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Sorry for the hiatus — just finished my first week in Tulsa Ballet's second company! (And I'm already grateful for the broad training I received both in Richmond and at Butler. All those character classes and modern classes make the challenges I'm meeting here fun rather than overwhelming.)
But junior year awaits:
I loved living in the Apartment Village. As much as I learned living with roommates for my first two years at Butler, having my own bedroom in AV instantly made me much happier. To have a private place to de-stress and soak up the quiet was a marvel. Also — the kitchen. Getting off the meal plan and making my own odd food creations was great. I highly recommend soup. It's really hard to mess up soup.
The same cannot be said of risotto. This risotto I made with my friend over Fall Break was crunchy. This is because you cannot use brown rice instead of arborio. Also over Fall Break, I stayed and worked on my long paper for my Contemporary Irish Literature class, which I thought at the time would be my senior English essay. Thus began that long saga. : )
To further define junior year, I could not omit physics class. When I wasn't writing my Irish Lit paper or working on choreography or dancing, I was doing physics homework. This is noteworthy not only because just yesterday I used my understanding of angular momentum (no joke — it helped my assemblé en tournant in the Raymonda variation I'm learning), but also because I fell in l.o.v.e. with my homework buddy who even now patiently explains science to me.
And then it was winter and my roommates decorated the apartment and we all generally reveled in the having of a living room again after two years in the dorms.
In the beginning of the new year, it was freezing. My homework buddy/now boyfriend and I bundled up to brave the Icepocalypse. And I wrote my proposal for Butler Summer Institute for hours when I got home after rehearsal for Balanchine's Walpurgisnacht each night. I remember these few months were busy and full of blessings — and bitterly cold.
Spring finally showed up shivering on the doorstep, and it brought another round of March Madness. Again, Butler's basketball team made it to the championship game. Again, the campus went wild with spirit events and communal viewings.
In the end, I presented my first paper at Butler's Undergraduate Research Conference, performed my first solo as Fairy Miettes-Qui-Tombant in The Sleeping Beauty, prepared for a summer of research with BSI, made it through my first ever teaching-assistantship, and even found time to make a couple loaves of bread.


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Why do people think it's difficult to break into banking?
IBI don't know why people think banking is so difficult to break into and that you should be thankful for having a job at any banking firm.
The interviews are by no means difficult. All you have to do is take a finance class to understand basic concepts and then read the vault guide on banking and ibanking oriented websites like WSO. If you are really worried about technical questions, you can read the scoopbooks on investment banking and you'll be doubly prepared for all the technical questions they usually throw at you. Plus there are a ton of guides out there to help you out. From personal experience, I think fit and having enthusiasm is way more important than being able to answer technical questions.
Landing an interview isn't that hard either. If you're still in college, it's not hard to land an internship interview at a BB as long as you have good grades, decent extracurriculars, and one or two work experiences. Your extracurricular and work experiences don't even need to be anywhere near prestigious, all they want to see is initiative. If you do get a SA internship than it's pretty much smooth sailing, even if you go back and recruit for other firms.
People often point to the state of the economy as a reason, but recruiting this fall was way better than in Fall 2008. Fall 2008 was bad, but this year a good number of BB, MM, and boutique firms were hiring pretty aggressively given improving market conditions and anticipation of an economic turnaround/upswing in activity. Sure they banks are hiring less than before but it really doesn't feel that much harder as in say a depression.
When people say I know of x grad from some good school who couldn't get a job, I'm actually very surprised because all the well qualified people at targets and non-targets that I know of have lined up good gigs. I remember talking to my Wharton friend and he says everyone there who wants a banking job can get one and didn't think it was a big deal getting top tier firms like MS/GS.
Most college kids don't go on
IBMost college kids don't go on WSO or pay money for guides or any of that stuff, even at targets. I can't speak for Wharton but many targets and lower Ivies have kids who don't get interviews despite good experirence and good GPA. It not "hard" for those who make it, but a bit random since I had friends who got 0 interviews since the same kids apply to every single IBD job.
Also its comparative. What other job industry straight out of college requires you to research, buy guides, and network as hard? Not even MBB, who hires hundreds and for different roles and the case studies are much easier in my opinion. I guess the only "hard" ones are tech intensive Google programming type of jobs, which are pretty focused already and no Google person I know ever had to buy a "programming guide" in order to land the job, nor network with Google employees by sending emails, meeting over coffee, etc.
Go buy the WSO guide (shameless plug) but read over the stories. The kids are all very smart and talented with 1500/1600 SAT's and high gpa's and target schools and a majority of them started out at boutiques and then lateralled or stayed an extra year to get the offer. Its very easy to understand that the unlucky ones get shut out.
^zykke haha Wharton does open
haha Wharton does open alot of doors. But he is still missing the point completely.
Banking is all about the relationships you build, and it is a sales gig in general. They don't hire necessarily the smartest and the brightest, they hire the ones they like the most, which entails a great fit with the firm and a great personality.
They select from these target schools so they can find the smart and hard working ones, but to land the jobs, its easier said than done. you have to fit and be able to build relationships, and this is a skill which is much harder to learn. High GPA will not save you.
People think it is hard
?People think it is hard because in general, people go through more interviews, more intense interviews, network more, do more research, and are more prepared for banking interviews than any other industry that recruits undergraduates. While it's true that breaking into banking is not as difficult as winning a nobel peace prize, it is harder to get an entry level job than any other industry that my friends are applying to.
Ivies like Dartmouth, Harvard
IBIvies like Dartmouth, Harvard and Yale have high ratios at BB's. Wharton just has lots of kids in finance due to sheer numbers. If you look at the number of kids who want to do finance at ivies and those who get interviews / jobs - its higher at the other ivies
In my experience, people who
IBIn my experience, people who say banking is difficult to break into aren't necessarily referring to the interview/hiring process; S&T interviews, for example, are known to be infinitely more difficult than banking interviews. The "difficulty" refers more to the fact that there is typically a huge surplus of aspiring undergrad analysts relative to the actual number of offers ultimately given out. Essentially it's only hard on a numbers basis. At least, this was my experience coming from a non-Ivy target business school.
Banking is difficult to break
IBBanking is difficult to break into since competition is great.
I completely agree - breaking
IBI completely agree - breaking into banking is not relatively difficult. In fact, I would estimate that at least 2 times as many banking jobs were offered at my school than consulting/marketing/accounting jobs combined... All of my close friends have full time job offers right now. 3 are to consulting, about 12 or so are to banking.
One thing making a banking job relatively easier to get is that there are a lot of good firms (BB/MM and many boutiques) you can work for as opposed to consulting/acct/mkt where there are relatively fewer "good" firms
I agree with the post above saying that its hard, overall, on a numbers basis (a lot of initial applicants,but not enough spots). But the fact of the matter is 75% of undergraduate applicants have no idea what investment banking is (especially with internship recruiting), of those remaining, very few can explain what WACC is. Seriously.... you just need to know the very basics while being personable and show an interest in finance. This isn't enough to gurantee you a spot, but if you are able to land a few interviews the chances are very good you will end up with something
As someone who use to screen
PEAs someone who use to screen resumes at a top-tier MM bank, I can tell you that the bar is quite high. I've thrown out resumes of students with 4.0 GPAs before -- not even granting them 1st round phone screens. In fact, out of all the resume I've screened (multiple hundred), I've probably only granted 10-15 phone interviews.
