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Figure 1 Antisocial cues. People are much more likely to litter a graffiti-adorned alley than one in which the walls are clean.
If you're walking by a wall covered with graffiti, are you also more likely to litter? The Broken Window Theory, crystallized in a 1982 article in The Atlantic by political scientist James Q. Wilson and criminologist George L. Kelling, posits that the environment has a significant effect on whether people engage in antisocial behavior. But there's been little empirical research on just how "broken windows" lead to social disorder and crime--until now.
In a series of cleverly designed experiments reported in a paper published online by Science this week (www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/abstract/1161405), researchers at the University of Groningen in the Netherlands found that if people see one norm or rule being violated (such as graffiti or a vehicle parked illegally), they're more likely to violate others--such as littering, or even stealing.
In one setup, for example, the experimenters attached useless fliers to the handles of bicycles parked in an alley that had a sign on the wall forbidding graffiti. There was no trash can in the alley. The experimenters covertly watched how many people tossed the fliers on the pavement or put them on another bike rather than pocketing them for disposal. On another day, they set up the same condition in the same place, except with graffiti on the wall.
The results were striking: When there was no graffiti, a third of 77 cyclists tossed the flier away. But more than two-thirds littered after the graffiti was applied. In another experiment involving a €5 note left sticking out of a mailbox, 13% of subjects pocketed it when the mailbox was in a clean environment, compared with 23% when there was trash around.
Auditory cues can also set the scene for disorder. Four out of five cyclists littered their fliers when they could hear illegal firecrackers being set off, whereas barely half did so when it was quiet.
Kelling commends the experiments as "very tidy." He says that most earlier studies "dealt with correlation rather than causality" but that there is growing evidence for the broken window effect. A Harvard University study, reported earlier this year, found that scrupulous "situational prevention" in troubled neighborhoods in Lowell, Massachusetts--in particular, added policing and cleanup--was more effective than social services or law enforcement in maintaining order.
The study demonstrates that disorder in the environment has a generalized effect, says social psychologist Robert Cialdini of Arizona State University, Tempe. That finding suggests government agencies can expect a big payoff from what he calls "relatively minor efforts, let's say, to keep the streets clean."
Cialdini says his research has found that people's pro-social behavior can be calibrated to quite a fine degree and is shaped not only by what they see but also by what they believe to be true. For example, many hotel bathrooms have signs advising visitors that reusing their towels is good for the environment. On any given day, he says, about 38% of guests will reuse their towels. But the percentage rises to one-half if guests are told that a majority of the hotel's guests reuse their towels. "And if we say, 'The majority of guests in this room' reuse towels, we get even more [participation]," says Cialdini.


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World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought_17th June 2019
World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought
FAO Dune Fixation and Stabilization Project helped fight against desertification in Mauritania, especially where sand dunes encroach upon agricultural land. Photo: FAO/Roberto Faidutti.
The decay of the land
Desertification is the degradation of land in arid, semi-arid and dry sub-humid areas. It is caused primarily by human activities and climatic variations. Desertification does not refer to the expansion of existing deserts. It occurs because dryland ecosystems, which cover over one third of the world's land area, are extremely vulnerable to overexploitation and inappropriate land use. Poverty, political instability, deforestation, overgrazing and bad irrigation practices can all undermine the productivity of the land.
The World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought is observed every year to promote public awareness of international efforts to combat desertification. The day is a unique moment to remind everyone that land degradation neutrality is achievable through problem-solving, strong community involvement and co-operation at all levels.
2018 Theme "Land has true value – invest in it."
TYour choices determine future scenarios for sustainable growth. The 2018 World Day to Combat Desertification campaign #2018WDCD urges you to move away from unsustainable land use and make a difference by investing in the future of land under the slogan, "Land has true value — invest in it." (source)
Every one of us has a role to play, know the true value of land and invest in it:
Spending money on organic and fairly trade products to avoid land degradation.
Making a pledge to protect and conserve the value of land.
Observing World Day to Combat Desertification, supporting a sustainable way of living, producing and consuming.
Organizing an event or launching an initiative to promote sustainable land management (SLM) and land degradation neutrality (LDN). Send the details of your event to wdcd2018@unccd.int.
Sharing photos and videos on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Weibo accounts, from 11 to 17 June, 2018. Remember to tag @UNCCD and use the hashtag #2018WDCD.
Desertification and the Sustainable Development Goals
The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development declares that "we are determined to protect the planet from degradation, including through sustainable consumption and production, sustainably managing its natural resources and taking urgent action on climate change, so that it can support the needs of the present and future generations". Specifically, Goal 15states our resolve to halt and reverse land degradation.
Updated: May 2, 2019 — 2:35 pm
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After working an exhausting ten-hour day, I finally sit down at my desk for five minutes and pull out my phone to catch up on Instagram and Facebook. I pull up my Instagram app and relax to check in on my friends (and do a little social media stalking because you know we all do it) and that is where it all begins. The internal panic of "am I doing enough with my life?". It starts with that friend who posted the picture showing her nightly perfect dinner. I then move on to the family member who posted her video of her daily workout, only to be followed by the co-worker sharing her post of her perfect table setting for the dinner party she is having, which looks like it is out of a Martha Stewart magazine. How do these women do this? How do they live such perfect lives? All the sudden, my mind starts spinning out of control. Oh my word, how does she keep her house so clean? How in the world does she keep in such great shape? How do her kids always look so put together and clean? Look at all the motivational books she reads, I really should be reading more inspiring books. Look at the power shake she just posted with all the veggies and fruits, I really need to eat better. How does she have time to cook such well balanced meals for her family? And all the sudden, I am mentally exhausted. Then I ask myself why do I do this to myself???? I then must come back into reality and remember who I am.
I am a 52-year-old mother and grandmother of five amazing grandchildren. I married the love of my life at 17 years old and had a baby girl six months later (and yes, I was pregnant when I got married). When my husband, Carl, and I got married we were stone broke. We counted pennies to put gas in our cars and sometimes could not afford to buy groceries, but we were in love so that was all that mattered. Well, that was until the bills started coming in. I don't think the fairy tales included all those details. Two years later my amazing daughter, Amanda, was born (and yes, I was 19 with two children, a stay at home mom and loving every minute of it). Life was crazy, wild, hard and so much fun at the same time. My goal was to raise my daughters with all the love I could give them, show them all the support and encouragement they needed and let them know that they mattered and could do anything they set their minds to. I was married to the most loving, unselfish, amazing man who loved me with all his heart and loved our girls with his whole being. Life passed by so quickly, my girls grew up, started school, graduated from college and both got married to wonderful men and they started having babies and their lives were good. My grandchildren were all healthy. I had gone back to college and had been a paralegal for over 30 years. My husband had a great job and we were finally financially able to go and do, take trips, and spoil our grandbabies. Life was great and we were so blessed. I remember sitting in church and our pastor preaching about "even through the extremely trying times, God was with us". On the way home from church I remember Carl and I talking about how blessed we were at this time in our lives. That was until January 27, 2014 when my 49-year-old husband had a massive heart attack and we were told that afternoon that he would need a heart transplant to be able to continue to live. My husband, and I by his side, stayed in the hospital for 3 ½ months until May 1st when he passed away from a brain bleed and my world ended.
How do I go on from here? How do I live without the love of my life by my side? Do I want to live without him and can I live without him? It was the hardest time of my life and sometimes I really felt like giving up. But then I remembered that I had two daughters that still needed a mother and my grandbabies needed their grandmother more than ever, especially since their Papa was now in heaven. So, very slowly after several years of extreme pain and loss, I started to pull it together. I sold my house, quit my paralegal job after 32 years and moved in with my daughters in North Carolina on April 1st, 2018. I look back to all the things I thought were so important in my life only to realize they were not that important. What matters is your family, friends, and the ones you hold dear to your heart.
So, this is what I have learned through my terrible loss and what I want to share. Your life is not going to always be picture perfect. Life is hard and good all at the same time, but you have to stay focused on the good. You are awesome just as you are. You are a strong beautiful woman. So what if the laundry is dirty and the house is a mess. You have to remember to enjoy life because those are the memories that you, your family and friends will remember. If your husband or boyfriend calls and wants to take you out on the town, go! If your friends call and want you to go see a movie, jump in your car and go! If your children want you to help them put together a puzzle, help them! Go to the park, hike that trail, pop popcorn and watch a movie with your parents! Take that trip to Italy, Greece and to the Grand Canyon. Don't wait until you have more time or more money in the bank. Focus your time and energy on you, your friends, family, and your loved ones. The most important lesson I have learned is we are not promised tomorrow, and life can change in a split second. Memories are what you will have to hold on to. No one in the social media world may remember that picture or story you posted last week, but the people you surround yourself with will remember all the good times and exciting adventures you shared together. And don't forget to take lots of pictures and yes print them, put them in albums or make books with them. Yes, include yourself in the pictures. I know as women we hate that. I cherish every picture I have of my husband and now my grandbabies cherish them. At the end of the day you will be able to hold that memory in your hand and smile in the delight of experiencing that day all over again in your mind. And most importantly, tell the people you cherish how special they are to you, how much they mean to you, tell them that you love them as much as you can, and make sure they know how you feel. My husband told me everyday that he loved me and how beautiful I was even when I looked my worst. And that is what I hold on to everyday, knowing I was loved. So enjoy life, have fun and even cry if you need to. But just "Be you".
Pam is a super woman, splitting her time between mom, grandma, paralegal and Client Care Liaison for @GreenHousePickerSisters. After experiencing the loss of her greatest love, Pam works to encourage women at whatever stage of life they're in. Pam's greatest joy in life is loving her family, friends and people well. You will almost always find her in the kitchen, cooking her way right to people's heart. When she's not in the kitchen, you will find her spending time with her grand-kids or working in the warehouse to find that next perfect piece for your venue!
This is absolutely beautiful and so true.
We agree, Heather. Pam did such a great job!


