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Meet the Lady Jackets! November 12th at 6:30 in the Sprayberry Commons. Enjoy Dinner and support the Lady Jacket Basketball Teams as they tip off their 2013-2014 season.
The Lady Jackets start a four game home stand Friday January 6th. The JV girls face Osborne at 4:30 and the Varsity girls continue Region play vs. Chapel Hill tipping off at 6:00. Saturday January 7th we will host our East Cobb rival Lassiter at 4:00. Come out and see the girls play this weekend.
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Ferndale has its fair share of lovebirds, so we decided to check in with a few of them before Valentine's Day and ask them to share relationship and date night secrets.
Today, we take a closer look at what makes Ferndale residents Larry and Monica Mills so sweet.
How long have you been together?
Married 30 years, dated 9 years, met at St James standing up at Larry's brother's wedding.
What's the secret to a successful and happy relationship?
True respect, common interest but also separate interest.
We do enjoy the events we work on and cheer each other on when stressed or tired. When apart it is fun to bring back the stories.
What famous couple would you compare yourselves to?
Heart to Heart (80's TV adventure couple) but Larry does all the driving and not as much danger.
Why did you settle in Ferndale, and how long have you lived here?
Larry has lived here his whole life. I moved to the house we now own in 1979 to assist a family member and a bonus, I was able walk to work at F&M, now Buffalo Wild Wings. We wanted to be close to our folks and invested to much sweat-equity in the home to ever want to leave. We love our neighbors and how everyone looks out for each other.
What's your favorite romantic night out in Ferndale and why?
When we started dating, sitting by the backyard built in pool at his folks home which inspired the ponds Larry built and maintains in our yard.
We receive so much support for our events from the many downtown venues we often walk to and patronize. Often start at Boogie Fever, speaking of good neighbors and wonder to other FUNdale friendly finds. Each has its own charm for the type of adventure we might be looking for. We always appreciate that home and our ponds are very close by. Wait maybe we are the couple from Golden Pond.

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Baked Ham with Sweet Glaze26 Reviews 9 Pics
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"This is a common recipe brought down through my family. My grandmother made it, my mother still makes it, and we all love it to pieces! It is great leftover or chopped into a fresh green salad. I love this ham glaze because it is simple and easy and delicious!"
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- Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Place ham on a rack set in a roasting pan, and carefully pour about 1/2 inch of boiling water into the pan beneath the ham.
- Bake the ham in the preheated oven for 2 hours, or until a meat thermometer inserted into the thickest part of the meat (do not touch the bone) reads at least 140 degrees F (60 degrees C.)
- Reduce oven heat to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C.) In a bowl, mix together the brown sugar, flour, dry mustard, honey, and lemon juice as needed to make a thick, smooth paste. Brush the ham generously with glaze. Skewer 1 pineapple chunk and 1 maraschino cherry per toothpick, and insert the decorated picks all over the ham.
- Return the ham to the oven, and roast for 15 minutes. Baste the ham, fruit and all, with glaze and juices that have collected in the bottom of the pan, return to the oven, and roast for an additional 15 minutes. Let the ham rest for at least 10 minutes before slicing.
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Oh My Oh My what a ham!! I made this for Easter and fixed it exactly as written but I didn't need all the water. Full of moister and great taste too! I also added a teaspoon of ground cloves to the sugar mixture. My family LOVED this ham!! Thank You Thank YOU aellis0923. A True keeper:) YYYEEEAAAHHH BTW, the sauce this ham creates along with it's own juices is terrific on sweet potatoes, which I served along with roasted asparagus, mushrooms,mashed roasted potatoes and rolls. Delish Dish:)Bon Appetit!
Wonderful, good, moist ham. I made this ham with only a few changes. Cut about an inch diamond pattern over the outside approximately 1/4 inch deep, place a clove in the center of each diamond. Insert a cherry on a toothpick and insert that into the ham and add a pineapple ring - do this over the entire ham. No water, just placed the ham cut side down in a foil lined 9 x 13 baking dish and cooked at 325 for about 1 1/2 hours. Mix the rest of the ingredients along with the drained pineapple juice and cook in the microwave for 3-5 minutes untill thickened. Use the mixture to baste the ham every 15 to 20 minutes for the next 1 1/2 hours.
This was DELICIOUS! I wanted a sweet thick sauce to pour over the meat to transport easier to a carry-in banquet, and this worked great! While baking the ham as directed, I prepared the glaze over low heat in a sauce pan, with a tad of the pineapple and cherry juice stirred in. When the ham was done I cut it into slices/pieces and placed them in a crock pot. I then mixed a little of the ham (water) juices from the baking pan in with the glaze to make it a little thinner. I poured the glaze over the ham slices and added the pineapple chunks and cherries and stirred to mix it all up. I got lots of compliments, and the ham was so moist cooked this way! LOVED IT!
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Amount Per Serving (20 total)
- Calories
- 668 cal
- 33%
- Fat
- 32.8 g
- 51%
- Carbs
- 23.6 g
- 8%
- Protein
- 66.1 g
- 132%
- Cholesterol
- 218 mg
- 73%
- Sodium
- 146 mg
- 6%
Based on a 2,000 calorie diet
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Malinga, Sandile Bethuel (1995) A study of atmospheric oscillations in the meteor region above Grahamstown. Masters thesis, Rhodes University.
he dynamics of the atmospheric meteor region have been studied using the data obtained with - - the Grahamstown (33°16'S, 26<>:30'E) meteor radar between the years 1987 and 1993 inclusive. Harmonic analysis and the maximum entropy method (MEM) , were used for the spectral characterization ofthe wind above Grahamstown. The prevailing wind, tidal (periods 12- and 24- h) and other (periods 8- and 6-h) oscillations were extracted from the data using the guidelines agreed upon by the A TMAP community. Above Grahamstown the zonal and meridional prevailing winds were found to be predominantly eastward and equatorward respectively. Tidal amplitudes are comparable to the magnitude of the prevailing wind vector, with the diurnal tide being stronger than the semidiurnal tide. The phase differences between ,the zonal and meridional components of the semidiurnal and diurnal tides are - 2 hand - 5 h respectively, which is in reasonable agreement with the corresponding expected values of3 hand 6 h. The tidal wind vectors are on average elliptically polarized with anticlockwise rotation. Longitudinal and day-to-day tidal variations were studied. From the longitudinal study, the semidiurnal tide was found to be dominated by migrating modes, while the diurnal tidal behaviour suggests the presence of nonmigrating modes with zonal wavenumber s = 4. Tides were found to be variable from day to day with little apparent correlation between the zonal and meridional components of the respective tides.
