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The 10 Best Jim Henson's Creature Shop Credits (That Aren't Muppets)
By Bri Buckley on November 28, 2011 · 8:06 am · Comments ()
?Founded by pioneer puppeteers Jim Henson and Frank Oz in 1985, the Creature Shop was originally Henson's full-time workshop in London. It functioned as a relatively permanent incarnation of the team of builders brought together to work on projects like The Dark Crystal, and has since become one of the standards for cutting edge puppetry, design, animatronics and visual effects. The Creature Shop expanded beyond London to two other locations in the early 1990s – New York and Los Angeles – in order to accommodate some of the extra workload brought on by Dinosaurs (a whole TV show with a full cast of animatronics characters? No shit that's labor-intensive!).
Now, the purpose of this list isn't to debate the relative overall merits of the movies or TV shows it contains, but rather to showcase the quality of the visual effects. And with the new Muppets movie finally released, it's nice to look back fondly on some of the Creature Shop's other fine work. Why no Muppets or Sesame Street mentions? Because everyone already knows (or should know) that those are Creature Shop creations. So while some of the entries or their order might seem surprising, try to keep in mind the examples of fantastic puppetry and special effects work that lies therein.
10) Cats & Dogs
Now, despite what you may think, this film contains more than Jeff Goldblum sniffing beagles for science. It's actually a fair example of merging physical effects with CG effects, as the animal characters make appearances as live animal actors, puppets, computer-generated representations, and sometimes a combination of live/CG work. And really – if the world was in imminent danger of hostile takeover, wouldn't you want your new overlord to be someone named Mr. Tinkles?
9) Alice in Wonderland
Ah, 2000's Alice in Wonderland. The surprisingly star-studded made-for-TV movie that runs right through the Uncanny Valley and out the other side, giggling madly. Despite some examples of lackluster CGI effects, the visual/physical effects in this adaptation of Lewis Carroll's most well-known story won the Creature Shop an Emmy – particularly for the puppet work for the Cheshire Cat, the terrifying baby (seriously – look closely at this baby and tell me it doesn't scare the shit out of you), the Gryphon, and the White Rabbit.
8) Babe
This film raked in the noms back in 1995 (it lost Best Picture to Braveheart), and the Creature Shop snagged an Oscar for Best Visual Effects. Using the perfected version of the type of animatronics system whose prototype was successfully developed in the TV show Dinosaurs, the work in this Australian/American film was a nearly seamless blend of animatronics, live animal actors, and very subtle CG. While one country pig's quest to become a sheepdog might not win everybody over, it should at least be remembered for the Creature Shop's stellar work and "That'll do, pig. That'll do."
7) The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Whatever you might feel about this adaptation of Douglas Adams' wonderful book, hopefully we can all come to agreement about one thing: the Vogons were disgustingly awesome. Adams gave a description of these giant bureaucratic alien slugs that was at once shudder-inducing but at the same time left a lot to the reader's imagination. The Creature Shop filled that gap nicely, taking on the challenge of squishy, slimy alien anatomy and coming up with a fantastic visual representation of a race that can kill you with its poetry.
6) Labyrinth
Just taking a look at the long list of creature performers who worked on this film should give you some idea of its scope. To truly appreciate the kind of work that went into this film, you really should just watch the making-of documentary Inside the Labyrinth. In the "Dance Magic" scene alone, there were 48 puppets, about 10 little people in costume, not to mention random types of live birds perched in various places or wandering around. With such a small cast of humans, almost everything but the scenery was animated – and sometimes that was, too! And the Goblin King's infamous "area"? Believe it or not, all Bowie.
5) Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Jim Henson himself said that at the time, the Turtles (and Master Splinter, of course) were the most advanced creatures he'd ever worked with. The Turtles were constructed at the London location in an 18-week build, which is insanely quick when you consider everything these creatures need to do in the film. The animatronics system for the Turtles' heads was a groundbreaking process largely developed by the Creature Shop's resident electronics expert, Dave Housman. The chief puppeteer on the shoot was Brian Henson, who also served as the second unit director and was responsible for many of the film's stunt scenes.
4) Farscape
Back when the SyFy channel was still relatively awesome (when they called themselves "SciFi" and still had re-runs of MST3K episodes), they had the good sense to launch a ground-breaking new series (produced in part by Jim Henson Productions) that incorporated a cast of human, nearly-human, not-human but bipedal, and puppet life forms. The Pilot and Rigel were the two full-time cast members courtesy of the Creature Shop, and they were just as strong as the live actors. The Shop was also responsible for most of the alien prosthetics and make-up.
3) Where the Wild Things Are
Sometimes, when Hollywood decides to adapt a beloved children's book to the big screen, you end up with a dull eyesore like The Cat in the Hat. And sometimes you get something like this: a technically and aesthetically beautiful work – a perfect incarnation of Maurice Sendak's well-known illustrations, and a deeper story that doesn't get in the way of the original. The Creature Shop's collective skill shined through in its Wild Thing suits and animatronics, with more minute details of the Wild Things' expressions woven in with CGI.
2) The Storyteller
This short-lived but Emmy Award-winning series was created and produced by Jim Henson in 1988. The premise was that of an old storyteller and his dog, recounting many obscure European folktales in the first season. The inspiration for the show came from Jim Henson's daughter Lisa, who had taken a class in folklore at Harvard, and Henson was enchanted by the idea of presenting these tales faithfully. It was a British/American co-creation, so some of the episodes were run together on The Jim Henson Hour in the United States, instead of airing separately like they did in the UK. Henson attempted a follow-up season, this time focusing on Greek myths, but it only lasted for four episodes.
1) The Dark Crystal
This film tops the list because it contains no visible humans – all of the characters are puppets, and all of the scenery is fabricated. In order to accomplish such a feat, Henson asked Brian Froud to be the conceptual designer, whose work gave Henson the inspiration for the film in the first place. The 60-member team assembled to sculpt, mold, sew and fabricate the massive puppet cast became the basis for Jim Henson's orignal London Creature Shop. The puppeteers for the main characters of the film were drafted from the ranks of the Muppeteers, but the performers for the rest of the puppet cast were actors, mimes, dancers and acrobats – hand-picked because of their skill in being able to "tell stories with their bodies."
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Apparently Where You're From Affects How Likely You Are to Get Married
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By Diana Bruk
Whether you're staring down 30 and starting to get a little twitchy with wedding anxiety or you're proudly independent and DGAF, your stance on marriage could have a lot to do with geography.
An extensive analysis of data studied by a team of Harvard economists shows that there's a correlation between the county you grew up in and your chances of being married by the age of 26, the New York Times reports.
Being raised in super Republican and traditional parts of the country, like Mormon Utah, southern Idaho, and southern Missouri, increases your likelihood of getting hitched early on. On the other hand, liberal hot-spots like Chicago, Boston, New York, and Los Angeles breed socially-progressive millennials who are less keen on settling down.
In the South, there's also an interesting class divide component, as the rich are more likely to marry by their mid-20s than their less wealthy counterparts.
Across the board, though, those who grew up in small towns are also more likely to get married than those who were raised in cities. So us New Yorkers are gonna be single gals forever, is that what you're saying, Harvard? Whatever, we like it that way.
You can check out this interactive board to see the specific data for your hometown here.
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A new database that will make queer women 'harder to ignore'
Yaz Duncan·
Back in 2017, GayIceland reported that a new database on the history of queer women in Iceland before 1960 was in the making. The wait is over. Ásta Kristín Benediktsdóttir, Hafdís Erla Hafsteinsdóttir and Íris Ellenberger have now launched Iceland's, and possibly the world's, first database on queer women and thier lives.
