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I am a contradiction.
My passionate, emotional side is often at odds with my cold, stoic side.
I am shy and quiet sometimes. Others, loud and boisterous.
I'm an analog guy living in a digital world. I don't know much about computers. I don't even own a computer. I don't have a cell phone or an iPod. I've never gone on Twitter. Yet, I love Youtube, have email, do the facebook, and love to websurf.
I am politically liberal. I believe in the death penalty.
I am obsessed with movies, music, art. Yet I rarely go to theaters, concerts or galleries (lately, anyway.) I love comic books, but rarely buy them. I don't play video games, but I do watch shows about and/or read about them.
I hate when people are late. I am frequently late myself.
I hate exercising. But I do it anyway.
I am a pessimistic optimist, or an optimistic pessimist.
I am artistic, intelligent, and quirky
I'm an artist, so I can draw things. How well?!? Better than some, not as good as others. I'm always striving for improvement. I think visually, so it also comes in handy for filming/photography.
I also have an uncanny knack for remembering random stuff. Movies, pop culture, politics, sports. Things just get stuck in my brain sometimes.
Lately, I seem to always get mistaken for being either a biker or a musician or a stoner. None of these really apply to me. It's gotta be the hair...
Movies: Amelie, Delicatessan, Citizen Kane, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Apocalypse Now, Rear Window, The Big Lebowski, American Psycho, Mulholland Drive, The Dark Knight, Vertigo, Touch of Evil, Lost Highway, Zodiac, Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World ...
TV Shows: (Current)Game of Thrones, The Daily Show, Countdown with Keith Olbermann, Colbert Report, Attack of the Show, Community, Justified, Dexter, Real Time With Bill Maher, Sons of Anarchy, Mad Men, Boardwalk Empire, Archer
(Past)Deadwood, The Office (UK), Rome, The Shield, BSG, The Sopranos, Firefly
Music: Mr. Bungle, Pixies, The White Stripes, The Doors, MGMT, The Strokes, Portishead, Beck, Muse, Wolfmother, The Beatles, The Shins, Queens of the Stone Age, The Breeders, Franz Ferdinand, Radiohead, The Black Keys, Mumford and Sons...
Food: I like food. I'm pretty much open to most things, but I'm not too fond of seafood. Favorites include pizza, chinese, mexican, indian.
India ink
Converse All-Stars
I think about art constantly. Sadly, I think about it more than I actually create it sometimes (but most art starts as an idea, right?)
I also think about movies alot. It's a bit of an obsession.
Oh, and technically, I'm left-handed, but actually, I'm ambi-dexterous.


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Two WONDERFUL interviews WHITLEY and RICHARD SMOLEY, thank you. I am including the story and YouTube that is also on the 'LATEST NEWS PAGE OF UNKNOWN COUNTRY.' There is an update to the story and at least for me, this feels synchronistic to the interview with Richard Smoley. So much right in front of our eyes, yet, we do not see it.
Whether this priest was human or a non-human or a human engaged in a practice most of us have no knowledge of, it is in every way a MIRACLE for this family.
"He came up and approached the patient, and offered a prayer. It was a Catholic priest who had ANOINTING OIL with him." .....William Henry has often talked about a mystical oil used in ancient times and as seen in this report/YouTube, anointing oils are still used in the Catholic Church.
Also, thinking of the meditation last night, moving out of the human limitations to experience our timeless selves.
Update: Emergency officials are still searching for the identity of the priest despite taking 80 pictures of the scene.
I highly recommend Gurdjieff's Aphorisms. You can find them easily on the internet for free. A good introduction to Gurdjieff's work is the book "The Fourth Way" by P.D. Ouspensky. I believe this is now available in PDF form. Ouspensky was not Gurdjieff, but was a gifted writer on the occult. He tried to codify Gurdjieff's work, but his writings are still valuable nonetheless.
Self-observation is a good form of psychic protection, as those who know themselves least are the most vulnerable to this form of attack.
Toward the end of the Subscriber's interview Richard mentioned Kundalini having an effect of tingling in the spine. This reminded me of something that has perplexed me all my life. I rarely mentioned it to anyone but occasionally I have asked physicians about it -- they never could identify this effect. It is a very pleasant sensation that usually is focused at the back of the head and only happens in specific situations. Hard to describe, really.
Recently I discovered a term that applies to this sensation. Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response (ASMR). I was so grateful to finally be able to find out what it was I thought I would pass it along,
Ah, thank you, Whitley, for having such a well-renowned Theosophist on the show. As a Theosophist, myself, it was very refreshing!
Being able to capture the pure sensations of ecstacy and keep them within oneself sounds fascinating.
I wanted to post this as a follow up regarding the 'Angel Priest.'
Mystery solved: 'Angel Priest' identified
The Archdiocese said Dowling, a native of (Kilkenny, Ireland), was ordained a priest of the Diocese of Jefferson City, Mo., in 1982. He has served at parishes in Moberly, Monroe City, Indian Creek, Milan, Unionville and Eldon, Mo., and in the diocese's mission parishes in (Marcona and Nasca, Peru). ICA PERU, IS ALSO NAMED IN THE WEBSITE BELOW. Some VERY interesting places.....
Controversial ICA STONES.....
Is there a part 2 for subscribers? If so where?

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Finance chiefs try to cope with a new cadre of finance and accounting employees who just can't sit still.
David M. Katz, CFO.com | US
October 29, 2007
Having recently graduated with an AAS in Accounting, I have found it very difficult to find a position in this market. I am not one of the young ones either. This will be my second career. The young people of today have no sense of what it will take to succeed. They want immediate results and do not look at long range plans.
