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Totes agree with Lyra that there is wriggle-room with all the routine books. I borrowed the Gina book with my first but it annoyed me that she told me what to have for breakfast and when! She doesn't do herself any favours with her tone! However I'm pretty sure she does say, if baby is really crying, you should go to wind/soothe/top-up in the early days, but low-level whinging is ok to leave, which I agree with; proper crying I couldn't leave.
Right must get up! Kids are stirring!
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ANY scan today?
Interesting thoughts on routines, Does anyone have any thoughts or used Jo Frost method?
Congrats on the good scans.
I agree totally with Lyra and Bionic. GF drove me to the brink with DS. I was sure, because of the way the book is written, all babies must be able to comply with the Gina routine. DS just didn't need that much sleep (and I was very stubborn and thick skinned with the crying) and was such an efficient feeder he fed 10 mins every 3-4 hours (so no hanging off boobs). He also preferred his own space to being cuddled. I binned the book before DD arrived. Both DD and DS slept through from 6 months in the end and I now totally accept that sleepless nights are what you sign up for when you chose to make a new life. Given I'll have two others (in their own happy routine which doesn't fit in with GF where you are effectively tied to the nursery), I'll be winging it sleep deprived this time. It's also my last baby (and one I didn't think we'd even have for a while) and I suspect I'll treasure every second of Velcro-ness.
On slings, I have two moby slings for newborns. I love them and so did DD. Pop baby in, wander round doing jobs until sleeps, sit on sofa with cuppa and cake. No screaming or rocking/patting or shushing in a dark room involved...
20 week scan on 15 October. I'm tempted by a sneaky gender scan in a couple of weeks though. I told work this week which went better than expected and I'll finish work mid-Jan which seems scarily close!
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Morning all!
A whole new thread, la la la la la la la la...
Sorry, crazy busy (as I'm sure everyone is) so have a lot to catch up on.
Hope scans and work are going well, partners are behaving themselves (as much as can be expected) and everyone is starting to bloom!
Pram oh I'm so sorry if you thought that was a criticism in any way - it really wasn't, I could listen to you talk (or read what you type, rather) for hours! It's sad that all those amazing tales of adventure have caused you some heartache. But what amazing things you have seen/ done. And it sounds like you've come out the other side. So please keep telling us!
Rockchick I did the whole attachment thing with mine (not so keen on using the labels though as people seem to chuck you in the hippy/crunchy basket). It's just what made sense and came naturally to me and I'll be doing the same again.
Gina Ford. Two words to divide mothers everywhere. I do think that she may have a point despite not having had children as she can see things far less emotionally than we can (good or bad?). I also agree that, at least with mine, fiddling around with daytime sleep and sticking to something of a routine (easily done when you've got numerous school pickups/drop offs to do) helps.
However, I have two big concerns with her books. The first is that I've seen the stress caused when babies won't comply with what she says they should be doing. Parents feel like they are failing. And failing their children and it just spirals - where's the enjoyment in that?
Secondly, I know she says it somewhere but in reality, it encourages you to ignore your instincts. Instead of listening to and watching the baby, you looking at the clock and thinking - they should eat now etc etc. Prior to DC2 being diagnosed with severe silent reflux, my Gina-friendly friend was trying to give me helpful advice about letting him self soothe. Which I ignored. Imagine how guilty I'd have felt if I'd let him do that and then realised he'd been I excruciating pain?
So basically, as has been said (sorry!), read it and take some of it to use but ultimately listen to your instincts.
Happy day all!
I like the look of that book Rock
Wearing my new H&M maternity tights for the first time and they're sooo long. I'm 5'7. Do they think we grow taller in pregnancy too??
Morning all
Pram, you've been a bit over keen with the stats list and removed a few active people - I'm going to reinstate the old list but remove those that haven't posted since "joining" the thread
my 2p on parenting GF or not - you'll do what works for you and your baby that's it... Nothing special or ground breaking, GF works for some, not others attachment works for some, where as the thought drives others bonkers, we as a species have been coping as parent without labels and routines for thousands of years and we'll continue to manage by doing what works for us at the time
Thanks for the link Rock - that looks right up my street!
MTB, who have I removed who hasn't posted for ever?
Teddy, I am not being facetious here but how is a baby feeding for only ten minutes every 3-4 hours 'efficient feeding'? Surely a baby can not be sated in this time? I am learning, so please don't do nuts.
I am quite aware that Gina Ford will work only with some dedication and lots of hard work. However, to suggest a baby does not benefit from regimes and structure is plain bonkers to me. I will never leave my baby to scream its head off for hours on end but I shall Gina's routine before resorting to demand feeding <shudders>
Mumsnet was almost closed down due to some serious allegations made about Gina Ford and her methods by hysterical hippy mumsnetters who accused her of child abuse.
