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I have a game to propose. Read on to see how to play. It's about recommending better movies to watch. And rewarding artists.
The new film The Other Woman is making heaping wads of blockbuster cash. Even though, evidently, it is nearly every kind of awful and sets women back thirty years. Linda Holmes produces a most scathing and informative critique of the movie that is a must-read (h/t Amanda at Skepchick). You can also see the trailer for the gist of the plot.
What struck me as I read that review is that I had seen this movie before. Except, in every single way Holmes points out this one sucked, that one didn't, but did exactly the opposite of everything Holmes rightly complained about. It was as if a time traveler read her review, went back in time, and made the movie Holmes would have liked, based on her review.
That movie is If I Were You, starring Marcia Gay Harden, Leonore Watling, and Aidan Quinn (and directed by Joan Carr-Wiggin). Even apart from the fact that I have a major life-long crush on Marcia Gay Harden, I can vouch for the fact that this was a fantastic film, unique, funny, engaging, well-written, well-directed, and superbly performed. You won't ever have seen anything like it.
The stock description reads:
After Madelyn (Academy Award Winner Marcia Gay Harden) and Lucy (Leonor Watling) meet by chance, they make a pact to fix their unhappy lives: they will only do what the other one says and ignore their own instincts. But Madelyn has a secret. She knows her husband is sleeping with Lucy, a much younger and beautiful woman. Madelyn's plan backfires when Lucy, an aspiring actress, orders her to play King Lear in a very amateur production, with Lucy playing the Fool. Madelyn's life is transformed in unexpected ways as, like Lear, she struggles with matters of mortality and betrayal, loyalty and love.
Yeah. That. Huh? Right. BTW, one of the best King Lear performances I've ever seen. By a woman.
Even though it's about two women hand-wringing over a man (sort of like The Other Woman, only unlike The Other Woman, there's just one other woman, and the man is likable enough to plausibly explain why both women want him), it still Bechdel tests well (although the trailer doesn't). The story isn't identical to The Other Woman (obviously…I mean, hello, the wife ends up playing King Lear), but it is similar enough that one can see that if someone who had all of Holmes' concerns about The Other Woman decided to write a similarly themed film, they'd end up with something like If I Were You. Smarter, funnier, more compelling, more moving, more plausible (yes, even the playing of King Lear). No one is a caricature. The woman are different and well motivated and emotionally complex and have fuller lives than just the man they are after. The "other woman" is dumber than the wife, but believably so, and sympathetically. And the man isn't a ridiculous wax-moustachioed sexist villain. (He's just a so-so guy who cheats on his wife.)
This got me to thinking. How often does this happen?
- Big, major blockbuster film gets made and earns tons of cash, despite being a total piece of crap (predominantly that means: badly written, full of eye-rolling cliches, stereotypes, and unforgivable implausibilities, and probably insulting to millions of people).
- Little, barely-seen-or-even-known film very similar to it had already been made years before, which is an artistic achievement, with great writing, acting, and direction, that is in every way better than its awful mutant blockbuster twin (fraternal twin, since we aren't saying the films are identically plotted, just similarly themed enough that most of what's special about the bad one is in the good one, so if you accidentally burned one of them the world would be a better place).
- And the money goes to the crap.
I had a similar experience when I learned about God's Not Dead, the deeply offensive, absurdly written garbage pile that is now the shame of Kevin Sorbo (in this case, the review to read is by philosopher Dan Fincke: in summary and in detail). Watching the trailer to that (yes, actually in a theater, having never heard of it before) I kept thinking (between bouts of Jen and I busting into laughter), "Wait, I've seen this movie before, only it didn't go in the bullshit direction this one clearly is." That movie is Salvation Boulevard, starring Greg Kinnear, Pierce Brosna, Jennifer Connelly, Ed Harris, Marisa Tomei, and Ciarán Hinds (and directed by George Ratliff).
Again, Salvation Boulevard isn't the exact same film. But it shares similar themes enough to be curious. For example, it centers around a debate over God's existence between a caustic atheist professor and a Christian (in this case a big-money preacher), although this opens the film rather than serves as its climax. Likewise, the central character is a naive Christian struggling to deal with what's going on through the course of the film, and comes to realizations and renewed confidence by the end. And there are several lesser themes loosely similar. But contrary to what God's Not Dead does, which is deviate from every plausible reality and produce awful cliches and insulting caricatures (even of its heroes), Salvation Boulevard uses only a few and relatively minor reality-stretching plot points and even those it makes poignantly plausible, and then sends us on a ride that explores a world of religion and faith and loyalty and corruption much closer to reality.
It's also funny.
(As you can tell from the trailer, but I say, don't watch that, or read about the film, because spoilers–just watch it not knowing what's going to happen and let the plot twists surprise you.)
I think to "get" the game I have in mind, you have to at least read Holmes' review of The Other Woman and watch the trailer to God's Not Dead. Then puke. Then actually buy and watch If I Were You and Salvation Boulevard (both are available on Amazon instant video, as well as DVD; see links above). Then you'll see what I mean. I'm not looking for movies that are exactly or even mostly the same, but that are enough the same that you can compare and contrast them fruitfully. Yet one is a major cash-earning pile of puke, and the other is a far lesser known masterpiece of good writing and acting. It's a "Don't watch that. Watch this." kind of game.
How many movie-pairs like that can you come up with? This is something definitely worth crowdsourcing, because the lesser known movies by nature have been seen by too few people. You will have seen lots of those I haven't. And so on. Maybe we can help reward actually good filmmakers who deserve to have their work seen and supported more, and send them a little royalty money, by boosting their signal just a touch.
So this is what I shall dub The Other Woman Game: bookmark this post, then post in comments (even if it is months or years from now) every time you think of a pair of movies that scores a hit according to the criteria set above, in the same way Salvation Boulevard pairs with God's Not Dead and If I Were You with The Other Woman. That's the challenge. Go!


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- 1 package (16 ounces) penne pasta
- 1 pound ground beef
- 1 pound bulk Italian pork sausage
- 1-3/4 cups sliced fresh mushrooms
- 1 medium onion, chopped
- 1 medium green pepper, chopped
- 2 cans (14-1/2 ounces each) Italian diced tomatoes
- 1 jar (23-1/2 ounces) Italian sausage and garlic spaghetti sauce
- 1 jar (16 ounces) chunky mild salsa
- 1 package (8 ounces) sliced pepperoni, chopped
- 1 cup (4 ounces) shredded Swiss cheese, divided
- 4 cups (16 ounces) shredded part-skim mozzarella cheese, divided
- 1-1/2 cups shredded Parmesan cheese, divided
- 1 jar (24 ounces) three-cheese spaghetti sauce
- Cook pasta according to package directions. Meanwhile, in a Dutch oven, cook beef, sausage, mushrooms, onion and green pepper over medium heat until meat is no longer pink; drain.
- Drain pasta; add to the meat mixture. Stir in the tomatoes, sausage and garlic spaghetti sauce, salsa and pepperoni.
