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Mobbing the Ark

The colleges and universities we always hear about (Ivys, Little Ivys, etc.) as well as lesser-known colleges are reporting record numbers of applicants this year. Amherst has a record-shattering 7,500 apps; when I was an admission officer there in the 90s we were amazed when we broke 5,000. It does seem like quite a maelstrom of people rushing to get on board.

But I can’t quite figure something out. Many schools are saying that their applications are way up because Harvard and Princeton and UVa gave up their early admission plans, so all those students who would have been accepted (and presumably attended) are now flooding other schools with their applications. However, the number of students who would have been accepted early at these schools is so minute I can’t see how they alone would account for the rises in applications. So we can say that all students who would have applied early at those schools are making multiple applications to many more schools. Fair enough, but I still can’t see how that accounts for the mobs of applicants. Harvard and Princeton account for a tiny fraction of overall college applicants each year and an almost microscopic number of acceptances. So what’s really happening?

If Johnny Jones with his 4.0, perfect SATs, and world-beating resume applies to Harvard early admission and gets in, then he’s 99% likely not to apply anywhere else. Fine. Now there’s no EA at Harvard, but he’s still a world-beater, so is Harvard not going to take him? Well, he doesn’t know, so he sends out maybe 10 applications instead of just the one that would have gotten him into Harvard early. OK. Now let’s say Harvard used to take 1,000 applicants early and 900 of them committed. And let’s say that without EA all those 900 submit 10 applications instead of 1; that’s 9,000 more applications all around (and probably only to the other Ivys, etc.) That doesn’t account for the rises at the other schools or those lower on the prestige pole.
So I still can’t account for all the extra applications except to say that students must be applying to a larger number than ever before. Combined with a larger population, that could make sense, but it still doesn’t feel right, because except for the truly desperate, I don’t think most students submit more than 5-7 applications on average. And those are usually the ones aspiring to go to the top of the pole colleges.
So while I’m sure there are more applications being made to more schools, I’m not sure Harvard, Princeton, and UVa’s getting rid of early programs has anything to do with it.

About Will Dix

I am currently writing a book about college admission. I'm interested in the intersection of the college process and American culture. I attended Amherst College in the 1970s, taught high school English and theater at The Hill School in the '80s, returned to Amherst in the '90s as an admission dean, and began the '00s as a college counselor at the University of Chicago Laboratory School. I then joined Chicago Scholars as Program Director. Currently, I blog about college admission for I also help community organizations serving low income students understand the college admission process so more students can consider gaining access to higher education. I have a few private college counseling clients that I take by referral only. The views expressed in this blog are mine alone.
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  1. Drammy says:

    You could also chalk it up to the craptastic economy. Education is being regarded more ‘n’ more as the path to getting a stable job.. esp. an Ivy degree ostensibly “guarantees” you’ll find a job // not be fired.

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Chelsea set to resign Mohamed Salah after Egyptian king appears on Thomas Tuchel shopping list for summer

Just when Chelsea fans thought they could focus on this season, given there are just few games left, a certain German insider has decided to get everyone talking about the summer transfer window.

Christian Falk knows his stuff though, and his bombshell is a big one – Chelsea are apparently interested in Mo Salah as they pursue a goalscoring forward this summer.

The links to Romelu Lukaku and Erling Haaland have been heard plenty of times before, but the idea that Salah might join from Premier League rivals Liverpool is a juicy one. It’s also easy to see him slotting in to any of the attacking positions in Tuchel’s 343 formation.

Salah was of course once a Chelsea player, although he didn’t get many chances before being shipped out by Jose Mourinho.

Resigning him – or Lukaku for that matter – would be an admission of a mistake in the past. But if it takes this team to the next level, there’s nothing wrong with that.

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This October, the Future of Sourcing Awards will celebrate individuals newer to the industry whose thought leadership and expertise have shown promise that is likely to have a lasting impact on the industry. Below, read about Rising Star Finalist Ruchi Aswal who leads customer engagement and product management for SAP Ariba Supplier Risk solutions that assess, monitor and mitigate supplier risks throughout the sourcing and procurement processes.

How did you get into this field – was it purposeful or by accident?

It was by accident.
I studied engineering and entered the industry as a Quality Assurance (QA) engineer. I worked as an engineer for a couple of year before I realized I wanted to be more directly involved in solving user problems and overall product development and delivery. I decided to transition from my role as a QA engineer for the sourcing and contract management solutions to a product manager role for supplier risk solutions. Four years later, I now lead the product management team for Supplier Risk and Sustainability solutions.

In what ways do you hope to influence or transform the industry?

We recently built a third-party risk management system that introduces a risk control framework to identify, assess and mitigate risk in trading partner engagements. We still have some work to do there, but I can already see how it’s bringing a transformational change in our customers’ risk practices and more transparency across categories and departments.
The other area where I hope to transform the industry is sustainable procurement. I would like to build solutions that bring social and environment sustainability to the core of procurement.

Who are the mentors or role models who have guided you in your career?

Padmini Ranganathan has been my mentor for some years now and has helped me navigate my professional journey. She is a visionary and has helped me realize what I am capable of achieving regardless of the challenges.

Looking ahead, what trends do you think will emerge in the sourcing and procurement space?

I see two important trends emerging: sustainable procurement and intelligent spend management.
A. Sustainable procurement
Earlier this year SAP Ariba conducted a multi-country consumer study with Reputation Institute (of the global 100) covering 10,000 consumers:
  • On average, 53% of millennials would be willing to pay more for brands that build more visibility into their purchasing practices.
  • In emerging markets, 80% of consumers would be willing to pay a premium for products from an industry that actively works to reduce its environmental footprint.
  • 52% of consumers (and 67% of millennials) prefer buying from companies that are open and transparent in their operations.

This and other studies like it demonstrate that being sustainable can be profitable in long run. We already see the shift happening.

At SAP Ariba, we are working with several partners who have valuable data that once embedded into a procurement system can help procurement professionals make better, more informed decisions.

B. Intelligent Spend Management
Intelligent spend management is about managing all categories of spend from a single platform, automating repetitive processes and infusing the process with intelligence that delivers actionable insights.

What is something you wish more people knew about the sourcing and procurement industry?

We know consumers vote with their dollars and increasingly people are making more socially conscious purchase decisions. But even before consumers make those decisions, it’s the sourcing and procurement professionals who decide on who, where, what, how to buy the materials that go into the products consumers buy. To effect real and sustainable change, start with the sourcing and procurement industry. While cost cutting may be what these professional are most well-known for, understand that these professionals are making decisions every day that impact people and the planet.

What advice do you have for those who are considering a career in sourcing or procurement?

I would suggest networking with like-minded people and finding the opportunities that excite you. Say yes often and bring your passion to every project – no matter how small it may seem.

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Singapore 2015

This is only my second time in Singapore. The last time I was there, was for work. And I spent most of the week either manning my former company’s booth at a trade show or at the office. It was nice to be in the city as a tourist and to do touristy things this time around.

The pretty Mexican cantina along Haji Lane. ❤

Our first day was a frantic day of shopping, since we had nothing planned. I wanted to buy all the IKEA and Art Friend (a ridiculously comprehensive art supply store in Bras Basah). Managed to control myself for the most part, only really buying things I need that I can’t get back home, although I did kind of lose my shit at Sephora.

