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George Lois Slams Esquire's E-Ink CoverVanessa Voltolina
George Lois, Esquire's art director from 1962 to 1972, took a no holds barred approach to design, producing some of the most iconic covers in the history of magazines. Lois takes the same approach to interviews, telling AdAge media reporter Nat Ives how he was "embarrassed" by Esquire's battery-powered e-ink cover, a "silly gimmick" that "cost a quarter of a million dollars, I'm told." (Esquire's issue touted the cover line, "The 21st Century Begins Now" with, as Lois described, "Mickey Mouse lights clicking on and off.")
Since April, the MOMA has been hosting a collection of Lois' Esquire cover designs. During this interview, Lois said: "great covers need to have a great idea behind them." Of Esquire's cover, he said: "That wasn't great; it was ridiculous."
"When will they learn?" Lois said of Esquire. "Oh lord, how long will it take for them to learn."
The Best (And Worst) Recession '08 CoversVanessa Voltolina
There have been a lot of fire engine red magazine covers littering newsstands lately. Why? "There are a slew of recession clichés to choose from," Andrew Horton, Business Week's art director (and former FOLIO: art director) told me. "A red line pointing downward is a popular one," in addition to bold colors (usually red), and visual metaphors of tightening, lessening and falling, he said.
While many magazines have embraced these clichés, the best recession covers, Horton confirmed, were simple and direct. "We only used red on our ["The New Frugality," below] cover because we needed it to pop." But even as far back as April 2008, when, he claimed, Business Week forecasted the recession, Horton has tried to keep cover images fresh and unique.
Other magazines haven't been so creative or effective. Horton cited the Economist's whirlpool cover ("What's Next?," below) as confusing and a bit too muddy, although he considered the majority of the magazine's covers to be spot on, recession-based or otherwise.
"The Time cover with the photograph of the great depression ["The New Hard Times," below, left] was awesome," said Horton. "I actually got sad looking at it—that's how you know it's good."
"Eventually, magazines run out of visual metaphors [for recession]," he said,
"But I always say that I will never put a bear or a bull on a cover."
Other publications that have visually tried to tackle the hemorrhaging economy include Forbes, Fortune, Time and Newsweek.
So, should readers plan to see more recession covers in the coming months? Horton predicted that as overt recession covers begin to dwindle, more consumer covers with a focus on low holiday spending will emerge.
Here, some of the best (and worst) of 2008's economic recession covers.
Will Time Warner's Stock Tumble Lead to Time Inc. Sale?Vanessa Voltolina
Time Warner's stock price hit a 52-week low ($9.03 per share) this past week. Time Inc., like many publishing companies, saw ad pages for its titles tumble during the first half. And, as FOLIO:'s recent story on Time Inc.'s two-year plan to grow revenues mentioned, the largest declines came from its flagship newsweekly, Time (down 21.1 percent) and Entertainment Weekly (-16.8 percent).
Despite president Ann Moore's plan to weather the soft advertising market, the question remains whether or not the media giant will opt to spin-off its publishing division.
Analysts have frequently suggested that TW's magazine unit be sold—along with AOL—due to the lack of overall growth. Moore, however, points to Time Inc.'s $907 million in profits last year, which accounts for 13 percent of the parent company's content business. She told the Times Online that "investors were too focused on trying to find double-digit growth."
Back in November 2007, FOLIO: described what a Time Inc. spin off might look like—specifically how it could benefit both entities. Time Warner would get to move Time Inc. off the books as an operating unit and Time Inc. would become a free-standing, public company.
As far as the rumored sale of the U.K.-based IPC division of Time Warner, which houses its Southern lifestyle titles, Moore responded: "Where did you hear that from? I know, wishful thinking from bankers hoping for a mandate."More...
How Those Editors-Turned-New Media Entrepreneurs Are DoingVanessa Voltolina
So far, 2008 has been the year of going it alone. We've seen a myriad of editors and assorted big media executives venturing out to pursue dreams of grandeur in their very own new media startups.
To review: Harry McCracken stepped down as PC World editor in May to launch Technologizer.com; Rieva Lesonsky, former Entrepreneur editor, left to begin SMB Connects; former New York Times Hollywood reporter Sharon Waxman left the company to launch something called the Wrap News, an entertainment Web site; ex-AOL exec Lewis Dvorkin has been quietly working a news aggregation site; and Prescott Shibles [pictured], new media vice president at Penton Media, left to begin his own startup, Vital Business Media.
But since their departure from the "traditional publishing" world, where are they now and what can we expect from their new ventures?
Shibles, for one, told FOLIO: this week he has raised "less than $5 million" in angel financing to get VBM going and continues to look for additional financial partners. Once the site goes live, he hopes to launch two more verticals by mid-2009.
While online metrics are only so telling (and accuracy hard to come by), McCracken reported Technologizer.com monthly traffic "in the hundreds of thousands of page views" in the first six weeks after launching.
Waxman's site, set to go live in January 2009, will use the closing $500,000 that she acquired in the first round of funding for the online presence in early August to get the ball rolling. Dvorkin also reported receiving undisclosed early-stage funding for his news aggregate site in early August.
And what can Rieva Lesonsky expect from her startup venture? While still up in the air, the answer may soon be: legal fees. After launching SMB Connects, a network that puts small business together with government agencies and organizations, Entrepreneur magazine filed a lawsuit against Rieva, alleging that the former editorial director stole confidential information - namely, its franchise ranking concept, known as the Franchise 500. So much for imitation being the highest form of flattery.More...