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"A Better Way of Life" isn't just the Town motto; it's a fact. According to a 2011 survey, 78% of residents rated the quality of life in Apple Valley as good or very good, and 81% were satisfied with the Town's overall performance in providing municipal services. The 2011 results are virtually unchanged since the last survey in 2009. These figures are an excellent indication that the Town Council and staff are on the right track in providing the services Apple Valley residents demand. When looked at in light of the current economy and the oft-cited distrust of government by the public, the public acknowledgment of the Town's success is especially notable. Nearly 80% indicated satisfaction with the Town's communication efforts. Our Town, the printed quarterly newsletter, was cited as the top source of information for residents, with 90% finding direct-mailed newsletters as an effective method of communication. Almost half of residents had visited the Town's website sometime in the past 12 months. The survey also provided evidence that Vision 2020, a set of ten goals established by the Town Council, is a clear and accurate reflection of citizen priorities as well. When asked to rank the importance of services provided by the Town, as well as suggest spending priorities, public safety, transportation, economic development and parks and recreation were all at the top of the citizen list, and all are important parts of Vision 2020. The Apple Valley Town Council recognizes the importance not only of subjective feedback received from residents on a daily basis, but in an objective measurement every two years. This survey has become an important measurement of our performance as well as a valuable tool during the budget process.


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By Robert Barron, Staff Writer
Enid News & Eagle
ENID, Okla. —
The pace may have slowed some, but business continues to be brisk in Enid, based on November sales tax distributions to cities and towns from Oklahoma Tax Commission.
The current figures represent local tax receipts from spending in late September and early October. Net taxable sales in Enid during that period were more than $3 million higher compared to the same period in 2011.
According to OTC figures, net taxable sales in Enid during the period were up 4.9 percent over sales during the same period in 2011. That broke a string of double-digit increases.
The city of Enid received $2,247,309 from OTC, an increase of $105,638 from last year's receipts, continuing the upward trend.
City Manager Eric Benson said sales tax receipts have steadily increased each month for more than a year. He recalled that last year at the same time, the increase was "huge."
"It was not unexpected, but it was a huge increase," Benson said. "The amount was very surprising. We've already set a benchmark, and now it's being exceeded."
He said the increased sales tax figures show people have found Enid and enjoy coming here and shopping.
"And, we're glad to have them," Benson said.
To get a hotel room in Enid, a person must start looking at least a month in advance, Benson said. The oil industry is contributing to that, which is a reason city officials are looking at an ordinance covering industrial work force housing locations.
"We need to provide a solution rather than react with an improper response," Benson said. "We're following the example of towns that did it well. It will eliminate the pressure on the hotels so people can come here and stay."
At a recent city commission meeting, City Planner Chris Bauer talked about a housing ordinance. Several companies have expressed interest in building manufactured housing for temporary workers. Bauer suggested several items the ordinance would need to cover, costs the owners would pay to the city and the length of permits.
Most county seats across northwest Oklahoma also saw hefty increases in net taxable sales and sales tax receipts.
The towns of Cherokee and Medford again saw increases of more than 100 percent. Cherokee recorded an increase of 156.7 percent — $2,297,446 — in net taxable sales for the September-October period compared to a year ago. Medford saw an increase of 120 percent — $1,076,575 — for the period.
Other net taxable sales increases by percentage and dollar amounts for county seats in northwest Oklahoma were: Alva, 50.5 percent, $3,369,270; Woodward, 23.1 percent, $5,908,314; and Fairview, 26.4 percent, $906,150.
Watonga and Kingfisher recorded declines in net taxable sales for the period. Watonga, the Blaine County seat, saw a decline of 54.8 percent, or $2,914,780 less in sales. Kingfisher recorded a 9 percent decline, or $692,866 less in sales.


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Basbousa topped with walnut
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Basbousa (Arabic بسبوسة basbūsah) or hareesa (Arabic هريسة harīsa), shamali (Armenian Շամալի), nammoura (in Lebanon [1]), revani (from Persian[2]) used in the former countries of the Ottoman Empire: (Greek ραβανί and ρεβανί), revani (Turkish) or ravani is a sweet cake made of cooked semolina or farina soaked in simple syrup. Coconut is a popular addition. The syrup may also optionally contain orange flower water or rose water.
It is found in the cuisines of the Eastern Mediterranean under a variety of names. It appears to be a variant of the Egyptian dish ma'mounia.[citation needed] In southern Greece, it is called ravani, while in the north, it is called revani. It is a traditional dessert in Veria. Basbousa is often called "hareesa" in the Maghreb, Alexandria, and Jordan.[citation needed] Basbousa is a particularly popular dessert among Coptic Christians for fasts such as Great Lent and the Nativity Fast as it is vegetarian.
Pastūsha (sometimes stylized as Pastūçha) is a variant of basbousa that originated in Kuwait in the 2010s. Like Basbousa, it is made of semolina soaked in sweet syrup. It is characterized by the addition of finely ground pistachios and orange flower water.
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- Alan Davidson, Oxford Companion to Food
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- How to make Basbousa/Revani, German
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Essential reading: Boxed in on taxes, Romney says Obama dislikes success, and more
Welcome to the top tax and accounting headlines from Reuters and other sources.
* Boxed in on taxes, Romney says Obama dislikes success. Sam Youngman and Steve Holland – Reuters. Mitt Romney accused President Barack Obama on Wednesday of demonizing business success, as the Republican tried to ignore questions about his personal finances that threaten to damage his presidential bid. Some senior Republicans worry that Romney is becoming boxed in by the Obama team, just at the time in the race when many Americans begin to tune in and form clearer opinions about candidates before the November 6 election. Link
* Defense firms open to higher taxes to avert cuts. Damian Paletta – The Wall Street Journal. Two top defense contractors told a House committee Wednesday that Congress should consider including increasing taxes as part of a package of changes to reduce the deficit, a sign that industry fear over the impact of spending cuts next year could challenge party orthodoxy. Top executives from Lockheed Martin, Pratt & Whitney, EADS North America, and Williams-Pyro told the House Armed Services Committee that the $50 billion in projected military spending cuts set to begin in January already has had a chilling impact on military planning, delaying projects and raised the possibility of layoffs before the end of 2012. Link
* U.S. utilities fear approach of fiscal cliff. James Politi – The Financial Times. The largest US utilities blitzed Capitol Hill this week to lobby for a deal to avert the effects of the "fiscal cliff" on their industry, warning that increases in tax rates on dividends could damage their normally steady shares and delay investments in the country's electrical grid. The threat of tax increases on dividends has alarmed companies with steady cash flows that pay a lot out to shareholders. Link
* Aiming for Romney, Democrats push for disclosure of offshore accounts. Ashley Southall – The New York Times. Senate Democrats intensified their campaign to pressure Mitt Romney to release more information about his finances with a push for legislation requiring candidates for federal office to disclose holdings in foreign tax havens. Senator Richard J. Durbin, the majority whip, and Senator Carl Levin, took to the floor to urge support for the Financial Disclosure to Reduce Tax Haven Abuse Act. Representative Sander Levin of Michigan, the top Democrat on the House Ways and Means Committee is preparing similar legislation that would require presidential candidates to release at least 10 years of tax returns and disclosures of overseas accounts and other financial transactions. Link
