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Wednesday, August 27, 2014
Lets keep dated and 'unbecoming' language out of Beacon Hill
Yesterday marked the 94th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th amendment. Ninety-one years ago Democrat Susan Fitzgerald of Jamaica Plain and Republican Sylvia Donaldson of Brockton were the first women in history to be elected to the Massachusetts legislature. We've made some progress. Since 2008, Massachusetts has tripled the number of women we send to Congress (from zero to three!) and women serve around 24-percent of the seats in the Massachusetts Legislature. But still, we lag behind most of our neighboring states in New England at electing women to public office. We have to continue to look at the unique obstacles women encounter when they run for office. One of those unique obstacles? Weighted language and rhetoric that is used in the media, in debates, and out on the field that sets us back years. It is dividing statements that change the tone of debate and lead to the pervasiveness of sexism on Beacon Hill.
Just last night in a debate held by The Boston Globe we heard former State Senator and candidate for Attorney General Warren Tolman described his opponent, civil rights attorney and former leader in the Attorney General's Office Maura Healey as "unbecoming." Voting history, advertisements, and endorsements aside, the use of the word "unbecoming" has weighted meaning that dates back to before the elections of Susan Fitzgerald and Sylvia Donaldson. Just 12 years ago former Gov. Mitt Romney described his Democratic gubernatorial opponent and former state Treasurer Shannon O'Brien's behavior as "unbecoming". Yes, there are times when the word "unbecoming" is used to describe a man's behavior, but overwhelmingly, it is a way to describe "aggressive" or "bossy" women. Maura Healey is a respected civil rights attorney, a former leader in the Attorney General's office where she oversaw 250 lawyers and staff members, an advocate for reproductive health rights and consumer protection, a Harvard graduate, and a first-time political candidate who has enlivened voters across the Commonwealth. What she isn't? Unbecoming.
Posted by MWPC at 4:07 PM
Friday, August 22, 2014
What We've Been Reading 8/22
According to a new study outlined in a Jezebel article, gender biases continue to pervade perspectives about childcare and work life in the United States. The study, conducted by a Furman University professor, reveals that men who request a flexible work schedule are thirteen percent more likely to be approved than women who do. Furthermore, the study found that a quarter of the male employees were found to be "extremely likeable," while only three percent of the female employees were seen as "extremely likeable." Additionally, as a result of making a scheduling request, the female employees were more likely to be seen as "not at all" or "not very" committed. These findings clearly suggest that many people still possess gendered views, wherein it is expected for a woman to complete their second shift of childcare, and men are applauded and rewarded for taking time off for the purpose of childcare. As the article points out, it is important that employees and managers check their biases in the workplace to promote a more egalitarian environment.
An article published last week from The Guardian disclosed the results of a survey exploring motherhood and pregnancy in the workplace. Six out of ten women felt that their careers suffered as a result of their pregnancies, and half of the mothers polled responded that less maternity leave was correlated with them being taken more seriously in the workplace. From a management side, the results are just as troubling. From a group of five hundred managers, thirty three percent revealed that maternity leave and childcare situations with a female employee would result in them hiring a male employee in their twenties or thirties. Four out of ten of the managers would worry about hiring a mother for a starting position or senior role. As these findings suggest, there is much to be done in eliminating the barriers and discriminatory practices that continue to dominate the workplace.
The New York Post ran an op-ed written by Doree Lewak in which she expressed delight in being catcalled by strange men, an article that was critiqued on our blog by MWPC intern Emily Schacter. Also in response to that offensive op-ed, Zerlina Maxwell of mic.com came up with a list of the "10 Dumbest Myths About Feminism, Debunked". What we've learned from the list is that feminism, and being a feminist, is actually OK! Feminists don't always hate men, they can be funny, they have diverse opinions (even about what feminism means), the idea of feminism doesn't hurt men and men can be feminists too (GASP!), and feminists can also be moms and wives. Feminists also care about other issues other than abortion, and most importantly, we are not angry. Zerlina's list is not only funny, but it's eye-opening, and is worth the read.
MSNBC recently came up with a "30 in 30" featurette which focuses on 30 women candidates to watch in this election cycle. Author Anna Brand notes that "women are at the forefront of many of this year's critical and most-watched races. From candidates for governorships making waves from red-to-blue states, to game-changing senate seats up for grabs, women are making their voices heard now more than ever." Equal pay for women, health care, campus sexual assault, and the recent Hobby Lobby decision by the Supreme Court are issues that have rallied women voters, and will most definitely bring them to the polls in November. This could very well be the year of the women, if the number of women state legislatures increases from 24% after the elections and if more women are elected into Congress as well. On Tuesday (day 12), Martha Coakley, the MWPC endorsed candidate for Governor of Massachusetts was interviewed with questions ranging from "What women in politics inspire you?" and "If elected what will be your #1 priority?" You may read the full interview here: http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/women-candidates-watch-2014-martha-coakley
Posted by MWPC at 11:47 AM
The Discussion About Street Harassment
There has been a recent online discussion regarding the supposed pros and cons of "catcalling", also known as street harassment. Generally, this refers to men commenting on womens' appearances by whistling, calling out, or using sexual gestures. Doree Lewak, a writer for the New York Post, wrote an article expressing her love for catcalling, specifically in the summertime. Her main point was that catcalling is validating, as a man is approving of and complimenting your appearance, including your body and chosen outfit. While she does not support all kinds of catcalling, her general view is that it is a positive experience. I take a great deal of issue with Lewak's stance, as does Hilary Sargent, writer for Boston.com. Her article, "Lighten Up Ladies, Catcalls Are a Fun Part of Summer," pokes fun at Lewak and explains why her view is concerning. She notes that a lot of women do not want or need that kind of validation and actually find it demeaning. She also explains that "in a world where women are still underpaid, discriminated against, and consistently victimized by sexual violence, discouraging men from yelling across a busy intersection their thoughts on the sexual attractiveness of a female passerby might actually be something worth discouraging." Street harassment is still harassment.
In my opinion, it is not empowering for women; rather, it empowers men by making them feel like they have the right to objectify womens' bodies without any consequences. They can say whatever they want, whether it's on the street or form their car, using sexual language and gestures, and then go on with their day without having to think twice. For many women, though, the comment will stick with them. As Sargent points out, women face the risk of having a man follow or even sexually abuse them. Catcalls can also be triggering to women who have faced such situations in the past. These men do not know the histories of the women and cannot possibly know how a woman feels about catcalling. Many women, myself included, lose any sense of safety when I am harassed on the street. In short, men need to learn to not harass women. Catcalling cannot be disguised as anything else. It doesn't matter what she is wearing or how "good" she looks: street harassment should never be an acceptable way to engage with a woman.
Read the full articles:
by Emily Schacter
Posted by MWPC at 11:04 AM
Friday, August 15, 2014
What We've Been Reading- 8/15
As we all know "selfies" are a big part of social media and pop culture, and many people see them as narcissistic way to get people to tell them how good they look or as a way for people to judge one another. However, in an article written by Time they examine how women are now turning selfies into a "new kind of empowerment." For example, Teenage singer Lorde recently posted a selfie in bed with acne-cream on her face and many other celebrities are posting pictures of themselves making silly faces where they are emphasizing their own imperfections. The author, Jessica Bennett, also posted a list of nine ways that selfies are empowering women, including "Selfies Push Back Against Traditional Beauty Norms" and "Selfies Give Girls Control." A recent survey by Dove found 63% of women believe social media, over print, film, or music, have the biggest impact on the definition of beauty. Bennett says that because teenage girls and young women use social media more than men, women and girls now have more control over the way beauty is defined in our culture. Selfies, Bennett says "force us to see ourselves.. to celebrate what we look like- flaws and all."
Jessica Valenti at The Guardian wrote about a subject not many women are eager to publicly talk about: feminine hygiene. Even though every woman goes through "that time of the month", getting your period has such a stigma around it; women often don't feel comfortable talking about their period (even saying the word out loud is awkward!). But why is this?
Valentin reports: "Gloria Steinem wrote that if men got periods, they 'would brag about how long and how much': that boys would talk about their menstruation as the beginning of their manhood, that there would be 'gifts, religious ceremonies' and sanitary supplies would be 'federally funded and free'."
The social stigma that menstrual periods are dirty and should not be discussed makes it difficult for women who cannot afford the necessary products, like tampons and pads, to get access to them. Food stamps do not cover tampons and pads, forcing some low income women to sell their food stamps in order to buy feminine hygiene products, which the federal government considers "luxuries". Women in jail also find it difficult to get access to these products as well, even though there are many women in jail, who all get their periods once a month.
Furthermore, the stigma affects young women who are uneducated about feminine hygiene to get informed. Sanitation products are necessary for girls to participate in school, but when they do not have access to affordable products, they must miss school for a week, every month. The UN and Human Rights Watch have "linked menstrual hygiene to human rights". UNICEF believes 10% of African girls miss school due to lack of access and knowledge of sanitary products. Several charities have begun initiatives to provide products in third world countries, though so long as there is this social stigma regarding menstrual periods, these initiatives will be far and few between.
