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Not all economic statists are blind to the obvious government failures. They do not all deny that many state interventions into the market don't help the people at large. Some maintain a different misconception. Sophisticated leftists (and right-populists) will usually diagnose the problem to be those perennial culprits behind every inequity and social woe: the dreaded u201Cprivate interests.u201D
u201CPrivate interestsu201D corrupt public servants and turn them against the people. They buy off the officials at the Department of Agriculture, Food and Drug Administration and Environmental Protection Agency, bending the laws for their own private gain. They disrupt the regulation of savings and loans and make it scandalous. They lobby for corporate welfare and sham privatizations. Greedy and ubiquitous, these u201Cinterestsu201D keep interrupting the state in its pursuit of the common good. If it weren't for u201Cprivate interests,u201D the central plan would work.
It is a mistake to ignore the nub of truth in these complaints. Historically, private interests have doubtless used their financial weight to point regulations in their desired direction, to obtain privileges and subsidies from the state, to disrupt government activity they dislike and encourage that which they favor.
More fundamentally, if it were not for private interests, central planning would indeed have an easier time and a better track record. But the self-interest of people keeps getting in the way. So this truth is not the misconception that economic collectivists hold; certainly, people have desires and goals that run at cross-purposes with the u201Ccommon good.u201D In fact — and this is what the collectivists don't see — private interests are inevitable, all human interests are private interests, and there is no such monolithic thing as u201Cthe common good.u201D
The case for this last assertion is easy to make. It is made even by those who resist its implications. When the collectivist laments that the private interest and public interest sometimes conflict, he concedes that there is no uniform public interest at all. Why would any private individual or group bother lobbying for laws or conducting business in any ways contrary to the common good? If it were truly common, all private interests would share in common an interest in sustaining it.
Every individual has private goals and aspirations. Even two life-long business partners or a man and wife married for half a century do not have the exact same needs and wants as their close companions at all times. There are ways to maximize the number of people whose private interests are best fulfilled. There are a million ways to act upon your private interests that help others around you and trespass on no one. There are goods and services that virtually all of us would welcome and encourage. But the u201Ccommon good,u201D as it is usually meant, will always be a fantasy.
The moment anyone wants to game the system — an ineluctable urge, as the socialists insist — the commonality ceases to be. Only if everyone were built on the same assembly line and programmed the same way at the factory could the inevitability of private interests be thwarted.
Leftists often critique both the state capitalist and free market models of economic exchange, arguing that in either case some benefit at the expense of others. They say this will unavoidably happen because people are always out to rip off their customers, clients and employees to line their own pockets. They see selfishness everywhere, and yet assume a government driven by the u201Ccommon goodu201D could be right around the corner.
Here we see a fallacy borne by nearly all arguments for the state to temper private interests, to smooth out the rough edges of capitalism, to level the playing field, to stand guard over the public good against the predatory covetousness of the selfish. Private interests are everywhere. So how's the state going to stop them? How, even, can it resist their influence?
Politicians, too, are private interests. So are bureaucrats, social engineers, public schoolteachers, and policemen. They are all individuals, regardless of their spruce uniforms or tax-funded pension packages. The political class itself benefits anytime the government expands, and yet it is rarely recognized as a vested interest in politics.
The same private interests willing to cheat the consumer and worker in business are also willing to enter politics, to fund campaigns, to run for office, to bribe officials, to exploit every advantage the state offers to the dishonest entrepreneur. Further entrenching the monopoly of violence that is the state into the economy only ups the ante of the game over political influence. The more the state can regulate private interests, the more private interests will take control of the state.
The larger the state is, the more private individuals and groups have an interest in keeping the racket going. As the government expands to the detriment or assistance of specific sectors of the economy, collusion is inevitable. Those with power will use it to help the businesses they favor for whatever reason, and those in business will seek to deflect harmful legislation and encourage desired legislation. The more government intervention in the economy, the more the state and business classes coalesce, the more private interests can socialize their costs and privatize the profits to themselves. Socialism merely guarantees unearned profits and unjust power to whoever controls the state. And the state will be controlled by someone.
At the extreme this is all fascism or communism really is: the state becomes the principal corporation in society, with a monopoly on customers and no competition. Employer and producer become one with judge, jury and executioner. In a more mixed economy, social-democratic state-capitalism displays a similar kind of ugliness, but in smaller doses. Big Business and the most powerful private interests will categorically be the ones in government's favor. How could it be any another way? That the top regulators of drugs are former drug company CEOs, the top regulators of banking are fat cat bankers, and the top regulators of the presidential debates are heads of the two political parties should leave no one surprised. The promise that it could be different should leave no one fooled.
The serious question for economic policy is: Given the inevitability of private interests, how do we want these forces to interact with each other? The most ethical and practical answer is the free market, anchored in private property and voluntary exchange. Only in the free market are private actions rewarded for how much they serve the private interests of others, and dissuaded to the extent that they do nothing of value for anyone willing to give something in return. Only in the free market can even the most selfish wants of humans be directed toward activities benevolent or at least benign. Only in the free market is all charity charitable, all cooperation cooperative and all production productive. Not everyone visibly benefits from every transaction everywhere, but everyone is allowed to benefit from any peaceful exchange mutually agreed upon.
To the degree that men and women have been free to trade and share with each other (and free not to trade and share), civilization has advanced. We owe the blessings of modern technology and the rising standard of living to the voluntary networks of peaceful exchange all around us. The free market allows for explosive amounts of wealth production and enriches the working class like no other system. Just as important, it is the only system compatible with a voluntary society, rich and diverse in arts, literature, music, sports, entertainment, science, medical care, cuisine, spiritual discovery and all facets of culture. A free economy simply means that peaceful, productive interactions, and not coercive ones, prevail in human affairs.
There will always be at least some hucksters and crooks. People do need to guard against misrepresentation and fraud, and have avenues of redress. But the state only brings violence into the equation, drawing private interests from productive and mutually beneficial work and into the arena of fighting over the engine of power. No longer do they devote themselves to competing for customers; now they compete for state privilege. Voluntary human relationships of all sorts are imperfect, but the state's violence invariably makes them all worse. The market, in contrast, gives us all a shot to pursue our health and happiness in freedom.