Posted by Dora Blue | February 05, 2010 12:30 pm
I am in the twilight of my working years and see a great deal of misunderstanding on both sides of this debate. Many senior managers, and those at executive levels, are more interested in being bosses and less inclined to exercise good leadership. As stated in several of the responses hereto loyalty is a two-way street and starting down the street is the challenge of company management. Some people work to live and others live to work. Neither is right or wrong, that's just how it is. Manager's must understand that both types are in any given organization and lead their people accordingly to attain corporate goals. Both sides need to stop whinning, work together and get a life!
Posted by Thomas Morris | October 27, 2009 06:44 am
I have seen numerous articles along these same lines, and while I technically miss out on being lumped in with people born after 1982 by 5 years, I feel lumped in as well being one of the younger members of management at my company. I started out in public accounting and perhaps was unlucky, but my experience with three CPA firms was that they out and out lied to get candidates to accept jobs. I only worked for one of these three firms, for five years, and found that working there was getting me nowhere. The two times of the year that the CPA exam was offered typically came and went with me working from 7 in the morning until 10 or 11 at night and on weekends while I should have been allowed time to study for the exam. The "class" of recruits that I started with were gone by year three, I alone surviving because I was afraid to go somewhere else, such was the impression they had driven into our heads: "You're not worth more money, you don't work hard enough." After promises of bonuses, the final straw that broke the camel's back was my 5th and final tax season. I had billed over $150,000 inside of three months and was handed a $50 gift certificate for a dinner at a mediocre steakhouse for my troubles (11 hour average days). When searching for my next public accounting job, I was a bit naive and accepted a verbal offer from another firm, only to find out that the written offer was $10,000 less than the offer over the phone and they were unwilling to negotiate despite their broken verbal offer. Needless to say, I left public accounting and never looked back. You cannot instill loyalty in employees without showing some on the employer side. Firms today do not do this at all, in my experience. So please, baby boomers, get off your high horses. Our generation will work and work hard. We will not work indefinitely for a carrot on a stick that is not attainable.
Posted by Justin Green | October 30, 2008 02:34 pm
I see companies are distressed with "millenials" lack of loyalty to their employer. I do not think this generation will ever develop much of such loyalty. Too many saw their parents, or their parents' friends and relatives, downsized and formed an unspoken opinion, reinforced by their parents, to "never" depend on a company's loyalty. The job uncertainty did not have to happen to each family to make its way into our culture. I am afraid this is the price of the flexibility to right-size and change to adapt to market changes. Companies have to invest in the talent they have for the time they can keep those persons, and hope the rest of the market has done something similar.
Posted by Barrett Peterson | June 30, 2008 05:10 pm
I am one of the kids born in the early 80's, recruited by big accounting firms, and went to work for one. They discussed in recruiting the differences in generations. Other elders have mentioned what our generation is lacking. My mother and mother-in-law have both pointed out to me the problems of my generation in the workforce. I try to be objective and I do understand many of the issues. I often, like my peers, like to point to reasons the generation has turned out the way it has to come to an understanding. It often just comes across as excuses. Whatever the problems are, it is interesting to me what the older generation is trying to accomplish. The young generation likely feels like the criticism is an attempt to insult them into change and improvement. I feel lumped into a generation and insulted. This aricle seems to be insulting the younger generation. Assuming it's all true and the gen-Y just doesn't have the thick skin to accept it, what are older gen's accomplishing by appearing to be insulting and whining about how bad the next gen is. If our work sucks, give it to us straight, work with us, let us go, don't higher us, etc. Do something other than criticize and complain the generation! I guess this is how it is though. From my understanding of history it seems like generations often received flak from a previous generations and take little responsibility for the result of the generation they raised.
Posted by Jono Castleton | May 12, 2008 03:45 pm
Couldn't agree more with this article. Only problem is - this prima donna attitude is not limited to accounting by any means. I would venture to say the WHOLE CROP of newer graduates (with a few exceptions) have absolutely no loyalty or desire to maximize the workplace experience. RESPECT ME they say. When the heck did respect stop being something that was earned?? Maybe they should start by respecting their accomplished elders and trying to learn something instead of jumping around for a few extra dollars (and whining incessantly while doing it).
Posted by Roberta Dean | March 28, 2008 12:09 pm
Before you bemoan the "lack of commitment" of your junior staff members, ask yourself what steps you personally have taken to demonstrate your or your company's commitment to them!
Posted by STEPHEN BURNS | February 21, 2008 01:55 pm
I'm a Generation X'r and I LOVE accounting...auditing specifically. I do it because I get satisfaction from doing it well and I gladly welcome constructive criticism. My goal is to become and stay at the top of my game. The problem I find is that the respect is not given to those that work hard, but to those that know how to politic. In turn, its hard for those of us who put our noses to the grind on the daily...we're the outcasts that's trying to show up the rest. I'm looking for respect and a focus on hard work, not more money...but yes, I'll job hop to do it.
Posted by Pamela Hill | January 23, 2008 03:47 pm
There is a simple solution to this problem: Hire accounting and financial professionals who are seasoned and experienced (over 45). Let the problem of inexperience and immaturity be someone else's problem.
Posted by Craig Bothwell | November 05, 2007 09:32 am
Sounds to me like the CFO in the article does not have children in the educational system. She should not be surprised at the need for "atta kid" 's. Our whole society is based on micro-wave ovn quick, disposable relationships. After years in the educational system, it should no surprise that recent graduates want it all, and are prepared to get up and walk out when they perceive they are not getting it right away. Sometimes, you get the society you deserve.
Posted by Bernard Boona | November 02, 2007 08:27 am
During our "parents'" generation there was a thing called loyalty to a company. Those days are long gone, as "jobs" don't exist for the "millennium generation." It's called "projects," and once a project is completed, it's off to the next challenge and bigger bucks.