Every Shabbos, my good friend, Emily Hershtal, makes this delicious kale salad. We call it her everything salad because it combines just the right amount of salty, crunchy, and sweet for a satisfying mouthful.
Preheat oven to 400 degrees Fahrenheit. Line a rimmed baking sheet with parchment paper.
Spread sweet potatoes in a single layer on prepared baking sheet. Drizzle with oil; sprinkle with salt and pepper. Bake, uncovered, for 35-40 minutes, until golden and tender.
Meanwhile, wash and dry kale. Remove and discard tough stalks and center veins. Tear into bite-sized pieces. Massage kale with your fingertips until leaves have wilted, about five minutes.
Place kale into a large serving bowl. Top with sweet potatoes, cabbage, dried figs, dried blueberries, pomegranate seeds, and scallions. Cover; refrigerate.
Combine dressing ingredients in a glass jar; seal tightly and shake well. Refrigerate until serving time.
Toss dressing with salad shortly before serving. Top with candied nuts, if using.


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Old Hunstanton Spy Mission Treasure Trail
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US President Donald Trump-'s plan to ban spouses of high-skill visa holders from working may push 100,000 people out of jobs and negatively affect the...
Washington: US President Donald Trump's plan to ban spouses of high-skill visa holders from working may push 100,000 people out of jobs and negatively affect the visa holders and their employers, according to a new research study.
The Trump Administration has been tightening the rules for H1B visas, which allow foreign workers to take jobs in the US for several years, and plans to revoke the ability of spouses to work as part of the effort. In that context, Christopher JL Cunningham of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga and Pooja B Vijayakumar from the Kemmy Business School at the University of Limerick set out to study the implications of such a policy change.
They found that such a shift would likely isolate spouses socially, raise domestic tensions and strain the family's financial resources. It would also probably hurt the visa holder's satisfaction and increase the risks that they continue in a foreign posting. The cost of failed expatriate assignments ranges from $250,000 to $1 million, in addition to indirect costs, they wrote.
"Policy changes like the one being considered for America are often made in the absence of complete information that might help policy makers better understand the true breadth of likely consequences," the study said.
The US began allowing spouses of H-1B visa holders to work in 2015, under the preceding Obama Administration. For their research, the authors studied the experiences of H-1B families in 2014. They contacted 1,800 Indian expatriates to participate in the research and the final sample consisted of 416.
The work visa programs, which date back to 1952, were originally designed to allow US companies to hire workers from abroad temporarily when they couldn't find qualified Americans. But the programs evolved with many allegations that companies, particularly India's outsourcing giants, had been abusing the visas to get less expensive labour. Trump came into office vowing to overhaul the programs and protect American workers.
In that context, Trump's Department of Homeland Security began the process of reversing the eligibility of H-1B spouses to work. Technology industry groups -- which represent Google and Amazon.com among others -- have pushed back against the plan, arguing it will hurt spouses, typically women, as well as the visa holders.
H1B visa holders explained myriad problems when spouses couldn't work. "Very unfair to her, so going back to India," one told the researchers. "My wife is frustrated that she is unable to further her career," said another.
The researchers said that a reinstated ban likely "will be more critical and difficult for expatriate families than what was experienced in 2014, as many of these individuals who were temporarily benefited by the previous presidential administration's immigration policies may have, in this time, bought a home or started their own businesses."
Cunningham specializes in industrial, organizational and occupational health psychology at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. Vijayakumar is a researcher currently studying expatriation and cross-cultural management.
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Les Laurence Olivier Awards, plus simplement Olivier Awards, sont des récompenses de théâtre britanniques créés en 1976 par The Society of London Theatre, du nom d'un des plus célèbres comédiens de théâtre et acteurs du Royaume-Uni : Sir Laurence Olivier (1907 - 1989), pour récompenser les différentes catégories d'intervenants du monde du théâtre.

Cette récompense est un équivalent britannique des Molières français ou des Tony Awards américains.

Historique

Laurence Olivier a reçu l'Oscar d'honneur 1979, pour l'ensemble de son œuvre, pour les performances uniques de sa carrière entière et de sa vie remplies de contributions à l'art cinématographique britannique.

