text: It's easy to forget sometimes that film/television critics are a homogeneous group (white men predominantly). A group of males that spend a majority of their time discussing their favorite shows and movies, and sometimes debating when consensus isn't had. These conversations are sometimes polite, sometimes not, but most avoid the realms of abusive behavior. However, when gender dynamics come into play, all bets are off. A major source of contention among critics at the moment: HBO's new series True Detective. While many are hailing the latest detective serial as a dark masterpiece and further proof that television is in a golden age, others aren't so quick to lay on the praise. In particular, The New Yorker's Emily Nussbaum is in the camp that True Detective fails to push past its slick surface to deliver something meaningful. The big reason for that? Flat female characters. Like many critics, I was initially charmed by the show's anthology structure (eight episodes and out; next season a fresh story) and its witty chronology, which chops and dices a serial-killer investigation, using two time lines…. On the other hand, you might take a close look at the show's opening credits, which suggest a simpler tale: one about heroic male outlines and closeups of female asses. The more episodes that go by, the more I'm starting to suspect that those asses tell the real story. … the series, for all its good looks and its movie-star charisma, isn't just using dorm-room deep talk as a come-on: it has fallen for its own sales pitch. Fellow critics see it a little differently. The perceived misogyny is less an awkward by-product and instead an intentional act, one that reinforces that the skewed morality utilized by Detectives Rust Cohle (Matthew McConaughey) and Martin Hart (Woody Harrelson) may be a requisite to live with what they see at work, but that it also suggests that nothing these men say should be taken without a grain of salt. Movie City New's David Poland could have worded his take as such, instead he wrote this: "Emily Nussbaum is not a prude or ignorant about True Detective. But she is fixated on one angle, unwilling to see the forest for a few trees." There is a point to the argument made that the character flaws of True Detective's duo are intentional and meant to be reflective of that misogynistic culture, but also that just because a critic is uncomfortable with something doesn't necessarily make it sexist. The same claims were made against The Wolf of Wall Street a few months ago for the film's depiction of the insane excess of Jordan Belfort's lifestyle at its peak. Directorial intent is often overstated, though the over-the-top antics of Leonardo DiCaprio's Belfort feel as Martin Scorsese intended it all as a condemnation of the broker. With that said, it is entirely understandable to see why those claims are made. Alexandra Daddario's bedroom scenes feel oddly out of place in such a drama. Whether they are mandated by HBO, or just an eye into Martin's skewed sensibilities is difficult to parse, but there is something to fans calling the scenes scintillating for its own sake. As for The Wolf of Wall Street, well, few women in 'Wolf' appeared without a nude scene of one type or another, though it is hard to deny that the character Naomi (Margot Robbie) had agency and certainly stood up for herself by the film's end. Both pieces of entertainment share similarities not only when it comes to accusations of sexism, but the ferocity of the fans defending them. Arguments on behalf of True Detective and The Wolf of Wall Street were mostly restricted to saying detractors missed the satire, but the harsh comments popped up as the debate dragged on. Twitter commenters moved past courteous disagreement to labeling her critique "feminist garbage." It couldn't just be that Ms. Nussbaum was tired of the more sexual aspects of the program, it must be that she's posturing in an attempt to put herself above the hype. Similarly with the press screening of 'Wolf' I attended, it was obvious that some of the women in the theatre were a little less than pleased with the level of sexism onscreen. Satire or not, it was just too much for some viewers. Audience interpretation of satire is wide open enough that multiple takes are valid. Considering that, one would assume that both sides of debate could agree to disagree. Sadly, the comments surrounding the TD/TWoWS debate made sure that would not be possible. The most egregious talk-backers suggested that women giving their take on sexism was out of line, not because they thought Wolf of Wall Street/True Detective wasn't misogynistic, but because they felt female critics didn't have the right to be offended. Or worse, that their take was less correct because they were female. The worst example of this occured when Amy Nicholson panned Riddick for The Village Voice. "i took this review serious until i realized it was a girl writing this. pffttt… sorry this isn't the notebook sweetheart." When people read articles/posts like that, it's no surprise when things like this are said. I love you, film critic community, but sometimes you tend to be well-educated (straight white) men who don't give a fuck about anybody else. — Andreas (@astoehr) February 26, 2013 A fair point. The conversation regarding misogyny may have started out as innocent discourse, but it soon devolved into a borderline attack on women as a whole. Women have the right to be sensitive to sexism, but that is absolutely no reason to shut down the conversation to half of the audience. Such a choice would be unforgivable. If we did, we wouldn't have this thoughtful piece by Slate's Willa Paskin. Granted, being told that a show that you enjoy is sexist can provoke some strong reactions—no one likes being told one of their favorite shows or movies is reprehensible to women—but the trick is to do some soul-searching beforehand. Should you choose to defend said show/movie, do so with some thoughtful consideration, not a full-scale attack. Let us take care to make sure that in all of our spirited debates that no points of view are silenced without reason. And let us also remember that a