- Preheat oven to 350° . Divide half of pasta mixture between two greased 13x9-in. baking dishes. Sprinkle each with 1/4 cup Swiss cheese, 1 cup mozzarella cheese and 1/3 cup Parmesan cheese. Spread 3/4 cup of three-cheese spaghetti sauce over each. Top with remaining pasta mixture and three-cheese spaghetti sauce. Sprinkle with remaining cheeses.
Cover and bake 25 minutes. Uncover; bake 10 minutes or until cheese is melted.
Freeze option: Cover unbaked casserole and freeze for up to 3 months. To use, thaw in refrigerator overnight. Remove from refrigerator 30 minutes before baking. Preheat oven to 350°. Bake casserole, covered, 45 minutes. Uncover; bake 10 minutes or until cheese is melted. Yield: 2 casseroles (6 servings each).
Reviews for Meaty Pasta Casseroles
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"Loved this dish found it great to make and use at large family functions Simply Delicious 5+ stars from our family."
"This recipe is fabulous!! There are only two of us, so I put in 8x8 casseroles, cooked one and froze the remainder. We have leftovers for tomorrow! Cant wait to finish. It does make a lot. It did take me a little longer than 45 minutes to prepare, but was worth the time!!! Thank you so much and keep those recipes coming!!!"
"I have made this dish twice now for guest. It is a keeper and I look forward to making it again."

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When the wilderness calls, or even just the back yard, young nature lovers need this helpful guide to set them on the right track. Kids learn about their favorite animalsfrom cheetahs to snakesfrom the signs they leave behind.
What does a row of tracks signify? What can we tell from an accumulation of twigs left behind in the crook of a tree? What are those squiggly marks in the sand? Animal Tracks and Signs gives young readers the knowledge and expertise to interpret these mysteries.
This beautifully illustrated volume is a species-by-species guide to the clues left behind by over 400 animals, and includes life-size illustrations of the pawprints (and droppings!) of each. This book is sure to capture the imagination of every young animal lover.


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Samantha Nutt, MD, may not be the kind of emergency doctor who sews on limbs or tends to gunshot wounds. But as a public health specialist and family physician, she is a humanitarian activist who has worked her way through more than a dozen of the most dangerous, devastated places on earth, including Burundi, Afghanistan, Sierra Leone, Darfur and Uganda. There, Nutt has helped civilians, many of them victims of unimaginable violence and abuse, build healthy, productive communities.
It's the kind of work you'd think all sides could applaud. Yet as she notes in her provocative new book, Damned Nations: Greed, Guns, Armies and Aid, the activists' ability to help is increasingly compromised by the changing nature of contemporary warfare, specifically a "blurring of the lines between civilian and military operations." Nutt's life has been threatened at gunpoint, and she found herself in a hail of grenades and gunfire during an unexpected outbreak of armed conflict in Congo in 2004. She has survived the dangers of her work, but two of her close friends, women she got to know over the course of 12 visits to Iraq, were not as lucky; her book—part memoir, part call to action—includes a memorial to them. Their murders underscore a disturbing trend, she says: Attacks on aid workers have increased an astounding 177 percent since 1997, and some 80 percent of those who die in war now are civilians—jarring evidence of how complicated modern-day warfare has become. As she writes, "It turns teenagers into killers, neighbors into génocidaires and politicians into executioners."
In her book, Nutt, 41, chronicles her evolution from starry-eyed and admittedly self-righteous twenty-something to cofounder and executive director of War Child, a Toronto-based nonprofit that helps establish educational programs and employment opportunities in conflict-ravaged communities. "Education is critical to peace," says Nutt, who has been named one of Canada's five leading activists by Time magazine. "Women are critical to peace. We ought to be investing in their potential."
War Child's programs, run mostly by people recruited from the areas being served, benefit up to 200,000 children and their families each year. These days Nutt's field visits are shorter and more targeted; she spends the bulk of her time focusing on which programs the organization will create and support, and she travels across the U.S. and Canada to speak publicly about the impact of war on women and children. We caught up with her by phone and e-mail during what Nutt describes as her "first week off in ages."
What was your first experience as a humanitarian doctor?
I'd always been interested in human rights issues, and women's health in particular, and the relationship between the two. So when I was 25, after graduating from medical school, I went to Baidoa—Somalia's "City of Death"—to do UNICEF research on how war affects women's health. This was the mid-'90s; 300,000 people there had died of disease and starvation. Somalia was the black eye of the world, a humanitarian effort that had unraveled. The lawlessness was shocking. You couldn't go anywhere without armed security guards—and they were all young men strung out on khat, an amphetamine-like drug. At every turn, every good deed I thought I might do was thwarted by the anarchy and the rampant proliferation of small arms in that country.
What did you learn from your experience?
I went into Somalia thinking the solutions were easy and came out realizing how incredibly complex the situation was (and 20 years later, it's still the same). But once I was exposed to the horror of war and saw the courage of the women and kids there, the adversity they live with every day, I couldn't ignore it.
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Arizona public library staff are invited to join us for a professional development opportunity, which will be held at Arizona State University's Mars Space Flight Facility.
NASA Space Science Training: Explore: Life on Mars?
February 5-6, 2013
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Application deadline: Friday, December 28, 2012
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This two-day training features our new Explore module about NASA's investigations in the scientific field of astrobiology, where scientists are searching for indications that Mars may be able to — or has been able to — support life. Discover the current scientific understanding of Mars and what it takes for life to exist beyond our home planet.
Scientists and educators from NASA and the Lunar and Planetary Institute will share space science information, resources, hands-on activities, and demonstrations developed specifically for you to infuse into your programs with children ages 8 to 13 and their families.
The training is free. A $150 stipend is available for 30 participants and will be offered on a first-come-first-accepted basis.
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- On the Roof Of Anatolia
- The Soul Of Japanese Culture: Kansai
- "I would turn down all the wealth of Croesus for love."
- A User's Guide To The Brain
- The Tıme Of The Comıc Book Artıst Has Come
- Treasury Of Calligraphy
- 10 Reasons To Go To Kuala Lumpur
- Ramadan Exuberance In Istanbul
- A History Of Everyday Life In Pictures
- Taking Top Honors Even When Stale...
- When Color Comes To Water…
- Jazz Capital Istanbul
- Chicago Waiting
- When Vinyl Won't Do
- Spirou At 75!
- Final Days Of The Festival
- Robert College At 150 Years
- Before Hitting The Road
- Trial By Fire
- The Tour De France In Its 100th Year
- Miró In Izmir For The First Time
- Life Is A Long Bridge…
- Flashy And Cheap
- Pearl Of The Danube: Budapest
- City Of Warm Waters: Aqaba
- Folk Cultures In Croatia…
- Second To None
- Looking East From The West
- Beşiktaş Waterfront Palace
- Art Of Korea At Topkapi Palace
- Meeting Point
- Time Travel
- Northern Cyprus In Three Questions
- Mehmet Aktarli's Diyarbakir
- Books Bursting With Life
When Vinyl Won't Do
Danish duo Camilla Sørensen and Greta Christensen's band, Vinyl Terror And Horror, had a gig in İstanbul last month. We had a chance to chat with the duo, who invented their own musical instrument.