In response to two possible objections that I am contradicting myself, that I am condemning the unrealistic goals of collectivism while lying in wait for the eminently unlikely reality of a completely free market, and that I am describing the free market as just the sort of common good that I above claimed was impossible, I will only say, in response to the first objection, that the mere unlikelihood of a totally free market does not render it a utopian fantasy in the same vein as the impossible total state that successfully abolishes private interests and in their place elevates the u201Ccommon good,u201D and, in response to the second, admit that the free market would probably not be to everyone's material gain. Plenty of politicians, political capitalists, exploitative CEOs, Pentagon contractors, union bosses, lobbyists, and parasites of various stripes would likely do worse under a free market system, at least in the immediacy, in terms of the inflated profits and domination over others that they would lose. Whether in a free market they might more likely reform themselves and find salvation, it is not my place to guess.
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I'd put gift cards on your registry but I'd also include normal registry items. People don't like being asked to bring gift cards which are basically like cash. They like to look at what you need, pick something, or buy some cute little clothes, toys etc.
The entire idea of a registry is that you shouldn't recieve duplicates- once it's bought it should be marked as 1/1 indicating not to buy another. Inevitably you will get a few duplicates (people buying things that you thought important to choose yourself (carseat, bedding etc) that they liked instead of the one on the registry. Pick the one you like best, if the other has a gift reciept return it, if not donate it (descretly) to a family in need or an organization (children's aid society etc).
No one wants to watch you open gift card after gift card at a shower. I registered for things that are important to me (monitor, cloth diapers, thermometer kit, changing pad etc) and figure people will bring whatever they think is cute for clothes, toys, blankets etc.
Ditto this. I'm this.close to wondering if you're even for real. New poster, planning your own shower, and asking if you can just ask for gift cards.....danilynn17:Lynette15:My baby shower wont be until another 3 months but Im starting to plan and organize it right now.
You should not be throwing your own shower. That is the height of rudeness.
If you're not close to your friends and neighbors, who exactly do you plan in inviting?Lynette15:Again, I dont have anyone else to plan it than my husband and I. We live on a military base and we moved here right before I knew I was pregnant. I didnt feel right having our friends and neighbors that we just met throw a shower for us so I told them my husband and I were planning it.We didnt want to be showered with gifts, we wanted to celebrate us having a baby. Didnt mean to be rude...
If you don't want gifts, then don't have a shower. A baby shower by definition is a gift from a friends/family meant to set a new mother up with nursery fittings, in the form of gifts from other friends and family.
Have a "meet the baby party" after the baby is born. There's is nothing tacky or rude about inviting people over to your house to meet a new baby. It is, however, incredibly tacky and rude to invite people over to bring you presents. Do yourself a favor and google "who should throw a baby shower" before you turn yourself into the laughing-stock of your base.
People will likely still bring gifts (mostly outfits and toys) to a meet the baby party, but it's not an event centered around "showering" a new mother with gifts.
BTW, if you don't have any friends or family nearby to throw a shower for you... who are you inviting? The neighbors that you don't really know? Good luck with that.


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I was lucky enough to get tickets to the Melbourne derby on Saturday between Melbourne Heart and Melbourne Victory and what a match it was.
Victory hasn't done well in the derby in the last couple of occasions so it doesn't sit well with both the supporters and players alike. It was absolutely paramount that we get a win, both for pride and to keep our position on the table to put pressure on Central Coast Mariners and Adelaide United.
Something that I've noticed with Victory's play was that we no longer rely heavily on long balls to our strikers. Ange came into the team this season after winning the Grand Final with Brisbane Roar last season with their slick passing game and it seems like he intended for Victory to play the same kind of football.
We played our usual passing game and Rojas and Archie were a constant menace with their running but struggled to find a break through in the first half. Heart was their usual lively self with Fred pulling the strings and they looked dangerous every time they came forward.
The second half came alive when Rojas scored a well worked goal from a deflected Milligan cross before Fred equalizing from a Marronne cross with just 8 minutes of the goal remaining.
The match looked like it was going to end in a draw until Archie Thompson popped up in stoppage time to get onto a Rojas pass to dink the ball over Clint Bolton to win the derby for Victory.
Absolutely amazing stuff. The Melbourne Victory supporters were going mad and the Heart supporters sitting around me were all dumbfounded.
This is why football is the most amazing sport to watch. The emotions you experience is almost like a roller coaster ride but when your team wins it, and in such an amazing fashion in stoppage time, it's just indescribable.
Victory fans were singing for an least another half an hour after the game ended. Definitely the best fans in the league.
Coincidentally, on the same night, Singapore was playing Thailand in the 2nd leg of the AFF Suzuki Cup.
Singapore played and beat Thailand 3-1 in the first leg of the final at the Jalan Besar Stadium and went into the second leg in Thailand in confident mood.
The Thais came out all guns blazing in the second leg and was bombarding the Singaporean goal with attack after attack and managed to score a single goal to beat Singapore.
The result wasn't enough to overturn the 3-1 deficit in the first leg and Singapore won the coveted South East Asian title for a record 4th time.
Champions of South East Asia again! Champione!


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The two-year master's programme in Science for Sustainable Development aims at providing students with knowledge on environmental change and the challenges of creating a sustainable society for a professional career within research or outside academia.
Issues of sustainability are inherently complex and constantly changing. It is therefore crucial to address these issues from an interdisciplinary perspective. Core courses are designed to broaden the students' perspective on questions and challenges related to sustainable development, and at the same time provide opportunities to deepen knowledge in relevant fields. Students also learn how to use relevant analytical tools for studies of environmental change.
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Degree: Master of Science (120 credits) in Environmental Science
Language: English
Duration: Two years
Pace of study: Full-time
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Application code: LIU-91005
Application period: 16 Oct - 15 Jan
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- 6 1/2 cups chicken stock
- 2 tablespoons dry vermouth (or chicken broth)
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 1/2 cup heavy cream
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1/2 large onion, diced
- 2 carrots, peeled and sliced
- 1 celery stick, sliced
- 4 mushrooms, sliced
- 2 - 3 cloves of garlic
- 2 cups egg noodles (uncooked)
- 1/4 cup all purpose flour
- 1 cup chicken broth (or water)
- 1 cup diced chicken, cooked
- Salt and Pepper to taste
- In a small saucepan, stir combine 1/2 cup of the chicken stock, vermouth and butter. Bring to a boil and reduce the liquid to about 1/4 cup. Stir in the heavy cream, remove from heat and set aside.
