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Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Pride and Prejudice
92 comments:
- Angie @ Knick of Time said...
I love all the historical background you gals always provide for What's It Wednesday - I always learn something I didn't know before (and often hadn't even SEEN before!).
Thanks for hosting your lovely party and for featuring my Old (new) Basket.
Blessings to you,
Angie @ Knick of Time - January 31, 2012 at 12:33 AM
A really interesting and informative post.
How lucky you are to have your grandmother's scrapbook, what a treasured possession that must be.
My daughter told me recently that she had been sitting between two black boys in assembly at school. One of them pointed out that the three of them together looked like an Oreo cookie. All three liked this description of them, so maybe a nicer association. - January 31, 2012 at 2:58 AM
- Angela Richardson said...
I was fasinated to read this amazing post and loved to see your Grandmothers scrapbook.
I too learnt alot from your story, a wonderful read.
Thanks for sharing.
Hugs, Angela. - January 31, 2012 at 3:01 AM
- Angela Richardson said...
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- January 31, 2012 at 3:01 AM
- Castles Crowns and Cottages said...
Oh dear Patti,
I know what you are saying here. I grew up as a Hispanic in S. Central Los Angeles in an African American community and from day one, I learned about "racial" issues. I loved where I grew up, though it was hard because of people's differences. But we kids, we did not see DIFFERENCE. It was the adults during those hard times in the mid 60s that instilled fear in us, to not trust the other. BUT through those times, it taught me to look at MY HISTORY within the EXTERIOR historical events taking place before my eyes, and to TRY TO LEARN to break the cycle of PRIDE AND PREJUDICE. How poignant and true are the points you make about the LIVES behind the images we grew up with about African Americans. There were LIVES BEHIND those images, and there still are. WONDERFUL POST, WONDERFUL! I have my own stories about how being Mexican-American was not always easy.
GOOD TO BE ABLE TO GET INTO YOUR BLOG. Last week, I had a hard time!!! Anita - January 31, 2012 at 6:45 AM
- GratefulPrayerThankfulHeart said...
Good morning, Paula!
This is a most beautiful post. The history and the stories are so important and the treasure you have in your grandmother is priceless. The photos are wonderful too!
A joy visiting with you! - January 31, 2012 at 6:47 AM
- Laura said...
Thank you so much for the feature.
I am delighted!
I enjoyed participating in your Wednesday party so much.
I'll be back-
Thanks again,
White Spray Paint
Your post today is wonderful. There is nothing better than combining history and family. - January 31, 2012 at 7:24 AM
- sunnyskiesandsweettea said...
I really enjoyed your post! I love history. I learned many things I didn't know.
Thanks for sharing,
Amy Jo - January 31, 2012 at 7:31 AM
- Olive said...
You have amazing and important collections. Thanks for telling us the history of each collection and why they mean so much to you. Olive
- January 31, 2012 at 7:51 AM
- Pellie / Penny said...
What a wonderful post; Such attention to detail. I always love learning new things when I blog hop.
You are so luck that your grandmother took the time to scrapbook.
None of my family ever bothered to take the time - All I have are a lot of unmarked old pictures - that no one still alive remembers who they are.
Penny - January 31, 2012 at 7:52 AM
- THE FARMHOUSE PORCH said...
Your house is a virtual "mini" museum! I LOVE your collections! If you want to see lots of neat old photos go to this link, the digital gallery from the New York Public Library...
I came across tons of beautiful antique photos yesterday that you might like.
♥Linsey - January 31, 2012 at 9:37 AM
- Alycia Nichols said...
Oh, wow...."Julia" was one of my favorite shows as a kid! I always thought Diahann Carroll was one of the prettiest women on earth! (She has aged pretty well, too.) It was also such a neat thing to see a Black woman in a role like that because it wasn't prevalent at the time. I never knew about the Barbie/Oreo Cookies relationship, but I sure caught enough of that ol' "Oreo" taunting in my day. Still do because some people can be so doofus. It's wonderful that you have so many historic treasures. I have my paternal grandparents' high school diplomas from 1916 and 1921 gracing a wall in our library. They made those suckers HUGE back then!!! Like literally 5 times as big as present-day diplomas! Terrific post!
- January 31, 2012 at 9:51 AM
- Gustaviana said...
sweet ... but don't worry evrything is fine... it's just ... so busy if i have a little time i come and visit your blog longer.... so now i must go to school en the rest of the week to the shop... take care !!! xx viana
- January 31, 2012 at 11:36 AM
What a great post!
But I also have to say that, Black History Month has always kind of bothered me. Why is it recognized during "one month" when it should be all 12 months?
Anyway--that's the way I was raised. My "white" family can't be THAT unusual.
Catherine - January 31, 2012 at 11:54 AM
- Sonya Badgley said...
Fantastic post, Paula! Thank you for sharing a bit of history that i didn't know. Where I grew up, I didn't experience the prejudice thing. And I am thankful for that. I ended up taking a trip to the south when I was 10 years old and my eyes were opened and I remember that I couldn't understand it. I still can't. I am a believer in God and believe we were ALL created in His image.
I remember the show Julia too. I LOVED that show and Diahann Carroll was so beautiful! I wanted to look like her.
And your Grandmother is beautiful too. You must be so proud of her! It's wonderful that you have her scrapbook and that you shared it with us. What a treasure you have.
Have a wonderful week,
Sonya - January 31, 2012 at 12:16 PM
- Barbara F. said...
I really enjoyed this post - it was so well written, about halfway through it, I had tears in my eyes. Thanks for sharing this history with us. xo
- January 31, 2012 at 12:52 PM
- Susan Freeman said...
You have much to be proud about! Lovely post!!
Susan and Bentley - January 31, 2012 at 1:12 PM
- Julie Marie said...
Oh Paula, what a touching post!... I am proud to say that I was raised with the belief instilled in me at an early age by my wonderful mama and daddy that ALL men and women are created equal... and this was at a time when, as you said, many did not share this belief... so sad!... my niece recently did a post about the "Loving" couple, an inter~racial couple in the early 60's (that was actually their name), and how Robert Kennedy, Sr. went to bat for them and equal rights... so glad "we've come a long way baby" as the saying goes... but there is still much to be done with equal rights for many... always love seeing your fabulous collections, and learning the history behind them... sending much love your way, (to Patti too!)... xoxo Julie Marie
- January 31, 2012 at 2:01 PM
- Julie Marie said...
Oooh, and I LOVE that you have your grandmother's scrapbook!... what an incredible lady, please share more about her in a future post!... xoxo Julie Marie
- January 31, 2012 at 2:02 PM
- Shirley@Housepitality Designs said...
Just a wonderful story about your grandmother. You must be so very proud. Your treasures are wonderful and the stories that surround them are ever so interesting!..Loved reading every word. I too loved the show Julia!!..Loved Dianne Carroll, what a great actress and beauty!
- January 31, 2012 at 2:03 PM
- polkadotpeticoat said...
I just learned a wealth of information.....and the way you tell the story is extra special!
- January 31, 2012 at 4:06 PM
what an amazing collection!! I loved all the stories and facts you told. I always loved that show Julia. I thought she was so pretty! My post is on collecting today too. Hope you can visit. Thank you for hosting WIW
- January 31, 2012 at 4:08 PM
- Sunny Simple Life said...