On the subject of Gina Ford evoking feelings of 'failure' in new mums, I know full well that those feelings will afflict us all at some point, no matter whose advice we are following. Part of the territory with a newborn, isn't it?
Morning all. Enjoying the debate around routines. It's so individual and there is no one size fits all. I see it as a spectrum with attachment parenting (slinging, co sleeping, less routine) on one end of the spectrum and Gina ford ( baby learning your routine) at the other end. Lyra what you said totally chimes with my view (but not feeling as eloquent this morning!) . I personally wouldn't use Gina ford though, to me it conflicts with my own ideas & attachment theory. . However I also believe in structure and routine and saw ds two cousins ( both Velcro 3 years on don't sleep/separate well ) and I really did n't want that either.We loved Tracey Hogg The Baby Whisperer and it gave a great happy medium of the two extremes, so you have a less rigid but routine, you break the feeling/sleeping link , you are responsive encourage self soothing also. DS and our sanity benefited and he's a v good sleeper still althoughI aagree there's an element of luck to that. I'll be using her ideas again next time too although baby's gonna have to fit in with our existing routine too
Slippers, you lovely girl, what did you say that may have irked me? Nowt! I am flattered by your compliments and thank you for them
I'm off to work in t'charity shop with Joan this morning
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That's just what some babies do Pram. It depends in your let down, the way your breasts produce milk, the technique of the baby, diet, the content of your milk and a whole lot of other things. He only ever fed from one side too. GF and her "30 mins on the left, and 10 on the right" or other such nonsense was never going to work as my baby didn't work like that. He was clearly sated as if you offered again before he was ready it was declined. DD fed for longer at a time but this didn't influence her ability to nap more than 30 mins at a time for the first 6 months - but am sure we'll get on to that next July...
Most babies will find some sort of natural pattern, mostly one that fits in around their parents and the eat, do sleep that all humans have. GF just doesn't acknowledge this or that for some babies this will come in time. Those children I know who don't have this sort of pattern (or took longer to develop it) are those with parents who don't follow the norms in terms of a daily routine. Don't get me wrong, I'm not at the other end of the spectrum and, with some encouragement, by 6 months, both my children had a morning nap about 9, an afternoon nap about 1 and were in bed by 7. But most my friends babies did too, whether they had followed GF or not.
I agree it's all personal choice and depends on the baby and personal circumstances. I also agree its wrong to assume you need to be GF or attachment. There is a happy middle ground based on a combination of lots of different techniques and mum's instinct.
MTB Can we update our stats to include our real due dates? Or shall we just leave them as they are?
Morning all! Loving the debate. Hope no one gets offended though. It's good to have a good old rigorous
barney exchange of ideas.
I'm Team Lyra. Just go with the flow! You wouldn't have a big ol' list of how you wanted your future partner to live his life day to day before you had even met him, so why would you with a baby? They aren't just animatronic potatoes (even though they look like them) - they do all have their own personalities you know! Getting to know them and finding out what they like is NOT the same as letting them trample you into the ground.
Teddy that's what both mine were like too. Quick feeders. I also know from expressing that I have a really quick let-down reflex; I could get about 6 oz during one half of Corrie!!! DS fed every 2-3 hours in the early days and DD every 3-4 hours; neither of them lost weight so they were definitely getting what they needed to grow. So that's why I liked the structure of the GF routine in terms of sleep, but the feeding regime just would not have worked for me and my babies.
Babies and children do feel secure within a daily routine but they also feel secure if they know that mummy or daddy is there when they need them. My friend is lending me her cloth wrap for the early days which I think will be really useful - it's so stressful trying to get food ready for older kids when you can hear baby crying in the background. Bit nervous of how to use it though so only used baby bjorn for DD, she'd have a little nap in it whilst I'd prepare DS's food. That last nap of the day is often a nightmare which is why even Gina suggests taking them out in the buggy for that one, but that's easier said than done when it's 4.30pm and bigger kids are demanding their dinner!
Our routine this time will have to be structured around the school runs which I'm hoping will work out quite nicely - little morning and afternoon naps on the way to and from school and a lunchtime nap which will probably start when I pick DD up from preschool at lunchtime, so I'll have to dump baby in the cot when we get home from that. Basically once the dust has settled I'll see what works best for us. It will be... interesting!?!
It's pouring here today. I need school to start!!!
