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The Way We Were: To Create, Some Turn to What's Been ForgottenJune 7, 2011
Picking through bits and pieces of the past has been a longtime hobby of mine. Things of great or little value, beautiful or ugly all manage to offer some sort of inspiration for the work I do.
Coco Chanel once said (and you can imagine how it sounded, all hoarse and nicotine stained), "He who insists on his own creativity has no memory." That's another way of saying that it's not easy being original. But many designers and commercial artists turn to the past for inspiration, a time when design felt somehow more fresh and vibrant than the self-conscious, krazy glue approach used by some in appropriating the detritus of the past. Hello Lady Gaga.
Thrift stores and vintage shops can provide a haphazard appreciation for the world of commercial design: the decorative, the utilitarian, and the obsolete. At one time, someone somewhere was inspired, innovated an idea or concept, and executed it into a finished object. Some of those designers became famous. Many are forgotten.
I was at one of my favorite vintage stores the other day and a woman in her late seventies passed me, slowly scanning the random objects scattered high and low like a strange collage. Here we were, two different generations, each looking out into the darkness of our own pasts and remembering ever so vaguely, a place in time when many of those objects before us actually mattered.
We mark time as much by experience and the lines on our face as we do with many of the objects around us. Those things we keep long beyond their necessity are often simply markers of a simpler, more innocent time.
American "antique" stores in particular are experts at selling us our pasts — objects with little real value beyond that they remind us of something. These shops are chock full of kitschy mementos like Shirley Temple dolls, heaps of table linens, potato mashers, or piles of Ladies Home Journals. In other words: junk. Here: a telephone that once heard thousands of conversations from 1967 – 1992 until it was summarily dismissed for something… cordless. There: a collection of ashtrays from Las Vegas motels, or a ViewMaster with slides of Yosemite.
It's no secret that designers are constantly using fragments of the past to inspire their current creations. Some are more liberal than others. Prada has been criticized for essentially "copying" vintage textiles a bit too closely. Others, like home furnishings icon Jonathan Adler has been even more aggressive in his nod towards a Pat Nixon-Country Club aesthetic. Nevertheless, consumers continue to gobble up modernist-inspired pieces for their playful nostalgia.
Which is why the website, How to Be a Retronaut (www.howtobearetronaut.com) is a bizarre but fascinating trip through time with esoteric bits of ephemera that have been randomly discovered and offer a visceral glimpse into the past.
Like a 200-year-old love letter is discovered in the upholstery of a French armchair.
Or a pristine set of photographs of London's Piccadilly Circus in the 1940's, in sparkling Kodachrome (R.I.P.) In this case, the site allows one to zoom and soar through the photos as if we were there. It all looks so fresh and new like it was yesterday, the people on the streets, the cars and traffic. A moment in time when everyone was busy being alive and moving forward.
As we look: back.
One entry is a stranger-than-fiction moment. Filmmaker George Clarke claims that a 1928 clip from the premiere of Charlie Chaplin's "The Circus" reveals a woman who appears to be talking on a mobile phone. He suggests that she must be a true Retronaut — a time traveler (watch the clip here.)
Photography makes up the bulk of How to Be a Retronaut but they are not just ordinary vintage photos. They are moments in time when no one was looking. People conducting their lives unselfconsciously (hardly what we see today.)
One of my favorites is a recently discovered collection of photographs taken at American suburban shopping malls in 1990. They are so candid and ordinary that you can't help but be a voyeur (to learn more about these photos, go to www.kickstarter.com.)
The site also features pictures of forgotten places such as hospitals, schools, and amusement parks. Overgrown and ramshackle, they invite us to imagine the lives once lived there.
A website which devotes itself exclusively to such places is www.abandoned-places.com. Creator Henk Van Rensbergen began photographing his discoveries at age 20. I've been following his work for almost ten years now and am always drawn to his remarkable work. His specialty seems to be old hospitals and insane asylums, but he also captures my other favorite, old airports.
If that's your idea of a vacation, then I recommend Abandoned and Little-Known Airfields (not much of a title, but there's no room for mistake), http://members.tripod.com/airfields_freeman/
This is site is a good deal more nerdy than artistic, but there are some fantastic photographs of many commercial airfields, weed-choked and definitely forgotten, but still able to capture the lost romance of travel.
And like any time traveler, isn't that what we're all ultimately searching for?


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Sarwat I Chaudhry MD
Associate Professor of Medicine (General Medicine); Principal Investigator (SILVER-AMI Study)
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Sarwat Chaudhry, MD is a board-certified internist who completed her clinical training at the University of Chicago. She came to Yale for the Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program, and now holds a faculty position as Associate Professor of Medicine in the Section of General Medicine. She was recently funded to conduct a large-scale observational study, SILVER-AMI, of older patients with acute myocardial infarction. The goal of this study is to understand how non-traditional risk factors, such as frailty and cognitive impairment, impact the outcomes of this rapidly growing patient population. 3000 patients with AMI will be enrolled from across the country and followed for 6 months after hospital discharge. In addition, Dr. Chaudhry serves as Director of the Academic Hospitalist Program at Yale. In this role, she is conducting work to improve the safety and quality of hospitalized patients.
Education & Training
- Loyola University (1991)
- University of Chicago (1995)
- Resident
- University of Chicago
- Fellow
- Yale University, Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program
- Board Certification
- Internal Medicine, Board Certified (1998)
Honors & Recognition
- Summa Cum Laude
Loyola University (1991)
- AOA Honorary Medical Society
- National Institute on Aging Summer Institute
Professional Service
- Member, Cardiovascular Health Study Geriatrics Working Group (07/01/2008)
- Member, American Geriarics Society (07/01/2008)

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Spending is in Americans' DNA
We're frugal, but we're not poor. Restaurants and good fast food have strong appeal for consumers now, making those stocks solid buys.
I'm getting blown away by the big move in restaurants this week as major research firms up their ratings and say it's time to get into the group.
I'm flabbergasted because if consumers are really hurting, if the payroll tax hike mattered, if the delayed tax refunds mattered, and if higher gasoline prices mattered, these upgrades surely don't show it.