* Obama plan to lift to tax rates would plague millions of small businesses, study warns. J.D. Harrison – The Washington Post. Should Congress allow the tax rates for the nation's highest earners to expire at the end of the year, millions of small businesses could be forced to cut jobs and wages, placing an enormous strain on the already sluggish economic recovery, according to a new study. Commissioned by a host of pro-business advocacy groups, Ernst & Young conducted this latest study in an effort to predict the long-term economic impact of letting the top rates increase at year's end — and the findings stand in stark contrast to the repeated assurances from Democrats that their proposal would have minimal effect on small business owners. Link
* UC regents link tuition hikes to Gov. Brown's tax measure. Larry Gordon – The Los Angeles Times. Most University of California students will get a breather of at least four months without a tuition increase. But then, all bets are off. That's the result of a UC regents vote Wednesday freezing all undergraduate and some graduate school tuition as part of a funding deal with the state legislature. If Gov. Jerry Brown's tax hike measure on the November ballot fails, the regents warned that tuition might rise 20 percent, or more than $2,400. Link
* EU queries U.S. seat on global accounting body. Huw Jones – Reuters. The United States may have to give up its seat on a top global accounting body if it continues to drag its feet over the adoption of international book-keeping rules, the European Union's executive said on Wednesday. Discussions over whether the United States would adopt the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) have been going on for a "very long time and, despite repeatedly expressed commitments from the U.S., things are advancing very slowly", European Commission spokesman Stefaan De Rynck said. Link
* EU court to rule on tax refund interest. Alex Barker – The Financial Times. The Barclay brothers' legal battle to recoup up to 1 billion pounds from UK Revenue & Customs reaches a potential turning point on Thursday, as a European Union court rules on how to calculate overpaid taxes. Sir David Barclay and Sir Frederick Barclay are suing the government for failing to add compound interest when it refunded Littlewoods, the retail group, excess value added tax payments spanning more than 30 years. Link
* India outsources await U.S. Senate vote. Dhanya Ann Thoppil – The Wall Street Journal. Proposed legislation in the United States that seeks to offer tax breaks to get businesses to hire locally has stirred a debate on what it means for India's software outsourcing companies. The legislation, dubbed the Bring Jobs Home Act, would help companies cover the cost of moving production back to the United States and ban tax deductions for the expenses of moving operations abroad. Link
* Permanent tax holiday. The New York Times editorial. A common election-season complaint is that candidates spend too much time attacking each other and too little discussing issues. That was not the case this week on the question of how to tax U.S. multinational corporations on foreign earnings. President Obama raised the issue at a town-hall meeting in Ohio, discussing his proposals for tax credits for manufacturers in the United States to encourage the creation of new jobs. He said this was greatly preferable to Mitt Romney's support for a so-called territorial tax system, in which the overseas profits of American corporations would escape U.S. taxation altogether. Link
* Romney should release his tax returns. Joseph Thorndike – The Wall Street Journal opinion. Democrats have stepped up their calls for Mitt Romney to release more of his tax returns, clearly hoping for more embarrassing revelations about his overseas tax shelters or his long relationship with Bain Capital. Thus far, Romney has released his 2010 returns and estimated returns for 2011. But he has declined to release older ones. Critics point out that Romney's father, George, set the standard for candidate tax disclosure when, during the Republican presidential primary campaign in 1967, he released 12 years of tax returns. President Obama, for his part, has released all of his returns since 2000. Link


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De Soto Heritage Festival Seafood Festival: along Main Street and Barcarrota Boulevard, Bradenton
De Soto Heritage Festival Seafood Fest is noon-7 p.m. April 7 featuring some of the best seafood around with tasty offerings from area restaurants and food vendors. There will be area artisans and craft vendors and other activities for the whole family, and continuous entertainment on two stages by various national, regional and local bands including Steve Arvey, The Boneshakers, The Dweebs, Del Couch Foundation, Gator Nate, and Big Daddy on Sunday. Admission: $2 adults, children ages 12 and younger are admitted free. A portion of the admission fee will be donated to MOTS and FELT. Information: 941-747-1998.
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Anna Maria Island Art and Craft Festival: Holmes Beach City Hall Field, 5801 Marina Drive, Holmes Beach
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Coquina Beach Market: 2650 Gulf Drive S., Bradenton Beach
Come and stroll the Beach Market at Coquina Beach 10 a.m.-4 p.m. April 7 featuring fresh produce including organic produce, arts and crafts, jewelry, local artists, scarves, apparel, pottery, purses, collectibles, health and beauty items and live music by area favorite, Larry Wilhelm. The market does not allow any dogs at Coquina Beach. The market is stroller, walker and wheelchair accessible. For more information, call Nancy Ambrose at 941-518-4431.
Pulled Pork Challenge: The Bridge Street Market, along Bridge Street, Anna Maria
The Bridge Street Market and Heroes on the Water will host a creative Pulled Pork Cook-Off competition 11:30 a.m.-2 p.m. April 7. The event gives the public a chance to sample some of the most delicious traditional and inventive pulled pork recipes from acclaimed local chefs and culinary aficionados form Anna Maria Island. Live music will be provided by the Tangled Mangoes. Tickets: $5. Proceeds will benefit Heroes on the Water, a mission helping wounded warriors relax, rehabilitate, and reintegrate through kayak fishing and the outdoors. Information: 941-778-8705.


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By Oliver Patton
A recent news report about broken truck reefer units in Ohio prompted Sen. Sherrod Brown to press the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to act on food safety.
Brown, a Democrat from Ohio, was reacting to a WBNS-10TV report that roadside inspectors found spoiled food on two trucks but state and federal agencies do not do enough to monitor the reefers.
The report quotes a State Patrol officer saying that the vast majority of truckers do things the right way, and notes that it is up to the receivers to reject any spoiled shipments.
In a letter to FMCSA chief Anne Ferro, Brown said the agency should do more to guard against the problem.
"It is my belief that our food safety security net – a partnership between the United States Department of Agriculture, the Food and Drug Administration, and the State of Ohio – also requires the guidance and participation of FMCSA," he said.
He asked Ferro to report on agency inspections in Ohio, on agency communications with the Agriculture Department's Food Safety and Inspection Service and on ways to improve the effort to protect food safety.
Ferro has not yet responded but will do so directly to the senator, said agency spokesperson Marissa Padilla.
Re: Senator Urges FMCSA to get involved with food safetyOf course he does! Why wouldn't a politician want a government endity that has nothing at all to do with food safety get involved in something they know nothing about?It makes perfect since. If you're a big government liberal whose agenda is to expand the reach of government oversite and control into every part of every citizens life.Ohio voters, remember this career politicians name and vote him out ASAP!!!!
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Barack Obama has hit the 50 day mark and motherfuck if that guy still hasn't made good on his promise to build every single American a house made out of fellatio.
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Check out JFK all the way up top with a 73 percent approval rating. Now there was a guy who knew how to make a house out of fellatio.
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We lost another giant of modern political discourse over the weekend.