How did you two meet?
We met in 2001 when we both started studying at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen.
How did you come to invent a completely new instrument?
The instrument we are using consists of modified turntables and vinyls. Neither of us had played music before. We both have a sculpture background, and there was a lot of energy in building and adding extra potential sound equipment. Soon we had two extra organs as well as typewriters, vacuum-cleaners, radios, cassettes, turntables and a lot of other stuff. The turntable has followed us ever since and quickly became the dominating object in our sound. So we started deconstructing and rebuilding records and turntables. That way we could focus instead on the sculptural and material aspects of the media and choose the music we thought most fitting for the kind of atmosphere we wanted to create.
Is there any specific genre you're focusing on?
Often we think of it as an abstract film score in which all the scenes are described through sound. We use vinyls of many different genres, but we're especially fond of opera, European "schlager", amateur film sound effects, and conversations in strange languages.
Can you tell us a little about your art?
Our art takes many different forms. In Istanbul we performed a live concert in which we played different modified turntables and vinyls. On other occasions we have built bigger sound installations or sculptural, site-specific projects, depending on the setting we are invited to perform in


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Thanks, for the correction, jib !
Attached is a couple of pics of an engine that was sent to me of an engine someone made.
I think he said it was for a hill climber.
He also said it was a pretty powerful engine.
It has a H-D Flathead bottom end and the top end is suppose to be from a JAP.


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European Association of Elected Representatives from Mountain Regions
- Date submitted: 1 Nov 2011
- Stakeholder type: Major Group
- Name: European Association of Elected Representatives from Mountain Regions
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Full SubmissionAssociation Europ�enne des Elus de Montagne Associazione Europea degli Eletti della Montagna Associa��o Europeia dos Eleitos de Montanha Europ�ische Vereinigung der Mandatstr�ger aus Berggebieten Asociacion Europea de Autoridades Politicas de Regiones de Monta�a European Association of Elected representatives from Mountain Regions AEM?s position paper on RIO +20 conference ? The crucial role of Mountains in the achievement of Rio +20 objectives The European association of elected representatives from mountain regions (AEM) welcomes the RIO + 20 conference and especially the consultation of the stakeholders in preparing this event that can be a milestone similar to the Earth summit in 1992. In the outcomes of this previous conference, mountain territories? issues have been acknowledged, thanks to Chapter 13 of Agenda 21. This highlight has permitted the creation of numerous organization dedicated to the preservation and the valorization of mountain territories and people. Europe?s mountain ranges have similar issues to other mountain ranges on the rest of the planet. Ecosystems are in danger, as well as the quality of life of mountain people. In spite of Chapter 13, Mountains are still in critical condition, because of the climate challenge but also because of the economic conditions (crisis, lack of access to services). Moreover, ?one size fits all? policies do not take into account Mountains added costs and specificities. To sum up, Mountains deserve a specific attention but they are still too often considered as only rural or strictly marginal. AEM has been contributing to the European debate for more than 20 years. Our association has called for a better acknowledgment of mountain specificities within European policy making. For a long time, policies related to mountain territories have mainly focused on tourism and agriculture (e.g. natural disadvantage compensations from the CAP). However, AEM?s lobbying has contributed to a shift. Indeed, the Lisbon Treaty (adopted in 2009) now grants a specific attention to regions with a permanent natural or demographic disadvantage, such as mountain regions (art.174). Mountains are also naturally considered as a key element of the EU official objective of territorial cohesion (art.3). As a consequence, it is now established in the Treaty that European mountain territories should benefit from a particular attention from all of EU sectoral policies (art. 175). Green Growth and mountain regions In 2010, the European Union has launched a new global strategy. Europe 2020 defines EU's priorities for the next 10 years which are gathered in three broad objectives: smart, inclusive and green growth. Green economy is also the main theme on RIO +20 agenda. AEM fully agrees on the fact that a new model of sustainable development must be set up in order to tackle the climate change challenge. AEM has lead numerous works that prove that mountain territories have a lot of assets regarding this objective and, hence, will have a role to play at the EU but also at the global level. Besides agriculture and tourism, mountain assets are obvious: they include most of the water resources (which implies most of the hydroelectric production), a large part of the wood industry, many specialized and precision industries, flexicurity as a result of pluriactivity and seasonality, local development through formation and a great biodiversity, The economic profile of mountain regions is deeply linked to environment, biodiversity and landscape, while at the same time ecological innovation and green growth are becoming a major dynamic at the European and international level (as RIO +20 proves it). AEM argues that mountain ranges have to renew and promote their economic potential considering their environmental assets and their traditional know how. Of all territories, mountain regions are aware of the importance of the mitigation and the adaptation to climate change. This issue has to trigger new model of endogenous development. Such sustainable development must be based on mountain assets, be well balanced between preservation of ecosystems, as it will be a key element to green growth and the production of carbon free energy. Because of its specificities and its wealth in natural asset, mountain territories can become pilots for new initiative based on green growth and social inclusion. However, the environmental challenge is far from being abstract. It implies that every territory, every ecosystem, must be taken into account and must be the target of tailor made policies. As a result, mountain people and stakeholders have to be associated to the policy making in a broad multilevel governance based system. Multilevel governance, cooperation and territorial cohesion AEM calls for the setting up of a multilevel governance that associate every level of government and stakeholders to the policy making. In Europe, ?one size fits all? policies that do not take into account the territory have proved to be misadapted, with the failure of the Lisbon Strategy. This type of governance could also be implemented at the global level for environmental issues. New academic works lead by the University of Geneva on Regional Environmental Governance show that cooperation between regions with the same ecosystem is mandatory to tackle climate change and shape adapted policies. Mountain ranges have the particularity to be often transboundary. They request a special type of governance that could then be implemented at a global scale. Once again, mountain ranges request cooperation, which will be a key element for the success of RIO +20 and the following initiatives. However, such a model is not ?mountain exclusive? and should be applied at a global scale. With the Lisbon Treaty, the European Union has adopted a new objective: territorial cohesion. This aim goes hand in hand with the need of multilevel governance and cooperation. Territorial cohesion stipulates has assets and should then contribute to EU strategies. No region should be left behind as every territory has potentials. To achieve this, a key element is the concept of functional area. Each area should be defined according to its territorial cohesion. The actual EU debate on macroregional strategies is another sign of this tendency. Macro regions aim at creating more synergies between the various strands of the cohesion policy, in a more efficient and relevant way than with segmented sectorial policies. There is a clear interregional added-value regarding the European territorial challenges "transform diversity into strength" and development of macro-regional strategic approaches that clearly fits to mountain ranges. The integration of policies, the acknowledgment of territorial cohesion both go beyond traditional administrative border would also be great inputs to RIO +20. Conclusion AEM understands that RIO +20 will not include mountain orientated initiatives, as the earth summit did. However, in order to reach a model of endogenous development, mountain ranges need reinforcement and development of regional, national and international (multilevel) governance that articulate Mountains and lowlands, facilitate transboundary coordination and support capacity building and the exchange of good practices for innovation and sustainable development. Mountain territories are different. They need a specific attention granted by the Earth Summit even if it has not been sufficient, as mountain ranges are still treated as marginal environments. Green economy and the new focus on environment is positive news for mountain ranges. They have a lot of assets to valorize. But environmental issues imply a new model of governance and a focus on each territory specificity. Since 1991, AEM brings together elected representatives, from mayors to members of the European Parliament, local and regional authorities from mountain areas, as well as various similar networkds. AEM gathers, directly and indirectly, members from 12 000 municipalities, 100 provinces, 50 regions from 11 European Member States. The composition of the Executive Board is based on a political and geographical balance.


