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Strata (singular "stratum") is a "layer". In geology, the term refers to a layer of sedimentary rock that generally has the same sediment (particulates) throughout and normally has other layers above and below it. The study of layered rocks, their distribution, origin, fossil content, and relative age is known as stratigraphy.
The characteristics of strata have led to several principles of stratigraphy:
- Principle of original horizontality
- Principle of continuity
- Principle of superposition
- Principle of cross-cutting relationships
- Principle of inclusion
Geologic Time
From the results of studies on the origins of the various kinds of rocks (petrology), coupled with studies of rock layering (stratigraphy) and the fossils they contain (paleontology), geologists have associated layers of rocks with sequence of events thought to have occurred over hundreds of millions of years. For example, it is believed that during a particular episode the land surface was raised in one part of the world to form high plateaus and mountain ranges. After the uplift of the land, the forces of erosion attacked the highlands and the eroded rock debris was transported and redeposited in the lowlands. During the same interval of time in another part of the world, the land surface subsided and was covered by the seas. With the sinking of the land surface, sediments were deposited on the ocean floor. Such recurring events as mountain building and sea encroachment and believed to be recorded in rock layers that comprise units of geologic time. Geologists have divided the Earth's history into Eras -- broad spans based on the general character of life that existed during these times -- and Periods -- shorter spans based partly on evidence of major disturbances of the Earth's crust.[1]
Principles of stratigraphy
Original horizontality
The Principle of Original Horizontality states that when a stratum is formed, the lower surface and surfaces of its sides corresponded with the surfaces of the adjacent bodies. The upper surface was parallel to the horizon, as far as that is possible. With the exception of the lowest stratum, all the strata were contained in two parallel planes to the horizon and were at one time parallel to the horizon.
The problem here is that strata in ocean deposits are not always horizontal and rates of sedimentation are not uniform on a global scale. This is shown to be the case by both seismic records and sub-marine coring.
Lateral continuity
The Principle of Lateral Continuity states that layers of sediment initially extend laterally in all directions (they are laterally continuous). Due to this principle, scientists have assumed the ability to correlate layers at various location, which was the basis for the development of the geological column.
The principle is based on how sediments settle from fluids. As stratum forms, it must be bordered on its sides by a barrier, otherwise the sediments will extend indefinitely (potentially around the entire earth). When the bare sides of strata are found, a geologist will tend look for its continuation elsewhere.
The problem here is that it has never been confirmed from sedimentary rocks deposits that a layer of stratum can truly be traced continuously around the Earth. In Studies in Flood Geology, John Woodmorappe provides maps of locations were the so called geologic ages are found, showing significant gaps.[Reference needed]
The principle of superposition, now known as the scientific law of superposition, is an axiom that forms one of the bases of the sciences of geology, archaeology, and other fields dealing with stratigraphy. It was first put forth in the 17th century by the Danish scientist Nicolas Steno.
In its plainest form, it states that layers of rock (strata) are arranged in a time sequence, provided that they have been unaltered since their formation. In other words, each layer or stratum is younger than the one beneath it and older than the one above it, so that the youngest stratum will be at the top of the sequence and the oldest at the bottom. This interpretation follows from the basic logic that a layer of sediment cannot accumulate unless there is already a substrate on which it can collect, and when the lower stratum forms, none of the strata above it existed. The principle is derived in part, from the Principle of Original Horizontality.
The main problem with the principle of superposition is that it takes into account only one particular case of sedimentation. That is the case of an absence of current. In such cases the strata form vertically, that is bottom to top, implying succession of time on a global scale in accordance with the vertical sequence of strata.
Superposition ignores the general case of sedimentation in moving water and most bodies of water have moving water. In moving water, sediment layers form horizontally. The process of sedimentation in moving water has been demonstrated in laboratory experiment. In these examples, thin layers of sediment built horizontally at a noticeable rate with these layers forming one on top of the other as the edge moved forward. There were other layers beneath them but the two on top were easier to watch. In fact it can be shown that Superposition goes against both experiments and observations in sedimentology.[2]
Principle of Cross-cutting Relationships
- Main Article: Principle of cross-cutting relationships
Principle of inclusion
- Main Article: Principle of inclusion
All these concepts form the basic assumptions of modern geology regarding the formation and history of rocks. But there are good scientific reasons for concluding that these assumptions are wrong.
The fact is that strata are formed by sediments in a fluid but the standard stratigraphic model seems to ignore the effect of the fluid on sediments. So the chronology resulting from this model does not take into account the fact that currents exist in present day oceans. The simple fact is that the standard stratigraphic model does not correspond with observational data from contemporary sedimentology.
Stratification is characterized by segregation of particles according to size in bedding plane partings, but the standard stratigraphic model interprets strata as a succession of sedimentary layers and so it is contrary to both observation and experimentation (more at Hydrological sorting).
Geologic ages assigned to exposed strata in North America.
- ↑ Relative Time Scale by the U.S. Geological Survey
- ↑ Analysis of the Main Principles of Stratigraphy on the Basis of Experimental Data by Guy Berthault

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Monday, March 11, 2013
Beam Cuts Old Grand-Dad Proof Without Protest
Although the change took place more than six months ago, it has only recently appeared on the radar, thanks to folks on the straightbourbon.com discussion board.
Old Grand-Dad's bottled-in-bond (100° proof/50% ABV) and 114° proof (57% ABV) expressions remain unchanged. In fact, the culprit in the proof cut, according to Beam, is the bond.
Asked to comment, Beam provided the following statement: "This was an adjustment that happened mid-year 2012 to address certain factors particular to the Old Grand Dad brand, including maintaining a competitive retail price amidst higher input costs, while continuing to meet surging demand among bartenders and consumers in Old Grand Dad Bonded – which is 100 proof and one of very few bonded products out there. It should also be noted that Old Grand Dad's signature high-rye mash bill – which has certainly set the brand apart from most other Kentucky Straight Bourbons in the last few decades – has not changed (and will not change)."
Incidentally, 80° proof is effectively the floor for straight spirits such as whiskey. Producers are permitted to bottle whiskey at lower alcohol levels, but are required to label it 'diluted whiskey.' That tends to be off-putting to consumers, even though virtually all whiskey sold is, in fact, diluted for bottling.
Old Grand-Dad is a brand established in the late 19th century. After Prohibition, it returned as part of National Distillers. It became a Beam brand when the two companies merged in 1987. Of the many bourbons Beam acquired in that transaction, the original recipe was retained for only one; Old Grand-Dad. The rest (Old Crow, Old Taylor, etc.) became Beam juice.
The Old Grand-Dad recipe was retained because its mash bill contains about twice as much rye as Jim Beam and other standard bourbons, and a consequently smaller proportion of corn. It was also, at the time, commanding a premium price, so the higher cost of preserving its integrity was deemed acceptable. The Old Grand-Dad recipe is also used for Basil Hayden bourbon, which Beam recently announced saw sales surge in 2012.
When bourbon sales collapsed in the 1970s and '80s, brands whose names start with 'Old' took the biggest hit. It remains conventional wisdom among producers that legacy brands, especially the 'Olds,' deserve only minimal support, as they are only bought by long-time fans and aren't capable of attracting significant numbers of new consumers.
That may or may not be true, but if you're a bourbon enthusiast and haven't tried Old Grand-Dad yet, you should -- while you still can.
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Gary says:
It is interesting that there were not riots involving torches and pitchforks over the change. Do you think that was because Beam didn't make a big deal about it (compared to Makers who e-mail ambassadors, issued press releases, etc)? Or is it a function of the demographic that OGD 86 was hitting?
- March 11, 2013 at 12:30 PM
- Chuck Cowdery said...
Maker's Mark is a much bigger brand with a much higher profile. There is no Old Grand-Dad club like the Maker's Mark Ambassadors. Grand-Dad drinkers also tend to be older. Also, to the extent that Old Grand-Dad enthusiasts exist, they tend to buy the Bond, 114, or Basil Hayden (same juice).
- March 11, 2013 at 12:39 PM
I'm a big fan of the Bonded. Recently picked up the 114, but haven't cracked it yet. I've only been a bourbon drinker a few years.
if you're a bourbon enthusiast and haven't tried Old Grand-Dad yet, you should -- while you still can.