On Saturday, Tony Schwartz — the man who created Lyndon B. Johnson's infamous, pants-shittingly scary "Daisy" advertisement against Barry Goldwater — died at the age of 84 in his Manhattan home…
"Media consultant" is barely adequate to describe Mr. Schwartz's portfolio. In a career of more than half a century, he was variously an art director; advertising executive; urban folklorist who captured the cacophony of New York streets on phonograph records; radio host; Broadway sound designer; college professor, media theorist and author who wrote books about the persuasive power of sound and image; and maker of commercials for products, candidates and causes.
What was more, Mr. Schwartz, who had suffered from agoraphobia since the age of 13, accomplished most of these things entirely within his Manhattan home.
If his vision of the world is anything like the one portrayed in this 1964 TV advertisement, it's no wonder he stayed in his apartment all the time. I'd never leave the closet.
Our condolences go out to Mr. Schwartz' family.
Tags: Barry Goldwater, Lyndon Johnson
You've Got Hollywood in My Politics: Helen Gahagan Douglas
How much of a difference is there between show biz and politics? Not so much really. Both rely heavily on good bullsh*tting skills. Given that, it's no wonder that so many actors make the leap from movie life to public life. We'll take a look at some notable examples in our series.
Beautiful young actress Helen Gahagan — despite much success in theater and opera — only managed one film after moving from New York to the mean streets of Hollywood: a 1935 B-budget sci-fi Mummy rip-off called She. Gahagan had the title role as She and got to say things like "I am sorrow and longing and hope unfulfilled. I am She Who Must Be Obeyed!" Not quite the drawing room comedies she was used to on Broadway.
With her husband Melvyn Douglas' acting career thriving, a creatively unsatisfied Gahagan turned her attentions to the throngs of displaced farmers who had left behind the massive roving dust clouds of their Midwest homes in favor of sunny California and the possibility of food. So instead, she hosted fundraisers and led First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt through California's migrant camps to highlight their plight.
Then, in the early '40s, President Roosevelt asked the vehemently liberal Gahagan to run for the U.S. House of Representatives to counter-balance Clare Booth Luce, a vehemently conservative female playwright and journalist, effectively keeping the female Congressional influence at zero. Gahagan did, running as Helen Gahagan Douglas. And, with the help and support of a young, handsome, fellow liberal actor named Ronald Reagan, she was elected in 1944.
Gahagan found a friend in Texas Representative Lyndon B. Johnson, who mentored her in exchange for the chance to stare longingly at her thin, doll-like ankles during long House sessions. After Johnson successfully made the leap to the Senate in 1948, Gahagan decided to give it a try as well in 1950. Unfortunately, she ran against Representative Richard Nixon, who didn't care for Gahagan's civil-responsibility-minded ways. He promptly dragged the electoral process down into the mud, dug up the mud and then dragged it down into the sludge beneath the mud. Their election is widely remembered as one of the ugliest in Congressional history. He named her "The Pink Lady" (and she, in turn, named him "Tricky Dick"). He tied her to Communism at any available opportunity, at one point saying famously, "She's pink right down to her underwear." This image of the lithe Congresswoman traipsing about Capitol Hill in silky rose-colored bra and panties resonated with the voters, who carried it with them into the cool, dark privacy of their voting booths. And probably beyond. Nixon beat her with 59% of the vote.
Gahagan never returned to politics, but she did live out the rest of her life as an outspoken advocate of liberal causes until her death in 1980. Nixon went on to do some other things, we think.
Tags: Franklin Roosevelt, Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon


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DALLAS (SMU) SMUs Meadows Museum, home to the first large-scale Santiago Calatrava sculpture to be permanently installed in the United States, joined Saturday's celebration honoring the opening of the Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge designed by the Spanish architect. Meadows is hosting a special exhibition Calatrava and SMU: A Decade in Motion that runs March 4 - April 22, 2012.
Meadows Museum Director Mark Roglan (left) and SMU President R. Gerald Turner, talk with architect and artist Santiago Calatrava overlooking Calatrava's "Wave."
The exhibition includes Calatravas preliminary watercolor sketches of Wave, a 40-by-90-foot perpetually moving sculpture installed in 2002 on the street-level plaza in front of Meadows Museum at 5900 Bishop Blvd. A campus landmark, the sculptures bronze bars move sequentially above a reflection pool. The exhibition also includes correspondence, mementoes and photographs of the sculptures installation and dedication.
Over the past decade, Calatrava and SMU have built a deep relationship, says Meadows Museum Director Mark A. Roglán. It is now our great pleasure to extend this relationship to the people of Dallas as we join them in celebrating the Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge. Our exhibition will offer visitors a unique view of the artist behind the bridge and illustrate the many ties that bind him to SMU.
On Friday, Calatrava returned to SMU to see the exhibition and the 2009 renovation of the Meadows Museum Plaza and Sculpture Garden near Wave. The plazas southwest corner includes a new terrace, the Irwin Overlook, with a view over the sculpture.
One of the enormous qualities of America is the way it welcomes people, Calatrava said. You have welcomed with us with your will and your heart. I know so many people in this community, but my mother, my alma mater, its this university.
Meadows Museum is the only Dallas-Fort Worth museum that includes Calatrava works in its permanent collection. The Meadows collection includes Calatrava sculptures Palme and Il Dente, which also will be part of the exhibition. In addition, the exhibition will include Calatravas inscriptions in a set of architecture books he donated to the museum.
Calatravas relationship with SMU began in 1999 when he was commissioned to create Wave for the new Meadows Museum, which opened in 2001. He received the 2000 Algur H. Meadows Award for Excellence in the Arts from SMUs Meadows School of the Arts, then returned to SMU in 2001 when his work was featured in the museums inaugural exhibition, Poetics of Movement: The Architecture of Santiago Calatrava. SMU again honored Calatrava at Commencement in 2005 with the presentation of the Honorary Doctor of Arts degree at a ceremony where he gave the 90th SMU Commencement address.
When King Juan Carlos I and Queen Sofía of Spain attended the opening festival of the new Meadows Museum, they participated in a ceremony pouring water from Spain into a special vase to await the dedication of Wave. At the 2002 dedication, Calatrava and Spanish Ambassador Javier Rupérez poured the water from Spain into the sculptures reflecting pool, mixing it with Texas water as a symbol of the cultural and aesthetic bond between Spain and the United States. The ceremonial vase will be part of the exhibition.
Wave by Santiago Calatrava
Works by Calatrava at SMU
"I was very moved when the Meadows Museum at Southern Methodist University asked me to create a sculpture," Calatrava said at the dedication, "and I am now delighted to see the work permanently installed here, where I have received such a warm welcome.
In this sculpture, the solidity of the bronze bars seems to dissolve into something fluid, he said. Rigid, straight elements take on the appearance of a curve; the heavy material becomes weightless, as it is reflected in the water. Perhaps, in these transformations, we may also sense how an architect born in Spain comes to feel at home in Dallas."
