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To The Black Men Who Think They Are Neutral But Really Support White Patriarchal Supremacy…
Y'all on ALL my nerves. I honestly didn't think I had any unbothered nerves left but then some Black men proved me wrong. Repeatedly.
So, for the ones in the back struggling with this concept: IN THE FIGHT AGAINST WHITE SUPREMACY, YOU ARE NOT NEUTRAL! YOU ARE NOT NEUTRAL. YOU CANNOT BE NEUTRAL, SO STOP PRETENDING YOU ARE.
As much as you want to believe that you can live a day without politics, you can't. You can't because you are a Black man. A BLACK man. Your skin color makes you political. That means that every fucking thing you say and every fucking thing you do is political. And if you didn't know, now you do.
I have had too many discussions where you act like the shit going on in this country doesn't affect you, where you think that by saying nothing, you're not agreeing to anything. Except when it comes to oppression, saying nothing actually is saying that whatever wrongdoing is happening, you're cool with it. It's saying that you don't give enough of a fuck to consider what it's costing somebody else because you think it's not costing you anything. It makes you complicit and it means you support white supremacy.
I've had discussions where you refuse to hold space for Black people. I've listened to you talk about turning the other cheek in the face of racial and gendered injustice. I've been in Facebook groups that have insisted that all we talk about is our fandoms without politics, as if politics isn't the air we breathe, the schools we attend, the jobs we get, the medical care we have access to…as if politics doesn't impact every part of our lives in every way and has for fucking centuries. I've had to exit so many groups run by Black men who insist that they don't live a politicized existence; who push this illusion of neutrality and wield that shit with surgical precision when it comes to silencing voices raised against oppression.
I see it when you continue to support openly anti-Black, misogynoiristic artists like Kanye. You support men with a history of violence against Black women like R Kelly, Chris Brown, Nas…men who have never acknowledged the horrible shit they've done and feel entitle to their continued popularity despite the inhumane cruelty they inflicted. I watch you play the "separate the art from the artist" game while simultaneously punishing Black women for daring to criticize their behaviors.
You follow your misogynoiristic bullshit "leaders" like Tariq Nasheed, Boyce Watkins, Umar Johnson, and Tommy Sotermeyer who rise to popularity by shitting on Black women. You state that "both sides" need to be heard. That conversations questioning our humanity deserve space and respect. You have reason after reason for why it's ok to slander Black women and Blackness while you knee-jerk defend whiteness as though you were born to it. It's almost as though you fear losing the tiny bit of power patriarchy grants you, so to prove your worth, you double-down on oppressing Black women, making us your unwilling sacrifice as you grovel for power.
You hold space for whiteness in what should be all Black spaces. You cape for their rights as if it doesn't curtail yours. I constantly struggle to understand how you don't see yourself in the protests of Black women…in the need for our own spaces with our own rules that reject whiteness in all forms. Instead, you fight to silence those discussions. You fight to engage in faux dominance and leadership, when really your power isn't the result of your work, but is, instead, your co-opting of the violent tools that were used to subjugate you. And because the illusion is more attractive than the reality, you cling to oppressive actions, to violence, to lies...lies that say you are entitled to exploiting and subjugating women and deserve all the space to reform your ways despite the damage you've inflicted.
I watch you undermining the work of Black woman, stealing credit and accolades instead of using the little bit of male privilege to elevate others. You engage in the practice of hoarding power, just like your oppressors, and give access based on how well women please your eye and pander to your ego. You boast of the subtle and obvious ways you try to superimpose your name over mine and other Black women. We just struggle with how quickly someone who is in the trenches with us will fuck us over for an ego boost or white approval, then call us angry for resisting, traitors for protecting ourselves, and bedwenches for divesting from your abuse to find love that includes mutual respect.
We sit in these white spaces that constantly tell us we don't belong and watch you try to erase your Blackness to appease the white eyes observing you. You push politics out the conversation, never acknowledging that you are erasing your Black ass experience with it. You tell yourself that obvious racist shit isn't racist. That racist art isn't racist. "He's an alien," you say. "You're reading too much into it," you say. "Stop making this about your 'feminist agenda,'" you say as you make yourself into the self-appointed gatekeepers to geekdom, assuming your penis automatically makes you an expert and excuses you from the myriad of toxic, damaging shit you do. You stand beside known abusers and protect them. You hang with your trash ass, abusive friends and co-sign on their bullshit because you think your proximity to them with give you some of the power you crave.
You can't separate the abuser from the abuse. You can't separate the artist from the art. They literally ARE the art they create. If you can't acknowledge that their trauma and abuse is a part of the shit they make, then you are lying to yourself. It's cool that sports/cosplay/photography/books/tv/movies/ are an escape for you, but you need to admit that these things are fucking problematic because their creators are problematic; otherwise you're just perpetuating and sugar-coating dangerous, toxic shit. When you fight for white people to depict a future that excludes Black people, you're advocating for your own genocide.
Kill the blinders and end the bullshit. Stop helping create and perpetuate anti-Black spaces. Stop pretending that if you only talk shit about women and n*ggers then it's okay, cuz the truth you're refusing to see is that you are the n*gger tap dancing to their song and doing their work for them.
It hurts. I know it hurts. Every time you have to think about it, it stabs you. And sure, all this awareness and thinking about how art embodies the values of its creators makes shit less fun. Believe me, I fucking know. I know how it feels to never see yourself or people who look like you in the future. I know how it feels to be told that wanting to be seen ruins the artist's ability to create their art. I know how it feels to read/watch/hear things created by people who don't think I should exist. And while white people erase us from their narratives, you erase Black women from yours.
