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Business leaders and entrepreneurs surveying the growing Occupy Wall Street movement might be tempted to dismiss it as so much youthful angst. This would be a mistake.
The anger and backlash at growing economic inequality, persistently high unemployment in the wake of the 2008 recession, and a sense that the system is rigged against ordinary Americans is very real, whether or not the reasons for this anger, or at least those given by protesters, are always the correct reasons.
The implications of this hue and cry have consequences that could shape the economic well-being in this country and across the globe for years to come for better or worse.
There is a strong temptation to mock and deride protesters as nothing more than a bunch of college kids and hippies with too much time on their hands. An equally strong temptation is to ignore the protests and hope they go away.
At this point, both these temptations should be avoided. The 99% movement is growing well beyond what any group of bored college kids could hope to perpetuate, and there is little sign that it will dissipate. Even if cold winter weather eventually drives protesters indoors it's unlikely that they will remain there.
So how should corporate America respond to these protests?
Over at the Harvard Business Review, Hari Bapuji and Suhaib Riaz attempt to answer this question. First off, they argue, these protests are not the equivalent of the Arab spring, but rather of the anti-corruption movement in India. The persistence of the occupations, they write, is "a signal that there is authentic, deep-seated unhappiness with the failings of the U.S. economic system. It's an indicator that economic inequality is perceived as an important issue — one requiring business's immediate attention."
They offer several pieces of advice for business leaders. First, business leaders need to address the main point of concern: rising economic inequality.
Businesses should look at whether existing models of compensation are contributing to this inequality. They need to find ways to reward performance without increasing pay disparities. Developing new models of compensation and governance is not easy and can only be possible through a long-term and sincere engagement with a wide set of stakeholders, such as regulators, academics, and representatives of workers.
Next, they argue, business needs to engage with the protest movement sincerely and honestly, "empathizing with protesters' frustrations on points of genuine concern."
Any open and sincere engagement by businesses will show that the commercial world is not content being seen as part of the problem and is keen to be part of the solution. Even if businesses entirely disagree with the demonstrators' viewpoints, they need to approach the protesters as equals in public discourse. Business leaders' views will be better received if they are presented with humility.
Of course, these protests – while directed at Wall Street and the finance industry – are still at their core a political response to what is seen as sheer cronyism between big banks and politicians and bureaucrats in Washington, D.C.
Crony capitalism is only good for companies that lack real value. Entrepreneurs and innovative companies that are not content to profit off of cronyism, patent-trolling, or bailouts should support Occupy Wall Street in principle if not on every issue.
I don't support the Occupy Wall Street movement on every issue myself. I've mentioned before that it's essentially not a revolt against capitalism, but rather a revolt against cronyism. There will be those who want to overthrow the system entirely, of course, but most of these protesters just want the system to work. As J.J. Gould wrote in The Atlantic:
No one at any Occupy Wall Street demonstration across the country today is actually overthrowing capitalism or America. No one is doing anything to precipitate the overthrow of capitalism or America. No one is even plotting actions that could at-all plausibly threaten to precipitate the overthrow of capitalism or America.
Corporate America had done a lousy job representing the benefits of a market economy. They have not engaged with ordinary Americans and the working class in ways that convince Americans that markets are valuable. This is why a higher percentage of people in Denmark support free trade than in America.
It is not in business's long-term interest to be seen as tirelessly working to spread the economic inequality gap or make life harder for working Americans, or to support policies that make it harder for Americans to work or gain access to healthcare.
Corporate America needs to engage the protesters and engage their ideas. After all, most of these protesters just want to contribute to the economy. They want jobs. They want to make money so that they can spend it on goods and services that businesses in this country can provide. By and large, we all want the same thing – a more prosperous America which spreads that wealth by creating a large and sustainable middle class with real purchasing power.
This is hardly the stuff of Marxist revolution. This is just people wanting the economy to work for people, not just the ultra-wealthy elite. And business should care about this and "approach the events that are occurring in the streets outside their offices as a learning opportunity, with an eye on managing the growth of long-term anti-business sentiment in public discourse."
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Well we could all start with some accurate algorithms and not just on the street, in healthcare too as we have a ton of flawed data out there and mis use and misinterpretations is the source of many problems. I said it's all about "The Attack of the Killer Algorithms"….numbers don't lie but people sometimes do…
Mr. Kain,
You wrote:"This is hardly the stuff of Marxist revolution. This is just people wanting the economy to work for people, not just the ultra-wealthy elite. And business should care about this and 'approach the events that are occurring in the streets outside their offices as a learning opportunity, with an eye on managing the growth of long-term anti-business sentiment in public discourse.'"
This is most certainly true especially since there is no Marxist left in the United States (with all due respect the Tea Party's contrary opinion on this). However it is important to note that the successful Marxist parties of the past did not come to power on "Marxist" slogans or programs. The Bolshevik's slogan in 1917 was "Peace, Land, Bread". The vast majority of people in Russia were sick to death of the endless war (WW I), economic inequality (mainly through land ownership), and poverty and hunger. The ordinary people who supported the Bolsheviks were not interested in Marxist theory, philosophy, or economics but "Peace, Land, and Bread" sure sounded good to them.
Mr. Kain,
First, sorry for posting twice.
You wrote:"Corporate America needs to engage the protesters and engage their ideas. After all, most of these protesters just want to contribute to the economy. They want jobs. They want to make money so that they can spend it on goods and services that businesses in this country can provide. By and large, we all want the same thing – a more prosperous America which spreads that wealth by creating a large and sustainable middle class with real purchasing power."
Unfortunately there are forces at work beyond anyone's control.
One of the problems that is driving the OWS movement is that of income inequality. Howver, it is not a matter of policy that a certain number of individuals in power can change at a whim, like getting new carpeting. Rather it is a result of profound economic changes.
In the past, the United States had the largest industrial manufacturing economies in the world. It supported a huge number of workers who earned good pay and benefits. This produced a bell shaped curve of income distribution, the bulge in the center being the "middle class".
However as the industrial base of the US has declined over the last four decades, these middle strata of workers has slowly declined. There are those whose income are tied to the financing or marketing of industry who are doing well and there are those whose income are tied to servicing those above who are doing less well and there are those who have no income at all and are not doing well at all. This has produced a distribution that is moving toward a "barbell" shape.
The decline of the well paid industrial worker is tied to one thing, profits. It is much more profitable to build a factory in China or India or Thailand.