This is a fascinating post as yours often are. Full of info and family history. You have much to be proud of and I am the keeper of our grandmother's photos and diaries. You can go to the day you were born or any other day to see her daily writings on current events and her thoughts on all of us.
- January 31, 2012 at 4:23 PM
- Happy To Be/ Gl♥ria said...
Wonderful story my dear friend..I just love coming by here and seeing all the wonderful collections you have..I'm trying so hard to NOT buy one thing this year ha ha!! Really girl I have ran out of room at my house and no room even left under beds to store anymore..However I did see some hotel silver I'm so wanting to get ha ha!!
Thanks for the shout out girl..Your the first one in almost 4 years of blogging to ever do that for me..THANKS..May you have the best Tuesday ever..Hugs and smiles Gloria - January 31, 2012 at 4:46 PM
- Richard Cottrell said...
Thanks for sharing and hosting. Richard from My Old Historic House.
- January 31, 2012 at 5:51 PM
- Miranda @ Pressing On said...
Thanks so much for hosting. And thank you for sharing all of that historical information and treasures. My oldest son is obsessed with learning everything he can about the titanic, so I can't wait to share the story you told with him.
I learned SO much just reading this post. Thanks for making us more informed :) - January 31, 2012 at 5:58 PM
- Unknown said...
A very informative and interesting post! The pictures are awesome. Thanks for adding this link to the Creative Monday Blog Hop. I am also happy to add a link to your Wednesday Party. Take care and do enjoy the rest of the week.
- January 31, 2012 at 6:02 PM
- chateau chic said...
Thanks for all the interesting history you provide! I also appreciate you hosting this party each week. It's a wonderful opportunity for new bloggers like myself to meet others and vice versa. Appreciate the extra effort you take to make this happen.
Mary Alice - January 31, 2012 at 6:05 PM
- Pat said...
That was an amazingly interesting blog! I am forwarding it to my co-teacher, a high school history teacher due to the part about the Titanic. Your grandmother going to college was unusual, black or white at the time. Nice blog.
- January 31, 2012 at 6:36 PM
- Marty@A Stroll Thru Life said...
I always love reading your posts and I always learn so much. Beautiful vignettes also. Thanks tons for joining TTT and Thanks for hosting. Hugs, Marty
- January 31, 2012 at 6:37 PM
- CJ Foss said...
Great post filled with proud historical moments, and even more proud memories of family. Your collection is significant and personal. I completely remember "Julia" for her smarts, beauty, and adventures. Thank you for sharing. Have a great week. ~CJ
- January 31, 2012 at 6:38 PM
- Cindy Adkins said...
What an fascinating post! I love history, and I learned several things here tonight. Thank you so much for sharing and for hosting another What's It Wednesday!
Hugs, Cindy@Art,Books,Tea - January 31, 2012 at 6:48 PM
- Dawne said...
This was a fascinating, and very informative post. And thank you for sharing your Grandmother's scrapbook with us!
dawne - January 31, 2012 at 6:57 PM
- Unknown said...
Beautiful stuff and amazing history. I'm already a follower but visiting anyway from the Creative Monday's hop. Hope you can visit me :)
http://createabeautifullife.com/ - January 31, 2012 at 7:11 PM
- Blessed Serendipity said...
I enjoyed reading a bit of history on your blog today. Thank you for hosting the party.
Danielle - January 31, 2012 at 7:59 PM
- Grammy Goodwill said...
I always learn something when I read your posts. This time it was about people instead of objects. I grew up with separate but equal policies (which you know was not true)and then integration. I'm glad you have these reminders of your rich heritage.
- January 31, 2012 at 8:13 PM
- Savannah Granny said...
Patti, Thank you so much for the beautifully written post. It was so educational and I am grateful for you sharing with us.
There is so much of the black history of which many of us are totally unaware. Thank you so much for your insight and for pointing out both the positive and negative effects of that history on our black families. I love you for your thoughtful and gentle presentation. Please continue to inform and educate.
Blessings, Ginger - January 31, 2012 at 9:50 PM
- FABBY'S LIVING said...
What a fabulous stories you've told us, specially of your very courageous grandmother, to have gone to college in that time as an African American woman, just wow! Beautiful stories to be proud of and look now, there's a movie about Pilot Fighters from WWII with Cuba Gooding Jr. and the real African Am. Pilots stil live!!
Thank you sweet Paula for these amazing stories and for hosting and having me. Hugs,
FABBY - January 31, 2012 at 9:56 PM
- FABBY'S LIVING said...
Oh, I remember the show Julia with beautiful Diahann Carroll and yeah, I used to watch it and never thought anything of it, I was so sad when not long later there was no more show! I grew up in Astoria Queens, in an Italian-Irish neighborhood been a hispanic girl, but I can say I never experienced any kind of prejudice, I guess not all people in the USA are prejudice.
Thank you for your post again.
FABBY - January 31, 2012 at 10:04 PM
- Debra@CommonGround said...
Hi Paula, always love your great posts. Thank you for sharing all of these important historical bits of information. I really envy you having your grandmother's scrapbook, so much to learn about our families! Just linked up, thanks for the party!
- January 31, 2012 at 11:37 PM
- Revi said...
This may be one of my favorite posts yet! I love reading about your grandmother and her influence on your life. How great that you have her scrapbooks, too! It's also a blessing that she has YOU for a granddaughter - someone who appreciates her and history. Not all people are sentimental, and may have thrown such treasures out or packed them away.
-Revi - January 31, 2012 at 11:55 PM
- Mary said...
Very interesting, thank you for sharing the histories.I remember the Julia show, you and I must be about the same age. I was in grammer school when it came out, I loved that show and never missed it! Thank you for inviting me to your party. Blessings, Mary :O)
- February 1, 2012 at 12:15 AM
- Karen said...
Great post! Interesting and educational. I think your photos on your blog are absolutely wonderful!
Thanks for hosting "What's It Wednesday"... so have a great Wednesday.
Ladybug Creek - February 1, 2012 at 6:31 AM
- Andrea at Opulent Cottage said...
What a fabulous history lesson, Paula! Your collections are incredible. Thank you for hosting!
Cheers, Andrea - February 1, 2012 at 7:46 AM
- Nancy's Notes said...
I love history and thank you so much for sharing this with us! I'm so happy I found your blog and I'll be joining your fun party today! Thanks for hosting!
- February 1, 2012 at 7:52 AM
- Barbara @ 21 Rosemary Lane said...
Beautiful post Paula!You are so fortunate to be in possession of your gradmother's college scrapbook. What a treasure!I love all of the interesting facts you shared with us on black history. I use to watch Julia when I was a little girl too. As I remember, it never really phased me that she was black...it was the fact that the show was about a nurse! Guess what my chosen career path has been!
Thanks Julia!!!
Have a wonderful week Paula!!! - February 1, 2012 at 8:29 AM
- Curtains in My Tree said...
Oh yes honey the history of our nation has been very hard for some.
