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Last week Professor Thomas L. Dumm wrote an article for The Amherst Student entitled "The Elephant in the Room," concerning the Special Oversight Committee on Sexual Misconduct at Amherst and their questionable exclusion of the intersection between athletics and sexual respect issues on campus in their official report on sexual respect released recently. As per usual, the comment board on The Student website quickly overflowed with spewed vitriol and poorly thought out, overly simplistic criticisms. Another day, another superficial and ultimately meaningless dialogue about an important issue.
Responses on the board include statements such as, "This guy is the professor who would stereotype athletes in his class as not good students when almost 40 percent of the school body is on a varsity sports team," a claim the author has no grounds for. "I would also tell you that a disproportionate number of investment bankers, management consultants, corporate executives and probably doctors were also athletes in college," which implies that somehow being in a position of power and having social capital somehow equates to having superior morals and therefore being less likely to commit sexual assaults. "Girls tend to be more relaxed and friendly with athletes because they're more attractive and personable," which blames females for venturing into athletes' dorm rooms and finding athletes attractive, rather than looking at the systems of privilege that put men, and often athletes as well, in a position of power and allow them greater opportunity to engage in sexual assault. This all isn't even to mention the numerous statements which essentially argue that Amherst students are too intelligent and morally superior to rape. Apparently, I did not know that performing well on the SAT makes someone a better person. Great job, Amherst.
Students at this college continue to act out of personal defense more than anything else; as soon as Professor Dumm even opens up the idea that maybe we should even consider looking into how athletics relates to sexual respect, students feel personally attacked and retort, ignorantly, by over-simplifying the contrarian position and claiming that Professor Dumm was generalizing about student athletes. This is despite the fact that he at no point makes any statement judging the actions of athletes on this campus at all. He may imply that there is an increased likelihood of an athlete committing sexual assault, but never argues that a majority of athletes have been involved in sexual assault cases or that there is necessarily any guaranteed evidence of a relationship at all.
Maleness and masculinity, not simply deviance, are systems of privilege that lead to discrimination and rape, and by extension, athletics plays a role in masculinity and thus discrimination. Blaming only those who commit sexual assault and labeling them deviant is highly individualist and de-values the role of societal systems of cultural privilege; it favors the "I" and the "me" and not the "we." Groups are meaningful social structures, and as members of a group, this is something athletes, and in particular male athletes, need to take own-ness for. Athletes are historically privileged in the US, and that carries with it implications that athletes need to be aware of, regardless of what they personally have or have not done, or whether there is even any statistical connection between sexual assault and athletics at all.
The typical response to this claim is that students who stereotype athletes, or males, are victimizing them and essentially reverse discriminating, thereby committing the same sin as misogyny. However, again, this operates under the idea that stigmatization is always the same. Stereotyping males, or male athletes, as misogynists is wrong and amounts to oversimplification, but it is not, and it cannot, be the same thing as calling a woman a "slut." Maleness is a privilege as a rule. The same is true for athletics, which is privileged on most, if not all, college campuses and in society as a whole.
When people complain about black comedians making fun of white people in an attempt to show a sort of double standard with respect to racial jokes, they fail to see that there is no system of humor that has served for hundreds of years to oppress whites. They are not the same; blacks can then be racist, but it is not the same thing as white racism. Likewise, claims about reverse discrimination with respect to affirmative action are red herrings; reverse discrimination it may be, but reverse discrimination acts to lift people up to an equal status, not to push already oppressed people down. Thus, stereotyping athletes as rapists is horrible, but it is not the same thing as blaming women, for instance, for wearing revealing clothing, and this is something athletes who feel attacked by Professor Dumm's statements need to understand.
Therefore, when I hear a male complain that they are being oppressed by the student protestors, a claim I have heard a good few times by multiple people, I do not, as a male, feel comfortable. It reflects a lack of understanding of privilege. It reflects a belief in the "me" and concern only on the actions of specific individuals rather than what those actions represent and the larger cultural, social systems which allow those actions in the first place. A student protestor held up a sign last semester that referenced an attack, followed by one of the attacker's teammates saying, "Why are you such a slut?" to the victim. I hear people criticizing this statement often, but not the system of privilege that allows for it. This individual was not alone in his statement; he did not just say it because he was insensitive or deviant, but because he is a member of cultures which encourage these factors. So too am I, so even if I did not make that comment, I still have a responsibility to acknowledge the role our shared "maleness" played in this comment. This is not to de-emphasize those who actually do commit more specific sexual disrespect violations, but every male needs to acknowledge that their maleness places them in a group that is statistically more likely to commit rape, and they need to understand the implications of this statement. So to do athletes, even if most athletes have never sexually disrespected anyone, or at least think they have not.
There are statistics that suggest some relationship between athletic participation and sexual assault, and maleness is certainly linked. This does not mean athletes are worse people than non-athletes or that athletes are innately less understanding. If students, whether athletes or not, feel the discussion is heading in this direction, they should step up and present their perspective. However, their perspective should not be a desire to see this discussion dropped entirely; wanting to hush discussion on this issue only confirms the very need to discuss it in the first place. What students can and should do is talk about the role of athletics and sexual assault in an attempt to understand all sides of the issue. After all, if you are an athlete and you feel students are stereotyping you, you are not going to convince them they are wrong by trying to stop them from talking about sexual assault. What you can do is get to know the other side, form a working relationship with a wide variety of students and come to understand why any student who generalizes about athletes does so and hope to change their mind. Let them know that many athletes can and do understand issues of sexual assault, but part of this understanding is letting those protesting the campus and its reaction to sexual assault have a voice that needs to be heard an can teach us something that we all need to learn. Part of understanding and respecting this issue is understanding the other viewpoint, and we cannot and will never be able to do so without listening to complaints like Professor Dumm's about athletics and sexual respect and taking action on them.
Which brings me back to the comment about dividing the community at Amherst. Yes, dividing Amherst is not good; this is a time for us to come together. However, if the discussion continues as is, most students will not really know why they are coming together. Sometimes a finger needs to be pointed at a system of privilege in order to inform those who subscribe to it, knowingly or unknowingly, the problems with that privilege. If students were to come together without really knowing what the victims of sexual assault are feeling, the togetherness they would advocate would be false and would accomplish little, which is more or less what has been happening over the past few months.
Blaming only those who commit sexual assault and labeling them deviant is highly individualist and de-values the role of societal systems of cultural privilege; it favors the "I" and the "me" and not the "we."
Sorry, I'm not buying it. I understand your point about cultural context of sex crimes, but to suggest that the people who actually commit crimes aren't really worse than the people who that one time laughed at the sexist joke is absurd. Same with your 'if you're privileged or part of a privileged group, you shouldn't feel uneasy about stereotyping.' That shows a remarkable lack of understanding of how people actually experience life--not on the macro level (where yeah, absolutely men have disproportionate everything, no argument here) but on smaller micro-political levels, where it's entirely possible for a member of a privileged group to legitimately be oppressed.
Secondly: A lot of people aren't pissed at Dumm because they're blinded by privilege, it's because he either didn't understand the studies he cited,or because he didn't care that they don't bear out his point.
Finally, for someone so tied into identity politics, you might want to consider the fact that maybe some people are reacting negatively to crap like Dumm's because, inasmuch "athletes" is sometimes used to code for "strong and traditionally masculine black males," it's playing into a racialized system which is part and parcel of false rape accusations and lynchings against blacks. But you're too busy flagellating yourself for having a Y chromosome to notice that.