I struggle to reconcile my erasure from the works of Black men; that Black women's voices, bodies, beauty, sexuality, humanity, and lives are often placed on the alter to be sacrificed for the approval of the white gaze. We are used by Black men to further the agenda of white supremacy and anti-Blackness…to appease your oppressors and further your bullshit pseudo-liberation aspirations. You are living a fucking lie drenched in the blood of Black women and you aren't even strong enough to admit it, much less change it.
You fucking need to change it. Stop lying to yourselves about your desire to appease whiteness. Stop lying to yourself about the respect you claim to have for Black women. Own your hate, recognize that it's self-hate, and start working on fixing that shit cuz it's killing all of us. Whiteness exists solely to exploit and erase you and until you understand that, everything you do to succeed in their game is a path to your self-destruction.
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I have a new vacuum cleaner. And it is fucking awesome. You may disagree on this point, but hear me out, if only because I'm also gonna be talkin' about online dating later, a thing I know a few friends have experience with.
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My Vacuum cleaner, a 3d mockup courtesy of Keyshot. It is awesome, I will brook no arguments.
Right. But it's one this house has been lacking for a while, and it showed. It didn't help that my last vacuum cleaner was weak as fuck... And this is awesome because of another factor: A clean house, a clean mind. Now, I wasn't sure of this statement myself, because I kind of like shit strewn about. I know where it is, y'see, and an empty floor actually makes me freak out a little.
But mess... Mess is a different matter. I'm not talking about "Dude, you have, like, fifty art books strewn around the floor!" (That's relatively fine, so long as I don't damage the books by leaving them open and strewn about, don't deliberately step on them, that kind of thing), I'm talking about the little shit that adds up. Sometimes, little bits of tobacco fall out of your rollup, ash, dust, crumbs... Little things that nonetheless add up to a grody experience. The kind that makes you feel bad for seeing it, and isn't good for your physical health either. You can dust with a brush, broom, and dustpan all you damn want, some of that crap isn't going to go away.
But a vacuum cleaner, that's a huge load off my mind when it comes to keeping my space clean and relatively healthy. And seeing as I see a lot of my room in Winter, and that it's my little retreat from the world when the sadbrain hits, that's actually really fucking important.
Okay, this is a bit of an extreme clipshot for such a point, but I hope you get where I'm coming from here. This is bad.
Moving on, let's talk a little bit about online dating. I have two online dating profiles, both on "free" sites: PlentyOfFish and OKCupid. And I'm relatively okay with both my profiles. But online dating has a lot of frustrations, and one of them is summed up quite simply...
...I can't be "Looking for a Relationship" and "Looking for Friends" at the same time, or rather, I can, but people will have issues trusting one or the other motive. And this is Not Technically My Fault. In fact, I'm fairly certain I can drop the technically there, because dating sites like to simplify shit. And people buy into that.
Not that my messages are top notch or anything, any issues with folks just not wanting to talk to the guy who suddenly pops up and can ask a buttload of questions are my fault and my fault alone... But there's other factors out there, and one of them is tied into that whole Culture of Fear thing I talked about a long while back.
This is useful. But not always your friend.
See, some folks genuinely aren't interested in more than a random date, maybe a short fling. This is a good thing, because that's their comfort zone, and so long as they're responsible about it, it's all good. But when someone who has "Looking for a Relationship" on their profile messages them, that sends lil' warning bells that maaaaybe that person wasn't meaning to ring. So they're less likely to respond to that kind of messager, out of the (Sadly, often genuine) fear that the person will become clingy, creepy, or stalky. That's just one example of how a system with hard categories, however useful hard categories can be, isn't helping anyone.
"But Jay," you cry "You can, on some places, set it for Friends, Hookups, and Relationships, all at once, it doesn't have to be black and white!"
Yes. Yes you can. And sadly, this often leads to the perception that, instead of being someone who's laid back and fairly open minded, they're sad, desperate folks clinging to whatever they can get. Because here's another problem with dating profiles, and writing them.
Sell Yourself... But Don't Make It All About You. In practice, this is a hella delicate balance, but those two rules are often just thrown out there, with little practical advice on how to balance them. Me, I talk about me, and I would like it if you talk about you, profile wise. When talking over the direct messaging, it's more mutual, but when it comes to profiles themselves? Hell fucking yes, make it about you. Because if someone's not interested in you, and you're not interested in them, well, that's a helluva fucking great start, isn't it?
Dating sites try to sell you a lot of concepts, and not all of them are actually useful. Let's take a digression into interests. Dating Sites looooove generic categories for interests, and people loooove the "Just Ask" as a replacement for talking about themselves, partly because People Are Lazy, partly out of fear of attracting the Creeper, and partly because dating sites encourage pigeonholes.
A sadly very apt image, on multiple levels!
So often, I see something along these lines:
"Hey there, you wanna know more, just ask!"
- Socialising
- Family and Friends
- Shopping
...Wow. You could be the most bubbly, lovable person on the planet, and I will never know, because online dating, no matter how much you pretend otherwise, is a time investment (Moreso for women than men, because men, on the whole, do seem to message women a lot more than the other way around. At least partly because a lot of women's time is spent going through the hundred and fifty or so variations of "HEY BABY, WHAZZAP" that they seem to get every god-damn day, which cuts into their time) ... And this has told me nothing. What do you shop for? What do you like about socialising? Why do you list keeping up with the family and friends as a hobby? What the hell can I ask?
I could be the most bubbly, lovable person you've met (Probably not, I'm a regular Doctor Doom at times, and not ashamed to admit it), and you, too, will never know. All because of a bunch of shitty factors. Let's sum up some of them.