So, reading between the lines here, is now the time to begin hoarding my precious OGD Bonded, before it gets sacrificed for Basil Hayden use?
- March 11, 2013 at 1:28 PM
And along with the proof cut....the price of Grandad (any proof) has really gone up in my neck of the woods. At least $5/$7 if I recall correctly. No longer the good deal it was.
- March 11, 2013 at 3:53 PM
- Jeffitaph said...
In my opinion the Bonded expression is the best, so this doesn't affect me at all. As my dad would say, "I have a massive disinterest".
- March 11, 2013 at 10:55 PM
- BMc said...
I'm convinced that they replaced the OGD yeast with the regular Beam yeast at some point in the past couple of years. I recently had a bottle from 2001 next to one from 2011 and the two had almost nothing in common. I also tried one from 2006, and that was similar to the 2001 and nothing like the 2011.
- March 12, 2013 at 7:37 AM
So is there any difference between BH and OGD other than the bottle and price? My local store has a few 114 bottles, guess I should pick one up.
- March 12, 2013 at 8:01 AM
I believe BH is around 8 years old, and I believe OGD is younger. It's just like Knob Creek is the same juice as Jim Beam, but they're completely different because Knob Creek is more than twice as old.
- March 12, 2013 at 11:52 AM
> two had almost nothing in common.
Can't this be attributed to how bonded whiskey works? Since they can only work with whiskey held in bond for that year, it limits their options in terms of blending for flavor and consistency. Or is that assumption off base?
- March 12, 2013 at 1:50 PM
- BMc said...
I don't know, Brian, how much things change with bonded whiskies. I just bought an OGD114 and it, too, has these different notes, so I don't think it's a variability issue. Still, I hadn't even thought about that. Maybe it was a temporary thing.
- March 12, 2013 at 4:00 PM
- Chuck Cowdery said...
Distillers like to tell us nothing changes but we know that's not true. There could be any number of reasons for any changes you might detect between bottles made at different times, even though the producers work very hard at consistency.
- March 12, 2013 at 4:15 PM
IF You're Upset.....
Barton 1792 Distillery Provides Excellent Bourbon With High Rye
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80 Proof Aged 4 Years
86, 90, 100 Proof Aged 6 Years
Distilled, Aged, Bottled Bardstown
- March 12, 2013 at 5:20 PM
- Chuck Cowdery said...
VOB is great, one of my favorites, but it is not so far as I know 30+ percent rye like OGD.
- March 12, 2013 at 5:27 PM
WOW......OGD = 30% Rye !
OGD Grow Hair On Your Chest
- March 12, 2013 at 6:42 PM
Probably doesn't help the 'Olds' that their labels are so old, and that the brands are so neglected. I bet if Woodfords juice was in OGD bottles and vice versa, sales would match somewhat. Presentation is huge. I think the Basil Hayden's bottle is pretty stupid looking, but it clearly looks fancy and quality, not like rotgut your unemployed uncle used to drink. People are going to stick with a brand because they like the whisky. But looks are huge for how we make the choice to try one in the first place.
Don't forget Four Roses for high-rye. Granted, you probably need to go for single barrel to get only the 60/35/5 mashbill, but yellow label and small batch probably average out to about 27% rye (the low-rye mashbill being 75/20/5).
- March 13, 2013 at 6:49 AM
> aren't capable of attracting significant numbers of new consumers.
Last comment on this. I'm not sure that they aren't *able*, rather than aren't *willing*. They don't even need to change anything about the brand - the garish orange label, the "Old" in the name. If nothing else, this is the kind of product that could make for a Pabst Blue Ribbon-esque rival, if put into the hands of a semi-competent marketing firm. It would be a total slam dunk. A good product with existing, retro, hipster-friendly packaging and style? Seems too easy.
- March 13, 2013 at 7:25 AM
I can't tell you how many giggles I get from various people about my OGD love... Especially among Scotch drinkers. Good - laugh away, and leave more for me.
I think a big part of the lack of uproar is because there are still a 100 & 114 versions available. I've never been a consumer of the 86 (bought a bottle or two ever), but the BiB & 114 are among my most purchased whiskeys.
I'll likely go on the hunt for a few more handles of the 86, just for nostalgia - but it's not nearly as good as the BiB or 114. It, honestly, does taste like bottom shelf whiskey - whereas the others transcend their price points.
- March 13, 2013 at 1:34 PM
- Chuck Cowdery said...
Exactly. I think I bought the 86 once and said, 'never again.' So why buy it now just because it's going away.
- March 13, 2013 at 2:00 PM
- Ryan Connolly said...
Hi Chuck,
I've heard that the 114 and BH are more similar that the rest of the OGD lineup (same entry proof). I know you said that this was due to a jump in demand for the BIB, but there has also been a recent, silly increase in demand for (now NAS) BH (which I think I read on your blog). Do you think this is a factor as well? Having said that, without an age statement, do we think that BH will just become a $40 bottling of 80 proof OGD?
Thanks for the continuing high-quality coverage.
- March 13, 2013 at 8:33 PM
- Chuck Cowdery said...
Yes, the success of BH is putting pressure on the same whiskey stocks, but I have no reason to believe 114 and BH have a different barrel entry proof than OGD 80 and BIB.
- March 13, 2013 at 8:56 PM
Since producers already must have only whisky from a particular "distilling season" (whatever that is) to be a BIB product, I wonder why producers do not try to distinguish their BIB in offerings by making yearly vintages. That way we could compare the virtues of say a 2006 OGD BIB with a 2007 VOB BIB, just like people do with wine. It seems like vintages are popular with the yearly Evan Williams single barrels yet not possible with many others where whiskies do not have an age statement (Buffalo Trace) or only an at least so many years old statement like Knob Creek ( i.e. at least 9). Perhaps vintages could put more life into this somewhat neglecetd category?
- March 15, 2013 at 7:37 AM
- Joseph Smith said...
I too take some heat from my whiskey drinking friends who prefer other brands. Those tend to have advertising budgets much higher than my favorite, Old Grandad. They can laugh but my taste favors this one. Sadly, a bottle has gone from $9 to $13 in the last few years. I am trying to find something I like that costs less. It hasn't happened yet.
- May 10, 2013 at 5:12 PM
Late to the party, but OGD at 86 made the best Manhattan. At 80, the balance is gone.
- July 25, 2013 at 10:55 AM
I just read all these comments. I'm not impressed, in fact I'm disappointed. I've been drinking OGD for over 40 years and it has always been 86 proof. I've had 100 proof and over the years the 114. What pissed me off was the 86 was reduced to 80 and the people at a large spirit outlet told me the reason for the reduction was due to taxes (we all know that is pure BS). keep in mind I purchase 10 to 12 bottles per year (1.75 liters). I was able to purchase their last 86 proof bottle and told them I would be no longer be buying OGD and would advise my brother-in-law and two friends to do likewise.
We are all at a stage in life where we can afford to pay for what we want. And we don't want 80 proof.
- October 26, 2013 at 7:19 PM
- Chuck Cowdery said...
Try Old Forester.
- October 26, 2013 at 9:52 PM
I've been drinking 86 for near 40 years. I am very diappointed with the change. 100 & 114 don't make good cocktails. In my years of drinking, the only bourbon I found equal to ogd was I W Harper, but has disappeared. I guest I will to go hunting for something else.
- May 2, 2014 at 8:35 PM
Evan Williams black, still 86 proof.
- July 4, 2014 at 10:37 PM
About 15 years ago, I was reading an article on a recently deceased cook book author (don't remember her name). Anyway, one quote really caught my attention. Referring to her cooking heyday (1950s - 1960s), she said "food tasted so good then". I thought about it, and agreed with her. Food did taste better then. The quality of food then was higher. It was fresher, less processed. Flavors were more "intense", than now. In the 60s, all/most Italian bread, no matter where you bought it, supermarket or bakery, had a slight sourdough-like bite to it. Now most of it tastes bland & generic. There were less conglomerates then. Companies usually specialized in just one type of food instead of 30, so producing a quality product was to that company's advantage.
When you mentioned the corn content of OGD, I immediately thought of GMOs. Last I read, 90% of the corn grown in our country is genetically modified. Sugar beets are genetically modified, and are used in most commercial food production because it's cheaper than non-GMO cane sugar. What's the quality of the water they use now? Is it fluoridated? THIS could be the reason other than an altered recipe.