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At the Independent Neapolitan Nation's headquarters in Naples, Italy, there is a statue of the siren Parthenope. The ancient Greek myth claims a king requested suitors fight for his daughter's hand in marriage. The two finalists were Hercules and the unscrupulous river god Achelous. Achelous could not beat Hercules in a fair fight so he took the form of a mighty bull. Hercules still defeated the river god, breaking off the bull's horn. From that defeat was born Parthenope. Once the name of Naples, Parthenope is still seen as the city's protector and according to Italian literary historian Giuseppina Palma, symbolizes strength, courage, vanquishing evil, suppression of usurpers and abusers of power, and restoration of order.
This myth is particularly important to the Independent Neapolitan Nation and a wider group of southern Italians called Neo-Bourbons. Part cultural heritage organization, part secessionist movement, the devout members believe the 1860 unification of Italy was wrong and wish to restore the former Kingdom of Two Sicilies and crown the rightful heir of the House of Bourbons.
This group is the subject of Neapolitan photojournalist Carlo Rainone's project titled "Viva 'o Rre," or "Long Live the King," a slogan used among the group's supporters in camaraderie. His photographs show men dressed in early 19th century military uniforms. They show identification cards issued through an unrecognized parliament. They show a mayor who flew the Kingdom of Two Sicilies' flag over a small town's city hall. They show an American Confederate Flag pin worn on a jacket lapel.
Dating back to the Second Millennium BC, the Neapolitan city's past is forever present. Through historical and cultural symbols, like the statue of Parthenope, these Neapolitans honor a long heritage of glorifying a mythical past while suffering from its burdensome weight.
"In school, you're never taught about our old Kingdom of the Two Sicilies," says Rainone, a descendant of rebels who fought Italy's unification but not himself a member of the Neo-Bourbon movement.
Coincidently, America's Civil War raged at the same time, and to some, distinctly mirrored the Italian conflict: an unjust northern power smothering an independent southern nation and its way of life. Some southern Italians looked to the American Confederates as brothers in arms, feeling slighted by the north for various reasons. In 2015, the south was half as wealthy in terms of GDP with twice as high unemployment according to The Economist. Only 65% of households have access to broadband internet, 10% less than in the north. But nowhere has the symbolic disconnect between north and south been so visible as the Salerno Reggio Calabria Highway. The highway has been under construction since the 1960s and should connect the southwestern coast of the Italian peninsula with the rest of Italy and Europe. North Italy's section of this highway was completed half a century ago.
Finding hope by looking backward is what Neapolitans have done for centuries, finds Giuseppina Palma in her academic article "Utopian Worlds: Vico, La Capria and Mazzotta." There, she explores Neapolitan thinkers' use of myth, like Renaissance painters with a brush, to describe their city.
"In reality, they keep them shackled to their prestigious long-buried past that obfuscates the present and offers no hope of future redemption." Palma concludes of 20th century Neapolitan author Raffaele La Capria's work.
One of Rainone's most enduring photographs captures an Italian flag streamer tightly wrapped around a descending handrail like a snake constricting its prey – a modern Neapolitan symbol unlike Parthenope's protection but no less meaningful.
Carlo Rainone is an Italian photographer based in Naples.


Despite the fact that I have traveled a lot around the world, there are still many place I haven´t been yet. These spots have a wonderful attraction and fascination to me. One of these cities is Tokyo. I have often seen the travel pictures of other bloggers and would love to jump into the next airplane towards Japan.
The people and the architecture are unique. The difference between modern age and the history is visible on many corners of the town like picturesque parks, transparent building facades or traditional buildings.
Currently my friend Alcie reminds me every day about my will to visit Tokyo by posting many amazing pictures from Japan. Due to these pictures, I was thinking about the perfect outfit for a trip to this wonderland.
The result is a mixture of patterns and fabrics, a combination that fits perfect to the vibrant streets of Tokyo.


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Whistleblower to Receive $23 Million in Office Depot Case
January 20, 2015 by JP
"Our actions speak louder than words. We are accountable: doing what we say we're going to do
efficiently and on time." These words come directly from Office Depot's vision statement, part of the company's code of ethics. Last week, Office Depot agreed to pay $68,500,000.00 to settle charges that it defrauded California government customers.
Evidently, actions really do speak louder than words !
The suit against Office Depot was originally filed by a whistleblower on behalf of the State of California. By the time it was resolved, over 1000 California cities, counties, school districts and other agencies are eligible to share in the settlement money.
David Sherwin, a former account manager in the company's business solutions division, originally filed the suit. Sherwin filed his complaint under the California False Claims Act, a law which allows a whistleblower with original knowledge of fraud against the state to file a complaint in the name of the state and keep a percentage of whatever the government collects.
Sherwin claimed that Office Depot was violating pricing agreements negotiated through the U.S. Communities Government Purchasing Alliance, a non-profit organization that helps government agencies get the lowest prices on goods and services. Under the agreement, Office Depot was required to give participating government agencies the same low prices that had been negotiated through the Alliance.
Instead of giving member agencies the lowest prices, Sherwin said that the company sometimes put customers into higher pricing plans without their knowledge and did not drop prices when a more favorable price had been worked out through the Alliance.
Although it agreed to pay over $68 million to settle the charges, Office Depot admitted no wrongdoing and said Sherwin's claims had "no merit."
The story has a bittesweet ending in that Sherwin is entitled to $23 million in whistleblower award monies but died only a month after testifying in the case. His estate will receive the award.
This isn't Office Depot's first brush with whistleblower suits and fraud allegations. In 2010, the company paid $4.5 million to settle overcharging claims brought by the State of Florida. The company is also reportedly being investigated in New York, Texas and Arizona.
California isn't the only state with a whistleblower law on its books. A total of 29 states have similar laws, often called False Claims Acts, which allow a whistleblower to keep a portion of whatever monies are collected by the government. To qualify, you must have original source (inside) information about a fraud involving taxpayer funds or a taxpayer funded program. Many of the claims are associated with Medicare, Medicaid, procurement contracts and residential mortgage lending. The latter are eligible for whistleblower awards because the government backs most mortgages.
Think you have inside information about fraud and want to become a whistleblower? Give us a call. Our whistleblower lawyers have filed some of the largest cases in the United States including the record breaking $16.65 billion settlement with Bank of America.
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Estan Cabigas (The Philippines, 1974) studied photojournalism at the Konrad Adenauer Asian Center for Journalism in Quezon City in The Philippines. His work has been shown in China, Bangladesh, Germany and other countries. He is presently teaching at De La Salle University in the Filipino capital, Manilla.