On Wednesday, Raymond James said, after a hiatus, that it's time to buy Panera (PNRA). Thursday, Goldman said Panera and Brinker (EAT) -- think Chili's -- should be bought because increasingly optimistic consumers are spending, particularly those in the high-income bracket. The same Goldman research also says Starbucks (SBUX) is more popular than ever and has a better more-likely-to-recommend ratio than any other restaurant chain.
From what you read in the newspapers and on the Internet and what you hear on TV, these recommendations make no sense. How is it possible that we could have any confidence at all, given all of the negative news?
How can people be willing to spend $6 a throw at Panera for a signature panini or that Asian sesame chicken salad, or shell out 10 smackers for a dinner at Chili's or $5 on a triple venti cappuccino with skim, wet?
How come they're not staying home? Isn't that what you do when things are tougher? How come they're not trading down to McDonald's (MCD), which, by the way, has made some solid, more nutritional changes to its menu of late?
Simple. It's because we're a richer country than people realize, particularly when our houses and our stock portfolios go up in value.
Most people spend way too much time obsessing about sending a few dollars more to the taxman. And for the rich people, a return to the old tax rates of the 1990s was supposed to be catastrophic.
In reality, 98% of the people didn't have their income taxes raised. Many of the remaining 2% have seen an rise in their chief asset, their home, which might actually make up for the increased taxes. Everyone, of course, feels better even knowing what his tax rate is, something the fiscal cliff resolution finally gave us.
I agree with all of Goldman's research except the takedown of Domino's (DPZ) to buy from conviction buy and the dissing of Chipotle (CMG) as no longer as cool as it used to be.
We spoke to Domino's CEO Patrick Doyle. That company is more of an international company than ever, and business sounds quite strong. That's why the name didn't come off the actual buy list. Chipotle? I wonder if "Food with Integrity" ever goes out of style, and that's what's cool about the Mexican chain.
More important, I think these upgrades are going to look very smart a few months from now because raw costs for everything from gasoline to grains are coming down right now, and all of these companies are incredibly good at productivity and cost control.
This group has been a real underperformer of late. Right now the market wants to embrace those stocks that have underperformed, as opposed to many of the first-quarter winners, which are getting hammered. I think they have once again become go-to places when we get foreign-related sell-offs because these are domestic security growth companies, and that's the stock antidote to the Japanese, European and Chinese central bank irrationality that's playing out now.
And remember: We aren't a poor nation, and we aren't a frugal nation. We remain a nation of spenders. Going out to dinner has always been in our DNA, especially when we're feeling good about ourselves. And that's what happens when our stocks are up and our houses are no longer going down in value.
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Restaurant traffic is definitely there - lots of places are crowded on the weekends. But if you listen to the insiders, they'll tell you sales of the real moneymakers are down - drinks, appetizers and desserts. Wanna save $12 when you take a family of 4 out to Applebees? Have them all order water - save $2.50/person plus tip.
we have a giant quagmire of a mess happening.
poorly educated kids, "no child left behind" testing up the ying yang instead of old fashion traditonal education.
kids who have parents who grew up baby sat with the video now baby sit their kids with video games.
people who still think making $15 or $20 an hour is a "good paying" job.
the stage is set for some wild future for usa!
i'm still making sure MY butt is covered
Credit card balances are rising again and the only reason they fell over the past couple of years was not people paying them off but going bankrupt and the banks having to write off the bankruptcy card balances.
At almost $15,000 of credit card debt per person that is a lot of $5.01 on a triple venti cappuccino with skim, wet?
Pretty much nothing has changed and the US consumer is still living off credit.
This is not going to end well at all folks.
Expect by the end of this year half the world's trade being done in yuan and by end of next year 100 percent of the world's trade done in yuan and the total collapse of the dollar.
Get ready to ask your illegal immigration friends how to live on no income at all.
FEMA should look into soup lines once again before this coming economic crisis makes it impossible for them to respond.
it's not rocket science to notice the attendance in restaurants has gone back up the past few years. people like to go out to eat. prudent people watch it, not eating out every single day. many only a few times a month at best.
but to turn this into a "BUY" opportunity seems late. or at best a call for BUY when others know something hidden in the background that should mean SELL.
The rise in product for the restaurants, is what has had me perplexed,
Beef, pork,chicken,fish even bread products...
So I figure one of two things...Lower grades of meat are being used or smaller portions ?
For a couple to go out and get 3 entrees for $20 bucks is a fair deal, not including bevs?
Lunch at tops $7, should be enough at many places...
Much above those prices, would just be because of a higher cost of living Regionally.
But by the time you throw in a beverage or so, plus tip...You are at $25 and $10, respectively.
Eating out several times a week, gets damn expensive; And you would need a reason to do so.
Everytime I get ready or think about investing in the eatery business, I pull back and have second thoughts....It's been fickle the last few years, ups and downs for too many reasons, and then dealing with what has been labeled "the Great Recession."
Mickey D's has actually faired pretty through all of it....I guess because of people downgrading??
Yum's was doing fine ,then they have food problems in China..
Starbucks, outside of penetrating of every corner in America...It's troubling with all the competition.
I guess I'm just too skeptical...And have missed part of the boat ride, because of it.
According to an Article, done by a Research Economist for the Associated Press...
Most indicators are BACK to pre-Recession numbers or the Fall of 2007...
I'm not going to beat this to death, because I end up "spinning my wheels".
There's just too much doom& gloom in some circles...And I refuse to let it bring me down.
Most of the indicators of the Economy are within 1-2%, some even less to previous levels.
Exceptions: Are the "Job Numbers and Housing" they are lagging, but coming back a little better.
There is "no arguement" on that front, and no need to try and explain it off to Obama or anyone else for that matter...We went through a "Great Recession" we all "know that to be a fact."
It does not to be "repeated on a daily basis" it's a given....IMO
The DEBT and some of the other deficits, we shall have to deal with on a long term basis..
That is a given also....No arguement here....What's the use.???
We are un-winding from a deep recession...
And it will take plenty of time....No one could do it much faster, then what's being done..NO ONE.
Ahhhh....Getting back to the restaurant vein....We made arrangements to go out/up to our small Golf Club and have dinner with some old friends, that use to own a Bar, and we traveled with them to Horse races, and Gamblings boats on the Mississippi....We usually got a group together and took someone's motor home....It was a lot of fun in the "good old days."
