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CB Where 4 Art Thou? (in 2010)
Ok first off, the fact ESPN has over 50 so called "experts" or as they refer to in the article as observers is truly scary. Second and more important it is critical to understand that ESPN has a bias and agenda in this stuff. They need to hype up the 2010 draft class because they have made it into this huge deal. It seems that James and Wade may end up going no where so why not Bosh to move. Not sure they counted on Bryan Colangelo being so successful at his make over of the Raptors. ESPN is in the rumour spreading and selling business. If 2010 free agent class turns into what this blog predicted as the basketball equivalent of Y2K it makes ESPN look BAD. So the fact 49 of their 52 folks see Bosh on the move is hardly shocking. To be honest, I read it and yawned loudly. It is really the same old thing. But honestly what really does ESPN know about the Raptors? They do cover so many of our games don't they? Sure they have one of our former players in Jalen Rose (also Mark Jones brother of Paul Jones). Jalen guaranteed that not just Bosh but James would end up being Knicks. I am pretty sure it is not a money back or satisfaction guaranteed prediction. However maybe it should be given that ESPN charges people for their "Insider" info. How they are able to pull that off is pure genius to me. It is proof that P.T Barnum was right when he said "there is a sucker born every minute". It pains me to point out this next fact to ESPN and all the suckers..opps I mean NBA ESPN Insider subscribers, but you may be dead wrong AGAIN.
It seems that here in Toronto an article in the Globe and Mail (Via Real GM) is painting a different picture. Bosh if you recall I believe in July had stated, what most knowledgeable folks already were aware of, that he would in fact play out his contract and opt out to become a free agent. This was hardly a newsflash. However an economic outlook for the league as a whole that is grim, combined with an off-season that was truly remarkable from Bryan Colangelo may have opened minds and doors. Bosh who once said that considering an extension was not an option has now left the door open to at least listen about one. Does this sound like the move of a man ready to bolt faster than the Jamaican sprinter out of Canada. It sure does not sound like the guy who has been counting the days till he can escape being in exile here in the far off land of the Great White North.
Now listening and signing are two complete different things. However when you consider that it was not even an option and now it is that is progress. What will ESPN do if the poster child for making 2010 relevant signs with the Raptors. Pray the Cavs and Heat fail most likely. I have said all along that based on all that we all have observed Chris Bosh to me seems happy to be a Raptor and happy to be in Toronto. The only thing he has ever wanted is to be able to win and have a team around him that is capable of doing that. So for as much as it is about dollars and cents it is about winning to with Chris Bosh. There are lots of teams that would gladly pay him top dollar to come play for them. However Chris has always said for him it is about winning. I have no reason to suggest it is not.
The outlook should Bosh amazingly sign an extension would be drastically different in some ways. This team and Bosh would not have the distraction of the Bosh Free Agent Circus coming to town everywhere the Raptors played on the road. It would allow this team to be focused on Bosh's main goal to win. It would also add to the summer in which Bryan Colangelo has made the impossible become possible. Bosh is spending time in Africa right now so it is not like this will happen tomorrow or next week. But the fact we are even having a conversation that it could blows my mind.
However, no matter if he does or doesn't the fact remains that I truly believe that Bosh as he said years back wants to be part of the solution here in Toronto. I also think Chris likes to have "his own" team and is not just going to change jersey's for the sake of it. You can make all the fake arguments you want about media exposure and all of the rest. However the truth is Chris Bosh has a pretty sweet deal being the best player on the only team in a country. I think he understands that and gets what that means.
He saw what it was like when Vince Carter checked out and what has happened since. I don't think Chris Bosh wants to go out like that in Toronto. The day may come when Chris is no longer a Raptor but it seems that a lot of signs point to it not being as soon as everyone thinks or hopes in some cases.
Does anyone have an answer to the question that is our title? Yup, one guy and that is Chris Bosh. He has made it no secret he is not a fan of the constant 2010 questions and if he signed and extension all of those questions would go away. It seemed like something that was never possible even a month ago. However now there is a small light to think...MAYBE. If not it really is not the end of the discussion. The only thing fans here can do if it doesn't is cheer this guy and make him feel wanted and needed. He still is, despite all the changes this team has made, the best player on it. If you are going to boo Chris Bosh this year at anytime..pause take a breath and think about it for everyone's sake.
If Steve Nash can sign with a Suns team that shows very little promise going forward. Is it really so crazy for Bosh to do the same with a team that seems on the right track? I truly personally hope this is not the end and just a new beginning. It has been a pleasure to watch Bosh mature and grow as both a player and a person. It has been a privilege and a joy and not one that I am will to give up. Not that I get to have much say in it. Wait maybe I do.
We had a poll of our staff here at Dino Nation Blog and 1 of our 1 basketball observers thinks that Chris Bosh will remain a Raptor. That is free of charge by the way for all of you wonderful readers of the Dino Nation Blog. That means about the same as what 50 + people think at ESPN...Nothing. Only Bosh knows or will decide and that is the bottom line cause CB4 said so? If you want Chris Bosh to stay in Toronto give me a hell yeah?
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- Josh LeipcigerSeptember 3, 2009 at 8:58 AM
A signed extension would be a wonderful thing. Raps nation could flood thousands of american blogs and message boards with our special brand of smugness.ReplyDelete
However, I do think Bosh will leave, but leave cooperatively, i.e. he will allow Colangelo to explore all sign and trade options. That, in the end, could lead to a better outcome for the franchise. The struggle to retain Bosh is tied to our collective ego as fans and Canadians. But really we should take a page out of Bosh's playbook: why not sit back and see what opportunities present themselves next offseason?
- AnonymousSeptember 3, 2009 at 10:17 AM
That's just Jalen having to do his job. (Or it may have been Jalen trying to get his job as I think he made that comment before he signed a regular deal with ESPN)ReplyDelete
Also, he took the Raptors as his surprise team this year so I guess he does still like us.
- AnonymousSeptember 3, 2009 at 10:59 AM
I guess people on both sides like to believe what they want to believe. No matter what anyone says, a lot of people think he will bolt, and no matter what anyone says a lot of people think he'll stay. Most of those being Bosh fans.ReplyDelete
The thing about it is, it puts pressure on BC and at the same time, lessons the critisizm if he does trade him.
For example, If we play out this season and he doesn't stay even if we make playoffs, say we even make the second round, and it's aparent that there was a deal early in the season, or at the trading deadline that we didn't take, it would be hard for BC to justify not pulling the trigger, when it's looked back on.
Like what could he say, "oh we really thought we had a shot to keep him, we're surprised he was not interested in staying, except to get more cash in a S&T,". Becasue you trade him now you can trade him for another player or collection of players making 16-17 mil, but the longer we wait, the less return we can expect. If he leaves we'll only have 6-7 mil capspace, that's if we take no salary back in a S&T.
