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I don't want to say this at all but I realy need some guidence and if I can't say it online then where? About an hour ago D (the bf) called & said bassicaly that he owed his grandmother & aunt over $500 by the end of the month or he might get kicked out which just totaly blew my mind. We talked forever about how to deal with it and eventualt decided to look for jobs all over town tomorrow and we would both work together to pay it off. I was more optamistic now because it seemed sort of more managable. So we started talking about other things and he brought up there four guys he knows a few streets away that are basicaly pimps and who pay like $800 an hour, and then he suggests that I work for them for a while to pay off my debt. At first I thought it was a joke so I haughed along wth him but he wouldn't let it go and I started to realise that he was actualy serious bout this. No matter how many times I said no he just didn't seem to get that I'm not some slut who'd willing to fuck some random guy on the off chance that he might get kicked out or that if he cared about me at all he would never ark me to do something like that. And he had the nerve to call ME selfish, what the fuck kind of twisted reasoning is that?! God, how did I not se what a fucking asshole he is? Iknow I should've, none of my friends like him and It's not like he's been a perfect angel until now but he's always been so nice to me that I just thought we could make it work. Let's consider my naivate concerning him gone. And I know that there' going to be at least one person on here who ill say I'm overreacting, that he probably was realy jost kidding, but trust me, he wasn't.
And now here's the part that's gonna make me sound stupid. Even being this mad at him, I still want to help him pay off the money because now that he got me involved, if he gets kicked out and I know there was something I could have done something about it I'll feel endlessly guilty that I didn't. I just don't know what I'm gonna do.
When I said I didn't know if I should help him I meant by GETTING A JOB.
DON'T DO IT. There are all kinds of books out there about things like this. This is how it starts. Asking for a favor, not only is prositution ILLEGAL it's another excuse for him to be a jerk. The end of the month is a week away. He had to have known this before now. Don't let this boy be stupid and involve you in it. I may not know you, but I think you're smarter than that. There are other ways to get him out of this situation than for you to turn tricks. You are not over reacting. Don't second guess yourself on a matter like this.
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Pronouns make it hard to keep our sexual orientation a secret when our co-workers ask about your weekend.
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Yay, now they don't think you're queer, just a slut!
i meant by GETTING A JOB
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uhm, HELL NO. I was just gonna come on here, read a little, go to bed. But then i saw this and just had to say something. I don't know how serious you are, or the little details, but based on what I've read, he has NO right to put you in that position and in NO way should you feel obligated to pull through with it, or feel any guilt//blame yourself when he gets kicked out. You are what, 16ish?? ... .. NO. You offered to to go out looking for a job for him, to work your ass off for him to get him the money he needs to stay at his aunts/grandmothers, that is all you can do! THAT is all you can do. If he is a good man, he should see that, and he should know that you are doing all he can do. Is there no one else, no other friends or anything, anyone that he could loan money from? or if he gets kicked out, anywhere cheap he could stay until he saves up enough money to pay em off?
If you get involved in that kinda trade, there;s a chance they'll come back to you and ask for more, .. .so don't even think about getting involved. You're young, and no woman (or man!) should ever be asked to do something that can put them in a potentially dangerous position. No one should ever be forced, or guilted into doing something that makes them feel uneasy. All you can do, is everything that you can, THAT at the same time, doesn't screw you over as well. Think of all the consequences that could follow, and I know this sounds horrible, but don't let him drag you down with him. If you go through with it, let the 'pimps' use you, you're falling into someone else's hole. and once you're in that hole, it's hard to get out. often what happens is people just continue digging cuz' hey, if you can't go up, only place is to go down down down.
It's understandable that he's felling stressed and desperate, I would too for sure, but never should he have asked you do that. If you chose to say no to him, and he still asks you to do it, i say ditch him. Or atleast break it off until he gets things sorted out and his mind straightened out, cuz' seriously, atleast in my opinion, this seems like a pretty serious situation. And from an outsiders point of view, i think the right answer is obvious, although i'm sure you already knew too, but i felt like i had to say something to back it up!
I wish you both good luck!
let HIM go cocksucking to make the $500+
and DUMP HIS SORRY ASS (if you haven't already).
it's not your job to take care of him, or ensure him shelter, money, or security. you're not his fucking mother.
you can be there for him, you can support him emotionally, you can be a good friend. but you should NOT put your own health and safety at risk to help him, and if he truly expects you to do that, he's a loser and he doesn't deserve to have you in his life.
I agree with the others - DON'T DO IT! He has no right to expect that of you, and it could potentially end up very dangerous for you, with serious, continuing consequences. Trust your gut - you're obviously not stupid. As for the money, it's very kind of you to try and help him out, but remember that it's HIS problem in the end - not yours. Don't let him tell you otherwise, or try to guilt trip you into anything. Is there not some friend he could borrow the money from till he can earn it to pay back? Or perhaps a financial service?? Maybe that's something to investigate - there are companies that offer short-term loans, but I don't know about the age situation. Make sure it's a proper, professional company though, not some backyard scammers. And DON'T put your name to any paperwork - I don't know where you are located, but here (in Oz) if a partner is named as "backup" (there's a term for it, I forget), they can end up having to pay the whole loan if the other one skips town. I don't want to offer advice if it's not called for, but I have to say, given the info you've provided - I would seriously be considering finishing the relationship with him totally. Obviously though, you know the situation better than I, and that's something that only you can decide. Anway, hope you get it all sorted out eventually.


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Microsoft has finally released information on their next generation gaming console during the Xbox Reveal Event held today in Redmond Campus. With a focus on an all in one system (games, music, movies, TV, apps, etc.), the console is appropriately named: Xbox One.
Xbox One Hardware Updates
There's a complete refresh on the console's hardware as well as its accessories –the controller and Kinect system.
Xbox One, previously rumored to be named Xbox 720, will include 5 billion transistors, 8 GB of ram, a Blu-Ray Drive (finally), and a native 64 architecture allowing an easier developing process for new games and apps.
Other upgrades include:
- 500GB of hard drive space
- 1080p HD RGB camera
- 30 FPS Color
- Time of Flight (TOF) Technology
- Microphone Arrays
- Kinect 2.0
- Interactive TV
The Kinect has been upgraded to better respond to user voice and gestures. Voice is more conversational.
The updated Kinect camera will now be able to recognize:
- Specific depth
- Transfer of weight from one foot to another
- Heart beat
- More joints in body
- Rotation of arms, legs and wrists
The Xbox Controller has maintained a similar style with upgrades in ergonomics and new dynamic impulse triggers. New button functions were absent from the presentation.
Xbox Games
Microsoft has promised to secure exclusive gaming content and provide priority DLC content. A total of 15 new exclusives will be released in the first year (8 of which are new IPs).
Infinity Ward provided an inside look on the new Call of Duty: Ghost title. The game provides two key upgrades:
- Dynamic multiplayer maps: players may cause map landscape changes by specific events and actions.
- Character customizations: Players can customize, gear, helmet, accessories and color, creating a truly personalized character.
Download add-ons for the Call of Duty franchise will be included in the DLC agreement with Microsoft, arriving on Xbox first. This may hinder sales for the upcoming PS 4 Launch.
EA (Electronic Arts) took the stage to announce four games that will launch in time for the next console, completely compatible with the Xbox One ecosystem:
- Madden NFL
- NBA Live
Microsoft Studios provided game footage of FORSA Motorsport 5, which will be available on launch.
Footage for Quantum Break, a sci-fi game currently in the works, was also shown during the Xbox Reveal Event.
Surprisingly, Xbox has also secured Steven Spielberg to launch a new Halo premium TV series.
Xbox One Notable Features
Confirming the rumors of an "always on" system. Xbox can be activated and navigated with only your voice.
Say Xbox On, and the console will instantly recognize you and display your personal homescreen.
