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Sat, 30th June, 2012 - Posted by (0) Comment-
I often drive down Fairview between Appleby and Walkers Line and want to stop in for some old school chips from 'The French Fry Guy'. Yesterday I was driving by and had to pull in when I read that Fish and Chips was one of their new menu items.
When I ordered, the owner informed me that the catch of the day was Orange Roughy! When have you ever heard of a chip truck serving Orange Roughy?
So, we are off to a great start. As I was waiting for the fish to cook, I saw some of the other mouth watering offerings the truck had to offer. The poutine looked like an instant cardiac arrest, but delicious all the same. I heard people talking up the great hamburgers and the mountain of onion rings was something you just have to see to believe.
I dug into the huge piece of fish (on top of the mountain of fresh cut fries) which was beautifully cooked and the batter was full of flavour. You could tell he had put some time into developing something special with this batter.
I had usually gone to the Thistle when I was looking for a fried fish fix, but if I am looking to satisfy that fried fish need anytime between 11-3, I'm now heading to the French Fry Guy.
NEW ITEMS, STEAK ON A BUN, FISH AND CHIPS, ONION RINGS and of course the old classics – Poutine, ManBurger®, Hand cut fresh fries
The French Fry Guy has recently earned the BURLINGTON READERS CHOICE AWARDS best Fries in Burlington and for portion sizes.
He is open from 11:00am to 3:00pm and is located on the north side of Fairview between Walkers and Appleby in the commercial space where the UPS a
Fri, 29th June, 2012 - Posted by (0) Comment-
What a day! Started off with a list of agents to call informing them that they will be in a multiple offer presentation at 4428 Vallence Drive in Burlington. I arrived at the client's home for the 6:00pm presentation and fortunately one of the three offers was head and shoulders above the rest and fortunately for my client, the accepted offer price was head and shoulders above our list price!
After the papers were sign, I left the happy home sellers and was heading home for my customary glass of Bushmills! A tradition I have come to enjoy, but one that has left Allison hoping I don't sell too many houses in a short period of time! As I was getting into the car, I received a call from an agent who just finished showing my property at 5806 Page Crescent in the Burlington Orchard and he wanted to come over to the house and present an offer!
After a few rounds of the negotiation game, we had reached an accord! Not quite over asking, but 99% of asking was more than satisfying for my clients.
Now I have a real good reason for celebrating on International Beer Day!
If you are thinking about selling your home, you should know that there are plenty of buyers out there on the market right now. If you were waiting for the right time, this is it! Give me a call at 905-220-9198 or email me at firstname.lastname@example.com to take advantage of my FREE NO OBLIGATION market report where we can look at the current value of your home and see how it would be priced on today's market.
Thu, 28th June, 2012 - Posted by (0) Comment-
For some of the best Thai/Viet in Burlington, you will have to give Pomelo a try. Located between Red Lobster and a Western Union franchise, it took me some time before I could really give this place a shot. But once again, you should never judge a book by its cover. The menu is filled with all of the usual suspects which was great as I always like to judge the authenticity of a Thai restaurant based on their Green Curry. Upon scanning the menu, I realized that Pomelo could probably remove the 'Vietnamese' part of the sign as the only thing Vietnamese that we found on the menu were the Fresh Spring Rolls.
We started with the appetizer platter consisting of Thai spring rolls, curry rolls, calamari, chicken and beef satays, shrimp rolls and shrimp chips. All that for $20! Fresh, flavourful and delicious! Allison and I could only get through 3/4 of the starter. The green curry came with coconut rice which was a delicious meal in itself, but the prize of the night was definitely the curry. Often the chicken can be dried out in the dish if prepared incorrectly, but this chicken was tender and the green veggies were not overcooked. The curry itself was thick and creamy and spicy enough without being overpowering. We also tried a new dish on the menu, the Thai style crispy ginger stir-fry which was equally delicious….I have to buy a thesaurus as I am using the word DELICIOUS far too often here.
The service was friendly and attentive and the chef actually came to the table to check on how we were enjoying his food. Over all it was a wonderful experience and will be returning to try all of the other menu items we didn't have the time or the stomach space for this time.
This is what Pomelo has to say about their restaurant:
POMELO is an inspiring restaurant, combining a dynamic atmosphere with exceptional service and quality food. Our mission is to have a great food selection and superior service – customer satisfaction is our paramount objective. We combine a unique cooking style with exotic herbs and spices of South-east Asia to bring you a new experience in modern Thai and Vietnamese cuisine.
Head chef Nick Nguyen applies his 20 years of experience incredible cooking techniques. He approaches cooking with a passion and serves from his heart. High quality ingredients and fresh produce are the building blocks of inspiration and the plates are crafted to please both the palate and vision. Your dining experience will also be enhanced by our comfortable, casual-chic environment and competitive prices.
Wed, 27th June, 2012 - Posted by (0) Comment-
South Burlington Freehold 3 bed/4 bath townhouse located on a quiet family friendly street. Updated kitchen with breakfast bar. From the kitchen, walk out to the back deck to enjoy the privacy of the backyard. The upper level boasts a master bedroom with ensuite and walk-in closet. Professionally finished basement with rec room and 4th bathroom! Room for 2 cars in the driveway and another in the garage. Walking distance to the GO station, shopping, schools parks and biking/hiking trails. Call today for more details!
Call TODAY as it may not be here TOMORROW!
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Sun, 24th June, 2012 - Posted by (0) Comment-
This beautifully maintained 4 bedroom home is located on a quiet crescent in the family friendly Orchard. At $599,000 this gem won't be around long!
OPEN HOUSE TODAY from 2:00pm – 4:00pm
The spacious front foyer leads you to the large living and dining rooms. Kitchen offers an abundance of cabinetry and countertop space with lovely views of the backyard. The upper level boasts a family room for entertaining. The Master bedroom offers an updated Ensuite and walk-in closet. A finished basement you will just have to see!!! A lower level suite with bedroom, full bathroom and rec room. Hardwood throughout, California Shutters, and Double garage with inside access. Close to schools, transportation, and highways. Call today for more details!
Thu, 21st June, 2012 - Posted by (0) Comment-
Today is the grand opening of the NEW outdoor superstore in Burlington, SAIL. I thought i would check it out to see what all of the buzz was about. The place was packed at 930am! Then you go inside…and WOW! A 2 level store larger than a football field filled with all your outdoor needs. If Mountain Equipment Coop and the Pro Bass Shop had a retail child…..the offspring would be SAIL!
Today is a good day to check it out as they are having super sales all day long with everything marked down a minimum of 30%. The store will be open until 9pm tonight! Check it out!
Here is what they have to say about their store:
The renowned retail leader in outdoors, hunting and fishing products SAIL is opening a fourth branch in Ontario—at 2208 Industrial Street in Burlington. SAIL, a Canadian company, has invested $15 M in the store infrastructure, which in turn generate some 150 local jobs. With a surface area of 70,000 square feet—that's larger than a football field—SAIL is asserting itself as one of the largest outdoors store in Canada so customers can stock up on-site, choose from over 500,000 of the best brand-name products, explore through a wide range of equipment showcased and, of course, benefit from the advice of our employees, who are driven by an infectious sense of passion for the outdoors. So enjoy a change in scenery and make SAIL your premier destination for all your outdoor clothing and footwear, hiking, camping, hunting and fishing needs.