Why are US based investors moving their operations overseas? Low wages. Consider this piece from CNN just last year. It is about wages in China. "Zhang has witnessed firsthand the labor changes in Foshan. His company, Jiaofu Leather Products, has had to pay wages 15 to 20 percent higher since the start of the year; he also pays more for raw materials and charges less for the goods he sells to stay competitive. *Salaries are 70 percent of his production costs*."
This industry is probably at the high end of manufacturing with salaries at 70% of costs. Perhaps leather is not the most mechanized industry, but even at 50% or 40%, a manufacturer has an enormous incentive to cut labor costs. In any event, it is the only variable over which he or she has some control. The price of leather is what it is whether one is in China or the US, and the same is true most other costs. Wages are the one thing that can be changed and in a big way. If a manufacturer moves from the US to China, his or her labor costs drop dramatically, which means that prices can be low while allowing for greater profits. Here is similar article written four years ago in Manufacturing and Technology News, hardly a bastion of liberal thinking.
"…in industry after industry, U.S.-based large-firm customers — think GM, GE, Wal-Mart — are telling their American suppliers to increase their "offshore footprint." Reluctantly or not, many suppliers are listening and sourcing more work offshore. Since 2002 corporate profits have doubled, matching their highest share of GDP ever in 2006. Yet government data show domestic investment growing more slowly than in any previous postwar recovery. Corporations report an 18- to 20-percent annual increase in their total global investments. That means that companies are investing more outside the United States and less here at home. And that, in turn, helps to explain why more than 40 percent of the imports into the United States, which totaled $1.8 trillion (or 13 percent of GDP) in 2006, weren't from "foreign competitors," but from U.S.-based corporations' facilities and contractors offshore. There are, and will always be, some products that need to be made close to where they are consumed because they are too bulky to ship, or because it is too risky to have long supply lines. Unfortunately, most of the products consumed in North America are easily shippable, and — except for the largest items — air freight is a viable option. Just look at UPS's and FedEx's exploding Asia business. A great July/August 2007 Atlantic Monthly article called "China Makes the World Takes" shows how laptops ordered online in the U.S. today will be assembled in China tomorrow and be FedEx'd to Long Beach the day after that. A lot is going to China and other low-wage countries."
It is the disappearance of the middle-class industrial worker that is the heart of the matter of income inequality. That is driven by low wages and high profits. That cannot be changed by changing members of boards of directors. Boards want maximum profits, that is their job. Maximum profits are obtained by shutting down factories and moving them overseas and eliminating middle class jobs here the US. Any firm that does not do that will be driven out of business by firms that do do that.
The problem is not just that the rich are very rich while millions of Americans are losing everything that they have, it is that people are becoming poorer exactly because the actions of the handful of bankers on Wall Street are financing the closing of US factories and moving US jobs overseas. The wealthy are becoming wealthier by making others in this country poorer.


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September 8, 2006 11:49 AM
Three days of corporate road-show, with back-to-back meetings from 7am to dinner – talking about our stock . . .
Wow. What a process!
One of the great benefits of being a public company is that you get to tell your corporate story on an ongoing basis to financially interested shareholders. That means you have to know your story (i.e. your business) every day. In markets that shift and change as much as technology and media, that is a strategic advantage.

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Report: Lions RB Best expected to start 2012 on PUP list
Lions RB Jahvid Best will likely begin the season on the physically-unable-to-perform list.
Lions' running game performs well in preseason opener
The Lions' running game started the preseason on a positive note, with Detroit racking up 198 yards vs. Cleveland.
Detroit safety Delmas has knee surgery
Lions S Louis Delmas, who has not practiced in a week, had surgery on his left knee Tuesday.
Avril signs tender, reports to Lions' camp
Lions DE Cliff Avril ended his holdout Sunday, signing his one-year, $10.6 million franchise tender and reporting to training camp.
Leshoure, Simpson are names to file away
Mike Wilkening offers fantasy scouting reports on Mikel Leshoure and Jerome Simpson, who will each miss the start of the season.
Fairley's hearing delayed until Nov. 27
Lions DT Nick Fairley's hearing for a marijuana possession charge has been delayed until Nov. 27.
Lions GM Mayhew expects Best to 'eventually' be cleared
Lions GM Martin Mayhew told reporters Tuesday that he expects RB Jahvid Best (concussions) to be cleared to play at some point.
Lions OLT Backus sustains thumb injury
Lions OLT Jeff Backus injured his thumb and did not return to Saturday's practice.
Lions place RB Best on PUP list
Lions RB Jahvid Best has not been cleared for contact and he will begin training camp on the active/physically-unable-to-perform list.
Lions' Suh sued for more than $1 million
Lions DT Ndamukong Suh is being sued for more than $1 million in an Oregon court by a passenger in a one-car accident involving Suh last December.
Lions sign CB Coleman
The Lions have signed CB Drew Coleman, the club's official website reported Wednesday.
Lions sign CB-RS Miller
The Lions agreed to terms with CB Justin Miller, who last played in an NFL game in 2009.
Lions add OT Scott
The Lions signed former Steelers OT Jonathan Scott on Tuesday and released OT Johnny Culbreath.
Ex-Lion Berry apologizes, will enter substance-abuse program
Former Lions CB Aaron Berry apologized Monday after a second offseason arrest ended his career with the club.
Penn State discipline becomes NFL's warning shot
The NFL could stand to learn a few valuable lessons from the Penn State tragedy and realize that the league is not impervious from a similar fall.
West had three catches for a team-high 38 yards and a score Thursday in a 41-14 loss at Atlanta.||||||| The Jags have such an inept offense that West is shaping up as the kind of fantasy player comparable to Marge Gunderson in "Fargo," a hero who turns out to be someone you would least expect.
The Jags have signed West off Green Bay's practice squad.||||||| West joined the Packers as an undrafted rookie in 2010 and spent the entire season on the club's practice squad. He led the Packers in the 2011 preseason with eight receptions for 153 yards. West might play Sunday at Carolina. Receivers Jason Hill (hip) and Kassim Osgood (hamstring) are recovering from injuries, and it's unclear whether they will be ready.


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We signalled back in March that we had started putting our James Beard award-winning BBC series Jancis Robinson's Wine Course on our special YouTube channel.
