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I, Tomato: Morning Star's Radical Approach to Management
The Morning Star Company, which handles 40 percent of California's processed tomato crop, is the largest tomato processing company in the world. That's impressive, but the most unique thing about Morning Star is that it has no managers. Instead, Morning Star embraces an approach they call "self-management." As Paul Green, Jr. of Morning Star's Self-Management Institute puts it: "Self-management is, at a very very high level, exactly the way you live when you go home from work. We just ask you to keep that hat on when you come to work at Morning Star."
In our everyday lives, we don't have bosses telling us which careers or hobbies to pursue. If we want to purchase a car or a home, we don't have to get permission. Sure, we consult with friends and family before making important decisions, but as long as we're prepared to take responsibility for our choices, we're free to do what we want.
The same spirit reigns at Morning Star. Employees decide how their skill sets can best help Morning Star succeed and then develop their own lists of roles and responsibilities in collaboration with their colleagues. If Morning Star employees want to purchase new equipment, they don't ask managers for permission. Rather, they discuss potential purchases with colleagues who will be affected by the purchase and, if others with expertise support the decision, they simply buy what they need. There is no R&D department at Morning Star. There are, however, strong incentives for every employee to innovate. Workers who successfully innovate don't receive new titles. They earn the respect of their colleagues in addition to financial compensation.
Running a firm without managers seems like a crazy idea to many, but is it? If the most prosperous societies are organized around institutions that promote freedom and responsibility, why shouldn't a similar approach work within a firm? If market-based societies are best able to take advantage of local and dispersed knowledge, then doesn't it make sense to give staffers with the most local knowledge the freedom to make decisions?
More than 50 years ago, Leonard E. Read wrote "I, Pencil," an essay that asks how we can expect central planning to succeed when nobody in the world possess all the knowledge needed to produce even a simple pencil. For more than 40 years, Morning Star has been demonstrating that you don't need managers to run a successful company.
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It's wonderful to see Morning Star with such a company culture. It's the same one that used to be present at Hewlett-Packard for decades before the late 90's. And HP had that culture because Bill and Dave took post Depression American values, such as individual initiative and responsibility, and made that the basis for how employees did their work.
Unfortunately, HP's culture mutated into decision making by consensus. And when that bogged things down, it mutated into very rigid top down decision making and micro management. Hopefully, Morning Star can avoid that path.
In order for that to work, you have to have employees who are committed to the product. Once you get bean counters who care only about making money, the whole culture goes to shit. When HP started it was made up by people who had a passion for making equipment. When it got away from that, it went to shit.
I have long wondered why I- as a more market oriented person- have tended to favor more authoritarian governance within businesses, while many of the people I work with want a Nanny State Government, but chaffe when someone asks them to (say) use the same programming language as the rest of the company.
There is one large issue, which is setting incentives so that a person's behavior is aligned with the corporation's best interests.
At my company, people often would go off creating a new product built on totally different technologies. They would get the joy of using something new and trendy, then leave the company or transfer or otherwise toss the product off to someone else, and never have to live with the consequences of a system that needs heavy lifting to maintain. Figuring out a way to maximize freedom and avoid this type of "risk avoidance" is a major task in and of itself.
Be warned that people with strange ideas about languages tend to be attracted to companywide standardization committees. For one thing, it keeps anyone from figuring out that their code is garbage.
My company makes us take an online course in "business writing" (emails, memos, etc.) that is the exact opposite of Morning Star. The fucking course was talking about reprimanding subordinates and the correct way to toady to your boss without being obsequious. I feel like I just stepped out of an episode of Mad Men.
How are you supposed to properly toady?
Be formal, but not too formal, apparently. And get to the damn point. And also be assertive, but not overly so as you would do when upbraiding your secretary for not putting the correct amount of Equal in your coffee.
Don't you mean "administrative assistant"?
Nope, I definitely mean secretary. This web course seemed to be directly transcribed from a 1950's film strip.
I may be engaging in a bit of hyperbole, but the whole course struck me as pretty severely out-of-date.
"What I am concerned with is detail. I asked you go get me a packet of Sweet-N-Low. You bring me back Equal. That isn't what I asked for. That isn't what I wanted. That isn't what I needed and that shit isn't going to work around here."
Sounds like communism to me.
I feel like I just stepped out of an episode of Mad Men
I love that show, such nostalgia! The good ol days when women in the workplace where under the desk where they belo...