- October 2, 2014 at 4:52 AM
Is Evan Williams 1783 a good replacement for 86 proof OGD? And yes, I too am pissed that JB removed 86 OGD from the market!
- April 12, 2016 at 7:57 PM
What happened to the 1 3/4 liter bottle of Old Grand Dad? Can't find it in Florida or Jersey.
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Andy Warhols The Scream (After Edvard Munch), 1984, estimated at £500,000 700,000. Warhol produced several different versions of Edvard Munchs The Scream, with only five works on canvas. With its ghostly presence and minimal colour, the present lot is almost sterile in appearance. The feelings of alienation and inner turmoil in Munchs original work are juxtaposed against Warhols factory aesthetic; as such, Munchs image becomes part of the Warholian machine.
Maurizio Cattelans Una Domenica a Rivara (A Sunday in Rivara), 1992, estimated at £400,000600,000. Maurizio Cattelan has been making darkly comic work that has provoked and challenged the nature of the contemporary art world since the late 1980s. A knowing and sophisticated artist, Cattelan has continuously appropriated images and ideas from his everyday life to create a cast of often explicitly selfreferential characters and personas who inhabit an absurd world suspended between reality and fiction. As an early work from 1992, the present lot, Una Domenica a Rivara (A Sunday in Rivara), is one of his first and most striking statements of his role as an outlaw who challenges the perceived sanctity of art in our society. Created originally for an exhibition at Turins Castello di Rivara, the physical work itself may simply consist of a number of knotted bed-sheets dangling from the venues top-floor window like a prop from a movie prison break, yet its conceptual and paradoxical implications are deeply layered in meaning. Una Domenica a Rivara presents Cattelan as an escapologist, a Houdini figure emancipating himself from the art world and its governing institutions ironically the exact same art world and governing institutions which have established and legitimized the conceptual nature of his work.
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Mark Grotjahns Untitled (Black Butterfly Dioxide Purple MPG 05), 2005, estimated at £250,000350,000. Grotjahn teases out the entire potential of modernism in his work. Working with multiple manners of reduction at once Grotjahn plays with notions of monochromatic and geometric form all at once. The pairing of these two concepts creates bold new geometric abstractions evident in the present lot.
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The quality, depth and breadth of Adam Lindemanns tightly curated selection for sale illustrates Berlins zeitgeist, the most innovative and thought provoking art produced today. Highlights from the collection will include: Anselm Reyles, Untitled, 2008, estimated at £80,000-120,000; Jonathan Meeses Stalinietzsche de Large, im achten Ozean, 2006, estimated at £40,000-£60,000 and Andreas Hofers, Death World, 2006 estimated at £20,000-30,000.
Four works will be offered in the Evening sale from the Kit Finance Collection. These works include: Antony Gormleys, Sublimate XVI, 2008 estimated at £200,000-£300,000; George Condos, The Irish Barber, 2008 estimated at 150,000-200,000;Yinka Shonibares, Two works: 19th Century Kid (Benjamin Disraeli) and 19th Century Kid (William Gladstone), 2000 estimated at 40,000-60,000 and Sarah Morris, Swan (Origami), 2007 estimated at 40,000-60,000.
Tracey Emin has generously donated I Never Stopped Loving You, 2010 to be sold with no reserve for The Turner Contemporary Arts Trust in Margate. Perhaps best known for her provocative autobiographical installations My Bed and Everybody I Have Ever Slept With, Emins neon works revoke the confrontational tone of the aforementioned works in favour of more heartfelt symbolic meaning. She has used neon consistently throughout her career, taking full advantage of its commercial connotations as shop signs with eye grabbing potential.
This lot is an edition of the commissioned work completed by Emin for her hometown of Margate that expresses a personal attachment to the historic seaside resort: Its a declaration of love for Margate from me, but also what I want in the summer why go to Brighton for a dirty weekend come to Margate. I want people to come off the train, I want them to walk along the seafront, I want them to hold hands and to have a snog and say I never stopped loving you.
The new Turner Contemporary gallery, designed by David Chipperfield is being built at the northern point of Margate bay, Kent. When it opens in spring 2011, it will be the largest art gallery in the south-east of England outside London and will serve as a catalyst for the regeneration of this historic sea-side town and the local area. Turner Contemporary Art Trust and Phillips de Pury would like to thank Tracey Emin for so generously donating this artwork for auction.
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Barbie, the single most successful doll ever produced, was the invention of Ruth Handler, one of the founders of the fledgling toy and novelty company, Mattel.
The petite plastic doll, named after her daughter, Barbara, made its debut on March 9, 1959 at the American International Toy Fair in New York City. For the occasion, Barbie wore a black and white striped bathing suit, shoes and sunglasses. Her price was $3, a modest sum even then. A handful of outfits was displayed alongside her, costing between $1 and $3.
At least half of the Toy Fair buyers wanted nothing to do with Barbie. There was the body, for starters, with breasts, a small waist and long legs. Then there was her expression: sullen, knowing and strangely covert. Her eyes were thickly rimmed with dark eyeliner; her lips, a candy-apple red.
Despite the initial coolness of her reception at the Toy Fair, Barbie was flying off the shelves by the summer of 1959, and stores could not keep Barbie in stock.
In her rich and varied existence, Barbie has had stints as a model, astronaut, paleontologist, Air Force jet pilot, surgeon, NASCAR driver and a rap artist. She has sung on the Grand Ole Opry, played basketball with the WNBA and run for president three times. Mattel recently conducted an online vote, asking people to select Barbie's 125th career: Computer engineer was the winning choice.
Barbie has morphed into a legend and an icon. For Barbie is both mirror and model, reflection and avatar.
A Star Is Born
Barbie was born during the golden age of American post-World War II prosperity with its lushly saturated Technicolor movies, tidy new suburbs and cars as large as beached whales.
In the early 1950s, Mrs. Handler got the idea of creating an adult doll after observing her daughter's fascination with adult paper dolls, whose clothing she was able to change.
Mrs. Handler envisioned a doll onto which girls could project their desire to act like, and indeed become, grown women. But the designers at Mattel initially balked, saying the level of detail that she wanted would make the doll prohibitively expensive.
"That was the official reason," Mrs. Handler recalled in the 1994 book, "Dream Doll: The Ruth Handler Story," which she co-wrote with Jacqueline Shannon. "But I really think the squeamishness of those designers — every single one of them male — stemmed mostly from the fact that the doll would have breasts."
Mrs. Handler's idea got a jump start when her family traveled to Lucerne, Switzerland, and came across a shop window with 11-inch adult style dolls, all with identical faces but each wearing a different ski outfit. The object, familiar to German-speaking Europeans, was known as the Bild Lili, a blonde, pony-tailed character that appeared regularly in a comic strip published in the German newspaper Bild Zeitung. Unable to buy Bild Lili outfits separately, Mrs. Handler bought two of the dolls, and another one the next day in Vienna.
Mrs. Handler grasped the importance of separating the dolls from the outfits, and the doll plus outfits equation would become an essential part of the larger Barbie calculus.
In 1957, Mrs. Handler was able to persuade Mattel designers to produce a prototype.
The Business of Barbie
Eight months after Barbie's debut at the Toy Fair, Mrs. Handler was, according to the Los Angeles Times, driving a pink Thunderbird and running a half-million-dollar business.
Barbie sales continued strong throughout the early 1960s; her clothing, her accoutrements, and her Dream House adding to skyrocketing success. In 1961, Mattel brought out the ultimate Barbie accessory: Ken, Barbie's square-jawed, crew-cut sporting steady beau named for Mrs. Handler's son.
In the late 1960s, with the women's liberation movement, Barbie seemed out of step with the new social reality and faltered a bit. By 1971, the National Organization for Women had launched a full frontal assault on Barbie, condemning Mattel, as well as several other companies, for sexist advertising.
But that was the least of Mattel's troubles. After a period of diversification — the company began manufacturing hamster cages, aquariums and pet supplies — the toy behemoth experienced a downturn, showing losses in quarter after quarter. Stock prices tumbled and in 1973, Mrs. Handler was forced to resign as president.
But in 1981, Jill Barad, a wunderkind executive at Coty Cosmetics, came on board. By the time she was made chief executive officer of Mattel in 1992, Barbie had returned to the limelight. As M. G. Lord, the author of the book, "Forever Barbie," put it, the doll was clearly "positioned as a career woman who knew what it took to achieve in the business world."