Like Steinem wrote, if men had their periods, it would be a subject that no boy would feel ashamed bringing up, sanitary products would not be nearly as expensive, and every boy would educated about their menstrual period. For women, the opposite is true. We need to change the talk regarding sanitary products; why shouldn't female sanitary products be free? Half the population needs access to them every month. The fact that they are not covered for low income people, heavily taxed, and not available to those in jail, is unnerving. Valenti sums up the situation well: "the high cost of a product that half the population needs multiple times a day, every month for approximately 30 years, is simply, well, bullshit."
Sexist, Misogynistic Tweet by the "Progressive" Bill Maher- Emily Schacter
Short but sweet: Amanda Marcotte, writer at Slate Magazine, wrote a brief but extremely important article pointing out a sexist tweet written by supposedly progressive political commentator. The tweet, as shown below, makes fun of and belittles domestic violence.
First of all, comparing Hamas to a "crazy woman" is a very inappropriate simile that only makes Maher look bad. In a society where women are described as "crazy" for practically any statement or action driven by the least bit of emotion or passion, the comparison is preposterous.
Marcotte notes that "he's also trading on the tired stereotype of women as irrational children
who need to be brought in line by more stable men." Exactly right.
Marcotte notes that "he's also trading on the tired stereotype of women as irrational children
who need to be brought in line by more stable men." Exactly right.
The second part of his tweet appropriates domestic violence, as he says that one "must" slap a woman if she will not cooperate or back down. Marcotte points out that "the "who's trying to kill u" part of the tweet [is] a nice bit of ass-covering that turns domestic violence into self-defense." He turns the situation around so that the blame is on the woman, per usual. His phrasing therefore insinuates that violence will always be the default when dealing with "crazy" women. This situation is reflective of very real domestic violence that occurs within the United States: One in
every four women will experience domestic violence in her lifetime; An estimated 1.3 million women are victims of physical assault by an intimate partner each year; and 85% of domestic violence victims are women (NCADV). His ignorance is truly disturbing.
every four women will experience domestic violence in her lifetime; An estimated 1.3 million women are victims of physical assault by an intimate partner each year; and 85% of domestic violence victims are women (NCADV). His ignorance is truly disturbing.
Maher's tweet is also reflective of an underlying misogynistic attitude and sexist belief system in countless men. What is surprising to me is that it's coming from a supposedly very progressive political commentator. While he may claim to be progressive, and may even be/sound progressive in some ways, this sexist tweet shows something quite different. Even
the most "progressive" or "liberal" people will still continue to use hurtful, demeaning stereotypes to describe women, and even more seriously, joke about violence against women.
the most "progressive" or "liberal" people will still continue to use hurtful, demeaning stereotypes to describe women, and even more seriously, joke about violence against women.
For more information:
Statistics on Domestic Violence:http://www.ncadv.org/files/DomesticViolenceFactSheet(National).pdf
Posted by MWPC at 12:08 PM
Thursday, August 14, 2014
Election Aversion
In yet another article featuring the theme "Women are different", New York Times author Derek Willis covered an experimental research study which found that women are less likely to volunteer themselves as an election candidate, asking "Does the Prospect of Running for Office Discourage Women?" After asking the same question in the words of one of the researchers, he claims that the results of the study answer the question affirmatively, yes.
Willis explicitly states that the researchers, Kristin Kanthak and Jonathan Woon, do not conclude that so called election aversion is the sole reason for the under-representation of women in elected office and or an innate characteristic of women. However, the article explores how with much more emphasis than why women are different than men in regards to political ambition. In the article, there is ample support for the conclusion that women are different than men, not that our society socializes men and women differently.
Perhaps the author is led to portray the discussion this way by the manner in which the researchers discuss the results of their study themselves. Willis quotes Kristin Kanthak several times throughout his article making statements that imply that women are inherently different than men, regardless of whether or not that is her intention, including the following:
"'What if there is something about women that makes them not want to run for office that doesn't have anything to do with external factors?' Ms. Kanthak said in an interview. 'What if we could completely level the playing field — would women be as likely to run as men?'"
This rhetorical question of whether or not women would be as likely to run as men (answered by the conclusions of her study) given a level playing field assumes that if men no longer had advantages, they would still be in power because they would put themselves there. If it doesn't have to do with inequality or external factors, then women aren't pursuing power because something is different about women.
"'If women aren't willing to ask for raises, we shouldn't be surprised that they're not willing to ask for votes'"
The use of the word willing when comparing asking for votes to asking for a raise, conjures up the very essence of American ideals such as free will, personal responsibility and rugged individualism. Women could make different choices, but they simply don't.
"'In most jobs, you have to show that you can do the job you were hired to do,' Ms. Kanthak said. 'The skills to win an election are really different than the skills it takes to govern.'"
Thus, women may be capable of leading, but they do not have the skills to compete in the bid for elected office.
Though Ms. Kanthak and her research partner Jonathan Woon write in no uncertain terms, "To be clear, we claim neither that such a behavioral difference is the exclusive cause of under-representation nor that it is in any way innate or intrinsic," in their study, her statements when read without discussion of the underlying causes do imply that the reason women don't run for office is they are, very simply put, different.
Though I think the New York Times article and her statements in it lead readers to assume that election aversion is an innate gender difference, I also believe that the researchers sincerely do not intend the results of their study to be interpreted that way. When examining the research article itself, the disclaimer stating the researchers "claim neither that such a behavioral difference is the exclusive cause of under-representation nor that it is in any way innate or intrinsic" is cited with an experimental study which also examines gender differences in competitive attitudes, but finds that there are no innate differences.
In the study cited by Kanthak and Woon, "Gender Differences in Competition: Evidence from a Matrilineal and a Patriarchal Society", researchers Uri Gneezy, Kenneth L. Leonard, and John A. List examined gender differences in willingness to engage in competition by conducting controlled experiments in two societies which mirror each other's gender social constructs. In the matrilineal society, where inheritance and clan membership follow the female lineage through the youngest daughter, women engaged much more readily in competition than the men of their own society and even at a higher rate than the men from the patriarchal society. Their study concludes that "In the very least, these findings represent existence results: it is not universally true that the average female in every society avoids competition more often than the average male in that society because we have discovered at least one setting in which this is not true." They go on to discuss the roles of nature and nurture in developing competitiveness, concluding that willingness to engage in competition is sensitive to social gender role construction and is not the result of innate gender differences.
It is my assumption that if Kanthak and Woon were aware of this study and regarded it highly enough to cite it as the reference for their disclaimer, that they would probably suggest a similar explanation for the gendered differences found in their own study. So, let's answer the question posed by the title of the New York Times article differently than if we just read the article. Does the prospect of running for office discourage women? No, it doesn't. We do.
Why is it important to distinguish where the discouraging pressure is coming from? Why am I choosing this battle? If something different about women discourages them from running for office, if we keep talking about the choices that women make, then there is nothing we can do but wait for women to be different and make different choices. This is reflected in Kanthak and Woon's pessimistic closing statement regarding potential reforms in electoral institutions which they envision could increase the diversity of representation; they are difficult and "unlikely to materialize". As Gneezy, Leonard and List point out, focusing on external forces leads to a much more pro-active solution; "If the difference is based on nurture, or an interaction between nature and nurture, on the other hand, the public policy might be targeting the socialization and education at early ages as well as later in life to eliminate this asymmetric treatment of men and women with respect to competitiveness."
Ultimately, if we focus on the underlying causes then there is something we can do. Furthermore, democracy gave us the tools to change the institutions shaping the behavior of our future young leaders of all genders. So, yes, women are different. But, there is still something we can do to increase representativeness of our electoral institutions. We don't have to wait for change to materialize on its own. The bottom line is that we have to stop saying that the reason women have yet to achieve equal power and privilege in the United States is that they are different without talking about why. It makes it too easy to do nothing about it.
-Allysha Roth
Posted by MWPC at 2:05 PM
Tuesday, August 12, 2014
Remembering Dotty Lynch
Today, politically minded women mourn the loss of a trailblazer, Dotty Lynch, who passed on Monday August 11th, 2014. The first female political pollster for a presidential candidate, Ms. Lynch brought the voter gap between men and women to the attention of party leaders. Following her political consulting career, she spent many years in journalism as the leading expert on the political opinions of American women. Not only was she revered for her role in highlighting the importance of the female vote, she was widely regarded as the go-to person for mentorship, guidance and connection. An outpouring of fond remembrances came from the political journalism community, celebrating her generosity and influence. As political women, we owe more gratitude than we can show to the woman who brought our opinions to the forefront. Read more about Dotty Lynch here: Dotty Lynch, Pollster Who Saw the Gender Gap, Is Dead at 69
Posted by MWPC at 4:58 PM
Friday, August 8, 2014
What We've Been Reading 8/8
Last Friday, Salon Assistant Editor Jenny Kutner wrote an article about what women experience before having an abortion by bravely and unabashedly telling her own story. She describes finding out she was pregnant, the Planned Parenthood clinic where she confirmed it, her discussions with friends and families, and even the reasons she's glad she's not her home state of Texas. The state legislature passed laws requiring women to endure invasive sonograms before having an abortion, reproductive health care providers to read misleading and oftentimes medically inaccurate information on fetal development, and abortion clinics to meet the standards of ambulatory surgical centers effectively closing all but six clinics in the great state of Texas. She admits that while all of these laws would have made it more difficult for her to have an abortion, she still would have been able to because she is privileged, thus shining a light on the disproportionate impact of anti-choice legislation on women in poverty. She states that she is not sure whether or not this experience will make her a better activist, but this article is certainly a promising start.
