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So you are sitting, chilling out in your home when you hear gunfire outside. When you pop your head out you see one of your neighbors hiding behind a tree taking pot shots with a rifle. Its then you notice that the person he is popping off at is a police officer barricaded behind his patrol car. What do you do?
Well this isn't a scenario, it really happened last month in Early, Texas. Charles Ronald Conner, the neighbor with the rifle, had just shot and killed a couple in their 50s over a dispute about dog scat. Witnesses say that Conner even stood over the couple's bodies and delivered kill shots once they were down. It was shortly after that police arrived on scene and Conner took them under fire.
The outcome
The man sitting in his home and responding to the hail of gunfire was 66-year old Vic Stacy. Stacy retrieved his personal weapon, a .357 Magnum revolver of an undisclosed type and tried to do what he could to help. From an amazing distance of 50-yards, Stacy fired six rounds at Conner and hit him four times. With Stacy distracting Conner, the officer from behind cover engaged and ended the threat with another two well-placed rounds. Stacy was praised by the local sheriff who said, "...the main consolation on this is I think he helped save the officer's life, kept him from driving into an ambush."
The trailer park gunman was a classic active shooter on a rampage and more than likely would not have stopped on his own accord. An Active Shooter incident is when one or more subjects participate in a shooting spree, random or systematic with intent to continuously harm others. (Source: U.S. Army Military Police School, Active Shooter POI)
Civilians vs. Active Shooters
In 2010 firearms trainer Ron Borsch extensively studied 40 active shooter cases in the United States and overseas. His findings were startling in the fact that he could document that "About 70% of these killing sprees were "aborted" (ended) by third-party intervention, without which the death toll undoubtedly would have been higher." By third-party intervention he meant by civilians-- not law enforcement. Armed and unarmed regular people stopped these sprees. By students and teachers, garbage men and secretaries who decided that it was their time to act. In these cases, the civilians were instant responders. The study goes on to state that, "Of the total aborts, two-thirds were by armed or unarmed civilians, initially taking action alone the overwhelming majority of the time."
So take from that there is a risk in doing something, but the greatest risk lies in doing nothing.
Good shooting, Vic.
Civilians and Active Shooters
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No artist in the early millennium generated as thrilling a crackle of excitement as The Libertines, one of those rare bands who can change the way you walk, talk, dress, behave and – crucially, here – misbehave.
Their music was less than half the story. It was the other stuff that seduced a generation: the tempestuous bromance between Pete Doherty and Carl Barat, and the general aura of spontaneity and incipient chaos, from showing up in fans' living rooms with mini-flashmobs for guerilla gigs to Doherty's ability to get arrested and imprisoned on seemingly a weekly basis.
In their absence, their appeal has – if anything – grown. On this second round of reunion gigs they're able to fill Alexandra Palace. They're cartoons of themselves now: Pete, still the motherable Little Boy Lost at 35 in his trademark trilby, and the more conventionally handsome Carl in that red Grenadier Guard's jacket. Within three songs they're mouth-to-mouth on a shared mic, close enough to kiss without ever quite doing so. There are no pantomime punch-ups but Pete gets a cheer for hurling his guitar petulantly to the wings, and drummer Gary Powell for stepping forward for a daft dance.
Once the initial frisson has faded, the clatter and clang palls for periods.
For a band whose meagre catalogue only stretches to one and a half decent albums, that's inevitable. But boredom at a Libertines concert should never be in the script.
That said, Time For Heroes and What A Waster still send shivers, while Music When The Lights Go Out and What Katy Did retain the power to charm.


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Van Lear Rose
Loretta Lynn
Loretta Lynn's Van Lear Rose, which was produced by the White Stripes' Jack White (and mastered in Memphis at Easley McCain Studios), might be the most praised album of 2004 so far, but there's plenty of reason to be skeptical about that.
Over the past decade, there have been dozens of these high-profile "comeback" records from aging stars. Almost all of them are celebrated, particularly by national, mainstream media outlets and daily newspapers, and many of them are dull or worse. The best --Bob Dylan's Love and Theft, Merle Haggard's If I Could Only Fly, some of the lower-profile recent Willie Nelson records (Spirit, Rainbow Connection) --tend to come when these artists are left to their own devices and happen to find a groove. The higher the concept -- celebrity-guest songwriters, duet partners, or producers --the more potential for a disconnect between the press a record gets and its listenability. Examples: Johnny Cash's youth-marketed, Rich Rubin-produced mythology exploitation jobs, Solomon Burke's R&B-for-NPR Don't Give Up on Me, Nelson's cluttered, major-label snores Milk Cow Blues and The Great Divide.
So, how come Van Lear Rose is a high-concept comeback worthy of its ink? Start with the vocals: On Don't Give Up on Me, the aging Burke sounded like a shadow of his '60s self, but, at age 68, Lynn's rich Appalachian twang is still close to vintage. Then listen to White's astute production. His sonic fingerprints are all over Van Lear Rose, especially when he revs up his guitar. On the lead single, "Portland, Oregon," White adds an arty guitar overture that Owen Bradley would have never allowed, while on "Have Mercy," he does a credible impersonation of a 21st-century Sam Phillips. But White also knows when to show restraint and doesn't let his personality overshadow Lynn's. At its best, Van Lear Rose evokes the musical spirit of late-'60s Lynn without imitating the sound.
But the real reason Van Lear Rose is such a triumph is the songs, all of them written by Lynn, the majority of them great. Most of these songs fit familiar types, and thus their uniform excellence testifies to Lynn's formal songwriting chops. Some are pure country: There's the archetypal elegance of "Trouble On the Line," which White accents with steel and acoustic guitar licks. "Women's Prison" is a brand-new condemned-person's lament not far below the form's standard-bearer, "The Long Black Veil." And "Mrs. Leroy Brown" is a slice of honky-tonk that sounds modern and classic at the same time.
Others are pure Lynn: "Portland, Oregon" is a good-lovin' duet where Lynn has White step into the Conway Twitty role. Best of all is "Family Tree," which might be the sequel (and equal) to "Fist City." An understated little shuffle with steel-guitar accents and a perfect fiddle solo, Lynn aims the song at another piece of "trash" trying to steal her man, and as much as I've always disliked the discourse that dismisses modern Nashville in favor of costume alt-country bands, it's inconceivable that an under-40 CMT starlet could sing this songwith the gravity and identification Lynn brings to it. On the chorus, Lynn delivers (considering the source) one of the coldest kiss-offs ever recorded: "No I didn't come to fight/If he was a better man I might/But I wouldn't dirty my hands/On trash like you."
Then there are songs about right now, songs that explore the reality of a coal miner's daughter not as a young mother keeping honky-tonk angels away from her man but as widowed empty-nester. With White adding harmony and lending the song a shot of "Hotel Yorba"-style front-porch intimacy, "This Old House" looks back on that life with simultaneous sadness and joy, while "Miss Being Mrs." examines the otherworldly loneliness at the end of a 50-year marriage with such matter-of-fact realness (and resolve) that you realize what a projection the topic is in most other country songs.