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Thu, 21st June, 2012 - Posted by (0) Comment-
The federal government is moving again to tighten the rules on mortgage lending in Canada amid growing concerns that the housing market is overheated and household debt levels are climbing to perilous levels, according to the Globe and Mail.
As debt levels continue to reach record levels and the housing market has showed no signs of slowing down, the government is looking to tightening lending practices. With interest rates at record lows, they can only go up from here. This is the issue that scares the government. If home owners are at their debt limit now, what will happen to them once the interest rates rise?
Due to what is happening in the world economy, the Bank of Canada is expected to keep the interest rates low for some time. Tightening up the lending policy is the government's measure to curb the increased household debt load while we are still enjoying these historic low interest rates.
The finance minister confirmed that the amortization will be reduced once again from 30 years to 25 years and the limit on borrowing equity will be reduced from 85% to 80%. Changing the amortization to 25 years will result in homeowners paying more in monthly payments but paying off their mortgage quicker.
This will mark the 4 tightening measure in the last 4 years. Recent figures from Statistics Canada show the average ratio of debt-to-disposable income climbed to 152 per cent, up from 150.6 per cent at the end of 2011.
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Wed, 20th June, 2012 - Posted by (0) Comment-
I had been going the Auto Spa on Appleby by Mainway until a friend had told me to check out King Car Wash at 1448 Grahams Lane in Burlington near Brant and Prospect.
From the outside, I never thought it could compare to the Auto Spa treatment…..but as they say, never judge a book by its cover! I liked the various options to choose from (listed below) and the option to buy washes in bulk to reduce the per wash rate is a great cost saver for people like me who wash their car every 2-3 weeks.
I chose to purchase the interior/exterior 5 wash package for $88.00! Yes, that is only $17.60 per visit. An exterior wash at the Auto Spa will cost $11.50. So, for an extra $6, you can have your interior vacuumed, vinyl cleaned and windows washed. I had a total of 8 people working on my car at different stages of the wash. If you are looking for a car wash option in Burlington, you should really give them a try.
This is what they say about their service:
We at KING CAR WASH, strive to provide our customers with the best service, at the most affordable price possible. Take a look at what we have to offer, come by, and we will be happy to serve your needs. Buy multiple car washes and save. The more you buy the more you $ave.
Exterior Wash Includes: Power washing the exterior of your vehicle to remove dirt and dust, Hand wash the areas that need additional attention, Soft Cloth tunnel wash, air and towel dry the vehicle.
prices: Car – 10.00$ Truck/Van – 12.00$
Package #1 In/Out Wash Includes: Exterior Wash, Vacum Inside, Wash Rubber Mats, Clean Windows, Wipe Dashboard
prices: Car – 17.00$ Truck/Van – 18.00$
Package #2 In/Out Wash Includes all of the above, plus : Bottom Blast, Rustite, Hot Wax.
prices: Car – 19.00$ Truck/Van – 20.00
Package #3 In/Out Wash Includes all of the above, plus: Clean White Walls, Rainbow Wax, Sealer Wax, Air freshener.
prices: Car – 21.00$ Truck/Van – 22.00$
Interior Shampoo and Detail Includes : Blowing out all the dust and debris from the hard to reach areas such as vents, between and under seats, etc. vacuming entire interior of the vehicle, steam clean and shampoo carpets , seats, dash board, door panels, driver console. Cleaning windows, wash and clean door jams, apply leather and/or vinyl protectant, exterior wash, rims cleaning and tire dressing.
PRICE from $120
King Car Wash Inc
1448 Graham's Ln, Burlington, ON L7S 1W3
(905) 634-0155
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Mon, 18th June, 2012 - Posted by (0) Comment-
Fabulous Father's Day at the Stone House Restaurant.
Our family decided to finally try the Sunday Steak and Seafood Buffet at the Stone House restaurant in Burlington. My intension was to write this blog on father's day…but I was too full to type on my keyboard!
Before we decided on choosing the Stone House, I did some research and found numerous mixed reviews on the sunday buffet. As most of us are seafood fans, we decided we would give it a try.
For the most part, we had a wonderful experience and we enjoyed the food selections. The peel and eat shrimp station and oyster bar was a wonderful way to start the meal. Second course went to the mussels. The East Coaster in the group noted that they were a little small and the broth lacked full flavour, but we had to remind ourselves that we were at a buffet. In that context, they were more than enjoyable. We were a bit disappointed when the waiter informed us that the lobster was not part of the buffet and that we were limited to 1 lobster (1lb) per person. The photo in the advertisement showed a platter of lobster halves which led us to believe that we would be able to eat more lobster than what was allowed.
The Prime Rib melted in your mouth and the buffet offered a wide range of sides. The dessert bar was great for the kids as it offered plenty of options. There wasn't any ice cream at the buffet, but when asked, a server went into the kitchen and brought out a cup of vanilla for my 2.5 year old.
At $35 per person it is good value for those looking for a seafood and meat dinner. If people in your party are not seafood lovers or vegetarian, they maybe left wanting more as there were not a lot of options. As a seafood lover, I had a great experience with my father at the Stone House on father's day.
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Fri, 15th June, 2012 - Posted by (0) Comment-
Designed in a sport motif, The Buzz is a place just for guys….a place where you can kick back, watch the game and get a great hair cut all at the same time. Each cutting station boasts it's own flat screen TV as well as two larger screens in the waiting area so you'll never miss a minute of the game.
John Moynahan has created a unique hair styling experience for the guy who is looking for more than just a haircut. While you wait, have a coffee and catch up on all the sports you can handle! What shouldn't be overlooked in the experience is John's skill and experience as a trained stylist. I have been going to John since he opened his downtown Burlington shop and he has yet to disappoint. His years of experience show in his consistency and talent. If you are looking to get a little more than just a 'Cut', give the Buzz a call and try them out. You won't be disappointed
Located conveniently in the downtown core, you can visit John at 359 Brant Street, Burlington, Ontario, Canada L7R 2E7
Telephone:(905) 592-3263
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November 12, 2012, 8:53 PM — Microsoft will probably tie Office apps for the iPhone and iPad to its Office 365 "rental" subscription plans to prevent the mobile apps from cannibalizing sales and to skirt the "Apple tax," analysts said today.
"I do see a definite linkage between iOS and Android apps, and Office 365, so that Microsoft can capitalize on mobile's move into the enterprise," said Daryl Ullman, co-founder and managing director of the Emerset Consulting Group, which specializes in helping companies negotiate software licensing deals. "They can't keep Android and iOS completely out."
Last week, speculation on Office apps for Google's Android and Apple's iOS hit a new high as The Verge, citing unnamed sources, reported that Microsoft will release iOS apps for Word, Excel and PowerPoint in late February or early March 2013, followed in May by similar software for Android.
The apps, collectively dubbed Office Mobile, will be offered free of charge on the iOS App Store and Google Play, the Android digital marketplace.
In their free versions, the apps will only let users view documents. To enable editing -- and presumably other functions, such as document creation and printing -- customers will have to chain the apps to an up-to-date Office 365 subscription.
There's precedent for this kind of linkage in Apple's App Store: Intuit, for example, offers free iOS and Android apps for its Quicken 2013 personal finance software, but those apps only work if tethered to a paid copy of the Windows program.