So -- I would argue that it is incredibly difficult to break into banking (on a relative basis). Saying "you and all your friends" got jobs in banking is really a poor sample of applicants. People tend to associate themselves with similar folks that share the same common interests. So if your friends are all the kids you met the 1st week at your campus's honors student meet and greet, i'd say you need to expand your test group.
It is true that a lot of people brought into interviews don't know the first thing about investment banking. Unfortunately, at that point it is too late for those who didn't make it past the resume cut. They may have memorized all the finance books in the world, but if they can't land the interview, tough luck.
Its because these kids live
OIts because these kids live in a vacuum.
To the OP and kids agreeing with him, you're absolutely right. If you're graduating in the top 10% from one of the hardest schools in the country to get into, are well versed in the financial markets, know how to play the interview game, have interned on wall street and have a semi-sociable personality, with all those things being a given, you're absolutely correct, banking isn't that hard to get into.
Y'all are stupid. banking and
IBY'all are stupid. banking and PE are very easy to get into. My friend at morgan stanley m&a says all his colleagues working there very easily got into blackstone, etc. i don't know what the big fuss is about
Right, if you are perfect and
IBRight, if you are perfect and have the exact credentials, nothing is really too hard...
You do know people pay
IBYou do know people pay 100k-150k to attend top MBAs for the possibility of switching into banking, right? And not even all of them get in? It says a lot that people are willing to shell out that kind of money for the possibility to change directions in their career.
banking is hard to get into
IBbanking is hard to get into compared to other jobs except teach for america, consulting and PE, but it pales in comparison to getting a marshall/truman scholar, a good med school, a good law school, or a good grad school period. The average GPA for harvard med or yale law is probably a 3.8-3.9 and most who apply dont get in; not even goldman has requirements like that
gimmeshelter43 wrote: banking
IBbanking is hard to get into compared to other jobs except teach for america, consulting and PE, but it pales in comparison to getting a marshall/truman scholar, a good med school, a good law school, or a good grad school period. The average GPA for harvard med or yale law is probably a 3.8-3.9 and most who apply dont get in; not even goldman has requirements like that
Tough to compare things like TFA / Law School / Etc...TFA's minimum GPA requirement is 2.50. Tons of kids who have no idea what they want to do / can't get other jobs / can't get into "good" Law or Med Schools apply to the program, inflating the #s a bit. The OP is obviously a troll, I'm not sure why everyone above is letting him win.
banking45 wrote: I understand
IBI understand that not everyone can get into banking because of competition and that the subset of people that I interact with might all have great credentials, so I could be very wrong about this.
I just feel the whole recruiting process is a crapshoot and to a certain degree your credentials matter, but networking and just having a good personality helps a ton more in landing the interview and moving on to the next round. As mentioned by posters above, those with the "best" credentials like 4.0 GPAs don't always get interviews.
I definitely know students with less than stellar credentials break in because they were an excellent fit for the company and it was like a breeze for them. I know of one student who knew all the technicals down to the last detail, but had a difficult time moving on to Superdays.
I'm just saying it's not as hard as its cracked out to be, maybe even hyped up.
IMO, that's a fairer assessment of the process. Many of the people with "top" credentials aren't normal human beings. They are either geeky, weird, unsocial, or too pretentious (though some very pretentious people break in!). Just because someone has a stellar resume and is 10x smarter than me, I don't want to sit by them / work with them for 100hrs/week.
The reason that it is so hard
IBThe reason that it is so hard is because a) not everyone goes on WSO like we do, b) interviews are significantly harder/more intense than other job interviews, and c) there are so many factors that you need to be above average (if not stellar at). You really need to show a strong work ethic, knowledge of the industry, and a likable personality.
I tend to agree with the OP -
HFI tend to agree with the OP - at my school, people who were interested in finance (much less so consulting) and failed to get an internship/job tended to be the exception. Also, every single one of my pre-med friends had higher GPAs than my friends who went into finance.
what are we saying. banking
IBwhat are we saying. banking is easier than med school?
banker are you even a banker? I tend to think if your at a target, and you work hard, any of these options will be available to you.


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It's the end of the week and most lawmakers have already headed home. Here are a few things to watch in Tallahassee on Friday:
-The Legislative Black Caucus will hold a rally at the Old Capitol to support Medicaid expansion, followed by a workshop on the issue.
-Later in the evening, the Black Caucus holds its 20th annual gala.
-State analysts will look into the financial impact of several bills and budget items, including a proposed tax break for converting vehicles to natural gas (HB 579) and online sales tax (SB 316).
-First Lady Ann Scott will kick off Child Abuse Prevention Month at an event at the Governor's Mansion.
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Calories | 151 |
Total Fat | 8g |
Saturated Fat | -- |
Cholesterol | 132mg |
Sodium | 450mg |
Total Carbohydrate | 10g |
Dietary Fiber | 1g |
Sugars | -- |
Protein | 9g |
Calcium | -- |
Yields: 8 puddings
Total Time: 1 hr 35 min
Prep Time: 25 min
Oven Temp: 375
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- 1.50 cup(s) whole milk
- Salt
- Freshly ground pepper
- 1/4 cup(s) grits
- 1/2 can(s) (14 1/2-ounce) creamed corn
- 3 ounce(s) (about 3/4 cup) aged Cheddar, grated
- 3 large eggs, separated
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. In a small saucepan over medium heat, bring milk to a simmer. Add 1/2 teaspoon salt; then, stirring constantly, add grits in a slow, steady stream. Continue cooking, stirring occasionally, until grits thicken, about 25 minutes. Transfer to a large bowl and set aside to cool slightly.
- Meanwhile, purée corn in a food processor. Then, stir corn, Cheddar, and 2 egg yolks into grits. Season with 1/2 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon pepper. In a large bowl and using an electric mixer, beat egg whites until stiff peaks form. Using a rubber spatula, gently fold egg whites, in thirds, into corn mixture. Divide mixture among eight 1-cup ramekins; set on a baking pan. Bake until puddings puff up, 40 to 45 minutes.
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Moscow: Rap Star MC Pavlov. Part I
When we met MC Pavlov in 1995, he was Russia's first -- and only -- rap star. Four years after fall of the Soviet Union, Moscow's music scene was breaking out, with rock, jazz and blues bands playing in cramped clubs across the capital. But rap was still exotic back then, and MC Pavlov (or MD&C Pavlov, as he billed his group), was the man trying to bring it to the masses.
The former drummer for Zvuki Mu, a psychedelic rock band, Alexei Pavlov had first heard proto-rap music back in 1984 through a friend's bootleg tapes. He was instantly hooked. Five years later, when U2 producer Brian Eno invited Zvuki Mu to tour the U.S., he got to see the rap scenes in New York and Detroit close up. MC Pavlov made his debut in Moscow soon after.
By 1995, MC Pavlov was riding high: he'd just released an album called "Ze Best," he was busy with gigs, and he was branching out into funk, hip-hop and R&B. A vegetarian and Hare Krishna since the mid-1980s, he was lean and healthy, and he exuded an optimistic energy that infused his music. With his three dancers, or his "girls," as he called them, he bounced all over Moscow, playing in clubs and making recordings.
We hooked up with MC Pavlov this week, and he's got quite a story to tell about the last 10 years. After 1995, things just kept getting better: "One of my videos won the grand prix for 'video of the year' at a festival of Russian regional TV shows," he told us. He got an ongoing commercial gig doing musical presentations for chip maker Intel. And in 1997, he founded the Festival of Soul and Funk, a three-day extravaganza with shows in multiple Moscow clubs.
