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Yesterday evening I suffered the misfortune of witnessing the latest Barclays Bank advertisement. It's one of those wry, cynical ones which show the customer going through various life stages, from youthful optimism right through to middle-aged resignation as the realities of family life slowly asphyxiate all hopes and dreams. Everyone's been there, haven't they? And by "everyone", I mean all middle-aged, middle-class men, for they are the ones who have Stages Of Life and Related Financial Concerns. As for the rest of us? Why, we're mere plot devices. Middle-class women exist only to have intermittently swollen bellies which produce parasitical children. Working-class men? Only there to screw over long-suffering middle-class men when they need their car fixed or their drain unblocked. Working-class woman? Doesn't exist, at least not in bank ad land (perhaps one day she'll be permitted to pop in, Mrs Doyle-like, with a tea urn and a duster with which to metaphorically "clean up" your finances). (more…)
March 16, 2013
Sheryl Sandberg, Barclays Bank and the real value of equal payPosted by glosswitch under Employment, Feminism, Parenting | Tags: class, equal pay, misogyny, money |
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March 10, 2013
Mother's Day: It's time to make it a more radical, arse-kicking eventPosted by glosswitch under Employment, Feminism, Mummies, Parenting | Tags: childcare, children, gender stereotypes, gender stereotyping, Mother's Day, motherhood, mummies, parenting |
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Until this week I had no idea that Hugo Chávez formally recognised the economic value of traditional "women's work" . To be honest, I didn't know much about Chávez. The one Venezuelan I know didn't like him, but then none of us like our political leaders, do we? The most I'd assumed was that Chávez didn't like women overly much, given the state of abortion law in Venezuela. Seems I was wrong, at least where a certain type of woman is concerned. It appears Chávez acknowledged that women who, to use the terminology of the average pay gap apologist, "don't work because they're raising children", were bloody essential to a country's welfare. Even if things were a bit more complex than that, as a basic principle that seems brilliant. Globally, we pay lip service to the devotion of mothers, yet so often stop short of saying you could actually put a price tag on it.
With Mother's Day coming two days after International Women's Day, I can't help wishing it was more about that – genuine, heartfelt recognition – and less about a bunch of flowers, a pat on the head and yet another year of being horrendously undervalued. Don't get me wrong, on a very personal level I love it. The card my five-year-old has written for me ("Thank you for all the love yoof givan me") is just marvellous and I'll treasure it forever. But as a cultural event, I wish Mother's Day kicked a bit more arse. The commercial focus of it these days all feels rather KFC "Mum's Night Off" in how it values what mothers do, bigging up inequality as a noble sacrifice in return for which you get, if not a bucket of chicken, then the only marginally better box of Thornton's Continentals. It celebrates a particular type of motherhood – twee, self-effacing, repressed, waiting for that one day of the year when it can truly let rip with a half-bottle of rosé wine and a Lush bath bomb. It has got, let's be honest, fuck all to do in appreciating what a wide range of mothers, all of different backgrounds and with different needs, do for their own children and society at large. If it did have, it would at least offer some form of meaningful response to all the things which piss us off. (more…)
January 18, 2013
Inequality: Further lessons in blaming the victimsPosted by glosswitch under Education, Employment | Tags: class, education, employment, equality, politics, private schooling, state schooling |
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There is a simple reason why some of the best private schools, and some of the best state schools too, focus on developing a young person's whole potential. It's because it prepares them for the future.
So says Stephen Twigg, shadow education secretary. And who can argue with that? Well, I can, for starters. I've nothing against developing potential in the young and preparing them for the future. Nor do I mind teachers playing a part in this. All the same, I suspect my understanding of "potential" and "preparation for the future" isn't necessarily the same as Twigg's. (more…)
November 23, 2012
Is motherhood a job?Posted by glosswitch under Employment, Feminism, Gender stereotyping, Mummies, Parenting | Tags: career, feminism, jobs, motherhood, parenting, work |
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So the Queen told Kate Winslet that motherhood is "the best job". Why do I find this so annoying? I am a mother. I do think mothers are undervalued. All the same, I'd rather not be told I have "the best job". Particularly not if Hollywood actresses and heads of state are claiming it's their dream job, too.
The Telegraph's Jemima Lewis is railing against the Queen's choice of words, too:
A job is a position for which you must compete. […] If you're good at it, you might get promoted up the ranks and become an expert in your field. By contrast, any moron or sociopath can become a mother. There's no line manager to assess your performance, and no hierarchy to ascend. You might think of yourself as an expert, but other mothers won't thank you for telling them what to do.
November 21, 2012
Message from a Woman, On Location, In the Workplace*Posted by glosswitch under Employment, Feminism, Gender stereotyping, Politics | Tags: career, discrimination, evolutionary psychology, mens rights, politics |
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* Not really. I'm on the sofa at home.