This is to let you know that the first quarter of each programme can now be viewed, free, at www.youtube.com/jancisrobinson. There were 10 half-hour episodes in the original 1995 series, most of them centred on a specific grape variety. For ease of viewing online, each episode has been sliced into four parts that last about seven or eight minutes each. I'm amazed how good they look on an iPhone. The series was one of the last BBC series to be shot on film rather than video, although film junkies are able to pick out the one or two short video sequences that were edited in.
Obviously there are aspects of it that are dated. My alice band, for example, and the amount and shade of male hair. And we all look so much younger, mostly because we were. Conceptually, the most dated thing is probably my concern that the entire world was about to be planted with Cabernet Sauvignon and Chardonnay. How delightful it is that the pendulum has now swung so definitively in the opposite direction.
Here you can view such luminaries as Anthony Barton, Lalou Bize Leroy, a comparatively muted Michel Chapoutier, Francis Ford Coppola, the late Didier Dagueneau, Richard Geoffroy, Randall Grahm, a particularly robust Alejandro Hernandez of Pesquera, the late Henri Jayer, Dominique Lafon (a particularly memorable sequence), the late Max Lake, Peter Lehmann, Erni Loosen, and many, many more characters, beautiful places and inside stuff.
I hope you enjoy what you find. You can still get hold of the complete set on both Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk. Just be sure to order a version that is compatible with whatever you might play it on - as a cure for insomnia perhaps?
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SEC 2011 Betting Preview & Odds
When it comes to major football conferences, the SEC has earned its place at the top of the list. The last five national champions have come from this conference and there is a good chance one of its teams will …
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Three conference title games from the SEC, ACC and Big 12 highlight the biggest college football weekend of the year.
This SEC Championship Game takes place in Atlanta, Georgia. Auburn (12-0 SU, 8-4 ATS) got some great news when it was ruled that Cam Newton is eligible for this game. The scandal ridden quarterback led a stunning 28-27 win at defending champion Alabama last week after trailing 24-0.
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June 20, 2012
MEMBERS PRESENT: Amy Carvalho, Gary Berger, Beth Molburg, and Ed Barrow. Also present Library Director Lynn Schofield-Dahl, Adult Services Librarian Deanna Duffy and member of the public John Chase.
The regular meeting of the Library Board of Trustees was called to order at 7:00 p.m. by Chairman Amy Carvalho.
II. CONSENT AGENDA: Matters considered routine by the Board of Trustees and which may be enacted in one motion. Any item, however, may be discussed separately per Board member request. Any exceptions to the Consent Agenda must be stated prior to approval.
Before the meeting began, board members pointed out a couple of typos in the May minutes.
Ed Barrow moved, and Beth Molburg seconded approval of the Consent Agenda, the minutes of the regular meeting on May 17, $68,544.76 in vouchers for the previous month, submitted prior to and at the meeting, $1,606.63 in checkbook expenses for the previous month, submitted prior to and at the meeting. Motion carried.
III. CITIZEN PARTICIPATION: Items raised under this portion of the Agenda cannot be acted upon until notice provisions of Nevada's Open Meeting Law have been completed. Therefore, any action on such items must be considered at a later meeting.
John Chase introduced himself as our new insurance agent. The office has been open for about 18 months and they are the only commercial insurance agency in Boulder City.
1. Lynn handed out change pages for the bills and monthly financial report. There were no other additions or changes.
2. Beth commented on the DVD usage and changes. She and Amy both like and appreciate them. Beth thinks it shows that Lynn is monitoring the system and the processes.
3. Ed commented on the sign possibilities and there was a little discussion about that. Any signage needs to fit both the library's needs and the city's requirements.
1. Report from the Policy Committee (Report, Discussion) – Gary Berger
Gary has no report until some decisions are made about comp/overtime.
2. Discussion concerning pursuit of Legal Counsel for Personnel Policies. (Action Possible) – Amy Carvalho
Beth asked about situations where overtime would come into play. Lynn responded that normally it is because someone is sick or on leave. Also the days that the library is closed someone comes in to empty the book drop so that it does not overfill and lock up. These are times that people agree to come in and take an extra shift or extra time to help cover for someone who is gone.
Beth searched for information on comp time and found a document from California that helped her understand it better. Lynn thinks this document will be a helpful template in writing our policy.
Beth thinks that if the library is going to continue to use comp time as the default payment rather than actual pay, all employees need to sign a form agreeing to that. She is concerned about people earning comp time now at their current rate of pay and using it far in the future at that rate of pay.
Amy would like to hire an attorney to get answers to specific questions. She wants to make sure that staff members get what they're entitled to and protect the library at the same time.
There was discussion about jurisdiction, future policies versus past policies, how to pay for an attorney since this was not in the budget, if using the someone from the county DA's office is good enough or do we need our own attorney, how about an opinion from the state attorney general.
Beth and Gary are very concerned that we are liable for the entire cost of the comp/sick/vacation time right now.
The board agreed to email Lynn their specific questions. She will collate them, eliminate duplicates, and determine if they should be addressed to the auditor or an attorney. Then she will send the list to the board members for verification and then send them the appropriate expert for answers.
Ms Miller from the county DA's office will be invited to come out and speak to the board about this. Beth and Amy want to hear from Martha Ford at PBTK about how this liability effects the library.
3. Capital Projects Fund (Discussion, Action Required) – Lynn Schofield-Dahl
Amy suggests moving the full $25,000 that was suggested in the budget.
Gary wanted to know if this is basically just a bookkeeping entry. Lynn said yes, but the money can only be spend on capital improvement projects. Gary suggests not moving any of the money because of the large comp/sick/vacation time liability.
Lynn reported that the amount of extra money in the budget at the end of the fiscal year has been brought down to a lower amount under the advice of Hobbs and Ong.
Lynn did a few quick calculations and put the entire comp/sick/vacation time liability at about $45,000.
Beth said that she thinks we almost need to move the money because the library has a project coming up that they know will need to be done soon, and this money will cover it.
Gary pointed out again that there are strong concerns about outstanding liabilities and that this $25,000 would go a long way toward covering those.
Lynn suggested moving $8,000 because that will bring the Capital Projects Fund up to $100,000.
Ed Barrow moved to move $8,000 to the Capital Improvement Fund. Gary Berger seconded the motion. Motion carried.
4. Summary Fiscal Report (Discussion, Action Required) – Lynn Schofield-Dahl
There is a correction to the spreadsheet, Lynn forgot to put in the formula. This summary needs to be published in the newspaper before July 1st.
Beth Molburg moved to approve the summary. Gary Berger seconded. Motion carried.
