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tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-68671852015-11-25T12:29:45.917-08:00Out On The StoopOut On The Stoop is my exploration about things to know, talk about or experience these amazing times. The Stoop mantra is Think, think, it ain't illegal yet.Genahttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6867185.post-36807981157413767962015-11-18T17:41:00.001-08:002015-11-18T17:41:19.163-08:00Misconceptions and Fear Equal ConfusionI love mass transit. It is a laboratory. It is a rolling mental health waiting room. It is the best of us and the worst of us locked in communion.

This is my testimony.

I was gazing out the window, looking at the mountains behind man-made buildings and wondering for the #1875 time what have they witness, what came and disappeared.

I noticed a group of people waking down the street. Two by two. Focused.

There was a sign but I couldn't read it. Then a whole bunch more people started walking down the street. They appeared to be almost all white people.

"That's strange."

I thought to myself. I kept trying to look for a sign or a reason for this to be happening. Was it right-wingers or Tea Party people?

I didn't see any sheets or confederate flags tatted on anybody's body.

They weren't loud, or talkative. They just walked.

Still, I got a little twitchy. Recent events have made everybody a bit more nervous.

The gentleman in the seat behind me was beginning to freak out.

"What all them white folks walking down the street for? It is a protest or parade or something?
You know they don't walk if they don't have to; must be something bad going on!"

And then his imagination leaped like a rocket; pulling up all the recent pain and hurts. He went from zero to 60 in two minutes, getting louder and more agitated.

I'm still looking for a sign. A poster. Anything to restore the silence quo.

This is my fault. I should have had my glasses fixed. I got to I needed to be and got off the bus.

I crossed the street.
I stood on the corner.
From a small distance, I watched them go by.

It was a walk for suicide prevention. Many had tee-shirts with the phase Out of the Darkness.

Oh. Yes. People been off worlding themselves at an accelerated rate.

And then I kept looking. Where the black folks? The Asians and Latinos?

Might have been in another part of the line.

I don't know. I was having a moment of intersectionality* between mental health, race, fear, depression, the unknown and burning desire for some Blue Moon bread.

Some days are just so dang confusing.

 *Intersectionality (or intersectional theory) is the study of overlapping or intersecting social identities and related systems of oppression, domination or discrimination.

Genahttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6867185.post-25686205771220302282015-11-01T11:36:00.001-08:002015-11-01T11:36:16.323-08:00Bryan Stevenson at Zeitgeist 2015I am leery about talking about problems without attempting to have space for ideas and solutions.

I am weary of people finding excuses for damning other people to hell without having a slice of compassion or the ability to lean to the left or right to see another point of view.

And if you have been in hell how much grace will you receive for being less than perfect as you try to find your way out?

This is a talk by Bryan Stevenson. Among many things,he is the author of Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption. He was invited to speak at Google Zeitgeist.

This gentleman is a master speaker so he will draw you into the concepts he is trying to convey.

It is just under 27 minutes in length.You will not hear any of the presidential candidates go deep into solutions. They can't. They don't have any. And if they did the other side would be the obstruction force.

We, on the other hand, can come up with solutions. It can be flip positive.Genahttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6867185.post-4783864670279762082015-10-14T19:00:00.003-07:002015-10-14T19:00:50.359-07:00The Busyness of Life or Making Time for LifeI have been busy. We all have been busy. Doesn't mean that we are doing anything of high importance. It does mean that we are doing assigned and unassigned tasks that have repercussions if we don't get at it.

I'm cranky. I'm just tired of rank and file bullshit. I need to bust out of my own personal L7 and rejuvenate.

What is that smell? Oh, yeah...have to attend to that.

How are you supposed to stop and smell the roses when they are ten miles across town in a special growing area that you have to pay $12.50 to walk around? It is worth it to walk around cultivated garden, and there is far more than roses. But you have to be willing to jump through hoops to be in nature.

I have this feeling of taking a trip. A small one. Just to do something different. Not going to be climbing walls or running in a barefoot marathon but a break from the clock punching cubicle bunny I seem to have evolved into.

Would love to hugs some trees. Or walk by the ocean. It isn't impossible. The woulda, coulda shouldas are catching up with me and I want to respect that time is moving on.

There isn't room to talk about what you want to do but do it or else.

And another thing, sitting in front of a computer isn't always a good thing. You need real life.
There are a whole bunch of people that have never experienced it without a communication device in their hands.

I know how to be with me.

Well, I use to.

I can do it. I'm sure. I think.

In other news, Episode 015 of the Anxiety Road Podcast his posted. This week I talk about the ACES Too High questions to help folks figure out if their childhood had a number of adverse conditions but the bulk of the show is about videos that talk about shame or provide resources to deal with shame.

Slowly getting comfortable with my voice. Couldn't do a dang thing about the airplane in the middle of the show. I tell you, Auphonic is the bomb diggity of audio cleaners. Meaning, they clean and I benefit.

Time for mindless entertainment. Busyness. More busyness.Genahttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6867185.post-16245050789253538252015-09-10T19:39:00.001-07:002015-09-10T19:39:34.057-07:00Klownie Kar Follies Struck A NerveI generally shake my head and move on from the Klown Kar follies. I know what is being said but there is only so much verbal spewing that a person can stand.

I should ignore it because in another two weeks it will not matter. Damn it. This matters to me. I am a grandchild child of emancipated people.

Ignorance matters to me. The misstatements of laws, context and circumstances make me a little testy. When Klownie #1 starts talking about anchor babies I was offended, but I considered the source and went on about my business.

When Klownie #26 pipes in that he too wants to revoke birth citizenship even though his own non-resident parents gave birth to him on U.S. soil, I kept moving forward because hypocrisy has a way of kicking your own ass and it didn't need my help.

For my non-U.S. friends and acquaintances if you don't know about the Dred Scott decision by the 1857 US Supreme Court then here is the short version:

Huckabee claims that this decision is still on the books. He believes that it is still a law, just a law that we no longer follow.

My understanding of what Huckabee is getting at is that he believes that gay marriage is an attempt by the Supreme Court to circumvent the will of the people and of the Congress.