This is the real culprit that the politically correct universities never touch: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4zSRkBMPng
Your second quoted statement "if you're privileged or part of a privileged group, you shouldn't feel uneasy..." isn't even from his article. Where did you pull that from?
Your point on the macro versus micro levels of experiencing life is irrelevant: Everyone experiences little discriminations here and there. But by and large, the macro serves the white, male, educated, American, English-speaking, athletic population, and that is what our discussion is about.
Your last point about "athletes" as suggesting "strong and traditionally masculine black males" is completely off the point. I do not believe that people actually summon that image to their minds when they hear that word, especially not on this campus.
"Finally, for someone so tied into identity politics, you might want to consider the fact that maybe some people are reacting negatively to crap like Dumm's because, inasmuch "athletes" is sometimes used to code for "strong and traditionally masculine black males," it's playing into a racialized system which is part and parcel of false rape accusations and lynchings against blacks. But you're too busy flagellating yourself for having a Y chromosome to notice that."
C'mon. I think we all know that the image of an athlete on the Amherst campus is not that of a black male. You know very well that the athlete on this campus is a wealthy, white, private-schooled male. This is why you are so angry, because it's not about the "blacks". This is in fact, a racialized issue, but as I hope you know, race politics are not limited to black students on this campus. Let's not forget the issue here.
You must currently have, and are going to have a very long and disappointing life if you continue to:
1. Blame others for your problems.
2. Demonize half the global population "maleness... leads to discrimination and rape."
3. Also, there are no careers in feminist propaganda.
Do you know what leads to rape? Rapists, not half the worlds population. Grow up.
Rapists are not what leads to rape. Rapists are people who conduct a crime that is essentially a social product. It is superficial to isolate the society in general from individuals who are implicated in social behaviors. Rapists do not just jump out of no where. They are inevitably influenced by social privileging systems that is propelled and perpetuated by groups in power. Rather than asking the author to grow up, why not asking yourself to step out of your little comfy "me" world a bit and see what is going on in the community that you are part of?
Do you know what leads to rape? Rapists and those who condone their actions. Rapists are going to rape no matter how much we try to "educate" them about consent. The only thing that is going to stop them is society--their friends, peers, employers, etc, actually ostracizing them for their actions--making it socially unacceptable to rape. That's why we're all involved. We (everyone) are all complicit in condoning rape by not being aware of why it happens and how we can help stop it.
Also, anonymous personal attacks are lame.
Its nice to know my 3 year old daughter is going into life with so many accommodations and excuses made for her, that she can literally do whatever she pleases and still be seen as the victim. Too bad my 6 year old sun will have to be the one to shoulder the burden for such special treatment.
The problem with all this new-wave feminism is it inherently finds all the fault to be with men, regardless of the scenario or circumstances. Normally id just brush it off and call them a bunch of fools. Afterall, i'm a women who stands to reap the benefits of this and i dont intellectually agree with anything they have to say. Plus, most men can manage to defend themselves from it, right? But than i realized how damaging this must be to my son... To grow up in a world where he is not only seen as guilty before proven innocent should an issue arise... but seen as guilty before any incident even occurs.
In the 60's and 70's women did have to deal with negative per-conceived notions that put them, emotionally and educationally, at a disadvantage(born to be home makers and, professionally, at best secretaries) but that is *NOTHING* compared to what boys grow up with now a days.
Being trained and molded to be mother and house wife 40 years ago > accusations of being a rapist simply for having a penis today. Every other member of our society(women, africans, gays, athiests, etc...) has advanced as far as rights and stereotypes go.
This comment demonstrates exactly the lack of understanding of the idea of privilege the article speaks of. Is it wrong to call every man a rapist? Certainly. Is it worse to call every woman a slut? I believe so. The key difference is that the two sexes are not, and have historically never been, on equal footing. Therefore one comment attacks a section of society that has been systematically favored, and the second attacks the section that has been systematically oppressed. Neither should be condoned, but the latter has a greater effect than the former.
In summary, I think your son will be alright, or at least better of than the women whose struggles you brushed off as nothing.
PS: Jake, thank you for writing this thoughtful response.
"a section of society that has been systematically favored, and the second attacks the section that has been systematically oppressed."
Ah, right, you mean the top 5% of males who have throughout history always gotten everything - including multiple wives, power, position. For the 95% of remaining males, historically the day-to-day realities of being "systematically favored" have been, among others:
1. Expected to put their lives at risk to protect women, even strangers
2. Expected to fight and die in meaningless wars started by the ambitions of the top 5%
3. Being valued for their accomplishments, and not for their inherent value as human beings
4. Being given the right to own their wives as "chattel", but with the caveat that their families own them as beasts of burden.
Indeed, systematically favored indeed!
This just proves what the author is trying to say: how obsessed the majority of people are with their "me" "I" world. This is not a case about your 6-year-old son, or any specific man, of males as a group in general. It is essentially about the social systems that perpetuate the conventional hierarchy. Feminists are not trying to point their fingers at someone and vent their anger. The criticism is not for finding a scapegoat, it is about evoking awareness about the essential fault of this system, whose colonizing influence should be resisted with every effort of our consciousness.
"Blaming only those who commit sexual assault and labeling them deviant is highly individualist and de-values the role of societal systems of cultural privilege;"
How many days at prison will you get for every rape committed by a male?
Anon alum, are you really suggesting that Dumm's article lays the foundations for racist thought at Amherst? He wanted the committee to do more research on a particular subculture at Amherst. That's it. No conspiracy theories there.
--> "inasmuch "athletes" is sometimes used to code for "strong and traditionally masculine black males," it's playing into a racialized system which is part and parcel of false rape accusations and lynchings against blacks. "
"Students at this college continue to act out of personal defense more than anything else; as soon as Professor Dumm even opens up the idea that maybe we should even consider looking into how athletics relates to sexual respect, students feel personally attacked and retort, ignorantly, by over-simplifying the contrarian position and claiming that Professor Dumm was generalizing about student athletes. "
Could not have said it better myself. That's exactly what I got out of the "discussion" on the comments of Dumm's article.
I'm a male. I don't rape. Not all males are rapists. Jesus. I hate this male-blame game.
Did you even read the opening few paragraphs? Paragraph three: Jake states, "Students at this college continue to act out of personal defense more than anything else; as soon as Professor Dumm even opens up the idea that maybe we should even consider looking into how athletics relates to sexual respect, students feel personally attacked and retort, ignorantly, by over-simplifying the contrarian position and claiming that Professor Dumm was generalizing about student athletes."
In case you didn't notice, you just made yourself an example of that exact reaction. I suggest you go to the people who actually know something about these issues and ask them for insight. Swallow your pride, try to see how little you actually understand, and ask someone lese for help. Thank me later.
I thought this was a really thoughtful reflection, and an important one.
"There are statistics that suggest some relationship between athletic participation and sexual assault. . ." Oh, you mean the misleading "science" that Dumm mentioned in his article? The science that, as Professor Hunt points out in her article today (/?q=article/2013/02/20/woolly-mammoth-r...), is either outdated and flawed or comes to conclusions completely at odds with Dumm's description?
". . . and maleness is certainly linked." BREAKING NEWS: Rape is linked to maleness. This is a truly groundbreaking discovery.
YES: "Sometimes a finger needs to be pointed at a system of privilege in order to inform those who subscribe to it, knowingly or unknowingly, the problems with that privilege. If students were to come together without really knowing what the victims of sexual assault are feeling, the togetherness they would advocate would be false and would accomplish little, WHICH IS MORE OR LESS WHAT HAS BEEN HAPPENING over the past few months."
