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Old March 19, 2006, 07:12 PM   #1
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"penatration" issue re FMJ vs JHP?

Your advice please -- and thanks in advance. I realize there's something I'm not fully understanding about the actual bullets themselves used in handguns for self-defense against, say, bears. Is a full metal jacket round better than JHP for game with with heavy coats of fur & hide and skulls of thick bone? In other words, is penatration a much more important issue with big mammals than with human beings? FYI, a good friend of mine is a large animal vet who tells me bear and lions and etc have far, far thicker skulls than the eggshell-thin packages on we humans. Just so you know, I do a lot of extremely long backpacking in North America and have been thinking of taking a pistol or revolver with me. I've had a couple "close encounters" recently (last summer, Wind River Range, Wyoming, and then the Cascades Range in Oregon) in which I would have gotten a lot more sleep with a little firepower by my side. I've done a little shooting and once did a bit of law enforcement. I'm familiar with S&W 357 and various Sigs & Glocks. And flamethrowers or RPGs are just too heavy. Thanks for any thoughts -- appreciate it much and take good care.
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Old March 19, 2006, 10:40 PM   #2
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I think a round that combines both is what you want- i.e a specialist handgun hunting round. Normal nandgun JHP's won't have enough penetration, FMJs won't expand enough and could just annoy the critter. Look at the Hornady website, they make some good speciality rounds.
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Old March 20, 2006, 10:55 AM   #3
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If you're not prepared for the ultra-handguns like the .454 Casull, a .44 Mag or a .45 Colt (not ACP) with heavy bullets in the 300-grain range is suggested. You pretty much get the best of both worlds; penetration with some expansion.

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Old March 20, 2006, 11:06 AM   #4
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I agree with DFA. When back packing where there are large potienally dangerouse animals with thick hides and thicker skulls you may want to have something in a magnum loaded with a heavy jacketed soft nose. I used to camp and back pack a lot too. When I went I would carry my Colt King Cobra SS 4" .357mag Loaded with 158gr semi jacketed soft points. I've also hunted with this weapon and round and have killed a couple deer with it. At less than 50 yrds. these rounds quite litterally knocked the deer on thier a$$es. One I shot tried to get back up but was unsuccessful. Also I was told that the US military states that the most lethal rounds are those that stay in the body. I personally feel big holes bleed the animal fast resulting in a fairly quick death, and a magnum round will send a shock wave through the body disrupting organs ability to function properly.
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Old March 20, 2006, 11:31 AM   #5
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Is a full metal jacket round better than JHP for game with with heavy coats of fur & hide and skulls of thick bone?
Yes, in a defensive handgun bullet. You've got to have penetration FIRST, or expansion is meaningless. But a bonded or partition bullet - overall construction - with a JHP or without - is even better than FMJ/Ball. Then you get as good or better penetration than FMJ, AND at least some expansion.

In other words, is penetration a much more important issue with big mammals than with human beings?

P.S. Black bears will run away from you, usually before you ever see them. A brown bear may or may not, but a standard defensive round handgun (9mm, .40, .45, etc.) is going to be next to useless against such a mighty creature - much better off relying on pepper spray if you don't have a .44 magnum or bigger, and even then you're probably better off relying on pepper spray.
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Pepper spray (as FF mentioned) is probably your best first option, but if you feel the need to carry as well (I would too) you might want to consider hard cast Buffalo Bore loads. For .357 I'd get the 180gr load. For all maggies I'd carry the heaviest available.
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I try to stay out of forgeign countries, like anyplace out of Oklahoma.
This makes me impervious to things like Shark attacks, alligator bites, or grizzly bear attacks.