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Arizona State: Returning 10-game winner ... great change-up and competitiveness ... will log many innings for the Sun Devils this year ... mid-80s fastball.
1999 (Junior): Posted a 10-3 record for the Devils ... became first 10-game winner since 1995 ... led the pitching staff in wins (10), innings pitched (114.2), strikeouts (103), starts (18), complete games (4) and shutouts (3) ... held opponent batters to a .238 average ... began the season pitching back-to-back complete game shutouts ... pitched 21 consecutive scoreless innings before giving up a run ... Pac-10 Pitcher of the Week for Mar. 16 ... pitched a complete game three-hit shutout of Oklahoma (3/14) ... struck out a career-high 13 batters on two occasions (vs. Utah and BYU) ... became the 28th pitcher in ASU history to throw a complete game two-hitter vs. Hawaii-Hilo (1/23). College: Attended Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah from 1997-98 ... his freshman year, batted .356, mainly as a first baseman and was 1-0 with one save and an 8.76 ERA in 13 appearances ... went 5-for-6 with two doubles in a 26-14 win over Utah ... sophomore season, batted .238 with 11 doubles and 4 homers ... on the mound, was 2-1 with a save in eight appearances.
High School: A 1996 graduate of Flagstaff High School in Flagstaff, Ariz. ... three-year letter winner in baseball ... captain of baseball team in 1996 ... three time All-City ... three time first team All-Conference ... a first team All-State selection.
Personal: Majoring in biology and business ... parents are Gene and Liz Waldrip of Flagstaff, Ariz. ... has one sister, Julie (26) and one brother, Joey (19) ... enjoys golf, skiing and fly-fishing ... born February 16, 1978 in Flagstaff, Ariz. ... full name is Will T. Waldrip.
Career Highs IP: 9.0 4X last vs. Oklahoma, 3/14/99 K: 13 2X last vs. Brigham Young, 2/18/99


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We were all dressed up for a party on a Saturday night, my husband and I, waiting for our son's longtime babysitter to arrive, when the phone rang. The woman on the line announced that our sitter was in the hospital, told us where and the barest bones of why, then hung up. Geoff and I looked at each other, suddenly sick with worry. First, of course, for our sitter, who has cared for our seven-year-old son since he was born—would she be OK? And next, for the fragile scaffolding of our lives. What about Monday and Tuesday, when we both had packed schedules, and Wednesday, when I was due to leave for a five-day business trip? Would she be better? And if not, what on earth were we going to do?
Back up 44 years. In 1969, the year before I was born, my parents moved from New York to Los Angeles. After struggling to find a job, despite two master's degrees, my mother started as a Christmas clerk at Bullock's before getting hired in her field, as a librarian at the University of Southern California. I was looked after by babysitters until I was nine, when I became a latchkey kid, like many of my fellow Gen Xers. As I was growing up, my mother would tell me, "Jennifer, when you were born, I couldn't wait to get back to work!"
She was proud of her career and her financial independence, and because of her, working has never felt like a choice to me. It's a given. Automatic, like paying taxes. I've had one job or another since I was 14, and I've supported myself since I graduated from college at 22. I love being a magazine editor. But when I got pregnant at 34, people in my office kept asking if I would return after maternity leave. They seemed to think I was being coy when I said "Of course!" and they looked surprised when I walked in 12 weeks after my son was born and powered up my computer, as if I'd ever been anything but clear about my intentions. Except why wouldn't they wonder? Two other women were pregnant the same year I was, and neither came back to her job.
At the time, I didn't think about it much. I was too busy trying to figure out how to breast-feed and get my work done and manage it all on five hours of sleep. I never questioned my decision to work, and I also didn't question theirs not to. One woman returns to the office after maternity leave; another doesn't. Why does it matter? Isn't one path as valuable as another? I was naive to think it was so simple. For women, the decision whether to work outside the home or raise kids full time is the ultimate manifestation of assumptions about femininity, motherhood, marriage and finance. And like it or not, it's our first salvo in the mommy wars.
Let's be clear: It is a privileged group of women and men who ever confront this decision. Many don't have anything approaching a financial choice when it comes to working. Others have children whose health problems dictate that someone be there to manage their care. The issue is further distorted by socioeconomic class: One mother stays home because child care for her kids would cost more than she could possibly earn or because she can't find appropriate employment; another stays home but has full-time help and plenty of money left over. There is a danger in lumping people together too categorically.
Except that schools do tend to lump people together. And so when my son toddled off to a nursery program at the age of three, I began to experience the gulf between working mothers and stay-at-home mothers (though we know that all these women work), between the ones who treated maternity leave as temporary and those who caromed off it into a new life. My son's school is lovely and sweet, and I feel grateful to have him there. Still, these days schools require a lot of volunteering and chaperoning and class-mommying. There are presentations on bullying to attend and potlucks to host and end-of-the-year gifts to arrange. For any parent, it's a never-ending expression of personal values. In which of your commitments will you invest the most time?


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The Lexington Police Department on Tuesday identified the three people who died in the early Sunday morning fiery car accident on Central Avenue.
Tacarro Nicole Pate, 30, of Jessup St., Shedarrius Letralle Pate, 24, of Jessup Street, and John Gabriel-Lamont Roseborough, 35, 719 Dawn Circle, Charlotte, died in the accident, according to a news release from the LPD.
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Here's the now famous interview with Bill and Fiasco. Enjoy! #wordsineversaid
Plus if Obama is in another country, with usage of violence and threats to intimidate or coerce, especially for (the united states) political purposes. Also using the state of fear and submission, to get them to sub-due, is it or is it not Terrorism?! Because that is what they call a terrorist, regardless of where you are ad who you do it for. And that nigga Obama is not doing it for the people.
Bill O'Reilly Shut The Fuck UP!!! Trying to protect these people, that fuck everything up. Your defending them, and sooner or later their gonna screw you over in the long run anyway. Simply, because your nobody, and even if you were somebody, what makes you think they care about you. When you eat the same poisoned foods, you breathe the same polluted air, and you drink the same dirty ass water regardless of the cycle.FUCKIN IDIOT!!!
i agree as well. i greatly appreciate what you do lupe fiasco. and your right we have to take action towards this and the people should have the right to speak and think what we want
Lupe thanks for speaking your mind and the fact that you have a great number of listeners it freaking great! I totally agree that this "War on Terrorism" is a bunch of bullshit too and not because I am a fan but because I am peaceful as well. How much money does it cause to have war? And how much of it comes from tax payers. Obama is another puppet controlled by the FDIC and IMF meaning every single big bank in the world. Money runs our government believe it or not. They try to control people on fear. The fact that you got invited for an interview is only evidence that your movement is powerful and moving! Obama pledged on taking down greed on wall street during his campaign which is why i voted for him. But he has only supported their actions causing tax payers to pick up the tab on investment screw ups. Lupe's problem is not only that he's peaceful, is that he's a threat because of his great support from the people. It happens to every great speaker who speaks their mind and is able to wake people up into reality. Just take a look at America's history with great speakers black or white that promote non-violence, equality, and peace.