That Ms. Davis had every right to refuse to issue marriage licenses because it is a violation of her faith and what she understands to be her rights under her authority as a clerk in Kentucky to invalidate an erroneous decision.

Oh, hell no. See, if you go messing with the 13th and 14th amendments then you messing in my neighborhood. And although many people, even on the conservative side, have pointed out his error to him (No, that freaking law does not still exist.) Klownie is holding on for dear life.

This will pass. Somebody will say something more stupid in a couple of days. But how the hell do you get to be a presidential candidate without knowing United States history?

There are decent people who are fiscal Republicans, faith based Republicans and every pro-choice Republicans but I do not accept any party that wants to ratchet me back to 1857.

All lives matter my ass. Genahttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6867185.post-11579568368444955492015-09-08T20:02:00.002-07:002015-10-14T19:04:37.541-07:00Fermenting and Maybe Letting GoI do like the mini docs from the New York Times; quiet intimate views of real people trying to make their way in the world.

I sometimes like to imagine that I would become a back to nature homesteader. The reality is that it takes a hell of a lot of work. There isn't anything romantic about it but the landscape, sky and trees.

Everything else requires hard labor and love.

But I do like the lack of people. The earth and sky. The quiet.

Then I remember the few times I was in the country I got kinda itchy after two weeks. There is a part of me that needs city life too. Still, I envy this man. He lives as both and maybe, maybe it is possible to have both in one lifetime.

Speaking of letting go there is a new episode of the Anxiety Road Podcast; this one is on music tricks to nip an attack and a breath game for iOS and Android. Genahttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6867185.post-30594629562691870092015-08-24T22:25:00.001-07:002015-08-24T22:25:57.704-07:00So Tired Almost Forgot to Give the Post A NameIt is tough trying to be creative, productive and earn a living. I am tired. As in sleepy.

I want to say a lot of things but there are too many people talking already. Most of them are pushing air out there is no sense in their words.

I'd pontificate more but it is way past my awake time. But I did it. Imperfect and popping more Ps than a field of popcorn but the sucker is up.

Genahttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6867185.post-10670245857470211932015-08-09T22:38:00.005-07:002015-08-09T22:38:50.792-07:00Say the Name and Accept Who We AreI'm grinding down to a halt but I wanted to get this posted. There is a web site called Teaching Books.net. As I understand it it is a way to find authors for children and young adult books.

The site seems to support the people that make reading magical.

I say hook that rascals by any means necessary so it is all good to me. One of the items on the site is how to say an author's name.

I learned about the origin of Karen Finnyfrock's name. Hint: Chow Chow!

I think I'm going to have to practice Geert Spillebeen's name because there is more to it than it looks on a page.

And author Chieri Uegaki name is a lesson in respect, flexibility and good friends wanting to call you by your name.

Speaking of names the latest episode of the podcastis up. Not as many problems as before but I have to learn not to hit the desk when I am trying to make a point. I get kinda involved with my hands.Genahttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6867185.post-80265547319630938682015-08-02T22:47:00.000-07:002015-11-18T18:38:36.765-08:00Bonding with TewtNot too many animated cartoons got past me as a kid. I even watched the ones I didn't like just to be informed of how much I didn't like it. I was a shade too young to catch up with The Mighty Hercules.

The initial run of the Trans-Lux Hercules was from 1963 to 1966 and I managed to miss it. I was hip deep into the Mighty Marvel Marching Society.

This is Tewt.

Me and Tewt have bonded and I wished I had seen him as a kid. I like the little fella.The kid's got sense and spunk.

The Mighty Hercules had better animation than Clutch Cargo. Clutch, you might remember was the animation where only the lips moved. Human lips.

It was creepy. It was fascinating. It was extremely limited animation.

Hercules does move but they recycled a lot of board work. After the third episode you get the gist of what is happening, what is going to happen and oh yeah, Olympia!

You don't have to watch it but just in case you were curious.

Now, Hercules is not the brights bulb but he gets the job done. He is befriended by Newton who is a centaur that says almost everything twice. If Newton is really upset he doesn't repeat everything. That doesn't happen very often.

Newton has four legs, Tewt has two. Just so you don't get confused.

Tewt doesn't speak. He has a pan pipe that has to be interpreted by those around him.

Tewt is pro-active. If he is saved or gets away from trouble my boy is running and not looking back until he finds himself some rocks to hide behind. He is not a coward. Tewt just want to get a breath of safety before he dives back into action.

Tewt does help and sometimes he saves folks. Out of all the characters in the cartoon, he seems to be the only one that is willing to step up and help. It doesn't always work out but you'd have to look at all the taller folks in his world to see who and what he has to deal with.

I'm feeling ya dude.

Yeah, yeah Hercules has iron in his thighs and when he remembers to put on the ring he is powerful. He does not always remember to put on the ring. Sometimes that blasted ring doesn't always solve the problem.

Tewt is a better wing man, er satyr. He deals with what he can and is loyal but does not want to wind up something close to dead.

So what I have learned doing a crash course on The Mighty Hercules is that good friends are important. Choose your friends wisely. We could all stand a few more Tewts in our lives.

P.S. Episode 005 of the Anxiety Road Podcast is now up for grabs. Still struggling with the format and those got dang plosives and SSSS but can't turn back now.Genahttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6867185.post-37906196811699565702015-07-26T21:04:00.001-07:002015-07-26T21:04:36.600-07:00We All Rock at Different SpeedsI was on the bus and this man was verbally attacking a woman. Nothing new in that; seems to be an open sport now days. But you could tell that she had a problem, a mental health problem.

Old boy thought that insulting her, damning her and otherwise make her aware that she did not measure up to the high bar of humanity that he set himself up to be as lord and master of the planet.

The bus driver had had enough. He told the man "Shut up or get off the bus. You will not continue to disrespect this woman on my bus. "Shut up or get off...shut up or get off."

The woman was rocking back and forth and fighting back as best she could. The bus driver told her "Snap it back in place or get off the bus. Snap it back."

She stopped talking but was rocking, back and forth. Back and forth. She did the best she could under the circumstances. I guess the bus driver accepted rocking was as good as he was gonna get and we rolled on down the street.