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Buster Keaton is vastly underrated. Watch just one of his movies, and you will see the roots of modern physical comedy. And none of this slapstick nonsense propagated by the likes of Red Skelton and the Marx Brothers. Buster was the most athletic, clumsy, silent comedian there was.
Buster began his life as a vaudeville star, touring with his parents. It was during these shows that he discovered audiences laughed more if he was expressionless, than if he smiled or laughed himself. Buster became known as "The Great Stone Face," but he was anything but stony. Buster's eyes; now that was acting! He managed to express his feelings, most often of sorrow or dejection, perfectly, with only his eyes. His mouth was never upturned, in any photograph or film. He often played love-scorned characters, and he conveyed the hopeless of his character through his eyes. But, he also endeared audiences to him and created sympathy. Buster's eyes made audiences want to take him in their arms, he was so dejected over the loss of whichever lady love (usually named Sally), he had failed to win. This balance between stoniness, the non-reaction to comedic happenings, and the pleading sadness, found only in Buster's eyes, is unmatched.
His physical comedy is also unparalleled. Many will argue that the Marx Brothers pioneered physical gag humor, but Buster actually wrote gags for the Marx Bros. His road from making his own endearing and brilliant pictures to writing for a vaudeville team was a long one down.
Buster began in pictures as an independent filmmaker, with his own unit under producer Joseph Schenck. He wrote, starred in, and directed his own films, often serving as a director of photography and stunt coordinator as well. In a later interview, Buster spoke of his process of creating a movie during this time. He said that the team (whom he worked with through almost all of his independent pictures) sat around a table, and thought of beginnings. When they had a good story beginning, they thought of how it would end. They let the middle take care of itself. Buster would improvise physical gags on set, making up the "middle," of the movie as he went along. This process worked well, and during this time, he made The General, The Saphead, and The Navigator.
In 1928, the MGM studio-machine signed Buster. MGM, run by Louis B. Mayer and Irving Thalberg, did not take kindly to Buster's working method. More concerned with budgets and creating a box office hit for as little money as possible, Buster was forced not only to change his entire creative process, but the types of films he made. His first movie with MGM, The Cameraman, was his last silent. Buster had wanted to make it as a talkie, but giving Buster a sound stage was not in the budget. The Jazz Singer had been released the year before, but making a talkie was still expensive. The Cameraman, although Buster had to work from a script and was not allowed to improvise gags, was also the last great Keaton film. MGM changed Buster's working method, forced him to use stunt doubles, restricted him with budgets, and even got him to star in a musical (Free and Easy, his first talkie). Their greatest mistake was pairing shy, sad Buster with Jimmy Durante, nightclub comedian, who was loud, brash, and steamrolled Buster right out of their scenes. Durante's fast-talking style of comedy might have been en vogue at the time, but it clashed with Buster's stone face, physical style, and Buster got the worst of it. Buster was excited about the advent of talkies, and had even wanted The Cameraman to be made as a talkie. However, he thought that silent, physical comedy could be incorporated to a talkie. Stretches of 30 seconds with no words and only action were fine with Buster, but not Durante or MGM. They filled every moment with puns. Buster began drinking more and more. In 1933, MGM chose not to renew their contract with Keaton.
The only work Buster could find after that was writing gags for other comedians, even re-writing some of his own gags, for the likes of Skelton and the Marx Bros. Buster re-wrote a famous sequence from Spite Marriage, a movie he had made in 1929, for a knock-off film starring Red Skelton. The scenes in which Skelton puts on a false beard and clumps and stumbles his way onto stage as a Union soldier with his matinee idol are carbon copies of Buster's scenes, made years before. Buster, unfortunately, signed off on it and even coached Skelton. It was a job. A Night at the Opera, the Marx Bros. hit in 1935 (also one of AFI's Top 100), has several sequences lifted from Buster Keaton routines. Buster worked on the movie, and found the brothers very difficult to work with. They were rambunctious, and their style of comedy was unintelligent. They used cheap gags and relied on Groucho talking fast to cover it up. Buster managed to pull off some of the weaker puns that came with the new talkie comedies with his stone face. He was serious, endearing, and shy. His voice was unassuming and sweet, like his eye expressions. Groucho, on the other hand, had more trouble selling cheesy puns, developing his fast-talking style. Buster could sell a bad pun with sincerity, while Groucho was also falsely exasperated, which made his jokes sound forced and self-aware. This self-awareness and almost self-mockery was not to Groucho's advantage, as it pointed directly to his weaknesses, and invited the audiences to groan at the bad puns as much as he was. Buster's sincerity in one-liners invited the audience to sympathize with and cheer for his characters. Who cheers for Groucho Marx? Even in his conquests with women, he's crude and rough. He rolls his eyes. The hero-thwarted-in-love was popular in these situational comedies, and Buster's ability to make an audience sympathize with him, helped this often cheap plot. Groucho's exasperation grated audiences. The gags featured in many Marx Bros. movies that were not originally Buster's routines, Buster wrote and staged for the brothers. They began in vaudeville as he did, but their humor was much weaker. Buster worked for MGM in this capacity until 1950.
In 1940 he had married his second wife Eleanor, and Eleanor had coaxed and encouraged Buster into getting in front of the camera again. In 1950, he played one of the "waxworks" in Sunset Boulevard (Best Picture winner that year, launching William Holden to fame and co-starring Gloria Swanson) and went on to several more small, but signature film roles in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum with Zero Mostel and Limelight with Charlie Chaplin.