And it's not jsut ESPN. Near the End of last season, Adrian Woj. from Yahoo said he "did not know anyone" around the NBA that thinks Bosh is resigning here. Things may have changed, but alot of people think Jalen is just talking out of his ass, but Bosh and Hadi's company designed his website, and when SAS called Bosh "Manute Bol in short dreads" Bosh had Rose on speed dial. So it's not like Jalen has no connection to Bosh. Now whether Chris's mind is made up, that's another question.
But lets say after all these moves and with the contracts BC signed, if this year is not a success, what's the point of keeping him here and paying him more money for the next 5 or 6 years? Maybe there's a better fit out there for all parites.
Either way, I am optimsitic and hopeful based on what I heard that Bosh's head is in the right place and he will give it his all this year. We've got enough around him that if he does his thing, and uses th asaved energy to play defennse now hat we have more help for him, we could do good things.
I felt he gave up last year. And I'm still kind of iffy as to wheter he gets it completely in regards to the competitive mindset. Today in an interview on the Fan he talked about his toughness being questioned. He said "toughness is defense and rebounding", what I would have preferred to here, is "defense and rebounding is toughness". Do you see the difference? becasue Toughness is also about not backing down, not alowing easy layups and dunks, not letting guys get their confidence up by punking you, having your teamates back on the court, and not being afraid to swing the elbows when KG is chest to chest, especially when you're supposed to be the leader of the team, and not complaining about the home crowd's reaction to your failures.
I hope Bosh gets that he needs to be a beast this year, and not jsut a stat collecter.
- AnonymousSeptember 3, 2009 at 11:54 AM
Hell YeahReplyDelete
One of these days I will stop using cheesy wrestling lines in the blog. But probably not anytime soon. Not until I am the best there was the best there is and the best there ever will be!!!ReplyDelete


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Well, there's a columnist who's debating it, anyway. She seems to think commemorating a war with a close neighbor smacks too much of jingoism, but it looks like the PM has already made the decision for her.
I think it's odd that the War of 1812 is The Big One for Canadians. It seems to me that the French and Indian War was much more significant in directing the course of Canadian history, setting that country on a British trajectory as opposed to a French one. Of course, a lot of Canadians remained on a French trajectory, at least as far as language and culture went, so that might have something to do with it.
I'd like to see somebody do a comparative full-length study on the memory of the War of 1812 in the U.S. and Canada and explain how the war's legacy developed to the north and all but vanished down here in the States. These days we take it for granted that 1812 gets short shrift as far as the popular consciousness goes, but has that always been the case? And if not, what happened?

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Tonight Chicago White Sox ace Chris Sale dominated the Yankees, and for as crummy and as inconsistent as Phil Hughes has been this year, he didn't pitch poorly. Hughes, allowing just two runs in a solid seven innings pitched, came up on the short end of the stick – as did the Yankees, losing 2-1 and getting swept in three games at the hands of the pale hose.
The best part of this trip to Chicago for the Yankees, aside from leaving: Derek Jeter, who homered in all three losing efforts. It marked the first time in the captain's career he went deep in three straight games.
Thankfully for the Yankees, they will not play the White Sox again during the regular season. However if the two teams meet in October, Chicago can head into the series with a positive mindset, knowing they took five of seven games from New York this season.
If you saw my tweet from earlier tonight, the White Sox scare me.
But the Yankees can concern themselves with the postseason when the time comes, and for now worry about fending off the Tampa Bay Rays – who have pulled to within three games of the AL East lead. That once comfortable nine-game division gap has thinned and the Rays now have a chance to swipe the East from the Yanks.
Better pitching and series wins are what the Yankees need to put first and foremost in their minds down the stretch and into September.
For tonight, though, I'd like to make reference to something that not a lot of people really know about; perhaps it's my way of dealing with the recent sweep and being at the mercy of the White Sox.
If you follow football, which is rapidly approaching, you know that the New York Giants won the Super Bowl in February, beating the New England Patriots, 21-17. Their last game before the Super Bowl, as most fans know, took place in San Francisco. The Giants beat the 49ers in the NFC Championship game on a game-winning field goal booted through the uprights by Lawrence Tynes.
What most people don't know is that Kyle Williams – San Francisco's punt returner who fumbled the ball, setting up the Giants' game-winner – is the son of White Sox General Manager Kenny Williams.
That's right. The White Sox GM's son was the goat of the NFC Title game.
Chicago may have completed its little sweep of New York tonight, but if you ask me, the NFC Championship game is proof of why Chicago is called the "second city" and New York is number one – which they've proven 27 times in baseball and most recently in football.
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Yes indeed. I feel so much better than I have in the past 10 weeks. I can't believe it has been that long since I ran. Or lifted. Or swam. Or biked. Yikes. I've been living a sedentary lifestyle since this herniated disc business.
I often ask myself what in the hell do people do all day long if they aren't being active, training for something, participating in sport? Other than family, work, etc.
I have WAY too much time on my hands. Over the years I've become quite a great scheduler. I've become very organized and have never had the problem of not having enough time to do all that I want to. I have the same 24 hours as others do, I fit all that I want to into them. I never feel stressed out or rushed for time.
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NHL Game Night: 10-24-13 Blackhawks at Lightning
Some things you just have to see to believe.
Ben Bishop allowed 5 goals on 43 shots for the victory. He played about as good a game as you can play allowing 5 goals. He made several key saves at key points throughout the game to allow the Lightning to stay in the contest and eventually take the 2 points.
First Period
6:28 TB Carle (1), (Filppula, Panik)(PP)
Second Period
1:24 TB Thompson (1), (Crombeen, A. Sustr)(SH)
9:00 CHI Bickell (3), (Kruger, B. Seabrook)
10:36 CHI Hossa (4) , (Sharp, Toews)
17:21 TB Stamkos (6), (Hedman)
18:53 CHI Kane (5), (unassisted)
Third Period
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11:03 TB Hedman (1), (St Louis, Stamkos)
17:31 TB Stamkos (7), (Filppula)(PP)
18:11 CHI Toews (4), (unassisted)
1:16 TB St Louis (5), (Stamkos, R. Gudas)
Martin St. Louis and Steven Stamkos were the game's first and second stars. Victor Hedman was robbed, I tell you.
You can't buy experience more valuable than what the Lightning got themselves tonight as a young club trying to overcome tilted ice against a very good, very polished Chicago team. The first half of the game I thought they played to the blueprint of what they needed to do almost perfectly. They were limiting odd man rushes to practically nil, getting good goaltending, and they were opportunistic as heck when their chances came. I mean, you have no complaints about scoring when 2/3 of the Bluetooth Line decides to cash in a fairly pretty shorthanded goal.