Huffington Post political reporter Laura Bassett reported that Ultraviolet, a progressive women's rights organization, is welcoming travelers to states with informative billboards exposing the states' treatment of women. These 11 signs are posted in view of flight passengers at airports in Louisiana, Texas, North Carolina, Ohio, Nevada and Kentucky. When flying into and out of New Orleans, passengers will read that "Louisiana women are paid $.67 to every man's dollar," "Many Louisiana politicians opposed the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act" and "More than 22% of women live in poverty" among other things. Though some airports rejected the ads for various reasons including not being able to post political advertisement on government property, the organization has taken the liberty of erecting billboards just outside of the airport, still in view. Ultraviolet hopes that the campaign will lead people to contact their legislators about a broad array of legislative issues that disproportionately and unfairly impact women.
Screenwriter and actress Zoe Kazan was featured in The Frisky in a Q&A where she proudly proclaims that she a feminist and explains why. Her answer is too thoughtful and accurate to summarize. Kazan says:
"Yeah, I do consider myself a feminist. I was raised by a woman [screenwriter Robin Swicord, who wrote "Matilda," "Little Women" and other films] who would consider herself a feminist, so I think I was given certain values from a really young age about equality and about thinking of yourself as an equal, trying to give yourself equal opportunities. … I think it's hard [to be a girl] when you're young and I think it's hard when you're older, and it's hard to know always what kind of woman you want to be. I was very disappointed to see the thing about Shailene Woodley saying that she's not a feminist because I feel like she really is a feminist. I think that the [negativity associated with the] label discourages some women from calling themselves that. I think saying that you're a feminist is a little bit like saying that you're a humanist, because what it's really about is equal opportunities and equal thinking about genders being only a part of your identity rather than something that would define you and define your character."
She also discusses femininity, navigating the film world as a woman who writes and portrays female characters and stories. It is clear that Zoe Kazan puts a great deal of consideration of the impact of her work on women and the roles they play out in their own lives.
-Allysha Roth
On August 1, Nine West released a new campaign titled "Starter Husband Hunting," which features a variety of "husband hunting shoes." The collection of advertisements includes a checklist for "hunting season," suggestions for which shoes to wear when dropping off kids for their first day of kindergarten, among other occasions that are allegedly important in women's lives. As this article astutely points out, the campaign is ill-founded on the "outdated premise that women wear shoes for men" not to mention the premise that women solely value finding husbands. Furthermore, the campaign has heteronormative implications, as women are relegated to only finding husbands. Though the female Senior Vice President of Marketing at Nine West claims the campaign is not offensive, many women are outraged, as evidenced by Twitter backlash decrying the campaign for being scarily reminiscent of advertisements from the 1950s. Of course, though it is perfectly acceptable for women to look for husbands and choose to be the homemaker in their families, it is unacceptably sexist for this campaign to restrict women to these roles while excluding other career and life choices.
This week, a Think Press article explores the frustrating reality of workplace discrimination towards pregnant women with the story of Candis Riggins, a Walmart employee. Because Candis was a maintenance worker, she often handled chemicals and was exposed to fumes, as well as lifted heavy loads. As she became further along in her pregnancy, her job became harder to do and she requested to switch to a cashier position during her pregnancy. She submitted these requests multiple times, but they were ignored. She also took some days off during her pregnancy, and while her manager explicitly told her this wasn't an issue, it was cited as a reason for her termination in this past May, leaving her without a job and eventual eviction because of her lack of income. Riggins has teamed up with various women's organizations to write a letter to Walmart which charges them in violation of the Pregnancy Discrimination Act and demands financial compensation and a reinstatement of Riggins' employee contract. This case exposes a dangerous reality for pregnant working women, and hopefully the handling of Riggins' plight will set a new and positive precedent for women to use when battling workplace discrimination on the basis of pregnancy.
Girls Inc., a nonprofit group dedicated to serving underprivileged girls and bettering their futures, has released a public service advertising campaign, which is outlined in this article. The campaign aims to educate and inform viewers. It also strives to increase donations to further the efforts of the organization, which already has corporate support from companies like American Express and the Kellogg Foundation. The platform is built upon the slogan "fuel her fire and she will change the world," which is similar to the organization's overall goals of "helping girls set and achieve goals and resist peer pressure." The campaign works to counteract the harsh reality behind the statistics the videos portray, such as that one in four girls in the United States will finish high school, or that seventy-eight percent of girls under the age of seventeen are unhappy with their bodies. These messages are welcome amidst today's sea of oppressive, restrictive, and harmful messaging targeted towards young women in the media.
On August 4, The Huffington Post published an article exploring a new airport campaign launched by a women's rights organization called Ultraviolet. The campaign consists of a series of signs that outline the living conditions and quality of life for women in that state. For example, in the New Orleans airport, the organization's sign states that women in Louisiana make 67 cents for every dollar earned by a man. This six-figure campaign aims to raise awareness about the variety and multiplicity of women's issues that are prevalent across the United States. Though some cities' airports, such as Sarasota, FL and Charlotte, NC, have rejected proposals to have these signs inside the airports, Ultraviolet plans to place them on surrounding roads and billboards to inform the airport passengers. Though the campaign is certainly a well-needed and incredibly important one, it neglects to include statistics reflecting the intersectionality of race and gender. It is true that white women make 67 cents to every dollar a white male earns, but the statistics are drastically different when comparing men and women of color, and this difference should be acknowledged in these campaigns.
-Caroline Plapinger
Posted by MWPC at 1:03 PM
Thursday, August 7, 2014
On the Campaign Trail with District Attorney Marian Ryan
This Sunday, I had the opportunity to accompany Marian Ryan, The MWPC endorsed candidate for Middlesex District Attorney, to the Weston Democratic Town Committee's Annual Women's Pool Party and Lunch. It was strictly a women's only event, with male staffers for various candidates forced to wait at the end of the driveway for the duration of the lunch! Also in attendance was the moderator for the discussion Auditor Suzanne Bump, the candidate for Treasurer Deb Goldberg, the mother of Maura Healy (there to represent her daughter), the mother of Mike Lake who is a candidate for Lieutenant Governor, and several other candidates for State Senate and State Representative. It was a great opportunity for the candidates to interact with women voters and each other over lunch.Each candidate or their representative was granted three minutes to speak followed by two questions from the audience. Marian Ryan spoke very passionately about why she loves being District Attorney and how she has the best ideas for the future of the office. "It has been my privilege to partner with people at the worse points in their life and help them move forward," she said. Marian Ryan also mentioned a program she launched in Middlesex county called "Cut It Out" where salon professionals are trained to look for signs of domestic abuse and learn how to help victims safely seek help. Ms.Ryan received a great reception from those in attendance, and many people picked up her campaign and bumper stickers. It was a great opportunity to attend along with many inspiring people and future leaders of Massachusetts, and it was a privilege to be Marian Ryan's guest.
-Kira Arnott
Posted by MWPC at 4:09 PM
Friday, August 1, 2014
What We've Been Reading 8/1
Buzzfeed wrote a concise article describing President Obama's speech at a town hall meeting in Washington that hosted his administration's Young African Leader Initiative. He spoke about older traditions in Africa and how they cannot continue to function in our modern society. A few quotes stuck out in particular that, personally, reminded me of just how important it is to have a president who is not afraid to make women empowerment a priority not only in the United States, but also internationally. Obama actively wants to change a culture that promotes violence against women in this country. His speech at this meeting pinpointed outdated and violent practices within parts of Africa and explained how these social practices need to change.
He talked about polygamy, saying, "It was based on the idea that women had their own compound. They had their own land and so they were empowered in that area to be self-sufficient." But these circumstances no longer apply, as he explains, and now this social practice actually disempowers and hurts women. He also vocalized his thoughts on female genital mutilation: "I think that's a tradition that is barbaric and should be eliminated. Violence towards women. I don't care for that tradition. I'm not interested in it. It needs to be eliminated." While most of what he spoke about was geared towards Africa, he made some statements that apply everywhere, and especially in this country: If you're a strong man, you should not feel threatened by strong women." I appreciate this last comment, as many male (and some female) politicians would not feel comfortable vocalizing this simple fact. While this article does not discuss all of his comments made at the meeting, or go into great detail on the Young African Leader Initiative, it does show that our president feels it necessary to prioritize women's rights and issues.