Thank you so much for writing this, Jake!
The occurrence of rape is considered to be completely the fault of the male, not aware that sexual offenses are perpetrated by many segments of the population. Seeking to only target males for this crime is tantamount to racially profiling minorities. Justifying victimization because of a belief that these people are privileged fails to see that any sort of accusation of sexual violence leads to filing criminal charges. At that point, society has guaranteed the accused a fair trial, through which the prosecutor will seek to prove the still-innocent accused party guilty beyond any reasonable doubt. Adding in these measures of mistaken social justice corrupt our justice system and our laws by inserting ideas into our consciousness about this or that person being guilty, because of how they seem to be, instead of actually objectively analyzing the situation at hand.
Another naive statement by the above author is his desire to justify victimizing behaviors against a previously victimizing group. If the latter had ceased said actions because they understood them to be wrong, why allow the former to continue engaging in such a behavior? The fact that one be a victim, a previous victim, a victimizer, or any other person should not excuse the person from engaging in a victimizing attitude. If something is categorically wrong, and recognized as such, it should be held to be categorically wrong in any situation.
The last point I woudl touch upon is the author's unfounded statement that maleness inherently leads to violence. Taking domestic violence as an example of gendered violence, we see that over 40% of males are themselves the target of domestic violence. (http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2010/sep/05/men-victims-domestic-violence) Although I recognize this is a simplification of things, it does point out that violence is not inherently attached to any gender, but rather that any person can be both an instigator and a victim of violence.
Thank you for such a thoughtful response. A recognition of one's own privilege is something that is sorely lacking at Amherst. Acknowledging a position of power does not seek to blame the privileged, but rather make us all more aware of the consequences of our actions-and furthermore, acknowledging injustices within the system is a much more productive way of addressing the problems with sexual politics (at Amherst and any other American college or university) than trying to isolate individuals as the cause. As a varsity athlete at Amherst, I would support yor assertion that athletes felt immense entitlement and privilege at Amherst, and more self-awareness of this position of privilege would not only aid in the fight against sexual violence, but would perhaps help bridge the gap between athletes and non-athletes as a whole, as well.
Thank you, Jake, for writing such a thoughtful article. You've articulated exactly how I feel about the outcry against Professor Dumm's article. Many students at Amherst spend far too much time enjoying the fruits of their privilege and are unwilling to acknowledge that they are part of a culture that perpetuates rape and victim silencing, whether or not they themselves have committed rape. The anger against Professor Dumm seems symptomatic of a larger tendency to defend the status of the privileged majority.
I'm studying abroad currently and very grateful for the break from last semester's oh so stressful series of events, but I'm glad that conversation and actions are continuing. Thank you for writing this article, it means a lot to hear someone acknowledge 'out loud' how blinding privilege can be.
I would encourage everyone, no matter their gender/sex to think of another trait they have that places them in the privileged population. For example, being physically able is a tremendous privilege that is often overlooked, and at Amherst, we are all very mentally, intellectually, and educationally equipped. How has this particular privilege affected your life and opportunities? What inconveniences do people with out this privilege face on a daily basis? Even if you think you haven't negatively affected people without that privilege, I promise you have at some point. It doesn't mean that you did anything on purpose, but it does call you to notice how privilege affects you (and how your unprivileged traits affect you, too).
How about we consider this... and I quote:
"The research is quite convincing that the vast majority of rapes are committed by men who are serial offenders. There is considerable evidence from community-based research and from sex offender management research that these serial offenders begin their offending behavior during adolescence and that it becomes a continuing pattern of predatory behavior into adulthood. While this research has been "out there" and accumulating for many years, even decades, it is only recently that data have been pointing to the same phenomena in college environments.
These data paint a picture of sexual violence in college communities that is at variance with what many people believe, including many people who are working hard at preventing such violence. To give an example of some of the implications, consider this. The data suggest that approximately 60% of college rapists are serial offenders, and that on average they commit six rapes. This would mean that if you had 100 rapists on a campus, they would have committed 60 x 6 + 40 x 1 rapes, or 400 rapes during their college careers. Of those 400 rapes, 360 (90%) would have been committed by serial rapists.
There are significant prevention implications here. For we can be quite confident that the behavior of those 60 serial rapists cannot be changed by outreach or education. As we learn more and more about them, we learn that they look very much like sex offenders that we have been dealing with in our criminal justice system and in our sex offender management programs for many decades."
- Dr. Lisak, an associate professor of psychology at the University of Massachusetts Boston and director of the Men's Sexual Trauma Research Project
Meanwhile...someone tell Leane to sit down...and the other 10 people, who must have read every other word in order to blatantly miss the well put points Jake made, can join her.
Jared: Right. We can't change individual rapists. What we need to change are the systems (rape culture, patriarchy, etc.) that support them. We're all complicit in upholding these systems, which is why we need to examine our privilege in order to begin dismantling them and thus taking away from rapists the social license to operate.
By the way, here's a great piece on rape culture: http://www.shakesville.com/2009/10/rape-culture-101.html I'm sure we can imagine the specific ways it manifests on college campuses too.
Thank you so much for this. As an alum who lived through more incidents of sexual harassment and two incidents of sexual assault in my years at Amherst, thanks Jake for writing in support of Professor Dumm's article - which, really, articulated such a simple and basic request, and identified what is truly a wounded sense of privilege amongst current and former students, faculty, and staff.
Seriously, the only privilege that I felt was wounded by Dumm's piece was the privilege of knowing my tuition dollars went to professors who upheld minimum standards of intellectual honesty in making their arguments.
But apparently the fact Dumm violently assaulted the standards of academic proof doesn't matter when he says what you want to hear.
News flash - everyone at Amherst is in fact privileged relative to most of the U.S. population. Just saying.
Professor Hunt says, the SOCSMA studied every rape complaint made over the past ten years before concluding that student affiliation didn't matter. Where's the data? The committee's failure to publish their results (while persistently citing them as a defense) is raising more questions than it answers.
Amicus, what kind of "data" do you want published? Clearly there is a concern of victim privacy that means any "data" published would have to be devoid of any personal details or identifying data to the point of being uselss- it would be hardly the "proof" that you would want to disprove you conspiracy theory. If you won't believe the committee's statements, and its unethical to show you any sort of original data, then what would satisfy you? I feel like this is the conundrum of the birthier movement all over again.
For me, this is not a "thoughtful reflection". It is only "thoughtful" in the sense that it regurgitates typical leftist-Marxist rhetoric about privilege and systems of oppressions. The heavily SWPL culture at Amherst of course applauds such brilliant attempts at self-flagellation. But I do not, and I suspect many others don't - it is only that they are afraid to share their views, because most of the establishment at Amherst, their incompetence and past failures at dealing with sexual assault notwithstanding, subscribes to such thinking.
The reason I am not sympathetic to such rhetoric is because it is as bit as discriminatory as their self-confessed opponents - racists, sexists, etc. It paints everyone with the same broad brush, although the realities are often vastly different. You think every single male has benefited from "male privilege"? Ask the effeminate male who has been bullied since he was little. Perhaps the top 1-5% have benefited from such privilege. For the rest, the benefits are so small compared to other facts about their socioeconomic conditions that it is not only ineffective, but possibly offensive, to point out to them that they have "male privilege".
