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I have tons of these that i've accumulated over the years, but I generally tend to post more recent work. Thankfully I work fast, so the hits tend to keep on coming.
I have tons of these that i've accumulated over the years, but I generally tend to post more recent work. Thankfully I work fast, so the hits tend to keep on coming.
Last edited by The_Flying_Dutchman; September 3rd, 2013 at 08:08 AM.
This is a fairly quick digital sketch over an ink drawing.
This is the ink drawing that made up the basis of the previous digital work... Took me a couple of minutes.
please feel free to rate this thread
Last edited by The_Flying_Dutchman; June 12th, 2009 at 03:52 AM.
Here's the start of a new sketchbook from me then...
Keep an eye out, i'll post some daily.
This is the next one then.
Last edited by The_Flying_Dutchman; June 16th, 2009 at 09:21 AM.
great work man, love the last ink pages. very nice figures
Thanks, bro. Keep an eye on this, i'll keep posting. I draw a LOT.
Next page...
i like your style cool sketchbook
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...and the next one.
yah, great work! idk why more people don't comment. it's really fluent. i like your line quality and the slightly exaggerated form.
and the next
The sketch on the top left-hand side of the page can be seen as a digital development on my registry page or my blog, so have a look:
Last edited by The_Flying_Dutchman; June 18th, 2009 at 03:43 AM.
Your figures are cool but for some reason i love the the rocks and the house on the cliff even more. Always great to see more ink stuff!
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Thanks for the positive feed back on my book, thought I would drop by yours. I really love the inks you have going. The rocks and figures are awesome. What kinds of pens or ink set up are you using?
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Most of my linework is just a regular Pilot V5, but I also use a dipping pen with Pebeo Indian in that I got hold of in NZ, you can easily identify that work by the rich, fluctuating lines, it's great once you get the hang of it. I use a single size nib that allows a lot of variation, so there's no need to change pens to creat different lines.
Next one...
The second lot is obvious, but was something odd for me, because I only ever work on my own shit, so drawing someone else's characters is a bit tough, having to conform to certain rules. Coupla sheets up you can also see Judge Dredd scribbles...
Last edited by The_Flying_Dutchman; June 19th, 2009 at 10:52 AM.
And today's one...
As a total change of pace i did these yesterday, must've taken me now more than two hours to do both...
They're oil on canvas.
Right, that was a little painterly detour, now back to the boring sketchbook!
He there, you got some good sketches here. Lots of movement due to the scribbly style.
Especially the last post, with the environments looks great and has depth to it.
On the side, would like to see some more refined stuff! Keep it up!
You can see more refined stuff at my gallery if you click the link below, this sketchbook is meant for concepts, not details.
yo dude! awesome stuff youve got here! checked your website as well, you have a lovely painting style!
i was about to say yo ushould slow down some time and take some rest for thinking, but youre doing very well the way you do it right now, so maybe u dont need it.
keep posting!
My sketchbook: http://www.conceptart.org/forums/sho...106521&page=11
I'm drawing faster than i can post, so i'll just keep at it!
Right, last one for this batch, so now i need to take some more photos...
Hey whats up!
Great first page for your sketchbook man.
Really like your sketchbook pages and your paintings are very nice.
Keep it up
till next time -Omerta
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I loved all that movement in the first oil! I also liked all the other oils too. I also really like all those different shapes of rocks, it's very interesting. C:
Right, these sketches were done in search of something specific, which explains why they are so rough, i'd scribble and see something wasn't working and keep going. Once again that's the problem you have when you do something FOR somebody rather than for yourself, because you're trying to accomodate the other person by giving them what you think they'll want, which makes everything kinda convoluted, but it's always good practise.
I think i will blow up some of the better small sketches in my book for you guys to have a closer look at. Bit of a 'greatest hits' type deal. Or 'The Least Worst Of', to quote Type O Negative.
Right, here are the scrappy bits.
And here's a cathartic thirty minutes on canvas.
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I don't think the art of photography is in decline or the end is near or any of that. Not for an instant.
Those who remain committed to analogue / traditional processes will (I keep saying over and over!) be delighted to find that their work is valued more as time goes by. I see this very clearly.
Those who get involved with digital and hybrid processes will see more interesting and individual capabilities and a steady improvement in standards; we just have to remember that digital photography is still in its youth, relatively speaking, and still has quite a long way to go.
On both sides -analogue and digital- there are those people who bitch and moan and think things have gone to hell and the art is finished. Whatever. That's just a completely useless and de-motivating point of view. What these people want remains an enduring mystery. A warm bottle and a blankie? Whatever. Adapt or perish.
I believe that you are 100% correct, Keith. The appreciation for analogue/traditional processes will remain strong and will increase as time goes by, positively. Digital may have made it more difficult to stand out, but when one does, it makes the hard work even more rewarding. Those who bitch and moan, on both sides of the pond, are just wasting time and losing focus (pun intended).
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April 2014
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Guess who: a person with ice applied to sore knees, pulled back muscles, and more than 20 miles traveled by foot in about three days. Sounds like an athlete, huh? Maybe a NBA or NHL player? Actually, that person is me – after a trip to Las Vegas to cover Conexpo.
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This show only takes place every three years, and although the Masonry Magazine team returns feeling a little battered and bruised, we all agree it's a highly productive trip. Even better than the sprawling array of construction equipment is the variety of attendees from nearly every culture and country you can name. It's a gentle reminder of just how important our business is – not only in the United States – but around the globe.