And then the first wave of adversity came. A bounce went against them on the Bickell goal, Hossa makes a nice tip-in goal, and then Gudas gets himself thrown in the box immediately after. At that point the wheels very easily could have come off, but Bishop made a couple of key saves (without a stick, as I recall) to settle his team down. Then Stamkos makes a tremendous individual play to blow down the ice and rip a laser beam past Khabi to regain the lead. Happy days are here again! Nope. Kane takes the third pair to school and the teams go into the intermission tied 3-3.
Chicago comes out and almost immediately retakes the lead and with a young team you can't help but think there's no way they can scrape themselves off the mat a second time, now trailing for the first time in the game. They did. Bishop again made a couple of quality saves to keep the Lightning alive and then Hedman jumps into the play and makes a really patient goal slipping the puck 5-hole to tie it up and then Stamkos buries another laser off the faceoff on a power play late in the Third Period. We win, right?
Not yet, because then we got into the theater of the absurd. Matt Carle flings a hard pass down the middle of the ice back into the D zone to Gudas which riccochets off Gudas past Bishop and into the net to tie the game. I don't think anybody within a 1,000 mile radius of the Forum expected that to happen, and at that point you expect the team has to come unraveled. Given how poorly the team responded the previous two waves of adversity, needing Bishop to really bail them out, getting a point out of the game was in serious doubt. But, you know, the Johnson and Palat line showed the maturity of grizzled vets the next shift out and settled it down. 1 point secured, we head to OT.
And, in OT, after some harrowing early moments, Gudas takes off those goat horns and helps the Lightning get some good possession going and next thing you know Marty St. Louis is putting the dagger in Chicago's heart. Wow. 3 waves of adversity, and they overcame each of them to get the 2 points.
Key takeaways:
1. Ben Bishop did what #1 goaltenders do. He kept his team in it and gave them a chance. Just keep your young team within 1 goal, and with some of the weapons they have, particularly Stamkos, they have a puncher's chance.
2. After floundering to handle adversity the first 2 times, the kids figured it out the 3rd time. Palat and Johnson diffused an atom bomb at the end of the Third Period and then Gudas, after getting caught in some unfortunateness twice over the course of the night, is a prominent part of the winning goal.
3. This is the really big one: when the chips were really down in the Third Period, the young bluechippers really stepped it up. Stamkos and Hedman were bad against Boston. Stamkos not as much as Hedman, but he wasn't the factor you needed him to be to lead his team against a better club. Stamkos made a great individual goal to get it to 3-2 and a PP goal to get it to 5-4 at separate points in this game. Hedman, my gosh, he went from -5 and his worst game of the season against Boston to looking like a Norris Trophy candidate at times against Chicago. Assertive. Strong. Leading his team from the backline. If Bishop, Stamkos, and Hedman all hit their stride together this season, this team's going places faster than anyone's original timetable.
My goal for the first 10 game segment of the season was 12 points. 9 games in they're already there. That's an advantageous spot going against Buffalo in the homestand finale with the chance to get 2 insurance points to close out the segment heading into the next 10. Looking at the schedule of the first 10 game segment, they should feel pretty good about what they accomplished, especially when you consider they left at least a point on the ice against Pittsburgh.
Radko Gudas had a helper and was -1 with a bad minor penalty, 3 shots, 4 hits, and 4 blocked shots in 19:16. The penalty he took right after Chicago tied the game at 2 was really cringe-worthy, but he got it back on the final sequence of the game. He atoned.
Tyler Johnson was -1 with 2 shots, 1 hit, and 1 blocked shot in 16:59. He was also 59% on draws. He blew an open net in the Third Period that would have tied the game at 4-4 just before Victor Hedman went into beast mode. That was a little cringe-worthy. But, the work he helped do to settle things down shortly after the own goal tied it at 5-5 more than made up for it. Like Bishops big saves, that shift was a game-saver.
Alex Killorn was -3 with 2 shots, 2 hits, and 1 blocked shot in 18:40. Cooper shuffled the lines a bit to put Killorn with Stamkos at one point and Malone down with Filppula. I must say, I preferred it.
Ondrej Palat was -1 with 1 shot, 1 hit, and 1 blocked shot in 15:35. He damned near created 2 goals on his own with his puckhandling ability and was smooth and poised in all three zones as usual. It's getting a bit like it was when he was in the AHL now, where you feel good anytime he has the puck because good things are probably about to happen.
Andrej Sustr had a helper, 1 shot, and 1 hit in 14:41. He was on the ice for that undressing by Patrick Kane, but with that said, he was pretty good tonight. Good breakout passes and assertive in the offensive third. I'll take that performance most nights from Sustr.
Richard Panik had a helper and was -2 with 1 hit in 15:48. I thought he was more assertive and more active tonight, helping to screen Khabi on the opening goal by Carle. It's coming along. I wish the stat line was a little more reflective of it. I keep hoping Panik can get that first goal and breakthrough, because it feels like it's coming along and it could be floodgates once he gets it.
Pierre-Cedric Labrie had 1 hit in 3:46. You feel for Nacho being the 1/3 of Bluetooth Line that didn't get a point.
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1650–1700 in Western European fashion
Fashion in the period 1650–1700 in Western European clothing is characterised by rapid change. Following the end of the Thirty Years' War and the Restoration of England's Charles II, military influences in men's clothing were replaced by a brief period of decorative exuberance which then sobered into the coat, waistcoat and breeches costume that would reign for the next century and a half. In the normal cycle of fashion, the broad, high-waisted silhouette of the previous period was replaced by a long, lean line with a low waist for both men and women. This period also marked the rise of the periwig as an essential item of men's fashion.
- 1 Women's fashion
- 2 Men's Fashion
- 3 Children's fashion
- 4 Working class clothing
- 5 External links
- 6 Notes
- 7 References
Women's fashion[edit]
The wide, high-waisted look of the previous period was gradually superseded by a long vertical line, with horizontal emphasis at the shoulder. Full, loose sleeves ended just below the elbow at mid century and became longer and tighter in keeping with the new trend. The body was tightly corseted, with a low, broad neckline and dropped shoulder. In later decades, the overskirt was drawn back and pinned up to display the petticoat, which was heavily decorated.
Spanish court fashion remained out of step with the fashions that arose in France and England, and prosperous Holland also retained its own modest fashions, especially in headdress and hairstyles, as it had retained the ruff in the previous period.