"Women in the workplace" is a strange name for select committee inquiry, isn't it? Hinting at novelty, it somehow suggests that "the workplace" is a strange place for women to be and that if there's a problem to be explored, it's to do with the presence of women, not with gender inequality nor discrimination itself.* Just women, being there. That's the whole issue. Without them, "the workplace" would be simply "the workplace". It's not as though this has anything at all to do with men. (more…)
November 19, 2012
To the Daily Mail, a non-apologyPosted by glosswitch under Employment, Mummies, Parenting, Random thoughts | Tags: childcare, children, Daily Mail, guilt, motherhood, mummies, work |
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"If working parents didn't feel guilty enough about leaving their children at nursery, now new research has found …" starts the 1,00,695th Daily Mail article on the crapness of "working parents" (aka mothers in paid employment). Yes, fellow "working mums", it's our turn again. Just when you thought all eyes had been turned on stay-at-home mummy bloggers, it appears we're back in the firing line. Bring it on! (more…)
November 10, 2012
More dismally silly nonsense from the post-sexist worldPosted by glosswitch under Employment, Feminism, Gender stereotyping | Tags: career, feminism, gender stereotypes, gender stereotyping, money, motherhood, sexism |
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I was born in 1975. I do not recall a time in my life, ever, during which sexism, racism or homophobia were not considered to be passé. Discrimination always happened yesterday. Then today becomes yesterday and suddenly we realise that today wasn't too great, either. Apart from "today today", 2012. Finally, at long last, we're totally sorted. Prejudice doesn't exist. It's not as though thought there's the remotest possibility that in twenty year's time we'll look back and say "actually, I don't know why we all thought that was acceptable". (more…)
November 8, 2012
So who gets to play the mummy card?Posted by glosswitch under Employment, Feminism, Mummies, Parenting | Tags: business, career, motherhood, parenting, pay gap, privilege, sexism |
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A recent survey from the Chartered Management Institute shows that female executives earn an average of £400,o00 less than their male colleagues over their working lifetimes. As a feminist, just how bothered about this should I be? After all, it's a minority issue, focusing on a privileged group. Aren't there more important things to deal with? The truth is, I don't spend a lot of time thinking about executive pay, male or female, what with two kids, a non-exec beta-female job and being fairly busy.
In this respect I am a bit – but not a lot – like Angela Ahrendts, the female chief executive of Burberry. Ahrendts doesn't think about the pay gap much, either:
I don't spend a lot of time thinking about this, what with three kids, running the company and being flat out busy.
Speaking as a low-level, non-aspirational version of Ahrendts – fewer kids, lower earnings, less go-getting-ness in general – I can see what she means. Giving a shit about stuff isn't just time-consuming, it's also seriously uncool. And besides, does it really matter? Once you've earned your million, do you really miss that extra £400,000? (Not having earned my million, I wouldn't know. But I suspect that women who are openly arsed about the extra £400,000 are less likely to earn the million in the first place.) (more…)
October 15, 2012
Debating porn: Is it "just like stacking shelves"?Posted by glosswitch under Employment, Feminism | Tags: class, feminism, no more page 3, pornography, sex work |
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Young women with low-paid jobs in retail are dead useful, aren't they? I don't mean just for stacking shelves and beeping stuff through the checkout. I mean as a debating device for the middle-classes, people who'd never dream of finding themselves on their hands and knees in Asda, making sure the Moshi Monsters tinned spaghetti hadn't got mixed up with the Third & Bird wholewheat pasta shapes.
When I was growing up, for instance, the threatened penalty for not working hard at school was "ending up on the sweetie counter at Woollies". Whereas to me this would have meant strawberry laces on tap, to my parents this meant only misery and failure. It's only in a post-Woolworths world that we see how much worse it can get; if the pick 'n' mix counter were open today, it'd be run by staff receiving only JSA for their troubles. (more…)
September 30, 2012
The End Of Men: It's okay, I checked – they're still here!Posted by glosswitch under Employment, Feminism, Gender stereotyping, Politics | Tags: class, feminism, gender stereotypes, gender stereotyping, inequality, politics, wealth |
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Whenever a person makes any of the following statements – the future is female, men are the new weaker sex, masculinity is in crisis, the pendulum has swung too far, the male of the species is becoming redundant etc.* – it is surprisingly hard to mount a challenge. Deep down, you know such people are talking straight out of their arses, but you really don't want to be the one to say so. First, it sounds mean and unsympathetic. If, for instance, you are a middle-class woman and you're being compared – somewhat conveniently – to a working-class man, you risk appearing rather uncaring and ungrateful (and that's before you get onto the standard feminist rant about how positively frightful visiting Waitrose on a Saturday can be). Second, you don't want to make it look as though you actually believe feminists are merely engaged in an ongoing competition with the patriarchy to win the coveted Crappest Life Cup. Challenging gender stereotyping and power imbalances – and actually proposing change – are rather different activities to splitting the human race into two undifferentiated groups and complaining that your group is the current "loser". It's important not to engage in such a stupid argument (even if stupid people have spent years trying to bait you into doing precisely that). So you might think "well, best say nothing – it'd only give them ammunition". Or perhaps pull a sad face and nod thoughtfully, just to make sure these people get off your case. (more…)
September 15, 2012
Incoherent ramblings of a Ready Brek brainPosted by glosswitch under Employment, Mummies | Tags: career, motherhood, mummies, porridge brain |
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I am a mummy. I have small people living with me – I like to call them "children" – and I am obliged to take care of them. I am also really fucking stupid. After all, that is what being a mummy is all about.