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By Dr. Tristan Bridges and Dr. Melody Boyd
Both Apple and Facebook recently announced that they will cover egg freezing for their employees. The policies at both companies provoked a series of smart analyses of why they are simultaneously something to celebrate and challenge. For instance, Joya Misra writes, "In an environment in which many women face motherhood and pregnancy discrimination, policies that encourage women to freeze their eggs supposedly to delay parenthood, may actually discourage women from becoming mothers altogether. Access to paid leave and high quality, subsidized childcare would better support women's decisions about having children" (here). Dr. Misra and others are absolutely correct that egg-freezing policies fail to do anything about the family-friendliness of workplaces and organizations.1 The existing data on people who take advantage of the specific technology Apple and Facebook are offering to cover for female employees, however, suggests that the lack of family-friendly policies is only one issue worth considering here. Among these issues are: cost of infertility treatment, same-sex families, and explorations of the other reasons reproductively healthy heterosexual women might pursue these options.
There are four obvious groups of women who might pursue this technology. The first are queer or lesbian women (see here, here, and here). The second are women with known or anticipated fertility issues (such as cancer treatment). The third group (and those who have received most media attention surrounding this issue) are professional heterosexual women who may be in a relationship, but don't want to have children until they've reached a place in their career where they feel it will be least professionally damaging. The fourth group are single heterosexual women who might pursue freezing their eggs in the hopes of eventually meeting someone. The data suggest that the majority of heterosexual women pursuing this technology are single. As one maternal fetal medicine specialist and Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology—Dr. Chavi Eve Karkowsky—writes,
"[I]f these women were partnered, but still wanted to delay child-bearing, they would probably pursue IVF with their eggs and their partner's sperm, and freeze the resulting embryos. IVF and embryo cryopreservation is an older, more refined, and arguably more successful technology… What they want is a baby, yes, but with a willing partner for child rearing and a present father for their child" (here).
What Dr. Karkowsky suggests is that women's decisions to freeze their eggs might have more to do with not feeling like they've found a "Mr. Right" (if they're even looking for Mr.'s in the first place) than with a desire to focus on their careers. In one study of the reasons women pursue egg freezing as an option, women were asked to select any and all reasons to account for why they had not pursued childbearing earlier in their lives. While they were allowed to select all of the possible reasons that might apply, only about a quarter of the sample cited "professional reasons" for not having children earlier. The overwhelming majority of women (88%) claimed that "lack of partner" was the primary reason (see our adapted graph).2
This is related to an issue sociologists refer to as the "marriageability" of men. In the context of rising joblessness in low-income urban communities, William Julius Wilson suggested one consequence of shifts in our economy was that poor, non-white, urban men were disproportionately affected by the shift to a service economy. They're not out of work because they don't want jobs; Wilson found that they are out of work because the jobs simply don't exist. And this has reverberations throughout their communities. One consequence was shrinking "pools of marriageable men" for poor black women (here). "Marriageability" has, thus far, largely been discussed as an issue of economic stability (having a job). And, as Kathryn Edin and Maria Kefalas more recently documented in Promises I Can Keep, poor women remain hesitant to bet their futures on men on whom they may not be able to count to provide economically for their families over the long haul.
More recently, Philip Cohen updated the outcome, considering the ratios of employed, unmarried men per unmarried women for black and white women. Cohen's analysis suggests that poor women still have smaller pools of "marriageable" men, but also that black women face greater shortages of "marriageable" men than white women in most major metropolitan areas. Here too, Cohen relies on Wilson's formula for marriageability: "marriageable" = employed.
Yet, when middle and upper-class women (the groups most likely to pursue cryopreservation fertility options) are asked why they are pursuing egg freezing, "lack of partner" is highest on the list. But many of these women must live in "partner rich" areas with favorable "pools of marriageable men" as traditionally defined. Surely some of this is the result of women finding men who might qualify as "marriageable" by Wilson's standard, unmarriageable by their own. As Stephanie Coontz has shown, women and men are asking a lot more out of their marriages today than their parents and grandparents might have. As such, it might not be all that surprising that a more diverse group are delaying and forgoing marriage. Indeed, as a recent Pew Report investigating the rise in unmarried Americans attests, the population of young adults who have not entered marriage is both growing and changing. For instance, the education gap between never married men and women has widened (see graph). Never married women and men are more educated today than previous generations. More than 53% of never married men today have more than a high school education; 25% have at least a bachelor's degree. And while it's a tough economy, Cohen's analysis suggests that many of these men are finding jobs (often in larger numbers than women in many cities).
We suggest that middle- and upper-class women are delaying and foregoing marriage for many reasons, among them that the employed men they encounter are "unmarriageable" for other reasons.
We are currently working on an article collecting research across the class divide dealing with the "marriageability of men" hypothesis. Research shows that the "lack of marriageable men" trend is best analyzed as twin trends occurring among different groups for different reasons. For instance, Wilson suggested that "marriageability" primarily had to do with obtaining a job—a task more difficult from some groups of men than others. But, middle- and upper-class women, by this standard, should be marrying in droves—employed men are not always the issue. Men who might be capable of financially providing are not necessarily all women want out of a relationship today.
For instance, in The Unfinished Revolution, Kathleen Gerson found that men and women across a range of class backgrounds said that they desired gender egalitarian relationships. Men were just as likely as women to say that having a partner able to find personally fulfilling work and to co-provide financially was an important part of what they hoped to achieve in current and future relationships. Things get more complicated, however, when women and men are asked about their backup plans. What happens when those plans for dual-earning, emotionally fulfilling, egalitarian partnerships don't work out? Women state that they are willing to confront a range of options in terms of fulfilling their family and career goals. Men, on the other hand, are most likely to say that their fallback option does not include the possibility of staying home themselves. Rather, men's "plan B" appears to put women right back at "plan A" 50 years ago (see Lisa Wade's analysis here). Indeed, in her interviews with women about their heterosexual experiences in Hard to Get, Leslie Bell finds profound dissatisfaction among 20-something women with their romantic and sexual relationships with men.
While only a small number of women currently choose to pursue oocyte cryopreservation, this issue represents a larger concern with which many women are dealing more generally. Freezing their eggs is one of many strategies heterosexual women might pursue as men are navigating new meanings of what it means to qualify as "marriageable" today.
Thanks to D'Lane Compton and C.J. Pascoe for advanced reading and comments on this post.