I remember riding a train from Florida to Illinois back when I was very young age 12 and the porters helping my sister who was 6 at the time. We had been on vacation at my grandparents and was homesick so our grandparents put us on a train home( can you imagine doing that now)?
anyway the porters were very nice and helped us with our luggage etc.
The story of the Tiatanic makes me sick everytime I read or see it such traffic
You have a lot to be proud of having your granny's scrapbook and the fact she went to college
my daughter was a barbie fan and I never seen that Oreo Barbie , can't believe a cookie of any kind would be included with skinny Barbie - February 1, 2012 at 10:41 AM
- At The Picket Fence said...
Hi ladies! Thank you so much for sharing all of this history with us! It is so amazing to not only have these collections but to have them be so personal and apart of your heritage. How incredible to have your grandmother's scrapbook! Thanks so much for hosting us here today! :-)
Vanessa - February 1, 2012 at 10:45 AM
- Cindy Adkins said...
Oh wow, what a fabulous post!!! Thank you for a wonderful party!!
Cindy - February 1, 2012 at 11:18 AM
- Cynthia said...
Loved your post, and I truly appreciate the historical information, especially about your Grandmother. I remember watching Julia when I was a child. I always thought Diahann Carroll was one of the most beautiful women, inside and out!
- February 1, 2012 at 11:27 AM
- Doni said...
Awesome post today ladies! I love the history y'all always share...it really is so important to remember it!!
I am so glad you have your dear Grandmother's books..you can tell they were special to her and it's wonderful that you are the caretaker of such history.
your own scrapbooks will play a huge role in the lives of those in the future too, so be sure and pass them along.
Thank you so much for allowing us all a glimpse of your life.
Blessings, Doni - February 1, 2012 at 11:51 AM
- Daniella said...
What fascinating stories you tell! I have old scrapbooks my great grandmother made when my grandfather was in the navy. I love looking at them!! I hope the books I make will be loved by my boys just as much some day!
xxDaniella - February 1, 2012 at 12:43 PM
- Elna said...
Hi I'm back. By an accident I removed my blog so I have to start all over again. Thank you for hosting.
Elna from Sweden - February 1, 2012 at 1:19 PM
- Heaven's Walk said...
What an interesting post, Paula! I learned so much from you today! Thank you! And yup! I remember watching "Julia" on TV. Loved that show! :) And what a special memorable scrapbook you have from your grandmother. ♥ Thanks for hosting such a fun party!
xoxo laurie - February 1, 2012 at 1:47 PM
- Johanna Gehrlein said...
Dear Paula,
this was a really important post with many informations. The most facts are so new for me that I have to think about them. What a luck, that times have chanced so much since your grandmother lived. And still not enough as I guess. The scrapbook and the family photos are so wonderful to see. Thank you for letting us participate on your history.
Best greetings, Johanna - February 1, 2012 at 3:33 PM
- blossoms vintage chic said...
Dear Patti & Paula,
Thank you so much for the feature.
I am honored!
Love your Grandmothers scrapbook!
You have given all of us so much with this lovely post and great party. I am so happy to be a part of it all.
My thanks to you both for hosting.
Much love,
Debbie - February 1, 2012 at 4:14 PM
- Cottage and Broome said...
Patti & Paula, Loved this post, I grew up watching Julia too, a favorite show as a kid. We also had records put out by Disney with Uncle Remus telling stories from the south. I'm sure they were not politically correct. Interesting fact about the family on the Titanic, I did not know that. Thanks for hosting again this week, Laura
- February 1, 2012 at 6:26 PM
- lvroftiques said...
Such a fascinating post! I have so much to say I'm stumbling all over the place.....I LOVED Julia too! I didn't know about the Pull man Porters, I'll now be keeping my eyes open for pieces for you.......How cool was it to find that Dr. Woodson gave the address at your Grandmothers graduation! That had to be an "in awe" moment *winks* Love the oreo Barbie....Is there a term for someone who's white on the outside and black on the inside?
When I was a child growing up in an all white neighborhood in the 60's our next door neighbors moved in, in the middle of the night. I thought as a child that it was kind of strange but didn't think too much of it. That family was African American....Still didn't think anything of it. Years later I realized what a courageous move that was. Times sure have changed. I was just thrilled as a kid to have two new girlfriends to play with *winks* And they're still two of my best friends to this day. Vanna - February 1, 2012 at 7:10 PM
- Fete et Fleur said...
I loved this post! It really is amazing what we can do when we don't let the ignorance of people rule us. The stories of these brave men and women have inspired me.
Thank you for sharing them.
Nancy - February 1, 2012 at 7:49 PM
- Lauren @ My Wonderfully Made said...
Paula, your blog never ceases to amaze me! You two ladies are a wealth of information and history! I loved reading all of this and seeing the pictures of more treasures from your collections. The scrapbook from your grandmother is the greatest treasure of all I think -- how fortunate you are to have it!
- February 1, 2012 at 9:39 PM
- Lauren @ My Wonderfully Made said...
Oh -- and I had to laugh because when I saw the picture of the "Oreo Barbie" I gasped out loud before even reading that part of your post! That definitely goes into the "What Were They Thinking" archives!
- February 1, 2012 at 9:41 PM
- Artsy VaVa said...
Thanks for hosting the party!
- February 1, 2012 at 10:20 PM
- The Tablescaper said...
What an amazing post! Such wonderful history. I LOVED watching Julia when I was growing up. It was one of my favorites!!! So neat that your grandmother graduated from college.
- The Tablescaper - February 1, 2012 at 10:46 PM
- Nella Miller said...
Dear Paula, this is a very moving and enlightening post. Anyone who has suffered prejudice of any sort will identify even more. I so enjoyed reading all the historical
data, but especially the underlying loving emotion which came through as you were writing your post.I immigrated from Italy with my Mom and sister on a ship, and felt the difference in me as I grew up and went to school, a foreigner in a distant land. I was only 2 years old, but clearly remember many things that were difficult for us. I loved reading this beautiful post this morning, N.xox - February 2, 2012 at 8:44 AM
- Red Rose Alley said...
What a very delightful and interesting post. I loved the story of the Barbie doll because me and a friend used to play for hours with them when we were young. Your Grandmothers scrapbook is a treasure that holds so many memories and history for you. It sounds like you are really into geneology. I am also, and have always loved to know where my anscestors came from. My Father was Greek and Polish, and my Mother was Spanish and French Canadian. I am always looking at old photographs of them. We are the daughters who live on through them. I am so glad that I found someone who appreciates the background from where she came from, as I do. A lovely day to you both.
~Sheri at Red Rose Alley - February 2, 2012 at 11:52 AM
This is an amazing post! I love the historical background! Thanks for the invitation to participate in this party! Your features are wonderful! I'm going to love looking at your links!
- February 2, 2012 at 12:30 PM
- Nezzy (Cow Patty Surprise) said...
Wow sweetie, ya sure know how to pack a post full of wonderful historic information.
I have always been enthralled with stories of the Titanic. What a great story about the interracial fam aboard ship.
I bet your grandmother was an amazin' woman.
I too watched Julia, I remember it well.
God bless ya sweetie and have a joyful day!!! - February 2, 2012 at 1:28 PM
- Trisha said...