It has taken me quite a while to admit to the "being stupid" element of motherhood (that's possibly a symptom of the stupidity itself, but I wouldn't know). Technically what happens is your brain turns to mush, or porridge to be precise (if you happened to be a fuckwit to begin with, then it's Ready Brek). Thereafter you might be left with a helpless human being who's entirely dependent on you, but best steer clear of doing anything remotely responsible. From now on you're only capable of working on "instinct" (don't worry if you haven't a clue what that is – you're not expected to rationalise it, or anything else for that matter). (more…)
September 14, 2012
Parenting regrets? Apparently we've had a few…Posted by glosswitch under Employment, Mummies, Parenting | Tags: career, childcare, fatherhood, motherhood, parenting, regrets |
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Parents of small children! Have you been in paid employment today? Were you aware that this working "habit" of yours is something which, in years to come, you will deeply regret? In case you didn't notice this – in case, for instance, you completely failed to take note of all the complete strangers around you saying, on a daily basis, "enjoy them while they're young!" and "ooh, don't they grow up fast!" – Huggies Little Swimmers have commissioned research in the top 20 regrets of parents today. (more…)
September 9, 2012
Dear 'Wealth Creators'Posted by glosswitch under Employment, Politics | Tags: business, career, class, economy, politics, tories, wealth |
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Dear 'Wealth Creators'
You know when you got bullied at school and went home in tears? Well, actually you probably don't, since most of you will have been boarding at Eton. But anyhow, let's imagine you do. When that happens, do you know what mums always say? They're just jealous. That's right. They're just jealous. Whenever anyone upsets their kids, mums always decide that the perpetrator just has to be seething with envy. After all, what else could it be? (more…)
August 13, 2012
What women want – how complicated can it be?Posted by glosswitch under Employment, Feminism | Tags: ambition, career, feminism, laziness, misogyny, sexism, work |
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Women! When you wake up tomorrow morning, which of the following would you most like to do:
- rush around like a blue-arsed fly trying to get the entire household off to holiday club / nursery / work, before arriving (late) at your own workplace for eight hours of unrewarding graft
- rush around like a blue-arsed fly trying to feed, clothe and not swear at your children, before spending the day thanklessly washing, cooking, cleaning and refereeing toddler fights
- get up late and have a leisurely breakfast in your state-of-the-art kitchen before popping out to meet your girlfriends for shopping / lunch / a session at the spa, before arriving back just in time to greet / snog / shag your partner (you may also, at some point, say hi to the cleaner and the nanny – but that's optional)
I would of course go for Option 3. Does that make me a bad feminist? Or just someone who would not object to spending a much higher percentage of her time living as though she was on holiday? (more…)
August 9, 2012
Bigging up the office in the name of choicePosted by glosswitch under Employment, Feminism, Gender stereotyping | Tags: career, childcare, feminism, gender stereotyping, homemaking, memories, money, work |
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Most mornings I trudge resentfully to work. Today, however, I skipped merrily through the August sunshine, eager to reach my desk, get my head down and perform my duties as a useful economic unit labouring away for The Man. Whence this joy? It's not simply because my kids were being annoying, making the office seem a welcome break (let's face it, that would be most days anyhow). It's because I'd just read this, a piece that's enough to make any sane woman think OFFICE! WOO-HOO! YEAH!
The piece I've uncovered (via @Scriptrix and @LynnCSchreiber) tells the story of a woman whose whole family turn up at her office to "liberate" her from the tyranny of work and celebrate the start of her new life as an "ever-present loving homemaker". I don't know if it is a spoof; I suspect it isn't. Either way, it reminds me of the reasons why I became a feminist in the first place. (more…)
August 6, 2012
Samantha Cameron: Just like us, only poshPosted by glosswitch under Employment, Mummies, Politics | Tags: career, class, conservative party, motherhood, politics, samantha cameron |
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Until this morning, I thought the Conservative Party – dominated by mega-rich, ultra-privileged men – were completely out of touch. What's more, I tended to think the same of the MPs' partners. That they couldn't possibly understand the needs of working mothers such as myself. Well, it turns out I was wrong. Thanks to the Telegraph (which I seem to be linking to all the sodding time at the moment), I've realised you should never judge a £45 Smythson "I've got nothing to wear" notebook by its cover. Samantha Cameron, wife of David, is in fact just like me, with the same hopes, fears, ambitions and worries. Just like me, only posh. (more…)
July 23, 2012
On not being a summer holiday mummyPosted by glosswitch under Employment, Mummies, Parenting | Tags: career, childcare, motherhood, mummies, parenting, summer holidays |
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Way-hey! It's the start of the holidays! School's out, the sun's shining, so let the fun begin! Well, it's fun for the kids, anyhow, who'll be at home all day, getting under everyone's feet and turning the place into a complete and utter madhouse. To tell the truth, I don't know how I'll cope. Or rather, I don't know how my partner will cope. Me, I'll just be going to work as usual. And I hate to say it – and feel a tosser for doing so – but I'm feeling a bit left out.
One of the many reasons why my partner retrained as a primary teacher was so that he'd be around in the holidays for our kids. It was a good decision, but not one that I could have made (I am monumentally awful in front of a class of thirty). This summer is my partner's first as a qualified teacher, and our eldest child's first following a year at school. It's a special summer for both of them. They deserve it – they've both done so well — but I can't help thinking hang on – I want in! How can they be having an idyllic Cotswolds summer without me in it? (more…)
July 22, 2012
The work-life balance: Just another way in which you don't measure upPosted by glosswitch under Employment, Parenting | Tags: career, childcare, children, parenting, work-life balance |
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I'm in the middle of writing up my mid-year appraisal, a task which is of course harder than doing the actual work which is being appraised. It's especially difficult if, like me, you fear that writing anything more positive than "I'm crap at my job" will make you sound like an arrogant knob. So you twist and turn and faff about, finding ever-more convoluted ways in which to say "I'm alright, really, I suppose". And then you get to the question which asks you where you'd like to be in five years' time.
In five years' time I will be forty-two and five years' closer to death. Obviously I'd prefer it if this wasn't the case, but putting "I'd like to have discovered the secret of eternal youth" on your appraisal form is not the done thing. I know this because the form even suggests the criteria by which you should be assessing five-years-hence you: "career progression, training, aspirations, work-life balance". Looking on the bright side, I can think of things to write for all of these, apart from the last one. (more…)
July 21, 2012
Darling, I only had you to screw the companyPosted by glosswitch under Employment, Pregnancy & Childbirth | Tags: career, childcare, children, maternity leave, pregnancy |
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When we were kids, my brother and I would spend hours engaged in deep philosophical debates about why we were here. Or rather, why I was here (he was the eldest and for some reason or other, we never got on to discussing him). His line: 'you were only born so I could have someone to play with'. My line: 'I was only born because you were such a disappointment'. All very touching, I'm sure you will agree. Of course, we never got on to the real reason for my existence, which I will reveal to you now: I was born, as was my brother, so that our mother could get out of going to work, thereby screwing her employer and wasting an education that could have been given to a man. Forty years later, I imagine she's still feeling smug about it. (more…)
July 13, 2012
Don't mention the theme tunesPosted by glosswitch under Employment, Politics | Tags: career, feminism, music, politics |
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Do you ever go through phases when anything and everything you do appears to be accompanied by an inappropriate theme tune? I'm only asking because a) I'm going through such a phase right now and b) I'm self-obsessed enough to assume this is of interest to everyone else.