- In a large saucepan, heat olive oil and add the onion, carrots, celery and mushrooms. Saute until just tender. add the garlic and saute for an addition minute.
- Add 6 cups of chicken stock and bring to a boil.
- (The stock that I used contributed greatly to my soups deep rich color. I had made it from some chicken and bones leftover from a roasted chicken. Use what ever chicken stock you have on hand.)
- Reduce the heat and let simmer until the vegetables are tender. Carefully puree with a stick blender or pour into a blender and puree....being careful not to over fill your blender (you don't want a soup explosion...that would really ruin your night and dinner plans).
- Return to a boil and then add the noodles. Cook until tender...about 7 - 8 minutes.
- Mix the flour and additional broth, stock, water...(I used broth cuz I ran out of stock) until smooth and stir into the noodle mixture.
- If you find that it's a little too thick...add more broth / stock.
- Allow the soup to boil for a minute or two and then stir in the creamy vermouth mixture and chicken.
- Season with salt and pepper to taste and enjoy
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Maui Ocean Center's "Crazy for Koholā" celebration of the return of the Humpback whales, continues in February. Throughout the month, guests will be invited to discover the fascinating world of the Humpback with exciting whale-themed activities, including special interactive naturalist presentations, children's story time and crafts, and whale watching from Harbor Plaza. A complimentary kid's whale activity page, which can be completed at home or at the Aquarium, is available for download here. The Aquarium will also host its popular Sea of Love Valentine's Dinner on February 14th. Aquarium activities, excluding tour upgrades, lunch and Valentine's dinner specials, are included with paid admission.
Event: Interactive Naturalist Presentations
Description: Interactive, informative and fascinating Ocean Naturalist presentations are available every day as part of a visit to Maui Ocean Center. Presentations take place throughout the Aquarium from the Living Reef, Turtle Lagoon, Tide Pool and Deep Reef to the Open Ocean exhibits. Ocean Naturalist delight in sharing their knowledge and, when available, marine artifacts for visitors to touch and explore.
Dates: Daily
Times: Various times - Presentation times are listed throughout the Aquarium and subject to change.
Cost: Included with Aquarium admission.
Event: Sea of Love Valentine's Dinner
Description: The island's most unique and romantic Valentine's experience is the Sea of Love Dinner at Maui Ocean Center. This popular signature event features semi-private seating among the ocean center's stunning exhibits and a decadent four-course menu exquisitely prepared by James Beard Nominee Chef Henry Tariga and catered by the award-winning Seascape Ma'alaea Restaurant. Dinner is $119 plus gratuity and tax per person, and includes a special Valentine's lei for the ladies and complimentary welcome glasses of sparkling wine. Seating is limited and advance reservations are recommended to avoid disappointment. Reservations are required for this exclusive event; the public may call 808-270-7088 Monday-Friday from 9am-4pm beginning January 16th.
Date: Friday, February 14, 2014
Times: Seating times are between 6pm and 8pm.
Cost: $119 plus gratuity and tax per person
Event: Harbor Plaza Whale Watching
Description: The Aquarium's Harbor Plaza overlooking Ma'alaea Bay is the perfect place to watch for fantastic acrobatic feats from Humpback whales. Beginning in January and continuing throughout whale season, volunteers from the Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary will be at Harbor Plaza on Mondays from 9am to 1pm to help guests with spotting whales and interpreting different whale behaviors. Included with Aquarium admission.
Dates: Mondays- January 6, 2014 through April 28, 2014
Times: 9am-1pm
Cost: Included with Aquarium admission
Event: Fins & Flippers Tour Upgrade
Event: Fins and Flippers
Description: The exclusive Fins & Flippers tour upgrade is offered on Tuesdays and Fridays at 11:30am. For a fee of $10.00 plus admission, guests will join a knowledgeable Ocean Naturalist and discover fascinating facts about sharks and sea turtles. The tour also includes a behind-the-scenes visit to the Aquarium's wet laboratory and chance to observe the feeding habits of sharks and sea turtles at the Hammerhead Harbor and Turtle Lagoon exhibits. Due to limited availability, fees are applicable to parents and guardians accompanying children on the tour. Space is limited and advance reservations are recommended. Call (808) 270-7088 for reservations.
Dates: Tuesdays, Fridays- February 4, 7, 11, 14, 18, 21, 25, 28
Time: 11:30am
Cost: $10 plus tax per person
Event: Children's Story Time & Craft Hour
Description: The Aquarium will offer a weekly story time and craft hour for children ages 3 through 12. This activity takes place in the Hawaiians & the Sea Exhibit at 11:30am on Saturday mornings. Children will enjoy an intriguing story told by an Ocean Naturalist. Story time will be followed with a fun, marine-themed craft for children to make and take home. A Free Whale Tale activity page which can be completed at home or the Aquarium will be available for download on Maui Ocean Center's website throughout the month.
Dates: Saturdays- February 1, 8, 15, 22
Time: 11:30am
Cost: Included with Aquarium admission
Event: Talk Story & Hula Lessons with Kahu Dane Maxwell and 'Ohana
Description: Visitors to Maui Ocean Center will have an extraordinary opportunity to hear from Maui Ocean Center's Hawaiian Cultural Advisor Kahu Dane Maxwell and take in a hula lesson. At 11:45am, following the Aquarium's 11:00am dive presentation, Kahu Dane Maxwell and 'Ohana (family) will conduct a talk story session and hula lesson at the Hawaiians and the Sea exhibit. This activity is appropriate for all ages. Schedule subject to change.
Dates: Mondays- February 3, 10, 17, 24
Time: 11:45am
Cost: Included with Aquarium admission
Event: Hangin' with Honu
Description: Discover the fascinating story behind the green sea turtles at Maui Ocean Center. Join a special guest speaker at Turtle Lagoon from 11am-2pm for casual talks about turtles and an up close encounter with a Hawaiian green sea turtle. Along with interesting turtle facts, guests will learn about the Aquarium's partnership with Sea Life Park Hawaii's green sea turtle educational loan program and its benefits to the world's green sea turtle population.
Date: Wednesday- February 5
Time: 11am-2pm
Cost: Included with Aquarium admission
Event: Turtle-rrific Thursday
Description: Guests can learn about Hawaii's beloved green sea turtles in an up close and personal setting during Turtle-rrific Thursday on February 20. Beginning at 2pm, this interactive program is hosted by Maui Ocean Center's curatorial team at the Turtle Lagoon. Guests will learn about the biology, behavior and diet of green sea turtles from the team that cares for the animals on a daily basis. This activity is included with Aquarium admission.
