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*What is Rhetoric to me? (Then and Now)*

(Limbach Family Photograph - Thanksgiving 2002) 

In Comm 380, Rhetorical Traditions, I learned about many theories of rhetoric. This essay highlights how my definition of rhetoric shifted from the beginning to the end of the course. In my initial definition of rhetoric I said: “I don’t know if this is right, but to me rhetoric is the use of language, in all its forms, to form and craft a message. It can utilize a broad range of language (verbally and nonverbally, word choice, and more) in order to get the particular point across to the target audience.” Now, my definition of rhetoric expands to include not only language that is used to craft a message, but all language used to socialize and inform how our society functions as well. At the beginning, my definition was focused on just merely crafting a message, but now I know that rhetoric expands to crafting and creating societal norms and ways of life. Rhetoric is all language and messaging that is used to help people understand and operate within society.

The first rhetoricians that helped inform my new definition were Palczewski, Ice, and Fritch in their chapter entitled “Narrative”. Within this chapter the authors explain the specific use of rhetoric to create narratives and how that informs people’s lives. The authors define narratives as “stories [that] inform people’s personal lives”, the authors go onto say that “narratives also inform public life” and that “narratives are an important way to understand the world in which people reside” (Palczewski et. al., 118). Through this reading I learned how rhetoric is, or specifically narratives are, used to create and inform both individual and public memory (what you, as an individual, understands and holds to be true, and what society, as a whole, understands and holds to be true). This is an important addition to my understanding of rhetoric because it takes it beyond just the use of getting a message from point A to point B, but to crafting common understanding and ways of life. Palczewski et. al. emphasizes the importance of understanding the relationship between narratives and public memory because “some narratives are held in common by a society and become the dominate narrative of a culture” (121). This is important because it showcases how different stereotypes and commonly held beliefs are created and imprinted onto society. These dominate narratives enforce and create boundaries in which individual members of society follow in order to operate within society.

This idea of dominant narratives paired with the ideas from the reading “The Feminist Counter Sphere” by Rita Felski added to my definition by establishing the understanding of public and counter public spheres within society. In this reading, Felski builds off of Habermas’s theory and definition of the public spheres. According to Habermas a public sphere is a “critical and independent public domain that perceives itself as distinct from state interests, a discursive community bound by shared assumptions which define its boundaries and validate its claim to authority as locus of informed public opinion (Felski, 164). Felski expands this then to describe the ‘Feminist Public Sphere’ which was created “for the articulation of women’s needs in critical opposition to the values of a male-defined society” (166). This added to my definition of rhetoric because it showcases how Palczewski et. al.’s ideas of dominant narratives can be used to create and enforce the societal boundaries/expectations of a particular group of people (i.e. a sphere).

These two readings ideas pushed my definition of rhetoric beyond it being merely a mechanism for relaying a message, to a mechanism that informs society as a whole. Felski specifically focused on the rhetoric used within the feminism sphere, which only had to be created in order to create a space for women to articulate and express themselves because the dominant narratives of the time created a boundary for women that kept them from doing just that. Dominant narratives help enforce what is considered the public sphere, as counter public spheres oscillate and share their narrative which the dominant narrative they become more and more common and thus create new boundaries in which people can use to help them operate within society.

This leads me to my idea of a rhetorical artifact that encapsulates my new and more informed definition of rhetoric. My rhetorical artifact is a photograph of my family growing up. Growing up my brother and I were raised primarily by my father, since he was a stay-at-home Dad while my mother worked full time. As a child this was completely normal, it was not until I reached school age that I realized that most of my classmates had stay-at-home mothers and working fathers. And this matched the public sphere at the time that featured the dominant narrative of women being expected to be care-takers, while men were expected to be the bread-winners. I chose this image of my father, brother, and I growing up because now after taking rhetorical traditions I see that the way I was raised was its own form of rhetoric, it went against the dominant narratives and was outside of the public sphere. This reinforces my new definition that rhetoric is any use of language or messaging that helps inform a person as to how they should move through society. My childhood taught me that men can be caretakers and women can work full time, and vice versa, this helped inform me as I made my way (as young woman) through society. This allowed me to then oscillate better between the expected role of a young woman (caretaker role) and the role I wanted (school/career driven).

In conclusion, throughout this course my definition of rhetoric changed and expanded with every new theorist/rhetorician studied. My definition started out being just a broad statement about the use of language to convey a message and transformed into the understanding that rhetoric is all around us and used for more than just conveying messages. Rhetoric is what gives us the ability to interpret, understand, and operate within the world around us.

References:

Palczewski, C.H., R. Ice and J. Fritch. “Narrative.” Rhetoric in Civic Life. State College, PA: Strata Publishing, Inc., 2012. 117-136.

Felski, Rita. “The Feminist Counter Sphere.” Beyond Feminist Aesthetics. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1989. 164-172.