But if I HAD to, I wouldn't be to afraid of carrying my 44 mag with a 240 grain bulletHP.
I sure wouldn't want to be there with anything less.
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Before you go running around with a handgun loaded with FMJ rounds, better check the laws. Most states (in fact all states where I have ever hunted) require expanding bullets. That usually means you want to shoot JFPs rather than FMJ bullets. JHP bullets are designed for rapid expansion, so they are out unless you just want to shoot deer or something similar.
Realize that a 44 will really tick off a grizzly unless you poke him in the right place. I remember reading about the guy who invented Magnaporting who shot a grizzly at point blank with a 44 with really hot loads and good bullets and later (after the guide had offed it with a 375 H&H) found only about 4-6" of penetration. and nothing life-threatening unless you count the possibility of infection.
Black bears die pretty easily. A 357 or 45 Colt will usually put them down. Grizzlies are a different story. In Wyoming there are grizzlies and black bears. In the Cascades, you were up against black bears, so anything with some OOMPH will do them in. If you scare them, they will usually run off, but might stand up to smell the air to see what you are. If you feel threatened, like if they are not leaving after recognizing you as human, you have to make a choice.
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My great grandfather in law pulled his gun collection out the other day and wanted to know if I knew anything about these three guns of his. I am an idiot for not taking pictures of any of the guns but I took pictures of all the proof marks and serial numbers. Any information on these guns would be greatly appreciated. The first gun is a double barrel shotgun marked Mears Arms Co.
and in the middle of the barrels its marked laminated steel belgium. The second gun is marked M95. At first I thought it was a bolt action but he showed me the bolt just pulls back horizontally. The third gun is a 410 shotgun

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The second gun is marked M95. At first I thought it was a bolt action but he showed me the bolt just pulls back horizontally.
Well, I'll take the easy one. The Steyr M95 is a straight pull bolt action rifle originally made for the Austrio-Hungarian Empire before and durring WWI. In the 1930s, they were taken back in, rechambered for 8x56R, andlong rifles were shortened to carbines. There should be an "S" stamped on the barrel shank, you may be able to see the original date of manufacturer under this stamp. Currently selling for ~$130.
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The first gun is a Belgian-made 12 gauge shotgun; Mears was the importer/distributor and according to one source was active around 1900. The term "laminated steel" indicates that the barrels were built up, not solid. I strongly recommend that it not be fired.

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And last but not least is a .410 Savage/Stevens Model 94C break-open single-shot hammer shotgun.

If it was made between 1949-70, there should be a Savage Date Code letter stamped within a circle into the bottom of the action and/or barrel (unhook it & inspect the bottom) - starting with "A" in 1949, running to "X" in 1970.

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the second it a steyr 1895 chambered in 8mm mannlicher. steyr M95s are still being imported by century arms... if it wasn't for impossible to find ammo I would get one in a heartbeat to add to the ole collection.
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Old September 10, 2012, 04:39 PM   #1
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AK47C IO Sport

What is the experience with the AK47C IO? Allegedly able to produce 2" groups. Reliable? Thank you.
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My "Homeland Defense Rifle" is an early version of that model that I picked up a few years ago for less than $400.00. Mine has the wood furniture, not the newer polymer stuff.

The threading on the barrel is "off" on mine. Attachments simply don't line up with the bore and it appears it would be dangerous to have one on there.

The barrel assembly itself is also canted a degree or two off center from the receiver. That appears to be a problem with how the assembly is bolted to the receiver.

Despite these problems, the stupid thing has never failed to fire, or eject or feed a round. Absolutely relaible so far. I've managed to do 2"-3", five shot groups on the "head" of a target at 100 ft. (which isn't far) while standing, unsupported...but I'm not a very good shot. I haven't really ever taken it out to play with it at long range. Couldn't really say if it would hold true for 2" groups at a hundred yards though.

To me, the gun is worth every penny I paid since it has been completely reliable and I didn't pay a lot for it. But...if I had to do it over a again, I'd save the money and buy something else. I.O. does have a lifetime warranty, but I've never tried to use it...could be that they would fix my problems for free if I asked, not sure.

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ISK is one of the lucky ones from what I've seen. I've seen/handled 3 in person and all were poorly made. Poor welds, poorly aligned receiver and gas blocks seemed to be the norm. I'd stay far away from them until their quality control improves.
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Thank you for the replies; seems like a toss up on this AK.
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First Revolver

I finally broke down and purchased my first wheel gun, a Smith & Wesson model 19-4. Thank you Jim March for your excellent Revolver checkout guide; this made me confident that I could perform a good inspection and not miss big warning signs of harsh wear or misuse. These are no longer the great buy they once were but decent buy's can still be had.

I'm happy with my purchase and can't wait to get it to the range.
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A model 19 is a great start. You will enjoy it- and eventually realize that one Smith is just not enough!

