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Fruit Trees! Reskilling with Bright Neighbor
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Wednesday, February 10, 2010 - 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Join Randy White from Bright Neighbor for an evening of free skills training on how to maintain fruit and nut trees for maiximum food production. You will also learn the basics of grafting scions (branches from existing food trees) to root stock, creating trees with multiple fruits. Come bring your own ideas, skills, and talents to this community training workshop!
This event is part of the re-skilling effort.
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Girls don't cry
I try to keep the public/private divide intact on BloodyBrill, despite what you think after having read my previous post about poop, which is why you don't know much about my work or where I work or what I do. I allude to my job and my career, but I don't believe in sticking my foot in my mouth virtually. Plus, come one - everyone can find everyone these days on the ol' interweb.
But I will share my frustrations in this forum more often than not, and I think that's acceptable. My latest is that I just had my performance review (or appraisal, or whatever). I haven't had one since this time last year, and so much has changed at work and in the economy and my life in general that frankly I sort of didn't want to know. It didn't turn out too bad - definitely could have been worse - but the number one piece of feedback I received was about crying. I am considered, across my office, to be overly emotional and prone to crying way too often.
Now. I'm not saying I haven't had to duck into the loo every so often, or gone behind closed doors to let out my frustration, both here and in New York. I know it's considered a sign of weakness for women to cry in the workplace and that generally it's bad for one's career if they're seen to constantly break down at the drop of a hat (which apparently is the general consensus about me), and yes, I get it. But dammit I am so angry about the really ridiculous double standard that exists in British culture. Women shouldn't cry, shouldn't have any emotional response at all to anything in the workplace, but also are treated like second-class citizens even when they do show a characteristic stiff upper lip. I've never seen a culture so crude, with all female PAs and EAs, where the all-male old-boys club is still going strong, and where women more often than not carry the bag in the colleague relationship - and not the handbag. It's absolutely disgusting and one of the biggest disappointments I've had since moving to the UK.
In New York, if you're a confident, strong, articulate, smart woman, you can go anywhere, do anything (with ok maybe a bit of luck). But here, no way. Even in a creative industry women are still weak and still volatile, so men have to run the show. The head of my company is a woman, and I'll bet she still encounters the same crap I do. I feel for her, and for every other woman in business in this country. I know that my sometimes frequent work breakdowns (becoming less frequent, but still) don't help crush the stereotype. It's probably been the hardest thing for me to overcome since moving here, because it's a vicious circle: treat a confident girl like crap, even she will cry - and then you'll treat her more like crap, because she's acting like a girl. It's not fair, but I suppose life isn't fair.
I had an interesting conversation last week with an old New York colleague, and relayed this Catch-22 to him; he sympathized, but reminded me that I did want international experience and this was the dirty underbelly of it. I didn't like hearing it, but I know he's right. I guess it's up to me to prove to the world that us Jersey girls can take their poop and throw it right back. With an English accent.
But I will share my frustrations in this forum more often than not, and I think that's acceptable. My latest is that I just had my performance review (or appraisal, or whatever). I haven't had one since this time last year, and so much has changed at work and in the economy and my life in general that frankly I sort of didn't want to know. It didn't turn out too bad - definitely could have been worse - but the number one piece of feedback I received was about crying. I am considered, across my office, to be overly emotional and prone to crying way too often.
Now. I'm not saying I haven't had to duck into the loo every so often, or gone behind closed doors to let out my frustration, both here and in New York. I know it's considered a sign of weakness for women to cry in the workplace and that generally it's bad for one's career if they're seen to constantly break down at the drop of a hat (which apparently is the general consensus about me), and yes, I get it. But dammit I am so angry about the really ridiculous double standard that exists in British culture. Women shouldn't cry, shouldn't have any emotional response at all to anything in the workplace, but also are treated like second-class citizens even when they do show a characteristic stiff upper lip. I've never seen a culture so crude, with all female PAs and EAs, where the all-male old-boys club is still going strong, and where women more often than not carry the bag in the colleague relationship - and not the handbag. It's absolutely disgusting and one of the biggest disappointments I've had since moving to the UK.
In New York, if you're a confident, strong, articulate, smart woman, you can go anywhere, do anything (with ok maybe a bit of luck). But here, no way. Even in a creative industry women are still weak and still volatile, so men have to run the show. The head of my company is a woman, and I'll bet she still encounters the same crap I do. I feel for her, and for every other woman in business in this country. I know that my sometimes frequent work breakdowns (becoming less frequent, but still) don't help crush the stereotype. It's probably been the hardest thing for me to overcome since moving here, because it's a vicious circle: treat a confident girl like crap, even she will cry - and then you'll treat her more like crap, because she's acting like a girl. It's not fair, but I suppose life isn't fair.
