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Union alleges Spirit used health info in layoffs
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — The union representing engineers at Spirit AeroSystems Inc. accused the aerospace company Wednesday of terminating hundreds of workers last year because they were too old and a burden on health insurance costs, claims that the company vehemently denies.
The Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace made the allegations in discrimination complaints that 10 ex-employees filed with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission claiming they were laid off after Spirit became a self-insured company.
The former workers also want the Office of Civil Rights at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to investigate whether the Wichita aerospace company unlawfully obtained their confidential medical information.
Spirit AeroSystems said in an emailed statement that the union's allegations are filled with distortions and misstatements, and that personal health information is not used to make layoff decisions.
Last July, Spirit laid off 360 salaried and managerial employees, including 221 SPEEA-represented engineers, technical workers and other professionals. Three weeks before the terminations, the company changed its medical coverage from an underwritten form of medical insurance to a self-funded insurance program. The union contends that change means every dollar not paid out in medical claims stays in the company's bank account.
Among those who lost their jobs was Gail Haug, who went to work for Boeing in July 1974 and what became Spirit AeroSystems after Boeing sold its Wichita operations. He contends he had gotten high job performance ratings until he was reprimanded for speaking up during a crew meeting.
Haug, 61, told reporters at a news conference Wednesday that his wife has "medical issues."
"It is hard to accept that Spirit would do this to us and take our medical — just when we will probably need it the most," he said.
He contends that an investigation of the layoffs by the union and its legal counsel showed an "alarming trend" in which a very high percentage of the terminated workers were older, had medical issues or had family members who did. Most had high work performance ratings just a year earlier.
"When you factor in that Spirit became self-insured this last year, it became evident what was going on," Haug said. "In order to save money, Spirit was willing to sacrifice its long-term employees."
Spirit contends that while terminations are always difficult, all such decisions are based on job-related, non-discriminatory criteria. It said the vast majority of affected employees accepted the company's severance package.
"These actions were required to balance the workforce, reduce overhead costs, and hire hourly workers for the factory," the company said. "This was done to become more competitive in a cost-sensitive environment."
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In order to deal with a relatively hot, overclocked GPU, the card comes with a powerful first-generation WindForce cooler which follows the "open air" approach. The cooler comes with a large heatsink, three 8mm thick heatpipes and three 8cm fans. We've seen the same cooler on the HD 7970 GHz Edition WindForce. Most AMD partners tried to make the R9 280X a bit more interesting by coming up with more powerful and more elaborate coolers. For some reason Gigabyte chose not to use a second-generation WindForce cooler like the one used in its GTX 780 cards, which features a redesigned heatsink with two 8mm and four 6mm copper heatpipes.
The WindForce used in the R9 280X does an admirable job, but we were hoping that it would end up a bit quieter. The card measures 26.5 x 11.5 cm and installation requires two free slots.
When we removed the GV-R9280XOC-3GD REV:1.0 sticker located next to the PCIe connector, we found that it was placed on top of a familiar designation - GV-R7970OC-3GD Rev:2.1.
Of course, it was AMD's decision to rebrand the cards and Gigabyte was merely following orders and using an existing design.
The Radeon R9 280X OC WindForce draws power via a 6-pin power connector and another 8-pin power connector.
Note the metal bar at the top. It's supposed to ensure stability.
R9 280X OC WindForce comes with two Crossfire connectors. This means you can combine up to four R9 280X cards in crossfire mode for improved performance. It is possible to combine R9 280X with the old HD 7970/HD7970GHz Edition cards. Actually you can use any combination of HD 7970 / HD 7970 GHz Edition / R9 280X cards (tip - use the HD 7970 as a primary card).
The card has one dual-link DVI out, one standard HDMI and two mini DisplayPort outs. New R9 280X cards are a bit better compared to the HD 7970 when it comes to using multiple displays thanks to AMD's firmware updates. If you are using a three-monitor setup, you no longer have to use DisplayPort for the third one; you can use two DVIs and an HDMI connector, or two HDMIs and a single DVI. Sadly Gigabyte didn't change the layout, so the third monitor will still have to be connected via DisplayPort.
Next generation 4K (4096x2160) and UHD (3840x2160) resolutions are supported. You can use any combination of display connectors, and note that all four video outs can be used simultaneously (triple-monitor surround gaming is possible with just one graphics card). AMD included an HDMI sound device within the GPU, so there is no need to connect the card to your motherboard's/soundcard's SPDIF out to get audio and video via HDMI.
The bracket design includes a grille which actually helps boost airflow, however it is not very important for the WindForce cooler because this cooler features an open air cooling design.
The card features a dual BIOS, a feature absent from reference R9 280X cards. Dual-BIOS is extremely handy when a BIOS flash goes wrong. You just flip a switch to recover the other BIOS.


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Marketing Training Institute : Standards * Education * Certification
This institution will establish testing standards and administer certifications for eMarketing in SEO, Web Analytics, PPC, Social Media Marketing, Landing Page Conversion and other disciplines relevant to online marketing. Our online courses are taught by bestselling authors in each marketing discipline and the training videos are updated monthly. So we present *current* and *authoritative*
The target audience for this institution will be rightfully skeptical and looking for validations that the institution is modern, endorsed, and legitimate.
Our market is saturated by fly-by-night, get rich quick video courses. Our market also is littered with one-shot web sites with outdated training material.
Our customers are corporate marketing managers, national brand managers, educators, university faculty and the US government.
They will be looking for credibility (we've got it) and the logo must convey this.
Our vision is to use a logo that conveys "online learning" at a glance.
Logo will be used on printed (and online) certificates. Thus it must look good on a white background.
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Logo must contain the institution name "Marketing Training Institute"
We are not ready to use an acronym, so "MTI" should not be used or assumed.
We prefer to have a tag line "Standards - Education - Certification" associated with the company name.
The attached logo "AnotherCompanysLogo" inspired us and could meet these requirements, but is already in use by another company. Thus any design must be differ enough to be visibly unique, but can still retain some of the basic elements.
We like the basic "Web 2.0" color use of a few simple colors. We like the simple thicker color line art.
IMPORTANT: We liked the images representing *people learning in front of a wide-view screen*.
IMPORTANT: At a glance, the viewer realizes that people are watching a screen (learning online).
Perhaps a triangle of people watching?
We liked the absence of 3D or complex images that wouldn't transfer well to other backgrounds.
And we like the layout that allows the imagery to separate from the name.
We've also attached an image as a "logo_concept" Using what we like about the attached image as a basis is a good thing. But it must be modified enough to be visually unique from this existing logo.
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Zac Efron in 'At Any Price' - First Look!
Check out the first official photo of Zac Efron in At Any Price!
The film is set in the competitive world of modern agriculture, and ambitious Henry Whipple (Dennis Quaid) wants his rebellious son Dean (Efron) to help expand his family's farming empire.
However, Dean has his sights set on becoming a professional race car driver. When a high-stakes investigation into their business is exposed, father and son are pushed into an unexpected situation that threatens the family's entire livelihood.
At Any Price, directed by Ramin Bahrani, will play at the Toronto International Film Festival this fall.


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i think de balzac really captures the bitterness of a vengeful woman better than the movie. i think elisabeth shue is miscast.