5. Bonus for Staff (Discussion, Action Required) – Lynn Schofield-Dahl
Amy asked how much money was budgeted for this. Lynn said $14,800.
There was discussion about the economy and how it would look to give bonuses when other places are laying people off, and concern about giving bonuses when there is a large unfunded liability for comp/sick/vacation time. Beth pointed out that the unfunded liability is not the fault of the staff and confirmed that it is important to give the staff something other than a verbal acknowledgement.
There was discussion about how much to give and if it was appropriate to give everyone the same amount. Amy and Beth both suggested that the board give Lynn a set amount and let her decide how to divide it.
Gary asked what Lynn would do with $1,000. Lynn said she would have a catered staff party. Beth suggested $4,400.
Gary Berger moved to give Lynn a total of $3,300 for her to divide among the staff. Ed Barrow seconded. Motion carried.
VI. CITIZEN PARTICIPATION: Items raised under this portion of the Agenda cannot be acted upon until notice provisions of Nevada's Open Meeting Law have been completed. Therefore, any action on such items must be considered at a later meeting.
None present.
The land sale will happen at the city council meeting on June 26th.
New officers have to be elected at the next board meeting, on July 18th. Also on the agenda that night will the yearly indebtedness report.
VIII. ADJOURNMENT: Amy Carvalho adjourned the meeting at 8:59


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Tuesday, July 26, 2011
Readers should know that I foolishly attempted a bit of an epic bike ride, well epic for my unfit self (I've gone soft since moving up North). I had collapsed on a bench at the side of the cycle track, counting stars and thankful that I was wearing factor 30 sunscreen as the sun was belting it down. I was slowly sliding down the bench into the cool shade of the grass when a bloke supervising around six boys (hard to confirm as they kept moving), all of which were on bikes, then preceded to take over the other side of the bench. I may have groaned out loud but this cannot be proved.
I'm ashamed to say I was still in a condition where moving was not an option so I gritted my teeth, determined to stick it out as they slurped on cartons of fruit juice. A boy hovered near me, sucking away, getting closer and closer until he stopped just in front of me. I looked up. Our eyes connected. He had a naughty look and I knew he was thinking of something to say. Something outlandish.
'We cycled fifty miles today,' he said.
'Fifty? Wow, more than me,' I said, hoping he would go away. He looked sticky.
'Yeah, and there were tigers,' he said.
'Tigers?' I said.
'Yeah, they were hiding in the grass waiting for us to stop so they could eat us,' he said.
'I don't think there are wild tigers around here,' I said.
'Yeah there are. They escaped from a zoo and bred and now they live here,' he said.
'Ok...' I said.
'Sorry,' said the man. 'We're reading the Jungle Book at the moment and he's a bit obsessed with Shere Khan.'
The boy nodded his head. I was impressed they were reading the book together. It's such a great way to get kids' imaginations going by reading stories with them and making up elaborate extra plots when the pages are closed. Screw the X-Box, let's go tiger hunting in Salford. What kid would say no to that?
I didn't see any tigers on the way home though and yes, I'm a bit disappointed.
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I hope everyone is having a lovely day so far, at the start of the week I got a shiny new kitchen appliance - the very cute yet incredibly powerful KitchenAid Artisan Food Chopper! I've been running around all day so wanted to make a really quick yet tasty lunch, and of course take my lovely new food chopper for a little spin. I whipped up the most delicious breaded sundried tomato pesto pasta – it's a fantastic recipe as you can of course make as much or as little of it as you like. I can't wait to make more delicious pestos, sauces and tasty treats with the food chopper, all of which I will share – I'd love to hear of any recipe suggestions. x
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Last night while Ben was at the radio show, I went over to my Mama's house for dinner. Mum cooked delicious and soul warming Gnocchi with Almond & Lemon Pesto and I baked the muffins for dessert. I never thought that a little muffin could spark so much dinner conversation though, Mum and I think the recipe needs less raspberries, Geoff wants more chocolate and Ben want's them to be about 3 times bigger than they are! This is one recipe that might be making a reapperace on the blog while I perfect it – I hope you don't mind. x
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We have a rather small kitchen, but its full! I've always needed to have some sort of order, some of our wedding presents were storage containers and they are perfect for flours, sugar, pasta, rice, spices, tea and anything else that you use daily, including that yummy cake you made! Here are some lovely containers from Typhoon, Jamie Oliver, Nigella Lawson and Kitchen Craft to help you with your kitchen storage.
It's another one of these nights that I give the amazing Rach a break and cook up something that she enjoys. Tonight it was pasta which is not my favourite food but dead easy to make, cheaper than chips, and a food that Rach doesn't get to eat nearly enough of with me around.
I stol… borrowed this recipe from one of Rach's bookmarks Bellalimento and made a couple of simple changes just to enhance the flavour a bit. Rach enjoyed it, and for someone who doesn't really like pasta I didn't mind it either. It's a lite meal and just like most of my cooking requires very little effort. It's also vegetarian which is not normal in this house but certainly enjoyable (only sometimes).
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"Ain't No Stopping Us Now" or Latino Voters Explained in One Song
Kitchen tables is where family budgets are stretched next to clipped coupons or if you're digitally savvy like Cuponeando's Yoly Mason, bar-scanned into her smartphone. Growing up we had a round table which held in its unbroken circle my dreams, while I set or cleared it. This is where Mami and Papi sat to "figure" it out–Catholic education, summer school tutoring, uniforms, cleats, gym bags for three kids who were involved in every sport, winter weekend ski trips to Tahoe, Jessica McClintock dresses for the formals. ¡Miércoles!, how are we going to pay for all that?
Like everyone else, Latino voters are anxious about the economy. The so-called kitchen table or pocketbook issues–jobs: am I going to keep or lose it?, rising cost of living, can I make my house payment or re-fi, can I afford Yunior's college tuition?–overwhelmingly override emotional issues–the hot button ones of abortion or gay marriage. Our group has been disproportionately hard hit by the recession the President inherited and the recovery that slowly slugged ahead on his watch, explaining Hispanics' lagging enthusiasm before he called a Time Out on deportations of DREAMers.
So do we go running into the arms of Mitt Romney? After he tacked so far to the right crossing into Fringeville with his hardline position on illegal immigration? (The Governor will be addressing the National Association of Latino Elected Officials in Florida, expected to talk immigration). How is he going to tip toe back, hoping we didn't notice that we've been a political piñata, hit from every angle, blamed for everything including the extinction of the Florida panther which must be due to the overcrowding caused by all those im'grants, ya know?