Pavlov took another trip to New York in 1997. "I needed to recharge my batteries, to hear some new stuff," he told us. While there, he recorded with jazz vibraphonist Roy Ayers and went to numerous clubs. "I would walk around the city in this orange outfit," he says, "And people would go, 'Hey, Orange Man from Moscow!" He made deals with New York record labels to send him information on their latest releases so he could pitch his own TV show about funk back in Moscow.
The TV show never came to pass, but Pavlov did end up hosting a radio show called Funky Time. "We were in about 20 towns," he says. "It was the only radio show about funk music in Russia." Flush with his growing success, he moved out of his parents' apartment in 1999, rented his own place and even built a makeshift recording studio inside. Then, as a treat, he booked a trip to Thailand with one of his dancers, Paulina, for two weeks that summer.
On their first day in Bangkok, the pair visited a Buddhist temple and excitedly took pictures all over the city. On the second day, Pavlov stepped off a curb and was struck by a bus. "It's like in some other countries, where they drive on the left-hand side, you know?" he said. "I looked the wrong way."
The impact nearly killed him. Pavlov was rushed to a hospital, where he immediately underwent three operations. He was comatose for several weeks.
Tomorrow: The recovery, and what MC Pavlov is up to now.
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Music! That's a big change from 1995! Your last blog came during the nadir of the Russian music scene. The mid- and late-1980's were dynamic and amazing. Glasnost created some amazing groups (most of them from Leningrad, strangely enough): Kino, Akvarium, DDT and so many mind-blowing others. Then the Soviet Union fell, everyone was selling cabbages and sausages from street corner kiosks just to survive, and it was downright embarassing to be seen listening to Russian music. Then MTv came in 1998, MuzTV around the same time, and beginning in the early 2000's the scene began happening again: Zemfira, Moral Code X, Splin and Tantsi Minus come to mind, but there are lots of others. Hell, there are foreigners doing PhD theses on Russian rock now! I'm personally not into rap (like MC Pavlov) or pop, but those scenes have blossomed as well.
The scene might not have the magnitude of Chicago or London, but the creative spark has returned!
(Let's just not talk about Tatu. They're still downright embarassing to be seen listening to.)
Posted by: Mark | November 2, 2005 02:14 PM
To Mark, I love music the world over and I am proud to enjoy DDT, Zemfira, Utah, Okean and of course, TATU among many other Russian and Ukrainian groups!! I proudly listen to Tatu and they are on my pick-up DVD now. I have been traveling to the former USSR for 4 years, and I have collected a variety of music I play at work in the OR. Variety in the spice of life. Keep an open mind, rap is cool. The Russians listen to our music but we are not open to listening their music. The open minded people at work will listen to the Russian Rock but the narrow minded folks as a group dislike foreign music unless it is in English. This is an American problem as my Finnish friends had much music from many countries in languages other than Finnish. I'm glad you at least enjoy some of the Russian music. But rejoice in the freedom of choice and that includes TATU.
Posted by: David David | November 2, 2005 06:39 PM
Okay, I'll admit that at one point I also listened to Tatu (only as a linguistic exersize, to compare the Russian and English versions, of course!)
Tatu, however, is an example of how the Russian music scene has developed. Russia now exports pop culture--admittedly on a small scale, and in English, but who could have imagined it ten, let alone twenty years ago! I wish MC Pavlov and many other groups similar success!
Posted by: Mark | November 3, 2005 12:34 AM
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AIR DATE: January 27, 2012
The cost of a four year college education is increasing almost annually. Last year the Board of Regents raised tuition for Nevada students by eight percent. In the last twenty-five years the cost of college has gone up more than 400%. Is this constant rise in cost forcing more people out of the dream of a higher education? And where is all that money going?
Richard Vedder
, Prof of Econ, Ohio University; and Dir, Center for College Affordability and Productivity
Aimee Riley
, Chair, Nevada Student Alliance
Ariana Mahban
, senior, UNLV
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The steady rise in tuition has surely impacted my life as I'm sure it has impacted other students throughout Nevada. When I was faced with this increase, I changed my lifestyle accordingly. to me, not pursuing higher education is simply not an option. Surely these increases are a short-term budget solution and penalizing our future generations by means of barring them from educational opportunities will prove to be terrible both for this state and country in the long run.
Erik McKay
Jan 25, 2012 21:14:55 PM
Students have the power to change the system if we work together strategically as a collective. Please get involved!
Occupy Student Debt~launched a new campaign to encourage passage of laws that protect students from predatory lending. Start blaming the lenders like Sallie Mae who paid off politicians to strip away consumer protections!
March 1st~International Protest for Education at all levels
Jennifer J. Reed
Jan 25, 2012 16:25:03 PM
what a bunch of whiners. stay in school until you're seniors, you're professional students. no jobs available in the meaner leaner america...
unemployed anthropologist
Jan 25, 2012 10:41:06 AM
" Average tuition has more than tripled since 1980, and federal aid has failed to keep up.
" Two out of three students graduate with student loan debt, at an average of almost $25,000.
" African American students are more likely to take out student loans, and to graduate with higher debt levels.
" The student loan default rate rose 31 percent over just 2 years.
" For the first time, the amount of total student loan debt in the U.S. is greater than the total amount of credit card debt.
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Jan 25, 2012 12:47:58 PM
Overall, inflation has increased 300% since 1980. Maybe college tuition has increased more than 300%, but more than anything else that's an indication of how cheap (affordable) it was in the 1960s. For one thing, more people used to go to junior college. Now more students are finding that's part of the path to an affordable education. Get a job AND go to school at the same time and quit partying so much.
Jan 25, 2012 14:33:04 PM
1) Nevada has the highest unemployment rate in the nation, 2) Many students ARE working and attending classes at the same time (and are often underemployed and highly stressed), 3) Many jobs have been outsourced to other countries to the point where almost nothing is made in the U.S.A. any more - pressure our reps to pass legislation to tax American corporations heavily that take jobs elsewhere (get money out of corrupting influence on politics via special interest lobbyists and campaign contributions).
Jan 25, 2012 15:55:53 PM
STOP equating 'accountability in government' with the idea that 'more government is bad'. It NOT against the libertarian ethos of Nevada to allow unregulated abuse of tax dollars because creating governmental oversight to prevent and prosecute that abuse is a worse idea. THAT IS NOT HOW NEVADAN'S THINK! THAT IS NOT WHAT THEY BELIEVE!
Jim in Henderson
Jan 25, 2012 10:18:34 AM
Thanks, Jim. I'm glad to see that we're on the same page.
Jan 25, 2012 10:32:07 AM
This could also be construed as an immigration issue. The president said in SOTU last night that we need to keep international students in the US so that they can create jobs and invent things here locally. But if tuition costs keep rising, how can they afford to come.
Also, with rising tuition costs, it makes it more difficult for the "dreamers" to get a path to citizenship
Jan 25, 2012 10:17:15 AM
How much is tuition for a average student the first year and how much is the payments monthly? Weekly? Whats the number and this increase is what a month a year what?
carson jones
Jan 25, 2012 10:10:48 AM
One reason why education costs rise while quality declines is the lack of accountability. We need to fix our broken accredidation systems. The federal government pays out billions to private colleges & universities that frankly do not perform. Even at UNLV, recent cuts have crippled some departments so bad that they should lose their accreditation. I have a close relationship with a department chair who tried to use a potential loss of accreditation as ammunition to keep his department's funding, but was told by the accredidation organization that they "understood his position & wouldn't take away the department's accredidation." We need real academic oversight to improve.