The Barbie Backlash
There has always been a Barbie backlash; mothers who refused to buy her, women who actively bashed her. Journalist-turned-novelist Anna Quindlen fantasized about driving a "silver lamé stake" through Barbie's plastic heart; Pulitzer-prize winning novelist Carol Shields said Barbie's expression, with "its dumb shine of self-absorption, its trippingly tartish look of one who is out for all she can get," is "eerily disturbing."
Barbie has been held responsible for eating disorders and charged with offering girls a wholly unrealistic body image. A typical Barbie doll is 11.5 inches, which, at a 1/6 scale, would make her 5 feet 9 inches tall. Her vital statistics have been estimated at 36 inches (bust), 18 inches (waist) and 33 inches (hips). According to a study by the University Central Hospital in Helsinki, Finland, she would lack the 17 to 22 percent body fat required for a woman to menstruate. Slumber Party Barbie, who made her debut in 1965, came with a book entitled "How to Lose Weight" — one of its more succinct but pertinent tips was "Don't Eat."
Mattel has said that Barbie's waist was originally made so tiny because the waistbands of clothes that she wore, with their seams, snaps, and zippers, added bulk to her figure.
In 1998, Mattel introduced Really Rad Barbie, a doll whose waist was wider and bust smaller, thus reflecting a more "real" female body type.
Barbie and Race
The Barbie clan began its life as white and remained so until 1967, when "Colored Francie" made her debut. But this Francie doll was produced using the existing head molds for the white Francie, and, other than her dark skin, lacked any other distinguishing African features. The first African American doll in the Barbie circle is usually regarded as Christie, who appeared in 1968. It wasn't until 1980 that actual black and Hispanic Barbie dolls hit the market. Yet despite Mattel's attempt to take a more racially sensitive stance, Ann Ducille, professor of American and African-American literature at the University of California, San Diego, contends that "white Barbie dolls (are) the norm. Black Barbie is toyland's 'but also' just as black people are society's 'but also.'" Professor DuCille quotes a black mother who said that although her daughter played with a black Barbie, she still asked for "the real Barbie."
In 1967, Mattel and Nabisco embarked on a cross-promotion of Barbie and Oreo cookies. Oreo Fun Barbie offered girls the chance to play while sharing "America's favorite cookie." As had become the norm, Mattel manufactured both a white and black version of the doll, apparently unaware that in the African American community "Oreo" has long been a derogatory term for a person who is "black on the outside and white on the inside," like the chocolate sandwich cookie itself. Black critics took the doll to task and she did very poorly in the marketplace; Mattel recalled the unsold stock, making it highly prized by collectors.
Enduring Barbie
Part of Barbie's power is the kind of projection she invites. "I designed Barbie with a blank face so that the child could project her own dreams of the future onto Barbie," Handler said in her book, "Dream Doll." "I never wanted to play up the glamorous life of Barbie. I wanted the owner to create a personality for the doll." Even the talking Barbies that appeared on the market never enjoyed the ascendancy that the mute, yet eloquent dolls did.
Barbie was both a child of her time and completely cutting edge. As the historian and author Stephanie Coontz has written, "the marketability of toys like Barbie…was a logical though ironic extension of 1950s gender roles, marital norms and consumerist values." Early outfits produced by Mattel had names like Theatre Date, Movie Date, Party Date, Friday Nite Date and Sorority Meeting, all of which suggest that Barbie was not about to challenge anyone's idea of traditional femininity. But what about Tennis Anyone, Ski Queen, Icebreaker, Career Girl and Graduation, which were outfits sold in 1962? Such names had the spark of an alternative narrative; clearly there was something beyond dating on Barbie agenda.
Family of Barbie
Barbie has younger sisters (Skipper, Stacie, Kelly, Krissy, the short-lived twins, Tutti and Todd), cousins (Francie and Jazzie), friends (Midge, Miko, Whitney, Nikki, Devon, Kira, to name a few) and of course, the steadfast Ken. But her parents played a minimal — and totally off-stage — role; no parent dolls were ever produced. She is an agent on her own behalf, a singular sensation, living her own life, forging her own destiny. In all the scenarios in which she has played, the one role Barbie never took on was that of wife, even though Mattel has made numerous bridal ensembles for her. Ken, for all his virile good looks and affable charm, really is an accessory.
Indeed, Mattel announced on Feb. 12, 2010, that Barbie and Ken, sweethearts for 43 years, are splitting up. According to the press release, the pair had grown apart and "needed some time alone" though "they would remain friends." Whether the split is real or a publicity stunt to spark interest in the doll remains to be seen. But one thing is certain: to those in the know, Barbie's main act was, is and will always be solo.
World of Barbie
Through computer animation, Barbie has become the star of several feature films, including "Barbie in the Nutcracker," "Barbie as Rapunzel," "Barbie of Swan Lake" and "Barbie as the Princess and the Pauper." And she has staked her claim on the Web with the popular Make Up Barbie Game, which allows girls to alter her hair, makeup and overall look.
In the late 1990s, computer technology boomed, and in 1996, Mattel launched www.barbie.com, the official Barbie website. In 1998, "My Design" was introduced on the site, allowing girls and collectors to decide what their Barbie doll friend would look like by choosing her hair/eye/makeup colors, fashion, accessories, and personality traits.
And Barbie's reach has extended still further, to the vast sub-cult of adult Barbie worshippers, those grownups who collect, display, buy, sell and for whom the words "mint in box" have a freighted significance. Today, Barbie Collector has a website all its own, www.barbiecollector.com. The collector line now even has a dedicated online store at www.barbiecollectiblesstore.com.
Mattel estimates that there are more than 100,000 active Barbie collectors, 90 percent of whom are women with an average age of 40. Forty-five percent of them spend more than $1,000 a year on their dolls. Vintage Barbie dolls are the most valuable: a mint-in-box from 1959 sold for $3,552.50 on eBay in October 2004. (It originally sold for $3.)
The highest price so far to be paid for a Barbie was at a Christie's auction in London on Sept. 25, 2006. This was a 1965 Barbie dressed in Midnight Red, which had been part of a private collection of 4,000 Barbie dolls. The Barbie was sold for 9,000 sterling pounds (U.S. $17,000). She was sold by two Dutch women, Letje Raebel and her daughter, Marina.


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Monday, December 7, 2009
Advent Calendar Day 3: Christmas Tree Ornaments
There have been several Advent Calendar posts by GeneaBloggers in which they describe their obsession with/passion for Christmas tree ornaments. I'm another one of those ornament fanatics.
As you can tell from the Christmas Tree post below, when I was a child, there was more tinsel than there were ornaments on our tree; the few ornaments appear to be mostly Christmas balls.
In college I was given some ornaments made by a friend's mother, and that ignited my passion for all different kinds of ornaments, including handcrafted ones. Many ornaments have been added since then; no effort was made to have ornaments that "match" or "go together." They come in all different colors, have many different themes, and are made of many different materials. No attempts have ever been made to be ... tasteful. Just bright, shiny, and colorful.
Some of my favorite ornaments were a few I bought when I was a graduate student in Cambridge, Massachusetts. They were part of a set made of cookie dough on the "12 Days of Christmas" theme. These were very well executed and were painted in vivid colors, which made them quite striking on the tree. I bought about three or four, and now only two remain: the partridge in a pear tree and a lord a-leaping, who resembles a Cossack. Unfortunately he is short part of a leg, because one year someone, not me, did not pack up the ornaments very well. I have always regretted not buying the entire set, but then I was a poor college student. If anyone is familiar with this set of ornaments and knows where I can get the molds and instructions for it, I'd be eternally grateful.
At the top is one of my all-time favorite ornaments. Our beloved Donna bought this painted sand-dollar ornament for us the year she started babysitting my older daughter. She saw it at a craft show or store somewhere and thought it resembled our daughter so much that she just had to get it. I cannot remember whether she painted the inscription on it herself or had the artist paint it.
Below is one of the ornaments painted by my friend's mother that started this whole obsession. I think it is supposed to be a downy woodpecker. As time permits I may feature other favorite ornaments – for you other ornament fanatics out there, of course.