With Jessica Lange experience a career renaissance thanks to her role in American Horror Story, I was pleasantly pleased to see the library finlly get a copy of this little gem of a movie. Based on the Balzac novel of the same name, this movie changes quite a few things in the story, but that is all right since the intent is the same. Bette is bitter and jealous of her more superior relatives and how they basically treat her as a servant. After her hopes of marrying the Baron are dashed, she befriends a young artist, whom Hulot's daughter purposefully steals from Bette, well, Bette can take no more, and with the help of an actress, sets about to bring the Hulot families downfall. Lange is excellent as Bette. A real standout. She is an actress who can use her eyes, or give a look, to get her point across the audience. Loved the movie, but the real reason to see it Lange's performance.
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - Powered by five goals from Laura Watson and four from Mary Harding, MIT went on to post a 12-10 win over Mount Holyoke College in the NEWMAC regular season finale for both teams on Saturday. With the victory, the Engineers improved to 5-6 on the year and 3-3 in conference play.
Two quick goals during the first three minutes gave the Engineers a lead they would not relinquish. Harding opened the scoring by connecting on a pass from Anna Ayuso, which was followed by an unassisted strike from Watson. The Lyons found the back of the net on the ensuing draw, but MIT responded with three unanswered goals in a span of 1:36. Casey Flynn, Harding, and Watson each recorded unassisted tallies which resulted in a 5-1 lead at the 24:01 mark. Both sides traded goals until Tech mounted another three-goal run that contained two scores from Watson and a goal from Harding. Mount Holyoke tacked on two goals before the break which narrowed the deficit to 9-5.
The Lyons carried the momentum into the second stanza as they scored after 31 seconds had elapsed. Watson and Lily He recorded back-to-back to strikes during the next minute. A pair of free position shots brought Mount Holyoke within three (11-8) with 19:02 left to play. The game became a defensive battle until Julia Roberts converted MIT's first free position shot of the day 10 minutes later. The Lyons scored twice during the final 7:52 of the contest, but it could not sustain the late rally.
Harding paced the Engineers with eight groundballs and three draw controls while Ayuso notched three caused turnovers. In net, Hee Jay Kang finished with nine saves in her second consecutive win.
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After our day in Amsterdam, we're riding Rome and then Tuscany.
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With December corn at $4.67 and November beans now under $12 dollars, many farmers are beginning to wonder how many bushels they will have to produce this year to generate enough revenue per acre to pay the bills and finance the 2014 crop. The latter issue is a bit clearer as crop budgets for 2014 crops can be created. As you have read here on Farmgateblog previously, the picture is not pretty, and some operations may be in the red if cash rent is a major expense.
"These operator and land returns are lower than many cash rents being charged in Illinois. Many counties, for example, have average cash rents higher than those shown (in Table 1). This may put downward pressure on rents during the upcoming negotiating season." That is one of the conclusions of Illinois farm management specialist Gary Schnitkey in his forecast of 2014 crop budgets. And current futures prices are not all that far from the hypothetical commodity prices used by Schnitkey in his examples.
Using a theoretical price of $4.60 for corn and $11.92 for soybeans, Schnitkey says they are close to anticipated long-run average prices. 2014 harvest prices are currently under $5 for corn and under $12 for soybeans.
Generally, 2014 input costs are projected to be similar to 2013 input costs, which Schnitkey considers to be "non-land costs." He said seed will be a little higher along with machinery depreciation. Fertilizer prices may be softer in 2014, resulting from increased production capacity for nitrogen being built, and this week's dissolution of the Russian potash cartel.
Although he does not specifically address it, Schnitkey uses a $28 per acre crop insurance premium for a corn-soybean rotation and a $32 per acre premium for a continuous corn rotation. Soybeans after corn require a $19 per acre crop insurance premium. Assuming that these premiums will be adequate for a revenue protection policy in 2014, one must wonder what that spring price guarantee will be. At this point, the December 2014 futures price for corn is $4.98 and for beans is $11.79. Between now and next February, when the spring guarantees are set, those prices may not move much. You may want to prepare yourself for spring guarantees under $5 and under $12.
Based on a 50-50 corn and soybean rotation, Schnitkey says crop revenue will be $879 per acre with a 191 bu. corn yield. Deducting $386 for direct input costs, $132 for power costs, and $77 for overhead, he says the crop will cost $595 to produce, leaving $284 to pay cash rent and provide for family living.
For farms with continuous corn, Schnitkey projected a 181 bu. average yield, and a $219 return to operator and land, which will have to pay any cash rent and provide for the family.
For farms with a 50-50 crop rotation, those soybean acres will provide gross revenue of $616 from a 56 bu. yield. Crop production expenses total $350 in non-land costs, and $266 left over to pay cash rent and family living costs.
For farms with wheat acreage, the per acre revenue is $435, based on a 75 bu. yield and a $5.80 wheat price. Non-land costs are $361, resulting in $74 per acre to pay for cash rent and family living.
While not all land will produce the yields that Schnitkey has used in his calculations, he went through the same process for lesser productive land, and reports, "Returns in 2014 budgets suggest returns will be the highest for the corn-soybean rotation in all regions. In northern Illinois, for example, corn-soybeans has a $275 per acre operator and land return, corn-corn-soybeans has a $264 return, and continuous corn has a $219 per acre return. These projected returns could signal a move towards more soybeans in Illinois in 2014."
Regardless of the crop rotation and the productivity of the land in terms of yield, Schnitkey indicates that expected crop prices in 2014 may be insufficient to pay current rates of cash rent, and have any money left over to pay for family living expenses.
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HI San Francisco Downtown is located one block from Union Square, near Chinatown, SOMA, and the Financial District.
Neighborhood Attractions
Don't miss:
Chinatown - Start your tour of the largest Chinatown outside of Asia at the gate on Grant Avenue at Bush. Grant is the main thoroughfare, but it's more fun to zigzag your way up to Stockton Street and down to Kearny Street, peeking down hidden alleys along the way.
Contemporary Jewish Museum- Architect Daniel Libeskind's angular, blue steel merged with a historic brick building provides an innovative new space for the CJM, inside and out. The museum's exhibition program includes contemporary art, film, music, lectures, literary readings, and live performances. The courtyard in front is a nice place to relax.
Grace Cathedral - Gorgeous cathedral on top of Nob Hill. Check out the striking stained glass, walk the labyrinth outside, then lounge in the rose-filled park across the street.
SF MOMA - SFMOMA is a stand-out of new media art and has an outstanding photography collection. Film screenings are frequent and the rooftop garden (with a cafe) is a nice place to hang out.
Union Square - Known mostly for its flagship stores and upscale shopping, Union Square is a central spot to take in your surroundings. The Square itself hosts regular art exhibits, music performances, and movie screenings. Stroll through Maiden Lane, pop into the galleries on Geary Street for a First Thursday Art Walk, or ride the glass elevator of the Westin St. Francis (for free!) to get some sweet downtown views.
Yerba Buena Gardens and Center for the Arts- San Francisco's premier contemporary art center presents films, performance, and visual art. The gardens outside are truly a peaceful oasis in the midst of modern skyscrapers.
Got more time?
Cable Car Museum - This small and quirky museum is located in the powerhouse that contains the huge engines and winding wheels that pull the actual cables. Admission is free.
Mechanics' Institute - Housed in a 100-year-old building, the unique Mechanics' Institute is a research library which also holds chess instruction, book discussions, and various events like movie nights and food and wine pairings, all free or for a nominal cost.