Say Xbox Watch TV, and the console will display your current channel broadcast.
Say Xbox Game, and your current or idle game will display on the screen.
Changing from one application to the other, say watching TV then switching to the browser or listening to music and switching to a game, is as seamless as changing channels on your TV remote.
Gesture will also play a key part in the Xbox One experience. Simulating a pinch and zoom in a larger scale, you can grab the edges of the screen and bring them together to return to the Xbox One homescreen.
Snap mode will be present in the new Xbox One console, allowing you to use two apps simultaneously and interact with them side by side.
For example, you can Skype on the right side of the screen while watching a movie on the left. Or you can browse the web with Internet Explorer on the right, while having your game paused on the left.
You can control snap mode on your smartphone or tablet. The content will always be different depending on what application you're using. If you are watching an ESPN event, for instance, you can pull up your personal fantasy player list on the right column.
The feature has great potential when watching other events, such as the Super bowl, award ceremonies and political debates. It will provide a real time interactive experience.
A TV Guide is also present in the Xbox One Console. However, I'm not sure how the Xbox One will tap into your current channel lineup (by replacing your cable box or tapping into your provider's online streaming service).
Update: HDMI Pass-Thru technology will allow you to watch TV straight through your Xbox.
The Xbox Channel Guide will be similar to what you would find in most cable/satellite TV boxes. The difference will be the added benefit of using your voice to surf.
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- Show the guide
- What's on HBO?
- Golden Girls
- Favorites
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Unfortunately, the Xbox big reveal ended without mentioning a price or a specific launch date. Microsoft only announced the Xbox One will be available for purchase this year. This is likely to occur before the 2013 holiday season.


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Human Puppet.You wouldn't let me say the words I needed to.I couldn't cut the strings my fingers held.I watched myself be thrown around and toyed with.And realized my joints weren't built too well.You may make me dance and laugh.But, you couldn't hear the screams of horror inside.Inside my hollow lungs.You can silence me with truth.But, every word you mutter is fake.Fake eyes can tell.You can't decieve me,With your bitter lies.I am not a toy.You can't consume me with your foolish desires.Controlled me with the fact I wasn't strong enough.Discouraged me with insults and repairs.Suspended me over all the filthy trash.And challenged me with open fire dares.You may throw me to the wall.But, you can't break more than the last time.You get used to it all.You can scream all you like.But, you really shouldn't expect an answer.Or was that what you wanted.Don't try to use me.With broken strings.You can't confuse me.I'm not your doll, don't you dare fool with me.And you can't break
Stars In the Night.Demure in the light of day.You seem to hide away,But you cannot deceive me.Because we are meant to be.Practically betrothed, you and I,I love your lilt in my skies,The opulent way that we conflate.This eloquent love affair we have made.When you and I become one,We are the envy of everyone.A ephemeral glory that we possess.Soon enough, we must regress.The setting sun is our messenger.Now we can go back to how we were.Dancing together, you and I.Your brightened smile in my dark skies.This beautiful dalliance of ours,I become so greatly empowered.So dull I would be without you.This evanescent rendezvous.But then you and I are gone away.Once the rising sun indicates the day.Apart, gone, though my deep affection remains.Our fleeting love disappears as quick as it came.
The Tale of a Book.There is always a last page,And the ink must run out.The cover will age,And you'll always have doubts.Never written in stone,Memories will not die.The pain is not my own,And always relive a lie.Lonely, and discarded right from the very start.The moment you entered Life, you were meant to steal my heart.I wasn't told you'd leave me at the beginning of the book.Though that was the catch, you had ended your part.And the pages turn and turn, with each waking minute.The never ending story, even has its ending soon.And when our stories someday cannot continue,Will you meet me back at the first chapter again?We will all be reborn,Unlimited I am.Old pages are torn,Control lightning? I can.Never bound by the earth,I am independent and free.The page is what it's worth.Now will you just leave me be.Easily bruised, with paper skin, I'm very fragile.But I contain material that turns out to be very vile.Surprises everywhere, you don't know what happens next.Hints hidden in
Soldiers of Love.I'm a soldier, here I stand.In this barren, blood-stained land.A place where love keeps eluding my grasp.In this world, life's not free.When I die remains a mystery.I must put in all I am, just to live.I will fight to find you someday.Forward I'll go, hoping someday is today.If we believe in God, obediently,May he grant us his mercy.If you want to be free,Come with me.We will run away tonight.Set your fears,Up in flames.Let us make our grand escape.Trust in me.Follow me.Time to go for love this time.Your heart is mine.I'm a soldier, here to stay.Running through my hell today.Witnessing too much pain to register at once.Risked my life as my last bet.But I refuse to die just yet.I must keep going if I am to find you.Desperate and broken I must be,To fight for someone I've yet to see.Though I need something to believe in.And my heart skips every other beat.I need a savior to find me now.Time to fly far away,Like an angel with newborn wings.So on your feet.
Death's Christmas.I made a big mistake as I slipped into a deep slumber.What was probably the biggest of all my possible blunders.I had forgotten to pray to the Lord, He who saved me with his grace.I closed my eyes for a moment, and Death screamed in my face!"You'll never wake again! Ha, you'll never wake again!The moment you lost sight of the Lord, is when you revealed your end!"He grinned sharp-toothily at me, as he wielded a bloody knife.When I disregarded a simple prayer, it cost me my life!I tried to run, I tried to scream,But all my sins, I could not redeem.If only I had changed my ways, if only I was able to see,That the greatest of man's fears would be chasing after me.I pleaded to him, I promised I would repent,He shook his head and said my destiny was set.He took a look at me, dirty fingernail against my pointed chin,Smiled evilly and said, "Let the torment begin".I closed my eyes in anticipation of the first strike,And then quietly he asked me, "How come you lost your sight?"
Missing Girl.Did you see a girl around here?I looked in the mirror after I woke up, but she wasn't there.Looks like she went missing again today.I walked around town for a little while.I thought I heard her voice.However, no one else seemed to hear it."Excuse me, young man""There he is again.""He's working again, I see."I was confused.Why were they speaking to me that way?They smiled like they knew what they were talking about.The same night, I looked in the mirror again.There she was.The whole time, she was there.Why could no one else see her?
Guilt.Your love has been eating away at me.The more you give into me,The more the guilt singes me.Bring my secrets to the devil,Down past the grave,I could have kept them forever.As long as you loved me, right?I would have waited eternity,But you betrayed me and my loyalty.You threw our memories away,Left it all behind you,I was always there for you.It wasn't enough,It would never suffice,Even though that love wasn't a lie.You'd take me back when you were ready,But I was ready long before you.Still, I never picked up that phone again.I gave you a single chance,Hoping you'd give me another chance.The rejection came at last.It didn't take a million times to know,Everything was over,I walked away and never came back.
Loneliness.You linger on like a restless spirit,and spew insults and hopelessness for everyone to hear it.During the day, you do nothing to sway me.Though as the night comes, there's only doubt and misery.You chain me up like a prisoner,and you leave all good memories in a blur.I can yell and cry, but it falls on deaf ears.You engulf me in all my petty fears.Your heart is an empty, black void.In the morning, all you leave me is paranoid.


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5 glimpses of the futureInside Mobile World Congress 2015 Phoebe Parke, for CNN. Mobile World Congress isn't just about cell phones -- this year's event showcased the technology of tomorrow.
Black hole is 12 billion times bigger than the sunBy Susannah Cullinane, CNNResearchers in China have spotted a supermassive black hole, 12 billion times the size of the sun and around 900 million years old.
'Why I want to die on Mars'Mars One has selected 100 potential candidates for a one-way trip to Mars. But what kind of person would choose to go?