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Gosh, I have missed out on this blogging event. Work seems to get in the way of fun, doesn't it...lol I, too, have a fascination with ornaments. I need to get busy and photograph a few.ReplyDelete
Maybe we should cook up a "Festival of Ornaments" next year. I love looking at the pictures of ornaments people have posted.ReplyDelete
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The Goshala
The Manor's Dairy Farm and Visitor Centre reintroduces a radical approach to farming in the modern world. It is called a Goshala because it shelters cows ('go' is sanskrit for cow). It also shelters oxen and one mature bull. The herd numbers around 50 animals, of whom 12 are milk-giving cows and 12 working oxen. the remainder are either juvenile or retired. Cows bear their first calf and start giving milk at 30 months; oxen start work at 24 months. In winter, when grass stops growing and fields become waterlogged, the herd shelters indoors, where they have plenty of space and access to the open air. In the summer they prefer to be outside day and night.
Find out more about the farm at: http://bhaktivedantamanor.co.uk/newgokul/
Ox Dependent Working Farm
A unique feature of the farm is its growing reliance on ox power and hand milking. Milk produced on a sustainable and humane farm is better for people and better for the cows. New Gokula provides for the needs of the cows for their whole lives. Although it costs more than modern industrially-produced milk it costs less to the cow and the earth. The economics of Cow Protection is looked at in detail in Cows and The Earth, available from the Manor bookshop.
The new farm buildings, opened in 2010, are made from green oak, larch panelling, some shingle roofs, brick, steel fences and cement floors and walls. Rainwater harvested from the roof is stored in a large irrigation pond and used around the farm and estate. Borehole water is provided for the cows to drink and for washing floor areas. Hot water and room heating are assisted by the use of an air source heat pump and solar panels produce local electricity.


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Friday, November 16, 2007
What's there to lose?
The same thing can be said of posting family photos and histories online. There are so many cool new genealogy social networking websites coming online. Seems that everyone is getting in on the act. In all the excitement it can be easy to forget that these large subscription websites are "for profit" entities. Content is gold in the world of the world wide web, and your photos and recordings are free content for these websites. And content makes websites more valuable.
I have always found genealogists to be big-hearted generous people. It is a tradition to share and give. Free lookups and "random acts of kindness" are thankfully commonplace. And there certainly are benefits to posting our treasures online. It may connect us to an unknown distant cousin or reseacher. But since we're talking about our precious families, safety and security is key.
Is it safe to post files of our family members telling their stories for all to hear? Do we mind that genealogy social networking websites are profiting from our postings? Is there anything to lose in this arrangement? The industry is still very young, so there will be lots to watch and see.
I'd like to hear what you think on this topic. Have you had an online success or horror story? Do you mind that you don't share in the profits? Please post your comments to this blog. And be sure and take a moment to take the Genealogy Gems Blog poll question in the upper right corner of the page: Do you think there's any harm in posting (giving) your family photos, interviews, and histories to a "for profit" genealogy social networking website?
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The for profit thing does not bother me, as long as the content is available at no charge. I see little benefit in posting an audio recording of my family history for public access. However, putting my entire tree on WorldConnect and other such places has paid great benefits, as it has helped me find second third and fourth cousins, along with their knowledge and pictures of our shared family history.
- November 27, 2007 at 2:19 PM
At www.famillion.com, some genealogical webiste, you decide whether or who reads your family stories. Let s say, I built my family tree at their website and I excluded some family members from certain stories. So its up to use to decide!!!
Social websites are not any different from using a credit card, if u ask me. sure, u deliver information, but the same happens with ur credit card or other things u are not even aware of.
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Last week listening to my barber George, telling me about what a wild town New Buffalo Michigan was back in the 1970's. Not to go into too much detail about it all, but it made this clear to me. There were live music venues all over this region back then, with 3-5 in my little town alone! Now there is just one, and they only have acoustic duo's–sometimes.
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labradoodles or "mutts"
I've been on this site for only a few months now, and everyone has been helpful. I couldn't help but notice this tag here. I own a "labradoodle" or mutt or whatever you want to call her. She's a sweetie just the same.
I just so happened to come across and read some of the things that people were saying:
A - If someone wants to pay $2500, that's their choice. I agree that this is way overpriced, but hey, what makes $2500 for a dog that says pure bred any better. Unless you show or breed them, It's still a status symbol. These dogs can be found WAY cheaper than that, so all you have to do is look if you want.
B - Calling these dogs by defenition of a mutt etc is fine, and I don't take personal offence at all, but some people get into more than that. I might think your cat's ugly, but I'd never say it.
C - These dogs may be found in kennels, as well as labs, dobermins, huskies. The list goes on. Please don't exagerate like there are 5 in every humane society.
and D - to the site admin - I personally am not Gullible or have not been taken in by anyone. Say what you want, but that sounds like an insult to me. This site is to help about pet and to inform people. That it does, but I think there are better ways of posting "informative" articles without personal insults. You don't know who you would be talking to or who might take offence.
I believe it was said by someone already, but all pure breeds started as "mutts" before. I don't care if a labradoodle ever becomes a breed to be honest, but I can say this. Even though they do have a silly name (not sure who came up with that one haha), they are a great dog from two great pure breds. Wouldn't trade my dog for the world.
I have to agree with the posting, "breeders" charge double for these and call them desiger dogs, when really, they are mixed breeds/mutts. This is a warning for those who think they should pay more becaise the got the best of 2 breeds. People see the words "Designer" and pay double. This post just sums it up to what it really is. I spend time in shelters and I would aurgue till I was blue in the face, there are tones of these designer breeds, pure breds and mutts there...by not being suckered in to buying one from a "breeder" you could save a life. At Christmas time, a whole family of them came in, mom, dad, and 5 pups that didn't sell at xmas time. :sad: And since this litter didn't sell, they dropped the adults off too. All Labradoodles previously selling for $900 each. $900 for a mutt. Honestly? Thats why this warning is there. You would be crazy to pay that for a non pure bred.
"Morkies", "Schnoodle", "Labradoodle"???
If you are looking for one of these dogs, please look in your shelter or a rescue. These are NOT recognized breeds, but merely get-rich-quick creations pumped out by disreputable people to make big bucks and prey on the gullible.
These dogs are merely mongrels with high price tags. Don't be taken in!
If anything I would change the word gullible..altho I can't think of another word to put in there but I could see how that could be offensive to those who have already purchased a designer breed, and I would change the word mongrels to mutts altho they are the same thing. But thats it.
It's not meant to demean the pups, it's meant to warn customers to not pay this kinda money for a mutt, you are right, that's peoples choice, but the word still needs to be out there that these dogs are over priced for the pure benifit of the "breeder" not the breed. And to help the educate people on byb. I think there has been enough sugar coating stuff like this, it's time we say it like it is. These are expensive mixed breeds.
Momma to a pooch - Dazy the Dutchess of Duke Boyd of the canine kind
Pubert Wizzer Howell-Boyd III of the feline kind R.I.P my little guy!!
If you can't afford a vet, you can't afford a pet!
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Last edited by Ford Girl; March 12th, 2008 at 03:37 PM.
ANY breeder that charges you $2,500 for an 8 week old puppy (unless it is a rare breed or a bulldog - bitches MUST have a c-section to deliver pups) is just out to take advantage of people who have not done their homework. I know several different breeders that breed only dogs that have had all of their health certs. done and have titles on both ends that only charge between $800 - $1,000 for puppies. The advantage to buying a puppy from an ETHICAL breeder has nothing to do with status. It has to do with someone who wants a particular breed and wants to make sure that the puppy they get will grow up to meet the breed standard and not be crippled or die from a genetic issue that could be avoided by careful breeding.
While you might not be gullible, the fact of the matter is - we live in a society where people want what they want and they want it now. I am very sure that there is not one person involved in rescue here who hasn't taken in a "designer" dog and gotten the story of how it was sooo cute when they got it but it is too big, too hairy, too vocal, too whatever. People see the cute puppy in the pet shop or on the website and expect that they will get it into their home and it will always look the way it does, will be sweet and nice to everyone, never soil the floor, never chew on the leg of a chair and all they will have to do is love it.
Millions of dogs are destroyed in shelters in North America every year. Most of them are mutts without fancy designer names. That is the biggest problem that most of us here have with "designer breeds".
Well said, LavenderRott!