Many readers of this paper were deeply moved when an article appeared a few weeks ago by Jean Gross, describing the death of her 36‑year-old daughter Kate from colon cancer early on Christmas morning. The bereaved mother's unflinching description of that day, with Kate's twin five-year-old boys eager to open their stockings, while the lunch had to be made in between calls to the undertaker and quick returns to the bedroom to touch her dead child's hand, gave a powerful impression of the tragedy they were living through, but also of the current of life it was borne on. A sense of life going on was what the dying woman wanted: on hearing that she was terminally ill, Kate Gross began writing the blog that is the basis for this book, a collection of reflections, advice and opinion that she could leave as a long memo to her husband and children, a celebration of the happiness they had together and her pleasure in thinking of its continuity without her.
Gross's short life was admirably active and enviably happy. After an exotic childhood travelling the world with her parents and sister, and a "grub"-like adolescence of routine self-doubts, she emerged from Oxford with a first in English and joined the civil service. By 26 she was working at 10 Downing Street, writing policy documents and briefings for Tony Blair and Gordon Brown, and by her early 30s she was running Blair's African Governance Initiative, a charity giving administrative and management support to a number of African countries, including Rwanda and Sierra Leone. She had also married "the best-looking man I'd ever kissed" and given birth to twins. Her disease seems to have targeted one of the most able and fortunate women of her generation, and every reader of this book will be appalled at the perversity of her fate.
But Gross herself seems not to have been floored by her early death sentence. One of her gifts was being "wired for happiness", and while she is not above the occasional swipe at "you lucky sods with decades ahead of you", she is much more concerned with trying to explain, or evoke, her own personality. She had always wanted to be a writer (as a child, she says, she wanted to be poet laureate and even scoped out Westminster Abbey for a possible final resting place), and writing about her predicament proved "a gift to myself, a reminder that I could create, even as my body tried to self-destruct". Alert to the pitfalls of "cancer cliche" from the first, she clearly strove to make her voice distinctive, approaching her writing with the same competitive spirit that propelled her through professional life so rapidly.
Gross's "can do" habit of mind extended to the "doing" of dying, too, such as these thoughtful tips to would-be well-wishers: "We don't expect great words of wisdom or solace … Don't make me feel as if this is the last time we will meet. The invalid craves normality, not exceptionalism." And amid the lists and preparations, the reminiscences and sad sense of only having just begun to express herself, Gross's wry humour comes to the fore. She laughs at herself for having over-organised everything about her demise (down to pre-recording bedtime stories for her sons) and comforts herself that the sparsely furnished attic room she has selected to die in will be easily transferable back to a repository for "white-goods guarantees and school reports" afterwards.
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This is sunrise in Lahaina Harbor, Maui, Hawaii. This was a gorgeous morning spent out on the rocks of the marina. This painting is featured in the September 2018 issue of Southwest Art magazine as part of a cover story on my journey as a plein air painter.


Liberty Frye and the Witches of Hessen is a book about a young girl named Liberty Frye, or Libby as she likes to be called. Libby and her family seem strange to everyone in their small town. They seclude themselves from society and don't often meet with anyone, except when Mrs. Frye brings cakes and things to people who are sick. Also, the Fryes are overly protective of Libby, who hates that her parents won't let her communicate with anyone beyond her classmates.
One day, the Fryes receive a mysterious letter. Libby's parents get really mad at her, and she doesn't understand why. Not long after that, her parents tell her that they are going to Germany to visit her grandparents, who they had previously told her were dead. On their trip, Libby's parents get kidnapped. It's up to Libby and her best friend Ginny to find and save them. Will they accomplish this monumental feat, or will they also get captured in the process? Find out in Liberty Frye and the Witches of Hessen!
I thought that Liberty Frye and the Witches of Hessen was a good book filled with action, adventure, and mystery. I liked the plotline that the author, J.L. McCreedy, created; it pulled me in from the first page. Also, everything was well described: from Germany to the characters, it left a beautifully painted picture.
A part in the book that I enjoyed was when Libby tried to escape from the castle in which she was being held. Did she succeed or not? You'll have to read to find out for yourself.
I loved this book from start to finish. I would recommend it to students ages 11 and up, though it has characteristics that would be appealing to readers of all ages. It would also be enjoyed by people who liked The Series of Unfortunate Events, as this book is similar in some ways.
The reviewer's ability to summarize the story in an interesting, relatable manner (without giving away any plot twists), shows insight and maturity often missing from reviewers three times his age! It is clear that he didn't just read the story, but paid attention to the details. Thank you for such a thoughtful review!
One person has no pants on during the book, and one person meets a pretty gruesome end.


What you sell as a person, brand or company is knowledge. That is why constant learning process is a must for future competitiveness and employability.
Information and knowledge combined with people within the company generate new applicable knowledge in a form of products or services that is valuable to the clients or customers. What you learned in school 5, 10, 15 or even more years ago might not be today's recipe for success. Speaking from knowledge perspective, what used to be an essential tool helping you communicate, sell and engage with consumers in the past, might have upgraded or is now completely obsolete.
To keep up with the world around you and participate in future business revolutions that will keep your company relevant, you and your employees need to be on top of everything that shapes your industry and beyond. But the irony of today's world isn't lack of information – it is the overload of it. And sadly - quantity prevails over quality. That is why learning processes must not be left to chance; it must be carefully designed to achieve our goals.
Researches show: investment in knowledge is investment in the company's future success. For instance, top 10 Slovenian companies systematically invest in improving knowledge and training of employees. They realize the need for new knowledge derives from individuals themselves and is closely related to their personal development (as an expert) or from the company, which serves collective business strategy. The company might need to update or upgrade knowledge to face current HR or other organization-related problems, keep up with customer's needs and wants, satisfy legal requirements etc.
Successful companies encourage a culture that embraces both the informal and formal side of learning that allows people to leverage information, knowledge and social contacts to solve problems. GetAbstract's (the world's largest resource of business knowledge) CEO Michel Koopman for instance follows a "70/20/10 holistic learning strategy that includes around 10% formal training, 20% coaching, and 70% informal learning through experience and practice.
Coaching and informal learning are two ways to promote knowledge within your company. Employees learn from everyday work processes, interacting with their coworkers. It is crucial that leaders set an example as mentors and coaches. Successful companies share their knowledge among employees in a form of lectures, trainings and workshops. For instance, workers that visited conferences or working visits can organize a short presentation for their coworkers. Another idea: company can hold a library with relevant and up-to-date literature from the industry or a subscription to one of the many online services offering best practice, evidence and insights from the world's leading companies or brands. A weekly/monthly review of relevant best cases from the industry can also be sent to workers in a form of newsletter.
Formal trainings and enrollment in business schools encourage employees to take on new, more creative ways in meeting their challenges and upgrading informal learning processes.
Business schools, like IEDC-Bled School of Management, provide world class professors from best business schools and a creative environment to meet your company's challenges. The school is driven by a vision that successful management is not only affected by one's own company and the business world it is part of, but also by the society that surrounds it, and aims to promote ethical, socially responsible and creative leadership. Significant emphasis is put on exposing the participants to experiences from broader human activities and in particular arts, science and philosophy.
Art as inspiration for managers and leaders, and learning from other professions, are special features of the IEDC approach. Not only does the school feature a contemporary art collection, but it regularly invites guest lecturers from society at large, including prominent creative and performance artists, sportsmen, leading politicians and philosophers, NGO representatives, as well as successful business people, to open up the mind to the importance of original and creative thinking, quality and communication.
The title of the article "An investment in knowledge pays the best interest" is a quote by Benjamin Franklin.


I blogged before about how leaving your laptop charger attached to your laptop can cause it to consume a small amount of electricity if the laptop is in sleep mode as distinct from being either switched off or in hibernate mode.
When I was thinking again about this I realised that this is probably caused by the fact that the laptop's battery needed to be constantly topped up. Therefore I decided to leave the laptop unplugged in sleep mode overnight. When I plugged in charger to the laptop the following morning it started to consume about 24 watts of energy until the battery was back to full power again and then it went back down to the 1-2 watts of trickle power again.
As a result I had not saved any power overall by leaving the charger unplugged overnight.