1 Whether or not assisted reproductive technologies (ART) are covered by insurance also varies by state in the U.S. Some states mandate IVF coverage, for instance, while other states do not. In states that do not mandate coverage, it is a more expensive for employers to include coverage in their employee health benefits packages. So, this is not only an issue of "good" and "bad" companies, but one of state legislation that influences organizational policies as well. See here for state-specific policies.
2 It's important to note that some social desirability bias is likely to rear its head here. For instance, some respondents may have felt that claiming "professional reasons" for not pursuing childbearing earlier may be perceived unfavorably by others.
by: Tristan Bridges
This fall, we decided to continue a tradition in our department of stressing some basic statistical analysis in our lower-level courses. As a part of that, students in any section of Introduction to Sociology produce a data analysis project that has them rely on a small sample of variables from the General Social Survey to run and interpret a basic crosstabulation. This semester, I decided to try something new in my large lecture course: to teach students about crosstabulation, I had them produce a human crosstabulation using their bodies in the lecture hall (I wanted to do it out in the quad, but called it due to weather).
We started by separating the class into two groups: "traditional students" and "non-traditional students." The College at Brockport has a large non-traditional student population. So, of the 112 students in my course (on the day of this exercise), I wasn't surprised to learn that 41 of them classified themselves as "non-traditional." For our purposes, we defined "traditional" students as 18-22 years old students who started college at The College at Brockport and live on campus.
Once in groups, I asked the students to think about their experience thus far at college. And everyone was asked to rank their satisfaction with their college experience so far as "less than satisfied," "satisfied," or "more than satisfied." Although this is not a representative sample of Brockport students, we pretended that it was for the purposes of our analysis. And we discussed what that meant at the outset. I had students formulate a hypothesis about their perceptions of how student status (traditional or non) might affect how happy students are with their college experience. Everyone came to the same conclusion: the students thought that traditional students would be more likely to be satisfied. Once students had an idea about how satisfied (or not) they were with college, all of them arranged their bodies into a human frequency table. Then—of course—we all took selfies to commemorate the moment and tweeted them out (#drbridgeshumancrosstab).
The lion's share of the students classified themselves as "satisfied" (93 of 112). 15 students were "less than satisfied" and only 4 students were "more than satisfied." Of those 15 students who were "less than satisfied," however, a larger number were non-traditional (9) than traditional (6) college students. We talked about these observed frequencies, discussing the fact that the numbers appeared to loosely confirm our hypothesis. While the raw numbers might look close, only 8.5% of traditional students were "less than satisfied" compared with 22% of non-traditional students. Certainly, it's a difference. But, is the different large enough—again, pretending that this is a representative sample—to argue that student status is actually causing non-traditional students to have worse experiences? To answer that, we calculated Chi Square and tested our results for statistical significance.
Students in each of the cells first calculated what the expected frequencies would have been if student status had no impact on satisfaction with college. We compared these with our observed frequencies and I had students raise their hands if the expected frequency was higher or lower than the observed in the cell they occupied. Then, students in each cell used these two numbers to calculate the test statistic for their cell. We added all of these up to collectively produce a value for Chi Square for the class and compared it to a critical Chi table together.
I'm hoping that the human frequency table made learning something students sometimes struggle with more enjoyable. But, it also seemed like a fun way of reminding students that when they seem tables containing numbers sociologists use to make claims about people and the social world, those numbers are actually referring to people (just like us). So, we all performed a statistical analysis together (all 113 of us) before going online to look at how online modules can help do much of this for us.
If you're interested, we did find a statistical relationship between student status and satisfaction with college. And we did not talk about alternative explanations for the finding. It's not representative data, but it's an interesting finding.
It's a project I'm excited to continue in the course. Having better data literacy is something I'd like all of our students to achieve while at Brockport. Part of this involves understanding what the numbers and graphs mean. But, some of it involves an ability to look beyond the numbers and charts to see the people that comprise that data. Next time, I'll make sure the weather cooperates.
Thanks to Dr. Melody Boyd for enduring some of the exercise and helping me get some "action shots."
Now that the academic year is over, we thought it would be interesting to profile what some of our faculty do during the summer months. Dr. Boyd is doing fieldwork in Dallas, Texas this summer, and here she tells us about her research.
I am part of the MacArthur Foundation Research Network on How Housing Matters for Children and Families, and am collaborating with a team of researchers doing a two-year qualitative study analyzing the housing decisions that families make. Our goal is to interview families from various income and racial backgrounds to understand how families make tradeoffs when deciding about where to live, and how these decisions affect their children. We are collecting data in Cleveland, Ohio and Dallas, Texas. This is a longitudinal study, which means we are talking to families at multiple points in time to analyze changes over time. We conducted the first round of interviews in the summer of 2013, and this summer we are following up with the families we interviewed last summer.
Last summer I was in Cleveland for two and a half months recruiting families to participate in the study and conducting in-depth qualitative interviews with families. We created a random sample of addresses in various neighborhoods throughout the city of Cleveland and the surrounding suburbs, and from that sample determined which families were eligible for the study. Since this project is focused on the impacts of housing on children, we limited our sample to families who have children between the ages of 3 and 8. Once we determined that a family was eligible for the study we conducted an interview with them, usually in their home. The interviews usually lasted around 3 hours, so we learned a lot from the families! I invited two sociology majors, Anna Sommer-Grohens and Lindsay Stumpf, to come to Cleveland for a short time to participate in the fieldwork and learn about the process of recruiting respondents and conducting in-depth interviews.
This summer I am doing follow-up interviews in Dallas. It's great to get to know a new city, and there are a lot of aspects about the housing market and neighborhoods that are different in Dallas than Cleveland. Since we are interviewing families again who we interviewed last summer, we are learning about the changes that their family experienced in the last year. For families who moved between last summer and this summer we are able to learn the whole story about how they made the decision to move, and why they chose to move to their new location. Some families are in the process of moving this summer, and for those families we are collecting observational data by accompanying them on their housing searches and learning about their housing choices while these decisions are being made.