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New Belgium Brewing releases the next in the small batch version of La Folie. Introducing La Folie Grand Reserve: PX

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(FORT COLLINS) A love of dessert wines inspired New Belgium Brewing’s latest small batch version of their award-winning sour brown La Folie – La Folie Grand Reserve: PX. The PX stands for Pedro Ximénez, a white Spanish wine grape varietal grown under intense sun to produce the super sweet, unctuous Pedro Ximénez Sherry with flavors of figs, molasses, roasted nuts and exotic spices.

New Belgium has been making sour beers for over 20 years, launching its wood beer program in 1998 with La Folie. The game-changing sour brown continues to serve as one of New Belgium’s most beloved beers and an inspiration for these small batch Grand Reserve variations.

“When I set out to make Grand Reserve, I feel like I’m taking La Folie to the prom or on an once-in-a-lifetime luxury vacation. It has to be very special,” explained Lauren Woods Limbach, New Belgium’s Wood Cellar Director & Blender. “La Folie is already so brilliant and complex. What I look for is the spaces in between and imagine what we could introduce to fill in those flavor gaps. The dried, stewed fruit of PX Sherry promised to elevate La Folie to a new level.”

New Belgium sourced 20 sought-after sherry barrels, each previously holding PX Sherry, using this good wood to mature La Folie’s dark base beer and New Belgium’s house culture for nine months. Once matured, 400 whole, hand-split Tahitian vanilla beans were infused into the sherry barrel-aged base beer for four months, swirled every day to intensify the combination of vanilla’s sweetness with existing fig, sour plum and cocoa flavors.

“It was an absolute labor of love. We were very meticulous throughout the process, sort of like helicopter parents/brewers. You really only get one shot at it,” Limbach continued, noting the limited availability of fresh sherry casks. “This recipe started in my head about two years ago. It always feels a little magical when the end result matches such high expectations.”

La Folie Grand Reserve: PX was bottled and kegged on a gentle amount of nitrogen, a unique technique unusual for wood-aged sour beers, providing a smooth and velvety mouthfeel that elevates the entire drinking experience. In 2015, New Belgium became the first brewery to release a nitro sour with Oscar Worthy Coffee – a wood-aged sour with whole bean coffee added. In 2018, it released La Folie Grand Reserve: Geisha, which became the first ever nitrogenated beer packaged with a cork & cage finish, a process replicated this year with the release of La Folie Grand Reserve: PX.

La Folie Grand Reserve: PX 

Visual: Dark cherry wood red with strong tan/white crème and lacing. Aroma: Cherries, vanilla, green apples, figs, raisins, berry jam initially with overtones of caramelized sugar, molasses, and dark chocolate. Flavor: Sweeting initially with a sour middle that sways back to subtle sweetness before finishing with a mouth-watering pucker. Mouthfeel/Body: Medium to full bodied, finishing with a full and smooth mouthfeel.

La Folie Grand Reserve: PX is 8 percent ABV and available beginning February 9th in 375ml bottles and on draft. It is available for a limited time in select markets in the states of Colorado, North Carolina, California, Hawaii, Missouri, Arizona, Nebraska, Iowa, Texas, Washington, Oregon, Minnesota, Illinois, Idaho, Georgia, Tennessee, Florida, Pennsylvania, and Massachusetts.

For more information about New Belgium or any of its beers, visit www.newbelgium.com.

About New Belgium Brewing New Belgium Brewing, makers of Fat Tire Amber Ale and a host of Belgian-inspired beers, is recognized as one of Outside Magazine’s Best Places to Work, one of the Wall Street Journal’s Best Small Businesses and tops Bicycling Magazine’s Best Companies for Cyclists. The 100% employee-owned brewery is a Platinum-level Bicycle Friendly Business as designated by the League of American Bicyclists, one of World Blu’s most democratic U.S. businesses, and a Certified B Corp. In addition to Fat Tire Amber Ale, New Belgium brews fourteen year-round beers: Citradelic Tangerine IPA, Fat Tire Belgian White, The Hemperor HPA, Voodoo Ranger IPA, Voodoo Ranger Imperial IPA, Voodoo Ranger Juicy Haze IPA, Sour Saison, Honey Orange Tripel, Dayblazer Easygoing Ale, 1554 Enlightened Dark Ale, Bohemian Pilsner, Abbey Belgian Style Ale, Trippel and a gluten-reduced beer, Glutiny Pale Ale. To learn more, visit NewBelgium.com and follow the brewery on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram.

-NBB-

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Limbach Holdings Inc (Nasdaq:LMB) Ends Day Up 29.62%

Limbach Holdings Inc (Nasdaq:LMB) Ends Day Up 29.62%

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January 2nd, 2019 Amidst rising markets Limbach Holdings Inc closed the day up $1.09 Wednesday, up 29.62%, closing at $4.77. While it is positive news the stock ended higher, the trading volumes were only 38% of normal which could be an indication of investor uncertainty. (more…)

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Limbach Holdings, Inc (LMBHW: OTCQB) | Limbach Holdings Reports Second Quarter 2019 Results

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CEO said Thursday Limbach Holdings

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First Monthly Review

So, this is my first in a series of monthly posts. Hopefully I will not think it is too terrible when I reread it a few years hence. In general, I strive to report very little in these monthly entries because I believe that changes to the portfolio ideally only happen when an investment is replaced with a superior one. That said, inactivity is not itself a goal, rather a natural consequence of my investing strategy. Similarly, I view cash as the lack of attractive opportunities, not as a tactical investment position. I do not write about the portfolio’s monthly returns because I believe there is far more noise than signal in that data when viewed over such short timeframes. Instead I will comment on the portfolio’s return each half year starting in December. I also plan to write a longer post where I review the big stuff that happened in 2018 and some of what I have learned throughout the year.