Calatrava provided preliminary ideas to the museums renovation of its Plaza and Sculpture Garden. When the plaza opened in 2009, Calatravas work was featured in an exhibition, Santiago Calatrava: The Making of Wave.
The Rosine Foundation Fund of Communities Foundation of Texas, through the generosity of Mary Anne and Richard Cree of Dallas, provided $1.5 million for construction and maintenance of Calatravas Wave as part of the Campaign for SMU. Mrs. Cree established The Rosine Foundation Fund to honor the memory of her mother, Rosine Sammons. The Meadows Museum Plaza and Sculpture Garden includes a terrace overlooking Wave donated by Richard K. and Gwen W. Irwin in honor of his parents, William and Florence Irwin.
About Meadows Museum
The Meadows Museum is the leading U.S. institution focused on the study and presentation of the art of Spain. In 1962, Dallas businessman and philanthropist Algur H. Meadows donated his private collection of Spanish paintings, as well as funds to start a museum, to SMU. The museum opened to the public in 1965, marking the first step in fulfilling Meadows vision to create a Prado on the Prairie. Today, the Meadows collection of Spanish artone of the largest and most comprehensive outside of Spaincomprises more than 125 paintings and sculptures and approximately 450 works on paper. The collection spans from the 10th to the 21st century, and includes medieval objects, Renaissance and Baroque sculptures, and major paintings by Golden Age and modern masters.
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Carrie Hunnicutt
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To Be Young
[I read this and decided that I wanted to figure out what being young means]
To be young is to mess up. A lot. It's an unavoidable part of your existence, and it only gets more pronounced as you grow older. If you're smart, you'll learn things from the failed relationships, the hangovers, the unemployment, the debt, and the confusion. You'll learn about yourself, the way you react to change, and you'll learn to pick yourself up off of the ground, dust yourself off, and jump out towards new opportunities and new mistakes. You'll never be perfect, but you will be better.
To be young is to feel unmoored. You're on your own, floating in your twenties, hunting for a purpose or a mate or a job. You will feel alone. There's no guidebook on how to get through it. If you can't throw an anchor down, at least tether yourself to other boats. Find communities of supportive people that make you want to be better. Stick with your friends; they will help you weather the storm (spoiler alert: they feel the same way you do). You're without a schedule for the first time in your life. Appreciate it, and use the time to figure out who you want to be in 2 days, in 2 months, and in 2 years. Start doing things that get you closer to being the person you want to be.
To be young is to regret. You'll wish you had taken the other fork in the road, or handled a situation differently, or said something instead of staying silent. Regret is going to be part of your life. Take a deep breath and realize that there's only one direction from here, and it ain't backwards. Learn something from your regrets and move on.
To be young is to be selfish, and unkind, and just plain mean to each other sometimes. We're hard-wired to compete and to survive. That brings out the animal in us, and we'll lash out at others as a defense mechanism. We'll all say things we wish we hadn't, and then we'll have to apologize and hope that we haven't caused irreparable damage to a relationship, be it personal or professional or both. You have to learn to let the tiger out of the cage only at the right time.
To be young is to take everything and nothing for granted. It's easy to move through life quickly, to never stop to smell the roses or appreciate a sunset from a cabin up north. It's easy to push off a phone call with your parents, or a chance to catch up with an old friend over a beer, because we think there's time for that later. We're young, and we have all the time in the world. But growing up these days we are out on our own for the first time, often without a fulfilling job, mounds of debt, and no safety net or schedule to save us. We learn to appreciate happy hour 2-for-1s our group of friends that much more because of it.
To be young is to do stupid things. How many of us have stayed up too late watching Netflix because you just need to know what happens on the next episode of Breaking Bad? How many of us go out drinking or to bar trivia or to a comedy club on a Monday or Thursday, even though work tomorrow is going to suck because of it? How many of us have spent too much money on shit you don't need, at a bar or at Target or online? I'm guilty of all of that, and I assume you are too. Your twenties are good for that kind of stupid, forgiving exploration. Once you anchor yourself down with a wife or a mortgage or a few youngsters, everything is less forgiving. Use this time wisely, for it is a gift that dwindles away as you become less young.
To be young is to endure confusion, pleasure, invulnerability, vulnerability, fear, excitement, love, and regret all together. It's feeling wise but knowing you are dumb, feeling old but knowing you're young, and feeling like a failure yet learning to win. It's a moving contradiction and a truth we all subconsciously know: "We are scared and tired and often bored, but we'll get through it, and you can't wait to see what we can do."
To be young is wonderful and awful at the same time. Enjoy it while you can.
Mississippi Moment of Clarity
I was in Jackson, Mississippi over the weekend for work. I went to a crawdad boil with friends of a friend. After a few beers and a few hours of laughing with these people I've never met before, I had a thought:
There is so much fun to be had in odd places with new people. We forget that. We go through our lives doing the same thing, seeing the same people, and going to the same bars even though there's so much out there. So, so much.
You're never too old or young to take giant leaps of faith, but your twenties are designed for it. We graduated college, and may have jobs or leases or significant others, but that's it. Many of us are unmoored, untethered to a particular place or person or position. That drifting feeling is obviously a little disorienting and can be confusing, but it's a positive thing too. It's a chance for a course correction. It's time to explore. We're lucky because we have all this time in the great divide between who we are and who we will be. There is no better age to try new things, to travel, to screw up, to change and move and run from routine. It's a gamble worth taking.
Complacency is simple. "Just happy enough" is a plague-ridden safety blanket we cling to for fear of something worse. We need to keep jumping at new experiences and putting ourselves out there to fail because that enemy known as "routine" is always nipping at our heels. Routine is the voice in the back of your head saying "you might fail" and "but you don't have any idea what will happen next." It's telling you that "it's gonna be awkward" and "it'll never work out."
You'll feel lost sometimes. You'll feel alone and disoriented and maybe a little afraid. That's OK. There's a whole world out there waiting to be explored. There's an intriguing weirdness about this country we live in and the people that exist in these new places. There's a lot to learn from these people, and we could all benefit from seeing a little bit of that Weird America firsthand. It's good to feel out of place, out of your element, without a safety net. That's how you grow.
New is your ally. Different is your partner-in-crime. Strange is your bedfellow. We need to start telling ourselves to fail. To be unsure. To put yourself out there. Feel fear. Get dirty. Fuck up. Change gears. Move forward.
Maybe all it takes is a Mississippi Crawdad Boil with two strangers you'll probably never see again to jolt you awake. Maybe, just maybe, that's a life-altering moment waiting to happen. You never know until you give it a shot.
Yin and Yang
"I'm pretty sure you're two different people," said a friend and coworker as I stared inside a glass of whiskey at a downtown bar. She was referring to the person I was at work and who I am on the weekends. One is an overworked, professional, dedicated employee who goes to bed by 10, exercises, and eats well. The other comes out on Fridays and Saturdays and still thinks he's more or less in college. It's not exactly a Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde thing, but that's the first thing that comes to mind. I'm not sure which one is supposed to be the monster.