Date: Thursday- February 20
Time: 2pm
Cost: Included with Aquarium admission
Event: Monk Seal Foundation Booth
Description: Guests can learn about the endemic Hawaiian monk seal, one of the world's most critically endangered animals, at the educational info booth provided by the Monk Seal Foundation. MSF volunteers will share information about monk seals, the challenges they face, and how to help this endangered species. This activity is offered from 9am to 1pm in the Aquarium's Marine Mammal Discovery Center on the last Sunday of the month. A fun children's craft will also be provided. For more info on the Monk Seal Foundation, visit www.monksealfoundation.org.
Dates: Sundays- February 9 & 23
Time: 9am-1pm
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"Freckleface Strawberry: The Musical" Playing at The Downtown Cabaret in Bridgeport
It can be difficult for families with autistic children to have the same opportunities that families with non-autistic children enjoy. Just going to see a play at a theater can be a trying experience, if not impossible, for some. But the Downtown Cabaret's children's show Freckleface Strawberry: The Musical is being presented as a "Sensory Sensitive Performance," designed to meet the needs of kids with autism, Asperger's, PDD and Fragile X. The play is based on a book written by Julianne Moore about a girl and her friends confronting bullying and learning to love themselves. During the play, children will be free to talk and leave their seats (with parental supervision), theater lights will remain on at a low level throughout and sound amplification will be kept low to avoid any jarring sounds.
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Feb. 21, 2009
WEST MIFFLIN, Pa. – Mt. Vernon Nazarene ended the first half on a 17-2 run on its way to a 76-45 victory over Point Park in an American Mideast Conference women's basketball game at CCAC South Gymnasium Saturday.
Point Park (11-14 overall, 4-11 AMC) went on a 7-0 spurt to tie the game at 20-20 with 5:39 left in the first half, but Mt. Vernon Nazarene (22-7, 9-6) took control of the game to build a 37-22 lead at halftime. The Cougars maintained at least a 15-point lead the rest of the way and led by as many as 32, 76-44, with 49 seconds left.
With the win, Mt. Vernon Nazarene locked up one of the final playoff spots in the AMC. The top eight teams in the standings qualify for the postseason, and the Cougars joined Rio Grande (9-6 AMC) as the final two playoff teams.
Brittney Wilson (Pittsburgh/West Mifflin) was the only Point Park player in double figures with 10 points, and the junior guard/forward added five rebounds in the season finale.
The Pioneers shot 28 percent (16-for-57) from the field and had 19 turnovers. Point Park had more turnovers (11) than field goals (nine) the first half. The 45 points marked the second-lowest offensive output of the season. Point Park set a season-low for points in a 51-43 loss to Northwood (Fla.) Nov. 22.
Point Park senior Ashleigh Hays (Pleasant Hills/Thomas Jefferson) had eight points and a game-high 11 rebounds in her final game for the Pioneers. Saturday was Senior Day, and Hays (at right) is the only senior and the team captain.
A two-time All-AMC North selection, Hays scored 874 points and grabbed 556 rebounds in three seasons at Point Park. Hays started her career at CCAC before transferring to Point Park for her sophomore season. The 5-9 swing player started all but one game the last three seasons.
Point Park's leading scorer, Ashley Henderson (Greensburg/Greensburg Central Catholic) scored eight points, and Saturday marked just the fourth time this year that the sophomore guard failed to reach double figures in scoring. She entered the weekend ranked sixth in the AMC in scoring, and she finished the season with a 15.6 points-per-game average.
Amanda Himes, the second-leading scorer and leading rebounder in the AMC, had a game-high 20 points to go with nine rebounds to lead Mt. Vernon Nazarene. Point guard Rachel Fiely is second in the AMC in assists, and she tallied 13 points, nine assists and seven rebounds.
Alexis Harkins chipped in 12 points and 10 rebounds, and the Cougars held a 48-40 advantage in rebounds. Mt. Vernon Nazarene shot 43 percent from the field.
Point Park's shooting percentage was hampered by a 2-for-17 (12 percent) performance from 3-point range.
The Pioneers increased their win total from last year by nine wins, and Hays in the only player they will lose to graduation. Point Park entered the weekend with an 11-12 record, but lost to Ohio Dominican, 74-66, Friday to miss out on a chance to finish with a winning record.
If the Pioneers had pulled out two wins on the weekend, they would have posted their first winning season in over a decade. Point Park posted a 7-3 record in non-conference play, and won its last six non-conference contests.
Point Park played the final eight games of the season without leading rebounder and second-leading scorer Terrica Jones (Pittsburgh/West Mifflin), who was enjoying a strong freshman season before suffering a head injury Jan. 27. Including Jones (10.0 ppg, 7.3 rpg), seven of the Pioneers' top 12 players were freshmen or sophomores this season.


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5 Lessons from Using Google Around Globe
NEW YORK ( MainStreet) -- Is Google (GOOG) global-business ready? I just spent a month and 22,000 some-odd miles finding out.
One of the raison d'etres of international Web powerhouse Google is that it's, well, international. The Mountain View, Calif.-based software firm's world-conquering vibe -- and sky-high equity valuation -- comes in part from the steps the company takes to support the world's roughly 7 billion citizens.
|Get online and Google Apps really is a global player -- but the farther apart its users, the less likely real-time collaboration gets.
Its interface works, by my count, in 149 languages. Including, no lie, "Elmer Fudd." (Here, look it up yourself.) And there is country-specific content for consumers for most every nationality.
But for businesses, the global Google is a trickier deal.Google Apps for Business, its work-oriented package of word processing, mail, document and presentation tools, does work in many languages. But I as a business owner couldn't care less if the world's businesses can use it; I care if my business can use it. So I arranged for the ultimate test. I committed to creating about two dozen written pieces, including several for this publication, on an extended business trip from New York to Michigan and then to Las Vegas, Paris, Amsterdam and finally northern India. And I planned to do them all using Google Apps for Business. My collaborators reside in southern Arizona, New York and southern Florida. My firm pays for the upgraded Google Apps for Business product, which offers a service-level agreement and live customer support for $50 per user, per year. Here's my read on Google's global "skillz:" 1. Assuming you have Web access, Google works.
