Koreans. This could be an illusion as 'The wheel that squeaks the loudest gets the most grease', and perhaps people who don't think this way just do not comment or make their voices heard. I do feel, though, that there is an air of superiority and attitude about many Westerners who come to Korea. I cannot provide any evidence but it is just a general perception I get. I know I had it in the bad times, but with increased exposure to Korea's true culture and a more intimate knowledge of it through my Korean family my opinion steadily changed.
This is not to say that I do not have criticisms about their culture, I do and I do not tend to hold back, especially because I tend to feel the sharper edge of some of their prejudices being in a relationship with a Korean. However, I do understand why some of the negative aspects of their culture exist and I think this aids me in tempering any anger that could build up. I also realise where Koreans are coming from when they criticise foreign visitors to their country. They are sometimes justified and sometimes not when it comes to their complaints about foreigners, and I do think the Western community need to handle these complaints better and learn from them. Too many visitors to Korea bull-doze their way through cultural faux pas with a complete lack of understanding and sensitivity for where they are. We cannot all be familiar with Korean culture to a large extent and their is nothing wrong with a certain amount of ignorance with it, but a little more care and thought should be taken sometimes into how we are conducting ourselves.
So the answer to who is to blame for slightly dodgy relations is obviously both, and if one side is more to blame than the other, the lesser party is certainly not blameless. Even if someone has been a victim of prejudice or bad behaviour from the other side, let us hope that with a little more work to understand each other, better relations can be achieved. If everyone were to treat every situation anew and not bring any baggage into it, people around the world would get along a lot better and would realise that the vast majority of all people, all around the world, and in all different cultures are good and kind. This is my experience of my travels, and another experience is that culture has consequences on people's behaviour. If an aspect of culture is good is should be praised and possibly embraced by other cultures, but if it is bad it has to be called out. What this doesn't entail is discriminating against the people within the culture itself.
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I have planned for a while to come and teach...partly to escape the mundane I have faced for a while, partly for challenge, partly for adventure and partly to hope that I can maybe find something to stimulate a career move whether it be academic or otherly. I read a lot of blogs, and I am starting to worry that their influence has crept away from being inspiring and educational to adding to some type of sentiment of negativity. I too wonder how much the expat community could be blamed (though I have no right to say so, not being a part of the culture or day to day lives of those living in Korea). Do you find those who are connected to the blog world to be more so negative or not? Some days I believe I have learned all I can from blogs and that the negativity is contributing to some of the worries I have and may have when I venture abroad. What do you think?ReplyDeleteReplies
Glad I am not the only one who is picking up this negativity. I think there is more negativity in the blog world for sure, perhaps just because negative stories are more interesting. All I can say is that the vast majority of fellow teachers I meet like teaching in Korea and many stay for longer.Delete
There are probably more issues in Korea with regard to prejudice and culture clashes than in other parts of the English teaching world but it does make life interesting. It guess it depends on your personality whether you can just go with the flow or not. Also, someone made a very good point, on a site that republishes this blog, the other day and that is people often come to Korea because it has a lot of jobs and offers the best money, and not for the cultural experience. This may attract a certain kind of person who is less interested in learning about culture.
Perhaps some people have legitimate complaints but in my experience many bring misery on themselves a bit by treating the whole experience more as a holiday rather than being dedicated to their jobs, which is mightily important here. Turn up on time, be prepared for lessons, be polite, and eat Korean food with them and Koreans will think you are a star, but it is amazing how many foreign teachers can't do this.
Personally, i think coming to Korea is a great experience. I wouldn't guarantee a great experience for everyone but with a good attitude people can greatly increase their chances of one.


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On balance I am not in favour of nuclear weapons. I never have been (the first demo I went on was a CND one). I was always of the opinion that the nuclear arms race was an offensive campaign to wreck the Soviet economy (and it worked - and perhaps that was for the best) rather than anything to do with defence against aggression, and I think they have become less relevant than they were.
Be all that as it may - and I accept that there are forceful arguments against that position - there has been much flak given to Corbyn for his evident refusal to be willing to launch a nuclear first strike. A BBC Question Time audience seemed to be baying for someone ready to fire ballistic missiles at all and sundry. By contrast, Theresa May and Michael Fallon have said they would launch a first strike. This is apparently 'strong and stable' government to keep you safe. It is of course nonsense and it actually shows how utterly irrelevant nuclear weapons have become.
Because the whole logic of nuclear deterrence relies upon a rhetoric of not being willing to launch a first strike. Deterrence relies upon willingness to retaliate. (and that's where the tricky arguments actually start). In other words 'if you shoot first, we will shoot back and everyone dies.' That is the essence of 'mutually assured destruction' which - according to some people - prevented the cold war from becoming hot (unless you were unfortunate enough to live in, say, Korea, or Vietnam, or parts of Africa, the Middle East or Central America, of course). The rhetoric relied upon a constant moral deterrence from using weapons, a moral weight placed upon the shoulders of those who might otherwise be willing to shoot first and start the war, a moral weight that said 'even if you win you lose'. There was a very good and illustrative segment in 'Yes Prime Minister' in which (fictional PM) Jim Hacker was asked in various scenarios when he would launch the nuclear weapons in response to a non-nuclear Soviet offensive and was unable to answer positively at any point.
Think about it even for a moment. If Cold War rhetoric had been a 'gunslinger's argument', about which side could, and was most prepared to, 'shoot first' the human race would have become radioactive toast by 1963 at least, or in the 1980s.