-Emily Schacter
Jillian Berman of Huffington Post wrote an article at the beginning of last week about the underrepresentation of women in executive positions at companies that market to women with a very telling title, "Even Companies That Sell Tampons Are Run By Men". In addition to discussing that while these companies attract mostly women for retail and middle management, executive offices and board of directors are filled with a majority of men, who figure out what women want using market research statistics. Berman considers the factors contributing to the gender disparity and reports that some women who've maintained executive positions point to a lack of work-life flexibility, sexism in the workplace, nepotism and tradition. The author points out that other than just making marketing for products like tampons less strange, having more women executives increases the diversity of management styles and boosts stock market performance. However, she writes that encouraging women to be more pro-active in their careers is a tactic that will fail to increase gender diversity in senior-level management. Instead, companies have to make prioritizing gender equity part of their business model beyond recruitment, including "giving women equal access to role models, mentors and sponsors throughout their careers". Ultimately, the responsibility for increasing the representation of women in top positions is that of company leadership and currently, companies are doing a pretty poor job of it.
Mic's Julianne Ross turned a critical eye on the recently released summer blockbuster Guardians of the Galaxy in her article "'Guardians of the Galaxy' Shows Why We Desperately Need a Female Superhero Movie". Her problem is with the depiction Gamora, played by Zoe Saldana. Though Ross claims that the movie is great and that Gamora is a strong female character, she fails to maintain heroine status through the film, often needing the saving the male protagonist, Quill, played by Chris Pratt. Ross argues that Gamora is a supporting character for Quill for much of the movie and "ultimately is relegated to side-kick and potential-love-interest status." Ross doesn't dismiss the movie or the character based on this fact, but rather advocates that it's high time that Hollywood tell a super-heroine story as nearly half of its fan-base is composed of women.
-Allysha Roth
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Cooke extends Saxo Bank contract
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Australian adds another year at Riis' team
Team Saxo Bank has extended Baden Cooke's contract for another year, the Australian signing on to ride the 2011 season with Bjarne Riis' squad.
The 32-year-old will continue at the team, which will be known as Saxo Bank-SunGard in 2011, having moved there at the end of 2009 and developed into a key domestique for its Spring Classics campaign. That was seen during this year's editions of the Tour of Flanders and Paris-Roubaix, where he did vital work for Fabian Cancellara, who won both races.
"I'm very happy to able to continue on this fantastic team. It's been a great season with a lot of new and exciting experiences and I'm looking forward to another season," said Cooke.
"I'm going to work really hard this coming winter to be able to hit the spring classics in peak shape," he added.
And while team owner Bjarne Riis has had to contend with the threat posed by the new Luxembourg outfit - built by two of his ex-staff members - which has already poached several of his key riders, he's pleased the Australian will remain at the squad for another season.
"Baden has proven to be a solid rider for the team and a great overall support even though he has been struck by injuries this season. I'm sure he has more in store for us and he might just become a key figure during the spring classics in the coming season," said Riis.
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Written by Hasham
Haider, Cloud Ops and Content Marketing, Replex
Kubernetes has seen rapid adoption
in the last couple of years firmly establishing itself as a leader in the
container orchestration space. Dan Kohn Executive Director of CNCF, predicts that
eventually much the world's legacy software, worth about $100 trillion in net
GDP, will be ported into Kubernetes, for better servicing.
One of the reasons behind this
accelerating adoption is the fact that Kubernetes is super-easy to get up and
running. Any developer can spin up a cluster with a couple of nodes running
containerized applications, in a matter of minutes.
Running mission-critical
applications in production, with the requisite Security, Governance,
Compliance, Operational and disaster recovery framework in place, is however, a
different ball-game altogether.
Enterprises typically have a robust
Governance, Compliance and Operational framework supporting applications,
infrastructure and technology. These frameworks evolve over time and
incorporate a lot of internal tribal knowledge, making them unique to each
For Kubernetes to see Enterprise
adoption at the level Dan Kohn envisages, Kubernetes needs an equally robust
set of tools that allows organizations to create a comprehensive Governance,
Compliance and Operational framework around it.
In this article, we will explore a
Governance and Compliance framework for Kubernetes. We will identify the
individual features of a such a framework as well as open-source and native
Kubernetes tooling that can support some of these features.
However, before we do that, let's
quickly review the concepts of Governance and Compliance and why the
introduction of the cloud and now Kubernetes necessitates this new framework.
At its most basic level, Governance
refers to a set of rules that allow enterprises to minimize risk, control
costs, and drive efficiency, transparency and accountability. Governance rules
are codified as policies that are then implemented enterprise-wide for a
consistent Governance framework.
Once Governance rules and policies
have been identified and codified, enterprises need to ensure they are
enforced. This process of monitoring and ensuring Governance policies are followed
is known as compliance.
Now that we have reviewed the
concepts of Governance and Compliance and identified the key drivers of a
Governance framework, let's now look at the individual elements of such a
framework through the lens of Kubernetes. We will also be reviewing both native
and open-source tools that allow us to manage these elements of the Governance
Authentication, Authorization &
Access Control
Authentication, authorization and
access control tooling together allow organizations to identify users,
implement a security paradigm and govern the use of resources.
Authentication is the process of identifying users before giving them access to
resources. In Kubernetes, users can be authenticated either as user accounts or
service accounts. User accounts usually refer to accounts that are created and
managed by Kubernetes admins and allotted to team members. Service accounts are
created automatically for individual processes by the Kubernetes API and are
bound to specific namespaces. Service accounts can also be created manually by
Kubernetes admins via calls to the API.
Kubernetes supports a number of authentication strategies ranging from X509 client
certs and static token files to service account tokens and OpenID Connect
Tokens. It can also be integrated with other authentication protocols including
LDAP, SAML and kerberos.
Together these authentication
strategies provide a wide range of options for enterprises to implement a
secure authentication regime for their Kubernetes environments.
Once users have been authenticated
they next need to be authorized. Authorization is the process of giving
subjects (groups, user accounts, service accounts) access to Kubernetes
There are a number of authorization
modules that are supported
by Kubernetes. These include Node, RBAC and
Webhook. Node authorization is specific to the Kubelet and authorizes any API
requests made by it.
Kubernetes RBAC allows the creation
of a set of rules (permissions) packaged as Roles. Roles can then be allotted
to users or services accounts using Role Bindings. With Kubernetes Roles,
cluster admins can control both the resources (pods, deployments etc.) that
users are allowed to access as well as the actions (verbs: get, list, update
etc.) that users are allowed to perform on those resources.
Roles are by default restricted to a
specific namespace and can be used to grant access to resources only within
that specific namespace. Roles can also be created for cluster-wide use using
Cluster Roles and allotted to users using Cluster Role Bindings.
Kubernetes RBAC gives cluster admins
fine-grained control over access and allows them to govern the use of
Kubernetes resources in line with the overall Governance framework.
In addition to authentication and
authorization, Kubernetes also provides an additional layer that API requests
can be filtered through. This set of filters are called Admission Controllers
and come into play once requests have been authenticated and authorized. We
will take a closer look at Admission Controllers in the Policy and Compliance
Cost Management
Cost Management is another important
element of the enterprise Governance framework. Cost Management refers to the
continuing process of optimizing IT spend by putting in place policies to
control costs.
In this section we will look at the
discipline of Kubernetes Cost Management in the overall context of an
enterprise Governance framework. We will conside two aspects of Cost
Management: ensuring optimal utilization of resources and exercising control
over the provisioning and consumption of resources.
Kubernetes abstracts resources from
the underlying cloud or on-prem infrastructure e.g. Nodes and allows them to be
consumed by containers and pods. Tracking usage and utilization of Kubernetes
clusters will give us an idea of the nodes that see efficient utilization and
those that are underutilized. Right-sizing Kubernetes clusters based on these
metrics yield significant cost savings. Regular usage and utilization alerts
and notifications are an important piece of the puzzle, allowing teams to
respond to events quickly.
There are a number of open source
tools that allow organizations to track usage and utilization for Kubernetes
clusters. A monitoring pipeline incorporating both Prometheus and Grafana is a
good starting point. We have covered the deployment of just such a pipeline in
this blog
post. In the post, we first identify the
metrics that are important in the context of Kubernetes, set up the tools
required and then outline the expressions used to monitor those metrics in both
Prometheus and Grafana.
This open source monitoring pipeline
is however limited to tracking resource metrics for native kubernetes
abstractions like namespaces and Nodes. Building in a degree of automation
where clusters can be dynamically re-sized based on utilization metrics makes
the process even more productive.
The cloud and now Kubernetes has
made it very easy for developers or DevOps teams to spin up resources without
oversight from IT management. This can at times lead to resource provisioning
beyond immediate needs and in turn, increased costs. In this context control
over who can provision, read, update and delete resources and in what
quantities becomes very important. We have covered RBAC, which is one way to
govern the use of resources, in the previous section.
Kubernetes, however, does provide
additional knobs that allow IT Managers and Kubernetes administrators to
control resource provisioning. Following are some of the ways IT managers can
control resource provisioning and consumption for individual namespaces:
Similar to the open source
monitoring pipeline, these controls are restricted to namespaces and cannot be
applied for custom organizational groupings like teams, clients or departments.