Museum of the African Diaspora - A complex history is celebrated here with a focus on contemporary art. Permanent exhibitions include celebrations, culinary traditions, and music of the diaspora.
SF Historical Society and Museum - Check the website for info on free walking tours of the city as well as updates on when the gloriously restored Old Mint (at 5th and Mission Streets) will be open as a permanent 33,000-square-foot museum.
Westfield San Francisco Centre- Slick mall with all the fixings. The best kept secret is the food court on the lower level which offers a wide range of cuisine at cheap prices.
Worth the extra effort!
Farmer's Market at the Ferry Plaza - The market is widely acclaimed for both the quality and diversity of its fresh farm products, as well as artisan and prepared foods.
Giants Game at AT&T Park- The San Francisco Giants (2010 and 2012 World Series Champs!) play in possibly the most picturesque stadium in the USA. Be aware that the food and drinks here are expensive, though eating a hot dog while enjoying one of America's favorite pastimes is priceless.
The Legion of Honor – Perched atop a hill in the expansive Lincoln Park, the Legion of Honor is a part of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. The French pavilion inspired building houses a collection that spans 4,000 years, featuring European painting and sculptures, Mediterranean ancient art, and the largest collection of works on paper in the American West. Open Tuesday to Sunday, 9:30 a.m. to 5:15 p.m.
de Young – The de Young is located within the Golden Gate Park and, together with The Legion of Honor, is part of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. Named after Michael H. de Young, a long time champion of the museum, the copper-clad landmark building is home to an impressive collection of arts from Africa, Oceania and the Americas, works from the 17th to the 21st centuries and contemporary art. Open Tuesday to Sunday, 9:30 a.m. to 5:15 p.m.
As a rule, avoid most tourist-trap restaurants on Powell Street. Two streets over (at least!) is where you can find delicious cuisine at more reasonable prices.
Cheapest of the cheap:
Cafe Bean - Good spot for coffee or a breakfast sandwich.
Chutney - Offering tasty and quick Indian and Pakistani cooking, Chutney is a budget traveler's dream.
Gallery Cafe - Across from the Cable Car Museum, a good place to fuel up on caffeine.
You's Dim Sum - A relatively unknown spot for takeaway dim sum and red bean buns.
Westfield Centre Food Court- Abundance of cheap but good food options here at low prices.
Budget eats:
Boxed Foods Co. - Amazing sandwiches and salads at this Financial District lunch spot. Also serves the ever-popular and strong Blue Bottle Coffee.
Cafe de la Presse - A chic European sidewalk cafe across from the Chinatown gate, you can also find a huge variety of international newspapers and magazines here.
Cafe Mason - Just outside the hostel, go here instead of tourist-filled Lori's next door. Open early and late.
Dottie's True Blue Cafe - You will wait in line here, but it's worth it for homemade pastries and scrumptious breakfasts and lunches. Arrive at 2 p.m. (open until 3 p.m.) to avoid the long wait.
Farm:Table - Teensy spot serving up good coffee, breakfast, and lunch -- all fresh, organic and in-season, the menu changes every day!
Osha Thai - Open 'til 3 a.m. on weekends, bustling Osha Thai is the best spot to satisfy your hunger after the bars close. Six locations are scattered around SF.
Ryoko's - A fun and happening sushi joint. DJs spin on weekends, when it's open until 1 a.m.
Sakana - A solid, albeit more relaxed sushi back-up if Ryoko's is packed.
Thai Stick- Fresh and flavorful Thai in a simple setting.
A slight splurge...
Millennium - Even meat-eaters will rejoice at the amazing vegetarian food presented at Millennium. Only organic, sustainably-produced food is served.
Pazzia - The family-style ambience and fresh homemade pastas and pizzas will floor you. This Italian is the real deal and the owner is as congenial as can be.
Fancy a night on the town?
Bourbon and Branch - An upscale speakeasy of sorts that stirs up yummy, fancy cocktails; use the password "books" to be escorted to the secret back room behind the bookshelves.
Rickhouse - Serving inspired cocktails expertly shaken and stirred by hot bartenders, the new kid on the block is extremely popular with the suit crowd. But the prices are totally reasonable (if not shockingly so). The interior is lined with old oak whiskey barrels.
Harry Denton's Starlight Lounge - Five stars for the cheese factor, but it's almost a tourist rite-of-passage to pop in here. Views are spectacular and DJs spin '80s classics Top 40 hits. And where else can you find a Sunday brunch drag show? There's often a cover charge.
Ruby Skye - The place to see big name DJs, this club's space and sound is fantastic. Weeknights bring a more mellow crowd than weekends.
Swig - Modern decor and exposed brick make the two levels of Swig an inviting space. Dancing gets going after dark, especially on weekends.
The Cellar- A young crowd hits this laidback club for cheap drinks and various theme nights like '80s or dance and hip-hop.
Prefer a laidback ambience?
111 Minna - Frequently rotating art exhibits span two grand rooms. DJs spin, good happy hour spot.
Aunt Charlie's Lounge - You'll find tranny divas and hipsters grooving together in this dimly lit dive, deep in the Tenderloin.
Bacchus Kirk - Chill bar with a great jukebox and a pool table. Not a sports bar per se, but they do show sports games.
Cantina - A good gathering place to meet others, the mixed drinks are lip-smacking.
The Owl Tree - Intimate like an old tavern, kitschy owls dot the room as do old-school chandeliers. Have a beer while watching the game on two flat-screen TVs or lounge in the leather booths with a martini.
Sugar Cafe - Stylish coffee bar by day turns to swanky lounge at night. Decent food, a fireplace, and large windows opening out into the street.
Tunnel Top- Superb bar on top of a massage parlor with exposed beams and a rickety balcony. Always playing excellent music with occasional live DJs, this is a good spot to meet up with friends or hang solo.
Live music:
Biscuits and Blues - Get down with live blues while feasting on homey Southern cooking.
The Warfield - A fantastic space to see accomplished bands; DJs also spin here occasionally. Tickets are usually in the $20-$35 range.
Check for half-price tickets on tixbayarea.com or at the walk-up ticket booth in Union Square. Also try goldstar.com for huge discounts on various San Francisco events.
American Conservatory Theater - A professional theater company presenting groundbreaking productions of classical works and bold explorations of contemporary playwriting. Hostel guests can get half-price "rush" tickets by paying in cash and showing their HI USA membership card or paid hostel receipt at the ACT box office, up to two hours before showtime.
Curran Theatre - Big Broadway musicals featured.
Exit Theatre - Presents indie and experimental theater.
Lorraine Hansberry Theatre - Quaint theater presenting performances by America's foremost African-American playwrights.
SF Playhouse Theatre - Informal and welcoming theater performing cutting edge shows.
AMC Loews Metreon or Cinemark San Francisco 9 - Both multiplexes play the latest blockbusters.
Getting Around
Public transit:
MUNI - Bus lines within 3 blocks include the 2, 3, 4, 27, 31, 38, 38L, and 76.
BART- The Powell Street BART station is just 3 blocks from the hostel.
Blazing Saddles Bike Rentals and Tours offers our guests a discounted rate of $18-22 per day (reg. $28-32) for city-ready mountain and hybrid bike. Helmet, lock, rear rack, camera bag, bungie cord, and map included in cost of rental. Performance, tandem, and other specialty bikes are also available.
