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Wednesday to Saturday, 2:30-5:30pm
The Community Tour Leader Program is a docent training project that teaches local community members to become museum guides at the Peralta Hacienda Historical Park.
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This program is possible thanks to the generous support of the Institute for Museum and Library Services.
Latino Americans Events: 500 Years of History
Peralta Hacienda Historical Park has been selected to receive a competitive Latino Americans: 500 Years of History grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) and the American Library Association (ALA).As one of 203 grant recipients selected from across the country, CAHC will receive a cash grant of $10,000 to hold public programming - such as public film screenings, discussion groups, oral history initiatives, local history exhibitions, multi-media projects or performances - about Latino history and culture.
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Spring 2016, Weekends, February to May
Children 5-15 will enjoy a wide range of habitat and wildlife experiences in a series of hands-on stations, as well as guided walks within the park, with a wealth of additional activities tailored to middle schoolers.
Children and youth learn important concepts such as 'ecosystem,' 'habitat,' 'indigenous,' and 'introduced,' with living examples in the park, and become aware of the species with whom they are sharing the land.
This Program is made possible by the Habitat Conservation Fund Program.
Every Spring
ENGAGE: Athena Project brings students from the California College of the Arts (CCA) to Peralta Hacienda each spring. CCA faculty member Virginia Jardim founded the program four years ago to mentor local youth in the arts and give art students the experience of working in the Fruitvale community.
Every April
The festival is multicultural with Cambodian dance groups from all over Northern California performing dances from palace and court and from village in dazzlingly costumes, as well as Burmese, Thai and Nepali dancers. Restaurants including the legendary Battambang will sell delicious Cambodian food throughout the event.
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Come and join us every summer for seven weeks of fun and educational activities.
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2 years ago
I'm bringing this to the table here in Non-Teen (though horrifically on Wattpad I still seem to find this in spades in Teen Fiction, and in stories here written by children), because the use of rape as a plot device is so prolific on Wattpad (and also in other venues, both written and in television and film).
Take the time to look over this opinion article, to help both inform and fuel your own, before responding.
So, I put the question to you: Is, or has rape become, a cliché?
My opinion: I don't do a lot of reading on Wattpad, for various reasons, including the demanding reading load of my profession as an English teacher.
When I do glance over the myriad of options, I am saddened, and perhaps a little sickened, at the number of blurbs that include indications that a female character is going to be, or has been, raped. I'm sure that there are many that don't mention it, but do include it.
My aversion to reading stories that include female rape goes beyond the obvious: beyond the fact that rape is an abhorrent trespass against anyone, male or female.
The author of the above linked article makes the point that, rape is the 'go to plot device' for writers of various caliber, but that it has been so overused that it's lost its impact. How frightening is that? How shocking is it, that any audience reading or viewing such content, might be numbed or apathetic because it's been done to death?
That's a side issue though, one related to things such as violence of movies and video games affecting people's perception of reality and boundaries.
2 years ago
What we need to consider, is whether having a female character raped in our stories, is a good, thought provoking, edgy, multi-dimensional, and/or ultimately worthwhile, way to create fear, tension and facets to a character's emotions, motivations, and a reader's conception of who they are.
Here on Wattpad, it feels like many writers are asking themselves, "how can I shock my audience?" To me, it reads as if they consider torturing a character with rape a brave and somehow confronting plot choice, especially if they choose to describe the act in detail. Shudder. If a victim of this atrocity is describing their harrowing experience to me, then it is going to reach deep inside and twist every muscle, every sinuous scrap of my being, and on some level scar me as well. If it's "what's the worst thing I can do to this woman: oh, sexual violence," then I hate to tell you, that you're jumping on a bandwagon headed straight to clichéville.
NOTE: I am sure there are some stories that do not use rape as a necessary element to defining an interesting female character, however, the trend of using it as the 'thing that will make this story stand out from others, and be the most tense, suspenseful, skin crawling, shocking and tense thing ever,' makes up the majority.
What do you think?
2 years ago
I am by no means as eloquent as you both are, I think not only has it become cliche but my concern for the overuse of rape as a plot line fin far too many stories especially in the teen club is the complete acceptance is that the violence is considered no big deal by many by the young authors who write the stories. It has often made me wonder if the writer is really a pervert in disguise using wattpad as a dumping ground for their material. The untold number of the stories especially involving celebrities is mind boggling and the fact that the victim often falls in love with the attacker shows how little is understood by the author for the devastating effects the violence has on its victim.
2 years ago
@Bittersweet_Rose I agree with you so I'll keep my reply short. I believe the reason for this plot device is because rape is glamorised in so many movies/tv shows and even books that for some young writers it almost becomes something that needs to written in to make the story dramatic and emotional. To be honest I'm disgusted at how popular Fifty Shades of Grey has been because it glamorises an overpowering man who can get away with controlling her simply because he's 'hot' but then again I haven't read it and am only aware of the subject from others who read and hated it. So if I'm wrong then please correct me.
2 years ago
@TashaW Personally I can't correct you because I've never read that garbage either. :)
2 years ago
@Bittersweet_Rose We seem to be a minority :)
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2 years ago
It is a worthy subject to discuss as it is such a traumatic experience in life yet it somehow makes its way on the page numerous times. In a culture where it is hard to even discuss, report about, and prosecute, so many writers feel the need to add it as part of a character's development. I would posit that perhaps it's because it causes a character to be completely broken in order to give them a reason to be "fixed". If you think about it, many authors also use other traumatic experiences like death to do a similar thing for character development. But by using rape, it breaks a character down completely. Then the character must make the journey to be put back together, usually done by the romantic interest of the book.
What's hardest about this is that, as @TashaW said, it glamorizes the recovery. As if that experience is needed in order to achieve the romantic fix. Does rape happen in real life? Absolutely. Should writers write about real life? Absolutely. But it feels forced to use such a traumatic experience in order to build a character's journey.
It may be controversial to say this, but for something this traumatic I wonder if it really is something a writer should write about, especially if he or she hasn't experienced it personally and are only mimicking what's being used over and over again in works?