And of course Walters' kind of rhetoric ignores the often all-too-real-but-ignored flip side of male privilege: female privilege. A homeless woman arises more sympathy than a homeless man. An injured girl incites more calls to action than an injured male. The death of a woman is an outrage to both men and women. The death of a man is a matter of course. Of course, feminists and Walters would no doubt point to these realities as evidence of "benevolent sexism". So even when men are disadvantaged, it's men's fault, and so we have to condemn men even more. What great logic.


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Wednesday, December 29, 2010
52 Weeks to Better Genealogy: Thanks for Playing
At the end of 2009, Thomas MacEntee asked me to write another series to be featured on GeneaBloggers. There were only a few days before the new year and the deadline was tight. My idea was to get genealogists out of their comfort zone and encourage them to look at new sources and places for research. On a tray table of a middle seat of an airplane, I wrote the series that would be "52 Weeks to Better Genealogy." I wasn't sure how it would be received by the genealogy public.
The series' popularity exceeded my expectations. It was so neat to see so many people accept the weekly challenges and try new things. Some tools were loved, some were hated, but they were all tested.
We've hit the 52nd week and there are no more new challenges in the series. I hope you enjoyed it and learned something along the way. I really enjoyed reading everyone's experiences. Thank you to everyone who played along.
To answer the inevitable question that will be asked in the comments, yes, there is another series in the 2011 gate. This new one was written mainly on paper, in the car while waiting in the school pick-up line.
The topic is under wraps until it's debut at GeneaBloggers. Just know that it's entirely different than the last two series and may be new territory for some of you. Are you curious? Good. Then I've done my job.
Happy blogging in 2011.
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Did not participate in enough of these this year, for various reasons, did look at each challenge tho!ReplyDelete
Can't wait to see what your car notes reveal for us this year.
Thank you!!
Even though I only participated in a few myself, I LOVE this series and reading about others' experiences. I am definitely looking forward to the next one. Also, will you be putting up a list to all the weekly topics on one page? It would be great if you'd do this for both series so far.ReplyDelete
Curious? You bet! Can't wait to see how you'll help us s-t-r-e-t-c-h our skills.ReplyDelete
Oh Noooo! Please don't make me wait! I'm terrible at waiting, can't you tell? I'm so glad you're continuing with this series. I'm so excited and I can't wait to find out what your series will be this year! One of my goals this year is to post more to my blog. Even though I didn't participate much during the holidays, I'm super ready to get back to it!ReplyDelete
I am waiting with anticipatory excitement. I did a few and would have liked to have done more, but somehow work interfered with what I wanted to do.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousDecember 29, 2010 at 4:37 PM
Looking forward to seeing the plan...ReplyDelete
Can't wait for the new series! You rock, Amy!ReplyDelete
This was an excellent series. Even though I rarely got around to writing about them, I did most of the challenges and learned a lot along the way.ReplyDelete
Can't wait to see what's next.
Looking forward to the new series. I wish I'd had more time to devote to the 2010 series, it was excellent.ReplyDelete
PS - Oh how I remember the waiting in the pick up line days. Don't miss it, just remember it too well!
I didn't start blogging my genealogy until this past Nov. So I missed most of your last to series, but I can't wait to see what you have planned!!ReplyDelete
I missed 52 weeks; Can't wait to be involved!ReplyDelete
I am delighted there is to be a new series.I didn't participate in the last two due to domestics and work, but have plans to go back and utilise the subject matters for further blog posts. Looking forward to the new series.ReplyDelete

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Ever since Roe v. Wade, the United States has been deeply divided on the issue of abortion. In that landmark case, an unmarried pregnant woman was refused an abortion in Texas and, with the ensuing judicial challenge, won American women the right to safe, legal abortions. Ever since, proponents and opponents have lined up on either side of the issue, launching verbal abuse - and worse - at each other. As the religious right has increased in size and power in the past decade, the issue has become even more divisive - and violent. "Lake of Fire" is unquestionably the definitive work on the subject of abortion. Shot in luminous black and white, which is in fact an endless palette of grays, the film has the perfect esthetic for a subject where there can be no absolutes, no "right" or "wrong." It gives equal time to both sides, covering arguments from either extremes of the spectrum, as well as those at the center, who acknowledge that, in the end, everyone is "right" - or "wrong." With graphic images of termination procedures and their aftermath, the film endeavors to show abortion's physical and psychological reality--to make clear what exactly is at stake. The film's title comes from one person's description of what awaits abortionists in hell. It is a brave film, even a monumental one. And, whatever you believe now, you are certain to think differently after seeing it.
Director: Tony Kaye
Writer: Tony Kaye
Producer: Tony Kaye
Cast: Noam Chomsky, Alan M. Dershowitz and Terry Randall
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CAPITheticAL Winners
A design for a second capital in Australia's north has taken out the top prize in the CAPITheticAL competition
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It was a competition that attracted 114 entries from 24 countries - a contest designed to inspire new ideas about how to create a modern capital city.
Professional architects, designers and students were asked to imagine what an Australian national capital could look like in the 21st century and whether it should even be on the current site of Canberra.
The competition, managed by the Australian Institute of Architects, as part of Canberra's Centenary celebrations, was also aimed at raising awareness about the creation of Canberra itself, including the original international design competition won by Walter Burley Griffin and Marion Mahony Griffin.
The winner of the $70,000 first prize is The Northern Capital, designed by the Fremantle-based firm Ecoscape.
It proposes retaining Canberra as a capital city and building a second capital at Lake Argyle in the Kimberley to develop northern Australia and Australia's ties with its northern neighbours, while integrating Aboriginal culture.
Second prize has gone to Brisbane based Brit Andresen and Mara Francis for Sedimentary City Canberra - a layered design that judges described as a "poetic and visually sumptuous projection of what might occur in the future".
The jury, chaired by Professor Barbara Norman from the University of Canberra, awarded a commendation to the Urban Design Research Centre in Perth for its design for a new capital city adjacent to Darwin, while the student prize has gone to Kate Dickinson and Annabel Koeck from Sydney for Proto:Capital which sees the capital as an urban prototype for the nation.
Professor Norman says climate change, sustainability and Australia's indigenous heritage have emerged as strong themes, as well as the way in which the capital embraces the nation and our place within the Asia region.
"This design competition is to inspire us and to inspire our thinkers and our leaders," she says. "But in terms of taking decisions in the future I think there's more than a richness there to be able to be practically implemented."


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If two days from this posting, Apple announces a touch screen iMac at its 2007 MacWorld event, we may have to reconsider this review. Until that happens, HP's new $1,779 TouchSmart PC IQ770 is our all-in-one family PC of choice. You probably wouldn't want to make it your main PC for doing serious work or playing games, so even with fewer features than the TouchSmart PC, the iMac is still more well rounded. But if you're looking for a desktop computer to act as a media hub that also has easy-to-use tools to organize your busy family, we know of no better system on the market.
In addition to its own unique design and features, the HP TouchSmart PC IQ770 has the distinction of being the first Windows Vista desktop we've reviewed. It uses Vista Home Premium, which means that it in addition to the core operating system, you also get the Windows Media Center interface, the touch screen capability (which HP uses to great effect), as well as the Aero Glass visual effects among other things. Rather than shoehorning an operating system review into a desktop story, (Vista will be getting plenty of its own coverage shortly, don't worry), we'll simply say that HP is doing Microsoft a great service with this system. The TouchSmart PC is a convincing showcase for the new features Vista brings to the table.