For more on biking in San Francisco, see: Cycle the city with self-guided San Francisco bike routes.


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I was told to continue to breast feed for 10 minutes on each breast before allowing her to be supplemented with formula. Then I was instructed to pump for 10 minutes to make sure my breasts were empty.
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Bob Dylan's song 'Farewell' appears on the soundtrack to the upcoming Coen Brothers movie 'Inside Llewyn Davis,' which won the Grand Prix at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival. The soundtrack was released on vinyl at indie record stores today, and will be available on CD and digital formats on Nov. 11.
Dylan recorded 'Farewell' in 1963 during the sessions for his album 'The Times They Are A-Changin.'' But it remained tucked away in Dylan's vault until 2010's 'The Bootleg Series Vol. 9 -- The Witmark Demos: 1962–1964.' It has been recorded by Pete Seeger, Judy Collins and Dion.
'Inside Llewyn Davis' stars Oscar Issac as a folksinger in Greenwich Village in the early '60s. According to NPR, which is streaming the soundtrack, it appears to be loosely based on the life of Dave Van Ronk, who was the linchpin of the downtown folk scene in its heyday and had an encyclopedic knowledge of folk and blues. His song 'Green, Green Rocky Road' is also on the soundtrack. Van Ronk, who was known as the "Mayor of MacDougal Street," died in 2002 due to complications from colon cancer.
Of the other 12 songs on the album, six are sung by Isaac, including a duet with Marcus Mumford of Mumford & Sons. Co-stars Justin Timberlake and Carey Milligan also make contributions to the album.
The soundtrack was produced by the Coen Brothers and T Bone Burnett, who collaborated in 2000 on the incredibly successful soundtrack to 'O Brother, Where Art Thou?' Rolling Stone says that the new album's price will also be a throwback to the '60s. It lists for $5.98.


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Thursday, November 21, 2013
What Do You Do?
Since Chris and I moved here in early 2009, we haven't extended ourselves into the community. Other than becoming acquainted with a handful of employees at stores we frequent, and a few neighbors, we've been isolated.
I've thought about connecting with other writers in the area for years, even posting a notice in a nearby coffee shop, in the hope of starting my own writing group (which went nowhere). Then I heard about this writing group and decided to check it out, recognizing the need to meet people who have the same interest I do.
The sessions are informal. They're held in a large lobby, where seating arrangements consist of what's available in the facility at the time–from bar tables and stools, to upholstered easy chairs and sofas, to large, round tables with four chairs around them. Yesterday, I arrived early enough to take my place alone at a large, round table. Who, I wondered, would I be seated with?
Before long, two chairs were taken away, leaving only one to my left. An older woman walked up and asked if anyone was using it. I said no, and she sat down.
I'm not good at small talk, but, after the older woman had settled in, I introduced myself (I couldn't sit there and say nothing, could I?). Once we learned each other's name, I went one step further and asked about–what else?–her writing: what type of writing she does, what she's working on now. I listened to her for several minutes before she asked me about my own writing.
I told her I'm one third of the way through rewrites of a novel. She seemed impressed. Then she asked what genre it is. An innocent, even appropriate, question, given our common interest. But I hadn't prepared myself for it. Of course, the genre is Gay and Lesbian. But, instinctively, I thought I couldn't come right out and say that. Or could I?
Never one to think fast on my feet, I spoke in vague terms, at first–well, it's a little bit of everything, I said. (What? Where the hell did that come from? What did it mean?) Thankfully, I got my wits about me and recovered myself, adding I hoped it was mainstream. Yes, that's it, literary mainstream. (I wish.)
Apparently, my answer made her more curious, because she then asked what my novel is about. Again, unprepared, I came up with the idea of taking the long-range view, from ten thousand feet above. It's about love, I answered. Which it is. That wasn't a lie, at least. It just wasn't the full story. She smiled, as if she understood (she had no idea).
When she continued to look at me, obviously expecting more, I told her it was mostly autobiographical, although it has some fictionalized elements. And, I added, it's really about how critical love for oneself is to finding love from another person. Again, she seemed impressed and agreed. Then she offered, and to keeping love once you have it. I told her, good point.
Whew! I'd managed to get myself out of that one.
For the next several minutes, while the organizers of the group and the speaker played around with electronic equipment, the older woman and I talked about general things.
Then she lobbed this one at me: What's your blog about? I don't know what look I had on my face, but I turned away quickly, pretending to be distracted by something going on nearby. I needed a few seconds to come up with a quick answer, but nothing was forthcoming.
When I looked at her again, I said something, but it was essentially incoherent (and he's a writer? she must have thought). By then, I was starting to sweat, and I found myself flubbing my way through a useless ramble of words. How could I tell her my blog's about being gay, with the intention of helping gay and lesbian people build their self-esteem? The opportunity to drop the gay bomb had long passed.
The older woman seemed relieved to have my attention again, and commented that she thought she'd said something that had offended me. I assured her that wasn't the case.
A short time later, having put two and two together, the older woman asked me where I'd met my wife (there's that word again; people make assumptions–hasn't she noticed the PC term now is "partner"?). I said at a club, which is true. But I didn't meet a wife, I met my husband. And it wasn't a club, as in an organization. It was the Odyssey, a gay club in downtown Vancouver, now closed.
Thankfully, the rest of the evening passed without further discomfort.
But, afterward, I couldn't help but wonder what had happened in my exchanges with the older woman. Why they felt like they'd gotten so out of control.
I had not one, not two, but three chances to be honest with her, to tell her I'm gay, not in a deliberately shocking way but in a matter-of-fact way (a teachable moment?). But I didn't. After the first circumlocution (what's your novel about?), I felt I had to keep the lie going. Otherwise, I would have had to do some backtracking. And it just snowballed from there.
Why hadn't I told her the truth?
Was it because there's a lot at stake for me attending those writing sessions (I haven't even decided whether I'll keep going), knowing I need to meet other people, other writers like me, and needing a place, finally, to belong? Or was it because I didn't want to embarrass myself, or allow my sexual orientation to override anything else that I am–namely, someone who just wants to be another human being, and a writer?
Or was it because, in that split second, I'd unconsciously decided to put the older woman first, not wanting to embarrass her, or put her in the position of having to react in a way she didn't feel comfortable with, or say something she didn't really believe?
Whatever the case, I came away from the session wondering, when you fail to tell someone the truth about yourself, if you're just being considerate of them. Or if you're denying and betraying yourself, and everything you've been through to become who you are.
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- AnonymousNovember 22, 2013 at 8:44 AM
This is a good one, Rick. A thought-provoker for all of us.ReplyDeleteReplies
Thanks, Wendy, for your comment and support. You know I appreciate it.Delete
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I think it is great that you are reaching out and joining a writers' group. It should be obvious that I can relate to the isolation and I hear time and time again how rewarding it can be to be part of a writing critique group. Of course, it has to be the right group and you are the only one who can determine what makes it right for you.
I love the concept of Meetup groups and I have blogged about attending one such gay group. (Only went once--wrong fit.) I also joined a Vancouver screenwriting group but have only managed to attend two events and I found connecting very difficult. I put myself out there but found that the people I sat beside were even more reserved than myself. (Hard to imagine!) I would continue to attend sessions if the ferry weren't a factor.