2 years ago
@Jaye_Ripley I agree which is why I can never see myself writing about it because I would never be able to do the victim justice. Even if I researched it, unless it had happened to me then I'd be hesitant because it's careless books like some on Wattpad that make the situation so much worse. Kids don't realise that some abusive relationships aren't right at all because the abuse it subtle, I didn't understand that when I read twilight at twelve years old but now I see these things.
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2 years ago
@TashaW You bring up an even bigger point, which is while the act of rape tends to be portrayed as violent, not all abuse is truly that overt. There is also slow and insidious abuse that takes as big of a toll, and your example of Twilight is a good example. There's also the precedence being set that if a girl feels weak, it takes a boy to "rescue" her to feel empowered. There's a mistake of what constitutes power.
2 years ago
I'm reading this one book (actual book, mind you. Not on Wattpad... that I know of) called By Reason Of Insanity , and its by Randy Singer. It's about this string of murders, and this one girl who gets visions of the murders, so she goes to the police, and everyone thinks she's has Multiple Personality Disorder. She gets this lawyer on her case, who helps quote on quote "mentally insane" people in their court cases.
Anyway, the story begins with a court case involving the lawyer's sister. The lawyer's sister had been raped and abused by their dad, and then when older, she married a guy who was the same way. So one night she shot him. That's why she's in court.
Anyway, my point is, there, it was a nice backstory because it gives her a motive and everything.
However, people here on Wattpad think that rape is "cool" and "unique" and not as bad as it really is.
Who in reality would think "hmm.. Hey! I wanna get raped"?
No one. Better yet, who would like it?
No one.
Even better still, what kind of former rape victim would go "hey... I wanna get raped again!"?
Rape isn't "cliche"... But people on Wattpad have taken it too far.
I rest my case.
2 years ago
@Chemical_Insanity You also made a great point that some writers on here don't know but a lot of rape victims are attacked by people they know, on Wattpad it is almost always a hot stranger who they fall in love with rather than the disgusting, messed up people who actually commit these crimes in real life. Better yet who would find their rapist attractive? I don't care if he was Ryan Gosling, the very thought of what he did would not make you notice their attractiveness.
2 years ago
Exactly! Although I have no clue who Ryan Gosling is... @TashaW
2 years ago
@Chemical_Insanity He'd an actor :) maybe I'll say Brad Pitt instead?
2 years ago
Johnny Depp more like @TashaW
2 years ago
@Chemical_Insanity Well said
2 years ago
Thank you @Bittersweet_Rose
2 years ago
I hope it did not come across as if I was saying that rape itself was a cliche, as that is very far from my intent: just its use as a plot device.
Let's momentarily step away from the horror of it that we all agree on, and look at it from a literary point of view.
Even 'where it seems to fit', as you've mentioned in By Reasons of Insanity, I have definitely lost track of the number of times rape has been used in that very context: to justify homicide. Does it justify it? Maybe, but that isn't what I'm focusing on here, but rather originality in stories.
There are plenty of other ways to break characters, female or otherwise, or to have them be broken - even to the same extent. It all depends on what a character is designed to value.
My deep concern, and the reason why I agree with the article, is that it feels like no effort or thought is being put into this. It's simply easier to have a character raped because everyone knows that breaks a person, rather than expending effort establishing characters who are multi-dimensional enough to have different things to lose.
Especially here on Wattpad, this creates shallow, flimsy and transparent cookie-cutter characters that I cannot invest any interest or emotion in. It's not that I'm immune to the horror of rape, just immune to its impact in a text.
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2 years ago
I agree.
2 years ago
@BrionyHeneberry I see your point
Your right, it's use as a plot device is cliche, and overdone.
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2 years ago
If rape is too cliché and should not be used as a plot device, then the century of detective and police mysteries should make murder a cliché not-to-be-used device a million times over.
But they haven't, because it isn't.
Cliché is execution, never premise.
2 years ago
I can agree with that, and amend... The way rape is largely depicted has become cliche - as above: an easy 'dun dun duuuun' requiring little to no other development of a female character, who is very often defined only by the event.
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2 years ago
If it wasn't rape it'd be something else. Pick your poison.
2 years ago
@OwensMartin Now that I think on it, I do want to add that while murder and crime is used prolifically, it is used to develop characters in ways that do not define them entirely.
In detective stories specially, a lot of effort is put into developing the motives of a killer, as well as the driving force of the one(s) pursuing he/she/it, as well as what led a killer to become what they did, their background, their triggers… I'm not seeing that in many stories where a character is raped; it is the thing that defines them.
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2 years ago
@BrionyHeneberry But that's the point...
Your original argument was that we shouldn't use rape because it's traumatic. Okay, but here's the thing. If we remove trauma from literature, what are we actually left with?
And in my murder mystery example I was attempting to prove that we do NOT get desensitized to something just because it's written about in a cavalier and not necessarily psychological way.
Thousands of mysteries (known derisively as cozies by my mystery-addicted mother) use thoroughly uninteresting killers and murders that are neat, pleasant, and make no attempt to show it as wrong. Because you're really there to read about the solving of it, I suppose.
In this recent post, you make the argument that all too often rapes are written to be the only defining thing about a character/characters. But, hang on, that's an entirely separate issue to whether it's cliché and should be banned.
Is it sometimes written poorly? Of course. Do I like books where rape is portrayed as romantic (almost all of those, by the by, exist only on wattpad)? No.
But is "rape as a plot device cliché?" No. It can't be. Cliché is simply HOW you write something, not what is actually being written.
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2 years ago
@BrionyHeneberry The problem is bad, reckless, irresponsible, hacky writing. Not necessarily what bad, reckless, irresponsible, hacky writers write about.


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Brilena McGlochlin sits on the earth-toned couch at Harvest of Hope food pantry in Boulder, waiting for her number to be called. She had been fired the previous morning from her minimum-wage job at Walgreens, just nine months after receiving Walgreens' employee of the month award.
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"That didn't happen"
Kayla, 25, and Aaron Vanderploeg, 28, still can't afford to live on their own while getting paid $10 per hour.