Jan 25, 2012 10:04:30 AM
I feel like the show's guests misunderstood my point. I was condemning--not praising--the private colleges/universities for generating huge profits by taking goverment funding & student loans, and providing an AWFUL education. That's why I'm for stronger accreditation standards. And I don't want to use it to cripple UNLV. I want there to be real, headline-generating consequences for the crippling higher education budget cuts made by our legislatures. A loss of credentials--even partially--will bring this issue to the immediate attention of a woefully uninformed and apathetic Nevada populace.
Jan 25, 2012 10:30:13 AM
Ben, My comments were directed to Richard Vedder, Prof of Econ, Ohio University; and Dir, Center for College Affordability and Productivity. He praised the "efficiency" of for-profit schools, which is laughable considering that for-profit Kaplan U recently paid out a quarter billion to execs courtesy of students and taxpayers.
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Additionally, 40% of student loan defaults result from students who received their higher education at a for-profit institution. It's interesting to see how much money these for-profit schools spend on lobbyists to pass legislation toward privatizing education.
Jan 25, 2012 12:35:46 PM
"For-profit colleges continue their effort to avoid accountability for high-cost, low-quality programs, programs paid for by U.S. taxpayers and struggling students. They have spent big money on lobbying, public relations, and campaign contributions - and have engaged in some highly questionable tactics."
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Jan 25, 2012 12:45:10 PM
"Nevada College Expense in Perspective" College costs are increasing but much less so in Nevada than nationally and almost entirely due to reductions in public support, not due to increasing costs of delivering education. State cuts force tuition increases, as do state subsidies of out-of-state students.
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Gregory Brown
Jan 25, 2012 00:58:59 AM
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Help for those who live with pack rats
Is there a book to give help for those who live with pack rats? Not to stop them, but to reach a state of acceptance rather than resistance. I have come to the conclusion this morning that I need to back off and stop trying to stem the flow of "stuff" as long as I can keep it out of the house. I need peace with myself and the hoarder. I need to get my mental state to accept the way things are as long as the mess is not in my face. Does this make any sense at all? Help. My nerves are shot.
(Please don't tell me to talk with him or suggest a book for him. He's happy. I'm not.)
I'm a packrat myself. I have piles of stuff in every room in my house, as well as an attic and garage packed with things too "good" to throw out. I don't like living in clutter. My poor DH abhors the mess. What I'd like more than anything is if he'd sit down next to me while I syustematically pick through the piles, and either store or throw out or give away the things I cannot find a proper storage place for. He could just make suggestions and keep me company rather than nag at me. I don't know of a book for spouses of hoarders, but, believe me, I don't like drowning in clutter any more than you do. Good luck.
I am kind of a hoarder, but not as much as I was. My magazines go to the hospital now, lots of craft stuff went to a Youth Ranch with a art program, along with pens, pencils, paper etc. DH is a hoarder also, not bad, but hates to go thru things and get rid of them, but here in this state we have NO reclying program, except at a Job Corps place where they want to charge YOU for everything you bring in. I don't mind paying a small charge, but I took 2 working printers in and they wanted me to pay $5.00 a pound and were very snotty about my comments--that is I was giving them to the students in the computer program free. They were going into the trash when one of the real nice young men picking up the trash said he would take them.
socks, if you will go to amazon.com & search for 'hoarders' in the book section, there are several books, including "Buried in Treasures: Help for Compulsive Acquiring, Saving, and Hoarding," "Overcoming Compulsive Hoarding: Why You Save & How You Can Stop," etc. One of the geat things about Amazon is that they offer used books also, which lowers the cost.
Good luck.
One observation is that your concern has a generic application--how does one "accept" things about a loved one (spouse in particular) and not ruin one's own life trying to change another person--so some of the support and suggestions you are seeking might be found in what might be labeled general books on relationships, but apply to your situation--plus support from friends, church, or even counseling for yourself (or using a forum!) Not saying you need to go get help" --just that you are taking the right approach to say, you don't get happier by trying to change the other person, but only by finding peace yourself, directing energy elsewhere, having more fun in other ways, counting your blessings, or truly improving communications in those situations in which the other person might still be able to "hear" what you need.
Communications are still an avenue to think about, because being a good family member or spouse does not mean not ever saying what your own needs are. So you can still look for some kinds of suggestions or dialog about compromises or win-win situations--a tidy family room, a space of your own, some kinds of limits--not saying that it always works out that way, though.
Some of your "backing off" can be important to change the focus from what might be seen as a general "I'm unhappy" and perhaps really miserable, which might, stepping back, not be quite the emphasis this situation deserves (not to minimize it, but if in fact you yourself can put it into perspective against things that you think would be MORE miserable) so you get to a place where you feel more at peace overall. From that place, you can often have a more successful conversation about a single, or manageable, compromise, whereas when you are in a bad place, you just come across as deranged, and the spouse is bewildered, and that makes you feel even more crazy! So instead, for awhile you try to "accentuate the positive" and do as many things as you can that are fun with the other person.
Of course, this won't work if the issues are so seriously cross-wise with good health, or good mental health, that there is no foundation for a good relationship otherwise.
I threw in the towl about 14 years ago. I JUST SHUT UP. I realized that my constant comments, complaining and criticising were just making me unhappy and not changing DH's hoarding behavor one bit.
Am I happy about living in a dump? No. But I realized that saying one single word about it did not help at all. Nothing changed when I quit complaining to him - he was still the pack rat he had always been. But it changed for me - I was no longer creating negative energy in myself with my words.
Here's a link to a You Tube video that has the best explanation of this I know:
Here is a link that might be useful: Just stop it.
My DH has a little pack rat in him. You know those things he's going to use "for that special project." Then the items out live their usefullness, i.e., paint goes bad, etc. I simply slip one or two items in the trash bin every garbage day and before you know it, I've taken care of his "saves" and he didn't even notice. For clothing, I simply donate to Goodwill.
I've been threatening to clean out his desk and really need to do that. He loves to save things and then forgets about them.
My husband grew up in a house filled with junk. His mother was not a hoarder, but she just wasn't very organized. I love to tell the story of asking her for super-glue to repair something. She found 4 dried up tubes before she got to a usable tube. Where were the dried up tubes? Her underwear drawer; the silver drawer of her sideboard; the silverware drawer in the kitchen; and the medicine cabinet in the bathroom!
Obviously, DH just wasn't trained to be discerning, so everything is of equal importance whether it is his passport or a dried up tube of super glue. I combat it like brutuses. I just throw his stuff out when he isn't looking. He doesn't seem to care as long as he doesn't have to do it and doesn't know about it when it is happening.
Bruteses had a great idea-slip stuff in the garbage, he'll never notice it's gone. I've done that myself with food in the refrigerator. If I don't want it saved as a leftover, I throw it out and if DH asks where the Stroganoff went, I say "The kids must have eaten it."
Thanks again to everyone. It helps to share here.
I do slip things into the trash, thrift shop, but I'm on the losing side of the tide of stuff which includes not only the garage but storage facilities.
What I really feel bad about is that when we're gone, it's the kids who will be stuck with the overwhelming task of dealing with the mess. My dear mother who passed several years ago tried to hard to keep her life in order so it would be easy for me when she passed. I wanted to do the same for my kids, but I guess it's not going to happen.