I did a quick Google of Meetup Vancouver writing groups. Here's the link: http://www.meetup.com/find/?keywords=Writers&radius=50&userFreeform=Vancouver%2C+BC&lat=49.28&lon=-123.04&sort=distance. One group looks to be in your area. Still, it might be worth the drive to look beyond. There are some (Vancouver) Main Street writing groups (through Meetup) that meet weekly during the day to write in a common space and share.
When you sign up for Meetup, you fill out a profile. This frontloads your gay background if you wish to put it out there. As that is integral to your writing, that would probably be important if you want to get the most out of any writing group. You could even create your own Meetup writing group and see what happens. This could be a better way of rounding up like-minded writers instead of posting signs.
As to your encounter with an older woman--I like phrasing it that way--I would most likely have been in the exact same situation. We make judgments about older people and their social tolerance/acceptance based on the times when they grew up. As well, I don't feel a need to come out anymore. Been there, done that. Wouldn't it be refreshing for someone to ask for once instead of us having to tell?
The experience allows you to reflect on what you want to get out of a writing group and to consider how much being gay influences your writing. At conferences I have attended, writers, agents and editors repeatedly say that a writer needs to practice his pitch. You need to concisely explain your blog and your novel whenever asked. If that woman (or another attendee) were writing a book about bringing the Bible back to public schools, she wouldn't feel the slightest need to censor herself. Neither would someone who blogged about a love for hunting. To get the most of our writing, we have to get used to disclosing more in writing circles and among potential readers. I am not there yet myself, but I have been using my faceless blog to share parts of myself that are highly personal. When we write from a place of authenticity, we make ourselves vulnerable.
I do hope you continue to reach out in that writing group or another. There is risk in connecting and, more specifically, in sharing our writing.
All the best!
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Wow! What a generous and helpful comment, RG. I'm so grateful you sent it to me again (since I didn't receive it the first time). You've definitely given me some things to consider.Delete
I was a member of a writing group once before. It was an offshoot of a creative writing course I took in the summer of 1996. The instructor suggested a group of us should continue meeting, to help each other with our writing. I got on board right away.
Everything was great for a while. We met every couple of weeks, in each other's homes. In total, this went on for just under a year.
At some point during that time, everything started to deteriorate. We'd show up at someone's residence, and they'd have forgotten we had a meeting (I took transit at the time, so it became a big inconvenience to get to some of these places, especially when no one was there).
But the worst part was when a majority of the members didn't make the effort to write. They'd show up at meetings to tear apart other people's work. There were times when I felt like I and my writing were being attacked. It became ruthless. I attributed it to the fact that they weren't producing when others were (envy?). I took it for several meetings, hoping it would get better. When it didn't, I left.
I'm more serious now about my writing than I have ever been. It's what I do, what I choose to do, and I not only want to produce, but also I want to do well.
Although I plan to continue attending meetings (at least for a while) of the local group I've gone to, I know it won't meet my needs. All they do is gather together, listen to guest speakers, and network. More than anything, I need a critiquing group, where people exchange work, read when they meet, and receive honest, helpful feedback.
Oh, and I tried to start my own group about a year ago, but that went nowhere too.
I'd never heard of Meetup Vancouver, so thanks for the link. I've taken a quick look, and I'm not sure I'll find what I'm looking for. One group sounds great, but it's closed to new members, and rules for joining are strict. Most of the other ones seem to be about writers just starting out, and I'm way beyond that. So we'll see.
And thanks for the encouragement and advice about the encounter with the older woman. You're absolutely right, of course. I need to be less concerned about offending anyone with the fact that I'm gay, and that that influences my writing to the extent it does. But, like you said, I'm not there yet. It doesn't feel like it's something I should "lead" with when I first meet people. I don't know if that's more about me or them. Perhaps once I've gotten to know a few writers first, people I think I can trust. Until then, I guess I need to rehearse what I'll tell people about me and my writing.
Once again, thank you. I sincerely appreciate your suggestions and helpfulness.


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NEW YORK (AP) — For the past three years, the Internal Revenue Service hasn't been investigating complaints of partisan political activity by churches, leaving religious groups who make direct or thinly veiled endorsements of political candidates unchallenged.
The IRS monitors religious and other nonprofits on everything from salaries to spending, and that oversight continues. However, Russell Renwicks, a manager in the IRS Mid-Atlantic region, recently said the agency had suspended audits of churches suspected of breaching federal restrictions on political activity. A 2009 federal court ruling required the IRS to clarify which high-ranking official could authorize audits over the tax code's political rules. The IRS has yet to do so.
Dean Patterson, an IRS spokesman in Washington, said Renwicks, who examines large tax-exempt groups, "misspoke." Patterson would not provide any specifics beyond saying that "the IRS continues to run a balanced program that follows up on potential noncompliance."
However, attorneys who specialize in tax law for religious groups, as well as advocacy groups who monitor the cases, say they know of no IRS inquiries in the past three years into claims of partisanship by houses of worship. IRS church audits are confidential, but usually become public as the targeted religious groups fight to maintain their nonprofit status.
"The impression created is that no one is minding the store," said Melissa Rogers, a legal scholar and director of the Center for Religion and Public Affairs at Wake Forest University Divinity School in North Carolina. "When there's an impression the IRS is not enforcing the restriction — that seems to embolden some to cross the line."
The issue is closely watched by a cadre of attorneys and former IRS officials who specialize in tax-exempt law, along with watchdog groups on competing sides of the church-state debate.
Americans United for Separation of Church and State, which seeks strict limits on religious involvement in politics, and the Alliance Defending Freedom, which considers the regulations unconstitutional government intrusion, scour the political landscape for any potential cases. While Americans United gathers evidence it hopes will prompt an IRS investigation, the Alliance Defending Freedom jumps in to provide a defense. Neither group knows of any IRS contact with houses of worship over political activity since the 2009 federal ruling.
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This gives me to wonder - who is in the front office of the IRS and what are his or her religious proclivities? It would seem that the IRS has a talent for looking the other way as regards a religious violation of church / state separation while it actively pursues other tax scofflaws. Strikes me, we're looking at a case of dereliction of duty here, something that the office of the Attorney General should be looking into.
When an event such as Pulpit Freedom Sunday is touted openly with NO reaction from the federal government, something is seriously WRONG.
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That's just wrong. Why are they passing up all that tax money?
Doesn't the government need that money because of it's trillion dollar deficit?
The way I see it, this tax code is a bargain. If churches aren't going to keep their end of the bargain, than neither should the IRS. If churches want to endorse candidates, they need to pay their taxes.
You're right, Steph! It's so logical (not!) for the right wing to assert both that
["Money over religion" by ~flatmate on deviantART]
Personal opinion, but I think any religious organization should be allowed to endorse any candidate they wish. Black churches for the President, and White churches for "anybody but a black guy." I don't see why we have rules and regulations prohibiting this business from engaging in free speech, yet other businesses are allowed to speak their mind over any subject they want.