- The aforementioned Lazy Profile. Often encountered in the wild with the Duckface Selfie, or the male variation, the Man Poses With Tiger (This has become almost a fucking meme)
- People are told to sell themselves, and guess what? This has often had connotations of Make Yourself Appear Better Than You Are, because retail marketing does that, so why shouldn't you? (Protip: It's better in the long run if you actually improve the product... In this case, you. This also works in the long term for retail, but hey...)
- It is a long term thing. But everybody wants a fix now, now, now.
- Text communication needs work too.
- Creepy Dudes. I'm not gonna lie, there's Creepy Ladies out there too, but Creepy Dudes appears to be the bigger problem here. This all ties into the final point, which I'm going to separate and emphasise..
Relationships Need Work. Do The Fucking Work.
Thanks to Orange for this pic that sorta shows how this should go down.
I'm guilty of this one just as much as the rest of you. There are folks I've forgotten to message, and then not messaged later out of guilt. There's one lady I'm talking to right now (I do like guys, but am not exactly fond of my own gender these days, as a whole. Specific dudes I know are awesome though, just to clarify!), who's working on their uni assignments, so I know they won't be able to message back right away. And there's folks who seem awesome, but I'm not willing to send a second message a lot of the time out of fear of being a Creepy Dude.
But yeah... Again, using a dating site is about peace of mind, and, like cleaning the room, it takes work. Which yes, sucks, I know... But, in the words of Jennifer Connolly in Labyrinth
"Yes... It isn't fair... But that's the way it is." (Note: This doesn't apply to certain concepts, like misogyny, classism, and general bigoted assholery. That isn't just the way it is, it's a shitty thing that folks can deal with, and should deal with.)
A little understanding, a little more communication, and a little more effort in that communication, and you'll be happier overall for it.
Finally, I'm gonna segue into Music, and wrap up what you may have noticed has a theme here. Linking it back to the dating sites, you may get frustrated when you just see "MUSIC" under interests. But I'm more tolerant of that, because taste in music is not a thing that can really be pigeonholed. It's not terribly helpful, but that's because we should really concentrate more on why we like the music, not what music we like.
Music wise, there's only two things I really don't like: Gangster Rap, because fools take themselves too damn serious, and Happy Hardcore, because I refuse to believe that shit is music. That's the prejudice part of things over with, out the way, done.
But we like music for a variety of different reasons, and often, we like music that's ideologically contested.
Wait, Ideologically Contested? What The Fuck Is This?
Okay, let's take a few examples, all from the period I grew up in (Which has a lot of it). Let's start with New Order's Blue Monday. Blue Monday is an awesome track, with a great backbeat, some good synth, and vocals that make me wonder what guitar pedals they hooked to the mike, because I wanna sing like that. But the song itself? It's about a dysfunctional as fuck relationship. Just the chorus should clue you into this:
But tell me now, how do I feel?
Tell me now how should I feel?
Two fucking lines, and it establishes a cornucopia of "This person is fucked". They're numb, confused, and dependent on the other person to tell them how they feel. It doesn't get much better:
Those who came before you,
Lived through their vocation.
From the past unto completion,
They'll turn away no more.
Okay, "Those who came before you"... The people they've dated before... "Lived through their vocation"?!? Vocation, a job, a duty. Serious self image issues. Everything about this song (Go look up the lyrics) screams dysfunction, but I love the expression.
Turning Japanese. Teardrop. Tainted Love. Didn't Mean To Turn You On. You Spin Me Right Round, Baby (Right Round). All about things turned sour. And at least two of those are really fucking catchy.
But, at the same time, I love Doki Doki, by Smile.DK. Science Genius Girl, by Freezepop. I love Thrift Shop, by Macklemore... Because they're all expressive as hell. Mary Black. Apollyon Sun. AC/DC and Led Zeppelin. I love music in general because it expresses these things. And sometimes I love things I shouldn't.
Good example, I think Skullcrusher Mountain, by Jonathan Coulton, is, in its twisted sense, romantic. But it's not a healthy romance. Oh, goodness me, no. He specifically wrote it as a Bond Villain Lovesong, and that's not healthy at all. In fact, I wouldn't blame you for disliking me for liking that song. That's Not My Name, by the Ting Tings, is the anthem of clubbing boys and girls who go out, get pissed, and don't understand why nobody will take them home, for fuck's sake. It's not a nice song. The male backing even goes into this, while the lead continues to tell you how pissed they are:
This song was in my head, now it's in my mind,
Call it, reach it, get some words, and get some timing,
Now I realise, I cannot emphasise,
I'll stick around, but just a promise, nothing binding,
However can't you see, that you're so desperately,
A standing joker like a vocal one liner.
This song is sing-a-long, but it's so monotone,
Gotta get some soul, gotta get some feeling
Emphasis mine. The first half is kinda shitty on the dudebro end of things. I'll stick around, but even though it's a promise, I don't feel the obligation to keep it? Way to fucking go, brah, and I mean that in the most sarcastic sense possible. But the other half...
...It's like that one Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal comic. Here, lemme link you the comic in question. In this case, it's not the guy doing this... It's the lady. And a lack of communication really fucking hurts.
So, let's wrap this up. You may have noticed a common theme here. Two, actually: Communication, and Safe Space. This whole blog post was a very thinly veiled set of analogies, while also dealing with examples of how they're actually fucking important, yo. Dating sites aren't necessarily a safe space (in fact, for some folks, they definitely aren't!), but part of the problem with them is the whole Humans Are Lazy At Words thing I talked about (Yeah, I just provided you at least two more examples for that.) Music is expressive, but sometimes it expresses things that really aren't safe (I like some of these tunes, not just because they're good tunes, but because I have darker aspects, just like everyone else, and being aware of them helps me just be a Moustache Twirler, as opposed to That Fucking Creepy Villain Nobody Likes Because He's Super Repellent). And a vacuum cleaner, a simple fucking household tool that's really common in the First World, is important to me for helping to create a safe space in my own home, in terms of both mental and physical health.