Ásta Kristín Benediktsdóttir and Hafdís Erla Hafsteinsdóttir.
The database is the product of an archive project, where the team systematically searched for information about women and queer sexuaity before the 1960s. Ásta explains that the project's definitions are very broad.
" We define 'queer sexuality' and 'women' very broadly, and the database includes diverse sources about women's behaviour, friendships, sex, gender expression, words and nicknames, queer spaces and silences. There are stories about women who wore pants and behaved in a 'manly' way, and were even said to have conceived children with other women – women who refused to get married, had romantic friendships with women, lived with them for decades and wrote passionate letters to them.
The goal was to create a springboard for students and further queer academic research, but also to make the information accessible and appealing to everyone interested in history."
"There are stories about women who wore pants and behaved in a 'manly' way, and were even said to have conceived children with other women"
Now that the database is open, and accessible to everyone, the team is gaining some insight into the reasons why people are looking for this information.
"Most of the people we have heard from are just using it as a source of interesting information and a way of gaining an unconventional insight into Iceland's past. We also know of teachers who are using it for teaching history and gender studies on university and secondary school level," says Íris. "But mostly we have no idea why people are visiting the site, that is the beauty of putting information out there on the web."
Traditionally, historians have tended to erase women, especially queer women, and other queer people from the history books. The team is optimistic that a database like this will make queer women 'hard to ignore'.
"The idea of the project came about in 2017 when we published a book about queer history, Svo veistu að þú varst ekki hér (So, you know you were never here), a citation from Guðmundur Sigurjónsson Hoftal a well-known sports teacher and the only person in Iceland who was ever sentenced to prison because of homosexuality," says Hafdís.
"During the publication process, it became painfully clear that women were more or less absent from our knowledge about queer past in Iceland and this lack of knowledge was due to lack of sources. So in order to bridge that gap, we launched the project. By collecting, categorizing and launching this web-collection, we have already shown that there is a rich body of sources out there that shows examples of diverse patterns of female sexualities.
Such a source collection will be hard to ignore in future research. It will be hard to overlook the queer aspects of the women´s movement during the first decades of the 20th century in any upcoming research or writing on the topic."
Researching and collecting information about 'hidden women', undoubtedly will uncover some interesting discoveries and make connections that previously would have been impossible.
"Sometimes we can use the sources people point out to us, and sometimes we build on them and eventually they lead us to valuable documents. For example, a story from somebody's aunt who remembered two women who lived together in Reykjavík in the 1930s can lead us to registers, obituaries or private archives that tell us more about those women," says Ásta.
During the research stages, the team also made some fascinating discoveries about the nature of queer communities during the early 20th century and the social mores of the time.
"While ploughing through various sources which span over 200 years such as personal letters, newspapers, obituaries, registration documents, poetry, folklore and gossip, we found a lot of queer aspects of the past that were previously unknown. For example, we figured that the word "graður" which in modern Icelandic means horny, was used as a negative label for women who were considered to step a little too far outside of the boundaries of proper feminine behaviour during the 18th and 19th centuries. We also discovered a network of intimate female friends in Reykjavík during the first decades of the 20th century, some of those women raised children together and lived together for decades.
Íris Ellenberger.
The Hidden Women project is due to finish this year, but the feedback form will remain open and people will still be able to send in information. The team hasn't ruled out similar projects about people of other genders which could be merged with the Hidden Women Project. However, the legacy of the project will continue. Ásta explains: "We are in the process of writing
teaching materials for secondary school students which will be available on huldukonur.is later this spring. These will basically be A4 sheets with information from the web page rewritten for younger readers along with assignments and other tidbits of information that we feel are interesting for that age.
The material includes instructions for teachers which introduces the basics of queer history and assists those who are not already familiar with that subject with integrating women's queer sexualities into the history curriculum at their schools. We are also hoping to be able to make
teaching materials for primary schools but have yet to see if that will work out."
Not only does the Hidden Women Project address the inequalities that queer women have faced in being recorded by traditional history, by producing materials for schools it seek to address this problem in the future. By bringing queer women and their stories to the attention of the next generation of Iceland's historians, the project is working towards stopping the erasure of queer people and relationships from the history books.
The Hidden Women project is now collecting more stories and information. If you have anything you want to share, please use the submission form on the website or email: huldukonur@gmail.com!
Main photo: These had obviously seen a camera before and here they look very stylish. The photo of these cheerful ladies dressed in men's clothing is taken on a snowy day at the garden of the tuberculosis sanatorium Kristnes in Iceland.
Yaz Duncan
Yaz Duncan is a Journalist and Communications Officer who lives and works in Edinburgh. Her interests are in LGBT rights and feminism. She can often be found drinking a rum and coke.


Many film historians recognize the year of 1939 as "the greatest year in movie history." That was the year that produced "Gone With the Wind," "Stagecoach" and "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington." And you might remember another movie from that year: "The Wizard of Oz," which has delighted generations of children and adults ever since.
To celebrate the 80th anniversary of its release, Brightline has teamed with the Miami Children's Museum to create the Wizard of Oz Educational Exhibit, open now through Sunday, June 16.
Getting to the Land of Oz is super easy. All you need is a ticket for a Brightline train and, like Dorothy, the Tin Man, the Cowardly Lion and the Scarecrow, just follow the yellow brick road at Brightline's MiamiCentral Station.
You can start at Munchkinland, then proceed to the Emerald City itself, where the Wizard is waiting your arrival. There's also the Gale house, where you can view a tornado from Dorothy's bedroom window, Dorothy's ruby red slippers and little Toto, trying to escape his basket on a bicycle.
Weekend visitors may encounter the film's main characters, and Brightline is also offering private tours as well. For those looking to book a private tour or for groups, including seniors and students, the Munchkin Bunch Rates start at $15. To reserve your group experience, email guestservices@gobrightline.com. To book your ride to Brightline's Wizard of Oz™ Educational Exhibit Experience and for more information, visit https://www.gobrightline.com/.
Now, if you're ready, come along as Pam and I take a trip "over the rainbow."
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Uxbridge's new Battle of Britain Bunker centre wins prize as 'fitting tribute to the RAF on its 100th anniversary'
It has been named locally as the Best Public Service Building and is now in the final for a national award
Frederica MillerReporter
Since it opened in March Hillingdon's Battle of Britain Bunker visitor centre has won a regional prize and is now in the final for a national award.
The £6 million exhibition centre for visitors to the Uxbridge site, embraces the themes of planes and flight, reflected in its outstanding design.
Hillingdon' s Building Control team who managed the project alongside consultants Faithful & Gould, Pattern Architects and contractor VolkerFitzpatrick, won the Local Authority Building Control (LABC) Awards, Best Public Service Building prize on Friday (May 11.)
According to the judges, the new building, with its steel-framed and unique shape, "pays fitting tribute to the RAF on its 100th anniversary."
The centre will now go forward to the national final of Best Public Service Building which will be held in November.
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Hillingdon Council became custodians of the Battle of Britain Bunker in 2016, taking over responsibility from the Ministry of Defence.
The design of the Battle of Britain Bunker visitor centre is inspired by planes and flight
The council secured £1 million in government funding to carry out essential repairs to the original bunker, which played a crucial role in the Battle of Britain in 1940, and also invested £6 million itself in the new Exhibition and Visitor Centre, to recognise this important part of the borough's heritage.