The fact that May and Fallon can broadcast a willingness to launch a first strike and deride those who maintain the moral reluctance to do so as being 'weak' only shows that nuclear weapons (and the geopolitical rhetorical and military value of nuclear weapons) have become quite irrelevant. They have become a simple, meaningless football in macho internal political contests. Corbyn may be against nuclear weapons but in fact his stance is the one that is most in line with the serious 'defensive' argument for their retention.


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Goodness me, 3 shows in a week! We have been busy, selling shoes and pressing the flesh. We have noticed a hesitance for people to buy spontaneously, but it was not too bad overall. I think our clients are the most cushioned group in terms of belt tightening (lovely bespoke belt only!).
Back to those velvet pumps. Well, they are finished, but they punished me. And how! On the first one, I did the pump stitched sole, but it was not flush enough with the upper so I had to completely redo it (hours wasted). The second one was fine because I corrected my mistake. And what was that? I made the holes in the sole too far from the edge. I was taught 1/4 inch but have reduced it to 3/16. This minor adjustment is just enough to pull the sole nearer the upper and they look rather lovely.
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In the end, we cut the shoe in half and now use it as a demonstration piece, to show the construction of a handsewn bespoke shoe. So it was not as bad as it could have been. It has proved very useful, in fact.
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We had a branch take out the mast during the snow storm and the mast was bent. The power company cut our power due to the surge it caused. An electrician rewired up to the meter outside. A couple of weeks later we are having issues. The water heater quit working, we replaced it, but no power! Replacing the fuses, but one line of outlets in the kitchen seem to be weak or not working, too. It blew several appliances at the time of the surge. Could this be related? I am not sure where to go from here.
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How do I check the power at the breaker box for power to the water heater?
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Howdy, have electrician back an have him/ her check the wiring sounds like you may have wire damage shorting from the surge. In mean time id take the fuse out for the heater and the outlets to be safe. Got working smoke alarms good time to check them.....
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Bud Selig isn�t here, because it�s the commissioner�s prerogative to do what is in the best interests of baseball.
The sight of Selig�s dour face watching Barry Bonds tie Hank Aaron�s record in San Diego certainly did nothing for the sport, and he must have realized it�s time to recognize this for what it really is and let one of his minions do the one-handed clap on his behalf.
Willie Mays was expected last night, and maybe that�s appropriate.
In addition to showing Bonds how to play baseball, he also showed him that he could be indifferent to the fans who pay his salary and get away with it. Mays was cantankerous at best over his long career, yet still managed to get a statue of himself erected outside a ballpark where the Giants faithful gather before games to pay homage to perhaps the greatest player of all time.
The roll call doesn�t end there.
Aaron didn�t even bother to call in sick for No. 755, and he surely didn�t bother to call Bonds and congratulate him on tying him on the all-time home run list. Also missing is trainer Greg Anderson, stuck in a federal prison because he won�t rat out his buddy to a grand jury investigating whether Bonds lied when he said he never knowingly used steroids.
Indeed, Bonds� record chase seems a somewhat lonely one, despite an entourage reminiscent of past heavyweight champions. He�s got a pair of publicists, two trainers, a personal videographer, his agent and an ever-growing list of family and friends all waiting to congratulate or console him in the hallways behind the clubhouse.
Son Nikolai was in his arms after he crossed home plate Saturday night with the cheers outnumbering the boos at Petco Park in San Diego. Fans seemed happy they were there to see a moment of history, even one as tainted as this. Still, they booed Bonds when he returned to left field and booed him every time he came up to bat.
It was mildly amusing afterward when Bonds thanked San Diego fans for being so good to him. Maybe he missed the giant asterisk hung on a high-rise condo balcony overlooking right field or maybe he was just happy no one threw a fake syringe at him like last year.
He doesn�t have to worry about that this week, now that the Giants are home for seven games before fans so desperate for a hero that they embrace one who is almost as likely to be indicted for perjury as inducted into the Hall of Fame. The rest of the country seems to have tired of the pursuit, if the low TV ratings for Saturday night�s game were any indication. Still, Bonds draws fans to the ballpark even while the aging Giants occupy last place in the NL West.
Players, too, are sticking with him.
Alex Rodriguez called to congratulate Bonds on his feat, after Bonds called earlier in the day to pay his respects when A-Rod became the youngest player to reach 500 home runs. And unlucky pitcher Clay Hensley, a steroid user himself a few years back, shook Bonds� hand after the game and got an autographed bat, a souvenir to take with him when the Padres unceremoniously sent him to the minor leagues a few hours after he gave up the home run.
It�s clear, though, that Selig has no use for Bonds, despite grudgingly watching him tie the record of a man whom he considers a good friend. Selig stood with his hands in his pockets, his face betraying no expression, when Bonds hit No. 755. Afterward, Selig issued a statement of congratulations that included a line that all men are presumed innocent until proven guilty.
Selig has his faults, and he could use a better speechwriter. But give him credit for trying to put the record into perspective, tacitly acknowledging he doesn�t consider it to be legitimate.
Although Bowie Kuhn didn�t show up to watch Aaron break Babe Ruth�s record 33 years ago after being there for the tie in Cincinnati, the times and the circumstances are vastly different. Kuhn made a dumb decision; Selig�s moves show he has been thinking long and hard about trying to do the right thing.
Selig doesn�t need to issue any more statements.
By not being here, he�s already spoken volumes.