That distance between professional and personal lives never truly goes away, but I don't think it's ever larger than when you're a twenty-something in a hard-partying college town with a lot of disposable income, very little stability and an allergic reaction to boredom. We're bored and unmoored.
I'm quick to melodramatically tell everyone what a wreck my personal life is and like to make jokes about how many shambles my life is in, but I'm pretty sure that's a common feeling for those in my demographic. You're confused. You feel a bit lost at sea without an anchor. You don't know how you're expected to act. The fragments of who you were keep bubbling up to the surface, and the person you're supposed to become hasn't arrived yet. We're all just passing time until the train gets to the station. There isn't really anything else to do, so we go out to bars, order one too many, and traipse around the city like kids in an ever-expanding, endless candy store. We make friends through drinking games, random hookups and laughter. We are young and wild and that is, to an extent, how we like it.
I think the confusion comes from the idea that I want both poles at the same time. I want the unexpected confusion and randomness of the night, but some nights I just want to watch a shitty movie on Netflix with a girlfriend. I want to be unaccountable and free, but also reliable, loyal and professional. I want the shirt-and-tie nine-to-five, but also the rock-and-roll lifestyle. Those two sides fight each other for my attention.
I keep looking forward and trying to figure out what I am actually supposed to be doing. I keep thinking that I should be acting my age, whatever that means. The more and more I think about it, I am acting exactly how I should be. I think the expectation is that as a twenty-something college graduate, my particular brand of dualism isn't out of the ordinary. It's expected, and it's reflected and reinforced by the pop culture we breathe in. Look at the group on How I Met Your Mother; the characters are successful, professional, productive members of society but they also spend their free time at the bar looking for beer, bedmates and laughter.
Eventually, we'll meet an anchor that makes the boredom go away, and we'll be content just sitting around. We'll be happy doing couple-y things, and "adult" things, and we'll give less and less time to the other side. Eventually, the distance between your own personal Yin and Yang is almost undetectable. We'll find a balance. It just might take a while, so we might as well enjoy ourselves while we're waiting.
RIP, Steve Jobs
My dad was a PC before being a PC meant being John Hodgman. I've worked on a Windows-based computer since I was playing Commander Keen as a three year old. We never had a Macintosh, but I do remember using iMacs in 4th and 5th grade. Even to a PC, losing the co-founder of Apple is a pretty big moment.
Yesterday, my generation's visionary died, and we're a little broken up about it. You can see it in the flurry of sincere tweets, obituaries, and blog posts from a normally-disaffected generation. He was our John Lennon, a dreamer who seemed to believe in himself and his own ideas on a supernatural level. I saw more than one tweet fly by into the ether last night about how losing Steve Jobs is my generation's version of losing Walt Disney, someone else whose ideas were so brilliant and so new. People are actually laying flowers for Steve Jobs, a former executive at Apple stores he helped create. That is absolutely unheard of in an era whe
re our nation's youth are protesting in front of Wall Street, an era where we distrust anyone wearing a suit and cast shame on executives across the country.
Steve Jobs showed us why we should Think Different. He hired the brightest people and expected them to make the best products. He pushed his employees to the edge because on the edge, legends are born. He proved to us that breaking the rules isn't just the right thing to do, it's the only thing to do. We learned from Steve that if you're good enough, you make your own rules. Through his work, he taught us that simplicity in design trumps complexity every time. His products showed us that ease of use is a beautiful thing.
Steve Jobs taught us that sometimes, things break, and the world will crush you. He also taught us that there's freedom in losing everything. After being fired from Apple in the 80's, he could have sat on his couch, wallowing around with a bag of cheetos and daytime TV like the rest of us. He started Pixar instead. He taught a generation of underpaid, underemployed, and overworked people that life is too short to work in a job you don't like. We learned from Steve that settling for a life we don't want is far worse than feeling lost for a little while, and we each take that lesson with us well into our twenties.
The fact that the majority of my generation probably heard about his death via one of his products says more about the impact of Steve Jobs than words ever can. But Steve Jobs means more to us than the phones in our pockets, laptops in our backpacks and music in our ears. He showed us what we could be if we were brave enough and heard our inner voice in a clear and resonating tone. He was a genius, someone who changed the world, and he will always be an inspiration to each and every one of us.
Stay Hungry, Stay Foolish.
Nine Eleven
I didn't take 9/11 very seriously when it happened (I wrote about comedy's place in tragedy last year). I was 13, and I lived in a suburb in Minnesota. The day was filled with jokes about planes aiming for the buildings in our town: Go ahead, take out the teen center and ice rink. Nail the McDonald's downtown. That was how my classmates and I felt that day; there was no danger, no threat to anyone close, no damage done in our world. We made jokes because we didn't understand why our teachers were so solemn, so quietly fearful of how everything would turn out and what the ramifications of the attack would be.
They remembered the draft and they remembered Vietnam, so at that moment all of our teachers and parents probably had visions of their students and sons forced to wear camouflage, ready to fight another guerrilla enemy in a long war. History was again going to be repeating itself, and there was nothing anyone could do about it.
But there wasn't a draft, only a generation of volunteers heading to the Middle East to fight for whatever we had lost that day. And many battles have been fought, and many lives have been lost, and many things will never be the same.
What happened and what changed and what evolved in the last 10 years is nothing short of astonishing.
We're still involved in the same wars. We've seen the feeling of unity and "God Bless America" patriotism mutate into polarized political factions. One of them is an overwhelming celebration of anger, fear and jingoism hiding as"Average American" patriotism. The other party is full of idealists hiding under a veil of irony and cynicism because they just might actually believe in the "Hope and Change" rhetoric of yesteryear. Everything is black and white. And anyone in the middle better duck and cover, because there isn't a place for reasonable people who see value in both sides. Politics isn't a buffet, it's a prix fixe menu. If you aren't with us, you're against us.
Economically, we've seen empires crumble, then banks crumble, and then we crumbled. Jobs were lost, and many more Americans had to deal with layoffs and job reductions. Gas shot up, loans went unpaid, and houses still remain foreclosed. The rich get richer, the poor poorer. Again, the middle is no place to be.
We've now fully realized that we're on our own. The institutions won't make us whole. Our political parties will only keep fracturing and moving towards the poles. The banks will let us down, religion will not save us, schools can barely teach us, and the government cannot protect us.
But, as the Springsteen song goes, "at the end of every hard-earned day people find some reason to believe." We still have hope. The internet has evolved from a place for nerds to talk about episodes of The Simpsons and Star Trek into an all-encompassing ecosystem of its own. Social media creates communities of geographically-displaced human beings, and is even aiding in revolutions across the world. Pop culture is making us smarter and more aware. There is some light, even if it isn't that much.
There will be good years, and bad years, and we will keep moving forward. Just remember that good things will keep happening. Kids will still laugh, friends and families will still get together, and comedians will still tell jokes. We will still smile. We have our freedom, and no group or institution or moment has been able to take that away. And we will never forget one of the moments that changed everything and defined our generation.