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Old March 14, 2013, 08:28 PM   #3
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Nice revolver, it is the last of the pinned barrel, recessed cyl. 19's. Enjoy.
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I starting to love S&W myself as i have bought 2 in the last 6 days.. 1975-76 model 38 airweight pinned barrel and today i picked up a model 547 in 4" SB
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Congrats, The Model 19 is a great revolver. I know you will like it. I had a nice 4" version and sold it some time ago. Just this week I got this one to replace it. It is a 19-5. Need to get some woodies for it however.

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I'm happy with my purchase and can't wait to get it to the range.
I think you'll really appreciate what a fine weapon you have after you've gotten some trigger time. The k-frame Smiths are just SO right in many ways. Just a little free advice: start off with some 38 Spl ammo to get used to shooting it before you go to 357.

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Screen Shot 2013-07-10 at 6.09.48 PMMost of us know Amazon as one of the biggest online stores where you can get everything from the latest tech gadget to your favorite book.

But what many don’t realize is that Amazon is a search engine and subject to many of the same algorithm rules that sites like Google and Bing subscribe to.

When you want to expand your visibility in search engines, you start to look at things like keywords, tags and content. The rules aren’t that dissimilar. If a product or book is getting traction on Amazon, it will trigger their algorithm which then kicks in their internal promotion. And this gives you an opportunity to sell more books on Amazon.

What does Amazon’s internal promotion look like? It’s not that different from a real brick and mortar store really.

Let’s say your local Gap Store is seeing a sudden surge of turtlenecks which were previously stuffed in the back of the store, maybe on a small table by the dressing rooms. The store recognizes that these are selling and moves the turtlenecks to the front of the store so more people can spot them.

What happens? They start selling even more. Now the store decides to pair them with something.

Let’s say a pair of cargo pants. Great! They add them to the table and update the mannequin display. The pants sell now nearly as well as the sweaters. Do you see a pattern here? This is what happens with Amazon, too.

Triggers such as keyword searches, categories and spikes in sales that last longer than 48 hours start to ping Amazon’s algorithms and the next thing you know, your book is showing up as a recommended buy and top of searches. The more you sell, the more Amazon wants to help you sell. Makes sense, doesn’t it?

SEO and Your Amazon Page

In most cases it’s easier to optimize a non-fiction book than a fiction book, however, when it comes to categories your fiction book may likely do better. (We’ll look at categories in a minute) Why are non-fiction books easier to optimize? Because there are fewer of them.

So what is  Amazon optimization, really? Well, it’s your Amazon page (the actual book page) and your Amazon Author Central Page, both of which can be enhanced using keywords, reviews, pricing, and picking the right categories.

First up, let’s take a look at keywords. What many authors and sellers don’t realize is that much like Google, Amazon has a fantastic keyword tool. Most of you have probably experimented with typing in a keyword in the Google search bar and seen their suggestions pop up.

Amazon has the same search/keyword function. For example, if I type “selling books” into the search bar, it pops up quite a few search suggestions, one of which is “selling books on Amazon.”

When you input that search term (selling books on Amazon), my book, Selling Books by the Truckload on Amazon comes up on the first page (a good thing). When I was trying to decide what to name it, I did this search and looked at all of the titles that popped up.

Many of them were just titled: Selling Books on Amazon (smart authors) which digs right into the keywords and that’s what you want. That’s why you want to run this search.

The goal of this exercise is to either use this search when you’re titling your book, or if your book is already out there, you can use the keywords in your book’s description. To do this on your own, you can either type in a keyword string, or even better, type in a single keyword and see what pops up.

So, let’s say you have a book about cooking. Type the word “cooking” into the Amazon search bar and you’ll see lots of suggestions such as “cooking for one” and “cooking for two,” you can then incorporate these keywords into your book title, subtitle, or description.

I would suggest doing this for each keyword associated with your book. You can do this same search using Google’s Keyword Tool on their Google AdWord page.

Keep in mind that for your book description, you can only use 7 keywords or keyword strings, and there’s no reason why you can’t also use popular author names. I’ve used author names in keywords often and it absolutely works.

If you’ve ever picked a category for your book and eBook you may have noticed that they don’t always match up. When I first encountered this I thought I was mistaken, turns out I wasn’t. Whether it’s a glitch or done intentionally, the categories for books and eBooks aren’t the same. But there’s a simple way to fix this, more on this in a minute.