variety of interpretations is what makes film and other art criticism so rich and lively to begin with. Note: Yes, I'm aware of the inherent irony of a white male writing this post, but thank you for following me along this journey anyway. Anon. Films are littered with evil, flawed, or just badly written characters: serial killers, mass murderers, . Everyone who isn't a child understands the difference between art and reality; between an artist and the characters they create. It's the "violent films promote violence in real life" argument all over again, except it's against a new set of idiots this time around. So why do these critics think that misogynist characters somehow represent the writer's or director's views, or that they somehow promote misogyny? The answer is simple: the self-victimization culture that contemporary feminism promotes and thrives on. Just because you write for The New Yorker doesn't mean your level of discourse is above that of the average tumblrina, and I'm disappointed that you even bothered writing about the issue. Do they have the "right to be offended"? Of course. Should anyone give a fuck? Of course not. Let them wallow in their self-imposed misery. Carman J. Tse go figure this was anonymous comment Kristen Sales I long for the day we stop giving credence to Twitter trolls and talkback commenters in articles about serious criticism. http://nevermindpopfilm.blogspot.com/ Colin Biggs I'm right there with you, but it is representative of a larger debate. http://www.geekrex.com/ Alexander Knox The issue at hand is, its a two character POV show and those two characters happen to be white males. Sure, HBO or Pizzolatto could have helped their own case maybe by not having so much naked female flesh being shown; but to add in a "stronger" female presence, as some are arguing for, would make it a different show altogether. Would it have worked better? Maybe…but on the other hand, it might have created needless plot threads for what has at this point been a fairly tightly paced story. Christopher Runyon It should also be brought up that Michelle Monaghan is doing stellar work and manages to be fully rounded most times. It's just a shame that such a character was used the way she was in Episode 6, which was what brought up most of the ire it's gotten, deservedly, but not enough for me to still call it a "bad" or "offensive" show. I wish people were more open-minded about these issues, though, whereas instead these discussions are all being dismissed by a lot of people, most of them themselves being straight white males, so it is still an issue to consider. zeldy345 The "male gaze" has its roots in phenomenology & psychology. Husserl's analysis of perception clearly states that any transcendent entity, an entity outside immanent consciousness, can only be seen in mere profiles thus never complete, at once. Therefore, no gaze can wholly objectify an entity. In addition, for Husserl, an individual's alterity can also never be fully represented. The possibility of any gaze is precisely its failure–unable to saturate exteriority. A "sexist" viewpoint simply does not recognize its own inherent gaps and incompleteness. Nic Pizzolatto, with his continual references to finitude, I would argue, does recognize the key limitations of the gaze. Instead of positing an alternative gaze, we should, instead, illustrate the lack & incompleteness within any gaze, system, theory, etc. Thanks. MJS The problem with Nussbaum's piece is that it assumes that this is an ensemble show and that every character is supposed to be equally developed. It isn't. Its a show that's almost entirely about its two central characters and every single other character (regardless of gender) is secondary. One could make a similarly misguided argument that the show is racist because the two African American characters (the detectives doing the interviews in the present day sections) are "flat" in spite of the fact that there were racial epithets uses by one of the characters in episode four. So yeah, I think David Poland comment sounds about right. Frankly, it seems to me that "think-piece culture" on the internet has gotten a bit out of hand. Tossed around accusations of racism, sexism, and homophobia get more clicks than pretty much any other form of analysis and seems to get written about pretty much everything. At times it seems like the people writing them don't seem to actually care about pop culture outside of its capacity to be a platform for whatever battle of the culture wars most suits their fancy, and it gets a little tiring.


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I began a solo motorcycle trip from Los Angeles on Friday, June 22, 2012, heading north, as far as I'm having fun. I'll be updating my sketchbook with posts from the road, and not necessarily artwork. I'm too beat by the time I'm in camp or in a cheap motel.
I'll continue with the sketches when I get back in a few weeks.
Yeah right! It's been months! I'll get back to it as I finish up some classes and have more time again. Maybe in another month, like in February, 2013.
Wednesday, July 27, 2011
Monday, July 25, 2011
Motorcycle Touring Day 3 - Deer Park to Eureka
This was a magical day of riding small, twisty roads through vineyards, redwoods, jagged coasts, and forests.
Sunday, July 24, 2011
Thursday, July 21, 2011
Motorcycle Touring Day 2 - Salinas to Deer Park in Napa
It was a miserable, stormy day, with major traffic congestion through San Francisco, and my visor stayed fogged up all day. The day was spent avoiding hazards and figuring escape routes.
Wednesday, July 20, 2011
Motorcycle Touring Day 1 - Santa Monica to Salinas
I just got back from a seventeen day solo motorcycle trip from Los Angeles up the coast, through Oregon, and Washington, into British Columbia, across to Alberta, then down through Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, Utah, Arizona, Nevada, and finally, back home. It was a blast!
Now I'm going to attempt to capture the essence of parts of my days on the road. These will be themed doodles that make my trip seem a little like the kind Hunter S. Thompson would take. Not quite...