The benefit of such a tactic is that it allows developers to sidestep the 30% cut that Apple takes of all app revenue, something Microsoft would probably prefer to avoid.
The tying of the apps to Office 365 has been brought up previously by analysts. Last month, Wes Miller of Directions on Microsoft argued that an app-to-Office-365 link was one of several ways Microsoft could distribute Office to rivals' phone and tablet hardware.
"I haven't changed my theological viewpoint," Miller said in an email Friday. "Microsoft will not be giving away the whole product, that's a given."

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Sara's Tech Tips: Spring Cleaning Your Gadgets
February 20, 2011 at 10:16 am , by Ladies' Lounge
Editor's Note: We're excited to introduce LHJ's new tech contributor, Sara Haines of NBC's Today show! This month she's got some great tips for spring cleaning your tech clutter.
Chances are, you've got an old cell phone or two stuffed in a drawer. Maybe you have an outdated TV gathering dust in the basement or a printer that doesn't really work any more. Most of these gadgets can't even be fixed (or in many cases it's cheaper to buy a new one). Or maybe your kids had to have that new game system and quickly forgot the old one. But what should we do with all this tech clutter? Unlike your usual spring cleaning, it's not as simple as dropping these outdated tech toys into the trash. Some of the materials, like the cathode ray tubes in televisions, can be hazardous in landfills, and other items that still work can be donated instead of ditched. Here are my three favorite tips to help you "spring clean" responsibly when it comes to your has-been electronics.
Company "take back" programs. Many big chain stores (such as Staples and Best Buy) and manufacturers (like Apple and Sony) have beefed up their "green" game by offering incentives or resources to recycle old consumer gadgets. Check out Engadget to find the most comprehensive list (including stores, manufacturers, and government agencies) for these "take back" programs.
Recycling. The resources are available for electronic recycling vary depending on where you live, but many gadgets can be recycled. Here are a few sites that can help you find the best options for your area. Earth911.com and MyGreenElectronics.org both allow you to search for a recycling center by ZIP code. ElectronicsRecycling.org is also a great resource to find collection events taking place locally.
Tech patience. Practice self control when it comes to new gadgets. It may be hard for you (or your husband or kids) to pass up that shiny new gizmo, but holding out for the second round of a product gives manufacturers time to work out early developmental glitches. Buying later also practically guarantees a lower price. Patience is a virtue that will reduce electronic waste while saving you money!
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Spring Cleaning Do's and Don'ts
April 2, 2010 at 9:43 am , by Cherise Bathersfield
After initiating a half-hearted attempt to clean my entire apartment at 6p.m. on Sunday night, I decided that there must be an easier way to tackle spring cleaning. This list should help make your clutter a little less daunting than mine.
- Do buy some fabric or plastic storage bins. Having a place to put things really helps to keep everything organized.
- Do throw out junk mail ASAD (as soon as delivered). Stopping the junk build-up before it becomes a pile is always a good preventative measure.
- Do invest in a shredder. Shredding is a lot less painful than tearing up a pile of mail into itty-bitty pieces by hand.
- Do donate clothes you haven't worn in over a year to charity. If you didn't remember to wear it last year, you're probably not going to miss it.
- Don't wait until spring to start cleaning next year! It's a lot easier to get motivated if you just have to complete small tasks in a short period of time instead of a day- (or night-) long cleaning spree.
Do you have any spring cleaning tips?
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I know there are many parents out there doing it alone. Whatever the circumstance it doesn't make it easier to be a single parent. In no way am I trying to take away from those going at it alone on a daily and yearly basis. What I am trying to do is get you to understand what makes us different.
As with most single parents, when your day starts, you are responsible for everything. Getting the kids up, making sure breakfast is served, lunches are made, kids are clean and presentable, and hugs and kisses all around. If you are lucky enough to have school age kids in your home, once they are on their way, you can go about your daily responsibilities. That could include everything from work, grocery shopping, car repair, cleaning the house, laundry, or playgroups for those who have kids under five etc. etc. etc. In many parenting situations where two are involved, you share custody of your kids. One parent has them one weekend, then the next weekend you switch and are childless for a few days. This is a common situation amongst the single parents I am friends with. That isn't always the case I know and some singles have their kids every day regardless.
Now imagine your being a single parent isn't offered the option of a day off. You have your children 7 days a week, 365 days a year. No one there to take them, no grandparents, sisters, brothers, aunts, or uncles to help out. Imagine being dropped off in the middle of a new town, in a new neighborhood without knowing a soul. When the cries of "Mommy" ring out in the middle of the night, you are the one there to fix their illnesses. You are the one who has to clean up after an upset stomach. You are the one that has to hold them as they cry themselves to sleep because they miss their Daddy. You wish you could ease their pain by picking up the phone to let them talk to their Dad, so he can reassure them that he is okay and will see them soon– but you can't. Because you, yourself have no idea where he is. You reassure your child that their Daddy is alive and well. You kiss them, hug them, tell them their Daddy and Mommy love them, and do your best to curb their fears and get them to relax back into a deep, peaceful sleep. When you yourself go back to bed, you lie there, praying to God that everything you just told your child is true. And when they wake up, so do you because there is no sleeping in and there are no sick days.
My husband is a Dad who sets the bar high when it comes to his parenting responsibilities. He understands that he has children and it's up to him how those children turn out. He plays with them, interacts with them, does science fair projects with them, and he has them hand him tools when fixing something around the house. Wherever my husband is when he is home, you will find my children right beside him. He wouldn't change it for the world. He is also the kind of Dad who teaches his children limits and curbs bad behavior. We are a team 100% of the time.
I found out two weeks ago that my husband has to leave us. He just returned three months ago from being gone for seven months. This time he could be gone longer. I am now parenting single. I accept this role with the understanding that my husband is doing his job. I go to sleep every night with the hopes of waking up to an email from my husband reassuring me that he is okay. Not only that he is okay but that he isn't in any danger. If my husband shares some of his 'adventures' with me I try to relax, not overreact, and trust in the fact that he is amongst highly trained professional military men and women. When my children come home from school, I do homework, arrange play events so that they don't get bored, and to keep their minds busy so that they aren't tempted to ask me when Daddy is coming home. In the eyes of a child, the timeframe of months, maybe years doesn't really take effect, especially for my young boys. All they know is that something big in their life is going on and their Dad isn't there to share in it. Playing baseball with Mom just isn't the same as it is with Dad.
The difference between us is that I am not single. In the traditional sense of the word. I am a happily married woman, who is in love with her husband. I have two children aged six and three, both boys, who worship their father. The difference is my husband is deploying and I am not sure when he'll be back. I also don't know how he'll be when he returns. Will he be the same man I kissed goodbye or a new version, a beaten down version, a damaged version of the man I fell in love with?
Many military spouses who have partners serving in these wars overseas have the same fears. If they get their husband/wife back, will they be in one piece? Will their mental state match their physical one? Will they still love me? Will I still love them? It took us three months to readjust and get into a comfortable schedule again…seven, maybe nine months from now we will have to go through the same thing all over again.
I can't go out and meet someone to fill the loneliness I have being by myself like many singles can. I took a vow that I take very seriously and I will stay committed to my husband until as it goes "Death do us part". I don't plan on that last part coming until we are both too old to pee on our own. That fate however is not in my control because my husband is serving his country as a Chief in the United States Navy. My faith is in God.