Chaplin's Limelight was a semi-autobiographical feature about his fall from grace. In it, an older Charlie Chaplin takes in a young, struggling ballerina and helps her to regain confidence in herself as a performer. In the process, the much younger woman falls in love with Chaplin, who is constantly trying for a comeback. In the end, Chaplin refuses the woman at least 20 years his junior, although this was not so in real life. Buster plays Chaplin's old vaudeville friend, and in a benefit performance, Buster does a few gags with a piano and violin alongside Chaplin. His part is small, but it is beautiful. The two share a scene in the dressing room before their performance and talk about show business. Chaplin's character has been hopeful up to now, and Buster's is more jaded and honest. Buster still manages to convey the same endearing qualities he had in the 20's as a much younger man. Chaplin was a hero of Buster's, a man he looked up to and admired as a pioneer in comedy and in filmmaking. I would suggest (much to the film community's chagrin) that Buster's oeuvre outshines Chaplin's in craftsmanship, character, and intelligence. Chaplin certainly was a pioneer, especially in his independent efforts and the creation of United Artists with Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks. Limelight is not an outstanding movie and is a very thinly veiled defense of Chaplin, but Buster is superb in his small role.
Yet three of Chaplin's movies (Modern Times, The Gold Rush, and City Lights) are included on AFI's Top 100 list, and only one of Buster's (The General). Chaplin was played by Robert Downey Jr. in a biopic (and all the scenes of his liaisons with much younger women were truthful). Buster's biopic starred Donald O'Connor, and blew his drinking problem out of proportion, according to those who knew Buster. The Marx Brothers were a huge commercial success in their time (while Buster decidedly was not) and are still a household name. With the help of Eleanor, Buster began to travel in his later years, promoting and attending screenings of his films, and even performing a vaudeville-esque act with his wife. In 2004, Turner Classic Movies released a documentary titled So Funny It Hurt: Buster Keaton and MGM, dispelling many misconceptions about Buster. Before she died in the late 80's, Eleanor also co-authored a book of photographs, most rare and never-before-seen, about her husband. TCM dedicated the month of October 2011 to Buster, screening his movies on Sunday nights. Buster gained some of the recognition he deserved, but most will never recognize that he was the father of modern comedy.
For more information and most of my sources, see TCM's Buster Keaton Profile and Buster Keaton Remembered, by Jeffrey Vance and Eleanor Keaton. Also, check out this Tumblr tribute to Buster.


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statistical evidence as to whether station proximity was causing lower automobile ownership or was attracting households with fewer autos to begin with. In any case, it was also noted that station- area households were smaller (1.7 people on average) than all households (2.4 people) (Boroski et al., 2002). These findings highlight the possibility that smaller average household sizes within station-areas explain some of the observed difference in household automobile ownership levels. Household size is indeed one of the variables found significant in the research model presented within Table 17-29, as it is in many operational auto ownership models. (See also "Household Characteristics" under "Related Information and Impacts.") Note that the influence of land use and site design on vehicle ownership is further examined in the case study, "Baltimore Region TOD and Smart Growth Analysis." The case study describes inves- tigations that found that while household size and income are highly important factors in vehicle ownership decisions, regional and local land use characteristics also play significant roles. The model elasticities presented in the case study suggest that household size and composition is the most important factor, with income next in importance, followed by non-trivial contributions by all three of the regional and local land use characteristics investigated. Transit Service Characteristics The traveler response to TOD will obviously be influenced by the service characteristics of the one or more public transit modes providing access to and from the location. TODs with better transit service characteristics would be expected to have higher transit ridership levels. In addition, some limited evidence suggests that such TODs are more likely to attract residents interested in making use of transit (Lund, Cervero, and Willson, 2004a). Among the important service characteristics are service coverage, hours of operation, frequency, travel time, fares, and perceptions of safety and security. Service coverage and hours of operation dictate which locations have transit access to and from a TOD and when. Coverage pertains to not only the areas served by the main transit line(s) at a TOD, but also the areas served by feeder and local bus connections. Enhanced feeder and local bus ser- vice can increase transit accessibility by providing fast connections to the trunk line transit service and also by providing direct connections between origins and destinations the main transit line does not serve. Effects of bus service coverage in general, not TOD-specific, are the subject of Chapter 10, "Bus Routing and Coverage." Extended hours of operation at acceptable service frequencies can make a transit service more sup- portive of TOD resident transit use and vehicle ownership reduction by better serving non-work travel and odd-hours commuting than a service primarily focused on peak hours. The limited amount of general-situation experiential data available on benefits of longer hours of operation is covered in Chapter 9, "Transit Scheduling and Frequency" (see "Service Hours Changes" under "Response by Type of Strategy"). Chapter 9 discusses the traveler response to transit frequency changes in depth. Transit service attractiveness is reduced by the long service headways (intervals between trains or buses) linked with low frequencies, especially if transfers are required. Service headways dictate how long the wait will be for a bus or train to or from a TOD or transfer point. The 17-62


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- Providing a forum to enable administrators of Native American rehabilitation and to study, deliberate, and act upon matters affecting rehabilitation with the ultimate goal of expanding quality rehabilitation services to Native American persons with disabilities.
- Providing a resource for the formulation and expression of collective points of view of administrators for Native American rehabilitation on issues affecting rehabilitation on reservations, trust territories, Alaskan Native villages, and across the country and to disseminate these views to service providers, related facilities, companies, and concerned citizens.
- Providing a means of communication with related organizations and governmental bodies on matters related to rehabilitation service provision, education and research.