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Q: A dramedy, a sitcom, satire TV series? My friends and I, who are Upper Intermediate English Learners, had a discussion about the type of a local TV series which is comedy and each episode lasts for almost an hour. IMDB suggests comedy as the genre although it's too general and it's not what I'm looking for.
I suggested sitcom since it's comedy and the show features same characters. However, as my friend said sitcoms are mostly half an hour long or less with laugh tracks included and they don't follow the same story all along, so he proposed a satire TV series since it criticizes doctors' bedside manner and the problems that patients have to deal with about unnecessary paperwork. I said in response sitcoms can include satire too and there are alot of scenes in the local series that is just included to make audience laugh without any satirical purpose like a slapstick scene.
Dramedy is another option that we came up with since some episodes not all there are some short scenes that the character are sad and the show tries to make a point about life although I argued Friends is also comedy and includes these scenes but it's still a sitcom.
I read all the links included here and some more but I couldn't get a definite answer to that. I wonder what's the right English word to describe this TV show which 1) is an hour long; 2) includes satire; 3) follows a story; 4) features same characters; 5) doesn't use laugh tracks.

A: There's no limit on the length of an episodes of a sit-com, nor any requirement for a laugh track. A simple sequence of jokes would be hard to sustain for an hour, so longer sit-coms tend to have more elements of drama: For example Ally McBeal, Northern Exposure or Moonlighting are tv shows with a mixture of comedy, tragedy and romance. Forums: Snopes and Reddit have discussed this.
I'd go for a sit-com, or a "comedy drama", just because I dislike the look of dramedy.

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Vol 41 No.1, No.2
The Journal of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology is published biannually by the Parasitology and Tropical Medicine Association of Thailand. The Journal aims to disseminate recent research in tropical medicine and parasitology. Original research articles, short reports, research notes and review articles may be submitted in English or Thai (with English abstract). Manuscripts judged to be of potential interest to our readers are sent for formal review (peer review) by a panel of experts selected by the Editor. All submissions are assumed to be exclusive to the journal and become Journal copyright on acceptance for publication.
About of PTAT Journal
Manuscripts should be typed, double spaced on single-sided standard A4 paper (21.2 x 29.7 cm). All margins must be at least 2.5 cm. Metric measurements should be used throughout the text and illustrative materials. Generic names should be used for all drugs; include the proprietary name if it is more commonly known. Instruments may be referred to by proprietary name with the name of the manufacturers in parentheses. When reporting experiments on human subjects, the author should indicate whether the procedures were received ethical clearance by the appropriate authority. Original articles should include an abstract, introduction, materials and methods, results, discussion, acknowledgements, and references. Tables, photographs, graphs and figures should be clearly numbered and submitted separately from the text. Authors should submit two original copies (including tables and figures) of their manuscript along with a copy on CD/DVD (Microsoft Word) to the Managing Editor, The Journal of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology, Department of Helminthology, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, 420/6 Ratchawithi Road, Bangkok 10400, Thailand.
Format of the Manuscript
Title: The title should be short, specific and clear. The title page should be typed on a separate sheet and include the full names and academic affiliations of all authors, and also the name and address of the corresponding author.
Abstract: The abstract is limited to 250 words and should include background information, objective, methods, results and conclusion. Key words should be listed below the abstract and should not exceed six words.
Figures: Figures should not be larger than a standard A4 page and should be in the forms of original drawing, high quality photographic prints, or laser prints. Figures should be numbered in the sequence in which they are cited in the text. Figure legends should be typed double-spaced on separate sheets.
References: References should conform to the ICMJE style and be numbered in the order in which they are cited in the text of the manuscript. Arabic numerals should be placed in square brackets in the text to refer to references. The examples below demonstrate the form required by The Journal of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology.
1. Standard journal article
List all authors unless there are more than six, then only the first six are listed followed by et al. Titles of articles from journals should be listed in full and begin with a capital letter. Names of journals should be abbreviated (in accordance with Index Medicus) without the use of periods and followed by the year, volume, number and the first and last page numbers. More than one paper from the same author in the same year should be identified by the letters a, b, c, etc. after the year of publication.
Halpern SD, Ubel PA, Caplan AL. Solidorgan transplantation in HIV-infected patients. N Engl J Med. 2002;347:284-7.
Rose ME, Huerbin MB, Melick J, Marion DW, Palmer AM, Schiding JK, et al. Regulation of interstitial excitatory amino acid concentrations after cortical contusion injury. Brain Res. 2002;935:40-6.
2. Organization as author
Diabetes Prevention Program Research Group. Hypertension, insulin, and proinsulin in participants with impaired glucose tolerance. Hypertension. 2002;40:679-86.
3. Volume with supplement
Lofwall MR, Strain EC, Brooner RK, Kindbom KA, Bigelow GE. Characteristics of older methadone maintenance (MM) patients [abstract]. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2002;66 Suppl 1:S105.
Books and Other Monographs:
4. Personal author(s)
Cook GC. Manson's tropical diseases. 20th ed. London: WB Saunders; 1996.
5. Editor(s), compiler(s) as author
Gilstrap LC 3rd, Cunningham FG, Van Dorsten JP, editors. Operative obstetrics. 2nd ed. New York: McGraw-Hill; 2002.
6. Organization(s) as author
Royal Adelaide Hospital; University of Adelaide, Department of Clinical Nursing. Compendium of nursing research and practice development, 1999-2000. Adelaide (Australia): Adelaide University; 2001.
7. Chapter in a book
Meltzer PS, Kallioniemi A, Trent JM. Chromosome alterations in human solid tumors. In: Vogelstein B, Kinzler KW, editors. The genetic basis of human cancer. New York: McGraw-Hill; 2002. p. 93-113.
8. Conference proceedings
Harnden P, Joffe JK, Jones WG, editors. Germ cell tumours V. Proceedings of the 5th Germ Cell Tumour Conference; 2001 Sep 13-15; Leeds, UK. New York: Springer; 2002.
9. Conference paper
Christensen S, Oppacher F. An analysis of Koza's computational effort statistic for genetic programming. In: Foster JA, Lutton E, Miller J, Ryan C, Tettamanzi AG, editors. Genetic programming. EuroGP 2002: Proceedings of the 5th European Conference on Genetic Programming; 2002 Apr 3-5; Kinsdale, Ireland. Berlin: Springer; 2002. p. 182-91.
10. Dissertation
Borkowski MM. Infant sleep and feeding: a telephone survey of Hispanic Americans [dissertation]. Mount Pleasant (MI): Central Michigan University; 2002.
Electronic Material:
11. Journal article on the Internet
Abood S. Quality improvement initiative in nursing homes: the ANA acts in an advisory role. Am J Nurs [serial on the Internet]. 2002 Jun [cited 2002 Aug 12];102(6):[about 3 p.]. Available from: http://www.nursingworld.org/AJN/2002/june/ Wawatch.htm
12. Part of a homepage/Web site
American Medical Association [homepage on the Internet]. Chicago: The Association; c1995-2002 [updated 2001 Aug 23; cited 2002 Aug 12]. AMA Office of Group Practice Liaison; [about 2 screens]. Available from: http://www.ama-assn. org/ama/pub/category/1736.html
Details of the format can be viewed at the website:
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/bsd/uniform_requirements.html
Vol 40 No.2