Tim Dahlberg is a national sports columnist for The Associated Press. Write to him at email@example.com


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Best Toys for Kids
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News, reviews & trends for fathers – a contemporary parent's perspective.
Researchers worldwide extol the benefits of play in the development of young minds. It's a key part of a child's social and emotional development, and something even grown-ups should do more of. These five selections are some of the best toys for kids currently available in 2012 and 2013, but we think the whole family could probably benefit from spending some time playing together with them.
Trunki – From Melissa & Doug, one of parents' most trusted toy brands, comes Trunki, a multi-purpose suitcase and riding toy that can even be used for parents to pull their kids along. Not only is there the obvious benefit that it's perfect taking on a trip, but kids' will love stuffing it with items even when they're simply playing at home. You can get a Trunki shaped like a ladybug, tiger or monster in six different colors.
Rory's Story Cubes – The most important element in this game that can fit in your pocket is a good imagination. In Rory's Story Cubes, kids will roll up to nine dice, each with different pictures on them. Once the pictures are displayed, kids must come up with a story that involves all the elements they've rolled. Rory's Story Cubes can be played alone, or with as many players as possible. Available for less than $20, it's a small, simple and completely brilliant way to unleash your child's (and your) creativity. There's even an iPhone app which recreates the dice-rolling experience on your smartphone.
Hot Wheels Wall Tracks – We all remember playing with the iconic orange Hot Wheel tracks, but make sure to see how far track design has come with Hot Wheels Wall Tracks. With a little bit of wall tape (such as blue painters tape), kids can now bring their tracks up the walls, upside down, and corkscrewing around all their rooms. The starter set costs around $35 and comes with a diverter switch, a flap-ramp, a steep-drop ramp and a 360-degree loop, and is compatible with all other Hot Wheels tracks.
LEGO Harry Potter Hogwarts Game – We wouldn't feel right compiling a toy list that didn't include some LEGOs on it, and this one combines two more things that kids love with the LEGO experience – Harry Potter and a competitive game. In LEGO Harry Potter Hogwarts, 2 to 4 players will build and navigate around Hogwarts castle as they play, using moving staircases and secret passages in order to be the first one back to the room. With nine Harry Potter LEGO figures and 332 pieces are all, there's a lot of Wizarding fun and value for $35.
Nerf N-Strike Maverick – Although many parents shy away from guns and gunplay, many elementary aged boys and girls gravitate towards Nerf guns as safe ways to play out their good guy/bad guy games. The Nerf N-Strike Maverick is a six-shooter type pistol that shoots the recognizably soft Nerf darts from a rotating barrel. Enhancements allow for a more futuristic feel to the N-Strike Maverick. We love how this particular Nerf gun isn't as overwhelmingly large as other N-Strike products, which makes it especially easy to store come clean-up time. The N-Strike Maverick costs about $10 wherever toys are sold.


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By Patricia Keegan
County Kerry has more drama in every square acre than any of Ireland's other 32 counties. If I were mother of Ireland, instead of daughter, I would probably say each county has its own particular beauty, declining the notion of having a favorite. Admittedly fickle, for years I loved Donegal, but a multitude of recently built, little white holiday homes have disrupted its former expanse of untamed glory.
On a visit to Northern Ireland one springtime, I toured County Antrim for the first time and was constantly jumping out of the car, chasing across stone walls with my camera, trying to capture images of baby lambs frolicking alongside rippling streams. Antrim is heart-stoppingly beautiful.
Then there is the rugged landscape of proud Connemara -- its storm torn face seems to say, like the kings of old:
'I, bold Connemara can withstand the savagery of life; never defeated, each challenge adds more beauty to my soul.'
North, South, East or West, there is hardly a place in this tiny island of Ireland that has not been blessed by the gods.
Feasting at the banquet table of landscapes in the Kenmare Bay, Beara Peninsula, and West Cork areas is like finding an infinitesimal corner in this immense world where peace has flourished since ancient times.
Springtime in Tousist
Tousist is a small rural area on the Beara Peninsula. Outside of its distinctive beauty, it has only a post office and a phone booth to mark its existence. We arrived at our rented cottage in the evening.
In Tousist, as Ireland sleeps, the sea spreads like a shimmering satin sheet under a star-studded sky. From the encircling land, dark as the night, comes the sound of animals -- the baa-aa of sheep echo and re-echo against the silence. There is the intermittent bleat --a goat trying to get a word into the conversation. Right next to our doorstep, I hear horses munching on the rich, green pasture. Although hidden behind the bushes, I can feel their presence. Sally, Molly and her 3-day-old foal -- just christened Shola. Since arriving at the farmside cottage, I have found great delight in watching the three horses. Sallie, a dazzling white, solidly strong, Irish draught horse was peering curiously over the fence when we arrived. I went to say hello.
At first she didn't respond; I waited, she gradually moved closer. I reached out to stroke her nose and immediately sensed the combination of power and calm of her inner world. Her huge eyes looked at me from shining pools of gentleness. This creature of elegant and noble bearing was no ordinary horse -- she seemed to have stepped straight from Celtic mythology. She could have been the reincarnation of Niamh's white, enchanted steed of the Sidhe, upon which Oisin traveled from the otherworld of Tir Na Nog, (The land of Youth) back to Ireland.