If you don't know of a military family in your neighborhood, go out and find one. Most of the time these families often feel isolated because they are living somewhere new and don't know anyone. The worst thing a military family can feel is isolation. You don't have to understand what they are going through; you just need to be there. It's the little things that make a huge difference. Two hours a week of freedom for a military parent with a deployed partner could mean the difference between sanity and insanity.
God Bless our troops, their families, and the children who sleep peacefully every night because of the sacrifices they are making and the spouses who support them at home.
Tracie Stern


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Grief counselors were available at Discovery Elementary School in Sioux Falls today to help students and their parents with the death of a classmate.
Eight-year-old Ashlyn Lee was killed in a car accident just around the corner from her school.
KSFY News spoke with Ashlyn's father this morning.
Police say Ashlyn's mother Michelle may have suffered some kind of medical emergency right before she seemingly lost control of her car and veered off into a field.
The field is just behind Ashlyn's school, where her classmates are dealing with her death.
What do you say to a second grader who's friend and classmate is no longer with them?
The school district sent out an email to parents of students at Discovery Elementary.
The letter tells parents Ashlyn Lee was killed in a car accident last night.
In the letter, it states parents play a key role in helping their children understand death.
It also states students were given the opportunity to ask questions and they were encouraged to talk to their parents, teacher, counselor or other adults if they had questions.
The Sioux Falls School District has a crisis response team in place at all times.
The team works for the school district and is made up of counselors and social workers to help students at times like these.
A spokesman for the school district says kids of all ages react differently to death. The district brought in dogs from therapy dogs international to help the students cope with the loss of their classmate.
Ashlyn also attended Open Arms Daycare at Resurrection Lutheran church.
Her daycare is located on 26th street, just a few minutes away from the accident where she was injured and later died.
When we spoke with Ashyln's father, Kirk, this morning, we asked if there was anything he wanted our viewers to know about Ashlyn or if our viewers could do anything to help.
He asked for people to pray for her.


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I was using this for awhile, then switched to something else. But now I'm back. This remains the most highly-pigmented concealer I have ever used -- and that includes high-end brands.
This conceals redness and my under-eye circles. And since it's so heavily pigmented, you don't need much to get a lot of coverage.
Removed one lippie because the color choice is limited. It works for me, but I know the limited range of colors means it won't work for everyone.
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This concealer has been an essential part of my beauty routine. The trick is to use it after my primer, and before my foundation. I pat it on my undereye circles and hyperpigmentation, then the key for me is using the tip to dot concealer into my ice-pick acne scars--sort of as a filler. Then I apply foundation over top, and the scars are much less noticeable. As other people mentioned, the color selection stinks, which is why I didn't rate it as high, but with foundation on top, you can't tell how light it is. My complexion definitely looks better when I use it.
Of all the drugstore concealers I have tried, this has to be among the worst. I have always been a big fan of Physicians Formula products because they normally work wonders on my sensitive, acne-prone skin, but this is just one product that did not do it for me. First of all, the color variety of Conceal Rx can be described as minimal at the least and terrible at the worst. Of all the gorgeous skin tones in our world, consumers have to choose from either Fair-light, Medium-light, or a green hue designed for redness. I chose the fair-light, and it is WAY too pink for my NC25 skin--though I suspect it would work well for NW15-20 tones. The Medium-light, however, is entirely too yellow and would probably only look natural on skin no lower than NC35. Aside from the poor color choices, this concealer is cakey, does not blend well, and settles into pores immediately after application. Though the full coverage that you get with this product is defintely a steal for just $7--not to mention the convenient tube packaging--good luck finding a shade that matches your skin. If you are NW15, NW20, or NC35+, go for it. But if you are somewhere in between, unfortunately, your search for the "perfect" concealer does not end here.
This is very fantastic and super heavy coverage! I woke up this morning with more acne then usual but after I put this on my skin looked clearer then ever! It lasted a while.. But not exactly ALL day and another thing I didn't like is the packaging.. I squished some into my empty colorstay concealer bc I like having the applicator brush.. But all in all a really great concealer!!
i love how this concealer give great coverage for my 'heavy dark circle'...first i was in love with it..they don't cakey..brighten my dark circle and a little goes a loooong way..
but after a while *1-2month*..they tend to cakey and look heavy too..the teksture looks like seperated,so when i squeze it,sometimes i am end with gross oil on my finger..
i asked my friends,and no one get the same issue with seperated teksture in PS RX..maybe i just get the bad batch
this concealer didn't work for me. it was very difficult to blend. the color selection was terrible (I bought natural light) so I used it as a corrector for my dark under eye circles. I think as the prodcut gets older it separates more and a nasty oily substance comes out. It's an over priced mess.
Gosh, this concealer is soooooooo awful. Doesn't blend, looks unnatural...
Good coverage, but it's too cakey! I tried it in soft yellow to cover my under eye circles I only used a dot sized amount and it looked cakey and it creased.
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This covers extremely well. I have it in natural light and even though its a bit light when using my foundation over it works out good. Its semi water resistant, I only use this on my acne pigmentation spots, and their fully covered all day. For me this is too drying for the under eye area. I found this at ulta during a bogo and it cost me 4$ A little goes a long way, and you have to shake the tube because the product seems to seperate, even though I just got it about 2 weeks ago. This should last me a good 6 months to a year, I will repurchase when necessary.
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While I was at a recent Charlotte Bobcats game I captured what is sure to be some very rare footage of fans doing the wave during a game. I know . . . crazy, right?
Seriously, I think this was the first wave I've witnessed at Time Warner Arena since I came to Charlotte. I guess being a fan of a playoff contender will make you do some pretty out-of-the-ordinary things, huh?
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Starbucks Pumpkin Spice Latte: Need your fall fix early? Use this secret code to get it
CINCINNATI -- Let's be honest, it's not really the beginning of fall for coffee drinkers unless a Pumpkin Spice Latte from Starbucks is in hand.
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Analysts at Jefferies upgraded Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) from "hold" to "buy." The target price for Apple has been raised from $425 to $600. Apple's shares closed at $483.03 on Friday.
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Pulse Report: Cassidy Shoots Blanks In Meek Mill Battle, Superhead Tells More Rap Star Bedroom Tales, Saigon Kills His Career Again
Friday, Nov 16, 2012 2:00PM
In this week's Pulse Report, we see how Cassidy tries to pull a fast one in his Meek Mill battle, examine Superhead's return to giving out personal secrets on her ex-lovers, Saigon once again sees his career vanish into thin air and oh SOHH much more goes down!