- Conducting and supporting research demonstration which leads to an improvement of rehabilitation services for Native Americans with disabilities on reservations, trust territories, Alaskan Native villages, and across the country.
- Promoting and maintaining service outcomes that develop a professional identity for practitioners in rehabilitation whose career goals are rehabilitation service provision, education, and administration to Native Americans with disabilities.
- Conducting and supporting efforts to increase the number of Native American practitioners in Vocational Rehabilitation.
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After passage of the Rehabilitation Act Amendment of 1992, considerable actions were taken to enhance cultural competence in rehabilitation service delivery, increase outreach and services to persons with disabilities from diverse populations, and develop recruitment strategies of persons from diverse backgrounds to work in areas of rehabilitation. The Amendments required the Rehabilitation Services Administration (RSA), office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services with the U.S. Department of Education, to develop a national strategic plan, known as the Rehabilitation Cultural Diversity Initiative (RCDI) that would implement priority training on issues of cultural diversity to all programs funded under the Rehabilitation Act.
Between 1992 and 1993, several RCDI meetings were coordinated by the Region VIII Rehabilitation Continuing Education Program (RCEP) to address the current service delivery system within Section 121 funded American Indian Vocational Rehabilitation Services Projects. Issues and concerns were expressed in regards to initiating and improving tribally appropriate vocational rehabilitation (VR) service provision on reservations nationwide as State VR services and administrative plans often conflicted with tribal norms, eventually leading to high rates of unsuccessful closures among Native American clients. As a result, on January 22, 1993, the Consortia of Administrators for Native American Rehabilitation (CANAR) was formed, and began to function as a national platform to advocate for effective rehabilitation service delivery to American Indian and Alaska Native individuals with disabilities. CANAR also began to serve as the official voice of Native American rehabilitation programs, which provided VR services to American Indians and Alaska Natives with disabilities who residing on or near Federal or State reservations, Alaska Native villages, rancheros, and pueblos.
After CANAR met its first five-year initiative (1993 - 1998), their administrative offices relocated from Region VIII RCEP at the University of Northern Colorado to the American Indian Rehabilitation Research and Training Center (AIRRTC) located at the Institute for Human Development, an Arizona University Affiliated Program at Northern Arizona University.
After several years at AIRRTC, the CANAR office was moved to a new home in Louisiana and was incorporated there as a 501.c3 Non Profit organization in 2003. As CANAR continued to grow it became apparent that there was a need for full time staff and in 2010 CANAR set up a full time office in Louisiana with an Executive Director and an Administrative Assistant.
CANAR continues to grow and form collaborative working relationships with like organizations such as the Council of State Administrators of Vocational Rehabilitation (CSAVR), the National Rehabilitation Association (NRA), the National Council on Independent Living (NICL), the National Council on Disability (NCD) and other nation organizations. In addition, CANAR partners with various state rehabilitation agencies, Technical Assistance and Continuing Education Centers (TACE), Capacity Building Projects, and federal service agencies, such as the U.S. Department of Education and U.S. Department of Labor to increase the quality of life for American Indian and Alaska Native individuals with disabilities.


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Hopefully you will never have to find yourself pulling a dog or two dogs apart who get into a fight. It's dangerous and can result in you being injured in the process no matter how careful you are. The well-known method is to pull the dog away from the other dog by its backend, grabbing around the hips or waist but that's not always possible and easy to do depending on the way the dogs are situated, how fast they are moving, and if you're alone.
It's scary to break up dog fights, even scarier to break them up alone. So what is the best way to prevent a fight? Appropriately socializing your dog as a puppy. Work with a trainer, practice the methods you learn, and address any behavioral problems you notice in your dog such as extreme anxiety that could result in fear biting, desensitizing to triggers that bring about a negative reaction, and not submerging them in situations that could trigger a bite incident. If your dog is not dog friendly, do not bring her to the dog park and cross the street when on a walk if you see another dog coming towards you.
If your dog is aggressive towards other dogs to the point where it can be extremely tough to pull her away or redirect her attention, walk her during off-peak times at the park and around your neighborhood. Many people walk their dogs after work and you may have to wait a little later than that or find a few blocks that aren't often visited by your neighbors with their dogs. If you see an unleashed dog jogging around, yell for the owner to get their dog, and tell them yours is not dog-friendly.
If your dog is kid fearful, stay away from heavily populated kid areas like the playground, schools, and other hangouts that could cause your dog to be very stressed and react negatively. Also, if you see a child running up to your dog, yell to the parent that your dog is not friendly. If you have a child, teach them to not do this and to always ask for permission before petting a dog.
However, if you have taken all the steps necessary to avoid fights but still find yourself having to break up a fight, here's some tips:
1: If your dog is leashed and an unleashed dog is approaching, pull the leash hard to get your dog away from the attacker. If the owner is present, yell for them to get their dog. If the dog attacks your dog or you, yell "HELP!" Try to not stick your hand in their faces as this could result in you being bitten. Use the leash to try and get your dog away from the attacking dog as best as you can. Stay as calm as you can.
2: If you can, the best way to break up a dog fight is to throw water on them. It startles the dogs and gives you a few seconds to draw the attention away and separate them. You may have to sometimes use an object like a stick or broom to pry them apart and create a barrier.
3: If possible, grab the attacking dog by the back legs and swiftly lift them up into the air. It will throw them off balance and give you enough time to get the other dog to a safe place.
4: If you see a dog coming towards yours and it's aggressive, don't hesitate to place your dog somewhere safe like on top of car roof, on a garbage can, or anywhere that is high enough to make it tougher for the attacking dog to get yours.