Fallacious does not mean, and is not synonymous with "wrong." It is a word used to describe a person's faulty logical reasoning i.e. "Your argument is fallacious". Ironically, a fallacious argument can still have the correct viewpoint. Example: Five and five make ten...I'm right because everyone else agrees with me. That is a fallacious argument. The fallacy is called "the bandwagon fallacy" or "argumentum ad populum." This logical argument is invalid because in short terms, just because everyone else agrees with you, you are not necessarily correct (everyone could be wrong). The 5+5=10 argument is indeed fallacious, however 5 plus 5 really does equal 10. Fallacious or not, it is true; it doesn't take a mathematician to know that. However, it does take a mathematician to come up with a valid logical argument. Anyway, fallacious means faulty logic. It does not mean the position in an argument you support is incorrect. Do some research before embarrassing yourself on your own show Mr. O'Reilly
Lupe you are one hell of a speaker. Really makes me begin to think and I used to completely disagree with everything you said.
I understand Lupe's points, but there are two things that upset me about this interview. 1. the whole fallacious thing, it was rude and unnecessary for O'Reilly to stereotype his GUEST like that. Especially after constantly interrupting him 2. The word terrorist. Yes, he has a right to call Obama and every president before him one, and I completely agree. However, maybe I'm just uninformed, but I think the "youth of America", including myself, is not ready...quite yet to tag ourselves as such. Which says a lot about how deep nationalism is in our country. Terrorist is a word used to stereotype others, and it has impact. It bothered me, but I think it's a good thing that we have people who aren't afraid to show America it's bad sides. I guess I was just shocked. Overall, fantastic job. O'Reilly could probably learn a few things from Lupe.
That was funny I always find it amusing that when trying to express a certain point of view that isn't the norm people try to instantly shoot you down....Lupe is a voice of the people or at least a voice of justice..and I wish more people saw issues of the world with a more open mind and an ability to possibly see that maybe the majority thought process is flawed.
the government's responsibility is not to protect us. their responsibility is to protect our freedoms!
Lupe is completely right and fuck the government fuck Illuminati they dont give a shit about us and along with lupe other artist are outlashing against them. people just dont pay close enough attention to what the government says and does we just trust them to much and let them do what ever the fuck they want. its about love! and we all need to start realizing that or were fucked.
o'reilly didn't give him a chance to prove his point, and think about it: how many other popular rappers can speak their opinion about politics like Lupe?
So sad that O'Reilly brings Lupe on his show to answer questions about statements he previously made and does not even let him explain his point of view. I understand exactly what Lupe is trying to say with the statement he made, and it is even more sad that someone who broadcasts political information every week will not acknowledge Lupe's truth; instead he tries to make Lupe look like a fool by trying to focus on only the tiny, and I do mean tiny, amount of negativity in his statement while ignoring the bigger picture which is the positivity of spreading knowledge. Remember that knowledge is power and ignorance is bliss, which do you think O'Reilly prefers?
O'really was an idiot to begin with, but it looks as if old senility is catching up with him as well.
Lol some people really have a hard time "listening" and enjoy making annoying faces when someone talks, unless terrible facial surgery gone wrong and they should probably fix there hearing problem ,ohh dear... other then that, O'whatever, is pretty much a'whatever. He talks but I guess he's extremely worried about "wrong messages to young adults", and hopes that we don't have a brain in our heads. I guess meeting Lupe got him very scared.. thinking about that makes me smile :) Luv ya lots LUPE!!!!
Whats the point of an interview if you only let the person half answer the questions you ask them? O'Reilly tries his best to make Lupe look like a fool by talking over the top of him so that Lupe ends up giving irrational arguments and starts shouting rather than debating or clearly explaining his thinking. Interviewers do this all the time to people that they invite onto their shows just to try and make them look stupid, especially when its via satellite so that they can easily 'control' the situation. Have a think about the only other times you see musicians (particularly rappers) on news programs. Generally they appear in handcuffs or are involved with some sort of bullshit scandal. I think its funny that this is the reason why Lupe is not as 'famous' as other rappers (Lil Wayne, etc) even though his talent and music far exceeds his peers. Hip Hop artists seem to be easily promoted based on the amount of time spent behind bars. I may be Australian but i think rap should be a lot to do with social commentary and people sharing their stories and views. This does not require cash, your assets (including hoes) and sexual positions to be the bulk of you lyrical content. Lupe knows he has a voice that can be heard and puts it towards bettering the world. I think Lupe's goal is to constantly put pressure on the government and spread that message among young people. We should not be daft as to the reasons why the government does what it does. Keep doing what you do Lupe cause you do it so well...
just because the gov believes they"re doing the right thing doesnt make it so. And i think its funny how o"reilly says that lupe fiasco is sending out the wrong message to young adults. im sure he has heard his song "words i never said" but obviously he doesnt identify with it..WHY????...because he has a mind of his own...is he trynna say that younger generations are incapable of thinking for themselves?..i wonder. one more question...how is WAR sending out the RIGHT message to the WORLD?????....its okay to kill each other...its okay to go to another country (someone else home) and kill innocent ppl, destroy lives and dreams???..its okay to make other ppl feel how we felt when 911 happened?...i say it isnt. peace is just a dream...but "rappers" put it out there for us to know that we're not alone. i dont believe in politics because every politician hides behind a suit an tie...i love lupe fiasco because right or wrong he speaks his mind. i believe in that!
I have the utmost respect and adoration for Lupe, but his commentary on Obama's foreign policy was a bit inflammatory. I understand the basis for such a label ("Obama is a terrorist"), but to word it in such a way was not the most intelligent decision, and proved to be a divisive statement even among Lupe fans. He should have made it clearer, initially, that the comment was in reference to the United States destruction of the Middle East. While I believe he defended himself adequately, the radical nature of his statements and the subsequent lack of justification for them led to him being categorized (by O'Reilly and his supporters at least) as another ill-informed and unintelligent rapper. IE. "What you just said is fallacious, that means it's wrong."
Obama is garbage, every president, every politician no matter what they are democratic, repub, liberal, black, white, red, brown, it dosen't fucking matter, they are all in it for the same reason, they are all liars, war whores. the only difference there is is that they each have a different way of selling you a lie. So when elections come in2012 what liar are you voting for?