Not the first all-in-one
HP is certainly not the first major vendor to offer an all-in-one desktop. Both Gateway and Sony (and arguably Dell) have all-in-ones, but as slick as some of them have been, none has approached the elegance of Apple's iMac. The same is true of the HP TouchSmart PC, but its display also has a more flexible range of motion than any current all-in-one. That makes more of a difference than you might think. When you position the glossy, 19-inch wide-screen LCD (1440x900 native resolution) at its lowest pivot point, the TouchSmart PC looks remarkably compact and unobtrusive. It's easy to imagine keeping it in a kitchen, an office or a den. But pull the screen out and tilt it upward, and it takes on the appearance of a futuristic terminal. In this position, the TouchSmart PC practically begs you to touch it, which is exactly the idea.
Touch screen capability is one of Windows Vista Home Premium's many new features, and we commend HP for taking advantage of it so quickly and implementing it in the TouchSmart PC in such an intuitive manner. You can use either your finger or an included stylus (which you store in a slot on the top of the screen) to drive the Windows cursor around the screen. HP includes a wireless mouse and keyboard, which work well enough, but once you pick the stylus up, it immediately feels comfortable. We suspect that many users will leave the keyboard stored in its slot beneath the display the majority of the time. Windows Vista includes configuration software for setting the touch screen sensitivity and customizing the double-click and drag-and-drop strokes, and using the basic PC functions this way is easy enough if not as quick as with a mouse. HP puts the touch screen to better use in its SmartCenter program, a custom application in which HP uses Vista's touch screen capability to make the TouchSmart PC shine as a family computer.
HP's stylus-driven SmartCenter
Designed to be driven entirely with the stylus (or your finger, if you don't mind greasing up the screen), SmartCenter combines a handful of day-to-day applications into an amazingly easy-to-use package. The default application set includes a calendar, a photo editing application, and a basic local weather display. The weather program delivers a very basic feed from Weather.com (almost too basic), but the SmartCalendar and Photosmart Touch image-editing software are both very useful, as well as easy to use. The calendar includes virtual Post-It-style notes that you can write on with the stylus. You can leave them on the main screen, or drag them to a specific date and time on the calendar. You can use the keyboard to type notes as well, and a virtual keyboard interface lets you poke out letters with the stylus directly on the calendar itself. HP also includes voice recording capability, and lets you attach a voice message to a note, and it couldn't be simpler to use. All you need to do is hit the record a message button, press the big record button that pops up on the screen, say your message, then press the button again to stop. We can easily imagine a busy family using the SmartCalendar as a organizational hub to keep track of various members' comings and goings.
The Photosmart Touch editing software is easy to master. Also a stylus-driven application, Photosmart Touch has basic cropping functions, as well as a red-eye remover. You can then print your images directly from the applicatoin. This is another reason why we like the TouchSmart PC, it can work like a photo kiosk. If you use it in conjunction with HP's Photosmart A510 and A610 printers, you can hide one of those printers behind the display, where it will sit atop the TouchSmart PC's base (which also houses the guts of the system). This space-saving design hides the printer except for its output slot, which lines up in the space below the screen. The effect is very much like having your own photo kiosk at home, and it puts the design of the system's chassis to very effective use.
All the trappings of a modern PC
Otherwise, the TouchSmart PC works very much like a typical modern PC. It includes all of the amenities of a system in its price range, including a slot-loading, LightScribe-capable DVD burner (standard definition), an 8-in-1 media card reader, integrated 802.11 b/g Wi-Fi and Bluetooth, a TV tuner, a Webcam and a microphone on the top edge of the LCD, as well as the usual assortment of video and audio connections. You won't find an HDMI port or an HD optical drive on the unit, but you do get digital audio out, as well as a set of integrated speakers that work well enough (just don't crank them too high, as the sound tends to break up at loud volumes). The 320GB 7,200rpm hard drive gives you plenty of room for digital media storage, and if that's not enough, HP also built a Pocket Media Drive bay into the side of the unit, in case you'd like to expand via one of HP's small, portable hard drives. You could, of course, connect any old external hard drive via one of the many USB 2.0 or FireWire 400 ports.
If we have a gripe about this PC, it's its performance. It's slower than an $1,800 PC should be. Its pokey performance relative to other systems in its price range could be due to the demands of Windows Vista. We'll be able to say for sure when we've tested Vista with more hardware configurations. As it stands, the combination of a dual-core AMD Turion 64 X2 TL-52 processor, 2GB of DDR2 SDRAM, and a discrete Nvidia GeForce Go 7600 graphics chip gives you enough juice for day-to-day applications, as well as fancier Vista features like the translucent Flip 3D task switcher and the Aero Glass visual effects. We noticed occasional dropped frames in DVD movie playback, though, and its 47.7 frames per second on a forgiving Quake 4 setting isn't a heartening picture of its game performance. Still, the video image quality is outstanding thanks to the wide-aspect glossy screen, and you wouldn't use the TouchSmart PC for games anyway. Just be aware that you might get bogged down during intense digital media editing, otherwise, you shouldn't be disappointed in the TouchSmart PC's overall power. It's all you get for now, too, as this configuration is the only one that HP will offer when the TouchSmart PC goes on sale at the end of the month.
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Oct. 13, 2007
PHILADELPHIA, Pa. - The MIT rifle team swept the University of the Sciences in Philadelphia (USP) in both guns on Saturday, picking up where it left off after last week's solid start against VMI.
Emily Houston paced the Engineers in both events, securing scores of 562 in smallbore and 573 in air. USP's Michelle Bauer, who served as the top marksman during the tilt, out-dueled Houston on the last target card to take top individual honors in air rifle. Bauer scored a 95 in the final rotation to finish with a score of 574. Houston, who finished one point back in the aggregate, shot a 94 in her last attempt.
Bauer also earned the highest score in smallbore with a total of 576, but USP couldn't match MIT's depth in falling, 2113-2100. The Engineers benefited from a few clutch performances, led by rookie Joseph Lane's third-place score of 543. Lane was the only shooter to record a perfect score on one target card after firing a 100 from the prone position. Sarah Miles also performed well. Her total of 529 was highlighted by the fact that she shot in the 90's on three separate occasions.
The Engineers had a little more breathing room in air rifle, where they finished ahead of USP, 2179-2141. Once again, Lane finished third after a total of 558, while Jennifer Paek closed strong to end with a score of 536 and a fourth-place finish in the individual standings. Miles closed out the scoring with a total of 512, while Justine Li finished just off the pace after shooting a 509.


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Unfortunately there are different dynos and even then different conditions and different fuels. No way to make everything perfect but one thing that the dyno dynamics has is shootout mode which essentially makes them all read the same.
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by Joshua Maloni
The Service Organizations of Lewiston group has joined forces with the Niagara River Region Chamber of Commerce's Lewiston Advisory Committee.
The merger will "provide an avenue for communication between the business organizations and the service organizations and the events that they are involved with," said LAC Chairman Rick Haight. This new union "provides a forum for communication between (service) groups and the business organizations to hopefully feed off each other, information and even volunteering and things of that nature, so that both sides can benefit."
Rivershore Inc. Executive Director Jeff Sanderson was chairman of SOLE when it merged with the LAC on March 21. He said he is "very pleased," "optimistic" and "excited" about the prospect of the two organizations working together to better address the challenges facing Lewiston. The collaboration, Sanderson said, will allow the newly bolstered LAC "to more effectively address concerns shared by both" groups.
Former Village of Lewiston Mayor Richard Soluri established SOLE in the mid-'90s.
"Our primary job over the years has been to create connections" between the SOLE members, Sanderson said. SOLE participants included the Kiwanis Club, the Lewiston Council on the Arts, the Historical Association of Lewiston, the Niagara County Aktion Club and Niagara University.