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The climate change negotiations in Copenhagen are just too close to call at present.
Countries were on Thursday night engaged in a frantic last round of discussions as world leaders arrived.
A leaked document from the United Nations appeared to show that the commitments made on greenhouse gas emissions so far were inadequate and would lead to warming of about 3 degrees Celsius, well above what many scientists regard as the limit of safety. The document read: "Unless the remaining gap [between emissions pledges offered and those scientists say are needed] is closed and parties commit themselves to strong action prior and after 2020, global emisions will remain on an unsustainable pathway that could lead to concentrations equal or above 550ppm [parts per million] with the related temperature raise [sic] around 3 degrees."
That caused a sensation.
But in the midst of the myriad uncertainties and confusions at these talks, there are a few absolute certainties.
One is that if there is a deal, no matter how strong, it will be attacked by most of the big green campaigning groups.
Their argument – and the leaked UN document provides them with more ammunition on this point – is that much deeper emissions cuts will be needed to stave off the worst effects of climate change.
They are likely to be joined by many developing countries, who may denounce a deal as inadequate even if they sign it.
Another certainty is that even a weak deal will be hailed as a huge success by the developed countries and the UN.
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Things to Consider When Choosing a Career
In the coming weeks, many of you will have to make a decision that will shape the next four years (and beyond) of your life: which college should you attend? The school you pick will also shape another major decision that looms large for college students: which career path should you pursue? It is perfectly fine if you are undecided on your future career goals, as college is an excellent time to take chances and explore any areas of study that you might be interested in. Even if your career aspirations are not your top priority right now, it is still good to know what to consider when choosing a profession. Here are some of the most important factors:
- Earning potential. While earning potential shouldn't be your end-all be-all when picking a career, it will certainly factor into the equation. It might even affect which school you decide to attend. For example, if you are considering a profession that tends to pay lower on average, then it might not make sense to attend a very expensive college and accumulate a lot of debt. Only you know what you can live with and live without, so do some research on the earning potentials of various careers and see what fits with your situation. A good resource to consult is the Bureau of Labor Statistics Career Guide to Industries.
- Years of study. Certain careers, such as medicine or law, require you to complete years of study beyond the undergraduate level. These professions can be very prestigious and rewarding, but the schooling can be a rather large investment of both your time and money. If you decide to pursue one of these professions, then you must understand that it could be a while before you see a return on your investment.
- Work environment. Some careers sound perfect in theory, until you sit down and think about the day-to-day pressures associated with them. For example, you might be interested in the military, but if you hate to travel, then you might need to reconsider. You might dream of being in the newspaper business, but if you can't handle working on a strict deadline, then it is probably not such a good idea. Take scope of yourself and do some preliminary thinking about what type of work environment would best suit your personality.
- Passion. At the end of the day, your passion level for a job will most likely determine how successful you are in doing it. Make sure you spend enough time pursuing your interests now so you have a better chance at finding your true calling in the future!
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I want out, but can't get out...
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|Sun, 11-03-2013 - 11:51am
|Sun, 11-03-2013 - 12:55pm
Sorry to hear all this, but if you don't trust him and feel that he does not love you as you love him, are you sure you want to continue in this relationship?
Is he just not into you? You should not have to beg your partner for love in return, if you feel that he is using you, you should leave him. Before you waste any more of your life with him. Why does he think he can treat you like this? have you talked to him and told him how you feel?
|Sun, 11-03-2013 - 4:22pm
Since you say that you know he is not going to love you, then you end the relationship by telling him that it's over. Yes, easier said than done. But you have to examine why you got into this situation and what you are getting out of it. You don't seem to be getting much out of spending time w/ a guy where the affection is only going one way--it's actually making your life more painful. It doesn't seem like that's worth risking your marriage for, so why are you really doing this?
|Mon, 11-04-2013 - 9:31am
It might sound like the world's easiest thing to grasp when it's not your own situation or when it's no longer your situation, but it is almost impossible to actually GET it when you're in the midst of it. That someone who you are madly wildly incredibly in love and lust with just DOES NOT FEEL THE SAME BACK FOR YOU. You refuse to believe it. Your mind and your heart do not get HOW. How can it be that I adore him so much that even someone saying his name makes my insides lurch and ache, and he.. does not feel anything for me. The pure strength, hugeness, enormity of your feelings for this person SIMPLY HAVE TO MEAN he feels the same because it's all of you, it's what you live and breathe and think and dream. You think: how??? how can he not???? When I am so insane about him.?
Sadly.. it's as simple as that. Unreciprocated love is incredibly painful. Makes your life a nightmare. Ten years from now, you will think back to today and won't believe that you refused to accept what was such a plain and simple truth, staring you in the face: you love that man to death... but he does not love you back.
I feel for you....
|Mon, 11-04-2013 - 9:48pm
If you think you can't, well you can't and won't. Believe me, you can...once you set your mind to doing so.
You've lead him to believe it is okay for you to be involved in his project even if you are getting nothing in return. So, he's okay with giving nothing back. And, of course, he's going to become angry...because he's confused...you've changed the rules because of your hidden agenda.
You have nothing to lose in this relationship except for some crumbs I guess he use to throw your way. You say you like the attention...what attention? He's not even interested when you put sex on the table. And to jeopardize your marriage for this miserable relationship is just crazy making.
I know you want him to feel a certain way, but he doesn't. Time to accept the reality of this situation.
I'd break it off and start figuring out why you would accept so little, yet jeopardize so much, for this man who shows the bare minimum of interest.