Urr, I mean, disgusting show! Degrading to women! It should be banned!
And why is hard liquor banned? How else are you going to start your workday?!
Whiskey in my coffee, not vodka and milk, Roger.
Trying to build a successful biz today will get a huge target painted on your back.
Welcome to the new USSA, where sloth and envy are rewarded and hard work and success are ridiculed and punished.
There is no way that we survive this insanity, we are done as a country. Anyones guess as to how it ends, but it's over. Oh, we may survive as a partially split up country or as just another 3rd world rat hole, but the great country that we once were is never coming back.
The Baltics are doing OK after their split with the USSR, so I have hope hat something livable will come out of the ashes. I'd rather live in a free country than a "great" country (whatever that means).
I am all for a split, all joking aside. I'm dead serious. There really is no road to any type of compromise with the progs, that I would be willing to accept.
We are nearly as divided today as we were right before the civil war, just along a lot more lines, it's way more complicated.
Maybe that Russian guy, can't recall his name, was right when he predicted that the US would split into 6 different countries.
I'm with you on the split, but I think three countries would be sufficient: Progressive Utopia, Conservative Utopia, everyone else. A democratic republic is not really a horrible system, but the population has grown beyond the capability of elected representative to effectively represent.
Progressive Utopia will have to build a wall to keep all of their citizens in. And that will be the one thing that I will be willing to assist them with.
Not so sure about 'everyone else', I want to see a Libertarian 'free zone' where we can write up our own constitution based on Libertarian principles. It will probably look a lot like that old document we have now, but with some amendments to specifically declare things that the government 'CANNOT' do.
And conservoland and libertarian land would get most of the oil and gas. Don't think for a moment the progs wouldn't start building armies to try and take that back, especially after they went broke.
Yep, they are going to come after us in their solar powered hummers and shoot nerf missles at us.
Yep, they are going to come after us in their solar powered
hummersprius' and shoot nerf missles at us.FIFY
They are just insane. What is most scary is how they are always picking out an enemy. During the election it was "The rich" and now it is gun owners. There is always someone who is the Goldstein. They are getting terrifying.
We can't co-exist with these people, John. I have been saying this for quite a while now, and I will continue to say it.
They are completely insane to the extent of Germany, pre-WW2.
Spend one afternoon over at Politico and you will see it. They are advocating rounding up and imprisoning anyone who even voices their opinion as pro 2nd amendment. And they are serious.
These folks have always been with us and when they get enough power, bad things happen.
These are the same people who got witches burned at the stake and got the Jews executed in mass.
It's like some form of mass hysteria with them. Like you said, today it's gun owners, yesterday the rich, tomorrow, who knows. But they have a sort of hive mentality, always looking for something to hysterically attack.
These are the same people who got witches burned at the stake and got the Jews executed in mass.
I think you're a bit off track here. Both of these things were done by severely hardcore conservative groups, not progressives. Unless you're just putting them together in the insane category, in which case carry on.
The Nazis were not conservatives. They were progressives. They were profoundly anti-capitalist, anti-democracy and anti individual freedom. They also believed in a centrally planned state and economy. There was nothing "conservative" about them.
I guess it depends on your definition of conservatism. I'm thinking more of the nationalistic views which I generally equate with conservatism.
"I'm thinking more of the nationalistic views which I generally equate with conservatism."
You need to work on that.
They were definitely nationalistic. But anyone, left or right can be a nationalist.
Is Chavez a conservative? He's pretty nationalistic.
I am saying that they are of the same sort of hysterical hive mentality.
These are not tolerant people. They tolerate only what they agree with and want the government to ban everything that they don't like.
You don't seriously suggest that the government round up folks who have a different opinion than you, unless you are nuts.
These are not tolerant people. They tolerate only what they agree with and want the government to ban everything that they don't like.
Agree completely with this.
Nazism and communism both believed in the concept of collective guilt. For the Nazis, it was those who were members of the inferior races. For the communists, it was those who were members of the suspect political and socioeconomic classes who were responsible for the world's ills. And that, when you think about it, is nothing but the 20th century version of burning witches.
Exactly this that I am referring to, John.
They are the type of people who will jump onto whatever type of mass hysteria band wagon there is that is looking for a boogey man to slay so that they can feel superior.
The progressives today definitely would have been inquisitors, witch burners, bolsheviks, whatever, same folks, just a different form for the age that is of hand.
