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The Study of Man: Class and Sociology
Twentieth-Century America is perhaps the most egalitarian society the civilized world has ever seen, yet nowhere has there been so much solemn brooding over "class" as in this place at this time. Doubtless this has something to do with the very fact of equality itself. As the infinitely wise Tocqueville pointed out: "When inequality of conditions is the common law of society, the most marked inequalities do not strike the eye: when everything is nearly on the same level, the slightest are marked enough to hurt it." But in the case of America, this normal (or should one rather say abnormal?) preoccupation with class distinctions is aggravated by the presence of a large body of sociologists whose sensitivity toward the subject is refined to an extreme. Why this should be so is not entirely clear. Would a sociological study show a positive correlation between degrees of personal envy and a predisposition to a sociological career? Or would it demonstrate that sociologists, constituting one of the newer professions, are thereby exceptionally concerned with all matters of status? These questions are rhetorical, of course, since such a sociological study is most unlikely to be made. In its absence, one must fall back on mere history, which suggests that there was a very intimate connection—often a very personal connection—between the origins of modern sociology and the rise of the various 19th-century movements for equal rights, prison reform, improvement of public health, eradication of juvenile delinquency, and the general renovation of society as a whole in an egalitarian direction. This meliorist and leveling impulse, though by no means the only one working within sociology, has remained dominant. At times, it has been enfeebled to nothing more than an a priori anthropological skepticism toward the institutions of one's own society; at other times it has gathered critical momentum and generated around itself a full-blown climate of radical dissent. Whatever the case, it has found the subject of "class" so congenial to its temper that it holds on to it with a loving tenacity, fondling and worrying it the way a bulldog does his bone.
The fascination with "class" helps sustain among sociologists an inquisitiveness, disguised as scholarly curiosity, which might otherwise become intolerably monotonous, even to them. This is certainly the case with the various studies of what is called in the profession "The Web of Interaction"—i.e., what happens to a young businessman and his friends as he grows older and more prosperous, how his wife behaves to his colleagues as against his superiors and inferiors, and so on: the theme has recently been dredged by Hollywood until we are familiar with every piece of dirt. We know that far-sighted young men put on "company manners" when their bosses invite them over to dinner; that when a man gets promoted he can no longer have the same easy relations with his former fellow workers; that a man's rise in the world is exemplified in the kind of house and the kind of neighborhood he lives in. This holds true for America today as it did for England in the 19th century, or France in the 18th, or Italy in the 15th, or Byzantium in the 9th. In the immortal words of Ernest van den Haag, it may be sociology but it isn't news.
There are, also, inevitably, occasions when this preoccupation gives rise to what may generously be called a slanted perspective. Thus, Professor Richard Centers, in the course of making a study of American "class-consciousness," went around asking the following question: "Do you think working people are usually fairly and squarely treated by their employers, or that employers sometimes take advantage of them?" The italics are mine, but the bias is Professor Centers'. Obviously the "or" in this question is not a real disjunction: it is quite possible for employers to be usually fair and sometimes unfair—indeed in strict logic, it is not only possible but necessary. The other five questions, in Professor Centers' "conservatism-radicalism battery" (his name for it) are not so markedly pointed; but pointed they are, nevertheless.
Two recent books1—advanced textbooks, really—are free from such egregious opinion-atedness. Professor Kahl's summary of the methods by which American sociologists explore our class structure, and Professor Barber's general survey (after Talcott Parsons) of sociological theory on the subject of class, are both very good books of their kind—by which I mean there is very little wrong with them that is not wrong with sociology itself. Even the stylistic infelicities are below par for the course. When Professor Kahl observes that "the most ambitious people gained social acceptance by deliberately cultivating interaction," only those who have had no cause to dip into sociological literature will find the sentence more mysteriously suggestive than it actually is. And if Professor Barber informs us that "sons are fairly often unlike fathers, for biological, psychological, and social reasons that we do not wholly understand, though the fact itself seems to be fairly clear," one's indignation at being taken for an idiot is tempered by admiration for his judicious repetition of the word "fairly." Mr. Kahl even indulges in little dashes of dry wit, as when he refers to all those who make more than $15,000 a year as "plutocrats," and to those in the $7,500-$l5,000 bracket as "opulent." (At least I think it's wit.) This to some extent compensates us for having to grope through some very foggy exactitudes (e.g., prestige is "a sentiment in the minds of men that is expressed in interpersonal interaction").
Nevertheless, despite their virtues as against the general run of the species, both books display a "class-orientation" that is bound to strike the lay reader as decidedly peculiar. Indeed, on the very first page of his book, Professor Kahl engages in an extraordinary bit of exegesis which serves as a signal of things to come. He quotes a well-known statement by Alexander Hamilton: "All communities divide themselves into the few and the many. The first are the rich and the wellborn, the other the mass of the people. . . . The people are turbulent and changing; they seldom judge or determine right. . . . Give, therefore, to the first class a distinct, permanent share in the government. They will check the unsteadiness of the second, and, as they cannot receive any advantage by a change, they therefore will ever maintain a good government."
Professor Kahl interpets this text as follows: "As Hamilton said, the rich sought social stability to preserve their advantages, but the poor worked for social change that would bring them more of the world's rewards."
Now, Hamilton clearly did not say any such thing. He was expressing a classical republican sentiment, shared by practically all thinkers of the age, that the enlightened and wealthy were better disposed to "maintain a good government" than the poor and uninformed, who were incapable of judging right—even of judging their own interests right. Professor Kahl quotes Hamilton, one surmises, in order to put on record a neo-Marxist thesis without raising any super-patriotic hackles. But Hamilton was not any kind of a Marxist; he was not even a sociologist.
The shadow of Marx does seem to lie heavily on both works. Neither author, one supposes, is any kind of Marxist; but the effort to be "sociological" appears to make them Marxists despite themselves. Professor Barber is the greater sinner in this respect. He uses the term "ideology" to refer indiscriminately to the Soviet government's claim to have established a classless society, to Edmund Burke's vision of government by a "natural aristocracy," and to the medieval belief that society should be hierarchical in character. The latter two examples may be philosophically false, but it is hard to see in what way they are "ideological"; they may be disputed but they cannot be "exposed." Only to a non-Stalinist Marxist can all three be treated as "ideologies," and Professor Barber is probably nothing of the sort. One suspects that what he wants to do is to register his disapproval of all of these three non-egalitarian attitudes, and that he cannot think of doing so except in Marxist terms because these terms have become naturalized within modern sociology.