Eventually she slowed down and was as stable as she was going to get.

Old boy was still making with the eyes of intolerance but he shut up too.

I'm thinking a lot about the insanity that is romping around as public discourse. We are freaking the hell out. We are not being treated. We are being assaulted and I don't know what it will take to get us to a stable place of being.

On the Podcast Beat

I got a new episode out today, this one is on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and the Panic Relief app.

Every episode is a knock down dragged out war and I officially have gone through 5 microphones and still it is a fight to get my audio levels up. I don't have a problem speaking up but I am not loud enough.

In other words I have yet to find my microphone technique. It is a process but at this point it feeling like I'm bargain basement cheese spread.Genahttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6867185.post-10508133401555927572015-07-16T04:53:00.002-07:002015-07-16T04:53:30.910-07:00My First Step Into The VoidThis is the start of what I have been working on for about six months. It has changed forms. It will change again but I had to stop talking about it and do it.

This is episode 000 of the Anxiety Road Podcast. The podcast will talk about anxiety and panic attacks, treatment, some history and a wee bit of goofyness to make the information go do a bit easier.

I wish I could do the mental health version of Beakman's World. I can't but I can try to get the word out that mental health information and stigma busting does not have to be total drag.

The show notes page is located at anxietyroadpodcast.blogspot.comGenahttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6867185.post-84440614956866580202015-07-09T19:26:00.001-07:002015-07-09T19:26:05.439-07:00Just About Ready to Launch It has been a headache. A journey. A wallet cleaner. A commitment made and un-made. Just one more item I have to do and then it will be launch time.

This is the podcast logo I'm going with at the moment:

I've been through a bunch of them. Some fug ugly and some that were conceptually good but when I blew them up to the required 1400x1400 size they looked awful.

And then there is the change to 3000x3000 that just came into effect by Apple.

Yes. Okay.

I have bought microphones. I am up to my hips in microphones. If you are remotely thinking about podcasting go ahead and buy the Audio Technica podcasting microphones. Especially if you want you voice to have some solidity to it.

What else?

Fear.

The fear of making a fool of myself. Of making mistakes. Of having people jump down my throat for making a mistake. That one isn't an unreasonable fear. I was watching a tech show and the two hosts did not know the type of material the item was made of; they thought maybe it was plastic, or metal or something.

Mind you they were reviewing the product. The comment were rough. Yes, they should have known what they had in their hands but they were roasted for not doing their homework before the show.

Here is the thing. It wasn't a serious "tech review show." But dang if the jackals didn't circle around the campfire.

I don't want to know people that leave that type of comments. Ever.

Yet they say put you azz on the line and give it a good.

They are right.

Genahttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6867185.post-17433728351325383072015-05-28T20:01:00.000-07:002015-05-28T20:01:23.684-07:00Learning Something New and It HurtsSo I'm just about ready to launch the audio podcast. I've had to speed learn about audio production, distribution and making it good.

My head hurts. It is like looking at the above highway sign. I know the form and the shape I want the podcast to take. I can see it and almost hear it in my head.

But I gotta get it out of my head and into the real world. I tell you, working with video is easier for me but you gotta try something new.

So, what have I learned:

Number 1.

I do not want to do an interview show. When you start to learn about audio podcasting 99.999% of it is geared toward creating interview shows. Nothing wrong with interview shows. Not a bit. But I don't want to do one. Okay, fine but many of the people teaching about building a podcast talk about Skype and interviewing.

There are audio theater podcasts. History podcasts. Educational, sci-fi and a whole bunch more than interview podcasts. I swear to Jeebus there isn't anybody left to interview.

Then again, if you learn the basics and chuck out what you don't need you can do anything you want once you ramp up to speed.

Which is why I want to give a shout out to the History Pocasters; these folks take history and sometimes craft it into visions of audio drama or edutainment. It is closer to the form that I want to try and it was really helpful.

Number 2

If you want piece of mind sometimes you have to pay for it. This means being more efficient with time and resources. I didn't have time to dog down certain photos, sound fx or music themes. I purchased royalty free music and images. I got what I wanted and got it off my to do list.

Number 3

Failure. Not a big fan of it. Here is the thing. I can work in Audacity. It is a great free audio editing program. But I can barely function in it. Part of that is trying to learn and use it at the same time. Never a good thing. I had to let go of ego and watch a couple of good and bad tutorials.

I was so frustrated that I used one of my video editing programs that can record audio to make prototypes. It was faster and I could test out ideas. That worked really well.

It just so happens that I had a music editing called Sony Acid Studio 10 on my computer that I like a whole lot better and found out that I can use it for podcast. I can move elements visually and bango chango it has made a huge difference.

So yeah, keep failing until you stumble into success.

I got a lot more failing I need to do so dig you later...Genahttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6867185.post-70023707193305395752015-04-15T21:09:00.001-07:002015-04-15T21:09:19.367-07:00Status Report - The Fish Are TravelingI'm still working on the not so secret project. I'm trying to create a limited series podcast on mental health and anxiety spectrum issues. I have everything I need but time. Actually, I have that too but allocating enough time is a challenge.

Just when I think I've nailed it down I learn something new that has to be included.There are now apps that help folks manage or control their anxiety. It is a freaking free for all with all kinds of players and dang near no regulation. And there is new fangled eletro-stimulation type devices and tele-mental health treatment, both valid and bogus.

I guess one of my challenges is to make a clear definition of anxiety. There is everyday anxiety, situational anxiety and then you got your Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders classification no doubt about it you are somewhere rock solid on the Anxiety/Panic Disorder Spectrum.

Yeah.

I have to hook up with a podcasting distribution service and a few others things. Like finish writing the frigging scripts and then it is on to putting it out there.

Paddling.

Genahttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6867185.post-78810561987888542352015-03-22T10:00:00.004-07:002015-03-22T10:00:44.969-07:00Los Angeles Bach in the Subway Day 2015Yes I was a gal about town and it just so happens that I found myself at Union Station.

Bach in Union Station 2015 from Gena Haskett on Vimeo.