Oooh what a nice sparkly new thread! Been AWOL for a bit so am just skimming now so am probably missing everything sorry - had extreme hip/back pain and am avoiding going to hospital but dp is now insisting after last night when i couldn't move.
BORING QUESTION: does anyone know anything about maternity pay/how it works if you have your own company? would we be effectively paying me maternity pay from the company etc? not sure if this is relevant but me and dp are the only shareholders (50/50) and are the company directors, company was incorporated in october last year. am avoiding the accountant as end of year is coming up and don't have the energy.
do we have a recommended book list on all that are worth a look that we can compile at all? bamboozled!
Grey hope your back is easy to sort out - any ideas what's up with it? Re mat pay, are you a partnership or limited company?
Pram I stand corrected you've just used the top from rather than the latest, so the dates are a bit screwy
Hot I've tried to keep the stats updated with the new dates, but if you just put a note on the stats thread I'll make sure you get updated
rock thanks! i think its pgp after reading up, but not entirely sure, my knee goes out of joint so i don't have the best track record which is why its so worrying! its a limited company so I have a feeling maternity pay may be counter productive which is crap haha!
You can get SMP from the business, so 6 weeks at 90% salary then £136 a week for 36 weeks. The business can then claim back from the gov here and can pay yourself a bonus in qualifying weeks to increase your 6weeks 90% pay however just found this that implies its not worth doing (although I know others who have done it!). Hope that helps a bit!
Grey better to get it checked out sooner rather than later. Sounds like physio would be good for you. A book list sounds like a good idea, maybe a thread on FB?
Pram I imagine Joan wears a cardigan and makes endless cups of tea?
It's really useful reading all this debate from those of you who've done it before!
I'm feeling crap today (entirely self-indulgent). I miss my body and my clothes and having normal looking boobs! Going out with a load of DP's friends tomorrow and I've got absolutely nothing to wear. And now I feel guilty for moaning.
I hope somebody answers your question grey because I have the same one and I'm really confused.
I only incorporated my LTD company a few months ago and are just about to start trading. We are going to make peanuts for the first few months so I'm not really sure what to do.
Based on my employment history for the past few years I should be entitled to MA from the Government, but I can't claim that if I'm self employed.
It seems silly though. Because I could literally make no money over the next few months, but because I'm trying to, I'm not entitled to anything.
I can't pay myself SMP from the business and then claim it back because I haven't made any yet.
Hello - I'm still here (but fell off the stats list....probably due to the fact I only posted once on the last thread - really struggling to keep up!). 12 week scan next Thurs so hopefully after that I'll have more energy (will the fatigue ever end??). Re 'the debate' - I'm of the 'stick em in a sling and get on with life' variety rather than 'sorry I can't meet you today because x always naps between 1 & 3 and I can't leave the house' (I have known mothers who virtually imprisoned themselves during mat leave through their determination to follow the GF method to the letter). As with all things, a healthy balance between the various methods probably works the best. Pick and choose the elements that suit you and your baby.
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There's a guy that I'm pretty sure is interested in me. Recently we exchanged numbers (he gave me his) so that I can share some information with him. I did, he answered right back and he kept the conversation going for a little and ended it with saying he get in touch with me later but he never did. Then I initiated the conversation the next day and we texted each other for about an hour and it ended with me having to text him the following day (his request). I did and again we chatted and he told me he try to get in touch later but never did.
So now I'm confused because he flirted in the messages and acted in a way that would really make me believe he's interested but he never gets back to me. Now I do know that he's a VERY busy person, and he does have a long day but I'm still confused because I feel like I'm getting mixed signals. He answered me right back when I texted him but he won't initiate it. I just want to know if I'm wasting time thinking that he's interested if he isn't.
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some guys just are that way ...
if you want them to change, it's all about subtility ... just be as subtile as a russian T-72 and tell him right away that you would really like if he would make the next call or you'll have to rip his balls off ... :)
feel free to find some nicer words but those would do quite well ...
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tell him just the same thing you posted here, and ask him about it ... sometimes it is that easy ...00|00|0
Haha. Thanks. I just don't want to be presumptuous and thinking that I need to be more forward when he's really just being nice. I would text him myself but if he's not interested then I'll feel like I'm being a pest.
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Well, this is how you leap for it! For a better view of the leap of glory, watch the video:
Luckily, the young man in this video didn't only get away with just a fractured wrist but had no recollection of the incident the next day. He wasn't jobless, jilted or morose. All he wanted to do was impress his friends.
Unfortunately this is not the only such incident that has taken place at Chy Bar in Newquay, Cornwall. It seems the place is a magnet for underage careless drinkers. Consequently Newquay police are preparing to tackle the summer influx of partygoers with great planning. But no amount of efforts has been able to make a difference in the past.