Ideally when you’re picking a category you don’t want one with a broad, busy market. Ideally you want a category that’s narrow. Why? Because Amazon’s algorithm is pinged when a book hits the top of a category.

For example, I was coaching this author about her romance novel and though she wanted to be top of category in contemporary romance, the category was just too cluttered. Instead I suggested that she put her book under dramas, which was a sub (sub) category of contemporary romance.

The category (at the time) had only 81 other books in it, so getting her book to the top of that list wasn’t an issue. Doing so triggered Amazon’s internal system and the next thing you know her book was coming up high in Amazon searches, being recommended to readers, and being pushed on the pages of other, very high-profile romance novels.

The thing with categories is while it’s tempting to put your book into a massively obscure category, you need to make sure that the category is one that belongs with your book, meaning don’t put your business book under a category that’s dedicated to some other specialty even if there are only three other competing books.

Some experts say that Amazon can pull your book altogether. I’m not sure this is quite accurate, but I have seen books get moved to the “appropriate” categories if the author decides to shuffle the book somewhere just so it will hit top of market.

Ready to start exploring the Amazon categories? Here is the link that’s essentially the hub to all of the Amazon categories.

Of all the work you do placing your book on Amazon, adjusting the keywords, etc., this might be the most key piece of marketing you can do so dig around in this list and make sure to put the book in the most narrow category you can. This will benefit your book tremendously.

Also, as a potential reader previews your Amazon page, it’s also eye-candy to see low book ranking, meaning books that are in the top ten of the category.

When I polled readers I found that they didn’t care what the category was, in fact most times it didn’t register. But when they saw #10 or #1 on a book page, it was often very helpful in making a sale. You see the ranking on the Amazon page, about halfway down:

Two final notes on categories, the first is that categories change. Dramas, for example, are no longer a sub-sub category in romance. I don’t know why Amazon does this but I suspect that shuffling around these categories is helpful to their internal system.

Finally, I mentioned earlier that Print and eBook categories often differ. When you find the category you want for your book, the first thing you may want to do is go to your backend and make these adjustments, i.e. change this category.

However if your eBook is in the KDP system (Kindle Direct Publishing) you’ll need to email them through your Author Central Page. Just hit the “help” button (again from within your Author Central Page) and email their staff. Most of the time you’ll find the email is responded to and the category adjusted within 24 hours. They have a great response time, even better than through their publisher help page.

If you don’t know what the Author Central page is, check it out. You just use your Amazon login to access your page. Everyone has one, whether you’ve claimed it or not.

Other Ways to Trigger Amazon

There are a variety of other things you can do to help trigger the internal sales system at Amazon. eBook promos can do that (meaning freebie books offered through Amazon) but the eBook freebie days have to be promoted in order to be effective.

How do you make your eBook free? It’s all done through KDP (Kindle Direct Publishing). You get up to five freebie days but I would only recommend using two or three at a time.

Promote the book heavily on those days. Why? Because  a high spike on freebie days can really benefit your book overall. I’ve seen momentum carry through from freebie days and trigger a quicker climb up the ranking once the book goes back to a paid version.

Also, price and category switching will help to shake things up, too. What this means is that you play with the pricing, moving it high and low again every 6 weeks or so. Also, you can shuffle a book in a category frequently, too. Though I’d recommend doing it just once every six weeks.

The idea is to send enough “juice” to your book through triggers that Amazon recognizes and responds to. Typically, though, you can’t do just one of these items recommended, you’ll need to do all of them – but not necessarily at the same time.

I recommend you start with the keywords, then the category, then you can experiment with eBook promotion, category flipping and vary the book pricing. Give the process a week or so to “take hold” and then see what your efforts leverage in the way of visibility. The good thing about Amazon is that they don’t limit you to the number of changes you can make. Good luck!

Penny Sansevieri
Penny C. Sansevieri, Founder and CEO Author Marketing Experts, Inc., is a best-selling author and internationally recognized book marketing and media relations expert. She is an Adjunct Professor teaching Self-Publishing for NYU. She is the author of twelve books, including How to Sell Books by the Truckload on Amazon and Red Hot Internet Publicity.
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  1. Penny, great article and very informative. But I have a question about how Amazon does or does not assist readers with finding sequels. My book, A Lady in Defiance, published in Feb. of 2012, has sold to date over 12,000 copies. Also, I have over 280 reviews and 4.7 stars. Can I assume that when I upload the sequel in the fall of 2014, Amazon may give me a little help, letting readers of the first book know the sequel is available? Or is Amazon not quite that accommodating?