Assuming you can get online, Google Apps for Business really did let my business be a global player. The critical core tools of mail, documents, basic calendars, chat and even video were stable from the Golden Nugget Hotel in Las Vegas to Gurgaon in suburban Delhi. Assuming your people know what they are doing, there is no reason why you cannot create documents, spreadsheets, project plans and otherwise conduct business anywhere on Earth without ever attaching a file -- or being out of touch with the absolute most current information in your shop. It's pretty darn cool.
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"Curves and Chrome." ... at Chunky River Harley Davidson
Chunky River Harley Davidson
At Chunky River Harley Davidson. We are having an event on Oct 25th that will raise money from Breast Cancer Awareness. There is a motorcycle ride leaving from Brandon and coming here to Chunky River H-D around 10:30 am.
We want to invite the local community to come out and support this event. All the proceeds that day go to the Relay For Life. There will be conjoining events that day/night.
The day event is called "Curves and Chrome." There will be Mugshots vendor, Southern Tastes vendor, and a band.
Later that night, Chunky River will also host our annual Hog-O-Ween events ... from 6:00 - 9:00 pm.
We will have a bonfire, haybales, hotdogs, and smores. We will still have our vendor and our band out for the night event. We will have several raffles and giveaways. All the proceeds will go to the Relay for Life.
Thank you ...
Courtney Turner
Chunky River Harley Davidson
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Lions Club "Fundraiser"
Chisolm Tire Shop Collinsville, Ms
Event Title: Fundraiser
Event Date: Saturday October 5, 2013
10:00 AM to 1:00 PM
1/2 Chicken, Baked Beans, Cole Slaw, Bread
Only $7.00 Chisolm Tire Shop.
Collinsville Ms
Submitted by: Lions Club of Collinsville
Boxed lunch with a Mugshots ... Fundraiser - Benefitting Mitchell Signs Employee, Olgene Mena
Mugshots Grill and Bar
Boxed lunch with a Mugshots Burger, Chips, and a Cookie!
$7 Benefitting Mitchell Signs Employee, Olgene Mena!
Wednesday September 18, 2013
10:30 am – 2:00 pm
Pick up At Mitchell Signs or Free Delivery for 10 or more orders.
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Rivers and Robinson Charity Fundraiser Extravaganza
Northeast Park 7300 Newell Road (Off Highway 39 North) Meridian, MS
Rivers and Robinson Car Show and Vehicle Extravaganza ...
presented by: Friends of Deputy Hubert "Sarge" Rivers and
Sergeant Thomas Robinson.
All vehicles are welcome ... $20 entry fee for vehicles.
Numerous activities throughout the day ...
Dunk The Sheriff
Food and Drinks
Live Music
R/C Car Demonstration and MORE!
Charity Raffle as well for a "Big Horn Gun Safe" AND
Glock 22 40 Cal Pistol ...
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Annandale Golf Club
On Friday, May 1, 2009, McAlister's Deli will host the Tea for Tots Golf Classic at Annandale Gold Club to raise funds for The Mustard Seed. The Third annual event will comprise of several special happenings including a picnic lunch,18-hole shotgun start golf tournament and a closing awards ceremony. In addition to the tournament, there will also be a drawdown for a trip to the SEC Championship football game and a ladies champagne brunch at the home of Susan and Charles Laney that will feature cooking and wine paring demonstrations and other useful entertaining tips. The day will conclude with a Silent Auction featuring art created by Mustard Seedsters, weekend getaways, paintings by local artists and other exclusive packages. Tickets to the bruch are $20 and drawdown tickets can be purchased for $35 (or two for $50).
The Mustard Seed seeks to meet the spiritual, physical, emotional and intellectual needs of mentally challenged adults by providing a loving and protected Christian community and meaningful activities that allow the participants to fulfill their full potential. "We are proud to host this tournament to support The Mustard Seed as they work to better our supporting those who share in that mission with us, " says Phil Friedman, President and CEO of McAlister's Deli.
For more information, please contact Julie Crosland at (601) 613-8648 or
For more information, please contact Julie Crosland at (601) 613-8648 or Mandy Jones at (601) 992-3556.


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Candice Modern Maternity Portraits in Little RockPosted: October 22nd, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Monday afternoon I had the pleasure of photographing Candice and her husband Ray at one of the happiest times of their lives. They're going to have their first child Jaycee Alice in early January. Candice and Ray had a very small intimate wedding. I had the great pleasure of photographing Candice's bridal portraits in 2008. Candice and Ray are a super sweet couple and I have no doubt what great parents they will both make. My goal with their maternity portraits was to capture this unique time of their lives.. in a simple, natural, and intimate way. I couldn't help but think that someday little Jaycee will be all grown up and have and opportunity to look back at these photos. That will be very cool. We met up Downtown Little Rock near the Clinton Library and this was the result. I absolutely love Fall. This season is beautiful in Arkansas. Enjoy!Author: Eli | Filed under: families, portraits | Tags: Arkansas Photographer, First Family Portraits, Little Rock, Maternity Photos, Mother-to-be


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Date: Wed
October 16, 2013 9:30 to 11:30 a.m.
Title: Senior Health Fair Extravaganza
Seniors are invited to a free Health Fair on Wednesday, October 16 from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. at the Coral Springs Gymnasium. The fair, sponsored by Continucare, will feature a variety of health screenings and wellness advice. Participants include health care agencies, Hospice, senior housing services, and other providers offering senior care.
The Coral Springs Police Department will be accepting any unused, unwanted or expired prescription medication during the event. In addition, the Police Department will be offering seniors the CarFit program, which offers older adults the opportunity to check how well their personal vehicles "fit" them.
The Health Fair will also feature raffles, giveaways and refreshments. The event is open to all seniors, family members, residents or business owners who offer services to seniors.
The Coral Springs Gymnasium is located at 2501 Coral Springs Drive. For more information or to sign up as a vendor or sponsor, please call 954-345-2203.
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Women looking for their 300K with funny photographyPosted by Marc van Gurp | 8-04-2014 15:30 | Category: Discrimination, Women's Issues
This new and funny campaign from Women's Inc. in The Netherlands is about the wage gap. About the fact that women get € 300.000 less salary in their entire career. Men and women have the same rights in the flat country, but still not the same opportunities.
Women can reduce a large part of the difference in the choices they make According to Women's Inc. In addition to the print campaign, the organization has therefore developed an online test. With recommendations how they could reduce the difference.