You have to see these sound waves'Cymatics' is the science of visualizing audio frequencies. Musician Nigel Stanford and Director Shahir Duad explain how they used various techniques and materials to create stunning visual effects that correspond to the music.


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Prizefight: Roku 3 vs. third-generation Apple TV (video)
Two of the best media-streaming devices, the Roku 3 and the third-generation Apple TV, renew their bitter rivalry.
Streaming-box supremacy
Which black box makes the cut?
It's one of the best back-and-forth battles we've had between two gadgets in the Prizefight ring. Streaming-media boxes are here to stay, and they are only getting better.
The Roku 3 brings a new design, an all-new interface, and a boatload of new features including a unique private-listening mode.
The Apple TV still remains a favorite for any owner of an Apple device with its wireless-streaming capabilities and the power of its iTunes ecosystem.
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The Colony II at Oyster Bay. Easy convenient first floor end unit, just a few steps to the pools and having its own personal large jacuzzi tub, makes this one of the most requested units in The Colony II. Located just across the street from the Intracoastal waterway and ocean beyond, The Colony II is surrounded by dozens of championship golf courses.
A scenic two minute drive along the waterway and over the brand new high rise bridge takes you out to the beach island of Sunset Beach. A family friendly barrier island (only three miles long) offers public parking, a fishing pier, kayak and bike rentals. Once on the island, there are several walkways over to this uncrowded
oceanfront where you can enjoy swimming and watching our beautiful sunsets.
This unit comes with a fully equipped kitchen with dishwasher, microwave, coffee maker, and toaster.Washer and dryer in the unit. There are three TV's, a DVD player. High speed internet service and a telephone are included. The covered patio overlooks the pool area.
Bed linens are provided, bath linens are not provided with weekly rentals. There are two spacious bedrooms each with its own bath, one has a large jetted spa tub in addition to a shower. One with king size bed and one with two twin beds, also a full size sleeper sofa.
This 'NO SMOKING' unit is in like new condition, very clean and nicely decorated. Main living area, kitchen and baths have ceramic tile flooring, bedrooms are carpeted.
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Rental is from Saturday to Saturday. Check in is 3 pm Saturday, Check out is 10 am Saturday. Cleaning fee of $60 for weekly rentals and $75 for month or more rentals.
Half of rent is due at time of reservation (Reservation Fee) . $100 security deposit along with remaining rental amount is due 30 days prior to arrival. If reservation is made less than 30 days prior to date of arrival, then the full amt. is due at that time. Cancellations made more than 60 days prior to arrival date will result in a 10% fee. Cancellations made less that 60 days prior to arrival date will result in loss of reservation fee.
. $600 Rent
. $60 Cleaning fee
. $76. Tax (NC Occupancy Tax rate 12.75%)
. $100. security deposit (refundable)
. $836. Total Cost
Reservation Fee = $418. (1/2 of the Total Cost)
Due within 30 days of arrival = $418.
Refund of the remaining deposit funds will be mailed to you with in 10 days of your departure.
Judy and David are recently retired and living in the Sunset Beach Area.
By Mary (New Castle, Pa USA)
The condo couldn't be any more perfect! It was such easy access to the beach and the pools and hot tub were fabulous! The location was great! A beautiful area for walking and there was plenty of things to do in the srrounding area without the crazy commercialism. Although Myrtle Beach is right sown the road! Personally, I enjoyed the more peaceful Sunset Beach area. It was just so lovely. The condo itself was very clean, spacious, and very pretty! I loved the color scheme, very beach like. The easy flow of the design makes it perfect for people to share the space. I can't wait to go back next year! I hope to bring my family for a week as well. In the meantime, I'm going home to sell my house and buy a condo to live in! Thanks so much Dave and Judy! Mary , New Castle, Pa
"For over a decade we have had vacationers return again and again. We expect your family will be very pleased with your accommodations."
Many area golf courses are nearby: They include Angels Trace, The
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Calabash is two miles to the south. This village town is known for
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Week of July 4th basic weekly rate carries a $50 premium above normal Seasonal Rate
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Where to See Paris Christmas Lights:
Visitors to Paris at Christmas are in for a treat. Towards the end of November, Paris turns on its Christmas magic with thousands of Christmas fairy lights, showing that it is truly the "City of Light". And, there are some interesting lighting concepts to enjoy as well.
Paris Christmas Lights
Where: Avenue des Champs-Elysées
Dates: From Nov 20, 2014 to Jan 8, 2015
Getting there: Metro: Charles de Gaulle Etoile | RER: Charles de Gaulle Etoile
The Christmas illuminations on the Champs-Elysées is famous around the world and it is worthwhile stopping in Paris just to see the world's most beautiful avenue at its Christmas best. Each year the Christmas Illuminations committee tries to outdo its previous year's record. For Christmas 2014, the 200 plane trees along the Champs-Elysées are decorated with light rings and sparkling Christmas lights. Actress and model Laetitia Casta will launch the Champs-Elysées Christmas illuminations at a ceremony which will take place on November 20, at 18:00.
Where: Avenue Montaigne
Dates: From Nov 20, 2014 to Jan 5, 2015
Getting there: Metro: Alma Marceau | RER: Pont de l'Alma
Thousands come to Avenue Montaigne at Christmas to kiss under a mistletoe. Avenue Montaigne and its surrounds are decked out in Christmas lights and a series of luminous balls decorated with mistletoe. This is a beautiful place to come for a romantic stroll.
Where: Place Vendôme
Dates: Nov 20, 2014 to Jan 5, 2015
Getting there: Metro: Place Vendôme
Place Vendôme, rue de la Paix, rue de Castiglione, rue Saint-Honoré and rue des Capucines are some of the outstanding streets and squares in Paris' 1er arrondissement. The Christmas lights in this area adds to the prestigious character of the district.
Where: Forum des Halles
Dates: Nov 20, 2014 to Jan 5, 2015
Getting there: Metro: Les Halles | RER: Châtelet Les Halles
Head for the Forum des Halles to do some Christmas shopping and while you are there you can also enjoy its Christmas lights. It's worthwhile coming here to see how digital art is used to create the Christmas effects in the area. Miguel Chevalier, an avant-gardist in digital art, has created a virtual reality work featuring snowflakes which turn, open out, and change shape on contact with the public. This leads me to think that perhaps it can be done indoors so people like me who don't like the cold can experience snow without the cold!
Where: Montmartre – Upper district
Dates: Dec 6, 2014 to Jan 5, 2015
Getting there: Metro: Anvers (Line 2), Abbesses (Line 12)
Enjoy the 122-step climb to the top of Montmartre (or easier still, catch the funicular) and you'll come face to face with the Sacré-Cœur Basilica and the most beautiful panoramic views of Paris. The unique and artistic village of Montmartre is very popular all through the year and with its Christmas lights, it will be a magical experience.
Where: Bercy Village
Dates: Nov 20, 2014 to early Jan 2015
Getting there: Metro: Cour Saint-Emilion | Bus: 24, 64, 109, 111
Bercy's paved streets, which date back to the Middle Ages, are decorated with a fascinating lighting concept. Neon tubes mounted on aluminum structures create a ceiling of stars and snowflakes so that a star-spangled sky illuminates Bercy Village.
Other locations to see Paris's Christmas illuminations include: Viaduc des Arts and rue Saint-Honore.
Paris Department Stores
As in Oxford Street in London, the large department stores in Paris like Galeries Lafayette, Printemps and BHV have now made it a tradition to light up their buildings at Christmas time. Store windows aren't just full of tempting goods to buy – they have become works of art which the public love and enjoy.
Paris Christmas Lights Tour
If you don't have the time to explore Paris' Christmas Illuminations on your own, you can always join a Paris Christmas Lights Tour and enjoy the Christmas sights of Paris on an open-top, double-decker bus.