By the time the youth reach 15, more than eight out of 10 have already tried alcohol in UK. Even though, thankfully the drinking in underage people has decreased recently, people still lose control of their drinking and get n to trouble more often than not.
With Olympics and the resultant influx of tourists and holiday merrymaking on the horizon, local authorities and police in the Newquay are will have to place strict rules and be more diligent than before. They do have strong checks and balances in place but they have lost a number of their manpower to the Olympic security planning.
Here's hoping this summer goes event free and may the merrymakers go home safe and sound.


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Eight armed men snatched about Rs 23 lakh from two employees of the Life Insurance Corporation (LIC), at Padmapukur, in Baruipur, on Tuesday. The LIC office is just a few metres from Baruipur police station. Two of the men were arrested, while the Matador used by the gang was impounded. Despite raids at several hideouts, the loot could not be recovered.
Sources said the dacoity took place around noon, when the two employees were getting ready to deposit the money in a bank, escorted by local policemen.
According to superintendent of police, South 24-Parganas, Deb Kumar Ganguly, as soon as the two employees, Susanta De and Swapan Sapui, stepped out of the office, the dacoits pounced on them. The manager told me that the employees were caught unawares and before they could raise an alarm, the dacoits fled with the cash, said Ganguly.
While moving towards Bishnupur, the gang lobbed some bombs and fired from revolvers. The police rushed in pursuit and returned the fire, injuring three of the dacoits. One of the injured fell off the vehicle. His mates left the vehicle at Julpia. The driver, Kader, however, could not escape and was taken to Baruipur police station for interrogation. The injured dacoit was admitted to Baruipur sub-divisional hospital.
We have identified the gang. They are from Joynagar and the Matador was hired from the same place, the police said. We have cordoned off different areas in Bishnupur and Thakurpukur, the police added.
nArrest fallout: Trouble broke out in Behala early on Tuesday, following the arrest of a youth, Bishnu Dutta, in connection with Sundays lynching of Benju, 21, alias Kartick. After the police picked up Dutta from his Rai Bahadur Road residence, neighbours tried to rescue him from Sahapur police station. Residents of the area even blocked roads demanding Duttas release. A traffic snarl from Sahapur to Taratala inconvenienced schoolchildren and office-goers.


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Here's an oddly athletic or active wear inspired, city streets sort of look! I wore this on a casual Sunday date at the zoo, to go grocery shopping, and for a few afternoon walks around my neighborhood. I say odd because I've not always been an active person. Ever since my early 20's, my enjoyment for physical exercise has grown 10 fold. In fact, I have just recently discovered my university's gym, and have had a couple of really fun visits. So I s'pose that's why I'm inspired by active wear more here on the blog these days! And like I said in my last post, orange is one of my new color inspirations. It's just a happy color, y'know?


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US stock markets seesawed on Tuesday, finally closing in the red despite a rally early in the day. The DOW Jones Industrial Average was up by 441 points in the morning recovering from a catastrophic drop on Monday, but quickly took a turn for the worst and fell by 1.3%. Standard & Poor's 500 index dropped by 1.4% and the Nasdaq composite dropped 0.4%. The losses left investors reeling with panic once again.
The drop is linked back to Chinese investors desperately selling off shares for a second day as the Shanghai composite continues to drop.
Market watchers and investors were sent into panic mode Monday morning when they awoke to the DOW Jones Industrial Average having plunged a record-breaking 1,089 points, eerily reminiscent to the 2008 crash when the number dropped 1,018.77 points.
While the U.S. stock market has mostly bounced back from the plummeting scare to only being down by 586 points by the afternoon, that doesn't mean some financial woes weren't already set and damage control being done.
Here's the breakdown of what happened and how it could affect you.
What happened?
Today's crash largely relates back to China, the second-biggest economy in the world. China's slump initially started this summer when the government nervously tried pushing more money into the market and devalued its currency, the yuan, leading investors to desperately sell off their shares pushing the crisis over the edge and culminating into what is being dubbed as "Black Monday." Enough shares were sold to drop the value of China's Shanghai Composite down more than 8%.
The drop had a financial ripple effect across international commodities and currencies. The Russian currency dropped to its lowest point in seven months and Japan, UK, AND Europe's stock markets were all down past 4%.
Over here in the U.S., the drop in the DOW Jones is likely tied to the market correcting itself as Mic notes. Corrections happen when the stock market has been doing consistently well for a long period of time, and the U.S. stock market has been riding a wave for the past six years.