Romantic negligence[edit]
A daring new fashion arose for having one's portrait painted in undress, wearing a loosely fastened gown called a nightgown over a voluminous chemise, with tousled curls. The style is epitomized by the portraits of Peter Lely, which derive from the romanticized style originated by Anthony van Dyck in the 1630s. The clothing in these portraits is not representative of what was worn on the street or at court.[1][2]
The mantua or manteau was a new fashion that arose in the 1680s. Instead of a bodice and skirt cut separately, the mantua hung from the shoulders to the floor (in the manner of dresses of earlier periods) started off as the female version of the men's Banyan, worn for 'undress' wear. Gradually it developed into a draped and pleated dress and eventually evolved into a dress worn looped and draped up over a contrasting petticoat and a stomacher. The mantua-and-stomacher resulted in a high, square neckline in contrast to the broad, off-the-shoulder neckline previously in fashion. The new look was both more modest and covered-up than previous fashions and decidedly fussy, with bows, frills, ribbons, and other trim, but the short string of pearls and pearl earrings or eardrops worn since the 1630s remained popular.
The mantua, made from a single length of fabric pleated to fit with a long train, was ideal for showing the designs of the new elaborately patterned silks that replaced the solid-colored satins popular in mid-century.[3]
Hunting and riding dress[edit]
In a June 1666 diary entry, Samuel Pepys describes the Maids of Honour in their riding habits of mannish coats, doublets, hats, and periwigs, "so that, only for a long petticoat dragging under their men's coats, nobody could take them for women in any point whatever". For riding side-saddle, the costume had a long, trailing petticoat or skirt. This would be looped up or replaced by an ankle-length skirt for shooting or walking.
Hairstyles and headgear[edit]
Early in the period, hair was worn in a bun at the back of the head with a cluster of curls framing the face. The curls grew more elaborate through the 1650s, then longer, until curls were hanging gracefully on the shoulder. In the 1680s hair was parted in the center with height over the temples, and by the 1690s hair was unparted, with rows of curls stacked high over the forehead.
This hairstyle was often topped with a fontange, a frilly cap of lace wired to stand in vertical tiers with streamers to either side, named for a mistress of the French King. This was popular from the 1690s to the first few years of the 18th century.
Style gallery 1650s[edit]
- German fashion of 1650 shows a smooth, tight, conical satin bodice with a dropped shoulder. Slashed sleeves are caught with jeweled clasps over voluminous chemise sleeves.
- Margareta Maria de Roodere wears a salmon-colored gown. A sheer scarf is knotted into a collar around her shoulders, and her white sleeve linings are fastened back with a covered button, 1652.
- Mary, Princess of Orange wears a satin gown with a long pointed bodice and a satin petticoat. The many tiny pleats that gather in her skirt can be seen, 1652.
- Maria Theresa of Spain wears the cartwheel farthingale, which, in Spain, was adapted late and retained it long after it had disappeared elsewhere. The Infanta's hairstyle is also typical of the Spanish court, 1653.
- Rear view of a Dutch jacket-bodice of 1655 shows the tabbed skirts and the curved side-back seams.
- Young Dutch girl wears a rose jacket-bodice and a plain pink petticoat. Her hair is worn in a wound braid with small curls over her ears. 1658–60.
- Details of Dutch fashion of 1658 include a string of pearls tied with a black ribbon, a jack-bodice with matching skirt, pleated sleeves, and dropped shoulder.
- The Infanta Margarita is shown here, at the age of eight years old, wearing the cartwheel farthingale, 1659.
Style gallery 1660–1680[edit]
- English court dress from the 1660s, made of silver tissue and decorated with applied parchment lace.[4] From the Fashion Museum, Bath.
- Peter Lely portrays Two Ladies of the Lake Family wearing satin dresses over shifts or chemises with voluminous sleeves. Their hair is worn in masses of ringlets to the shoulders on either side, and both wear large pearl eardrops.
- Dutch lacemaker's jacket-bodice has a dropped shoulder line and full, three-quarter length sleeves cartridge-pleated at shoulder and cuff. Her indoor cap has a circular back anhood is embroidered. Her shoes have thick heels and square toes, now somewhat old-fashioned.
- The very long pointed bodice of c. 1663 is shown clearly in this portrait of a woman playing a viola de gamba. The sleeve is pleated into the dropped should and into the cuff.
- Inés de Zúñiga, Countess of Monterrey is a beautiful example of typical court fashion in Spain.
- The Infanta Margarita is shown here wearing a mourning dress of unrelieved black with long sleeves, cloak and hood. She wears her hair parted to one side and severely bound in braids, 1666.
- Two English ladies wear dresses with short sleeves over chemise sleeves gathered into three puffs. The long bodice front with curving bands of vertical trim is characteristic of 1670.
- Maria Theresa of Spain wears enormous sleves, bare shoulders, large pearls, a large feather, and has a mass of loose waves.
- Lingering Puritan influence appears in this portrait of a Boston matron: she wears a lace-trimmed linen collar that covers her from the neck down with the fashionable short string of pearls, and she covers her hair with hood-like cap, 1671–74.
- Empress Eleonore of Pfalz-Neuburg wears a brocade dress with a very low waist and elbow-length sleeves gathered in puffs, 1670s or '80s.
Style gallery 1680s–1690s[edit]
- Mary of Modena, second wife of James II of England, wears a dress fastened with jeweled clasps over a simple chemise, 1680. Her hair curls over either temple, and long curls hang on her shoulders.
- Dorothy Mason, Lady Brownlow in fashionable undress. Her dress is casually unfastened at the breast, and her chemise sleeves are caught up in puffs, probably with drawstrings.
- Mary II wears 1688 fashion: a mantua with elbow-length cuffed sleeves over a chemise with lace flounces at the elbow, a wired lace fontange, opera-length gloves, and pearls.
- Spanish court fashion of c. 1690 shows a long, rigidly corseted line with a broad neckline and long sleeves.
- Mary II of England. By 1690, hair was dressed high over her forehead with curls dangling behind.
- Contemporary French fashion plate of a manteau or mantua, 1685–90.
- The Electress Palatine (Anna Maria Luisa de' Medici) in hunting dress, probably mid-to-late 1690s. She wears a long, mannish coat with wide cuffs and a matching petticoat over a high-necked bodice (Pepys calls it a doublet) with long tight sleeves. She wears a lace-trimmed cravat and a tricorne hat with ostrich plumes.
- Comtesse de Mailly, 1698, wears court fashion: Her mantua has elbow-length cuffed sleeves over the lace-ruffled sleeves of her chemise. The trained skirt is looped back to reveal a petticoat. She wears elbow-length gloves and a cap with a high lace fontange. She has a fur muff on her right wrist, trimmed with a ribbon bow, and carries a fan. She wears the short string of pearls that remained fashionable throughout this period.