Now excuse me, I have to do a second pass on the kitchen, and watch those hairs on the carpet get SUCKED INTO OBLIVION, SUCK IT, CARPET DEBRIS!


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so i'm a wee bit north of tornado alley, that's typically the area of the united states also known as the bible belt (short aside: is it a coincidence that the area of the country known for bible-thumping-tent-revival-fire&brimstone-jeZUS-died-for-your-sins is also plagued by the majority of tornadoes? hrm, that's a noggin scratcher. . .not that i have anything against bible thumpers, i'm related to a few) so, even though we're a bit north from that infamous area of the country, we've been getting hit by some major storms over the past few days. this past satruday morning, in the early wee hours, or late friday night depending on your perspective, we got hit pretty hard. there were large tree branches, & in some cases, entire trees, downed by the storm. quite a few people lost power for a few hours, & some people even lost their power for a few days, actually, i think a select few are still without power from the saturday storm.
well, mother nature decided that we needed a little more of the wet stuff here in the twin cities. last night during the eight o'clock hour the meteorologist kept cutting in on hell's kitchen to give updates of the impending storms descending, quite literally, on the twin cities. normally i am a really huge fan of storms, i love curling up in a comfy chair or on the couch with a fuzzy squishy blanket & a book & just let the rain beat a beautiful rhythm on the roof while i lose myself in the wonderful world of fiction. but last night was the season finale of hell's kitchen.
as of late i have been trying very hard to distance myself from tv, watch less tv, read more, that whole schtick. i really believe that tv is making me dumber. this realization came after the fact that i was watching the simple life & actually enjoying it. yes, i was watching it willingly, i was not in anyway tied to my chair & there was not a gun pointed at my head. now, i had not yet gotten to the point where i was willingly hunting down the simple life, but while i was at the group home, my second job, i was watching it because another staff person turned it on for the residents (they like comedies). so after i woke myself out of the reality tv induced mental coma, i decided tv was sucking my life away & i have too much i want to accomplish to just sit & let my life & soul be sucked out of me by the boob tube. i actually don't even have a tv in my room at my apartment, my roommate has one in the living room, but i left my tv snugly at my parents' house.
one of the few exceptions to my personal ban on the one eyed monster, is chef ramsay night. my mom & i will get together on monday nights, watch hell's kitchen, have a spot of supper, & converse during commercials & laugh as chef ramsay tells chef after chef to "fuck off" or quit trying to serve up "baby shit." now she & my dad are on their two week anniversary get away up north in da-lut, so i had to go it alone for chef ramsay night last night, which was fine, i was recording it for her, & i plan on taunting her by saying "neener neener neener, i know who wo-on." the one wrench in my was mother nature & her sudden appearance of storm *angrily shaking my fist skyward*
just before nine pm, about quarter til-ish, the storm was really kicking up, the station rearranged some commercials & kept breaking in, they were kind enough to at least give us some of the show, & they did let us see the moment when rock & bonnie turned the handles of their doors, rock's opened, bonnie's didn't, so he was the winner, and then- back to the weather. to which i had my own little profanity break. ok, now granted, there were three storms converging, all with "tornado ripe situations" & they were bearing down on blaine & coon rapids, both of which have some fairly large trailer parks, but seriously, if there's a tornado knocking on your door & you live in a trailer & you're STILL sitting watching tv, well, you have bigger problems.
i'm not necessarily saying that fox 9 should have ignored the whole situation, but would it have really killed them to give us the last couple minutes of hell's kitchen? just another two minutes so we could see rock get all teary eyed (i'm guessing) & see bonnie's graceful admission that rock is the better chef (once again, just guessing). who knows, maybe there was a major knock down drag out between the two finalists. maybe bonnie found out that julia, while on her team, was rooting for rock & POSSIBLY not doing her best job for the blond nanny? seriously, anyone who's come up with a pink plus sign on a pregnancy test when they were hoping for a minus knows that A LOT can happen in a minute, or less even. true story.
so alas & aleck, i know that rock won, but not the nitty-gritties. as far as i know we didn't actually get any tornadoes in the cities here. we got some pretty fierce winds, some more power outages, quite a bit of rain, & one hell of an ass kicking my mother nature, but luckily she saved the big guns for another day. but i am still very disgruntled regarding the season finale of hell's kitchen. i publicly petition fox 9 to rebroadcast the season finale for all of us who really wanted to see the entire show. i feel gypped. once again, i feel like everything was building to this wonderful climax & it was rudely yanked away. like someone falling asleep a minute too early. true story, a lot can happen in sixty seconds.


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Daughter, 22, shot by dad who says he mistook her for intruder
Hardly a week goes by that I don't see an article like this cross my electronic desk, and they bother me. Quite a lot, actually. Why?
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New Report Reveals America Will Need Foreign Labor to Fill STEM Jobs
Posted By Terri Williams on June 1, 2016 at 12:02 pm
Since 1903, the Statue of Liberty has welcomed immigrants with the sonnet, "Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free." However, in the 21st century, that phrase could just as well be replaced with "Give me your scientists, your engineers, your computer programmers yearning to write code."
As America – and the rest of the world – barrels toward a more STEM-focused workforce, there are not enough U.S. citizens to meet the country's demand.
According to the "2016 STEM U.S. News/Raytheon Index," a report that measures STEM-related economic and education activity in the U.S.:
- Between 2014-2015, there were 30,835 additional STEM graduates compared to 230,246 additional STEM jobs
- STEM degrees have increased by 5%; STEM graduate degrees have increased by 6%
- Since 2000, STEM jobs have increased by 28% compared to 6% for all U.S. jobs
For the past decade, the public has been inundated with articles, reports, surveys, and studies – dire warnings regarding the importance of funneling more students into science, technology, engineering and mathematics.