Great job articulating a well formed argument. For the record I do have Political Science degree and happen to agree with Lupe. Terrorism does not have one simple distinct definition. Attacking other countries because it is in your best interest, or as Mr. O'Reily put " because he thought it was the right thing to do", is still nothing more than terrorism. You could even make the argument that everyone does everything because they think it the right thing to do, even true terrorist. There is a bigger message to what Lupe is trying to present. I feel that generating a culture of fear in which we are not allowed to speak our thoughts for fear or persecution is the true idea that we are trying to avoid. There are countries that exist where people are not allowed to criticize the government especially in a public forum such as this. Overall, great job defining your message and staying to the topic of discussion.
@cjames I can be honest I like the president, he is in a tough spot to make critical decisions based on the needs of the nation, on the acts of past presidents, and on the conduction of business. I am HAPPY we have him for a sense of politcal justice. I hate the burden that sits on his shoulder, however lupe stated the government as a whole is corrupt so its not just a finger pointing session at obama. Soon obama will be out the chair and he can relax knowing that the critisim and stress is no longer upon him. Like you said he is trying to do the Right thing. Orielly was stupid to back track on fallacious reasons of why we are still there. Good win lupe fiasco!
Lupe. (Clears throat) Wasalu, you have fallen to the dark side, and for doing such you will pay. You will pay.
Our Tropps are still in Iraq and they will be there for a long period of time! and the criticism comes from the past presidents, OBAMA is a great president, Personally i think they all get orders from someone else so who really runs the world
@FNF^Fiasco You do realize that Obama pulled our troops out of Iraq, and is going to make an announcement that he is pulling troops from Afghanistan Right??? This man (Obama) has done almost everything the RIGHT way, yet he gets more criticism than any other president I can ever remember.
This shit is fucking awesome everything I would have said you said it, and i'm sure you would have shared more of the same thoughts if dickmouth didn't keep interupting you. Everything that supposedly started this war is done...... So why the fuck are we there, I have four buddies I grew up with in Iraq and Afganistan... I asked him "Who are the people that shoot at you the most?" He answered "Its actually IP" Do you think maybe it could be that they don't want our help and to leave them the fuck alone?
Lupe address american terrorism since his first album food and liquor song titled America Terrorist hence bush was in office. He also stated presidents before obama where terrorist in that frame of definition. I admit it was direct and blunt. But why sugar coat. Most wars are admirable as patriotic retaliation, however we deprive nations of trying to govern themselves only to conduct our business interests. So after protecting our nations wifes and kids we act upon the resource or assets we have in that nation. Anyway obamas half black in a since his musliamic. In addition he said qouted in his lyrics israel don't tke his side because of their acts of terrorism. Now since bush had a legitament reason for being in iraq hussain and laden capture or annihilation. That's done and finished. So why are we still there? That's what lupe is addressing really. For me we are fighting rebels whom are defending their home land. We would do the same
@JaToTheYz My eyes ARE open and I'm not liking what I see. Do I think all the wars we are engaged in are just? Hell No. I disagree with most of them, but I do believe we have to seek out those that want to harm innocent civilians and deal with them accordingly. My main thing is all the self hate, and my main gripe isn't about the war. I personally don't agree with war, my disappointment is that we have a black man in the White House doing the best he can to keep you safe and represent for us as black people, yet we do whatever we can to help these racist white people to bring him down including calling him the most disrespectful things we can like "Terrorist". Where was Lupe and the rest of these critics when Bush was in office blowing up everything in site? Talking sh*t to themselves. Subconsciously we see a black man in office and that imbedded self hate starts to come out. Crabs in a Barrel. "It's easy to criticize and say what YOU would do when you DON'T have the weight of a Nation depending on you." I love black people, but I hate Ni**as Chris Rock
couldn't make it through the interview as O'Reily and FOX News makes me sick. Lupe should go on Democracy Now!
@CJAMES Yea and in a perfect world that would be wonderful but how quickly you forget that the United States have been doing this for years to other countries...but just because our country does it and calls our opposition "terrorist's" and "rebel's" we believe the terrorism our country commits is just. It's not, open your eyes.
To everybody saying the President is a Terrorist because of violence and intimidation, you are idiots! How quick you forget about 9/11 how quick you forget about all the other instances of these groups trying to kill you, your kids, and your way of life. If a group of people come to your house and attack you and your children and say they will continue doing so until your family is wiped out, would you defend your family? Would you use violence if you had too? Of course you would, but according to many of you, this is considered "Terrorism". I call total Bull Sh*t! These people attacked us on our soil! Is this country and our president suppose to just sit back and take it? Hell no, somebody attacks you, then you go hit em in the mouth and let it be known that you aren't to be fu*ked with or else they will see you as weak and continue to attack you. Whether or not all the tactics are right, our President (your terrorist) is trying to protect you and your rights regardless of how ignorant they are.


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Park City Angels founders Ted McAleer, Andrew Gutman and Dan McPhun
As the economy continues to struggle, a group of guardian angels are investing in Park City companies, which in turn, helps locals get back to work.
Park City Angels, who invest in local seed companies, receives nearly 400 applications every year from Utah entrepreneurs looking for investments to help grow their businesses from the early stages. Members end up picking about five businesses each year to take a chance on and help push the brands. If the company is successful, Angels see a return on investments.
So far, the Angels have invested $13.65 million in 33 companies, including Park City hot spot High West Distillery.
The group meets regularly all over Park City, including the Glenwild Club and Utah Olympic Park, to discuss the merits of companies they think will succeed. "It could be a medical company, a clean tech company or any type of technology," says Dan McPhun, a program co-founder and venture capitalist. "And they all come from Utah."
When the group invites a company to an interview, the member with the most experience in that company's field usually leads the discussion. "That's an advantage to having an investment network with so many industry executives, here in Park City," says Ted McAleer, co-founder of Park City Angels and executive director of the Utah Science Technology and Research initiative (USTAR). "There's nowhere else in Utah that has that."
McPhun and McAleer came up with the idea to form the Angels about six years ago, trying to find a way to get the Park City investor community to take an interest in Utah deals. Joined by fellow founders Andrew Gutman and Stan Kanarowski, they got the group running one year later. Now the group is catching on and growing fast. As of Dec. 31, 2012, they had 71 dues paying members, but started that year with 42.
Angels also offer local companies guidance. "We learned that through the world of hard knocks," McPhun says. "We have to be more active and participate, almost managing the company or being involved in information rights to protect and secure our asset."
To be an Angel, you have to own property in Park City or Summit County and be an accredited investor—meaning the Securities and Exchange Commission knows you have a net worth of at least $1 million or earned $250,000 per year for three consecutive years.
Looking for an investment? Visit parkcityangels.com. For tips on landing it, visit Park City Angel member Marco Messina's blog, angelpitchguy.com.


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*In 1997, former Sun Devil defensive back Mike Haynes became the third ASU player elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame. He joined John Henry Johnson and Charley Taylor in the Hall.
*He became the second Sun Devil inducted into College Football's Hall of Fame in December of 2000 and also had his No. 40 retired at the Nov. 4, 2000, ASU vs. USC football game.