Or, to take another example, Professor Barber writes of political parties: "Whenever they have existed, parties have tended to be, in an important degree, at once products of class consciousness and instruments for the pursuit of class interest." This is true. But it is not the whole truth. What Professor Barber never gets round to mentioning is that, wherever political parties have existed, they have tended to be, in an important degree, products of a conception of the common good and instruments for the pursuit of it. Were it not for the fact that this second truth complemented the first, civil war would be the natural state of human society. I am certain that Professor Barber knows all this; I am even reasonably confident that he would agree with it. He doubtless put things in such a partial way because, whereas to say that political parties serve class interests sounds properly "sociological," to say that they serve the common good does not.
Professor Kingsley Davis, in his preface to Professor Kahl's book, remarks that ". . . there has sometimes been a tendency in historical, economic, or political writing to avoid coming to grips directly with class phenomena. It almost seems as if the facts of human inequality are too unpleasant to the social scientist, so that he loses his objectivity or his courage." He goes on further to say: "Not until the 1930's and 1940's, when the great depression forced us to re-examine our precepts, did serious study of social stratification begin in this country." This depression baby has now come of age with a vengeance. It sees in Class a challenge, a mystery to be unveiled, a sanctum to be profaned. Hence the fondness for the word "realities," uttered in a tone of defiance. Professor Kahl writes: ". . . The central aim of this book is a description of the realities of the American class system. . . ." One is taken by surprise. What else could a book on The American Class Structure deal with, except the realities?
The oddest thing is that, when this holy of holies is penetrated by the armed sociologist, it is found to be quite empty. Prepared to smash idols, he finds himself slashing the air. After much painstaking investigation, American sociologists have discovered that what the average American believes about the class structure of his particular community, and what the average sociologist finds out to be the case, largely coincide.2 On this point, both Professors Barber and Kahl agree.
Barber: "Current evidence shows that just as the majority of a population has at least a rough and implicit knowledge of the class structure of its society, so also the majority knows roughly where it belongs in the class hierarchy."
Kahl: "We are justified in concluding that most American small towns have a prestige ranking that can be described with reasonable agreement by the ratings of local informants, but we must remain suspicious concerning claims that the informants will agree about divisions into clearcut strata."
It will have been noted that both statements have built-in reservations. Professor Kahl's "suspicion" that people are likely to disagree about "divisions into clear-cut strata" is the less easily comprehensible, since the bulk of his book relates how sociologists themselves fall out on this matter (e.g., Warner's six divisions, Hollingshead's five, Kaufman's eleven, among them ringing all the changes on combinations of "upper," "middle," and "lower"). But Professor Barber's statement about "the majority" is modified by a genuine and understandable concern for the minority, whom he finds to suffer from "a considerable amount of either ignorance or vague knowledge about the system of stratification"; and he is particularly shocked to come across people who say blandly that they do not know what class they are in. What on earth are we to do with such people?
Before someone comes forward with a program for mass education in sociology as the only possible solution, one might propose the hypothesis that when there is a substantial quantity of indecision about what class one inhabits, this might itself be an attribute of the particular "class structure." Not only is there evidence for this hypothesis. The evidence strikes me as being overwhelming; and it is all in Professor Barber's book. Thus, when S. Stansfeld Sargent asked a sample of 200 residents of Ventura, California, to divide the population into categories, less than one-half answered in terms of socio-economic class; while Gerhard Lenski found that, even though most Americans agreed on the relative position in an upper-lower continuum of any particular family in their community, they did not think of their community as being made up of "classes." Is this mere ignorance? Or is it, instead, a kind of knowledge? To take another and more revealing example, also quoted by Professor Barber, of this phenomenon. Neal Gross, in Minneapolis, asked his sample three different kinds of questions: (1) "What class do you belong to?" Thirty-one per cent answered middle class, 11 per cent working class, 20 per cent didn't know, 15 per cent said there were no classes in Minneapolis, and another 15 per cent gave utterly miscellaneous answers. (2) "What class do you belong to-upper, middle, or lower?" Seventy-five per cent said middle class. (3) The sample was given a choice among four classes—upper, middle, working, and lower. Forty-five per cent said they were working class, 42 per cent middle class. Surely when such slight difference in the phrasing of questions results in such wildly disparate answers, the difficulty is not with the people who answer but with the very idea behind the questions?
This idea is the idea of class, which plays a far greater role in the sociological imagination than in American society. Of course there are classes in America. But there are so many, and the relations between them are so intricate, that it is impossible honestly to see them as constituting a "class structure." Professor Barber is moved to lament this irregular state of affairs:
"Though the political, religious, military, economic, educational, and scientific elites in modern society are all ranked about equally in the system of stratification, there is no institutionalized ideology about their proper relations.
"This ambiguity causes certain ranking problems for complex modern industrial societies. For how are highly specialized roles of one kind to be compared with highly specialized roles of another kind, if each kind is in general valued about equally?" (author's italics).
But this ambiguity is not an ambiguity at all—it is a fact. And it does not cause any ranking problems for modern industrial societies, only for modern industrious sociologists. If the relative position of the various elites is so vague and fluctuating, what is to be gained by the sociologists' pseudo-precision?
It is a premise of current sociological research that the presence of classes implies the existence of a class structure—a phrase which assumes that, given one piece of information about a person's class position, a great deal of other information flows from it as a corollary. There are certainly times and places when this is so; but the United States in the 20th century does not seem to be one of them. To know the way a man is likely to vote, we have to know, at any particular time, his income, his occupation, his race, his location in the nation's geography, his religion, his father's occupation, what voluntary organizations he belongs to, his ethnic background, and other things besides. Here, we have to know a great deal in order to deduce a very little.