Now I know I'm not going to have ham salad sandwichs tonight...
And probably will have a strip steak or a top sirloin, cooked on the grill, with a salad bar.
Yes we do have choices occassionally....I consider us fortunate.
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The cost is $10 in advance and $15 day of the event. This covers the transportation and a drink at every pub. Keenan Baxter will provide the live entertainment at White Rhino from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. playing Celtic tunes. There will also be the Bushmills girls passing out cool St Patty's stuff.
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February 9-10's Nashville Creativity Summit is a big undertaking for The Skillery, and an exciting one, since our intent is both to heap a bunch of new skills on creative folks, and to push creative entrepreneurs further toward success. As a bunch of entrepreneurs/creative types ourselves, it's an intent that's personal as much as it is business.
In hopes of offering a deeper, more specific look into the what, why, when and how behind the Nashville Creativity Summit, we wrangled some answers to frequently asked questions. We hope it gets attendees as psyched up as we are for a weekend of intense learning, doing, sharing, making, snacking and coffee drinking.
Take a look below, and learn more about the Nashville Creativity Summit on The Skillery website. Please, let us know if you have any other questions — we live to yammer about this event, and we live to yammer with members of The Skillery community.
What's the point of the Nashville Creativity Summit?
The NCS is intended to help Nashville entrepreneurs start or grow their creative businesses. It's an opportunity to learn from experts and connect with other entrepreneurs. It might also offer the push that budding entrepreneurs need to really jump into making their idea and their passion a business.
The folks who'll be speaking at day one of the Summit all come from a place of doing — they've had to jumpstart their creativity, or sharpen their own business' brand, or solve complicated creative problems quickly and effectively, grow a social media audience. They're not preaching any of this stuff academically — they're sharing real-world experience and insight into something about which they're extremely passionate. That's what drew us to everyone on this lineup, from Proof Branding to Parker Gates/stoke.d's Design Thinking coaching.
The Skillery team is made up of creative entrepreneurs, and these topics — these challenges — are the things we think are the bedrock of building and growing a business in 2013. We think tapping this kind of expertise can inspire all of us, push all of us, and arm all of us to attack this entrepreneurial dream, which is as demanding as it is rewarding.
Who is the Nashville Creativity Summit geared toward?
At Saturday's all-day conference, we have sessions planned on branding, social media engagement, Design Thinking and more. And we think it's ideal for bloggers, creators/makers, marketers, designers, entrepreneurs, Etsy shop owners — anyone interested in starting or growing a creative business.
Day two features a busy lineup of à la carte classes and workshops taught by local experts, taking place all across the city. From bookbinding and knitting classes to mobile app creation and a full-day letterpress intensive, day two celebrates — and shares — Nashville's creative talent.
Who are the folks speaking at the conference?
People who impress and inspire us, professionally and personally. People who've become experts in their fields, and people who feel passionate about sharing that expertise.
Just a few examples:
Parker Gates: Design Thinking Facilitator and Founder of stoke.d — Design Thinking is, at its core, a creative, collaborative approach to solving problems, and it's employed by big business names, from JetBlue to the Mayo Clinic. Stanford's d.school arms its students with it — and Parker is one of the folks at the front of the class there (he's an executive education coach at the d.school).
Kaelah Bee: Lifestyle blogger, film photographer and mobile boutique owner — If you're a creative type who spends some time perusing the local Internets, good chance you've come across Kaelah. She's the picture of the modern entrepreneur, juggling family and multiple businesses (mobile boutique Honeybean, film portrait photography venture Him and Honey, lots more). Within that, she keeps a busy, vibrant social media presence, and has the massive gaggle of online pals to support it. She'll be talking about growing a social media presence at the Nashville Creativity Summit, and she ain't too shabby at that endeavor.
Matt Cheuvront: Founder and brand craftsman, Proof Branding — Matt jumped into entrepreneurship at 24, and that jump fed into the philosophy he outlines in his blog, Life Without Pants — discovering the work we want to do in order to live the life we want to live. He founded full-service branding house Proof, where he puts his entrepreneurial spirit, and skills, to work. And he and Proof teammate Micah Smith will share those skills at Saturday's conference during their keynote, Define Your Declaration.
That's just a snippet — everyone on Saturday's lineup has copious amounts of expertise to share. Check them all out on the Nashville Creativity Summit Speakers page.
Why combine business-y keynotes/panels and some non-business-y classes?
The NCS is intended to be more that just a conference for entrepreneurs. It's a celebration of creative talent and the DIY spirit.
We've broken the weekend into two distinct parts: a conference for Nashville's creative entrepreneurs, and a full day of eclectic classes that are meant to both shine a spotlight on and widely share our city's immense cache of creative talent.
More questions? Grab lots more — and registration/ticket info — at theNASHVILLE CREATIVITY SUMMIT website. The Nashville Creativity Summit runs February 9-10 at venues across Nashville. Saturday's conference is held at the Emma offices, 9 Lea Ave.


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I tend to be pretty laid back, I can get along with anyone, I can flirt with anyone, and I can seriously go out and have a blast with just about anyone. There are few things that bother me, or so I thought, in the opposite sex, but now that I've put myself out there as being single and am on a couple dating sites; I have found some shit that bugs me. I just have to share some of my new found "no no's" to online dating …
If You have Time to Message Me and Get Angry that I didn't reply within 10 minutes — well then you clearly have more time on your hands and clearly have not a life of your own.
From previous mistakes with relationships, I have learned that if another person has enough time on their hands to get angry about lack in a quick reply, then they have no life of their own. If this person has no life of their own what is it that they can offer me? Not much. I do not need someone who has no passion in life nor none of their own things to keep them busy – let's say maybe a job? So if someone gets mad that I am not messaging them quick enough, and then proceeds to show me anger in messages over my lack in quick reply – well then they are not going to hear from me. Anger over lack in quick reply translates to anger in other areas in life.
If you Call me a Whore, Tell me to Bend over, or any other rude message as a first or any future contact- well then you clearly do not know how to treat a woman
I can not make this crap up, calling me a whore for having a full body pic, seriously – it's a fully clothed, no cleavage showing full body pic. That makes me a whore? I was floored at that random message. Clearly someone who has to tell a woman negative things, wishes to get a rise out of a woman for their own attention needs. I won't give that attention back. These days I refuse to believe that men or woman must setup a dating site to get laid, if that is the case then you surely are not the one for me.