"The Nazis were not conservatives. They were progressives. They were profoundly anti-capitalist, anti-democracy and anti individual freedom" - john
conservatives are pro-capitalist, pro-democracy, and pro individual freedom? this is news to me.
also hyperion, your pretty hysterical yourself my friend. -
Complete myth that the Nazis were conservative.
I had the pleasure of being selected as a member of the team that restructured American Express Financial Advisers (a business unit of AmEx) into what became Ameriprise Financial. It was very similar to this. Very collaborative and nonpolitical.
This is probably because there is a high overlap between Ameriprise's financial advisors and Ameriprise's financial outlook. Both basically make a living out of pushing financial products on their customers. Financial Analysts are basically Salespeople, and such positions are notoriously easy to align with the company.
Man, shit is slow this afternoon. Where are the PM links?
They've been othering us all week, probably because of some "holiday" or something.
More of this. Executive-driven, Mad Men-style management too often does little but churn out toadies and incompetent managers that suck up resources while contributing little, while those that are actually vital are often directly punished (see: The Dilbert Principle).
Whoa, I never thought about it that way before dude.
I actually worked for this company in the 2011 season, entry level job was 11/hour and min 40 hour workweek, which was quite nice.
I think my favorite part was the short interview, because im not very good at them. For morning star it was basically hey you have a clean driving record welcome aboard.so i dont have much other legitimate work experience to compare, but i dont know how accurate it is to say that there are no managers. again i was entry level and i never actually reported to anyone, just showed up and did the job they assigned me at the beginning(shuttle driver). however a guy i worked with had to request from our "colleague" to be transferred to a new job, and when he finally got that job and didnt show up, our "colleague" fired him. sounds like managerial work to me even if that wasnt the job title.
my friend who worked at the other morning star factory a few miles down the road also had a guy constantly on his ass to do his job, and he would bring stacks of job applications around and say look, work harder or one of these will. im not saying any of this is wrong, just that it sounds like a manager to me. maybe its different in the upper levels of the company.
all that being said, it was a pretty cool job and i liked the company. learned some interesting things about food processing and industry.
yeah i was wondering who does hiring and firing if nobody's in charge...
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There are too many question arising about this kind of business. I believe it is possible to maintain such an hierarchical order in a company that focuses on something "simpler" as a production of tomatoes. The goal of everyone is to produce more and faster, so they are working towards this end without being thrown one against each other. But when it comes to more complicated jobs (construction, transportation), it obviously seems very difficult to handle it. But I can be wrong, the problem is that all the articles (or movies) I have seen about it never really explain the way how the company really works. Who is in charge when they make deals with other businesses? Who hires/fires people?
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Volume 26 - Article 2 | Pages 41-62
Whose job instability affects the likelihood of becoming a parent in Italy? A tale of two partners
Date received: | 12 Jul 2011 |
Date published: | 26 Jan 2012 |
Word count: | 4974 |
Keywords: | employment instability, first birth, income, Italy |
DOI: | 10.4054/DemRes.2012.26.2 |
Weblink: | You will find all publications in this Special Collection "Economic uncertainty and family dynamics in Europe" at http://www.demographic-research.org/special/12/ |
We examine the likelihood of becoming a parent in Italy taking into account the employment (in)stability of both partners in a couple. We use data from four waves of the Italian section of the EU-SILC (Statistics on Income and Living Condition), 2004-2007, accounting for its longitudinal nature. Overall, our results suggest that Italian couples are neither fully traditional nor entirely modern: the "first pillar" (i.e., a male partner with a stable and well-paid job) is still crucial in directing fertility decisions, because, in our interpretation, it gives the household a feeling of (relative) economic security. But this "old" family typology is becoming rare. Increasingly, both partners are employed, and in this case the characteristics of their employment prove important. A permanent occupation for both partners is associated with higher fertility, while alternative job typologies for either of the two depress fertility.