Figure Studies, 2015- 2017, varying sizes 9"x9" to 11"x16. Mixed Medias: Ink, turp washes, pencil, charcoal.
Figure Studies, 2013-2017, varying sizes 8"x10" to 11"x16. Mixed Medias: Ink, turp washes, pencil, charcoal.
Figure Studies, 2013, varying sizes 11"x16 to 18"x24". Mixed Medias: Ink, turp washes, pencil, charcoal.
Figure Studies, 2017-2018, varying sizes 9"x9" to 11"x16. Mixed Media: Ink, turp washes, pencil, charcoal.
Figure Studies, 2016-18, 9"x9" to 11"x14". Mixed Media: Ink, charcoal, pencil, pastel.
Figure Studies, 2014-2017, 12"x16". Mixed Medias: Turp washes, pencil, charcoal.
Gesture Studies, 2018, 2016, 24"x24". Felt tip Pen.
Gesture Studies, 2017, 2014, 24"x24". Charcoal pencil.


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Ninth Circuit: Agency Not Liable Over Use of Dog in Ads
Panel Rejects Taco Bell's Claim Regarding Chihuahua
The advertising agency that guided Taco Bell's Chihuahua-themed campaign in the late 1990s is not responsible for any part of the $42 million judgment the fast-food chain suffered in a suit by the company credited with first presenting the idea, the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Friday.
The court upheld the grant of summary judgment in favor of TBWA Chiat/Day Inc., saying Taco Bell could not show that the award in favor of Wrench LLC was covered by an indemnification agreement.
Senior Judge David Thompson, writing for the panel, agreed with U.S. District Judge George Schiavelli of the Central District of California that the agreement only required indemnification if the agency was at fault, and that TBWA was not guilty of wrongdoing because it did not know about Wrench's idea at the time.
Schiavelli has since resigned from the court.
Evidence presented to the district judge on cross-motions for summary judgment showed that the first contact between Taco Bell and Wrench occurred in 1996 at a New York trade show. Wrench's principals, Tom Rinks and Joe Shields of Grand Rapids, Mich., introduced Taco Bell licensing manager Ed Alfaro to their character Psycho Chihuahua at that time, and subsequently provided Taco Bell with goods bearing the dog's image.
There were subsequent discussions among Wrench, Alfaro, a licensing agent, other Taco Bell executives, and the agency that handled the chain's advertising account before TBWA was hired in March 1997. Those discussions included an acknowledgment that Wrench was entitled to payment if the character was used, but there was no such use at the time and no payment to Wrench.
In May 1997, TBWA presented about 30 ideas to Taco Bell for a campaign to be launched the following year. One involved a male Chihuahua passing a female Chihuahua to get to a Taco Bell meal; after test marketing, a Chihuahua became the center of the ad campaign, which included more than 40 television commercials over a period of more than two years, leading Wrench to sue in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan.
Taco Bell alleged in its defense that Alfaro did not, and could not, enter into a contract with Wrench; that the dog in the ads was not Psycho Chihuahua; and that TBWA was solely responsible for the Taco Bell Chihuahua character. A jury, however, found for Wrench on its breach-of-implied-contract claim and awarded $30.1 million in damages, to which $12 million in pre-judgment and post-judgment interest was subsequently added.
In its complaint against TBWA, Taco Bell alleged that it was entitled to complete indemnification under either a joint defense and confidentiality agreement, or an agency agreement, both of which were entered into after the suit was filed, although the agency agreement was by its terms retroactive to the beginning of the parties' relationship. The verdict in the Wrench action, Taco Bell said, established that TBWA was wrongfully expropriated Psycho Chihuahua.
Both the district judge and the appellate court disagreed, saying the issue of whether it was Taco Bell or the ad agency that took the idea was not before the jury in the underlying case.
"The undisputed facts do not support a finding of fault or negligence on the part of TBWA," Thompson wrote. "TBWA was not a party to the implied contract between Taco Bell and Wrench and was unaware of its existence."
"TBWA had no knowledge of Psycho Chihuahua nor Taco Bell's contact with Wrench before proposing a Chihuahua character for Taco Bell advertising on June 2, 1997. The facts that Taco Bell did not have input on TBWA's creation of its advertising character and that a box of Psycho Chihuahua materials was sent to TBWA are of no consequence not only because TBWA created its own Chihuahua character before it received the Psycho Chihuahua materials, but also because Taco Bell was found liable for the use of Psycho Chihuahua without compensating Wrench, not copyright infringement."
Besides, Thompson wrote, the agency agreement specifically allowed TBWA to rely on Taco Bell's approval of the ads. Not only did Taco Bell approve the use of the Chihuahua, it continued to do so after Wrench sued, the judge pointed out.
"The district court correctly considered Taco Bell's approval to broadcast the Chihuahua commercials after Wrench filed its lawsuit a dispositive factor in Taco Bell's fault-based indemnification claim against TBWA," Thompson explained.
The case is Taco Bell Corporation v. TBWA Chiat Day Inc., 07-56532.