From White's perspective, Van Lear Rose is a reminder that his musicality can still rise above his status as volatile media figure. And it's also the better sequel to White Blood Cells (which was dedicated to Lynn), since Lynn is both a better songwriter than Jack and a superior singer to Meg White or Holly Golightly. For Lynn, it's a valedictory for a career that stands among country music's most compelling. The "comeback" record it really reminds me of? Billy Bragg and Wilco's miraculous Mermaid Avenue, where they updated some vintage Woody Guthrie songs with wonder and love and inspiration. Only this time the songwriter was around to sing them herself.
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It doesn't matter if they live in the Snow Belt or the Sun Belt, everyone loves a blanket on chilly winter nights. Help them get cozy with the Appalachian Sherpa Blanket or the Cutter & Buck® Pacific Fremont Throw, complete with your logo. If you have a tighter budget, choose the Full Color Microfleece Blanket or Sweatshirt Blanket. They make great giveaways at the employee holiday
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Shareable treats are crowd-pleasers:
Teamwork keeps your organization humming, and it's easy to show appreciation for everyone. Help them indulge in some tasty treats, like The Classic Assortment Treat Box and Simply Gourmet Gift Basket. The 6-Way Tin Design (in a colorful two-gallon tin) or the Deluxe 4 Way Nut Sampler (bedecked in a festive bow) offer a little variety. Don't forget your vendor and customer offices!
Yuletide cheer for spirited entertaining:
Serving drinks in style, regardless of beverage choice, can be easy and elegant. Celebrate their successes with Stemless White Wine Glasses or a Bullware Beer Flight Set. Set aside an afternoon for an office party and hand out Moscow Mule Mug 4 in 1 Gift Sets or Belgio Wine & Cheese Ensembles to show your gratitude.
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The holiday season is the time for making a personal connection with customers, employees and prospects, but most recipients won't worry about the price tag: it's the thought that counts. You can get them in the holiday mood with the Gingerbread Snowscape Box: just add water for instant snow. What a fun trade show or open house gift! Decorate a bottle of wine or champagne with the Holiday Vino Set, which includes a cute felt hat, scarf and logo'd pouch. If your company is involved in a holiday parade or needs a great children's gift, try the Walking Pet – Reindeer (other animals available). This foam critter marches along with them, controlled by a simple pole. Or give their electronics a festive makeover with a Santa Tablet Sleeve.


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Managing Investor Pitfalls
December 3, 2018
2018 has been a volatile year in the markets, which can be hard on investors. We often receive questions like, "Should I take money off the table?" or, "Why am I not getting the returns my neighbor is getting?" As we wrap up the year, we believe the following three pitfalls can result in investors falling short of their long-term financial goals. Fortunately, these pitfalls can be corrected, especially with the help of an experienced advisor.
1. Not diversifying.
Although it's natural to wish in hindsight that we had invested more in the year's best-performing markets or stocks, it's impossible to predict the best investments ahead of time. Similarly, we may wonder why we own investments that have not done well. This year's stock market provides an example. During much of the year, five companies were responsible for much of the entire market's return. Those companies—Facebook, Amazon, Apple, Netflix, and Google parent company Alphabet—saw their stock prices soar. However, in recent weeks they have all declined about 20%, which is much further than the rest of the market. While it may seem like spreading your investments broadly lowers your upside potential, it also reduces your downside risk, which can help you preserve and build wealth over the long run.
2. Letting emotions like fear and greed drive investment decisions.
Emotions are a fact of life, but letting them drive investment decisions undermines a well-reasoned, long-term plan. When stock prices fall,
they have recently, we often feel pressured to act. However, market timing requires two correct decisions—when to sell and when to buy back. We believe investors who stay the course tend to fare better than those who let their emotions get the better of them.
3. Focusing on short-term distractions with funds invested for the long term.
The 24-hour news cycle not only means that new information is constantly available—it seems to demand a response. Of course, some events are influential long term, especially when they affect the tax code, government regulations, or foreign policy. However, we don't believe the recent mid-term elections, for example, or their outcome fit this description, and to change our investment approach in response would not have been appropriate. While it's certainly important to be informed, letting headlines distract from a long-term investment plan usually does more harm than good.
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Poland has pursued a policy of economic liberalization since 1990 and today stands out as a success story among transition economies. in 2007, gdp grew an estimated 6.5%, based on rising private consumption, a jump in corporate investment, and eu funds inflows. gdp per capita is still much below the eu average, but is similar to that of the three baltic states. since 2004, eu membership and access to eu structural funds have provided a major boost to the economy. unemployment is falling rapidly, though at roughly 12.8% in 2007, it remains well above the eu average. tightening labor markets, and rising global energy and food prices, pose a risk to consumer price stability. in december 2007 inflation reached 4.1% on a year-over-year basis, or higher than the upper limit of the national bank of poland's target range. poland's economic performance could improve further if the country addresses some of the remaining deficiencies in its business environment. an inefficient commercial court system, a rigid labor code, bureaucratic red tape, and persistent low-level corruption keep the private sector from performing up to its full potential. rising demands to fund health care, education, and the state pension system present a challenge to the polish government's effort to hold the consolidated public sector budget deficit under 3.0% of gdp, a target which was achieved in 2007. the po/psl coalition government which came to power in november 2007 plans to further reduce the budget deficit with the aim of eventually adopting the euro. the new government has also announced its intention to enact business-friendly reforms, reduce public sector spending growth, lower taxes, and accelerate privatization. however, the government does not have the necessary two-thirds majority needed to override a presidential veto, and thus may have to water down initiatives in order to garner enough support to pass its pro-business policies.
Situation has improved since 1989 due to decline in heavy industry and increased environmental concern by post-communist governments; air pollution nonetheless remains serious because of sulfur dioxide emissions from coal-fired power plants, and the resulting acid rain has caused forest damage; water pollution from industrial and municipal sources is also a problem, as is disposal of hazardous wastes; pollution levels should continue to decrease as industrial establishments bring their facilities up to eu code, but at substantial cost to business and the government
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Central europe, east of germany
Total: 312,679 sq km land: 304,459 sq km water: 8,220 sq km
Slightly smaller than new mexico
Conventional long form: republic of poland conventional short form: poland local long form: rzeczpospolita polska local short form: polska
Name: warsaw geographic coordinates: 52 15 n, 21 00 e time difference: utc+1 (6 hours ahead of washington, dc during standard time) daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last sunday in march; ends last sunday in october
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2015 Freedom Festival
Posted: June 11, 2015
2015 Freedom Festival
Thurs., July 2 - Sat., July 4
Thurs., July 2 - Sat., July 4
Featuring the best fireworks show in the county plus a parade, games, food, bands, rides, attractions, arts & crafts and much, much more! Activities all take place at the County College of Morris, located at Center Grove Road off Route 10 in Randolph.
Please be aware that smoking and pets are not allowed on the CCM campus. Anyone found violating these policies will be asked to leave the campus.
- Thursday, July 2
Freedom Festival—Opening Night
6:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m.
One Price Night—ride all night! Rides, games, food, dinosaur museum exhibit, Brundage Park Playhouse performance, WDHA, the Golden Gup mobile DJ and vendors.
- Friday, July 3
Parade Day
Kicks off at 12 noon
Starts at Dover Chester Rd. & Randolph Ave. (Mt. Fern Church) and ends at CCM (Center Grove entrance). The parade will include pipes and drums, floats, bands, antique cars and horses.
Freedom Festival
2:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m.
Rides, arts & crafts, food, games, EaZy Bubble entertainment, local bands, WDHA and vendors.