As I said, I've decided that if the stuff can just be kept out of the house, I don't care.
Thanks for the chuckle Mommabird. Bob's STOP IT is still ringing in my ears! I'll keep that in mind.
Sometimes stepping back and reframing the discussion helps. Can you take a step back and look at who your husband really is? If you look at what drives him you may find a way to get him to get rid of the clutter.
Me, I've found that many packrats are in reality giving, generous souls. They just haven't given the stuff yet! The key is to find a person or an organization that really needs their items and that will provide positive feedback. With recognition of their generous, meaningful gifts, they are motivated to give more.
Example: my former roommate, the clutterbug, and I had a lot of old blankets. One of our friends had just moved from a warmer climate and was complaining about being cold. We gave her the extra blankets. She was bowled over and thanked us profusely. Still mentions it, years later. This started the clutterbug on a decluttering kick that lasted years...
Maybe your husband's strength isn't his generosity, but something else. If you can work with your husband's strengths, you can probably find a way to work past the clutter. Maybe your solution is acceptance. But if the clutter continues to bug you, you'll have to move on to something else.
The other thing is that often the people who live with packrats are minor packrats themselves. Ever watched "Clean House?" Lots of examples there. Sometimes us minor packrats (yep, I'm including myself) have to set the example by decluttering our own stuff.
I hear you on your husband. My mother has dust allergies and I have TRIED to get her to pick up her paper clutter and downsize her book collection. Is it working? Not so far. But I did convince her and my father to get a paper shredder. Little victories!
My husband is a kind of packrat...thankfully he has a big shed, and he is a wonderful Mr. Fix-it, but he can't part with anything, because it'll come in handy. Sure, a lot of it does, but a lot of it is just "stuff".
I have found over the years, that the best way to get him motivated is to de-clutter myself, in front of him, and rather than nag him to do the same, I just "whistle while I work"... kind of show him how happy it makes me to be free. He often makes comments about how much stuff I take to goodwill or give away, but I simply tell him it's the only way I can have peace, is to get rid of the "stuff". So often it's given him the courage to start himself. Sure it builds up again, but at least he has clean outs occasionally.
I don't always succeed in keeping that nice attitude, believe me. I have been known to let loose with the occasional rant, but as you know, that doesn't work and only makes me miserable too.
I found for myself it takes a kind of courage to let go of stuff, and even now I will occasionally struggle with it. It's almost a fear of losing something by getting rid of it. But seeing someone else do it gladly, and the peace it brings them and their space, is inspiring and motivating. I can recognise the fear now for what it is, and get myself over the hump, because the rewards of a de-cluttered living space are so wonderful that I fear losing that now.
For me some of it is coming to terms with changes in life. I found it hard to part with my kids toys when they left home, and kept far too many for the grandkids. I've weeded them out now to a happy medium, and realised some of that was probably empty nest syndrome. My DH is recently retired, and coming to terms with the fact that he no longer needs all the tools and equipment he once used to run his busniness, but he has to face that in his own time I guess.
Anyway, the only thing I've seen that worked for my DH was for him to see me cleaing out my own stuff and getting a thrill out of giving it away and having peace inside and out.
Socks, I don't know if it's the case with your hubby, but mine tends to hold on to items that represent something that he once enjoyed long ago.
He still has all his Boy Scout patches, pins, the manual, etc. He keeps them in a drawer in a small desk in his woodworking room. I brought them out and we looked at them one night. He doesn't want to part with them, but what good are they in a drawer, viewed maybe once a decade? I want to display this stuff on the wall of his woodworking room, so he can enjoy the collection every time he passes by. (My health kinda got in the way, but it's somewhere on the back burner.)
He had these things called "Wacky Wrappers," which were like trading cards, but they are actually stickers. They were popular when we were in grade school. I was able to talk him into giving them away to a young person on Freecycle. Better to be pasted onto a notebook or skateboard, than to rot away, lying in a drawer.
The latest thing I am trying to help him get rid of is a set of Taekwondo encyclopedias that would be useful only to an instructor of a very particular style of martial art. He admitted that he no longer has any use for them. At first, he said he wanted to recoup the money he invested in them. I tried posting them on a garage sale mailing list. Only got one bite. Didn't lead to a sale. I told him that if he wants to try to sell them on Ebay, it's his job, not mine. I don't want to have to put in all the time writing up a listing ... and packing those heavy books into a box, and hoping they survive the shipment process. I am trying to help him see the amount of work that goes into selling something, and how much easier it is if you can find someone local who will take the item for free. I don't think we'll find the right person on the local Freecycle community, so I thought real hard, and one of my aunts is a Taekwondo instructor and might be able to find a home for the books, if she can't use them herself. He liked that idea. He will allow me to give away for free the books that he first insisted be sold for as much cash as possible.
This is a long-winded way of saying that:
(A) I think some people hang on to things because they remind them of good times in their past. They don't want to let the memories fade. Maybe a photograph of the item in an album would be equally satisfying. Write down the story behind the photo, and you (and others) can enjoy it again and again.
(B) Getting value back out of the item requires work; giving away is usually free; disposal in a dump costs money, too. Best to be in the middle of that continuum:
(1) sell it if you can (which is often a lot of work)
(2) get a tax write-off by donating it to a charity (provided they can use it)
(3) give it away for free to anybody local who is willing to come to your house and take it away
(4) recycle it (often free, if the item IS recyclable)
(5) throw it in the dump! (This costs cash money.)
Socks, I hope that you can find peace with your husband's habits, and maybe even understand them.
Maryliz, I don't know where you live, but those tae kwon do books sound like something my dh & dd could have used at one time. They took tae kwon do from an instructor who required everyone to write a paper on some aspect or technique before they could test for the next belt. It wasn't one of those "pay for a belt" schools, but one where students progessed only when the instructors thought they were ready.
This one was at a local community college, and the students there could take the class for credit and once they moved up to green belt, they no longer had to pay tuition, but helped teach the white & yellow belts with the blue belts, while the brown & black belts trained the green & blue. I have no idea how to find another school of that quality, but if you can, they could certainly use those books.
Maryliz, thank you for your kind wishes and understanding. I really do appreciate it.
DH does NOT want to get rid of anything and finds new places to store the worn out bed, empty coffee can collection, boxes, parts left over from completed projects, old tools, clothing that does not fit any more, tons of memorabilia, old paperwork, bottles and bottles of cleaners and chemical products, and on and on and on.... He does not wish to sell anything or donate anything or throw anything away. It is HIS stuff.
I think I'm doing better after having a period of mental adjustment and just have to let this go as long as the collection does not take up space in our home.
I think I'm doing better now. Thanks again.
That's actually the kind of school my aunt teaches at. A small community college martial arts class. Thanks for thinking of it, Marti!
Wow, Socks, that goes way beyond happy memories. Unused cleaning products which he probably never plans to use. I hope you can find peace somehow. I admire your strength.
Hi Socks, I posted before without realising you weren't looking for ways to change the packrat, but rather your attitude to his packrat ways? Do I have it right this time?
Anyway, I've never forgotten this advice and it really has helped me to live with some things.
"If it's something you'd be able to laugh about after someone has died, then laugh about it now."
I used to hate my DH taking his socks off, rolling them up, then leaving them in weird places, like tucked into a pot plant, in the fruit bowl, or on top of the fridge. Then one day I imagined telling his grandkids about this habit after he died, and I realised they'd see it as sweet and funny, so I could see it that way now too.
I love it now when I come across his socks in funny places.