Having No Profile Picture – not being superficial but seeing ones face is best when dealing with online dating, even if it's not really your own face
I totally get that one can have a fake photo online, it's easily done, but at least have some picture on your profile. I do not reply to non-picture profiles and certainly am not going to reply and give you my email address to email me a picture. If you can't put your face on a dating profile, then there is clearly something going on that I want no part of.
Height, Having Kids, Wanting Kids – people please pay attention to the person who you are about to write to.
For me, the man has to be taller than me. I am not one who wishes to be taller than my man. I would feel like I was towering over him and I like a manly man, a tall manly man. I have listed a height range on all profiles and yet people below that height always message.
I clearly do not want to have any more kids but if I were to meet someone who had kids of their own, well that is perfect. I would gladly accept and love a partners child(ren). I just do not want to have anymore of my own. Which again, is clearly stated, but for some reason men do not glance to see that and those who want more kids or want kids at all still message me. We clearly are not a fit there, so why waste my time and yours?
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For me, it's so hard not to reply to some of the rude, dumb messages I get on these dating sites, and I am even talking about a paid dating site, people just baffle me. Why pay for a dating site if you are mainly seeking to get into a woman's pants? Geesh people, there are free sites for that or maybe the bar downtown? I don't know, couldn't imagine paying for a site to meet woman just for sex, but to each their own I suppose.
I really want to reply to some of the negative messages I get, after all I am a writer and in me I seek to have this long drawn out response calling these men out and if I were doing the same thing, "hey baby I like what I see, want to get together and bang?" I would expect someone to tell me how it is too. The issue is then you get into this big go around and each of you wants the last word, wasting the time of both of you. So I simply delete the message or block the person depending upon how awful the message was.
This is certainly a journey but so far I have learned through past mistakes a couple of things;
- Do not settle for anything less than what you need, want and deserve.
- Do not bring a love interest around your kids too soon, for they may get attached and you do not which can lead to heart break.
Wish me luck .. I feel like a fish in water with an alligator about to bite off my head or something like that…at least I am having a good sense of humor about it.
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Does anyone remember what happened to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. years after slavery was illegal and Frederick Douglass walked the earth? I would say he took full responsibility for his life - but he got killed for it. He and Mr. Douglass were extraordinary men. Most people cannot live such lives. Were the Jews and others killed in the Holocaust failures? These seem to be extreme examples, but not all things that happen to you are within your control. Events such a those described above lurk just below the surface of almost any society. And they lurk in ours big time. Hatred, distrust, discrimination are the stuff of eveveryday life, even if you feel you have not experienced them. It is not a binary world - with either genocide and slavery or complete harmony. There is a flux in between.
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2007-09-24 11:09:42 AmyHoy [View]
I find it interesting how people have misinterpreted what I have written. I think that if I'd been able to publish the longer, original version, it would have made more sense. But we all have to work within constraints.
What constitutes success is an important question. It seems like a number of people who read this essay of mine came away thinking that I call financial or professional success the only kind; far from it, that's much less important to me than what I've learned about life, humanity, integrity and relationships.
You can be successful in the most adverse circumstances if your beliefs dictate that rectitude of action, compassion, and following what's right are the most important kind of success. Or bravery. Or never giving up on (or renouncing) your faith. Or never failing a friend. Or facing your personal demons, the things that make you want to hide under a rock or fall asleep and never wake up. And you can -- and often must -- tread that path alone.
For things like professional success, you can also go it alone. But typically, you'll need help. The people you trust and whose trust you earn are an example of something within your power to change.
You can assume that I'm too young, too naive, under-experienced, and over-privileged. You'd be wrong, but that's your choice.
I specifically chose to add my age to this essay not to go "look at me, look how successful and young I am!" but to bring this kind of bias out into the light. I knew some people would write me off because of it, but it was a sacrifice I have been willing to make.
Extraordinary people exist in every walk of life, in every kind of circumstance. Many of them have little or no good fortune to back them, but that's what makes them extraordinary, isn't it? I challenge the very idea that "most people cannot live such lives." Whether or not they become famous is another matter, but the ability is available to everyone.
2007-10-11 11:11:43 dikelmm [View]
You wrote: kvetching about women in technology is the antithesis of personal responsibility. No matter how you slice it, the arguments of something must be done; help must be given; someone must change!; or women fail because of something men do all feature the underlying assumption that someone else has power over you or insert-allegedly-marginalized-group-here. After all, a person must have power over you to grant you special treatment or quash your efforts. And that's just not right. I don't even mean that it's not morally right�it's just not accurate.
If a person takes out a gun and shoots you, they have power over you. Maybe not moral power, but power nonetheless. If a judge sentences you, they have power over you. That is a fact. If a person thinks that women cannot do technology well and fails to consider you for a job, they have power over you. Not absolute power, not power to stop you completely, but power of some magnitude. If a person doen't like the color or shade of your skin and discriminates against you, they have power over you. And you will find such discrimination in all societies, including the African-American.
You seem to think that such situations do not exist or are not worth thinking about anymore. You seem to think you are above such forces. But you are not. Some groups in any society have much more power than others. All history is a struggle between these groups. One Frederick Douglass does not make up for tens of millions of brutaized slave lives. Power is important. Ann Frank lived a great life, but was killed nonetheless. Do you think maybe she would have traded her fame for a few decades of living? People want to live as best they can but the playing field is not even. You have just not encountered this in a way which affects you greatly. I have a feeling that you may look back on your words in 30 years and shake your head.
2009-09-26 15:41:25 Mactans [View]
"If a person thinks that women cannot do technology well and fails to consider you for a job, they have power over you. Not absolute power, not power to stop you completely, but power of some magnitude. If a person doen't like the color or shade of your skin and discriminates against you, they have power over you. And you will find such discrimination in all societies, including the African-American."
Forgive me if I misinterpret anything you've said, but this particular quote struck me and I have to make sure I understand what you're saying and respond appropriately.
It sounds as though you are saying that a person has power over you if they don't like you, or don't believe in you, and make it known. Of course, the job example is somewhat valid, but really it only postpones, rather than prevents you, from doing something. There's always another job, even if you have to wait a while.