So, there is a glimpse into my fieldwork this summer. I look forward to talking about what I'm learning in classes and conversations in the fall!
The news industry has changed significantly over the past few decades, and not necessarily for the better. With the emergence of digital technology and modern business strategies, the situation has improved only for the CEO's, while journalists are being sucked dry.
In his article, "Convergence: News Production in a Digital Age," Eric Klinenberg (2005) discusses his research into the ways the news media industry has changed since the advent of digital technology. He uses in-depth field observation of the company Metro News to analyze the effects that emerging digital technologies and the application of modern corporate convergence strategies have had on individual journalists, the journalistic profession as a whole, and the way news corporations are structured and managed.
Klinenberg discusses the ways that modern business tactics have led to the creation of large media conglomerates, as town newspapers and local television stations are either bought out or undercut by competition. As many of the companies grew larger, including Metro News, they raised funds by offering publicly traded stock, allowing them to grow even more swiftly and buy out more of their local competitors. From that point forward, the large companies were beholden to the profit demands of stockholders, and overall earnings became more important than journalistic integrity. Corporate managers "streamlined" the workforce, "laying off" large numbers of journalists and requiring the remaining employees to fulfill the duties of multiple individuals. All of these are serious problems, Klinenberg assures readers, and they would have been cause for concern regardless, but the advent of digitization intensified the issues dramatically.
With faster communications technology, vast news networks could be overseen from a single headquarters, allowing for further streamlining of the staff and more intense, less individualized micromanaging. At the same time, with more methods of presentation, including television and the internet, the number of tasks that each journalist must perform has increased exponentially, further decreasing the amount of time they have available to work on any given story. The increased workload and lack of commensurate compensation, along with little allowance for journalistic individuality or integrity, has reduced the profession to a terrifying state. The occupation is now consistently ranked at or near the bottom on a majority of popularity opinion polls. Eric Klinenberg shows that these massive media conglomerates are trying to squeeze every possible cent out of the news industry, and in the process they are changing the journalistic profession into demanding, low-compensation menial labor occupation.
If the implications of Eric Klinenberg's research are fully considered, they paint a bleak picture. News journalism was once a prestigious and highly respected profession, combining the best and brightest writers with skillful interviewers and high work standards for writing and integrity. If the current trend of maximizing profit continues, however, news journalism will be a profession for those who are willing to work long hours for little pay. Also, there are political ramifications to this shift in journalism. The industry is dominated by talking points, with every station recycling the work of their competitors without adding much value. The industry scrutinizes the every action of celebrities because they are popular, and that association with popularity increases sales. Stations are often polarized along political lines, vehemently attacking the opposing party and supporting the party of their corporate owner's political agenda, regardless of factual evidence. Corporations sometimes pull stories from broadcasts if they conflict too intensely with the party platform, refusing to report on what is actually happening in its entirety. There is a reason that political scientists consider the news organization a political institution, as it is the news industry that the general public relies on to inform us of political issues. The public requires unbiased political reporting so that decisions can be made based upon the facts, rather than upon a skewed representation of reality driven by profit and corporate interests.
Klinenberg, E (2005)."Convergence: News Production in a Digital Age." The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 597(1), 48-64.
*Benjamin Haskell is a freshman in the Honors Program at The College at Brockport. He is majoring in both Communications (Electronic and Print Journalism) and Sociology. After graduation, he wants to write for a prominent newspaper or magazine, such as the BBC, on the subject of new and groundbreaking technology. This post was originally submitted in Dr. Eric Kaldor's Introduction to Sociology course (SOC100) in the spring 2014 semester.
Research has shown that men are extremely likely to experience upward mobility in women-dominated professions. But new research suggests that not all men benefit in the same ways.
Nursing is one of the most in-demand jobs in America. As a result of this high demand, many men are seeking employment in the field. And the influx of male nurses has led to a "glass escalator effect." This can best be described as the advancement of men in both pay and position in jobs dominated by women. Rather than confronting the "glass ceiling" women face in professions dominated by men, research has shown than men's experiences in women-dominated professions are almost exactly the opposite. It was thought that this glass escalator offered a "free ride" to all men, but a new qualitative case study of 17 black male nurses by Adia Harvey Wingfield (2009) suggests otherwise. Wingfield found that black male nurses were more likely to experience the "glass ceiling" than the "glass escalator." In the study, Wingfield conducted semi-structured interviews with 17 black male nurses and sheds new light on racial tensions and inequality in America.
Some of the roadblocks affecting black male nurses are put into stark relief in the interview data she presents. The most intense and difficult roadblock has been "institutional racism"—the system of racial inequality that has become engrained in social institutions (Giddens, et al. 2013, p. 300)—in this case hospitals, health care, and perhaps the economy more generally. Certainly, old-fashioned racism still exists today as well. This can best be explained by one of the black male nurses interviewed. He shared an instance in which he walked in to treat a patient while dressed in full scrubs. Despite his hospital attire, and working with a patient vitals machine, the patient assumed he was a janitor. White male nurses often share experiences of being mistaken for doctors. The idea that black men are better suited for lower-skilled service jobs is common in our society. Clearly Ray was not benefiting from the invisible privileges that seem to work for white men in women-dominated professions.
Another serious roadblock was stereotyping. Black men have long been stereotyped in America as less intelligent, more prone to violence, more sexually aggressive, etc. While we may think of these stereotypes as a thing of the past this was not the case for Ray. Ray recalls an incident where he walked into a patient's room and began to care for her. When asked by the older white female patient where the nurse was, Ray responded, "I am the nurse." The patient immediately asked to see "someone else." Despite what we might want to believe, stereotypes continue to threaten black men, even those in respected professions.