Many other habits that used to annoy me, now I see as quirky and interesting, and laugh about instead of nagging.
Could you apply that to some packrat habits maybe?
Just a thought.
Cheers Lily
The only problem here is that this is hoarding behavior, and it's a mental illness. It could continue to get worse. What will you do if his stuff starts filling up the house? Have you tried finding some way for him to get help for this before it becomes even more of a problem?
Also, he may be happy, but does he know this is making you unhappy? Have you had conversations about it? Do you have a trusted third party you could talk with together (pastor, doctor, etc.)?
I know you asked how to accept it, and of course that's an option, but something else to think about.
Yes, Lily, you've got it now! I'm not sure anyone will ever laugh about the collection, but that's definitely something to think about anyway.
As I said before, I want to leave our home and affairs in good order for our children, and that won't be happening at least as far as our belongings are concerned. So I feel bad about that. The kids know and told me not to worry.
Harriet, he's in his own mental zone with the collection, and he knows he has a lot of stuff, but he doesn't feel it's my concern since the great bulk is out of my way. He is just unable to let go of things. The stuff will NOT invade the house, and when something starts to build up there, I move things to the garage or ask him to deal with it, which he does willingly. He says his goal is to get a car in the garage, and I don't know if that will happen or not. This would entail switching things from the garage to another storage facility. OK.
I am feeling better. Some things you just cannot fight, and I must be in peace with all the good things in my life and toss out the rest.
Well... "it is hard to move an old tree"... is the problem. Long time habits are hard to change and there must be a "logical" reason presented to get rid of stuff. The fact that the house, garage or yard is overflowing... is often not a good reason in the mind of the collector. Looking at all this stuff is hard on the mate too. I know several gals that sneak stuff out to the trash when hubby is not looking.
Everyone needs to move every 10 years and that would solve most of the clutter problems. Ha!
Some things to help...
Buy a shed. Put in garage shelves going up to the ceiling on one side of the garage. I have an old torn out kitchen (cabinets, counter tops and sink etc.) installed in my garage to keep things out of sight. One garage wall is shared by the laundry room so it was easy to have a plumber hook up the sink in the garage. I have done this is every home I live in... find someone tearing out their kitchen and put the cabinets with counter tops in my garage. Some of these cabinets can also be used in a shed too.
I have years of memories in my home carried around from a couple of moves. My closets and shelves are over flowing from things I think I have to keep for one reason or another. There are stories that go with the items... but it is basically clutter to everyone else. Then I learned ebay. I still have a lot of things to purge but it is a way for me to live with less clutter in my life.
A good way to do some purging is to learn ebay and craigslist. I know a couple of ladies that was able to clear out some areas of their home. They got their husband excited by watching an item sell. Ebay is not what it use to be but there are still buyers looking for treasures no matter the state of the economy.
Another friend has a mom with a house full of memories... and due to age and health, it was obvious that the home would need to be sold in the near future. Mom probably paid 50 cents for an old sewing item years ago. Yet this same item sold for much more on ebay as a collectible. Her mom knew what she paid for most of these items, so the price from ebay was always more in the eyes of the mom. It took a while but my friend was able to sell off many unused items... things collecting from over the years.
She started out by selling some of her own things and would then tell her mom how much $$ she made on ebay to go into her vacation fund. It was a soft sell to mom and it worked in small steps. Then mom eventually got excited and was actually looking in her shelves and closets for things to sell. Mom enjoyed going shopping with the money and buying presents for her grandchildren. While the family members did not want the stuff collecting in mom's home, the ebay sales was all converted to cash and mom enjoyed giving the proceeds away in the form of gifts to family members.
I introduced selling on ebay into my own life and am having fun doing it. It seems easier to part with things if I can get money for it. I am getting older and what happens to my stuff... since no one in the family wants most of it? I started out with books to gain feedback and experience with selling.
You need an acceptable reason to get rid of saleable clutter in the eyes of the doer and ebay works for me. I always have a "donation box" in the garage and add to my trash bin if the item cannot be used as a dust or polishing cloth. Ha!
I am SO tired and frustrated with people telling me how to get rid of his junk! "Just call Salvation Army, make three boxes, etc." YOU ARE NOT UNDERSTANDING!!! They will not let it go, it grows daily and it becomes completely debilitating. If it were only a matter of finding ways to get rid of it, there would not be a problem.
We now have two houses, one completely full of his stuff and he's working on the new house. I have to close the door to the den if people are coming over, the garage is now full and he's starting to stockpile stuff under the kitchen table. This is not a cute little foible that we can joke about, it's clutter leading to mess and eventually filth. It's an emotional disease.
Hoarding behavior is a mental illness. It's extremely difficult to treat because the person simply does not see it as being a problem.
I believe it might even be similar to alcoholism in that no one can "make" the person change unless he or she wants to change.
Hoarding is unhealthy, dangerous, unsanitary, and all the rest of it.
scarlett, I remember you writing about this several years ago. Didn't you marry him not too long ago? I'm just curious: have you discussed this problem seriously with him, and if so, what was his response? (If you don't mind sharing -- might help socks12345.)
Aside from this "One little problem", he is a pretty good husband. I should know, I've had a few...LOL!
I saw today that there is a new reality show (I know, I know) called "Hoarders". It will be on the A&E Channel starting Aug. 17th. Not sure of the time but in the evening. This must be enough of a problem that people will want to watch it. Or maybe they just want to see a house that is worse than theirs.
There's a storage facility near me. The owner told me they were dumping out a storage locker, and I could come take anything I wanted for free. Seems the owner hadn't paid the rent and didn't respond to letters (maybe the person died?), so the storage space simply threw everything out. Makes you wonder... I did get some Interesting books for free, I think I passed them along, or at least gave them a spot on a bookshelf.
If you wander over to the Trash to Treasure forum...you will see a lot of posters that I suspect are hoarders.
My solution after 18 years of nailbiting is to make sure each house we have has an extra bedroom that's all "his".He has the whole room, plus the garage, tool sheds, ect. Rest of rooms are clutter free...that's our compromise, cause we do love each other,just have radically different views on "keeping stuff". I don't look in his room, I don't clean it...I keep my "house" tools somewhere I can find them. Works for us...most of the time...lol


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Almost four months after Khloe filed for divorce from Lamar, a new Instagram message makes it sound like the 'KUWTK' star is having some regrets, and is nervous about her romantic life moving forward.
Always one to let us know how she's feeling, Khloe Kardashian appeared to be having a tough time and actually missing her Lamar Odom relationship on Mar. 8! Apparently Khlo's still adjusting to life as a single woman.
Khloe Kardashian Missing Lamar Odom Love?
The reality star posted one of her famous Instagram messages, but while most of them usually throw shade at her ex, this one seemed to say that she misses him! Or she at least misses the romance.
"I think part of the reason why we hold on to something so tight is because we fear something so great won't happen twice," read Khloe's message. The post seems to address why it took Khloe so long to file for divorce from Lamar — she was nervous about the change. But it's also an admission that Khloe thought the world of Lamar and her relationship with him.
And now moving forward, Khloe seems to be afraid that she won't be able to find love like that with anyone new.
Khloe Kardashian's Romantic Future
But she at least as her options. Since divorcing Lamar, Khloe has been spotted flirting up a storm with The Game. The two cozied up in a picture on Feb. 22 and though the rapper has previously shot down rumors that they're romantically involved, they certainly make a cute couple.