Portfolio changes in November:

   Sold my very small position in Ringkjøbing Landbobank due to contributing to an analysis published in Svd Börsplus (Swedish + paywall). I had bought a microscopic position earlier this summer in connection with researching small Danish banks.

   Sold my shares in Itasca Capital. It was an asset play where the value was greatly impaired by the decline of Limbach Holdings’ stock price, an SPAC IPO, which seem to be in the process of imploding. This was never intended to be a long-term position. As Limbach’s stock passed below $8, the point where the NAV decline started to kick in, my original thesis was pretty much dead, so I decided to sell. It will probably end up being my worst investment of 2018.

   Bought some more shares of Rimini Street.

   Sold my shares in the Finnish old media company Ilkka-Yhtymä after they announced a sale of a large chunk of their holding in Alma Media. Read backoftheenvelope’s excellent post to understand why this seemingly great realisation of hidden value is potentially very bad for the shareholders of Ilkka.

   Bought more shares of Radisson Hospitality at prices below the upcoming mandatory bid price of 35 SEK. These were subsequently sold after the price increased above 35 SEK and I hold the same amount of shares I did before the beginning of November.

   Disposed of some very small positions to “clean up” the portfolio for the start of the blog.

   Received an interim dividend payment from Judges Scientific.

In summary I would say I am not happy with this month’s high level of activity. Though some of it was necessary to pave the way for this blog. I want to be very transparent and I think that will be easier after getting rid of small, insignificant positions.

If you have any feedback regarding this entry, any of the companies mentioned or the blog in general, please let me know.

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Limbach Holdings to Acquire Dunbar Mechanical | CONTRACTOR

Limbach Holdings to Acquire Dunbar Mechanical | CONTRACTOR

Dunbar is a privately-owned provider of mechanical construction services in Toledo, Ohio and the surrounding region.

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Limbach Holdings to Acquire Dunbar Mechanical

Dunbar is a privately-owned provider of mechanical construction services in Toledo, Ohio and the surrounding region. from https://www.contractormag.com/management/limbach-holdings-acquire-dunbar-mechanical

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EARNING UPDATE $LMB Limbach Holdings, Inc. for quarter ending q_Jun18 - Revenue grew, Margins expanded

EARNING UPDATE $LMB Limbach Holdings, Inc. for quarter ending q_Jun18 – Revenue grew, Margins expanded

[s2If !current_user_can(access_s2member_level0)]Please login to read the earning update on LMB [lwa][/s2If][s2If current_user_can(access_s2member_level0)]Limbach Holdings, Inc. reported earnings (EPS) of 0.09 per share for the quarter ending q_Jun18. This is vis-vis -0.60 per share for the previous quarter ending q_Mar18, a growth of 115 %. Compared to last year same quarter (q_Jun17), earnings…

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News: Limbach Holdings, Inc (LMB: null) | Limbach Holdings to Announce Second Quarter 2018 Financial Resul

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Limbach (NASDAQ:LMB) Downgraded by Zacks Investment Research to Strong Sell

Limbach logo Limbach (NASDAQ:LMB) was downgraded by Zacks Investment Research from a “hold” rating to a “strong sell” rating in a research note issued to investors on Saturday, November 18th. According to Zacks, “Limbach Holdings, Inc. provides building systems. The Company engineers ... Read more http://ift.tt/2iJF7fY Areas served: Winston-Salem, High Point, Yadkinville, Mocksville, Advance, Clemmons, Kernersville, Greensboro, Walnut Cove, Statesville, NC, North Carolina Services: House painting, roofing, deck building, landscaping, Carpentry, Flooring, tile, hardwood, remodeling, home improvement, interior, exterior

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Setting A New 52 Week Low, Limbach Holdings Inc (Nasdaq:LMB) Ending The Day At $4.19

Setting A New 52 Week Low, Limbach Holdings Inc (Nasdaq:LMB) Ending The Day At $4.19

Limbach Holdings Inc (Nasdaq:LMB)

November 28th, 2018 With markets going up Limbach Holdings Inc finished Wednesday’s trading session down 6.47%, a $0.29 decrease to close on $4.19. As well as the drop in value, Limbach Holdings Inc hit a new 52 week low of $4.16, breaking the previous low of $4.38 from earlier this month. (more…)

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Limbach Holdings, Inc (LMBHW: OTCQB) | Limbach Holdings to Announce Q2 2019 Financial Results on Wednesday, August 14, 2019

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