Judges were impressed by the centre's "shell-like form and interesting shape"
The Battle of Britain Bunker, and those who staffed it, played a crucial role in the air defence of the United Kingdom throughout the Second World War and the new visitor centre tells the story for the first time through an interactive exhibition.
The bunker's exhibition and visitor centre won the Local Authority Building Control (LABC) Awards, Best Public Service Building prize on Friday (May 11) (Image: Hillingdon Council)
Leader of Hillingdon Council, Cllr Ray Puddifoot, said: "The council is extremely pleased to have won this accolade and be shortlisted once again for a national LABC Award.
"The Battle of Britain Bunker Exhibition and Visitor Centre is an amazing building in both design and content, and it has been a real achievement to see it open in just two years after taking over responsibility for it from the Ministry of Defence."
Judges said the centre pays fitting tribute to the RAF on its 100th anniversary"
He added: "We wanted to ensure this national heritage site remains open for generations to come to visit and learn about the bunker's pivotal role in the Second World War.
"Judging from the comments we've received so far, it's proving popular with residents and visitors alike."
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Fanzago's astronomical clock is an astronomical clock in Clusone, Italy. It is housed in a medieval tower in the southwest corner of the . Dating from 1583, it was designed by local mathematician Pietro Fanzago, and still runs on its original mechanism, with restorations in 1873, 1928 and 2006.

The clock's dial has a diameter of . It has a single hand, which rotates anticlockwise, and three concentric rotating rings inside the chapter ring. The dial indicates the hour, the day, the month, the position of the Sun and Moon in the zodiac, the moon phase, and the duration of the hours of darkness through the year.

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Panjab University Distance MBA Fee, Admission (and more)
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MBA Correspondence from Panjab University
Course offered MBA
Stream General
Accreditation UGC
Eligibility Bachelor's degree with an aggregate mark of 50% & above
Types of Courses
How is the course delivered?
Panjab University is one of the oldest educational establishments in the whole of India, being founded in 1947. It has a huge historical significance in the region and has been offering top class education to students for many decades through constantly evolving and growing programs to help improve their teaching ability.
Due to this, they have an excellent distance learning department which has helped hundreds of students improve the quality of their education. They formed the Department for Open Learning in 1971 to extend the availability of their education to the widest possible number of people.
The USOL staff is been a very supportive, well-qualified, and research-oriented faculty. The Educational Media Center produced 68 video programs to be shown during the PCP's to the students. The department also provides the teaching aid materials and equipment to the faculty of the Department.
Punjab University is a State University.
Duration of the Course
The length of the MBAs available at the Panjab University is 2 years split up into 4 semesters with examinations and assessments throughout each semester.
However, it also offers Postgraduate Diplomas of 1 year in different fields like Computer Application, Human rights and duties, Mass communication, Library Automation, and Network, etc.
Link to prospectus
Types of Course
There is a variety of courses that can be taken but the most popular is the course in business administration which has been designed by the university to give the students the best possible advance past studying for the degree and moving into the world of further employment.
The teaching given to students through the MBA program combines a huge variety of aspects in order to give the most rounded experience possible to the students and have them learn in ways that are comfortable for them.
Just some of these aspects are study material in Self Learning Mode, Personal Contact Program, Response Sheets, Assignments, Video and Audio- cassette Lessons on selected topics, Dissertations/Projects in selected courses and Counselling of students on a one to one basis along with other methods that can be found here.
The faculty of the school hail from a wide variety of backgrounds in a huge number of different subjects. This offers the school the ability to offer a similarly wide range of courses and qualifications through its distance learning program. All of the staff's contact details are easily accessible and ready to be used by any current or prospective students.
Eligibility for the Course
Most importantly anyone applying for a distance MBA must have a bachelor's degree from either Panjab University or any other university which is recognized by Panjab. To be accepted you must also have achieved an aggregate mark of above 50% throughout the duration of the course.
Panjab University also accepts qualifications gained from other accredited sources such as a pass in final examination conducted by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India or England or the Institute of Cost and Works Accountants of India or England.
The fee structure is laid out within the prospectus for the university which can be ordered from the website or received when you apply for the university. However, the fee for the MBA per year is INR 17000 giving a total cost for the MBA of INR 34000.
Accreditation of the University
The University has been recognized by the UGC among other accreditation agencies, particularly for its "Potential for Excellence in Bio-Medical Sciences" and the general quality of its education.
In order to be accepted for a place to study on the distance learning MBA course, you must pass the acceptance test.
After the test, you will be called for a Personal Interview or Group discussion on the basis of score in the Common Admission Test.
Attendance in Group Discussion and personal interview is compulsory. If any candidate does not attend these group discussions and personal interviews, Then University can cancel the admission of the applicant.
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"Punjab university is known for quality education in every sphere! Students have done wonders in their fields. All subjects are there and a language school too. The youth festival of Punjab university is best. Every country has a product from this university. This university has students from the World over. The campus is large and self-contained with all amenities. Hostels for boys & girls are separate! Its physics dept has given birth to scientists. A large number of colleges are affiliated with this University. Student life is the best at this university. Dept of Law studies is best in the region. We can miss the dept of music & chemical engineering! For admissions pls refer to the website of Punjab University Chandigarh. Public transport is ample! It's located opposite PGIMER! To reach Punjab University take a bus to PGI! Yes, recommended by me? 5/5" Sukh Deep
"I have been here for the last 13 years. This place gives you the feel of an education hub. Other universities do not have this big campus and residence area for all the classes of workers. I never saw an organization so well planned, it may be private or govt aided. A very good quality education, any stream, any interest, you get all of it in one place. The student center is a very famous and favorite place for students. Good quality food, market, and superb environment. covered with greenery, beautiful flowers, and trees, clean roads, large grounds, campus, cheerful students." Shikha Vikas
Q1: What is the admission procedure at Panjab University Distance MBA?
Ans: The admission procedure is described by the University and available on the University website.
Q2: What is the fee structure of USOL?
Ans: The fee is 17,000 per year for the course of the MBA program at Panjab University.
Q3: What are the placement opportunities after the Panjab University distance MBA?
Ans: The opportunity is almost 70% of major companies like BSNL, IBM, and Infosys.
Q4: Must I undertake the entrance test?
Ans: Yes, all interested candidates must pass the entrance test conducted by the university. It includes questions on numerical ability, reasoning ability, general English comprehension, problem-solving, and data interpretation.
Q5: Is distance MBA at Panjab University accredited?
Ans: Yes, the program is accredited by the UGC and the Distance Education Bureau.
Panjab University makes a lot of their contact details readily available to members of the public and potential students to make it very easy to get in contact with them with any queries that you may have.
Their main campus and offices are located at Panjab University, Sector 14, Chandigarh, U.T. – 160014 allowing anyone in the region to easily find where they are to go and contact them.
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Deutsche Ausgabe erscheint im Sommer 2018 // The German Edition is Coming this Summer
Posted: February 26, 2018 | Author: Frank Hoeber | Filed under: Hoeber | Tags: American Philosophical Society, Düsseldorf, Elfriede Hoeber, Escaping Nazi Germany, Francis W. Hoeber, German Social Democrats, Hoeber, Immigrant experience, Johannes Hoeber, Letters from Nazi Germany, Philadelphia, Susanne Hoeber Rudolph | 4 Comments
Deutsche Ausgabe: "Deutsche auf der Flucht, Ein Briefwechsel zwischen Deutschland und Amerika von 1938 bis 1939.", erscheint im Sommer 2018.