My other cameras were on life support and I had my trusty old Samsung Android 2.3 MP3 player to help share the magic. I have to say I'm really glad I had my selfie pole also know as a monopod.

Communities form and dissolve quickly here. There was a quiet joining of history and music that touched people enough to stop and be a part of the experience.

Genahttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6867185.post-80103442871353440562015-03-22T09:25:00.000-07:002015-03-22T09:25:33.563-07:00Racking Up the NumbersIt was a good day. I had cake for breakfast. Once a year you should have cake for breakfast if you want. Or sushi. Or a smoothie. Maybe not at the same time.

Yesterday I took photos. Walking around the southland just seeing what there was to see. No reason just because I really like taking photos and it seems that I don't make enough time for that anymore.

Well, I shouldn't say there wasn't a reason. My goal was to take 57 photos.

Looking at color, form, what is and isn't being sad about a piece of steel. I walked and had a Metro day pass so I was hoping on and off, turning corners I hadn't been to in a while and checking out the doings of the world around me.

I started with Instagram but I find it hard to take a photo and type on a screen. I'm still learning how to use it. No need to ridicule; my prior phones couldn't install Instatgram and I held onto one of those phones for 6 years.

I won't post all of the photos but I have some nice shots. And I missed blogging. Messing around too much on Twitter. Naw, I can't blame Twitter. It has been hard being connected to social media. There is a level of hostility and flat out cruelty that is mind boggling.

Factor in overt and covert racism being flung proud as a freak flag and I've just about withdrawn from many paths of commentary. There are fewer places where women can express themselves without being threatened.

I'm about to jump back with a new project. Still in beta.

Yeah. My life in beta.

Genahttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6867185.post-88230829355930708492015-02-26T19:23:00.001-08:002015-02-26T19:23:35.980-08:00Flops, Failures and Limited SuccessI have not blogged for weeks. I've been working on a project. I'm in suck mode at the moment. Just when I think I have a glimmer I fall down. It is so frustrating!

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I'm trying to create short videos about anxiety and panic disorders. I have to be accurate, not dull, not boring and meet certain literacy requirements. I want to restrict how much editing and tweaking I have to do on it. I'm using Adobe Voice for composition.

When I look at other information graphic videos it isn't good enough. I'm using Adobe Voice, not Adobe After Effects. I know that.

Now, having Anne Lamott in my Twitter stream is a very good thing. She talks about this all the time. Bang it out, bring it into the world and then dress it up. Put your butt on the chair and write.

So the internal hater is working overtime to not let me move on. I'm posting this here because I'm going to try again to create something helpful and watchable. Or something.

The success of this day is that I do have something to show. I think it could be better but that is down the road a bit. I feel like Edison with bulb number 48.

Genahttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6867185.post-45671472322014178372015-01-12T06:05:00.001-08:002015-01-12T06:05:52.616-08:00Another Tool to Battle the Inner Lil HaterStruggling to write and create because of a lot of things. I know so many better people than myself and a kind of toxic "Don't you dare" took root. Fighting my way back by finding resources internal and external to myself.

 Banish Your Inner Critic - NDC Oslo  from Denise Jacobs

This is is a really clear presentation; you'll get the full body of it without having to think about what the Denise Jacobs actually meant to say. Everyone one into the healing pool of creativity and support.

Breathe. Being quiet. Listen.

It is okay.

Really.

Genahttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6867185.post-16228404752749506952014-12-29T06:19:00.000-08:002014-12-29T06:19:01.852-08:00Microbloging and Li'L AbnerHaving trouble not writing in anger. So I don't write. And then I feel bad leading to worse. I'm stumbling around the 'Tubes and I see Mel's post about re-embracing our blogs by microblogging. Instead of giving it to Twitter or Facebook give to yourself first.

I use to get booed at Show and Tell. Don't care, I still do it.

There is a web site that collects government and non-profit comic books. These were produced for the common good or to instruct the population about an important issue. I'll write more on the archiving blog but I can say that small step to reclaim my non-angry voice is making me late for work.

Genahttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6867185.post-32392872087521452632014-12-09T19:06:00.000-08:002014-12-09T19:06:03.698-08:00Not Gone But DistractedI meant to go back to The Last Bookstore in downtown L.A. I didn't make it. I was seduced by the 99 Cents Only store. And Samy's Camera. More about that later.

There was a moment when I looked at the woman in the chair and I felt, something. Well, it was more than that; like time traveling to a bookstore off of Market Street, past the hot pretzel store.

More like a window. But there was a place where broke folks could do serious reading. You could find books for 25 cents or four for a dollar.

Magazines for a dime or high toned ones for fifty cents. A place where you buy underground comix like Dirty Duck and Mickey Rat. Or Pudge, Girl Blimp.

Have I written about this before? Hold on...

Dang it. I think I have a cootie in my browser.

So I'll have to stop being an old fuddy duddy and deal with something trying to report back to home base.

But there is something about her looking for a resting place. A place where solid words are still honored and not used as a weapon or talking points. Which I'm not going to be able to contemplate because something is messing with my system.

Because you have to invade to sell. Sell, sell and keep selling no matter what.

Whoopie, assault capitalism.

(Not against capitalism. Not necessarily for it either. I am against malware.)Genahttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6867185.post-48604511180202723532014-11-30T12:01:00.000-08:002014-11-30T12:01:53.096-08:00Pershing Square Downtown Los Angeles 2014I was feeling blah so I went for a walk. Which means I hopped a bus, a bit of a train and then I walked around downtown Los Angeles. So much has changed.

There was a time when you walked quickly and held your nose as you passed Pershing Square. It was a camp town for the homeless and those that didn't have any other place to go. Or got chased out of those cities and wound out downtown.

There are still homeless folk in the park but not as many as there use to be. The area is being upscaled so that there is more cleaning, more hi-rise apartments and more hi-toned, expensive stores coming into the area.

There has been ice skating for the holidays for a couple of years. Not sure how they manage to keep it skatable but they do find a way. Unless it is really hot. On this Saturday it was about 79F/26C so it was doable.