*The fifth overall selection by the New England Patriots in the 1976 NFL Draft he was selected to play in nine Pro Bowls, the second most by an ASU player. He was also a member of the Raiders Super Bowl XV and XVIII champion squads.
*In his four seasons on the collegiate gridiron, Haynes was a two-time All-America and three-time all-Western Athletic Conference selection.
*Led the nation by picking off 11 passes his junior year, second-best all-time at ASU.
*In 1975, Haynes' senior season, ASU enjoyed its most successful season in school history, going 12-0 and finishing second in the wire service polls.
*Snared 17 career interceptions, also second-best all-time at ASU. He was also an exceptional kick returner, fielding a school-record 46 punts in 1974 and scoring twice off punt returns in 1975.


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Novasep is reporting the opening of a new 2,000 square meter facility in Shanghai's Pudong district. The site is expected to boost Novasep's process development and engineering capabilities to cater to Chinese and East Asian demand.
Novasep launched its previous facilities in Shanghai in 2006 and says that it quickly outgrew the site as it doubled its staff to almost 50 between 2010 and 2012. The expanded site now includes 800 m2 dedicated to innovation and process development through new laboratory, piloting, and FAT testing areas.
Novasep has seen continued growth in demand in East Asia for its design and supply of purification technologies and integrated processes in batch and continuous membrane filtration, ion exchange, and chromatography. Novasep is also facing increasingly challenging purification requests, driven by the need for life science industries to reach maximum throughput with low capital and production costs as well as minimum environmental impact.
The increased innovation capabilities at the Shanghai site will allow Novasep to meet this demand and advance on the 50 purification processes already developed by Novasep in Shanghai. By increasing engineering capabilities, Novasep will expand output for its turnkey purification process solutions for its key markets of biologic drugs, pharmaceuticals, and industrial biotech.
Novasep is a global provider of solutions to produce active molecules at the required purity. Its offerings include process development services, purification equipment and turnkey processes, contract manufacturing services, and complex active molecules to serve pharmaceutical, biopharmaceutical, agrochemical, fine chemical, food and functional ingredients, as well as white biotechnology industries. Besides Shanghai the company has 12 global synthesis and process sites in France, U.S., Germany, Belgium, and the Bahamas.
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Rasheed Powers Women's Basketball to 72-68 Win at UC Riverside
A 20-point first half rally and 19 Niveen Rasheed points powered the Princeton women's basketball team to a 72-68 victory over UC Riverside Friday evening in Riverside, Calif. With the win, the Tigers improve to 3-1, while the Highlanders fall to 3-2.
Princeton opened the game with the initial momentum, seeing a 4-0 run from Rasheed and Kate Miller in the opening minute; however the early run was not sustained.
UC Riverside responded to even things up, 7-7, at 16:03 off a Natasha Hadley jumper. From that point forward both sides would battle for control of the game.
After nearly two scoreless minutes, UCR took the lead for the first time, 10-7, at 11:39. A rattled Princeton side, had to regain its bearings and work to reestablish its pace in the game.
Down 15-10 at 11:39, Rasheed ignited a 20-point rally over a six-minute run. During that span, freshman and Southern California native Michelle Miller buried a two of her three triples in the game to put distance between Princeton and UC Riverside.
The Tigers went into halftime holding a 41-29 advantage.
Similar to the first half, Princeton would see the early surge, going up as high as 52-39 at 14:58, but it was not prolonged.
UC Riverside tested the Tigers' lead with a 13-5 run heading into the midpoint of the half, to chop down Princeton's once double figure lead to 57-52 at 10:31.
With 8:08 to play, freshman Annie Tarakchian buried a shot from range to set up a 9-4 run and reestablish Princeton's double digit advantage, 68-57.
Unabated, UCR remained persistent to remain within range behind Brittany Crain three-pointer at 4:14. Crain had 20 points to lead the Highlanders.
The Tigers managed to deflect Riverside's ensuing offensive rallies, to preserve the victory.
Rasheed finished the game with her second double-double in as many contests, going 8-for-18 from the field for 19 points and she grabbed 12 rebounds. Scoring in double figures for the first time of her career was freshman Alex Wheatley, who was 6-for-7 from the field and had 13 points.
The Tigers utilized a 45-34 rebounding differential, including grabbing 18 offensive boards to convert into 18-second chance points. Princeton shot 42.2 percent (28-for-66) from the field to UCR's 39.6 percent (21-for-53). The Highlanders did dominate from beyond the arc, going 55.6 percent (10-for-18).
Princeton heads next to face No. 19/22 UCLA on Sunday, Nov. 25 at 4 p.m. ET. The Bruins are coming off a 76-64 loss to No. 5 Notre Dame Friday, falling to 2-1 on the year.


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It's one thing to strop on the Asian daughter shackles onto a teenage girl who doesn't know better than to lust after a career in porn. It's a complete other to go Mullah on a 32-year old professional woman with a superior feminist complex. I mean... do I LOOK like an impressionable twat?
For those of you who haven't seen me, the answer is- no, I do not. I'm quite prude and scary in a fair, fat way.
The good fellow I'm dating is one of the nicest, most down to earth, sensitive blokes I know. All my friends, in fact, feel sorry for him, having found him latched onto me. Compared to the imbeciles I've been with in the past, this one is a complete jackpot in the chivalrous, respectful and sweet department. So you can imagine how maddening it is when my Father takes it upon himself to spew utter rubbish about the poor man to anyone and everyone he meets. In the last 8 years, this wonderful, wonderful, long suffering bloke has been subjected to the vilest harrasment possible, with rumours about his character being spread to the far ends of the earth by none other than my precious parents. They've managed to concoct filth about him being a shady drug pusher, an addict, a two-bit unemployable johnny who is apparently sponging off me, a criminal and a whole host of lovely labels that I do not care to detail out here.
I put up with it through the first two years of dating, assuming it was the natural order of things with Sri Lankan parents. But when the two years stretched to 8 and in the interim they started pulling out all stops in the nasty department for no known reason, it started to get on my last nerve. And it's a very fragile nerve, that one.
I can deal with them nagging at me about the state of my room, my hair and my hemline. What I cannot stand is them taking liberties to play with another person's life and reputation when they have no right to. It can be my boyfriend or someone else's next door neighbour, I don't care; there are some levels to which one does not stoop. They put this poor chap through hell for just existing. Not only have they created absurdities about him, but also blame him for every thing I do that has nothing to do with him, too. Every single action of mine is directly co-related to his evil influence on me.
For fuck's sake.
Two years back dearly beloved's mother passed away after a battle with cancer. You'd think the decent thing to do would be to at least put aside your prejudices for a single day and attend your daughter's boyfriend's mother's funeral. But no, they chose to bastardize that too, spreading ugly stories about his family and getting pissy at members of my extended family who chose to attend the funeral. So much for me expecting them to come around in times of tragedy.