Research like Wingfield's is important because it shows us that inequalities are institutionalized. Women are often disadvantaged because of their gender. But, we also find that men of certain races are also disadvantaged. The intersection of gender and race form a barrier that prevents fair treatment of many members of society. By analyzing these inequalities, we come to the sobering conclusion that America's race problems cannot be solved overnight. Rather, it will require a systematic approach of attacking institutionalized forms of racism and recognizing that inequalities are not only perpetuated by racist, sexist, classist, heterosexist, etc.ist people. They get built into the institutions through which we all pass. Wingfield's research also provides new directions for more research on this topic. What other research can be done? Are all minority men equally unlikely to benefit from the "glass escalator"? Does a man's sexual orientation have any effect? Would a gay upper-class man experience the "glass escalator," or would homophobia prevent this? This research also leads us to question if this type of racism is institutionalized in certain parts of the country more than other? Wingfield's study was carried out in the South, an area many associate with racial prejudice. It's important research and challenges us to think more carefully about intersections between gender and race when studying contemporary forms of inequality.
Giddens, A., Duneier, M., Appelbaum, R.P., Carr, D. (2013). Essentials of Sociology. New York: W.W. Norton & Company.
Wingfield, A.H., (2009). Racializing the Glass Escalator: Reconsidering Men's Experiences with Women's Work. Gender & Society, 23. 5-26.
*Dalton Rarick intends to join the nursing program at The College at Brockport. His interest in sociology stems from a desire to better understand social problems and systems of inequality. This post was originally submitted in Dr. Tristan Bridges' Introduction to Sociology course (SOC100) in the spring 2014 semester as a project helping students learn more about the process of searching for and evaluating social scientific research.
Pro-marriage initiatives may well perpetuate the cycle of poverty, rather than arresting it.
By: Haley A. Markham*
In 2010, authors Wagmiller, Gershoff, Veliz, and Clements, reported their findings to the query: "Do Children's Academic Achievement Improve When Single Mothers Marry?" in Sociology of Education. Since maternal marriage is often touted as a panacea for challenges endured by children in single parent homes, the researchers attempted to discern when and if this is so, and to what degree maternal marriage specifically impacts academic achievement, if at all. Their sample included 21,260 children enrolled in 944 kindergartners during the 1998-1999 school year. Data were collected by the U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics (NCES). An average of 23 kindergarteners were selected from each of the sampled schools; their academic achievement was assessed annually using math and reading scores collected through fifth grade. They accounted for variables such as: parental education, financial status, and learning support/enrichment activities provided to the children. Wagmiller, Gershoff, Veliz, and Clements concluded that the benefits of maternal marriage to their children is so limited and circumscribed that federal and state marriage initiatives should be reevaluated for relevancy and appropriateness in the context of social policy.
Beyond the scope of governmental initiatives, this study provides new knowledge about the cycle of poverty. The study itself is hampered, in that there are far too many critical variables not identified or addressed in the data they rely on for their research, such as: siblings and step-siblings and their numbers/ages/genders/birth order/behavioral impact upon the family; extended family and their involvement with the child, including the biological father (if not the man who mother married, if indeed the mother married a man at all!); the neighborhood/school/external support system available to the child; the tangible goods and foodstuffs available to the child, his/her health and access to appropriate care; history of trauma, disability, developmental delays and temperamental variances, the ages of the parents, and their own histories, etc. Given the magnitude and number of such key factors not mentioned in the study, it seems doubtful that a strong correlation could be made between maternal marriage and academic achievement. The study does, however, afford the researchers the opportunity to discern a notable disparity within their sample: while maternal marriage amongst lower income and less educated people seemed associated with lower levels of academic achievement for the reporting child, maternal marriage among higher income and higher educated people seemed to produce a benefit, at least within the limited age range of the sample.
This may suggest that the marriage of two disadvantaged people has the potential to compound problems faced by their children (instead of lessening them, as the social strategists would suggest) whereas the marriage of two advantaged people might enhance their children's achievements. It is a simplistic hypothesis, but provocative. If this is true—and further research will have to address this—the very governmental initiatives that purport to benefit the poor may in fact ensure that the well-to-do are buffered and the poor remain mired within the confines of the cycle of poverty with the challenges of one generation influencing and compounding the next.
Clements, M., Gershoff, E., Veliz, P., & Wagmiller Jr., R.L. (2010). Does Children's Academic Achievement Improve When Single Mothers Marry? Sociology of Education. 83(3), 201-226.
*Haley Markam is a sophomore recently accepted into the Nursing Class of 2016 at The College at Brockport. This post was originally submitted in Dr. Eric Kaldor's Introduction to Sociology course (SOC100) in the spring 2014 semester as a project helping students learn more about the process of searching for and evaluating social scientific research.
On April 2, 2014, Jackson Katz visited the Brighton campus of Monroe Community College to discuss masculinities, manhood, and his violence prevention program. Dr. Katz's books The Macho Paradox: Why Some Men Hurt Women and How All Men Can Help(2006) and Leading Men: Presidential Campaigns and The Politics Of Manhood (2012)address the facets of masculinities in the political arena and in personal lives of both men and women.
Dr. Katz began his lecture with a discussion of Women's History Month and why women need a month to begin with. He then discussed his Mentors in Violence Prevention (MVP) program and how it has been effective in a variety of arenas: sports teams, police departments, and even in the military. Dr. Katz spoke about one of the main problems with ending violence against women—the tendency to use the passive voice when discussing it so that men's role in it is obscured. Instead of calling it a "women's issue," Katz recommends referring to this as "men's violence." In this way men will feel that they have responsibility to help end this problem.
The way that Dr. Katz suggests everyone in the audience can help end this violence is through addressing the role of bystanders. Instead of focusing on the victims or perpetrators, Dr. Katz believes that equipping those around a situation with the tools to confront someone for sexist remarks and behavior or to intervene in a negative or dangerous situation is a way that violence can be prevented before it occurs. Jackson Katz talked about men as a "default setting"—one to which we do not pay attention (similar to whiteness or heterosexuality). It reminded me of Michael Kimmel's article, "Invisible Masculinity" that we read and discussed in my Sociology of Men and Masculinities course taught by Dr. Bridges last spring (2013). The privileged group rarely has the experience of being reminded of their status or having to compensate for it.