Kayla got her bachelor's degree in business, and her husband, Aaron, got his in youth ministry at Barclay College in Kansas. "We thought we would both just get jobs right away and be well off," Kayla said. "That didn't happen."
Kayla and Aaron graduated with $100,000 in debt between them. Neither has been able to find jobs using their degrees. They're not surprised that Aaron can't find a job in youth ministry. But Kayla was surprised she couldn't find a job.
Her biggest hurdle: getting experience to qualify for a job.
She worked a minimum-wage job at Michaels during the Christmas season rush. Eventually, she was promoted to manager, and made $10.50 an hour. She had to quit that job because she had a baby, and day care would have cost her entire paycheck.
Now, she works 18 hours a week at the Book Nook — an independently owned used book store in Louisville — for $10 an hour. Her boss lets her bring her baby into work. Her weekly salary covers her family's expenses. Aaron makes more than minimum wage as an electrician's apprentice, but his entire paycheck goes to paying off student loans.
Right now, they have to live with her parents in Thornton just to make ends meet. They don't receive government assistance.
Kayla is torn on whether or not the minimum wage should be raised. On the one hand, she thinks of how much it would help her old co-workers at Michaels, most of whom Kayla said worked a second job after their 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. shift.
"They wouldn't have to work two jobs anymore," she said.
Some proponents for raising the minimum wage agree that, in theory, if you raise the cost of labor, you'll get less of it. However, CSU's Tavani and others believe that opponents of raising the minimum wage aren't seeing the whole picture.
Elissa Braunstein, a colleague of Tavani's in the economics department at CSU, believes that the current weak state of the economy needs to be taken into consideration. "Right now, we are in a situation of deficient aggregate demand, stagnant incomes for most, and insufficient incomes for the poor," she said. "In that context, increasing the minimum wage will have more positive than negative effects."
According to Tavani, those positive effects stem from the fact that low-income workers spend most of their income, which is good for businesses and economic growth. "A minimum wage increase will boost consumption for the households affected, this way being potentially growth-enhancing without generating unemployment," he said.
The logic goes that as low-wage workers' incomes rise and they spend that income, businesses' sales rise as well, which more than offsets the increased cost of labor. "The most recent evidence, in my opinion, points toward beneficial effects of an increase in the minimum wage," Tavani said.
"I was livid"
Brilena McGlochlin's LinkedIn profile boasts of her bookkeeping and computer skills, and reminds potential employers of her training and education at Delta-Montrose. But the trail ends in 2009. The jobs at Subway, Burger King and Walgreens are apparently not worth mentioning on the online career site.
Yet those are the jobs she's been working. And keeping a minimum-wage job isn't easy.
McGlochlin has tried to improve her skill set in an attempt to make her more qualified for higher-paying jobs. Her ultimate goal is a bachelor's degree. "I would really like to get my bachelor's degree and get something I deserve," she said, "not minimum wage."
While she worked on her associate degree in 2007, McGlochlin's already strained marriage reached a breaking point when she came home and found her husband and his friend drunkenly shooting BB pellets in their studio apartment, she said, with their 2-year-old daughter in the room.
"I was livid," McGlochlin said.
McGlochlin pulled the gun from her husband's hands and "kind of hit him" with it. She said her husband then threw her through a window. She was charged with a felony: domestic abuse with a weapon.
McGlochlin and her husband have since split, and she has a restraining order against him. She said he still owes her $7,000 in child support. Now, McGlochlin can't get a job anywhere that does not require a background check, which is pretty much any job that would use her degree. She also can't rent anywhere that requires a background check — if she could even afford it.
Consensus emerges
Since 2011, the University of Chicago Booth School of Business has been polling economists from top U.S. universities on the economic effects of everything from immigration to paying college athletes.
In February 2013, they asked their panel of economic experts about the effects of raising the federal minimum wage to $9 per hour. On the question of whether it would make it harder for low-skilled workers to find employment, the panel was split, with 34 percent agreeing and 32 percent disagreeing. Especially telling was that 24 percent of respondents chose "uncertain" and none chose "strongly agree" or "strongly disagree."
In February 2014, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office released a report on the administration's minimum wage proposal that did little to settle the debate. Republicans highlighted the report's prediction that raising the federal minimum wage to $10.10 would reduce total employment by 500,000 workers by the second half of 2016. Democrats, on the other hand, pointed out that the report predicted 16.5 million low-wage workers would get a raise and 900,000 families would be lifted above the poverty line under the proposal.
But both statements from the CBO came with caveats: For example, 500,000 workers is the midpoint in a possible range from 0 to 1 million job losses.
While the Booth School's polling and the CBO report seem to highlight the complexity of economics, there does seem to be some consensus emerging on the subject. When the Booth School asked its panel of economic experts if the benefits of raising the minimum wage (greater income for low-wage workers who can find employment) outweigh the potential costs (job losses for some low-wage workers), 47 percent of respondents agreed, with only 12 percent disagreeing.
But uncertainties remain. "We are bound with the available evidence, which is imperfect and noisy," said CSU's Tavani. "Economics is not, and never will be, a hard science."
"More honor than that"
There's nothing easy about living on minimum-wage work, and that's where government benefit programs often fill the gaps for so many people.
For her part, McGlochlin wants to wean herself from government benefits as soon as she can. Though she's twice needed help from Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (the primary "welfare" program with which Americans are most familiar), she isn't getting TANF money now.
"That's not enough for me. That's not enough for my girls. I want more for them," she said. "Living off assistance, it's part of the problem with our system. What am I showing them? If I'm stealing from the system, what are they gonna turn out to be? I want them to have more honor than that."
"My girls see me struggling, but they see me fighting a lot, too. I want them to grow up thinking they can accomplish anything they want."
McGlochlin understands and takes responsibility for her dilemma, and she understands she needs help, both from the government and places such as Harvest of Hope. "I'm only in the position I'm in because life choices, life decisions, life mishaps have put me here," she said. "But that doesn't mean that I wanna be here or that I wanna stay here."
Paul McDivitt is a graduate student at the CU-Boulder. Jake Kincaid just graduated. For more of CU News Corps' work, go to http://cunewscorps. com.
