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Deadly Competition at Work!

With the New Year of 2012 has come a couple of  trends already that many employees and job seekers have not expected, especially in the light of economic recovery beginning around the USA. 

First, a few employers – or writers pretending to be employers – have offered some very harsh commentary on the Internet,  in emails, and in forum posts regarding employment for 2012.  Some have stated that illegal questions WILL be answered during interviews of job candidates “or else.” I think it is good advice to steer clear of these interviewers and think that the majority of job candidates out there this year will not suffer the inquisition and invasiveness of illegal interview questions.  Contact your local EEO to report such behaviors and ask additional advice if this occurs with you.

Another trend is the statement by some employers, or rather some reporting themselves as supervisors and bosses, that they expect to be able to call employees insulting names, curse them,  belittle them, throw things at them, and diminish them verbally in the workplace, all without consequence. They give the hackneyed excuse that they are either joking or that the target of abuse needs to grow thicker skin. This is not only illegal, but may be a mental illness.  See the links below for more help.

At the same time,  contacts in the UK assure us that name calling is not at all commonplace there, much less throwing things at employees and/or actually hitting them. This information lends even more credence to the fact that verbal abuse in the US workplace is perverse, not healthy.  Let us not permit it to become pervasive as well.  The body of related research and EEO case studies show that verbal abuse leads to physical abuse, even murder in the most extreme of instances. Stop it at the verbal stage by documenting it and speaking up – but not with name calling and profanity.

Bullying can kill a child at school and verbal abuse is a step down the same path in the workplace. Take care.

 

Oil Boom in OHIO, NORTH DAKOTA

With a 50,000% increase in Jobs in northwestern North Dakota already in high gear, Ohio companies discovered as large an oil deposit in Eastern and Southern Ohio.

Ready for start-up in January 2012, Governor John Kasich as seen the striking of deals for business and jobs in the Ohio Oil Boom at an agreed upon $3,250,000,000. This is just the beginning of jobs and business in poverty-stricken areas of Ohio. It is an answer to prayer.

Meanwhile, North Dakota around Williston, New Town, and Bismarck need additional construction of living spaces in order to be able to fill about 3,000 jobs currently open in the northwest quadrant of the state.  Up to 500 new oil wells are expected by 2015.

 

TOLEDO Recovering: Child Sex Tourism – History and Elimination

Toledo, for its delivery of teen and child prostitutes to the rest of North America and Asia, was found to be the No. 1 Gateway City for Teen Prostitution. It has supplied points in Canada and Las Vegas with teens and even infants. Aside from the global delivery of these children, Toledo has been Number 3 by itself in child sex trafficking.

Toledo is the third largest gateway city for child sex tourism and child sex trafficking in America, but supplies all the rest. The City of Toledo has run aground of some hard economic times in recent years and the Underground Economy has grown a bit larger in response — This includes anything from hair braiding without a cosmetology license to neighborhood auto mechanics working on a cash-only basis, to selling children as young as 6 months old into sex slavery.

Professor Celia Williamson of the University of Toledo chaired a task force for research into Ohio’s contribution to the child sex trafficking industry. Initial results estimated Toledo in 4th place in this trafficking in America, that this result was conservative, that it may be actually worse. At least 1,800 people at any point in time in Ohio are held in trafficking bondage. Miami Fl, Portland OR, Las Vegas NV, and Toledo OH are the top 4 US gateway cities, but the Las Vegas child sex victims come mostly from Toledo, pushing it up to third place overall. It is incredible. Also incredible is that 6-month-old infants are used sexually and that men pay $1,000 for 20 minutes to use girls ages 6 months to 12 years in sex tourism.

One of the reasons that child abuse is not reported and the tormented children are not always recused is the unwillingness of the public to see women in as harsh a role as ABUSER. Actually, girls and women have been able to participate in vioence for many generations. Even serial killing has been proved among certain women perpetrators. since at least 1826 in America.

Author and historian Caleb Carr explains the role of some women in the world of violence and serial killing in American History through his novel Angel of Darkness.  It is as good as his The Alienist series. All are based in American History.

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Moon Ceremonies for December and January

A Cold Moon Christmas and Midwinter Celebration: Iroquois and Kwakiutl

We often wonder how migration of human groups could occur across the world and across North America. Then we find some of the same traditions both in the Pacific Northwest and in the Northeastern United States. While the Iroquois of the United States and Canada have shared large portions of their culture and histories with us, those of the Pacific Northwest are still rather mysterious and very interesting.

Out of the Silence – A Journey Through Pacific Northwest Villages

Just after World War II, an artist traveled through the Pacific Northwest and Southern Alaska, painting pictures of villagers and village life among the Indigenous Peoples. During the turbulent 1960s, a team returned to these sites for a camera tour. Both journeys are fortunately maintained as among the fine arts in Canadian museums, waiting for visitors.

The Iroquoian In the Diaspora – Oldest Representative Democracy In the World

Did you know that the Cherokee are related to the Iroquois? Read all about this native Confederacy and where they are now.

Christmas Fun – Deliciously Different

A lot of these recipes can be prepared for an ocean of special occasions and they sparkle up any holiday season with something fresh and different. You can be sure that every 10 years, homemaking magazines come up with only slightly different versions of the same recipes of the past decade, hoping to attract new cooks. However, the rest of us get tired of “same same same.” You will not get tired of these dishes!