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Chronos Academy
1410 hours
Day Three
Perbile paced the stage, speaking urgently into his communicator.
The brightly lit digital clock in the lower part of the old-fashioned screen no longer ticked off the seconds.
As Shama watched Mungo, her stomach twisted. She had been lucky when she Traveled. This could have happened to her.
Gleer sat with her head in her hands.
When Shama nudged her, Gleer peeked out. Her eyes were redlined.
Gleer almost smiled when she spotted the new group of men and women in the Control Center. They huddled around Bazel and Pink-Branch. Wearing med suits, all of them looked serious and determined.
"Those doctors will take care of Mungo," Gleer said excitedly. "Once they get him here, he'll be all right."
In front of Shama, without a word to anyone, Tres stood and began threading her way through the Flairs into the aisle.
Kardo followed. He reached Tres and linked his arm through hers.
Deza leaned over Liberty's chair. "I'm glad he's going with her." She paused. When she continued her voice sounded choked. "He may need to say goodbye."
Shama said, "What are you talking about?"
"In Time Keeper's Guide to the Universe," Deza said. "Markut Raotj maintains that if a Traveler dies in the past, his offspring…"
Deza's voice dwindled away as they all gaped at Tres.
The gigantic holofigures on the stage dwarfed both Tres and Kardo. But Tres looked truly miniature, her head barely grazing Kardo's shoulder.
Shama felt hollow as if a giant shiver had just left her, but none had. "So Tres might disappear?"
"I don't know," Deza said. She added, "No one does."
Clutching Kardo's hand, Tres climbed onto the stage.
The Dean motioned for the two to wait. He was speaking into his communicator.
Shama could tell by the rapid way the Dean's mouth moved that he was arguing with someone.
When Tres lay her head on Kardo's chest, Shama pictured Kardo's long arm draped around nothing. Just air.
"If General Mungo dies and Tres goes away, will all of us just forget about her?" Shama asked.
Deza shrugged. "Maybe. Or it might be as if she never existed in the first place. Markut Raotj says…"
No longer listening to Deza, Shama whispered, "That's the worst."
At least if you died, you were someone once. If you never existed, you weren't even real. No better than a hologram.
Stepping away from the medical group, Bazel faced the audience. "Excuse me, Madame Chief of Staff."
Shama stared at the flat screen where General Mungo still slouched against a tree. He looked alive—barely.
Bazel swallowed hard before he began. "We've run into a problem. The General has
lost his TTD. Since the device is bonded with his DNA, its throwing off our retrieval mechanism. The QuanTime is poised to bring the TTD back, not the General." He cleared his throat and continued. "We are in the process of…developing… an alternate…plan to…retrieve General Mungo…."
Shama gasped. While she hadn't believed all the guff about Chronos being a top-flight military outfit, she had expected the group to be more prepared.
"No plan," Liberty burst out.
Gleer shook her head. "They have to have a plan."
On the flat screen, Mungo slumped closer to the ground. He seemed to be growing sicker.
Bazel's dark face appeared solemn.
Shama guessed that the Lieutenant was listening to eBana Razz. Maybe she was screaming at him. Or maybe she had one of those cool, soft voices that hurt even more.
"That TTD was a part of Mungo. According to the laws of physics, this shouldn't have happened," Bazel said.
Shama wasn't sure what did it. Mungo so ill. Or Bazel sputtering like a typical adult helpless to solve a problem, but she found herself rising to her feet.
"Where are you going?" Gleer asked.
"To talk to Perbile," Shama said.
"Why?" Gleer said, tugging at the back of her shirt.
"I'll come with you," Liberty offered.
"I would come but…" Gleer's voice trailed off.
"It's O.K., Gleer," Shama said.
"Where are you going?" Deza and Rain said together.
"She Traveled," Liberty said, as together they started down the aisle. "They need her."
Shama overheard Deza say, "This doesn't make sense. She's just a kid."
"Lieutenant Bazel." Standing on the stage next to Kardo and Tres, Perbile's voice bellowed out of the Earbone speakers to the far corners of the auditorium. "I tried to tell you this morning about my findings, but you refused to listen. Now you must hear me out."
"Madam Chief of Staff, that's Dean Perbile, Head of the Academy. Not one of our
scientists." Then in a sharp tone, Bazel continued. "Dean Perbile, get off this line. You don't have TP clearance."
As Shama and Liberty threaded their way to the front of the auditorium, a new holoscene lit up on the right-hand side of the stage. A woman sat at one end of a conference table. She wore a purple and silver embryonic suit.
"e-Bana Razz," Liberty said.
Razz trained her lavender eyes on the audience. Although small of stature, she sat up straight and tall, like a queen. Except for the woman's lips which were prune-like, a common side effect of the early anti- wrinkle crèmes, her pale brown skin was unlined. The woman's cheeks boasted the most expensive kind of implants, barely noticeable.
Ten guards each carrying weapons, lined up on the other side of the conference room, guarding Razz.
Liberty let out a low whistle. "HARM guards."
These guards were the top ranked soldiers in the W.C.'s arsenal. Few ever appeared in public or on the holoimage tube so Shama studied them now. They carried themselves rigidly like bots. Low slung caps hid their eyes. Lore said that the guards trained twenty years to earn the right to carry their advanced weapons.
"Colonel Pink-Branch gave me clearance," Perbile said.
Bazel's hooded eyelids snapped open.
Pinkie, looking down, shuffled his feet.
"Lieutenant Bazel," Razz said. Her voice was sharp and authoritative.
Bazel threw back his shoulders and straightened the puffy cap on his head.
"I want to hear from the Dean," Razz said. It was an order.
Bazel let out an exasperated sigh. He cast a quick frustrated glance at Pinkie but Pinkie avoided his gaze.
"Madame Chief of Staff, the student who Traveled attends the Academy," Perbile said. "An orphan. She's my responsibility."
Liberty tugged on Shama's sleeve. "Woo. Ho."
As one fifth year leaned toward the aisle, her eyes bugged in surprise. "They're talking about you, Shama."
Shama could feel a vein in her head start to pulse. She felt hot all-over.
An announcement boomed out of the speaker system. "Cadet Katooee report to the front of the auditorium immediately."
The Zone in the Future
Barb closed his eyes in order to avoid distractions.
He had to force himself to ignore the map on the wall, the tiny island of yellow surrounded by the sea of black.