This confusion between the existence of classes and the supposition of a class structure is further confounded by the problem of "class interests." Both Professors Kahl and Barber wrestle mightily with this problem, and the ensuing tangle is awesome to behold. The notion of "class interests," within the Marxist scheme, plays the role of ineluctable Fate in a Greek drama: "in the last analysis," the willful individual recognizes his "class interest" (i.e., his Fate) and surrenders himself to it—the reality principle, in the form of the historical drive toward socialism, asserts itself against all vain human imaginings and pretensions. Marxism is at least perceptive and consistent enough to realize that it is not possible to define "class interests" apart from a broader conception of the common good. Professor Barber dodges this issue. He deduces from the fact that the lower classes tend to vote for "left" political parties which favor greater social and economic equality, the conclusion that "the lower classes are on the whole conscious of their economic and social interests and rationally support the parties that strive to achieve those interests." But, unless he is a convinced Marxist, this is plainly absurd. The "interests'" of the lower—or any other—classes are not automatically predetermined; and being selfish is not the same as being rational. If one believed that, under the circumstances, greater social and economic equality would have undesirable consequences for society as a whole (including the lower classes in it), then the actions of the lower classes in voting "left" could no longer be regarded as rational, and would instead be seen as a violation of their own "interests," due to ignorance or false ideology. In all cases, this is a question of one's political philosophy, not at all of sociology. When Professor Richard Centers asserts (as quoted by Professor Barber) that "it is widely recognized that it is the worker rather than the proprietor or manager who stands to gain from a socialist order of affairs," he is not stating a sociological fact but a political belief—and one that is, if "widely recognized," not exactly unanimously agreed upon.
In the United States, as we have seen, most people have a pretty good idea of what classes there are in their community, and which one they belong to. If they have no such good idea, it is because they are the kinds of people who do not like to bother thinking about such things or because, in the absence of an articulated "class structure," they simply cannot, with right, place themselves in any one class. Whether or not all of these people are acting according to their "class interests," depends on what "class interests" one ascribes to them—that is, it depends on the observer's political philosophy. But we can go a step further and say, with some confidence: it cannot be desirable for people to get the impression that they need have no political philosophy and that if they act in the most short-sighted, selfish, and materialistic way, they are thereby behaving "rationally," in accordance with their "class interests," as sealed with approval by something called Sociology.
Throughout both of these books there is a consistent tone of censoriousness against modern society. This is, in itself, to be commended, since modern society is certainly open to reproach. But what is distressing is that the censoriousness is never candid and explicit; it is sly, devious, and insinuating; one never knows—though one can only too often guess—from what point of view it is being expressed. Professor Kahl very capably and accurately describes the life of an American factory worker—but against an invisible standard from which a degree of "alienation" is perceived and measured. Why this standard? Where did it come from? How is it justified? We are never told. That the lot of the ordinary working man is, in any society, not the happiest, is something that we all know; it explains why Professor Kahl is writing sociological books, and why I am reviewing them, rather than standing vigilantly on the assembly line. But Professor Kahl seems to mean far more than this; only it is not possible to say what.3
The same impression is conveyed by the way "equality" and "social mobility" are treated by our authors. When Professor Kahl writes that "the 'democracy' of the American high school does not lie in equality; it is based on the fact that there is sufficient flexibility in the systems for boys and girls to associate with peers from social levels other than their own if they work at it hard enough," one's attention is caught by those inverted commas around the word "democracy." They would appear to signify that only equality of status is proper democracy, while equality of opportunity (which results in an inequality of status, with some forging ahead, others lagging behind) is not quite the real thing. This is an arguable proposition, with something to be said on both sides; but argument is exactly what Professor Kahl disdains.
As for social mobility, this concept is such a phantom that sociology soon exhausts itself in trying to seize hold of it. All societies have it; some societies have it more than others, though this too varies considerably from time to time, condition to condition; and whether it is a good thing for a particular society to have, at a particular time, and in its particular circumstances, sociology is not in a position to say. Above all, what it is, is not clear, to put it mildly. According to the statistical findings, arrived at with the greatest of ingenuity, the degree of social mobility is the same today in the United States as it is in France, Russia or England, or as it was in the United States fifty years ago. I confess that I haven't the faintest idea what this means, and it tells me nothing at all about the United States, France, Russia, or England. All I can see in it is a series of utterly pointless mathematical proportions, behind which there lurks such obvious truths as that, in all societies where class privileges are not hereditary, they tend not to be inherited, and modern industrial societies can offer more opportunities for people to enter new occupations than older agricultural communities, etc., etc.
In general, both Professor Kahl and Professor Barber, like practically all their colleagues, give the distinct impression that they see in social mobility a Good Thing. Despite all their scorn for "the Horatio Alger legend,"4 they are loyal to its essential core: that getting rich is, in some mystical way, equivalent to "bettering oneself." One wishes that, on this subject, they were a bit more sociological. Is it really "wasteful," as they suggest, when boys of a high I.Q. and of lower-class origins do not go on to college and success? After all, it is hard to imagine an uglier society than one in which the lower classes would consist only of the less intelligent and less talented—the Epsilon Man of Huxley's Brave New World. But this problem does not occur to them: they are too busy demonstrating, beyond the shadow of a doubt, that it is entirely to your advantage to have a father who is the president of General Motors, rather than one who is a shopkeeper in Brownsville. Their researches, on this score, are absolutely convincing.
1 The American Class Structure, by Joseph A. Kahl, Rinehart, 310 pp., $6.00; Social Stratification: A Comparative Analysis of Structure and Process, by Bernard Barber, Harcourt, Brace, 540 pp., $6.50.
2 This does not, of course, prevent sociologists from regarding these discoveries as part of a grand accumulation of knowledge. Most of the experiments made in chemistry or physics, one never hears about: the results having been inconclusive or uninteresting, they are not reported in the scientific journals. In sociology, every bit of research gets "written up" and most of it gets published.
3 At times, Professor Kahl stoops to downright vulgarity, as when he writes: "A crucial test of the ideology of individualism came in America after the Spanish-American War when the large corporations began to dominate the scene. No longer could the old beliefs of competition among individual businessmen be fully accepted even by the businessmen. But a beautiful substitute was invented: equality of opportunity in education, and fair competition within the corporations for people of similar education." (My italics.)
4 It is really more than time that someone said a good word for the Horatio Alger novels. The moral of these stories is that, even if one is born very poor, one can still end up rich and successful if one is good-looking, intelligent, healthy, diligent, ambitious, and extremely lucky. I can think of no truer sociological generalization.


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It's fun to see what glows under black lights. Here, learn what glows under black lights before you turn one on.See Transcript
Transcript:What Glows Under Black Lights?There are a lot of everyday materials that fluoresce, or glow, when placed under a black light.
What Is a Black Light?A black light gives off highly energetic ultraviolet light. You can't see this part of the spectrum, which is how 'black lights' got their name.