I had an interesting conversation last week with an old New York colleague, and relayed this Catch-22 to him; he sympathized, but reminded me that I did want international experience and this was the dirty underbelly of it. I didn't like hearing it, but I know he's right. I guess it's up to me to prove to the world that us Jersey girls can take their poop and throw it right back. With an English accent.
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Mt. Hood Cycling Classic returns to Portland in 2010
The scene at Mt. Tabor during the2008 Mt. Hood Cycling Classic.
(Photo © J. Maus)
The Mt. Hood Cycling Classic, a major, multi-stage road race that draws top professional athletes from all over the country, is set to return to Portland in 2010.
The six-stage race will begin with a prologue on June 1st at Portland International Raceway in north Portland. The following day, the race moves to Mt. Tabor Park in Southeast Portland for a “lung and leg busting” circuit race.
After Portland, the race travels into Washington and then out to the Columbia River Gorge and then ends with two stages in and around Hood River.
Heading out of the start gate at the prologue on Naito
Parkway in 2008.
Race director Chad Sperry also announced that Portland-based Indie Hops is the event’s new title sponsor. The company, who grows and supplies the craft beer industry with Oregon-grown hops, is owned by Roger Worthington, a bike racing fan who competed (and won the Masters Division) in the event in 2009.
In a press release, Worthington said, “It’s a perfect fit. We think a well-hopped beer should be a vital part of every athlete’s training table.”
Sperry says that thanks to Indie Hops, he plans to “build a rock concert atmosphere” at the Mt. Tabor and downtown Hood River stages. “Picture high speed action on the course with vigorous debate by beer lovers on the sidelines over which IPA, Stout or Red has the best flavor and aroma.”
In 2008, the opening prologue (which took place on Naito Parkway) and Mt. Tabor circuit race stages drew large and enthusiastic crowds and it’s great to see the race return to Portland in 2010.
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Follow-up essay on why you shouldn’t go to grad school in the humanities
Here’s the original essay. There was also a previous follow-up that I missed.
She was the best student her adviser had ever seen (or so he said); it seemed like a dream when she was admitted to a distinguished doctoral program; she worked so hard for so long; she won almost every prize; she published several essays; she became fully identified with the academic life; even distancing herself from her less educated family. For all of those reasons, she continues as an adjunct who qualifies for food stamps, increasingly isolating herself to avoid feelings of being judged. Her students have no idea that she is a prisoner of the graduate-school poverty trap. The consolations of teaching are fewer than she ever imagined.
Such people sometimes write to me about their thoughts of suicide, and I think nothing separates me from them but luck.
Scenarios like that are what irritate me about professors who still bleat on about “the life of mind.” They absolve themselves of responsibility for what happens to graduate students by saying, distantly, “there are no guarantees.” But that phrase suggests there’s only a chance you won’t get a tenure-track job, not an overwhelming improbability that you will.
Chronicle of Higher Education: The Big Lie About the ‘Life of the Mind’
(Thanks David)
See also:
Can Ivy League education be provided for $20 a month?
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- End the University as We Know It
- UN announces launch of world’s first tuition-free, online university
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Follow-up essay on why you shouldn’t go to grad school in the humanities
Here’s the original essay. There was also a previous follow-up that I missed.
She was the best student her adviser had ever seen (or so he said); it seemed like a dream when she was admitted to a distinguished doctoral program; she worked so hard for so long; she won almost every prize; she published several essays; she became fully identified with the academic life; even distancing herself from her less educated family. For all of those reasons, she continues as an adjunct who qualifies for food stamps, increasingly isolating herself to avoid feelings of being judged. Her students have no idea that she is a prisoner of the graduate-school poverty trap. The consolations of teaching are fewer than she ever imagined.
Such people sometimes write to me about their thoughts of suicide, and I think nothing separates me from them but luck.
Scenarios like that are what irritate me about professors who still bleat on about “the life of mind.” They absolve themselves of responsibility for what happens to graduate students by saying, distantly, “there are no guarantees.” But that phrase suggests there’s only a chance you won’t get a tenure-track job, not an overwhelming improbability that you will.
Chronicle of Higher Education: The Big Lie About the ‘Life of the Mind’
(Thanks David)
See also:
Can Ivy League education be provided for $20 a month?
Related posts:
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Furacão (2009): Infográfico/Ilustração, produzida para Revista...
Furacão (2009):
Infográfico/Ilustração, produzida para Revista Época.
A imagem mostra como o fenômeno se forma sobre o oceano.