The M/L samples I made up were clearly indicated to be X dimensions. I purposely attached instruction tags stressing the finished sizes so that there wouldn't or couldn't be a sizing issue like last year. However, the new M/L are only 1/2″ larger than the smalls (should be 2″). The smalls are exactly correct as per my measurements so why aren't the M/L's correct too?
The other thing is that every label, on every garment, (which were neatly sewn) is completely off center in the same exact way on all sizes! Every label is 2″ off to the left of the center back. Somebody somewhere measured wrong and it is so obvious when you look at it! Where is the quality control?
Tragically, this is not a complex item. It's one pattern piece, a rectangle with one seam. It's a tube! It's getting to the point that I'm beginning to think the trade should be using Statements of Work (SOW) even for simple and small projects. The latter is actually the subject of this post.
A Statement of Work -hereafter abbreviated SOW- is a sort of contract one uses to define the parameters, conditions, delivery dates, standards and pay of a job. Here is a more complete explanation and definition. For our purposes, it would define who, where, when and how the work is to be done. It details who agrees to provide what. It's normally written in bid format to present to a variety of potential sources who would then bid on the job. In real life though, you're not going to have a bevy of contractors lobbying for the work so it should be done differently. I think that if you use one, it should be written specifically to a given contract you place, with a mutually agreed upon party.
In the normal course of working with a contractor, you rarely have a separate contract beyond the work order and the specifications you provide in a tech pack define how the item is to be made. The problem with a SOW is that it's a rarity in sewn products, especially among the smaller contractors you're likely to hire so the use (or misuse) of one could be resented as too corporate or much ado about nothing. I don't think these should be too complex but they should definitely include issues over which we are constantly conflicting. Specifically, if you are concerned about redress over product failure (as in the example I opened with), it should be spelled out in advance how the situation is to be remedied. You should define the criteria of acceptable work as best as you are able. You should spell out the appropriate remedies (repair, replacement etc). In the event the work is a total loss meaning you're out the cost of fabrics and inputs, the SOW should list who pays for the loss of goods. Which reminds me, the SOW should specifically list the contractor is responsible for any of your goods in their inventory because inventory shrinkage (a euphemism for theft) is a constant problem. Or maybe it's not even theft but poor management. You need to be covered in the event of loss.
The SOW should be flexible, it's not concrete but points of negotiation. I also don't think a SOW should be required before you've placed your first (domestic) contract but perhaps only after there's been a problem. You don't want to start throwing a lot of paper at someone right away because the best contractors will avoid you. If the contractor wants further work from you, they'll be more amenable to guaranteeing future work will be done to your specifications or they will compensate you. Obviously a SOW wouldn't be necessary if there were a problem for which the contractor was acting in good faith and made you whole.
There's a sample in the forum you can copy and paste that was used in reference to this squabble between a contractor and a subcontractor (educational in itself to see conflicts and complaints between the two). A word of caution in that some of the terminology is odd because the subcontractor who wrote the SOW in question was a self-taught bespoke tailor with no experience in the apparel industry until he joined our forum. Actually, it was untoward that the subcontractor, technically an employee, should write a SOW for the contractor who hired him. More details (again, very educational) are here and here. This will be of particular interest if you make lined garments like suit coats, coats or sportcoats because it outlines the work process of constructing them. I have yet to edit the list so get with me before interpreting it with the gravity of the sermon on the mount.
You can also write your own SOW using generic sources. One is a Word template (free w/Word 2003+). This one is $9.95. Another guide in pdf is here.
Will you need to do a recall?
This is wrong, wrong, wrong. Unfortunately, I'm sure this is how it is.
If you want to be sure the contractor understands what they are supposed to do, get THEM to write the statement of work. Unfortunately, I think Rush Limbaugh will put on a tutu and dirty dance with Boy George while endorsing public health care in a sung limerick before you will get contractors to do that.
I hope everyone understands that my previous comment was an expression of frustration with the dysfunctional world of sewing contracting, not a suggestion that anyone should try to buck the industry standard or that Kathleen's synopsis was incorrect. Sorry about the visual, too.
oh man, I so agree with this post, due to my own experience in mistakes that are made by my interns and there designers them selves.
Of course I've noticed that regardless of where the mistakes comes from the designer most always blames the contractor and expect the work to be done over and completed at the contractor expense.
I get so many designer coming to me to correct other contractors work where I feel so compeled to give them a discount since usually it's just simple things like grain lines or No master temlate.
I actually do a rough SOW before doing work for a client to make sure our expectations for results match. It's not fancy, a basic list sent by email that I draft after a joint discussion.
I am still in doubt how things work with US contractors, but with my Portuguese contractors I will always receive (upon request)a production sample of each size ready labeled and to be approved before they start the production.
I talked to a consultant in NY the other day and I got somehow alarmed about how contractors in the garment district work (I have no personal experience yet!) She could find one for me, but I would have to hire a controller!?
I am used to receive production from the factory that the factory "stands for", meaning they have done their best to deliver what I requested. I give all the details and check if the samples are correct before going to production. If the production alternates from the approved samples, sizes and colors, well: back it goes and no more business!
I will always include this in the PO and they have to sign a confirmation on the PO. I have never had to work with a SOW.
I agree with Bente. I have worked for 3 American companies and all have required various stages of approval samples before production is made. If we fail to note a problem when a sample is approved then we know we will have to be the one to pay if corrections are found to be needed later. Likewise, if production does not match the approved sample then the factory/sewing contracter will be liable to make any needed corrections (or will offer discounted prices). It seems a much more effective, straight forward method of control than any complicated written statements of work. It also eliminates problems related to terminology and language barriers.
I would like to know about the opening example…what should the DE do in that situation? Is there any sort of industry way to best handle the situation when things go wrong?
Asking contractors to submit approval samples is a good way to be sure things are done correctly. Many of them (in Dallas, anyway) are prone to short circuit this by submitting the first three garments to come off the line. By the time they are showing them to you, the cut is half sewn and woe be to you if you think you are getting changes. The obvious remedy is to give them only three…if you have the time.
Bente, Sarah & Barb. OF COURSE you must have approved samples first. I didn't imagine that any one of us (who have the book etc) would do this any other way or if they did, would know better than to complain about a crappy result if they skipped sampling.
I am talking about working with contractors and having problems AFTER getting approved samples back or maybe even a completed order or two previously with no problems. It happens. Every day.
Yes, unfortunately it happens over and over again. Hopefully with each one only once.
I wish the industry was more serious/more knowledgeable; then I mean the manufactorer and the producers. At least we are in here for that: becoming more serious and knowledgeable.
That's why this forum is good to have too: post your complains guys! Let's make a "black list" of the once NOT to work with.
Anyway; everybody makes mistakes. If you make too many or too serious you are out; that counts for both sides.
I found it very beneficial to require an approval sample with every order placed (including re-orders that have been delivered problem-free in the past). Any vendor that has not been agreeable to correcting mistakes when production arrives (or offering discounts for goods when there is no time/fabric to remake them) has usually lost future orders. There are plenty of great contracters out there that want bussiness, so why waste time with ones that will not work with you as a partner & do all they can to deliver a quality finiished product? The important thing is to remember it is a two way street. If you want to build a good relationship with your contracter you must also recognize (and pay for corrections) when the problems are caused by miscomunicatuin from the designer, or purchaser's end. You also need to be understanding when the problems are very small or unavoidble. Pick your battles wisely and show appreceaiton for work well done. When someone has worked hard to deliver a rush order I will sometimes send a gift of some kind. Showing respect for each other is the backbone of good bussiness relationships, not to mention world peace!