In recent months, Sanderson began attending LAC meetings. As Kiwanis Club president-elect, he wanted to update business leaders on parking and traffic plans related to the Peach Festival.
"I observed that there was some crossover" between SOLE and the LAC, he said. "Many of the discussions pertained to issues that were relevant to both groups."
Following a conversation with Village of Lewiston Mayor Terry Collesano, he was convinced of the merits of a merger.
"(SOLE) served a lot of good purposes," Sanderson said. But with a struggling economy and more demand on each member's schedule, "it became more challenging for people to devote time" to attend SOLE meetings.
When he approached the LAC about joining forces, Sanderson said, "I received a positive response and was encouraged to take this back to the SOLE committee."
Sanderson consulted with each SOLE member, informing the group "there would be a better opportunity to share concerns" and more ability to find volunteers and serve all of Lewiston as one unified group under the LAC umbrella.
"There was a resounding interest in doing so," he said.
"We all want the same thing," Sanderson said, and that is to efficiently serve the needs of the service organizations, the businesses and the residents of Lewiston.
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Leading the digital enterprise requires a new kind of leadership. Why? People in the digital workplace may work together but never encounter each other directly. Workers may be engaged in a common pursuit but never be employees of the same organization. Smart machines will be integrated into the digital workplace to such an extent that distinctions between human and machine intelligence may no longer be obvious. Even the concepts of employee and employer are likely to change, replaced by combinations that are transient, yet remarkably productive.
Our research identified three game-changing trends that are redefining leadership. We make four predictions about what it takes to be a leader in the digital enterprise.
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Networks will replace hierarchy as the core principle of the organization. Leaders will need to eliminate bottlenecks in information flow, actively participate in global conversations and engage in provocative interactions.
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Workforces will continue to fragment. Leaders will need to integrate the workforce, share what is on their minds and extend the conversation to others to refine ideas.
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Organizations and workforces will turn over more rapidly. Leaders will need to practice spiritual intelligence to bring people together and cultivate and articulate the organization's purpose.
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Exes at Coachella: Katy Perry edition
Last year at Coachella, 4 months after her divorce from Russell Brand, Katy Perry was seen with Florence And The Machine's Robert Ackroyd. It was definitely romantic. Click here for a refresher. That didn't last long. Not even sure if it lasted past the weekend.
This year, both are back at Coachella. Ackroyd evidently has a new gf, and Katy was there with a large group of friends including Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson. Ex management in Hollywood is fascinating. They'll front like it's nothing but how could it not be exactly like high school, with the same anxiety one might feel when walking by your old boyfriend making out with his fresh girlfriend right beside your locker?
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Australia's New Prime Minister Surrounded By Climate Science Denying Voices and AdvisorsRead time: 5 mins
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By Graham Readfearn • Wednesday, October 9, 2013 - 17:00
WHEN speaking to script, Australia's new conservative Prime Minister Tony Abbott will say that he accepts that human emissions of greenhouse gases are having an impact on the world's climate.
Yet the Liberal Party leader appears to be surrounding himself with ministers and advisers who reject the science of human-caused climate change, with the most outspoken anti-science advocate being Maurice Newman, recently appointed as chairman of the Prime Minister's Business Advisory Council.
According to Newman, the current government's two key climate science agencies - the CSIRO and the Bureau of Meteorology - "continue to propagate the myth of anthropological climate change", as he wrote last month in the Australian Financial Review.
Writing in The Australian newspaper in July, Newman described the science of human-caused climate change as a "smokescreen" for "vested interests" and criticised US President Barack Obama for continuing to "champion discredited research".
Last November Newman, a former stockbroker and chairman of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, was again dripping with hatred for climate scientists and "believers", who he described as being part of a global throng of "fundamentalists" who had "collected hundreds of billions of dollars from naive governments that adopted their faith".
Since entering Government in September, Tony Abbott has already abolished Australia's publicly-funded Climate Commission, re-iterated his "blood oath" to repeal the country's carbon price legislation and has pushed on with attempts to scrap the $10 billion Clean Energy Finance Corporation. The CEFC has made a reported $500 million in loans since July which have attracted a further $1.6 billion in private investment to projects it has backed.


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Spinning-Wheel Stories (FULL Audio Book) 10 - Corny's Catamount
Spinning-Wheel Stories (FULL Audio Book) by Louisa May Alcott (1832 - 1888) A group of stories-within-a-story, told in the classic Louisa May Alcott style. "I've a little cold," said the old lady, "and am too hoarse for talking, my dears; but Aunt Elinor has looked up a parcel of old tales that I've told her at different times and which she has written down. You will like to hear her reading better than my dull way of telling them, and I can help Minnie and Lotty with their work, for I see they are bent on learning to spin." The young folk were well pleased with grandma's proposal; for Aunt Nell was a favorite with all, being lively and kind and fond of children, and the only maiden aunt in the family. Now, she smilingly produced a faded old portfolio, and, turning over a little pile of manuscripts, said in her pleasant way: "Here are all sorts, picked up in my travels at home and abroad; and in order to suit all of you, I have put the names on slips of paper into this basket, and each can draw one in turn. Does that please my distinguished audience?"


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Late one night, as I was desperately trying to finish cramming and get at least 3 hours of sleep before the next day's exam, as dawn was breaking and the birds started singing in Chapel Court outside, I decided, screw it, I'm reading Simon Baron-Cohen's lectures, and hoping an essay question comes out from there.
And as I sat there, reading the great man's work, for the first time in all the long years of study it took to get here--
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"Our Perverted Eternal Justice Warriors have been tracking JJ, who goes by the online handle gabrielles-ONE-FIFTY-ONE… He claims to be a religious man who follows his peaceful religion."
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For Investors, No Risk Means No Return
Wayne Gretzky, the greatest hockey player of all time, famously said that "You miss 100 percent of the shots you don't take." Charles Jaffe explains how this mantra applies to investing as well. Photo: AP.
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Who operates Registered Apprenticeship programs?
Registered Apprenticeship program sponsors (e.g. employers, employer associations and labor management organizations) vary from small, privately owned businesses to national employer and industry associations. Today, we have nearly 29,000 sponsors representing more than 250,000 employers, including UPS, the United States Military Apprenticeship Program, Werner Enterprises, CVS/pharmacy and many others.
How does Registered Apprenticeship benefit sponsors?
In addition to available tax benefits and workforce development grants in some states, Registered Apprenticeship benefits employers and sponsors by providing them with a pipeline of skilled workers with industry-specific training and hands-on experience. Registered Apprenticeship programs are customizable to match employers' needs, and highly flexible to always to meet employers' changing requirements.
How does Registered Apprenticeship benefit states, regions and communities?
Registered Apprenticeship programs mean a more highly skilled workforce. Nationally certified employees give your state, region or community a competitive edge, attract companies, increase wages and ultimately increase tax revenue. Because apprentices pay income taxes on their wages, it is estimated that every dollar the federal government invests yields more than $50 in revenues.
What is the link between RA and the Workforce Development System?
The 21st century economy demands a workforce with postsecondary education credentials, and the adaptability to respond immediately to changing economic and business needs. The public workforce system is playing a leadership role in meeting these demands by catalyzing the implementation of innovative talent development and lifelong learning strategies that will enable American workers to advance their skills and remain competitive in the global economy. Registered Apprenticeship, a critical postsecondary education, training, and employment option available in every state in the country, is an important component of these talent development strategies. Registered Apprenticeship is business- and industry-driven, with more than 29,000 programs impacting 250,000 employers and almost 450,000 apprentices -predominantly in high-growth industries that face critical skilled worker shortages now and in the foreseeable future. Full collaboration between the publicly funded workforce investment system and Registered Apprenticeship leverages each system's strengths to maximize the benefits in the context of regional talent development strategies.