The results are both encouraging and disheartening. The good news is that U.S. colleges are producing more STEM grads, but a lot of them happen to be foreign students who are only here on a temporary visa. The number of grads who have a green card or a U.S. passport has declined, while the number of those with a temporary visa has increased by 35%. And these huddled masses are more likely to leave the land of opportunity after they graduate.
U.S. STEM talent pool still lacking, especially in diversity
The U.S. is still not producing enough "home grown" STEM talent to fill its many open positions. And success rates vary among racial and gender lines.
For example, in the past five years:
- The number of white students earning a STEM degree has increased by 15%
- The number of black students earning a STEM degree has decreased by 15%
And from 2014-2015:
- The number of Hispanic students earning a STEM associate degree increased by 9%; the number earning a STEM bachelor's degree increased by 13%; the number earning a STEM graduate degree increased by 8%
So what's the gender composition of STEM degrees?
- Associate degrees: 8% male compared to 3% female
- Bachelor's degrees: 13% male compared to 8% female
- Master's degrees: 11% male compared to 6% female
Reskilling current workers
At this rate, the country is facing a dearth of STEM talent, and many of the proposed solutions focus on getting young students interested in STEM at an early age. However, this approach takes years – and assumes that students won't jump ship along the way in favor of a non-STEM career.
However, P.K. Agarwal, Regional Dean and CEO of Northeastern University-Silicon Valley, proposes another solution. "A proven approach in meeting the high demand for STEM grads is to look at the transferrable skills and critical thinking of our current non-STEM trained citizenry," says Agarwal. "By identifying people from diverse backgrounds who want to be re-skilled for high-demand, high-worth tech jobs and matching them with the coursework they need to obtain a STEM degree, we can more fully meet the demands of technology in the short term."
For example, Agarwal says colleges could offer STEM "bridge courses" toward a graduate STEM degree to those from non-STEM bachelor's degree backgrounds.
"In addition, by partnering with technology corporations, educational institutions are creating curricula that meet the timely demands of cutting-edge STEM jobs." According to Agarwal, the beauty of these courses is that they are structured to be "interactive, conversational and participatory, supplemented by co-ops and internships that provide alternative means for young people and career-changers to branch into new STEM career paths." And Agarwal concludes that these types of transition programs can meet the dual goals of achieving diversity in STEM professions while also helping the country to remain competitive.


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Sunny Day in Ludlow, England
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Gorgeous post as always, Iga! Your photos are always stunning. I've never heard of Ludlow but I'd love to visit the countryside. Sounds like a beautiful, quaint place with lots of culture.ReplyDelete
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Great, so I stumble over your blog and find myself crying. Don't worry, your post was lovely! But Ludlow is really close to the little village where my nan lives and I really miss her as I haven't seen her in a while. I live in Germany so I can't just get on a bus and go there and seeing those lovely photos of pretty Ludlow made me tear up. Whenever I am over with my family we go there a couple of times and I love it. So it is great to see someone exploring that little town and enjoying it!ReplyDelete
You were so lucky that the weather was this lovely!
Happy Saturday btw!
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There are so many beautiful spots in England and we just don't know enough about them all! I keep getting blow away by the beauty of places we just happen to stumble across. Ludlow looks so lovely and you can't beat a scone with jam and cream! xxxReplyDelete
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P2 As a child, regardless of what your particular circumstances were, you were indoctrinated with admonitions on the importance of being good, holy, perfect. When you were not, you were often punished in one way or another. Perhaps the worst punishment was that your parents withdrew their affection from you; they were angry, and you had the impression you were no longer loved. No wonder "badness" associated itself with punishment and unhappiness, "goodness" with reward and happiness. Hence to be "good" and "perfect" became an absolute must; it became a question of life or death for you.
Still you knew perfectly well that you were not as good and as perfect as the world seemed to expect you to be. This truth had to be hidden; it became a guilty secret, and you started to build a false self. This, you thought, was your protection and your means of attaining what you desperately wanted—life, happiness, security, self-confidence. The awareness of this false front began to vanish, but you were and are permanently permeated with the guilt of pretending to be something you are not.
Oh yes, much of the idealized self-image dictates highly moral standards, making it all the more difficult to question its validity. "But isn't it right to want to be always decent, loving, understanding, never angry, and to have no faults, but try to attain perfection? Isn't this what we are supposed to do?" Such considerations will make it difficult for you to discover the compulsive attitude that denies present imperfection, the pride and lack of humility that prevents you from accepting yourself as you are now, and above all, the pretense with its resulting shame, fear of exposure, secretiveness, tension, strain, guilt, anxiety.
P3 There are also facets of the idealized self, depending on personality, life conditions and early influences, which are not and cannot be considered good, ethical, or moral. Aggressive, hostile, proud, overambitious trends are glorified, or idealized. It is true that these negative tendencies exist behind all idealized self-images. But they are hidden, and since they crassly contradict the morally high standards of the particular idealized self, they cause additional anxiety, in that the idealized self will be exposed for the fraud it is.
In most cases these two tendencies are combined: overexacting moral standards impossible to live up to and pride in being invulnerable, aloof, and superior. You do not realize the impossibility of being as perfect as your idealized self demands, and never give up whipping yourself, castigating yourself, and feeling a complete failure whenever it is proven that you cannot live up to its demands. When you try to hide your reactions to your own "failure," you use special means to avoid seeing it. One of the most common devices is to project the blame for "failure" into the outer world, onto others, onto life.