But...., I also think the tax exempt status should be revoked for religions. Period. No qualifications, no reservations, and no exceptions. They are, after all, a business just like Proctor & Gamble, or Stanley Home Cleaners. Their product is fear of the afterlife. And, like consulting firms the nation over, they sell advice. Their advice happens to be how to get to a non-existent and eternal happy land theme park. But it's advice that's doled out for a profit, nevertheless. Advice which is tailored to their market, and which they successfully peddle every day of the week. Double the profit margin on the sabbath. They have salaried employees, own real estate, have managing directors, engage in commerce (you got to buy bibles and church pews from someone), engage in advertising, and do all those other things other businesses do.
Congress shall make no law respecting the establishment of religion... Seems to me that tax exemptions do just that. You want freedom of speech in this country just like the rest of us enjoy? Then pay your fair share just like the rest of us do.
I'd love to see it, Pat. Still, can you imagine the screaming and yelling of all those privileged "holy men" when they learn that their free lunch just folded its tents and moved on? I have no doubt the uproar would be enormous.
Fact is, though, it IS a fair trade. If religion wants to have a say in the political marketplace, there is a price to pay. So far, they have skated on that bill. Yeah, it would be unpopular and yeah, it would be nigh unto impossible to get through Congress ... but maybe it's time for a putsch.
If we're going to be honest, we'd treat religion like any other business. Loren, you sell your expertise as an engineer, and don't give away your services for free. As for me, I'm a lawyer, and don't give my advice and expertise out for free. Religion peddles their phony advice and useless services, and yet unlike you and I who have to file 1040's, they skip the "kick in" for the government which protects them. It's time they're treated the same as "Thigh Master," "Malboro Cigarettes," and "Kraft Macaroni and Cheese." They want the benefits of the government under which they operate, then pay for it like the rest of us. Pure and simple.
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Burton Wins 2009 E-Scow National Championships
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The report after the second day of racing ended with ...
"So, after a great party tonight, another fantastic dinner at the Waters and the hand off of the E scow class from Rick Turner to Art Brereton the fleet is ready to crown a new champion tomorrow. Will it be Burton - will he continue his smart sailing? Or will Rogers or Vincent Porter, Jeff Bonanni and others stage a comeback and steal the championship? We will see. It is the 2009 E scow national championship on Oshkosh - anything can happen!"
Blake Middleton called for a 9:00 warning signal for the last day in hopes there would be another morning breeze like the day before. Unfortunately, it just wasn't enough for a decent race. The RC was on the water observing and reporting on the radio - we heard 3 mph and the direction was mostly north. The longer they were out the less optimistic they sounded about the wind.
At about 10:30 Blake announced it wasn't going to happen. End of regatta. Tom Burton, Bruce Martinson, and Andy Fergusen are the 2009 Champions.
The Principal Race Officer, Blake Middleton, received congratulations from every competitor present. To be able to get three quality races in, given the weather conditions for the three days, was a tremendous effort and accomplishment. He is clearly a sailor's Race Officer. His priority was to get as many quality races in as possible - and three were all that was possible! He kept the competitors informed regularly while on shore waiting for the wind or when on the water trying to organize the next start. Excellent job!
Regatta chairperson Diana Isom, all members of the Oshkosh Yacht Club and the Wyman's The Waters, went all out to make this an enjoyable event. More importantly they worked with Blake Middleton to make the regatta possible. They twice pushed back dinner plans a couple of hours to allow some twilight racing. Without a 6:00 PM start we would not have had the minimum three races to complete the regatta.


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Though John Mayer and Jennifer Aniston were decidedly mum about their romance, the singer is opening up about their breakup.
"There's no lying, there's no cheating, there's no nothing," Mayer told reporters Saturday about his split with Aniston after working out at an Equinox Gym in New York's SoHo neighborhood.
If anything Mayer had only praise for his ex, saying: "Jennifer Aniston is the smartest, most sophisticated person I think I have ever met."
So what went wrong? "People are different, people have different chemistry," said Mayer, who appeared emotional, nervous and sad. "I ended a relationship to be alone, because I don't want to waste somebody's time if something's not right."
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Obama calls for a 'rethinking' on Crimea vote
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama declared Wednesday that the U.S. would "completely reject" a vote in Crimea opening the door for the strategic Ukrainian peninsula to join Russia if the election goes ahead on Sunday. Adding pressure on Russia, the Senate advanced a package of potentially tough economic sanctions against Moscow.
Obama made a point of welcoming Ukraine's new leader to the White House, declaring as they sat side-by-side that he hoped there would be a "rethinking" by Russian President Vladimir Putin of the referendum. If the vote does occur, Obama said, the international community "will be forced to apply a cost to Russia's violation of international law."
Secretary of State John Kerry also was talking tough, telling Congress, "It can get ugly fast if the wrong choices are made, and it can get ugly in multiple directions." Kerry will meet with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Friday in London in a last-ditch effort to halt the referendum.
Amid the maneuvering, Obama met in the Oval Office with new Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk, praising him and the Ukrainian people as the two sat for TV coverage. The meeting was aimed at showcasing the United States' commitment to Ukraine, the former Soviet republic at the center of rising tensions between East and West.
"There's another path available and we hope President Putin is willing to seize that path," Obama said. "But if he does not, I'm very confident that the international community will stand firmly behind the Ukrainian government."
As Obama and Yatsenyuk met, a Senate committee moved forward on legislation with potential punishments for Russia. The measure, which next would go to the full Senate, would authorize $1 billion in loan guarantees to Ukraine's new government and allow the Obama administration to impose economic penalties on Russian officials responsible for the intervention in Crimea or culpable of gross corruption.
"Putin has miscalculated by playing a game of Russian roulette with the international community, but we refuse to blink and will never accept this violation of international law," said Sen. Bob Menendez, a Democrat and chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee.
In the 14-3 vote, all committee Democrats supported the measure. Some Republican expressed concerns about how the U.S. would pay for the loan guarantees and about provisions to expand the lending authority of the International Monetary Fund.
The bill stops short of going after Russian banks or energy companies as some legislators proposed, but it would give Secretary of State John Kerry more leeway as he readies for diplomatic talks with his Russian counterpart in Europe on Friday.
Obama urged Congress to move quickly to finalize the loan guarantees, which are supposed to supplement $15 billion in assistance from the European Union, as well as additional money from the International Monetary Fund.
The money pledged thus far is less than Ukraine says it will need in order to recover from its recent political upheaval. The country's pro-Russian President, Viktor Yanukovych, fled Kiev for Russia in late February amid growing protests over his decision to scrap an agreement to boost ties with Europe.
Shortly after Yanukovych left, Russia began moving military forces into Crimea, a strategically important peninsula where 60 percent of the population is ethnic Russian.
Yatsenyuk, a 39-year-old pro-Western official, is now the head of Ukraine's government in the lead-up to national elections in May. During his meeting with Obama Wednesday, he vowed that Ukraine "will never surrender" in its efforts to protect its territory.
Speaking in fluent English, Yatsenyuk also said Russia must recognize that Ukraine will not sever its ties with the U.S. and Europe.
"Ukraine is and will be part of the Western world," he said.
Putin has so far rebuffed efforts by the U.S. to halt its military maneuvers in Ukraine. The U.S. has put in place travel bans for Russian and Ukrainian officials involved in the Crimea advances. And the seven other member nations of the Group of Eight have suspended plans to attend their annual summit which was scheduled to be held in Russia this summer.
A possible option for easing the dispute emerged earlier this week. Crimea's parliament announced that if voters there back splitting off from Ukraine, the region would first declare itself an independent state. That would give Moscow the option of saying there is no need for Crimea to become part of Russia while keeping the region firmly within its sphere of influence.