Common Materials That Glow Under Black LightsSome common materials that contain fluorescent molecules include:
- White Paper: White paper is treated with fluorescent compounds to help it appear brighter and therefore whiter
- Petroleum Jelly: Petroleum jelly, such as Vaseline, glows a bright blue color under a fluorescent light
- Club Soda or Tonic Water: The bitter flavoring of tonic water is due to the presence of quinine, which glows blue-white when placed under a black light
- Body Fluids: Many body fluids contain fluorescent molecules. Forensic scientists use ultraviolet lights at crime scenes to find blood, urine, or semen
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- Chlorophyll: Chlorophyll makes plants green, but it fluoresces a blood red color
- Antifreeze: Manufacturers purposely include fluorescent additives in antifreeze fluid so that black lights can be used to find antifreeze splashes to help investigators reconstruct automobile accident scenes
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1100 block of Oakville-Waltz Rd., larceny of delivery packages
Bedford Township
2500 block of Hasen Dr., larceny from a building
2700 block of Scafstahl Dr., motor vehicle entry, damage to property
2400 block of Sandpiper, fraud investigation
6200 block of S. Telegraph Rd., larceny of prescription
8500 block of Jackman Rd., damage to a sign
7700 block of Windsor Lane, trespass warning
2400 block of Sunnydale Blvd., domestic violence
Dorr and Summerfield Rds., larceny of mp3 player
8100 block of Secor Rd., liquor inspection
First block of St. Andrews, domestic violence
6200 block of S. Telegraph Rd., larceny of jewelry
W. Temperance Rd. near Lewis Ave., suspicious person
8500 block of Summerfield Rd., suspicious fire
Lewis Ave. near Howard St., assault
9900 block of Summerfield Rd., credit card fraud
Door and Summerfield Rds., indecent exposure
Rauch Rd. east of Lewis Ave., abandoned vehicle
Berlin Township
First block of Helen St., domestic violence
8700 block of Lillian Dr., damage to property
Dundee Township
2300 block of Wells Rd., garage fire
Erie Township
300 block of Clayton St., warrant arrest
Exeter Township
9700 block of Finzel Rd., home invasion
Frenchtown Township
3200 block of N. Monroe St., fire investigation
1200 block of Frank Dr., trouble with youth
Hidden Trails and Stewart Rd., possession with intent to delivery, resist and obstruct officer
7600 block of Lauren Dr., domestic assault
1500 block of Stewart Rd., felonious assault
First block of Kessler Dr., possession of controlled substance
2100 block of N. Telegraph Rd., retail fraud
8400 block of Mimi St., medical call
1700 block of Park West, trouble with youth
2900 block of Nadeau Rd., trouble with subject
First block of Ralph Rd., domestic violence
1700 block of Park West Dr., domestic call
2100 block of N. Monroe St., retail fraud
2100 block of N. Monroe St., retail fraud
2100 block of N. Monroe St., larceny of license plate
1500 block of Stewart Rd., larceny of wallet and other items from vehicle
6700 block of N. Stoney Creek, domestic violence
1600 block of Mall Rd., larceny of phone and textbook from vehicle
3200 block of 10th St., assault
1800 block of Frenchtown Center Dr., larceny of scrap metal
5300 block of N. Stoney Creek Rd., domestic violence
2100 block of N. Telegraph Rd., shoplifting
3200 block of Pearl Dr., home invasion
N. Monroe St. and Cole Rd., driving with a suspended license
3100 block of Orchardale Dr., suicide
3100 block of Englewood St., assault and battery
N. Dixie Hwy. near I-75, driving while under the influence of controlled substance, resulting in vehicle crash
3900 block of Stewart Rd., domestic violence, resist and obstruct officer
Dead end of Holiday Blvd., field fire, arson investigation
4400 block of Dixon St., investigation of breaking and entering
Ida Township
2800 block of Lewis Ave., larceny of vehicle parts and scrap metal
14000 block of Ida West Rd., domestic assault
3100 block of Lewis Ave., breaking and entering
LaSalle Township
12800 block of S. Dixie Hwy., larceny of jewelry
Monroe Township
N. Custer Rd. near Raisinville Rd., domestic violence investigation
800 block of Jacobs Landing, larceny
15300 block of S. Dixie Hwy., domestic violence
800 block of S. Monroe St., lost or stolen wallet
15200 block of S. Dixie Hwy., embezzlement
900 block of Harrison St., attempted breaking and entering
1700 block of Magnolia Dr., rescue call
5700 block of Rosewood, assault and battery
900 block of Adams St., breaking and entering
1900 block of S. Custer Rd., damage to property, disturbance
900 block of S. Telegraph Rd., breaking and entering
First block of Saline St., domestic violence
Raisinville Township
8900 block of S. Custer Rd., breaking and entering
Summerfield Township
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Charles Motta, 84, of Brayton Ave., Fall River, son of the late Manuel and Cora (Faria) Motta, and beloved companion of Jan Greenwood, died Saturday, February 2, 2013.
He was plant manager for J & J Corrugated Box Corp. and Rand-Whitney Containerboard.
Besides his cherished companion he leaves a sister, Lorraine Pontes (late husband Wilfred); a nephew Alan Pontes and his wife Janet, and their children, Christine, Alison and Alan Richard Pontes, all of Fall River; a brother Joseph Motta and his wife Veronica; a niece, Valerie Latham and her husband Ross and many cousins.
His funeral will be held Wednesday at 10:00 AM from the AUCLAIR FUNERAL HOME, 690 So. Main St., Fall River, with a funeral mass in Holy Cross Church of Saints Peter and Paul Parish, Pulaski St., at 11:00 AM. Entombment, Notre Dame Cemetery Mausoleum.
Visitation, Tuesday from 3:00 to 7:00 PM. LARGE PARKING AREA and BARRIER-FREE ENTRANCE at the rear of funeral home. Donations, in lieu of flowers, to American Cancer Society, 30 Speen St., Framingham MA 01701 appreciated. Online guest book at AuclairFuneralHome.com.
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The knock sensor in a Nissan Xterra performs a critical task. It "listens" to your engine, to ensure that the right engine to fire. If too much fuel into the engine, the compression is quite high and the timing of the spark plug is not precise enough, the pistons in the engine literally against the wall of the cylinder Bang. This is known as hitting, and it can quickly become a catastrophic failure of an engine in the Xterra. If the knock sensor fails, the Xterra will find you, try a marked decrease in fuel consumption the engine ignition delay enough so that the engine "runs rich" (a lot of fuel burned). This ensures that the engine does not suffer from palpitations, but it also hampers the fuel consumption and engine performance.