Colorado economists who signed the letter opposing raising the minimum wage:
University of Colorado at Boulder: Barry Poulson and Sanjai Bhagat
University of Denver: Michael Williams
Colorado economists who signed the letter supporting raising the minimum wage:
Colorado State University-Fort Collins: Alexandra Bernasek, Elissa Braunstein, Anita Pena, Steven Shulman, J. Ron Stanfield, Daniele Tavani
University of Denver: Yavuz Yasar, P. Sai-wing Ho, Haider Khan, Tracy Mott, Chiara Piovani
University of Colorado at Colorado Springs: Daphne Greenwood
Western State Colorado University: David Plante


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Brimming with impenetrability, the first poster for Spike Lee's take on Oldboy features Josh Brolin dressed as Neo, making his escape from a steamer trunk in the middle of a field while Elizabeth Olsen (or Sharlto Copley with shaved legs) stands poignantly facing the other way.
Its premiere is a preamble to a trailer release which will most likely happen this week (*cough*Wednesday*cough*) — so we'll finally get to see how Lee and screenwriter Mark Protosevich plan to tell the story (and how much hammer-wielding takes place). While you wait, stare at this until the yellow umbrella dissolves into symbolism or you go cross-eyed.
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Under the official projections released last December, immigration will become the main driver of U.S. growth by 2032. That would be the first time that natural increase from births was not the leading cause of population increase since at least 1850, putting the U.S. in the company of many other industrialized nations such as Japan and Italy that long have struggled with low growth rates.
"As a whole, the U.S. population is projected to grow more slowly, the older population is expected to grow much larger, and the minority population will grow faster," said Jennifer Ortman, a Census Bureau demographer. "Most of the immigrants coming into the U.S. population are roughly 15 to 45 years old, so we see that immigration is bolstering the working-age population and helping it to grow."
Several demographers say the current Senate immigration bill could change the U.S. race makeup by tightening border security and placing a higher priority on granting employment-based visas for high-skilled workers. Those changes are likely to result in a greater influx of Asian immigrants compared to Latinos.
The Center for American Progress, a liberal think tank, estimates that as a whole 150,000 fewer immigrants will enter the U.S. if the Senate bill becomes law. That is due mostly to an estimated sharp decline in illegal border crossings.
The Census Bureau says its projections should be used mostly as a guide.
The agency also released numbers showing projections based on "high" rates of immigration — more likely if government policies become more flexible and a booming U.S. economy attracts large numbers of foreigners — as well as "low" rates of increasing immigration, a possible scenario if U.S. policies don't change much while the economy improves.
—With high immigration, the minority "tipping point" is moved up to 2041, two years earlier than the previous estimate. At that time, Asians would have a much larger share, at 9 percent, because their population growth is more dependent on immigration than birth rates. The U.S. population would reach 400 million by 2044.
—With low immigration, the "tipping point" arrives by 2045.
—The share of the working-age population, age 18 to 64, is expected to decrease based on all four projection scenarios. The official projections show that group dropping from 62.7 percent in 2012 to 56.9 percent by 2060.
—In each of the four projections, the 65 and older age group would rise from 13.7 percent to more than 20 percent by 2060.
"Despite projected declines in fertility, these projections make plain that we are on the road to becoming a highly diverse nation," said William H. Frey, a Brookings Institution demographer. "Even under the lowest immigration assumptions, the nation will become minority white in 33 years. So those who believe that barring immigration will make the nation appreciably less diverse need to take heed of these projections."
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35391 Views 2 Replies Latest reply: Jul 28, 2010 11:30 AM by geoffperlman
K Shaffer Jul 27, 2010 2:00 AM
in response to worldtraveller321Being an outsider to most things programming and almost all things M$
the brief information I found while reading around Visual Basic, is that it
no longer has Microsoft support since 2008. While that may not be a big
issue for those still needing such a beast, there probably is a newer kind
of technology one could be investing time more wisely into the use thereof.
Earlier: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visual_Basic
Later: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VisualBasic.NET
Free Express Edition: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MicrosoftVisual_StudioExpress
+{Since you have a computer which can support a virtual machine (os) and+
+not need run Windows directly, some software can run without an XP, etc.+
+And there is an open-source virtual machine available, for Intel-based Mac.+
+This in addition to better known retail products, details found in a search.}+
Since the Express Edition above indicates certain tools it provides, one can see
what kinds of Mac OS X software tools are available to perform similar tasks;
then check into how compatible those are with the resulting product you seek to
be engaged in; and if the recipient of said project could use an all-Mac result. In
their PC; if this is the direction you are considering.
You can create content in Terminal, in a Mac, or in XCode, and there are a few
free-ware open source cross-platform programming tools that could be used to
create a more platform neutral product; from what I've briefly read. However,
since Microsoft is playing to their own field, you may find if you have to be there
you will have to get a Virtual Machine to run Windows in the Mac or hope to get
a virtual machine that also can run just the Windows app without Windows in it.
Or, have an old cheap PC off to the side, and put your Windows software into it.
Then keep your modern-era stuff alive in your Mac. If you have Windows-only
clients, some of them may well be using their XP into the next century...
Good luck & happy computing!
{PS: this topic area is within the section for older PPC iMac G4 series computers.}
geoffperlman Jul 28, 2010 11:30 AM
in response to worldtraveller321There is a development tool that is very similar to Visual Basic. It's called REAL Studio. You can learn more about it at www.realsoftware.com..