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They've struck again: the tree manglers hired by Con Edison to "trim" trees near overhead power lines.
Trees are being mutilated and disfigured by the manglers cutting the centers out of trees or taking off the branches on one side of certain trees. One large tree that I saw on 45th Avenue in Auburndale now has all of its branches on one side of its trunk.
It has been destabilized. During the next fierce storm, that tree is ready to keel over right onto the house it is in front of. The person living there has a big problem and she is aware of it.
ConEd, in its usual arrogant way, claim that they have to do it this way. They act like the trees belong to them. Apparently they have never heard of careful and sensitive pruning that would protect the power lines while retaining the shape and health of the trees.
Their supervisors and public relations people need to act on and correct this outrageous situation. Street trees belong to all of us and they must be taken care of properly.
Perhaps the ultimate solution is to place all of the power lines underground. Not only for aesthetic reasons, but also for safety reasons and the reduced chance of power failure due to storms.
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text: Korean Job Discussion Forums :: View topic - Stumped for ideas... Speak Korean Now! Korean Job Discussion Forums"The Internet's Meeting Place for ESL/EFL Teachers from Around the World!" FAQ Search Memberlist Usergroups Register Profile Log in to check your private messages Log in Stumped for ideas... Korean Job Discussion Forums Forum Index -> FAQ View previous topic :: View next topic Author Message HolyjoeJoined: 03 Mar 2003Location: Away for a cuppa Posted: Sun Mar 23, 2003 8:32 pm Post subject: Stumped for ideas... I'm working in a school with great conditions, great director, (reasonably) OK students so I have no complaints on that front. The only problem is, all the "foreigner classes" (I'm the only one) are done without any textbooks, coursebooks etc. Basically at my school, my class content for the week is decided on the Monday morning by my director - it is a kind of "project class" idea, so she will decree "today's project is Body Parts/Clothing/Countries"... you get the idea. I've tried suggesting lesson topics on the Friday of the week before so I could have some time to prepare a class or to at least think of interesting ideas/games to use, but it's never really been accepted. As you can imagine this poses the problem that I'm unable to do much preparation into the class, and also the material can be decidedly ropey. Last week for instance, my mission was to teach 4 words about Thailand: country name, nationality, language and the capital city. This can be a fun wee exercise for my younger kids, colouring in the flag, looking at maps - they like that and thy enjoy the class. Obviously however the problem comes with the higher-level kids. With my middle school classes, I used to use the Kids Herald newspaper articles to hold discussion and activity classes which worked pretty well. Since they stopped printing the paper, my director said I was to shift my emphasis onto the project classes with them. I've asked to be able to use textbooks or coursebooks with these classes, but the reply is that that sort of teaching will be done by the Korean teachers, and I'm not supposed to bring in extra supplementary material without prior approval (which isn't given because the project class takes precedence) So faced with a 1 and a half hour class of 6th grade elementary kids or 1st/2nd grade middle school kids, armed only with 4 words to teach them, does anyone have any interesting suggestions for how to put together a class? Obviously with my higher-ability classes we always have an introductory discussion about what everyone's been doing since our last class, and after 15-20 minutes we progress to the project class. I've to keep any 'free-talking' related to the project topic, but it's incredibly hard to get dialogue surrounding the finer points of Thai history & culture off the ground, let alone sustain it for such a long class. In the past I've played different kinds of word games related to the vocabulary used, but apparently I spent too much time with the games and have to keep them to a minimum! Does anyone else face a similar situation with their classes, and how do they overcome it? I don't think I'm moaning about this, more that I'm just about out of ideas of how to make a varied and interesting class so that I don't just serve up the same fare week-in week-out to the kids. Help! Back to top mokpochicaJoined: 21 Jan 2003Location: Ann Arbor, MI Posted: Sun Mar 23, 2003 8:49 pm Post subject: ideas It sounds like you need some kind of other resources if you don't have a textbook. I also don't teach with a textbook, but I come up with ideas around a 'theme' for every week's lesson plan. Some web sites that I have found helpful are listed below: http://www.genkienglish.net/ (great for game ideas) http://www.bogglesworld.com (good middle school resources and great flashcards, board games) http://puzzlemaker.school.discovery.com/ (good for making puzzles to practice vocabulary and spelling) http://www.enchantedlearning.com/label/anatomy.shtml (human anatomy and other things to label) http://www.geocities.com/Athens/8136/tonguetwisters.html (a tongue twister database) http://www.epals.com/ (e-mail pen pals site---maybe your kids can write e-mails to their keypals based on the weekly theme?) When I was teaching without a textbook like you I used to teach a pop song to my kids every week. It was great for pronunciation and a whole bunch of other extension activities (vocabulary study, etc). I gave them a vocabulary quiz and cloze activity quiz every Friday on the song. In the end it's up to you how you arrange things. Maybe you want to designate one day a puzzle day, one day a song day, one day a worksheet day, one day a game day, etc. all based around the same theme. Maybe you want to mix things up and do entirely different things, mixing and matching every day. Regardless, this kind of teaching requires lots of creativity and time on your part so making things you can re-use and buying some cool games (i.e. picture bingo/ GO Fish, etc.) or good activity resource books might help you out. Back to top ZyzyferJoined: 29 Jan 2003Location: who, what, where, when, why, how? Posted: Sun Mar 23, 2003 10:17 pm Post subject: Is this a new trend going around, the teaching without a textbook thing? I've got access to one, but I keep getting it pounded into my skull by one of the teachers that I should be doing projects or something. Is this the new trend? Back to top mokpochicaJoined: 21 Jan 2003Location: Ann Arbor, MI Posted: Sun Mar 23, 2003 11:22 pm Post subject: conversational English and textbooks I think the deal is that foreigners are expected to teach conversational English, so why would we need a textbook? Many Korean teachers think that we will just go in a class and speak to the kids and they will learn English. Of course it takes more than this to develop kids (and adults) conversation skills. Good conversation textbooks go a long way toward helping students develop those skills. Also, some of my students complained about the textbook they had with the previous teacher and once I saw it was too difficult for them, I gave up on using it. Since it cost 12,000 won or so each book, and they didn't finish using it, they were reluctant to buy another. (That's pretty expensive for kids at my middle school--many of which are here on some kind of scholarship) I think if you want to use a textbook it is a good idea to find a good one yourself and show it to your director/co-teacher whatever. If the price is cheap, they will probably have kids buy it. If it is pricey, perhaps they will reimburse you for your copy and you can make photocopies for the student. Often I think they just don't know which text to use and kids like the games/activities we plan better than much of the stuff out of the textbooks. Back to top HolyjoeJoined: 03 Mar 2003Location: Away for a cuppa Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2003 2:44 am Post subject: Thanks for the suggestions... the main problem I face is that I don't really have that free a reign in my class as far as introducing some of these new ideas is concerned. My director is of the belief that they'll benefit greatly from conversation, and my class is essentially meant to be that - a chance to practice their English for themselves rather than the incessant reading and writing they do with the Koreans. I'm happy with that, though I've always found that the textbooks can provoke conversation a lot easier than I myself can. Kids want to talk about things they're interested in, not what they're told to talk about. The Kids Herald articles were great as it gave various topics or things they could choose to talk about. I also used to use Oxford Storyland Readers storybooks with some classes and again you'd always be able to spur on conversations from different parts of the book. I'm finding having to stick with the project theme to be extremely difficult. Just 2 weeks ago (prior to White Day) I had a class of 11 6th grade elementary girls. They brought up the topic of White Day, asked me to buy them candy, and we had a thoroughly interesting group conversation related to White Day. The kids enjoyed it and got really into the spirit of things - here they were conversing reasonably fluently in a foreign language on a topic they enjoyed. They just don't get that opportunity with the Korean teachers. But of course, because White Day was unrelated to the project topic we were meant to be dealing with that day, my director was not too happy. I guess we can't win - damned if we do and damned if we don't. Just wondering about anyone else's experiences..? Back to top tomatoJoined: 31 Jan 2003Location: I get so little foreign language experience, I must be in Koreatown, Los Angeles. Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2003 2:52 am Post subject: Zyzyfer wrote: Is this a new trend going around, the teaching without a textbook thing? I hope so. As I see it, a teacher without a textbook is like a fish without a bicycle. I can't vouch for any such trend on the part of English school directors, though. When I first came to Hongsong, my English school director kept razzing me for spending too much time on my own ideas and not enough time on the textbook. In fact, she secretly looked for a teacher to replace me. But after a while, she decided that I'm right. She rents me out to local kindergartens. All but one of the kindergarten are content with my textbook-less status, including one who wishes I were available for more mornings each week. One of the kindergarten directors made my English school director order a boxload of textbooks and pay for it out of her own pocket. Now she's complaining that I use my own ideas too much and don't follow the teacher's manual closely enough. Guess what I'm thinking about doing to her! Back to top princessJoined: 16 Jan 2003Location: soul of Asia Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2003 6:05 am Post subject: My school may as well have no books because the books we use are terrible. Talk about running out of material befor ethe class is finished. Your IQ should go up teaching in a hagwon because you are always having to pull tricks out of your hat. Back to top some waygug-inJoined: 25 Jan 2003 Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2003 4:29 pm Post subject: I seem to have the opposite problem. We have textbooks, some good ones and some awful ones. The biggest problem here is that the director insists that I go through 2 pages a day in the text and 2 pages a day in the workbook. NO review, no supplimentary activities. So the result is that we have students who are using books Far to difficult for them and we are being forced to push them through the books as fast as possible. It's totally ridiculous. The kids really don't understand much of what they are "learning" because the only way I can "push them through the books" is to write the answers on the board and then have the students copy them. I don't know what kind of sick mind would believe that they are actually learning from this. I suppose they are improving their writing skills, but not much else. If I ask them to read or respond to anything, they refuse and I just get a very tense and frustrated class period. Of course I know why, they really don't understand what they are doing, they are only copying. How can they learn anything that way? The kids hate it, and I do too. I tried to talk the director into giving them books that are more suited to the students levels, but they always come back with, " Well they are in level 5, you can't just put them back into a level 3 book, they'll complain" aigo!! Back to top TancredJoined: 15 Jan 2003Location: Upon a mountain in unknown Kadath Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2003 6:59 pm Post subject: i have the same problem...i'm no longer allowed to use the textbook as a crutch which sucks for me, and i suspect the children, if they truly are trying to learn english. But you know...whatever. I think it's funny though when i'm supposed to spend an hour based on the word "Hello" for kindergarten...i mean, how long can one seriously spend exhausting the possibilities of that word. I find that any kind of competition usually works well...if you start trying to turn whatever lesson into a game things usually run more smoothly...or at least the kids enjoy themselves more, which is really all i hope for anymore. Back to top tomatoJoined: 31 Jan 2003Location: I get so little foreign language experience, I must be in Koreatown, Los Angeles. Posted: Wed Mar 26, 2003 1:54 am Post subject: Hello, Some Waygukin! The situation you're in seems to be culture-wide. My director had me take her place in teaching a class using Side by Side III, which begins with using simple present and present continuous tenses. None of the students knew either tense, both of which were presented in Side by Side I. In fact, some of the students didn't even understand well enough to know which problem in the book we were on. Much to my director's wrath, I spent two weeks on those two pages. She ordered me to go on to the next page, but I adamantly refused. She looked for another teacher to replace me, but Hongsong in the Chungnam province isn't exactly a hot spot. I've taken Japanese classes in four language schools in Korea but I learned absolutely nothing. Why? Because I was so busy trying to keep up that I didn't have time to learn anything. And I was as frustrated as all get out. How a student could ever want a teacher to charge madly through a textbook I will never know. Back to top some waygug-inJoined: 25 Jan 2003 Posted: Wed Mar 26, 2003 3:31 am Post subject: How a student could ever want a teacher to charge madly through a textbook I will never know It's not the students that want it that way, it's the director or more likely a few parents. Last week I had done my official lesson with a class (that means the book work) and I still had 10 minutes left. So I started playing a game with them. It just so happened that one of the parents glanced into the classroom during that 10 minutes, and of course. "What are you do with this class? Only play game? No teach? Why? " It's ridiculous. I do try and do less than the director wants per day and then have some fun activities to keep the kids happy. But I know I will always get in hot water for it. I guess some parents think that more pages per day = good class = their kids are learning. Too bad it's always those parents who seem to control the way the school here operates. Anyway, I guess I've ranted enough about it for one day. Cheers Back to top ZyzyferJoined: 29 Jan 2003Location: who, what, where, when, why, how? Posted: Wed Mar 26, 2003 4:20 am Post subject: Might have to do with shoddy class organization as well. I've got students who speak English well because they lived in America for a while sitting in the same classroom with students who can't even count to 10. Back to top rapierJoined: 16 Feb 2003 Posted: Wed Mar 26, 2003 9:21 pm Post subject: for holyjoe Holyjoe, seems the problem here is that you are not given free reign to teach what you want in the lessons. Last year I had similar problems in that I wasn't provided with any syllabus to teach. But my lessons weren't closely supervised- so I could teach more or less what I wanted. I photcopied worksheets from a variety of different textbooks and relied on a staple diet of about 15 games in rotation. The kids learned more conversation from games than anything else. However after 10 months I had totally run out of ideas and even had the kids playing snap for 40 minutes. If your boss supervises your lessons so closely, get her more involved. This happened to me at one point, so I invited her in to my lessons. Pretty soon she realised that what she expected me to teach was totally inadequate and she left me alone to do my own thing from then on. Back to top Display posts from previous: All Posts1 Day7 Days2 Weeks1 Month3 Months6 Months1 Year Oldest FirstNewest First Korean Job Discussion Forums Forum Index -> FAQ All times are GMT - 8 Hours Page 1 of 1 Jump to: Select a forum Forums:----------------FAQJob-related Discussion ForumGeneral Discussion ForumOff-Topic ForumTravel ForumCurrent Events ForumTechnology ForumBuy/Sell/Trade Forum You cannot post new topics in this forumYou cannot reply to topics in this forumYou cannot edit your posts in this forumYou cannot delete your posts in this forumYou cannot vote in polls in this forum This page is maintained by the one and only Dave Sperling. Contact Dave's ESL Cafe Copyright © 2018 Dave Sperling. All Rights Reserved. Powered by phpBB © 2001, 2002 phpBB Group TEFL International Supports Dave's ESL Cafe


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