Policy and Compliance
Policies represent rules that govern
how management would like a system to behave. Every enterprise has a set of policies that reflect its
unique requirements around cost management, security, legislative landscape,
tribal knowledge and internal conventions. This is true in the
Kubernetes context too, where IT Managers and Kubernetes administrators require
more control over how Kubernetes is used and how it functions inside the
Policies have been identified, they also need to be monitored and enforced as
part of internal compliance requirements.
Admission Webhooks allow organizations to incorporate
custom governance and compliance policies into their Kubernetes environments.
Admission Webhooks are a type of Admission Controller, which serve as an
additional filter that requests for creating, updating or deleting Kubernetes
resources have to go through. Requests are only allowed after being checked
against the Admission Controllers that are currently running.
Admission Webhooks come in two
flavours: Mutating and Validating. Validating Admission Webhooks can only
accept or reject requests
based on whether they conform to custom policies whereas Mutating Admission
Webhooks can also modify requests and enforce default policies.
Kubernetes also provides a set of
standard hard-coded Admission
Controllers that reflect commonly enforced
The Open Policy Agent which is a part of the CNCF project, is a great tool that allows
organizations to easily create and enforce custom policies for their Kubernetes
Cost Allocation, Showback and
Budgeting and cost
allocation are important aspects of enterprise
IT environments. Cost allocation allows enterprises to initiate showback and
chargeback procedures as well as compare actual costs to budgeted amounts.
This, in turn, enables ROI analysis and ensures that IT spend drives business
IT governance also revolves around
the concepts of accountability and transparency both of which are outcomes of
cost allocation. Additionally, Cost allocation is important in the context of
multi-tenant clusters where costs need to be allocated to multiple clients
sharing the Kubernetes cluster.
Kubernetes by introducing an
additional abstraction layer on top of the already existing cloud or
virtualization layer makes it hard to correlate the resource consumption by
individual Kubernetes objects to the costs of the underlying infrastructure.
The dashboard outlined here is a good start in visualizing Kubernetes costs. It does,
however, hard-code costs into the dashboard and is therefore not very suitable
for dynamic environments using many different instance and storage types. It
also does not provide any insight into Kubernetes costs for individual teams,
departments or clients.
Tagging is the key to Kubernetes
cost allocation and showback efforts. It is also essential to accountability
and resource governance efforts. Tagging allows resources to be discoverable
and traceable in the process reducing the probability of them falling below the
radar and adding unnecessary costs.
For tags to aid in cost allocation
efforts they need to propagate across both Kubernetes and cloud environments.
We explore the topic of cost
allocation for Kubernetes here where we use
Kops cloudlabels in combination with the AWS billing and cost explorer tools to
allocate costs.
However as is the case with the
dashboard mentioned above, this process is highly manual and does not lend
itself well to dynamic environments sharing multiple VMs, clusters or cloud
As Kubernetes
sees increased enterprise adoption, topics like Security, Governance,
Compliance, Operations and Cost Management take centre stage. A bare-boned
Kubernetes environment even though vastly feature-rich, does fall short when it
comes to these enterprise requirements.
Replex aims to
fill this gap by providing a comprehensive Kubernetes Governance and Cost
Management solution to the modern cloud-native enterprise.
To learn more about containerized infrastructure and cloud
native technologies, consider coming to KubeCon +
CloudNativeCon Barcelona, May 20-23 in Barcelona.


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A nuclear family group: the small central loop represents the children; above is the mother (the loop top left) and behind her is the father (the loop top right), so her arm protects the children and his arm protects her and the children. The layers of support and protection within the family are nicely portrayed in the movement of the piece.
Tonderai has established a reputation for astonishingly delicate and intricate work that is also very clean and simple. This is a fantastic medium-sized sculpture, great for a central interior position, with interest from every angle. More photos are available on request.
Springstone is a hard variety of serpentine stone. It is suitable for outdoor display, as it is dense and impermeable and has very few flaws that might be exacerbated by frost action. The green lines in the photos are natural veins in the stone.


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SQL toolkit and Object Relational Mapper for Python
DescriptionSQLAlchemy is an SQL database abstraction library for Python. Its strengths are:
* full power and flexibility of SQL. SQLAlchemy provides a full suite
of well known enterprise-level persistence patterns, designed for
efficient and high-performing database access, adapted into a simple
and Pythonic domain language.
* extremely easy to use for all the basic tasks, such as: accessing pooled
connections, constructing SQL from Python expressions, finding object
instances, and committing object modifications back to the database.
* powerful enough for complicated tasks, such as: eager load a graph of
objects and their dependencies via joins; map recursive adjacency
structures automatically; map objects to not just tables but to any
arbitrary join or select statement; combine multiple tables together to
load whole sets of otherwise unrelated objects from a single result set;
commit entire graphs of object changes in one step.
* built to conform to what DBAs demand, including the ability to swap out
generated SQL with hand-optimized statements, full usage of bind parameters
for all literal values, fully transactionalized and consistent updates
using Unit of Work.
* modular. Different parts of SQLAlchemy can be used independently of the
rest, including the connection pool, SQL construction, and ORM. SQLAlchemy
is constructed in an open style that allows plenty of customization, with
an architecture that supports custom datatypes, custom SQL extensions, and
ORM plugins which can augment or extend mapping functionality.
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Today I'm on the blog tour for The Convalescent Corpse, such an unusual title and a quirky sounding book too. I'm trying to focus more on my existing to-read pile and therefore reviewing less on blog tours at the moment, therefore for my spot on the tour I have a guest post for you, on the background to the book. And if that wasn't enough there's a giveaway as well!
A story of Family, Rationing and Inconvenient Corpses.
Life in 1918 has brought loss and grief and hardship to the three Fyttleton sisters. Helped only by their grandmother (a failed society belle and expert poacher) and hindered by a difficult suffragette mother, as well as an unruly chicken-stealing dog and a house full of paying-guests, they now have to deal with the worrying news that their late – and unlamented – father may not be dead after all. And on top of that, there's a body in the ha-ha.
'I love it. A delightfully unusual mystery with wonderful characterisation and historical detail.' – LESLEY COOKMAN BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE LIBBY SARJEANT MYSTERY SERIES
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Guest Post:
The Background to the book
Something that surprised me as the book began to develop was the age of my characters. They were so young! In previous books I've had a wide range of ages, including some feisty old ladies who have proved popular, and in my contemporary Harriet Quigley Mysteries I have a sleuth in her early sixties, as is her cousin and sidekick, the Rev Sam Hathaway. Discovering that I was dealing with young women still in their late teens came as a shock.
The eldest, Alix, is nineteen. She has a morning job as companion to a crochety old lady and in the afternoon, she volunteers at the nearby convalescent hospital for wounded officers. The middle sister, Christabel – the narrator is eighteen and spends her days typing her author mother's books, writing her own ripping yarns for boys and young men, and helping her grandmother run the house. The youngest, Adelaide, is fifteen and still at school.
I didn't set out to dream up characters that young, they just appeared and I gradually realised they fitted the time. When you think about the casualties of the First World War the thing that shocks us most, apart from the sheer scale of the dead and wounded, is how young they were, with tombstone after tombstone in the war cemeteries recording eighteen- and nineteen-year-olds, early twenties; not to mention the graves that make us all want to weep – the fifteen-and sixteen-year-olds who lied about their ages. A young man's war meant a young woman's war too, the girls they left behind them, and there was the reason for my girls' youth.
I grew up reading Victorian and Edwardian novels, particularly the books that began to appear during and following WW1, school stories where girls were encouraged to think beyond marriage and children as their future, and romances and mysteries where young women branched out and seized hitherto unheard of opportunities. I didn't want to write a school story; what I wanted to write about was how a family of women managed life in wartime, dealing with rationing, grief and other hardships, so my heroines are officially 'out', although in their circumstances that doesn't mean being presented at Court or going to grand balls. Instead they 'put their hair up' and – in the case of my girls – they find jobs.
This book is about how my characters how they cope with those jobs when murder starts to stalk them!
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About the author:
Nicola Slade lives in Hampshire where she writes historical and contemporary mysteries and women's fiction. While her three children were growing up she wrote stories for children and for women's magazines before her first novel, Scuba Dancing, was published in 2005. Among other jobs, Nicola has been an antiques dealer and a Brown Owl! She loves travelling and at one time, lived in Egypt for a year. The Convalescent Corpse is Nicola's 9th novel. Nicola is also a member of a crime writers' panel, The Deadly Dames https://www.facebook.com/DeadlyDames/
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Patagonia Footwear Focuses on Trail Running and Sponsors Event
VENTURA, Calif. (November 1, 2011) — Patagonia Footwear announces a larger focus on trail running for the Spring 2012 season that includes aligning with female ultra runner Krissy Moehl and Patagonia's Ultra Running Team. Working closely with Moehl and Ultra Team members, the company has developed an expanded line of high performing trail running shoes. In addition, Patagonia will be sponsoring key events like the Mountain Masochist, a 50-mile race of dirt road and single track winding through beautiful Appalachia country in Virginia, Saturday, November 5th.