Just a little. Damn you, Urban Decay.

Day two was for Universal Studios!

I didn’t really expect to enjoy it as much as I did because I’m such a wuss when it comes to rides, but we had so much fun! You could not pay me enough to ride either of the Battlestar Galactica coasters but I did ride (and love!) Revenge of the Mummy! The only ride that I enjoyed just as much was the Jurassic Park Rapids Adventure. I still can’t quite decide which I loved more.

Fake Egypt was definitely my favourite section of the park, though. No competition there.

The weekend was dedicated solely to Singapore Toy, Game, & Comic Con, which I’ll make a separate post for.

We took our last day kind of slow. Getting up late, checking out the pretty murals at Haji Lane, and making one last mall run before heading to the airport. Also getting one last order of curry rice from my favourite food stall at the Bugis Junction food court.

Mmmm. Two meat dishes, one veg, fried rice, drowning in curry sauce for around 6SGD.. Mmmm-mmmm.
Best paired with Cla’s discovery of waterchestnut juice.

Honestly, the longer I stayed in Singapore, the angrier and sadder it made me about Manila. Despite the haze (and the haze got pretty bad when we were there) the air still felt cleaner. And commuting! I haven’t had a pleasant commute in close to a decade. When was the last time you got to sit down on a train in Manila? When was the last time you exited a train not smelling of someone else’s sweat? Or actually get on or exit a train platform without having to fight through an ocean of other commuters? Drivers let you cross first when they see you, and I’ve never felt this safe walking around at 3am with my phone out.

Oh, Philippines. This could have been us.

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On Monday I visited my daughter’s kindergarten class for their first-ever writer’s workshop. And I’m happy to report, they started by brainstorming ideas.  They talked animals, people, places, and events. In pictures and words, they captured their ideas. One boy drew his mischievous cat, bird in mouth, along with one key word: “NOOOOOO.”

Every story starts with an idea.

THE BEST and most enjoyable way for generating picture book ideas begins in a matter of days: Tara Lazar’s Picture Book Idea Month (PiBoIdMo). Every day of November, a fabulous array of writers and illustrators deliver inspiration for idea generation.

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If you participate, you will generate ideas. Boatloads of them. However, and this is important, your internal editor might try to dismiss some of them before you even write them down. Don’t.

I’m not saying every idea will shine like a cut diamond. Mine certainly don’t. But funny thing about ideas, when you let them flow freely, they keep coming. When you put the kibosh on an idea, the others get shy. Truly.

And sometimes the idea that you’re most uncomfortable with, that you want to bat away and call “stupid,” is actually the seed of a story kids need. Because it might be hard to write or it might make you uncomfortable, your instinct might be to squash it. But that story you write just might be a lifeline for a child.

Children are our first and most heart-open readers.

So let the ideas flow. Jot them down on scraps of paper and put them in a jar or type them in a Word file. They just might multiply.

Registration for PiBoIdMo opens October 25. See Tara’s website for more details: http://taralazar.com/piboidmo

14 thoughts on “PiBoIdMo: Time to Let the Ideas Flow. All of Them.

  1. Gabi, what a great post! Yes, PiBoIdMo is an inspiration. I did it last year and I can’t wait for it to roll around again. There’s no better way to get the idea juices flowing.

  2. Great post! Yes, I did the same thing with my 1st graders–that all authors start with an idea, and I had them make an idea page in their writing notebooks. It was so fun.

    1. Thanks, Tina! It’s fun seeing what they come up with. My kindergartner and 2nd grader both give me great ideas and help me see how to come at a story from a kid’s perspective.

  3. Hello Gabi…so nice to meet you over a PiBoIdMo notebook. Congratulations on getting your blog up and running…it looks GREAT! And how awesome to blog about Tara’s legendary challenge for your first post!
    Looking forward to seeing you next month in Tara’s comment section…pencils sharpened…ready, set, go!!!!

  4. Hi Gabi! You are right about the ideas flowing once you turn off the inner critic. PiBoIdMo ramps up the free association part of my brain. I’ve even managed to find gems in the highly inappropriate picture book ideas suggested by my family!

    I like to start a new notebook with every PiBoIdMo round—any excuse for office supplies. Also, it’s fun to look back at old notebooks and see how my focus has changed and notice patterns in topics or structure notes.

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Happy Halloween!

It is the night when witches, and ghouls, and ghosts alike run amuck; the night when “trick-or-treat” can be heard up and down the street; the night when everything is just a little bit spookier; it’s the night of Halloween!

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500 Years since the Reformation

Imagine life in Germany 500 years ago. The population was at about 14 million and multiple cities in the country were seeing a rise in their economy, including Augsburg and Nürnberg. A little less than 500 km North east of Augsburg was the city of Wittenberg; today it is knows as the Lutherstadt, Luthercity in English, but 500 years ago it was the birthplace of Lutheranism.

Lutheranism is a branch of the Christian religion which traces it’s beginnings to October 31st, 1517, when Martin Luther nailed 95 Theses to the University of Wittenberg’s chapel door as a critique towards Pope Leo X newest round of indulgences.

Martin Luther was born November 10, 1483 in Eisleben, a small city in Saxony-Anhalt. At age eighteen he entered university in Erfurt where he would get a master of the art in Grammar, Logic, Rhetoric and Metaphysics. Thus, putting him on his way to becoming a lawyer. But, in 1501 Martin Luther had a life changing experience which put him on a new path to becoming a monk and later the dean of theology at the University of Wittenberg.

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Today, October 26th, is Nationalfeiertag, which is also known as Austrian National Day! We at the German-American Heritage Foundation want to acknowledge and celebrate this holiday due to our goal of promoting the cultural heritage of all Americans of German-speaking ancestry. So, Happy Austrian National Day!

Austrian National Day emerged from political developments after World War II. After the war ended, the country was occupied by the Allied Forces (the Soviet Union, United States, Great Britain, and France). However, on October 26th, 1955 (ten years after the end of the war), the Austrian Parliament passed a law that stated that the country would have permanent neutrality and this put an end to occupation by Allied forces. Because of this, the idea of neutrality has become a big part of Austrian Culture and is why Austrian National Day exists.

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  • Mr. Frederick H. W. Hansen of New York who has been with GAHF since its inception in 1977 and has filled many different board positions including his role as long-standing secretary;

  • Mr. Helmut Krüger of New Jersey was one of the original co-founders of GAHF, who promoted the organization all the way to the Reagan White House, and served as president and vice-president in the early days; and

  • Lastly, Mr. Hank Stoffel of California, our 2nd vice president and decades-long regional representative in Northern California whose tireless commitment helped establish GAHF and its museum among the German-American community.

In the recent past, we have typically celebrated our gala at one of the many wonderful venues in Washington, DC, but this year we will gather at the beautiful historic German Society of Pennsylvania  in Philadelphia. As the first capital of the newly minted country, and the home of the oldest German society, founded in 1764, the city is a fitting location to honor the many achievements of German-Americans, who are still the single largest ethnic group in the United States.