As Long As We're Young
There are rules you should break, and there are rules you should respect. Which rule belongs in which category is completely up to you. You will ultimately be defined by the rules you break. The world is built and enhanced by those who break the right rules and respect the others.
You will be rejected, by girls and jobs and friends and enemies. You will feel left out. You will feel alone. If you're strong and smart and brave and confident enough, you won't let that darkness cover you and define you.
The biggest lie we tell ourselves is that we're special, that we're alone in feeling the way we do. The truth is, we all feel the same basic things. When you do feel rejected and alone, just remember that everybody else does too. Friends will dampen the bad times and enhance the good times.
You will have good friends and bad friends and friends you only keep around to compete with. Some will journey with you, others will fall behind. Find the ones you can spend lazy time with, time spent going to brunch or sitting at the park. If you can sit around with a group of people, watch crappy TV, and still enjoy yourself, you've found your best friends.
You will collide with strangers who will leave scars (good and bad) that you'll carry with you for the rest of your life. Deep, ephemeral connections with strangers during an impromptu adventure are some of the most memorable moments you'll have. Some of these collisions will last for a long time, some of them will be fleeting. Enjoy the moments.
If you're not exercising now, start. We're at the lazy peak of our physical existence, so it's easy to forget to take care of our bodies. Right now, everything heals, and what we do often has little lasting power. Watch what you eat. Watch how much you drink. Soon your metabolism is going to shut down and the negligence will bite you in the ass.
Find something you're passionate about and throw yourself into it. There is nothing more boring or useless than hating everything. Sarcasm, satire and cynicism are okay, but feeling electric about something is much better.
There are people who love to dichotomize the world, to assign people to teams, to categorize chaos. Remember that while some things are good and some things are evil, the majority of things lie in between those two poles. Don't let anyone put you on a team you don't belong on. Think for yourself and be a free agent instead.
Silence is your best friend and your worst enemy. Figure out how to find peace in silence and in nature. Nature has been here much longer than you, and it'll be around long after you're gone. Your job is to hunt for the beauty that exists in the world, and try as hard as you can to ignore the ugly.
As long as we're young, we still have time. Take advice from your elders, take advice from the younger generation, and take advice from your generation. Most of all, take advice from yourself. Nobody sees the world like you.
Do things today and learn from the past. And never, ever forget to move forward.
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I live in Madison, the stereotypical college town: full of youthful energy, busting at the seams with a mixture of stress, lust, college pride and drunken adventures. I've lived here for five years and have generally considered myself a part of the young vibe Madison so vibrantly exudes.
But lately, I've started to feel a little old and disconnected. The students look younger and younger, and now I'm older than most of them. They worry about fake IDs, homework, and where they're going to go out that night. I worry about paying school loans and getting enough sleep so I can work 50+ hours a week. It's like one morning I woke up, and I wasn't the same person. Blink and you'll miss it, but you become someone else.
People my age don't really fit in…..we're too old for the college crowd and too young for mortgages and garage sales. They call it a "quarter life crisis." It's a time when we're supposed to reconcile the past with the future; who you were in college morphs into "adult" you. But really, it just feels stagnant. We're just waiting to become an adult. It's an awkward time because we don't really fit in.
Objectively, I'm still young. I may have a little less hair than I did when I was in college and I may wear more "adult" clothes, but other people still group me in with the Badger crowd. And that's fine, because I'm not quite ready to give that persona up.
Then again, I don't feel like an adult either. I'm not ready to host dinner parties and settle down. The most responsibility I want is taking care of a dog and holding onto a steady job. I definitely don't want to have kids yet, and I'm not trying to get married. It's too early for that.
I'm lucky enough to have a great job, but much of Gen Y is underemployed or not employed at all. The average age of marriage is climbing up next to the big 3-0. Having kids comes soon after that. This means there are 5 or 6 years post-college where you just don't know what you're supposed to be doing, or what's expected of you. It's a confusing time. In pop culture, this is the cornerstone of the Apatow-ian comedies like "Knocked Up." We all have a little bit of Seth Rogen in us.
When I think about this period in life, I think about How I Met Your Mother. I love that show. At times, it's flat-out hilarious. Other times, it's emotionally devastating. This season, a main character's dad died unexpectedly and the characters are all coming to terms with leaving their twenties behind and embracing that new side of themselves they never knew they had. It's sold as a love story, but it's really about growing up and dealing with all of the good and bad things that come with being an adult.
Don't get me wrong, I'm having a great time. At our age, we're full of disposable income and the "real world" hasn't made us jaded and cynical (yet). We're still wide-eyed dreamers who believe in love, life, and the pursuit of happiness without too much stress or too many setbacks. Pure hope. We have an amazing amount of unbounded excitement for this new world we're supposed to be entering. We are rookie adults.
So here we are, straddling the line between keggers and wine tastings. The sun is setting on the person I was in college, but the promise of a fulfilling "adult" life is still there. We're at the crossroads between the reckless, exuberant youthfulness in our early twenties and the life we're supposed to be leading at the end our third decade on this planet. I guess these years are about becoming the person you'll be for the rest of your life. As long as I remember that to hold onto a lot of the person I was and the person I am now, I'm not even remotely worried about becoming Future Tom. I'm excited to meet that man.
How to Survive Your New Job
This post was first featured on The Next Great Generation. Check it out…it has articles by much better writers than me.
Five months ago, I started a real job. One with an office and coworkers and everything else that makes a job a "job." No more sitting on Twitter and Facebook all day and no more working remotely from home or the nearest coffee shop.
But I survived week one… and two, and three. Nearly a year after graduating, I finally feel like I'm successfully leaping over that giant chasm between college and professional life. The first months of a new job are filled with terror, excitement, confusion, and promise. You can either enter the fetal position and shake until it's over, or, you can face it head on and try to learn something from it. Here are some tips for surviving and thriving in your new job.
Embrace Confusion
There is no way you can get through the first week of something new when you're constantly worrying about all the things you don't know. Accept a certain amount of disorientation (physically and mentally) when you enter something new. You're going to get lost, turned around, confused, and uncomfortable. You might as well embrace it. Knowledge will come.
Ask Questions and ALWAYS Ask For Help
The only way to stop being lost is to get directions. Ask for help when you've lost your way, ask for clarification when you're confused, ask someone to repeat something when you didn't catch the message. You'll appear enthusiastic and others will know that you're interested and excited about this new experience. At first, this wasn't easy for me. I'm the type of person who wants to figure things out for myself and seldom asks for help, but I realized that I had to ask for help when I needed it. Missing deadlines because you're too stubborn or proud to ask for assistance is just plain stupid.
Get to Know Your Coworkers
Go ahead and tell stories about your glory days in college, tell NSFW jokes, and let your coworkers get to know the "real" you… after a while. When you start out, keep it clean, keep it safe, and keep it professional. Get acclimated to the job and the people you work with before you bust out the keg-stand stories and salty language. This isn't to say you can't show off your true personality, just understand that work-land is different from the dorm room and act accordingly.