Emotions do matter. And for Latinos, it's been a mix of feeling powerless when vilified by a loudmouth part of a party with a candidate who hasn't stood up and said, Basta! Then there's feeling taken advantage of by a party led by a President who is busting some serious moves to court Hispanic voters–solo–when for a long time he insisted he needed a dance partner.
I hear a beat and it's changing. We can define ourselves rather than let others define us if Latinos commit to matching our demographic growth and economy might with political and social power gained through regular participation at every level.
We are living a moment. It's aspirational. If we seize it.
Then just like that "Ain't No Stopping Us Now" McFadden and Whitehead's goodie from the golden era of Soul Train came back to me.
That's it!
All we hope for with the potential of what we can achieve is up to us.
Or, Latino voters explained in one song:
Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now (1979)
By: Gene McFadden and John Whitehead
Ain't no stoppin' us now
We're on the move
Ain't no stoppin' us now
We've got the groove
There've been so many things that have held us down
But now it looks like things are finally comin' around, yeah
I know we've got a long long way to go
And where we'll end up
I don't know
But we won't let nothing hold us back
We're puttin' ourselves together
We're polishing up our act, yeah
And if you've ever been held down before
I know that you refuse to be held down any more, yeah
Don't you let nothing, nothing
Stand in your way!
I want you to listen, listen
To every word I say
Every word I say
Ain't no stoppin' us now
We're on the move
Ain't no stoppin' us now
We've got the groove
Ain't no stoppin' us now
We're on the move
I know. I know.
Ain't no stoppin' us now
We've got the groove
We've got it.
I know you know someone that has a negative vibe
And if you trying to make it they only push you aside.
They really don't have nowhere to go
Ask 'em where they're going
They don't know
But we won't let nothing hold us back
We gonna put ourselves together
We gonna polish up our act, yeah
And if you've ever been held down before
I know that you refuse to be held down any more
Don't you let nothing, nothing
Stand in your way
I want you to listen, listen
To every word I say
Every word I say about it
Ain't no stoppin' us now (no no no)
We're on the move
We're movin'
Ain't no stoppin' us now (Movin' yeah yeah I now)
We've got the groove
Move it Move it Move it Move it
Ain't no stoppin' us nowWhat's stoppin' us?
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I enjoy your articles, Wise Latina, and agree with much of what you say. My comment is just to point out one thing and commend you on another. I think it is important to remind your readers from time to time that the system of checks and balances that forms the basis of the institution of government in the United States, does not allow presidents to automatically "deliver" on their promises. There is a lot of bargaining, negotiation, and prioritizing that must go on before anything can get done. This is further complicated by our predilection for divided government, which, rightly so, attempts to deliver us from a monopoly of power and attempts to uphold the Founding Fathers' desire to avoid factions. Unfortunately, as of late the system has not worked as intended. As we know, the days of coming together to the table to discuss issues in a civilized, rational, and humane manner are long gone. What we have now are ideologues who under the guise of a "public mandate" have forgotten that they are in office to pursue the goals stated by the Founding Fathers in the preamble to the Constitution,… in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity."
I also submit to you that Obama has not been able to "deliver" because of the strategy used by a large number of members of Congress. The only purpose of this strategy is to make Obama a "one- term president" no matter the cost to our nation and our people (meaning all of us in the USA—Blacks, Whites, Hispanic, Asian, and others). I'm sure that if there is a heaven or hell, our Founding Fathers are watching with dismay.
Therefore, we the people, Hispanics and non-Hispanics, need to critically review what's going on in our nation, our government, our cities, our neighborhoods and not let well-funded super PACS tell us what to think. Obama is only one person. And, as you said here, it is really up to us all to make a difference. For Hispanics, numbers alone won't mean anything if we continue to stay behind and not show up to the polls. And, of course, it also doesn't mean anything, if we don't acquire the right to vote by becoming citizens.
So yes, Wise Latina; you are right. In the end it is up to us. Keep up the good work!
It is up to us! As for what's stopping us, I agree with the above comment and how things are just not that black and white. We must realize that in politics there are many levels and chains to break through. And, of course, continue to fight and stand up for what's important to us as Latinos.


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California is a mess. We have a nearly $20 billion deficit, no approved budget, and Meg Whitman running for governor against Jerry Brown. Meanwhile, we have a water shortage, the educational system is deeply screwed, and we suffer, like the rest of the country, from broken health care and immigration systems. Are we screwed for the long term? Are we headed toward an "Enclave Economy," complete with walled cities, suburban slums, and a privatized police? Or a smarter state with open governance, free online education, and a culture of innovation? These were some of the questions raised by my colleagues at Institute for the Future who during the last year worked with crossdisciplinary experts from UC Berkeley and UC San Diego to lay out an array of alternative futures for the state. The result is a beautifully-designed map called "California Dreaming: Imagining New Futures for the State," that's meant to provoke conversations about how California may change for the better, or the worse. Hopefully, if many more citizens start thinking about this stuff in a systematic way, it'll lead to real action. The map is free and CC-licensed to encourage as much public engagement as possible. My old friend Jonathan Weber wrote about it for his Bay Citizen column, that also appears in the New York Times:
As I gaze at a colorful new map that lays out four alternative futures for the state, I feel quite energized. The document is the first piece of an effort by two major University of California research centers and the Institute for the Future, based in Palo Alto, to reframe the public policy conversation. And for me, it succeeds in its effort to use imagination about the future as a way to grapple with the present."The Future of California, Ready for Discussion" (Bay Citizen)
It's not that the scenarios themselves are particularly rosy. One envisions an "enclave economy" in which the wealthy parts of the state – the Bay Area among them – wall themselves off and hoard resources, letting hoi polloi in the hinterlands fend for themselves. (This scenario would most likely play out in the wake of a natural disaster.)
Nor do the situations all seem realistic. Another suggests that "a sober-minded assessment of risks and resources in the face of water and energy shortages leads to a new focus on communities and commons." In this vision, Proposition 13 would be repealed, and investment would be directed to creative arts and community health rather than to personal consumption. Even the "smart state" scenario, in which California leverages its technological prowess and invests in education to restart economic growth, has a big downside: greater income inequality. Only the least tangible scenario – transformation led by social-network-based communities of interest that assume many governmental and business functions – has something for everyone.