Please joins us along with the members and friends of GAHF to celebrate our heritage and our future. It would be a pleasure to welcome you at this elegant gala with dinner and dancing in the Barthelmes Ballroom in Philadelphia. Tickets start at just $250 for nonmembers and $200 for members; attractive sponsorship options are also available.

For questions and more information, please contact Katja Sipple at sipple@gahmusa.org or 202.467.5000.

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Darth Vader, Terl and Lord Voldermort

Darth Vader, Terl and Lord Voldermort

Mirror, Mirror on the Wall, Who’s the Baddest of Them All?

Everybody loves a good villain. But who is the baddest of them all? And what makes the bad guy a really good bad guy? In other words, what are the qualities that make a character we can all enjoy hating? In searching several other lists of bad guys—movie bad guys, TV bad guys, cartoon bad guys and book bad guys—there seemed to be a few who were bad in a league of their own. Something about them makes them rise above all others.

One thing seems for certain, you can’t have a great hero unless opposed by an equally imposing enemy.

We have researched some of the most iconic baddies (and hopefully haven’t missed out on your favorite).

1. Luke Skywalker wouldn’t be so beloved without Darth Vader to oppose. And that Darth Vader was Anakin Skywalker, Luke’s father, makes him all the worse. Star Wars

2. Agent Smith is the opposite of Neo in The Matrix. Neo, as The One, represents the power of choice and free will. But Smith is pitiless and focused on conformity and by replicating himself, he becomes the many and an incredibly good villain.  The Matrix

3. Terl, Earth’s Security Chief from the planet Psychlo has captured Jonnie Goodboy Tyler, who must overcome Terl’s plan to destroy the rest of mankind. That Terl—who views torture as “delicious”—keeps a bomb attached to Jonnie’s love as leverage for Jonnie to do his bidding, exemplifies just how bad Terl really is. Battlefield Earth

4. Harry Potter’s ultimate victory over Lord Voldemort, who J.K. Rowling even called “the most evil wizard for hundreds and hundreds of years” and who is so bad that he is simply referred to as “he-who-must-not-be-named,” wouldn’t be nearly satisfying if Voldemort hadn’t been trying to kill Harry since he was a baby.  Harry Potter

5. Satan, the ultimate villain in literature, the Biblical figure is a depiction of maleficence at its darkest. He’s the basis of evil upon which we have founded our opinion of villainy on so is fully deserving of a place on this list.  Dante’s Inferno

6. Count Dracula, based on the novel of his name, is the ultimate blood-sucking villain and his charm is what makes him all the more villainous; enticing victims by seducing them before inflicting his fatal bite. Dracula

7. Sauron is the all-seeing eye and a source of true evil and villainy in the Lord of the Rings. That an innocent, peace-loving Hobbit by the name of Frodo ultimately proves his undoing is all the more rewarding when everyone else is subjugated to Sauron’s will. Lord of the Rings

Now it’s your turn. Please vote for your top 3 favorite bad guys in the comments section. And if I missed one, then go ahead and add it in.

  1. Darth Vader (Star Wars)
  2. Agent Smith (The Matrix Trilogy)
  3. Terl (Battlefield Earth)
  4. Lord Voldemort (Harry Potter)
  5. Satan (Inferno, Paradise Lost, et. al.)
  6. Count Dracula (Dracula)
  7. Sauron (Lord of the Rings)
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  1. Mike
    Mike says:

    1. Vader (including all of the canon, non-movie material)
    2. The Joker (Batman) (fantastic addition Bob Bly!)
    3. Voldemort

    Satan is an interesting “bad guy” in most literature like Paradise Lose and, as such, doesn’t make my list.

    • Laci
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      Sorry, but Trump is not a fiction personality, as otherwise we could name a lot of historical figures. And people (fiction or not) should be judges by their actions and the results of their actions. That he is extremely out manners and rough… yes, but these don’t qualifies him to be a villain.

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    Great list!

    1. Terl (Battlefield Earth)

    2. Lord Voldemort (Harry Potter)

    3. Sauron (The lord of the rings)

    I chose these three as they stood out to me as thinking of no one but themselves to gain as much power as possible, at the expense of innocent people.

    • John Goodwin
      John Goodwin says:

      Thanks Tiffany. I agree that personal gain, thinking of no one else–and even enjoying the travail of others–makes them top the list.

  3. Timothy Biedinger
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    1) Terl (especially because he wanted to destroy this planet)
    2) Sauron (because he infected everything with hate)
    3) Lombar Hisst (because he is not only evil but crazy)

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Chicken Pesto w/Egg Noodles

Wonderful summertime bounty. Basil made into a flavorful pesto sauce.

Summer time is always a favorite. As I have grown up (maybe haha) I have realized that the summer bounty that comes with growing a garden is just amazing. We can our tomatoes, Freeze fresh corn, create enough jams and jellies to last the winter. One other bountiful plant is the almighty Basil plant. Plant it and it will grow and grow and grow. The trick we have found is that you need to cut it back hard to allow new growth to appear.

So today I decided that I needed to use some of my basil before it went to seed. So in search of a recipe I settled on an amazing Pesto sauce. There are many ways to make it, with nuts, without nuts. Using Spinach and Basil to make it a little more healthy., you can use lemon if you like. I went more on the traditional side and used basil, pine nuts, olive oil, garlic and parmesan cheese

Pesto Ingredients

Making pesto is a very easy process. You will need a Food Processor or a blender.

First you will need the basil, if you have a garden cut that baby back. If you don’t have it growing you can purchase it from your local grocer or farmers market. You will need a good amount, when it is cleaned and stems removed you should have a 2 cup container packed tight with the leaves

2 cups Basil

Next make sure you have all your ingredients ready, Grate 1/2 cup of Parmesan or a cheese of your liking, Coarsely chop your garlic, have your olive oil measured out about 1/3 of a cup and your pine nuts, 1/2 cup.

Parmesan Cheese

Take your Basil and olive oil and place it into your food processor. Blend until you have a smooth consistency

Blending the Basil and Olive Oil

Next add each of the additional ingredients, Garlic, Parmesan Cheese, and Pine nuts. Blend until you have a smooth consistency

And there you have your Pesto sauce. You can use immediately, refrigerate for up to 1 week in a tightly sealed container or freeze up to 6 months.

Pesto Sauce

Now that I have my pesto sauce, I decided Chicken Pesto with Egg Noodles sounded perfect for this evening’s dinner. This whole process will take you less than 2 hours and it is a real gourmet meal.

You will need 2 pounds of boneless chicken breast, I cut mine into strips but bite size will work just as well. Dredge the chicken in your seasoned flour and set aside

Strips of boneless chicken breast
Dredging Chicken in seasoned flour

At this point you should put your Pot on to boil the Noodles, you will need to save a cup of the pasta water to add to your chicken dish. You will cook the noodles while you are cooking the chicken they will both be finished around the same time.

Cooking the Noodles

while the water is coming to a boil you will saute the Onions and Garlic in a large sauce pan with olive oil

Once the onions are soft add the chicken and brown on all sides. The chicken should be cooked through, this will take between 15 and 30 minutes depending on the size you cut the chicken. Now is a good time to put the Noodles in the water.

Now that the chicken is cooked, add the Pesto sauce and stir the chicken until the pesto sauce is spread evenly.