Monday, July 11, 2011
Prying Eyes Doodle
I did this a couple weeks ago. I'm not sure how I feel about the smears and multiple irises in single eyes. Hmm.
Wednesday, July 6, 2011
Meeting Cave Art Doodle
Monday, July 4, 2011
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Two people have been wounded in an Israeli air raid on the Gaza Strip, Hamas and Palestinian medical officials have said.
Hamas, the Palestinian group, said one of its members was injured in the attack as he was riding a motorcycle in the town of Khan Younis on Tuesday.
The raid came after an Israeli soldier and a Palestinian were reported to have been killed in a clash near the Kissufim border crossing.
Israel and the Hamas government of the Gaza Strip have maintained uneasy ceasfires since the end of Israel's three-week campaign in Gaza, in which 1,300 people were killed, on January 18.
Neither Hamas nor any other group has claimed responsibility for the attack on the Israeli patrol near the Kissufim crossing.
The incident is the first apparent breach of the January 18 ceasefires.
The Israeli military said the blast came from a bomb planted by Palestinian fighters targeting a patrol near the Kissufim crossing into Gaza.
The military said that an officer and two other soldiers were also wounded in the attack.
Palestinian medical workers said that after the incident, Israeli forces opened fire, killing a Palestinian farmer.
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Dr Moaiya Hassanain of Gaza's health ministry confirmed that a 27-year-old Gaza farmer was killed by Israeli gunfire along the border, but several miles away, said.
Israel subsequently closed its crossings into Gaza to humanitarian aid traffic after briefly opening them in the morning.
Raed Fattouh, a Gaza border official, said Israeli officials informed him the closure was due to the attack.
Describing the attack on the Israeli patrol, Tamer Mishal, Al Jazeera's correspondent, reporting from Gaza, said an anti-armour shell was fired from inside the territory at an Israeli tank near the area of Khan Younis.
"Witnesses told Al Jazeera that the grenade directly hit an Israeli jeep," he said.
"Palestinian residents reported the sound of gunfire and Israeli helicopters in the area."Tank targeted
The residents of Kissufim said the Israeli army patrol and Palestinian fighters exchanged fire shortly after the blast.Ayman Mohyeldin, Al Jazeera's correspondent in Gaza, said no Palestinian group has yet claimed responsibility for the attack."The likely scenario is that an improvised explosion device of some sort was under that patrol as it was driving and detonated ... but some reports suggest it was a mortar round that was used against the patrol," he said."We are not sure if it was remotely detonated or if a pressure sensor caused it to trigger, but we do know that as a result of that explosion one Israeli solder was killed and three are in a critical state of injury."Immediately after a large blast of gunfire was heard in the area, there were several farmers out on their land, and we understand that one Palestinian farmer was killed."
Israeli troops withdrew from Gaza last week after a three-week offensive whose stated aim was to stop Palestinian rocket fire into southern Israel.Egyptian mediators have been talking separately to Israel and Hamas to negotiate a more permanent ceasefire.
Hamas's demandHamas wants the border crossings into Gaza reopened, including the Rafah crossing into Egypt, to end the Israeli blockade in the territory.
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Israel wants to stop the rocket fire and prevent Hamas fighters from using smuggling tunnels under the border with Egypt to rearm themselves with weapons.
Barack Obama, the US president, has sent George Mitchell, his newly appointed Middle East envoy, to the region to discuss the ceasefire efforts.Obama instructed Mitchell, who played a prominent role in the Northern Ireland peace process, to "engage vigorously" to achieve real progress between Israel and the Palestinians.
In an interview to Dubai's Al Arabiya television, Obama praised Saudi King Abdullah for putting forward in 2002 a plan for peace in the Middle East, known as the Arab peace iniative.
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The cabin sits high on a rocky bank with a large shaded deck facing the water and dense woods. On the deck, you will find a BBQ grill, table for four, hammock and porch swing to relax in while the river flows below. Inside is room to sleep eight, upstairs and down, with a separate bedroom downstairs, pull-out sleeper sofa and two baths. A full kitchen with ceramic counter-tops, refrigerator, JennAir stove, microwave and coffee maker. You'll also find satellite and three flat screen televisions.
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George Zimmerman, the neighborhood watch volunteer who shot and killed unarmed black teen Trayvon Martin on Feb. 26, is receiving a new bond hearing later this month after his bail revoked.ORLANDO, FL (Catholic Online) - Spokeswoman for the Eighteenth Judicial Court in Sanford, Michelle Kennedy, stated that the bond hearing for Zimmerman is set for June 29. Circuit Judge Kenneth Lester revoked Zimmerman's $150,000 bond on June 1 and ordered that he go back into custody after prosecutors exclaimed that he and his wife lied to the court about their initial financial status in an April bond hearing.
Zimmerman and his wife did not tell the court about at least $135,000 that donors, who have remained anonymous, had gave to help Zimmerman's legal defense, and also did not show one of two valid passports that are issued in Zimmerman's name. His lawyers have acknowledged that Zimmerman hurt his credibility by lying about his financial status.