- Remove the screws of the knock sensor. The knock sensor is behind the intake manifold to the engine mounted near the firewall. This is the most difficult to change the sensor, as it is to achieve a difficult situation. The sensor looks like a small donut-shaped device with a rubber tip and an electrical connector from one side of the sensor.
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Summary: Do you run a tournament, camp or league? In today's crowded market, advertising your program can be tough, and often costly. Luckily, there are free ways you can advertise your program on the web for fantastic results. By taking advantage of things like newsletters, social media and search engines, you can grow your program's participation without spending a single cent. Taking advantage of these web features is easy; no technical experience is required at all.
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E Book – Free Advertising for Sports Programs – by StadiumRoar – Presentation Transcript
- Free Advertising: Using the Web toPromote Your Sports Programs for $0 A free E Book brought to you by StadiumRoar.com
- Table of ContentsIntroduction………………………………….3Getting More Website Visitors…………….9 Email Newsletters………………10 Social Media…………………….14 Google……………………………21Getting Visitors to Sign Up……………….29Free Tools from StadiumRoar to Help…..33
- Do you run a tournament, camp or league?
- Then you must know that there are tons of other programs people can choose from
- Why should they choose yours?
- This E Book will teach you two things… How to get a lot of How to get them participants without spending any money
- The strategy in a nutshell Step 2: Once these new "leads" are on your website, use our tips to assure they sign up for your program Step 1: Use our tips to attract more visitors to your website * * Don't have a website yet? It's OK!
- Don't have a program website yet? No sweat! We'll teach you how to quickly get a free one at the end of the E Book.
- Attracting more visitors to your website
- Tip #1 – Email NewslettersYou should build up an email list of all the people who have ever participated in yourprogram. If you do not have any email addresses yet, it's OK. You can start duringyour next program session. Once every few months, you should send out anewsletter to everyone.The newsletter should not be a blatant advertisement for your program. Instead, itshould contain relevant content that can help out the people on your mailing list. Forinstance, if you run a soccer tournament, you can send out some links to goodsoccer instructional videos.An email newsletter will accomplish two things: keep your program fresh on people'sminds and give people an opportunity to forward your newsletter to their friends,which acts as free advertising for your program.
- Email Newsletters – How to do it1.) In the body of the email, include usefulcontent for the types of people on your list2.) At the bottom of the email, includesome brief information about yourprogram and a link to your programwebsite3.) Also include instructions forunsubscribing; if people want to stopreceiving the letter, be sure you have inprocess in place to remove them from thelist
- Email Newsletters – SendingIf your email list is under 300 people, you should be able to send theemails directly from your email provider (gmail, etc).However, if you have a larger list, then you should use a newsletterservice to send the emails. We recommend a service called"MailChimp"; you can send up to 12,000 emails a month for free. www.MailChimp.com
- Email Newsletters – Viral Effect• You send out the email to Your Program Websitesubscribers• A percentage ofsubscribers will forwardyour email to their friends• A percentage of thesepeople will click yourprogram-website link at thebottom of the email andlearn more about yourprogram; these people Friends ofbecome new "leads" for Subscribers subscribersyour program! You
- Tip #2 – Social MediaSocial media marketing essentially means the use of Facebook, Twitterand YouTube to advertise your program. These networks already havehundreds of millions of users. A percentage of those users are potentialparticipants in your program. The key is finding them, and getting themto click through to your site.The course of action is a bit different for each of the three sites, so we'lltalk about each one individually.
- YouTube – How to do it1.) Create a YouTube channel for your program by signing up at www.YouTube.com; you will use this channel page as a place to upload videos2.) Before you upload the videos, make sure you edit them to include a "closing" screen; this is a still screen with some information about your program, such as "This video was filmed at the 3rd annual XYZ Tournament – Learn more at our website at www.example.com"3.) Upload the edited videos to your channel and then share them on Facebook and Twitter (more about using Facebook and Twitter later)
- YouTube – Viral Effect• You upload videos to YouTubeand share those videos with your Your Program WebsiteFacebook fans and Twitterfollowers• Those people will likely sharethe videos with their fans andfollowers too• These people will see your"closing" screen at the end of thevideos, where they will see yourweb address; a percentage ofthese people will visit your link tolearn more; these people Fans andbecome new "leads" for your Fans and Followers ofprogram! You Fans and Followers Followers
- Facebook – How to do it1.) Create a Facebook page for your program at www.facebook.com2.) Attract fans to the page by emailing out the link to your page to program participants, in addition to friends and colleagues who are interested in sports3.) Load up your page with interesting articles, links, photos and videos about your program and about sports in general; be sure to include a link to your program's website and its contact information on the page as well
- Facebook – Viral Effect• You email out a link to yourpage to people you know Your Program Website• As you post content likephotos and videos, apercentage of fans will "like" or"share" your content onFacebook, which means it willappear to be seen by all oftheir friends• A percentage of these"friends of fans" will clickthrough to your Facebookpage and eventually to yourprogram-website link, which Friends ofshould be posted on your Fans fanspage; these people become Younew "leads" for yourprogram!
- Twitter – How to do it1.) Create an account atwww.twitter.com2.) Attract followers to your account byfollowing people that are potentialparticipants in your program (hopefullya percentage of them will follow youback); you can use the "search"feature to search for accounts to follow3.) Periodically post, or "tweet"articles, photos, videos and links thatare relevant to your followers
- Twitter – Viral Effect• You follow potential programparticipants on Twitter Your Program Website• A percentage of them will followyou back, which means they willhave access to your posts, or"tweets"• As you make interesting posts,people will click back to yourprofile to learn more about you,where they can click the link toyour program website; thesepeople become new "leads" foryour program! Followers of Followers followers You
- Tip #3 – GoogleGetting found in the Google search results is the easiest way to attractnew visitors to your website. Every day, thousands of people visitGoogle to find sports programs in their area. Right now, there arepeople searching for things like "youth soccer tournaments in State X".These people are looking to find you! Make it easy for them!
- Free vs. Paid ResultsShowing up on the left of the page Showing up on the right ofcosts you nothing the page costs money
- Use Free!We're going to teach you howto show up on the left of thepage, in the free results.Why? Because that's wherepeople look first for searchresults. And it doesn't costanything!
- Step 1: The right text on your websiteWhen people use Google to search for a certain phrase, Google scans allthe websites on the internet to see if they contain that phrase. So, when youinclude a description of your program on the homepage of your website,keep the Google searcher in mind. Be sure to clearly type out what yourprogram does and where it is located.For instance, "The Surf Classic is a U 12 boys youth soccer tournament heldin Santa Monica, CA" is a much better description than "The Surf Classic isa local soccer tournament".