  2. Excellent article! Thank you for sharing. I’ve signed up for future articles.

    Cassandra Black
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  3. Please just tell me who to send my money to, and let them sell my book for me… I don`t know anything about all these things you guys talk about. Can you do that?????

  4. I’ve read this advice and have look at a tonne of advice and I have a great deal on my blog I wanted to share with you that goes beyond the sales page. I want to add to this great blog post but giving more depth into internet consumer behaviour, free e-book market and so forth and explain the real reason why people don’t sell their book. Thank you for this post and thank you to people like you who take the time to help others.

  5. Hi, “You mention I’ve used author names in keywords often and it absolutely works” You are giving authors dangerous advice. Refer to the kdp policy here which explicitly prohibits doing this:
    in which KDP says “Do not include these things in keywords:
    ● Anything misrepresentative, such as the name of an author that is not associated with your book. This type of information can create a confusing customer experience and Kindle Direct Publishing has a zero tolerance policy for metadata that is meant to advertise, promote, or mislead. “

  6. Thanks for posting this. I’m thinking of venturing into self-publishing. This may be useful one day.

  7. I always wondered how they came up with the Best Sellers ranking by category.

  8. Comprehensive, helpful article! I would add that authors should regularly monitor their categories. Two authors I’ve coached had Amazon re-categorize their book to the wrong category. One author wrote nonfiction bride guides and her book was switched to fiction> mystery. Another author had her cinema related mysteries switched to nonfiction >performing arts categories. While the latter probably was due to using keywords like audition, theater etc., the former is still a mystery (pun intended) and likely a software glitch.

    • That’s an excellent point and a good reminder that authors should pick their own categories – get help if you need it because the wrong category can be a disaster to your book.

  9. This is wonderful — thank you for compiling all of this! (And I loved the Gap analogy. I think best in analogies, and this makes it easier to visualize what Amazon is doing.) Definitely saving this to reference again when I publish my book this fall!

    • Sarah, thank you – I’m glad you liked the article. You can really maximize Amazon as a sales tool which is fantastic since they are the largest online resource for books. Good luck with your release!

  10. Great article! Category research on Amazon is a big one. It definitely pays to research which categories on Kindle are less competitive, and therefore more likely to get you into the bestseller list for a category quicker. You can always change your categories later, like you mention.

    • Yes, you can change categories —- and keep in mind that sometimes obscure categories will disappear so you need to monitor this, too. It doesn’t happen often, but it does happen from time to time


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for all those asking about the knitting featured in the photo last week, this is another shot of the project which is no more. the yarn has been re-wound and i’m waiting for it to speak to me and let me know what it wants to be because that last thing was not working.

i spent some time the other day unsubscribing from email lists, newsletters, etc. i don’t know why it took me so long to do this but it felt good liberating my inbox. to be honest, it made me ridiculously happy to think that each time i clicked unsubscribe i was having the last word. take that you pitiful unread newsletter! and then i noticed that three companies sent me an email to a.) let me know i had unsubscribed and b.) ask if it had been a mistake. seriously? talk about buzz kill. in the end one click of my mouse relegated them forever into the spam folder and i still managed to get the last word. huzzah!

the mr. came home from a meeting the other evening. a while later i heard him going outside and wondered what he was up too – went to ask and he said, “i went to get my monocle out of the car.” i turned and left the room unable to even bring myself to ask about or comment on this fresh new lunacy. monocle?!?

the red bean had a bump on her wrist that became infected. she needed antibiotics so her pediatrician explained to her she could drink the nasty stuff 3x/day or take a pill 3x/day. the red bean was dubious so the ped explained how easy it was to take a pill by putting it in a spoonful of cool whip. the red bean looked at me and raised her eyebrow in question – i explained what cool whip is. she immediately declared she was willing to try the pills *if* i would get her the cool whip. rock->me<-hard place because who really wants to negotiate 2tsp of foul tasting medicine 3x/day for 10 days? i gave her a brief talk about cool whip not really being food and let her decide. she decided to try the cool whip (parenting FAIL).