[Editor's Note: The views expressed in this column do not necessarily reflect those of SOHH]
1. The Champ Is Here
Make no mistake about it, Cassidy is an ill rapper. In terms of battle rapping? Cass is probably one of the best considering his track record and some of the rappers he put in their place. Long story short, if you've never seen that classic Freeway Vs. Cassidy battle, well, then, you need to spend some time on YouTube. But just like Michael Jordan returning to the NBA via the Washington Wizards, you never get to see that player who was in his prime. That happened to be the case this week. After a Twitter dispute got heated, it looked like Cassidy did the unthinkable: Put together a diss record in record-time (pun intended) and dropped it toward Meek Mill hours later. When I heard it, I was stunned. I immediately thought the ol' Cass was back and ready to get his wins back up. Honestly. I thought that Cass was going to destroy Meek just based off the fact he dropped this diss track "Diary Of A Hustla" hours later. LOL. Boy, did he fool me and probably all of y'all. Luckily, Miss Info pointed out a key fact:
This was bound to happen sooner or later. Ever since Meek Mill even opened up his mouth about current rap-battle circuit and wanting to see Cassidy & Mook go at it., the hip-hop world has been egging on a beef. I think most people want it top stay on wax, and see it as just another thing to make hip-hop exciting. But things escalated last night when Meek put some of his thoughts about the current situation on Twitter. Cassidy of course saw the tweets and promised to deliver some new music as a response. He did so this morning with "Diary of a Hustler." Honestly, he doesn't even mention Meek or anything specfic, so Meek has any easy feat ahead of him. We'll see what happens next. (Miss Info TV)
SMH. I was crushed, y'all. It took a few listens before I realized it, doggy never name-dropped Meek Mill. Now while that might not be that big of a deal (just look at Pusha T), I also noticed a few other key things. Diabetes? Afro? Plurals (Y'all)? Doggggggggggggg, word? It looks like Cass had this sitting in the oven for a situation like this. As hyped as I got over the diss, I couldn't help but think that Cass only had this as a quick back-up to a situation like this. C'mon, Meek with an afro? If all this happens to be true, which it seems, I gotta worry about Cassidy. He won't stand a chance if he's relying on this sneaky stuff to get some cred. SMH.....
2. All Bout U
We should be able to file Superhead away with the Natalie Nunn and Kat Stacks of the game. Snitching on ex-boyfriends a.k.a. rappers? Didn't that get played out back in 2005? Nonetheless, just like those gossip sites, you can't help but see what the latest rumor is and turns out she went all-out on dissing rappers. Well, "dissing" isn't the best word, more like "exposing" some secrets about your favorites. Superhead got down with Ma$e? LOL!!! WTF?
Ja Rule: his wife was a gullible dope.
Ice T: easy-to-fleece sugar daddy.
Shaq: was generous.
Bobby Brown: a hallucinatory drug addict she used to have to slap crazy.
Usher: a disrespectful jerk.
Diddy and Xzibit: as possibly on the down low.
Juelz Santana: It was good. He likes to pull hair a lot, and he actually likes it better when a girl rides.
Young Buck: He was the best I ever had. The sex lasted for hours at a time. It was the best I ever had and it got better each time.
Jay-Z - You can't stand looking at him when he's on top.
Pusha T's breath stinks.
Trick Daddy - full of energy.
Mos Def - His breath stinks.
Too $hort - talks to much s-- in bed.
Q Tip - He has an a-hole personality.
Mase - he has an a-hole personality too.
Wyclef - his breath stinks. (Rolling Out)
LOL!!!! NO COMMENT! Young Buck though? LOL!!!!!
3. Moment of the Week: Saigon Admits He's A Publicity Stunt
It's finally been exposed. After all the finger-pointing and bashing that Saigon did last summer, we got to see it all happen again. Remember when he was all hot and bothered about saying that he "never" dissed Rick Ross? Then the audio came out and he had to talk himself out of it? Well, it was only a matter of months until he got busted again dissing Rick Ross, 2 Chainz, [Insert any big rapper's name]. Not only did he say their music is trash and hurting "hip-hop" but he said he wanted to punch them if they didn't change their tune! LOL! Well, it didn't take too long before he got on Twitter and explained it all once and for all.
"Ill be the sacrificial lamb.... But Im gonna wake some muthaf*ckas up.... Somebody gotta do it....," Sai tweeted November 14th.
"Its not about them 2 niggas. Them n*ggas is pawns in a grand scheme. I got a problem with ANYBODY who promotes destruction to our future.."
"Im tired of people telling me to hold my tongue or retract statements because its gonna hurt my career, Im not doing that sh*t no more..."
"And I dont have any personal issues with anybody at all, I just say n*ggas names when I need a headline to draw attn to what Im saying..." (Saigon's Twitter)
SMH. It's actually kind of sad. But I've got to give him credit. Saigon kept it real right there. Admitting that he intentionally name-drops rappers just to get attention? LOL!!!! Go figure, huh?
4. Mrs. Butterworth: Tiffany Turner
Maybe it's because the holiday season is coming up or b/c there's nothing but non-stop coverage of Game and his fiancée Tiffney Cambridge all over the Internet, but I had to rock with a Mrs. Butterworth with "Tiffany" in her name. Needless to say, I had to look no further than Tiffany Turner. When I look at all of the things I love about her, I realize it comes down to the basics. Fly, simple name? Check. Nice lil' body? Check. Cute smile? Check. What more can you ask for in a woman? Sure, she's got some eye-catching curves, but at the end of the day, TT looks like the type you could brag to your homies about, take home to the parents and crack jokes with out with friends.
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5. Rappers Say The Darndest Things
Another week of quotable material that should stay in your heads through Thanksgiving, doggies. We've got A$AP Rocky ditching the high road and boasting about grabbing Rihanna's cake, cake, cake. Here's a reality check, Rocky, there's nothing worthy of squeezing. You pull that same move on Nicki Minaj, then you will be forever respected by me. Can't believe Saigon is still yapping, talking about his problems with Prodigy are Tru Life's fault? SMH. What happened to "NO COMMENT" y'all? SMH. Then it's Lauryn Hill. The first step to recovey is admitting you've got a problem. Lauryn Hill, we're still waiting. LOL. And Kobe Bryant, the one thing that made me shake my head at you is after giving a respectable statement on Mike Brown getting axed a.k.a. fired after five games in, you end it with "Mamba Out." LOL!!!! Really? And last but not least, Freeway having feelings for Nas while he was dissing him? LOL!!!! Yes, y'all, it's that time of the week.
"I didn't mean for the ass grab to be the thing. I don't fiend for fake publicity sh*t. I'm just a trill n*gga. [Laughs.] Rihanna is what I want to be, as far as having a big core following. She's very successful. She's been doing it for years. Think about it. "Pon de Replay".... So '05, '06, '07, '08, '09, '10, '11, '12.... She's got seven years in this sh*t. Shout-outs to that young lady, and hopefully, with the grace of God, seven years from now, I can say the same."
"The sh*t started with Tru Life. That sh*t wasn't even my beef. Tru had robbed them n*ggas, and me and Tru like brothers, before rap. I came up with Tru. So when Tru got in the rap game, he was on some hood rule apply sh*t -- Prodigy stole $15,000 from Tru Life. Not stole it, but he did a verse for him and went and did the same verse and took the money, and then went and did the same verse on some other sh*t. Tru was like, 'Aight, give me another verse.' Son kept ducking. They did what they did with that. I ended up guilty by association. They trying to say, you went on TV and burned our CDs. I didn't burn CDs, I had a handful of CDs, I was like, all this sh*t is garbage to me. I wasn't singling out Mobb Deep."
"When you are on the other side of liberation, just make sure you are not late. Be careful how you judge, there is a lot of deception out there. A lot of misunderstanding out there. A lot of miscommunication out there. A lot of false information out there. And notice, out of all the people who talk talk talk, who's the silent one. There's a lot of chat, but me.... And you know why? Let me tell you why I don't chat back. Because I know that my brothers and my sisters are often times pawns in a bigger scheme so when they, under pressure, attack me, I love them still. It's called the high road. Try taking it sometimes."