I love history and I loved this post! You have some amazing treasures-thank you for sharing!
~Trisha - February 2, 2012 at 2:08 PM
- Desire Empire said...
Thnaks for the INvite to join in.
Carolyn xx - February 2, 2012 at 2:22 PM
- Susie said...
What a beautiful tribute to your grandmother! Your entire post was very moving to me.Thank-you for sharing this I have become a follower and look forward to reading more from you.
- February 2, 2012 at 2:42 PM
- Deanna said...
Great post!
I watched nurse Julia on tv and thought it was a super program.
I remember when I was a teacher's aide for 3rd and 4th grade children. Marlin was called an oreo....he told me about it and was very upset. I simply said to him, Marlin, those are the BEST cookies ever. He looked at me like what do you mean. He was a great kid.
Enjoyed stopping by and visiting your blog.
God bless,
d from kansas - February 2, 2012 at 4:43 PM
- Rosemary@villabarnes said...
Great post, and features. Thanks for hosting guys.
- February 2, 2012 at 5:19 PM
- Antiques And Teacups said...
A truly wonderful post. What a treasure your grandmother's scrapbook is! No wonder you treasure it. And what a great collection of pullman memorabilia. A wonderful post!
Ruth - February 2, 2012 at 7:45 PM
- Coloradolady said...
I always learn a lot when I visit...what a great post and lots of this information is new to me!!
Lovely pictures and how wonderful you treated yourself to that Barbie!! It will only go up in value!! You take good care of that box!!
Happy VTT - February 2, 2012 at 9:11 PM
- Burlap Luxe said...
Paula, oh beautiful Paula,
this is an award winning post.
Loved watching Julia as a child in fact my grandfather worked closely with the sitcom as an art producer Carrol Baker was close with my grandfather and would have after parties with him and his studio friends. Her autographed photo in his home studio collection now is in my sisters hands.
My family is interacial mixed and I so get the struggles one may endure. My grandmother is French from the south with a beautiful heritage black decendent. My niece and nephew African American and Japanese of course French and Irish what a beautiful combination :)
What a beautiful book of history with your grandmothers bits and pieces she has soulfully created in a book of scraps to treasure and love.
Thank you Paula & Patti for giving us such a post to think about.
Dore - February 3, 2012 at 4:25 AM
- c. Joy said...
Thanks for the history lesson - I love that your grandmother influenced you. Both of mine loved gardening and their children loved to garden and now I get so much from my time spent in my garden. I watched "Julia" my mom even had her hair cut - I think every other woman did (color of skin didn't matter - it was a great cut).
- February 3, 2012 at 9:13 AM
- Linda M. said...
I enjoy and appreciate your posts. They are always filled with great information and history. Thanks for sharing and for hosting the link party. Joyous Wishes, Linda
- February 3, 2012 at 9:19 AM
- May said...
Can not imagine the heat an interracial couple on the Titanic must have taken. You would have thought that ice burg might have melted from it!
Julia....I remember it well!
Oreo Barbie? You have got to be kidding!?!?! - February 3, 2012 at 9:44 AM
- Dee ⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜ said...
Great info!
Most woman did not get college degrees like your grandmother back then. I think the college is in Tallahassee. I would be proud too!!!
Dee - February 3, 2012 at 3:05 PM
Thank you for sharing your history and collectibles. All the things that make up the fabric and stories of our lives.
Julie - February 3, 2012 at 9:37 PM
- VintageGramma said...
I really love this post-I think because you've provided such interesting historical information that I will now share with my students!,. If you've ever visited the Gold Coast Railroad Muesum here in Miami, they have a few interesting "Pullman Porter" pieces ( uniforms, pictures, etc.) as well as a nice display honoring the African American railroad employees, Thanks again for an interesting post. You always make me say, "Wow! I never knew that!"
- February 4, 2012 at 8:51 PM
- Angie @ Knick of Time said...
I'm featuring this fascinating post Monday evening at the Knick of Time Tuesday Vintage Style Party - thanks so much for sharing it with us!
Angie @ Knick of Time - February 5, 2012 at 1:03 AM
- Palomasea said...
Dear Paula,
What a touching, inspirational, educational post!
(I cannot believe the Oreo Barbie..)
What a gift to have these treasures of your Grandmother's!
Thank you for sharing the photos, the history..fascinating.
Have a splendid week,
- Irina - February 6, 2012 at 3:01 PM
- outjunking said...
I just found your blog from knick of time and love it. Your new follower.
Lisa - February 6, 2012 at 7:40 PM
- Honey at 2805 said...
Lovely post! I always enjoy the historical information you share!
- February 6, 2012 at 9:45 PM
- Boxwood Cottage said...
Hi Patti and Paula!
Just read your post and I have been brought back to my childhood reading about the tv series Julia! It was aired here in Germany too in the late sixities and I loved it (born Jan 63)! I was absolutely fascinated by beautiful Julia as a child, we didn't get to see many black people over here then. Would love to watch it again! We had b&w tv at the time, no color. Unfortunately I didn't know about the mixed family on board of the titanic until today. How sad that he did not survive. His family must have been devasted. Such a tragedy. It must have been such a hard life at the time for Afro/Americans. And what a beau he was! I also didn't know about the Oreos. It's kinda funny because my daughter is half Afro/American and she loves to eat them. I gotta tell her and ask if she ever heard about it. She is a very clever girl btw just finishing her studies at University this Spring so I guess she'd be called an Oreo too in the USA. Very interesting also to read about the pullman porters as the first Afro/American middle class people who were able to send their kids to study. And what a great family heirloom you have by owning your grandma's scrapbooks, I wish! I just noticed that you got a lot of comments on this post and almost all from white women. Just wondering why there are so few Afro/American bloggers in our "blogging neighborhood", what do you think? Or do I just not notice them?
Btw thank you so much for coming over to my blog to check on me while I was absent, that was really sweet:) All is/was fine here, I was just very busy. I'll link up my latest post for tomorrows What's it Wednesday!
Sending you both a big hug from freezing Germany
xoxo~ Carola - February 7, 2012 at 1:06 PM
- Diann said...
What a great post and so informative! And I loved seeing all your amazing historical treasures! Thank you for joining TTF last week! I hope you are having a wonderful day!
- February 8, 2012 at 11:37 AM
- Connie said...
Oooooh, I love this post, sugar!!! My grandfather was a railroad brakeman and I loved it when my grandma took me on the train in the sleeping compartment. My hubby is a model RR train enthusiast also. Enthusiast???? More like an addict! LOL
Nice to meet you.
Connie - March 29, 2012 at 10:30 PM
- Mom E. said...
I loved reading this post! All that history is so interesting for me. I remember many of the things you showed pictures of.
I love your "have Pride in yourself, but never be prejudice" attitude. If only we could all just get over skin color and be who we are meant to be, all God's children under the sun. You know, people are people, some behave well, some are unkind and downright mean. But no skin color has a monopoly on Kindness or meanness. We are each who we choose to be. I am sad that so many people treat others so horribly because of skin color. They miss out on so much because of that prejudice and choose to make their lives and others miserable.
I KNOW your heart and my heart are the same color...and I love that truth!