But as Marina Gorbis, executive director of the Institute for the Future, explained, the specific scenarios are not really the point. Rather, the goal is to "outline the kinds of questions and dilemmas we need to be analyzing, and provoke people to ask deep questions..." "The best way to influence the politicians is to educate and stimulate the thinking of the electorate," said Larry Smarr, director of the California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology, an interdisciplinary institute that's part of both the University of California, San Diego, and the University of California, Irvine, and was a key collaborator on the project. (The Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society, headquartered at Cal, was also involved.)
California, Mr. Smarr said, has "locked itself into a very 20th-century way of looking at things," and this kind of exercise can help reframe the discussion.
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Doug Watt says:
I think it's a good idea to stop using the water shortage bugaboo. California is officially not in a drought: http://www.drought.unl.edu/dm/DM_west.htm
desiredusername says:
Why will poor Gen-Xers have it the worst in a smart economy? Who wrote this? Boomers in 1990?
Anonymous says:
Uh, as a resident of California's boonies (the one Whitman compared to Detroit, actually), I have to point out that it isn't us that will be screwed when it comes to food; it's the big cities who will be hurting if the enclave thing happens. About 20% of the nation's food (iirc) comes from where I live. I can walk down the street and buy grapes, tomatoes, corn, and pretty much anything I want, directly from the farmer. Folks in the cities can't do that so much.
Anonymous says:
the system is built to resist change. any change that a large majority cannot agree on will not be done , period. Instead of having A or B , we get neither and status quo is also the thing we don't want.
i guess that's why there're revolutions.
Guesstimate Jones says:
You could make a good case that we already have an enclave economy…
Rayonic says:
Shouldn't California's #1 problem, massive debt, be on the graph? I guess it doesn't matter; it would probably say something like "RESPONSE: Money Upgrade" with little cartoon people next to it. Problem Solved!
hapa says:
the feds seemed pretty happy to extract revenue from california's bubble; strangely too busy now to help california refinance or write down the consequences
Anonymous says:
Not only during the bubble: in 2009 the Feds took $320 billion of taxes from CA and returned $270 billion. Where did the difference go? Google "red state welfare" for some edifying links – yes, the same people who bitch about "tax and spend lib'ruls" are only too glad to stick their hands out for massive subsidies.
If California didn't have the Southern millstone around its neck the state would be running a $30 billion _surplus_.
bat21 says:
Wrong answer.
The biggest drain on governments is old people. Almost half of the Federal budget is taken up by 2 programs, Medicare and Social Security.
Anonymous says:
The biggest drain on governments is old people. Almost half of the Federal budget is taken up by 2 programs, Medicare and Social Security.
Wrong answer.
Look at the numbers again, but this time with all the stuff that Reagan and W. took off the books added back in.
War profiteering is alive and well…
hapa says:
if higher % of red states' older residents get federal help, that's sorta more ironic (and shameless) than BZZZZZZZ.
Anonymous says:
Each of the four 'futures' of CA are pretty ridiculous. The author goes from Progressive/statist utopia to Progressive/Mad Max-esque anarchy as possible outcomes for the state, ignoring the role of personal freedom of the individual in all cases.
pjcamp says:
You'll continue to hobble along toward disaster because the stupid party is unable to defeat the crazy party.
Welcome to America.
ClintonD says:
Enclave economy?
So….the future is Snow Crash? That book DID take place in LA.
Rayonic says:
So "red" states are being bribed more for their votes than "blue" states? That's one interpretation anyway.
hapa says:
i wish! but the money doesn't stay there helping people out of the hole, much gets whisked away by big resident corprits, leaving non-fictional residents feeling empty and ill-served. all that blue-tinged advocates need do to check this is look at state and regional income levels. to buy votes (in a positive way) the federal investments would need to build people some good.
mind you i've talked to many die-hard Rs who take subsidies and yell about other people getting any. (shrug)
Anonymous says:
that graphic reminds me of early conceptions of EPCOT as an actual city.
gwailo_joe says:
I guess it is a good thing when educated and well meaning people get together to plot a course for a brighter future for all.
But as a Californian who is neither highly educated nor particularly well meaning; I wonder if all this 'building a better tomorrow, today!' mentality can change inexorable problems within this state.
Repeal prop 13? It is to laugh. Income inequality? Guaranteed. Pitiful boondoggle of special interest governance? No changes there anytime soon: (this hotly contested Governors race between Jerry and Meg is Giant Douche vs. Turd Sandwich all over again)
Water rights. Immigration concerns. Natural disasters spurring change you wont like. . .
Perhaps I'm wrong: The resilient spirit of Californians working together in solidarity can overcome any and all obstacles using our superior educational system and limitless natural resources combined with selfless citizens willing to make difficult sacrifices for the betterment of everyone!!!!
no? Still, we've got movies and beaches and wine! I've got my fiddle. . .whos got a match?
Anonymous says:
Actually, there isn't really a water shortage. California water subsidies are just skewed towards agriculture. Even though agriculture accounts for about 4-5% of California's economy, it controls around 70% of California's water.
Rick York says:
There are two scary things about California's situation:
First, California tends to be a trend setter. They usually get there faster and sooner than the rest of the USA. My own Oregon is catching up fast. In both cases the Initiative system is to blame. If you're interested why, I'll be glad to supplement this comment below. (It's a subject I know something about.)
Second, it is always the poorest and weakest of us who carry the burden.
The tragic irony is that the people who created the mess appear to be ready to running things again.
necaver says:
"Catalytic natural disasters" ? under Enclave Economy
David Pescovitz says:
Natural disasters spurring major change….
Brainspore says:
Like everything East of the San Andreas fault falling into the Atlantic ocean?
RHK says:
It's nice to know our state University system is still capable of free thought.
It's sad to know virtually no one is listening.
james84 says:
Anonymous says:
so what does privatizing college education yield???
Anonymous says:
What, no "Attempt to annex Oregon" option? At least we have Jefferson between us :)
Anonymous says:
Find the grouping of problems and solutions that most closely match our current conditions. The future will most closely mirror today's problems.
Anonymous says:
@Rayonic CA's debt as a percentage of GDP is relatively low (7%) and it ranks 32d out of 50 states in terms of the debt/GDP ratio http://www.thedailybeast.com/galleries/1740/1/. When considering long-term future of the state, financial health of the economy is a result of other choices we make–what and how we produce, employment, housing, health expenditures, and many others actions we take.
escowles says:
As a California expatriate, this quote jumped out at me:
California's high cost of housing and turbulent job market may be driving an entire generation away.