Men's Fashion[edit]
With the end of the Thirty Years' War, the fashions of the 1650s and early 1660s imitated the new peaceful and more relaxed feeling in Europe. The military boots gave way to shoes, and a mania for baggy breeches, short coats, and hundreds of yards of ribbon set the style. The breeches (see Petticoat breeches) became so baggy that Samuel Pepys wrote in his diary: "And among other things, met with Mr. Townsend, who told of his mistake the other day to put both his legs through one of his Knees of his breeches, and so went all day." (April 1661) The wide breeches that made such an error possible were soon being gathered at the knee: Pepys noted, 19 April 1663 "this day put on my close-kneed coloured suit, which, with new stockings of the colour, with belt, and new gilt-handled sword, is very handsome." This era was also one of great variation and transition.
In 1666, Charles II of England, following the earlier example of Louis XIV of France, decreed that at court, men were to wear a long coat, a vest or waistcoat (originally called a petticoat, a term which later became applied solely to women's dress), a cravat, a periwig or wig, and breeches gathered at the knee, as well as a hat for outdoor wear. By 1680, this more sober uniform-like outfit of coat, waistcoat, and breeches became the norm for formal dress.
Coat and Waistcoat[edit]
The unfitted looser fit of the 1640s continued into the 1650s. In the 1650s, sleeves ranged from above to below the elbow. The sleeves could be slashed, unslashed, or dividing into two parts and buttoned together. The length of the coat reached the waist but by the late 1650s and early 1660s, the coat became very short, only reaching the bottom of the rib cage, much like a bolero jacket. During the 1660s, the sleeves varied a lot from elbow length to no sleeves at all. The coat could be worn opened or buttoned in the front. One common factor were many yards of ribbon loops arranged on the shoulders and the lower parts of the sleeves.
A longer and rather baggy coat (still with sleeves rarely going below the elbow) made an appearance in the early 1660s and as the decade progressed became the most popular coat. By the late 1660s, an upturned cuff became popular although the sleeves had still remained above the elbows. By the 1670s, a vest or waistcoat was worn under the coat. It was usually made of contrasting, often luxurious, fabric, and might have a plain back since that was not seen under the coat. It was a long garment which by the 1680s reached just above the knees. With the end of the 1670s the sleeves became longer and the coat more fitted. The 1680s saw larger upturned cuffs and the waist of the coat became much wider. The coat could have lapels or none. This coat is known as the justacorps. The pockets on both sides of the coats were arranged horizontally or vertically (especially the mid to late 1680s) until the 1690s when the pockets were usually always arranged horizontally. The waistcoat could be sleeveless or have long sleeves. Typically, a long-sleeved waistcoat was worn in winter for added warmth. By the mid-1680s, ribbons were reduced to one side of the shoulder until by the 1690s, they were gone.
Shirt, collar and cravat[edit]
The ruffled long-sleeved white shirt remained the only constant throughout the period, although less of it was seen with the advent of the waistcoat.
During the early to mid-1650s, a rather small falling collar was in fashion. This increased in size and encompassed much of the shoulders by 1660. Cravats and jabots around the neck started to be worn during the early 1660s (initially with the falling collar). By the mid-1660s, the collar had disappeared with just the cravat remaining, sometimes tied with a small bow of ribbon. Red was the most common color for the bow, although pink, blue, and other colors were also used. By the 1670s, the bow of ribbons had increased in size and in the 1680s, the bow of ribbons became very large and intricate with many loops of ribbon. By the mid-1690s, the very large bow of ribbons was discarded. Also, a new style of cravat made its appearance in the 1690s, the Steinkerk (named after the Battle of Steenkerque in 1692). Before, the cravat was always worn flowing down the chest; the Steinkerk cravat looped through a buttonhole of the coat.
Breeches and stockings[edit]
The previous decade saw Spanish breeches as the most popular. These were stiff breeches which fell above or just below the knee and were rather moderately fitted. By the mid-1650s, in Western Europe, much looser, uncollected breeches, called petticoat breeches became the most popular. As the 1650s progressed, they became larger and looser, very much giving the impression of a lady's petticoat. They were usually decorated with many yards of ribbon around the waist and around the ungathered knee on the outside of the leg. Alongside the petticoat breeches, a collected but still loose fitted breeches called rhinegraves, were also worn. By the early 1660s, their popularity surpassed petticoat breeches. They were usually worn with an overskirt over them. The overskirt was heavily decorated with ribbon on the waist and the bottom of the skirt. Its length was usually just above the knee, but could also extend past the knee so that the rhinegraves underneath could not be seen and only the bottom of the stocking-tops was visible.
With the rising popularity of the longer coat and waistcoat, the large collected rhingraves and overskirt were abandoned in favor of more close fitting breeches. By the late 1670s, close fitted breeches were worn with the stockings worn over them and on or above the knee, often being gartered with a garter below the knee. With the long waistcoat and stockings worn over the knee, very little of the breeches could be seen. A possible reason that the stockings were worn over the knee, was to give the impression of longer legs since the waist coat fell very low, just above the knee. The breeches tended to be of the same material as the coat. The stockings varied in color.
Footwear and accessories[edit]
Shoes again became the most popular footwear during the 1650s, although boots remained in use for riding and outdoor pursuits. Boothose, originally of linen with lace cuffs and worn over the fine silk stockings to protect them from wear, remained in fashion even when boots lost their popularity. Boothose lasted well in the mid-1660s, attached right under where the rhinegraves were gathered below the knee, or fashionably slouched and unfastened. Shoes from the 1650s through the 1670s tended to be square toed and bit long in appearance. Usually the shoes were tied with ribbon and decorated with bows. By the 1680s, the shoe became a bit more fitted; the heel increased in height (with red heels being very popular, especially for attendance at Court), and only a small ribbon if any remained.
The baldric (a sword hanger worn across one shoulder) was worn until the mid-1680s, when it was replaced by the sword belt (a sword hanger worn across the hips).
Throughout the period, men wore their hair long with curls well past the shoulders. The bangs (fringe) were usually combed forward and allowed to flow over the forehead a bit. Although men had worn wigs for years to cover up thinning hair or baldness, the popularity of the wig or periwig as standard wardrobe is usually credited to King Louis XIV of France. Louis started to go bald at a relatively young age and had to cover up his baldness with wigs. His early wigs very much imitated what were the hairstyles of the day, but they gave a thicker and fuller appearance than natural hair. Due to the success of the wigs, other men started to wear wigs as well. By 1680, a part in the middle of the wig became the norm. The hair on either side of the part continued to grow in the 1680s until by the 1690s two very high pronounced points developed on the forehead. As well, during the 1680s, the wig was divided into three parts: the front including the center part and the long curls which fell well past the shoulders, the back of the head which was combed rather close to the head, and a mass of curls which flowed down the shoulders and back. The curls of the wig throughout the 1660s until 1700 were rather loose. Tighter curls would not make their appearance until after 1700. Every natural color of wig was possible. Louis XIV tended to favor a brown wig. His son, Monseigneur was well known for wearing blond wigs.