Hugs to you,
Betsy - November 17, 2013 at 1:12 AM
- Parsimonious Décor Darling said...
Thank goodness for yor "stroll down memory lane" post on 06-04-2014. This is by far one of the most interesting and wonderful posts I've found during my short time in blogland. I definitely empathize with you, love this! Thank you so much for sharing such wealth of information!
- June 4, 2014 at 6:50 PM
- Parsimonious Décor Darling said...
Oh.....and Oreo Barbie!!? Yikes!!!
- June 4, 2014 at 6:56 PM
- Tea in the Library said...
An inspiring and important post. Thank you for the sharing some of your family history.
- June 9, 2014 at 5:34 PM


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Serge Prokofieff
Serge Prokofieff is a major figure of the 20th century and one of its most popular composers * Studied at St Petersburg Conservatoire with Rimsky-Korsakov and Liadov * Early works gave him reputation as an enfant terrible, firstly due to influence of Scriabin, later because of violent motoric constructivism such as in Scythian Suite * Brilliance as virtuoso pianist demonstrated in series of concertos * Left Russia in 1918 for USA, while compositional career centred on Paris * Stageworks premiered in 1920s included operas The Love for Three Oranges and The Gambler and ballets commissioned by Diaghilev, Chout, Le Pas d'acier and The Prodigal Son * Returned to Russia to recapture roots in 1936, but soon under political attack from cultural commissars * Works from Soviet years among his most celebrated: Peter and the Wolf, opera War and Peace and ballets Romeo and Juliet and Cinderella * Died in 1953, on same day as Stalin * Throughout output, music characterised by sharp wit, memorable melodies, and vivid instrumental colour
Works by Serge Prokofieff include:
Chout (1915, rev.1920) Ballet in six scenes
Classical Symphony (1917)
The Love for Three Oranges (1919) Opera in four acts and a prologue
The Fiery Angel (1919-23, rev.1927) Opera in five acts
"In my view, the composer, just as the poet, the sculptor or the painter, is in duty bound to serve man, the people. He must beautify life and defend it. He must be a citizen first and foremost, so that his art might consciously extol human life and lead man to a radiant future." — Serge Prokofieff

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(defun copy-region-as-kill (beg end) "Save the region as if killed, but don't kill it. In Transient Mark mode, deactivate the mark. If `interprogram-cut-function' is non-nil, also save the text for a window system cut and paste." (interactive "r")
(if (eq last-command 'kill-region) (kill-append (filter-buffer-substring beg end) (< end beg)) (kill-new (filter-buffer-substring beg end)))
(if transient-mark-mode (setq deactivate-mark t)) nil)
As usual, this function can be divided into its component parts:
(defun copy-region-as-kill (argument-list) "documentation…" (interactive "r") body…)
The arguments are beg
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interactive with "r"
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beginning and end of the region. If you have been reading through this
document from the beginning, understanding these parts of a function is
almost becoming routine.
The documentation is somewhat confusing unless you remember that the
word "kill" has a meaning different from usual. The Transient Mark
and interprogram-cut-function
comments explain certain
After you once set a mark, a buffer always contains a region. If you wish, you can use Transient Mark mode to highlight the region temporarily. (No one wants to highlight the region all the time, so Transient Mark mode highlights it only at appropriate times. Many people turn off Transient Mark mode, so the region is never highlighted.)
Also, a windowing system allows you to copy, cut, and paste among
different programs. In the X windowing system, for example, the
function is x-select-text
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clause. What this clause does is distinguish between two
different situations: whether or not this command is executed
immediately after a previous kill-region
command. In the first
case, the new region is appended to the previously copied text.
Otherwise, it is inserted into the beginning of the kill ring as a
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When They Come For Your Guns, You Will Turn Them Over
"When they come for my gun, they will have to pry it out of my cold, dead hands," is a common refrain I often hear from the Neo-Cons when there is a threat, credible or otherwise, that the US government is going to take their firearms.
And, when I hear this crazy talk, I agree with them openly. "You are right. They will pry your gun from your cold dead hands," which I often follow with the question, "And where will that leave you except face down in a pool of your own blood [in] the middle of the street, just another dead fool resisting the State?"
This is not a question they are comfortable with, if only because the intent of their saber-rattling was to imply they would fight to keep their weapons, and win.
Nice fantasy. It's not happening.
…they will take your guns, and no, all your Second Amendment bluster aside, you are not going to do anything about it.
If the federal government decides to disarm the public, and when the increasingly-militarized police force rolls down your street after a not-so-subtle request that you kindly turn over your firearms and ammunition "for the common good," it will be nothing less than suicide by cop to do anything other than what you are told.
The militarization of US police forces is ongoing and escalating. Many cities and towns now own tanks, armed personnel carriers, even attack helicopters, and almost all are outfitted with military weapons not available to the general public.
And, it is not just your hometown cops who are getting new boy-toys. The military itself is buying up weaponry not just for use in the current or next scheduled war, but to deal with the likes of you, citizens who don't seem to understand that the Bill of Rights has been overruled, and that specifically includes, but is not limited to, the right to protest and engage in civil disobedience.
Also ignored (as if it didn't even exist) is the Posse Comitatus Act of 1878 which generally bars the military from law enforcement activities within the United States.
According to Public Intelligence:
"…for the last two years, the President's Budget Submissions for the Department of Defense have included purchases of a significant amount of combat equipment, including armored vehicles, helicopters and even artillery, under an obscure section of the FY2008 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for the purposes of 'homeland defense missions, domestic emergency responses, and providing military support to civil authorities.' Items purchased under the section include combat vehicles, tanks, helicopters, artillery, mortar systems, missiles, small arms and communications equipment. Justifications for the budget items indicate that many of the purchases are part of routine resupply and maintenance, yet in each case the procurement is cited as being 'necessary for use by the active and reserve components of the Armed Forces for homeland defense missions, domestic emergency responses, and providing military support to civil authorities' under section 1815 of the FY 2008 NDAA."
And, they are not just arming cops and weekend warriors for domestic purposes. Active duty Marines are now being trained for law enforcement operations all over the world (of which the US remains a part) specifically to deal with civil uprisings, and the US government knows that civil uprisings are coming to a town near you just as soon as the fantasy of a healing economy is shattered, the US dollar fails, and unemployment goes to 30%+ in real numbers.
And, to you tough-talking Neo-Cons with your AR-15 rifles and a few thousand rounds of ammo, here is the reality: they will take your guns, and no, all your Second Amendment bluster aside, you are not going to do anything about it. You are not going to take on a platoon of Marines with state-of-the-art automatic weapons and the best body armor you cannot buy protected by armed personnel carriers and attack helicopters unless you choose to die that day — for nothing. You will either be in the country or out, and if you are in, you will stay in and you will comply.
That is your choice… for the moment.
Jim Karger
for The Daily Reckoning
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Thanksgiving came and went and, oh, goodness. I couldn't have predicted how well the squash ravioli would taste. True, it ended up more squash lasagna after baking, but, oh.