Take today, for instance. What with it being my Secret Day Off, I have been in and out of clothes shops, trying on dresses I don't need and can't afford (Caitlin Moran advises against this in How To Be A Woman, but … actually, I can't think of a but. She's probably right. But anyhow, Moran's not the boss of me). I've just been in Warehouse – a store that now screams WAY TOO YOUNG FOR THE LIKES OF YOU!!! – and have been working my way through a pile of wholly inappropriate frocks for no other reason than they were in the sale. I'd just put on a ridiculous geometric print number and was doing that thing when you go out of the cubicle and pose in front of the bigger mirror, like that's going to make any sodding difference to how ridiculous you look. And then it happened – they started playing One Direction's What Makes You Beautiful. (more…)


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Sustainable Connellsville asks council to consider chicken-raising ordinance
Geno Gallo with Sustainable Connellsville is hoping members of Connellsville City Council will reconsider the possibility of allowing residents in the city to have the opportunity to raise chickens.
Gallo approached city council last week. He said that since the subject was brought up a few months ago, Sustainable Connellsville has done further research and has gotten some input from the poultry association in Uniontown.
Gallo said there are several municipalities throughout the state which have ordinances allowing for the raising of chickens, including Ambridge, Reading, Allentown, Aliquippa, Meadsville and even Pittsburgh and Philadelphia.
"This is a trend that has been going on for about the last 10 years, and I think it's being driven by the Buy Local push, as well as citizens just being concerned with the safety aspects and quality of their food," he said.
Gallo said there are two definite sides to the issue — those who are passionate about doing it and those who are concerned with any ramifications allowing this might have.
"We've come up with a sample ordinance for you all to look at and maybe consider, but no ordinance can ever foresee every potential problem," he said.
Gallo suggested the city look at allowing the raising of chickens on a very limited basis by issuing permits on a trial basis to a select few residents.
"Maybe have those individuals attend a workshop by the poultry association before they get any chickens, and then, after maybe 18 months, revisit the issue, tweak the ordinance and decide then whether you want to continue with it or whether it's a no-go," he said.
Councilwoman Marilyn Weaver, who is also a health board representative, said the health board sent a letter to council recommending council not allow residents to raise chickens in their yards.
"I suggest that you and those who want to do this come to the next health board meeting and listen to all the stipulations that are associated with this," she said.
Gallo said if an ordinance to this effect was passed, it would really start to identify the city as a sustainable community.
In other business, council agreed to the closure of South Arch Street from Crawford to Fairview avenues on Saturday from 6 to 10 p.m. for a dedication ceremony and celebration of the placing of a Ten Commandments monument in front of the Order of the Eagles.
Mayor Charles Matthews said the Thou Shall Not Move group has been raising funds to erect these monuments at several area churches, but it seemed fitting that the first one would be erected in front of the Eagles — the organization that purchased the Ten Commandants monument in front of Connellsville Junior High in the 1950s.
Rachel Basinger is a freelance writer.
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- To introduce the concept of orbit.
- To observe that objects can orbit in both oval and circular orbits.
- Basketball
- Coat hanger
- Tape
- Two or three feet of string
- Weight (lead sinker works well)
- Pail
- Thimble
- Softball
Teacher Background Information
Most earth satellites have orbits which are oval shaped. The oval pattern is determined by the angle of Insertion Into space. The point farthest from the earth Is called apogee. The point in the orbit nearest to the earth is called perigee.
- Before class period, place the basketball in the pail; bend the coat hanger and tape it to the ball so that it is in an upright position. Attach the string to the thimble and place it on top of the upright hanger. Attach the weight to the other end of the string.
- When the class arrives, get the softball and take the students outside. Standing at a marked line, have a student toss the ball out gently. Mark the spot where it lands. Have another student throw it out a little harder and mark the landing spot. Last, have someone throw the ball as hard as he/she can and mark the spot where the ball lands.
- Ask the students to speculate about whether anyone could throw a ball hard enough so It would fall over the horizon and miss the earth altogether. Ask the group to think about such things as "Why spacecraft have to be launched with more powerful launch systems in order to reach orbit in space as opposed to suborbital flights," or "What sort of orbital configuration do spacecraft fly in as they orbit?"
- When the class is back In the classroom, explain to them that the ball in the bucket represents the earth and the weight represents a satellite. Ask a student to tap the weight away from the ball and observe how and where it turns. Have the student carefully push the weight away at different angles. At different speeds. While it is in motion. What does the student notice? Are there differences in the shapes of the orbits? Are some elliptical? Circular? How can the type of orbit be determined?
- Discuss apogee and perigee with the students. Explain the smallest distance the weight (satellite) is from the ball (earth) is called perigee of the orbit and the farthest distance is called the apogee.
- Allow the students the opportunity to experiment with the ball and the weight. By the end of the lesson, the students should be able to address the following questions:
- How is the type of orbit determined? (By the angle of insertion and speed.)
- What kind of orbit occurs when the weight is pushed out from the surface of the ball? (An elliptical orbit.)
- What must be done to achieve a circular orbit? (Tap the weight away from the ball and then tap again or start the orbit with the weight already away from the ball.)