In its first year of sponsoring the Mountain Masochist, Patagonia will host an "athletes' lounge†at the finish line. The company's new minimalist and traditional offerings for Spring – the Fore Runner and Tsali 2.0, respectfully – will be on display with apparel and available for try-on. Two Patagonia Ultra Team members participating in the event will be racing in the Tsali 2.0.
"This is the 29th year of the Mountain Masochist, making it the oldest in the country and one of the most prestigious events on the East Coast,†said Sue Harvey-Brown, marketing manager for Patagonia Footwear. "With our increased focus on trail running and head-to-toe partnerships with Krissy Moehl and the Ultra Team, partnering with the eco-X Sports and the Mountain Masochist was a natural fit. It will be a full weekend of racing, community gathering and trail running enthusiasm.â€
Working closely with its athletes and field testers to perfect fit and overall performance, Patagonia offers both minimal and traditional platforms in its trail running shoes. Weighing in at just 7.76oz (women's) and 9.17oz (men's) per half pair, the Fore Runner is the company's lightest trail shoe yet. The minimal Fore Runner offers a four-millimeter heel-to-toe drop (9mm heel and 5mm forefoot) that caters to a natural stride. The Fore Runner will be available December 2011.
A durable, breathable air mesh upper offers ample breathability for warm running conditions; a reinforced rand and toe bumper provide durability and protection on rougher trails. For wet and dry traction, a multi-density sticky rubber outsole provides stability on all terrain.
Available February 2012, the Tsali 2.0 (8.46oz women's/9.87oz men's) is designed for runners who prefer a neutral, more cushioned trail running shoe. The redesigned upper and dynamic fit lacing system provide a more precise and improved fit. The 20 percent recycled anatomical footbed supports, cushions and molds to the contour of the foot. All Patagonia's trail running shoes are built with gender-specific, lightweight 15 percent recycled EVA footframes and contain forefoot shock absorption plates for protection from rocks and roots.
This season the focus is on light and fast trail running shoes that perform through miles of rough conditions, but still offer a close to ground fit and feel connecting runners with the trail. Now competing in head-to-toe Patagonia products, the Company's trail running ambassadors and ultra team members are at the top of their field. Their energy, enthusiasm, raw talent and love of the land on which they run truly embodies the Patagonia ethos and will help grow the trail running collection even further.
About Patagonia
Patagonia, Inc., based in Ventura, California, is a leading designer of core outdoor, surf and sport-related apparel, equipment, footwear and accessories. With sales last year of $414M, the company is noted internationally for its commitment to authentic product quality and
environmental activism, contributing over $43M in cash and in-kind donations to date. Incorporating environmental responsibility into product development, the company has, since 1996, used only organically grown cotton in its clothing line. Committed to making its products landfill-free, the company's entire product line is recyclable thorough it's Common Threads
Initiative. The company also advocates corporate transparency through its interactive website, The Footprint Chronicles, which outlines the environmental and social footprint of individual products. Patagonia was featured as The Coolest Company on the Planet on Fortune Magazine's April 2007 cover. Contact: Jess Clayton, (805-667-4755), email@example.com
About Mountain Masochist
Started in 1983 the Mountain Masochist Trail Run has earned its reputation for being one of the "best trail races in the east.†The course itself is a challenging combination of roads, jeep trails, and single track that can cause even the most experienced runner to breathe a sigh of relief at the finish line in Montebello, VA. Ample aid stations and tried and true organization makes the race a perfect first 50 miler. The MMTR is event #5 in the Beast Series.


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Team Gameosity's Run For the Wild Update
So we have been doing great! Team Gameosity has raised over $600! That's stupendous. Gorillas everywhere shall rejoice.
We can still use your support though. You can pledge any amount to help support this fantastic cause. We are only about a month from the run so we are training hard to make you guys proud.
You can donate to anyone on our team by going to our page and choosing who you would like to support from the team roster. Even if you only want to donate a dollar to each runner we would greatly appreciate it. Let's see if we can break the $1,000 mark!
You can also help by joining our team! Not only does the WCS Run for the Wild support a great cause – it's also a really fun day at the zoo! Please consider joining me on April 25, you can find more information about the event and register here: http://www.wcsrunforthewild.org. If you do decide to join us please email our team leader Jess at [email protected]. You'll get a Team Gameosity T-shirt and the reward experience of doing good on the world.
We will be posting pics from this years run after the event, but here are a couple of happy animals from last year that we encountered.


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welcome you to Hot Cross Buns Holland Lops!
There are many Holland Lops for sale in Ohio, and the location of the rabbitry is often of prime consideration when finding a breeder with whom to work.
Hot Cross Buns is conveniently located just outside of Oberlin, OH. We are 30 minutes west of Cleveland, and 90 minutes east of Toledo. We are just moments from the Route 20 exit/entrance ramp, and are located two miles east of Oberlin College on State Route 511.
The majority of our clients are from Ohio, Michigan, and Pennsylvania, but we have had people drive from Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, New York, Virginia, West Virginia, Mississippi, and Wisconsin, to meet their Hot Cross Bun. (There are also two Hot Cross Buns living in New Mexico, but they started out in Michigan and went along for the ride when the family relocated.)
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Sleep Caps - Herbal Sedative
100% Natural & Organic Herbal Powder In Capsules
30 caps – 30 nights
- Passion Flower
- Valerian
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- California Poppy
We have all battled with sleep at some stage, its the absolute pits!
As the Sleep Caps start working their magic, your eyes will get heavy, you will feel more comfortable and you will fall asleep quickly, stay asleep and wake up refreshed. However, its important to note that you have a window of opportunity with the Sleep Caps, so when you feel your eyes get heavy, for goodness sake, close them and sleep!
With a delicate blend of some very special herbs, you will be lulled off to dream land to build castles in the sky in no time at all, drifting away in utter relaxation. No hangover!
Your future depends on your dreams, so get some sleep with Sleep Caps.


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The Last Viper
|Agency Network
|J Walter Thompson
|Holding Company
|WPP Group
|Production Company
|Lemonade Films
|Advertiser / Brand
|Entrant Company
|J. Walter Thompson Atlanta
|Music/Sound Company
|Generdyn Music
|Post Production Company
|Cycle Media
|Visual Effects Company
|The Embassy
|Music/Sound Company
|Source Sound Inc. LA
|Post Production Company
|Company 3
|Chief Creative Officer
|Vann Graves
|Executive Creative Director
|Jeremy Jones
|Associate Creative Director
|Lucas Heck
|Associate Creative Director
|Marcos Piccinini
|Account Director
|Erin McGivney
|Rhett Kearsley
|Ozan Biron
|Trevor Cawood
|Executive Producer
|Ted Herman
|Production Supervisor
|Philip Fyfe
|Director of Photography
|Tim Sessler
|Matthew Griffiths
|Peter DeBay
|VFX Supervisor
|David Casey
|CG Supervisor
|Michael Blackbourn
|Executive Producer
|Winston Helgason
|VFX Producer
|Danielle Kinsey
|VFX Production Manager
|Annie-Claude Lapierre
|Asset Supervisor
|Paul Copeland
|Supervising Sound Designer
|Charles Deenen
|Sound Designer
|Csaba Wagner
|Sound Editing
|Braden Parkes
|Sound Recordist
|John Fasal
|Sound Recordist
|Travis Pratert
|Colin E. Fisher
|Billy Gabor
This 2017 Clio Awards Bronze winning entry titled 'The Last Viper' was entered for Pennzoil by J. Walter Thompson Atlanta , Atlanta, part of agency network: J Walter Thompson and holding company: WPP Group. The piece was submitted to the medium: Film Technique (Editing) within the entry type: Product/Service and the category: Editing. It consists of 1 video and 1 image.


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Welcome. You just found copycat recipes for all of your favorite famous foods! Bestselling author and TV host, Todd Wilbur shows you how to easily duplicate the taste of iconic dishes and treats at home. See if Todd has hacked your favorite candy here. New recipes added every week.
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In 1871 a German immigrant named F. W. Rueckheim came to Chicago with $200 in his pocket. He used all of his money to open a small popcorn shop in the city and started selling a sweet caramel-and-molasses-coated popcorn confection. Rueckheim's big break came in 1893, when the treat was served at Chicago's first world's fair. From then on the popcorn's popularity grew enormously. In 1896 a salesman tasting the treat for the first time said, "That's a cracker jack," and the name stuck. Shortly after Cracker Jacks debut another customer commented, "The more you eat, the more you want," and that's still the slogan today.
In 1912 the Cracker Jack Company started adding toy surprises, ranging from small books to miniature metal toy trains. To date they have given away more than 17 billion toy surprises. In 1964 Borden, Inc. bought the Cracker Jack Company, and today the Cracker Jack division is the largest user of popcorn in the world, popping more than twenty tons of corn a day.
Check out my clones for Fiddle Faddle, Poppycock, Screaming Yellow Zonkers, and Crunch N' Munch.
Source: Top Secret Recipes by Todd Wilbur.
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You probably think the dark chocolaty stuff that looks like dark chocolate on a dark chocolate Kind nut bar is all chocolate, but it mostly isn't. There is chocolate in there, but chicory root is listed third in the ingredients statement, right after peanuts and almonds and way before cocoa, so the dark chocolate is actually a chocolate-flavored coating made mostly with chicory root fiber. Curiously, older labels list "chocolate-flavored coating" as the second ingredient, but newer labels don't.