There are other personality types who know perfectly well that they cannot identify with their idealized self. But they do not know this in a healthy way. They despair. They believe they ought to be able to live up to it. Their whole life is permeated with a sense of failure, while the former type experiences it only on more conscious levels when outer and inner conditions culminate in showing up the phantom of the idealized self for what it really is—an illusion, a pretense, a dishonesty. It amounts to saying: "I know I am imperfect, but I make believe I am not." Not to recognize this dishonesty is comparatively easy when rationalized by conscientiousness, honorable standards and goals, and a desire to be good.
The genuine desire to better oneself leads one to accept the personality as it is now. A sense of failure, frustration, and compulsion, as well as guilt and shame, are the most outstanding indications that your idealized self is at work. The more insecure you feel, the more stringent the demands of the superstructure or idealized self, the less you are able to live up to it, and the more insecure you feel. You may invest it with many aspects of your real being; nevertheless, it remains an artificial construction. The more you invest your energies, your personality, your thought processes, concepts, ideas, and ideals into it, the more strength you take from the center of your being, which alone is amenable to growth.
P5 When you have a feeling of acute anxiety and depression, consider the fact that your idealized self may feel questioned and threatened, either by your own limitations, by others, or by life. Recognize the self-contempt that underlies the anxiety or depression. When you are compulsively angry at others, consider the possibility that this is but an externalization of your anger at yourself for not living up to the standards of your false self.
Do not let it get away with using the excuse of outer problems to account for acute depression or fear. you will come to understand the exact nature of your idealized self: its demands, its requirements of self and others in order to maintain the illusion. Once you fully see that what you regarded as commendable is really pride and pretense, you will have gained a most substantial insight that enables you to weaken the impact of the idealized self.
Then, and then only, will you realize the tremendous self-punishment you inflict upon yourself. For whenever you fall short, as you are bound to, you feel so impatient, so irritated, that your feelings can snowball into fury and wrath at yourself. This fury and wrath is often projected on others because it is too unbearable to be aware of self-hate, unless one unrolls this whole process and sees it entire, in the light.
P6 At present you are not even aware of the pressure of your idealized self, of the shame, humiliation, exposure you fear and sometimes feel, of the tension, strain, and compulsion. The difference between the real and the idealized self is often not a question of quantity, but rather of quality. That is, the original motivation is different in these two selves. This will not be easy to see, but as you recognize the demands, the contradictions, the cause-and effect sequences, the difference in motivation will gradually become clear to you.
Another important consideration is the time element. The idealized self wants to be perfect, according to its specific demands, right now. The real self knows this cannot be, it knows that it is imperfect and does not suffer from this fact.
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Travel to Galway
Galway is situated on the West Coast of Ireland and is easily reached by air, ferry, train, bus or car or a combination of these. As a major tourist attraction, there are many well-developed transport options available.
From the Airport
Ireland West Airport in Charlestown, Co. Mayo is approximately 1 hour drive from Galway City.
From Knock Airport take the N17 south past Knock Town, Claremorris and Tuam to Galway City. Ireland West Airport has daily services to most major UK cities, along with chartered flights to holiday destinations in mainland Europe.
Shannon International Airport in Co. Clare is also about 1 hour drive from Galway City.
Driving from the airport, take the N18 north from Shannon to Galway City through Ennis, Gort, Kilcolgan and Oranmore. Shannon Airport offers a wide range of direct flights from Dublin, the UK, continental Europe and North America.
If you are coming from Dublin Airport take the Galway exit (M6) off the M50 southbound from the airport. The drive from Dublin to Galway on the M6 motorway is 140 miles and will take approximately 2.5 hours.
By Car
Car hire companies operate from Eyre Square in Galway City and at all main airports. It is important to remember that driving in Ireland is on the left hand side of the road.
From Dublin take the M6 motorway west to Galway which will take approximately 2.5 hours.
From Cork take the N20 north and follow the signposts to Galway. This route will take you through Cork, Blarney, Mallow, Buttevant, Charleville, Limerick. Take the N18 north at Limerick which will take you into Co. Galway and then onto Galway City.
By Rail
Galway Train Station, officially called Ceannt Station in Galway City is just off Eyre Square in the centre of Galway city.
Irish Rail run regular daily train services to Dublin stopping off at major towns such as Ballinasloe, Athlone, Tullamore, Kildare and Heuston Station in Dublin. Advance booking is recommended as services can be busy.


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Joseph Craft, MD
Paul B. Beeson Professor of Medicine (Rheumatology) and Professor of Immunobiology; Paul B. Beeson Professor of Medicine; Program Director, Investigative Medicine
Departments & Organizations
Internal Medicine: Diabetes Research Center | Investigative Medicine Program | Rheumatology: Rheumatic Diseases Research Core | Rheumatology, Allergy, & Immunology: Rheumatology: Rheumatic Diseases Research Core
Immunobiology: Human and Translational Immunology Program
Yale Cancer Center: Cancer Immunology
Yale Center for Clinical Investigation (YCCI): Educational Program
Yale Combined Program in the Biological and Biomedical Sciences (BBS): Immunology | Molecular Medicine, Pharmacology, and Physiology
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Office of Cooperative Research
Dr. Joseph Craft is Paul B. Beeson Professor of Medicine and Professor of Immunobiology at the Yale University School of Medicine. He received his degree in chemistry as a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and is an Alpha Omega Alpha graduate of the University of North Carolina School of Medicine. Dr. Craft did postgraduate training in medicine and in rheumatology and immunology at Yale, and has been on the faculty at that institution since 1985. At Yale, he teaches undergraduate, graduate, and medical students, and directs a research laboratory devoted to understanding the immune response to pathogens and vaccines, and dissecting and treating autoimmune diseases, such as systemic lupus erythematosus. His research has been continually supported by the National Institutes of Health since 1985, at which he is a two-time MERIT Awardee (Method to Extend Research in Time). He has been a primary mentor for over 30 postdoctoral fellows and for 19 PhD graduate students, including four MD/PhD (MSTP) trainees. Dr. Craft is Director of the Investigative Medicine Program at Yale, a unique program designed to provide Ph.D. training for physicians, and is a recipient of the Bohmfalk Teaching Prize at Yale School of Medicine for outstanding teaching in the basic sciences. He is an elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and an elected member of the American Society for Clinical Investigation and the Kunkel Society. Dr. Craft also is a member of the Board of the Lupus Clinical Trials Consortium and Chair of the Executive Committee of the Lupus Clinical Trials Network, devoted to initiating novel therapeutic trials in the autoimmune disease systemic lupus erythematosus, and past Chair of the Board of Scientific Counselors at the National Institute of Arthritis, Musculoskeletal, and Skin Diseases (NIAMS). He is former chair of the Immunological Sciences (now HAI) Study Section at NIH, and of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Alliance for Lupus Research, and a former Pew Scholar in the Biomedical Sciences and Kirkland Scholar. He is co-founder of L2Diagnostics, a company in New Haven, CT, formed in partnership with Yale University and devoted to discovery of new diagnostics and therapeutic targets for immunological and infectious diseases, and is currently a member of its Board of Directors.