- Step 2: Get linksShowing up in the search results is good, however, showing up toward the top is great.There are a lot of sites on the web that contain similar terms. For instance, if someonesearches for the term "basketball sneakers", which is contained on a ton of sites, whichsites show up at the top of the results? How does Google decide?In short, the main deciding factor is links. Google likes sites that have a lot of links.When we say links we mean inbound links, not outbound links. What's the difference?An outbound link is a link you put on your site, which links to another site. An inbound linkis the opposite; this is a link someone else puts on their site, that links to your site. Youwant as many inbound links as possible. Please note that having a lot of outbound linkson your site does not hurt you in the search results; it just does not directly help.Also, you want as many of these inbound links as possible to be coming from established,high-traffic sites. For example, a link from nytimes.com is much more powerful than a linkfrom the website of your local coffee shop.
- So, how do you get good links?The easiest way is to contact the largerorganizations your program is part of.Is your program part of a high school?Have your link added on the high schoolwebsite. Is it part of a college? Have itadded on your college's website. Is it alocal recreation program? Have it addedon your town's website. Is it part of amajor sports association like US YouthSoccer? Have it added on the regionalwebsite. Etc, etc, etc.
- Step 3: Get in online directoriesA highly effective way to get found in Google is to do it through free onlinedirectories. Whatever type of program you're in charge of, chances are there's oneor more online directories that list programs like yours. There are countless sportsdirectories available on the web for leagues, camps and tournaments, and most ofthem offer free listings.First, you need to get your program listed in these directories. The more, thebetter. These directories typically have sub-pages that are broken down by region.For instance, a California page, or a New York page, etc. These pages typicallyrank very high in the search results. When people click these links in the Googlesearch results, they are then taken to the directory sub-page, where they canbrowse all the relevant listings, and potentially click on yours.
- So, how do you get into directories?Coincidentally, the best place to start iswith Google. In the search bar, enterthe term "free directory" followed byyour type of program. For instance,"free directory youth basketballtournaments".You'll see a bunch of directories in theresults. Click through to them, andhave a look. If a directory seems like agood fit, search around on it forinformation on submitting a listing.Typically, you just need to fill out asimple online form containing yourprogram's information.
- Getting website visitors to sign up for your program
- Tip #1: Have a quality, dedicated websiteYour program should have its own website. It should not just be a sub-page of alarger site. For instance, your baseball tournament's website should not just be the"Tournaments" tab on your baseball club's main site. Your tournament should haveits own site, dedicated just to it. You can then put a link to this site on the main site.In addition, make sure your site is good. A 10-year old slow site that wasgrandfathered down to you from the previous program director is not going to cut it.You need a fast site that people can get to, easily navigate and find information on.This is a must.You can craft a brilliant strategy to get people to visit your site, however, once theycome to your site, if it is slow, old or confusing, they're probably going to leavequickly, and not sign up, which makes all your other efforts worthless.
- Tip #2 – Be informativeYour site's main function should be to conveyinformation. People are clicking through to your site tolearn more about your program. So, teach them.Clearly display your contact information, in addition toa program overview, important dates and photos.
- Tip #3 – Let people sign up online!!!This is the most important tip. Once you get someone to find your site, then clickthrough to it, then learn more on it, you only have one more thing to do…getthem to sign up for your program! Don't lose them at the last step!The modern internet user does not like printing things out and mailing things in.The modern user likes things to be a mouse-click away from everything. Makesure you have online registration in place, and make sure it is visible directly onyour website.Online registration increases the likelihood website visitors will be converted intoactual program participants. Adding extra steps to the process such as printingout forms, mailing in checks, calling an 800 number, etc decreases the likelihoodof them turning into participants. This is an easy choice for you.
- Getting a free programwebsite and free online registration software
- How can our free E Book about free advertising becomplete if we don't offer you something for free atthe end? We at StadiumRoar offer free program websites and free online registration software. www.StadiumRoar.com
- Questions, Comments?If you have any questions or comments about our programmarketing advice, or about our free websites or registrationsoftware, get in touch 908 591 5448 email@example.com


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Over 360 people attended the University of San Francisco China Innovation Conference on Saturday, Feb. 25, 2012 in Fromm Hall on USF's main campus. The conference explored current developments in China's innovation policy and the country's changing role in the global value chain as well as broader issues surrounding innovation and sustainability in a globalizing economy.
Steve Westly, managing partner of the Westly Group and former California state controller, was the program's keynote speaker. Steve shared his thoughts on innovation in a global context, the role of Silicon Valley and the state of California, and the growth of the Chinese innovation and entrepreneurism.
Followed Westly's address, a notable panel of industry leaders and experts examined the unique challenges and obstacles facing China's transition from an export-driven to innovation-oriented economy. The discussions included the role of the Chinese government in adapting policies that promote an innovative ecosystem, the implications of China's transition for multinational corporations, and the future drivers of improvement for China, as well as the key challenges the country will face. Panelists included Mr. Thomas Chin of CHIC Group, Shanghai, Miss Kristen Durham of Silicon Valley Bank, Dr. Robert Lee of the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Dr. Jane XU of IBM Research, along with USF Professor Roger Chen and USF Professor Shenzhao Fu.
"We are most honored to have such a distinguished group of speakers and panelists bringing a wealth of real experience and insight to this conference," said Stanley Kwong, managing director and term assistant professor of the Greater China Programs at the USF School of Management. "Because China has experienced one of the greatest economic booms in history, it provides a terrific case study to examine the transition from a simple export-driven model into one of the fastest growing major players. Through panel discussions and the exchange of knowledge, we hope to better understand the significance of China's steady economic development and how innovation fits into the bigger global picture."
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A group of about 50 people came throughout the day to protest a downtown Ashland business they say sells synthetic drugs.
The group started the demonstration when the store opened at 10 a.m. and said they planned to stay until the store closed at 6 p.m. The group included past users, teachers from area schools, and family members of users.
"He was in the ICU in 4-point restraints, very combative," said Paula Tucci-Telisczak, organizer of the protest.
Last Saturday was the last straw for Tucci-Telisczak. She said her 15-year-old son was hospitalized while using synthetic drugs.
"I was very angry so I started a group on Facebook called Stop Synthetic Marijuana and I had no idea it would balloon into something like this," she said.