The sauce was a very basic sherry cream sauce. About 1/2 cup finely chopped shallots, sweated in 2 tablespoons butter and more salt than I'd have used if I'd remembered to put any in the filling. Add 2 cups sherry, turn up the heat, and breathe through the nose (oh) while it reduces to about 1/3. Add 2 cups stock, then two cups heavy cream. Whisk thoroughly and pour over a 10 x 12 baking dish full of frozen ravioli. Bake at 350 for 40 minutes or so.
That went (quite well) with the rest of the meal:
– Two grilled turkeys, one stuffed under the skin with garlic and rosemary, one with jerk seasoning
– Gravy from drippings and milk (about a cup of honey wine poured in the bottom of each pan pre-grilling kept the drippings from burning and caramelized nicely), made with a roux while the turkeys rested
– Potatoes mashed with sour cream and butter
– Steamed broccoli topped with melted cheese
– Sage dressing with sunflower seeds and dried cherries
– Grandma's cranberry relish (ground cranberries, a tiny bit of sugar, crushed pineapple and mini marshmallows, folded with stiff whipped cream)
– Chewy, whole-grain bread with homemade elderberry and cherry jelly
– For thems as wanted it, a nice chardonnay that stood up to all those flavors better than it had any right to
– For thems as didn't, fresh, unfiltered apple cider
Dessert was hours after dinner, by long tradition and popular demand.
– An apple-pecan pie from the orchard
– Spicy pumpkin pie (fresh nutmeg, ginger, Ceylon cinnamon, cloves, cardamom and plenty of all of it) from fresh pumpkin
– Cinnamon ice cream to go on top
Everything was done when expected and at the same time. Everyone was cheerful except my niece, who had a good excuse and mostly slept it off on the couch. Everyone brought something, so we only provided the turkey, gravy, cranberries, ravioli, and pumpkin pie.
(I keep telling myself that I'll learn to make good dressing someday, but I don't believe it. Fundamentally, I just don't believe in bread pudding. I think it knows that somehow. Or maybe I simply can't make myself put that much butter and that many eggs into a single dish.)
Later, we were asked to show our vacation photos. Then we introduced folks to Super Rub-a-Dub, a PS3 game involving rubber ducks and wind-up toy sharks. Brutally simple and highly addicting. Even Ben's mom and her boyfriend had to play.
All in all, we couldn't have asked for the day to turn out better.


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A weird-looking, enormous sunfish was discovered by two fishermen on the shore at Coorong National Park in South Australia over the weekend.
The ocean sunfish (Mola mola) was spotted at the mouth of the Murray River by Steven Jones, the supervisor of a cockle fishing crew, and his colleague Hunter Church.
"He thought it was a piece of driftwood as they were driving past on the work truck," Jones' partner Linette Grzelak, who posted the photos of the fish on Facebook, told CNN. "None of them had seen anything like this before."
"They find all sorts of sea life along the beaches they dig but it has been mostly sharks and seals. This was something very different," Grzelak added.
"Steven said it was extremely heavy and its skin was leathery like a rhinoceros."
National Parks South Australia said these sunfish are the world's largest bony fish and they can weigh more than a car.
The Mola mola, discovered and named only in 2017, feeds largely on jellyfish and can grow well over 2 meters (more than 6 feet) -- although this one was "only" 1.8 meters long, putting it on the smaller end of the scale, according to the South Australian Museum .
"The Mola mola is known for its large size, odd flattened body shape and fins," the museum's fish collection manager Ralph Foster told CNN via e-mail. He added that he was able to identify the fish from the markings on its tail and the shape of its head.
Foster added that the fish is also known as a sunfish because it enjoys basking in the sun. Their size and sun bathing habit mean they can be hit by boats, and some are so large they actually sink yachts, he said.
"Researchers have been putting satellite tags and data loggers on these fish and found they will come to the surface and lay on their side on the surface, hence the name the sunfish," Foster said. "Once they are warm enough they dive down several hundreds of meters and feed on jellyfish and stay down there for lengthy periods of time."
"We know very little about them. It's only in the last few years that technology has allowed us to start learning about them," Foster explained.
"The fish was thought to be a purely Southern Hemisphere species but just a couple of weeks ago one made the news when it turned up on a Californian beach, highlighting how little we know about sunfish in general."
The museum said there's no way of knowing why this specimen died.
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Agni Parthene
Agni Parthene (Gr. Αγνή Παρθένε) is a non-liturgical hymn composed in Greek by St. Nectarios of Aegina in the 19th century during his tenure as director of the Rizarios Theological School of Athens. St. Nektarios liked to compose hymns in honor of the Mother of God to deepen his personal prayer and relationship with her. The tradition passed down at the monastery of St. Nektarios, in Aegina, Greece, is that the Lady herself appeared before him and requested that he record on paper a particular hymn the angelic choirs were about to sing. This hymn was the "Agni Parthene". The original script can still be viewed on his prayer table in his bedroom at this monastery.
The original melody to this hymn was composed by an Athonite hymnographer who is said to also have had a vision of the Virgin Mary prior to composing the work. The recording of this melody by the Monks of Simonopetra has contributed significantly to the popularization of the hymn.
Due to its popularity, the hymn has been translated into many langauges and the original melody has been adapted to suit the particular style of church chanting. One such variation is the Valaam Monastery chant of the Russian translation.
The hymn of the Pure Virgin is part of A Small Theotokarion (Athens, 1905) a book of Hymns to the Mother of God, written by St. Nektarios.
This hymn has been used during communion in the Liturgy and it is sometimes chanted at the beginning of Vespers.
The monk of Simonopetra on Mt Athos, has stated that he was writing music not to be sung in church - but during work, on walks, etc. This is not a liturgical hymn, and it it wrong to use it during services. It is not in the form of a liturgical hymn - it is a two-part, antiphonal song of praise. In Greece it is sung in concerts, never in church.
External links
- Agni Parthene (Complete) on YouTube
- Agni Parthene--Divna Ljubojevic on YouTube
- Other YouTube versions: 1, 2 (Romanian - Fecioara curata), 3, 4 (Slavonic), 5 (St. Nektarios), 6 (English), 7 (more)
- Free sample performed by the Monks of Simonopetra Monastery
- Free sample of Russian performance
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Michael Blomgren as Macbeth |
Blood of Macbeth opened this past weekend and makes for quite a different experience. First and foremost, this is not a straightforward production of Shakespeare's play. Rather, we get a surreal adaptation. Literally, one dives into the unconscious, as if visiting someone's mind as they dream of Macbeth. Images and ideas bleed into one another, with not-quite a stream of consciousness flow. Not quite.
At the very start we discover what kind of world we'll be viewing. Men in what look like prison (or perhaps asylum) garb beat a mannequin savagely. Is this supposed to be a man. Such I assumed. Now that I think on it, though--was it? Makes just as much sense to assault such an 'idol' or 'puppet' or 'symbol' as a person. Even what seems like a (symbolic?) rape of the fallen figure makes a kind of sense. Perfectly in keeping with the original, even. Much of Shakespeare's plays that deal with royalty are about power. Who has it, how did they get it, in which ways they might wield it, exactly who and why they lose it. Power in this case symbolized in loads of ways. By fire. By the right to stand atop a blood-red box. Mostly by obedience from others. Also, by how others tolerate even welcome extreme behavior.