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Daniele Vignoli - University of Florence, Italy
Sven Drefahl - Stockholm University, Sweden
Gustavo De Santis - University of Florence, Italy
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The Costume Chronicles, Part 9, 10, & 11
after finishing all the other costumes i had on my agenda, i was left with a very large problem. what should i make for MY kids? for as old as they are, they are pretty good about letting me do most of the deciding on halloween costumes. (except the 'chipettes'. . . they have wanted to be the chipettes for the last several years. ummmm. . . no, thank you!) so, here we are. down to the last few days, three costumes to make and we finally agreed upon. . .
fairies. specifically, tinkerbell and friends. even more specifically, tinkerbell and her newest friend, periwinkle from the new movie "secret of the wings."
and let me tell you, it took every second i could find in those three days to get these costumes done! whew!
we made dresses, wigs, slippers, feathers, accessories and wings! oh, those fairy wings. . . there were many different tutorials i found for fairy wings, but the one i ended up using was simply amazing.
this is what her wings looked like:
can you believe someone MADE those? and then told us all how to make our own? stunning!
you can find
the tutorial here
mine didn't turn out as fantastic. . . but i liked them-- despite the two hours they each took and the fact that during our halloween activities i had to 'unsquish' them every two minutes. . .
they were made with layers of tulle, ribbon and sparkly fabric. then i used silver thread and did a satin stitch (is that what it is called?) over the top of wire. yes, in swirls!
and this one's costume?
it also has wired running throughout it to make the edges turn up like real leaves.
and after all the hours creating these costumes, my favorite part ended up being the little slippers-- by far the easiest part of the entire process!
okay, so now you get a little picture overload.
i am starting to think my girls are getting a little spoiled when it comes to halloween costumes. they feel it is their 'duty' to make sure that each and every detail is exactly as it should be while i am doing the constructing. maybe i should make them wear store bought costumes next year-- what do you think?
hmmmm. . .
nah! what would i do for the entire month of october? ;0)
and with that, i wish you a
Happy Halloween!
The Costume Chronicles, Part 8
jesse, the toy story cowgirl
so many fun details in this little costume!
an orange wig (
tutorial here
a halter top with collar, swirlies, buttons. . .
a circle skirt on top of a blue tutu,
a red hat,
and fringed cuffs.
The Costume Chronicles, Part 7
any guesses on what this costume might be?
frosty, the snow-woman!
this sure was a fun one to make. i found the fabulous top hat at a local party store-- and it was pink!-- and it was shiny!-- and it was only nine bucks! ruffle fabric in the exact same shade of pink was found the very next day-- a complete match made in heaven.
the hat was made for an adult, making it a little big. i fixed the problem by adding a felt strip all the way around the inside. problem solved!
The Costume Chronicles, Part 6
A full length adult tutu was on the sewing list for October. So much fun to make, but my goodness! Do you know how many yards of tulle this baby took? Eight yards of light pink, eight yards of dark pink and six yards of white. Such a pink princess skirt. If you are a girly-girl, I definitely recommend that you make yourself one of these at least once in your life.
But if you want a satin sash, I recommend that you make it AT LEAST twice as long as you think it should be. This one turned out way too short for a bow. Sorry, little sis!
The Costume Chronicles, Part 5
yet another 2012 costume. . .
rapunzel and her pet chameleon, pascal.
for the wig, I used this
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the chameleon was made using this pattern:
Cute Chameleon by Brigitte Read
he was fun to make. i had never attempted amirugumi before. i was surprised at how easy and fast he came together. according to my children, i have many more opportunities to make little creatures in my very near future.
and man, am i getting good at putting in grommets!
i think that is part of my enjoyment of constructing costumes-- figuring out ways to construct something i have never made before and learning new techniques.
what new techniques are you learning this halloween?
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(Bluefield)— Bluefield State College celebrates the start of its baseball, softball, tennis, and golf seasons with the inaugural "Spring Sports Shoutout," a cookout on Wednesday, March 26 in the Harris-Jefferson Student Center. Free food and nonalcoholic beverages will be given away, begin...
March 06 2014
(Bluefield)—A commentary written by Bluefield State College administrator Dr. Guy Sims has been selected for inclusion in the March 27, 2014 issue of Diverse Magazine. Dr. Sims' submission, "The Spectre of Academic Employment: The Diversity Statement," considers the use of a Diversity...
March 05 2014
(Bluefield)—The annual "Jerolee White Nursing Scholarship 5K Run/Walk will be held at Bluefield State College on Saturday, April 19, 2014 beginning at 9 a.m. The event was created in memory of the late Jerolee White, BSC Professor Emeritus, who dedicated her life to caring for the sick and disa...
Distance education courses at Bluefield State are designed for traditional students and those students who are unable to attend regularly scheduled traditional classes on campus or at the other distance sites established by the college. Distance education courses are an alternative to courses taught on campus and still provide the same quality and content as those traditional classes. The following are guidelines to assist faculty in developing and teaching web-based distance education courses at Bluefield State.