Remember That Everyone Is In the Same Boat
Everyone else who is new is feeling the exact same way you are. They're going to need just as much help as you. And if you're the only new person, just remember that you're not the first one. What you're feeling isn't strange, it's just a byproduct of entering a new environment: Everyone's running around trying to figure out what their place is, how they fit into the big picture, and if they're going to make any friends. Just like you. And you know what? They made it. You will too.
Fake It Till You Make It
Above all, just jump in the deep end. Learn to be comfortable with being uncomfortable. You'll quickly learn that the waters will keep rising; it's either sink or swim, and it's much preferable to tread water for a little bit than sink straight to Davey Jones' Locker. Take on responsibilities you aren't sure you can handle. It's the only way you'll grow as a professional and as a human being. As the quote from Mad Men goes, "This is America…Pick a job and then become the person that does it."
Eventually, things will make sense. You'll either be happy at your job or you'll be miserable and get another job. It's really that easy. With these five tips, you should be able to survive the murky waters of a first "real-world" job with flying colors.
In Defense of Generation Y
They say we hop jobs too often. We have no work ethic, expect too much, and want to be famous despite having no talent. We expect too many thank-you's and pats-on-the-back, and we don't take criticism well. Oh yeah, and we just don't have enough respect for our elders.
At some point, hearing the same anti-millennial garbage over and over gets old.
Millennials get a bad rap. Look, I get it: Some of us are easy targets. Many people my age are poster-children for the Gen Y stereotype: They have helicopter parents, they received praise all of the time and thus expect a reward for everything they do, and they try to emulate Paris Hilton, Lindsay Lohan, and Snooki .
Unfortunately for us, this is a case of a few very rotten apples spoiling the bunch. For every Snooki-obsessed Gen Y stereotype, there are a ton of entrepreneurial, hopeful, caring, and hard-working millennials that go unnoticed.
Things are going to change for the Boomer generation, and they're slowly catching on to this fact. Naturally, they're terrified, so they're lashing out and trying to discredit us. There have already been some quality posts in defense of Gen Y, but I think it's time to throw my hat in the ring. It's time to stick up for my generation by explaining or attacking some of the common misconceptions the best I can.
Those darn kids want everything RIGHT NOW!
Yeah, we're a generation of impatient, ADD-addled people. We want "instant" everything, and waiting on anything is annoying. We want and need everything to be instant: Communication, customer service, information, feedback…everything. It's not natural for us to wait on these things.
We grew up with the internet and instant messaging, so we had a world of answers at our fingertips and indirect contact to every single one of our friends at all hours. We grew up with mobile phones and text messaging (or at least came of age when they became popular), so we always have had instant access to our friends, family, and customer service, wherever we are. Our life is instant. The older generations are used to waiting for everything, but we aren't. This is something the older generations are going to have to learn to deal with, because we are in a culture of "instant."
Those darn kids are unrealistic and entitled
One of the often-used words to describe Gen Y is "entitled." They say we believe we're entitled to unrealistically big salaries. And you know what, they're right. We DO feel like we deserve all of that. But who can blame us? We're the ones who are paying an incredible amount of money to go to college, yet many of us still haven't landed a job after graduation. We need a nice job with a big salary because the previous generation made student loans a HUGE hurdle in our twenty-something lives.
We believe in our own abilities to an "unrealistic" level (yes, it's overconfident, but at least we actually believe in ourselves) because we're the "good job for trying!" generation that "earned" a trophy for being in last place, just because we participated. There's a quote attributed to Alex Bogusky, and it goes something like this:
"Being nice about someone's mediocrity is the worst kind of mean"
We're a generation that has been constantly rewarded for mediocrity, so of course we'll feel entitled to unrealistic jobs, salaries, and lives.
Just remember: We're praise-hungry, entitled monsters because you made us this way.
Those darn kids don't know how to work
Yeah, we don't want to work 9-to-5 desk jobs in traditional offices. Get over it, because that's not going to be the norm in 10 or 15 years.
Who wants a desk job? We've seen how miserable our parents could get because of their crappy, thankless desk job. Of course we're going to fight against having that, and we're going to do anything we can to avoid it. For us, it IS avoidable….we're the generation of dorm-room entrepreneurs. We have laptops, the internet, and smartphones; "work" isn't bound by location or time.
Those darn kids whine on social media
Hell yeah we whine on social media. It works; smart brands understand our influence and want to make us happy (ALL brands should want to make their customers happy). We found a way to be heard, so we'll send out our grievances in 140 characters or less and hope it reaches someone important.
We found a way to create communities that aren't bound by geography. We found a way to band together and take the power back from the massive institutions that we can no longer trust. So yes, we're going to keep writing tweets & blog posts to get your attention, and we will broadcast our negative experiences and expect them to be rectified (instantly, of course).
Those darn kids are…just like us?
There are a lot of things that separate our generation from the Boomers or Gen X. We're very different because we grew up in different time periods, with different cultural norms and different situations. But, remember this: Just like your generation and the next generation after us will, our generation wants to laugh, love, and live. The definitions of what these things mean may be different, but we're still driven by the same desires. Of course I'm going to complain about the next generation, and I hope the next generation feels free to challenge their elders like we do.
But for now, shut up and give us some respect for once, will ya?
What do you think about Gen Y?
9 Years After
I was in eighth grade on 9/11, in Mr. Wenthold's art class.
I remember not taking it too seriously…we were in Minnesota, so we weren't very afraid of anything happening to us in the middle of America.
I remember doing my homework every night in front of the endless TV coverage, with pundits and politicos trying to make as much sense out of this mess as they could.
But the most searing, burning memories I have of that period came when the comedians stopped making jokes.
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I remember the shock and utter confusion on their faces. That uneasy sense, wondering if they were crossing the line, wondering if they could tell jokes at all anymore. That lostness. I will never forget Jon Stewart's first monologue after returning. Conan's monologue. The SNL opening, where Lorne asked the Mayor if it was ok to start being funny again.
To a 12 or 13 year old kid, seeing the clowns crying signaled that this was real, it was real bad, and it was real serious. I won't ever forget that.
So here we are, nearly a decade later. A lot of bad things have happened since then. We've been at war for my entire adult life. Every now and then, a natural disaster comes along and rips apart a city or two. Financial kingdoms have toppled, and many jobs have been lost. And there's a lot of hatred.
But a lot of good things have happened since then, too. After every disaster, we've rebuilt what we can. New York is still standing, albeit without two giant towers that used to grace the skyline. New Orleans is getting there. Jobs are coming back, to some extent. My generation, the generation that came of age in this mess, created empires in their dorm rooms and are revolutionizing the way people interact with each other. We believe that we can help fix this mess. We still have hope; that in itself is a good thing.
And the comedians are still telling jokes. As long as the clowns still exist, we'll be alright.
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