we pick up the prescription, run by the post office, library and buy the blasted cool whip; all the while the red bean keeps saying, “i can’t believe i’m going to swallow pills, the kids aren’t going to believe this.” we make it home and i hand over a spoonful of cool whip with a little blue capsule tucked inside. she takes it, does a little happy dance and then walks into the mr.’s office and says, “i just took THE PILL!” he turns three shades of green, looks very panicked, and when i walk in it looks as though he’s quit breathing. i explain she is taking antibiotics in pill form not THE PILL and i tell you the waves of relief rolling off that man were palpable.

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    I love these random posts!ReplyCancel

  • Ah the many ways to fool kids into taking pills. Pudding works well if you’d like an actual ‘food’ plus then there’s leftover pudding, mmmm…

  • A monocle?! That is super funny! Hee hee. I love that you didn’t even ask.
    The story about Mr. and the Red Bean’s pill had me on the floor. Whenever my daughter says certain things or tries to adjust her 6yo clothes to some style in her too-grown head, my husband completely stresses like that too!
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  • Thx for my first laugh of the morning A! *

    *I need monicle explaining though. {?}ReplyCancel

  • Love these stories! Okay, and what up with the monocle? Intriguing. And I am with you…cool whip is so gross.ReplyCancel

  • I can just imagine your husband’s face!! priceless ;o)
    Funny about the cool whip. My kids dont even know it exists and I will try to keep it this way until we need to swallow a pill ;o)ReplyCancel

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  • eeeew = cool whip
    hilarious = the mr. thinking THE pill
    annoying = the key to the plus/equals sign on my keyboard has disappearedReplyCancel

  • Your photo is lovely, it does feel glorious unsubscribing, and I hope the beans bump gets better quickly, but the Kool Whip thing is alright!

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  • Oh my, I love to giggle out loud while at the computer. Thanks for sharing the funnies from your life. The monocle and THE PILL. I love it. And Cool Whip… you’d think doctors would know a thing or two. We had one who suggested giving our daughter chocolate milk to help her learn to like the taste of milk. What?!ReplyCancel

  • LMAO!!!!!!!!! Oh were going to have fun with the hubby’s when we meet up.

  • Hmm, sounds like our husbands might get along! :-)

    I really love your blog. Such beautiful photos and you’re so creative! (Found you via The Little List, I think)ReplyCancel

  • leonie

    a monocle – for real?
    laughing so hard i just about spat out my tea

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  • Back in the middle with you: Proposition 14 is testing the theory that there is a mythical middle out there that is just yearning to be free. California voted for the proposition, which gets rid of partisan primaries, basically allowing anybody to vote for anybody they want on primary day. I have written here before that perhaps the best way to get more centrist political leaders is to end partisan primaries. Many pundits don’t think it will work, but then again many of them have a vested interest in keeping the primary system the way it is.

  • Erin go bragh: A good friend of mine from Ireland was in town this week and we had plenty of time to talk Irish politics over more than a few pints of stout. The ruling Irish government is making some mighty tough decisions to deal with the debt crisis. They have radically cut back on spending, including government pensions, while keeping taxes relatively low. The theory is that this will keep Ireland competitive for foreign investment while keeping the government solvent. It is a huge gamble, because the cuts are painful, and unless the economy recovers, the Fianna Fail government will get killed in the next election. In fact, they are polling at about 17 percent right now, so they are in big trouble. Luckily for them, though, they control the timing of the next election, and it probably won’t be for a couple of years before they face the voters.

  • Hawks win: For the first time in my life, the Chicago Blackhawks won the Stanley Cup. When I was growing up, I was a huge Hawks fan. Chico Mackey, Stan Mikita, Bobby Hull and, when I was a little older, Denis Savard, were all heroes. But then the Wirtz family basically ran the organization into the ground, I moved away from Chicago, and I lost interest in hockey. When they made it to the Stanley Cup finals, I became a shameless fair weather fan, watching every game, to the complete bewilderment of my wife. Hockey is on the rebound as a sport. D.C. is now a huge hockey town, with Ovechkin and company inspiring fans from the whole region. Looks like I will have to get back on the hockey bandwagon next year.