CNBC reports:
"A correction is a decline or downward movement of a stock, or a bond, or a commodity or market index.
The amount of the decline is at least 10 percent and a true correction exceeds that amount.
In short, corrections are price declines that stop an upward trend."
The correction inevitably happens when investors get a little too eager and buy all at once, or get a little too worried and hurriedly sell off.
According to CNBC:
"When stock or bond prices go up, it may seem like there's no end to how high they can go. When this happens, stocks or bonds become 'overbought.' That means some investors will try to buy into the rise of stock prices with the hope of making profits before a downward trend begins.
But as they do buy in, the investors who bought earlier—helping to push the stock or bond price up—will consider selling when they think the price is near a peak…
...And sometimes, investors will simply take profits as the market heats up. In either case, the selling pressure drives prices down."
How does this affect you?
Apple, Facebook and Netflix are expected to be the hardest hit from Monday's crash. Facebook and Apple were down more than 4% and Netflix was down more than 7%.
While it is still a little too early to tell, some predictions are being made.
In good news, oil tanked as well which could lead to a drop in gas prices. Oil which has been steadily dropping reached a low of $40 per barrel, which is significantly cheap. But with fallen gas prices comes a drop in energy stocks which spells bad news for Americans who overwhelmingly have their retirement portfolios and state economies dependent on oil.
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And as WTHITV points out, exports could be drastically affected which could lead to a drop in job creation.
Interest rates may also be affected by the crash. Instead of hiking interest rates as expected, the US Federal Reserve could stop the intended action and instead ease monetary policy as former US Treasury secretary Larry Summers predicts.
Yet the plunge isn't cause for high alert yet. This may mean decline but it still nowhere near the crash of 2008 that spurred the Great Recession.
The stock market plunge, in perspective. (10-year chart.) pic.twitter.com/M30thHhkrv — Justin Wolfers (@JustinWolfers)
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What would happen if we crossed Match.com with Petfinder? Could we get that much closer to solving the problem of millions of unwanted and homeless pets languishing in shelters and facing euthanasia? Sorry to be so blunt about it -- but could the answer, at least in part, be as simple as a dating service designed to connect animals in shelters with the families anxious to adopt them?
Pets are big business. According to the American Pet Products Association, in 2011 the pet market was worth $51 billion. Tech and social media are poised to get a slice of that pie. A study released last year suggests that 1 in 10 pets have a social media profile. The paying pet market is seeing a splash of tech start-ups designed to meet the needs of pets and owners.
Dog Vacay recently launched in San Francisco and was described by Mashable as "the AirBnB for dogs." The site offers vetted alternatives to kennel stays and has been a huge hit. The company is also dipping a toe into the dog walking and dog grooming fields through its concierge services.
Other sites are popping up to facilitate doggy play dates. Matchpuppy recently launched in NYC, and connects dogs and owners with suitable companions. The profiles ask for details like energy level, breed and tidbits about personality. Owners then coordinate meet ups based on what they are looking for - such as other small, calm dogs or a rough and tumble Labrador looking for a swimming partner.
But how do we transition the incredible power of tech minds to solving the issue of homeless pets? It brings to mind the Westminster Dog Show fiasco earlier this year, when they fired their ads partner of 24 years Pedigree because they felt that their adoption themed ads were "too depressing." There's obvious money to be made in the pet industry; the financial return on a site geared to helping animals in shelters is harder to figure out -- but it's not impossible.
Animal welfare has largely been confined to the space of philanthropy. We think in terms of donations and volunteering; these are important. But our understanding of what entrepreneurship can achieve as a society is evolving. Social entrepreneurs are applying business tactics to solve societal issues all over the world, every day. And many entrepreneurs understand that they can build businesses that contribute to the public good while still turning a profit. We've figured out profitable ways to bring clean water to remote villages in developing countries, and make computers available to children around the globe. Surely we can take this innovation one step further and make a serious dent in the problem of homeless pets.
The technology itself could be quite simple. Harnessing Petfinder's massive database of pets in shelters and foster homes across the country, and building on simple dating site functionality with compatibility criteria could simplify the pet adoption process. Imagine this: a streamlined service that emails Joe, "an avid runner in New York looking for a mid-size, active dog that's house trained" when a suitable candidate "Bruce the Pitt-Bull Beagle mix that weighs 35lbs and is looking for a running partner appears."