Liebe Kollegen/innen, Freunde, Verwandte,
Grüße aus Philadelphia! Es freut mich sehr, Ihnen/euch mitteilen zu können, dass mein Buch, Against Time, Letters from Nazi Germany, 1938-1939, im Frühsommer dieses Jahres in deutsche Fassung erscheinen wird. Der deutsche Titel lautet, Deutsche auf der Flucht, ein Briefwechsel zwischen Deutschland und Amerika von 1938 bis 1939. Viele von Ihnen/euch kennen das Buch schon auf Englisch, und der Berliner Lukas Verlag wird jetzt die deutsche Version des Buchs herausgeben. Es ist eine besondere Ehre, dass die Kosten der Veröffentlichung durch die Stiftung Gedenkstätte Deutscher Widerstand (Berlin) unterstützt werden. Für weitere Informationen zum Buch, siehe unten.
Im Laufe des letzten Jahres habe ich mich mit der Abfassung der deutschen Version beschäftigt. Ich bedanke mich bei den deutschen und amerikanischen Kollegen/innen und Freunden/innen, die meine Forschungen im Bereich meiner Familiengeschichte in den letzten Jahren Unterstützt haben. Natürlich werde ich Ihnen/euch allen das Veröffentlichungsdatum ankündigen, sobald ein Termin festgelegt ist.
Mit freundliche Grüße, Ihr/euer
Dear Colleagues, Friends and Relatives,
Greetings from Philadelphia! I am pleased to tell you that my book, Against Time: Letters from Nazi Germany, 1938-1939, will be issued in a German edition this summer. The German title is Deutsche auf der Flucht, ein Briefwechsel zwischen Deutschland und Amerika von 1938 bis 1939, ("Germans Fleeing: An Exchange of Letters Between Germany and America from 1938 to 1939"). I am honored that the costs of publication are being supported by the German Resistance Memorial Foundation in Berlin. During the last year I have been occupied with the preparation of the German edition, which involved translating my notes and comments from English to German and re-editing all of the original German letters written by my parents. I am grateful to the American and German colleagues and friends who have supported my research into my family's history over the last several years. I will, of course, let everyone know when a definite publication date has been set.
The English edition remains available from the publisher and on Amazon. For further information about that book, click here.
English edition: Against Time: Letters from Nazi Germany, 1938-1939, by Francis W. Hoeber. Published by the American Philosophical Society Press, September 2015.
Review of "Against Time: Letters from Nazi Germany, 1938-1939" from CHOICE, A Publication of the Association of College and Research Libraries
Posted: May 2, 2016 | Author: Frank Hoeber | Filed under: Hoeber, Uncategorized | Tags: Against Time: Letters From Nazi Germany 1938-1939, American Philosophical Society, Destruction of Duesseldorf, Elfriede Hoeber, Escaping Nazi Germany, Francis W. Hoeber, Hoeber, Immigrant experience, Immigration visa, Johannes Hoeber, Letters from Nazi Germany, Philadelphia reform movement, Susanne Hoeber, Susanne Hoeber Rudolph | 1 Comment
I am delighted that the following review appeared on May 1, 2016, in CHOICE, a publication of the Association of College and Research Libraries.
AGAINST TIME: Letters from Nazi Germany, 1938-1939, by Francis W. Hoeber
Francis Hoeber possesses, apparently, decades' worth of materials from his family's history. However, he has chosen to publish only letters from 1938 and 1939, because they are truly exceptional in foregrounding human experience in the face of obliterating fascism. His father, Johannes, had emigrated from Germany in 1938, with the idea that Elfriede would follow with their young daughter. Complications arose. Eventually they united, lived in the US, and raised their family. That is a passive, objective summary. In contrast, these letters, written by two literate, gifted writers, construct a deeply experienced history entwined with significant world events. Genuine, emotional, human, rational—the letters exemplify precisely why published history needs such primary material. We can read or view synthesized historical accounts in textbooks or documentaries; we can summarize and categorize, intellectually. However, only by absorbing the personal narratives of people who recount the events they lived through can readers approximate the feelings, the vibrant presence, the individual acts that enliven historical experience. Through self-expressed microhistory, whether routine (running a business) or epochal (Kristallnacht), readers feel the macrohistory viscerally. Hoeber provides relevant context in footnotes and summaries to orient readers.
Summing up: Highly recommended.
–J. B. Wolford, University of Missouri—St. Louis
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A Conversation — Finding Refuge in America: Germans 1939, Syrians 2015
Posted: November 26, 2015 | Author: Frank Hoeber | Filed under: Hoeber, Uncategorized | Tags: American Philosophical Society, Düsseldorf, Elfriede Hoeber, Escaping Nazi Germany, Hoeber, Immigrant experience, Immigration visa, Johannes Hoeber, Letters from Nazi Germany, refugees | Leave a comment
Johannes Höber and Elfriede Höber shortly before their departure from Germany for America, 1938
Americans are schizophrenic about immigration. We have two contradictory traditions with respect to people from other countries who come here to live. On the one hand, we have the Emma Lazarus, tradition: "Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, the wretched refuse of your teeming shore … " and so on. This welcoming tradition dates as far back as William Penn, whose 1701 Charter of Privileges welcomed people of all nationalities and religions to come and live in his Quaker colony in America. On the other hand, America has an equally strong xenophobic tradition, from the Alien Enemies and Naturalization Acts of 1798, through the nativist Know Nothing Party of the 1840s and the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882, to the restrictive Johnson-Reed Act of 1924 and the proposal today of a leading candidate for president of the United States to physically deport 11 million migrants by force. For more than two centuries, persons wanting to come here from abroad to live have encountered these contradictory impulses in American culture—welcoming and exclusionary—when trying to secure permission to immigrate.
Against Time: Letters from Nazi Germany, 1938-1939, by Francis W. Hoeber. Published by the American Philosophical Society Press, September 2015.
In the process of escaping Hitler and finding refuge here, my parents encountered both of these contrary American traditions. My book, Against Time: Letters from Nazi Germany, 1938-1939, illustrates the realities for a family negotiating what was ultimately an arbitrary U.S. immigration process as well as the day-to-day personal impact of migration under pressure. My parents got out of Germany and into the U.S. as the result of their education, hard work and good luck. But if it had not been for generous Americans who enthusiastically supported refugees who wanted to become part of the American fabric, their story could easily have turned out differently.
On November 22, 2015, I spoke with radio producer Loraine Ballard Morrill in Philadelphia about Johannes and Elfriede's experiences in getting into the United States as they sought to escape Germany in 1938 and 1939. The conversation led to a discussion about the parallels between anti-immigrant rhetoric in the 1930s that led to the restrictions on refugees in that period and the politics of exclusion of Syrian refugees in 2015. You can hear the interview by clicking here.
American Immigration Visas that saved Elfriede and Susanne Höber's lives, 11 July 1939.
Stymied in Antwerp – October 1939
Posted: August 14, 2015 | Author: Frank Hoeber | Filed under: Hoeber, Uncategorized | Tags: American immigration visa, American Philosophical Society, Antwerp, Düsseldorf, Elfriede Hoeber, Escaping Nazi Germany, Johannes Hoeber, Letters from Nazi Germany, Naz passport, Susanne Hoeber | 3 Comments
Elfriede Höber and Susanne Höber on the balcony of their apartment at Pempelforterstrasse 42, Düsseldorf, December 1938.