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- 1/2 teaspoon dried hot red pepper flakes
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- 2 lb medium sweet potatoes
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Preheat oven to 425°F.
Coarsely grind coriander, fennel, oregano, and red pepper flakes in an electric coffee/spice grinder or with a mortar and pestle. Stir together spices and salt.
Cut potatoes lengthwise into 1-inch wedges.
Toss wedges with oil and spices in a large roasting pan and roast in middle of oven 20 minutes. Turn wedges over with a spatula and roast until tender and slightly golden, 15 to 20 minutes more.
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Tahitian culture is more in evidence now that ever before and not just in the sophisticated dances and performance art but in the revival of symbolic tattoo art through which Polynesians use the dark strong colours to assert their ma'ohi identity.
Rangiroa was described by Jacques Cousteau as the richest aquarium on the planet matched only by the other great Tuamotu lagoons on Tikehau, Manihi and Fakarava; now one of UNESCO's most valued biospheres.
The islands of French Polynesia have long been a melting pot of migrant peoples who have made the most of the ecology and geology of this region of the South Pacific to create sophisticated cultures.
For most people an overwater bungalow set in a turquoise lagoon is the essence of French Polynesia and the reason to travel thousands of kilomtres round the world for the ultimate romantic holiday.
One of the most successful uses of light is visible in the pearl industry in which French Polynesia has become a world leader. The most sought after pearls are from the farms on Taha'a an in the Tuamotus and you may even get a chance to see the incredibly rare black pearls.
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On March 23, 2013, it will have been three years since President Obama signed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) into law. This date is a significant one for the nursing home industry, not because it marks the third anniversary of the ACA, but because it marks a key deadline. As the owners, operators and administrators of nursing facilities are, or should be, aware, Section 6102 of the ACA requires nursing facilities on March 23, 2013, to "have in operation a compliance and ethics program that is effective in preventing and detecting criminal, civil, and administrative violations under this Act." This deadline should not be ignored or taken lightly.
Section 6102 of the ACA also required the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and Office of Inspector General (OIG) to "promulgate regulations for an effective compliance and ethics program" by March 23 of last year. To date, no such regulations have been promulgated—or even proposed. However, any nursing facility believing that this gives them the right to ignore the upcoming March 23 deadline does so at its peril. To anyone who has been involved in the healthcare industry, it should come as no surprise that the government is not subject to the same rules to which providers are subject. The fact that HHS has granted itself an indefinite extension of its deadline in no way means that nursing facilities will also receive an extension of their deadline. Nursing facilities will still be required to have an effective compliance and ethics program in operation by March 23.
Until the required regulations are promulgated, the operators of nursing facilities may want to look to two sources of guidance for the elements of an effective compliance program.
Section 6102 defines a "compliance and ethics program" as a program "reasonably designed, implemented, and enforced so that it generally will be effective in preventing and detecting criminal, civil, and administrative violations . . . and in promoting quality of care." To achieve this, such a program must include the following elements:
If these elements sound familiar, it is because they largely reiterate the common elements of the Compliance Guidance OIG has issued for individual sectors of the healthcare industry.
One common theme runs through each of these common elements: Effective compliance programs are proactive and responsive to problems that may arise. A compliance program cannot be effective if it is contained in a loose-leaf binder that resides on a book shelf never to see the light of day.
The OIG issued Compliance Program Guidance for Nursing Facilities in 2000, and Supplemental Compliance Program Guidance for Nursing Facilities in 2008. Both contain the common elements of an effective compliance program. In addition, the Nursing Facilities Guidance1 identifies six broad areas of risk for nursing facilities:
The Supplemental Nursing Facilities Guidance2 reiterates the six areas of risk identified in the initial Nursing Facilities Guidance and highlights risk areas of fraud and abuse that are "currently of concern to the enforcement community." They include:
The OIG Nursing Facilities Guidance and the Supplemental Nursing Facilities Guidance, together with the definition of a "compliance and ethics program" in Section 6102 of the ACA, appear to present the necessary elements of an effective compliance program. It is not at all apparent what substantive elements the ACA-mandated regulations can add to existing compliance guidance. Moreover, it is far from apparent why nursing facilities were singled out for a separate compliance program requirement.
Section 6401 of the ACA requires all providers and suppliers of medical goods and services, presumably including nursing facilities, to have an effective compliance program as a condition of enrollment in Medicare and Medicaid. Such compliance programs are required to contain the "core elements," as determined by OIG and the HHS Secretary. It may not come as a surprise that HHS/OIG have yet to identify the required "core elements."
It cannot be underscored enough that ignoring the requirement to implement an effective compliance program is simply not an option for nursing facilities, or for any provider. The failure by HHS/OIG to promulgate the required regulations, to provide ethics guidance or to identify the "core elements" does not excuse a nursing facility from the requirement to adopt and implement an effective compliance program. Ample existing guidance is available on the required elements of an effective compliance program.
If you have any questions about this Alert, please contact please contact Harry R. Silver, any member of the Health Law Practice Group, any member of the Long Term Care and Senior Services Practice Group or the attorney in the firm with whom you are regularly in contact.