As dawn comes to Tousist, I emerge from dreams to hear the sound of birds singing, and hoof beats like heartbeats thumping rhythmically on the grass outside our window. Sally, Molly and Shola are already awake and on their morning jaunt. With a cup of coffee, I observe from the kitchen window. The young foal Shola is growing stronger each day. Her gangly legs are like long, white stilts holding up a short body. Her ears and both eyes are brown-splashed. An unusual, dappled brown and white coat ends in a puffy black tail. Her cute face has a mischievous look.
Dan and Kathleen, the proud owners, tell us that she is a valuable horse who is destined to be a great jumper. Now, after only five days of life, she lies sleeping in the sun. As she awakens she looks first to the security of her mother, then struggles to her knees until she is standing. Then, as though to confirm her physical boundaries, she stomps a back hoof. Reassured of her balance, she moves closer to Mollie to suckle. Sally hovers nearby. Fascinated by the foal, she would like to play, but as she moves near Shola, Molly is alerted and immediately steers Shola away. Trust comes only after the seventh day when the distance between Mollie and her foal begins to widen. Now Sally is not isolated from the playful baby anymore.
Kenmare -- The Axis of Beauty
The bustling town of Kenmare, with 2,000 inhabitants at the mouth of Kenmare Bay, is situated only 10 miles from Tousist and is one of the prettiest and classiest towns in Ireland. With its busy streets and gaily painted facades, its exudes brightness and optimism. This dynamic town has at least five gourmet restaurants, two silversmiths, arts and crafts shops, pubs offering nightly entertainment and some of the best accommodations one can find in Ireland. The Park Hotel at the top of the main street, like the town, has won numerous awards for originality and excellence. Kenmare sits on a pot of gold at the center of one of Ireland's most spectacular destinations.
Looking at a map of southwest Ireland, you see two peninsulas jutting into the Atlantic Ocean, the well known Ring of Kerry and, just below, the smaller Beara Peninsula. On this trip my husband and I decided to explore the Beara Peninsula, where we visited caves and reveled in unspoiled, rugged beauty with waves crashing on steep cliffs. The entire area is rich in dolmens, pre-Christian forts, ogham stones, and sacred wells. The first Celtic finds in the Kenmare area date to 1800-2000 BC. It is accepted that Christianity reached Ireland's southwest before the arrival of St. Patrick, and there are artifacts as evidence in the National Museum. Beara Island, just off the coast, is an idyllic paradise filled with birds, wildflowers and a few houses.
Epiphany on a Mountain in Ardgroom
It is only May, and too cold to swim, but hiking in Kerry is the epitome of being in touch with nature. Springtime in Ireland comes with the vigor of a repressed artist pouring color across the land. Green fields are filled with a profusion of bluebells, the blazing yellow gorse appears on country lanes; it climbs hills and seems to replace the sun when it disappears behind a cloud.
Hiking mountains and visiting sheltered lakes along the dramatic Healy Pass brought me an unexpected surprise. At 6 p.m., the sunlight, like a lantern held in the hand of an angel, began to spotlight perfection. With a sense of being lighter than air, I climbed to the top of a mountain near Ardgoom. Stopping to rest, I sat in the grass looking down on the plains of the valley I had just crossed. In the distance, the central point of the sunrays illuminated a dark, green field filled with grazing sheep and baby lambs. The southwest sky was cloudless. Climbing higher, and finally reaching the top of the mountain, I fell onto the soft grass, exhausted. From there I could see all the features that make this island of Ireland so distinctively beautiful. Pink streaks in the sky were beginning to give hints of sunset.
As I sat there surveying the world, I thought of the Jungian theory of the "Collective Unconscious." It was as though I was on the threshold of immense wealth, reaching for a connection to some distant memory. This nostalgia was apparently bubbling up from the reservoir accumulated in the long lineage of my Irish ancestry.
A flock of small birds flying in circles and loops seemed to be rejoicing in the advent of spring. On another mountain a far-off lake mirrored the sky. All was at peace. Gradually, I began to feel the joy of intimacy with this land, which has always seemed to speak to me. Now it was telling me: 'This is your land, the land of your forefathers. You are wrapped in the spirit of this land of Ireland. You may forsake, but it will never forsake you.'
In that moment, had I been some creature in Celtic mythology, I would have sprouted wings and soared. Instead, being a mere mortal, I looked down the other side of the mountain and perceived that the challenge was not over. I was facing a rocky descent with a flowing river at the bottom. Undaunted, with total trust in the land and a new sense of exuberance, I resorted to my skiing experience. After a few slips and slides, I gradually traversed the steep, rocky slope until I reached the bottom. There I stood for a moment, looking back with reverence and awe at my mountain. The scent of the grass, the rippling river, and the dancing wildflowers had all reconnected me with the freedom of childhood and renewed a great sense of belonging.
For those who have always promised themselves a trip to Ireland, the southwest coast, including the Kerry and Beara Penninsulas, have all the attributes of drama and history that make this corner of Ireland choice number one.
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Fire prevention week puts spotlight on heroes among us: firefighters
Around York and Chester counties this week there will be fire trucks at schools almost every day. It will not be to fight fires or save children – hopefully. This week departments are teaching children during National Fire Prevention Week.
Fire Prevention Week sounds, well, boring. It is not a sexy topic. Most firefighters are men, and their pictorial calendar of real firefighters covered with sweat and grime and soot wouldn't sell a dozen copies.
Who cares, right?
The firefighters who serve, most of them volunteers, they care. They have one of the few jobs where they hope to never go to work, but they always do.