Posted by Andreas Droste | October 31, 2007 10:06 am
I find the current responses to this article to be myopic and totally miss the point. Loyalty?!! give me a break. Loyalty on both sides of the employer/employee relationship was NEVER there. I know it from both the blue collar and white collar perspective. I grew up in a blue collar union family where my father, put in over 30 years at the local GM plant. What the union fought for, the company tried to find every loophole possible to take away. The union rank and file had to use what my father called "unscrupulous" tactics to force the plant manager into honoring their committments. Not that the union rank and file were innocent. There where many who used their union connections to get lazy and underperform. The issue, properly highlighted in this article is the lack of motivation and lack of hunger this current crop of finance professionals posess. I know it first hand. I'm reviewing the work of a couple of first year staffers and it is clear they neither did much in the way of research, nor did they really care about the end product. Yet I'm suppose to give these kids attaboys and attagirls for the fine work they did. In reality, the work they did sucks All of the previous responses here, suggest that we somehow have the right to a good paying job. That corporate America owes us a job and a risk free ride through life...Bull S#it. Let me tell you what you have the right to...STARVE thats it. If you want it you need to go get it. Of course, the current crop of professionals simply want to network their way to the top. Seems thats the only real value they bring to the table. I've been a CPA since 1997, and I have 20 years in this profession. I got into it because I would be good at it NOT for the money. I'm damn good at it and will stack my MAC conference degree against any current Big Ten conference degree because I have one thing they don't...A Committment to excellence in client service and quality. All they give a damn about is their paycheck.
Posted by Guy Nevers | October 31, 2007 08:27 am
Ok, I'll spell it out: why should we show loyalty when corporations will layoff anytime to make the bottom line look better? No more post retirement benefits. No funded pension plans. Age discrimination. Working hours and environments that make accounting and finance departments look like sweat shops. Do you think we enjoy doing accounting? If you want the talent, you have to pay the big bucks, and then your work life balance needs to also be in line. After paying the big bucks, you better keep paying us because we are like NFL players in terms of free agency: we only have a short number of years to perform as corporate atheletes so we need to get the most comp before we get caught up in a career ending Enron or Arhtur Andersen event. Shame on you decision makers, you should go back to school and study the laws of supply and demand. If you do not give us the perks and comp we want, we WILL go somewhere else, so get used to it.
Posted by Working Pay | October 30, 2007 09:45 pm
I think this "new crop," which I consider myself part of, has seen with their parents and friends companies do what they must with lay-offs and downsizing; lose their jobs. I think the new crop is aware that they are expendable. Furthermore, the new crop has to deal with hitting AMT at an earlier age, inflated housing prices, looming student debts, alternative retirement funding, etc. The desctruction of the American dream for our generation has made us always keep our eye open for the next best situation to propel us economically forward. That's not to say that we are not loyal; we will show loyalty to organizations that provide us the right environment. But we have become what the old generation has sown.
Posted by Todd Transue | October 30, 2007 02:59 pm
I think much of the problem stems from loyalty from the company to the employees as well. There is no more 30 years, a pension, and a gold watch. As part of the millenium generation myself I see firms quick to layoff highly qualified employees as soon as there is any sign of a downturn, yet they expect their employees to stick by them with absolute loyalty. If you want your best to stay, make it worth their while. I bet if new graduates were offered a position with a guaranteed 5 years of employment with no chance for layoffs you'd find they would stay. I also think the end of the training program leads to discontent. Employees are thrown in and expected to learn by osmosis. No wonder we constantly need feedback, we have no idea if we're doing a good job with such minimal trainng on what success should look like.
Posted by Philip Hancock | October 30, 2007 11:44 am
With companies, being bought out and sold, or taken private or better yet constant reorganization, create an environment in which loyalty is a luxury. Current environment does not support longevity at employers. We are all entrepreneurs and business people and it would not be productive to one's own corporation not to take on a better opportunity with the potential of more reward. Employee loyalty is of thinking of the past. Furthermore, Corporate Finance & Accounting has done a terrible job in developing skills and talent for new works in the past to even foster employee loyalty and growth that is required today. They want worker bees but the bees are leaving the hive to find better hives to live and work.
Posted by Michael Kuczynski | October 30, 2007 09:12 am
Employers are reaping what has been sown for the past 20 plus years. Systematically the american corporations have increasing ly felt that no employee should expect job security. The attitude is "What have you done for me lately?" Goals are set out but not changed- if during the year situations change. The employers create an atmoshere that does not reward thinking - only adherance to the "company POLICY". Computers allow micro managing that was never available before . Therefore, employees are not encouraged to solve problems- only check with policy or some one higher-up. Then you have the higher-ups whinning that they have to mentor (micro manage their employees). Solution: Provide meanigful training, assign jobs that allow for growth , mentor- don't micro-manage, work with the employee by providing meaningful job experiences, pay a good wage (accountants are not salespeople- they actually worry about their future) and provide anatmosphere that allows them to grow without the threat of getting downsized, outsized or fired on a whim. If senior executives would actually manage the "big picture" and not attempt to micro manage everything they would be more efective and whine less.
Posted by Jeffrey Bartlett | October 29, 2007 09:09 pm
I concur with a previous post by another reader that loyalty of the employer to the employee influences employee loyalty to the employer. It's a two-way street, not a one-way street depicted in the article. Plus, business schools have taught that loyalty has changed. Thus, it is ingrained from education, which influences attitudes and behaviours of both employers and employees. Similarly, we must look at organizational dynamics. Does the employer provide the best possible workplace, especially in terms of civility? If not, why would anyone want to work at Organization A when Organization B might be better? It is common sense that mistreatment does not have to be endured in a sellers market. A good example is the largest public accounting firm. Not a great place to work based on hyper competitive work efficiency expectations and outcomes. Instead, better paced organizational work processes can be found that provide work life balance and a memory of social issues whilst working in an accounting and finance environment. Time and motion studies should be used to slow work down not to speed work up so as to avoid labour process intensification, resultant health concerns, work alienation, and diminishing work returns to scale from poorer memory and subsequent errors in decision-making. Re-engineering of work for physical, as well as more importantly mental, ergonomics is important and some employers might be overlooking this. The ultimate goal of work is to like it, not to despise it since most of an individuals waking life is spent at work. I still think there is a significant problem with work when employees can hardly wait for the weekend to come and when it does that weekend is also filled with non-employment work. The same could be said for vacation and retirements. Too much work burns the mind when it should not be as such. USA organizations have been cited as having higher productivity than Canadian organizations. But, what is the quality of the higher productivity and at what cost? Perhaps a lesson could be learned from European organizations that offer 6 weeks vacation to newly starting employees. Also consider some German organizations that structure a 10-hour 4-day workweek such that there is a long weekend every weekend. Indeed Europe has been around for longer than the USA and Canada, and there is a better understanding, in Europe, of the interaction between working lives and personal lives couched in terms of the interplay between productivity and rest respectively. Work and rest should be like a coin: while there are 2-sides, there must be a balance (and even the law of large numbers in Statistics predicts this to be so). Perhaps Bertrand Russells In Praise of Idleness needs to be re-examined.