There was more ice walking than skating. I think TV bamboozled folks into thinking all you have to do is lace up and go. But it was good to stop and reflect on how you can turn a corner and see something amazing.

Ice skating without ear muffs or pants in November.

Genahttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6867185.post-90287220490342452842014-11-23T19:52:00.000-08:002014-11-23T19:52:48.346-08:00My First Time at L.A. Auto ShowI have known that there is such a thing as an automobile show. Apparently it is a big thing. But seeing as I don't drive and have limited interest in automobiles (unless they are painted in an artist way or are creatively off the mainstream) then I had no need to go spend money traipsing over the L.A. Convention center.

Until this year. See, I really want a self driving car. Hell, I want the majority of Los Angeles to have a self driving car. Why? Because most Angelenos can't drive. They cut right in front of city buses. They have the phone in their face slurping something as they turn the corner and almost hit me.

I have witness bone stupidity from people behind the wheel. It is time, long past time for these people to be placed in a controlled vehicle.

So, I got to thinking. I think a lot and most times nothing comes from it. But this time I was thinking harder than usual. Maybe Google and the other autonomous car vendors will be at the show. And I could get a gander at what I think could be functional available by 2017 in California.

So I take a bus, another bus and a train to the Convention Center. Big honking place.

I get my ticket and turn a corner and bam, there it was. This model is from Volvo and the person, who is not a booth bunny, told me that in Sweden they are just about good to go.

I'll put Sweden in the summer on the bucket list of travel possibilities. It doesn't bother me I would travel half way around the world to test out the car. I'm impatient.

So I found one car I was sure that I'd find more. I spent three hours in that joint. Verily I looked at just about every car in the place. There were plenty of hybrids. Electrics. Diesels. A ton of red cars; pretty, shiny things that will guarantee you will be pulled over every night for the next 15 years.

I almost bought food at the event until I understood that $11.00 was the starting point for most meals. That frugal bone started to twitch and I made do with a $5 frozen drink.

Back to hoofing. I saw high toned low end cars and beep-beeps that where encased in plastic walls so that no mere mortal could touch them.

I'm still hoofing for another  autonomous car. I'm about to give up when I found one at the Honda area. More on that later.

Lessons Learned

I have to say I had per-conceived notions about who goes to an auto show. Now, some of those notions were correct. There were T-shirt wearing offenders like "I (heart) rim jobs.

But really there were families, married people and not always the husband as the car junkie. There were dad's introducing sons to the car life. There were women who knew what the lingo was and comparing gears to wheel base ratio something or other.

It was Greek to me but god bless 'em. Oh, one more thing.

I was in the rest area. This married couple sat beside me. Dude was telling his wife/partner/significant other that the Ford trucks will be converted from a steel base to a composite one because of up coming EPA regulations. He also said that the steel industry was busy trying to kill or alter the requirements so that steel would be in the trucks.

From the way he was talking, it sounded like the word environmental was a pejorative.

Anyway, it was an experience I'm still processing. On account it took three hours to get home.

Yeah. Another reason why I want the car. Genahttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6867185.post-7433793120414716872014-11-18T22:24:00.003-08:002014-11-18T22:24:51.538-08:00My Health Literacy 101 Project - Rx Prototype VideoThis is the prototype that I created for my health literacy class. I have some ideas that health literacy could be improved by using social media apps. One of my goals is to introduce this option to information workers, librarians and other content creators that need to make content quickly.

My other goals were:

Be a friendly nudge on checking prescription label information.

Keep it simple while conveying the four main points .

Create it totally in the app; that wasn't possible because there is no captioning in Adobe Voice. I had to use Camtasia for open captioning the video.

The video was created using the Adobe Voice app on the iPad. As of this date, there is no direct to video export. After you upload the video to the Adobe site you can obtain the embed the video.

Now theoretically, you could use software like SnagIt or Camtasia to screen record the audio and video and then bring them into your video editing program of choice.

Theoretically speaking.

And I hear that there are a number of free and web based screen recording programs as well.

Anyway if you are here from the class and you have any questions please ask and I'll respond as soon as I can.

Genahttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6867185.post-50704450707203939072014-11-09T09:26:00.000-08:002014-11-09T09:26:06.149-08:00Books, Bread and Soul WorkI may have misread a sentence. I thought it said that books do soul work. It didn't. But it isn't unreasonable to think so; there are books that do soul damage under the guise of being right, being authentic or being the other and the other is always in power mode over the lesser.

I know that there are books for me that got me to this point in life. I needed to know that there was something other than what I was currently experiencing. Science fiction and adventure books carried me down the road.

These days I consume paper books, audiobooks, podcasts and other ways to keep me steady and on the path of ...

Well, on the path. That path leads to temptation. No immediate access to a book or spoken word recording could lead a person to seek oral gratification.

This is a dangerous place for carbo-holics. Bread, bread products, pastries, cakes and more stuff. It is still new in town and they are still knocking out the kinks but dang it I've been twice and trying hard not to make it three times in a month.

It is not the best bakery but it has tasty treats and is affordable. Now me, I liked the Squid ink bread ball. I also liked the chocolate then bread then chocolate then coffee and then something else bread ball.

Then there was this:

Never mind the super sized Ding Dong, which was just dandy, those creme puffs had actual cream; more cream that puff. I'm talking if you eat a loaded creme puff in the company of men folk they will get distracted watching you trying to eat said cream puff.

I may have shared too much.

Now I know I have to eat more responsibly. I try. I voluntarily eat veggies. I cut back on the fat when I remember. But it has been a hard week. Stupid people to the left and idiots on the right.

I want solace. I want comfort. I want more cream puffs!

And I can't have any more. I've exceeded the oral gratification budget for the week and probably month. I now need to hunker down and do some of that soul work like write; trying to figure out how to do my health literacy final project and do laundry.

Why am I always doing laundry?

Laundry can be soul work but you have to be willing. It takes time and acknowledgment of responsibility. And, as I was reminded this week, Americans talk a lot of shit but are unwilling to step up and do the do.

 I may be a little angry.

I need a book.

Genahttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6867185.post-29344431185014620932014-10-24T05:51:00.000-07:002014-10-24T05:51:38.021-07:00Walking Down Union Into A Wider WorldThings are going on, I'm spending so much time on computers that the last thing I want to do is write for myself. This is why I need to take walks. When you walk you see things that are only glints in eyes as you drive.

There was a painted Chevy van in the in the USC Pacific Asian Museum parking lot. From a distance it look like someone got happy with a spray can. I move closer to it and find out there is a story and meaning behind the art work.

No spray can was involved. This was an installation created by artist Haider Ali for the exhibition From the Grand Trunk Road to Route 66: Visiting Truck Artist Haider Ali.

I guess it is a fusion of traditional Pakistani truck art with some of the icons of California and the U.S. painted added. It is vibrant and colorful. Step a bit closer and there is meaning on top of meaning.

The few people that stopped for a moment looked at it; did not see it and walked on. There was an information sign that gave background about the work but most people glanced and walked on.

When I cam home I did some research about Pakistani truck art and that is how I moved just a bit into a wider world. Genahttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6867185.post-44625051675501555792014-09-18T20:55:00.002-07:002014-11-09T09:33:53.267-08:00On This Day It is About the ChoicesOn this day it seems time to come back to the stoop. Never a good idea to type in anger and I was really angry for a long time. I still am, but I've coaxed it back into the chamber of invisibility. I've soothe it and fed it some ice cream.

I've told it humans will be ok in the long view of things. I've held my anger as we read books of magic and fantasy. I've given it a carrot spinach potassium boost. Maybe too much Hop Woo's Soy Soaked Chicken.

I've let my anger watch that scene from Luther where Alice does what needs to be done.

(Spoiler Alert: Don't Watch if You Haven't Seen the Series. P.S., this is a rough scene, beautifully written and acted but harsh like real humans. The UK accents can't cover-up everything so, yeah you have been told.)

Alice is straight up crazy but the girl has got style.

And she deals hard. Alice does what some of us wish we could do to the bad people of the world.

We don't because there wouldn't be anybody left breathing. I think we intellectually know this and millions have watched Alice give a listen to her uninhibited side that says "F-ck it, remove the problem."

I hear you Alice, but no, no we can't go down that road. We have to find another way.

As I type this I think there has been another school shooting. Damn.

A.O. Scott from the NYT has an essay about the death of adulthood. I don't agree with all of it but I don't disagree with some of it.

I haven't given up comic books. I'll read anything that has print and if that happens to be a YA book yeah, what's it to you? I shouldn't read Neil Gaiman's Sandman? Cuz if I have to choose between reality TV and old school Doom Patrol then it is the Doom Patrol all the way.

On this day I have to learn not to be so defensive about my choices.

Some days it is hard to listen to what passes for conversation and debate. There are some mean, ignorant SOB/Bs in the world. But you can't allow them dominion either.

So on this day I keep working on the projects that I think could help myself and others. I'm trying to reduce the amount of unnecessary yakity yak and engage with people who have some sense. A lot of people have been de-friended or digitally kicked to the curb. Others I'm giving a wider bit of distance.

I want to be thoughtful. I want be respectful. But there is that teeny tiny part that is keeping a side eye on Alice. Keeping an side eye on the Alice in all of us; which can be exhausting.

On the archiving tip, I think I'm going to hang out a bit more at the BBC 1914 website where they are reviewing events in that year. The site is 1914 Day by Day. You might find me in the cartoon section. Hmm, the podcasting section looks tasty too.

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I've diffed the GFS-kernel-2.6.9-42.2.src.rpm <http://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/updates/enterprise/4AS/en/RHGFS/SRPMS/GFS-kernel-2.6.9-42.2.src.rpm> and cluster-1.01.00 and code is so close that it can't explain the loss of the readahead.I don't know, but here are a couple things you might look into: - Did this problem exist a few kernel versions ago? We should try the RHEL4 kernel (or something close to it) and the version of gfs that runs on that (RHEL4 cvs branch). If that version is ok, then there's probably a recent kernel change that we've missed that requires us to do something new.
It will be my next test but it sounds like a leak in the diaper implementation could be the explanation of the trouble.My patch shows it. Removing the diaper will make gfs using my device where the readahead is already set : so the performances will be there. The gfs version I had tested (which helps me to determine what are the nominal performances) was 6.0 where diaper didn't exists.- Remove the diaper code and see if that changes things. Look at these patches where I removed the diaper code from gfs2; do the equivalent for the version of gfs you're playing with: http://sources.redhat.com/ml/cluster-cvs/2005-q3/msg00184.html
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Nebraska offensive coordinator Shawn Watson had a second interview with Vanderbilt on Thursday, Rivals.com has learned.
Stanford tight ends coach Greg Roman, Maryland offensive coordinator James Franklin, Wisconsin offensive coordinator Paul Chryst and Michigan State offensive coordinator Don Treadwell also remain in the mix.
The (Nashville) Tennessean reported that Vandy officials also have interest in Navy coach Ken Niumatalolo. He could become a factor after the Midshipmen finish their regular season Saturday against Army.
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Apple's Steve Jobs has the one of the best employee ratings amongst thousands of corporate CEOs, data from Glassdoor suggests. The site is said to have compiled over 40,000 worker reviews of some 9,800 companies around the world, and at present Jobs is rated well by 91 percent of his employees. By comparison, more average ratings include Michael Dell at 66 percent, and Microsoft's Steve Ballmer at 55.
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I am at a loss. My first child suffered from colic and exhibited all of the "classic" symptoms. We now have a two week old little boy and I can't figure out if he has colic or something else? My daughter would scream nonstop, my son will scream and then calm down for a few minutes (and usually put himself to sleep in those few minutes because he is so worn out) and then he will scream himself out of sleep like he is in severe pain. This goes on and on for hours at night. He then will sleep almost all day. We switched him to soy because my family has a history of milk intolerance as babies, and that seemed to help for a few days (he became a happy content baby) but then he started back up again with the intermittent screaming. I tried asking my pediatrician about it yesterday but she said that this is normal for babies that were breastfed (for about a week) and then switched to formula--she said the baby's system has to adjust to the formula. Well if that's the case, why did it go away for a few days and then come back?? Is this normal colic behavior? (Like I said, my daughter never had those quiet moments, she just screamed without much of a pause). Any and all advice is appreciated! Also, (I don't know if this relates) baby boy gets the hiccups all of the time. Thanks in advance for any help!
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Married to J my love on Nov.1, 2008, Mommy to sweet baby boy C since May 3, 2009 &� sweet baby girl A� Oct. 26, 2010
My DD was said to have colic, but I didn't buy it. Turns out she has silent reflux...zantac and rice cereal have fixed her!
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I agree - sounds like reflux. My little guy was not diagnosed until 1 week ago (he is 10 weeks old now). I am not convinced that he doesn't have a combination of colic and reflux, but he is improving on Prevacid (sleeping a little better and less fussy after feeding). I took him to a new doctor who said it could take 2 weeks for a noticable improvement if he has esophagitis. I really wish the first pediatrictian believed me when I described his behavior at his 2 week visit (of course he was an angel at the doctor's office). It has been a LONG 2 months.
Thanks for all of the advice. I really appreciate it. I will look into silent reflux!