And then there's Matt Kemp, who was linked to the KUWTK star briefly after she split from Lamar. The two were getting pretty steamy around the holidays before deciding to put things on hold. "Khloe told Matt it would look bad for her divorce to be dating so soon," a source told Us Weekly. "So they have to put on the brakes until it's finalized."
The future is scary because it's so unknown, so we understand Khloe's Instagram message, but she really doesn't have anything to worry about. Don't you agree, HollywoodLifers?
– Andrew Gruttadaro
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Lewis Hamilton on pole again. Alonso was fastest at every free practice this weekend, but come qualifying Hamilton got better of him. Ferraris will line up on the second row. Massa again qualified ahead of Kimi. Heidfeld finished only a tenth behind Kimi he looks like serious contender for podium tomorrow. Vettel will start his first race from P7, well done. This was a good session for Kovalainen, Trulli and Webber. Two of the Montreal stars will be disapointed – Sato and Wurz did not make it to Q2 and will line up on row 9.
Formula 1 – US GP Qualifying
Formula 1 – Canadian GP Qualifying – Hamilton's Maiden Pole Position
Lewis Hamilton will start from P1, alongside Alonso. Job well done by McLaren. BMW managed to turn things around after the final practice and got the car between McLarens and Ferraris. P3 for Heidfeld, P8 for Kubica. Ferraris will be disapointed with P4 and P5. Webber and Rosberg did well to get P6 and P7. Fisichella finished 9th and Trulli 10th, again comfortably outqualifying his team mate Ralf Schumacher… There will be disapointment in Honda and Super Aguri after promising free practice results. Spykers will be starting from their familiar P21 and P22.Tomorrow should bring some fun and lots of tyre marks on the walls !
Formula 1 – Spanish GP – Qualifying
Ferrari showed their pace finally this weekend and Massa claimed P1. But there is very little separating them from McLarens. Alonso's time was only 0.03s slower. Kimi and Hamilton will line up on row 2.The start tomorrow will be very interesting …
Formula 1 – Bahrain GP, Qualifying
Massa did it again, same as a week ago he will start from P1. But he better stays awake this time, because the start master Hamilton will be right there next to him on P2. Kimi and Alonso will line up in row 2 behind their team mates. The difference between Massa and Kimi, as well as between Hamilton and Alonso may suggest different fuel loads, as neither Alonso nor Kimi made any obvious mistakes in their runs.
BMWs have solid session and qualified at P5 and P6. The remaining 4 places in top 10 go to Renault, Red Bull, Toyota and Williams. So we have 7 different teams in top 10 on the grid this time.
Formula 1 – Malaysian GP – Saturday Free Pracitise and Qualifying
Saturday started very hot right from the morning. Hamilton came on top of timesheets and his car looked very nicely balanced. Massa's time was not much slower. Kimi seemed to be taking it easy to preserve the engine probably. Still he came in 5th. Both BMWs had good runs with Kubica 4th. Williams continues to impress with very strong performance from Rosberg. Super Aguri showed some spark and Davidson clocked 8th fastest time. Hondas were struggling again, especially Rubens. I am beginning to feel sorry for these guys. This session was tough for Renaults as well with both cars deep down the order.
Formula 1 – Australian Grand Prix Qualifying
Kimi gets pole position on his Ferrari debut. Both McLarens and BMWs running strong. Quite a few unexpected drivers in top ten – both Toyotas, Webber's Red Bull and especially Sato in Aguri. Massa will be very disappointed after mechanical problems pushed him way down the starting grid.
Top 10 grid places:
K. Räikkönen
F. Alonso
N. Heidfeld
L. Hamilton
R. Kubica
G. Fisichella
M. Webber
J. Trulli
R. Schumacher
T. Sato
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Pirates have reached special status
FORT WORTH – One doesn't have to go far down the list of special soccer teams at Granbury to find the current group of Pirates.
Only one other team has more shutouts and more victories in a single season than the current version.
And that team is the most special in the history of the school in any sport, the 1999 Class 4A state champions (21-1, 15 shutouts).
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he looks like he swallowed a bowl.
The one on the far right looks likes a gangsta.
I have a friend that weighs roughly 300+ pounds and it isn't muscle either. Yet he is a very active volunteer fire fighter, has managed to pass all of the physical fitness requirements and has saved a few peoples' lives this last year from a really awful fire.
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High-Quality H2O: Town Distributes 2010 Water Quality Report
The Town of Estes Park Water Division will mail the newly released Water Quality Report to water customers in May. The report, which is officially titled the "2011 Drinking Water Consumer Confidence Report for Calendar Year 2010," includes information on the Town's water source, treatment facilities, health information and sampling results from January through December of 2010. The report illustrates that the Town of Estes Park continues to meet and exceed federal and state standards and provides residents and visitors to the community the very best drinking water possible.
The Water Quality Report is available on the Town's website at www.estes.org/lightpower/waterdefault.aspx. Copies are also available at the following locations: Town Hall at 170 MacGregor Avenue; Town of Estes Park Water Department at 577 Elm Road; Town of Estes Park Senior Center at 220 Fourth Street, Estes Park Medical Center at 555 Prospect Avenue; Larimer County Health Department at 1601 Brodie Avenue; and Salud Family Health Center at 1950 Redtail Hawk Drive.
Approximately 6,600 customers are served by the Town Water Division, which operates with a capacity of four million gallons per day. With 10 employees, the department maintains water treatment facilities, more than 100 miles of distribution lines and 670 fire hydrants. To learn more, the public is encouraged to attend meetings of the Public Safety, Utilities and Public Works Committee the second Thursday of each month at 8 a.m. in the Town Board Room of Town Hall, located at 170 MacGregor Avenue. For more information, contact the Utilities Department at 970-577-3588. To receive Town news in your e-mail inbox, please e-mail email@example.com.


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Series of unfortunate events: Beaconsfield resident's home has frozen pipes, phantom calls to 911, door broken down by police
Water main breaks this week left dozens of households without water in Pointe-Claire, Beaconsfield and Dollard-des-Ormeaux. Multiple water main breaks on Hastings Ave. in Pointe-Claire last week left another 30 people there without water for a week.
But as rough as these cases have been for the individuals involved, it seems has heaped as much misery, inconvenience or expense on one single homeowner than the case of Pointe-Claire homeowner Robert Arnold.
Brenda O'Farrell: West Island stereotypes are shifting and shattering
If you have grown up in the West Island or lived here long enough, you have heard stories about how there used to be farmers' fields along Sources Blvd. or how teenagers could cut through forests to shorten their walks to school.
Photo of the Week: Funny Faces
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Victor Schukov: Why would you save a golf course?
When is the last time you saw a grounds keeper on a golf course trolling the green with a mechanical weed popper? Chances are ziltch because: a) odds are you don't golf and b) why suffer like the
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"Fare thee well great heart." Shakespeare wrote the words, but Nadia Turbide's Vanier colleagues embrace the sentiment. After 40 years with the Vanier College Music Department, the last 16 as coordinator, Dr. -
Staff, veterans remain wary of transfer plans for veterans hospital
A union representing staff at Ste-Anne's Hospital and the Canadian Veterans' Advocacy group remain wary in the wake of the announcement of the hospital's transfer from federal to provincial jurisdiction.
Rick Blue: Big business or big government – neither are good nor evil
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Photo of the Week: Is it cold enough for you?