Posted by David Newman | October 29, 2007 06:55 pm
Some of the lack of company loyalty comes from the lack of management's loyalty to employees.
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I'm no KP: debutant Trott content to be his own man
Driving ambition … Jonathan Trott hits out on his way to a
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HAVING lost a match-winning South African batsman for the Ashes series, England found another, though Jonathan Trott says he's no Kevin Pietersen, but his own man.
The 28-year-old produced a debut Test century in the cauldron of the fifth Test decider at The Oval to launch his career, and the comparisons with 2005 Ashes star Pietersen have already begun.
''I've always said I don't try and emulate anyone,'' said Trott after his 119 helped England set Australia 546 to win. ''I try and take the good points from various other players and build my own game around that. I try and be myself.''
Trott also revealed there was ''nothing personal'' between him and South African coach Mickey Arthur, who said before the match that the Cape Town-born player made the correct move to England because he was not good enough to replace any incumbent Proteas batsman.
''It was a good move [to come to England],'' Trott said. ''I played against Mickey before he retired. It's nothing personal. He's got his team, this is our team and I'm happy as Larry right here.
''This is my home and I'm honoured to be sitting here after having a great day. It's something you work towards your whole life. Since the age of three, batting with my dad in the nets and all the coaches I've had in my career, everyone's played their part in getting me to this position.''
Trott, who played in the same South African under-19s side as Proteas captain Graeme Smith, also came across Pietersen in that age group and showed the same confidence as he did against the Australian attack on Saturday.
"[Pietersen] was an off-spinner then," Trott told The Times before the Test. "He bowled me one ball and I blocked it, and he started shouting at me. I told him to toss it up if he wanted to abuse me and he did. I slogged him out of the ground."
Trott became the 18th England player to score a century on debut.
On the first ball of day three, a Peter Siddle delivery beat Trott's outside edge, flicked his hip and flew to Brad Haddin as the Australians appealed vigorously. From then, he showed precision and poise in a 333-minute stand.
''I thought he batted superbly, showed great composure under pressure - it was a big Test match to make his debut,'' Marcus North said. ''But then maybe not so surprised, he's played 10 years of first-class cricket.''
Trott was hit with verbal grenades from Australia about the pressures of debuting on such an occasion, but if they were reminding him on the field, Trott paid no attention.
''I'm sure there were a few things said, but that's fine - and I didn't really understand it anyway,'' Trott said.
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Gloria Meder Kast Scrapbook
Gloria's Scrapbook Series: Gloria and her scrapbook are the focus of a monthly series through June 2016 sponsored by the Webster University Library and Archives. Every month we feature an image or two from the scrapbook along with a fictional account of what we imagine Gloria might have had to say about it. You can follow along on our library blog, via our facebook page, or Twitter @WebsterULib with the hashtage #Gloria41.
Date(s): 1937/1938 through 1940/1941
Physical extent: 1 scrapbook
Name of Creator: Gloria Meder Kast, class of 1941
Administrative/Biographical History: Gloria Ellen Meder was born January 17, 1920 and grew up in Kirkwood, Missouri. After graduating from Kirkwood High School, she attended Webster College and earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Latin and Spanish in 1941. Over the next few years she got married and taught Spanish and physical education at a number of high schools in the area. Gloria later earned an M.A. from San Jose State University and was librarian at American River College in California for many years. She also served as a visiting lecturer in library management on a number of occasions in South America and in 1977 was chosen to be a Fulbright scholar in Colombia. In her later years, she traveled the world as an international library consultant. Gloria Meder Kast died January 25, 2007
Scope/Content: The scrapbook contains numerous photographs, clippings from the Webster student newspaper as well as St. Louis area newspapers, athletic ribbons and patches, party favors, programs, invitations, dance cards, a few pieces of correspondence, graduation cards, etc. Most of the items concern activities at the college, but a few personal photographs of family and friends are included.
Conditions of Access and Use: The collection is open for research use by appointment only.
Conditions Governing Reproduction and Use: Copyright restrictions may apply.
Languages and Scripts of the Material: Materials entirely in English.
Immediate Source of Acquisition: Gloria Meder Kast estate
ARC librarian Kast will lecture in South America. (1977, January 19). Sacramento Carmichael Citizen,, p. 4.
Jerseyville High faculty complete; two new teachers are announced. (1943, August 25). Alton Evening Telegraph, p. 14.
Kast, Gloria Meder. (1958, December 1). Unique junior college library. Library Journal, vol. 83, no. 21, pp. 3371-3372.


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From: Anne Peat <>
Subject: Re: [DEV] Death Index Query
Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2007 14:31:38 +0000
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The same page number means the deaths were registered at the same time,
probably, or a very short time apart.
It could have been an accident - or an epidemic that killed several
members of the family.
I am afraid, yes, you will have to get the death certificates to
satisfy your curiosity.