Next add the sour cream and toss the chicken to coat, if you would like you can add additional Pine nuts to give it a great texture and taste. But this is optional…

By now your Noodles should be cooked and you should have kept a cup of the liquid to add to the chicken, this will give your sauce the right consistency for the pasta. If you have forgotten and drained the water (which I do quite often) no worries use chicken broth or water with some bullion this will do the same thing. The pasta water is a little starchy and helps thicken the sauce. Just add the liquid a little at a time to create the consistency you like.

The last step is to add your Noodles and toss together!!!! We are a fan of Parmesan cheese so at this point if you would like to add cheese or have it grated for the table it adds that much more flavor to the meal

Enjoy…. This is a very lengthy description of something that will take only 1/2 hours to 45 minutes to complete. I hope you enjoy this as much as we did and as I always say please enjoy the Journey as much as the end result…

Pesto Sauce

Home made pesto sauce with pine nuts

Course Sauce,
Cuisine Italian
Keyword Basil, homemade pesto, Pesto, Pine nuts, scratch pesto
Prep Time 15 minutes
Servings 2
Author Phyllis

Pesto Sauce

  • 2 cups Fresh Basil clean and remove stems
  • 1/2 cup Pine nuts
  • 1/3 cup olive oil
  • 1 clove garlic chopped
  • 1/2 cup Parmesan Cheese grated

Pesto Sauce

  1. Clean basil and remove the stems, place in a 2 cup container and pack tightly

  2. Place the Basil and Olive Oil into the Food Processor and Blend until smooth

  3. Add the Pine Nuts, Parmesan Cheese and Garlic. Blend until you have a smooth paste

  4. remove from food processor.

Recipe Notes

This recipe is quick and easy.  It will make enough for 1 large dish for 6 or more people, or 2 dishes up to 6 people.  Once you have made the pesto you use immediately or you can store in an air tight container for up to 1 week, or you can freeze up to 6 months.

Chicken Pesto with Egg Noodles

Fresh basil pesto sauce with saute chicken and egg noodles

Course Main Course
Cuisine Italian
Keyword Basil, chicken, chicken pesto, egg nooddle, italian recipe, Pesto, pesto sauce
Prep Time 1 day 30 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour
Servings 6
Author Phyllis

Chicken Pesto

  • 2 lb boneless chicken breast Cut into strips or bite size
  • olive oil
  • 1/3 cup flour
  • 1 small onion chopped
  • 2 cloves garlic chopped
  • 1/2 recipe Pesto sauce
  • 1 lb egg noodles or favorite pasta

Chicken Pesto with Egg Noodles

  1. Clean and cut boneless chicken breast into strips or bite size pieces.

  2. Place flour on a large plate and dredge chicken pieces through flour and set a side.

  3. Chop Onion and garlic

  4. In a large saute pan place Olive Oil, onion and garlic, saute until onion is soft

  5. While onion and garlic are cooking Place large pot of water to boil and cook Pasta. you will need to save 1 cup of the water from pasta.

  6. Add chicken to pan and saute until chicken is cooked through. Approximately 40 minutes depending on the size of the chicken pieces.

  7. Add 1/2 the recipe of pesto sauce and stir until completely incorporated into the chicken and onion.

  8. Add 2 Tablespoons of sour cream and mix into chicken

  9. Take 1/2 to 1 cup of Pasta water and add to the chicken and stir. This will give you a nice consistency for your pasta

  10. Take cooked noodles and add to the pan with chicken and stir.

  11. Place in a serving platter and you are ready to eat!!!

Recipe Notes

I am using the Pesto sauce that is homemade.  The recipe is also on my web page.

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Posted: August 25, 2014 in Shared Thoughts, Wake Up!
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Brothers and sisters, why do you think Abraham thought he could appeal to God to spare Sodom and Gomorrah if there were fifty righteous men in the cities? Most people tend to think it was just “righteous Lot” who was living there vexing his soul among all those vulgarly wicked and profane sodomites. But do you really think Lot would live there alone if there were no other professing “believers” living there? When Ezekiel was sent to reprove Israel, God declared that, “As I live says the Lord Jehovah, Sodom your sister, she nor her daughters has not done as you have done, you and your daughters.” Surely you wouldn’t think that there were no professing believers in Ezekiel’s days? Why then do we tend to dismiss the idea there were other “believers” in Sodom?

No, there were religious people all over the land, many just like those in Ezekiel’s day who were boasting in their arrogance to be God’s chosen people, prophets and priests and faithful followers of Jehovah, the called out ones, or so they thought. They were as surprise as will be so many when they too cry out “Lord! Lord! Did we not prophesy in Your name, and through Your name cast out demons, and through Your name do many wonderful works?” Only to hear the Lord reply, “I never knew you! Depart from Me, you who live working lawlessness!”

No, righteous Lot was alone only in his righteousness, many were there claiming to be the believers in the living God. It was that reason Abraham asked God, “Perhaps there are fifty righteous within the city. Will You also destroy and not spare the place for the fifty righteous that are in it?” and yet the longer Abraham thought about the “believers” dwelling in Sodom and the surrounding cities, he began to go lower and lower in asking God till he said “Oh do not let the LORD be angry, and I will speak only once more. Perhaps ten shall be found there?” And the Lord replied, “I will not destroy it for ten’s sake.”

Seriously consider this, you who so confidently profess to be serving God, for out of Abraham’s appeal to God to spare the cities for fifty righteous, only one was led out. That was a speculated “fifty,” out of how many though that was professing faith? Abraham knew they were not all serving God, that many had deceived their own selves into thinking they were righteous, so fifty had to be a conservative number to start with. Then, knowing the holiness of God, Abraham began to whittle the numbers down till he reached ten, only a mere ten and God still said He would have spared the cities. And yet it was only righteous Lot who came out from among them, with his wife looking back perishing. Do you understand the math concerning this? Only 2% of Abraham’s original conservative number was saved.

1 Corinthians 10:12 Wherefore let him that thinks he stands take heed lest he fall.

 How is it men don’t fear God?

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"Bourgeois" redirects here. For other uses, see Bourgeois (disambiguation).
The prototypical bourgeois: Monsieur Jourdain, the protagonist in Molière's play Le Bourgeois gentilhomme (1670).

The bourgeoisie (Eng.: /bʊərʒwɑːˈz/; French pronunciation: [buʁʒwazi]) is a polysemous French term that can mean:

The "bourgeoisie", in its original sense, is intimately linked to the existence of cities recognized as such by their urban charters (e.g. municipal charter, town privileges, German town law) so there was no bourgeoisie "outside the walls of the city" beyond which the people were "peasants" submitted to the stately courts and manorialism (except for the traveling "Fair bourgeoisie" living outside urban territories, who retained their city rights and domicile).