Because men are given privilege in our society, Dr. Katz mentions that it is especially important for men to speak out against men's violence. Although women are the group that receives the most attention as victims of violence, Dr. Katz reminded the audience that many men can be raped or beaten by partners, that many boys as well as girls grow up seeing their mothers beaten by their husbands or boyfriends, and that even when men do not experience violence firsthand, many have had to deal with the aftermath of violence in their relationships with women who have. Another reason that Dr. Katz mentioned it is important for men to speak out is because of the tendency for society to "shoot the messenger" when women attempt to raise awareness for men's violence. Women who champion equal rights and safety are often called slurs such as "bitch", "feminazi", and "manhater."
Dr. Katz ended the night with some humorous clips depicting a not so humorous topic—street harassment. Street harassment and catcalling are ways that women are made to feel unsafe, and are one of the overlooked ways that men can intervene in the harassment and violence directed towards women. What seems like a harmless compliment or friendly banter can actually cause stress and fear in women who are unsure of a man's intentions. Overall, Dr. Katz's lecture was a wonderful introduction to thinking more critically about the relationship between men, masculinity and violence as well as rape culture, the bad reputation of the "f" word (feminism) and the bystander approach towards preventing violence. If more men can be made aware of their potential to help stop violence, both men and women can live happier and safer lives.
Lindsay Stumpf is a graduating senior at The College at Brockport. She is majoring in Sociology with a minor in Women and Gender Studies. As a member of the Honors Program, Lindsay is also completing a senior thesis addressing representations of masculinity in children's cartoons under the guidance of Dr. Melody Boyd. Lindsay was recently admitted into the Public Administration program for graduate study at The College and Brockport. She starts in the summer of 2014.


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My Dear Parishioners and Friends,
Welcome to Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, located at 505 S. Ave B, Yuma, Arizona.
We are also celebrating the "miracle" of 150 years as a Parish with a beautiful church and newly renovated school which continue to serve all God's children in the Yuma community and beyond. Our story in this historic anniversary year of celebration is written in the hearts of all of our parishioners, past and present. We have so much to be grateful for, as we remember the contributions of so many of our beloved brothers and sisters who made possible the establishment of the Parish of Immaculate Conception in 1865 and those who have sustained its vital mission since.
Anniversary celebrations are important milestones in everyone's life. They give us the opportunity to remember the past, to celebrate the present, and to dream about the future. All of our memories of the church and school of yesteryear, our experiences now, and our hopes for our children and grandchildren all come together when we mark this 150th anniversary of Immaculate Conception.
God bless you all and thank you for your love and devotion to Immaculate Conception Parish! With a father's care, I am Faithfully yours in Christ,
Father Javier Perez, Pastor of Immaculate Conception Vicar Forane of Yuma/LaPaz Vicariate


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So my blood pressure has been creeping up the past few weeks (I've had issues with bp for a few years, was previously on medication for it). I went to the doc for my biweekly checkup (34 weeks) on Thursday and it was 142/92. My doc prescribed me a blood pressure cuff and said I need to take my bp every day and call if it is ever over 140/90 again. So, I tried to get a cuff, but my insurance wouldn't cover it. I went to my regular doctor to get my blood pressure taken yesterday, and it was 130/96. So, I called my doc and they said that I needed to come in tomorrow (today). So I took the day off (I teach third grade) and went in. BP was 146/90. Doc sent me over to the hospital to get my blood and urine tested for pre-e. Thank goodness everything came back normal, but now my doc wants me to stop working. He said I need to come in again on Friday and they will check me again and make a final decision, but he's really leaning towards me stopping. He said I don't need to be on "bedrest" per se, but he wants me to spend the majority of my time with my feet up. I'm so thrown!!! I mean, I will do whatever my doc tells me to do, but this all happened so fast and I'm having so much trouble wrapping my mind around going on maternity leave a month early. As it is, I don't get paid maternity leave because I teach at a private school. DH and I have saved for me to take off from March 26th until the end of the school year when they will start paying me again, but we didnt' factor in an extra month of me not getting paid. Hopefully they will let me work one more week so that I can transition with my leave replacement and atleast say goodbye to my kiddos :-( I'm so torn between hoping that on Friday the doc says I can continue to work so that we don't have to go through the financial strain of an extra month with no pay, and hoping that he says I shouldn't work so that I can just rest until the baby comes and not deal with the stress of work. Sorry, I'm rambling...just needed to vent. Any words of wisdom would be greatly appreciated!! Thanks :-)
Doc thinks I should stop working...
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I can't really offer words of wisdom, but I was put on not strict bed rest at 36 weeks for blood pressure issues with my first baby. Same as you I did not have Pre-e. I am also a teacher and hated leaving so quickly and unprepared. The interesting thing was my blood pressure got worse after putting me on bed rest causing me to be induced a week early.
Try to relax the best you can, I would trust your drs and just deal with the finacial strain if you can.
I would work this week with the sub - try to stay off your feet and let the sub take over for you- to start the transition and then take leave after that. If you don't it sounds like the baby could be born early because of high blood pressure and you want to keep baby in at least for another 2 weeks. As a fellow teacher, I know how hard it is to leave your students- I also have leave- money concerns, but your health and the babies needs come before that. Best of luck to you.
Dana, Mom of Wyatt (6), and Keira born 3-6-10
Same thing happened to me last friday...went in that previous tuesday and my BP was high so Dr. told me to come back Friday for a decision, and my BP was still high. Soo she had me stop working. It was really unexpected~I'm just glad its tax refund time!
Mason 3/25/10---Born on his Due Date!