"Tough day. I've seen coaches as well as friends come and go. No matter how many years I've been playing, it's still hard to deal with. I had a good relationship with Mike and I will continue to have one. I wish him and his family nothing but the best. I spoke with him today and thanked him for all of his hard work and sacrifice. As a team, we must focus our energy on tonight's game. We must block out the weight of today's news and simply do our jobs to the best of our ability. I'm not sure what direction we are heading in next. All I can do is focus on the here and now. Mamba out."
"Yeah I got a chance to meet him. Cool story, so everybody knows I dissed Nas a couple times when he was riding for Jay or whatever, but I always loved Nas' music. But I was riding for the team no matter what," Free said in an interview. "So we was at the video shoot for "Roc Boys" after he and Jay got cool. We were leaving out at the same time, so I stopped him and I was like 'Yo I love your music dawg' and he was like 'I love your music too.' So he gave me a pound and we embraced each other. I just seen him in Philly a couple weeks ago performing at the Electric Factory. It hurt but it was like helping me be a man at the same time, like you do things that you don't want to do but you got to do it."
***Bottom line, y'all, this has been a wild week in hip-hop. You've got Cassidy and Meek Mill beefing, Saigon wanting to punch any relevant rapper and The Weeknd quietly pushing out big first-week numbers. LOL. Yeah, I won't lie, y'all know I copped that album. One thing though about Saigon, I understand where he is coming from with being angry at the messages in a lot of hot songs but you've gotta put things into perspective. At the end of the day, it boils down to parenting. My parents let me listen to all types of gangster, curse-filled music as a kid but they made sure I knew whoopings were waiting for me if I used that type of language. LOL. It's the same with violent movies. Hollywood is geared toward kids and even look at those Call of Duty games, don't tell me kids aren't on there hard body. LOL. It comes down to being parents and teaching your kids what's right and wrong. Now with that said, enjoy the weekend! LOL. --BB***
[Editor's Note: The views expressed in this column do not necessarily reflect those of SOHH]


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I've made a cake shaped like a Canadian province before, but this was my first attempt at one of our great states. It was a fellow Utah lover's birthday last week, and after minimal persuasion from Steve, I was convinced to play Brigham Young and discover Utah all over again–in cake format, of course. And it was quite a timely endeavor as we also celebrate the birthday of my favorite current Utahn, Kate. Additionally, this cake is a tribute to the Sundance Film Festival (it didn't get in) and a consolation prize for the girls' basketball team of West Ridge Academy that got pounded 108-3 by Christian Heritage High School.
It started out looking a little something like this–which is, I'm assuming, what the Wasatch Front looked like when good old Brigham proclaimed, "This is the place." Utahns love sweets, so I filled it with chocolate mousse on one side, and a combo of peanut butter mousse, banana jam and caramel on another. (Unfortunately, Jell-o and fry sauce wouldn't be appropriate for this application).
I tried to hit on all the important topographic details: the Great Salt Lake, Lake Powell, the snow up north, and the red rock of the Colorado Plateau down south. Ok, so I may not have nailed the mountains, but I got the trees DOWN. I cannot get over these precious little pines that I made so easily with a Wilton #18 star tip. I simply piped a star for the base and rotated the tip just a tweet to pipe the top.
The cake may not be perfect, but, hey, neither is Utah. Still, I'll say it's an honorable inaugural entry in my own "Fifty States Project." For my sophomore entry, I may just have to follow in Sufjan's footsteps with the home of my beloved, Illinois.


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Intellectual Property Law
Judge's Order Could Force Microsoft to Stop Selling Some Word Products
Posted Aug 13, 2009 12:45 PM CDT
By Martha Neil
After Microsoft lost two big jury verdicts in patent infringement cases this spring, many observers expressed doubt that the computer goliath would ever have to ante up.
However, the potential cost to Microsoft got a lot bigger this week. A federal judge in Texas not only added an additional $90 million in willful infringement damages and post-judgment interest to a $200 million May judgment won by i4i Limited Partnership but said Microsoft will have to stop selling some versions of its Word products in 60 days, according to the American Lawyer.
This may not be the final answer, though: Articles in Information Week and PC Magazine about Tuesday's ruling by U.S. District Judge Leonard Davis say the company can probably develop a viable workaround that will permit Microsoft to keep selling Word products without violating the sales ban.
The infringement issue is Word's ability to read documents containing custom XML, a form of Extensible Markup Language. So, according to the judge's opinion, "any version of Word that opens documents in plain text only, or which strips a document of custom XML through a process known as a transform, would be free from his order," explains Information Week.
Microsoft says its intends to appeal the Eastern District of Texas ruling by Davis. The Am Law Daily provides a copy of the injunction (PDF).
Additional and related coverage:
Am Law Litigation Daily (April 2009): "Mintz Levin Wins $388 Million Patent Infringement Verdict Against Microsoft--on Contingency"
Am Law Litigation Daily (May 2009): "McKool Smith Wins $200 Million Patent Verdict Against Microsoft"
Bloomberg: "Microsoft Fails to Quash $200 Million Patent Verdict"
Tech Inciter (PC World): "Court Ban on Microsoft Word Won't Hurt Users"
Wall Street Journal Law Blog: "Microsoft Word-less?"
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Yes, we know. It's hasn't even been 24 hours since we last weighed in on the whole "Kristen Wiig isn't doing a 'Bridesmaids' sequel" revelation, but in never-ending conversation, no one has really talked about what she's actually doing next. However, Vulture now report that while the actress definitely has no intention of doing a sequel to the 2011 box office hit, her only project for 2012 so far is joining Sean Penn and Robert De Niro for "The Comedian," with shooting planned to take place during her 'SNL' hiatus, begining in June.
Described by producer/co-scribe Art Linson as a "romantic comic drama," the movie has been in the works for quite some time. In its earliest stages, it was rumored to be a potential project for a Scorsese-De Niro reunion. Penn was later unveiled as the helmer, for what will be his first effort behind the camera since 2008's "Into The Wild" starring Emile Hirsch. In "The Comedian," Wiig is set to star as a redhead love interest for De Niro's has-been comedian, who is sentenced to community service after hitting a heckler in the head with a microphone.
As we touched upon in yesterday's story, Wiig's hesitance (possibly resistance) in doing a "Bridesmaids" sequel reportedly has to do with her enthusiasm to "try something else," with Vulture now adding that she's well aware of the "checkered track record of SNL comics and Hollywood's tendency to pigeonhole them into profitable oblivion." One only has to look at the track record of folks like Molly Shannon, Chris Kattan, Tim Meadows, Julia Sweeny, Chris Farley and Al Franken to find all the evidence you need of former 'SNL' alums whose big screen flames fizzled very, very fast. And while "Bridesmaids" isn't based on a pre-existing sketch, Wiig's character is very much an archetype of a variety she plays on the show (neurotic, insecure) and so it's easy to see why she wants to prove herself versatile first.
"The Comedian" producer Linson, who co-scripted the film with Roastmaster General Jeffrey Ross, agrees, adding that he "doubts that it's a business decision for her. She can write, she can act; she doesn't just 'do funny,' so I'd think it's more likely that her thinking is, 'I want to play with all these toys until the battery runs out.'"