There are more than 600 volunteer firefighters in York County to serve a population that has grown by almost 90,000 in the last two decades to a quarter-million people. Rock Hill, with a 70,000 population, has paid firefighters. Smaller towns and a few departments have daytime paid firefighters. Most coverage in York County still is by volunteers.
There has been some talk, but no action, of paid, county-wide fire protection. Politicians decide what money is spent. Politicians have meetings and talk a lot. Politicians are not known for action.
Firefighters are all action. They barely talk and run into burning buildings.
Fire safety and prevention, in an evolving, growing York County, is a challenge that must be met, says Billy Weatherford, York County director of fire safety.
To handle the increased need for training the county is spending about $5 million to build a new training center south of York. Included are two fire training towers.
Those 5-story towers will burn repeatedly and firefighters will train there – so that maybe other buildings never burn.
"Sometimes people take firefighters for granted, that they always will be there – and they sure are – but we don't take them for granted," Weatherford said.
Tower construction should finish by the end of the year, Weatherford said, with move-in and trainingsoon afterward.
Why does it matter?
Because York County has industries and schools and massive residential tracts that are served by the volunteer and paid firefighters who need to be trained to handle what they can't prevent.
If these volunteers give their guts and courage and broken bones and burned backs for free to help the rest of us, it is not too much to ask to give them the training space they need.
Guys such as Joey Volk and Rich Diamanti at Newport Volunteer Fire Department on Rock Hill's northwest boundary, who were hurt fighting a fire in March, they care. Diamanti's leg was smashed and he still is not back to work. Volk had a broken leg and burns and he is now back volunteering and helping others.
Newport Chief Carl Faulk, who in four decades of service has never been paid a nickel, said firefighters such as Volk and Diamanti and hundreds of others in York County take fire prevention week seriously because not having a working smoke detector or not fixing fire hazards are the main reasons firefighters have jobs to do.
Chester County has almost all of its mostly rural territory covered by volunteers. Men and women who often work full-time jobs and still, at night and weekends and even sometimes leaving work Monday through Friday, help others.
Richburg Fire Chief John Agee, another guy with four decades of volunteering, said fire safety awareness and prevention can often be the difference between a problem and a crisis. So department volunteers visit schools and businesses and try to drill into people that firefighters will come to help, but the best place to see a fireman is waving at one driving past the station.
"We are here to serve people with the hope that we don't have to," Agee said.
Faulk said: "We hope people can be safe and prevent problems at their home, their business. But when they call 911 we are ready, and we sure go."
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With the drop of the needle on a brand new turntable my son bought me for Christmas, "Where Did Our Love Go?" by the Supremes blasted from the shoebox-sized speakers on my desk. Static, crackling noises, and the occasional skip over a story-there-somewhere scratch in the vinyl all contributed to a 33-rpm rewind into the past. I danced and sang as if no time had passed since my parents had given me my first two rock-n-roll albums in 1965. I soon followed the Supremes with the Beatles IV album. My husband and son seemed to fade into view as I reverted to my ten-year old self. Musical nostalgia worked its magic fingers into my heart and soul.
When I was young, my parents played music in our living room on a stereo that was as long as a bathtub, but not as wide. One of the first albums my parents bought specifically for me to play on the living room stereo was Burl Ives Sings Little White Duck. Am I fascinated today with ducks and all things feathery because of this? Is Burl Ives responsible for my obsession with listening to a song repeatedly until I am sick of it? I still have the album. I'm resisting the urge to play it right now on my new turntable.
Matt's gift to me triggered memories that I had long forgotten. Daniel Levitin in The World in Six Songs, suggests that "music triggers memories long ago buried, and this seems especially true of popular love songs" (278). While growing up in Dodge City, Kansas, my mom, dad, and I listened to music on the stereo and in the car. Radio station KGNO catered to my parents' crowd, but I loved listening to KEDD, "The Rock of Dodge City," on the AM radio dial. On television, we watched The Lawrence Welk Show, The Ed Sullivan Show, Hee Haw, Shindig, The Monkees, and any show we could find that focused on music. I learned the ways of love by listening to music in my home and car. Music created a different version of an idealized fairytale romance than books did, well, at least the books I was reading. Is there anything more romantic than listening to George Harrison sing "Something" as you sit in your bedroom and contemplate life? If the bedroom walls in the house I grew up in could talk, they would tell you about a dreamy-eyed teenager who spent an enormous amount of time imagining her life, framed in a song.
I could also dream on the dance floor when I ventured out to listen to Dodge City bands live. Friar Tuck and the Monks at the National Guard Armory! Birth live and on-stage at the Warehouse! Their covers of popular dance songs, and especially love songs I was sure were being sung to and for me, further sent me spiraling upwards to the land of all things musical, and downward into an avoidance of anything called homework. Whenever I hear a song from my past, a story always seems to mirror the lyric of the song.
If "memory wants to be true to the way things are, but it also wants to tell a story that suits the teller" (162), according to Charles Fernyhough in Pieces of Light, then some of my stories seem a bit confusing to me now. Why was I so obsessed with Grace Slick? As soon as I got home from school during the week, and long before my parents would arrive home from work, I would rush to the stereo, insert a spider (45-rpm adapter) into the record, slide the record down upon the spindle, let the music begin to play, and then sing and dance. Yes, I was that weirdo. I played "White Rabbit" and "Somebody to Love" while I worked on my best Grace Slick impersonation. Was it just her voice that compelled my fascination with those songs, or the forbidden desire for an altered state of mind? Or did I just want a very cool boyfriend who could play a rocking guitar? The story I would tell today that would suit my older and wiser self is that I loved the freedom of belting out a song about love in my house, and singing "White Rabbit" made me feel very cool and dangerous at the time. When my parents were home, I played music in my room, and in our small 1940s farmhouse with paper-thin walls, I started to believe my name was "Turn it down." When I sang with my mother in the kitchen, we were as loud as we wanted to be.