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Well I sort of fell off the band wagon this weekend and allowed myself to indulge a bit. And it did cost me when I went to the doctor's office this morning and seen I had gained back 2 pounds. The weather turning colder has not really been a g... Read more
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The last few days my emotions are getting the best of me and so is the cold damp gloomy weather. I have not had a lot of motivation to do much exercising last few days, especially since my right knee was hurting rather badly. So yesterday I di... Read more
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Today I was disappointed that I was not able to go for my daily walk. My husband and I had some errands we had to run today and by the time we got home, fed the pets, made dinner, and ate dinner the daylight is gone. There are high winds gust... Read more
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I went to my doctor appointment today. It had been at least a year since I had been in to see a doctor. Good news right off the bat....I am 10 pounds lighter now than the last time I was in to see the doctor. So somehow I managed to lose weig... Read more
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I am one of those people who hate to wear shoes when I am at home. As soon as I am in the door I kick off my shoes and put on a pair of footies (cold weather) or flip flops (warm weather). My pets have "accidents" which I do clean up right awa... Read more
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I want to apologize to all my Spark friends for not communicating very often. It's just that this whole exercise and going for walks is so new to me. And I want to keep moving and not be sitting at the computer all day. So I can only sit for ... Read more
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My husband bought me a pedometer for Sweetest Day because I told him that I would prefer it over the flowers that he was going to buy. I was all excited about using it today until I found that I can't figure out how to put my weight and my stri... Read more
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Does anyone know much about the Cricut cutting machines? I need some help navigating the world of Cricut... let me know if you can help!
I got a Cricut Imagine... the one that can print. ĀIt hasn't arrived yet.
Is there a difference between a "cartridge" and a "full art cartridge"? ĀThey both have the same name but they are substantially different prices on Amazon.
Also, are there any classes anywhere that can teach me how to use this thing?? Yikes... I'm lost.


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Salon's advice columnist, Cary Tennis, is going through a shitty bout with cancer, and while I feel bad for him, I still have to call him out on Monday's column, horrifyingly entitled, "I'm In a Loving but Violent Marriage." In it, he hears from a young woman who's married to a guy who has "only" beat her up a couple times. That's including the time he punched and stomped her while she was pregnant. She's upset because the domestic violence hotline she called advised that she leave her husband. So she turns to Cary, looking for an alternative.
Now Tennis is not a writer given to using five words when 5,000 will do, and this column is no exception. Instead of advising the woman to devise a safety plan, find a therapist, read the ultimate DV primer, Why Does He Do That? and flee (not necessarily in that order), Tennis waxes poetic:
In this fictional world you are safe. So I can speak to you one soul to another. I can grant you the freedom to see yourself as the object and creation of your own limitless imagination. Then you are free to inquire: What do you want, O dish thrower? What do you want, O restrainer, kicker, puncher? What is it that you are hungry for?
What the fuckity fuck?! I'll tell you what this woman is hungry for--she's hungry for someone to tell her that everything is going to be all right if she just does A, B, or C. But it's not. To suggest that there's some miracle pill--as he does shortly thereafter--
I suggest you work in three distinct areas of counseling: 1) He continues with his program of anger management. 2) You also get anger-management training. 3) The two of you work with a therapist to learn interpersonal conflict-resolution skills.
--is irresponsible and dangerous. Not only that, he tells her to give this violent shitbag an entire year to pull himself together! Huh? This is a guy who kicked and punched his pregnant wife and only grudgingly, occasionally, attends counseling. Domestic abusers, like pedophiles, have been proven to be very resistant to therapy anyway. This guy is dangerous and it's only going to get worse. Instead of flowery prose, this young woman needs calm, reasoned, common sense. Not the pseudo-philosophical ramblings of a frustrated poetry major.


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The group has organized to asl for a loan which it will use to buy huipil fabric and improve the amount of things to sell, since she has to prepare the huipiles that she sells. She hopes in the future to have more income and a more stable business. The other members of the group are merchants.
Organiza un grupo para solicitar un préstamo que lo utilizara para la compra de y cortes guipiles y mejorar la cantidad de venta, ya que tiene que costura y prepara los guipiles que vende, espera en el futuro tener un mayor ingreso y un negocio mas estable. Las demás integrantes del grupo de dedican al comercio.
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Ontario Physical Education Safety Guidelines
Curricular, Interschool and Intramural Activities
The Ontario Physical Education Safety Guidelines, managed by Ophea, represent the minimum standards for risk management practice for school boards. They focus the attention of teachers, intramural supervisors and coaches on safe practices, in every activity, in order to minimize the element of risk. The Safety Guidelines include concussion protocols to help prevent and identify suspected concussions and manage a student's safe return to learning and physical activity.
The Safety Guidelines are divided into Elementary and Secondary levels, each containing three separate modules:
- Curricular - physical education program
- Interschool - competitive programs (practices and competitions)
- Intramurals - physical activity/recreation activities
The Safety Guidelines apply to physical activities that occur on the school site or as part of a school sponsored trip (i.e., day trip, overnight, out of province, or out of country). They do not apply to free-play activities during recess and lunch.
School boards may RAISE the standards if they wish, but they are strongly encouraged not to LOWER them. Check with your school board to ensure alignment with your school board policies.
The Ontario Safety Guidelines were developed by Ophea in partnership with the Ontario School Board's Insurance Exchange (OSBIE), the Canadian Intramural Recreation Association – Ontario (CIRA-ON), the Ontario Federation of School Athletic Associations (OFSAA), and the Ontario Association for the Support of Physical and Health Education (OASPHE). The Safety Guidelines are managed by Ophea and are funded by the Government of Ontario.
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Which is better: having kids back to back or spacing them out by a few years?
We have a 4 month old now and would like more kids, but aren't sure if we should try having them close together or waiting until our 4 month old is a year or so. Please let me know pros and cons for both situations. Thanks!
Posted: 04/23/2010 by a BabyCenter Member
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My SIL wanted all her children close together because she wants 9 boys and felt that would be better for everyone, and she currently has three in about as many years. But she's constantly changing diapers, bottles, etc. So while she doesn't mind so much it's not for me. I'm having just the one right now and won't think of adding another until she's in school. I don't want my children close together and would be fine with just the one. I'm an only child and there's 7 years between me and my next closest younger cousin(who's like a sister) and 10 years between me and my older cousin(who's like a sister.) I want to spend a lot of time with my daughter and I had severe morning sickness and could not, and refuse to, do that with a toddler or young child in tow.posted 05/16/2010 by virginiaarmygal
My personal opinion is have them closer, 2 years is ideal. My first two children were 5 years apart and whilst it was easier at first, it became quite difficult once baby started walking and disrupting his brother's games. The older child got irritated and resented his little brother. Later having had children much closer, I have noticed how things flow much better. They have playmates and can relate much better to each other. I am now faced with the prospect of having another 5 year gap...much bigger than what I had hoped for, but nature decided to let us wait a little longer! Best of luckposted 05/12/2010 by jacotte
I think it depends on the mom. Some moms love to have them really close together so that they are interested in similar things at the same time. That personally would not be a good thing for me. My children are each 2 years apart, and it wasn't enough in my opinion. Although I wouldn't want them to be 4 years apart.posted 05/03/2010 by puzzler
Spacing 4 years apart. Lets parents focus on one baby at a time. Doesn't rush a child to be a "big girl" before she is a "big girl".posted 05/03/2010 by MrsS.