Starts at 9:45 p.m.
DJ 6:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m.
The best show in Morris County!
$5 donation per car.
- Saturday, July 4
Freedom Festival
4:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m.
One Price Night—ride all night! Rides, food, games, EaZy Bubble entertainment, D2W professional wrestling, singer/songwriter Victoria Skie, local bands, WDHA and vendors.
View the complete schedule of events (8 MB)
The rain date for the fireworks is Sunday, July 5. In the case of questionable weather, check the township home page for updates.
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I want to punch and suck your dick at the same time. I don't think we have the healthiest of relationships.
i can't believe you were mixing vodka with green tea last night and enjoying it.
i should bottle and sell it. my slogan could be "green tea vodka. antioxidating while intoxiacting. your liver will thank you. "
Sometimes I think that I have too much self esteem
Then I realize that I'm just really fucking pretty.
i should probably find things i have in common with someone besides drinking, before having sex with them
Restaurants Roasting People Who Gave Them Negative Yelp Reviews (25 Pics)
well isn't that the pot calling the kettle a make out whore
I got you a housewarming gift. It starts with "A" and ends with "bottle of Jameson"
well as my mentor always said, "Don't antagonize the man whose penis gives you multiple orgasms."
Pro tip: Don't start playing Bejeweled on Facebook while waiting for your Adderall to kick in. Unless you have the next 9 hours free.
she said, and i quote, "i want to black out with my rack out"
Woman Posts Harassing DMs From Creep Online, Now He's Upset Because People Told His Mom
I have two black x marks on my hands.
Yep you got cut off last night after a stripper bent over in front of you and you screamed very loudly 'I can see your soul from here'
damnit I wish I could remember that.
I'm at the airport and there's a guy wearing all camoflash to go hunting .. Should I bump in to him and say woahh sorry didn't see you there?
First off: I'm drunk so fuck you. Second: you weren't a bad girlfriend. Tres: thats 3 in spanish. Number 4: fuck 3 Doors Down
At McDonald's last night the guy gave you the wrong kind of McFlurry, so you screamed at him, "YOU MCFUCKED UP."


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Ben Rogers asks: do students need to be taught to read scientific texts?
Angel is the best science student I let fall behind. I taught her from year 7 until year 10. From the first lesson, she shone; her questions were sharp and her answers were excellent. She spotted every mistake I made and brought me interesting ideas and problems she had thought up. She loved chemistry. I sent her to chemistry summer schools. I sent her to competitions. She should have excelled in science, but she didn't.
The problem was that Angel wouldn't read anything. She wouldn't read her notes. She wouldn't do any homework if it involved reading. She wouldn't read exam questions properly. And I didn't teach her how to. Angel did well in her English lessons. I assumed reading science was the same as reading English. It isn't. Angel dropped sciences at A-level.
The reading survey
I taught secondary school science for 18 years before becoming a primary school teacher. Then, I used to think about science. Now I think about reading, and particularly reading in science as it is an important professional skill. In light of this, I created a survey for scientists and engineers to find out about their reading habits and how they learnt to read. Thanks to Twitter and support from @RSC_EiC, 100 scientists and engineers responded to my questions. I asked them:
- How much do you read for work?
- Why do you read for work?
- How did you learn the strategies for reading science texts effectively?
It turns out that the people who responded to the survey read a lot. Almost 85% of them read professional texts for more than 5 hours per week and 20% of them read for more than 15 hours per week.
One of the main conclusions from the survey is that professional scientists and engineers teach themselves to read subject texts, at least until college (only 10% of the professionals who responded to the survey were taught to read science texts at school, 84% said they taught themselves). For students like Angel, college is too late. As a science teacher who has seen talented students fail to reach their potential, I am convinced that the ability to read technical texts is key to success in the sciences.
Two strategies and a solution
In my experience, school teachers teach children how to read novels. They don't teach them how to read textbooks. The typical textbook isn't a work of literature: it has short sections of text, which may or may not be well written; it may assume the reader has certain technical knowledge and is able to apply it; it is likely to have diagrams. The reader will jump forwards and backwards in the text, comparing information in the diagram to the text and to their own knowledge. Most people don't read novels like that.
Research shows that just two strategies – questioning the text and summarising – make all the difference and can be taught quickly. The impact is impressive (see the Education Endowment Foundation report 2014–2015).
So I'm working on a solution. A colleague and I are writing three short lesson plans. The idea is that a teacher can take the basic plans and insert a relevant text. The lessons allow students to learn and practice two reading comprehension skills that we know work. Each plan focuses on a different type of reading:
- Reading for information and understanding, because it is the reason that most of the survey respondents read.
- Reading around the subject, because just knowing the curriculum isn't enough.
- Reading exam questions, because, take it from me, all students need it. If you mark exams, you'll know what I mean.
We are hoping to find some funding to develop and share these lessons. If you can help, please let us know. Hopefully we can make reading science texts less of a lottery and catch more science students before they fall behind.
Ben Rogers is a teacher at Norwich Primary Academy, UK.
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We could all use some extra money, right? Especially now that we're coming up on the holiday season and black Friday sales that make it super hard to resist buying ALL THE THINGS. I actually do a lot of extra little "side" activities to try to grab some extra cash and pad my PayPal account so that when I do see something that I really want, the money might actually be there (or even a partial amount which lessens the blow).
I thought I'd go through these little side hustles and let you know which ones have worked for me, and which you might want to try out yourself!
This is a couponing/rebate app for your mobile device. When you rack up enough money, you can send it directly to your PayPal account, or redeem it for gift cards at places like Starbucks, Amazon, or iTunes. I've always stayed away from a lot of apps like these, because I feared that they were scammy, but this one is legit. I joined in June, and have earned over $120 in rebates.
Here's how it works: find rebates (anywhere from 20 cents to several dollars), watch a short (< 30 sec) video OR learn a fact to "unlock" the deal. When you buy the item, you scan the barcode on the actual product + take a photo of your receipt to verify your purchase. Ibotta then sends your earnings directly to your Ibotta app account.
One of the things I really like to take advantage of are the "bonuses" offered. You can build a team (via Facebook friends) and if you earn over a certain amount, you get even more money back! Or, if you redeem a certain number of offers within a certain time frame (like a weekend), you can earn bonus money. Another bonus I like is when additional earnings are offered for redeeming several deals within one category (like Chobani yogurt, or Method cleaning products).
I love using it at Target, because I can stack up paper coupons, Cartwheel deals, Ibotta, and then my Target red card for another 5% off. Woo hoo! Does this require a little planning ahead? For sure. But it's kind of a fun game, and when I get a really good deal, it's like a shopper's high. :)
If you're interesting in joining me on Ibotta, consider using my referral code: msldeaj so we can both earn even more!
As I've mentioned on the blog before, I am a teacher, and was an art teacher for 13 years at the middle school level. I'm used to having NO textbook, and having to make all of my own teaching resources. A fellow teacher introduced me to Teachers Pay Teachers, which is a website where you can buy worksheets, tests, handouts, and even entire units of study from other teachers that they have designed themselves.
The concept of TpT is actually a controversial topic among some teachers, so I feel the need to clarify: I do not actually shop/buy resources from Teachers Pay Teachers. I'm kind of a perfectionist, and prefer to make things myself. However, if other people want to give me their money in exchange for the things that I've made and used in the past, I am a-ok with it. Also, I am always willing to share my teaching resources/advice with other teachers, free of charge, if they were to contact me directly.