Paris Hotels
The Champs-Elysées is the most beautiful avenue in Paris, especially so at Christmas time. If you want to be able to step out of your hotel and right onto the Champs-Elysées, then the Paris Marriott Hotel Champs-Elysées is the hotel for you. Otherwise, there are plenty of hotels, just off this famous boulevard that would be just as convenient to the Champs-Elysees. See here for the list of Champs-Elysees hotels.


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Following the Kings 5-1 victory over the visiting Vancouver Canucks on Saturday night, here is a quick sample of what was being said in both locker rooms:
Kings coach Darryl Sutter on the 60 minute effort:
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In the Room: Kings and Canucks talk 5-1 LA win
VIDEO: Daniel Sedin loses a tooth vs Kings
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Earlier today we posted our usual pre-game Word Association article, where a handful of Kings players took on four members of the opposing team.
Now, as promised, we have a little something extra for tonight's game in Vancouver.
Prior to the team plane taking off on Friday, we asked coach Darryl Sutter, along with broadcasters Bob Miller and […]
Word Association: Kings players take on the hated Canucks
Drew Doughty was the first Kings player to openly talk about his hatred of the Canucks a few years ago. Since then, several others have gone on the record with their disdain for the gang from Vancouver. However, the other thing most commonly noted is that they're a good team, usually followed by comments about […]
Quotes from Canucks locker room after losing to Kings in shootout
At Staples Center Monday night, the Canucks led the Kings for nearly all of regulation. However, LA bested Vancouver in most statistical categories – including shots on goal (LA 28, VAN 23), hits (35 to 23), faceoffs (52% to 48%)…and goals, 3-2.
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Although the Kings had a chance to do something they've never done before – sweep a series 4-0…and something that's never been done in the NHL – sweep a President's Trophy winner out of the first round…it wasn't to be. Led by the return of Daniel Sedin, the Vancouver Canucks made the necessary adjustments being […]
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SKINNY-FAT THE SEQUEL: Knocked out of the Winter Olympics with an ACL injury, Lindsey Vonn walked the Red Dress runway with crutches. Before the lights went down Thursday night, she expanded on the skinny-fat critique she made recently in a Self magazine interview.
"I've been to a lot of photo shoots and I see these girls that are just really thin. They're not healthy. They don't work out. Health — that's one of the reasons I am out tonight. Just in general staying active and being healthy is important," Vonn said.
Sometimes being on the red carpet with really skinny girls can be intimidating and frustrating, she said.
"It may look good in a magazine but it's not actually healthy. And girls who are that skinny are actually fat. You can see the cellulite on their legs and on their butts," she said. "You know I have cellulite too but I go to the gym and I try to eat healthy. I think that's a better model for girls to look up to than skinny people who need to eat more."
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The Henry Moore Institute in Leeds is known internationally for its wide-ranging programme of sculpture exhibitions and research.
The Henry Moore Institute is a world-recognised centre for the study of sculpture in the heart of Leeds. An award-winning exhibitions venue, research centre, library and sculpture archive, the Institute hosts a year-round programme of exhibitions, conferences and lectures, as well as developing research and publications, to expand the understanding and scholarship of historical and contemporary sculpture.
The Institute is a part of The Henry Moore Foundation, which was set up by Moore in 1977 to encourage appreciation of the visual arts, especially sculpture.
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.NET 3.0 added the ObservableCollection<T> class to support WPF's data binding infrastructure. It's just a collection that raises an event whenever it is changed: when an item is added, removed, moved, etcetera. Actually, it's just a handy default implementation of INotifyCollectionChanged, also added with .NET 3.0.
Handy until you need to serialize it, that is. The problem is that the events have not been marked as non-serialized. Therefore, whenever you try to serialize an instance of ObservableCollection<T>, you will also be attempting to serialize any event handlers. When you're using the collection for its primary scenario (data binding), you will have WPF controls attached to the events. Therefore, serialization will fail.
The implementation of ObservableCollection<T> teases us by providing overridable events and methods. You might be tempted to subclass ObservableCollection<T> for the sole purpose of supporting serialization. You will only get so far before running into trouble. Consider:
[Serializable] private sealed class SObservableCollection : ObservableCollection<string> { [field: NonSerialized] public override event NotifyCollectionChangedEventHandler CollectionChanged; [field: NonSerialized] protected override event PropertyChangedEventHandler PropertyChanged; protected override void OnCollectionChanged(NotifyCollectionChangedEventArgs e) { NotifyCollectionChangedEventHandler handler = CollectionChanged; if (handler != null) { handler(this, e); } } protected override void OnPropertyChanged(PropertyChangedEventArgs e) { PropertyChangedEventHandler handler = PropertyChanged; if (handler != null) { handler(this, e); } } }
Looks like it might work, yes? Indeed it will to a certain extent. Any delegates attached to CollectionChanged will not be serialized. But bindings to properties of the collection itself (such as Count) will cause serialization errors. The reason is that ObservableCollection<T> implements INotifyPropertyChanged.PropertyChanged explicitly, and provides a protected PropertyChanged event for reasons I cannot fathom. The fact is, the data binding infrastructure will be attaching to the event via a reference to INotifyPropertyChanged. Therefore, it will always attach to the event declared in ObservableCollection<T>, which will be serialized.
A Solution
Now that we know how we can't solve this problem, let's look at a way we can. Before you rush off and write your own implementation of INotifyCollectionChanged, there is a much easier solution. It involves using a little-known feature of .NET's serialization infrastructure called serialization surrogates. A serialization surrogate is a class capable of obtaining the data for, and creating an instance of, another class. Here is a serialization surrogate for ObservableCollection<T>:
private sealed class ObservableCollectionSerializationSurrogate<T> : ISerializationSurrogate { private const string _itemsKey = "items"; public void GetObjectData(object obj, SerializationInfo info, StreamingContext context) { Debug.Assert(obj is ObservableCollection<T>); ObservableCollection<T> observableCollection = obj as ObservableCollection<T>; T[] items = new T[observableCollection.Count]; observableCollection.CopyTo(items, 0); info.AddValue(_itemsKey, items); } public object SetObjectData(object obj, SerializationInfo info, StreamingContext context, ISurrogateSelector selector) { T[] items = info.GetValue(_itemsKey, typeof(T[])) as T[]; return new ObservableCollection<T>(new List<T>(items)); } }
Simple, eh? All it does is grab the items in the collection (that's all we really need to serialize) and stick them in the SerializationInfo. Then, during deserialization, it just pulls the items back out and uses them to create a new instance of ObservableCollection<T>. Using the class is simple too:
BinaryFormatter bf = new BinaryFormatter(); SurrogateSelector ss = new SurrogateSelector(); ss.AddSurrogate(typeof(ObservableCollection<string>), new StreamingContext(StreamingContextStates.All), new ObservableCollectionSerializationSurrogate<string>()); bf.SurrogateSelector = ss; using (MemoryStream ms = new MemoryStream()) { bf.Serialize(ms, DataContext); ms.Position = 0; ObservableCollection<string> o = bf.Deserialize(ms); }
Update 29th Jan, 2008: Commenter dfoderick suggested an alternative way making the collection serializable. The suggestion was to have the subclass implement INotifyPropertyChanged
explicitly, therefore causing the binding infrastructure to use that implementation of the PropertyChanged
event rather than the one on the subclass. This had not crossed my mind - thanks dfoderick!