In Marxist philosophy the bourgeoisie is the social class that came to own the means of production during modern industrialization and whose societal concerns are the value of property and the preservation of capital, to ensure the perpetuation of their economic supremacy in society.[3] Joseph Schumpeter saw the creation of new bourgeoisie as the driving force behind the capitalist engine, particularly entrepreneurs who took risks to bring innovation to industries and the economy through the process of creative destruction.[4]

The Modern French word bourgeois derived from the Old French burgeis (walled city), which derived from bourg (market town), from the Old Frankish burg (town); in other European languages, the etymologic derivations are the Middle English burgeis, the Middle Dutch burgher, the German Bürger, the Modern English burgess, and the Polish burżuazja, which occasionally is synonymous with the intelligentsia.[5]

In English, "bourgeoisie" (a French citizen-class) identified a social class oriented to economic materialism and hedonism, and to upholding the extreme political and economic interests of the capitalist ruling class.[6] In the 18th century, before the French Revolution (1789–99), in the French feudal order, the masculine and feminine terms bourgeois and bourgeoise identified the rich men and women who were members of the urban and rural Third Estate – the common people of the French realm, who violently deposed the absolute monarchy of the Bourbon King Louis XVI (r. 1774–91), his clergy, and his aristocrats. Hence, since the 19th century, the term "bourgeoisie" usually is politically and sociologically synonymous with the ruling upper class of a capitalist society.[7]

Historically, the medieval French word bourgeois denoted the inhabitants of the bourgs (walled market-towns), the craftsmen, artisans, merchants, and others, who constituted "the bourgeoisie", they were the socio-economic class between the peasants and the landlords, between the workers and the owners of the means of production. As the economic managers of the (raw) materials, the goods, and the services, and thus the capital (money) produced by the feudal economy, the term "bourgeoisie" evolved to also denote the middle class – the businessmen and businesswomen who accumulated, administered, and controlled the capital that made possible the development of the bourgs into cities.[8]

Contemporarily, the terms "bourgeoisie" and "bourgeois" (noun) identify the ruling class in capitalist societies, as a social stratum; while "bourgeois" (adjective / noun modifier) describes the Weltanschauung (worldview) of men and women whose way of thinking is socially and culturally determined by their economic materialism and philistinism, a social identity famously mocked in Molière's comedy Le Bourgeois gentilhomme (1670), which satirises buying the trappings of a noble-birth identity as the means of climbing the social ladder.[9][10] The 18th century saw a partial rehabilitation of bourgeois values in genres such as the drame bourgeois (bourgeois drama) and "bourgeois tragedy".

The 16th-century German banker Jakob Fugger and his principal accountant, M. Schwarz, registering an entry to a ledger. The background shows a file cabinet indicating the European cities where the Fugger Bank conducts business. (1517)

Origins and rise

The bourgeoisie emerged as a historical and political phenomenon in the 11th century when the bourgs of Central and Western Europe developed into cities dedicated to commerce. This urban expansion was possible thanks to economic concentration due to the appearance of protective self-organisation into guilds. Guilds arose when individual businessmen (such as craftsmen, artisans and merchants) conflicted with their rent-seeking feudal landlords who demanded greater rents than previously agreed.

In the event, by the end of the Middle Ages (ca. AD 1500), under régimes of the early national monarchies of Western Europe, the bourgeoisie acted in self-interest, and politically supported the king or queen against legal and financial disorder caused by the greed of the feudal lords. In the late-16th and early 17th centuries, the bourgeoisies of England and the Netherlands had become the financial – thus political – forces that deposed the feudal order; economic power had vanquished military power in the realm of politics.[8]

From progress to reaction

During the 17th and 18th centuries, the bourgeoisie were the politically progressive social class who supported the principles of constitutional government and of natural right, against the Law of Privilege and the claims of rule by divine right that the nobles and prelates had autonomously exercised during the feudal order.

The English Civil War (1642–51), the American War of Independence (1775–83), and French Revolution (1789–99) were partly motivated by the desire by the bourgeoisie to rid themselves of the feudal and royal encroachments on their personal liberty, commercial prospects, and the ownership of property. In the 19th century, the bourgeoisie propounded liberalism, and gained political rights, religious rights, and civil liberties for themselves and the lower social classes; thus the bourgeoisie was a progressive philosophic and political force in Western societies.

After the Industrial Revolution (1750–1850), by the mid-19th century the great expansion of the bourgeoisie social class caused its stratification – by business activity and by economic function – into the haute bourgeoisie (bankers and industrialists) and the petite bourgeoisie (tradesmen and white-collar workers). Moreover, by the end of the 19th century, the capitalists (the original bourgeoisie) had ascended to the upper class, while the developments of technology and technical occupations allowed the rise of working-class men and women to the lower strata of the bourgeoisie; yet the social progress was incidental.

Marxist theory

According to Karl Marx, the bourgeois during Middle Ages usually was a self-employed businessman – such as a merchant, banker, or entrepreneur – whose economic role in society was being the financial intermediary to the feudal landlord and the peasant who worked the fief, the land of the lord. Yet, by the 18th century, the time of the Industrial Revolution (1750–1850) and of industrial capitalism, the bourgeoisie had become the economic ruling class who owned the means of production (capital and land), and who controlled the means of coercion (armed forces and legal system, police forces and prison system).

In such a society, the bourgeoisie's ownership of the means of production allowed them to employ and exploit the wage-earning working class (urban and rural), people whose only economic means is labour; and the bourgeois control of the means of coercion suppressed the sociopolitical challenges by the lower classes, and so preserved the economic status quo; workers remained workers, and employers remained employers.[11]

In the 19th century, Marx distinguished two types of bourgeois capitalist: (i) the functional capitalists, who are business administrators of the means of production; and (ii) rentier capitalists whose livelihoods derive either from the rent of property or from the interest-income produced by finance capital, or both.[12] In the course of economic relations, the working class and the bourgeoisie continually engage in class struggle, where the capitalists exploit the workers, while the workers resist their economic exploitation, which occurs because the worker owns no means of production, and, to earn a living, he or she seeks employment from the bourgeois capitalist; the worker produces goods and services that are property of the employer, who sells them for a price.

Besides describing the social class who owns the means of production, the Marxist use of the term "bourgeois" also describes the consumerist style of life derived from the ownership of capital and real property. Marx acknowledged the bourgeois industriousness that created wealth, but criticised the moral hypocrisy of the bourgeoisie when they ignored the alleged origins of their wealth – the exploitation of the proletariat, the urban and rural workers. Further sense denotations of "bourgeois" describe ideological concepts such as "bourgeois freedom", which is thought to be opposed to substantive forms of freedom; "bourgeois independence"; "bourgeois personal individuality"; the "bourgeois family"; et cetera, all derived from owning capital and property. (See: The Communist Manifesto, 1848.)

France and French-speaking countries

In English, the term bourgeoisie is often used to denote the middle classes. In fact, the French term encompasses both the upper and middle classes,[13] a misunderstanding which has occurred in other languages as well. The bourgeoisie in France and many French-speaking countries consists of four evolving social layers: petite bourgeoisie, moyenne bourgeoisie, grande bourgeoisie, and haute bourgeoisie.

Petite Bourgeoisie

The petite bourgeoisie consists of people who have experienced a brief ascension in social mobility for one or two generations. It usually starts with a trade or craft, and by the second and third generation, a family may rise another level. The petite bourgeois would belong to the British lower middle class and would be American middle income. They are distinguished mainly by their mentality, and would differentiate themselves from the proletariat or working class. This class would include artisans, small traders, shopkeepers, and small farm owners. They are not employed, but may not be able to afford employees themselves.