World War II began with Hitler's invasion of Poland on September 1, 1939. My mother, Elfriede, and my 9 year old sister, Susanne, were living in Dusseldorf and getting stuck in Nazi Germany became an all-too-real possibility for them. It was imperative that they get away and join my father, who had fled to Philadelphia the previous year. The war had started just a few weeks after the American consul had granted Elfriede and Susanne immigration visas after months of struggling. Then, getting the household packed up, wrapping up their business, and saying farewell to family and friends took weeks — and suddenly it was almost too late.
German Passport issued to Elfriede Fischer Höber and Susanne Höber, Düsseldorf, June 22, 1939.
The start of the war only increased the flood of emigrants racing to escape Europe. The stamps in Elfriede's passport show that on September 14 she paid the German government 8 Reichsmarks for an exit permit. On September 19 she obtained a bank certification for the 20 Reichsmarks (about $10), the total that she was allowed to take out of Germany. Thankfully, on September 22 at 8:50 P.M. she and Susanne crossed the border at Aachen out of Germany and into Belgium. They arrived in Antwerp the same day, where they were supposed to board a ship for America. But it wasn't that simple.
Stamps in Elfriede and Susanne's passport show their exit permit, fiscal authorization and crossing of the border into Belgium, September 1939.
The first days of the war saw numerous naval battles between Germany and Great Britain, including the sinking a British warship with a loss of 700 lives. The fighting at sea completely disrupted civilian shipping in the English Channel and the North Atlantic. As a result, Elfriede and Susanne's ship was delayed again and again. Day after day they trekked to the shipping office of the Holland America Line, which was besieged by hundreds of refugees desperate to escape Europe. Seventy-five years later, Susanne still remembers the grimy hotel, the chaos at the shipping office, the fear and the grinding boredom of the wait. Finally, however, after weeks of waiting, Elfriede was able to confirm their passage on the S.S. Westernland that ultimately left on October 28. She sent off a letter to her husband, Johannes, in Philadelphia, with the news. After explaining the complicated arrangements with finances and ships, she added,
How have these things been with you all these weeks? At this point I've heard almost nothing about you for two months, but now it seems like we'll actually get out of here and get to you. I hope we don't run into any disaster other than seasickness on the way, because as [my brother] Paul aptly noted, you can take Vasano for seasickness but for torpedoes you can only take a lifeboat. To tell the truth, I'm not really very worried about the torpedoes. When cautious people at home asked me whether I was really going to risk the transatlantic trip at this time, I just answered that it was pretty much the same to me whether a bomb fell on my head in Düsseldorf or a torpedo hit some other part of my body on the ocean. On the other hand, a bomb shelter is warmer than the North Atlantic in October. …
If heaven and assorted Führers don't spit in our soup again, we'll be with you in a couple of weeks.
Alles liebe Deine Friedel
Letter from Elfriede Höber in Antwerp to Johannes Höber in Philadelphia, October 16, 1939.
The story of what happened next, and more about Elfriede and Johannes' flight from Germany to the United States, is contained the book from which this story is taken: Against Time: Letters from Nazi Germany, 1938-1939, available by clicking here.
Posted: August 10, 2015 | Author: Frank Hoeber | Filed under: Hoeber, Uncategorized | Tags: American Philosophical Society, Destruction of Duesseldorf, Elfriede Hoeber, Escaping Nazi Germany, Francis W. Hoeber, German Social Democrats, Immigrant experience, Immigration visa, Johannes Hoeber, Susanne Hoeber Rudolph | 2 Comments
To all of you who are readers of this website, and who mean so much to me:
I am pleased to let you know that my book, Against Time: Letters from Nazi Germany, 1938-1939, about my parents' flight from Germany to America just before World War II, will be published by the American Philosophical Society Press on September 1, 2015.
You are invited to join me for a reading and reception at the historic building of the American Philosophical Society adjacent to Independence Hall at 104 South 5th Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on Wednesday, September 9, 2015 at 5:30 P.M.
In a nutshell, here's the story of Against Time: My father, Johannes Höber, left Nazi Germany for America in November 1938. My mother, Elfriede, and my nine year old sister, Susanne, were unable to leave until nearly a year later. Fifty years later, I found an old folder containing the long letters Johannes and Elfriede exchanged during the anxious months they were separated. In these letters, Elfriede describes the worsening situation in daily life under Hitler's regime and Johannes describes his rapid entry into American political life in Philadelphia. Against Time collects those letters with an introduction, notes and an epilogue that set the letters in the context of their time. Johannes and Elfriede were both political scientists and activist Social Democrats, so their letters are of more than just personal interest. Together, the letters tell the intense story of a remarkable couple in one of the most tumultuous periods in world history. You can learn more about the book and read excerpts and view the illustrations at www.againsttimebook.com .
Against Time: Letters from Nazi Germany, 1938-1939 is available for ordering at a pre-publication discount from the American Philosophical Society Press by clicking here . Copies are set to be shipped on September 1.
Thanks so much for your interest.
75th Anniversary of a Memorable Day
Posted: November 5, 2014 | Author: Frank Hoeber | Filed under: Hoeber | Tags: American Philosophical Society, Elfriede Hoeber, Escaping Nazi Germany, Germantown Philadelphia PA, Hoeber, Immigration visa, Johannes Hoeber, Susanne Hoeber | 1 Comment
Today, November 5, 2014, marks the 75th anniversary of the day my mother, Elfriede Fischer Höber, and my sister Susanne Höber, arrived safely in the United States from Nazi Germany. They had made a narrow escape weeks after World War II had begun.
In the spring of 1939, Elfriede and Susanne, then age 9, had found themselves stranded in the north German city of Düsseldorf. My father, Johannes, had come to Philadelphia a few months earlier to prepare the way for them. In the intervening period, the Nazis continued to tighten the screws on the German population and threatened to plunge Europe into war. The pressure was getting extreme for the hundreds of thousands who wanted to leave the country. On June 22, Elfriede succeeded in getting a new passport for both her and Susanne.
Passport issued by the German authorities for Elfriede Fischer Höber and Susanne Höber on June 22, 1939 .
The greater difficulty, however, was to get a visa allowing them to enter the United States. American law at that time permitted only 27,000 Germans to obtain immigration visas annually. In 1938 alone, over 300,000 Germans applied for visas, meaning that hundreds of thousands of people desperate to leave the country were denied admission to the United States. Liberal legislative efforts to expand the number of German refugees allowed into the United States were stymied by a coalition of Southern congressmen, anti-immigration groups, isolationists and antisemites (since a majority of those seeking admission were Jews). The denial of entry to the U.S. doomed thousands who might otherwise have survived the Nazis.
Elfriede and Susanne were among the lucky ones. After months of struggling with visa applications and mind-numbing paperwork both in Germany and the United States, they were summoned to the office of the U.S. Consul General in Stuttgart on July 12, 1939. The last step in the application process was a physical examination, which both of them fortunately passed. When the examination was done, a clerk used a rubber stamp to imprint two immigration visa approvals on a page of the passport, using quota numbers 608 and 609. Vice Consul Boies C. Hart, Jr.'s signature and the embossed consular seal on each imprint made them official. Elfriede and Susanne now had had the wherewithal to escape to safety and freedom, a chance denied to countless others.