- Web-based courses will be carefully planned to meet the needs of Bluefield State students.
- Distance learning courses will be periodically reviewed and evaluated using the SREB's Principles of Good Practice to ensure quality, curriculum consistency, currency, and advancement of student learning outcomes. Faculty should update course content as needed.
- A clear assessment plan shall be developed in order to achieve effectiveness and clarity in all web-based courses.
- Learning activities shall be organized around measurable objectives. There should be frequent learner assessments – either graded or ungraded – that can help students evaluate their own learning.
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- If Section 110(2) does not apply, "fair use" as defined in Section 107 may apply. The nature and amount of the work used, and the purpose and effect of the use will be weighed to determine if fair use applies.
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- New online-based instructors shall undergo an in-service for developing their online course. The in-service can be in person or through an online forum. Topics will include pedagogy, copyright issues, and other areas of interest. Documents used in these in-services will also be made available on the BS Distance Education website.
- Online instructors shall communicate with the students in a timely manner. All questions should be answered within 36 hours, unless it is a weekend when a maximum of 72 hours is sufficient.
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- Crib (infant bed) fee: EUR 15 per night
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A survey of Spanish American literature from 1880 to the present. The course will examine a wide range of genres and representative authors of Spanish America. Special consideration will be given to the political, historical, and social dimensions of the literature and its role in the development of a Latin American consciousness.
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Cameron_Talley, on Sep 22 2008, 12:28 AM, said:
Oh. Well I just thought that the way Mister Phes said it, he knew the exact price. But yes, impulse sets do tend to cost around that regardless of what they are.
Brick Expo 2011 - Australia's BIGGEST LEGO Expo!
Posted 05 October 2008 - 08:56 PM
In addition, further photographs from BrickCon uploaded to flickr by Lego ambassador Andrew Becraft give us a peek at a mermaid figure for an upcoming set - one likely to be mass produced as the figurehead on the pirate ship of the 2009 product line.
Edit: Lastly, another attendee and ambassador, Nannan Zhang, has put up a shot of the "Governor's Daughter" minifigure to be released with the same pirate ship.
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Just a thought I had.
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Posted 06 October 2008 - 12:37 AM
The governor's daughter looks great as well, the dress is very nice. The princess head is a little out of place though, the brown eyebrows don't really go well with the black hair.
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Posted 06 October 2008 - 11:06 PM
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You know... that mermaid torso really would make a great Paradisa figure...
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Feb 29 2012 by Linda Foo Guest, Birkenhead News
AN exhibition about the life of a close friend of famous war poet Wilfred Owen is due to open in Wirral.
The Wilfred Owen Story in Birkenhead will host the tale of close school friend Alec Paton.
Owen was said to have only one close friend during his time in Birkenhead.
Called 'Wilfred Owen's Forgotten Friend', the exhibition features pictures of Mr Paton and both his own testimony and of those who knew him of living his life in the reflective glow of his genius school pal.
The boys were pupils of The Birkenhead Institute and their studious nature drew them together as they shared most of the top accolades in their class.
The pals were inseparable during holidays and rode horses on New Brighton Beach and swam at The Argyle Street Baths.
Wilfred spent so much time at the Paton household it was suggested that he remain with the family when his own parents returned to Shropshire.
When they became soldiers, Paton lived through the war while his best friend perished in the last week of the war – posthumously becoming the greatest war poet of all time.
Mr Paton became a teacher on the south coast.
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Mar 04, 2014
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Feb 14, 2014
2014 Student Independent Exhibition
Feb 28, 2014
Progressive acquires artwork by CIA instructor Dan Tranberg
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Mar 28, 2014
Dinner by Design Art of the Table, and a runway show
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CIA congratulates Sreshta Rit Premnath 03, whose solo show at KANSAS GALLERY in New York City was a criticspick in the prestigious journal, Art Forum. Read the review here: http://ow.ly/utVXH
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Photography major captures images on hand-blown glass
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The Accident: Recent Work by Nicky Nodjoumi
Feb 14, 2014
Glass major wins award in Niche magazine competition
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2014 Spring Design Show
Mar 11, 2014
3/13-17: Ikiru, To the Wonder, Escape from Tomorrow & more!