Education & Training
|University of North Carolina (1977)
|Yale University School of Medicine
|Yale-New Haven Hospital
|Yale-New Haven Hospital
|Board Certification
|AB of Internal Medicine, Internal Medicine (1980)
|Board Certification
|AB of Internal Medicine, Rheumatology (1988, recertified: 2008)
Honors & Recognition
MERIT AwardNIH (NIAMS) (2016)
Paul B. Beeson Professor of Medicine (2010)
Charles W. Bohmfalk Teaching Prize in Basic Sciences, Yale School of Medicine (2004)
Society of Distinguished Teachers, Yale University School of Medicine (2004)
Kirkland Scholar (2002, 2005)
Kunkel Society (2001)
MERIT Award, NIH (NIAMS) (2000)
Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science (1998)
Member, American Society for Clinical Investigation (1994)
Pew Scholar in the Biomedical Sciences (1985, 1989)
Professional Service
Lupus Clinical Investigators Network (2016 - Present) Chair, Executive Committee
(2009 - Present) Member of the Board, Lupus Foundation of America, CT Chapter
Immune Tolerance Network (2006 - Present) Steering Committee
Alliance for Lupus Research (2003 - 2007) Chair, Scientific Advisory Board
(2002 - Present) Member of the Board, Lupus Clinical Trials Consortium
(2000 - 2010) American Board of Internal Medicine, Subspecialty Board in Rheumatology, Chair 2006-2010
(2000 - 2004) Immunological Sciences Study Section NIH, Chair 2002-2004


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@ Steam and Rye, 147 Leadenhall Street, London EC3V 4QT
Tickets: £10 (early bird) book online
Indeedy Musical Bingo teaming up with London's best American themed bar, Steam and Rye, to bring London an awesome night of glitz, glamour, and of course a healthy dose of Indeedy Musical Bingo!
There's a menu full of gorgeous feeds, an extensive drinks list and entertainment throughout the night. We'll play three choice rounds of bingo, with performances from our Granny Pack and of course, the obligatory dance party afterwards!
It's also Doll's Night so every lady that signs up for a sorority card (which is totally free) gets 50% off all food and drinks (except for steak and lobster).


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YOU make the difference!
3 Ways to Help:
1. General Operations Fund
The General Operations Fund keeps the lights on. It helps us pay for daily operations and allows us to continue to grow and offer new classes. It is the most direct way to make an immediate impact.
- Utility Costs
- Tool Upkeep (saw blades, sand paper, grinding wheels, drill bits, etc...)
- Every Day Materials (toilet paper, paper towel, tape, cleaning supplies, copy paper, etc...)
We can always use every day item donations. Click here for a list of supplies that are always in need.
2. Sam Beauford Scholarship Fund
Donating to the Sam Beauford Scholarship Fund gives you the ability to directly help students who do not have the means to pay for a class, and do not qualify for other available assistance. You can help close the gap between financial aid and tuition, ensuring that everyone has equal access to education.
Gifts to the Sam Beauford Scholarship Fund go toward scholarship grants for students. One hundred percent of the gift is given to students who meet the criteria. You are welcome to make a general gift to the scholarship fund, or denote a particular class, program, or student for scholarship funding. We are available to help place students in the best program based on their skill level and career goals. Please contact us for more information about classes and students.
3. Leaving a Legacy
Providing a gift for the Sam Beauford Woodshop in your will is an investment in the future of Lenawee County and Southern Michigan. You can bequeath certain assets, a specific dollar amount, or a fraction or percentage of your estate.
- Restricted Gifts: The gift is used for a specific purpose.
- Unrestricted Gifts: The gift can be used in whole or part for charitable purposes as deemed by the Board of Directors.
- Restricted Endowment Gift: Principal of the gift is held with the endowment. Income generated from the endowment is used for a specific purpose.
- Unrestricted Endowment Gift: Principal of the gift is held with the endowment. Income generated from the endowment can be used for charitable purposes as deemed by the Board of Directors.
Please contact us before making a legacy gift to ensure correct wording. Click here for a few examples.
We believe in transparency, and that all donors should have access to information about the Sam Beauford Woodshop, their gift, and any other relevant information. We support the Donor Bill of Rights.