It was a constant stream of horns on Main Street. The group is protesting J.C. Moon, a downtown business they say is selling synthetics. Employees and the owner declined our request for comment. Protestors say store ownership parked a large camper on the street to block the store front from view.
Jessica Watson said she used to buy synthetics from the store.
"All the time, everyday for months, sometimes $200 in a day," said Watson.
She said she was addicted for eight months.
"Today is 95 days clean for me so we went and helped make posters and stuff. Something has to be done, everyone knows it's a problem but no one was doing anything about it," Watson said.
Tucci-Telisczak said they aren't protesting the store, just what they sell.
"We are not trying to shut the store down that's not our purpose we want them to stop selling synthetics," she said.
The protesters have a petition asking for an ordinance to make selling synthetics illegal. The City of Ashland said there are drafts already in the works.
"It impacts the city a lot. It raises the crime rate and it raises the cost of hospitals, and it creates a lot of problems for families," said Mayor Bill Whalen.
Whalen said they've looked to what other cities have done to combat the issue. He said the City Council will take up the issue soon.


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The Apple versus Samsung saga continues to rage on, but how will it all play out in the end? We get an expert insight into one of the fiercest battles in recent tech story
The Samsung versus Apple war rages on as we edge nearer to August 25th, the day that an official hearing will be made in Germany, and the temporary lifting of an injunction to ban sales of the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 will expire.
How did it all start? How long will the courtroom battle last? Could the Galaxy Tab 10.1 join the HP TouchPad in the tablet graveyard? Will Samsung really say that Kubrick actually invented the tablet not Apple?
We spoke to Deborah Bould, a partner at international law firm Pinsent Masons who specializes in cases similiar to the Apple and Samsung case.
Deborah, who is representing an 'interested party' (which is not Apple or Samsung), gave us her insight on how she thinks events will play out between the two major tech heavyweights.
Why has the ruling to ban the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 in Europe happened in the first place?
The Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 is a lot closer to the iPad 2 than anything that Samsung have produced before. The size of the product is an important aspect of that; the screen size is similar and the product is slightly thinner than the iPad2. So Apple are upset about the product's whole look and feel, plus they have complained about its packaging as well. So Apple are saying that they are unhappy with the way that the whole product is being presented including the packaging.
The registered design that Apple have got is really interesting. It's a very simple registered design protecting the fundamental shape of the iPad. Apple must have applied for it pretty much when the iPad was still a concept because the registration goes back to 2004. Obviously the iPad hadn't been launched then, so Apple made a very early application, which was very sensible of them. That is what we advise clients to do all the time; apply early before others crowd the market.
However, Apple have registered a very simple design, which gives them broad protection. I am sure that Samsung will challenge validity of this registration. European registered designs aren't subject to rigorous examination before registration. So Samsung will be looking to see if they can find any similarly shaped products on the market before 2004 which they can use to claim that the design registration is invalid.
What is the latest on the ruling?
The injunction has been temporarily lifted outside of Germany until 25 August. The injunction is still in place in Germany as far as I understand. On 25 August, there will be a hearing and the German courts should decide at that point whether they were right to impose the original injunction or not and make a decision whether there should be one imposed across Europe up to trial.
How could Samsung seek to challenge the injunction?
I'm sure that Samsung will be trying to challenge the validity of Apple's design registration and also they will be emphasising how the Galaxy Tab 10.1 is different to the iPad where there are any design differences (for example, port/button locations), so that it doesn't infringe the registered design.
I think Samsung will argue very strongly that there shouldn't be any injunction at all but, even if the German courts disagree with that, there shouldn't be any injunction imposed outside of Germany and the German courts should not be deciding the case for the rest of Europe.
How long could the case last? How long does a case like this normally take to be resolved?
On average, intellectual property cases in Europe tend to last about 12 to 18 months before they get to trial. The issue that Samsung have got here though is that there is other litigation between Apple and Samsung outside Europe, in the USA and Australia, which adds to the complexity of the global dispute.
We always try to achieve a global settlement deal for clients wherever possible, and Apple and Samsung will probably take that line too, rather than settling specific pieces of litigation like this registered design action. The US proceedings will probably take longer than 12-18 months to resolve. I think settlement is likely to be at least a year off while the pair of them are just slogging it out, trying to get the upper hand in all the litigation that's going on around the world.
What we don't know yet is whether Apple are going to complain about any earlier tablets that Samsung have made. Obviously they are most upset about the Galaxy Tab 10.1, but they could expand the proceedings to cover sales of earlier products too. If I was acting for Samsung, I would be trying to achieve commercial certainty quickly with a product which Apple can't object to, so that Samsung can continue selling tablets while the litigation is pending. This is known as a design around solution. If Apple don't object to the earlier Samsung tablets, then they could simply continue those tablet sales.
How could it all end?
The German action is just a battle in a bigger war. There is a long way to go in that war. I think ultimately that the two sides will reach a global settlement deal. In the meantime, I'd be surprised if Samsung don't succeed in overturning the temporary injunction outside Germany, so that they can continue to supply the Galaxy Tab 10.1 product.
Does the recent deal involving Google buying Motorola have any relevance to this case?
No, I don't think so. Google are looking to buy a patent portfolio to give them some protection against patent infringement claims from companies like Microsoft (who have asserted Android related patent claims against various manufacturers but haven't yet sued Google). The rationale is that if a company asserted patents against Google, they would be able to counter with their own patent assertion.


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As if girls weren't already growing up too fast, Miley Cyrus's little sister Noah has just annouced she is assisting in a new line of lingerie.
As the Hollywood Gossip puts it, "It's called "Ooh! La, La Couture" and it's pretty much a collection of French Maid outfits."
But, as The Frisky points out, it's not really lingerie, exactly. "[T]he designs aren't so much lingerie as they are slutty dress-up clothes," one writer explains.
There, much better.
The Frisky continues, asking, "Why? Why do little girls have to dress like whores? Enjoy your youth, young grasshoppers! Enjoy your innocence while it lasts!"
It doesn't last long, that's for sure. Between child beauty pageants that force the pre-k set to don false eyelashes, spray makeup and padded ballgowns, to inappropriate Halloween costumes geared at the tweens and teens, little girls are constantly being sexualized at a younger and younger age.
And unfortunately, it appears to often be with apathy, if not actual encouragement, of their parents.
It's no wonder that 12 and 13 year olds are sending each other naked pictures of themselves.
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So very wrong on so many fronts!!! We wonder why things are the way they are!?!?Thanks Robin.