- What Is the farthest distance the satellite orbits from the earth called? (apogee)
- What is the shortest distance the satellite orbits from the earth called? (perigee)


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TriMet used to be considered a great transit system with short wait times, colorful bus stops and friendly drivers, but in recent years fares have been raised so often, and service has been cut so much, that taking the bus has become unaffordable and inconvenient. How unaffordable and inconvenient depends on who you are and where you live. As Portland is getting increasingly gentrified, more and more low income people are moving to the outskirts of town, where buses come much less often. Meanwhile TriMet is heavily investing in building MAX and streetcar lines in the center of town, which is becoming more accessible all the time. KBOO's Jennifer Kemp, with help from FSRN reporter Eric Klein, hit the buses to see what the riders really thought of TriMet. Partnering with environmental justice organization, OPAL, this piece explores who the transit agency is really working for.


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what had happen to malfurion stormrage ? he has been missing ever since from cataclysm , i suspect the next expansion should have full of his story or perhaps they will bring up the lore more about emerald dreams or the burning legions , Hmmm i wonder.
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He probably returned to Darnassus after the death of Ragnaros.
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noun avoid·ance \ə-ˈvȯi-dən(t)s\
: the act of avoiding something
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obsoletea : an action of emptying, vacating, or clearing awayb : outlet
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: an act or practice of avoiding or withdrawing from something
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Examples of AVOIDANCE
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Just trying to do some security on my website and trying to figure out the best route to secure an ID.
EXAMPLE: http://localhost/page.php?id=90 TO: http://localhost/share/22349234987sdsdf9sdf87423498asf9
I am using HTACCESS to do the share part. But would like to hide the '90' and try to discourage anyone from just adding random numbers to try and receive a different response.
Any thoughts on how to create something like this, or if something already exists that works well with implementation?
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Area Roundup: West Valley girls win tournament with victory over Red Bluff
The West Valley girls basketball team won its New Year's Hoops Tournament on Saturday with a 59-50 victory over Red Bluff.
The Eagles' Aubrey Mendonca, who scored 26 points and shot 14 of 15 from the free-throw line, was named the tournament MVP. Teammate Hailey McDaniel contributed 13 points and was named all-tourney.
West Valley was down by one point at halftime and came on strong in the second half, Eagles coach Julie White said. The team was 29 of 35 in free throws.
For Red Bluff, Payten McKerras scored 19 points and Daisy Brose added 11 points. Brose got hurt with two minutes left in the third quarter and didn't return to the game.
West Valley (8-7) goes to U-Prep for a 7 p.m. game Wednesday.
Red Bluff (10-4) plays a 7 p.m. home game Tuesday against Chico.
Shasta 46, Anderson 38
The Wolves finished third at the New Year's Hoops Tourney in Cottonwood with their victory over the Cubs.
Shasta's Emmi Petersen scored 12 points while teammate Ali Goodman contributed 10 points.
Shasta (11-4) plays its first league game at 7:30 p.m. Friday at home against Enterprise.
U-Prep 62, Lassen 50
The Panthers won the consolation game at the New Year's Hoops Tourney, with U-Prep players Kelsie Jurin and Kelsee Irwin earning all-tournament honors.
Jurin scored 27 points while teammate Shayla Anderson added 19 points in their Saturday game.
U-Prep (8-5) goes on the road Tuesday for a 6 p.m. game against Liberty Christian.
Central Valley 51, Gridley 38
The Falcons earned seventh place in the New Year's tournament with Katana Martina scoring 17 points.
Anderson 53, Willows 38
The Cubs' Jacob Melton scored a team-high 13 points and Jack McWilliams added 10 points for a third-place victory at the Corning tournament.
Anderson (6-11) plays a 7 p.m. home game Tuesday against Wheatland.
Central Valley 57, Yreka 45
The Falcons' Tony Penta and Zach Delette each scored 16 points while Logan German pitched in 10 to earn fifth place at the Corning tournament.
The Miners led at the break 26-24.
Central Valley (6-10) plays at home 7:30 p.m. Tuesday against Red Bluff.
Red Bluff 68, Mesa Verde 59
The Spartans took a third-place finish at the Oroville tournament.
Red Bluff's Joseph Bosetti and Matthew Fox scored 15 points apiece while Curtis Twitchell contributed 12 points and 12 rebounds in the victory.
Red Bluff (10-4) plays at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at Central Valley.
Shasta 66, Feather River 55
The Knights got a win on the road after being down nine points at the break.
Shasta's Aubrae Pearson had 17 points, all in the second half, Merritt Schoenhofer had 15 points and 12 rebounds, Dyan Tomfohr had 12 points and seven rebounds, and Ashley Rothmann had 11 points and four assists.
Shasta (1-1 Golden Valley Conference) plays at home Wednesday against Butte.
Ken Chertow offers wrestling clinic
A wrestling clinic will be presented Sunday at Foothill High School in Palo Cedro by former Olympic and All-American competitor Ken Chertow, who's also coached at Penn State and Ohio State.
Sunday's check-in starts at 11:30 a.m. with the clinic beginning at noon with two sessions for $50.
Wrestlers 8 and under and those less experienced can pay $25 for the noon to 2 p.m. session.
The second session runs from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. Fathers and coaches can attend at no cost. Go to www.kenchertow.com for an application.
The clinic is being organized by the Eastside Cougars, Foothill's junior wrestling club.
For questions, call 524-4525.
New modified tour set for this season
A new series for modifieds is scheduled for the 2014 season at Northern California's asphalt tracks, including races at the Shasta Speedway in Anderson.
The North State Challenge Series Modified Tour, designed for IMCA type modifieds, will include races at the Ukiah and Lakeport speedways.
The schedule will be released next month and will not conflict with any of the Lucas Oil modified shows.
Series organizer Jeff Stephens of Sacramento is a longtime racer and car owner of the Firehouse Racing Team. Stephens has joined forces with Bob and Nadine Strauss and race promoter Blair Aiken to promote the modified tour.
For more information, contact Stephens at 916-838-7513.
Shasta College hosts Globetrotters
The Harlem Globetrotters are coming to the Shasta College gymnasium at 7 p.m. Tuesday as part of their 2014 "Fans Rule" World Tour.