Before you impart advice on how to deal with this situation, trust me, I have. I have done everything possible, from trying to speak with my parents (letters, e-mails, direct conversations both nice and not-so-nice) to seeking intervention from the family priest in the hopes that my dad would at least listen to a man of the Lord. But apparently, even the Lord's servant has been adversely influenced by the demon that is my boyfriend. The Boyfriend's tried addressing the issue with my parents himself too, but to no avail. Not only have they point blank refused to meet with him even ONCE in the last 8 years to at least see what his face looks like before they form opinions about his character, but every other attempt he and his family have made to break the ice have been met with nothing but the most cruel responses.
I just do not get it.
To add insult to injury, my parents go out of their way to rub it into me as to how this treatment is specially saved just for my relationship and no other. My brother, for example, has recently procured himself a girlfriend who they can't get enough of. Myyyyy... you should see the way they fall over themselves cooking dinners for her and going to tea parties with her family. It's great that the poor child has not been subjected to any hassle, but I just cannot find it in myself to sit comfortably and play happy families when any of this unbelievable fawning goes on. It will take some time for me to adjust to how my mother, who after years of prudely opining that a girl going to boy's house is the next best thing to a cheap Thai hooker (in reference to me visiting my boyfriend in broad daylight), is suddenly beside herself with joy when my brother's girlfriend pops over at night and stays long after dinner up in HIS BEDROOM.
Look, I know this all sounds like your typical girly rant about daddy-Vs.-darling issues, but the thing is, come on, noh? I'm 32, goddamit. At some point of time you have to trust me with making my own goddamn decisions in this world. It's not like I'm even close to the TYPE of woman who'd fall for a drug-pushing spongebob. Nothing about me or my history indicates that I can't make a responsible (if not overtly paranoid) decision. Furthermore, the boyfriend himself has been nothing but an absolute showcase of ethics and maturity throughout all these years, not once putting a foot wrong and proving my father correct in any of his accusations. He's even been unrealistically patient with all this, when he has had enough reason to lodge a complaint against my parents for harassment and causing emotional harm. in fact, I've advised him several times to do just that- take my dad to courts for the vicious slander, but he refuses, sitting in the hopes that they will like him someday. Not happening, dude.
If you, like many others have, are thinking of advising me to move out of home and start controlling my own life, then I'm sorry but I've been there and bought the t-shirt already. four years ago I did take my life into my own hands and found a nice little place almost two doors down from my parent's home. And like all good, decent, broad-minded fathers do, mine decided to have chest pains and be rushed to the hospital as a result of the 'stress I was causing him by slapping him the face with my move'. My mother, the doctor and the rest of the world accused me of trying to kill my father.
And so ended the move, as well as the part of me that thus far thought I could ever be independant.
Sigh. So now what do I do? Every day just gets harder to cope. Boy is very nice to have stuck around this long after all this shit being meted out to him, but there's just so much he can do without causing further drama. He sits and twiddles his thumbs as we speak.
I, on the other hand, will explode any moment now. Can you hear the ticking?


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ZF-2677: magic data model class creation methods throwing error if class isn't in first registered 'classpath'
Changes committed in r7577 removed error suppression (@) from the include_once call in Zend_Loader:83. This was eliminated in order to make sure that parsing errors, etc are discoverable. The magic method __call handing of 'new*' for data model class creation depended on these errors being suppressed. Need to suppress these errors in Zend_Gdata_App and Zend_Gdata_Gapps.
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The Contingent Role of Managerial Ties in New VenturesMa, Yucheng; Li, Peter Ping (New York, 2014)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: Focusing on how resource structuring mechanisms and managerial ties influence organizational ambidexterity of new ventures in emerging economy, this study explores the effects of resource structuring mechanisms (i.e., resource acquiring and resource accumulating) on organizational ambidexterity. It further examines the moderating effects of managerial ties, (i.e., ties with other firms and ties with the government) on the above relationships. Survey data from China¡¯s 202 new ventures demonstrates that the resource acquiring has an inverted U-shaped effect whereas the resource accumulating has a U-shaped effect on organizational ambidexterity in new ventures. Further, because of the traditional culture and economic transition characteristics, new ventures actively leverage managerial ties as key social relations to obtain special resources or nurture business transactions. We propose that ties with other firms and ties with government can differently strengthen the effects of acquiring and accumulating on organizational ambidexterity. The results support our propositions URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8957
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Abstract: We construe a conceptual framework for responding effectively to true uncertainty in the business environment. We drill down to the essential micro-foundational capabilities - sensing and seizing of dynamic capabilities - and link them to classical strategic issue management theory with suggestions on how to operationalize these essential capabilities. By definition true uncertainty represents environmental conditions that are hard to foresee, which can catch the unprepared by surprise while presenting opportunities to the conscious organization. We demonstrate that organizations relying on aggregation of stakeholder sensing and predictions of emergent strategic issues can positively influence the two capabilities and help the firm adapt in the face of uncertainty and unpredictability. Robust measures predicating performance based on information from key stakeholders involved in the firm's core operations provide faster, more accurate, and updated insights about environmental developments identifying important strategic issues and solutions to them. This provides corporate decision-makers with a proactive tool in the quest for timely and effective strategic responses. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/9019
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Why Central Management Should Rely on Peripheral SensingPedersen, Carsten (Frederiksberg, 2014)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: In dynamic environments, competitive advantage lies in developing useful knowledge from continuous streams of unstructured and ambiguous data. Frontline employees and certain groups of customers are often the first to sense emerging issues of strate-gic importance due to their experiential insights of the firm's daily operations. Yet, they are rarely asked to provide updated information about critical issues. The present paper seeks to conceptually develop the notion of responsive innovation, by drawing on literary streams concerning collective sensing, strategic issue diagnosis and integra-tive strategy within a micro foundations perspective. It is posited that companies should root their innovation processes in the collective sensing of frontline-employees and customers that operate around the organizational periphery. This frames the con-cept of responsive innovation, where individuals engaged in the firm's ongoing busi-ness activities collectively identify issues that central managers can resolve. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8940
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Abstract: This paper explores the qualitative, subjective and contingent values of the Ancient Greek concept of Kairos, and argues its utility in developing an adaptive, pragmatic, persuasive and creative model of Strategic Leadership. A kairotic model of Leadership, we argue, is more coherent with current and future approaches to Strategy and to its spatiotemporal qualities. In the following we first present the concept of Kairos and discuss its relevance to Strategic Leadership and its challenges, we then introduce current conceptualizations of Strategy and their implications for Strategic Leadership, and finally synthesize these insights and the literature to gauge implications. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/9203
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Context, complexity and competenceClausen, Lisbeth; Worm, Verner (Frederiksberg, 2012)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: Asia (Japan, China, India and South East Asia) has a population of more than 2.5 billion people (a little less than half the world's population). Asia is diverse and complex but it is first of all an exciting place and accounts for a significant and increasingly large share of the global economy, boasting three of the ten biggest economies – China, Japan and India. It is the growth center of the current world economy, with two of the fastest emerging economies, China and India. The rapid development is partly because the countries have received huge amounts of foreign direct investments (FDI). In 2009 China alone received US $ 92 billion in FDI and China has more expatriates than any other country in the world (Welch, Welch & Worm, 2007). Many expatriates are also based in Japan, India and South East Asian countries such as Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia as well. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8599
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