Moyenne Bourgeoisie

The moyenne bourgeoisie or middle bourgeoisie contains people who have solid incomes and assets, but not the aura of those who have become established at a higher level. They tend to belong to a family that has been bourgeois for three or more generations. Some members of this class may have relatives from similar backgrounds, or may even have aristocratic connections. The moyenne bourgeoisie is the equivalent of the British and American upper-middle classes.

Grande Bourgeoisie

The grande bourgeoisie are families that have been bourgeois since the 19th century, or for at least four or five generations. Members of these families tend to marry with the aristocracy or make other advantageous marriages. This bourgeoisie family has acquired an established historical and cultural heritage over the decades. The names of these families are generally known in the city where they reside, and their ancestors have often contributed to the region's history. These families are respected and revered. They belong to the upper class, and in the British class system are considered part of the gentry. In the French-speaking countries, they are sometimes referred la petite haute bourgeoisie.

Haute Bourgeoisie

The haute bourgeoisie is a social rank in the bourgeoisie that can only be acquired through time. In France, it is composed of bourgeois families that have existed since the French Revolution. They hold only honourable professions and have experienced many illustrious marriages in their family's history. They have rich cultural and historical heritages, and their financial means are more than secure.

These families exude an aura of nobility, which prevents them from certain marriages or occupations. They only differ from nobility in that due to circumstances, the lack of opportunity, and/or political regime, they have not been ennobled. These people nevertheless live a lavish lifestyle, enjoying the company of the great artists of the time. In France, the families of the haute bourgeoisie are also referred to as les 200 familles, a term coined in the first half of the 20th century. Michel Pinçon and Monique Pinçon-Charlot studied the lifestyle of the French bourgeoisie, and how they boldly guard their world from the nouveau riche, or newly rich.

In the French language, the term bourgeoisie almost designates a caste by itself, even though social mobility into this socio-economic group is possible. Nevertheless, the bourgeoisie is differentiated from la classe moyenne, or the middle class, which consists mostly of white-collar employees, by holding a profession referred to as a profession libérale, which la classe moyenne, in its definition does not hold. Yet, in English the definition of a white-collar job encompasses the profession libérale.

Modern history

Because of their ascribed cultural excellence as a social class, the Italian fascist régime (1922–45) of Prime Minister Benito Mussolini regarded the bourgeoisie as an obstacle to Modernism in aid to transforming Italian society.[14] Nonetheless, despite such intellectual and social hostility, the Fascist State ideologically exploited the Italian bourgeoisie and their materialistic, middle-class spirit, for the more efficient cultural manipulation of the upper (aristocratic) and the lower (working) classes of Italy.

In 1938, Prime Minister Mussolini gave a speech wherein he established a clear ideological distinction between capitalism (the social function of the bourgeoisie) and the bourgeoisie (as a social class), whom he dehumanised by reducing them into high-level abstractions: a moral category and a state of mind.[14] Culturally and philosophically, Mussolini isolated the bourgeoisie from Italian society by portraying them as social parasites upon the fascist Italian state and "The People"; as a social class who drained the human potential of Italian society, in general, and of the working class, in particular; as exploiters who victimised the Italian nation with an approach to life characterised by hedonism and materialism.[14] Nevertheless, despite the slogan The Fascist Man Disdains the ″Comfortable″ Life, which epitomised the anti-bourgeois principle, in its final years of power, for mutual benefit and profit, the Mussolini fascist régime transcended ideology to merge the political and financial interests of Prime Minister Benito Mussolini with the political and financial interests of the bourgeoisie, the Catholic social circles who constituted the ruling class of Italy.

Philosophically, as a materialist creature, the bourgeois man was stereotyped as irreligious; thus, to establish an existential distinction between the supernatural faith of the Roman Catholic Church and the materialist faith of temporal religion; in The Autarchy of Culture: Intellectuals and Fascism in the 1930s, the priest Giuseppe Marino said that:

Christianity is essentially anti-bourgeois. ... A Christian, a true Christian, and thus a Catholic, is the opposite of a bourgeois.[15]

Culturally, the bourgeois man is unmanly, effeminate, and infantile; describing his philistinism in Bonifica antiborghese (1939), Roberto Paravese said that the:

Middle class, middle man, incapable of great virtue or great vice: and there would be nothing wrong with that, if only he would be willing to remain as such; but, when his child-like or feminine tendency to camouflage pushes him to dream of grandeur, honours, and thus riches, which he cannot achieve honestly with his own "second-rate" powers, then the average man compensates with cunning, schemes, and mischief; he kicks out ethics, and becomes a bourgeois.

The bourgeois is the average man who does not accept to remain such, and who, lacking the strength sufficient for the conquest of essential values—those of the spirit—opts for material ones, for appearances.[16]

The economic security, financial freedom, and social mobility of the bourgeoisie threatened the philosophic integrity of Italian fascism, the ideological monolith that was the régime of Prime Minister Benito Mussolini. Any assumption of legitimate political power (government and rule) by the bourgeoisie represented a fascist loss of totalitarian state power for social control through political unity—one people, one nation, one leader. Sociologically, to the fascist man, to become a bourgeois was a character flaw inherent to the masculine mystique; therefore, the ideology of Italian fascism scornfully defined the bourgeois man as "spiritually castrated".[16]

Thomas Mann (1875–1955) portrayed the moral, intellectual, and physical decadence of the German upper bourgeoisie in the novel Buddenbrooks (1926)
The 17th-century French playwright Molière (1622–73) catalogued the social-climbing essence of the bourgeoisie in Le Bourgeois gentilhomme (1670).
The Spanish cinéast Luis Buñuel (1900–83) depicted the tortuous mentality and self-destructive hypocrisy of the bourgeoisie

Bourgeois culture

Cultural hegemony

Karl Marx said that the culture of a society is dominated by the mores of the ruling-class, wherein their superimposed value system is abided by each social class (the upper, the middle, the lower) regardless of the socio-economic results it yields to them. In that sense, contemporary societies are bourgeois to the degree that they practice the mores of the small-business "shop culture" of early modern France; which the writer Émile Zola (1840–1902) naturalistically presented, analysed, and ridiculed in the twenty-two-novel series (1871–1893) about Les Rougon-Macquart family; the thematic thrust is the necessity for social progress, by subordinating the economic sphere to the social sphere of life.[17]

Conspicuous consumption

The critical analyses of the bourgeois mentality by the German intellectual Walter Benjamin (1892–1940) indicated that the shop culture of the petite bourgeoisie established the sitting room as the centre of personal and family life; as such, the English bourgeois culture is a sitting-room culture of prestige through conspicuous consumption. The material culture of the bourgeoisie concentrated on mass-produced luxury goods of high quality; between generations, the only variance was the materials with which the goods were manufactured.

In the early part of the 19th century, the bourgeois house contained a home that first was stocked and decorated with hand-painted porcelain, machine-printed cotton fabrics, machine-printed wallpaper, and Sheffield steel (crucible and stainless). The utility of these things was inherent to their practical functions. By the latter part of the 19th century, the bourgeois house contained a home that had been remodelled by conspicuous consumption. Here, the goods were bought to display wealth (discretionary income), rather than for their practical utility. The bourgeoisie had transposed the wares of the shop window to the sitting room, where the clutter of display signalled bourgeois success.[18] (See: Culture and Anarchy, 1869.)