I desperately wanted to stay in California, but housing prices, jobs, and quality-of-life factors really made it impossible to stay.
Jonathan Badger says:
If none of the four futures is a post-apocalyptic "Road Warrior" scenario, what's the point?
ZippySpincycle says:
That would be "Enclave Economy" plus Thunderdome.
dhalgren says:
Hmmm somebody is riffing off of the THREE CALIFORNIAS TRILOGY by Kim Stanley Robinson I see.
California's screwed, period.
Repealing Prop 13 is the scary one for me. First off the people that would get fucked over are older people who are on a fixed income who have had their homes paid off for years (and me). People who have owned their houses since before 1978 and that are on a fixed income will not be able to pay the property taxes at the current rate. I'm talking about Social Security recipients. My house has been paid for for almost 20 years. So for me it's just paying utility bills, city taxes. My property taxes are paid at the 1978 value of my house – thank whatever divine or demonic being for this because although I do have to save money to pay it I can afford it being on a fixed income. If the intent of repealing Prop 13 is to get those who are on a fixed income to sell their houses because they can't afford (in my case my property taxes would probably go up by x10) the property taxes – and get a huge flush of cash from new owners and new cash flow – if that's what they are trying to do – then that makes sense. A nice cash grab that'll just be flushed down the toilet here in California. And the old geezers? Can't they just move to Leisure World or something?
It seems to me those who are most against prop 13 are the bitter cranksters who have moved to California in the last 20 years or so and bought homes at over inflated prices.
The Three Californias Trilogy by Kim Stanley Robinson on the other hand. Great stuff.
coldspell says:
It seems to me those who are most against prop 13 are the bitter cranksters who have moved to California in the last 20 years or so and bought homes at over inflated prices.
And all the young people who can't afford to subsidize old people protected by Prop 13 and rent control. If children are the future, you don't want them all moving out of state (especially after California invested in their K-12 education).
hapa says:
no most people in the know only want to close the commercial property perma-lease loophole.


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A good grunt (or growl as it is called in this thread) needs practice. For me, it took something like four years to get one. I practice every day, no matter where, except for the classroom when I have college. People sometimes think it necessary to look strange if I do so, and they are right, but I really enjoy.
There are also some grunters you'd better not try to imitate, like Robert Westerholt of Within Temptation on their first CDs. His grunt does not make sense. It sounds more like gargling than grunts. But try some black metal bands, like Dimmu Borgir, Graveworm, BDM, and more of that kind.
By the way, the BDM screams are not difficult. Just grunt without trying to get a deep sound. Open your mouth like you are calling someone quite far away. This I hope will make you be a good screamer of BDM songs. Good luck!
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A Randolph County resident was indicted by a federal grand jury on November 16, 2011, and charged with possession of a listed chemical knowing that it would be used to manufacture a controlled substance, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Stephen R. Wigginton, announced today.
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VARs: Increasing Margins through Free Software
The above is a statement well-known throughout literature and throughout evolving societies. In this ever-changing, pervasive Internet society, such times are felt in all aspects of business. The Internet has shifted the power of presence and acquisition and is beginning to shift the power of commerce. Many value-added resellers (VARs) have recognized this shift and have been able to change with the new economy. They are deploying solutions that take advantage of this new market, a market that provides more margins in service than in products. Now and in the future, service margins will be "king".
In fact, VARs are suggesting that their business is not even associated with the process of being a "reseller" of products, but a seller of services. These services include messaging, commerce, maintenance, support, software and hardware leasing to name a few. Quoting Scott McNealy of Sun Microsystems,
Five years from now, if you're a CIO with a head for business, you won't be buying computers anymore. You won't buy software either. You'll rent all your resources from a service provider.
Many of the services can be made available because of the Internet and the low costs associated with its pervasive presence. Titles such as Internet Integrators, e-Solution Providers (eSP), e-Business Integrators and Application Service Providers (ASP) are now being declared throughout the channel. While the ASP market will continue to define itself, the one thing projected among all analysts is that this market is going to explode over the next two to five years. Analysts such as IDC project the ASP market to be in excess of eight billion dollars, while Dataquest put this market in excess of 20 billion dollars during the same time period. However, the solutions these providers offer must allow customers to take advantage of ever-increasing Internet services that can be customized and based on a scalable and stable platform.
In addition, Linux is causing another market shift. Linux is being seen as a real business solution and is one of the fastest-growing server solutions in the industry. Examples of these solutions are being found in all sizes of corporations. The market conditions required for Linux to succeed are coming into focus. Some of these market conditions include industry leaders porting their software packages to Linux, hardware vendors' platforms being "certified" on Linux, Microsoft being declared a monopoly, users seeking viable software alternatives that do not crash and those who want to take advantage of the Internet's pervasive presence. Those solution providers who adapt their business models to provide such services and solutions will tap into a multi-billion-dollar market.
By combining customizable, extremely reliable and stable Linux-based solutions with the exploding ASP market, opportunities of service and product revenue abound for serving the largest to the smallest corporation. In a recent survey conducted among VARs, one-third stated they already support some type of Linux solution, while one-quarter will utilize Linux to deliver e-business solutions via the Internet. In other words, solution providers must recognize that they need to "deliver E or be Eaten"; Linux is a platform which can deliver the "E".
A question that solution providers constantly ask about the Linux model is, "How do I make money?". The answer is the same whether the operating system is proprietary or open—sell solutions, not simply a software package! However, Linux solutions are generally open for customization, are extremely stable and are low-cost by nature. Because of these qualities, service margins are increased. Linux was created on the Internet, by the Internet, for the Internet, and is optimized to work in this environment remotely. With such benefits, solution providers do not need to make on-site visits for service offerings such as configuration, deployment, diagnostics or administration.
As many solution providers begin to realize they can take advantage of Linux-based solutions, analysts and others are predicting revenue opportunities in the Linux traditional and specialized server markets.