Chicory is the root of the endive plant and it's beloved in New Orleans, where it's combined with coffee drinks because its taste is so similar to coffee. Chicory also happens to taste a lot like chocolate, and it's cheaper than chocolate, and that's probably why it's used here.
But just because Kind uses chicory, doesn't mean we have to. For our hack, we'll use real chocolate in the form of melting wafers you can find in most stores. I used Ghirardelli brand because it tastes great, but any easy-to-melt, dippable dark chocolate will do.
The bars are stuck together with honey and agave syrup heated to 260 degrees F, or the hard ball stage. The sticky mixture is pressed into a 10x5-inch loaf pan, cooled, and sliced into 8 bars. The bottoms are dipped in the pure chocolate, and more is drizzled over the top. About 30 minutes later, when the chocolate sets up, your bars are ready to eat.
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The most popular recipe circulating on the internet and among Food Network chefs who claim it as their own makes decent marshmallows, but the ubiquitous formula won't pass as a hack for America's favorite marshmallows, Jet-Puffed. I know this for sure because my eleven-year-old daughter says so, and she's the House Marshmallow Expert (HME).
According to our HME, the internet recipe makes marshmallows that are too sweet, and they don't have the right flavor. After testing the sweetness for myself I decided she was right, so I reduced the sugar for my clone. I also adjusted the flavor by adding more vanilla, and after another taste test, my batch of fresh marshmallows got the HME seal of approval.
But the shape was still wrong.
One thing you'll notice about homemade marshmallow recipes is that they all make cubic marshmallows, which are hand-sliced from one sheet of marshmallow that has set up in a square pan. But Jet-Puffed Marshmallows aren't cubes, they're cylindrical, and I wanted marshmallows like that. So, borrowing a technique for cornstarch molds used by candy manufacturers, I came up with a way you can make cylindrical marshmallows just like the big boys do. All you need is cornstarch and a muffin pan. You'll find instructions for cylindrical marshmallows at the bottom of the recipe in the Tidbits if you want to give the more authentic shape a try.
Regardless of what shape you decide to make, a stand mixer and a candy thermometer will help you turn out the best-ever homemade marshmallows—which, by the way, make fantastic s'mores.
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Since the candy maker's first milk chocolate bar debuted in 1900, just three other candy bars have carried the Hershey's name. Hershey's Special Dark came out in 1939 and Hershey's Cookies and Crème was introduced in 1995. The third one—and the first to be made without any chocolate in it—is the new Hershey's Gold Peanuts & Pretzels, which hit the shelves in late 2017.
The base of the bar is "caramelized crème" that Hershey's claims is made by browning the sugar in white crème. I recalled a recipe for caramelizing white chocolate by slowly cooking it in the oven, stirring often, until it becomes golden brown. By mixing in a little creamy peanut butter and salt with the white chocolate before it goes in the oven, I created a perfect golden base to which crushed peanuts and pretzels could be added.
I poured the golden crème into candy bar molds and let them set in the fridge for 30 minutes. When I removed the candy from the molds it looked like it was made in a real candy bar factory, and it tasted like it too. I wrapped each in gold foil and felt like Willy Wonka.
If you don't have candy bar molds for your candy bars, you can make the candy in a more old-fashioned, homemade style by pouring the cooked candy onto parchment paper or wax paper on a baking sheet and allowing it to cool. When it's firm, break up the candy and store it in a covered container or a resealable bag.
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The famous hard caramel candy created in 1903 in the German town of Werther is easy to duplicate at home as long as you've got a candy thermometer and some rounded silicone candy molds. Realistically, you can make these candies any shape you want (one time I made some in a gummy-bear mold!), but the best shape for hard candies is something smooth and rounded. That's what works best for a candy designed to be sucked on, rather than chewed. Just be sure to get enough molds to hold 50 or more bite-size candies at once.
This hack calls for fresh cream and butter just like the original, which was invented in Germany over 100 years ago and is now sold throughout Europe and North America.
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Ultra-sour liquid candy in a spray bottle was first introduced to puckering mouths in Taiwan in 1975, and eventually came to the U.S. in 1993. The liquid candy is a simple formulation of sugar, flavoring, acids (for the sour), and glycerin. Once you have these ingredients, a home version is easy—just measure and stir. For your own ultra-tart spray candy hack, you'll need six ingredients and three reusable small spray bottles.
The sourness in the real thing comes from citric acid and malic acid, both of which are natural ingredients found in fruits and vegetables. Malic acid is a more intense sour and can be found at Whole Foods or online, while citric acid can be found in many stores, including Walmart. If you can't track down malic acid, you can still make the recipe with just citric acid (see Tidbits). The quality of the sour will be a little different, but I'm pretty sure no kids will be complaining about it.
The candy is flavored with unsweetened Kool-Aid mix, which is great because there are so many flavors to choose from. The real Warheads come in watermelon, green apple, sour cherry, and blue raspberry, but the blue raspberry Kool-Aid also has lemonade in it, so that one won't taste quite the same as the real one.
To thicken your spray, you'll need some glycerin. Glycerin—also a natural product—is developed from vegetable oil or animal fat and is often used in icing preparation. Glycerin helps thicken the liquid candy to make it more syrupy, and it also adds sweetness. You'll find glycerin where cake decorating supplies are sold, or online.
While you're online, also look for three 2.7-ounce reusable spray bottles. That's where I found mine. This recipe will fill each bottle all the way up, with a little left over for a partial refill.
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The first Top Secret Recipes book features a version of this clone recipe for America's most beloved candy creation, and the recipe is posted all over the place. But since 1993, I've learned a few things about Reese's Peanut Butter Cup cloning. Now, when you make this Reese's Peanut Butter Cups recipe, it's better to use reduced-fat peanut butter for a texture that's drier and crumblier like the original. Also, use scissors to trim paper muffin cups so that they are shallower—and a better mold for your clone.
Video: How to clone a Reese's Peanut Butter Cup in 3 minutes.
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My new favorite caramel corn is from Popcornopolis. Its caramel coating is lighter in color and flavor than the dark molasses-heavy caramel coating on old-school caramel corn, like Cracker Jack. The flavor is more buttery, like butter toffee, with just a hint of molasses knocking at the back door.
To assemble this hack I worked with several versions of butter toffee candy, adding light brown sugar to bring in the molasses, and after several attempts finally landed on the just the right combination of ingredients to best duplicate the flavor, color, and texture of the real thing.
You'll want a candy thermometer for this recipe for the best results, but if you don't have one you can estimate when the candy is done by using the time cue in the steps.
Vanilla is added at the end, so we don't cook out the flavor. You'll also add a little baking soda at the end, which will react with the acid in the molasses and create tiny air bubbles so the hardened candy has a more tender bite to it.
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Founded in 1914 by Harry Brown and J.C. Haley in Tacoma, Washington, the Brown and Haley Candy Company is one of the oldest confectioners in the country. In 1923 the company hit the jackpot when Harry Brown and the former cook from what would eventually become the Mars candy company, created a chocolate-coated butter toffee candy, sprinkled with California almonds. They took the sweet to Tacoma's head librarian, and she named it Almond Roca—roca means "rock" in Spanish. In 1927 the two men decided to wrap the little candies in imported gold foil and pack them into the now-familiar pink cans to extend their shelf life threefold. In fact, because of the way the candy was packaged, it was carried by troops in World War II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, and the Gulf War.
The Brown and Haley candy company is still housed in the former shoe factory that it has occupied since 1919. Almond Roca is so popular today that it can be found in sixty-four countries and is a market leader in Hong Kong, Singapore, Korea, Taiwan, the Philippines, and Japan. The company sells more than 5 million pounds of Almond Roca each year and is the United States leading exporter of packaged confections.
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The process by which Mars and other candy companies smoothly chocolate-coat their confections is called enrobing. Enrobing was created in 1900 to protect the interiors of the bars from drying out. The process begins when the uncoated centers pass through a curtain of liquid chocolate on a continuous stainless-steel belt. The top and sides of each bar are coated with a thin layer of chocolate. The process is repeated a second time, and then the fully coated bar is quickly cooled and wrapped.
Enrobing is the least expensive way for manufacturers to coat their chocolates. At Mars, the enrobing machines run around the clock to meet the high demand for their products. Unfortunately, traditional kitchen appliances don't include among them an enrobing machine, so in our case, dipping will have to suffice.
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Horst in colour.Victoria and Albert Museum
..........Colour prints for the exhibition Horst: Photographer of Style. Horst was quick to master new colour processes, introduced in the late 1930s, and he created hundreds of vibrant fashion photographs for Vogue. The V&A team worked closely with specialists at the Condé Nast Archive and expert printer Ken Allen to select and print from Horst's early transparencies, which date from the 1930s to the 1950s.
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Most of us go through life in a specific mould. We just choose our career and stick to it. Those who opt for, and are selected into, a service like banking or the administrative services tend to spend 35 odd years doing much the same thing. A promotion, an increment, an appreciation letter are what keep them going, and also perhaps the satisfaction of having done a decent job along the way.