  • The World Cup begins: I watched some of the opening ceremonies for the World Cup this morning. It will be interesting to see how South Africa handles it all. I am not much of soccer fan, to be quite candid. I usually root for the Irish team and the American team. The Irish didn’t qualify this time around, principally because they got screwed by the handball of a Frenchman. All the Irish I have talked to are now rooting for the Yanks, especially against the English. They all tell me it is a good value bet to take the Americans in the opening round game, and I vaguely remember giving one of my Irish friends some money to bet it for me. It is nice to see America back in the underdog position again. I hope they win.

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“We have brought that to an end."

Under the new procedures announced by Salazar, Interior staff will conduct more detailed reviews of whether development would be harmful to lands and wildlife, including more on-the-ground visits.

The policies also pare back waivers from environmental analysis for some oil and gas activities that were authorized under a major 2005 energy law, and emphasize leasing in already-developed regions rather than new areas. The new policies will affect leasing and development decisions in energy-rich states where the federal government is a major landowner, including Colorado, Utah and Wyoming.

Industry groups said the shift would hurt the economy and make it more difficult to lessen U.S. dependence on foreign energy sources.

“In what has become increasingly familiar double-talk from this administration, Interior Secretary Salazar today again spoke of the importance of domestic oil and natural gas, while making it more difficult to produce American oil and gas, put more Americans back to work and help restore our nation’s economy,” said Jack Gerard, president of the American Petroleum Institute, the industry’s biggest trade group.

“Under the guise of offering certainty for investors, Interior Secretary Salazar has taken steps to further delay and limit American energy resources for all Americans,” he added.

An alphabet soup of other industry groups — the Independent Petroleum Association of Mountain States, the Consumer Energy Alliance and the Independent Petroleum Association of America — issued similar statements alleging the plans would stymie development.

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“Interior Secretary Salazar claims the changes announced today will provide certainty, but the only certainty they provide is that more production will be driven overseas,” said Murkowski spokesman Robert Dillon.

Salazar said he was hopeful that the changes would expand environmental protection while reducing the number of parcels that are subject to administrative and legal challenges, which have ballooned over the last decade.

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I just got back from three packed-house events in Chicago, Chapel Hill, and Philadelphia in July. In each space, the energy in the room took me aback because I’m still not used to the idea that a bunch of folks with busy lives want to hear my mouth run for two hours. Yet, by thinking that I don’t belong on that stage or on that mic, I perpetuate the power structure which often leaves teachers like me from believing we can set the table in education.

For instance, the Woodrow Wilson Foundation invited me to speak to 500 new teachers from all across the states about teacher leadership. This decision came shortly after they projected that only 5% of the teaching workforce would be of color, woman or man (it’s at 18% now). For a moment, instead of saying, “Yes, of course I’m a natural choice!” I thought, “Wow, why me?”

I thought long and hard about what I might say to a group of burgeoning teachers and the sort of energy they needed to bring back to their schools. All of a sudden, something pulled me back to those first years, and the reason why I saw myself breaking away from the traditional routes of teaching. Our current school systems (and the people who inhabit them) force their visions upon us. They implore us to go into administration if we’re motivated individuals. They almost force us into dean roles or central roles if we have other talents outside of teaching (and even excellent teaching isn’t part of the equation for many leaders). Seeing these folk, quietly listening to them, and hearing that sense of optimism and disappointment in their districts took me to a place where I offered myself as the change I wanted to see.

I didn’t want to, nor still want to, be famous.

The issue with so many of us is that we’re so quick to douse the flames of our brightest without even knowing the source of their flames. Anyone in my intimate circle will attest to how grateful I am for these opportunities, but I also see how any sense of fame in education, especially for a teacher, can become notoriety, infamy, and unwarranted antagonism. Unlike other professions, like writers, doctors, and college professors, teachers are too often asked to put their head down in the service of others.

To some extent, this argument has validity. We do have a set of folks who only teach as a stepping stone and don’t actually get better at their teaching. Also, collaboration and team building are critical to any school environment whereas competition amongst staff members doesn’t improve collegiality. On the other hand, it suggests that we can’t simultaneously shine bright individually and collectively and still get better at our craft by sharing their passions. When I first mentioned the idea of celebrity teachers, I mentioned this as a tongue-in-cheek comment about society’s views of teachers. Now, I’m far more convinced of how even our most progressive institutions rarely handpick teachers to speak unless a) that teacher follows the “message” or b) that teacher rumbles.