Topics: Affordable Care Act, Compliance, Deadlines, Ethics, HHS, Nursing Homes, OIG
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Excessive sneezing, watery and itchy eyes and a sometimes-stuffy, sometimes-drippy nose...when pregnancy meets allergies, the result isn't pretty. The trouble with allergies while you're expecting is that aside from being limited in the medications that are safe to take, being pregnant can cause symptoms in women who've never suffered from allergies before, and pregnancy hormones can lead to extra swelling in nasal passages, making symptoms worse.
So what can you do to find allergy relief during pregnancy, especially in a year that experts say may be the worst season yet? We talked to two experts, Dr. Paul Karpecki, an optometrist based in Lexington, Kentucky, and Sara Chana a New York City-based homeopath and herbalist, to find out.
Ask your doctor about safe allergy medications for pregnancy: As you may know, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) gives all over-the-counter and prescription drugs a category rating such as A, B or C. Many of the most popular allergy medications including Claritin, Zyrtec, Allegra, Benedryl and Flonase all fall under class B, which means they're frequently used during pregnancy and don't appear to cause problems or birth defects.
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The Ranger wrote:
> A chowhounder offered this up for thought and it brought an
> immediate visceral reaction from me. (I know you're all
> thinking, "Ranger? Visceral? No way!")
> The poster wrote:
> "Over the years they were your 'go to' place for a good meal in
> the neighborhood, to pick up a pizza, get your bagel & coffee
> or to carry out your favorite ethnic food. The
> owner/chef/manager/staff knew you by sight if not by name. You
> were a loyal customer and used to sing their praises. They were
> independent and local, not part of a dreaded chain.
> "At some point, you had to break-up with them. Not for economic
> reasons, but because something else wasn't working for you
> anymore. It was a conscious decision, almost as hard as
> breaking it off with your hairdresser or a decent boyfriend or
> girlfriend. For your own good, the relationship had to end! You'll
> still miss the old favorite restaurant or at least you'll miss
> their glory days, the convenience, the comfortable feeling you
> got & finding their replacement won't be easy, but it has to be
> done.
> "[..] What was it that made you decide to break-up with an old
> favorite restaurant?"
> The restaurant that I will no longer visit was a pancake house.
> I frequented it daily (morning, lunch, sometimes both meals)
> for eight years. I loved spackling the 49er pancakes with
> butter, wolfing down the gi-normous! apple pancake solo,
> getting the jitters from two cups of coffee, and treating
> family and friends to this 3-diamond eatery.
> Then the day came when the owners came by my table and sat down
> with another fellow. They introduced him as the new owner and
> explained how they were leaving to spend more time with their
> families. I wished them well and hoped to see them open another
> restaurant; they were very good restaurateurs.
> The next day, two servers that had been there from the first
> day of operation were missing from the staff. The following day
> everyone from the front of house were gone. The service went
> from highly competent to comedically incompetent. I was willing
> to cut them some slack, though, because even monkeys can
> eventually be taught.
> I was wrong.
> I talked to the owner about the changes I'd noticed and found
> him uncaring. I reduced my visits from daily to monthly, to
> yearly, to almost nothing for years. I wrote A Letter after one
> particularly unsatisfactory visit, ccing the corporate
> headquarters. I received a nice form letter telling me how
> important my feedback was and how Mr. Soandso was glad to have
> me as a customer.
> I took Daughter-unit Beta in because she's a budding foodie and
> willing to try many different foods.
> We were terribly unimpressed. Remember those monkeys I
> mentioned earlier? They were still there and still untrained.
> In a virtually empty restaurant, we waited to be seated. I
> finally went in search of the hostess. She was in the "office"
> talking on her cell. She did at least hang up and seat us.
> We waited for our tea and coffee, promised by said hostess.
> Beta went in search of her at that point. Again she was on the
> phone in the office, only very put out that she was expected to
> do anything beyond yakking.
> We waited for our order to be taken -- the waitress was taking
> her break -- but did scramble to take our order.
> When our food did finally arrived, I knew at once that it'd set
> up under the heat lamps for a long time. The manager decided to
> walk around the room at that point, so I call him over and
> pointed at our dishes. At that point the two of us got up and
> walked out.
> That was the last chance for this place. The relationship is
> closed.
> The Ranger
You just described every restaurant in our city that isn't run by
Asians. The good old folks who ran the local restaurants for years
either retired, sold out for lots of bucks, or just got tired. The
recent emigres, mostly ethnic Chinese, are running clean, good food,
restaurants with family servers, cooks, and grandpa/grandma greeter. One
Cajun-style restaurant that went from good to bad has been bought by a
Vietnamese family that kept the Cajun cooking and recipes and cleaned
the place up. We still eat there at least weekly after scorning it for
the two-years some round eye outfit had it.
Alas, our favorite pizza joint is now owned by a chain and has gone to
hell in a handbasket, we no longer go there. You're exactly right
Ranger, sometimes a relationship must end.