A guard who mans a railway crossing in a village setting, and there are thousands of them out there, does not have the opportunity to deviate from his routine except once in a blue moon. He probably meets one familiar visitor every day, waves at a train driver whom he knows well and has his tea twice a day, sandwiched by a lunch break at one o'clock. He does the same job day in and day out.
We should be proud of him and his ilk, of all those who serve their country or their organisation, in some manner. They remain plugged in, they keep at it, and they deliver the goods, year after year.
On the other hand there are those who have sipped the waters of many ponds, who have shelved many career streams for new ones and have broken several moulds along the way!
A childhood friend of mine started off by being a techie at an IT firm , then started his own software venture, shifted gears again and delved into event management, only to settle into a career as a lawyer after studying hard to manage a law degree!
Even more drastic is the example of two uncles of mine, both of whom once held senior government positions. One resigned from service without a second thought to become a disc jockey! The other left at an even more upwardly mobile post and turned into a professional singer!
I have wondered for years about what had got into them and what made them take the plunge. Having analysed the mindsets of creative people and interacted with quite a few, I find that there comes a stage in life when the straight-jacketed approach does not make for a fulfilling life. This is not true of most people but certainly for some. In any case, human beings are seldom satisfied with what they have in the bag. They are usually on the lookout for more and better all the time. Both uncles did spectacularly well on seeking newer pastures and one admires them for having resisted familial pressure to 'live their dream'!
Yet, a vast majority of us do not venture out with creative strides for fear of rocking the stable boat of our careers. Only some have the gumption and the inner urge to do so.
A senior executive with a multinational firm is found nowadays to spend most of his time fishing and biking. He also volunteers at a home for children from impoverished families. He explains what led him to shun the lucrative but frenetic work-life that he had in exchange for the calmness and nothing-to-do-ness that he so enjoys now.
'I figured out at the age of 48 that I had made enough money to live decently for years to come, but was not spending enough happiness filled moments with myself, my family and my friends!'
He quit one fine day and despite several jaws dropping when he did, he has never looked back.
One can also be inspired by examples of well known celebrities like Rajnikant who became a superstar having started out as a bus conductor, of Brad Pitt who was once a limousine driver, and of Harrison Ford who was a carpenter!
There are also theories on what the right age is for a career-shift: 30, 40 or 50? I am going to stick my neck out here and state that it is never too early or late. What matters is what the heart wants, provided it is not too outlandish!
Thus we find that even highly placed CEOs and IAS officers are giving up their status for what really makes the heart sing each morning. And my vote is with them. More power to the career changers!


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Captain's 'simple' strategy
Rohit Sharma cashed in on excellent batting conditions in Rajkot on Thursday. With the weather not even coming close to playing spoilsport, conditions became ideal for batting as the game progressed.
After the likes of Yuzvendra Chahal and Deepak Chahar did well to restrict Bangladesh to 153/6, Rohit's stroke-play made it simpler for India as they raced to an eight-wicket victory with 26 balls remaining and levelled the series 1-1 at the Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium.
Rohit's strategy was simple during India's chase. "I knew the conditions were perfect and there was no turn on offer. All I wanted to do was remain stationed and tonk the ball… Simple," the stand-in captain said during the post-match presentation.
"I never underestimate the opposition, particularly the bowlers... All these years I have only tried to do my best when I have the bat in my hand," he added.
About showing emotions on the field, Rohit commented: "I'm quite an emotional guy on the field and regarding some of the decisions we made in the last game, we were pretty sloppy. The focus, however, is to get the job done and those are the emotions that come out."
Rohit certainly credited India's bowlers, particularly spinners Chahal and Washington Sundar, for not letting Bangladesh put too many runs on the board especially after the solid start they were off to.
"Both the spinners are very smart and they understand their bowling really well. More importantly, they analyse and always have conversations with coach and the captain on where they can improve.
"They played a lot of domestic cricket and Sundar has been our new-ball bowler as well. In this game, I wanted to change it considering how big the ground is. So, I wanted to keep his three overs at the back end," the skipper explained.
Thanks mainly to Rohit, India scored at almost 11 per over during the Powerplay, making matters easier for themselves.
"I knew that it's a good track here and it would be difficult for bowlers in the second innings. We took maximum advantage of that and had a great Powerplay. After that, it was all about going on," Rohit said.
This kind of a victory sets the team up well for their coming assignments, Rohit emphasised.
"2019 has been very good for us so far. We just want to finish well as there is also a series against the West Indies coming up.And not to forget, we have the two Test matches (versus Bangladesh) as well. So, we just want to keep the good work going," Rohit signed off.
The third and final T20I is on Sunday in Nagpur. But with Rohit playing such a blazing knock when it really mattered, momentum is with India and Bangladesh are back to feeling the heat again.


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The Pisco Sour is made using the South American grape spirit, Pisco. The cocktail was first created by an American bartender in the capital of Peru back in the 1920s.
A balance of dry gin, sweet vermouth and bitter Campari. This Italian cocktail has been around almost 100 years and will be staying for many more.
Citrus, whiskey & mint. All my favourite ingredients rolled into one deliciously refreshing cocktail. No messin' with muddling. Just keepin' it simple with this cocktail recipe.
Hands down, the best Amaretto Sour recipe you will come across. Originally from renowned bartender and cocktail blogger Jeffrey Morgenthaler. Seriously, it's that good.
The Sidecar was first mentioned in Harry's ABC of Mixing Cocktails and is claimed to be first created at The Ritz Hotel in Paris. Where ever it's origins are, it's a classic for good reason.
The classic daiquiri is a simple 3-ingredient cocktail. Double shot of Bacardi Carta Blanca, fresh lime juice and sugar. It's all about balance.
Tommy's Margaritas are the perfect party drink with only a few slight variations on your traditional margarita. Ditch the salt & Cointreau and replace it with more tequila and a squeeze of agave syrup!
Beautiful, juicy and ripe peaches transform a traditional daiquiri into the perfect accompaniment for a summer evening.
Orgeat is an essential ingredient in many classic cocktails such as one of my favourites, the Mai Tai. Orgeat is essentially a sweet almond syrup with orange flower water.
The Boulevardier is essentially a bourbon-based Negroni. A bitter cocktail that transforms into a smooth & unique drink after a few weeks on oak. You'll notice changes develop after a week but it will be at it's prime after 4-5 weeks.


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The main gallery has 155 m² of exhibition space divided by three room and one entry/hallway. The rooms have white walls and grew linoleum flooring.
The rooms are: "Stora rummet/the Large Room" (ca. 40m²), "Lilla rummet/the Small Room" (ca. 22m²), "Inre rummet/the Inner Room" (ca. 35m²) and "Entrérummet/the Entry Room" (ca 18.m²).
The Entry room measures 2.48 meters from floor to ceiling and the other three spaces measures 3.63 meters. In the "Entry Room" you find the Gallery office. The "Large Room" and the "Inner Room" can be separated with a sliding door, as we sometime feature two solo exhibitions simultaneously.
The rooms have large windows that offer a good flow of natural light but can also be closed with panels. All rooms are equipped with lights that can be adjusted.


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Bret Hart was attacked by a fan onstage while he was giving a speech at the WWE Hall of Fame induction ceremony at the Barclays Center in New York City on Saturday, April 6.
The wrestler, 61, was giving a speech alongside Nattie Neidhart, whose late father Jim Neidhart fought Bret in The Hart Foundation team. (Jim died in August 2018. He was 63.)
Videos obtained from Twitter show a man wearing a rasta hat and blue shirt rushing the wrestling ring and grabbing Bret around the waist.
The live broadcast was eventually stopped, so people watching the show didn't have idea what was happening.
Bret Hart was attacked during the middle of his #WWEHOF speech and every wrestler hit the ring immediately. He's okay, that was insane. pic.twitter.com/lccU7yRJMk— Yes Have Some (@YHSPodcast) April 7, 2019
An eyewitness told Us Weekly, "It was horrifying. Security tried to stop him and jumped in to pull him off."
The onlooker added,
It was extremely emotional and multiple people were crying and everyone was booing and screaming. People were scared Bret would get hurt because he'd had a stroke years ago.
Multiple wrestlers including Ronda Rousey and her husband Travis Browne, Dash Wilder, Heath Slater and Braun Strowman helped Bret and the man was escorted from the arena.
Of the incident, a fan tweeted,
That was a scary moment. I watched that guy run across the arena floor dive into ring and tackle Bret Hart. Every wrestler hit that ring and wanted a piece of that guy. Unbelievable.
Here's another tweet posted by another fan.
Scary and infuriating seeing that some a-hole rushed Bret Hart during the WWE Hall of Fame ceremony and grabbed Bret. Glad Bret's fine (and went right back to his speech!). And no surprise but great to see all those wrestlers rushed to Bret's aid and to grab that guy.— Eric Goldman (@TheEricGoldman) April 7, 2019
Bret Hart won WWF World Heavyweight Championship five times and WCW World Heavyweight Championship two times.
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