On 16 Feb 2007, at 13:03, Helen Sullivan wrote:
> Hi Listers - back again after a long absence.
> My great grandfather was Thomas BROWN of Beaworthy (bc 1828) to
> Charles Brown and Agness Walter. Thomas had a sister Mary BROWN (b
> 1831) who married Thomas TOM in 1861 (Sept qtr. Holsworthy 5b/885)
> They had the following children - (maybe more - I haven't checked
> thoroughly)
> Susannah TOM (1863)
> Charles Brown TOM (1864)
> James Gray TOM (1866)
> Mary Maria TOM (1870)
> Whilst looking at BDM indexes I came across the following deaths -
> Susannah TOM - died June qtr 1875 Holsworthy 5b/380 - age 12
> Charles B TOM - died June qtr 1875 Holsworthy 5b/380 - age 11
> My question is - is this an unusual coincidence to have the same month
> and quarter, same folio/page number? OR is it possible that their
> deaths might have been the result of an accident. If so, I would
> have thought that they would have had consecutive numbers not the
> same?
> I know that twins have the same birth number (but birth times noted) -
> but what about deaths?
> Would love to know what happened (I know, I will have to buy a
> certificate!!!) - any chance that perhaps it might have been mentioned
> in a local paper or there was an inquest? Where to from here - any
> suggestions?? Any offers of a look up in a newspaper?
> Thanks
> Helen Sullivan
> Brisbane, Australia
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So, I'm a long time reader, but only recently decided to actually put up a post or two.
I've recently started out in the dating world, having spent the first two decades of my life under the metaphorical rock of the backwoods, and I'm a bit in the dark when it comes to some of the finer points of dating.
Anyway, there's a girl i sit next to in one of my classes and we've talked a couple of times, but nothing really beyond casual interaction. The question I have is, should I wait a little while, and if so what are some ways to maybe get to know her better outside of class without being too obvious? Or am I just over complicating the whole thing?
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What would you be waiting for? And is there a problem with being too obvious?
Are you in college? Late high school? Girls at different ages behave differently too...
Hey Calvin,
Will does have a point, What are you waiting for?
Don't waste any more time waiting. If you are waiting for the 'perfect' moment then you already missed it because you are thinking in the future and not the present. Just do something rather than be a spectator to your own life as it passes by.
From my experience girls like it more when you are obvious with your intentions because it creates less confusion between both parties.
Simplest way to get to know her better is to start off with a nice warm smile followed by a 'Hi' (doesn't have to be in that order) then follow up with a few simple questions about herself. If the weekend is coming up then ask her what she has planned or if it went past ask what she got up to. Then work from there to find out what you both might have in common and ask her to join you.
This doesn't need to be achieved all in one sitting by the way, if you aren't comfortable with that then do it slowly step by step to get find out something new about her each time you speak with her.
Hope this helps mate and do keep us posted!
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You're over-complicating the whole thing. On a day when you can do this, on the way out the door of the class ask her if you can buy her a cup of coffee. Then apply Napoleon's maxim; "On s'engage; puis on vois." Basically it means, "Engage; then see what happens." Napoleon conquered most of Europe for a while. You're just talking to a girl.
So, by way of an update, I started to ask her out, but before I could get the words out, she started in about her ex of a couple of months. Evidently he called her last night while drunk and began bringing up old baggage. Needless to say, I restrained myself. Any advice on how to handle this?
As always, thanks.
Play it way cool. She's not going to be in a state of mind to jump right into dating if she's got this mess hanging around. A cup of coffee is still a friendly, non-threatening suggestion. Be a friend to her and maybe something good will happen. Be prepared to listen silently, nodding your head and making "Mmmhmm" noises. But don't expect anything dramatic, and be wary if anything dramatic starts happening. A drunken ex isn't her fault of course, but should serve as, if not warning sign, then at least as a thing to be aware of.
Only follow this to a point, otherwise you'll be filed under "eunuch." Sympathetic is fine, until you turn into one of her girlfriends.
Yeah, that's a good point.
why worry about being obvious. obviously you want to be tactful but you often shoot yoursel fin the foot benig too passive or standoffish. thats how you get in the dreaded friend zone
i actually watched an intereting shw on mtv the other day where people tell their friend they like them or have a crush on them. one guy got rejected and as the girl was getting interviewed at the end she said initially she liked him but now after the relationship had progressed as a friend she didn't see him that way any longer.
be casual at first tried to get paired up with her on a project or study together. you could come right out and ask her to go grab a drink sometime or on a date however it may be easier to suggest something casual like grabbing lunch or some coffee after class
Just relax and keep it cool Calvin.
The next time you find yourself sitting next to her, just give her a smile and ask how she is. This works all the time. you will thank me later brother.
And remember, time waits for no man, so, better do it soon. Cheers!
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MOBILE, AL. -- The Mobile BayBears Professional Baseball Club, Double-A Southern League affiliate of the Arizona Diamondbacks, have announced the hiring of Justin Baker as the team's new Director of Broadcasting/Media Relations for the 2014 season.
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PARIS Ñ When a kangaroo court in Rangoon slapped an additional sentence on the already incarcerated pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, the world winced. To be sure there was the perfunctory outrage, especially in Europe where French President Nicolas Sarkozy called the sentence on this Nobel laureate Òa brutal and unjust verdict.Ó And the European Union presidency demanded her Òimmediate freedom without conditions.Ó
Yet half a world away in the never-never land of BurmaÕs socialist republic, the ruling junta felt assured they would ride the most recent ripple of world outrage as much as they survived the near political tsunami wave of condemnation over their blundered and callous handling of foreign aid after a devastating typhoon in May 2008 killed over 100,000 of their own people.
Days after the verdict, the UN Security Council, despite laudable pressures from Britain, France, and the United States, could barely summon a mild verbal rebuke to the Burmese generals. Given strong political resistance by China and Russia, a Council statement (not a resolution) expressed Òserious concernÓ over the court sentence, but could not utter the word ÒcondemnationÓ as many countries including the U.S. had wanted.