The implementation would look something like this:
[Serializable] public class SObservableCollection<T> : ObservableCollection<T>, INotifyPropertyChanged { [field:NonSerialized] public override event NotifyCollectionChangedEventHandler CollectionChanged; [field: NonSerialized] private PropertyChangedEventHandler _propertyChangedEventHandler; event PropertyChangedEventHandler INotifyPropertyChanged.PropertyChanged { add { _propertyChangedEventHandler = Delegate.Combine(_propertyChangedEventHandler, value) as PropertyChangedEventHandler; } remove { _propertyChangedEventHandler = Delegate.Remove(_propertyChangedEventHandler, value) as PropertyChangedEventHandler; } } protected override void OnCollectionChanged(NotifyCollectionChangedEventArgs e) { NotifyCollectionChangedEventHandler handler = CollectionChanged; if (handler != null) { handler(this, e); } } protected override void OnPropertyChanged(PropertyChangedEventArgs e) { PropertyChangedEventHandler handler = _propertyChangedEventHandler; if (handler != null) { handler(this, e); } } }
I did a simple test against this class, and it does appear to work OK. I'm torn between the two approaches now. This approach allows you to avoid the need for the surrogate but at the cost of heavier collections (the PropertyChanged
delegate field in the subclass is now just wasting memory) and more code. The surrogate approach, on the other hand, allows you to keep your collections a little lighter and avoids this rather messy and unobvious code.


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About Qigong (Chi Kung) and Tai Chi
"If you want to be healthy
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Qigong reverses the aging process"
- Dr. Mehmet Oz on the Oprah Winfrey show
Practiced by 200 million people… Qigong, pronounced "chee gong," and Tai Chi strengthen your body and build energy using breath, movement, and mental intent.
Qigong and Tai Chi are the self-care component of China's age-old health care system. The word Qigong means "cultivating energy." Qigong is practiced for health maintenance, self-healing and increasing vitality. Qigong enhances the body's innate anti-aging capabilities. There are thousands of styles of Qigong practices including martial arts, medical, and religious/philosophy based forms. All styles have three things in common: physical postures, breathing techniques, and focused intention. Qigong methods are used to activate our body's innate self-healing energy.
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Qigong and Tai Chi combine movement, breath and focused mental intent to maximize one's innate ability for self-healing, increased vitality, and inner calm. These practices quickly benefit one in mind, body and spirit.
Regular practice may reduce stress, build endurance, increase vitality, stimulate self-healing, and aid in warding off illness. I invite you to experience the positive benefits of breath, movement, and mental focus.
Tai chi is often described as "meditation in motion," but it might as well be called "medication in motion." This mind-body practice can help treat or prevent many age-related health problems, …it may be the perfect activity for the rest of your life.
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LOS ANGELES – ASU entered the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum with miniscule odds of winning the Pac-12 South. However, following a 38-17 loss to No. 19 USC, the Sun Devils (5-5, 3-4 Pac-12) will finish their season simply playing for pride.
"These seniors I hurt for because obviously we are not going to be able to accomplish the goal we set out, but we can go to a bowl game and obviously we have the Territorial Cup coming up in two weeks, so we have a lot left to play for," coach Todd Graham said.
Junior safety Alden Darby echoes his coach and feels this team, which has lost four straight games, still has a lot of fight left.
"We play for the seniors," Darby said. "We play for the guys next to us. We play for the team. We play for a bowl game. That's what we play for."
Needing a win to remain in the Pac-12 South hunt, the Sun Devils got off to a strong start against the Trojans (7-3, 5-3 Pac-12).
On USC's first play from scrimmage, ASU redshirt sophomore linebacker Carl Bradford forced USC sophomore wide receiver Marqise Lee to fumble. The Sun Devils took over and redshirt sophomore quarterback Taylor Kelly promptly connected with junior tight end Chris Coyle for a 34-yard touchdown pass.
Behind a strong defensive effort, which forced five USC turnovers, the Sun Devils did not relinquish the lead until USC senior running back Curtis McNeal scored his first of three touchdowns with just under nine minutes left in the third quarter.
Following the game, Bradford said he didn't care about his stats or his impressing performance and was visibly upset with the loss. The California native finished the contest with 10 tackles (two for losses), one sack, a forced fumble and an interception.
While the Sun Devils only trailed 21-17 following McNeal's touchdown, it was a big blow for a team that only managed 80 yards of offense in the second half.
"We just played really poorly offensively," Graham said. "We turned the ball over four times and did basically nothing offensively. We had a poor plan and did a poor job of executing, and that was the difference today."
In the first half, ASU accumulated 170 yards of offense and played with an accelerated tempo. However, USC's halftime adjustments, coupled with the Sun Devils' inability to convert third downs, resulted in a stagnant second half.
"They started doing more exotic blitzes in the second half," redshirt junior offensive lineman Evan Finkenberg said. "Some of our protections, sometimes we slide different ways and that was just a bad combination with what they were bringing."
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If you are currently facing heavy snow or below 0 degree temperatures, this video of Brazilian women playing soccer in t-shirts and booty shorts may be just what the doctor ordered!
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This is so fine at many levels.
Wonderful portrait and such a sad hopeful refrain,
Posted by Cathy at August 26, 2009 3:07 AM"Whenever and wherever compassion has been made compulsory the people soon find they no longer have care or quartas to spare."
While I will remain "Always Faithful" (http://www.semperfifund.org/donate.html) to my brothers in need, the rest I can't spare for. Hell, the way business is going every quarter counts...in my pocket.
Good post.
Posted by tim at August 26, 2009 5:30 AMWell, I can at least juggle when it comes my turn to beg on the streets.
I'd add that all these youth organizations and sports clubs with their hands out are not helping to raise my compassion quotient. I see these kids as beggars, nothing more. The least they can do is have a car wash or some other activity that is useful.
Posted by Joan of Argghh! at August 26, 2009 6:59 AMI suppose this makes me a bad person.
No, I don't think so. There is more to compassion than thrusting cash in the direction of every begging hand. Yes, it's good to give, but there's nothing wrong with discernment, in fact I think it's necessary. Sometimes, it's more compassionate to say no.
One of the consequences of modern communications is that it's so much easier for people to show, in gruesome detail, the urgent miseries of the world, and we are inundated constantly with requests for help. But there will always be a gaping hole of needs to be filled, and it is the responsibility of no single person to fill them.
Seems to me you've chosen a good way to do that.
And since quartas are indeed in increasingly short supply, we may all be finding, in years to come, that compassion is given and received in something more and less tangible than money, anyway.
Posted by Julie at August 26, 2009 8:00 AM"If we could inhabit any one of the endless utopias proposed to us by the dreamers and schemers among us, all would be well and all manner of things would be well. But we live in the world of sun, rain, dirt, steel and flesh where all that is needed for evil to triumph is that good men remain distracted by snake-oil hallucinations of perfection."
Thanks for that....
Posted by Pete Madsen at August 26, 2009 9:12 AMYou've touched on something powerfully important. An Ultimate Issue as Dennis Prager would say. At the risk of being labeled a Prager groupie, which is probably a fair characterization, I'll paraphrase his take on the issue.
Compassion is a necessary, essential value... in the private. Standards are necessary in the public. This is the divide where left and right separate. The left wishes to apply compassion in the macro. "Some men see things as they are and ask, "Why?" I dream things that never were and ask, "Why not?" - RFK
The left's conceit that, because they are good people, their desire for Utopia will always result in good, leads to policies which take the many quartas out of your pocket to redistribute them in the name of public compassion. The result, of course, is the degradation of character of the needy citizenry and the resentment of the formerly charitable citizenry. If we agree on this, we understand why you (and I) feel the way we do about all the people asking for our money.
But, but, but... I try to fight the misguided ideas of the left at the ballot box, at tea parties, online, and in private conversation and to exercise compassion on the street corner.
I share the following, not because I wish to self-promote, but because I received the idea from a friend and wish to pass it on in the hope that good will be increased in the world.
During Lent this year, I learned that a friend carries granola bars in her car, which she hands out to panhandlers as she comes across them. Being suburbanites, we have the advantage of spending lots of time in the car where we can carry such things. However, I decided to go a little further and bought a stack of Walmart gift cards as well.