Hats and headgear[edit]
Hats vary greatly during this period. Hats with very tall crowns, derived from the earlier capotain but with flat crowns, were popular until the end of the 1650s. The brims varied as well. Hats were decorated with feathers. By the 1660s, a very small hat with a very low crown, little brim, and large amount of feathers was popular amongst the French courtiers. Later in the 1660s, very large brims and moderate crowns became popular. Sometimes one side of the brim would be turned up. These continued fashionable well into the 1680s. From the 1680s until 1700, various styles and combinations of upturned brims were in fashion, from one brim upturned to three brims upturned (the tricorne). Even the angle at which the brims were situated on the head varied. Sometimes with a tricorne, the point would meet over the forehead or it would be set at a 45 degree angle from the forehead.
Style gallery 1650s–1660s[edit]
- Coat of 1654 has many tiny buttons on the front and sleeves, which are left unfastened below the chest and upper arm. A collared cloak trimmed with braid is worn casually over one shoulder.
- Dutch fashions, 1658. White boothose, petticoat breeches
- 1661. The short coat is worn over a voluminous shirt with wide ruffles at the cuffs and flat, curve-cornered collar, petticoat breeches.
- Young Louis XIV wears a lace-bordered linen collar, and military sash, and a voluminous wig over his armor, 1661.
Style gallery 1670s–1690s[edit]
- Dutch fashions, 1671
- Wedding suit of James II of England, 1673, Victoria and Albert Museum No. 2-1995 T.711:1
- Don Luis de la Cerda, later IX Duke of Medinacelli wears the long justacorps of c. 1684
- Artist Thomas Smith, c. 1690
- A student of Leipzig in an elaborate wig, c. 1690
Children's fashion[edit]
Young boys wore skirts with doublets or back-fastening bodices until they were breeched at six to eight. They wore smaller versions of men's hats over coifs or caps. Small children's clothing featured leading strings at the shoulder.
Working class clothing[edit]
Checking for lice, 1662
External links[edit]
|Wikimedia Commons has media related to 17th-century fashion.
- ^ Gordenker, Van Dyck and the Representation of Dress in Seventeenth-Century Portraiture
- ^ de Marly, "Undress in the Œuvre of Lely"
- ^ Ribeiro, Aileen, on the origins of the mantua in the late 17th century, in Dress in Eighteenth Century Europe 1715–1789; Ashelford, Jane, The Art of Dress
- ^ Clews, text: Rosemary Harden ; photography for the Fashion Museum by James Davies ... [et al.] ; editor Stephen (2009). Fashion Museum treasures. London: Scala Publishers. p. 9. ISBN 978-1-857-59553-6.
- Arnold, Janet: Patterns of Fashion 1 (cut and construction of women's clothing, 1660–1860), Wace 1964, Macmillan 1972. Revised metric edition, Drama Books 1977. ISBN 978-0-89676-026-4
- Ashelford, Jane: The Art of Dress: Clothing and Society 1500–1914, Abrams, 1996. ISBN 978-0-8109-6317-7
- Black, J. Anderson and Madge Garland: A History of Fashion, Morrow, 1975. ISBN 978-0-688-02893-0
- Brooke, Iris: Western European Costume II, Theatre Arts Books, 1966.
- de Marly, Diana: "Undress in the Œuvre of Lely", The Burlington Magazine, November 1978.
- Gordenker, Emilie E.S.: Van Dyck and the Representation of Dress in Seventeenth-Century Portraiture, Brepols, 2001, ISBN 978-2-503-50880-1
- Payne, Blanche: History of Costume from the Ancient Egyptians to the Twentieth Century, Harper & Row, 1965. No ISBN for this edition; ASIN B0006BMNFS
- Ribeiro, Aileen: Fashion and Fiction: Dress in Art and Lierature in Stuart England, Yale, 2005, ISBN 978-0-300-10999-3
- Ribeiro, Aileen: Dress in Eighteenth-Century Europe 1715–1789, Yale University Press, 2002, ISBN 0-300-09151-6


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Dorie highly recommends cutting the grapefruit segments at least a few hours ahead of time to allow them to dry out as much as possible. Although composed of similar ingredients, this isn't ceviche. The crab should also be drained if necessary and patted dry. I supremed, rather than segmented, the grapefruit. I also used two small pink grapefruits, which gave me about 20 supremes (Dorie uses one Ruby Red grapefruit).
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I used the same quantities of ingredients with my half-pound of crab as Dorie uses for a full pound, to stretch the salad into more of a meal. I also sliced the cucumber and bell peppers into paper-thin slices on the mandolin, as opposed to dicing them...just because I felt like playing with our mandolin we hardly ever use.
|Dorie describes this salad as "fanciful and confetti-bright"
If serving the salad as a first course, it presents beautifully in verrines. A verrine is a confection, originally from France, made by layering ingredients in a small glass. You could layer the ingredients (Dorie tosses them all together), or even mold them into a stacked salad. However, after photographing the salad in verrines, I decided to serve it over baby lettuce tossed lightly with grapefruit vinaigrette. With a hunk of crusty bread and two glasses of New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc, this made a wonderful dinner.
For our two entree salads, I used: 1/2 pound lump crab, supremes from 2 small pink grapefruits, 1/4 red bell pepper and 1/4 yellow bell pepper (thinly sliced), 1/4 cucumber (thinly sliced), 2 scallions (white and light green portions, diced), 1/4 jalapeno chile (diced), 1 small avocado (cubed, with juice of 1/2 lemon squeezed over), 1 tablespoon minced chives, and about 3 ounces baby lettuce tossed with grapefruit vinaigrette (olive oil, grapefruit juice, salt and pepper).
French Fridays with Dorie is an online cooking group, dedicated to Dorie Greenspan's newest book Around My French Table: More Than 300 Recipes from My Home to Yours. As members of the group, we have purchased the cookbook and cook along as much as we can. There is a new recipe each week, and we post about that recipe on Friday. We are asked to refrain from posting the actual recipes on our blog. The book is filled with stunning photography, and personal stories about each recipe, which makes it that much more intriguing. I highly recommend adding it to your cookbook collection if you haven't already!