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Transcript Title: Human Resource Management
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Updated: December 19, 2014
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Attention is given to human behavior, employment, employee development, performance appraisal, wage and salary administration, employment and job rights, discipline and due process, and labor-management relations. Prerequisites: WR 115, RD 115, and MTH 20 or equivalent placement test scores. Audit available.
Outcome Assessment Strategies
A letter grade is issued for this course. At the beginning of the course, the instructor will detail the methods used to evaluate student progress and the criteria for assigning a course grade. The methods may include one or more of the following tools: Examinations, quizzes, homework assignments, research papers, small group problem-solving of questions arising from application of course concepts and concerns to actual experience, oral presentations.
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Human Resource Management is an important course for the student planning on a career in business administration. Legal implications concerning employment make this course critical for those interested in human resource management.
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- Instructor and student use of various media to express concepts, vocabulary, decision making, and participation in human resource management.
Course Content (Themes, Concepts, Issues and Skills)
- Acquire general understanding of various human resource management perspectives.
- Development of human resource management.
- Environment of human resource management.
- Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action.
- Identify factors that meet the human resources requirements.
- Job requirements.
- Human resource planning and recruiting.
- Selection techniques.
- Acquire insight to the various aspects of motivation as they relate to job satisfaction, compensation, and security.
- Motivating employees.
- The role of communication in human resource management.
- Employee rights and discipline.
- Managing compensation.
- Incentive compensation.
- Benefits and services.
- Nonfinancial motivation techniques.
- Investigate effective methods of training and developing employees.
- Performance appraisal.
- Career development.
- Training.
- Describe current federal and state regulations pertaining to employment, and explore ways to strengthen employee-management relations.
- The dynamics of labor relations.
- Collective bargaining and contract administration.
- Understand human resource management in the international environment.
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Getting it Down: Crappy First Drafts
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Please welcome Barbara Mountjoy, who was a semi-finalist in WU's search for an unpubbed contributor. She wrote:
I've been writing for 40-plus years, since I was 10. I have been a published writer for over 35 years, including seven years as a reporter and editor at the South Dade News Leader in Homestead, Florida. My list of publications includes fiction in Matriarch's Way and Woman magazines, and romantic fiction in the Star.
My non-fiction book 101 Little Instructions for Surviving Your Divorce, was published by Impact Publishers in 1999. I regularly write technology articles and television reviews at Firefox News. Two other books featured my stories in the past year: A Cup of Comfort for Divorced Women, in December 2008, and A Cup of Comfort for Adoptive Parents, in June 2009.
I have a number of novel manuscripts, but I've yet to find an agent or editor for them, despite years of trying.
We loved her essay on giving yourself permission to write poorly, and we think you will too. Oh, and she loves dark chocolate (bonus!). Enjoy!
Getting it Down: Crappy First Drafts
"The first draft may be stumbling and exhausting, but the next draft or drafts will be soaring and exhilarating. Only have faith: the first sentence can't be written until the last sentence has been written. Only then do you know where you've been going, and where you've been."
— from The Faith of a Writer: Life, Craft, Art by Joyce Carol Oates
Even for those who are planners instead of pantsers, Joyce Carol Oates has it right.
During the writing of a story, the characters, the situations, the timelines change to fit new thoughts that come to the writer in process. Those pesky quandaries—how does the red herring get into place? How can he know where she'll be if he doesn't have a GPS? How can an electrical fire burn down a garage using only woodworking tools and a pared-down wire?—sometimes don't resolve themselves until the end.
So how can the writer know where to find herself until it's done?
This resolution calls for a first draft.
Now, "first draft," as in completed all the way to the end, may be as scary to you as "boogeyman," but it shouldn't be. As Anne Lamott says in Bird by Bird, "Even better news…is the idea of shitty first drafts. All good writers write them. This is how they end up with good second drafts and terrific third drafts."
There. If Anne Lamott says it, you've got permission to write a crappy first draft. Go for it.
Writers often complain of the inner perfectionist who forces them to stop, reread what they've written, and tweak, audit, or retype until they are so discouraged they can't continue. This work will never be good enough! they say. Another effort for the shelf.
But this will never get you a first draft.
A true gift to yourself is the promise to release that small voice in your head. Send it on vacation to the Bahamas, if you'd like (and it had better send you a postcard!). Put it out of listening range. Get your words down on paper. Finish what you thought you had to say, so that you can discover what you really need to say.
I do this each year with NaNoWriMo. During these "Thirty Days and Nights of Literary Abandon," I commit myself to drafting the fleshed-out skeleton of a new work in toto, at least 50,000 words, usually more. I don't edit. I don't tear out my hair, even if the story takes an unexpected turn as I discover more about the characters. I keep writing.
Even potential plot holes, mussy motives, and exact how-to issues don't murder the story. There's rewriting for that.
E.B. White said, "The best writing is rewriting." He didn't say, "The most fun writing is rewriting," or "The most inspired writing is rewriting." But only in rewriting can we discover the best parts of our work and polish them to a brilliant shine.
All we need is the courage to get that first draft down.