For more detailed information, this Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) provides information, examples, and policy guidance to support the full integration of Registered Apprenticeship into workforce system activities. The document is one of a number of products that the Employment and Training Administration (ETA) is releasing to assist regions in developing Workforce Investment Act and apprenticeship efforts that are mutually supportive.
How Many Occupations are Apprenticeable?
Nationwide, there are registered apprenticeship programs for over 1000 occupations and that number continually grows. A few of the traditional skilled occupations in which apprentices are being trained are: automotive technician, baker, bricklayer, carpenter, electrician, machinist, maintenance mechanic, operating engineer, painter, roofer, sheet metal worker, structural steel worker, and tool and die maker. However, there are many other occupations that have apprenticeship programs. Examples of these occupations are computer programmer, computer service mechanic, dairy technologist, dental assistant, electronics technician, environment analyst, fire fighter, horticulturist, insurance claims adjuster, laboratory technician, optical technician, wastewater treatment plant operator, chef, and many others.
The Office of Apprenticeship provides a list of the officially recognized apprenticeable occupations.
How long are Apprenticeship programs?
The length of an apprenticeship program depends on the complexity of the occupation and the type of program (Time Based, Competency Based, or a Hybrid). Apprenticeship programs range from 1 year to 6 years, but the majority are 4 years in length. During the program, the apprentice receives both structured, on-the-job learning (OJL) and related classroom instruction (RTI). For each year of the apprenticeship, the apprentice will receive normally 2,000 hours of on-the-job training and a recommended minimum of 144 hours of related classroom instruction.
What are the different designs of Registered Apprenticeship programs?
Time-Based Requirements
A time-based occupation requires a minimum of 2,000 hours, which includes an outline of the specific work processes and the approximate time requirement for each individual work process under that occupation.
Competency/Performance Program Requirements
Competency/performance based apprenticeship programs are premised on attainment of demonstrated, observable and measurable competencies in lieu of meeting time based work experience and on-the-job learning. However, these programs still have to comply with the requirement for the allocation of the approximate time to be spent in each major process. Therefore, work experience process schedules and related instruction outlines must specify approximate time of completion or attainment of each competency, which can be applied toward the 2,000-hour requirement (competencies demonstrated not withstanding and assuming no credit for previous experience). In competency/performance based programs apprentices may accelerate the rate of competency achievement or take additional time beyond the approximate time of completion or attainment due the open entry and exit design. Competency is defined as, "An observable, measurable pattern of skills, knowledge, abilities, behaviors and other characteristics that an individual needs to perform work roles or occupational functions successfully."
Competency/performance based training programs have the following characteristics:
- Competencies should be identified and defined through a job/task analysis and directly related to the job/role.
- Organized learning activities should be structured and wherever possible, self-paced with open entry and open exit.
- Measures or tests of competency attainment should be observable, repeatable and agreed to in advance.
- Work experience process schedules and related instruction outlines should include the approximate time/hours or minimum - maximum times/hours for each competency attained in order to document successful completion.
Hybrid Program Requirements
In addition to time-based programs which have a fixed set time for completion (i.e., 2,000, 4,000, 6,000 hours) and competency/performance based programs, a third alternative has evolved which, in effect, is a "hybrid" of the two types of programs previously mentioned. This third type of program is basically a combination of time and performance considerations whereby work processes are developed with a minimum - maximum time/hours for each task or job requirement (i.e., minimum 200 hours maximum 400 hours).
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To find out more about the benefits of the Registered Apprenticeship program, contact the U.S. Department of Labor's Office of Apprenticeship or your state's apprenticeship office.
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There are certain moments when everything seems possible, when fairy-tales come real, when one can see beyond the imaginary frontiers of the universe. Maybe being a daydreamer what I am makes it easy to believe and see.
I was having a coffee with a friend today and she said her son who is 4 still believes in Santa. I'm 29 and I do believe into the magic with all my heart. Does that make me too naïve? So what? I do believe in the Santa spirit and love the emotions that Christmas brings. The smell of cookies, mulled wine, all the family and friends gatherings. Isn't that what Christmas is all about. I'm not very fond of the commercial side of the holiday – all the shopping and gift giving that turns out quite useless most of the times.
When I was a child there were no fancy toys, there was no Santa. I don't even remember if we ever celebrated Christmas. This was a capitalistic holiday. All we celebrated was the New Year Eve. Of course, there were presents for the children, but the choice wasn't so great. I always received a doll, although never played with it.
But although without the Christmas fuss I was a happy child. This was the time when my mother would make us pancakes for breakfast and we would eat them while stirring vigorously some rye coffee with water in order to make it into foam. Then my father would pack up me and my sister into the sledge and would take us to kids' cinema. And later at night I would read fairy-tales to my sister.
One of my favourite fairy-tales was about a tailor in whose workshop there were little creatures springing to life during the night and helping him with his work. I've had countless sleepless nights stalking for little creatures.
Now they've come to our kitchen :)
Chocolate Coconut Cookies Recipe:
Makes around 60 cookies
Adapted from Mad About Maida
For the Filling:
- 85 gr cream cheese;
- ½ tsp vanilla extract;
- 60 gr granulated sugar;
- 90 gr dessicated coconut;
- 60 gr ground walnuts.
Spread a sheet of parchment paper or plastic wrap. Using your hands shape the mixture into a long log, then wrap it into the prepared wrap. I formed the filling into two 35cm long logs but they were a little bit hard to handle, so the next time I would form it into several smaller logs. Refrigerate for a couple of hours.
For the Chocolate Dough:
- 185 gr all purpose flour;
- ½ tsp baking powder;
- pinch of salt;
- 100 gr confectionner's sugar;
- 55 gr dark chocolate, melted;
- 90 gr cold butter, cut into 1 cm pieces;
- 1 tsp vanilla extract;
- 1 egg.
Place flour, salt, baking powder and sugar in the bowl of the food processor, equipped with the metal blade, and pulse to combine. Add in cold butter pieces and pulse a couple of times until crumbly. Add in egg, vanilla and melted chocolate and pulse just to form dough. Gather the dough to a ball, flatten it to a disk, wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate for 4 hours.
Take out of the fridge. On a lightly floured counter top, roll out the dough, then cut it to strips the length of the filling logs. Place the filling log over the chocolate dough strips and roll up like sushi, besides sushi mat could be of help here. Wrap in plastic (reuse the plastic wrap from the filling!) and refrigerate for an hour.
Preheat the oven to 180ºC. Line a baking sheet with silpat. Cut the log into 1 cm slices. Press each slice between your palms to flatten it a bit– I didn't do this with the first batch that went into the oven since I expected the cookies to spread but they didn't and some pretty fat cookies came out of the oven, so do give them a little face-lift.
Bake cookies for 6-7 minute, although it depends of their size. Cool on a wire rack.


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Alright, just got out of the water at coyote.
I was on my 11. light condition inside.
Could keep my ground but hard to get upwind.
Still having fun. Enough power to get some backrolls on the gusts.
I decide to go outside to make some ground upwind as usual, as I pass the yellow buoy, I see a gust coming at me really fast.
never saw something like this before. clear wind line coming my way.