Tickets are available at ticketweb.com or Napa Auto Parts in Redding and Anderson.
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Bite-Size Apple Pies Recipe
These little bites are fun for kids to make. Simply wrap strips of pastry around apple wedges and shake on some cinnamon-sugar. Then just bake and watch them disappear! —Taste of Home Test Kitchen
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 1 package (14.1 ounces) refrigerated pie pastry
- 3 tablespoons butter, melted, divided
- 2 medium tart apples
- 1. Preheat oven to 425°. In a small bowl, mix sugar and cinnamon; reserve 1 tablespoon. On a lightly floured surface, unroll pastry sheets; roll and trim each to an 8-in. square. Brush with 2 tablespoons butter; sprinkle with remaining sugar mixture. Cut each square into eight 1-in. strips.
- 2. Cut each apple into eight wedges; wrap one strip of pastry around each wedge, placing sugared side of pastry against the apple.
- 3. Place on a parchment paper-lined baking sheet. Brush tops with remaining butter; sprinkle with reserved sugar mixture. Bake 13-15 minutes or until pastry is golden brown. Serve warm. Yield: 16 servings.
Nutritional Facts
1 serving equals 163 calories, 9 g fat (4 g saturated fat), 10 mg cholesterol, 108 mg sodium, 21 g carbohydrate, trace fiber, 1 g protein.
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In February's Six Sigma Forum Magazine, Dennis R. Delisle and Kathleen Jaffe detail how Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals in Philadelphia used lean strategies to improve perioperative patient flow.
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So what is Microsoft really up to here? It goes without saying that Redmond would just as soon that WordPerfect disappear entirely. And Microsoft is now in a position to make that happen, though don't expect to see the plug get pulled just yet. Instead, the idea would be to bring WordPerfect (and WordPerfect Office) users to Microsoft Office. The best way to do this would be to limit or eliminate further WordPerfect development while offering attractive or even free upgrades to MS Office. That would go far toward capturing the little dab of Windows users--mostly law firms--still using WordPerfect.
Microsoft would probably very much like to offer Microsoft Corel DRAW! This product would be largely unchanged from the current product save for the use of some of those undocumented API calls so that it would work better with MS Office (and less well with WordPerfect Office).
But this is all Windows dressing. What about Linux?
Simple. Internet Explorer. Corel has some people who are good--well, as good as anyone has been--at porting Windows applications to Linux. Bring Internet Explorer to Linux. Make it free, and make it good. Throw in a few hooks that are incompatible with anything else. Grab a huge share of the Linux market. Make it the standard to which web pages are written.
Hell, while we're at it, maybe even bring over MS Office. Make it free for private, noncommercial use, too. Throw it in to some little distribution, if it's seen that Corel Linux actually has any market value. And grab a big share there, too.
Then pull the plug. You want to surf the web? You'll need Internet Explorer, no longer available for Linux. You want to exchange documents? You'll need MS Office, no longer available for Linux.
Linux would instantly become the hobbyist operating system it was four or five years ago. Microsoft's monopoly (or monopolies, if it gets split in two, which won't accomplish anything at all except the further enrichment of Microsoft shareholders) becomes nearly absolute.
The investment by Microsoft in Corel is good news only if you're a Corel employee whose rent is due. All the talk about how this will somehow benefit Linux is just dead wrong, as anyone familiar with Microsoft's history instantly knows.
It's bad news.
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last night ... finally. For some reason it was just a slog for me to get through. I had a hard time engaging with all the, to use the technical term, "timey-wimey stuff." And I missed the characters from the first book. I mean, yes, they made appearances, but I kept wondering as I read thru the history of the DTI and the
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Ah well, can't win 'em all.
Interesting. I had the opposite reaction. While I DID enjoy the first DTI book, I thought the second was MUCH better.
And OT: I'm currently reading the latest (that I know of) Batman book, WAYNE OF GOTHAM.
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*Small scraps of cotton fabric and minky about 9″ x 9″.
*Flannel scraps 9″ x 9″ to use for batting (optional). I prefer to make my wash cloths without the flannel just because my kiddo's are little and they prefer little lighter weight wash cloths for their hands.
*Card stock to make an 8″ x 8″ template with rounded corners. Trace around the template onto the wrong side of your cotton fabric.
Pin together the cotton fabric and minky fabric, right sides together. (If you are using flannel as a batting, layer it underneath the minky fabric now.) Sew directly on the marks while leaving a 1 1/2″ opening for turning right side out. Trim off excess fabric except at the opening.
Use your lint roller to remove any fuzzies and spray to remove your marks.
Turn right side out and iron flat. Top stitch around edge of wash cloth.
Pretty easy right?
Just in case you cannot tell by the photo, I made 15 of them. They are great to use in the tub, washing up after meal time or for cleaning those little heiny's if you are a cloth diaper using momma.


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MYERSTOWN - Thanks to a smoke alarm and some good judgment, Joe and Clelia Marciniak will be able to put their lives back together after a two-alarm fire raced through their Jackson Township home Friday afternoon.
"We were having lunch when the smoke alarm went off," Joe said as firefighters from the eastern part of Lebanon County battled the blaze at 100 Arbor Drive in the Arbor Gate development. "I checked the garage right away. I opened the door to the garage and saw flames in there. I told my wife to call 911 and get out right away. ... I thought of possibly rolling the car out."
Fortunately, he didn't do that.
"It scared the heck out of me," said Judith Bohn, who lives across the street. "I heard a loud explosion."
"There was a small (explosion) at first," said another neighbor, Nancy Swanger, "then a second one. There was a really loud one, then another one."
Bohn said she heard a sound coming from the Marciniaks' home "that sounded like a roar, a lot like a heavy truck or train was coming down the street. I looked over and saw the flames."