Other than that, there's really no reason that another person's negative attitude should hold you back. In fact, quite the contrary, it should motivate you to work harder and prove them wrong. Hell, sometimes that pays off even better than you expected. Say, for example, a man makes an outward claim that "women can't do A" and you, a woman, are offended. If you simply sulk and complain that the power of sexist people is holding you back then, well, all you're doing is fueling the sexist attitude. If instead you do A (whatever task Mr. Sexist Man claimed you'd never be able to do) you'll be proving him wrong and, perhaps, even changing an opinion.
There are, of course, sexist people that are just that way and will never change. It's frustrating, naturally, but it is what it is. Then there are sexist people who are that way simply because no one has ever proven them wrong. If you do prove someone wrong who knows? Maybe you'll earn a little respect for yourself and other women.
2007-10-21 20:25:19 AmyHoy [View]
Glossing over the fact that no lady has been forced out of the industry at gunpoint or put in jail or forced to hide in an attack from Nazis because she's a woman who codes...
Yes, a person can stand between you and a goal, whether it's a judge denying you your legal freedom or a biased individual who chooses not to hire you for some completely illegitimate reason.
But what kind of power is that? They can't take away your ability to get something out of the situation, to regroup and take a different approach next time.
Allow me to illustrate what I mean with regards to the sexist/racist hiring manager/interviewer/whatever. What is the end goal for the applicant who is discriminated against? That particular job, or some other measure of success?
Absolutely somebody can stand in your way on one avenue, but there are always other avenues... I don't believe that "when one door closes, another opens," I believe that when one door closes, you still find yourself in a hallway with infinite doors whose handles can be jiggled, wiggled, turned and sometimes even forced. Unless the complete end goal of your life's attempt to work is that one particular job, there is always a way to route around such issues and succeed on your own terms.
Successful people�for whatever value of "success" you are interested in�don't give up at the first, second, or fiftieth stumbling block they find in their way. If it's not a racist or sexist interviewer, it's an unsupportive family, a child who requires time and attention, or a medical condition that makes it hard to get in a full 8 hours of work a day. There are infinite things that cause people to struggle. And we universally laud those who struggle against those difficulties.
Have I faced sexism? Sure. Have I worked on jobs/projects with people who wouldn't listen to me because I was "just a designer"? Absolutely. Have I had bitter people tell me I wouldn't succeed because I chose a different path than them, or dared to dream beyond what they could dream? Can't count how many times. And much worse, besides, but this is not going to turn into my own little pity party.
Believe me, I have had my share of trouble in this life -- more than you expect from my writing and bearing, I'm sure. But I'm not crushed. I've fought to get to where I am, and here I am writing about the things that helped me turn my life around.
I have never claimed that the playing field is even. But I do believe that what you do with the playing field is more important than where you start off.
Ah, Freud. Attic, not attack.
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Why is it all about the college degree?
We know that people are becoming more educated. Why is it that companies are still focusing on the college degree? More and more people have them but barely passed their classes. While there are lots of people like me who were smart enough not to get caught in the web of debt that do not have them.
I didn't want to get stuck $30,000 in debt because I got a degree in a subject that is no longer important. I made that choice, but the opportunities that were once available to someone in my shoes are no longer there. Now, all of those opportunities are going to someone with a degree.15 years of profession work experience or not.
What do you think the degree actually shows to the company?
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Megan DaGataFeb 14 2012: That's what I'm talking about! Why do you care if your childs babysitter has a college education if they are engaging the child in age appropriate activities. Not that I am looking for a babysitting job, but I do have a sitter. I personally like the lady who is watching my children now. She has the education and degrees to be a teacher, but no desire to be part of the educational system right now and my kids plus two others are enough to pay her more than she would make as a teacher with minimal outflow. We provide facilities, food, and entertainment. All she has to do is interact, make sure homework is done, and ensure their safety while I'm at work.
I am a "fixer upper" as you put it. To be honest I am going to start my own business while here in the land of the underemployed. With the right mentorship I should have an excellent freelance/writing career by the end of the year. At least enough to supplement my current income to be able to provide for my family.
I like what you say about the medical degree. As I worked in a community health center in the finance department creating the budget for the following year I learned something. Anyone with the goal of becoming a doctor right now should aim to be a family practice doc with an OB cert. There are fewer and fewer graduates with this specialty and they are in high demand. Just in case anyone that is reading is in med school and is looking for their focus.
I still can't believe that employers would choose someone who has no experience in the real professional world over someone fresh out of the box with no ability to hit the ground running because they still need to be taught how to work. This isn't just for me, there are many in my area with degrees that are going unhired because they have real world experience and expect real world paychecks. (But that's another debate entirely.)
Feb 15 2012: If my baby sitter(s) had a college education, I would know they had to be responsible enough to get through four years of college and I would have some confidence they could get through a night with my kids. Otherwise, all I have to go on is the person's reputation -- if I trust his or her references, which I may not -- and personal judgement and observation. Of course, the person will make all sorts of statements and assurances about their capability, but I don't believe I would consider such statements.
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While Dr. Blake says he has no basis with which to judge if there has been an increase of injuries with the recent barefoot running/minimalist shoe movement, the injuries he has seen have been a combination of minimalist shoes not providing good support or protection, and the athletes being careless about their training regimen with these shoes. For example, Dr. Blake cites an elite runner who switched to minimalist shoes and broke her heel bone, but notes that she also did not change her technique. He says another runner in Vibram Five Fingers stepped up onto a curb and developed severe turf toe in the second toe. "(This) would not have happened in normal shoes," notes Dr. Blake.
Dr. Richie says the biggest problem he has seen with the barefoot/minimalist shoe movement is the use of "flimsy lightweight shoes" by overweight, untrained athletes who are taking fitness classes such as Cross Fit and Zumba, or who are exercising at home to videos such as Insanity Workout or P90X.
"This trend has sent a large number of patients to my office with stress fractures, Achilles tendinopathy and plantar heel pain in numbers like I have never seen in 32 years of running a sports medicine practice," notes Dr. Richie.