At the time of independence from Britain after WWII, Burma held so much promise. A resource-rich and bountiful land, which could and should have been a model Southeast Asian state, sadly instead, the country slipped into the grip of a military rule whose bizarre blend of socialism, nationalism, self-reliance and corruption, made the country now known as Myanmar, a regime isolated save for a few friends like the PeopleÕs Republic of China and North Korea.
Burma which has been under military rule since 1962 plans an staged election next year, without of course the pesky participation of opposition politicians like Suu Kyi who may actually win as did her forces in 1990 before the results were overturned. She has since spent 14 of the past 20 years under house arrest.
Much of the international community has been striving for the release of Aung San Suu Kyi and many other political prisoners. In Western Europe, BurmaÕs tragedy has long been a cause celebre much like the cause of Tibet. Significantly during the Bush Administration, the USA pushed hard for political openness but to little avail. And the United Nations has sent numerous envoys to the Southeast Asian land but with little tangible result.
In early July UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon visited Rangoon to try his diplomatic persuasion skills with the ruling generals. He came back embarrassingly empty handed.
U.S. Senator Jim Webb (D-Virginia) an Obama confident, recently visited Rangoon to try his hand at unlocking the bizarre maze of Burmese politics. On the one hand Webb succeeded in freeing an imprisoned American John Yettaw, an eccentric who triggered the whole fiasco in the first place by sneaking into Suu KyiÕs residence in May and allowing the Junta the perfect excuse to slam the laureate with a new trial for having broken the terms of her house arrest.
But WebbÕs mission to Myanmar by the Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations subcommittee on East Asia and Pacific affairs, brings a whole new legitimacy to a sordid regime long shunned by the West for good reason. Though Senator Webb has reflected the Obama AdministrationÕs wish for a more ÒconstructiveÓ American engagement with BurmaÕs rulers, the aftermath of his dialogue with dictator General Than Shwe now faces a number of hurdles, most especially Aung San Suu KyiÕs vocal and politically active supporters in the USA, Europe, and needless to say Burma itself.
On the other hand, WashingtonÕs opposition to the Junta rests primarily on human rights grounds and its lacking freedoms. LetÕs face it, while Burma is a totally wretched regime, it does not really pose a regional danger to its neighbors, nor it does have any historic conflict with the USA, as does say North Korea. But this is not the time to end or ease economic sanctions
But why now? Clearly Washington wants to wean the Rangoon rulers from their political and military dependence on PeopleÕs China. This may be wishful thinking. Mainland China has a long border with Burma, and uses the Southeast Asian state as a natural resource entrepot for minerals, rubies and timber, as well as a geopolitical backdoor to the Bay of Bengal. In other words this is BeijingÕs neighborhood. It is appallingly naive for Washington to assume otherwise.
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Like many consumers, we resonate with the stated mission that Honest Company markets, and we consider their diapers to be a legitimately green brand. But, given performance in our tests and the relatively high cost, buying competing green diapers is a much smarter option in our opinion. Out of the 11 green diapers we tested, The Honest Company diaper placed 4th overall; yet, it was one of the more expensive diapers. The Honest diaper offers cute graphics, and are legitimately a health and earth-friendly brand. But the company has also engaged in marketing tactics and made statements in the past that we feel exaggerate, and in some cases completely mislead consumers in our opinion, into thinking their products are more green than they really are. We are also concerned about the number of users who have written to us complaining about feeling misled by the so-called "free trial offer" the company makes, and then are horrified to find they have been automatically subscribed to the company's diaper service (only to find it then challenging to undo the subscription). In the end, it is our opinion that this company has a history of being less than honest in their marketing habits, and it is our opinion that the company appears to be more concerned about making a profit than in being fair and honest with their customers.
Bottom line: we feel there are other superior green diaper options worth considering before buying the Honest diaper. In our tests, BAMBO Nature product offered significantly performance at a slightly higher price for those looking for the best green diaper for their baby, and Earth's Best Tender Care offers similar performance at a significantly lower price.
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Price: $0.41 List | $0.50 each (in 34-pack) at Amazon
Pros: Cute graphics, green
Cons: Expensive, concerns about company's "honesty"
Bottom line: Competing green diapers have lower price w/ similar performance
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We love the stated mission of Honest Company, and yet we wish the company's actions were more in line with the kind of behavior we'd expect from such a lofty mission (and a company named "Honest"). However, the actual performance of the Honest Diaper in our tests was not as impressive as the top competing green diapers, and the Earth's Best Tender Care diaper offers similar performance for significantly lower cost. We also have objected, in multiple emails to the company co-founder Christopher Gavigan, to the company's previous use of marketing claims that we feel mislead customers into thinking the diaper is entirely free of petrochemicals, when in fact it is not (more on this below, see Other Pretty Important Information).
Consumer Complaints
We feel it is important to note early in this review that there is no single baby product company that we have received more negative consumer feedback about than The Honest Company. This is of obvious concern to us, and moreso because so many of the complaints describe situations where customers feel they were misled by the marketing tactics of the company. Some consumers expressed a feeling that they were oversold on how green the product is, or felt they were misled by the so-called free trial offer which resulted in them being signed up for the automated subscription service. The situations consumers have complained about impress us as the kinds of things a company is in control of, and frankly we expect more from a company who literally calls themselves Honest.
Performance Comparison
Absorption and Leaks
The Honest Company diaper scored fairly well for absorption in our tests, earning an 8 in this metric, which tied with both Pampers brand diapers. Only BAMBO Nature and Nature Babycare scored higher with a 9 and 10 respectfully. Attitude and Broody Chick came close with a score of 7. It is worth noting that Honest outperformed the well-known Seventh Generation Free & Clear diaper handily on absorption, which scored a disappointing 4 of 10 on this metric.