Logistical issues made it impossible for Elfriede and Susanne to cross the German border into Belgium until September 19, by which time Germany had attacked Poland, and Britain and France declared war on Hitler. It took another six anxious weeks in Antwerp before they were finally able to board a ship for America. It is hard to imagine their joy and relief when they were reunited with Johannes on a pier in New York harbor on that day three-quarters of a century ago.
The full story of Elfriede and Susanne's escape is told in the book Against Time: Letters from Nazi Germany, 1938-1939 published by the American Philosophical Society. Click here to learn more about the book.
A Wonderful Publisher for AGAINST TIME: Letters from Nazi Germany, 1938-1939
Posted: March 30, 2014 | Author: Frank Hoeber | Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: 1938-1939, Against Time: Letters from Nazi Germany, American Philosophical Society, Elfriede Hoeber, Escaping Nazi Germany, Frank Hoeber, Johannes Hoeber, Letters from Nazi Germany | 6 Comments
Many readers of this blog know that I have been working for a long time to translate and edit nearly a hundred long letters that my parents exchanged as they were fleeing Nazi Germany in 1938-1939. I am very pleased to tell you that my manuscript has been accepted for publication by the American Philosophical Society and will be available as a book by mid-2015.
For those of you who may not be familiar with the American Philosophical Society, it is an international honorary membership organization of scientists, scholars, artists and public officials. Its elected members include numerous heads of state and Nobel prize winners. APS was founded by Benjamin Franklin in 1743. Its headquarters building, Philosophical Hall, has been located next to Independence Hall since 1789. The Society has maintained a small but important publishing program since its founding, and my book will now join its list of publications.
Philosophical Hall, headquarters of the American Philosophical Society, Independence Square, Philadelphia
About Against Time: Letters from Nazi Germany, 1938-1939
Johannes and Elfriede Höber at the time of their marriage, December 1928
My mother, Elfriede Höber, had to stay behind in Germany when my father left for Philadelphia on November 12, 1938. She and my nine year old sister Susanne were unable to get out of Europe until a year later. It was a scary time. During the months they were separated, my mother and father exchanged long letters, with Elfriede describing the worsening situation under the Nazis and my father, Johannes, describing his flight from Europe and his exhilarating entry into American life. These letters form the basis of Against Time: Letters from Nazi Germany, 1938-1939.
Johannes died in Washington, DC in 1977 at the age of 73. I found the letters among his papers some years after his death but didn't grasp their significance for some time. My knowledge of German was sketchy then. Having turned away from Germany in 1939, my parents rarely spoke the language at home; most of the German I knew I learned in high school. Working with a German-English dictionary, I could only make out a few parts of the letters that were typed; the handwritten letters entirely eluded my comprehension. In addition, the letters were full of unintelligible terms that appeared in no dictionary – Abo, Wobla, Staka, Affi – and perplexing names – Onkel Karl, Onkel Paul, Felix, Nepomuk – that didn't belong to anyone I had ever hear my parents mention. I felt that I would never figure these letters out and that I would be defeated by the handwriting, the foreign language, the mysterious terms and the unidentifiable names. But there was something about the letters – their secrecy, their mystery, and the dark times in which they were written – that kept calling me back.
Letter from Elfriede Höber in Düsseldorf to Johannes Höber in Philadelphia, 2 January 1939
Over a period of years I tried to figure out what the letters meant. I returned to evening German classes to be better able to deal with the language. I struggled to decipher the words and their significance. It eventually became apparent, from the context, that many words were a code that Johannes and Elfriede understood but others could not. I then realized that the letters were written with the assumption that they might be opened by the Nazi authorities. If that were to happen, Johannes and Elfriede wanted to ensure that their own words would not endanger them or their friends or family. Eventually, from context and research, and from repeated readings, I was able to decode most of the content of the letters.
Working with the letters has shown me that my parents' story during this dangerous period was not so dark as I had imagined. Indeed, the letters are full of cleverness, good fortune and a persistent optimism in the face of frightening difficulties. At the same time, there is a tension, a sense of strain I feel each time I pick them up. I sensed in these letters how emotionally challenging the events of 1938-1939 were. I often found the anxiety transmitted through their words to me. There were periods when I gave up all work on the letters for a year or two at a time.
But I did go back, and eventually there was a great reward for me in deciphering and understanding the letters in this book. Although Johannes died in 1977 and Elfriede in 1999, through the letters I got to meet and know them as two new people. As a father, Johannes could be difficult, but in the letters he is charming, caring, clever, ambitious and loving and concerned for the welfare of Elfriede and Susanne. He helped and encouraged Elfriede to do what she had to do to escape from Germany and bring Susanne to him. As a mother, Elfriede could be reserved, even stolid, but in these letters I discovered an affectionate, engaged and loving wife and mother.
Carbon copy of a letter from Johannes Höber in Philadelphia to Elfriede Höber in Düsseldorf , 24 January 1939
In deciphering these letters I also discovered two fine, passionate, but very different writers. My father's letters are carefully organized and precise, self-conscious and at the same time full of colorful detail and rich accounts of people, places and events that convey his deep interest in the world he observed. My mother's letters, even when slightly chaotic, convey a full sense of her strong feelings about what she was experiencing. Her letters are often laced with a breezy wit, though the humor is mostly ironic and often witheringly sarcastic. I never knew my mother was as darkly funny as she is in these letters.
Writing a book and getting it published is no sport for the short-winded. I have been working on this project for a long time and it will be more months until the book sees the light of day. But it is thrilling work and I am very much looking forward to the day when I can share all of this with all of you.
Partners in Science
Posted: January 30, 2012 | Author: Frank Hoeber | Filed under: Hoeber, Uncategorized | Tags: American Philosophical Society, cellular biochemistry, Escaping Nazi Germany, Josephine Hober, kiel physiological institute, Rudolf Hober, University of Kiel, university of pennsylvania, Woods Hole | 3 Comments
Josephine Marx Höber and Rudolf Höber in their Laboratory, University of Pennsylvania, 1934
Long before women were generally accepted in the medical profession and the sciences, my grandmother, Josephine, joined my grandfather, Rudolf, as a full research collaborator in the field of cellular biochemistry and human physiology.
Rudolf Höber and Josephine Marx were married in 1901. He already had his medical degree and a teaching and research position at the University of Zürich. In 1902, when he was 29, Rudolf published The Physical Chemistry of Cells and Tissues, a major theoretical work that would go through eight editions over the next 45 years. He also published as many as six technical articles annually documenting the results of his laboratory research.
With Rudolf's encouragement, Josephine entered the medical school at Zürich and obtained her degree in 1909. She was a pioneering woman in the medical profession in Europe. Also in 1909, Rudolf and Josephine moved to Kiel, Germany, where Rudolf became professor of physiology and Director of the Physiological Institute at the University of Kiel. Although Josephine did not have an official position in the University, she was a partner and collaborator in Rudolf's work, sharing his passion for the world of biochemistry, biophysics and the nature of cellular function. The couple travelled to the Stazione Zoologica in Naples and to the Woods Hole Marine Biological Laboratory to conduct research. In the 1920's, Josephine became an active participant in the laboratory work, and collaborated on several of the research articles Rudolf published both in German and in English.
When the Nazis came to power in Germany in 1933, they expelled Rudolf from his position at the University of Kiel. Anxious to continue his life's work, he accepted an invitation from the University of Pennsylvania to become a visiting professor at the medical school there, and he and Josephine moved to Philadelphia in 1934. The University, however, did not provide him with the kind of laboratory, apparatus and assistance that he had had at the University of Kiel. Although he received some financial support from American foundations, including the American Philosophical Society, Rudolf was frustrated by the limited facilities and staff available to him. Part of the solution was that Josephine joined him in the lab on a full time basis – without pay.