I've handed out three so far - our panhandlers are becoming more numerous, but are still dispersed. These three encounters are some of the most profound in my year. I try to make eye contact, ask a question (Can you make it to Walmart? Would you like a granola bar?). Each time, the person has blessed me. Blessed me! I, who am already so blessed. Ah - what can I say? I encourage you to practice compassion one on one.
I've had an epiphany recently. There are two conditions which keep us from bringing Christ to others or others to Christ. The first is self-condemnation. The second is condemnation of others.
God Bless,
Western Chauvinist.
That is beautiful.
So are you.
Posted by Cathy at August 26, 2009 11:09 AMYesterday at Target a woman accousted me in the parking lot and asked if I could help her out; she was trying to get money to file a job application or something such story. She wasn't drunk, didn't seem to have the shakes, was clean and I simply couldn't say no. I reached into my wallet and found only one $20---no ones or anything. So I gave it to her. I simply wasn't in compassion fatigue at that moment. She took it and said to me that she knew I must think she would spend it poorly but she assured me she would not. I walked on to my car. But she followed me for a moment and said "God bless you." Her gratitude was palpable. I was glad I had helped her, and that I could.
Posted by Webutante at August 26, 2009 12:13 PMA while back I commuted to Manhattan from Connecticut on the Metro North out of Grand Central Station. The was a guy there for years. Big guy, about 6'5". He never said a word but he had the perfect hang dog look. Just stood there with a cup in his folded hands. One evening I missed my train and wandered over to "Mickey Mantle's" watering hole for a drink. He was at the bar drinking Johnnie Walker Black.
Posted by Roy Lofquist at August 26, 2009 2:42 PMI think I'm with you there, bro.
I'm a Christian and am thus called upon to exercise some of that old-fashioned compassion for the poor. I have found that the people most eager to hit me over the head with this, however, are those who don't believe at all. I rarely seem to get self-righteous lectures on compassion from fellow Christians.
Well, there IS my cousin's wife, but she is a horribly misguided lefty who still hasn't figured out that Christianity and her political ideals are profoundly incompatible. I try to avoid brawling with her for the sake of family harmony, but my main question for her would be, "What gives a secular government the right to take from non-believers and 'help' the poor in the name of Jesus? Shouldn't we believers be doing that without the government's army of IRS workers behind us?"
It's a case-in-point of something so simple, but which so many seem not to understand: That private voluntary charity is an ENTIRELY DIFFERENT animal than public-sector wealth redistribution, no matter how noble the aim or effective the delivery.
And the fact that so many seem to miss this critical distinction, I think, is why many of us are just plain tapped-out, both financially and in terms of "compassion." I sometimes argue with my church minister and/or fellow parishioners when told that I need to "give 10% right off the top." My answer is usually along the lines of, "I'd find that a lot easier to do if the government weren't already taking a frigging QUARTA of my paycheck."
Heh. There's that word again.
Posted by Cylar at August 26, 2009 11:10 PMOut here in the urban jungle of Jakarta, it's easy to find all the beggars you could want, some of them as young as 5. Women with babies, too, as well as the occasional amputee or street singer. You can give them quartas (about 2500 rupiah) if that makes you feel good and salves your conscience. Problem is, the kids and women and amputees will only see a small fraction of the money. Look more closely at the major intersections and traffic circles where the beggars congregate. See him? No, over there, sitting next to the motorcycle taxi stand. Yeah, him, the tough-looking guy keeping a close eye on the action. That's the beggars' "handler", who works for the local "preman" or godfather. That's the organized crime boss who runs groups of beggars (who really are poor) to increase his own bottom line. He'll also do really despicable things like take babies from their mothers and give them to other women to hold while begging, to increase the sympathy factor. Sometimes, these women will pinch the kids--hard--in order to make them cry and generate even more sympathy. In return, the street kids and the rest get enough food and money to survive, barely. Westerners are viewed as particularly attractive targets, because we're all "rich", suckers for suffering kids, and most don't know how the system works. But what some other long-term residents and I have started to do is to carry around some local snacks that we can give out when caught at some of the interminable traffic lights (and traffic jams) they have around here. The snacks are fairly nutritious, the women and kids like them, and, unlike money, they're worthless to the thugs. That's life in the big city out here.
Posted by waltj at August 27, 2009 8:35 AMI used to give, from time to time. One day my wife reminded me that I do work pretty hard for my money; there were times I did day labor to pay the rent and the bills. She pointed out that everyone has problems, but some of us do something about them and some don't.
Rewarding begging encourages more begging. So now, I don't give any money to beggars.
Posted by Gordon at August 27, 2009 10:13 PMHad my epiphany last fall. The agency where I volunteered gives out school supplies to pre-registered clients.
I was checking families in and heard one mom say to another: "Last year, we got..."
Last year? and you're back again? We are not the Endless Carrousel of Free Stuff, nor are we meant to be.
After ten years, I decided to take a break.
Your take on Utopia and good men is golden.
Posted by Sal at August 28, 2009 5:46 AMI lived in South India from 1978 to 1979 on a language fellowship. Up the street from my apartment, at the intersection of my small street with the main road, there sat an old beggar with a long white beard and longer white hair. Every day, monsoon or blazing sun, he was there. I would pass him every day averting my eyes. He was just one more of many.
One day, my cook came to me horrified--"you must come right now with me--and bring money." She dragged me down the block first to the coconut salesman, then to the center of the crossroad (to break the coconut, of course), and then to the foot of the beggar.
"He's a good man," she said. "He just does not know. I will teach him. Please forgive him."
Meanwhile, a crowd had gathered about. They were apparently most interested in the transaction and seemed to approve of what my cook was saying.
She then instructed me to empty my pockets, including the bedes, in front of the beggar, to the wholehearted approval of the audience, and then she dragged me from the corner.
"The beggar chats everyday about the welfare of everyone on HIS block. He knows who gives, who does not give, and who should give but doesn't. For a while now, he has been saying that you could give at least a few paisa or an orange. He is YOUR beggar. Do not neglect him in the future."
I give something to them all everyday. Before Shabbat, I also give some oranges. Make no mistake--God listens to their cries.
Posted by Daniel Jackson at June 10, 2010 2:49 AMThe only people with tin cans I give to when out in public is the Salvation Army, VFW, American Legion, Goodfellows, etc.
William Grahm Sumner wrote 100 years ago "Capital, however, as we have seen, is the force by which civilization is maintained and carried on. The same piece of capital cannot be used in two ways.Every bit of capital, therefore, which is given to a shiftless and inefficient member of society, who makes no return for it, is diverted from a reproductive use; but if it was put into reproductive use, it would have to be granted in wages to an efficient and productive laborer. Hence the real sufferer by that kind of benevolence which consists in an expenditure of capital to protect the good-for-nothing is the industrious laborer." From the "Forgotten Man"
As mentioned in the post, today they are expanding from the simple request to entertainment (does this mean there really is an experience economy?), and the bums understand the overuse of sympathy alone.
Saw a bum on the street corner the other day with his resume: "disabled veteran". How can you stand all day on a street corner with a disability? He was only out there about a week, and I like to think one of the vet organizations I give to, took care of him, one way or the other.
Posted by Ralph at June 10, 2010 4:20 AMSaith Brother Western Chauvinist: "I've had an epiphany recently. There are two conditions which keep us from bringing Christ to others or others to Christ. The first is self-condemnation. The second is condemnation of others."
I am going to suck on that piece of heart candy as a mental dessert for the sumptuous feast Gerard hath laid out for the main dish.
Your lady in Boston was a professional beggar, but I haven't seen one in a long time. For the ones choking my intersections a more honest transaction would be booze or a pill and cut out the middleman.