Dr. Richie says many novice athletes have good intentions when starting a fitness program but they can be swayed when going to an athletic shoe store or department store. Given that minimalist shoes are softer and lighter with the initial fitting in comparison to standard shoes, minimalist shoes are an easy sell for the shoe salesman, notes Dr. Richie.
"The victim is the unsuspecting future patient who succumbs to the cool look and ultra lightweight feel of the minimalist shoe," says Dr. Richie.
Describing himself as a 170-pound moderate overpronator who had typically worn stability shoes with custom orthotics, Dr. Johncock attempted his own "study of one" two years ago with a six-month transition to less supportive shoes and ceasing to use his orthotics. He wound up with an Achilles injury. He is 48 years old, has been running for 35 years and has a past history of Achilles injuries. However, as a result of his "experiment," Dr. Johncock has moved into a more "neutral shoe" and wears lighter weight shoes for his speedwork and races just as he did during his younger days. Dr. Johncock notes that he returned to wearing his orthotics.
"I did not feel the risk of total transition to minimalist shoes was worth the potential benefit for me," notes Dr. Johncock. "If I wake with knee pain tomorrow, I may change my mind."
Are you seeing more runners or fewer runners interested in barefoot running?
The majority of the panelists say patient interest in barefoot running has significantly declined. Dr. Johncock still has a number of patients asking about barefoot running but notes that it has "tapered off from the exponential increase of one to two years ago."
"Most runners are starting to realize that the poorly designed research studies that come from those who received monetary compensation from minimalist shoe companies were biased toward selling more five-toed shoes and not toward allowing runners to train more, run faster and have fewer injuries," asserts Dr. Kirby.
However, Drs. Sanders, Richie and Blake are still seeing curiosity and interest in minimalist shoes. Dr. Sanders says the new questions from runner patients tend to be on minimalist shoes versus structured running shoes and ascertaining the ideal, heel-to-toe differential. When it comes to his runner patients, Dr. Richie says there is growing interest in trying minimalist shoes and changing their foot strike pattern in running in the hopes of improving their performance.
"This trend is definitely growing and so is my practice," claims Dr. Richie.
"Runners will always want to try to reduce injury and improve performance. Podiatrists will always be part of this conversation. This is a good thing," asserts Dr. Sanders.
Excellent discussion with many salient points. I have seen a lot of minimalist and even a few true barefoot runners here in Tampa. I think the injury rate is similar to those runners in traditional shoes but different areas - cuboid, sesamoid and metatarsal stress fractures are the most common. I have noted in the last 6 months a decrease in those using Vibrams or other similar shoes and an increase in the use of shoes such as the Brook Pure series or New Balance Minimus, which as Dr Kirby correctly pointed out are not much different from the road racing shoes of the 1960s-1980s.
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Thanks for your comments.
As an older runner with 40 years of distance running under my belt, probably one of the most bizarre things I have seen in this "barefoot-minimalist shoe fad" is the claim by the barefoot-minimalist shoe advocates that they have somehow created a new shoe: the minimalist running shoe.
During my high school and college years of competing in cross-country, track and road races from 1972-1979, myself and many other runners in Northern California often wore racing flats that were thinner soled and lower heeled than today's "minimalist shoes." This was over three decades before the barefoot crowd proclaimed that they had invented a new type of running shoe ... the minimalist shoe. Amazing!
I am all for more running shoe selection for the public but I just hope we can put down this nonsense that minimalist shoes are anything more than a return to racing flats for training ... something which many of us were regularly doing back in the 1970s!
Nothing new under the sun.
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Most advocates of barefoot running are advocating a change in form as much as they are advocating throwing away the shoe. One basic characteristic of this form is that the foot strikes the ground under the body rather than in front. It is difficult to strike under the body with the heel, thus the change to the midfoot or forefoot strike. The biomechanical evidence supporting this form and foot strike is very compelling. This way of coming down with the foot eliminates a sharp impact peak that is present with the heel strike in front of the body.
If you run barefoot, you feel this impact peak more so you naturally change your form to avoid it. Alternatively, you can learn this way of running with a regular shoe and practice.
Then there is the second very interesting discussion about the anthropological history of running barefoot (I.e. were we meant to wear shoes with big heels?).
These are logical arguments from both a scientific and common sense perspective, and should be taken seriously.
Of course, if you are changing your form and your shoes, you need to build up slowly. Most people have very little sense of what building up slowly means. I personally switched to minimalist shoe running over a period of two years starting with short 2-5 minute runs during my lunch break. My calves and Achillies were often sore at the start and needed to be built up. I wouldn't recommend any other approach. My motivation was that I could not previously run due to knee injuries.
Running barefoot and/or minimalist shoes are not new ideas. That is the point. Often an old idea gains popularity for new reasons. The new reasons are those mentioned above.
I find the whole discussion extremely interesting and more than just a fad. This is a debate that has engaged elite runners, Harvard scientists, anthropologists, as well as bloggers and everyday joggers.Reply to this comment »


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If it weren't so damn entertaining, I guess it would be really sad. The latest drama surrounding Kim Zolciak, wig-wearing star of The Real Housewives of Atlanta, is that her dad has called her a "pathological liar" and goes on to imply that she's kind of a ho bag, saying, "She has been married twice and has three different fathers of her four children. Let's face the facts." Ouch.
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If you'll remember, Kim's mother filed a court motion to force Kim to let her see her grandkids -- Kim responded by having her two tween daughters give a sworn affidavit saying they don't really want to see grandma or grandpa, thank you very much.
Something tells me that Joe Zolciak isn't helping his case very much by sounding off to a gossip website, calling his daughter names and all. He claims that Kim has humiliated him and his wife with all the lies she's told the media, but still, even if that was the case, don't you think the elder Zolciaks should take the high road? If they don't want to be called "unfit grandparents", then maybe they shouldn't give statements to TMZ totally bashing their daughter? Just a thought.
As someone completely removed from this situation with no vested interest other than an entertaining reality show experience, I hope this all plays out on camera. But for their sake, I hope it doesn't.
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Well it's the truth, isn't it?! lol.
I do not understand why Kim is so hateful towards her parents, especially her mom. On a look-back episode, she described her parents as loving & even though they were kinda broke, she grew up well. I wonder what they did to her...IF anything at all. Maybe it's the money that's gone to her head...and since her parents are not well-off, perhaps she thinks they are beneath her & can't do anything for her. (They sent a card w/ just $25 for KJ. She seemed to be pretty underwhelmed at the gift.)