One of the advantages of having kids close together is when your done with a phase your done, you don't have to go through it again. I have two in diapers right now, and its hectic, but i know that while I potty train one, the other will probably be learning too.posted 05/02/2010 by texasdaniels
for my body sake and sanitity at least 18 months, for me would have been ideal, however my first is 3 and expecting the next and now I'm glad I waited because not sure how I would have managed 2, when my son turned 2 he was a terrorposted 04/26/2010 by ruthless09
this is just me personally, i wouldnt want to have two babys in diapers at the same time, my son is 4 and im pregnant with my second now, hell be going to school, so ill have that special mommy time while hes in school with the new one, this way theres not as much jealousy or as much work, could you imagin having twice as much diaper dutity, bottles, crying, lack of communication, idk thats just me personally! as far as your body goes look at the lady on tv with 19 kids! your a woman your meant to have babys!posted 04/23/2010 by football_lady
Doctors recommend, for your body's sake and the health of a second pregnancy, to wait a full year in between pregnancies. More complications arise during pregnancy if you don't give your body proper time to heal and recover from pregnancy and child birth (not just 6 weeks). You still have plenty of time to have more children, don't put yourself or a future child at risk.posted 04/23/2010 by a BabyCenter Member
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13 weeks and dont feel "pregnant"
Anyone else have this happen? My stomach is a little bigger, and my breasts are still sore. However, the little nausea I did have is all but gone and I dont feel hungry all the time like I expected to while pregnant. This is my first pregnancy to go this far (had a miscarriage in May), so I really am worried that something is wrong, although I did hear the heartbeat two weeks ago....Someone tell me I'm just being paranoid!!
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My sister-in-law is about 8 months along now and she has had an amazing pregnancy. She rarely had morning sickness and even now, other than feeling huge, she still doesn't really feel pregnant. Your doing fine, don't worry. You will know for sure if something is wrong. You've had a miscarriage before so you know what it feels like. Just stay calm and enjoy the fact that you don't feel pregnant. Oh, and don't worry about the hungry feeling. I didn't start feeling really hungry until about 22 weeks and now I wish I didn't because I really do eat a lot.posted 03/11/2008 by Pageantgirl31413
You sound like me.I had two miscarriages last year,and now I freak out over everything. If my breasts don't hurt one day I go up and have them check for the heartbeat.We both need to relax.We will end up passing on fear to our child.What will be will be ,and worring won't change anything. I just thank god for every day I wake up pregnant and so should you.I'm sure your fine my nausea went away and I just heard the babys heartbeat three days ago. If you can't relax call your dr. and ask if you can come up and have them check for the heartbeat,I'm sure they would'nt mind.Good luck!posted 03/11/2008 by Mommy Melissa B
My symptoms have been going away. i felt the same way but you are fine you just need to relax and don't stress yourself. If you heard a heart beat you are doing great. Every woman is different. If you are worried contact your doctor if you want to make sure the child is there. I'm sure he or she will gladly help you outposted 04/30/2010 by joana_bobby_mummert
Im 12 weeks and also had a miscarriage last year in october at 11 weeks, so Im kinda worried there might be a chance of it happening again. I was relieved when I heard the baby's heartbeat for the first time at 10 weeks and then had my first ultrasound. I dont look or feel pregnant at all. hopefully Im just being paranoid also.posted 04/28/2010 by a BabyCenter Member
how do we notice d baby's heart beatposted 04/20/2010 by everpinky4luv
If it helps any, I'm 13 weeks and I have just about every symptom in the book, and yet I still don't feel pregnant either. Just sick, bloated, and tired!posted 04/12/2010 by agarvens
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You're being paranoid! lol. Ya I had the same problem with my second pregnancy too. For the first little while I was convinced that the pregnancy was in my head. But then I went for my first visit with my ob-gyn and heard the heart beat and everything was all okay, for awhile. Then I started feeling that way again cuz I still had no noticeable baby bump. But now I got one and I don't feel like that anymore. I know it's for real now!! You'll get one too soon. Just be patient. Enjoy the fact that you can still wear you're normal clothes, cuz soon enough and you won't be able to fit into them at all. lol.posted 04/16/2008 by rhae_18
I'm 13 weeks, and I've never been nauseous, I'm never overly hungry. Everyonce in a while I'll crave some fruit. Don't stress yourself out because thats not good for you or the baby.posted 03/19/2010 by Eami1984
No sickness here either. In time you will know and feel pregnant. It wont be to long before you feel the baby moving and all the joys that come after that.posted 03/19/2010 by hotrods_haze
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In the slow-growing sporting-goods market, Dick's Sporting Goods DKS -0.6858122588941278% Dick's Sporting Goods Inc. U.S.: NYSE USD46.34 -0.32 -0.6858122588941278% /Date(1461963623335-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 1176088 AFTER HOURS USD46.3342 -0.00580000000000069 -0.012516184721622789% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 4561 P/E Ratio 16.316901408450704 Market Cap 5325525960.41103 Dividend Yield 1.305567544238239% Rev. per Employee 195456 More quote details and news » looks like a winner. Sales at the 511-store retail chain have grown by an average of 17% a year for the past 10 years, enabling Dick's to claim 8.5% of the hotly contested U.S. market.
Dick's stock (ticker: DKS) has also been a high scorer, rallying more than 60% in the past five years, to a recent $49. The shares could reach $60 in the next 12 months, if Dick's continues to post mid-teens earnings growth.