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"It waits," he told "Good Morning America" in 2006. "It lays in wait for the time when you think, 'It's fine now, I'm OK.' Then, the next thing you know, it's not OK. Then you realize, 'Where am I? I didn't realize I was in Cleveland.'"
Williams, the comic whirlwind known for his hilarious stream-of-consciousness ramblings, was found dead Monday after the 63-year-old hanged himself in his San Francisco Bay Area home and finally silenced the demons that relentlessly targeted him.
On film, he played everything from a genie to a psychiatrist. In life, he battled periodic bouts of substance abuse and depression, opening up about them to journalists with self-deprecating wit and making his struggles fuel for his comedy.
"Cocaine for me was a place to hide. Most people get hyper on coke. It slowed me down," he told People in 1988.
One of his first wake-up calls was in 1982 when fellow comedian John Belushi died of a fatal drug overdose. Williams briefly partied with the "Saturday Night Live" star the night he died and his friend's passing coupled with impending fatherhood forced the comedian to quit cocaine and alcohol cold turkey.
"The Belushi tragedy was frightening," Williams told People. "His death scared a whole group of show-business people. It caused a big exodus from drugs. And for me, there was the baby coming. I knew I couldn't be a father and live that sort of life."
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Way up north, whaling season is going head to head with Whalers football and both are faring well, judging by the two bowheads crews have landed and the limited number of seats left on weekend flights from Barrow to Anchorage.
Way down south, folks in Juneau who hired kids to tear down their deck or mow their lawn during the summer are spending the fall cheering on their investments as those same kids chase a state championship.
And at the end of the road, Homer, aka Mariner Nation, is awash in blue and gold, basking in unprecedented glory.
"I tell you, there was a point in time in Homer's existence when people said, 'Football? Homer has a team?' '' football coach Cam Wyatt said. "We beat Kenai for the first time in almost 20 years and had 800 people at the game and when the game was over after double overtime, they rushed the field like some sort of crazy college team. I thought, 'Please don't break the goalposts. They're so expensive.' ''
Football fever is gripping parts of Alaska like never before as the biggest week in the history of far north football approaches.
Barrow, Juneau and Homer will join three Anchorage teams and two other Kenai Peninsula teams in Chugiak, where two state champions will be crowned and the finalists for a third championship game will be determined.
Alaska is a basketball state and will never rival Texas when it comes to the gridiron, but football has grown from 16 teams two decades ago to 31 teams today. Because of the wildly disparate sizes of those football-playing schools, the Alaska School Activities Association this season created a new division for medium-sized schools that are too small to compete in the same division as Anchorage schools but too big to play in the same division as schools like Nikiski and Barrow, which will meet for the small-school division championship Saturday.
The result? Tremendous geographic diversity for this week's four games. Barrow will fly 500 miles from the north. Juneau will fly 570 miles from the Southeast. Homer will drive 225 miles from the Kenai Peninsula.
Joining them for four games at Chugiak's Tom Huffer Sr. Stadium will be Kenai, Nikiski and three teams from Anchorage -- Service, West and South.
Playoff football came to the top of the world last Saturday when Barrow hosted Monroe Catholic of Fairbanks in a semifinal game at Cathy Parker Stadium, the blue-turf field adjacent to the Arctic Ocean. Players made snow angels in a light dusting of snow while spectators watched from vehicles that circled the field, even though the weather was a quite hospitable 30 degrees with little wind.
"The crowd was great," coach Brad Igou said. "We don't have a lot of bleachers for people to sit and watch but the field was totally surrounded by vehicles with people watching from their cars and, of course, listening on the radio.
"Basketball's pretty big here, I gotta admit, but this particular year, football is definitely on the radar."
Football is filling at least a niche, if not more, in Barrow.
The team debuted five years ago in 2006 with a game that earned headlines for being the first varsity football game in North America played above the Arctic Circle, which is 320 miles south of Barrow.
That kicked off a series of "firsts" -- in 2008, the first playoff game north of the Arctic Circle; in 2009, the first field goal kicked north of the Arctic Circle. And now, the first state championship game featuring a team located north of the Arctic Circle.
But the football team makes more than history for Barrow, Igou said. It makes a difference in the Inupiat village of 4,200 that is not connected to the road system.
"Football fills a niche. We have some kids that play football that wouldn't do anything else and it definitely motivates them to keep their grades up," he said. "It absolutely has had an impact that way."
With its nearest opponent 500 air miles away in Fairbanks, Barrow leads the Great Land Conference when it comes to travel budgets. The trip to Anchorage for Saturday's game will run about $25,000, Igou said. The North Slope Borough contributes greatly to the team's expenses throughout the season, but the kids pitch in too.
"We've done prime rib dinners, car washes, raffles, you name it," the coach said. "Try doing a car wash in 20 degrees. It's fun."
The Crimson Bears of Juneau-Douglas know something about raising money.
They play in the Railbelt Conference along with schools in Fairbanks and Mat-Su and are 570 air miles plus a 40-mile drive away from their nearest conference foes in the Valley.
Part of the agreement that allowed Juneau to join a conference back in 1995 was that the school help pay travel expenses for opponents. When the East Thunderbirds traveled to the capital city last week for a large-school quarterfinal playoff game, Juneau had to buy 30 airline tickets for the T-Birds. When the Crimson Bears are the road team, they pay their own way but split the gate with the home team.
It all adds up to an annual budget of $180,000, said football coach Rich Sjoroos.
The team is part of a true grass-roots program. The Juneau Youth Football League helped get football started as a club team back in the 1980s and continues to fund much of the high school team, which became a varsity program in 1990.