So, she's pretty much ditching a big fat paycheck to do a film with Penn and De Niro? Love it. And add to that roles in the upcoming "Friends With Kids" and "Imogene" and it looks like Wiig is eager to prove she's just not Annie Walker.
Superzoom | January 29, 2013 10:44 AM
Wiig as the romantic interest for De Niro? Grossssssss... He is literally twice her age. I know that movies are obsessed with May-December romances, but unless this movie addresses the complicating issues involved with such romances... Grossssss.
Theo | October 10, 2012 5:33 PM
Nice. Greatly looking forward to it. Sean Penn is fast becoming one of my heroes. When he stepped behind the camera for Into the Wild, he really proved himself as more than a brilliant actor. Also, he was friends with the legendary Charles Bukowski, which pretty much says it all. Have a look at this preview for some interesting info. I felt pretty good after reading it. Actually, I can almost say that it made my afternoon.
I like Lamp | January 19, 2012 3:40 PM
She's barely in Friends with Kids and she doesn't have any WOW moments, unfortunately. There's a breakdown scene, well a minor breakdown but it's more Jon Hamm who steals the show. I wish Friends with Kids explored the lives of the FRIENDS and not the main couple who are actually quite boring. That's where the film veers off and doesn't quite add up. It has promise, but you never see it play out. Wiig plays a more serious character in the film, but she's probably the least featured character and I didn't believe for a minute that she had kids and/or was a mother.
JoJo | January 19, 2012 11:20 AM
"but in never-ending conversation, no one has really talked about what she's actually doing next."
That's probably because no one other than you guys give a flying fuck what she's doing next.


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UMaine Engineers
Joan Malcolm-Albee, Biomedical Engineer
Q: How did you know about The Jackson Laboratory as a possible place to work?
A: I worked on a whale-watching boat in Bar Harbor the summer after my freshman year at the University of Maine. Every day we'd pass Highseas [The Jackson Laboratory's seaside mansion], and the guide would talk a little about the Lab. When I went back to school I asked questions and kept my eyes open. I was fortunate to get an internship, then do my senior project here.
Q: What's your most interesting project right now?
A: I have a lot on my plate now, but soon I'll be spending a lot of time developing a method for improving in vitro fertilization. The tools of IVF have changed little since IVF was first developed about 40 years ago, and what we want to do is take a labor- and equipment-intensive process and create a "set it and forget it" system. I can see our work having a significant impact throughout the research community. It will make IVF not only easier and more efficient but more effective as well.
Q: You're in a specialized field. What were your career goals heading into college?
A: I grew up in Gardiner, Maine, and our family doctor inspired me to go into medicine—family practice. But when I went to the University of Maine I wanted to incorporate math with the biology, and that's how I came to biomedical engineering.
Q: Do you like living in the area?
A: I dreamed of living here after my first summer. I feel extremely fortunate to have gotten such a terrific, challenging job in my field in Bar Harbor. Outside of work I love outdoor activities, and you can't beat having Acadia National Park right outside your door.
Q: So you plan to stay for a while?
A: My work here has given me the confidence to pursue a Ph.D. in a biomedical engineering program, so I expect I'll have to leave at some point. But my husband has a local family business and ultimately we want to return here.
Stephanie Yum, Chemical Engineer
Why chemical engineering?
I decided to be a chemical engineer after I took basic high school chemistry. I felt comfortable doing chemistry; it was like a calling. From then on, I knew I wanted a career in which I applied chemistry. I thanked my high school chemistry teacher, Helen Steele, for teaching in a way that
really showed me how important chemistry is to everyday life and making it incredibly interesting.
Tell me about your involvement in UMaine's chapter of the Society of Women Engineers (SWE).
I joined SWE immediately when I came to college. I am very passionate about being a woman in engineering and science. When I decided to be a chemical engineer, I knew I was going to spend my life in science. To me, it's absurd to think that women are put off by science for any reason,
and I want them to see it in a different manner. That's why I and other SWE members are involved in outreach to girls through the Engineering Expo and Girl Scout Badge Day. Events like these are important because they get girls thinking about science and engineering. I want them to put down the dolls and Easy-Bake Ovens and play with circuits and chemistry sets so they can see that they're really fun and interesting.
What's your advice to girls thinking about engineering?
Engineering is a great career choice. There's so much need for engineers. We're like the modern inventor — we develop the things people need to use every day. If you're a problem solver, engineering is the best field to pursue.
What was it like interning at Sappi Fine Paper's Westbrook, Maine, mill in summer '09 and spring'10?
As an intern, I applied my theoretical academic background and got practical knowledge. I'm a much better engineer as a result of my six months there. I learned so much. I shadowed a technical engineer and worked on projects with many of the engineers in the company. They made me feel I was an engineer, thinking on my own. I also was encouraged to find my own projects and follow through with my ideas.
You've had other internship offers?
I was offered a process engineering internship with Frito-Lay in Connecticut and I interviewed with Kimberly-Clark in California. But I couldn't take any more internships because I need to finish my coursework to graduate on time.
Where are you headed after May graduation?
I'm considering either graduate school or the working world. Working in manufacturing is interesting and dynamic. Every problem and day is different, and you have to be on your toes. I want a career in process engineering that is very fast-paced and involves problem solving.


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According to the FBI, human sex trafficking is today's most common form of slavery. An Iowa mom and daughter duo is trying to spread awareness about the issue. The Clinton, Ia. YWCA invited human trafficking survivor and Iowa resident Brittany Phillips to speak for a group at Clinton Community College. Phillips was accompanied by her adoptive mother Ruth Buckels for the speech that was part of the YWCA's Week Against Violence event. Phillips said sharing her story is painful, even though it has been about six years since she fell victim to trafficking. Phillips said she found herself in the middle of the problem after running away from what she describes as an abusive past. When she was about 15, she said she went to a grocery store in Cedar Rapids where she was approached by a man who offered her a modeling job. Starving and looking for a home, she said she took the man up on his offer. She was ultimately taken to Chicago, she said, where a group of men forced her into prostitution. After about two months of that, an undercover police officer discovered Phillips, she said. She was then put in foster care with the woman who would eventually become her adoptive mother, Ruth Buckels. "There's hundreds of Brittanys in Iowa," Buckels said. "I mean, Brittany is not unique. She's unique in that she's speaking out, but she's not unique." As for how far from unique Brittany really is - it's hard to tell. But the National Human Trafficking Resource Center reports it's gotten 54 calls in Iowa about trafficking this year alone.And in Illinois -- it's gotten about 363 calls so far, according to its website. "Just because there aren't a lot of statistics, I want to show that there still are people it happens to," Phillips said. "Some cases just don't get brought up because people are scared."
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|The Mission of the Manhattan Institute is
foster greater economic choice and
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Across the Board
That "Slum of a Decade"; Brief Article
Whalen, Richard J.
How We Got Here The 70s: The Decade That Brought You Modern LifeFor Better or Worse
The business press reports growing incivility in the workplace, the jarring arrival of a new rudeness. Coworkers ignore each other in the hallways, interrupt when their colleagues are speaking, leave trash in the coffee room, and jump the cafeteria line. "The perception is were living in a society where people place cultivation of self, their own pleasure, their own convenience ahead of everything else," Johns Hopkins professor P.M. Forni told Investors Bus Business Daily. Where did this me-first society come from? David Frumjournalist, political analyst, and senior fellow at the conservative Manhattan Instituteoffers provocative answers in his absorbing popular history, How We Got Here.