Soon another factor makes its appearance. Or their appearance I should say. The witches, called "the weird sisters" in the original text. Far more than three this time. And here we find a pattern worthy of note. Not only are these witches the veritable Greek Chorus in terms of the play, but as well the only female characters to be found.
That's right. No Lady Macbeth. Or, more precisely, both Macbeth's have been combined into one character. Michael Blomgren seems to be having a blast as a monarch whose real power derives from the sponsorship of the female side of the world. When he's enthroned as King, for example, the men offer Macbeth a heavy masculine crown. But the weird sisters (whom the men usually cannot see) offer a lovely little tiara.
He choose the tiara. Yeah, 'tis hilarious. But also makes perfect sense. This Macbeth rules as both both King and Queen.
The bizarre resemblance to The Joker fits as well. But that might be coincidence.
Either way, this souped up frenzy of a show doesn't really allow you time to think and try to figure stuff out. Director Josh T. Ryan keeps the play going like a roller coaster, the gags and dreamlike digs more or less constant. Interestingly (and I think tellingly) only one female cast member is really a character. Chelsea Kurtz portrays the Murderer, as something akin to a Geisha and an Indonesian dancer (the hand gestures seemed to echo such anyway). She is the one who kills Banquo, not in the straightforward slaughter of the men, but by temptation and trickery. For the record, she's funny. The smile she effects says worlds about how this Murderer likes her job, gloats over how Banquo will die at her hand, because she knows things. Things no one is supposed to know, but of course someone nearly always does.
Not for everyone, to be sure. But among other things this production makes one of the best pieces of performance art I've seen in a long while.
Blood for Macbeth plays Saturdays @ 8:30pm and Sundays @ 3pm July 14-August 19, 2012 at Zombie Joe's Underground Theatre Group, 4850 Lankershim Blvd., North Hollywood (818) 202-4120
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PARIS — As the stench of rotten, uncleared garbage wafts through parts of Paris and pilots prepare to strike, French President Francois Hollande said he would do what was needed to ensure protests do not spoil the Euro 2016 soccer tournament starting on Friday.
"France was chosen to host this big event and will live up to the scale of the task," Hollande said, adding that a smooth running of the world's third biggest sporting event would also showcase a country bidding to host the 2024 Olympics.
"If measures have to be taken tomorrow, they will be taken."
His government chimed in 24 hours ahead of the first match of a month-long football fiesta that millions of fans and foreign visitors hope to follow despite an industrial dispute and pickets that have hit public transport and rubbish collection and snarled up strategic roads.
"Some people just don't give a damn that their country is about to host a big event which creates jobs and huge economic benefits," sports minister Thierry Braillard said.
The message fell on deaf ears. The hardline CGT union said it would extend a rubbish collection strike in the capital until June 14 and Air France pilots confirmed a four-day walkout from Saturday after pay talks collapsed.
While rail services improved as a nine-day strike over work and rest time ran out of steam, one union said it might disrupt services and make it hard for fans to reach France's opening match against Romania on Friday.
Air France said it would be have to cancel up to 30 percent of flights during the four-day walkout by pilots but said it hoped to minimise disruption to travel to cities hosting the Euro championship.
"Of course, we'll look after the Euro tournament," airline chief Frederic Gagey told a news conference, adding the dispute would cost the airline 5 million euros ($5.66 million) a day.
Finance Minister Michel Sapin said the confrontation risked undermining a nascent pickup in economic growth after official data suggesting job creation was rising and an unemployment rate of 10 percent starting to drop, a year from elections.
The country has been plagued for weeks by protests over plans to change labor laws, compounded by sectoral disputes over issues such as reorganization of work and rest time at the state-owned SNCF railways.
Hollande says reform is key to tackling unemployment, which he promised to bring down when elected in 2012. Sapin said job creation in the first three months of the year was better than in any quarter since early 2008.
"This is not the moment to throw a spanner into the works, with growth picking up," Sapin said.
As millions of foreign visitors and soccer fans prepared for the soccer tournament, garbage piled up on the streets in parts of Paris, and Marseilles garbage workers started similar action, bringing waste plants to a standstill.
Hours from an opening soccer match that pits France against Romania, a train driver representative of the SUD union warned that travel to the 80,000-capacity stadium could be disrupted on a commuter line known as the RER D. The line usually ferries tens of thousands of fans to the site from inner Paris.
"The Euros are here and let me tell you this, it's going to be hard to take the RER D on Friday," said SUD representative Fabien Villedieu. "They'll find some non-strikers to man trains, but it's going to be complicated to get there by train."
It was not clear that his union had enough power to cause a major disruption through a strike, or whether it planned to set up pickets or even occupy the rail tracks. A representative of the RATP urban transport network said plans were being made to ensure enough trains to get tens of thousands of football fans to their destination.


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The following portfolios represent a selection from the bodies of work Enos has created over the years. Many more images are available on request.
285 Broken Dreams:
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Chris Enos • Essay by Elvis E. Fleming
Museum of New Mexico Press, Santa Fe, 2011. 104 pp., 222 color and 12 black
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NEW YORK (AP) — Holiday shoppers were more than willing to spend during the holiday season, if they saw big discounts or were shopping online.
Sales rose 3.8 percent from last year for November and December combined, according to the National Retail Federation's analysis of federal figures. That was a healthy gain in a season that kept merchants worried right up until Christmas as people held off on spending.
That caution and increased online shopping made the holiday less festive at the mall. Shoppers stayed away from many traditional destinations like department stores and electronics stores.
The sales increase came in just shy of the trade group's forecast of a 3.9 percent gain. It was better than the 3.5 percent increase in 2012 and the 3.3 percent average for the past 10 years.
"It was a knock-down, drag-out battle between retailers to see who could discount the most to generate the most traffic," said Ken Perkins, president of Retail Metrics LLC, a research firm.
For retailers, those discounts came straight out of their profits. Many have cut their forecasts for the fourth quarter, and profits are expected to be the weakest since second quarter of 2009, when the economy was coming out of the Great Recession.
Perkins estimates that fourth-quarter profits will fall 0.7 percent from last year, the first decline since a 6.7 percent drop seen during the second quarter of 2009, according to his tally of 120 retailers.
January is already off to a slow start. Some stores like Express Inc. and Lululemon Athleta have said weak January sales are compounding their holiday-season woes. Express said it plans to continue heavy sales promotions, which it expects to last through the month.
"The consumer is fatigued and taking a break," Perkins said.
Retailers' fiscal year typically ends in late January or early February to include the pre-Christmas and post-Christmas seasons. A lot is at stake. November and December account for 20 percent of the retail industry's annual sales, on average.
Jack Kleinhenz, economist at the National Retail Federation, agrees that the holiday season was challenging.
"It ended on a solid pace, but it was tempered by consumers' selectivity and preference to discounts," he said.
The National Retail Federation's figures include online sales but exclude sales at automotive dealers, gas stations and restaurants
They're extrapolated from Commerce Department retail sales figures, which were also released Tuesday.
That report showed retail sales rose 0.2 percent in December compared with November. That followed strong gains in October and November, helped by healthy auto sales.
According to the National Retail Federation's analysis of holiday business, sales rose 3 percent in November and 4.6 percent in December from a year earlier.