And...yes you can ;)
|Tue, 11-05-2013 - 9:36pm
Let me ask you this...and there is no judgement here at all. You feel very strongly about the commitment you made to this man who is not your husband. And committing to help another person with their project is one thing, but it's not just that. What about the commitment to your vows, your husband, your family?
I see this all the time. Affair partners not wanting to hurt their affair partners' feelings while they run roughshod over the loved ones to whom they are already committed.
I'd wrap up this project, if you feel that strongly about leaving him in the lurch, putting aside any kind of relationship...and then 'that's a wrap'...focus on your marriage and yourself in a honest way and with integrity.


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WASHINGTON D.C., October 12, 2012 — An interesting revelation of the Obama Administration's view of national defense came up during yesterday's vice presidential debate. Concerned about America's conventional counterforce credibility, Paul Ryan said "Look, do we believe in peace through strength? You bet we do. And that means you don't impose these devastating cuts on our military. So we're saying don't cut the military by a trillion dollars – not increase it by a trillion – don't cut it by a trillion dollars."
After a few seconds of heated exchange between the two candidates, Biden invoked the Pentagon and said, "look, the military says we need a smaller, leaner Army. We need more special forces. We need … we don't need more M1 tanks, what we need is more UAVs."
"Some of the military," Martha Raddatz interrupted, aptly and cautiously suggesting Biden's characterization might not have been inclusive of all of the services. "I know that's –"
Biden defensively cut Raddatz off in mid-sentence. "Not some of the military," he insisted, gripping a pen and wagging it tensely, "that was the decision of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, recommended to us and agreed to by the president. That's a fact."
Viewers of the debate not familiar with common military lexicon might have completely missed the implications of what a skilled politician like Joe Biden had just said. Notice he said "what we need is more UAVs" – that is Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, more popularly known as drones to the general public.
The Obama Administration has come under immense bipartisan criticism and even lawsuits for its aggressive use of drones abroad. Since the end of George W. Bush's term, Obama has dramatically increased the use of drones, particularly armed drones in airstrikes all around the world. The heavy handed nature of these attacks which often inadvertently kill innocent bystanders has resulted in an outcry against drone proliferation. More recently, an "extrajudicial" drone strike in Yemen which killed Anwar al-Awlaki and two other U.S. citizens – including a sixteen year old boy – even drew a lawsuit from the victim's family against the Obama Administration.
The question that one has to ask when Biden says "we need more special forces and UAVs" is "for what?" Both special forces operators and drones alike are primarily employed not in traditional force protection at home but rather in unconventional warfare and so-called "politically sensitive missions." If the Obama Administration seeks to proliferate in this area, it necessarily implies a widening of America's use of force abroad and that should be something voters should be extremely concerned about.
Why Does Washington Like Unmanned Weapons So Much?
One of the primary reasons I have chosen to vote for former New Mexico Governor Gary Johnson as my candidate for president is because he opposes drone proliferation and has called for an end to America's military engagements abroad. This is something all of us should pay close attention to. Remotely Piloted Vehicles (RPVs) and Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicles (UCAVs) are dangerously destabilizing weapons which carry troublesome moral, political and strategic dangers in their use. We need to stop the wars right here and right now or else the future we face will be one that is marked by never-ending conflict and needless loss of human life.
At the core of what is going on in our "defense" policy is a flawed micromanagerial, determinalistic attitude towards war which seeks to remove humans from the loop and sanitize intervention in target countries all around the world. Today's policymakers love drones because they are unmanned and one can send them anywhere in the world without fear of losing a human pilot. The political pause that policymakers once had in the past to using manned airpower – that is, the Dover Test of seeing flag draped coffins return from botched missions – no longer exists in a world where drones constitute the bulk of a future U.S. military.
First the "Conventional Cruise Missile"
During the Clinton Administration, we saw the heavy-handed use of conventional (high explosive warhead) cruise missiles as the preferred weapon of choice because they could be fired from a launch basket at the exterior of a target country. For those unfamiliar with the technology, a cruise missile is a special missile that flies like a small unmanned airplane, usually subsonic and at low "nap of the earth" altitude to avoid detection, often utilizing a Terrain Contour Matching (TERCOM) guidance system which compares ground features to a pre-programmed flight profile or satellite GPS to home in on its target.
Originally, cruise missiles were designed as weapons of last resort: stand-off nuclear delivery systems which would allow ships to launch and leave or highly vulnerable, aging bombers such as the B-52 to overcome the formidable Soviet air defenses and large number of interceptors. However during the late 1980s and early 90s conventional cruise missiles were also developed to allow flexibility, especially during the First Gulf War when numerous Air Force nuclear AGM-86 ALCMs were covertly modified into Conventional Air Launched Cruise Missiles (CALCMs) for use against Saddam's regime.
Later in 1993, Clinton authorized the use of some 23 cruise missiles fired from the USS Peterson and USS Chancellorsville in a punitive action against Iraq. Two years later in 1995, Clinton authorized strikes against Bosnia, followed by Iraq again in 1996 and 1998 and Sudan and Afghanistan in that same year. The hyperactive use of cruise missiles by the Clinton Administration – as many as 400 Tomahawk Land Attack Missiles (TLAMs) against Iraq in 1998 – severely distorted Washington's view of war as something "surgical" or tactical in nature where we, watching from a distance, could just rain firepower on our enemies.