Two spatial constructs manifest the bourgeois mentality: (i) the shop-window display, and (ii) the sitting room. In English, the term "sitting-room culture" is synonymous for "bourgeois mentality", a philistine cultural perspective from the Victorian Era (1837–1901), especially characterised by the repression of emotion and of sexual desire; and by the construction of a regulated social-space where "propriety" is the key personality trait desired in men and women.[18]

Nonetheless, from such a psychologically constricted worldview, regarding the rearing of children, contemporary sociologists claim to have identified "progressive" middle-class values, such as respect for non-conformity, self-direction, autonomy, gender equality and the encouragement of innovation; as in the Victorian Era, the transposition to the US of the bourgeois system of social values has been identified as a requisite for employment success in the professions.[19][20]

Beyond the intellectual realms of political economy, history, and political science that discuss, describe, and analyse the bourgeoisie as a social class, the colloquial usage of the sociological terms bourgeois and bourgeoise describe the social stereotypes of the old money and of the nouveau riche, who is a politically timid conformist satisfied with a wealthy, consumerist style of life characterised by conspicuous consumption and the continual striving for prestige.[21][22] This being the case, the cultures of the world describe the philistinism of the middle-class personality, produced by the excessively rich life of the bourgeoisie, is examined and analysed in comedic and dramatic plays, novels, and films. (See: Authenticity.)

Le Bourgeois gentilhomme (The Would-be Gentleman, 1670) by Molière (Jean-Baptiste Poquelin), is a comedy-ballet that satirises Monsieur Jourdain, the prototypical nouveau riche man who buys his way up the social-class scale, to realise his aspirations of becoming a gentleman, to which end he studies dancing, fencing, and philosophy, the trappings and accomplishments of a gentleman, to be able to pose as a man of noble birth, someone who, in 17th-century France, was a man to the manner born; Jourdain's self-transformation also requires managing the private life of his daughter, so that her marriage can also assist his social ascent.[10][23]

Buddenbrooks (1901), by Thomas Mann (1875–1955), chronicles the moral, intellectual, and physical decay of a rich family through its declines, material and spiritual, in the course of four generations, beginning with the patriarch Johann Buddenbrook Sr. and his son, Johann Buddenbrook Jr., who are typically successful German businessmen; each is a reasonable man of solid character.

Yet, in the children of Buddenbrook Jr., the materially comfortable style of life provided by the dedication to solid, middle-class values elicits decadence: The fickle daughter, Toni, lacks and does not seek a purpose in life; son Christian is honestly decadent, and lives the life of a ne’er-do-well; and the businessman son, Thomas, who assumes command of the Buddenbrook family fortune, occasionally falters from middle-class solidity by being interested in art and philosophy, the impractical life of the mind, which, to the bourgeoisie, is the epitome of social, moral, and material decadence.[24][25][26]

Babbitt (1922), by Sinclair Lewis (1885–1951), satirises the American bourgeois George Follansbee Babbitt, a middle-aged realtor, booster, and joiner in the Midwestern city of Zenith, who – despite being unimaginative, self-important, and hopelessly conformist and middle-class – is aware that there must be more to life than money and the consumption of the best things that money can buy. Nevertheless, he fears being excluded from the mainstream of society more than he does living for himself, by being true to himself – his heart-felt flirtations with independence (dabbling in liberal politics and a love affair with a pretty widow) come to naught because he is existentially afraid.

Yet, George F. Babbitt sublimates his desire for self-respect, and encourages his son to rebel against the conformity that results from bourgeois prosperity, by recommending that he be true to himself:

Don't be scared of the family. No, nor all of Zenith. Nor of yourself, the way I've been.[27]

The comedy films by the Spanish film director Luis Buñuel (1900–83) examine the mental and moral effects of the bourgeois mentality, its culture, and the stylish way of life it provides for its practitioners.

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  1. Price, Roger. A Concise History of France (Third ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 99. ISBN 978-1-107-01782-5. Check date values in: |access-date= (help);
  2. "bourgeoisie Facts, information, pictures | articles about bourgeoisie". Retrieved 2016-09-28.
  3. Bourgeois Society
  4. Joseph A. Schumpeter, Capitalism, Socialism, and Democracy',' pages 83-84, 134
  5. The Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology C. T. Onions, Editor (1995) p. 110.
  6. Oxford English Reference Dictionary Second Edition (1996) p. 196.
  7. Dictionary of Historical Terms Chris Cook, Editor (1983) p. 267.
  8. 1 2 "Bourgeoisie", The Columbia Encyclopedia, Fifth Edition. (1994) p. 0000.
  9. Benét's Reader's Encyclopedia Third Edition (1987) p. 118, p. 759.
  10. 1 2 Molière, ed. Warren 1899
  11. The Class Struggles in France, 1848 to 1850, Works of Karl Marx, 1850
  12. A Dictionary of Marxist Thought, T.B. Bottomore, p. 272
  13. Béatrix Le Wita, J. A. Underwood. "French Bourgeois Culture".
  14. 1 2 3 Bellassai, Sandro (2005) "The Masculine Mystique: Anti-Modernism and Virility in Fascist Italy", Journal of Modern Italian Studies, 3, pp. 314–335.
  15. Marino, Giuseppe Carlo (1983) L'autarchia della cultura. Intellettuali e fascismo negli anni trenta, Roma: Editori Riuniti.
  16. 1 2 Paravese, Roberto (1939) "Bonifica antiborghese", in Edgardo Sulis (ed.), Processo alla borghesia, Roma: Edizioni Roma, pp. 51–70.
  17. Émile Zola, Le Rougon-Macquart (1871–1893).
  18. 1 2 Walter Benjamin, The Halles Project.
  19. Gilbert, Dennis (1998). The American Class Structure. New York: Wadsworth Publishing. 0-534-50520-1.
  20. Williams, Brian; Stacey C. Sawyer; Carl M. Wahlstrom (2005). Marriages, Families & Intimate Relationships. Boston, MA: Pearson. 0-205-36674-0.
  21. Howard Zinn. A People's History of the United States (1980)
  22. Sven Beckert "Propertied of Different Kind: Bourgeoisie and Lower Middle Class in the Nineteenth-Century United States” in The Middling Sorts: Explorations in the History of the American Middle Class (2001) Burton J. Bledstein and Robert D. Johnston, Eds. (2001)
  23. Benét's Reader's Encyclopedia Third Edition (1987) p. 118, p. 512.
  24. Benét's Reader's Encyclopedia Third Edition (1987) p. 118, p. 137.
  25. Charles Neider, The Stature of Thomas Mann (1968)
  26. Wolfgang Beutin, A history of German Literature: From the Beginnings to the Present Day (1993) Routledge, 1993, ISBN 0-415-06034-6, p. 433.
  27. Benét's Reader's Encyclopedia Third Edition (1987) p. 65.
  28. see this review by Roger Ebert
  29. Kinder (ed.) 1999

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One feature that is lacking from the Nest that some other smart thermostats have, is remote sensors. Remote sensors give a thermostat the ability to understand the temperatures on the other end of the house or help average out the home temperature. For example, maybe it gets hotter in your front room but not so hot in the back of the house where your thermostat is located. With remote sensors, the thermostat can understand these variations in temperatures and compensate for it when needed.