Way to young.
Way to young.
Lingerie for little girls! Absolutely ridiculous!
Did anyone else see the 3 year old dressed like Dolly Parton with wig, fake boos & behind doing the hootchie-kootchie on tv? I was sickened.
this is the end
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Wow, man. Miley Cyrus' sister, eh. There was the Olson Twins' line of clothing, now there's this?!? Geez-o-Pete!! I agree with Dany M.!!!
If folks want 'extra small condoms', they should take a look at the government-subsidised condoms. I hear they are very small.
Diane Elko made a good point too. Who but child molesters would really want it? Parents who allow it might not be thinking along the proper lines either. Parents who allow their small children so much access to television & internet ( cell phones) might not really be aware of what their child is or children are exposed-to. That's a problem. Censorship can be a very good thing. I agree with Madonna about that - it's probably the only thing that I would agree with her about, but I do agree with her that that there should be censorship. It's up to the parents or guardians, adults in charge, to implement that accordingly. So let's do it.
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Caterham Valley Parish Council annual meeting
Caterham Valley Parish Council invites you to come along to their annual Parish meeting on Wednesday 15th May 2013 at 7.30pm. The meeting will start at 7.30 in the Soper Hall, Harestone Valley Road, Caterham. It will be your chance to hear a report on the activities of the Caterham Valley Parish Council and to put your questions to them.After the business part of the evening, Random Greenway from Random Greenway Architects will speak about the Neighbourhood Plan and the Soper Hall refurbishment. Refreshments will be available after the meeting.
Munch with Music
The May munch with music will take place on Wednesday May 1st at St Johns Church, Caterham Valley. Coffee is provided from 12.15 and the performance is from 12.45 – 1.30pm. This time you can listen to songs from the 20's and 30's presented by Nadine André and Paul Cavaciuti (Piano, Vocals and Drums)Nadine presented a very successful piano recital in the April Munch with Music.In the May event she shows her versatility by joining with her husband to present a selection of songs from the 20s and 30s. Paul is an internationally renowned drummer, composer, educator and music therapist.His performance career has encompassed a wide variety of world renowned artists and musical styles, from Indie, rock and pop, to jazz, fusion, Latin music and West End shows. Paul is also an extremely successful jazz educator.
Caterham Horticultural show
This Saturday, 27th April, the Caterham Horticultural Society will be holding their spring show at Hillcroft School, Chaldon Road, Caterham and anyone may enter by 8pm tonight, 25th April. The show is open to from 2.30pm. See http://caterhamdistricthorticulturalsoc.weebly.com for more details.
Tandridge Trust Taster Day at the Soper Hall
Tandridge Trust is holding a taster Day at the Soper Hall, Harestone Valley Road, Caterham, this Saturday 27th April, from 10-3pm.The day will include opportunities for adults and children to try out many leisure activities including watercolour painting, working with clay, art and craft for 5-9 year olds, silver jewellery making, Little Dance (creative movement for 3-6 year olds), mini soccer for 3-6 year olds, Hatha and Astanga Yoga, Bokwa, Contemporary, Jazz and Creative Dance for young people and adults, Cheerfit and singing with the new Caterham Community Choir!Booking is essential as there are limited spaces for each activity, call 01883 344355 to book your place now! Pay once and reserve your space on as many activities as you like. It is only £7.50 for Adults and children under 6 are free for the whole day. For more information email email@example.com or call 01883 344355


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Adoption is a greater mercy than Adam had in paradise; he was a son by creation, but here is a further sonship by adoption. To make us thankful, consider, in civil adoption there is some worth and excellence in the person to be adopted; but there was no worth in us, neither beauty, nor parentage, nor virtue; nothing in us to move God to correct us, but nothing to move him to adopt us, therefore exalt free grace; begin the work of angels here; bless him with your praises who has blessed you in making you his sons and daughters.
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Recipe by VALARIE34
"Elegant comfort food, perfect for a dinner party! A delicious simple seafood sauce with tender shrimp & scallops. Serve with egg noodles or white rice."
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2 tablespoons
butter, divided
1 (8 ounce) package
fresh mushrooms, sliced
1 pound
shrimp, peeled and deveined
1 pound
sea scallops, rinsed and drained
2 tablespoons
all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon
ground black pepper
1 (8 ounce) bottle
clam juice
1 cup
sour cream
2 tablespoons
dry sherry
1 tablespoon
chopped fresh parsley
I disagree with the previous reviewer, I LOVED this recipe. LOVED, LOVED, LOVED. The only reason it got four stars is because scallops AND shrimp made this an expensive dish to make (at least for my pocketbook). I had no trouble with the water content or thickening and I really have trouble believing 2 tbs of sherry would thin this dish out as suggested previously. This is a great dish and I definitely will fix again.
I found the water content of this recipe too high, unless you pat dry the mushrooms and the shellfish, the water in them will throw the thickness for a loop. I would add another tbsp of flour or be sure to cook the clam mixture for longer to thicken it quite well. The sherry at the end also thins it out quite a bit. The first bite was very disappointing, but it grew on me as I ate it. I probably would not make it again.
12 Ratings
I had some scallops and shrimp and was looking for a good way to cook them. I am watching my weight so I substituted fat free sour cream for the real sour cream. I also sauteed onion and shallots with the mushrooms. I added paprika to give it a kick. We put it over whole wheat pasta and some mushy peas on the side. It was delish. My husband is back in the kitchen polishing it off right now. This is a keeper!
Very, very tasty. I added garlic and onions to the mushrooms when I satueed them. I made sure to drain the seafood well. I also added one TBS of flour so the sauce was thicker. Fattening, but excellent.
I took the suggestions of other reviews and really thought that I would like this alot. I, however, did not like it. Was it edible and my family said that they had worse, but we all agree that I need to find a better recipe for scallops.
I did add a small onion and a clove of garlic because it seemed like that was what that the reviewers that liked it the most did. It came out pretty good, but not great. I feel like it was missing some ingredient that could push it over the top to great, but I couldn't figure out what it was. If scallops and shrimp weren't so expensive, I'd make it again and play with the recipe, but being as they are so pricey, I'm going to stick with recipes that I know will turn out fantastic.
This was pretty good. May try it again.
very bland flavor, my husband and teen sons did not care for this. will not make again.
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
Shrimp & Scallop Stroganoff
Serving Size: 1/6 of a recipe
Servings Per Recipe: 6
Amount Per Serving
Calories: 287
Calories from Fat: 125
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