In 1994, Kurt Strauss of Hughes Missile Systems remarked that "A fundamental shift in the application and utility of cruise missiles has occurred. Tomahawk is no longer viewed as a limited-use strategic weapon." Numerous policymakers at the time resisted and voiced intense concern about the conversion of nuclear cruise missiles to conventional missiles. Ballistic missile submarines were even converted into cruise missile barges to facilitate this doctrine further, but Washington's quest for even more efficient, unmanned intervention weapons would bring it one step further: to armed drones.
Predators and Reapers in the Global War on Terror: "Aircraft of the Gods"
Initially, U.S. military drones were largely used for high risk reconnaissance missions, though some testing and evaluation of nascent armed drone technology took place during the Cold War. The U.S. Navy experimented with the armed, remotely controlled Gyrodyne QH-50 Drone Antisubmarine Helicopter (DASH) in the late 1950s and the Air Force evaluated a number of drones, especially the Teledyne-Ryan Model 259 which could carry various mission packages ranging from jammer/ECM to strike configuration with missiles and bombs. Ultimately the armed drones never went far because of a combination of cost and the political fear by military leadership that drones might replace manned, in-the-loop combat aircraft.
The Global War On Terror, however, brought drones to the forefront of military use because of the fact that observation drones such as the original General Atomics RQ-1A Predator were small, propeller powered and capable of loitering for extended periods of time over a battlefield, largely unnoticed using a combination of sophisticated multispectral sensors.
For the war in Afghanistan, Predators were initially modified to carry AGM-114 Hellfire missiles, and they proved so effective that eventually they went from limited use in the early days of the war to hundreds if not thousands of airstrikes today. The Predator's heavier cousin, the MQ-9 Reaper, is the evolution of the armed Predator doctrine.
So pervasive is the influence of drones that today civilian policymakers refer to aircraft such as the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter as the "last manned aircraft," and even the U.S. Air Force, which once prominently pitched manned aircraft such as the F-15E Strike Eagle or F-16C Fighting Falcon as a recruiting draw for pilots, now seeks drone operators. "It's not science fiction," their recruiting slogan tells us, "it's what we do every day."
Nevertheless, despite this bizarre love affair with remotely piloted aircraft that can seemingly go deep into enemy territory and "zap tangos" with a bolt from the blue, Americans should be very suspicious about the rise of the drones. First and foremost, they make war seem cheap and easy to start. A president will be less likely to say no to an airstrike in some country most Americans have never heard of if he has a robust inventory of drones at his disposal than he would if he were restricted to conventional, manned aircraft.
Secondly, America's proliferation of drones has sparked an arms race the world over in which nearly 70 countries now are operating or researching advanced drone technology, some of which are completely autonomous and artificially intelligent. This bodes dangerous implications for the future with so many countries developing unmanned weaponry. The potential for abuse could lead to drone wars all across the planet.
And lastly, in spite of America's love for drones, countries such as Russia and China are still developing high-performance air dominance aircraft that they will likely one day export to enemies of the United States. It's not a comforting thought for me to think that, if things remain as they are, America will one day have an Air Force entirely populated by remote controlled propeller drones while her agitated enemies all around the world are equipped with fourth and fifth generation supersonic aircraft. Our bombing and intervention in all these countries around the world has accomplished only one thing: America's enemies are waiting for the moment that they can be more heavily armed than we are. And that thought terrifies me.
We need to get away from these types of weapons and sticky situations which sow the seeds for future conflict. So no, Mr. Biden, America does not need more drones. Drones are dangerous and we need to recognize it before they dominate our future.
I support Gary Johnson because he recognizes the danger that drones present to America, both abroad and especially at home. The threat that here in the United States some 30,000 drones could be flying above our heads is something that the Libertarian presidential candidate has the maturity and discernment to be duly worried about.
In February of this year, Johnson warned, "Big Brother is alive and well, and now we're only talking about making it easier for him to fly remote control planes loaded with cameras over our neighborhoods. Based on our experience with the Patriot Act, the National Defense Authorization Act, and several other laws Congress has enacted in recent years, it is not alarmist to fear or assume that when we give the government the power to snoop, they will indeed snoop."
Drones are more dangerous in my opinion than nuclear weapons. They are a weapon that policymakers will not hesitate to use and use aggressively, both in wars abroad and surveillance at home. We need a new generation of leadership that can see the moral hazard in these technologies and push back from the brink.
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Government plans to sue Arizona sheriff for targeting Latinos
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Obama administration on Tuesday said it was preparing to sue Arizona county sheriff Joe Arpaio and his department for violating civil rights laws by improperly targeting Latinos in a bid to crack down on illegal immigrants.
So let's review. The Obama campaign has whipped up their 'union base' with their Wisconsin attacks. They have whipped up their anarchist 'class warfare' base with their Occupy Wall Street movement. They have whipped up their 'feminist base' with their contraception mandate and their charges of a Republican 'War On Women.'
They have whipped up their 'black base' with a month old shooting. And now they are whipping up their 'Hispanic' base suing Sheriff Arpaio and rekindling their attacks on Arizona in general. Have they missed anything? Have they covered all their bases?
The sheriff's high-profile crackdown on illegal immigrants has helped thrust the issue onto the national political stage with some states passing tough new laws aimed at pushing out those in the country illegally.
Reuters managed to sneak in the word 'profile' in the second sentence. Even though there is absolutely no proof that Sheriff Arpaio has ever profiled anyone.
The administration's Justice Department and the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office have been in settlement talks for months over allegations that officers regularly made unlawful stops and arrests of Latinos, used excessive force against them and failed to adequately protect the Hispanic community.