What about a site that allowed would be adopters to fill out a single adoption application that could then be used by any participating shelter? A common frustration among potential adopters is that you may look at a few candidates in the course of finding the right pet to add to your family. Each time, you're often required to fill out a multipage application. This step could be eliminated with a Monster.com like functionality -- create an adoption application that can then be easily shared with any shelters with resident animals you're interested in meeting. Consider the possibility of an app that integrated shelter inventory with Google maps, and notified you that there was a beautiful basenji (that you'd previously indicated you'd love to meet) at a shelter a one minute walk from your current location.
Sites like Petfinder, AdoptaPet and ASPCA.org are doing incredible work. But can we support their missions, make them easier and more effective, by integrating some of the latest technologies to enable better searching, better matching and easier processes? The millions of dogs, cats, and other homeless animals currently waiting for families in shelters would be incredibly grateful if we tried.
Liz Alton is a Boston-based writer and social media enthusiast. You can find her writing in USA Today, Technorati, PolicyMic, The Daily Muse, Social Media Today, and many others. Connect with her online via Twitter @beinglizzie.


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Munroe Falls -- Although Mayor James Armstrong says he does not approve of mayor's court, he is not only retaining the city's court but said changes are being made to improve its operation.
"So those of you who thought I was going to get rid of the mayor's court right away, I'm actually literally trying to see if we can get it working and see if we can make it more efficient," Armstrong, who took office at the beginning of the year, told City Council Sept. 20.
Mayor's courts, which hear certain misdemeanor cases involving adults only, are under the city's administration. Traditionally, mayors themselves have presided over them, although it is more common now for municipalities to hire paid magistrates, as Munroe Falls does.
The city's court started in early 2009 under former Mayor Frank Larson. It hears principally such cases as traffic violations, driving under suspensions, disorderly conduct, dog at large, and minor drug offenses, such as marijuana possession. Other cases, including felonies and violent offenses, such as assault, go to Stow Municipal Court.
The city's mayor's court meets in City Council chambers on Thursdays. Armstrong said that starting Oct. 6, sessions will start later than the previous 2 p.m. start time.
"It's going to go from 4 [p.m.] to whenever it's done, probably 4 to 6. We're hoping to better accommodate people who work," said Armstrong. "We had people literally having to leave work to come to mayor's court and that's something that troubled me."
Mayor's Court Clerk Jamie Tortorici told the Stow Sentry Sept. 28 that on average, the court handles about 25 cases each week, but believes it will drop to about 15 cases.
"That's going to change because we're going to do a payment plan," she said.
Tortorici said that up until now, if someone did not pay their fines and court costs, they were ordered back into court.
"It's taking up more time and they keep having to come back," she said.
Now if an individual does not pay, instead of returning to court, their driver's license will be suspended.
"That's the deal they're going to sign," said Tortorici. "That's a common practice among courts."
She said this includes Boston Heights Mayor's Court, where Munroe Falls Prosecutor Tom Dicaudo also works as a prosecutor.
Armstrong has said that Dicaudo's hiring last April is part of an effort to bring in new people who have experience with other mayor's courts and can come in with some ideas. This also includes Armstrong's hiring in mid-September of attorney George Pappas as the court's new primary magistrate. Pappas is currently prosecutor with the Fairlawn Mayor's Court and has been magistrate for that court.
"I'm very pleased. I was glad when he was interested in it," Armstrong told Council. "It's hard to find people with the necessary qualifications [to be a magistrate] because they have to go to a class."
Armstrong told the Stow Sentry Sept. 27 that Magistrate Scott Mullaney has agreed to stay on as a backup magistrate.
"He was the only person we had there and that can cause problems if there's a sickness," said Armstrong, adding that the hiring of Pappas is simply his desire to have people in place he knows.
"I'm gradually making changes where I think we can maybe do things a little differently," he said. "I kind of wanted my team in place and that was kind of the last piece in there. I mean, if there's mayor's court and my name's on it and it's attributed to me, I was much more comfortable with someone I've known for many years doing it. I know Scott, but not really, really well."
Armstrong said one other thing he would like to do, if the money becomes available, is to upgrade the court's aging software.
"One of the things I think is causing efficiency problems is the software," he said.
Armstrong said his issues with mayor's courts is that they put the city's executive and judicial branches together.
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July 8th, 2017
I saw her for about a year. The firstt visit was ok. After that downhill. I told her over and over again a problem I was having...She ignored it. Finally low I transferred my records to my previous dr. I found out that all of the thyroid test I had at her clinic showed a low thyroid level. My dr showed them to me. So it appears that was a factor in my fatigue. She never changed my medication. She sent me to an orthopedist for neuropathy which was a waste of time and money. When I returned for a visit after that she had no report from that office re neuropathy and she had not bothered to get one. The Lab Tech there was rude and hateful to me when I asked her what kind of test was going to be done. Her PA was 45 minutes late getting to me and when she arrived didn't know why I was there. When you checked out of the clinic the receptionist was busy with a baby in her lap but finally checked me out. If you have a cold or a scrape but nothing that requires more than that . I do not recommend this dr or anyone on staff.