My mother and I both loved to sing, and she taught me the art of making up silly songs in the kitchen while doing dishes or eating fried carrots as fast as she could make them. My father would sit in the living room, a mere twenty feet away, smoke his cigar and drink a Coors beer after a hard day's work. I think he enjoyed hearing us as we became giddy with laughter at our nonsensical verse. We could really cut a rug in that tiny kitchen.
When my son was growing up, I realized that music was another way in which we could spend time together. I liked playing with cars and Legos, but music had a way of working its way into our lives every day. We played music constantly in our house, and Sesame Street worked its way into our daily lives. I can sing "C is for Cookie" and "Rubber Duckie" to this day, and my son is 35 years old. I also started making up songs just for my son. I still make up instant songs, and I wrote songs for the workplace band I used to be in.
Over the holidays, we were visiting the neighbors and their extended family, and my 88-years-young neighbor mentioned a song I wrote, "Radio." I had performed the song with the band, The Cremains of the 10th Circle, when they visited my home a few summers ago. She and some of her family members, friends, and neighbors, had attended our basement rock-and-roll party. Perhaps this was my Grammy-award-winning moment. Someone remembered a song I wrote and performed. Hold the applause, and pass me a beer!
Rod Stewart sings that "Every Picture Tells a Story," and I believe that every song I love has a unique story hiding behind the lyrics if I am willing to pay attention to it. My memories of the first time I heard Stevie Ray Vaughan's song "Texas Flood" are a bit muddled though. Even though I cannot remember what radio station I heard it on, or where I was at the time, I remember thinking that I had just fallen in love with a song, a guitarist, and singer. I could not get enough of that song. Is there a difference in our memory-making process when we are older as far as falling in love with a song? I wonder.
I still love the Beatles and the Supremes, and I easily time-travel to that space and time when I could dance and sing in my house and feel nothing but love and joy surrounding me. Yes, there were many, many nights I listened to songs of heartbreak in my room as I grew up and teenage boys messed with my heart, but I also played songs that forced me to get up and dance.
When I was with my cousins in Tulsa, Oklahoma, last September, Sybil played "Uptown Funk" by Bruno Mars on her phone for us. I have the song on my running playlist, so I knew the song well. We all began to do some sort of version of dancing. We had it. We owned it. And now whenever I hear that song, I am safe in the arms of music nostalgia. How will I tell this story ten years from now?
For the moment I think about my mother, and how she would have joined us jitterbugging our way around my cousin Audrey's house that day. I am fortunate that my parents, especially my mother, loved music so much that it was a necessity, like bread and water, in our daily lives. So even though the Supremes "Where Did Our Love Go?" and the Beatles "Words of Love" may have opened my eyes to the ways of love, I believe that songs I have yet to hear will be teaching me many more things as I dance and sing my way into the unknown.


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Employment Solicitor
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- Location
- Exeter
- Salary
- £42000 - £60000 per annum + Benefits
- Posted
- 05 Nov 2018
- Closes
- 05 Dec 2018
- Job Function
- Lawyer
- Industry
- Secretarial / Administration, Legal
- Position Type
- Permanent
Employment Law Solicitor Trainee Job Exeter Devon Top 100 UK Law Firm
Your new company
Our client is a leading national law firm with an excellent reputation and a number of awards including 'Best Employer' and 'Most Innovative'
This is a professional law firm which is proud to be unstuffy yet professional to their approach to the legal services offered.
Your new role
You will be joining a nationally commended employment law practice which in recent years have won 'Employment Team of the Year' as well as being Tier 1 ranked in the Legal 500 rankings.
The team offer a wide range of contentious and non-contentious employment services to a very good mix of clients. The team acts for clients locally, nationally and internationally. You will be working on TUPE, redundancy, litigation and trial advocacy, covenants, grievance, senior management, senior employees and whistleblowing,
You will be exposed to some very exciting work with a diverse range of clients.
What you'll need to succeed
You will currently be a junior employment solicitor with between 1 and 3 years post qualification experience. You will have excellent commercial acumen and the ability to develop strong relationships with clients.
You will have a solid education background as well as having trained at a highly regarded firm with an exposure to good quality work. You will have a genuine desire to become a specialist employment lawyer and be able to show enthusiasm for this area of the law.
What you'll get in return
The chance to join one of the best employment teams available, you will receive a highly competitive starting salary as well as a range of benefits including private bonus, health cover, insurance and pension. This is a fantastic opportunity for a bright and ambitious junior employment lawyer who wants to fast track their career with a first rate team and firm.
What you need to do now
If you're interested in this role, please contact Craig Davey at Hays Legal for further information in confidence.
If this job isn't quite right for you but you are looking for a new employment position, please contact Craig for a discussion about a range of other employment opportunities available across the South West region.
Please note the PQE level is for guidance only and we will consider applications from candidates of all levels who are able to demonstrate the requirements of the position.
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Mignolet has been struggling for form of the Reds for much of this season.
Former Liverpool striker John Aldridge may have identified how the Reds could take the pressure off goalkeeper Simon Mignolet.