Those negotiations have broken down because of a fight over the Justice Department's demand that an independent monitor be appointed by a federal court to oversee compliance with the settlement, which has now reached 128 pages in draft form, according to the Obama administration…
No, those "negotiations" have broken down because the Obama campaign needs to rile up the Hispanic community. Especially, after their misstep in exploiting a shooting where the 'white' killer of a black turned out to be a Hispanic Democrat.
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Shoring up his Hispanic base is not the only reason that O**** is suing Sheriff Joe.
He's scared to death that Joes investigation into his document fraud will uncover the truth.
Intimidation is the only tool this administration has to retain power.
I don't think Sheriff Joe can BE intimidated.+5
There seems to be much more going on here. This was very interesting. It would explain a few thing if any of it's true.
And what ethnic group might be targeted, if it was the southern border of Arizona (and the U.S.) which was being inundated by illegal immigrants? Greeks or Turks or perhaps Chinese ought to have been stopped instead?? No, no: Canadians, of course. "Racial profiling" my hind leg.+3
Wait … I thought Hispanics were white … but only if they shoot an african American. It is so confusing.+4
How dare Sheriff Joe crack down on Obama's only voters left!! /SARC
Psssst Joe: counter-suit Obama, for violating every Federal law on the books; srsly, Obama is nothing more than a Chicago thug and career criminal+1
I thought Arpaio was Hispanic. Let me rephrase that: White Hispanic.+2
If I were the Judge, both parties would HAVE to prove their CITIZENSHIP, in order for the case to proceed… [whistling]0
what's Obummer hiding, his membership at a gay club in Chicago, his gay friend-man tryst in a car, the fact that guy was murdered mysteriously, his grades, his fake Social Security numbers during college, friendship wiith a radical pastor who ABHORS whites who married him AND baptized his kids, his friendship with a US terrorist, Bill Ayers, his "neighbor" Farrakhan, how he bought his Chicago mansion with a crook named Rezko who's in jail today, Fast & Furious Scandal, Solyndra $$, GE $, billions to Brazil to excavate offshore of their country, his hate for the USA since he inherited from his Kenyan dad who hated the US AND the UK, nuff said..for now..0
What am I missing here? We are guarding the Mexican boarder too keep out illegal aliens.Of course you are going to profile people who look Mexican.If we bring in a profile from the FBI and ask them for help in profiling illegals and they give us a picture of the caratericks of what a Mexican looks like,according to obama we should sue them for profiling.That`s the twisted obama logic.obama is profiling Mexicans to come in to the USA to vote for the Dems.0
Mitt Romney's Mexican father, hmmmmm…….Are the simple minded "BIRTHERS", going to ask Romney for his birth certificate? We all know this was never about a birth certificate, if it was then these same people would be asking Romney for his. It's about small minded people who hate African Americans and do not have the brains to review a President's policy so they make something up.
Lets be clear none of you dullards have won a case in the "U.S. Courts", maybe in your simple minds (if you have any) but not in our "U.S. Courts", so unless Birthers/ teabaggers, whatever you want to be called, win a court case, we will continue to see as dullards, liars or racist or maybe all three. Deal with that baby!0


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text: Report Abuse Home > All Poetry > Worn Out Worn Out By Josika.Nav, chennai, India More by this author leaving my body defenseless, leaving my mind empty, leaving my soul desert dry and my fragile heart worn out. « Previous article More by this author Next article » Join the Discussion Login This article has 10 comments. Post your own now! Report abuse guardianofthestars said... Feb. 25, 2013 at 8:49 pm Very nice and fresh! To me it takes true talent to write powerful short poetry like this. ^_^ Reply Report abuse thatunknownthing said... Jan. 10, 2013 at 6:30 am this is a nice poem and cleanly written, but I feel that it was too sraight forward and could have used more figures of speech and symbolism for I couldn't understand any deeper than these sentences (if you implied another meaning). But the tanka is clear, and that's good work. Do you mind reading, and frankly commenting on some of my work, too? Thanks! Reply Report abuse remember16 said... Nov. 12, 2012 at 8:02 am awesome work i love it!, short and simple you should cheak out some of my poetry rrate/comment<3(: Reply Report abuse . said... Oct. 20, 2012 at 10:26 am I like this! Structured poems can often be a little dull, but you did a great job making the most of the format! Nice job! :) Reply Report abuse Brace4impact said... Jul. 8, 2012 at 6:37 am I ThInk this is a good tanka poem. I haven't recently read why that I liked until now. I know exactly how it is to feel just worn out. Great tanka. Question, what's your favorite type of poem to write Josika.Nav replied... Jul. 8, 2012 at 6:56 am free verse :D i like the the whole concept of 'no rules and restrictions'... but i try and expand my range by trying out different types of poems. :) why? Reply Report abuse andromeda13 said... Jun. 18, 2012 at 7:20 am I thought maybe it could have been a bit longer, but the poem is really strong and i think the phrase short but sweet would go well here. Reply Report abuse InkWriter13 said... Jun. 6, 2012 at 12:56 pm I like how you build it up using repetition and the progression of body then mind then soul then heart. It incorporates all the central parts of a human being. I think a lot of teens can relate to this poem--I certainly can. Often it is hard to find the energy. Overall, great work. :D Reply Report abuse JoPepper said... Jun. 4, 2012 at 5:23 pm I've never heard of a tanka. Very good job Keep writing Reply Report abuse Pitiful_Anonymous said... Jun. 1, 2012 at 9:34 am Although I'm not really one to enjoy poems with specific structures like this, I actually really do like this. It's a really good poem, you have talent. :) Reply Email me when someone replies Share on Facebook


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