TpT charges a yearly fee (around $60, I think?), but I have averaged about $10-$15 a month (paid directly to PayPal), so I've ended up making some money. I could definitely put more into this endeavor (haven't uploaded any new resources lately), which would result in more cash, but overall I am very happy with this service and would recommend it to teachers looking to make some side cash. It's very easy to upload your lesson and worksheet files to the site, add a description, and wait for the sales to come to you!
You can check out my specific TpT store here. My shop name is "Make Art Be Happy." Also, I do have a referral link for TpT, if you are interested in trying it out, or sharing with your other teacher friends: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Signup/referral:JenLeban
In case you hadn't noticed, I have a clothes problem. I buy too much (yeah, I'll admit it), and I need to find ways to deal with this. I frequently clean out my closet and donate bags of items to my local Savers, Goodwill, or Salvation Army... but sometimes you have items that you can't bear to just give away. Usually you think "Hey this cost me good money! This could be worth something!" And you're probably right.
Poshmark is a shopping app (like eBay, or Etsy), only you sell your (gently) used clothing. Everything that you put up for sale (and you can do it all, even photos, via your phone!) is part of your "closet," and you can follow people whose closets you really enjoy. Not only have I sold via Poshmark, I've bought items, too. There is an "offer" feature where you can make an offer for something you see and like but don't hope to pay the full asking price for. This is both good and bad. I've had some really rude people low-ball me, but I just say no. I've also been able to get a couple dollars off of an awesome new iPhone case and a super cute pink dress with bats on it.
I love browsing Poshmark, but I haven't made a ton of sales yet - just a couple. If you do sell, your money goes into a Poshmark "account" that you can use as credit to buy other items, or you can have it transferred into a bank account. Poshmark takes 20% of anything you sell, so price accordingly, but Poshmark does cover the shipping on anything that you sell, so that's awesome. Poshmark does not use PayPal, just credit cards, so, not my favorite feature, but do-able.
If you want to try out Poshmark, we can both earn $5 credit to buy new stuff if you use my referral code: PMSHD when you sign up!
If you're crafty, or if you love vintage, Etsy is a good choice for selling your goods. I gotta be totally honest though... Etsy is so huge, and so saturated with some items *cough*hairflowers*cough* that I don't sell much there, nor do I put the effort into listing stuff there. It's kind of laborious. I find that I have to take really good photos, edit them in Photoshop, put all of the listing info in, and then I get charged per listing + a percentage of each sale? It's not really worth the effort unless you're selling higher priced items, like high-end jewelry or high-end vintage clothing. My $15 hair flowers don't really make it worth my time. You can check out my shop (whatever little bit is actually listed at the moment!) here.
I do keep my shop open, though, because when I do shows in person, people always ask if I have an online shop, and in the rare instance that someone wants a custom order, Etsy makes it easy for me to make that happen, and to document/keep track of it for future customers. Which leads me to my next hustle...
In-person craft fairs + events
I tend to make the most money at these events, but I am super picky about which ones I go to. I've learned that 99% of all art fairs and craft fairs are the type that I don't fit into, and I don't feel like I belong. So I wait for events around October, mostly, because people will buy my stuff as a Halloween "novelty" although I do not make them for this reason. :(
Other events that I have been somewhat successful at include: hearse shows (like classic car shows, but people bring their hearses), zombie/Halloween fests, roller derby bouts, and small indie craft events. I have found that, in general, if it costs more than $75 to have a table at an event, I am guaranteed to NOT make my money back, so I can't afford it.
My next in-person event (and likely last for the year) will be at Wire in Berwyn on December 18th: The Veltway Music Spectacular.
My next in-person event (and likely last for the year) will be at Wire in Berwyn on December 18th: The Veltway Music Spectacular.
Facebook Swap/Sell groups
This is a new side hustle for me... there are groups for EVERYTHING on Facebook, and a bunch of them solely exist for the purpose of swapping/selling items of a specific theme. Some to try: Pyrex, used roller derby gear, Pinup Girl Clothing (the brand), Target dollar spot stationery, Modcloth, Target designer collections, and more! Do a search in Facebook to see what you can find according to your interests, and earn some cash from your collection!
Occasionally, I will sell items on eBay. My name is artist_jen9 if you're interested. The bonus of eBay is that you can set a deadline on what you're selling. I've had good luck selling groups of my old Betsey Johnson jewelry (usually 6-7 pieces in a bundle). Once, I found a Kate Spade planner at Savers for $2 and I turned it into $60 via eBay. That was pretty sweet.
Affiliate links
If you run a blog like me, you can use affiliate links to send traffic to websites, like ModCloth, Craftsy, or Blick Art Materials, and if people make a purchase, you earn a small commission. Each business runs their affiliate program differently. I use shareasale.com to organize most of my affiliate links. The downside is that not all businesses want to do business with you (maybe you don't have enough traffic), or some programs aren't even legal in your state (I ran into this with Amazon). Some affiliate programs accept you, but if you don't generate any sales, they will drop you from their program.
The biggest downside to affiliate programs is that you often have to have a minimum of earnings (like $50) in order to receive a payout. I gotta be 100% honest with all of you, I have yet to receive a SINGLE payout from affiliate links. They mostly seem like a lot of effort for very little result - probably only profitable for super popular bloggers, which I am not. Oh well. However, if you are interested in trying out an affiliate program for yourself, visit shareasale.com to sign up!
Would you like to try out Rocksbox for yourself? I have a special referral code that gives you one month FREE. Enter jenniferlebanxoxo when you sign up at https://www.rocksbox.com/ to get your free trial! And be sure to let me know what you think when it arrives!
Hopefully you've got some ideas for generating a little extra cash after checking out the above options. Let me know if you have any questions, especially if you decide to check any of these out!
Rock On,
Jen @ Hell Razor
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Hopefully you've got some ideas for generating a little extra cash after checking out the above options. Let me know if you have any questions, especially if you decide to check any of these out!
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Other Ceremonies
As a Marriage Celebrant, there are also other services that I provide.
Click on the below menus for your choice of ceremony
Renewal of Marriage Vows Ceremony
This is a ceremony perhaps celebrated on a special anniversary or when you have been married interstate or overseas and family and friends were unable to attend. Also, some overseas visitors decide to celebrate with a reaffirmation of their marriage vows whilst in Australia. It is a lovely way to re affirm your love for one another. As a marriage celebrant, I particularly enjoy these ceremonies as it is great to see couples, such as yourself, renewing your love and commitment to one another. The ceremony can be however you would like it to be and I can help you put it all together. If you have a copy of your original wedding, it can be a nice idea to revisit the wording. There are no legal requirements in this ceremony, however, you will receive a certificate as a special memento of this occasion.
Baby Naming Ceremony
Naming ceremonies welcome your child into the loving circle of yourself, the parents, and family and friends. There are all sorts of things that can be done within this ceremony. For example, candles can be lit to signify guidance and protection of your child through the journey of life. You can then keep these candles and then light them on birthdays or other special occasions. Naming ceremonies are often celebrated on your child's first birthday. Godparents or guardians play a special part in the ceremony and a certificate is presented to the child as a memento of the day.