One side was like blowing 13kts the other side the water texture looked like 40.
as soon as it hit my kite I got blown out of the water pretty high. Bar got pulled out of my hands and the kite bent BACKWARD.
Crashed in the water wondering what the ^!@#%$ just happened. Pretty sure that by the violence of the shock the lines probably snapped and I'm not even attached to the kite anymore.
But no, kite is still there. I body dragged quickly to my board and decide it's time to get back to shore presto.
Inspecting the kite onshore, I notice the violence of the shock blew the canopy on the edge of the windtip from the leading edge. (you can see it on the picture).
So my question is: is it possible I got blown away by some leftover draft from a plane landing at SFO and passing above me?
I've been riding at coyote almost all this season and this is the first time this happens to me.
Needless to say, conditions got better but I packed up and called it a day.


text: Centuries old Count Yorga (Robert Quarry) is a vampire that is given a ride to his gloomy mansion in the woods by Paul (Michael Murphy) and Donna (Judith Lang) in their Volkswagon van. On the way out of the woods, the vehicle becomes stuck in the mud, but the duo refuses to return to the creepy house. After the two make love, Donna is bitten by the Count. Paul becomes suspicious when she starts to devour cats and a seance reveals some uneasy feelings about the Count. Donna is examined by Dr. Hayes (Roger Perry), and the dedicated physician brings wooden stakes to the Volkswagon. While the demented demon looks on and shrieks with delight, a bevy of vampire beauties eats the doctor alive after he falls into the Count's trap. Unnecessary narration is employed to explain the action.~ Dan Pavlides, All Movie Guide


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Puerto Morelos, Riviera Maya Travel Guide
Puerto Morelos Summary
- Located between Playa del Carmen and Cancun (with easy access to Cozumel ferries)
- Visitors can swim and snorkel in giant, cool freshwater pools called cenotes
- Plenty of restaurants and a decent nightlife (with less of a "Spring Break" vibe)
- All beaches are public
- Great snorkeling in the area's shallow reefs
- English is spoken almost everywhere you go
- Generally safe
- Slightly farther from the airport
- Sleepier than downtown Cancun and Playa del Carmen (a pro for many)
- Expensive taxis -- foreign tourists are charged double, and guests of expensive hotels pay more
- Hurricane season (from August through November)
What It's Like
Puerto Morelos is a former fishing village located halfway between Cancun and Playa del Carmen. The area serves as a perfect compromise for anyone looking for Cancun's stunning beaches sans the hordes of tourists. The impressive reefs just offshore attract a fair share of divers, and many come to take a dip in the inland cenotes (massive sinkholes filled with crystal-clear groundwater). The laid-back vibe of the area makes it great for spending a day lounging or exploring and unwinding with dinner at a beachfront restaurant, all without the fear of having to deal with packs of drunk spring breakers.
Where to Stay
Staying in Puerto Morelos means staying on the water: you'll want to take advantage of the beach as much as possible. The two main drags of shops and restaurants are easily accessible from there and can be navigated by foot.


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Reference : Joy Of Baking
- 60 gms Unsalted Butter, melted and cooled
- 120 gms Maida flour
- 75 gms Sugar
- 1/2 tsp Baking powder
- 1/4 tsp Baking soda
- pinch of salt
- 1/2 tsp Cinnamon powder optional
- 1 large Egg, lightly beaten
- 2 medium sized, ripe Banans, mashed
- 1/2 tsp Vanilla Extract
2.In a large bowl combine flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda,salt,cinnamon powderand nuts and keep aside.
3. In an another bowl combine mashed bananas, lighlty beaten egg, melted butter and vanilla extract and keep.
4. Then fold the wet ingredients into dry ingredients and combine well till the batter becomes thick and chunky.Spoon into prepared muffin tray and place in them in the middle rack of the oven and bake them for 20 to 30 Min's or until toothpick inserted into the center of muffin comes out of clean.
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Wednesday, January 6, 2010
Mini Skirts And Straight Bourbon.
As the name implies, the maxi skirt was long, typically ending mid-calf. As fashion leaders always do, they urged women to discard their mini skirts immediately in favor of the new maxi skirts.
Women refused (and men cheered).
Much like the introduction of New Coke, the failure of the maxi skirt proved that there is a limit to what marketers can shove down the throat of the American consumer.
At about that same time, some of the largest distilled spirits companies tried to wean Americans away from straight whiskeys such as straight bourbon and straight rye. Instead, they thought we should drink blended whiskey or the newly-developed light whiskey.
Americans were turning away from straights at that time. They were drinking more blended scotch and blended Canadian whiskey, but also a lot more vodka, gin, rum and tequila, all of which were lighter in taste than American straight whiskey.
All of those products were also cheaper to make, which is why the producers were so enamoured of them. They even tried to get the Standards of Identity changed so they could make a lighter and cheaper product, by reusing barrels and distilling at higher proofs, and still call it straight bourbon.
That proposal was rejected by the BATF and light whiskey was solidly rejected by consumers. Blended whiskey--which combines a little straight whiskey with a lot of vodka (i.e., neutral spirit)--gained a little traction but never got close to unseating the straights.
When American whiskey began to rebound in the 1990s it was Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey that led the charge.
This is essentially the story of Four Roses. The brand started in the mid-19th century as a straight bourbon and returned after Prohibition that way too. Eventually it was acquired by the Jos. E. Seagram Company, a Canadian producer that only made blends there and thought that's what we should drink down here too. In the U.S. market they converted Four Roses into a blend, although they sold it in the rest of the world as a bourbon.
As time went on, competitive pressures caused Seagrams to cheapen the blend by reducing its straight whiskey component. The legal minimum is a mere 20 percent. Even among blended whiskey drinkers, Four Roses was considered rot gut.
When Seagrams was sold for parts a decade ago, Kirin (which had been partners with Seagrams in Japan) became the new owner of Four Roses and immediately began to reintroduce it into the United States as a high quality straight bourbon whiskey. They had to overcome the blend's bad reputation, but by that time the brand was such a loser that most younger consumers had never even heard of it. To them, Four Roses Bourbon was a new brand.
They began the revival in Kentucky, naturally, and gradually expanded as they were able to produce enough to meet the growing demand. That process is now just about complete. With the new year, Four Roses is now available in Michigan, Maryland and New Hampshire.
No, they were not expanding alphabetically. For a variety of reasons, they chose to expand into control states last.
So the next time you enjoy a fine straight bourbon, think about the American consumers who refused to be herded like sheep so many years ago.
3 comments:
- sam k said...
Points well taken, Chuck.
Four Roses Single Barrel is my favorite bourbon these days, and Yellow Label may be the only acceptable 80 proofer, but as you mentioned, they remain unavailable here in PA. I can only hope that Kirin's plans include eventually opening the entire country, including ass-backward states like mine!
- January 7, 2010 at 9:44 AM
- David Goldberg said...
Only kind of related... I was watching the original Rocky the other week, and in the scene where Rocky visits Paulie in the meat packing plant (where Rocky shows us how he tenderizes his beef), there's Paulie, still drinking... out of a Four Roses bottle!
A little internet research shows why that's so... and a stronger connection between Rocky and Four Roses...
- January 11, 2010 at 1:44 PM
- Chuck Cowdery said...
What Paulie drinks in the original, made in 1976, is the rot gut blend, which probably is what Paulie should drink. Stallone's childhood memories (b. 1946) were likely of the blend as well. I suspect the appearance in 2006's "Rocky Balboa" was a paid placement.
- January 11, 2010 at 3:22 PM


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