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21 Responses to "Getting it Down: Crappy First Drafts"
I used to reread and retweak and it took forever to finish a novel, which I then had to revise anyway (and the revising was harder because all the polishing made it sound good when the plot was weak). It's definitely true that you need to get to the end before you can see what you really want to do with the story, so you might as well keep moving forward with that first draft. Thanks for the reminder!
Love this. :)
I allow myself blind optimism during a first draft: this is the best thing I've written yet! Otherwise I lose the motivation to continue. Once the first draft is complete, the blinders come off. Second drafts (and however many that follow) require a good dose of realism. I'm not sure where I originally saw this quote, or who said it, but it has always been true for me: Write the first draft with your heart and the second draft with your head.
In my current WIP, I realized shortly after I'd written a section that the entire timeline was off by two weeks. But instead of stressing over it right then and there, I simply made a note of it and continued the story. On my second draft pass, this mistake required rewrites in more than one chapter to make sure everything jived correctly, but if I'd done those while in "first draft" mode, I probably would have lost my "first draft" mojo, and the story would have suffered. Second drafts are much more analytical than first drafts, but they can still be thrilling because you know you're serving your story in the best way possible.
Thanks so much for this article, and good luck with your agent search, Barbara!
I agree absolutely. I actually find the act of throwing out the first draft and starting on the second exhilarating. Now I know where I'm going let's get on with it!
NaNoWriMo is really an excellent way to start this process. I've done it two years now and as the creator's say themselves--write with wild abandon. Just write. I'm looking forward to November already when I'll do what you suggest and send all those naysayers in my head on vacation!
Absolutely NaNo is useful for writers. I have participated 2 years in a row and those are the best first drafts I've ever written.
The key is to just close your eyes and write everyday. Some days it's hard, and some days it's easy but getting words on the page everyday will built to that first (crappy or not so crappy) draft.
Once it's on the page, you can fix it.
Love this - I am queen of the revision - 16 on Long Run Home - each one better. And what a joy to find the perfect word or perfect phrase. They are so rare but what writing is all about for me - it's a moment of creation that I say human beings are searching for in whatever they do. Along that line, first drafts are nothing more than an outline of the story for me -
I'm usually at my most creative when I write stream-of-consciousness on almost any subject, including fiction, opinions, or essays.
I finally broke habits acquired through years of writing software training manuals and tutorials and now allow myself to just write and fix later.
Because I'm currently writing from notes my parents left many years ago about my father's family, I need to include all the relevant events and the sequences in which they occur. I know more than I ever wanted to about some of the 'characters' but nonetheless, they keep revealing more of themselves... and lead me in different directions while I'm getting acquainted with them.
Another change: instead of starting with chapter one and working through to the end, I draft individual 'scenes' as I'm inspired to do so and will put them in the proper chapters and sequences before I begin serious editing.
Writing is so much more fun when I just write and don't try to combine the creative process the 'striving for perfection' phase.
Barbara, I really enjoyed your post. I used to not look forward to revising--I'd groan like a kid who's just been told to turn off the TV and go to bed. LOL
But now I appreciate what I can do with revising--"polishing it to a brilliant shine", as you said--so that the work matches the vision I had of it when drafting it.
Thank you so much for this post. It is quite timely. I need to get the first draft down, but I get bogged down in wanting to do it right, and doubt keeps creeping in that it has stunted my progress. I haven't been able to write much because of it, and I hope that I can get pass it soon. I started it in NaNoWriMo as well, but I let things get in the way. I can't wait to get back to the writing phase of things without worrying about getting it right. This is a learning process after all, especially for a new writer like me. Thanks for the reminder. I am going back to vomiting out my first draft so I can finish it, and learn what I need to learn from it.
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Really enjoyed the post. Takes a lot of discipline to put the blinkers on and finish a first draft, but I agree its well worth the effort.
I'm having a hard time following the advice of just getting it down. I like having the solid footing of a well-written previous chapter to bank off of into the next. When people say to just get it down, I am never clear about how rough that "getting it down" might be. For me, I can't just throw my first thoughts onto the page and hope that they will lead me to where I want to go. I feel like that would lead to so many missteps, that the rewrite would be noting short of Herculean.
Is there anyone else who needs to smooth and polish before moving on? I read one poster who said that she likes to polish a chapter before moving onto the next. I feel like I fall in that category. Anyone else?
Feeling Alone In Tampa,
Great post, and I love Lydia's contribution in the comments too:
"I allow myself blind optimism during a first draft: this is the best thing I've written yet!"
What a great attitude! And it's not even necessarily a lie. Because by the time you're done with revisions, it might (and probably will) be! I have to remember this when I'm working on my next draft. Which will be in oh, about ten minutes...
Funny you should have a post on writing first drafts on the weekend in which I FINISHED my very FIRST first draft of a novel EVER.
Yes, it's shitty. It's fragmented. I resorted to telling instead of showing at times just to get through to the next section. But, for the first time on a long work, I wrote the words "The End."