Firefighters were dispatched at 12:18 p.m. and a second alarm was called five minutes later.
"The response was terrific," said Stan Sicinski, who lives in Arbor Gate. "Keystone and Goodwill (from Myerstown) were here right away. ... Hook and Ladder saved the day.
The ladder truck from Lebanon's fire department sprayed water on the flaming house from above.
No injuries were reported.
City Fire Commissioner Duane Trautman, speaking on behalf of Keystone Fire Chief John Smith, said the investigation into a cause was focused around an electrical panel in the garage.
"There were signs it may have started outside," Trautman said. "We'll tear the car out and get that out of the way. Oxygen tanks were stored in there.
The fire went through the roof and quickly spread into the rest of the home.
Trautman said the home was a total loss.
"Some mementos were saved," Trautman said. "With some newer homes like this one, once it gets into open spaces there's nothing to stop it. It burned unabated."
In the few sections of the home that were not burned, "Smoke damage was very heavy," Trautman said. "Staining was severe. ... The drop-down damage was just about as severe as the burned (sections)."
Siding on the home to the east of the Marciniaks' was damaged, providing evidence of the heat that the fire generated.
The Marciniaks moved here from New Jersey in August 2004. Joe was talking to Arbor Gate officials about rebuilding.
Assisting the Myerstown companies were Kutztown, Richland's Neptune, Prescott and Schaefferstown fire companies, fire police and Myerstown ambulance.
A Red Cross representative and the Salvation Army canteen truck provided support.
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An afternoon fire Tuesday destroyed a home in the Arbor Gate development in Jackson Township.
Multiple fire companies were dispatched at 12:18 p.m. for a structure fire at 100 Arbor Drive, and it went to a second alarm a short time later.
Flames and smoke can reportedly be seen from West Washington Avenue.
The house appears to be a total loss.
No injuries have been reported.
Arbor Gate is a gated retirement community along the north side of Route 422, just west of Myerstown.
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Exhibition on the Evolution of Concepts and Methods of Epidemiology and a Panel Discussion on the People's Epidemiology Library at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, 9 Queen Street, Edinburgh, EH2 1JQ
Exhibition, Monday August 8 to Friday August 12, 9 am to 5 pm
Is health improving? Is health better elsewhere? How do we know what's effective in keeping us healthy? How do we know if a treatment works? These questions are answered in this Exhibition at the Sibbald Library of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, organised for participants of the World Congress of Epidemiology. The Exhibition, which is open daily during the week of the Congress, covers four key aspects of the discipline, namely measuring survival, classifying diseases, searching for causes, and assessing the effects of interventions. Participants are invited to visit the Exhibition during the week and/or sign up for a guided tour of the Exhibition, led by Iain Milne, Librarian of the College, on Thursday August 11, from 2 to 3 pm, (Places are limited for the guided tour, for further details and information on signing up please see below).
A fifth display in the Exhibition shows how epidemiological knowledge is disseminated. The term 'epidemiology' gained currency in 1802, when Don Joaquin Villalba published a chronicle of epidemics in Spain. Two centuries lapsed before the history of the ideas and concepts underlying the discipline appeared. Alfredo Morabia's A History of Epidemiologic Methods and Concepts documents this history. The James Lind Library (jameslindlibrary.org), which explains and illustrates the evolution of tests of treatments, inspired the idea of a People's Epidemiology Library. Professors Alfredo Morabia and Jan Vandenbroucke will lead a Panel Discussion with Audience Participation on the People's Epidemiology Library, entitled "Challenges and Opportunities in Communicating With Users of Epidemiology". This will take place in the Queen Mother Conference Centre at the College on Tuesday August 9, from 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm. (Places are limited for the Panel discussion for further details and information on signing up please see below).
Guided visit of the Exhibition: Thursday August 11, from 2 pm to 3 pm
Iain Milne will comment on historic items that are sourced from the Rare Books Collection of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh Library and the Ross Collection of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow. Participants will be able to handle and browse items on display, which illustrate the following themes:
Measurement of survival
The science of epidemics began with the analysis of population mortality, which led to the construction of life tables. Such survival tables generate 'expectation of life' values. The first item in the Exhibition is the 1662 publication by John Graunt (1620 - 1674) of Natural and Political Observations Made Upon The Bills of Mortality.
Disease classification
The earliest classifications were based on manifestations of disease. Illustrations of this second theme include Synopsis nosologiae methodicae, published by William Cullen of Edinburgh (1710 - 1790) and works by William Farr (1807 - 1883). The nosology in current use, the International Classification of Diseases (ICD10), is employed to generate mortality and morbidity statistics that are comparable within and among countries.
The search for causes
Simple hygiene prevents disease. This fact emerged from the 19th century observation in Vienna that medical students, who transited from the autopsy room to the hospital, were more dangerous than midwives to puerperal women (on exhibit is the rare and valuable copy of Ignaz Semmelweis's Etiology, Concept and Prophylaxis of Childbed Fever, as well as a 1795 copy of Alexander Gordon's A Treatise on the Epidemic Puerperal Fever in Aberdeen). Safe water is essential for good health. We know this from John Snow's 19th century publication On the mode of communication of cholera, in which he compares death rates in populations supplied by two London water companies. A healthy diet includes vitamins. In the early 20th century, individuals consuming corn-based diets were shown by Joseph Goldberger to be greatly at risk of contracting pellagra, a disease later shown to be a B vitamin deficiency that was endemic in the southern United States. Breast is best. A study of two groups of Berlin babies, by Janet Lane-Claypon, showed the special importance of breast-feeding during the early weeks of life. Smoking kills. We are sure of this from long-term monitoring, by Richard Doll and Austin Bradford Hill, of the mortality of a cohort of British male doctors from whom information on smoking habits was collected in 1951.