Commitment Ceremonies
This ceremony is conducted for you if you would like to commit to your partner, but do not feel that you would like to get married. Another reason for this ceremony is if you are in a same sex relationship. At present the law in Australia will not recognise same sex unions as official marriages. Until the legislation can be changed, you can choose to have a commitment ceremony to seal your relationship. The ceremony is structured the same as a marriage ceremony but without the legal requirements of wording. I can help make it as fun or a serious as you would like it to be. Perhaps you could throw a party and in the middle of it all, tell everyone that you are about to "tie the knot" and out I pop. Or perhaps you would like me to arrive at an intimate dinner and do it there.. the options are endless You will receive a certificate as a memento of your special day.
There are also other services that I can do…graduation ceremonies, coming of age ceremonies, entry to womanhood for our young ladies … even a moving into a new house ceremony. The possibilities are endless. If I have not done one before, one of my skills is my ability to envisage details and put together a ceremony that you will cherish forever.
Contact me to discuss any of these ceremonies. You can find my contact details here


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The Multitude movement enters a new era, where its processes can be supported by truly p2p infrastructures. Bitcoin is now a well-known symbol of a new breed of exchange systems, called cryptocurrencies, money without the bank, stateless money, a new currency that looks and feels like your ATM card, but it is entirely decentralized, under the control of those who use it.
Peer-to-peer is a new pattern that emerges in almost all the spheres of human activity, from culture, to governance, to the creation and the distribution of goods and services. It is the underlying pattern of the current leap in the emancipation of the multitude (see the multitude manifesto). Bitcoin is the poster child of p2p exchange systems, but the same technology is now expanding and promising much more:
From Ethereum project: Satoshi Nakamoto's development of Bitcoin in 2009 has often been hailed as a radical development in money and currency, being the first example of a digital asset which simultaneously has no backing or "intrinsic value" and no centralized issuer or controller. However, another, arguably more important, part of the Bitcoin experiment is the underlying blockchain technology as a tool of distributed consensus, and attention is rapidly starting to shift to this other aspect of Bitcoin. Commonly cited alternative applications of blockchain technology include using on-blockchain digital assets to represent custom currencies and financial instruments ("colored coins"), the ownership of an underlying physical device ("smart property"), non-fungible assets such as domain names ("Namecoin"), as well as more complex applications involving having digital assets being directly controlled by a piece of code implementing arbitrary rules ("smart contracts") or even blockchain-based "decentralized autonomous organizations" (DAOs). What Ethereum intends to provide is a blockchain with a built-in fully fledged Turing-complete programming language that can be used to create "contracts" that can be used to encode arbitrary state transition functions, allowing users to create any of the systems described above, as well as many others that we have not yet imagined, simply by writing up the logic in a few lines of code. (See the source).For those who think that all this technology is nothing if it doesn't live on its own support, on a p2p Internet, take a look at the MaidSafe project, FNF and many others like them. MaidSafe is special because it comes with its own economy, it's own ways to incentivize the development and maintenance of its physical infrastructure, and has a cleaver launch and growth model which takes advantage of the existing infrastructure.
We are creating new economic processes with their own exchange systems that know no borders, no political boundaries, and no central authority (which doesn't mean no rules or chaos). We are creating a stateless economy. How states respond to it? How does it relate to local economies?
One of the most interesting observations in relation with this new pattern that deploys globally on p2p infrastructures is the emergence of a global multitude. It is a very diverse multitude. This diversity is rooted in values and principles rather than in local customs. We speak about it as different cultures of online communities. These new social structures transcend the state, which has no effective means to control them. We are witnessing the emergence of new social structures, that come with their own support mechanisms.
Will states turn against these trends as a reaction of self-preservation? Yes, see for example a list of states that ban bitcoins. I predict that this opposition will grow stronger in the near future, but no state can bury an idea whose time has come. No state can oppose something that benefits a large percentage of its citizens, especially when the current economic model is evidently unsustainable, morally bankrupt, openly criticized, in decline. What should governments tell their youth looking for a job? The answers can be read in the daily news in Greece, Spain, Italy, France, USA, ... and the list is growing longer every year.
There is antagonism between the state and this new Multitude outburst, with its p2p practices. Do we see a solution out of this standoff? Institutions are not eternal. They have a life cycle as any other thing. Nation-states were created in the 19th century. The state is an instrument for local communities. People are above the state. The proof is that we, the people, have outlived all the social structures that have existed throughout our history. In the future we will form new social structures and will find new ways to sustain our local communities. How are local communities adapting today?
The stateless economy is not in contradiction with the local economy
I am drawing my conclusions from my work on the Open Value Network (OVN) model within the SENSORICA community, a pilot project for long tail peer production.
Forces and mechanisms behind the emergence of local economiesThe impact of human activity on our planet is now visible, measurable, which makes us realize that our way of living is outgrowing the Earth's capacity. Pollution and degradation of natural ecosystems, the energy crisis, and an unstable geopolitical situation are aligning to favor the development of diversified local economies. New technologies for renewable energy, for new materials, automation, robotics, and 3D printing, make local production for local consumption economically viable.
The relevance of proximity and its role in the self-organization of local economiesThe Internet allows coordination and collaboration at the global scale. Design and simulation activities have been virtualized. Engineers can now collaborate online on designs that can be virtually tested and simulated. Innovation has gone virtual, it has been delocalized. This allows the existence of new modes of innovation supported by a new socio-economic structure, the open source community. But making stuff (manufacturing hardware for example) requires local physical resources (materials, tools and equipment, space,...), uses local processes (digital fabrication, assembling, ...), relying on local know how (which cannot be formalized, externalized, and easily passed to others through a medium like the Internet). The Internet doesn't obliterate the need for locality and proximity when it comes to production and distribution of material goods. Locality anchors processes to a specific location, the need for proximity ties different processes into a local economy.
From global commons to local economies.This is how the new economy is shaping. It builds on another new reality:
Knowledge is abundant, know how and capacity of production are scarce and require proximity.Knowledge is abundant because one idea becomes available to the entire planet as soon as it is shared on the Internet. That single idea can be shared with everyone on the planet at once. There is no limited quantity or debit, it can be accessed anytime and people don't need to take turns to access it. Everyone can have it, together with other ideas produced by other people. That's abundance. Thus, the Internet is a growing repository of ideas that people use to generate new knowledge, which is itself shared, and so on. Sharing is part of the process because it makes the whole system more efficient. Sharing is also imposed by a minority of individuals who have a natural propensity for it. Since ideas usually pop up in different locations at small intervals of time, someone will eventually share something, which obliterates someone else's wish to keep it a secret. This global swarm of ideas and knowledge building is actually a new mode of innovation, open source innovation, supported by a new social-economic structure, the open source community.
Open source communities, which are virtual and stateless, are now the most innovative organizations. 3D printing has been democratized by open hardware communities, which continue to lead in 3D printing innovation, despite a few corporate successes. The same can be said for automation and control systems, with Arduino being the most popular example. DIY Drones is where the innovation in UAV technology happens. The dominant mode of innovation is now global, decentralized, stateless, increasingly using it's own physical infrastructure (a network of fablabs, makerspaces, co-working spaces), increasingly using its own funding mechanisms (crowdfunding and peer lending).