Most of these people have families who gave everything before they gave up. These people do not see themselves as hard up; they see us far more clearly than we see them.
One of the unintended consequences of the welfare state is the disappearance of the delineation that used to exist between "the deserving poor" and "the undeserving poor". See Olasky.
Posted by WWWebb at June 10, 2010 8:48 AMI only give to the ones missing limbs. (Eddie Murphy in 'Trading Places' notwithstanding.)
Posted by LS at June 10, 2010 10:43 AMIn an essay on my philosophy of government I said, "I believe citizens of nations have responsibilities to one another, but only those that they collectively choose. There is a social contract in effect but it is worthless if it is not entered into willingly. We do owe every person the opportunity to better their lives. (I call it a level playing field.) But they, in turn, owe it to society to make the effort. Providing help to those unable to improve their circumstances because of health or other legitimate reasons is best done by private charity, religious groups, and individuals, not the government. The Federal Government is too large and impersonal to adequately oversee such efforts. The closer the charity is to the end user, the more likely that it will get to the person who needs it and that it will end when the person no longer needs it." I still believe that.
As to personal giving to family or strangers. That is a matter for personal conscience. Like Gerard, my life experience has shown that most of such giving does not help and oft times makes things worse for receiver. I once gave $10 to a down and out Indian in Seattle. He asked for money for food. Foolish me. Two hours later I saw him being loaded, unconscious, into an ambulance. I have given and loaned money to family members to help them get their lives "right." It has helped only once. None of the "loans" have ever been repaid. Most of my compassionate aid for these people has actually been enabling them to continue to not get things right. When you realize that you are an enabler of failure, it changes your attitude about compassion.
My charity now resembles Gerard's - the Salvation Army, Wounded Warriors, Soldier's Angels, Rocky Mountain National Park, and occasionally others. Those on the street corners that need help can get it through myriads of organizations like Salvation Army, church groups, Health and Human Services (in WA state), veterans organizations, etc. No dearth of compassion for those in need out there - even family members.
Posted by Jimmy J. at June 10, 2010 11:32 AMI guess I understood from the day I got my first paycheck that true compassion is giving people the opportunity to work, create wealth and contribute to society. I have friends who routinely give money to anyone who asks. I don't try to bring them around to my position as long as they don't try to bring me around to theirs. And my line to the panhandlers who are aggressive is "Sorry, I gave at the office". Boy did I give at the office.
Posted by Glenn at June 10, 2010 11:45 AMI once bought lunch for, and sat & ate lunch with, a squeegee guy named James who worked the Los Feliz Post Office in L.A. Nice guy.
Bought groceries for another squeegee man, Donald, who was working the parking lot of a grocery store in my neighborhood. Another nice guy.
Encouraged by those two positive encounters, I bought an egg-salad sandiwch for a woman begging outside a bookstore in Glendale. She spat at me and accused me of poisoning the sandwich.
Some friends & I were lunching in Burbank. Woman came by selling flowers "for Indian children." After several questions I got her to admit that the "Indian children" were hers. I bought a flower but told her she would have done better to drop the minority sympathy schtick .... I have more respect for people who just work to feed their kids than for people who play the poor minority card.
I don't give anything to any street beggars anymore, period. Not money, not food. Food for the Poor and Catholic Charities (plus the Bible League and our local no-kill pet shelter) get checks from me now.
Though I did lend, over the course of several occasions last year, about $250 to neighbors who were struggling. Got about $100 back. Then they moved away. This was not an insignificant amount of money for me, BTW. Next friend or neighbor who asks for help paying their electric/water/rent is going to get told sorry but no.
"Compassion" is a crap shoot. Sometimes you help someone who genuinely needs it & will make good use of it. Sometimes you just get spit on & gipped.
FWIW I don't see how involuntary (govt coerced) "charity" can be "charity." It's only charity and/or compassion when you do it freely. Otherwise it's just legalized theft by the government so the pols and bureaucrats can feel good about themselves, fark the ones who are actually paying for all of it out of their taxes.
Posted by bogie wheel at June 10, 2010 3:11 PM
There's a street guy in San Francisco who calls himself the Poetry Man. He wears a sign that says Poetry Man and he also wears a safety vest with a stuffed animal tucked inside, like the bear is his baby. I asked him what makes him the Poetry Man and he told me he would provide a poem for $10. I only had $5 so I asked if I could get half a poem. He said he would give me a whole poem for half price.
I gave him the $5 and he started talking.
Poetically. Musically. Beautifully. He recited a long somewhat rambling poem about music, and the way music can make you feel.
At the end I asked if he had written it, and he said, well, yes, he made it up, but it isn't written down, he just remembers it. And I think he said it changes. I wasn't delivered like a recitation from memory, but more like a story-poem from an oral tradition (which is, I guess, what it is; even if it's a one-person tradition).
I told him how much I liked the poem, and why. I love poems that sound like what they are talking about, and his poem about loving the way music makes you feel sounded a lot like music does when it makes you feel that way. The poem gave me that very feeling.
I don't know whether this guy is homeless or just likes wandering the streets. But it was a nice exchange.
Posted by Sarah Rolph at January 7, 2013 3:54 AMThere's a street guy in San Francisco who calls himself the Poetry Man. He wears a sign that says Poetry Man and he also wears a safety vest with a stuffed animal tucked inside, like the bear is his baby. I asked him what makes him the Poetry Man and he told me he would provide a poem for $10. I only had $5 so I asked if I could get half a poem. He said he would give me a whole poem for half price.
I gave him the $5 and he started talking.
Poetically. Musically. Beautifully. He recited a long somewhat rambling poem about music, and the way music can make you feel.
At the end I asked if he had written it, and he said, well, yes, he made it up, but it isn't written down, he just remembers it. And I think he said it changes. I wasn't delivered like a recitation from memory, but more like a story-poem from an oral tradition (which is, I guess, what it is; even if it's a one-person tradition).
I told him how much I liked the poem, and why. I love poems that sound like what they are talking about, and his poem about loving the way music makes you feel sounded a lot like music does when it makes you feel that way. The poem gave me that very feeling.
I don't know whether this guy is homeless or just likes wandering the streets. But it was a nice exchange.
Posted by Sarah Rolph at January 7, 2013 4:04 AMJesus never gave anyone money.
Never. Not one thin drachma.
But don't believe me. Search the Scriptures yourselves. Show me one instance of the Savior handing out coin to anyone in need.
You can't. Because He never did it.
Giving to the poor is an act of Christian charity. Do so. Your local Catholic parish supports the poor in your area. Write it -- or some other organization like it -- a big, fat check today.
But don't give money to street bums. It's not Christ-like.
Posted by B Lewis at January 7, 2013 6:07 AMI like to give to the Salvation Army. When it comes to the war on poverty, the Salvation Army is down there in the trenches, engaged in hand-to-hand combat against forces of evil we cannot imagine.
Posted by DHH at January 7, 2013 7:47 AMLewis, I think you're fundamentally wrong. Jesus fed the hungry, and even more powerfully healed the lame and blind, and most importantly gave all, that poor beggars such as we might find salvation.
I don't have a lot. I give what I can as the spirit moves me. When I do, it brings me closer to the Lord, because I know that nothing of this physical existence matters. Only the spiritual will remain in the end, and I need to spread all the love that I can. If some poor soul tricks me, well the sin is his not mine, and his is a poor soul indeed. I'm richer, because I still get to keep the love I shared.
Posted by Casca at January 7, 2013 8:49 AMCasca: My point remains. Our Lord never gave any money to any beggar. His example is the one we should follow.
Never give money to a bum .
They are all scam artists.
Step over them and put your money in the
Salvation Army bucket.
Gerard, your post inspired me to write my own insights into the poor and my experiences dealing with them as an ordained minister, "The Professional Poor, the Idle Poor and the Poverty Traders."