"To close your eyes will not ease another's pain." ~ Chinese Proverb
We must not refuse to see with our eyes what they must endure with their bodies. ~ Gretchen Wyler
I concur with LavRott! Excellent post! I am a little upset with the whole notion of designer breeds. It is pure marketing - sell mutts and call them fancy names and charge a small fortune. I really am alarmed when there are claims made that are not true such as a labradoodle is the best of both breeds. No one can possibly know that in advance.
I am sure owners love their labradoodles but why buy one when labs are around? What is the difference? I love my choc lab "nephew" - and like mutts too for that mater. Why pay more money? if one really wants to show a dog, that's one thing- get involved in that life if you want tho designer breeds are not recognized and because of the vast number are not likely to ever be given a CKC designation.
Love your dog and let's hope no more get rick quick schemes like this one come along again! (Tho knowing the human race, I am sure some will.) Puppy.Pal, I am glad you understand what you are involved in - I just hope yours is a rescue dog and you did not pay megabucks for your puppy. I am sure you love him. Anyone can create a labradoodles (sad to say) and that's the problem - and thus there are no standards.
"There are two means of refuge from the miseries of life: music and cats" Albert Schweitzer
What can I say? Dani is a "Tollercollie" (or whatever the other breed in her might be, could be border collie, could be anything, who cares?), she was rescued; had I bought her as a pup, there is no way I'd have paid more than a shelter adoption fee type price for her. A mutt is a mutt, no matter how cute, intelligent and sweet natured they are.
Getting a pure bred is not a crime, you may want to be (more) sure of the size, personality, temperament, use even, of a particular breed.
But camouflaging mutts as "designer dogs" to get money is immoral.
"Gullible" incidentally is not an insult, just an opinion the author of the post had. Could have used "naive" too. Or "fashion-slave"? Either way, the person paying that kind of money for a mixed breed, is in my opinion paying for something they're not getting: a recognized, registered breed.
I also agree about the get rich quick stuff. I think those prices are overpriced for any dog tho, unless you're showing or are 100% sure of the breeder.
At least with this breed, you DO know what types of dogs they are coming from and have an idea that the personality will be a combination of some of those traits. I guess next to pure breed, next best for determining personality as opposed to a true "mongrel" (not sure of what's in the mix).
I don't take personal offence to anything, I just happened to be reading it and said what was on my mind at the time. I just don't want people to get the idea that "EVERY" person that buys a labradoodle is gullible or bought them because they are a designer dog. I know I didnt.
If you look at almost ALL breeds and truly read their history, which I have done for many, you will find at one point, they were a combination of one or more dogs bred for a human purpose. The labradoodle was bred for a seeing eye dog for a lady whose husband was allergic to dogs. It seemed to work for them.
It is unfortunate that some people(s) have taken advantage of the money grabbing scheme, but there are still better ways to say things.
As far as one person asking why don't you just buy a lab? I don't know...why doesn't someone who wants a husky just buy a german shepherd. They don't want one I guess.
It's not the breed mix that's the problem, it's the people who do the breeding of these dogs. Puppy mills and back yard breeders. While a lot of us have been taken in and bought a puppy from such places or pet stores which are supplied by these places, now that you're here, and you have one of these dogs you should know better in future to not purchase another in the same manner and create demand from these sources.
I take no offense in you defending your pup, I would however take offense if you try to justify the people who bred your pup or who sold you the pup.
In the meantime, you can learn a lot from this site on how to care for your pet, meet wonderful people to share stories with and of course, post lots of pics of your dog so we can all admire.
The sad truth is that there are now tons of labradors and standard poodles in cages in puppymills all over North America pumping out puppies at an alarming rate of speed. No thought is given to type or health, just dollar bills. While I think that the original idea behind the "breed" was admirable - the fact of the matter is that the "breed" is NOT used for the original purpose that was intended. Don't you wonder why that is?
While many purebreds were started from other breeds, they were made into a SINGLE breed with a set of standards including look, personality, temperament etc, that ethical breeders, bred to a single standard, they breed to create the best example of that breed standard. Ethical breeders health test, conformation test, temperament test etc to only produce the best of the best. Taking two purebred dogs of DIFFERENT breeds and sticking them together doesn't make anything but a mutt PERIOD. Labadoodle isn't a breed and never will be as there is no standard, there is no ethic and there isn't a breeder or breed club driving for any of the above SO they will be forever a designer dog aka mutt. I have NOTHING against mutts, I have been the proud owner of many but as many others have posted the issue is the greeders aka greedy breeders. We are seeing these mixes in the shelters now and lots of them, there are now doodle rescues starting up because these dogs don't have a standard, you don't necessarily know what you are getting. No two lab/poodle mixes will be the same and many who are promised to be hypoallergenic are in fact NOT and thus getting dumped because the breeders are not ethical or responsible, that's where the issue lies.
I actually met a lady who thought her dog was pure because the parents were pure (one lab, one poodle), she didn't know that they had to be the SAME breed and registered with the CKC or AKC to be considered pure! There are many people won't don't know better and they are being fleeced!!!! She was LIVID when I explained to her how it worked!!!
Not too fond of the word gullible either.
But then again Caveat Emptor (buyer beware) also applies, and consumers should be responsible and research before merely believing what they are told.
Mixed breed "designer" dogs are the ones really paying for humanity's lack of interest in taking responsibility and researching before buying.
But consumers have fallen for descriptive names on products for a long, long time. In the Victorian era, people would pay extra for plant seeds just because it contained terms like "improved," when in fact it was regular seeds all along and nothing was improved at all. The only difference was a higher price tag.
Sandy Belle Sheeba - born 11/14/07 at 12:30 pm Linx Jasper
the reason poster, that you see so many of them in shelters and rescues is because "buyers" didn't do their homework, they are billed as "non allergetic", thats not always the case. IF it took on that part of the poodles genes then it could be, but remember..a lab does shed. so "maybe" just "maybe" one pup in a litter of 8 could be non allergetic.....the rest....well....guess where they end up?
After reading this, I find it very unforunate about the money schemes and the poor animals that get left behind. I have seen shows on puppy mills and some breeders and it makes me sick. I wish people would do their homework so that people like me, who have full intentions of giving a dog a good home, don't get thrown under the bus with every irresponsible dog owner out there.
I paid no where near $2500 or even $1000. I didn't even know what a "labradoodle" was until last year. I was just in the market for a dog when I got my new house. I happened to pick this puppy, because I knew what breeds she had, she was cute and I wanted a puppy that could keep up with my lifestyle (outdoors, beach, running, rollerblading, camping etc).
It's unfortunate to see anyone purchase a puppy without being ready and its the dog who suffers in the end, no matter the breed or "mutt". It's also unfortunate to see people get rich off of this. When the labradoodle phase is over, be sure another will begin.
I guess some people shouldn't have pets. PERIOD.
I will post pics for those who asked.
It's all after the fact now, you have your pup and love it to bits, and my pup is from a "farm" too, learnt about byb after the fact, all we can do now is help educate others...live and learn...
Momma to a pooch - Dazy the Dutchess of Duke Boyd of the canine kind
Pubert Wizzer Howell-Boyd III of the feline kind R.I.P my little guy!!
If you can't afford a vet, you can't afford a pet!
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I am lying in bed with a cold and four gorgeous purebreds that were ALL from various shelters!!! Just three days ago I picked up a dog from the SPCA that was in a puppy mill and she is finally DONE, she is a gorgeous MinPin who sadly was bred over and over and she is now safe with me. So a little of everything shows up in the shelters really and if you wait long enough your dog will show up! I see purebreds, mix breeds, the doodles etc... They are all over the place. It's insane out there. There are too many irresponsible breeders out there.
From the owner of a mutt
Hi everyone. I am lucky enough to have a wonderful dog. His name is Marley and he is just a little over a year old. From the day I have brought him home he has been nothing but a joy. He trains easy and listens well. He has a wonderful, funny personality. Marley is everything that I wanted in a dog. I spent alot of time looking into what type of dog to get. Although I love labs and golden retrievers I didnt want to deal with the amount of shedding involved with these breeds. Some people would never care about something as trivial as shedding, but I know I do, and I think its very important and responsible to not buy a dog without thinking of all aspects of owning one. I opted for a goldendoodle and have not had a second thought since I brought him home. I have also known the breeder I bought him from since I was a little girl and didnt hesitate to but a puppy from her. She treats her dogs great. Yes she charges quite a bit for her puppies but definitley nowhere around $2500.00. I paid $900 for my Marley and he was worth every penny. Marley and I are perfect for eachother and hopefully will be together for many fun filled years to come. Imagine if I had missed out on one of my greatest joys in life because I didnt want to shell out $900 for a mutt. Im definitley not saying my dog is perfect, and he is definitley not everyones cup of tea, but hes not any less of a dog because he is not a purebred.