The abundance of knowledge goes hand in hand with the creation of a global knowledge commons. This global knowledge commons gets materialized into local economies, using local know how and local capacity of production. This materialization requires a special type of infrastructure and new economic models. Let's illustrate this potential with two examples:
Your local community needs adapted means of transportation? You can open a Local motors shop and grow a community around it to produce and distribute cars, locally. You continue to be plugged into the global Local motors community in order to benefit from the stream of open innovation that comes out of it. You can also join other similar communities like Wikispeed and the OScar in order to incorporate even more potential. There is no intellectual property around these car designs, they are open source and everything you build on top of these designs becomes open source by default, goes back into this global commons. Manufacturing a car, its distribution, and services around it forms a local economic activity. In order to make that happen, a tight and synergistic relation must be established between the global open innovation process for designs and the local production processes. This relation insures that the feedback (for product improvement, diversification) that comes from the consumer, in direct relation with the local manufacturer and service provider, is translated into technical problems and passed on to the global open source community of designers. The relation is established and maintained by channels of value between the local and the global/virtual layers. An example is a system of revenue sharing from the local to the global/virtual layer of innovation. This is what the Open Value Network (OVN) model is trying to achieve, with its contribution accounting system.
You need to improve food production in your region? Join Farmhack, which provides open source solutions. Open source ecology offers tools not only for agriculture, but also for the construction of your farm and even for the construction of an entire village (see also Appropedia). There are similar online communities for indoor growing, automated greenhouses, hydroponics and aquaponics (see HAPI)... Name it, you'll find it. These sources for knowledge and designs are complemented by other tools and services for resource sharing and management, like landshare and shareearth (for land), neighborgoods (for tools and equipment), plantcatching (for plants and seeds), as well as more complex tools for mapping and economic modeling (localfoodsystems), etc. This new ecosystem needs to come tightly together into an open value network which allows resource flows between different nodes. Local food systems are reorganizing along a different logic.
New types of organizations are needed in order to orchestrate and incentivize the development of the global commons and to funnel it into sustainable local economies. I bet on the Open Value Network (OVN) model and on organizations like SENSORICA, because in my opinion they take into consideration how innovation, production, and distribution are restructuring.
Within OVNs a need (local or not) is translated into a problem, which comes with its own incentive system (monetary or others), to be solved by a global, stateless community of developers, into open source solutions. The solution is materialized into a product or a service at the point of origin of the problem, and distributed to those in need, in exchange of some form of benefit/revenue. The revenue gets redistributed to ALL the participants in proportion to their contributions, using a contribution accounting system (records contributions) and a benefit redistribution algorithm (turns contributions into benefits). Since the solution is open source, others can also distribute it as is, or as a modified/improved/remixed version, also giving back to the original contributors in order to buy their loyalty and to sustain the open innovation channel, in order to sustain the link between the local economy organized around production, distribution and servicing, and the global and virtual layer of open innovation.
New infrastructures are required to support these organizations and their processes. OVNs are supported by a network resource planning and contribution accounting system (NRP-CAS). These tools will move on truly p2p infrastructures like Ethereum. It is important to realize that these new economic systems would be dysfunctional if they were obliged to use classical means of exchange. Imagine a project with thousands of participants and a long tail contribution distribution. The redistribution of revenue to all the contributors for every market exchange (every sale), as prescribed by the OVN model, would require thousands of micro-payments across the globe. Also, imagine thousands of individuals crowdfunding a new equipment used in a project. This would also require thousands of cash transfers from all the contributors into a unique bank account, from which the purchase is made. Bitcoin and other currencies built on the blockchain technology improve the ability of OVNs to incentivize open innovation and to source its processes.
Open source innovation has been proven to be the most effective mode of innovation. It is supported by open source communities, which are by nature open and decentralized, global and stateless. Innovation drives our modern economy, therefore open source innovation is here to stay, and the rest organizes around it. In order to close the cycle from idea to the market, new types of organizations have been created, based on the OVN model or others hybrid models (for more on these hybrid models see Open Source Hardware meets the p2p economy). New infrastructures have been created to tie everything together into self-sufficient value systems, into open value networks. These infrastructures are designed to support the p2p pattern, reducing the role of the state. Local communities have new alternatives for thriving, which require a radical redefinition of the state.
Some states have banned cryptocurrencies, which reduces the ability of open value networks (tying global/virtual open source innovation systems to the local economy) to form and develop, which in turn takes away viable alternatives for local communities.
Without embracing stateless p2p practices we don't actualize the full potential of the new digital technology in making our economy more effective, efficient, and sustainable. Without embracing stateless p2p practices we will see the collapse of our local communities, as the state gradually collapses. States that are fighting stateless p2p processes are essentially denying their local communities access to the p2p economy, an alternative that already shows clear signs to be effective.


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DOC NYC: November 11 – 19, 2020
DOC NYC burst upon the scene in 2010 with an inaugural event that was hailed as "ambitious" (New York Times) and "selective but eclectic" (Village Voice). By 2014, DOC NYC had become America's largest documentary film festival and voted by MovieMaker magazine as one of the "top five coolest documentary film festivals in the world". Based at the West Village's IFC Center, Chelsea's SVA Theater and Bow Tie Chelsea Cinema, the eight-day festival showcases new achievements in documentary film along with panels and conversations. It also seeks to make connections that happen "only in New York."
In 2018, the festival showcased 300+ films & events, presented by 300+ filmmakers & special guests. Past guests include Hillary Clinton, Wim Wenders, Eric Clapton, Lucas Hedges, John Mulaney, Seth Meyers, Jim Carrey, Al Sharpton, Susan Sarandon, Martin Scorsese, Big Bird, Sarah Polley, Jared Leto, Steve Madden, Noam Chomsky, Ricki Lake, Michael Moore, Michel Gondry, Omar Epps, Errol Morris, Oliver Stone, Jonathan Franzen, Kathleen Hanna, Spandau Ballet, Greil Marcus, Grace Lee Boggs, Bela Fleck, Nat Hentoff, Chuck Workman, and The Mekons. Audience attendees have included Harry Belafonte, Rosario Dawson, Fred Armisen, Jim Jarmusch, Michael Stipe, Martha Stewart, Katie Couric, Russell Simmons, Darren Aronofsky, Cornel West, Naomi Watts, among others.
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Fandango just dropped us a line to advise that their Android (and iOS) movie application now features support for Paypal purchases. Much like the web counterpart to Fandango, this mobile edition allows for the easy and secure payment method. The company has seen tremendous adoption of its mobile initiative over the last year (up 73%) and this should only compound the growth. The Paypal integration also follows the recent announcement of Mobile Ticket, a paperless barcode that can be scanned at more than 1,000 screens in the Regal Entertainment Group.
Have you ever used Fandango to look up movies or purchase tickets? What about now that Paypal has been added into the mix? And what's the next movie you're going to see this year? Sound off in the comments below.
LOS ANGELES AND SAN JOSE, CALIF. – Dec. 21, 2011 – Just in time for the holidays, Fandango announced today that moviegoers now have the option of using PayPal when purchasing movie tickets through its iPhone and Android showtimes and ticketing apps.
"We first offered PayPal as a payment option on the Web, and we're now pleased to extend it to mobile," says Rick Butler, Fandango Executive Vice President and General Manager. "More than 20 percent of Fandango's ticket sales come from mobile devices and, PayPal will offer an additional safe, easy and fast payment method for our moviegoers on the go."