Methods for assessing the effects of interventions
- On scurvy, blood-letting, diphtheria and pertussis
The move to testing treatments, objectively, began over two centuries ago. In 1747, six treatment regimens were tried out prospectively by James Lind on six pairs of sailors suffering from scurvy aboard a British ship. Dramatic benefits were seen in the pair who received two oranges and a lemon each day for six days.
In 19th century France, the importance of ensuring comparability between study groups was demonstrated in evaluating regimens of blood-letting. The strong tradition of blind assessment in German pharmacology began with an assessment of two treatments of diphtheria. Physicians were asked to guess which patients had received which treatment (no difference was detected between the two). Random allocation was employed in a comparative study in the United States in the 1930s to assess whether the pertussis vaccine confers protection against whooping cough.
- On tuberculosis
A trial of a new antimicrobial, streptomycin, which was in short supply at the time, was reported in 1948. Conducted under the aegis of the British Medical Research Council, the trial greatly contributed to popularizing randomised controlled trials in medicine. It set out to demonstrate the efficacy of streptomycin against pulmonary tuberculosis. The design ensured comparability, since an eligible patient was assigned either to a group who received the current treatment (bed rest alone) or the trial treatment (bed rest plus streptomycin) by means of an allocation contained in a sealed envelope, which had been generated via a table of random numbers. Concealing the allocation sequence in this way assured unbiased allocation to the treatment and comparison groups. Comparison of outcome between the groups showed that streptomycin was effective.
Places are limited for the Guided Visit of the Exhibition, to attend delegates should sign up through the main congress registration process.
Free Wine and Cheese Reception & Panel Discussion with Audience Participation
"Challenges and Opportunities in Communicating With Users of Epidemiology"
Panel Members will include -
Iain Milne, Chair
Roger Bernier
Anne Hardy
Alfredo Morabia
George Davey Smith
Jan P. Vandenbroucke
Junior epidemiologist (TBA)
Date and Time: Tuesday August 9, from 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm
Place: Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, 9 Queen Street, Edinburgh, EH2 1JQ and the Foyer of the Queen Mother Conference Centre at the College (wine and cheese reception)
Special Feature: During the evening event, The People's Epidemiology Library (PEL), a new online tool for communicating with users and the general public, will be launched officially. The PEL is a repository of documents and commentaries about milestone publications in the history of epidemiological methods and concepts. The PEL will be described and input sought on how the new tool fits in with current needs of users of epidemiology and their views on how to improve the tool's format. Additionally, the results of an essay contest on how to present material to the lay public in the People's Epidemiology Library will be announced (see http://www.epimonitor.net, March 2011)
Places are limited for the Reception and Panel Discussion, to attend delegates should sign up through the main congress registration process.


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Come to Newburyport to celebrate the return of migrating eagles back to the Merrimack River Estuary! The Mass Audubon's Joppa Flats Education Center and the Parker River National Wildlife Refuge have teamed up to bring an entire day of free events centered around the wonders of the Bald Eagles that have come to take seasonal advantage of the Merrimack River habitat.
Visit Eagle Hotspots 9am-4pm
- Naturalists will show you Bald Eagles along the Merrimack River. See Map for locations. All ages welcome.
Go on an Eagle Tour 9am–2pm
- Tours start every half hour and take 1.5 hours to complete. Departure point: The Newburyport Chamber of Commerce. Advance registration required (978-462-9998). Recommended for adults and children age 6 and over.
See a Raptor Demonstration 10-11am or 1:30-2:30pm
- Tom Ricardi of the Massachusetts Bird of Prey Rehabilitation Facility presents two educational programs for all ages at Newburyport's City Hall featuring raptors great and small. First come, first served.
Pose for a Photo with a Live Raptor 11:15-11:45am or 12:30-1pm
- Hunt's Photo & Video will take your photo with a raptor for a $10 donation to the Eagle Festival. Newburyport City Hall. Limited availability. Advance registration recommended (978-462-9998). Otherwise, first come, first served.
Have Fun with Your Family! 10am– 3pm
At the Parker River National Wildlife Refuge Headquarters
- Make an eagle button or dissect an owl pellet! Special features: owls from Mass Audubon's Drumlin Farm, from 11:00 to 3:00; also, Henry Lappen uses masks, comedy, and audience participation to present "A Passion for Birds," 12:00 to 1:00. First come, first served.
At Mass Audubon's Joppa Flats Education Center
- Make an eagle nest and play nature games! Special feature: hawks from Mass Audubon's Drumlin Farm, from 11:00 to 3:00.
Eagle Festival Scavenger Hunt - January 17 through February 8
Use your eagle eyes in our new scavenger hunt. Visit Newburyport merchants who are Eagle Festival Friends and find hidden eagle facts in their stores. You can download a scavenger hunt form or pick one up at the Joppa Flats Education Center or at Newburyport Public Library.
Saturday, February 8, 2014 9am-4pm


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Submitted by vanillekoko on Sun, 2011-08-28 13:00.
Just wanna say.... WHHAA!!
Wonderful, what a great gift!! And what a pity I wasn't there, but thanks to Nino Della Rocca to share it with Ben Harper's fans
I also was very lucky to enjoy Ben & Relentless 7's coming in France at Festival de la Foire aux Vins de Colmar... Awesome concert too! Thank you guys
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Tom Clempson's Publication Day Video!
Posted by Kate Agar in Atom Authors Online, Book News
Hoorah! Jack Samsonite has reached bookshops today! And to celebrate, author Tom Clempson has made us an absolutely hilarious video which is part interview about One Seriously Messed-Up Week, part nature video and part location tour . . . and even that doesn't quite cover it . . .
Want summore? Of course you do! Jack has written us a letter to all his potential readers (don't tell Tom, I'm not sure he'd be happy about his character branching out alone) which you can read here. We've also got an extract from One Seriously Messed-Up Week !
Also, you can find Tom on twitter and facebook and read more of his witticisms on his blog.