I think Kim is hiding a lot...she is pretty hush-hush when it comes to certain details of her life & gets quite defensive when people bring up certain topics. I think she's a gold-digging whore & she's ruing her children. If she had a better relationship w/ her parents, the daughters would not say they don't want to see the grandparents.
Whose side are you on: Kim's, or her parents'?
Its simple, THE KIDS!
Someone should see what is best for the kids and help make that happen, couldn't give less of a care for Kim or Her parents, but would like to see the children get the best of the situation if at all possible.
Well it's true! And Paige, you are right about Kim being shady.
Wow, so those of you who said well it's true....would you be fine with your parents sending out an e-mail to everyone you know talking about your flaws and basically calling you names so long as they were true(I know he didn't send an e-mail, but us regular folk don't get magazine articles written about us in the first place)? Heartless females. I feel for the children here.
both her mom and dad want the fame of t.v. i watched them. esoecially the mom.
Bottom line is there is Kim's side her Parents side and the Truth. Once the camera's are off noone really knows what happens. If her parents ever wanted to resolve the situation then they never would have went to TMZ to bash her.
I think it is all sad,it is really sad that her kids wouldn't care about seeing their grand parents, my grandma was poor financially but rich in every other way, I loved being with her. Kim's kids seem to be a little materialistic, one season they cried because Sweetie was leaving them to go with Kim to go on tour with Kandi(who Kim she treats badly) the next season she fires Sweetie, they did not seem to care at all. Kims dad should not talk about his Daughter that way, but there is something wrong with Kim


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Before & After: Using Concrete Stain to Makeover Brick
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Ever since I was little my mother has been plotting a makeover for the giant floor to ceiling brick fireplace in their living room. She doesn't want to paint it or cover it up. So when I came across this interesting staining technique it seemed like a great alternative. I know many deal with the same issue and this might be a great alternative for you as well!
We checked in over at Ask Anna Moseley and she's been painting her brick. A can of concrete stain and a paint brush is all that's needed.
She uses the brush to paint the tops of the bricks so as to not stain the mortar between them. The result toned done a crazy brick wall into something much more sophisticated. It could be a great way to "grey down" some bricks for a more modern look, turn them a little more traditional red or even go with a whole new color all together. You can check out more on this process over at Ask Anna Moseley.
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I like both the before AND the after!
This is a great idea for people who like a more polished brick look.
I would like to know more about how she made over the child into the bookcase.
@comicgeek-- see the movie "When a Stranger Calls Back" with Carol Kane. It came pretty close to that idea...
I like this, but I think it could handle a bigger bookcase. The brick stain is a great way to chase the last of the 1970s out of your living room.
Whether you like the before or the after is inconsequential, this is an excellent idea and technique for changing the look of brick without using paint.
A charcoal or black stain would have been very nice.
Am I the only one that can't see the fireplace? What's the point of the brick? Was there a wood burning stove there before? Either way - nice technique.
This could be a great treatment for us! The previous owners of our home drywalled the brick above our fireplace, covering up all the upper bricks, to the ceiling. Our fear is IF we restore it to the all brick look - the glue from the sheetrock will leave a mark on the previously covered bricks... this technique could save us in getting back to an overall uniform look.
I love the new look. I never really took to the mottled brick look that much. It looked dirty to me or like a fire came through the house. But I LOVE this!
I wonder that they went through all that trouble staining brick only to stick a random bookcase in the corner. But the brick does look much better!
Great solution to that re-used brick look. (Why that ever caught on is beyond me.) But I tend to agree, if the space isn't going to hold a wood stove, why not just remove it altogether? It wastes a big chunk of space. (It might make a nice niche for a sculpture or something, though.)
The before was much more lovelier.
Nicely done. I'd love to see how the red or gray concrete stain looks on brick. Great idea for an exterior treatment too, if you have brick and don't want to paint it.
I like the after, and recommend a substantial water feature for that corner.
If anyone uses this to do the grey stain on red brick, be sure to post! I'd love to use this to finish off our dining room, but I'd be so nervous it wouldn't dry right!
PS Or, what SherryBinNH wrote. The brick could be a stage that makes some large, 3-D, artistic and beautiful object even more striking if the pairing pleased the eye.
I agree that the bookshelf looks a little off in that space, but I really like the transformation! My parents also have a brick corner where they removed a wood burning stove but kept the brick. It's actually a really nice way to draw interest to the area and looks especially nice around the holidays when they deck it out with greenery and other Christmas decorations. It still retains the nice homey feeling of the stove even without the stove.
Although I wonder if this has to do a little with the fact that we all remember the stove being there. Maybe an "outsider" wouldn't see the same thing.
ElaneB, I think Ask Anna Moselley was referring to a fireplace in her mom's house, and used these photos as a reference.
What I think we are looking at is a brick feature on which a wood burning stove once sat. My parents had a similar one, but it was made of tile.
I'd put a big dieffenbachia, philodendron, alocasia, or canna there in a low-round pot. Softens the hard edges and cleans the air. Lose that pitiful bookcase.
It might be a good place for a smallish Christmas tree.
I also like other commenters' idea of potted plants. The corner calls for something natural and pretty.
Slightly off topic but I did the same thing to the EXTERIOR of an ugly ranch house. It was blessed with an enormous brick chimmney (like 5' across) made out of bright ornage brick. We stained it a dark gray green and it looked great. We stained the morter the same color as the brick, and it turned it into a super slick modern looking element. You could do this treatment in a cost effective way to the exterior of an entire house that is done in a dated color of brick (or concrete block).
this is a fantastic idea i never would have thought of it! i like aged brick but it has its place, your preference of the look of brick has no bearing on the technique used here. it's an awesome idea and I love it! if i ever need to do this I will for sure. thanks for this post I am always looking for these kinds of ideas being a drywall finisher and interior painter I like to have ideas for my customers.


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A 30-year-old McMinnville man was killed about 9:40 p.m. Tuesday in a two-vehicle crash about two miles east of McMinnville on Highway 18 near its intersection with Lafayette Highway.