How many layers can you fit under your jacket? Does it feel like your nose is going to fall off? With temperatures in the minus-20s day after day and the windchill dipping down to the point where it feels like minus-35 Celsius — or worse — we asked West Islanders to show us how they are coping with the cold. -
Victor Schukov: Don't we have enough stores in the West Island? It's time to think big
As I go for one of my mega-walks up St-Jean Blvd., I glance at the soon-to-be vacant Target store, another sacrifice to Quebec's patron saint of bankruptcy, St-Alouer.


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ABC News on Campus reporter Loren Grush blogs: With the spring semester right around the corner, students are packing themselves into campus bookstores to buy textbooks. While they'll spend considerable amounts of money, many books will probably never again see the light of day once classes are over.
In an attempt to combat this problem, Barnes and Noble College Booksellers is launching a textbook rental program, with books available in hard copy and over the Internet for 50 percent off the selling price. The program, which will take effect in the coming months, will be an expansion of Barnes and Noble's pilot program, which operated in 25 of their campus bookstores in the 2009 fall semester.
"As everybody knows, textbooks are certainly expensive," said Jade Roth, Vice President of Books for Barnes and Noble College Booksellers, who says that students generally spend between $600 and $800 a semester on them. "The professor chooses the books, and the students are expected to buy them. So as booksellers, we have to connect what the professors want to what the students can afford."
"Students are very vocal in what they like and what they don't like. Store managers involved in the pilot program are already hearing positive feedback from students," Roth said.
Roth says the program is meant to serve as just another option for students.
"Of course, some students do want to keep their books," Roth said. "But a lot of students have core classes they have to take that aren't in their major. So this program is definitely for them."
But Barnes and Noble, which has more than 600 on-campus bookstores, isn't the first to come up with the idea of renting textbooks. Many students have been using textbook rental websites for years in order to save money. Arizona State University Student Courtney Farrier has rented her books from chegg.com for the last four semesters.
"I haven't had to rent a book over 40 dollars, and it is good for the whole semester," Farrier said of chegg.com. "With costs of books from ASU, I would say that I have saved well over a thousand dollars, which helps with high tuition prices as well."
A similar book rental program was started in 105 stores across the country by the Nebraska Book Co., which serves off- and on-campus bookstores, in December. Amanda Tangeman, a store manager at the Nebraska Bookstore in Lincoln, Neb., said her on-campus store offers only 30 percent of its textbooks for rent — depending on the popularity of a class.
Inside the store, University of Nebraska-Lincoln sophomore Katherine Keppen rented a microbiology textbook for less than 50 percent of the original price.
"When I try to sell [textbooks] back, they only give you 20 percent back or sometimes they even tell you they won't buy them back, so I thought I'd try renting it cause it's only half the price," said Keppen. "And the book I rented was $176, so it's only $85 now, so I think it's worth it."
Some students even forgo buying or renting textbooks altogether.
"I haven't bought textbooks in about two years," said Sam Houston State student Luke Turner. "They are too expensive," he added, and joked, "you can find just about anything you need to know on Wikipedia."
ABC News on Campus reporters Alina Selyukh and Toby Phillips contributed to this report.
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GDC in San Francisco is the main event for everyone in the mobile games industry. It kicks off in San Francisco on March 25th and we're happy to be there for our 5th GDC. In the time since my first GDC things have changed from people saying "there are games for iPhone?" to "we're going mobile-first." It's been an amazing transformation.
Party with the mobile folks.
148Apps will also be co-hosting the Pocket Gamer party on Monday night, the first night of GDC. All are welcome and there's even an open bar. Sign-up for the party now and we hope to see you there (don't forget your 2×2 app icon stickers).
Indie Mobile Speed Pitching Session
In partnership with eight other awesome mobile sites, we are also trying something a little new this year. In an effort to make sure we save time for the small indie mobile game developers, we are co-hosting a speed pitch event. The idea is similar to a speed dating event where there are a group of tables set up and the prospects go from table to table. In a speed-pitch event, developers go in sequence pitching their games to mobile game writers. If you are interested, you can get more info and sign-up at the Eventbrite page. We are co-hosting this with all of the biggest mobile sites out there and there's no cost, we're just looking forward to seeing a bunch of your great games.
And meet with us one-on-one
If you'd like to schedule a one-on-one meeting with us, send us an email at gdc at 148apps.com. Please include your full contact info and a bit of info about your company and games. Also include what days and times are best for you to meet.
I'll be there along with Rob and Carter to cover all that GDC has to offer.
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The theme of the Englewood Art Center 2014 – 2015 season is Art Local. As a community with a distinctively unique character—from the breathtaking gulf coast environment to its commitment to independent & small businesses and supporting the arts; EAC wants to ensure that residents and visitors alike participate in our local community, creatively. Through classes, exhibitions, community programming and events, EAC wants artists, art enthusiasts and anyone else who wants to support the creative community in Englewood to join us this season.
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Which snowboarding sites ship internationally?
I'm looking to order an Arbor Westmark 150 and Flux TT30s (Medium Black) online, but am struggling to find any dealers with either in the UK. I've also had no luck finding sites in the US that will ship to the UK. Does anyone know of one that I could use? No dodgy sites please, and preferably one that carries both items.
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most board companies forbid the shops from selling outside the US if that was in their agreement. So advertising it would be shooting yourself in the foot. And I'm sure that a company rep is trolling this thread for bandits.
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If you know someone in the states or can trust someone on the forums, you'll have pretty good luck having someone buy the board at a retail location and then ship it over. I did that for my cousin and his friend (from the UK as well) for boards they wanted.
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Sunday, 26 January 2014
Scientists need to fight against a growing anti-science sentiment worldwide by joining the debate, say two researchers acknowledged in today's Australia Day Honours.
Hanging up their labcoats: Australia's new brain drain
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Opinion Faced with limited job opportunities, disenchanted young researchers are giving up on careers in science, writes Tim Nielsen.
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Opinion Scientists are pressured to undertake research that's popular among scientists, not research that is useful in the real world, argues Professor Andreas Suhrbier.
Cold mice may be skewing cancer tests
Tuesday, 19 November 2013
Tumours in lab mice grow faster than normal because of the cool temperatures the animals are kept at, and this could be giving misleading results in cancer drug tests, say US researchers.
Stringent statistics make better science
Tuesday, 12 November 2013
Many scientific studies are coming to the wrong conclusion simply because the standards for statistical significance are too low, argues a US statistician.
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Friday, 8 November 2013
Scientists around the world are working overtime - often through the night or on weekends, a new survey has found.
Stressed snails become forgetful
Thursday, 7 November 2013
It is research that has quite literally progressed at a snail's pace, but has also highlighted the negative impact of stress on memory.
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Wednesday, 30 October 2013
A statistician who has developed tools to help biologists cope with the genetic revolution has been honoured with one of Australia's top science prizes.
The pressure to fudge medical research
Friday, 25 October 2013
The Drum Why are large numbers of medical researchers apparently misrepresenting their findings? Sophie Scott investigates.
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Opinion When a fake paper is accepted by 157 open access journals it shows that all that is gold does not necessarily glister, writes Paula Callan.
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Cheaper and more efficient solar cell technology could soon appear on our roofs, thanks to a breakthrough in photovoltaic cell design.
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Australia's top political parties are missing in action when it comes to nanotechnology regulation, claims a major environmental group.
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Cars, planes and portable devices could be much lighter in the near future thanks to a newly developed metal alloy that is laced with a touch of poison.
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A US court's decision that naturally occurring genes cannot be patented could have an impact on a similar case in Australia.