Relies on Petro-Chemicals for Absorbency
Like Pampers and other traditional diapers we tested, Honest Diapers include the petroleum-based chemical SAP, as a key moisture absorbing ingredient in their diaper's core. This petro-chemical is in the absorbency layer close to baby's skin, and as noted in a statement on the Honest Company website (on 1/18/13, which was later removed), can be considered "in direct contact with infant skin 24x7." We'd recommend that those parents who wish to avoid petro-chemicals in their diapers look to cloth diapers instead. Honest Company claims to use a "reduced" amount of petroleum-based SAP in their diapers, but when we asked co-founder Christopher Gavigan to quantify what was their approximate % reduction of petroleum-based SAP relative to competing diapers, he declined to answer because he considered the details proprietary. We find the Christopher Gavigan's refusal to clarify how much petroleum-based chemicals are included in their diaper relative to competing diapers to be disturbing, especially so given the company's stated philosophy of transparency and integrity. We're left concluding that the company is hiding something that they'd prefer the public didn't know.
In terms of leaks, the Honest Diaper scored above average for leaks in our tests with a 6 of 10, but that was still on the low side for the top green diapers. Earth's Best scored much higher, with a 9 of 10 in our tests, and it is significantly cheaper on average. BAMBO Nature and Broody Chick both scored higher in this metric, with a 7 and 8 respectfully. Broody Chick was higher than The Honest Company for price, and scored only slightly better overall in our tests.
The absorption test for The Honest Company (left), Nature Babycare (middle), and BAMBO Nature (right) are shown below. The larger green area indicates more surface moisture; less green indicates better absorption.
Comfort and Durability
Babyganics Rear Gear. Honest earned some points for the overall softness of the materials compared to the other diapers we tested, and extra points for friendly side and back elastic that was nice on baby's skin and increased overall comfort and fit.
For our durability tests it scored a 4 of 10. Both Best Value pick, Earth's Best Tender Care, which scored a 6, and Editors' Choice, BAMBO Nature, which scored a high 8, did better in this category. Price did not seem to be an influencing factor for this metric, with diapers in every price range scoring high and low with no real discernible pattern. Honest did score better than Nature Babycare by a point, and it tied with Broody Chick again, which also earned a 4.
Eco and Health
In our eco and health metrics, Honest did fairly well with 5 for health and 7 for eco. Honest earned health points for being free of chlorine, latex, lotions, fragrances, common allergens, phthalates, PVC, heavy metals, organotins (MBT, DBT, TBT) and what they describe as "harsh" petrochemical additives. However, the fine print is important here because the petrochemical Sodium Polyacrylate (SAP) is explicity noted as included in the product, and as far as we can tell, is the crucial ingredient in the absorbent core of the diaper. Honest is engaging in some fancy marketing-speak by using the words "no harsh petrochemicals" in a way we think many consumers will be misled into thinking they mean "no petrochemicals" at all, but instead are simply saying they don't think the petrochemicals they rely on are particularly "harsh."
In addition to the petro-chemical Sodium Polyacrylate, Honest also adds in what they call a "natural citrus and chlorophyll odor inhibitor", but we aren't fans of odor add ins no matter what they are, and we feel a diaper doesn't need an odor inhibitor. If a diaper smells, in our opinion, it really ought to be changed not altered so it doesn't smell as bad as quickly.
In general, Honest gives a good nod to baby's developing systems. But it did have some healthy competition in our tests. BAMBO Nature earned an impressive 8 of 10 in this category, which was the highest of any diaper we tested. Nature Babycare also did well with a 6 of 10. Both diapers scored higher in our tests than Honest, and both diapers cost less and are more widely available.
It is fair to note that Honest scored well in Eco-friendly in our tests, scoring a 7 of 10 in this metric. It had some good company near the top with Nature Babycare and Attitude scoring them same. Broody Chick was almost as good with a 6, but once again BAMBO Nature outdid them all with an 8 out 10. Honest earned points in our tests for using sustainably harvested pulp, plant based components, no chlorine processing, and for earning several eco-awards including being cruelty free and being a Certified B Corporation.
Relative to the other diapers in our test, both green diapers and conventional, Honest Diapers are among the most expensive. Honest Diapers have started to become available from some traditional retail channels including Amazon, Target, and Bed Bath and Beyond. Prices vary widely, but we've seen Size 3 as low as $0.38/diaper in larger quantity packs. This seems to be good news and we hope the product continues to become more generally available and lower prices.
Subscription Pricing
Honest provides a discount if you sign up for their monthly subscription service which bundles in wipes in a combined package. We feel the requirement to buy both diapers and wipes in a subscription bundle makes it hard to figure out the actual cost per diaper. Fortunately, Honest Company allows you to buy in smaller quantity packages without signing up to a subscription, but the cost is relatively high per diaper compared to competing bulk packages. We calculate the Honest Diaper price at: $13.95 for a pack of 36 size 3 diapers + $5.95 shipping = $0.55/diaper. To get a lower price per diaper (still high compared to alternatives), you need to sign up to the subscription which is delivered in higher volume packages. The subscription price for size 3 is about $0.37/diaper at the time of this review, $79.95 per month gets you 216 size 3 diapers, and has the added benefit of including 280 wipes for free, an $11 value. If you subtract $11 for the wipes, the net cost per diaper is $0.32. However, other diapers are available for steep discounts if you buy them on subscription. For example, Earth's Best Tender Care subscription price from Amazon (which includes free shipping and 20% off if you join their free Amazon Mom's program) is $0.26 per diaper, a substantial savings compared to Honest Diaper's subscription price, and for an excellent green diaper that offered better overall performance in our tests.