Dont be put off by the books unwieldy title and subtitle. This is an important, incisive book; its tightly written and epigrammatic prose often causes the reader to nod appreciatively. It attempts nothing less than the task of making sense of a crowded time of discontinuity and disorder punctuated with disasters. Between Americas humiliation and defeat in Indochina and the hostage taking at the U.S. Embassy in Tehran, the United States shrank from its former proud leadership role in the world. In the Watergate scandal, a president and an implacably hostile Congress waged a shadow civil war to determine who would bear the blame for Vietnam, and Richard Nixon finally resigned rather than face certain impeachment. Inflation soared into the teens, the economy suffered its worst recession since the Depression, and the government embracedthen abandonedprice controls. Arab oil producers, losers in the Yom Kippur War against Israel, retaliated by cutting off Americas oil, increasing the price of energy fourf old almost overnight. Violent crime stalked the nations streets.
These were also years of liberating change. The power of giant corporations and labor unions that had long dominated the American economy began to recede. Deregulation freed telecommunications and airline travel. A society militarized and mobilized for two generations threw off government regimentation: The totalitarian power to wiretap, snoop, and burglarize its citizens at will was stripped away from the National Security State. The draft was suspended and an "all-volunteer" military born. New technology entered the home and the workplace, changing the nature of work. The personal computer appeared on desktops. Relations between men and women underwent radical change and continued to change as America experienced permanent social transformation.
Frum describes and judges this transformation at every level from the historic to the trivial, and sometimes his reach exceeds his grasp. The intellectual task of compressing the significant events of an entire decade into fewer than 400 printed pages forces ruthless selectivity and a breathless pace. In his eight pages on "the new work ethic," for example, Frum offers an elegant but foreshortened summary: "The frantic pace of life is very much a middle-class and professional-class phenomenon, the product of two inter-related events: the rush of educated women into the workforce and changing ideas about the meaning of work." True enough, but theres much more to say on both subjects. Unfortunately, the author must cut to the chase, state his conclusion, and hurry on.
Much of this book is serious fun. Along with the Vietnam tragedy, the Watergate scandal, the OPEC-gas-line crisis, and the sexual revolution, we relive bell-bottoms, sideburns, and the Bee Gees. We smile at the emergence of the Alan Alda-type sensitive male who cries, part of a vast shift in emotional climate that Frum calls "a kind of global moistening." (The 70s surely prepared the way for a sincere, lipbiting, and forever contrite young pol from Arkansas, too.)
Frum, who came of age in the 70s, feels no nostalgia for that "slum of a decade." Rather, he feels sorry for the young who in the late 90s brought back styles, music, and attitudes from two decades earlier because the 70s "look like a time in which people had more fun than anybody is permitted to have today." Young people today "live in a zero-tolerance world in which smoking is prohibited and seatbelt use is mandatory. Possession of a couple of grams of marijuana can send them to prison. The fear of AIDS or accusations of rape hover over every date. The legal drinking age has been hiked back to twenty-one. They cannot bicycle without a helmet, cannot paddle a canoe without signing a disclaimer, cannot neck without a blood test and a formal grant of permission, cannot wear grandmothers old fur stole without risking an unpleasant confrontation with animal-rights activists. They imagine the 1970s as a glorious moment of guiltless hedonism."
In the conventional view, the debauchery of the 70s yielded to a national sobering up in the 80s and a return to our good old moralistic ways in the 90s. Not so, Frum insists. The compulsive sexual promiscuity of the 1970s has subsided, he writes, but the pendulum has not swung from restraint to license and happily back to restraint again. On the contrary, "the 1970s blew to smithereens an entire structure of sexual morality." Drug abuse followed a similar trajectory. The end of the revolution in the popular culture and social attitudes did not restore the old order but, rather, institutionalized the new one, in the ways we now live.
The evidence of transformation is ubiquitous. "Mid-century Americans"Frums euphemism for the older generationsdid not insist on impossibly high moral standards or perfect sexual fidelity, the author writes, and they cared less about sincerity and more about responsibility. But "what they did demand was that adults live up to the obligations they had shouldered." Their classic movie, Casablanca, "celebrates two men and a woman who stifle their true feelings of love and jealousy in order to do their respective duties." Duty is a word and moral concept conspicuously missing from the post-70s American lexicon.
"Duty" is also one of a half-dozen upper-case headings that Frum uses (such as "Trust" and "Reason") with only limited success, in an attempt to organize his sprawling narrative into a coherent whole. But even a short book cannot be organized as though it were a long essay. Frums prose flows beguilingly, and his insights are sometimes dazzling in their penetration to core truths. But a book remains a book, and it cannot interrupt itself in mid-argument or settle for a caricature of reality to conserve space.
Consider this foreshortened analysis: "It was the baby boom that made the inequity of the Vietnam draft possible. In 1964, the boys born in 1946 turned eighteenand for the first time since 1940, the U.S. military had more manpower available than it needed." And so the Pentagon apparently could ship off a million and a half young Americans to the paddies of Southeast Asia because the World War II-era draft law made them available and the professional militarys lack of moral imagination made them seem expendable in a "limited" war. If that is even remotely true, no wonder a dangerous gulf has opened, as the author believes, between the civilian and the professional military worlds in present-day America. We leave Frums sadly truncated account and incomplete analysis of Americas central tragedy of the 70s wanting a fuller, more probing explanation.
In his effort to apportion blame for the Great Inflation of the 70s fairly between Democrats and Republicans, Frum, a conservative, reminds us that President John F. Kennedys economic advisers rationalized the supposed trade-off between higher inflation and faster growth in the 60s, and that President Lyndon B. Johnson did not face up to the need to choose between war in Southeast Asia and funding the launch of the Great Society in his fiscal policy later in the decade. But it is simply wrong to write that Federal Reserve Chairman Arthur Burns "reignited American inflation too late (in 1975-76) to save his friend Gerald Ford." It was in 1970-71 that Burns pumped up the money supply to ensure the reelection of his dear old friend Dick Nixon. Later, in dealing with the immediate consequences of OPECs price-gouging, it was deliberate U.S. policy to devalue the dollar to cushion the impact of higher oil prices on ourselves and vulnerable developing nations. "Well print the money as fast as they pump the oil ," a high Treasury official tersely explained to me at the time.
Other avoidable errors of fact mar the book. As a founding member of the Committee on the Present Danger, a bipartisan group that lobbied for a major defense buildup and a more realistic foreign policy in Jimmy Carters Washington, Im puzzled to hear it described as "a constellation of influential ex-Democrats" and learn it included Irving Kristol and Norman Podhoretz. The Committee could have used these gifted intellectual heavyweights on the firing line as well as the letterhead.
In fairness, the authors lapses are relatively minor and easily overlooked alongside his larger achievement. Although the book is far too ambitious in its intention to "study [the 70s] minutely," it sheds valuable new light on the social and cultural transformation of the United States during a neglected decade. David From has written the best account of the 70s that we are likely to have from his generation.
RICHARD J. WHALEN is chairman of New York-based Whalen Consulting Group, a former senior editor of Fortune and The Wall Street Journal, and author of several hooks, including The Founding Father: The Story of Joseph P. Kennedy. He reviewed Edmund Morris Dutch in the January issue.
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