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Did you know that Christmas was once illegal in both the UK and the Thirteen Colonies? — The Irish and others used a code to celebrate anyway and we use it today.

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Have you lost loved ones close to Christmas, making it a sad time of year? You can turn all that arond with some moving tributes to help you remember them:

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Do you like Christmas Films? These are not the ones you’ve seen already 100 times, but they are funny, poignant, and memorable.

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How about Christmas Travel? -

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70 Year Anniversary of Pearl Harbor Ceremonies

Let’s take a few minutes on Wednesday, December 7, 2011 and honor our Pearl Harbor Survivors with a period of silence and thought as we thank them for serving in the US Military Services that day in Hawaii.

It is the 70th Anniversary of the attack on at least 7 places in the South Pacific; and Hawaii, though shocked, did not fall. Many of these warriors are in the late 80s and early 90s and still remember every minute of the Pearl Harbor attack at approximately 7:55am and that first 24 hours. They will never forget. Let us thank them and offer them kindnesses before they go on to the next life.

Local VFW Posts will likely be holding small special events and you may be able to attend. Some may be televised. VA Offices around the country will likely be doing something in remembrance as well.

World War I did not end all wars as promised. Neither did WWII, nor Korea, Vietnam, the Persian Gulf, Iraq or Afghanistan. We may hate war, but we support our military men and women and the civilians that go with them. Take a minute or two and thank one of them today if you see him or her.

God Bless  the USA and all the world.

Historical Accuracy: 1621 Thanksgiving – No Pilgrims or Pie, But Beer

Museum documents in the form of correspondence and diary pages from settlers and the Mayflower; along with marketing records for smaller department stores,  F&R Lazarus, and the larger Federated Department Stores enterprise and big business in 1840 show that the scenario of black-and-white dressed Pilgrims and pies did not appear at the First Thanksgiving at all.  The first harvest failed.  The popular story is a marketing ploy invented by a female advertising person for a department store in the US East in 1840 – revisionist history written to make the English settlers more sympathetic and to garner more Holiday Shopping dollars. I had ancestors that saw it all happen. This need not ruin Thanksgiving, but many people are tired of the lies.

The Pilgrims stayed in England. The poorest of the poor  were sent to America and called themselves “saints.” They brought kegs of beer, according to historic records and eye-witness accounts, and no seed for crops.  They did not plan ahead, thinking everything they’d need would be in the New World,  and their governor was disgusted at one point – although he should have accepted some of the responsibility. His edict of He who does not work shall not eat was not only necessary, but NOT one that would have been used on disciplined and hard working Pilgrims.

Native Americans provided most of the food, along with 90 uninvited guests -  traditions that surprised the 1621  English. The natives provides all of the corn – 10 acres of it. There were no pies, because there was no wheat to grind into flour! Puddings of the day – like pies without crusts – were made instead. The food was good and we have the original recipes form The Ohio State University, whose staff researched the first gathering and the foods.

Please enjoy:

French Tarragon Bean Casserole – A Better Thanksgiving

This is by far a tastier dish than the canned-soup-bean-canned-fried-onion bowl that some have seen overcooked for many years. Using real mushrooms, fresh green beans, and lite sour cream or Greek yogurt, this is a casserole  that takes just a little while longer to prepare than the usual fare. In fact, the longest step in the recipe is cooking for 10 minutes inside the oven.

Try this recipe and find out what tarragon has to do with a Dragon and the play Waiting for Godot!

A Fresh New Classic – The Little Dragon Alternative

And don’t miss this fascinating and delicious dessert:

Christmas and Holiday Sugar Dusted Tomato Spice Cake – Extra Moist and Delicious!

Brownies are good for any holiday and a lot of everyday affairs:

Best Unique Brownie Recipes for the Holidays – Add Fruit!

Chicken Pox Parties – Odd and Maybe Illegal

If you have children, be aware that Chicken Pox Parties can be dangerous and even illegal, depending on what is used to infect children so that “They get it over with.”  One urban legend is that chickenpox is less severe the younger the child is in years. Well, sometimes that is true, but this  “childhood disease” can kill children as well as the adults on which it acts more severely.  It can lead to MRSA. Case examples appear At This Link.

Didn’t we or some of our ancestors infect Native Americans on purpose with smallpox-infected blankets a couple of hundred years ago? Some of these chickenpox parties are also using infected blankets, infected clothing, and even old rags that contain the disease. People are taking their infants and preschoolers to some of these parties with the thought. “Well, it’s easier on them now and vaccination is too dangerous.” Is this the 21st Century or the 17th Century? As Dr. McCoy said about 1986 in Star Trek IV -” What kind of primitive medicine is this!?”

Illegal? – Purchasing lollipops made from the spit of children suffering from chickenpox started out as a BIG BUSINESS online, but was sharply curtailed in Autumn 2011 when it was declared a Federal Crime. Be careful about chickenpox parties found on Facebook and Craigslist. If your child or you can catch chickenpox there, what else might you catch – from dirty rags and spit?

Again, here is The Link to more information and the diseases that getting well from chickenpox can give you later in life.

Let’s eradicate all “childhood diseases!”

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