We believe that a subscription model can be a convenient and economic option, once you've settled into a specific brand, but we prefer the simpler subscription model offered by Amazon which offers more flexibility to choose the product(s) you want, a straight-forward discount, clear per unit pricing, and free-shipping. Amazon's subscription discounts vary, but range from 5% to 20% off the regular Amazon price. The deeper discounts, of 20% off, are available in some cases if you join Amazon Mom's. Unfortunately, Honest Diapers are not available from Amazon's subscription program at the time of this review. Too bad, because with Amazon's discounts the Honest Diaper might be much more compelling.
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Parents swayed by the marketing and famous figure endorsement might be drawn to this diaper.
Despite very cute graphics, and a strong green offering, we feel these diapers did not perform well enough in our testing relative to other eco/health brands to justify the higher price. Both BAMBO Nature and Nature Babycare scored higher overall, and both were higher in the key metric of absorption. In addition, they both scored better in the eco/health; metrics that green diapers should excel in. Both are significantly cheaper than Honest. This diaper wasn't bad, it did rank 5 out of 24 in our tests, a bump up from last year, but its high price still makes us shy away from recommending this diaper. It just isn't as good as diapers that are cheaper.
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A History of Misleading Marketing Claims
Last, we found the Honest Company's previous marketing to be misleading when it came to describing their product's inclusion of synthetic materials. Which led us to wonder how honest they are really being.
Synthetic Chemical Free, Ummm, Not Really
While company co-founder Christopher Gavigan told us the Honest Diaper is 80% plant-based (which is laudable), the most prominent page of the website (as of Jan 18, 2013) about the Diaper Bundle described the product as "100% plant based" and not exposing your baby to any "synthetic chemicals (ever!)" (see highlighted section of this screen capture from 1/18/13). Yet, the website also clearly notes on other pages that their diapers do include petroleum-based sodium polyacrylate (SAP) for absorbency, just like conventional diapers, and they openly admitted to their use of petroleum-based SAP when we inquired for details. We don't know how the diapers can simultaneously include the petroleum-based chemical SAP as a key ingredient and also be 100% free of synthetic chemicals.
Is SAP a Skin Irritant?
In a section on the Honest Company website published in 2013 titled, "What's Inside Disposable Diapers", the company was highly critical of competing diapers inclusion of SAP in their absorbent core, stating "sodium polyacrylate (SAP) is the main component of those absorbent gel crystals found in many diapers and it can be a skin irritant." They mocked competing diaper companies for including SAP by stating, "Great idea to use it in something that's in direct contact with infant skin 24x7, right?" We raised concern about these statements, and they were subsequently removed. We found it very ironic, and really not very honest in our opinion, when you consider that Honest Diapers also includes SAP as a key ingredient in their diaper's absorbent core. In contrast to their comments about SAP causing skin irritation when they were criticizing competitors' use of it in their marketing materials, when talking about their own use of SAP on their blog Honest Company states, "[SAP has] been rigorously tested and found to be safe and non-toxic." In reply to our inquiries about their use of SAP, the company's Senior Product Manager said, in justifying their use the petro-chemical SAP in the diaper, "no one's going to use a diaper if it doesn't work!"
Is Putting a Petro-chemical in a Diaper "Earth Friendly"?
Similarly, the company's other co-founder, Jessica Alba, described in the April 2012 issue of Parenting Magazine her disappointment in learning that "some so-called 'earth-friendly'" brands of diapers include petroleum-based chemicals as ingredients. Describing a brown diaper she used on her own baby, she said in Parenting, "But then I found out that the inside of the diaper had that same petroleum-based stuff in it that other diapers had." She failed to disclose in the interview that her own Honest Diapers also include that same petroleum-based stuff inside their diaper. We feel that kind of omission is deceptive, and likely leads consumers into believing that Honest Diapers don't have any petroleum-based chemicals inside.
We asked Honest Company if Jessica could provide clarification about her comments in Parenting, and whether she was aware at the time of the interview that Honest Diapers include a petroleum-based chemical as a key ingredient. In her reply to BabyGearLab she said, "It's really difficult in quick interviews to get into all the nuances of product design and the science behind each ingredient. I've learned it's best to keep things simple. I am well aware our diapers contain a small amount of SAP and never meant to imply otherwise. Also, while I'd prefer everything to be totally petrochemical-free for ecological reasons, everything has to be balanced with effectiveness too."
We believe as a founder and celebrity endorser of the Honest Diaper, Jessica has a legal and ethical responsibility to avoid misleading consumers in her widely viewed promotional interviews and public relations on behalf of the company. The FTC guidelines for celebrity endorsers make it clear that, "both advertisers and endorsers may be liable for false or unsubstantiated claims made in an endorsement."
How Do You Define, Honest?
We feel the company makes an interesting product, but the history of their misleading marketing both on the website, and by celebrity co-founder Jessica Alba, are a distraction from their product's genuine integrity and only serve to somewhat undermine the sense of trust and ethics so emphasized in the company philosophy and name.
While we are not very familiar with the technical legal details of the FTC's Section 5: Unfair or Deceptive Acts or Practices (pdf) guidelines, we have to wonder if the company has crossed an ethical and perhaps a legal line in their previous marketing statements. To us, the statements were misleading, and we see consumers posting on the web that are [mistakenly] convinced that the Honest Diaper is free of petro-chemicals as evidence that consumer confusion has been created. After contacting the company to express our concerns about their marketing on several occasions, we are happy to report that some improvements were made, and we consider that a good step in the right direction. Yet, at the same time, we continue to receive more complaints from consumers about The Honest Company, than any other baby product company. We hope we continue to see this trend toward being honest from The Honest Company.
Editors Note: Our original review of Honest Company diapers was published on Oct 31, 2012. We updated the review in January 2013 following an email dialogue with Honest Company product management and a subsequent phone interview with Honest Company co-founder Christopher Gavigan. This review, updated May 2014, is our third significant revision of the Honest Diaper review that includes new test results of their updated product.
— Juliet Spurrier, MD & BabyGearLab Team
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