Mignolet has come in for a lot of criticism so far this season for his form, which led to Brendan Rodgers taking him out of the firing line for an 'indefinite' period of time.
He was replaced by Brad Jones for games against Manchester United, Bournemouth and Arsenal but Mignolet came back into the side off the bench during the 1-0 win over Burnley, where Jones picked up a thigh injury.
One thing that has been particular concerning about the Belgian is his kicking and distributing. A lot of his goal kicks seem to miss the target, while he bizarrely let the ball run out for a corner at Turf Moor, but Aldridge thinks he could have the solution with one change in tactic.
Instead Aldridge wants the defenders to take more of a responsibility when it comes to distribution, taking some of the responsibility off the man between the posts.
He wrote in his Liverpool Echo column: "Every time he goes to kick it the crowd panic.
"What I want to see on New Year's Day is if Emre Can or Mamadou Sakho have the ball but are put under pressure then it must get sent long down into the channels and space in behind for Raheem Sterling to chase – and not sent back to Mignolet. It immediately puts him under pressure.
I would like to see Mignolet stay at the club but Liverpool must go out and buy a new keeper. Mignolet's all-round game has let him down."
There has been a lot of talk of Liverpool being in the market for a new goalkeeper, even as far back as last summer for competition for Mignolet. With the Belgian's form this season, that doesn't seem to have changed.
But if one responsibility was taken away from him and he was allowed to focus on other aspects of his game, it could enhance the prospect of him saving his Anfield career, and possibly being the number one goalkeeper for a good few years to come.
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Growing up, Devon Wilson and Olivia Jayakar had dreams of becoming a rapper and veterinarian. However, plans changed and the couple now own and operate Sunlight Gardens, an urban farm in Battle Creek. At nineteen, they are currently the youngest farmers on the market!
Devon and Olivia grow on a land leased from Sprout, a non-profit organization in Battle Creek whose mission is to help their community prosper through food, education and enterprise. Devon started farming four years ago through a summer internship program with Sprout, and Olivia has been farming for three years through a similar internship. Currently, Devon goes to MSU for a 9-month program where he learns about organic farming. Sunlight Grands uses organic methods to grow their products, and are hoping to get certified soon.
Someday the couple hopes to have a rural farm with a focus on perennials and permaculture, and plenty of land for animals like chickens for eggs and pigs to help till the soil. For now, urban agriculture is very important for them. Devon grew up in a neighborhood nearby, but he didn't have the same opportunities to grow vegetables like his current neighbors do. They say that one of the advantages of urban farming is having plenty of volunteers, kids and interns to come help them. However, there also are some disadvantages. Olivia told us that once she was growing cucumbers and knew three of them were about ripe, but the next day when she went to pick them one of them had been stolen!
Their biggest challenge since getting their farm one year ago has been staying on top of weeding. Indeed, Devon was at school so Olivia had to do most of the work by herself, which was quite exhausting. Now that the plants have established and there is less weeding to do, it has become easier, even though Devon still goes to school five days a week. Luckily, they now receive some help from Sprout interns and other neighbors that want to help and learn about farming.
In the future, Devon and Olivia are hoping to have even more volunteers and host events on site. Because they are growing on an urban farm, they have the opportunity to have these events within easy access for people. One of their plans is to fix their outdoor brick oven so they can make pizzas using their own vegetables. It would be a great way to make connections as well as advertize their products!
You can find Sunlight Gardens on the south side of the pavilion at the Kalamazoo Farmers Market. Find them there and add them on Facebook for updates on the farm!
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Dungannon 10-52 Banbridge -
Dungannon's lowly season continues and at Stevenson Park on Saturday they were demolished in the AIL by a five try blitz in the second half.
Injuries to skipper, James Bates and influential forward, Bryan Davidson did not help but take nothing away from Banbridge they were simply oozing confidence long before the finish.
The result means that Dungannon go into the New Year rooted to the bottom of the table along with Bective and Seapoint, all three having lost out at the weekend.
Banbridge kicked off and during their first meaningful attack a harsh yellow card within two minutes left the home side with 14 men.
Aaron Kennedy popped over the simple penalty and Bann moved 3-0 in front. Meanwhile, John McGuckin stepped in at the out-half spot and Dungannon held ground until the 13th minute when Jack Milligan returned to level matters with a penalty.
From the restart Paul Magee made a notable break that led to a lineout near the right hand corner.
An equally impressive drive then paved the way for Peter Gilkinson to crash over midway through the half. Milligan added the extras and the home side led 10-3.
Following the impressive start Dungannon then suffered setbacks. Davidson left the field on 25 minutes and shortly afterwards he was followed by Bates.
Bann pressed forward and Kennedy closed the gap with a penalty on the half hour. The Down men were now starting to control affairs and added two tries before the break.
First it was centre, Jonathan Little and then 3 minutes later, Adam Doherty. Kennedy converted both and then added a penalty to give Bann a 23-10 lead at the break.
Alas for Dungannon, Bann remained in overdrive in the second half adding three tries in the third quarter.
Andrew Morrison dotted down on 45 minutes before John Porter grabbed the bonus point try five minutes later. Kennedy converted the latter and Bann were cruising at 35-10.
Doherty then completed his brace with Kennedy converting to leave the visitors out of sight at 42-10.
Despite some notable breaks from Milligan and McGuckin, Dungannon could not get back in the game and the Down men added two further tries in the final quarter.
First it was left winger, Clark McAllister before Stephen Irvine registered one for the forward unit as Bann ran out easy 52-10 winners.