Produzido por: Gerson Mora
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Headlines from Worldchanging Canada (December 2009 - January 2010)
Top stories from our Canadian blog:
Tokyo's Transforming Tower | Madeline Ashby
"I wish there were a way to combine these shutters and some form of external cladding, but in a year both the tower's designers and its inhabitants will understand how best to exploit this building's transformation potential."Event Summary - 2009 Behavior, Energy and Climate Change Conference | Stefanie Bowles
We feature notes from Stephanie Bowles on a couple of talks from the 2009 Behavior, Energy and Climate Change (BECC) conference in Washington DC. Bowles, quoting Karen Ehrhardt-Martinez: "... the BECC conference organizers made the veggie lunch option the default for the conference, and you had to opt in for the meat option. Meat eating went from 95% to 20% with this simple change, and we know this makes a difference because omnivores produce 7x the amount of GhG’s as vegans."Engineering Fun | Mark Tovey
"It's an intangible, but the folks at The Fun Theory believe they've found a way to encourage socially-minded behavior. In brief: find a task that would make a difference if significantly more people did it, then find a way to make it enjoyable."Modelling climate trajectories in Copenhagen | Garry Peterson
"My systems modelling colleague Tom Fiddman has been working to develop a policy screening simulation model to aid with climate negotiations."Group Editorial on Climate Change | Mark Tovey
"Even people who don't agree with the text of the editorial in its entirety may find that this is a fascinating model for aggregating views from a diverse range of perspectives, and then publicizing that consensus view for global consideration and comment."Commercializing Jet Biofuel and Cellulosics | Mark Tovey
"Greener jet fuel and viable cellulosics—out of the lab, and ramping up for the marketplace. Of course this is no guarantee that these technologies will live up to their promise, but this is innovation worth watching."Convincing the Social Animal to Go Green | Jen Schellinck
"McKenzie-Mohr and Smith, in their book ‘Fostering Sustainable Behavior’ note that many groups thumb their noses at social marketing strategies because they feel uncomfortable with tactics they perceive as being manipulative, whereas tactics like education seem more honest and 'pure'. If this is the case, we might turn our social marketing gaze inward and ask—what would persuade environmental activists to take up these potentially more effective tactics while still remaining within their moral comfort zone?" If you're from Canada, we'd love to hear from you! Check out worldchanging.ca and leave comments, or suggest a story via the WorldChanging Canada contact form.Help us change the world - DONATE NOW!
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Popcorn Clouds
I would be soo happy to see such nice clouds over Berlin! But no, it doesn’t look like that the winter will end soon. I’ve actually been offline during the last few days because they can’t connect my new place to the internetz due to the frozen ground.
Photos by April Cakes
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Crowbot Jenny
Crowbot Jenny is a manga character. She is a socially-awkward girl who prefers to spend time surrounded by technology and animals rather than with humans. She built the Crowbot. Perched on her shoulder, the crow-shaped robot can vocalize a variety of crow calls to control and converse with her bird army continue
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Selected Tweets #5
Constructivist Study - Steve Mason & Portrait - Chris Scarborough
Microblogged: recent selected tweets from my Twitter stream. Note: Some tweets have additional descriptions, overriding their original 140 character limit.
Lightning Fields - The dendritic aesthetics of electrical discharges on photographic dry plates - Hiroshi Sugimoto.
Atlaseobscura reports on the Morning Glory Pool, a natural wonder [...]
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Google Streeview Driver Caught Urinating In Public…
Footage of FAT trolling the Google Street View car in Berlin…. more updates soon:
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Super Bowl Sunday
Coca-Cola "Hard Times"
Creative Directors: Hal Curtis, Sheena Brady
Senior Agency Producer: Matt Hunnicutt
Account Supervisor: Ryan Peterson
Coca-Cola "Sleepwalker"
Creative Directors Hal Curtis, Sheena Brady
Art Director Patty Orlando
Copywriter Dylan Lee
Senior Agency Producer Matt Hunnicutt
Account Supervisor Ryan Peterson
EA Dante’s Inferno “Hell Awaits"
Creative Directors: Jason Bagley/Eric Baldwin
Copywriter: Charles Gschwend/Kevin Jones
Art Director: Dominic Orlando/Adam Heathcott
Producer: Endy Hedman
Account: Team Becca Milby
Executive Creative Directors: Susan Hoffman/Mark Fitzloff
Agency Executive Producer: Ben Grylewicz
Dodge Man’s Last Stand
Creative Directors: Aaron Allen/Joe Staples
Copywriter: Joe Staples
Art Director: Jimm Lasser
Producer: Jessica Staples
Account Team: Maggie Entwistle/Steve Barry
Executive Creative Directors: Susan Hoffman/Mark Fitzloff
Agency Executive Producer: Ben Grylewicz
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Music Break: Baloji — Karibu ya Bintu
*It’s a young urban guy rapping, but I’m not seeing a lot of bling-bling ’round here.
http://vimeo.com/8907715
BALOJI feat. KONONO n1 - KARIBU YA BINTOU from BALOJI on Vimeo.
via @cibellecibelle
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The city of Constantinople (Qusṭanṭinīyah), from Book on...
The city of Constantinople (Qusṭanṭinīyah), from Book on Navigation, Walters Art Museum Ms. W.658, fol.370b
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