Posted by Donald Sensing at January 7, 2013 9:43 AMReminds me of a story: "I was walking in downtown when a shabby looking fellow approached me and asked whether I would be willing to give him a dollar bill in exchange for four quarters. I happened to have four quarters, so I did. Later that day, a shabby fellow -- maybe the same guy, it was hard to tell -- approached me and said, `Gotta quata?'"
Posted by Grizzly at January 7, 2013 4:35 PMI was strolling along Fisherma's Wharf in San Francisco. One particularly honest panhandler had a cardboard sign that read, "Why should I lie? It's for BEER!"
So I asked him, "If I give you some money, how will I know that you're really going to spend it on beer?"
Posted by Grizzly at January 7, 2013 4:38 PMI will sometimes give money to a street beggar if they have a story that seems to ring true. (Once gave a guy $5 as he had a sign that said he was trying to get back to Oklahoma. Now that's something you wouldn't lie about!) I don't feel much compassion for those claiming to have children or are pregnant. There is definitely help for those folks.
I've given money to a local group, Blanket Coverage. They give blankets, clean socks, water and a few other items to those living on the streets. They try to get the older bums into programs that help them manage their social security checks and get them off the streets. And I give to the Salvation Army. But I too have run out of compassion.
Posted by Teri Pittman at January 7, 2013 5:02 PMI've always believe that it is better to give food to beggars rather than money. They will not make an effort to find a decent job if they can simply have money just by asking to people.
Posted by Sarah Park at January 7, 2013 8:55 PMI was working outside on a landscaping project close to downtown. I watched a younger guy (age about 30) panhandling from a traffic island. He had quite the limp, and demonstrated it as he hopped to take the dollar bills drivers held out.
Then I saw him run--flat out sprint--across the street to confront someone. He hit the guy with a hard open-handed slap. I called the police, as I didn't know if he was going to rob the guy or what.
Then he hustled back across to the island, where he resumed his limping routine. The cops eventually showed up and told him he couldn't do it in the middle of the street.
I so wished for a piece of cardboard and a Sharpie. I would have stood behind him with a sign reading, "He's Faking It!"
Posted by Gordon at January 7, 2013 9:52 PMHalf of our family grew up in Calcutta, when it was still named as such. There was really no "government services" of any kind, other than the railway, police, and British trained administrators. For a large percentage, most likely the big majority, it was a challenge to daily provide basic necessities for themselves and their families. Some organization, perhaps a charity, perhaps a tax funded organization, had a cart that collected the remains of those that had expired and were left where they lay. There was no shortage of beggars. Mother Teresa was a person occasionally encountered, and remembered in family lore.
In all these stories, she only ever accepted food, cloth, and soap. And everyone who benefitted from her efforts, also pitched in at her place. And they were proud to do what they could. Dignity is a fragile but precious thing. Discard it, and you are sowing the wind.
She knew the impact on character, was integral to giving a person their best chance at anything. It was true there, and we need to relearn that here today.
Or we will meet Calcutta as it rises, and we are on our way down.
Thank you dumbocrats, for ruining the best great hope on earth. For a fata morgana of liberal shibboleths.
It's been a while since I've thought of this. Many, many years ago I stopped to have lunch in a restaurant, a simple place in the center of an New England small town. As I was eating I became aware of the conversation between the waitress and the two people at the next table.
An elderly woman and a young boy were sitting down and going over the menu. The boy, like a lot of young children for whom the experience of the restaurant was new, was listening to the older woman list all the possibilities on the menu. After a while the child's selection was complete. It was then that the grandmother (as I supposed her to be) pursed her lips and frowned slightly as she reviewed the menu again. She asked about specials and their prices before ordering only coffee. I had been blessed with a small mob of Danish old women; grandmothers, aunts and their friends. All plump and prosperous, from which poured a steady river of pies and cakes and the wonderful Danish cookies still warm from the oven. This elder was not plump. I didn't have much experience with hunger, but I would have said that woman was hungry. Obviously all her funds were earmarked for the boy's lunch.
I found out then that I was missing a vital skill-set. I didn't know how to offer that woman the money she needed for lunch. Not of course how to find my cash and carry it over to that table and put it down, but how to do it without embarrassing either of us.
I haven't thought about this for a long time, but I thought about it intensely that day and from time to time afterward. Some time later I considered I had over-analyzed the whole thing as another example of my own fears.
Fear of refusal, humiliating her, anger. Ruining a self-satisfying moment of sacrifice. Changing the boy's view of the old woman.
There is a statement at the end of the posts on American Digest, "It is impossible to speak in such a way that you cannot be misunderstood.". I agree. In fact I would offer an corollary, "It is impossible to commit an act that cannot be misunderstood". Since Gerald still puts up the commenting page, he is obviously not asking us to not speak. But don't get paralyzed worrying about how what you might say could be misinterpreted. And don't be stopped from doing what feels right by fear. Since then, I've already made a fool out of myself so many times, today I think I'd walk over put a Ten-spot in the old ladies hand and say,"Growing girls need to eat.".
Posted by John the River at January 8, 2013 12:30 PMActually, I'm talking about myself when it comes to the Karl Popper quote. Thanks for commenting. Always.
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I often wonder the age of the people who write comments on here!!! Obviously young and simple minded……saying all that, HL please stop with the same stories worded in a different way. What source are you talking about? You take a tweet and get five stories from it that is your source. It's actually pathetic but whats more pathetic is that these inane people believe it. However, Chris and Rih need to say away from each other until they both grow up…….Chris and Rih are so childish! Somebody please raise their standards, and that includes the rest of us that responds to this high school drama.
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I think he just used Rihanna to get back into the good graces of the public!!!!!! I was a big and die hard fan of his, but after all his mess I have totally changed my mind. This woman forgave him publicly and took harsh backlash for it and this is how she is treated!!!!! SORRY, but no more CB fan here. Love is not a game; either you want it or you don't, but don't try to make excuses for it when you don't!!!!!!
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Oh please,we all knew Chris Brown was going to shid on Rihanna again
He just needed her to tell everybody to get over the beatdown and mind their business.
She went on oprah and professed her undying love for him, made songs with and about him & begged him to stay, her unapologetic album was all about him.
But yet HL insists Riri dumped Chris DUH lol
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Kiki. Seriously? She made songs about him? Ummm…CB's life story has been about Rihanna and wanting her back since she DUMPED him the first time. As soon as she gave the green light, that ni#$a was all up in it again. Now that he knows he can't run the show, and (in fact) people follow her more than him, he can't handle it. That's why he writes songs to her when she is not talking to him, and tweets all over the place. The boy is messy and can't stand losing her. I feel sorry for whoever he gets with because she will always be in 2nd place to Rihanna. I want rihanna to MOVE ON AND FIND A REAL MAN who is mature and doesn't need an entourage with groupies to define success or who he is.
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Meme. How is she messy? You, keke and Temp Simms need to quit tryin' so hard. I have no doubt that you are a "groupie" as well, but most of us self-respecting women who have JOBS realize that CB is nothing but a little boy who will always want Rihanna. So happy that (hopefully) she is finally done with him. He can get wasted, get in fights, throw twitter tantrums, and chairs through windows again. Oh yeah…the twitter tantrums never stopped. Even so, good riddance! I can't wait until he and (insert groupie name, depending on the date and time) are no longer a topic for discussion. Btw, when is The Kill coming out again? Since you are all up on Kae's di@#.
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Posted at 8:21 AM on May 8, 2013
lol @kiki
how many songs has Chris written for Riri, so cold, open road, changed man i could go on, HE DID LOVE VERY MUCH he left Kae for her remember and he also went around on interviews i don't know how many times telling them that he loves her, he is definitely inlove with her lol without even thinking twice
Posted at 6:22 PM on May 7, 2013