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CIA named one of the "Best in the Midwest"
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The Rhetorical Object: Conceptual Costructions
Course No. SCU470.1 Credits: 3.0
Prerequisite(s) Intro to Sculpture: Basic Materials & Techniques | Sculpture: Aesthetic + Functional Structure
This course focuses on student intent with regard to artistic production and their ability to allow for audience entry into a dialogue concerning the conceptual issues forwarded by their work. Students are expected to identify the content of the work they would like to explore via a rhetorical method that embraces an interconnected relationship between practice and theory as part of a project-based approach for the production of self-directed work. Required at the junior level for all Sculpture majors and open to all junior and senior level students.
The Tactile + The Digital: Painting in the New Century
Course No. PTG21X Credits: 3.0
Prerequisite(s) Intro to Painting: Painting History: 1828-Present
The focus of this course is the role of Painting in the digital age. Students will use varied media and subjects, traditional and non- traditional, to further develop analytical and expressive means in their painting and creative practices. Students are encouraged to draw from personal interests and from many disciplines to develop projects that will be presented to the class for group critiques. Through slide presentations, gallery visits museum shows, and readings, information will be presented relating to the current art scene in order to further the student's personal vision, help clarify directions, and explore a variety of formal, conceptual, and technical approaches to painting and image-making. Projects will address, among others, ideas and forms of light and space, color relationships, means and meanings of representation, text and texture, and gender, social and political issues. This course is open to all students with the prerequisite of Intro to Painting or with the permission of the instructor.
Three-Dimensonal Forms in Enamel
Course No. ENA247/347/447 Credits: 3.0
Faculty Gretchen Goss
Prerequisite(s) Enameling: Three-Dimensional Forms with Enamel
Advanced students having already taken Three Dimensional Forms and Enamel will work independently on advanced assignments and research that correspond to the schedule of critiques and demonstrations given to the entire class. Required of enamel majors. Open to electives. Prerequisites: ENA347 Enamel: Three- Dimensional Forms with Enamel.
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Time-Based Strategies
Course No. SCU235X Credits: 3.0
Faculty Marc Tomko
This course will provide students with an opportunity to investigate the concepts and practices of various time-based media arts. A basic introduction to the processes of video art, sound art, and media installation will serve as the basis for the production of several projects. Assignments will be grounded in the development of media literacy, media ethics, dissemination techniques, and teamwork.
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Elective credit can be given on a case-by- case basis for an internship developed by student through the career services office, with advance permission of instructor and head of department.
Topics in 20th-Century US History
Course No. HCS390X Credits: 3.0
As the title suggests, this is an entry-level survey course in modern American history, covering the period roughly from the end of Reconstruction to the late 20th century. In this course we will follow a chronological continuum. We will emphasize political, economic, cultural and social history. We will look at those in positions of power and those groups in society trying to acquire rights and power. In 15 weeks, we will be progressing from the period of steam engines and the American frontier to rock 'n' roll and the Apollo moon landing — a vast amount of material. The choice of what to include and what to leave out is entirely subjective, and class feedback on those decisions is encouraged. Issues of international importance will be discussed, in some cases in depth, but the main emphasis of the course will be on the domestic transformation.
Topics in Environmental Science
Course No. SNS390X Credits: 3.0
This course explores a broad range of topics that come under the heading of Environmental Science. It will focus on humans and the environment, taking in populations and health, earth resources, water management, food and hunger, biodiversity and sustainable living systems. Applications of these topics to various problems in design such as the design of sustainable cities will be emphasized through term research projects. Fulfills Social or Natural Science liberal arts distribution elective. No prerequisites.
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Annual Report (2001)
Cataloging Section, ARLIS NA
February 15, 2002
Submitted by Rodica L. Preda, Moderator
212/547-0653; fax: 212/547-0680
Leadership update:
Ex-Moderator: Alexis Curry,
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For the 2002 Joint Conference, the Headquarters decided to not follow the sponsorship practice due to a predictable large amount of proposals from both the ARLIS/NA and the VRA members. The Cataloging Section did not have to sponsor any session. The Moderator sent a call for papers to both listerves indicating topics of interest expressed at the previous Section's meeting. Out of five separate proposals discussed with Sherman Clarke (NYU), Gillian Currie (NGA, Australia), Daniel L. Nolting (Yale), Hans Zonnevijlle (NFI, The Netherlands), Sara Harrington (Rutgers), only one finalized in: Session X, "Stretching the Mold: Standard Cataloging and Special Materials", proposed and moderated by Sherman Clarke, NYU.