The retailer is likely to report net income of $323 million, or $2.56 a share, for the fiscal year that ended in January 2013, on revenue of $5.9 billion. It could earn as much as $3 a share in fiscal 2014. "Dick's is a good long-term growth story," says Brian Lazorishak, who bought shares in November for his Chase MidCap Growth fund.
Based in Coraopolis, Pa., Dick's operates primarily in Pennsylvania, Ohio, and New York. It is the leading U.S. sporting-goods retailer, followed by Foot Locker FL -0.04880429477794046% Foot Locker Inc. U.S.: NYSE USD61.44 -0.03 -0.04880429477794046% /Date(1461963868596-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 1973750 AFTER HOURS USD61.44 % Volume (Delayed 15m) : 8402 P/E Ratio 16 Market Cap 8361614813.10334 Dividend Yield 1.7903645833333333% Rev. per Employee 157618 More quote details and news » (FL), which controls about 6% of the market. Both companies have been stealing share from mom-and-pop stores and Sports Authority, which has yet to regain its footing after a buyout in 2006. Dick's counts Nike NKE 0.683293474547318% Nike Inc. Cl B U.S.: NYSE USD58.94 0.4 0.683293474547318% /Date(1461965045000-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 7951602 AFTER HOURS USD58.94 % Volume (Delayed 15m) : 227056 P/E Ratio 27.287037037037038 Market Cap 99282657759.9747 Dividend Yield 1.0858500169664065% Rev. per Employee 511294 More quote details and news » (NKE) and Under Armour UA -1.6121809225257502% Under Armour Inc. Cl A U.S.: NYSE USD43.94 -0.72 -1.6121809225257502% /Date(1461965049000-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 4789143 AFTER HOURS USD43.85 -0.0899999999999963 -0.2048247610377788% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 16985 P/E Ratio 42.25 Market Cap 18437050806.3953 Dividend Yield N/A Rev. per Employee 313886 More quote details and news » (UA) as leading suppliers, and is benefiting from the growth of both brands.
Dick's expects to operate 900 stores before reaching saturation, almost double its current store base. Some analysts think the company could open at least 36 new stores this year, which would help power earnings growth. Wall Street's consensus forecast calls for earnings of $2.92 a share in fiscal 2014.
Lazorishak regards Dick's as one of the safest ways to invest in sporting-goods retailing, given the company's diversified merchandise mix, consistent earnings record, and strong balance sheet. Dick's boasted net cash of $272 million, or $2.16 a share, as of the end of October, after accounting for $22 million of debt and lease obligations.
Dick's trades for 17 times fiscal 2014 earnings estimates. That's pricier than Foot Locker's and Finish Line's FINL -0.6539235412474849% Finish Line Inc. Cl A U.S.: Nasdaq USD19.75 -0.13 -0.6539235412474849% /Date(1461963600310-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 889461 AFTER HOURS USD19.75 % Volume (Delayed 15m) : 68469 P/E Ratio 42.02127659574468 Market Cap 833943719.863892 Dividend Yield 2.0253164556962027% Rev. per Employee 153568 More quote details and news » (FINL) shares, but still "reasonable" by Lazorishak's estimate. The analyst's $60 price target implies a price/earnings ratio of 21 a share, within the company's historic range.
Dick's pays a modest annual dividend of 50 cents a share, for a yield of 1%.
Dick's shares peaked last September at $54.24, amid concern that warmer-than-usual winter weather would crimp sales of outerwear and winter sports equipment. Investors also worried about the future of gun sales, after a Dec. 14 massacre at an elementary school in Newtown, Conn., provoked an outcry that could lead to congressional action banning certain types of rifles and ammunition clips.
After the shootings, Dick's announced it would suspend sales of so-called modern sporting rifles temporarily in all its stores. The worries seem misplaced as semi-automatic rifles represent an estimated 1% of total sales, and guns and ammunition in general account for a mid-single-digit percentage of sales. Not surprisingly, Dick's and other retailers, such as Wal-Mart Stores WMT -2.960383108402264% Wal-Mart Stores Inc. U.S.: NYSE USD66.87 -2.04 -2.960383108402264% /Date(1461965042000-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 11899828 AFTER HOURS USD66.75 -0.120000000000005 -0.17945266935845672% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 199131 P/E Ratio 14.63238512035011 Market Cap 209889690432.418 Dividend Yield 2.990877822640945% Rev. per Employee 209622 More quote details and news » (WMT) and Cabela's CAB -0.2486610558530987% Cabela's Inc. U.S.: NYSE USD52.15 -0.13 -0.2486610558530987% /Date(1461963702055-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 449970 AFTER HOURS USD52.1515 0.00150000000000006 0.0028763183125599234% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 2795 P/E Ratio 19.386617100371748 Market Cap 3560019822.33429 Dividend Yield N/A Rev. per Employee 202929 More quote details and news » (CAB), have seen a spike in sales of guns and ammo since the Newtown tragedy, as gun enthusiasts fear a coming crackdown on sales of firearms.
Dick's officials declined to comment; the company reports fourth-quarter earnings next month.
DICK'S WAS FOUNDED in Binghamton, N.Y., in 1948, by 18-year-old Dick Stack, as a bait-and-tackle shop. Today the retailer is run by his son, Ed Stack, 58, who controls nearly 20% of the company, mostly through super-voting Class B stock. Dick's has grown sharply through the years, sometimes through acquisitions, including the 2004 purchase of Galyan's Trading. A 2007 deal for Golf Galaxy made Dick's the nation's largest golf-products retailer.
The Bottom Line
Dick's has rallied 60%, to $49, in the past five years, but could tack on further gains of 20% or more. The company thinks it could roll out 50% more stores before saturating the country.
The company reports results in three categories. Hardlines, including fitness equipment, comprises 52% of sales; apparel contributes 29%; and footwear, 19%. Dick's target audience includes sports enthusiasts, families, and outdoorsmen. The company's emphasis on in-store boutiques organized by brand further differentiates it from competitors. Moreover, accredited fitness trainers and golf pros are on hand to offer customers' tips.