Barb had failed to come up with a plan. In eight minutes, Barb and Xt would both plunge into severe sleep deficit mode. After running twenty different calculations, he had decided that if he intervened in history and activated Shama's O-BRAIN himself, he ran a risk of fracturing Time. So his daughter was turning out to be just another false hope after all.
Your hunch was right, Xt thought, bringing Barb's attention back to the present.
With his eyes closed, the Sergeant looked vulnerable.
Feeling a pang for the Sergeant, Barb automatically muted his thoughts. Their entire generation had had no opportunity to start a family under normal circumstances. They had all lived with death as the norm of death for younger generations.
Your daughter's broca is highly developed.
Xt's thoughtvoice reminded Barb that he had allowed his mind to wander again. He forced himself to return to the matter at hand.
I knew it, Barb answered. Even though Shama's O-BRAIN wasn't activated, he felt the
electricity of her thoughts mingling with the queasy feeling that had been his constant
companion for the last twenty-four hours.
You won't believe how Shama was trained.
Barb had been thirty-five years old when thoughtcommunication was invented. Although for the young, the skill of thoughtcommunication came as natural as breathing, Barb had to attend a six month intensive course. Such a powerful experience, he still remembered his instructor's name, T.C.I. Best.
Try me, Barb thought.
You know those toys that youngsters play with to develop their brocas, Xt thought.
Barb had seen kids playing with thoughtcommunication toys, many in the form of birds, and he wasn't so tired that he failed to grasp Xt's meaning. Shama had stolen an egg. The egg had hatched into a Brizance bird. That bird was used by a thought communication instructor as a device to train Shama.
But who set this up? Barb thought.
We don't know, Xt thought, blinking rapidly.
Xt had entered the information overload stage. His body language told Barb that he was unable to process existing data.
As Barb felt his own internal processor calculate, then recalculate, and finally confirm the meaning of the data he had entered, he sucked in his breath.


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Nevada Supreme Court Upholds Tax Initiative
By SANDRA CHEREB
CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) â¿¿ The Nevada Supreme Court thrust the discussion about taxes onto state lawmakers Thursday, upholding a business tax proposal backed by the state teachers union and other labor groups and sending it to the 2013 Legislature.
In a unanimous ruling, justices overturned a lower court judge and rejected arguments by Committee to Protect Nevada Jobs, a pro-business organization, that the initiative to impose a business margin tax was flawed.
"We are thrilled that the court saw fit not to thwart the clear will of the people and did so in a unanimous decision," said Gary Peck, executive director of the Nevada State Education Association.John LaGatta, chairman of Committee to Protection Nevada Jobs, a pro-business group that opposed the initiative in court, said the group disagrees with the high court's opinion and "will continue to fight this proposed legislation." Critics argued that a required 200-word description of what the measure would do was misleading because it doesn't explain that the measure itself would not guarantee more money for education. During oral arguments in December, Josh Hicks, attorney for the committee, argued that even if enacted, state lawmakers could decide to reduce general fund support for the school account and spend that money elsewhere. Voters should be told about the possibility that money for schools might not increase at all, he said. But Francis Flaherty, representing the NSEA, called that argument "raw speculation," and countered that initiative backers aren't required to disclose every conceivable scenario of what future legislators might do. He added that those types of detailed arguments for and against the measure would be included on the ballot if it gets to voters in November 2014. Justices agreed, saying the description â¿¿ the explanation voters see when asked to sign the petition â¿¿ is not required to be all inclusive.
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Writing Good Blog Posts: The Art of Seduction
For some people, writing comes natural. For most, it comes with pain. Certainly when writing for a specific and demanding audience, like blog readers.
Putting it bluntly, blog readers are lazy and hasty. Blogs are like inflight magazines: something "light" one can read in between other work, a piece of literature which is more often "scanned" than read. So whatever you do, don't ask an effort from blog readers, but make it easy for them. They have other, more valuable things to do.
And IF you want them to do an effort in reading your blog, then you will need to seduce them, and make it worth their while. After all, they have hundreds of other blogs to choose from. So most of my blogging tips are centered around "Blogging: the Art of Seduction".
While many have written about the "Art of Blogging" before, here are my ten writing tips for good blog posts. They are based on several training sessions for CGIAR researchers, and on a recent workshop for scientists at CIFOR, the Center for International Forestry Research. So forgive me if my tips are slightly biased towards "how to make scientists good bloggers".
1. Make titles short, simple, catchy and clear.
The first thing people will read, is your title. If your title does not excite them, in five seconds, they will flip to the next blog. So, as part of the "Art of Seduction", the title should "lure" them into reading on.
A title should be catchy, an attention grabber. It should be grammatically clear. Don't let people read a title twice before they understand it. Keep it simple and condensed.
A title should not, as in scientific papers, summarize the content, but rather be a single line teaser. One of my all time favourites is "Too hot for chocolate?", a blog piece by Neil Palmer about the effects of climate change on cacao production.
One important remark, though: titles which excite readers might be meaningless for search engines. So distinguish both: titles for readers and titles for search engines, by using an SEO (Search Engine Optimization) plugin for your blog. In the example of "Too hot for chocolate", the SEO title might be: "The effects of climate change on cacao production", pleasing both the readers and crawlers. — If you have a blog without proper SEO, you miss out on more than 50% of your traffic, which comes from search engines.
2. Sculpture your first paragraph.
In the "Art of Blogging Seduction", after your title, you are now ready for your second date with your blog reader: your first paragraph. If your first paragraph is boring, long, complicated or ask for too much of an effort from your reader, you will loose their attention. And -Pooooffff- off they go.
No matter how much time you spend on your blog post, spend twice as much attention on your first paragraph.
Like for titles, first paragraphs should not be a summary of your blog post, but rather an extended teaser, leading into the main part of your blog post.
3. Tell a story
As part of our blog training for researchers, we found many scientists are good writers, but bound by a formulaic approach to report on their research. In nearly every scientific field, journal articles start with a general introduction, then give methods, results, and a discussion. In blogging terms: boring!
In a blog, you are not subject to those limitations. You need to grab your readers' interest, then lead them through the content in a way that satisfies their curiosity. You might start with an anecdote, a teasing statement, a couple of questions.
Through the body of your post, you take your reader by the hand, and walk them through the story, up to the conclusion, which rounds up the story.