Sgt. Brad Hessel of the Oregon State Police McMinnville office identified the victim as Charles Salinas of 1834 N.W. Wallace Road. Hessel gave this account:
Salinas was driving a 2000 Chevrolet Cavalier westbound when, for an unknown reason, it crossed the centerline and collided head-on with a 2005 Freightliner tractor pulling two trailers and driven by Dale Boekhoff, 44, of 517 N.W. Blair St., Sheridan. He was driving for CRC Transport Inc. of Salem.
A passenger in the car, Araceli Salinas, 10, of the Wallace Road address, sustained serious injuries and was transported by McMinnville Fire Department ambulance to the Willamette Valley Medical Center. She was reported in stable condition this morning.
Boekhoff was taken by ambulance to the hospital where he was treated and released.
It's unknown if either of the Chevrolet's occupants were wearing seat belts. Boekhoff was not belted in.
The tractor-trailer's fuel tanks both leaked diesel fuel, requiring cleanup coordinated by the Oregon Department of Transportation and Northwest Firefighters HazMat personnel.
Highway 18 was reopened in both directions about 4:45 this morning, following the investigation and cleanup of the scene.
OSP was assisted at the scene by the McMinnville Police Department and Yamhill County Sheriff's Office.
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Public Schools Are Cornerstone of Strong Economy, Strong Democracy, Strong Middle Class
President Obama Says We Need to Stop Teaching to the Test
Statement by American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten
on President Obama's State of the Union Address
WASHINGTON—"President Obama made crystal clear tonight that the health of our economy and the quality of our public education system always have been and always will be intertwined. Strong public schools are the cornerstone of a strong economy, a strong democracy and a strong middle class.
"Obama also made clear tonight what America's teachers have long understood: We can't test our way to a middle class; we must educate our way to a middle class. The overemphasis on testing has led to narrowing of the curriculum, rather than creating a path to critical thinking and problem solving. These are the kinds of knowledge and skills our children need to compete in the global economy. Respecting public school teachers and providing them with the tools and resources they need to help our children learn and grow are essential to building a strong public education system, competing in a global economy and restoring economic opportunity for all.
"Today's public school teachers are on the frontlines of our collective efforts to compete in a global economy and develop the scientists, engineers, teachers and other leaders of tomorrow. And President Obama is exactly right: higher education can no longer be a luxury. We owe it to America's students to ensure they can afford to go to college without being saddled by huge debt before they begin their careers."
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After discovering her fiancé in the arms of a courtesan, Lady Athena McAlister comes to a frightful realization: Most men prefer the company of their mistresses to their wives. How can she, and other brides-to-be, become both wife and mistress to a man? In her quest for knowledge, she begs her grandfather to let her start a finishing school for marriageable ladies. There she and her friends discreetly invite London's most notorious rakes to educate them on the art of seducing a man.
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December 2005 Sky from the Keeble Observatory
What were you doing a year ago? The answer is likely something to do with getting
ready for Christmas, Chanukah, or New Year's Day. But, what if you were on Mars,
asking the same question? The Martian day (called a "sol") is longer – 24 hours,
36 minutes – and so is the year. A Martian year is 686.67 days, or 677 sols.
A year ago, Mars time, we saw the landing on opposite hemispheres of two small robots
called Spirit and Opportunity. Spirit's first Martian year passed on 20 November,
while Opportunity will celebrate on the 12th of December. These probes were designed
to operate for 90 sols – and they're both still going strong! Each has rolled up
and down hills, into and out of craters, all the while taking pictures, testing
the chemistry of rock and soil, and even grinding holes into the rocks to test their
interiors. Opportunity got stuck in a sand dune for a few weeks, while Spirit climbed
several hundred feet to the top of a nearby hill and has now begun its descent to
explore the other side.
Electrical power provided by solar cells has varied with the changing distance to
the Sun as Mars follows its elliptical orbit, and by accumulated dust on the arrays.
But, what Mars gives Mars takes away. Passing "dust devils" – mini whirlwinds –
have also cleaned the solar arrays several times, restoring nearly optimum power
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was once much warmer and wetter than we find it today. The rocks sampled by both
probes were formed in water – Opportunity has even found evidence for wave action
in the way the sediments are deposited, telling us that the water at that site was
at least several feet deep. Recall that we said last month that Earth was unique
in having liquid water. That's true now, but Mars was clearly more like Earth in
the past – which gives some hope that, someday, we could find evidence for life
having evolves on the fourth planet from the Sun.
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2:36 pm; and another New Moon at 10:12 pm on the 30th.
Mercury remains visible just before sunrise, about 12 degrees above the southeast
horizon, but it will settle lower (towards the Sun) as the month progresses. Jupiter
is much brighter, also to the southeast about 30 degrees above the horizon. It will
climb through the month to almost 40 degrees above the horizon. To the west, Saturn
is high and bright at about 50 degrees.
Sunset finds two bright planets emerging from the twilight. Mars is obvious and
bright red, beginning the month some 20 degrees from the eastern horizon and climbing
to almost 45 degrees by the end of December. It should remain visible into the early
morning, swinging high and to the south before setting towards the west at about
5:00 am. Venus is still spectacularly bright to the southwest. It will set a few
hours after sunset.
Andromeda (see finder chart in last month's column) is almost directly overhead
two hours after sunset. The Milky Way divides the sky roughly from east to west,
bowing slightly towards the north. Just south of zenith, looking out of the plane
of the Galaxy, is a broad open patch of sky, marked by four widely spaced stars
forming the "great square" of the constellation Pegasus. To the north of zenith
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The bright star at the head of the cross (which is the tail of the swan!) is Deneb.
The foot of the cross is marked by Albireo (guess what? it's the head of the swan!).
Toward the east we see rising the constellations which will mark prominently the
winter sky. As your eyes settle towards the horizon, you'll first note the bright
star Aldebaran, marking the eye of the bull in the constellation Taurus. Just above
Aldebaran is the diffuse "Beehive Cluster" which looks spectacular in binoculars.
Below we see the rising shape of Orion, lying on its side from the more familiar
view of later in the evening. The bright red star at the "shoulder" is Betelgeuse,
the bright blue star at the foot is Rigel.
For your own monthly star chart, you can direct your web browser to
http://www.skymaps.com. You will find extensive descriptions of what's worth
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