Here are a few similar recipes that sound appealing:
Crab Balls with Grapefruit Salad (Jean-Georges Vongerichten, for Food & Wine)
Crab, Chili and Pink Grapefruit Salad (Jamie Oliver)
Hearts of Palm Salad with Ruby Red Grapefruit and Dungeness Crab (Kerry Simon, Simon Kitchen & Bar, Las Vegas)
Crab Salad with Grapefruit, Avocado and Fresh Herbs (Williams Sonoma)
Grapefruit and Avocado Salad (Emeril Lagasse, Food Network)


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BOSTON (AP) New Boston College football coach Steve Addazio paced back and forth behind the podium. He waved his arms as he spoke. His voice got louder as he hammered home his points.
The Eagles have upgraded their pregame pep talks since firing Frank Spaziani.
But will they win any more games?
``You're going to get the best out of Steve Addazio, my family and my staff. I'm proud to be a Boston College Eagle, and I won't let you down,'' he said on Wednesday after being introduced to the media and the BC community.
``I've got drive and I've got energy. And I've got a passion for what I do, for these student-athletes and for Boston College. We're one family, and together, we're going to have success.
``Go Eagles.''
A Connecticut native who spent the last two years at Temple, Addazio said Boston College had been his dream job - even while he was working his way up through the coaching ranks at top-tier programs like Notre Dame and Florida.
``Dreams do come true,'' he said. ``I've been a lot of great places. All the people who knew me and the friends that I've worked with knew that I wanted to be here at Boston College.''
Addazio said he had conversations about the Boston College job the last time it was open, and he also talked to current BC athletic director Brad Bates about the coaching position at his previous job, Miami of Ohio. Bates, who has only been in Chestnut Hill for two months, said he had a list of names for potential openings and Addazio's name quickly rose to the top; the hiring only took nine days.
Bates said the search was ``thorough, meticulous and deliberate,'' and he said he talked to executives and coaches in the NFL as well as other colleges and conferences. Addazio's enthusiasm was one of the things that sold him on the hire.
``He wants to have a relationship with his team and the BC community,'' Bates said. ``He has a contagious passion for his students and the sport that inspires people to excel.
``For those of you who have yet to meet Steve, buckle up.''
Bates said he also sought opinions from current and former BC players, he said. Some members of last year's team attended the news conference, including quarterback Chase Rettig.
``He grabs everyone's attention,'' Rettig said. ``He's excited about the program, so it's going to rub off.''
Spaziani was fired after going 22-29 in four-plus seasons as head coach and 16 overall at BC. The Eagles went 2-10 this year - the fourth consecutive season they won fewer games than the year before.
Addazio, 53, led the Owls to a 9-4 record in 2011 and their first bowl win in 32 years - a 37-15 victory over Wyoming in the New Mexico Bowl. But this season Temple went 4-7 (2-5 Big East) after leaving the Mid-American Conference and returning to the conference that booted them out in 2004.
Addazio echoed Bates, who said on Tuesday night that he and his new football coach were ``joined at the hip.''
``To have a good football program, he and I have got to be joined at the hip, and share a common vision and be aligned,'' Addazio said. ``That's the fundamental foundation of the development of this football program, and I couldn't feel better about that.''
In a speech that referred to BC stars like Matt Ryan and Luke Kuechly, Addazio said he thought he could compete for the Atlantic Coast Conference championship and, eventually, a national title. He also hearkened back to 1984, recalling sitting in his family room watching Doug Flutie's ``Hail Mary'' against Miami, a play Addazio referred to simply as ``the pass.''
But Addazio also knows that BC's recent history isn't quite so glorious.
Spaziani, a lifetime assistant, coached the team for four years and won fewer games in each successive season. His predecessor, Jeff Jagodzinski, was fired for looking for an NFL job, and the coach before that, Tom O'Brien, made a horizontal move to North Carolina State.
Addazio promised that he would not treat BC as a stepping stone, noting that he has a home on Cape Cod.
``I want to be here and finish my career here. This is where I want to be,'' he said.
``I'm at the most wonderful place I can possibly be at,'' he added, motioning to his wife, Kathy, who was nodding her head in the front row, ``you can ask that lady in the red jacket over there.''
``It's not red,'' Kathy Addazio said.
Temple athletic director Bill Bradshaw said more than 75 people have shown interest in his program's vacancy, ranging from BCS coaches, assistants and NFL assistants. He said there is no timetable to hire a replacement. Speaking at halftime of Wednesday night's Temple basketball game against Villanova, Bradshaw said Temple ties are ``very important'' in his search.
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I finished a job with a rented leaf back, but now the files won't open in Adobe CS2s Raw developer. I use version 3.4. and everything is properly installed.Any suggestions?? Please help.Regrds Heinrich[{POST_SNAPBACK}][/a]
I finished a job with a rented leaf back, but now the files won't open in Adobe CS2s Raw developer. I use version 3.4. and everything is properly installed.Any suggestions?? Please help.Regrds Heinrich[a href=\"index.php?act=findpost&pid=73832\"][{POST_SNAPBACK}][/a]
One way to check this is to download Adobe's free DNG convertor and if the files convert in that then they are shot uncompressed, it not they are probably compressed.If they are shoot at 200 iso or below you can put them in Leaf V-8 and save them as .mos files which will uncompress them, or as Yair suggests use the Leaf compressor which will save them as full .mos files.Another processing option is Raw Developer which I believe now reads full and compressed .mos files.BTW: Lightoom will read and process a full .mos file also and makes a beautiful, albiet very slow, conversion.JR[a href=\"index.php?act=findpost&pid=73844\"][{POST_SNAPBACK}][/a]
Hello Guys, I went the Leaf way. Still do not understand why CS2 does not support the file. The info on the web page clearly states, Aptus 22 .mos files are supported.
I can say from my own experence Leaf mos files shot on my Macbook Pro do not open in CS2. If I shoot to my G5 I have no problem opening the files. That is why I asked if he shot to a intel Mac.[a href=\"index.php?act=findpost&pid=73904\"][{POST_SNAPBACK}][/a]
John if you shoot with V8 on your Intel the files WILL open in CS2Yair[{POST_SNAPBACK}][/a]
As to the Macbook Pro, that is a whole other can of warms. It really is a pain in the ass that the power in the firewire port has a problem connecting the camera.[{POST_SNAPBACK}][/a]
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OK, shot compressed .mos to C1pro7, convert compressed .mos to uncompressed .mos with Leaf raw converter 1.2.6, the edit in LR as usual...That´s it.Bernd
Bernd here's a tip for you; In the Raw Converter you can tick the "Save Compressed" checkbox to save space. It basically "re-comresses" the files but in a format that is recognisable by LRcheersyair


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The national employment indicator shows that the number of filled jobs held by wage and salary earners continued to increase annually through November and December 2011, Statistics New Zealand said today.