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February 7th, 2017
Dr. Dr. Rawls and her entire staff have been exceptional over the last 10 years. I am a woman and have had a number of doctors over the years and she is tops in my book.
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I have lived in eight different states and have had a number of doctors over the years. This is the worst Doctor I have ever seen. There were dead bugs under a bench in the exam room, went back two weeks later, same exam room, same dead bugs. Doctor was extremely rude and unfriendly.
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Good staff, but the office operations & accuracy rate of my prescriptions being called into the correct pharmacy was poor.
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March 29th, 2015
Unbelievably rude to women. She seems to treat the men in my family okay. She is very curt, rude, and has little patience for questions or requests.
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June 26th, 2014
Dr. Rawls has an extremely busy practice, but is an excellent diagnostician. She monitors every case, so is very pushed for time. If you go in with an appointment for one complaint, then expect to be helped for a long list, you need to specify that you will need an extended time in her schedule.
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December 18th, 2013
This doctor is horrible! She rushed threw my appointment, and was very rude. She didn't seem to care about what was going on with me. The office staff seemed unhappy, and clueless on how to do there job. I came in for migraine headaches, and blurred vision, and didn't even get my blood pressure checked! I walked out. Don't wast you time here.
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Dr Rawls is terrible. She spends very little time with you and is very cold.
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Stay Away - No Care for Patients - Long Wait
I only went to Dr. Rawls twice but I wanted to have her as my family doctor. The last time I went, I had severe sciatica back pain. I waited over an hour in an extremely frigid room and no one paid any attention to me. I finally, in desperation, walked out of the office and went to Urgent Care in Madison. Within one week, I was recommended for back surgery. They appear to not care about their patients. Please stay away from this doctor or you might have an experience like I had. Of course, then again, you might not, but why take the chance.
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May 24th, 2013
I notice that she treats my husband with more courtesy and attention. If he goes in with a sniffle, she'll run a battery of tests on him -- sinus x-ray, test for sinus nfections, the works! I saw her for over a year telling her I felt run down, exhausted and knew something was wrong. SHe just said, " Well, what do you expect? You're over 40 and a working mom. dela with it." I changed doctors who siad I should know my own body and know if somehting's wrong. She ran a simple blood test and found out I needed thyroid meds. If you're a woman--DON'T GO TO RAWLS!!
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I went to Dr. Rawls for 2 years. My very first visit I told her that I was on several medications for Bi-Polar Disorder. I had been diagnosed at that time for over 15 years. She point blank told me, "Just because you want them does not mean i am going to give them to you." Wow. She made me feel like a drug addict pill popper. I was mortified. However, I took her advice and removed several medications that I had been taking. Two months later my symptoms had returned and worse than ever. I went back in to see her, and she told me that she was just not going to prescribe them to me. Being a person with a mental disorder can be a double edged sword. Unfortunately, she couldn't seem to differentiate the difference between necessary medical need and an actual addict. I found another doctor. I would never recommend anyone to see this woman. She is extremely rude and has zero bed side manner. There is a very good reason she has so many Nurse Practitioners and additional doctors. She wouldn't have a practice without them.
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People were only made aware of the closure after a repossession notice from CDC was gaffer-taped to the club's main entrance.
A spokesman for CDC told the Standard that the club had been struggling in recent years to meet the obligations of its lease.
"This culminated last year in the council going to court to seek forfeiture of the lease on the grounds of non-payment. A repayment agreement was made via the court and arrears were brought up to date," he said.
"Unfortunately, the club has once again failed to meet its obligation and therefore the council has enforced forfeiture of the lease and retaken possession of the site."
The club, which paid £9,600 in rent every three months, first complained of financial difficulties in November 2010 when the owners said that not enough of its 700 members were coming through the door.
However, after a change of management and a resurgence of interest in the shape of 400 new members, the owners firmly believed that the club was heading toward a brighter future.
Cllr Roly Hughes, chairman of the Chesterton Community Project, said it was sad that there are no more public amenities left in the area.
"It is so sorrowful to see another community asset shut down. So many families in Chesterton used to go there," he said.
"A lot of people will have fond memories of it. The committee members, who started the club, will be saddened in their graves by this."
The club made headlines again in December 2012 when three masked raiders made off with more than £5,000 after violently attacking staff with a bar stool.