I generally fall into b. Because of this, I use my platform to elevate as many folks as possible, and hoping to multiply that energy so others can pass it on. In places where teachers are given scripted lesson plans from publishing companies, where governors argue whether teachers should get paid a little less or a little more than minimum wage, where the ostensible representatives quip that they will shut down an entire school system because they feel like it, it’s critical to have folks who want to take that extra step and say “Something’s not right here.” Teachers rely too often on someone outside of K-12 education to empower them when we could easily do it ourselves.

Before her passing, Maya Angelou left us a jewel about the difference between humility and modesty.

“‘I don’t know what arrogance means,’ she said.  ‘You see, I have no patience with modesty. Modesty is a learned adaptation. It’s stuck on like decals.  As soon as life slams a modest person against the wall, that modesty will fall off faster than a G-string will fall off a stripper.’

“Whenever I’m around some who is modest, I think, ‘run like hell and all of fire,’’ she said. ‘You don’t want modesty, you want humility. Humility comes from inside out. It says someone was here before me and I’m here because I’ve been paid for. I have something to do and I will do that because I’m paying for someone else who has yet to come.'”

And so it goes, and I implore everyone who’s gotten these opportunities to see them as gifts, and the way we honor them is to push them to your limits. Lead from the front, back, or the side. Set an agenda separate from whatever the current education debate is or with the current agenda in mind. Be proud of your gifts and use them wisely.

Whether it’s 30 folk, 100 folk, or 500 folk, we are the teachers who will slightly transform this, make it a bit of a break from the norm …

About Jose Vilson

José Luis Vilson is a math educator, blogger, speaker, and activist. For more of my writing, buy my book This Is Not A Test: A New Narrative on Race, Class, and Education, on sale now.

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  1. Renee @TeachMoore

    Great points that need to be given serious consideration in these times of celebrity. For example, I know people who love to name-drop or reference Diane Ravitch or Linda Darling Hammond, but have not actually read them; or have read a tweet or ten about their work. Excuse the pun on your book title, but here’s a test: Are people coming to the talks, buying the book because of your notoriety, or because they are genuinely interested in the ideas presented in the book (pro or con)? What kind of questions are they asking? What has the book moved them to do (or stop)?

  2. Bill Ivey

    I went back to your piece at Good, and found this comment by Leyl Reisner that I really loved: “A deep, ingrained cultural prestige of teaching is the one commonality you can point to across the top education systems internationally.” I don’t know to what point the U.S. is perhaps more of a celebrity culture than many others, and to what extent that complicates the situation, but it seems a great goal to set. (sidebar: someone else there mentioned Temba Maqbuela, with whom my son also worked and whom he respected as well; random happy coincidence)

    That said, I echo what Renee said on Twitter about Dr. Angelou’s important distinction between modesty and humility. And I think that’s a particularly tricky line to negotiate for teachers, as the profession is made up predominately of women (or, if you will, people who identify more strongly with what society has traditionally called the feminine) and as such particularly subject to the exerted power of patriarchy. Add in factors of race and class as they also relate to privilege and negotiating the line becomes even trickier. I think those are probably factors behind your important point that “The issue with so many of us is that we’re so quick to douse the flames of our brightest without even knowing the source of their flames.” Patriarchy, white privilege, and class privilege do have a tendency to push back when their power is challenged, even implicitly (speaking generally and acknowledging exceptions).

    That’s where I feel we really need you. You know the source of your flames, and you have a gift for sharing that. You step up with humility rather than modesty. We may not need you to be a celebrity per se, but we need for you to have the name recognition you have earned and to use that platform to continue to elevate the profession. That may help smooth the way for others to step up as well.

  3. Shireen Dadmehr

    I’m glad there are teachers like you around – passionate, smart, do-right-by-the-kids, and way-more-articulate-than-me to say/write things that when I read them, I think, YES, that’s what I think (in a muddled way) … YEA, what HE said. Thanks.

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Jumat, 26 Desember 2014

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Minggu, 21 Desember 2014

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