Rudolf and Josephine were equal partners in the lab for many years. The articles they wrote and published jointly continued to make findings in physiology that remain foundational in biotechnical work being done today.
Here is one of the articles Rudolf and Josephine co-authored, as published in the Journal of General Physiology:
COLLABORATION BETWEEN RUDOLF HOEBER AND JOSEPHINE MARX HOEBER
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My husband and I took a road trip with our two younger sons to Santa Fe, New Mexico for a convention that my husband was attending. We love to hike so we took our hiking shoes, hiking poles and water bottles to spend our time outside hiking around his conference sessions.
We love the Art in Santa Fe, the wonderful food, and the culture.
We have traveled to Santa Fe, New Mexico numerous times in search of items mentioned above (art, food, hiking) and I was determined, on this trip, to purchase some local jewelry. The Plaza has numerous shops with clothes and jewelry but after browsing through a few I decided that I wanted the piece of jewelry, that I ultimately owned, to be authentic. This led me to the Plaza and directly to the "Palace of Governors" where Native American Artists sell their craft.
Tourists come from all over the world to see Native American art. Many visitors locate and view fine pottery, paintings, sculptures, and jewelry.
There was so much to choose from. I found myself wandering back and forth trying to determine what piece of jewelry to purchase, and I kept returning to the same booth and picking up the same bracelet.
The bracelet was a bit more expensive than some of the other jewelry on display, but it felt much heavier and the design was unique. My husband asked the jewelry artist, Myles Roy Calladitto, many questions about the bracelet and he replied that he made it all himself. Each piece was his own, and he learned the craft of jewelry design from his father.
We made the coral stone bracelet purchase, and I have enjoyed many happy days wearing my authentic, Navajo (Diné), custom designed, bracelet.
A good friend of mine, Miss Sherry, admired my bracelet and she set off to find Mr. Calladitto on her trip to Santa Fe in March. She had a picture of my bracelet on her phone and she went to the Palace of Governors in search of MRC jewelry. She showed each vendor a picture of the bracelet. Finally, to her delight, she located a designer who said that he recognized the workmanship. She asked if the artist could point her to his booth and he said that he wasn't exhibiting that day and she was disappointed until he followed with "I recognize the work of this jeweler because he is my son, Myles".
To make a long story short, Miss Sherry connected with Myles after returning to Oklahoma and ultimately ordered and received a bracelet designed and made by Myles.
Sherry's bracelet has turquoise stones (Kingman, AZ).
Myles Roy Calladitto has been designing jewelry for 17 years. He confirmed that his father taught him this craft and that he is the third generation of Navajo Jewelry Artists in his family. The designs he places in his bracelets each have meaning.
If you find yourself traveling to Santa Fe, New Mexico please look for Myles. He is a talented jewelry designer and you will treasure any purchase of his for many years.
Special thanks to Myles Roy Calladitto for providing and for allowing the use of some of these photos.
Santa Fe has so many beautiful things to see and do, from fabulous art and Native American jewelry to almost every kind decorative object you can imagine. I was overwhelmed by it and wanted to see it all but it just wasn't possible on this first trip since I was a young teenager. We plan to make more visits and I will definitely seek out MRC Jewelry. I love the tradition of the Native American Indian passing their skills down through generations and designing and creating such beautiful pieces of jewelry. Thanks for sharing this family's story.
I love the blog, you did a great story on Myles and I'm certain he and his parents will be impressed. All the photos are really add to it. Made me want to jump in the car and head back to Sant Fe.
You are welcome. Santa Fe has so much to look at with the art and local culture that I am certain one could return multiple times and find something new each time. MRC jewelry is a hidden treasure.


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Offbeat's Adventures
En route to Puerto Soller
Following our stay in Puerto de Andraitx we headed out to start exploring the north coast, from Isla Sa Dragonera to Puerto de Soller. I had visited Soller a few times as a young girl and wanted to show Mark the beauty of Soller, Valldemossa and Deià.
Leaving Puerto de Andraitx early afternoon we knew that we wouldn't get to Puerto de Soller until way after sunset, so we decided to take our time, enjoy the scenery and drop anchor along the way.
Isla Sa Dragonera
Hurray, the wind was with us and although the forecast was for variable winds, once outside the shelter of the harbour entrance, we had a light south westerly wind with a 0.5-1.0 metre swell, which made for comfortable sailing. So, with foresail and mainsail up I had a happy skipper!
It took us about an hour to get to the entrance of the channel between Isla Sa Dragonera and the mainland. With the wind as it was, we downwind gybe tacked to keep up a decent speed and reduce the risk of gybing in the 1 metre swell funneling in the channel.
Unfortunately the wind died before we reached the end of the channel, so it was back to chugging along on the engine, but at least we'd had a couple of hours sailing.
Coastline from Isla Sa Dragonera
Once we had got through the passage between Dragonera and the mainland, we were greeted with spectacular scenery. Talk about rolling hillsides, this was just mountain upon mountain upon mountain.
I had an inkling of what the scenery would be like, having been over it by land, but nothing could have prepared us for just how jaw dropping beautiful it was.
We carried on motoring for another couple of hours. The scenery was enough to keep us occupied and the time soon past, but as it was starting to get late, we needed to find somewhere to drop anchor. We saw a number of boats anchored in Cala de ses Ortigues, which is east of Punta de na Foradada, so went in for a look.
Cala de ses Ortigues
Although the anchorage was quite crowded when we arrived (around 30+ boats), we knew by experience that by 20:00 it would be practically empty because most of the boats are either charter boats or boats owned by locals who take their families out for the day or have groups of young people on them listening to music and just having fun.
With this in mind, we dropped anchor in 14 metres of sand in this beautiful bay with a backdrop of woods and inland cliffs. And yes, by dusk it had cleared out and with no one in close proximity to us, Mark dropped our stern anchor to stop Offbeat rolling with the waves in the night.
All that was left to do was settle down for supper and another beautiful sunset.
The next morning we woke to find that there was only 4 boats (including us) in the anchorage. We felt very lucky to be waking in such a glorious place, with water that was so clear you could see the ripples of the sand.
I should say that by now, the daily temperature was in the mid 30s and night time temperature didn't fall to much below 27 degrees. Humidity in the boat was a constant battle, ranging from 70 to 85% most of the time. So, with crystal clear blue water enticing you, there was nothing for it but to jump in and have a glorious swim before breakfast.
After our swim and breakfast, we headed out of the cala. We had noticed the previous night that there was some sort of fishing installation in the northern corner of the cala, but didn't really take much notice of it. However, on our way out Mark saw something very similar to a dolphin fin swimming in the marked area.
He told me about it as we headed out, so I got the binoculars to have a look. I couldn't see anything but Mark couldn't leave it, if it was a dolphin he wanted to do something to help release it.
So we headed back in and saw quite a few people either on paddle boards or in dinghies around the fishing area. One who spoke good English confirmed it was a dolphin and explained that divers were in the water opening the trap doors so that it could get out. Reassured that rescue was at hand, we headed out of the cala and headed north.
Rolling mountains of
Sierra de Tramontana
There was a bit of westerly wind, albeit very light, so Mark raised the Foresail, but then replaced it with the ghoster. We sailed with the ghoster for a few hours, but after being at the helm for a couple of hours (whilst Mark had his siesta) and only doing 1 to 2 knots, we took the ghoster down and put the engine on. Don't get me wrong, I too love the tranquility of the wind rustling the sails and the sea gently lapping past, but when you're doing it in 35 degrees with very little shade and the scenery isn't changing, it can get a bit tedious.