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Uncommon Carriers, by John McPhee
Over the weekend, hideously cold temperatures kept me indoors. I baked a cake, I went to see the new movie "True Grit" (excellent), and I read the 2006 compilation of John McPhee's writing on transportation, Uncommon Carriers.
Like most everybody I know, I came to McPhee based on his geology writings — the quartet of books that were collectively republished en masse in 1998 as Annals of the Former World, an achievement which warranted a Pulitzer Prize. After that, I devoured his other books — I particularly dug Oranges (1967), The Deltoid Pumpkin Seed (1973), The Curve of Binding Energy (1974, the year I was born!), and Coming Into the Country (1977).
But I haven't been as enthralled with McPhee's more recent work. He profiled my friend and mentor E-an Zen in "Travels of the Rock," included as the final essay in the 1997 collection Irons in the Fire. That held my attention, as did the other piece in that volume about forensic geology.
But in the new millennium, McPhee went through a fish phase and then got enraptured with transportation. (All along, he's also been into sports, and that's still true, but it's the area of his writing that interests me the least, so I'll say no more of it here.) I started subscribing to the New Yorker, where McPhee serves as a staff writer, in grad school in 2002, and over the subsequent 9 years of reading that magazine, I've seen his essays appear perhaps twice a year. Many of them have focused on transportation of one sort or another. It sounded, frankly, like a pretty dry topic, but then again, I would have thought there couldn't be much to oranges, either.
So while I've read each of the essays in Uncommon Carriers when they were published in the New Yorker, I decided to re-read them as a collection. Grouped under a single cover and read in sequence is a different experience from reading them separated by year-long intervals. So what did patterns did I pick up on?
Each essay seems to mention the terrorist attacks of September 11th at some point. This strikes me as (a) germane to the subject matter, as truckers and barges and trains and planes are all now potential targets and weapons of terrorism. It's relevant to the life of the modern day trucker or UPS router to have a clear idea of how terrorists might use them as part of a deadly plan. But no one seems to dwell on it. It also strikes me as (b) an evolution of McPhee as a writer. McPhee has been criticized by, among others, Edward Abbey for being too apolitical. Writing about oranges and Russian art and the Greenmarket is all well and good, Abbey implied, but why not use your status as a writer to right some wrong, to address an injustice or a way forward for a sticky issue. In fact, I think Abbey's approach is clearly alienating to some, and McPhee is seen by many as politically "safe," interesting without indulging in the argumentation or rhetoric which permeates just about everything else we read. So I think there's definitely a place for adamantly apolitical writers. I think it's to McPhee's credit that he's willing to let himself evolve a bit by, if not exactly grappling with the issues, then at least letting them appear in his writing.
Another thing that McPhee has been criticized for is his anonymity. His stories never really featured any kind of details about his own life or perspective. That changed a bit with The Founding Fish (2002), where he indulged in a lot of description of his shad fishing, and reached previously-unknown levels in Silk Parachute, a 2010 collection of essays which are united by the thread that they all invoke "McPhee the man" at some point. (It was when he was promoting Silk Parachute last April that I saw him speak at DC's iconic bookstore Politics and Prose.) Point being: the guy is willing to change, to loosen up a bit, as he gets older and more secure in his reputation.
The other area where this manifests itself in Uncommon Carriers is in the topic of fossil fuel use and climate change. This is particularly true for "Coal Train" and "A Fleet of One, Part 2". The first of these, "Coal Train," is about a staggering enterprise — the world's largest mine spawning the world's largest train, transporting carbon captured by ancient photosynthesis halfway across America. It is the epitome of our energy infrastructure — enormous and unwieldy and impressive.
It begins with the mines themselves. McPhee focuses on Rocky Mountain coal, formed in large continental basins during the early Cenozoic. He is particularly interested in the Power River Basin of Wyoming. At the Black Thunder Mine, for instance, they are digging into Paleocene Fort Union Formation coal, with individual beds that are "eight to ten stories thick." Current mining of these coal units fills 60 coal trains per day. Each of those 60 trains is 19,000 tons fully loaded, 133 cars full of coal. Some outliers are over two miles in length! 60 of these behemoths roll out of the Powder River Basin each day, bound for places like Georgia, where the coal is powdered and oxidized and the resulting heat is captured to heat water to turn turbines so that electrical power may be generated. It's a long chain of events that results in Atlantans having the lights go on when they flip a switch. McPhee documents the amazing scale of the operation.
In spite of his extraordinary figures, there is probably enough coal in the Powder River Basin to last (at current rates of usage) for 250 more years.
McPhee must have had environmental sensibilities for a long time — why else would he profile David Brower (Encounters With the Archdruid, 1971) or write a book called The Control of Nature (1989)? But nowhere in these early books is any sort of judgment or political stance expressed directly by McPhee as narrator. In Uncommon Carriers, however, he states his positions a bit more baldly: Quoting economist Kenneth Boulding, he states, "Anyone who believes that exponential growth can go on forever in a finite world is either a madman or an economist."
"A Fleet of One" is the title of the essays that open and close the Uncommon Carriers volume. They focus on a trucker named Don Ainsworth who lets McPhee ride shotgun for thousands of miles across North America. Ainsworth keeps McPhee's pencil twitching over his notebook with a constant torrent of quirky witticisms and ego. It's entertaining — Ainsworth's style blends well with McPhee's narration in the manner of Henri Vaillancourt's, recorded by McPhee in The Survival of the Bark Canoe (1975). However, McPhee displays much more tenderness towards Ainsworth as a protagonist than he did towards prickly Vaillancourt.
For instance, McPhee suggests Ainsworth is praiseworthy for sleeping in a hotel room, as opposed to in his truck with the engine idling. In the winter and summer months, most truckers in the United States catch 40 winks while their engines turn over (zero miles per gallon) to provide energy to run the heater or the air conditioners in the cab. Says McPhee (p. 248), "You have not heard the sound of creature comfort until you have heard hundreds of huddled trucks idling through the night." He does some math: "Two million trucks [the U.S. truck population] times three hundred days amounts to six billion gallons of diesel fuel per annum burned basically to keep truck drivers cool, to keep truck drivers warm, and to keep happy presidents content."
Whoa – that's a clear swipe at George W. Bush, a statement unique in its political chutzpah in my reading of McPhee. He's not hiding his environmentalism under a bushel anymore!
A final note — at several points in Uncommon Carriers, McPhee gives points out connections to early work. "Coal Train" mentions crossing Nebraska's Platte River at a spot near where McPhee collected a handful of pebbles in his forensic geology piece many years earlier. He also mentions passing a home in Wyoming of Floyd Dominy, a dam-booster for the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation and the man who was arch-enemy to the Archdruid. If you've indulged in McPhee's complete oeuvre as I have, these little tangents ring with a deep satisfaction.
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Lizi says:
I had never heard the McPhee-an critique that he was too apolitical, but I find it slightly ridiculous. If anything, he has that quality where you can ascertain his ideologies without feeling like you're being beaten over the head with a liberal or conservative billy club.
Lockwood says:
It's fun to read a geoblogger talking about some of McPhee's non-geology works. Like you, I have read everything of his I can lay my hands on, and our lists of favorites are very similar, though I didn't care as much for Coming Into the Country. I haven't read much of his writing over the last decade, though a friend of mine lent me Uncommon Carriers. Again, like you, the essay I found most engaging was the one on coal.
There is currently a controversy in the PNW about building a new port at the mouth of the Columbia, specifically for exporting Rocky Mountain coal to Asia. I suppose I should write it up sometime; the arguments both pro and con are pretty persuasive. If I'm trying to be objective, I have to admit it's a difficult issue. In my normal mood, though, I just want to scream: find and develop alternatives!
Plane views: Powder River Basin and Black Hills - Mountain Beltway - AGU Blogosphere says:
[…] If you zoom in, you'll see what caught my eye – regular rectangular excavations into the surface. These are strip mining operations for coal laid down in the Paleogene period of geologic time. The coal is sub-bituminous in grade, but it is copious in quantity and low in sulfur, so it is economically viable to mine. This is approximately the location of the Black Thunder Mine, one of the largest coal mines in the world. It alone is responsible for about 8% of U.S. coal production. Much of this coal gets immediately loaded onto a round-the-clock coal train that runs down to Georgia, where it is combusted to provide Atlanta with electricity. This saga is well documented in John McPhee's 2005 essay Coal Train in the New Yorker (Part I, Part II): highly recommended reading that was later included in his book Uncommon Carriers. […]
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