The results highlight how Americans' shopping habits are changing, posing challenges for retailers in 2014.
Over the past few months, people have been buying cars and appliances, as they take advantage of lower interest rates and replace worn-out models. That has left less room to buy more discretionary items. In a stronger economy, people could do both.
Another issue for traditional retailers: shoppers' continuing shift to online shopping.
David Haskins, 32, of Greenville, N.C. did almost all his buying online this holiday, up from about half last year. He avoided department stores and bought a camera at Best Buy only because it matched an online price that was $200 cheaper.
Most of his shopping was done at Amazon.com, where he joined as a Prime member to get free shipping.
"When you are looking for something you need, you can just lay in bed and pull up a phone app," Haskins said. But he said he doesn't spend willy-nilly.
"I do a lot of research. I know exactly what I want before I make a purchase."
Haskins' shopping habits played out in the December figures.
Excluding spending on autos, gas and building supplies, retail sales rose a solid 0.7 percent in December from November. But the report shows less spending at traditional holiday outlets. Online sales grew 1.4 percent in December compared with the previous month and 14 percent from last year.
But furniture and electronic purchases fell last month. And sales at department stores fell 0.7 percent in December from November — and 3.3 percent for the full year.
For all of 2013, total retail sales rose 4.2 percent, the weakest gain in four years.


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In our fiscal year 2012, which ended in July, Cisco completed and met our latest greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction goal. To recap our past goals:
- September 2006: Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) commitment to reduce GHG emissions from all Cisco business air travel worldwide by 10% absolute (FY06 baseline).
This goal was met in 2009.
- June 2008: EPA Climate Leaders commitment to reduce all Scope 1, 2, and business-air-travel Scope 3 GHG emissions worldwide by 25% absolute by CY12 (CY07 baseline).
Both the Scope 1 / 2, and Scope 3 parts of this goal were met in 2012.
We believe formal goals should address the most material environmental issues—which for Cisco are GHG and energy. Over the years, we accumulated several insights—some learned on our own and others suggested by stakeholders—that informed the creation of our new goals. Below, I introduce our new goals and the thinking behind each one.
New Goals:
We thought the basic outline of our EPA Climate Leaders goal was sound, so we carried the form of that goal forward, but this time separated Scope 1 / 2 and Scope 3 emissions into separate goals:
- Reduce total, Cisco, Scope 1 and 2, GHG emissions worldwide by 40% absolute by FY2017 (FY2007 baseline).
- Reduce total, Cisco, business-air-travel, Scope 3 emissions worldwide by 40% absolute by FY2017 (FY2007 baseline).
Our 2008 EPA Climate Leaders goal was sometimes read as a reduction goal for the sum of all three types of emissions listed; we intended them to be separate and thought we'd make that intention clearer with separate goals. We decided to reference both these new goals to the original FY2007 baseline to provide better long-term perspective on our performance, climate change being a long-term problem. We thought 5 years continued to be an appropriate time frame. Some stakeholders champion annual goals, but our experience is that efforts with more reduction potential need more runway.
Our next concern was to put more emphasis throughout Cisco on the underlying energy use behind the reported GHG emissions. Most of our emissions are from electricity—and can be reduced by purchasing low-carbon electricity—but we wanted more attention and resources applied to energy efficiency.
- Reduce total, Cisco, operational energy use per unit of revenue worldwide by 15% by FY2017 (FY2007 baseline).
By the way, if you're wondering what's with all the words, we want to be clear that these goals are for all of Cisco without qualification. We found a lot of companies set goals for their headquarters site or country, or only one business, or exclude subsidiaries. That's why we are a bit redundant with "total" and "worldwide."
Next, we wanted to address stakeholder concerns that we site our facilities—particularly data centers—in regions that don't rely on "dirty" electricity (i.e., coal). We have 15 to 20 criteria for facility siting, each weighted less than 10% of the total siting score. We don't have decision gates, such as "no coal," but think we can address the underlying concern by focusing on electricity emissions factor.
- Reduce Cisco's FY2017, net, consumption-weighted, electricity emission factor to half of the latest International Energy Agency (IEA) world average emission factor publicly available before the end of FY2017.
If all companies (and individuals!) were able to cut their electricity emissions factor in half, all energy-related emissions would drop by 20%. (Electricity generation is about 40 percent of global, energy-related, GHG emissions per the U.S. Energy Information Agency—see Figure 3 of an EIA report.)
Last, we will continue to support renewable sources of electricity, both from onsite and offsite generation.
- Use electricity generated from renewable sources for at least 25% of our electricity every year through FY2017.
It is hoped that eventually (perhaps through a smarter grid) any individual or organization could easily buy electricity from any power generator on their grid—whether from solar, wind, natural gas, geothermal, nuclear, or hydro—but for now, only renewables are readily available for separate purchase.
What About Our Supply Chain?
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To summarize our supplier CDP reporting performance to date:
- Contract manufacturers, Tier 1 partner: 100% of Cisco spend with contract manufacturers reports to CDP (goal = 100%)
- Approved Vendor List (AVL) components, Tier 2 partner: 80% of spend reports (goal = 80%)
- Global transportation, Tier 1 partner: 93% of spend reports (goal = 90%)
These data plus prior year performance are provided in Table 12 of the Environment chapter of our 2012 CSR report). We plan to extend the reach of this initiative by adding more categories of suppliers to future CSR reports.
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It was only a matter of time before the first expansion to the latest edition of the immortal Civilization franchise was announced. Today, it became official. 2K Games announced today that the first expansion for Civ 5, titled Gods and Kings would be available as a spring 2012 release. In it, the much-requested religion and espionage components will both be making a return.
Civilization V has already had several DLC releases but this will be the first major revamp of the game's mechanics since release. Here's the full list of updated features directly from 2K.
- Tons of New Stuff. I know I just mentioned it, but I want to draw attention to just how many new things we've got here: 27 new units, 13 new buildings, 9 new wonders, and 9 new playable civilizations. Among the new civilizations are the Netherlands (William I, Prince of Orange), the Celts (Boudicca), and the Mayans (Pacal the Great).
- Religion. That's right; quite possibly the most requested major addition to the game is coming in the Gods & Kings expansion. Using the new "Faith" resource, you'll be able to found your own religion and grow it from a simple Pantheon of the Gods to a world-spanning fully-customized religion.
- Reworked Combat System. The expansion has a reworked combat system along with an AI that places more emphasis on balanced army composition. Among the changes to the combat system is the addition of melee naval units, which will force you to really rethink the way you execute your naval assaults.
- Enhanced Diplomacy, with Espionage. In addition to being able to establish embassies with your rival civilizations, spies will now be an important part of how you conduct your foreign affairs. Surveilling foreign cities, stealing advanced techs, and garnering influence with city-states are some of the things you'll be able to do with this new powerful mechanic.
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- New Scenarios. Three new scenarios will be coming in Civilization V: Gods & Kings. Experience the fall of Rome, explore the medieval era, and my personal favorite: a unique scenario in a Victorian science-fiction setting.
New combat AI? Religion? 9 new Civs? Sounds like this is exactly the game that the fans have been asking for.