A Dataquest study suggests that Linux servers will "represent approximately 3.4 percent of traditional server revenue or $1.9 billion ... by 2003." Recently in Caldera Systems' "Tell All and Win Solutions" contest, some of Caldera's e-Solution Providers (eSPs) described how they deployed OpenLinux as a traditional server by completely replacing NT servers. Some eSPs leverage OpenLinux by providing add-on solutions. For example, one client needed to upgrade to NT from NetWare 4.11 and ran low on disk space. Unfortunately, the client could not afford to add disks to the NT server, so they utilized their old NetWare server, OpenLinux 2.3 and Samba to create a software repository to solve the problem. Other providers utilize Linux as an Intel UNIX alternative and re-deploy their Intel UNIX applications for their clients.
Quoting from the same study regarding server appliances, "Dataquest believes that Linux servers will represent approximately 24 percent of server appliance revenue, or $3.8 billion... by 2003 ... The key trend is optimization and it is occurring on the software side and the hardware side." As the Server Product Matrix in the study indicates, optimization will be critical for those servers in the future. Having open-source software allows for optimization.
These server appliances, or "specialized servers" as they may be called, will be deployed by solution providers and ASPs. Examples of these solutions from eSPs include Internet servers, file servers and backup servers, to name a few. The reason? These low-cost, specialized servers allow a client to continue using their existing hardware while increasing functionality. In addition, the cost to deploy such servers is minimal.
As for Linux client solutions, many eSPs are utilizing OpenLinux Desktop for Internet access devices. For example, one eSP utilizes OpenLinux Desktop in a library setting to provide kiosk security that was cost-prohibitive utilizing Microsoft Windows. Through OpenLinux Desktop, the eSP was able to provide a web browser on the desktop that offered Internet access and access to CD-ROMs available from the library. Another client solution involved leveraging OpenLinux and Sun products for creating "powerful solutions" for Java programs.
The solutions mentioned above solved real-life problems. The solutions were not cost prohibitive, but actually reduced short- and long-term costs to the customer while increasing margins to the solution provider. It is not a matter of "if" solution providers will be providing Linux-based solutions, but "when".
While the Internet is creating the "new economy", Linux is enabling customers to experience it. Some customers receive these solutions by having solution providers deploy them in-house, while others are leveraging the ASP model.
Indeed the times continue to change. For those prepared to accept the opportunities by integrating Linux into solutions, it will be the best of times. For those who continue to hold on to the old paradigm and refuse to embrace new opportunities, it will be the worst of times.
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Mini LENA star lamp, now in the shop! Available in natural wood & white. XO
Tag Archives: design
sutten tree
In our walks through this beautiful park in Copenhagen during our vacation…
we discovered a tree full of soothers ("sutten" in Danish). When the child is seen as no longer a baby, usually when he starts going to kindergarten, he is encouraged to hang up his soothers on a tree to show he has grown up and doesn't need them any more…
We convinced Theo to do so with his soothers…let's hope he doesn't want them back because we left them hanging on this tree! XO
RAY toddler bed & sofa
Our baby is growing up and wants to get in & out of bed on his own…we are happy to introduce you to the RAY toddler bed that converts easily into a sofa.
In the shop soon! XO
the house that fell from sky & other stories
The house that fell from sky could be the tittle for a story book for kids and the images above, the illustrations.
French artist Jean-François Fourtou loves to play with the ideas of perspective and childhood worlds of imagination and magic. Playing with proportion and scale, Fourtou's houses are inspired by personal memories of childhood and the disproportion of scenes from books such as Alice in Wonderland or Gulliver's Travels. The experience of walking on the ceilings must evoke both a disorienting and funny feeling…and what about sharing table with a natural scale giraffe in your dining room? XO
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JAN in black & white
New in the shop!!! XO
Olivia's colored spring dress
Red, blue, yellow, green, purple, orange…at the shop!
my little star
We are currently working on a pocket version of our Lena star lamp.
Although not finished, it's so cute! XO
it's a celebration!
It's celebration time at xo-inmyroom!
Last week, a year since we started this blog, after more than 100 post, and the good friends we've made…we had a good reason to celebrate. Was Pablo's birthday too, and this yummy cake, all in pink (thank you, Yolanda!) was for Olivia's. Already 18 and such a beauty!
And not to forget: spring is here! XO
Oskar changing station
New version of the OLIVIA dresser, twin brother OSKAR, can be used as a baby changing station.
In our shop! XO
craft as art: animal farm
Everybody knows how much we love all things handmade.
Today we came across the story of Nishi Chauhan, as she explains:"It all started with the gradual accumulation of glass bottles in our household. Beer bottles, mason jars, wine bottles, pickles, preserves and sauce bottles, ad nauseum. Soon it became difficult to ignore and the bottles in the growing pile took on a life of their own. Shapes started to emerge- animals, things, people I'd known and possibly even a cloud or two! From such trivialities are ideas born."
Et voilà!…this is how the entire animal farm was born. Come and meet Peeves the penguin, Porky the pig, Gerry the giraffe, Flo the shark, Humf the hippo and Ellie the elephant!
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Putting cold food on a hotplate on Shabbos
Daf Yomi just started פרק כירה which discusses these issues.
The first mishna there has a gezera that you are not allowed to put food even on a covered fire on shabbos (even where there is no problem of bishul). The Rishonim offer 2 reasons why:
1. שמא יחתה בגחלים - maybe you will stoke the coals
2. מחזי כמבשל - it looks like you are cooking
Based on this a number of poskim (R' Moshe, R' Eider, R' Willig) hold that the issur doesn't apply to a non-adjustable hotplate because there is no שמא יחתה בגחלים because you cannot change the temperature, and it is not מחזי כמבשל because no one cooks on such a hotplate. Therefore they hold that you can heat up solid cooked foods on shabbos on a hotplate. The Shmiras Shabbos disagrees. Note, it is not so simple to just be machmir, because you are taking away from your oneg shabbos, it is clearly more oneg shabbos to have hot food.
R' Moshe has another interesting chidush (not למעשה). He says that our stove tops should never need a blech. He explains that the whole reason for a blech is to prevent שמא יחתה בגחלים, with out stove tops that is impossible, there are no coals to stoke. What about turning up the gas? That is adding fuel which the gemara was never gozer on.
Interestingly enough, R' Aharon Kotler also dealt with this point albeit differently. He said that since today the worry is that a person will turn up the gas, the blech needs to cover the knobs (maybe it doesn't even need to cover the fire) so that the person will have a reminder not to turn up the gas.
Lastly, the Chazon Ish holds that the idea of grufa uktuma in the Mishna is that it lowered the heat significantly and therefore he holds that what we call a blech is no good as it doesn't lower the heat. According to him you need a blech like an upside down pot which does lower the heat.