Dungannon: John McGuckin, Matthew Montgomery, Mark Faloon, Paul Magee, Gerard Treanor, Jack Milligan, James Bates (cap), Steven Sinnamon, Karl Egan, Glen Sinnamon, Bryan Davidson, Simon McCarroll, Peter Gilkinson, David Leyburn, Stephen Todd. Reps: Marcus Mulgrew, Jack Ravey, Daniel Maxwell, Sean O'Hagan, Tim Smith.
Banbridge: Adam Doherty, John Porter, Andrew Morrison, Jonathan Little, Clark McAllister, Jonathan Pollock, Aaron Kennedy, Stuart Cromie, Jonathan Weir, James McCrum, Christopher Allen, Jonathan Graham, Nico Vorster, Dale Carson, Stephen Irvine. Reps: Timothy Savage, John McCreery, Alan Conn, Shandon Scott, Chris Leathem.
Referee: Richard Kerr, Cookstown.
Fixtures: Boxing Day: Ballymena v Dungannon for the Jack Kyle Cup.


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Having invested in this kind of purchase, your next challenge is to get them as many of them as possible distributed each campaign.
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There is a space on the back of each brochure to add your contact information, as well as campaign dates. There are several ways to handle the task of labeling your brochures, each with pros and cons:
Hand-write your name and phone number.
Pros: Can be done immediately, needs no special equipment or materials. All you need is a good pen!
Cons: Looks less professional, you need good penmanship.
Use a stamp
Pros: Quick to apply, customizable with fonts, ink colors and so forth
Cons: Easy to smear, have to wait for ink to dry, initial cost may be high, have to invest in ink
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While each Avon campaign spans two weeks between orders, Avon allows orders to be placed from the two previous campaigns. In other words, if the current campaign is 10, you can still place orders from Campaigns 8 and 9. There are pros and cons to adding dates to your brochures:
Creates a sense of urgency. Customers may want to place their order as soon as possible if they believe that a sale is ending.
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Formerly known as "What's New" bags, these are specifically designed to hold brochures and samples and then hung on doorknobs. Because they are very inexpensive, it's wise to have these in stock. They can be used to deliver small items to your customers, along with the latest brochure, or hold a number of samples for prospective customers to try.Another way to package brochures in the literature bags is by placing the catalog sideways in the bag and then tucking the hanging end inside the brochure. This creates a sleek, professional look and better protects the contents from the elements.
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Dutch city Almere held a competition recently to develop architecture in and around the Weerwater lake that sits at the heart of the city. One of the winners, Rene van Zuuk, created a curvy little chapel that sits on the surface of the lake. Visitors can reach the small chapel via an extension, giving people a sense of peace and solitude in the middle of the water.
The chapel will be made out of foam cut with a CNC machine and then covered in zinc. Internally, the chapel will be lined in warm plywood. A petal-shaped opening allows light to fill the space.
"It is a place close to the city hall for the people of Almere to be able to get married but also close to the hospital where people can mourn. It is a location for the Christmas nativity scene in December, and a quiet place for reflection and small services throughout the rest of the year," said Van Zuuk.
Related: Zinc-Clad Leaning House Tilts Upwards to Let in Buckets of Sunlight
Four other individuals won the competition to build in Almere, and those designs will include gardens, a bridge and a community area. The plan is to bring people to the lake and improve the area, revitalizing a forgotten space. MVRDV has also presented plans to update the area.
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Two weeks ago, a Russian woman walked into the Louvre and wandered her way towards the Denon wing on the second floor. Once she arrived to the jam-packed hall (crowded because the first Sunday of each month is free admission to the public), she did something only two other people in known history have dared to do: damage the Mona Lisa.
She reached into her purse and hurled an object over the heads of onlookers, hitting the bulletproof glass and shattering the object. All the while, Ms. Lisa stared back impassively and kept on smirking behind her impervious barrier.
This story would not be noteworthy to this Sommelier in the least, if it wasn't for the fact that the assailing object was none other than a teacup. Considering how long it took for tea to overcome the negative association with the Boston Tea Party, the last thing that good tea needs is to be an unwitting accomplice in the defacing of one of the world's most beloved works of art.
Tea, after all, is not a weapon, as (it seems) the good Mona Lisa seems to be trying to point out to us. Her unwavering grin at her attack reveals that she knows how her attacker got it all wrong: tea, in fact, is a healer, a protector, and more, thanks to all its amazing health benefits. And, on top of that, its delicious taste can send us into a state of sublimity, the same as any great work of art.
So please, my dear reader, to avoid being arrested like our Russian friend, keep your teacups where they belong – full of tea awaiting your thirsty mouth, and away from priceless Italian masterpieces.


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Oct 2 (Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures turned negative on Friday after data showed a less-than-expected rise in non-farm payrolls in September, raising doubts that the economy is strong enough to allow the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates this year.
Non-farm payrolls increased by 142,000, compared with 136,000 in August and below the 203,000 that economists polled by Reuters had expected. August figures were also revised sharply lower.
Futures snapshot at 8:32 a.m. ET:
* S&P 500 e-minis were down 15.75 points, or 0.82 percent, with 231,002 contracts traded.
* Nasdaq 100 e-minis were down 30.25 points, or 0.72 percent, on volume of 37,929 contracts.
* Dow e-minis were down 119 points, or 0.74 percent, with 36,831 contracts changing hands. (Reporting by Tanya Agrawal; Editing by Saumyadeb Chakrabarty)