Standard & Poor's analyst Joseph Agnese rates Dick's Hold, and worries that weak consumer spending on discretionary items will crimp company sales. Longer-term threats include Amazon.com AMZN 9.566445182724253% Amazon.com Inc. U.S.: Nasdaq USD659.59 57.59 9.566445182724253% /Date(1461965050000-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 10195582 AFTER HOURS USD660.6 1.00999999999999 0.15312542640124926% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 115157 P/E Ratio 531.9274193548387 Market Cap 311213045123.555 Dividend Yield N/A Rev. per Employee 463631 More quote details and news » (AMZN), as well as Sports Authority, which could regain some of its former muscle. Sports Authority officials weren't available for comment
In the meantime, look for an 8% uptick in sales in the current year, driven by gains in unit growth, same-store sales, and widening profit margins, the result of a continued shift to soft goods, such as apparel, from products such as fitness equipment.
Americans love to participate in sports, and the numbers suggest that Dick's suits their needs. Chances are the original Dick would be awfully proud of that.
Game's On
Dick's controls 8.5% of the U.S. sporting-goods market, versus Foot Locker's 6%. Dick's shares are pricier than competitors', but are supported by fast-rising earnings.
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Nazem Kadri of the Toronto Maple Leafs, who was a restricted free agent before last night, agreed to a new two-year contract worth $2.9 million per year and as a result, avoided holding out of training camp.
While training camp gets underway today, New York Rangers restricted free agent Derek Stepan and his agent have chosen to hold out until a new contract agreement between Stepan and Rangers GM Glen Sather can be reached. However, the good news for Rangers fans is that the number of days of Stepan's holdout may now be numbered because of Kadri.
Both players were in the same position, and Kadri caved and chose the two-year bridge deal with the Maple Leafs. With Stepan wanting a 5-6 year deal for supposedly $5 million per year and Sather wanting to sign him to the same two-year bridge deal for around the same amount Kadri accepted with the Leafs, the ball is now firmly in Sather's court.
Also, with Stepan having no arbitration rights and no team signing him to an offer sheet, there is really nothing Stepan can do other than agree to Sather's contract or sit out and not play at all this season. With him being the smart player he is, I really doubt he would choose to do that whether his agent approves or not.
Kadri's new deal was probably the best news of the day for Sather and Rangers fans alike, as I now expect contract negotiations to go more smoothly than they did before. Look for Stepan to accept a new two-year contract with the Rangers worth around $3 million per year, and for his holdout of training camp to be over soon.
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High West Silver Whiskey® – Western OatAn un-aged oat whiskey (akin to a blanco tequila) with a mash bill containing 85% oats and 15% barley malt. A very unique and incredibly smooth whiskey.
High West Silver Whiskey® is remarkably versatile. Neat, on the rocks, in a classic cocktail, or wherever you'd use another "clear" spirit. Try an Old Fashioned-Old Fashioned, a Clementine, or a Silver Manhattan.
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It is a smooth oat based whiskey that has just seen the inside of a barrel, with an elegant, smooth flavor. We use the best ingredients and exact science to distill the elegance from the grain and separate those awful flavors you can get in other white whiskies. Tequila and rum both have their Blanco and anejo, why can't whiskey? All spirits are born clear and turn brown after aging in a barrel. High West SILVER™ spent all of 5 minutes in a barrel to minimize the barrel's influence on the taste of the native spirit. We call ours SILVER™ because we distill it in old town Park City, one of the west's richest silver mining towns.
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High West Silver Whiskey™ is produced in very small batches in our traditional copper pot still from plump western grains. We call our whiskey "Silver" for the ore that created Park City, one of the richest Silver towns in the old West. Our Silver Whiskey™ is minimally aged in toasted oak to enhance the grain's honest flavor. Try it neat, on the rocks, or anywhere you choose a "clear" spirit. High West is Utah's first distillery since 1879 and the world's only ski-in gastro-distillery. If you are in Old Town Park City, please stop or ski by to visit and enjoy our contemporary Western comfort food, share our passion for American roots music, and most importantly, learn how we make whiskey. Proprietor, David Perkins "Happy Trails to You." If there are multiple Jackalopes, they will begin singing in the round with you. Make your escape after the second verse!
•85% oats and 15% malted barley
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Nose: Sweet 'n Sour-- some slightly sweet grain in the barn together with some sour new-make moonshine smell.
Taste: lightly sweet, cocoa- and coconut-infused character with a smooth vanilla finish
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Beverage Testing Institute- "Delicate aromas of bison grass, granola, toasted nut and grain, and chervil follow through on a soft, satiny entry to a light-to-medium body with hints of anise, pear and apple. Finishes with delicate, lightly warming, mossy stone accented fade. Very stylish and slightly reminiscent of shochu; will make great cocktails."
That's right: Oats! Just like your cereal. High West says people don't make whiskey out of oats because they are a) tricky and b) expensive. We can buy that, and sure enough this is a remarkably smooth and complex spirit: The nose is much less harsh than most white whiskeys, and the body has a lightly sweet, cocoa- and coconut-infused character to it. It helps that this has been cut way down to 80 proof, softening the spirit up further and going out with a smooth vanilla finish. One of the most enjoyable silver whiskeys I've ever had. Reviewed: Assay 11G11 (bottled July 11, 2011), Bottle #60.
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Robert Parker, Wine Advocate, May 2013 - "A sensational offering of a younger rye blended with a much older rye made from both rye and barley malt mashbill ... this is a sweet, smoky, spicy, flamboyant whiskey that is full, rich and intense, but not the least bit harsh. Just about everything I have tasted from High West in Park City, Utah is impressive."
John Hansell, Malt Advocate Magazine - "Thanks to the high rye content, this whisky is very spicy, with cinnamon, crisp mint and fennel. Underlying sweet notes of caramel, molasses, vanilla, macaroon, cocoa, and candied fruit … enhance the whiskey's complexity. But, in the end, the rye is the victor, emerging with a vengeance and giving the whiskey a bold, warming spice finish."
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