@ 1:03 am 8lbs 7oz 21&3/4 inches
I am also a teacher- K-3 reading intervention, and I can totally relate. Although I am not having any complications, I certainly do not plan on leaving any earlier than needed- as I will not get paid either. We planned this pregnancy perfectly to match the # of general leave and sick leave that I have been saving up. Talk to your admin and see if there is anything that they can do for you as far as keeping you there, but maybe lighter work- (ha ha- lighter work as a teacher, IDK what that would be...) but, maybe you could take half days until your doc says you absolutly have to stay home? if you just went for the mornings and left at lunch or whatever your half day would be- I'm sure that would take some of the stress off and bring your bp down a bit.
Baby Cole Arrived 3/27/10 9lbs, 12ozs (o )( o)
Expecting #2 July 6, 2011- Boy-Oh-Boy-Another-Boy!
If your doc thinks you should stop working I think you should do what they say. The same thing happened to me with my first child. I did go on bed rest but I didn't realize how fast thing can progress with preclampsia. My blood pressure was just 140/90 a couple of times at 36 weeks. I didn't have any other symptoms until my hands and feet got swollen at 38 weeks. I ended up having a c-section and being put in intensive care unit. I was in the hospital for two weeks after I had my baby. Not trying to scare you but make sure you put your self and your baby first. I know it's hard when you probably already have things planned out in your head.
I am done working this Friday... 2 weeks before I planned on being gone! I don't have high bp but I'm contracting alot and the Doctor doesn't want PTL... I know it won't be great financially but if it's what's best for you and baby :) I'm sorry this happened differently than you wanted!
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I hear ya....Im kinda in the same boat. I am also a teacher and TRYING very hard to make it till spring break (last week of March) but my BP has also been creeping....150s/80s so not quite as high, but she now has me on weekly checkups (@34weeks) instead of the usual 36wks.
The longer I make it, the less unpaid time I have to take!
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I'm on bedrest for the last two weeks because of high my bp is. After talking to a friend who decided to work through her blood pressure issue she ended up with a c-section and a baby in NICU because of breathing issues from him coming to early. Her hospital bill after insurance was $6000. Are you going to make an extra $6000 this month by not taking leave. So in the long run this may be a better finacial decision then working through.....
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With my first child my doctor ordered me to quit my job at 36 weeks because my blood pressure was rising steadily. Bedrest really sucked after awhile but I believe I would have needed an emergency C-section had I waited and not rested. I had planned to work up until I delivered so it was hard quitting all of a sudden. I went to the doctor on a Tuesday and my last day was that Friday and that was that. Somehow our finances worked out and my baby was born healthy. Do what you feel is best!
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CIBC invites students to kick-off the school year with Human Foosball Sign-up for the CIBC student offer for a chance to win $5,000; Tweet #CIBCHUMANFOOSBALL for a chance to win a 2014 FIFA World Cup-branded foosball table TORONTO, Sept. 10, 2013 /CNW/ - CIBC (CM: TSX; NYSE) invites post-secondary students at Waterloo University to buckle up and play a little Human Foosball to kick off the school year and for a chance to win one of five prizes of $5,000 when you sign up for a CIBC student account. As the Official Canadian Bank of the 2014 FIFA World Cup(TM) in Association with Visa, CIBC is challenging post-secondary students at select colleges and universities in Ontario to show their foosball skills while proudly displaying the flag colours of their FIFA World Cup favourites. CIBC will host six-on-six human-foosball and regular table foosball events at Waterloo University (Bert Matthews Hall green) in Waterloo, Ont. on Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2013 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. EDT. "Inspired by the upcoming 2014 FIFA World Cup(TM), CIBC Human Foosball is a unique opportunity for students to show their soccer skills and engage in the spirit of such a popular and exciting game with their peers," said Veni Iozzo, Senior Vice-President, Marketing and Strategy, CIBC. "These events are a fun way to kick-start another school year, while reminding students that it's important to think about managing your education costs and to be smart about your banking." Students will also have the chance to engage with talented freestyle soccer players and win great prizes, including: -- Five prizes of $5,000 to help with tuition costs when signing up for a CIBC student account; and -- One of three foosball tables by using the hashtag #CIBCHUMANFOOSBALL on Twitter or Instagram. Look for CIBC Human Foosball Ambassadors on campus prior to the event, and for more information on CIBC student offers and the contest, visit cibc.com/studentcontest or Facebook.com/CIBC. View CIBC student contest rules. See CIBC Human Foosball contest rules. CIBC is a leading North American financial institution with nearly 11 million personal banking and business clients. CIBC is committed to supporting causes that matter to our clients, our employees and our communities. We aim to make a difference in communities through corporate donations, sponsorships and the volunteer spirit of employees. In 2012, CIBC contributed more than $38 million to charitable and non-profit initiatives in Canada to support national, regional and local organizations. You can find other news releases and information about CIBC in our Press Centre on our corporate website at www.cibc.com. Visa is an Official FIFA Partner with global rights in the financial services product category for all FIFA competitions. As a FIFA Partner, Visa receives worldwide exclusive access to the FIFA World Cup™ and more than 40 other FIFA competitions, providing opportunities to tap into the passions and reach of the "world's favorite sport." For more information on Visa's FIFA sponsorship, visit www.visa.com/fifamediakit. SOURCE CIBC Media contact: Caroline Van Hasselt, Director, External Communications and Media Relations, 416-784-6699, firstname.lastname@example.com. Image with caption: "CIBC invites University of Waterloo students to buckle up and play human foosball (CNW Group/CIBC)". Image available at: http://photos.newswire.ca/images/download/20130910_C5610_PHOTO_EN_30556.jpg To view this news release in HTML formatting, please use the following URL: http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/September2013/10/c5610.html CO: Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce ST: Ontario NI: FIN EDU -0- Sep/10/2013 12:00 GMT
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Michael Jackson, the King of Pop, was the most successful entertainer of all time. Sadly, his life was cut short. Now, a visit to the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas gives everyone an opportunity to watch a talented Michael impersonator