Having said that, some of the scenery was outstanding. From the calas of Valdemossa and Deià, to the rock formation of Punta de sa Foradada and the rolling mountains of the Sierra de Tramontana, we were mesmerised.
Cala Banyalbufar
Cala Deià
Cala Valdemossa
Punta de Sa Foradada
Puig Major in the distance
With Puig Major watching over us, we finally arrived in Puerto de Soller late afternoon.
The Anchorage was already very crowded and as we were setting our anchor, Mrs Bouquet from the boat next to us stood on deck with hands on hips informing us they had 30 meters of anchor chain out.
Puerto de Soller
Boats continued to pour in at a rate of about one every couple of minutes. The poor woman next to us was having kittens and last we heard, they had 50 meters of anchor chain out.
Ho him, first world problems.
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I can almost hear the sniggering now, dismissing the preposterous idea that a platform like TikTok could ever be considered the future of hiring.
Well, before we dive into what's possible, I wish to be clear: the ways that the next generation of the workforce engages with digital is very different from how older generations. So let's skip past Gen Z and imagine for a moment how Generation Alpha will view the world?
Gen A knows nothing but digital, as the cohort born from 2010 to present. Imagine never knowing a world without an iPhone, Facebook, and Snapchat. In another decade, which we all know will go unbelievably fast, this generation will be in college or will have gone straight into the workforce. Their perception of the world around them and the way they interact with other people will be completely different from everyone today.
After all, look at all that has been created digitally in the last 15 years, and then imagine how much the world will change again in the next 15. We are inevitably accelerating into a future with no true way of testing how all the new stimuli will impact the masses.
So with all that in mind, is it really that radical to suggest that TikTok could be the future for hirers not only to reach their captive audience but to onboard and maybe — dare I say it — abolish the need for the long-standing resume?
Facebook and Twitter have managed to both engage and retain their audiences for over 15 years (Instagram has also managed to do this for over a decade). What this means is that we can safely assume that TikTok will be no different — it will continue to be the platform of choice for Gen Z and Gen Alpha. Let's discuss.
Reaching Talent Is Getting Harder
It's no secret that finding talent is becoming more difficult. We're in the middle of a major talent shortage, especially in the hourly wage market, and potential workers are not sitting around all day scouring job boards. Even Indeed, the biggest U.S. job board, is lucky to boast 200 million visits a month. And with each unique visitor accounting for five visits, their audience is roughly 40 million active people.
Let's compare that to TikTok: 62% 10- to 29-year-olds are on the platform, and the app itself has been downloaded over 2 billion times with over 689 million global users.
Keep in mind that hourly workers are typically young people at the beginning of their careers — and 62% of them are using TikTok. If you want to reach them, you have to start going where they are engaged and get on their level. These users spend an average of 52 minutes a day on the app. Process that for a second. Indeed has a visitor's engagement of six minutes and 58 seconds. TikTok is holding their audience's attention almost 8 times longer.
If you want to inspire discovery and be an employer that thinks outside the box, you must go where your target demographic is.
Social Media Platforms Aren't Professional
That, at least, is an argument some make against leveraging TikTok for hiring. A decade ago, I would have agreed, but today our digital alter ego and our consumption of social media networks are so commonplace that you cannot judge an individual's professional life by their personal one.
We all drink, take ridiculous photos with friends, get dressed up for parties, share our political views, and opine on news online. If we were to still have a problem with someone's personal life being visible on social media, there would literally be no one to hire today.
TikTok is about entertainment, and the platform users are one of three types of people: entertainers, spectators, or a hybrid of the two. Yet regardless, they all consume vast quantities of video content as a way of engaging themselves and satisfying their various information and entertainment needs.
What's more, work is part of all of our daily lives along with socializing, eating, etc. It also does not need to sit in the corner on its own, as some taboo that isn't allowed in the crowd, nor should it isolate itself in such a way. Work can be fun, it can be down to earth, it has a personality, and the people that work at a company have personalities, too.
Why shouldn't all that be shared in a way that helps employers find more people who are similar and good fits for their workplace culture?
TikTok is certainly a platform where people could express more about themselves during the hiring process, which would help identify a better fit candidate faster. Fit in many cases is actually more important than the skills themselves. If a person can be trained and can learn (which we all can), then the personality and character fit is possibly the most important part of determining a good hire. And which would deliver that better — a TikTok video or an old-school resume?
Companies Will Always Need a Resume
It was a rhetorical question. The sooner we can ditch the old-school, archaic resume, the better. After 15 years in the recruitment industry, I've seen millions of resumes across various databases — and they all read the same, are all structured the same, are all completely flawed, and are absolutely no reflection of the person behind them
I do agree that the current hiring infrastructure is set up so that the resume plays a dominant role when it comes to being shortlisted (one of the biggest flaws in the hiring process). You have millions of resumes submitted to jobs, which makes it impossible for recruiters to read all of them. This leads to relying on AI to do the shortlisting, which unfortunately means all of the shortcomings inherent and unconsciously built into AI are inevitably part of the hiring process.
A resume does not determine personality or character fit at all. It's completely soulless and has too much of a focus on skills that in all honesty could be taught to anyone if you hire the right personality for your company.
Watching TikTok videos of potential candidates may sound like it would be a much longer process, but would it?
In what context are we thinking about this? If we could skip the resume altogether and instead watch a pre-recorded video about a candidate, then we could actually hire people faster. And most importantly, we would hire better candidates.
While arguably this technology does exist in the market, the reality is that lack of user engagement has typically been a struggle for asynchronous video-interviewing and resume platforms, which are typically targeted at geriatric millennials or Gen X (who just aren't the right demographic). The difference with TikTok is that it already has a huge, very engaged audience who are willing to create video content about themselves.
Labor Force Amnesia
I recently spent time with some very bright minds at a local university, educating them on the hiring process. It dawned on me that despite how smart these young people are, there are many companies that they had no idea existed. We discussed some fairly prominent names, including General Dynamics and Randstad, and they had zero idea who any of these multibillion-dollar organizations were.
Companies must brand themselves out to market if they are ever going to have a hope of reaching the future labor force and audiences of tomorrow. Taking their brand and putting a personality behind it on TikTok is an engaging way to start pipelining the future workforce.
In five years, there will be a whole new world of workers who will have been fully engaged with TikTok for over seven years and could be aware of the different hiring brands, like some of the names mentioned above. The talent pipeline would come to the company, as workers will have built relationships with these hirers in a more approachable and social fashion.
Humanizing Hiring
In short, because TikTok has 62% of 10-29 year olds engaged on its platform, it's relevant today and could certainly increase adoption as a hiring platform in the future, especially as the younger people enter working age. Which makes it especially critical for companies to overcome the historic stigma of social media being unprofessional and realize that digital is universal, that we all have personal and professional lives, and that trying to keep them completely separate comes at too great a cost, especially when hiring.
TikTok represents the perfect opportunity to showcase a company's personality and to begin to build a talent pipeline of the future hires of tomorrow, as well as today. And so I'll say it again: The resume is so completely outdated — it must change. Generation Alpha will simply laugh at our historic way of "measuring people" by a bunch of lofty words that express nothing about the humans behind them. TikTok could actually start a movement toward humanizing hiring.
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