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Pollution is man’s greatest enemy. Ironically, pollution is one of man’s creations. And so it is man’s responsibility to get rid of pollution. The war against pollution had been going on for decades. All efforts seemed futile and pollution always managed to survive. But things are about to change. Man now has a weapon that has the potential to completely eliminate waste. This blessed weapon is biosphere technology. Biosphere technology combats waste in two ways: first it destroys existing solid wastes, and second it prevents further pollution.

Biosphere technology gets rid of waste by turning it into energy. The solid waste is placed inside gasification chambers where it is digested by biosphere machines and transformed into extremely hot steam that is later converted into electrical power. Gaining free energy every time you eliminate waste is more than enough incentive to motivate people to participate in the destruction of waste. All the trash loitered around and all the garbage lying in dumpsites will be reduced to nothing but pure and clean energy by biosphere technology.

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Navigating Gender Using Transportation: Theme and Variations in Urban India

Campbell, Morgan Frances. 2018. “Navigating Gender Using Transportation: Theme and Variations in Urban India.” PhD Diss., New Jersey: School of Graduate Studies, Rutgers University.

Author: Morgan Frances Campbell

Starting with the knowledge of overt patriarchal structures and gender norms that affect when, where, and why women in urban India travel in public, this dissertation is an inquiry into how different groups of working women literally navigate gender and class positions while using various transportation modes. The geographies of Bengaluru and Delhi were chosen for the significant physical and social transformations that reflect realities of globalization, conflicting political ideologies, internal migration, and rapid urbanization. These changes are embedded within slick metro systems, the millions of new car owners, company provided transportation for employees of multinationals, and failing public bus systems. They are transcribed onto the bodies of urban women in which a tension between mobility in a literal sense and immobility with respect to gender norms and socio-economic hierarchies constantly plays out. The project investigates the daily mobility practices of four populations of working women: women in Bengaluru’s IT sector, young, unmarried women staying in Delhi’s working women’s hostels, women working in Delhi’s retail sector, and women bus conductors in Bengaluru. A mixed methods approach of surveying, interviewing, and participant observation is utilized in order to understand what modes these women use for commuting in the city and why these modes are chosen. The primary aim is to locate the influence gender and class has on these commuting decisions. Rooted in Right to the City activism, social exclusion research, and feminist epistemologies, this project is motivated by the reality that transportation decisions for women are inherently gendered, especially in respect to concern for personal security. At the same time, transportation mobility cannot be reduced to gender alone. Urban women do not constitute a cohesive user category and policies that improve the mobility of one group can exacerbate socio-economic inequalities of others. To illustrate this, a comparative analysis is used. However, by focusing on qualitative evidence, the project locates individual agency within these women, the various ways in which women navigate through and around physical and social structures that restrict women’s mobility. To conclude, this dissertation argues that the act of commuting in the city is one salient and important way in which a renegotiation of gender norms and class positions can be achieved.

Topics: Class, Gender, Gender Roles, Women, Infrastructure, Information & Communication Technologies, Transportation Regions: Asia, South Asia Countries: India

Year: 2018

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Philippines: Violence against women and ICT

Philippine government has practically
ratified all international instruments that are relevant in promoting
and protecting women and girls rights and has enacted laws that aim
to protect women from various forms of violence. Such legal
protections include: Anti-Mail Order Bride Act of 1990 (RA 6955),
Anti-Sexual Harassment Act of 1995 (RA 7877), Anti-Rape Law of 1997
(RA 8353), Rape Victims Assistance and Protection Act of 1998 (RA
8505), Anti-Trafficking in Persons Act of 2003 (RA 9208),
Anti-Violence Against Women and Their Children Act of 2004 (RA 9262).
On August 14, 2009, the Magna Carta of Filipino Women was passed into
law which aims to further institutionalise
the respect, protection and fulfillment of all Filipino women’s
human rights.
the existence of these laws, there is a significant imbalance in
practice and customary laws that discriminate women resulting in
the violation of their human rights.
this backdrop is the development of information and communication
technology in the country and around the world. However, information
and communication technologies
(ICTs) policy in the Philippines is a fairly new and largely driven
by e-commerce and e-governance objectives. Policy actors are come
mainly from the private sector. An ICT
civil society organisations (CSO) network advocating policy
for gender equality through ICTs is in the early stages. Specific law
should be defined to prosecute perpetrators of violence against women
through the use of ICTs or cyberspace. National ICT institutions and
private companies’ policies cannot remain blind to the violations
to women’s rights perpetuated via ICTs.
inequality should be banished in law, in practice and in real and
virtual spaces.
In the
context of the new and fast developing ICTs, the most evident cases
so far of violence committed against women and young girls are
privacy rights resulting in the illicit production and distribution
of private and intimate activities. The violation of their privacy
rights comes in the form of sex-video
scandals via telephony and internet. Although there are no available
studies on how other forms of violence such as stalking or sexual
harassment and even direct threats are figuring as VAW via mobile
phones, it can be said that it is happening on a daily basis to women
and girls.
ICT is an
open global space and technology that is being
exploited for criminal activities for huge profit
and in sophisticated ways. Poverty and lingering economic crisis in
the country makes women and girls more vulnerable to the continuum of
violence committed against them, including in cyberspace. The
increasing trend of cyber-sex intertwined with cyber-pornography and
cyber-prostitution run
by criminal syndicates are victimising
innocent and vulnerable women and girls. These
concerns are also intricately linked to other forms of
violations such as trafficking and discrimination and
need further study. In cyberspace,
defining direct harm to women and girls is a contentious issue
and there is insufficient information available to
elicit serious attention and action from the government. This
also points to the nature of ICTs where
activities that can be attributed as violence against women are
difficult to “regulate”. However,
violence committed on children through online child prostitution and
pornography is a concern for all sectors. ICT is not only a
political and feminist issue it is also a platform to empower women
and girls and to eradicate VAW. Women’s
rights organisations are now realising
that ICTs should be linked to anti-VAW advocacy.
published academic and independent research, news articles, policy
papers and legislation were reviewed as resources
in this country report. Participation in a
roundtable discussion on universal access to ICT has been
useful in collecting information from various ICT and women’s
rights advocacy groups. Nonetheless, the dearth of published
information on the intersection of VAW and ICT confirms the need for
more studies on this subject and reveals that the advocacy on VAW and
ICT has been done only recently by
pioneering advocates of ICT-related civil
society organisations.
include collaboration of ICT and anti-VAW organisations in national
policy advocacy that would eradicate VAW through the use of ICTs.
Policy advocacy should be complemented by
capacity-building within the ICT and
anti-VAW CSOs. Such
joint efforts would exemplify the use of ICTs as a platform to
end VAW.
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J Harlen Bretz, whose given name was Harley J. Bretz, was born in 1882 in Michigan. The oldest of five children, Bretz had an early interest in astronomy and the natural environment that surrounded him on the farm where he grew up. Originally intending to be a missionary, he entered Albion College in 1901. His focus of study changed, however, and he graduated in 1905 with a degree in biology. A few years later, he earned his Ph.D. in geology from the University of Chicago.

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