Having a completed first draft is like finding a complete T Rex skeleton in the ground. Now I have to dig it up, clean off the bones and reassemble it, preferably into an exciting pose that will cause observers to "ooh/aah" and dream.
I used to be an endless polisher so that I could feel satisfaction with what I'd written. But nothing has been as satisfying as writing that ending.
I'm also keeping in mind that I can only have one first first-time for this. So, as I let the book "cool," I'm savoring the feeling that's been a long time coming.
I love crappy first drafts because you can change POV, main characters, abandon plot lines, change character names and genders and not worry about it as you get a feel for the story you are really trying to write.
And if there is any spark of a decent story there, you can clean it up in the 2nd draft.
Oh yes! I'm an extensive outliner, but stories can tend to go their own direction. My biggest problem with the last novel I tried to write was that the characters didn't want to follow the pre-established outline, which just grew longer to try to accommodate everything new that was trying to happen. Learning to let my first draft be absolute crap was a difficult but valuable lesson. I'm glad I have Anne Lamott's permission. I only hope the revisions make a tremendous improvement.
I feel out of control when I plow ahead without a plan, so I spend a lot of time outlining and discovering my characters before I begin that first draft. With most of the big pieces in place, I can feel free to write with abandon. When I hit a potential problem, I make a note of it and move forward, or I'd never finish any draft at all.
I have been writing my entire life but it wasn't until recently that I partook on the journey to write my first novel. This lesson is so completely freeing! Thank you for giving me this.
[...] Having a completed first draft of a book is like finding a complete skeleton of a Tyrannosaurus Rex half-buried in the Montana soil. [...]
Great advice - I'm struggling with the first draft of a YA novel now. It was particularly comforting to read what Anne Lamott said. As for the suggestion to send the small internal voice to the Bahamas - there's a problem. My story is set in the Bahamas and I'm thinking of going back there to do more research. Too bad the small voice in my head will be there waiting for me.
Great post! Thank you for the encouragement.


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There\'s plenty of hilarious monster mayhem afoot when Abbott and Costello are forced to retrieve Dracula (Bela Lugosi) and the Monster (Glenn Strange) from a secret hideaway island.Universal Pictures made a great deal of money from its monster movies in the 1930s. In the early \'40s, the burlesque team of Bud Abbott and Lou Costello kept the studio\'s coffers full. When the two franchises were combined in 1948, the result ...more
Hey Abbott! The bumbler and the straight man meet the creatures of the night in this funny film that was said to mark the end of the Universal Monsters era. It didnt happen that way with me, but more on that later. Lets open up the crypt and see if there are still laughs within.
Larry Talbot (Lon Chaney Jr.) is frantically calling a shipping company to make sure two ominous crates are not delivered to McDougals (Frank Ferguson) House of Horrors. The phone is answered by Wilbur (Lou Costello) who misunderstands the snarling message thanks to the full moon in London. Hes chastised by his partner Chick (Bud Abbott) and it isnt the first or last time.
Chick cant understand what Dr. Sandra Mornay (Lenore Aubert) sees in the pudgy, clumsy Wilber but she says that he has a lovely cranium. Women! Wilbur and Chick deliver the boxes and Wilber discovers that they contain the not-so-dead bodies of Count Dracula (Bela Lugosi) and Frankenstein (Glenn Strange), who quickly escape and leave McDougal fuming at the boys.
We find out that Sandra is in league with the monsters and wanting to put Wilbers brain in Frankensteins body. Larry Talbot soon arrives and tries to prevent this horror but Larry turning into the Wolf Man during the full moon makes his assistance a bit hairy.
This may not be the way it really happened but the brain I keep in a jar on the corner of the old review desk tells me it is so, probably unreliably. Most critics state that A&C meet Frankenstein marks the end of the Universal Monster era. If the monsters can be lampooned by the antics of those two then theyve lost their scare power.
However, the way this worked out for my perhaps faulty memory was in reverse in my case. I think the first Universal Monster film I saw was A&C meet Frankenstein, enjoyed it very much, and then went back and discovered those Universal horrors. So thanks Bud and Lou.
Those movies never scared me though, but I found them artistically pleasing and well worth discovering. I think the appeal crosses boundaries since A&C fans get the duo, Universal Monsters get to see them again, and everyone has a coffin full of laughs. The film is a classic in both genres.
Abbott and Costello meet Frankenstein is presented in a 1080p transfer (1.33:1). Special features include a commentary with historian Gregory W. Mank (A&C meet Mankenstein?), the 33 minute Abbott and Costello meet the Monsters about how the success of this film had the comedy duo meeting other creatures (though never as classic as this one), the 2 minute theatrical trailer, and the familiar 100 Years of Universal featurettes: The Lot (9 minutes) and Unforgettable Characters (8 minutes). You also get a DVD and digital copy.
Abbott and Costello meet Frankenstein is just plain fun. It has a chill or two, but the comedy keeps you in stitches (or busting them if youve been reassembled from some grave robbing). Its good to see Lugosi in cape again and Chaney bay at the moon as well. Strange is no Boris but still has a fun time hamming it up with Costello.
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