The "Update" Editor wrote the Cataloging Section column in three of the six ARLIS/NA UPDATE issues. He also posted monthly lists of new art and architecture subject headings to ARLIS-L.
The Section's webpage editor enhanced the page with a summary of "the changes in art subject headings recently adopted by the Library of Congress."
The Cataloging Discussion Group, NY Chapter, posted the minutes of its monthly meetings to ARLIS-L. Other chapters organized similar discussion groups and started posting their announcements and minutes to ARLIS-L.
In progress:
Update of the Section's roster.
Create a roster of libraries and visual resources collections that support internships in art librarianship (Strategic Plan I B).
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HARTFORD, Conn. (WTNH) -- Connecticut has repealed the death penalty and now it must change the law that allows minors to be sentenced as adults when they commit violent crimes.
A federal court ruling says Connecticut must make the change that people who commit violent crimes when they are under age 18 must have a chance at parole.
As of Thursday, there are 16,600 prisoners in the Connecticut Correction system, as many as 250 are prisoners sent to jail for crimes they committed when they were under age 18.
"There is such a thing as somebody getting a second chance and I think that Luiz would be a great candidate to be considered for this program," said Evaristo Pabon, of Farmington.
"He's very remorseful, my friend committed a murder at the age of 16, and at 17 he was convicted and sentenced to 50 years," said Trent Butler, of New Haven.
The Connecticut Sentencing Commission heard Thursday from dozens of family members and friends of people who committed crimes when they were 14, 15, 16 and 17, and were sentenced as adults, in many cases without the possibility of parole.
That has to change because the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled it's illegal because people at that age aren't fully developed and deserve an opportunity to receive parole at some point.
"That there are psychological, physical factors concerning brain development that limit juveniles responsibility for crimes," said Judge Joseph Shortall, CT Sentencing Commission, "they don't excuse them, but they limit their culpability."
"It would be retroactive because the U.S. Supreme Court was acting on a case that was indeed an old case," said Commissioner Leo Arnone, CT Dept. of Correction.
"I would be for giving juveniles a second break when you can give my son and wife a second break," said John Cluney, of Norwich.
A woman and her 15-year-old son were shot to death in 1993 by a 14-year-old who was sentenced to 60 years without parole. They were John Cluney's wife and son.
"I don't want to see him out. I don't want to ever see him on the streets, okay," said Cluney. "Once you cross the line...you've committed a double murder of a 15-year-old boy and his mother...you're capable of anything."
The special commission made up of judges, prosecutors, public defenders and members of law enforcement must make a recommendation on changing the law by the first of the year.
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A 5-year-old girl was rushed to the hospital Sunday night after a stray bullet struck her in the shoulder.DeKalb County Police tell FOX 5 News that it happened just after 8:30 p.m. Sunday at an apartment complex located at 2151 Flat Shoals Road. They say the girl was standing near a window as an argument between two individuals outside escalated, eventually leading to gunfire. The girl was taken to Children's Healthcare of Atlanta at Egleston where she will undergo surgery. She is expected to be okay.Police say they are searching for the pair that caused the hail of gunfire to erupt into the apartments. They spent the evening combing over the apartments and interviewing residents to try to identify the gunmen that were involved in the gun battle. Residents say the sprawling apartment complex was dusted with shell casings.
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Handgun ammunition loaded with Barnes TAC-XP bullets is nothing new. A variety of ammunition manufacturers including Black Hills, Buffalo Bore and Double Tap currently load them. Until now, the only option shooters had if they wanted Barnes TAC-XP bullets was to buy from one of these manufacturers or handload.
For 2013, a slightly enhanced version of the TAC-XP bullet will be available, already loaded in factory ammunition directly from Barnes Bullets.
What is it about these bullets that make them so desirable? Several things. For starters, all Barnes TAC-XP bullets are manufactured from solid copper; they contain no lead. Now, don't get me wrong, I'm not one of those folks who believe lead bullets poison the environment or make game animals inedible. However, some locals and even some firing ranges prohibit the use of lead projectiles.
All copper projectiles have another advantage: The exclusion of a lead core makes these bullets tough. By "tough" I mean they don't shed weight when they impact things. Non-bonded bullets with a lead core such as common traditional hollow points can come apart during expansion and this can negatively impact penetration. Defensive handgun cartridges, being what they are, are not all that great at penetrating unless the bullet is designed not to expand. The problem with a non-expanding bullet is it damages very little tissue. The last thing you want is a defensive handgun that damages very little tissue. Tissue damage causes blood loss and pain, and those are what allow bullets to stop bad guys and bad things.