Blogs are often written from a personal perspective. What did you do, what do you think about the subject. This is a challenge for scientists, who are used to write objectively, peer-reviewed and all. In the science world, blogs are often subjective pieces about an objective content.
4. Use pictures
A blog post without a picture, is not a good blog post, simple as that. Use at least one picture at the top, under the title, or in the first paragraph. It will help stir up the interest and attention of your reader. Seduction, remember?
You can use several pictures, or illustrative figures within the body of your post, but make sure not to over-do it. I rarely use more than one picture per blog post.
5. Make it short
My statistics show that people spend an average of two to three minutes reading one blog post. If you want to stretch their attention span, you'll have to make it worth their while.
It is more difficult to write a short blog post than to write a long one. So, make an effort to shorten your post. About 500-800 words is a general rule. If the story is interesting, it can run long a little longer.
6. Use a simple, concise but a correct language
Most blog readers are not native English speakers. Avoid complex sentences and complicated Oxfordian English idioms. Make short sentences, running over one or two lines only.
Oh, and spell check your text! A simple language is no excuse for grammatical errors. I usually proofread my blog posts aloud. It helps me spot mistakes or errors in the flow of sentences.
7. Use short paragraphs
"Air" your text: split your blog post into paragraphs. Use plenty of blank lines between different parts. If your blog post is longer than a page, use paragraph titles to structure your text.
8. Use hyperlinks
When you write a blog post about a scientific subject, back up your statements with links to reference literature. Use links to illustrate what you talk about.
9. Round up your blog post
Unless if it is intended to stir up your readers, your blog post should have an ending. "The End" should give the reader a feeling that the story is complete. It should be a conclusion, a solution, a clear end to a summation of things,.. Whatever your ending formula is, the reader should think: "Ah, I have understood what the issue is".
Like in movies "The End" of a blog post should never come as a surprise.
10. Have fun
If you have fun writing a blog post, grinning as you go along, there is a good chance your readers will smile too. If you get all excited and winded up, probably your readers will be too. The more fun you have, the more inspired you will write.
After all, "seduction" should be fun and exciting, no?
Ready for more? You might also be interested in Hemingway's tips for bloggers.
This post is inspired by a blogging guide by Michelle Kovacevic (CIFOR)
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The Top 25 Hottest Irish Guys
List Criteria: Vote up the hottest of these Irish hotties.
Irish men are some of the hottest looking men in the world. Everybody on this list is of Irish descent. They've got the boyish charm, those wistful eyes and the heavy sex appeal we're all looking for in a man. So with St. Patrick's Day just around the corner, it's time to honor these hot guys for their great, um, assets. Here are the 25 hottest Irish guys who give you a reason to splurge on a green beer.
All men are ranked by hotness and "how Irish they are." Vote up the Irishman you think is hottest and enjoy the hot pics!
All men are ranked by hotness and "how Irish they are." Vote up the Irishman you think is hottest and enjoy the hot pics!
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- 6Up 266Down 103Whether he's Marky Mark, Mark Wahlberg or Mark Robert Michael Wahlberg (his full name), Mr. Wahlberg is a tough-looking beast. Don't let his Calvin Klein underwear charm mislead you, the guy is an animal that can bite. Wahlberg is of Irish, English, Swedish and French Canadian ancestry and has gotten in trouble 20-25 times with the law growing up. He developed an addiction to cocaine when he was 13 and was thrown into jail when he was 16. Since then he's cleaned up and had an impressive film career, most recently in the Oscar award-winning film The Fighter.
Flaunting his flawless physique HERE .
'Bout to have his underwear ripped right off of him HERE .
- 7Up 290Down 121Bradley Cooper, aka 'the reason why you slow-motioned the exit scene down the escalator in The Hangover,' is the son of an Italian-American mother and Irish-American father. He graduated from Georgetown University with a B.A. in English, proving that he's got brains behind that insanely good-looking face of his. He can also be seen in movies like Wedding Crashers, Failure to Launch, He's Just Not That Into You and The A-Team, to name a few.
In 2009, Cooper also stated in an interview with Parade magazine that he "grew up in a very old-fashioned Roman Catholic, Italian-Irish family in Philly." He's also a hopeless romantic, explaining how his "parents have evolved into completely different creatures, in terms of their marriage and the roles of the man and the woman" and that it's "great" and it's "still romantic." Awww, you don't even have to ask... I do!
Clean and polished on the red carpet HERE .
Shooting some big guns HERE .
- 8Up 216Down 123Patrick Dempsey, or otherwise known as McDreamy on "Grey's Anatomy," is a beautiful, beautiful human being. He's like a glossy stallion. Thick gorgeous hair, perfect white teeth and that sparkle things he does with his eyes. Seriously, look. Every single picture has a dang sparkle! Talk about Irish luck.
Dempsey was born in Maine but has Irish ancestry. He's very proud of his heritage and even named his children with noted make-up artist Jillian Dempsey in honor of it. His twin boys both sport classic Irish names: Sullivan Patrick and Darby Galen. Sullivan is practically an icon in the world of Irish names and Darby originates as an English name for someone from the city of Derby, Ireland.
Looking dapper at the Golden Globes HERE .
Tell me, how can anybody resist THIS look.
- 9Up 230Down 135Jonathan Rhys Meyers was born in Dublin, though his family moved to County Cork, when he was barely a year old.
Known for his role in "The Tudors" and Woody Allen's Match Point, the Irish hottie was expelled from North Monastery at age 16. He spent much of his time hanging out in pool halls, which worked out though when he was spotted by an agent, launching his career and blessing the viewing public with his hotness.
- 10Up 221Down 136If there's something veteran actor and ladies' man George Clooney doesn't lack, it's that Irish charm. He's got his paternal great-great-grandparents, Nicholas Clooney and Bridget Byron, to thank for that. The two immigrated to the U.S. from Ireland and Clooney was raised in a strict Irish-Catholic household.
His first major role was as Dr. Doug Ross on the hit NBC drama "ER." He was as dreamy then as he is now. After leaving the show, Clooney also starred in other commercially successful projects - this time on the big screen - such as The Perfect Storm, O Brother, Where Art Thou? and Ocean's Eleven, to name a few. Dozens and dozens of women have fallen for his disarming good looks and charismatic personality, and the fact that he's heavily involved in humanitarian work doesn't hurt either.
Looking fiiiiiine at a movie premiere HERE .
Watch the sun set on his body HERE .
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