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In the coming weeks, Who Do You Think You Are? is going to be spotlighted in several major media outlets. Among them, Oprah will designate an entire hour to family history next Tuesday!
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- March 12 – Emmitt Smith
- March 19 – Lisa Kudrow
- March 26 – Matthew Broderick
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HOT FOR TEACHER at the University of Minnesota
HOT FOR TEACHER is the attention getting headline for the University of Minnesota student newspaper article authored by Ashley Dresser on student professor sexual relationships. Although the headline is a tad sensationalistic, the dankprofessor believes that this is one of the very few student newspapers articles on this subject that generally gets it right.
Much of the article is based on an interview with a female student referred to as Prudence, who is having a relationship with a professor. Prudence is a pseudonym; such was, of course, the prudent thing to do. Prudence referred to the professor as MY professor. As the article states:
"Well, I find MY professor to be hot." When we asked her exactly what she meant with that kind of emphasis on ownership, she proceeded to unveil every girl's college fantasy:
"I've known him, my professor boyfriend, since I started working in his department about two years ago. I never took a class under him, but he always flirted with me…I blew him off mostly, but a couple of months ago he asked me out to dinner. We have had many, many discussions about whether or not it's okay to pursue this, but so far it's working out well enough. We just have to be discreet about it." Before I could even get the question out of my mouth, Prudence added, "And yes, I call him 'professor' in bed."
So much for all the articles that phrase student professor relationship in terms of professors being attracted to the student but generally via omission deny the reality that students are often attracted to professors.
As stated by the writer-
My classmates and I were awestruck by her academic prowess, but it did cross our minds that he could just be a hairy old man. A couple of Facebook clicks later, however, and Prudence proved us wrong. He is, in fact, a gorgeous specimen – perhaps heightened by the fact that he is not opposed to scandalous romance. (As a side note: the fact that we now have the ability to friend our professors on Facebook to learn more about their personal lives, sift through their photos, etc. makes this dating scene even more hot to handle.)
And then the writer violates campus journalistic tradition and provides material from an interview with the professor, albeit the professor is cloaked in anonymity-
"It is highly likely that us professors are attracted to our students," Prudence's professor said when asked for comment. "We see our students every single day and if they are taking a class with us, that probably means we have the same interests…And in general, guys don't really care about age or profession with girls, so the fact that they are attracted to one of their students isn't necessarily going to bother them."
Well, in the dankprofessor's opinion the professor gets it right. This is why the dankprofessor uses the phraselogy of "from the love of knowledge to the knowledge of love".
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Yet it does seem to bother a lot of other people. A simple Google search of "professor-student relationships" brings up a wealth of commentary about its pros and cons. In particular, check out www.dankprofessor.wordpress.com [2]. It is a weblog that "examines the sexual politics in higher education and beyond." Parents and the university administrations tend to be the two major groups that are having the qualms, which is ironic, since neither of them are the ones in the actual relationship itself.
Well, the author gets it right about the dankprofessor weblog. But she doesn't get it completely right when she states that parents and university administrators are the two major opposing groups. She omits the major grouping- women's studies faculty and feminist faculty who adhere to a hardcore anti sexual and anti male agendas. This group was the prime mover in the adoption of the sexual codes regarding student professor relationships and it is this group which would attempt to make trouble for any professor sexually involved with a student, no matter whether the student had ever been in the professor's class. And it is this group that administrators are adverse to challenging and generally are willing to go along with their effort to make life miserable for any professor dating any student. Such is consistent with the decision of the student and professor who are the subjects of this article to not reveal their identity. And it should also be pointed out that some universities formally ban all student professor fraternization. But even when the relationship are not de jure banned as in the present case, the relationship is de facto banned in the framework of the professor becoming subjected to an array of punishments- from being treated rudely by fellow faculty to getting a horrid teaching schedule to being terminated.
As for parents, the following is stated-
"My parents would try to talk me out of it, if they knew," Prudence said. "They would say I'm squandering my youth or that he's using me for sex…The professor and I are sixteen years apart, but I would definitely recommend dating a professor to any student. They are more worldly and mature and they know how to treat a lady. I'm not knocking college boys, but they still have a lot of growing up to do."
Well, Prudence may be a bit off base re parental response. Based on my experience and knowledge of the experience of others, most parents are unlikely to respond with horror to their daughter dating a professor, particularly if they have met the professor. And, of course, if one of the parents is a prof, rapport may develop quickly between the professor parent and the professor who loves the daughter. So I urge Prudence to be a bit more prudent, and not to assume that her parents will be rejecting parents.
The article ends with the following quote from Prudence-
"It's all media and society hype that makes it seem so bad. Over the years, people have also given relationships in which the male is significantly older than the female a bad name…They make it seem like the guy is just after sex. Well, I hate to burst anyone's bubble, but aren't all guys, no matter what age, after sex? At the end of the day, we are just two people looking for some companionship."
Amen from the dankprofessor. And this is what I have been trying to do- get beyond the hype to the everyday realities of these relationships. What is two people looking for companionship has been demonized over and over again by moral zealots and the morally perverse. To argue as Mark Bourrie has argued that professors involved in these sorts of relationships are "scum" and Erik Ringmar that such professors are disgusting is morally perverse.
Congratulations to Ashley Dresser for writing this article and I encourage my blog readers to read the entirety of this article.
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"They say young people are in play this election year, so it's not going to be enough for presidential candidates to make those token MTV appearances and pretend they've got Jay-Z on their walkmen," Stewart joked.
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So, Decision 2012 is shaping up to be a "game of loans" between President Obama (who "slow-jammed" the issue on Jimmy Fallon's late-night show last week) and Mitt Romney (who has discussed the issue at public forums).
While Stewart is heartened by this debate's potential for serious, searching policy debate in Washington, he is also the first to recognize that student loans—like most issues of national import—will get dragged through the hyper-partisan mud.
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Drew Fustini recently got his hands on an AlaMode and used it display tweets from his Raspberry Pi to an 2.8″ TFT LCD Touchscreen Shield. The AlaMode and shield are connected to the Raspberry Pi which runs the Arduino IDE and a bit of Python code to make it all happen. Since Adafruit has a comprehensive Arduino library available for the TFT shield, all Drew had to do was write a simple sketch to display serial strings and adjust the text size and color within the library. Next he wrote a Python script which searches for specific hashtags and passes the information through the AlaMode to the display.
While this could be done with an Arduino and Ethernet Shield, this project was programmed entirely from the Raspberry Pi and just scratches the surface on what's possible with the AlaMode. I'm hoping Drew keeps going with this and makes use of the touchscreen in the future. [via Element14 Forums]