Barnes TAC-XPD 185-grain .45 ACP ammunition and three fully
expanded bullets that were shot through denim into 10-percent ordnance gelatin.
The other advantage TAC-XP bullets offer is also related to their all-copper construction. If lead or a lead alloy is used as a bullet core, the result is a bullet with a narrow expansion window—a small velocity window in which the bullet will expand because the bullet has to be engineered around the lead or lead-alloy core. Bonding the core to the jacket doesn't really solve this problem, though it does prevent the bullet from coming apart.
The TAC-XP bullet can be engineered to work over a wide range of impact velocities by controlling the size of the hollow-point cavity. This helps to eliminate concerns when bullets are fired from short- or long-barreled handguns. Short barrels rob velocity and long barrels increase velocity. With conventional lead-core bullets, it's not uncommon for them to fail at high-end or low-end velocities. My testing has shown Barnes TAC-XP bullets can be counted on to expand with a velocity variance as wide as 500 fps. In some handgun cartridges, this is half the muzzle velocity.
These bullets can also be counted on to expand even if they have to pass through heavy clothing. This is important when you consider the chance of getting attacked by a naked bad guy is unlikely unless you spend a lot of time in brothels.
If you rely on a .380, 9mm, .40 S&W or .45 for personal protection, you now have another—and probably better—option for ammunition loaded with Barnes TAC-XP bullets.
The TAC-XPD line of defense ammunition from Barnes will be packed in 20-round boxes and will use cartridge cases and bullets that have been plated with Techni-Crom to ensure smooth feeding. It also gives the ammo a no-nonsense, business-like appearance. Barnes chose light- to moderate-weight bullets to keep recoil at a controllable level. Since the TAC-XP bullet retains 100 percent of its weight, the lighter bullet choice is not a negative.
Initial offerings will include an 80-grain .380 Auto, a 115-grain 9mm Luger, a 140-grain .40 S&W and a 185-grain .45 ACP load. In 10-percent ordnance gelatin you can expect all these bullets to expand to .60 caliber or larger. The .380 load will penetrate about 10 inches and the others will penetrate a foot or deeper.
I've always thought it wise to choose the best bullet for the task at hand. I don't use Barnes bullets for everything, but would hardly ever consider them a bad choice. And, when it comes to defensive handguns, most of mine are indeed loaded with ammo topped off with a TAC-XP.
Watch the video below to see a demonstration of Barnes TAC-XPD ammunition being fired through denim into 10-percent ordnance gelatin. Notice the deep penetration.
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If running isn't your thing, there are plenty of other things to do in Lowcountry this weekend
THE weekend is here.
The weekend forecast
Today: Morning showers, breezy. Lows (a.m.), mid-40s; Highs, low-60s.
Saturday: Sunny, breezy. Lows, low-50s; highs, mid-60s.Sunday: Partly cloudy, light winds. Lows, upper-40s; highs, low-70s.Source: National Weather Service, CharlestonSomething upwards of a quarter million people all told will be participating in the Cooper River Bridge Run, poking around crafts at the Flowertown Festival, following the bouncing ball at the Family Circle Cup, and digging into crawfish or dancing at the Lowcountry Cajun Festival.
And don't forget about the Charleston Bluegrass Festival; Shine, Shimmer and Shag; or the Garden Club of Charleston Walking Tour. Go to charlestonscene.com for all the happenings.
Here's what you need to know about three of the big four:
WHAT: Arts and crafts booths, food, music.
WHEN AND WHERE: Noon-5 p.m. today, 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday. Azalea Park, South Main Street, Summerville.
PRICE: Free. Free remote shuttles.
INFORMATION: flowertownfestival.org.
WHAT: Women's Tennis Association tournament, final rounds.
WHEN AND WHERE: 11 a.m. and 7 p.m. today, 1 p.m. Saturday, 11 a.m. Sunday. Family Circle Tennis Center, 161 Seven Farms Drive, Daniel Island.
PRICE: $10-$80. Box seats sold out.
INFORMATION: www.familycirclecup.com.
WHAT: Zydeco music, Cajun and Creole foods, children's activities.
WHEN AND WHERE: Noon-6 p.m. Sunday, James Island County Park, 871 Riverland Drive.
PRICE: $10. Free under 12 years old.
INFORMATION: www.ccprc.com/cajun.