The PayPal mobile option is the latest convenience from Fandango, which recently introduced Mobile Ticket, a paperless and eco-friendly mobile barcode scanned by theater ticket-taker, to more than 1,000 screens in the Regal Entertainment Group.
Fandango has seen a 73% year-over-year increase in mobile ticket sales in 2011. The year overall marked the best-performing year in the company's 11-year history, with record highs for its ticket sales, online and mobile traffic, advertising sales and the number of theater screens it represents across the country.
With this latest Fandango option, film fans can select PayPal as a payment option after choosing the show time and entering the quantity of tickets. Customers can then login to PayPal securely to complete the transaction.
"Millions of PayPal customers globally make payments through mobile devices, so combining our frictionless mobile payments experience with Fandango's iPhone and Android apps makes ticket purchasing easier and faster than ever before," said David Marcus, Vice President of Mobile, PayPal. "Fandango has made it incredibly convenient to purchase movie tickets with a mobile device and PayPal helps customers make these transactions seamlessly."
About Fandango
Fandango, the nation's leading moviegoer destination, sells tickets to 16,500 screens. Fandango entertains and informs consumers with reviews, commentary and trailers, and offers the ability to quickly select a film, plan where and when to see it, and conveniently buy tickets in advance (with Mobile Ticket redemption capability at more than a thousand screens).Fandango is available at www.fandango.com, via your wireless mobile device at mobile.fandango.com, and at 1-800-FANDANGO. Fandango's top-ranking movie ticketing apps, with 21 million downloads, are available on the iPhone and iPad, Android, BlackBerry, Windows Phone 7 and many other platforms. Film fans find Fandango on Facebook atwww.facebook.com/fandango and on Twitter @Fandango.
About PayPal
PayPal is the faster, safer way to pay and get paid online. The service allows people to send money without sharing financial information, with the flexibility to pay using their account balances, bank accounts, credit cards or promotional financing. With 100 million active accounts in 190 markets and 25 currencies around the world, PayPal enables global commerce. PayPal is an eBay (Nasdaq:EBAY) company. PayPal is headquartered in San Jose, Calif. and its international headquarters is located in Singapore. More information about the company can be found at www.paypal.com.


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It was my first time to visit Siargao Island last year. As it usually goes for first-timers, there's always that mandatory island-hopping as part of your itinerary. The usual island-hopping tour around Daku Island, Guyam Island, and Naked Island is perfection; I wouldn't change a thing. But if you have the option to enrich your cultural experience while you're in Siargao, I'd encourage you to visit the other side of Daku Island.
From the tip of Daku Island (the part where the tourists usually dock), it's a little walk down the stretch of beach until you reach the residential community. If you're in luck you can even catch the locals with their recent harvest of sea urchins like I did. Sit down, have a chat, and you'll be surprised how much they love to share about their home called Daku Island.


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Why So Few Women in Finance?
Studies point to role models, math gender gap, demanding hours and bias
FinLit Talks: Interviews with Financial Literacy Thought Leaders
Annamaria Lusardi of the Global Financial Literacy Excellence Center (GFLEC) interviews Professor Brad Barber about his research on gender representation in the finance industry. Barber presented his findings at a Women in Finance conference last October at George Washington University.
Quick Summary:
- Women account for only 18 percent of finance jobs, less than in STEM fields
- Math gender gap likely affects finance careers
- Role models are more important to women than men
After navigating the vagaries of Wall Street for more than two decades, alumna May Seeman MBA 89 recently stepped away from her role as president and CEO of MEAG New York, where she managed investment advisory services for Munich Re, the company's parent firm in Germany.
Seeman is one of a small number of women who have carved a successful career as a leader in finance.
Why are women a minority in investment management across global markets? To uncover the underlying causes of the gender disparity, the Chartered Financial Analyst Institute (CFA) launched an initiative to increase diversity among investment professionals.
The CFA Institute, which today has more than 150,000 members in 165 countries, found that women represent less than one in five CFA members, well below the percentage of female workers around the world.
That surprising number led to a survey and analysis of CFA members that revealed many factors for the lack of women in finance.
To analyze the trends, the CFA Institute turned to Graduate School of Management Professor Brad Barber and his co-authors, Professor Renée Adams at the University of New South Wales and Professor Terrance Odean at UC Berkeley. They've since authored a series of papers examining why there are so few women in finance.
"In the more innovative, non-established areas of finance, it does not matter if you are a man or a woman. If you produce good work, you can build a career. Go where you have less competition and less requirements in the form of incumbents. Be involved, be persistent and you'll have more room to be successful, to grow and shine." — Alumna May Seeman MA 89, former president and CEO, MEAG New York
In their study and a CFA Institute report, Barber and his co-authors found that specific barriers discourage women from entering the CFA/finance professions. Women face greater time obligations outside of work, for instance, and finance is a profession that disproportionately rewards those who work long and inflexible hours. CFA members who are women express a stronger desire to recapture time from work than male CFA members.
Barber and his co-authors also examined the influence of parents as role models for women entering finance. This helped explain why only 18 percent of the CFA membership is women, while in STEM fields at large women represent 26 percent.
In a related research study, Barber found that among female CFA Institute members, having a mother who worked in a STEM field raises the probability of a daughter becoming a CFA Institute member by 48 percent more than that of a son. "Our findings are consistent with the hypothesis that early role models, particularly female role models, influence women's choice of finance careers," Barber and his co-authors write in "STEM Parents and Women in Finance," forthcoming in the Financial Analyst Journal.
Despite a rising number of women in STEM fields since the 1970s and more women earning college degrees than men, women still experience a growing wage gap and many other challenges in the workplace.
"When I was born, in 1961, the proportion of women in the workforce was probably half of what it is today. Yet we don't see women who are participating in all the professions," says Barber. "Understanding that is one of the more important questions that we face."
Barber and his colleagues have also connected the proportion of women in finance to the math gender gap, in which boys tend to outperform girls on math tests in the U.S. In their recent paper, "The Math Gender Gap and Women's Career Outcomes," they showed that the math education of girls significantly affects their career outcomes as women.
Since this math gap is not across all cultures, it isn't simply a biological advantage in boys. Earlier studies revealed deeply engrained stereotypes against women when it comes to math, in which men were twice as likely to get hired over a woman with the same proficiencies. Some women are also less attracted to competitive environments, such as those commonly found in finance, and may perform poorly when in groups with men.
The researchers discovered that the math gender gap was one of three mechanisms—including the influence of role models in STEM—that drive the participation of women in CFA professions.
In a society where women still shoulder more obligations at home as mothers and wives, the demanding hours of a career in financing sets a barrier discouraging women from entering the field.
Barber and his colleagues saw the impact of this in the survey data. They found that female CFA members were "less tradition- and conformity-oriented and more achievement-oriented" than both their male counterparts and women in general.
"I would say generally that men are much more willing to sacrifice family aspects than women," May Seeman said of the demands of the investment industry. "Extensive traveling is not conducive to family life, and women generally are less inclined to want to be away from home for an extended time."
For those willing to take less pay to recover those hours, the percentage of women was twice as high as men. Women were also more likely to want more free time when they were married, had children or were older and valued tradition more, according to Barber.
"This suggests that traditional role models are having a big effect on career trajectories," said Barber.