Guess I got ahead of myself there. Just was caught off guard by some of the remarks that were said about mixed breed dogs. I do understand the point of what everyone is saying here.
Last edited by Tash83; April 9th, 2008 at 07:20 PM.
hi ya Tash welcome to the boards congratulations on your marly ay pictures i used to own a labrador and took care of a standard poodle for a while i think its a great mix
well my take is very extreme i think I would never ever buy from a breeder when there are so many pound dogs of all kinds and tprements to save
But thats just me /
I will say that I have learned some things and agree with many things that have been said here, but like Tash, I don't regret for a second getting my dog. It's unfortunate that some people make it possible for us to even have this discussion in the first place by putting the responsibility they chose onto others, and ultimately the poor animals.
I am face with this issue almost weekly when I check the classified- to see how ppl advertise dogs (I sometimes call the cat free to as good home ads and urge them to charge a fee and none of them claim to never have heard of the many horrible things that happen to "free" kittens or cats or dogs.
There is a local woman - and by local, I mean she lives many a few hrs away - who sells labradoodles. She has a web site and for awhile was getting lots of publicity. Then the animal rgts groups pointed out how really, these dogs are NOT at all any less allergic and pointed out that while they are cute, they are NOT what is being advertised, esp at $1500! I notice now that as people get away from buying them - and I do hope this is a trend- the dogs went down to a $1000 and today, they are $700. I hope she is driven out of business but then one worries about where her original dogs will go - and I worry about how many times she breeds a year!
I just checked her sorry state of a web site and you know, she ships her dogs with Canada Post!! Is that even possible? I guess Express it might be ewwwwwwwwwwww!
"There are two means of refuge from the miseries of life: music and cats" Albert Schweitzer
Last edited by CyberKitten; April 12th, 2008 at 03:15 PM.
Canada Post does not ship live animals last I checked.... LOL Hell if they did I would stick a stamp on my arse and go to mexico!
I wanna be mailed too....
The more I get to know people, the more I love my dog...
There ain't no cure for stupid ...... but we should make sure we laugh and point it out to everyone else
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After back-to-back weekends of city festivals � Seafood in Morehead City and Mumfest in New Bern � the big-crowd draw goes somewhat rural, beginning Thursday with the Coastal Carolina Agricultural Fair on U.S. 70 east of New Bern.
After back-to-back weekends of city festivals � Seafood in Morehead City and Mumfest in New Bern � the big-crowd draw goes somewhat rural, beginning Thursday with the Coastal Carolina Agricultural Fair on U.S. 70 east of New Bern.
It is the only agricultural fair held each year in Craven, Carteret, Jones and Pamlico counties and it is one of the Craven County Jaycee�s largest projects.
It is an 11-day event, the culmination of many months of planning and preparation, as the Jaycee�s major annual fundraising project to support its other events such as the New Bern Christmas Parade and provide funding to other charitable causes.
It continues through Oct. 27.
There is a preview night on Thursday � Got to Be N.C. Agriculture Night. The Jaycees donate $1 from each gate admission to toward the N.C. Grown Food Products to support local soup kitchens � Religious Community Services in New Bern and Hope Mission in Morehead City.
For other special days and ticket prices, go to the web site: coastalcarolinaagfair.org
Daily entertainment includes chainsaw woodcarving, McNally Farm Racing Pigs, a fossil dig, vintage farm equipment on display and miniature trains.
The gates open at 5:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, at 11 a.m. on Saturdays and at 1 p.m. on Sundays.
The live main stage entertainment includes The Tone Peddlers Friday, with a variety of music genres, but topped by classic rock from the 1960s to the present.
Local favorite Cold Biscuit play Oct. 25, with classic country, beach, Motown, Southern Rock, bluegrass and the blues.
Thru Tomorrow & Karaoke plays Oct. 26, with original hard rock/metal.
Here is a sampling of the week�s other notable events:
The Twin Rivers Camellia Club meets Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. at the River Bend Town Hall, with a program �Camellia Espaliers.�
Wendy Graveman, owner of Pinecone Perennials, will lead the program. Area gardeners are welcome. For information, call 638-5250.
The Pamlico County Library hosts a free genealogy workshop Tuesday at 6 p.m. titled �Becoming A Better Computer Genealogist.� Lou Walker, current Daughters of American Revolution state chairman for volunteer genealogists, will be instructing individuals on computer skills, programs, internet searching and database web sites.
Thursday brings a Silver Arts reception at 5 p.m. The Pamlico County Arts Council and the library will honor local artists who participated in the North Carolina Silver Arts contest in September.
Preschool Storytime is Friday at 10 a.m., with stories, puppets, crafts and interactions.
At 3 p.m. Friday, the Gaming Group meets, with different consoles, cards and board games.
The Sixth Floor Trio will perform in the Craven Concerts series Wednesday evening at the Grover C. Fields Performing Arts Center.
The 7:30 p.m. show launches the 30th season for Craven Concerts.
Season tickets for the four-concert series begin at $75 and include admission to concerts with affiliated associations in Washington and Goldsboro. For more information, call 637-1119. On the web: cravenconcertsinc.org.
A candidates� forum for mayor and commissioners in Oriental is Wednesday at 7 p.m. in the Old Theater in Oriental.
Questions were submitted by readers of The Pamlico News and TownDock.net and the staff of both publications. The public is invited to email questions to email@example.com and TownDock.net no later than 5 p.m. on Tuesday.
The format of the event will include an opportunity for candidates to introduce themselves and, at the end, to give a closing statement.
Candidates will be seated on stage, and the questions provided by a moderator.
There will be a target time limit of one minute per question.
�Paint the Town For a Good Cause: Craven County Hospice Fundraiser� is Thursday from 6:30 to 9 p.m. at Bear Hands Art Factory on Pollock Street in New Bern.
The painting for the evening will be �New Bern Spires,� a work by Sandy Bruno, who will lead the class for the evening. This painting depicts in colorful detail some of the more interesting church steeples and roof tops of historic downtown New Bern.
For information, call 514-2787.
No artistic experience is required. The $40 fee includes two hours of instruction, all the art materials and light appetizers. People also are invited to bring some wine or other beverages.
The Goose Creek Island Homecoming play �Ducks Galore� is Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights at 7:30 p.m. at the community center in Hobucken. Follow N.C. 304 from Bayboro to the island.
The show is family priced � $6 for adults and $4 for children. Youngsters under age 6 get in free.
The �Island Ladies� have a plentiful offering of hot dogs, tacos and other homemade treats.
On Sunday, there is a 10:30 a.m. Sunday church service at the community center. A covered dish lunch follows.
Down East FolkArts Society presents Moors and McCumber Friday at Trent River Coffee Company in New Bern and again at Clawson�s Restaurant in Beaufort Saturday night.
The doors open at 7 p.m. with music an hour later.
Tickets are $15 general admission, $12 for Down East FolkArts Society members and active duty military, and $8 for students.
Tickets are available at both venues and at Bank of the Arts in New Bern, or by calling or texting 646-4657.
The media sponsorship is provided by Public Radio East.
The Graham A. Barden student Art show at the New Bern Mall is Friday and Saturday.
The student art work will up until Oct. 25 in front of Michael�s. The student awarded first place in the show will receive free custom framing for their show piece.
The New Bern Elks Lodge No. 764 hosts its annual chicken barbecue lunch on Friday at the Lodge, 1175 Pine Tree Drive, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
The cost is $7 per plate, which includes a half barbecued chicken and fixings, available for dine-in or take-out.
Proceeds help support Wounded Warrior Program; MERCI Clinic; Craven County Hospice; Disabled American Veterans; local scholarships; New Bern Police Department; New Bern Fire Department; Babe Ruth Baseball League; American Red Cross; Kinston Veterans Home; Hope Clinic; Fayetteville Veterans Home; Special Olympics; Camp Carefree; the Teen Mediation Program; and the Pamlico County Food Bank.