Each player must pay $1,500 to be on the team, which means lots of fundraising for most of the kids.
"It's been a lot of work by a lot of people, and you really see it when we have a playoff game in town like last week, just the energy they bring to the field and being able to turn to them at the end and give them a big thumbs-up, knowing it wasn't just the effort of that one night but the $180,000 we gotta raise," said Sjoroos, who played on the 1986 club team and joined the high school coaching staff in 2001.
The Crimson Bears have a program called Chorebusters, which offers able-bodied teenagers to those who need to hire help for odd jobs. One year, an elderly woman needed help putting up and decorating a Christmas tree, so she called the football team.
"We do a whole spectrum of jobs," Sjoroos said. "The kids really like the demolition stuff. Somebody calls and says, 'Hey, we need our deck torn down,' and I've got kids knocking on my door. Anything that involves sledgehammers and that kind of stuff, sign them up."
Homer is a Kachemak Bay fishing town of 5,000 known for its spectacular beauty, its bounty of halibut and an eclectic population that includes artists, activists and commercial and charter fishermen.
This year, the town located at the end of the Sterling Highway is getting attention for its football team too.
"A lot of people feel very good about this and want to be a part of it," Wyatt said. "Everybody wants to wear blue and gold."
Disciplinary problems at the school are "down substantially," the coach said, something he attributes to the distraction of a winning football team.
With an 8-1 record, this year's Mariners have won the most games in school history. Among their wins is a rare victory over perennial power Kenai, a team Homer last beat in 1992 -- and will face again Saturday for the medium-school championship.
"We're a seasonal community and people are putting away their boats and tourism has stopped; some people had good years and some didn't have such good years because of the economy," Wyatt said. "We don't have a lot of kids with the right last name, that drive fancy cars. They're hard-working, blue-collar kids playing a sport. A lot of them gave up their summer jobs early, which a lot of them couldn't afford to do, but they felt like more (football) would equal more success."
The team will drive to Anchorage on Saturday instead of Friday and will use the money saved on hotel rooms to rent more comfortable transportation than a school bus -- and to buy some practice time early in the day at the AT&T Sports Center, which has a turf field.
"Some of our player have never played on turf," Wyatt said, so this will give them a chance to experience it before heading to Chugiak's turf field.
"We'll get the road wear off us a little, throw the ball and have fun, go through some plays, have lunch and check into our hotel," he said. "We'll put on our big-boy pants and get on that fancy bus and go to Chugiak.
"I told the kids, regardless of the outcome, you're gonna make memories that last a lifetime that you'll pass on to your kids. The community is 100 percent behind you. Go out and have fun and play your best game. You earned the right to get there.
"Our goal is to take that trophy back to our community and say, 'Thank you for believing in us.' "
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Duke and Gina are board members of the Upland Heritage, a nonprofit organization focusing on the preservation of Upland. Duke is also the Grant Chair for Upland Heritage, and is excited to showcase the grant program as part of the Workshop. Complimentary coffee and pastries will be provided in the morning. We will also have lunch available for the nominal fee of $5.00.
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In 2002, there were nearly 158,000 Korean-owned firms in the U.S., employing nearly 321,000 workers, and generating almost $47 billion in revenue. These Korean-owned firms accounted for 0.7 percent of all nonfarm businesses in the U.S., 0.3 percent of their employment, and 0.2 percent of their receipts.
The number of Korean-owned businesses grew 16.3 percent between 1997 and 2002, and the revenues grew 2.2 percent.
The 2002 Survey of Business Owners (SBO) defines Korean-owned businesses as firms in which Koreans own 51 percent or more of the stock or equity of the business. The data in this report were collected as part of the 2002 Economic Census from a large sample of all nonfarm businesses filing 2002 tax forms as individual proprietorships, partnerships, or any type of corporation, and with receipts of $1,000 or more.
In 2002, 44 percent of Korean-owned firms operated in other services, such as personal services, and repair and maintenance; and retail trade, where they owned 1.3 percent of all such businesses in the U.S.
Retail and wholesale trade accounted for 54 percent of all Korean-owned business revenue. Table A [xls, 19K] shows the industries accounting for the largest receipts for Korean-owned firms.
California had the most Korean-owned firms with 52,279 firms or 33.2 percent, with receipts of $19.5 billion or 41.5 percent. New York was second with 21,135 firms or 13.4 percent, with receipts of $5.2 billion or 11.1 percent. Next were New Jersey and Illinois with the most Korean-owned firms. New Jersey had 9,387 firms or 6.0 percent, and receipts of $2.9 billion or 6.2 percent. Illinois had 8,503 or 5.4 percent of all Korean-owned firms, and receipts of $2.1 billion or 4.5 percent of receipts. Table B [xls, 20K] shows the nine states with the largest number of Korean-owned firms and corresponding business revenues.
Table C [xls, 20K] shows the eight combined statistical areas with the largest number of Korean-owned firms and their corresponding business revenues.
Table D [xls, 21K] provides a comparison of the 2002 and 1997 published data for Korean-owned firms and all U.S. firms. The table shows that when compared to all U.S. businesses, excluding publicly held corporations and firms for which race ownership is indeterminate, Korean-owned firms accounted for 0.7 percent of firms, 0.6 percent of employees and 0.5 percent of receipts.
The kind-of-business data for 2002 for Korean-owned firms are not comparable to 1997 due to the transition from the 1987 Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) system to the 2002 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). Additional changes affecting data comparability are discussed in detail in Methodology, in the section titled "Comparability of the 2002 and 1997 SBO Data."


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