Male CFA members, however, were willing to work long hours regardless of their family situation or how much they valued tradition.
Seeman, a mother of two, said this is a critical issue to solve, suggesting that firms need to look at job sharing or other ways to offer greater work-life balance to make it easier and more attractive for women to enter the profession.
Women face even more headwinds in the investment management field, where Seeman has succeeded as a CEO, with over $50 billion in assets under her management and a team of 50.
With this research in mind, Barber and his colleagues see hope with mentorship programs for girls and young women. They're advocating for more support for these programs, as well as more professionals in finance to serve as inspirational mentors for these rising scholars.
Seeman said the tide is changing and Wall Street has taken note as more nonprofit and corporate programs are specifically helping women with internships, career positions and mentorships in finance. She said one program for up-and-coming college undergraduate women who show solid quantitative skills is introducing them to mentoring and placement opportunities in well-known investment firms, such as Blackrock and The Carlyle Group, with great success.
"In finance, there's opportunity to have much more growth in these sorts of initiatives," said Barber. "We certainly have many companies that have the resources to fund these types of programs."
Once that happens, Barber can work on his next research goal: tracking the most efficient approaches for mentoring women as they navigate these hidden hurdles in the world of finance.
Download research studies:
- "Family, Values, and Women in Finance," Adams, Renee B. and Barber, Brad M. and Odean, Terrance, September 2016.
- "STEM Parents and Women in Finance," Adams, Renee B. and Barber, Brad M. and Odean, Terrance, December 2017, forthcoming in Financial Analyst Journal.
- "The Math Gender Gap and Women's Career Outcomes," Adams, Renee B. and Barber, Brad M. and Odean, Terrance, March 2017.


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And the trailer is basically an animated version of that promo pic.
– Nice to hear Smith's Doctor speak a bit more, and Amy for the first time as well.
– That Dalek didn't look noticeably different, but that could just be for the trailer considering what we (well, some of us) know about Victory.
– That is a Silurian, isn't it?
– Don't like that music, hope it's only for the trailer and not representative of the new score.
– Also not sure I like the idea of the TV trailer being the same as the 3D cinema one, since it clearly loses something by not being viewed in 3D – it's entirely geared towards it. Nice vortex, though.
– As a trailer, I'm not sure it did a huge amount to heighten anticipation – really, its purpose seems to be just to make the non-fans aware that there even is a new series coming soon. The lack of actual footage from the show was somewhat disappointing, as nice as the scene with them lying on the grass was. Still, though…
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-That is a Silurian, isn't it?
Could plausibly be a Sea Devil though I sort of hope it isn't.
Smith's inflection seemed a bit off on occasion. And I couldn't decide whether Gillan was speaking with a Scottish accent or not.
Matt really has a good grope about halfway through. Didn't notice that before.
I agree with Michael about Smith's inflection. It seemed off at times, and I can't tell whether I didn't like it, or whether it's just alien in a good way that I've yet to settle into. "All of time and space, everywhere and anywhere, every star there ever was. Where do you want to start?" That line, with words that ought to have sent shivers down my spine, for some reason felt odd when Smith said them. And I didn't connect with the way he appeared suddenly out of breath after saying the last words, either. I want to feel it was alien in an intriguing way, but it actually seemed more like poor editing than anything else. I wonder whether this is actually a shortened version of what will be shown in cinemas.
Too little to go on. Insofar as I feel disappointed I think it's just because I was really looking forward to the trailer for several days.
I like that name- I'm keeping it for a little bit.
We were told in advance that the trailer as broadcast this Saturday would be forty seconds, and sure enough, the version on iPlayer is longer, at over a minute. The extra-stuff appears to be primarily designed to be viewed in 3D, as I'm certain that the lingering bullet-time shots of Smith & Gillen weren't in the BBC1 version. On this basis, I'd say that putting it out on the channel was a mistake. It's clearly going to look brilliant in 3D, but on standard-def TV, the effect is lost.
Oh, and that's a Sea Devil. The third eye is missing.
Matt really has a good grope about halfway through
Well, you would, wouldn't you?
Loved the music and the visuals. And I love that it really *doesn't* feel like RTD Who – it's got a whole different tone. But two things:
a) Surely the Doctor "Who" joke has been overused by now?
b) Matt Smith just isn't convincing me. Which is an admittedly a completely fucking ludicrous thing to say when we've only seen two trails, and I'm sure I'll be begging on my knees for forgiveness come the first episode. Wish he'd just immediately grabbed me, though.
Smith did come across a bit ropey, but then it's worth remembering that it took Tennant nearly a whole series to find his stride. It took Eccleston a few episodes before he really reached his best too.
This won't be a series without its faults, but like John I'm glad that it doesn't feel like RTD-Who and that alone is kind of exciting.
Also ginger girl, sco whilst staring up at the stars.
Somekind of Gregory's Girl reference surely?
a) Surely the Doctor "Who" joke has been overused by now?
Is there a list somewhere of all the occasions characters have done this? A part of me would take glee in putting one together, but nowadays I couldn't justify spending the time. In any case, I suspect that it hasn't happened as often as we feel. In my memory the last occasion was The Christmas Invasion, with Jackie Tyler saying it, which would make it four years since then – a long long time in the mind and imagination of a young child.
I think it's great to have somebody say it every now and then. History repeats – people meet the Doctor for the first time and say "Doctor Who?" This question (not necessarily the asking of it) is why the show is called what it is, and its repetition over the decades is as beautiful in my opinion as the many different ways people can enter the TARDIS and wonder how it can be bigger on the inside than the outside.
More than what any producer can make of the show over a number of series, Doctor Who has become so special because we've all aged with it, and because it allows us a space to reflect on this aging. For a child four years is aaages, and when we're old enough to see it repeating a certain number of times, it might seem like this corny "Doctor Who?" gag has been wheeled out once too often. But in another way, this repeated joke is a reiteration of an unchanging "new" perspective on the Doctor and his world. It can't go away completely – that's the point. You'd have to change the name of the programme if it did.
At the same time, securing our relationship to this "newness" we have characters like Lethbridge-Stewart, and Sarah Jane Smith, aging in (our) real time as the Doctor moves on to new things without them. They have their own perspectives on the newer companions, and their own views of the relatively timeless Doctor and their adventures with him. And we connect with their position of aging (kind of like Beckett's Krapp) when we notice our relationship to things in the show that seem to be staying the same, and other things that seem to be changing. It's wonderful.
I liked that too, because "Doctor Who" sounds somehow archaic, and maybe always did. Maybe this is why it rubs some people up the wrong way. It's a moment of serendipity whenever somebody happens to say the name of the programme itself, so once every four or five years is probably as often as they could get away with it. I also don't consider it fourth-wall breaking when it happens, which helps I think.
I can't remember which story or decade this was, but one of the most clunky attempts was: "Doctor? What Doctor? Doctor Who?"
> Is there a list somewhere of all the occasions characters have done this?
Moffat's a repeat offender is he not?
I think he's going to be very popular indeed.
I hope you are right. The best things take time to grow on you, and I'm hoping people's initial uncertainties with Smith just come down to that. It'll be interesting to see whether the Leisure Hive lot will ever turn around their current view that all new Who is predestined to be shit. I have agreed with them in the past about certain aspects of RTD's era, but they're too depressing for me now.
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