Rivertowne Players� youth group, the Rising Stars, continues �The Little Mermaid Jr.� this week, with shows Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m. and Sunday at 3 p.m.
The shows are at the historic Masonic Theater on Hancock Street.
It is directed by Aaron Williams, produced by Terry Daniels, with vocal direction by Kim Scott and choreography by Derek Jordan.
Tickets are $10 in advance and are available at the Bank of the Arts on Middle Street. Call 638-2577. Tickets at the door are $12 and $10 students with valid school ID.
The Havelock Chili Festival is Friday and Saturday at Walter B. Jones Park in Havelock. A year ago, about 25,000 people attended the two-day event.
It is sponsored by CarolinaEast Health Systems, Century Link, Marine Federal Credit Union, Trent Buick Cadillac GMC and Havelock Fuel Markets.
Profits go to Eastern Seals/Craven Cherry Point Child Development Center; Coastal Women�s Shelter; Early College EAST; Annunciation Catholic School; Havelock High Band Boosters; and Cherry Point Young Marines.
Spare Change will perform from 5 to 9 p.m. Friday evening, with Cold Biscuit taking the stage Saturday night.
For information on the web: chilifestival.org. Call 447-1101.
The Master Gardener Horticultural Workshop Program presents �Native Plants - A Walking Tour� Saturday at 9:30 a.m. at Whitehurst-Latham Park near Fairfield Harbour.
It is sponsored by the Craven County Cooperative Extension and guided by the Craven County Extension Master Gardener volunteers.
The presenter is tom Glasgow, director of the extension service.
For information, call 633-1477.
The sixth annual Dragon Chili Cook-off at the Old Theater in Oriental is Saturday from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on the grounds of the Oriental Marina & Inn on Hodges Street, near the Tiki Bar.
Tickets are $8 for 12 different chilis and a vote for the favorite. Judges Nancy Crain, Darrell Wiarda and Bill Sage will choose the official 2013 Dragon Chili Champ. The �People�s Choice Award� is selected by all the voting chili lovers in attendance.
Denton�s Pharmacy is sponsoring the event. Other supporters, who provide five gallons of chili, include Pigeon Holes, Axelson Chiropractic, Karen Van Gamper, Nautical Wheelers, Shine Landing/M&M�s, the Inland Waterway Provision Company, Toucan Grill, West Marine, Bill Sternberg, the Red Rickshaw, Partners in Health, and residents of Arlington Place.
Cheryl Thompson, a DJ from the Washington, D.C., area, will provide musical entertainment during the event. Awards will be presented at 2 p.m.
All proceeds support the Old Theater in Oriental.
An Alzheimer�s CARE Training is Saturday at the North Carolina History Center.
It is from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Developed by Home Instead Senior Care, the Alzheimer�s or other dementias CARE programs incorporate a hands-on approach to help families deal with the difficult behavioral changes that often are associated with Alzheimer�s disease or other dementias.
Call 633-3283.
The New Bern-Craven County Public Library presents: �Lunch �n Learn - Ciao from Italy� on Saturday. Join Phil Swain on a tour of Italy that includes stops at Pompeii, Sorrento, Assisi, Venice, Verona, Milan, Lake Como, Cirque Terre, Pisa, Siena and Florence.
It is a harmonious blend of culture and countryside. Bring a brown bag lunch. Beverages and desserts will be served for the noon event.
On Sunday, Ghost Hunting Investigation is hosted by the Carolina Haunted and Supernatural Enlightenment Research Society. Refreshments will be served for the 3 p.m. program.
The Episcopal Church Women hosts �A Passport To Fashion,� its annual fashion show on Sunday at 3 p.m. at the Oriental Woman�s Club. The show will travel to London, Munich, Rome and Paris in song and spirit and with apparel from Marsha�s Cottage and Nautical Wheelers. Desserts, cheeses and beverages will be served. Tickets are $12 and can be purchased from either store or from ECW by calling 429-1472.
Township 7 Fire and Rescue hosts an open house Sunday from 1 to 5 p.m. at the station, 1710 Old Cherry Point Road.
It will feature a bounce house; pink (cancer awareness) T shirts for $10; a state Highway Patrol text and driving golf cart road course; the Task Force 10 regional technical rescue team; the regional Hazmat team; fire extinguisher training; canine demonstrations; photos with fire trucks; fire hose training for children; magicians; and other activities.
Auditions for soloists for G. F. Handel�s �Messiah� are Sunday from 3 to 4:30 p.m. in the sanctuary of Centenary United Methodist Church in New Bern.
Soloists should prepare from the solos in Part I and/or �I Know That My Redeemer Liveth� and �The Trumpet Shall Sound.� To reserve an audition time, call Pat Rowlett at 637-3270.
Performances will be Dec. 17.
Jazz vocalist Willie E. Atkinson will perform Sunday with pianist Quincy Jones from the East Carolina University School of Music and percussionist Michael Hanson of Rocky Point. The show is at Savage�s Pizzeria in New Bern.
It is described as �an evening jazz performance dedicated to �Lovers and Friends.��
It will include a repeat performance of the gifted vocalist Eleanor Savage, who performed in May.
This is the second installment of Sunday evening jazz presentations by Savage�s. The $30 ticket includes a buffet beginning at 5 p.m. For reservations, call 288-4353 or email firstname.lastname@example.com.
The Tryon Civitans� Peanut Butter Drive to benefit Religious Community Services continues through the end of the month.
The Civitans, in conjunction with The UPS Store, is sponsoring the sixth annual fundraiser. RCS distributes peanut butter in food orders filled through its food pantry. Last year, the drive delivered 729 jars of peanut butter, as well as 179 jars of jelly, with a goal of 1,000 jars this year.
Peanut butter can be dropped off at The UPS Store, 1822 South Glenburnie Road, from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday and 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturdays.
Call project chairman Mack Paul at 637-7500.
Riverside United Methodist Church will celebrate its 100th year church homecoming with a covered-dish meal following church service on Sunday at 501 Avenue A, New Bern, just off National Avenue.
The Rothermel Foundation will present �New Medical Miracles: Promises and Pitfalls,� with Dr. Ronald W. Green on Sunday.
The 2 p.m. program is at First Presbyterian Church in New Bern. Green is a professor in the Department of Religion at Dartmouth College.
Charlie Hall can be reached at 252-635-5667 or firstname.lastname@example.com


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Computer Science ColloquiumIm Rahmen des Informatik-Kolloquiums, das von den Instituten des Fachbereichs Informatik, der Österreichischen Gesellschaft für Informatik (ÖGI), der Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Datenverarbeitung (ADV) sowie der Österreichischen Computergesellschaft (OCG) abgehalten wird, spricht
Professor Dr. Neil A. Maiden
City University London, Center for HCI Designüber das Thema:
Discovering Services from Requirements: The SeCSE WayZeit: Tue 24.10.2006, 11:00, 60 Minuten
Ort: HS 14
ZusammenfassungService-centric systems pose new challenges and opportunities for requirements processes and techniques. This talk will report new techniques developed by the EU-funded SeCSE Integrated Project that enable service discovery during early requirements processes and exploit discovered services to enhance requirements specifications. SeCSE's service discovery environment implements new capabilities that overcome existing requirements problems. The talk will outline the environment and describes the algorithm for discovering services from requirements that are expressed using structured natural language. The algorithm is demonstrated using a simple automotive example that was used in a requirements workshop with our industrial automotive partners in SeCSE to evaluate the potential utility of the algorithm when discovering new requirements from retrieved services.
VortragenderNeil Maiden is Professor of Systems Engineering and Head of the Centre for Human-Computer Interface Design, an independent research department in City University's School of Informatics. He has been directing inter-disciplinary research in requirements engineering for 15 years and has worked on numerous EPSRC- and EU-funded research projects including SIMP, NATURE, CREWS, BANKSEC, SeCSE and APOSDLE. He has over 100 papers in journals and conference and workshop publications. He was Program Chair for the 12th IEEE International Conference on Requirements Engineering in Kyoto in 2004. He is the Editor of the IEEE Software's Requirements column. Details are available from www-hcid.soi.city.ac.uk.
Einladender: a. Univ.-Prof. Dr. Paul Grünbacher
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