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Under AAAResearchReports.com Microscope: Eli Lilly & Co., Bristol-Myers Squibb Co., Allergan Inc., and Endo Health Solutions Inc. PR Newswire LONDON, October 15, 2013 LONDON, October 15, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Editor Note: For more information about this release, please scroll to bottom. On Monday, October 14, 2013, all three indexes of the US equity market ended higher. The Dow Jones Industrial Average ended the day at 15,301.26, up 0.42%; the S&P 500 closed at 1,710.14, up 0.41%; and the NASDAQ Composite finished at 3,815.28, up 0.62%. Shares of companies in the healthcare-drug makers sector ended on a mixed note, even as the broader market edged higher. The major movers included Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE: LLY), Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (NYSE: BMY), Allergan Inc. (NYSE: AGN), and Endo Health Solutions Inc. (NASDAQ: ENDP). AAAResearchReports.com has released full comprehensive research on LLY, BMY, AGN, and ENDP. These free technical analyses can be downloaded by signing up at: http://www.AAAResearchReports.com/register/ On Monday, Eli Lilly & Co.'s shares posted gains to end the day at $49.03, which is 0.31% higher than the previous day's closing price of $48.88. The company's shares fluctuated between $48.47 and $49.05 during the trading session. A total of 5.51 million shares were traded, which is above the daily average volume of 5.41 million. Eli Lilly & Co.'s shares have gained 2.23% in the previous three trading sessions, underperforming the S&P 500 which has advanced 3.24% during the same period. Further, the company's stock is trading above its 50-day and 200-day moving averages of $52.09 and $53.30, respectively. A free technical analysis on LLY available by signing up at: http://www.AAAResearchReports.com/LLY101513.pdf Shares in Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. fluctuated between gains and losses before finishing the day nearly flat on Monday. The company's shares ended the day at$47.67, down 0.02%, after fluctuating between$47.18 and$47.94 during the trading session. A total of 6.00 million shares were traded, which is below the daily average volume of 6.92 million. The company's shares have gained 4.06% in the last three months and 9.44% in the previous one month, compared to a gain of 1.78% and 1.31% in the S&P 500 during the respective periods. Furthermore, Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.'s stock is trading above its 50-day and 200-day moving averages of $44.23 and $41.55, respectively. Register today and access free research on BMY at: http://www.AAAResearchReports.com/BMY101513.pdf Allergan Inc.'s stock moved higher on Monday, extending the gains from the previous trading session. The company's shares ended the day 0.30% higher at $90.23 after oscillating between $89.29 and $90.37 during the trading session. A total of 1.97 million shares were traded, which is above the daily average volume of 1.88 million. 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The Future of Employment; A Study Has Identified Trends We Need to Plan for If We Want to Future-Proof Our Jobs. Niki Chesworth Gets a Preview
Byline: Niki Chesworth
THE world of work has already changed dramatically, with a rapid rise in the need for flexible working, an increasingly diverse workplace and a lot less job security.
The next 11 years will see further transformation according to the Future of Employment Working Group's White Paper called Gateway To Success -- and much of it will be positive, for those with the right skills.
Even so, the in-depth analysis of the future of work from the Recruitment Employers Federation (REC), which will be published today when it holds its National Convention, contains some warnings we should all heed.
THE SKILLS GAP Despite rising unemployment, employers are still struggling to find the right talent. The so-called skills gap, which according to the report is a "significant problem" across all sectors, means that those who fail to invest in their own skills' development will suffer -- as will employers who do not take advantage of the myriad of training initiatives available.
"Our research among employers revealed that a recurring concern was a perennial issue for recruiters -- that of finding the right candidate with the right skills for the job," says the report.
"The UK is faced with a severe shortage of skills and this has a huge impact on the employment landscape. For example, unqualified males are eight times less likely to be employed than qualified males."
GLOBALISATION Employers are increasingly competing globally for talent -- and this will amplify the skills gap according to the report.
"Globalisation is a large influence on all employers, not just multi-national companies, but small and medium enterprises as well," says the REC.
The problem is twofold -- businesses are increasingly requiring a globalised workforce in order to compete, and at the same time they are increasingly competing with global businesses when looking for talent.
This means that the workforce will not just be vying for jobs with other workers from the UK, but will also face competition from those moving from abroad.
At the same time any skills that can help a business to compete in the world markets -- such as languages -- will be in greater demand.
DEMOGRAPHICS Once again, there has already been a dramatic shift in the make-up of the workforce. By next year, just 20 per cent of the labour market will consist of white, non-disabled men under the age of 45 years.
Over the next decade ethnic minorities will account for an even greater proportion of the work force -- half of all employment growth during that period.
And in London, this will be particularly significant, with ethnic minorities accounting for around three-quarters of the growth in the workforce by 2018.
The ageing workforce will be the other major trend that employers and employees need to prepare for.
During the next 10 years, the number of those aged 65 and over will increase by 49 per cent -- and the over-75 age group will increase by 65 per cent.
To put this into context, in 1950 there were 10 people working for every pensioner. Today, there are just under four.
A combination of an ageing population and the increasingly multicultural nature of the UK population, will change the workforce landscape.
For older workers, who will take up an increasing share of the workforce, the key will be to maintain skills. For the rest of us, we will have to adapt to working with an ever diverse range of colleagues -- which could span four generations.
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(Calexico pool construction delayed)…The construction bid has been rejected.
It had been expected work on the new $7.3 million swimming complex may begin this week. Instead, the Calexico Unified School District Board failed to approve the bid on the first phase of work. The four member Board was advised the initial bid was $2 million over budget, and to bring the finances in-line, they would have to scrap the planned multipurpose room. The vote to accept the bid was split 2/2, which means the motion failed. The School District is sharing the cost to build the swimming complex with the city. Much of the funding is through government grants. The old pool at the High School was damaged beyond repair during the 2010 earthquake.