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Re: A Big Project….Launched.

M. L. E. Longsworth — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 14:28:00 -0000

Congratulations! Saw the SHA Blog and it looks excellent! Than you for the hard work!

Re: A Big Project….Launched.

dad — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 10:56:44 -0000

Congratulations! I know this was a lot of work and it will pay off for SHA and for you!

Re: A Big Project….Launched.

Terry Brock — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 10:27:24 -0000

thanks, Ethan!

Re: A Big Project….Launched.

Ethan Watrall — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 09:54:25 -0000

congrats. This is a great accomplishment - and will benefit both you (professionally) and the SHA

Re: A Big Project….Launched.

Terry Brock — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 09:27:30 -0000

http://www.sha.org/blog The links are all in the blog post now.

Re: A Big Project….Launched.

Chip — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 09:20:15 -0000

what is the link?

Re: Cold Dirt: Digging in the Winter

Carl — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 14:06:19 -0000

I found a nice set of camo ones after hunting season ended. There's usually a lot of good deals on cold weather camping gear about that time.

Re: Cold Dirt: Digging in the Winter

Terry Brock — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 13:24:36 -0000

ah! I have heard about that too....actually, I saw it this Thanksgiving on a behinds the scenes special on the Macy's Parade. Good tip!

Re: Cold Dirt: Digging in the Winter

Jeremy Beker — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 12:41:46 -0000

A trick I learned one winter break working at a land-surveying business was to wear two pairs of socks with a plastic bag in between. Pretty low budget, and kept feet dry when I knew I would be working near water. Not exactly stylish though :)

Re: Cold Dirt: Digging in the Winter

Terry Brock — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 11:50:38 -0000

good advice from a perspective I can't provide! Thanks for the input!

Re: Cold Dirt: Digging in the Winter

Terry Brock — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 11:50:34 -0000

yes, insulated are crucial. I've not had good luck with the mitten/gloves, in that they tend to fall apart. But I may have just purchased crummy ones.

Re: Cold Dirt: Digging in the Winter

Carl — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 11:42:00 -0000

Make sure the Carhartts are the insulated bibs. They make a range of overalls, and the ones that are just cotton duck won't give you that much of an advantage. If you don't have the cash for them (they're pricey), you can get by with layers of long johns if you can fit them under your field pants. I'm also a huge fan of the convertible glove/mitten, provided it's not too cold. They give you the warming of mittens and don't require you to fully expose your hands to the cold if you need to write notes.

Re: Cold Dirt: Digging in the Winter

Curtinarch — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 11:39:17 -0000

Great tips Terry! I would add that the Carhartt overalls are not a good choice for lady archaeologists-especially when nature calls in the dead of winter. I learned this one the hard way. You're better off with Carhartt pants.

Re: Innocent Bystander?

Terry Brock — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 10:17:05 -0000

uh, yeah. that's very different. If he went to police, paterno, AD, VP, and intervened to make sure the rape stopped....then he's largely in the clear. Not perfect, but sure as hell better than most would do.

Re: Innocent Bystander?

Brock — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 07:27:03 -0000

...unless the latest stories about him are accurate. If he stopped it and did go to police as some articles are now saying, then it's different isn't it.

Re: Innocent Bystander?

Brock — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 10:56:42 -0000

Maybe. Sorry. I think he gets too much of a pass because he's a "graduate student." The guy played golf with Sandusky a couple of months later and said nothing for 9 years - let alone not intervening. I don't think one needs training to do the right thing under the immediate circumstances and especially the aftermath. The guy's a wimp and I suspect is going to pay for being such an un-innocent bystander over and over.

Re: Innocent Bystander?

Terry Brock — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 14:25:14 -0000

Hmm...I think you missed my point, Which is that there is no such thing as an innocent bystander to a crime like this, and that had he received some education about effectiveand safe ways to intervene, this crime could have been stopped. Bystander intervention is exactly that.

Re: Innocent Bystander?

chipbrock — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 13:28:29 -0000

Nice post. But I think that in particular the "graduate student" is not so innocent. First he was not in physical danger - he was a former football player and a big man. 28 years old is not a "student" age. Second, his job was not in jeopardy, Sandusky was not a superior having retired years before. Third he continued to socialize with Sandusky after the event as a grad assistant and then employee, attending functions including those sponsored by the youth organization that Sandusky founded. Hard to imagine. Finally, as your mom pointed out to me, his values were formed at home, not the institution: the advice he received from his father that night was to say nothing.

This guy participated in a rare event - he witnessed a rape. And he did nothing and for that, presumably, he should be hiding in the Pennsylvania hills as he's doing. You become a parent and you come across stories like this and you begin to imagine that there are times when you could contemplate homicide. How Sandusky has made it this far is beyond me.

Re: Innocent Bystander?

Terry Brock — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 23:02:59 -0000

VMJ Hall - thanks for your comments. I think a lot of us are shocked by this...it is a difficult thing, when people you trust let you down. But self-reflection is definitely a good way to deal with it...hopefully, the University will be able to move on as a better, stronger, and safer place for learning. Good luck!

Re: Innocent Bystander?

VMJ Hall — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 14:43:27 -0000

Well said. As a PSU Alum, a former employee, a former educator, and a parent, I can't find words enough to describe the shock and horror and revulsion and absolute terror I've felt about these events. I'm very, very angry, and it's hard to be objective. But the one aspect of this that I'm clinging to at this moment is that people ARE talking. Questions are being asked. Laws are being examined and will (I hope) be revised. And many, many people are asking themselves: what would I have done? I hope beyond hope that that one moment of self-reflection might make all the difference for future victims and the Innocent Bystanders who, because of this event, choose to take action.

Thank you for this post.

Re: Innocent Bystander?

Terry Brock — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 19:21:38 -0000

thanks for reading, Karin!

Re: Innocent Bystander?

Terry Brock — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 19:21:29 -0000

thanks, mom!

Re: Innocent Bystander?

Jpbrock — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 18:28:13 -0000

Thoughtful and powerful.

Re: Innocent Bystander?

Karin Rebnegger — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 10:41:52 -0000

great post!

Re: Ifttt, Evernote, and creating a wine label Notebook

Terry Brock — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 11:22:30 -0000

yeah...that's kind of how I feel about wines, too. I figured you'd like this for the beer option, as well.