In an effort to make the most from donor gifts, the Sam Beauford Woodshop has partnered with local organizations like The Boys and Girls Club of Lenawee, Adult Transitional Services, LISD Tech Center, The Hope Center, Goodwill of Southeast Michigan, Michigan Rehabilitation Services, the Woodworking Career Alliance of North America, Adrian Noon Rotary, Kiwanis Club of Adrian and other organizations and businesses (both local and national) to provide personal development opportunities at little or no cost.
The Sam Beauford Woodshop is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization located in Adrian, MI and incorporated on April 23rd, 2017. LONG LIVE WOOD!
Contact Us:
Sam Beauford Woodshop Director - Luke Barnett
(517) 902-8383
Secretary/Treasurer/Admissions - Dena Koehn
(517) 442-4560


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Date: 2016-03-03 05:47:46
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With yesterday's latest build of Yandere Simulator, Yandere Dev has introduced some new characters and these are the delinquents something that has not been seen within the world of Yandere before some characters that have a rebellious and courageous streak.
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This is the first appearance of the Delinquents in Yandere and according to Yandere Dev's blog he is still working on them but it looks like they make disposing of the corpses of Yandere Chan's victims more difficult because should the see you dragging or carrying a corpse to the incinerator (which has now been changed position in this latest build) which the delinquents will often be positioned by they will look for a fight as they will see Yandere as a threat.
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In late March 2016, this article over at Dark Reading discussed the current pattern of shifting from "moment in time" compliance to "continuous conformance" of frameworks. The challenges cited are heavily focused on reports from companies pointing to the prohibitively high-cost of complying with the NIST Cybersecurity Framework (CSF).
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Here is this week's editing fun at I Heart Faces. Here is the Before. I can see the challenge I just don't know how to fix it.
Here's my after. I deepened and sharpened the colors. Removed the tiny blemish on the end of his nose, tried to lighten the under eye bags, make the bonk on his forehead not quite so noticeable. Not because I thought it needed it, just to see if I could. But how to fix the blown highlights? no idea.


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Visit Dr Laura Llorente-Rodriguez's profile on the York Research Database to:
- See a full list of publications
- Browse activities and projects
- Explore connections, collaborators, related work and more
Laura Llorente Rodríguez received her bachelor's degree in Biology from Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (Spain) in 2004 where she later completed one MsC in Paleontology (2007) and a second in Archaeology (2012), a third MsC in Education for Secondary School being completed in 2011 at Universidad Complutense (Spain). As postgraduate, Laura benefited from two visiting research grants one in the Universidad de Barcelona and a second in the University of Sheffield .
Laura's postgraduate research was carried out in Laboratorio de Arqueozología-UAM under the supervision of Arturo Morales Muñiz where she carried out Palaeolithic to the Middle Ages archaeological faunal analyses from Iberia and the United Arab Emirates. Laura's PhD dissertation in Paleontology is about to be defended in December 2015 and is focused on the zooarchaeological assemblages of Cova Fosca (Spain) that spans from the Epipalaeolithic to the Middle Neolithic. The research has been addressed from an integrative biological and archaeological point of view, incorporating palaeogenetic, isotope, LIBS and MS analyses to resolve questions that the conventional zooarchaeological analyses put forward, from the origin of domesticates in Iberia, to the nature of the hunting and stockbreeding exploitation strategies by the last hunter-gatherers and the first farmers in the region and the different trajectories they underwent through time.
She is a current Marie Curie Research Fellow in the BioArCh group with the FISHARC project. This research aims at investigating Europe's pristine marine fisheries and the potential role of estuaries as fishing areas. Through the analysis of pre-historic, historic and modern fish remains from the Iberian Peninsula, FISHARC will explore (1) the origin and evolution of fishing activities in the Northeast Atlantic, and (2) their impacts on fish biodiversity, behaviour and ecology through time and space, with a particular focus on the commercially import species of cod and hake. This will be carried out through stable isotopes and molecular signatures to generate baseline data on pre-industrial fish population levels potentially applicable to marine conservation and management issues.
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Christian Center begins new chapter
After several years of work, the Weirton Christian Center turned the page to a new chapter Aug. 26, opening the doors on its new building.
The Weirton Christian Center has been a cornerstone of the community from its earliest days. With this new location, this necessary part of Weirton's foundation will remain for years to come.
Currently, the center focuses on the city's youth, with pre-school and after-school programs, including nutrition services, tutoring, computer classes and more to aid them in their education and their lives.
It started, though, with a goal of reaching out to many of Weirton's new residents 100 years ago, in particular those who were new to the country. Immigrants were a growing part of Weirton's population, and the Christian Center helped them to feel at home.
There also have been years of community activities provided through the center.
As it has supported the Weirton community through its history, the Weirton community showed its support in the construction of the new building. Hundreds of residents, businesses and organizations found ways to contribute.
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The Association Follows the Flag and Land and Sea
Public Correspondenc Table at Camp Baker El Paso Tex.
Sunday Sept 30th 1917
Dear Bro & Family:-
Will now answer your letter. We just returned yesterday afternoon from Las Cruces, New. Mex. where we went to attend the Dona Anna County Fair. We had a fine time the people sure did treat us fine. much better than they do in El Paso. in El Paso all they think of is getting the soldiers money. We gave an exhibition of our skill at the fair. the people all thought our work was grand and sure did cheer us when we pulled out of the fair grounds. The 7th Caverly band and the companys K and F. of the 7th Caverly were there. allso a Motor machine gun Co. and Field Hospital Co. No. 1. There are lots of swell chickens in Las Cruces which added to our pleasure. Tell Downey Hello. I would send him a card but have forgotten his address. Well I will have to cut this letter short as there is nothing to write about as everything is the same old grind. Answer Soon. love to All
Robert E. Schalles
Amb Co. No. 1 Camp Baker
El Paso, Tex.