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Hello, Looking at the source code of RulesBase.match(String, String) it can be seen that wildcard matching is performed if there was no exact match for the current pattern. But the digester documentation (at http://jakarta.apache.org/commons/digester/api/org/apache/commons/digester/package-summary.html) reads: It is quite possible that, when a particular XML element is being parsed, the pattern for more than one registered processing rule will be matched either because you registered more than one processing rule with the same matching pattern, or because one more more exact pattern matches and wildcard pattern matches are satisfied by the same element. This statement is misleading because only when there is no exact match for the current pattern are wildcard patterns taken into consideration. (Also watch out for the "more more" typo.) Here is a little experiment to make the case: --- File EchoRule.java ------------------ import org.apache.commons.digester.*; public class EchoRule extends Rule { String pat; EchoRule(Digester digester, String pat) { super(digester); this.pat = pat; } public void body(String text) { System.out.println("Body of EchoRule("+pat+") called with text ["+text+"]."); } public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception { Digester digester = new Digester(); Rule aRule = new EchoRule(digester, "top/a"); digester.addRule("top/a", aRule); Rule starARule = new EchoRule(digester, "*/a"); digester.addRule("*/a", starARule); digester.parse(args[0]); } } ----------------------------------------- Here is a test xml file called a1.xml --- a1.xml -------- <top>  immediate  </top> ------------------- Try it out: > javac EchoRule.java > java EchoRule a1.xml Body of EchoRule(top/a) called with text [immediate]. You can also try it on a2.xml --- a2.xml -------- <top>  immediate   embedded within b  </top> ------------------- The result is: > java EchoRule a2.xml Body of EchoRule(top/a) called with text [immediate]. Body of EchoRule(*/a) called with text [embedded within b]. In both tests you can see that EchoRule("*/a") is not called for "top/a". -- Ceki -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:email@example.com> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:firstname.lastname@example.com>
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Chris Herren, at 18, was a basketball hero. He grew up in Fall River, Mass., a dying mill town south of Boston that loved high-school basketball like Odessa, Tex., loved the Friday night lights of high-school football.
Herren liked to drink booze and smoke weed. At the substance-abuse seminars he was required to attend as a top-rated prospect, he scoffed, sat in the back, talked while the presenter spoke. He was 18. Invincible. After one such presentation at Boston College in his freshman year, he was ready to party when he went back to his dorm room. His roommate and a girlfriend had a pile of cocaine on the desk.
Herren turned to leave the room. The young woman goaded him back. She handed him a rolled-up dollar bill. It was 1994 and he knew the story of Len Bias, who eight years earlier had died of a coke overdose after being drafted No. 2 by the Boston Celtics.
Herren decided he would try it once.
"I bent down, I banged the line of cocaine, I got up and I walked right out of the room," Herren said on Wednesday evening in suburban New Jersey in a darkened hotel conference room. The room was dead silent. Five dozen young men at the NBA's annual rookie transition program, including Canadians Andrew Wiggins, Nik Stauskas and Tyler Ennis, had their eyes and attention fixed on Herren.
"I had no idea at 18 years old, when I promised myself one line" – Herren paused, his voice raspy, the Boston accent worn through years of abuse – "that that one time would take 14 years to walk away from."
Herren's story – told in the 2011 memoir Basketball Junkie and ESPN 30 for 30 documentary Unguarded – unfurled for 45 minutes. He has spoken to more than 500,000 young people. It is a harrowing story that delves into the deep abysses of addiction. Coke, OxyContin, heroin. He made the NBA – started at point guard for his beloved Celtics – and played in a half-dozen other countries. He injected almost $1-million in his veins. His audience on Wednesday barely breathed. The silence was booming.
The NBA rookie transition program, 31/2 long days of mandatory and wide-ranging sessions, is the oldest such program among North America's major sports. The NHL and the NHL Players' Association started their own last year. For the NBA, drugs and substance abuse is one element, but much more time is spent on issues such as financial management and personal comportment, managing the transition from venerated college star to millionaire pro athlete.
Still, drugs and how they can derail a dream and a life is a core pillar of what the NBA program is about. The first program was staged in 1986, after NBA players for years had struggled with drugs and the association's public reputation was in tatters. The nadir was the death of the heralded Bias at the age of 22.
"It was just a recognition that we needed to do more to prepare players for life off the court," said Greg Taylor, NBA senior vice-president of player development. "So much of the time was focused on developing their skills on the court. We now know that's 50 per cent of the journey."
In a front row on Wednesday, his assigned seat throughout the transition program, was Wiggins. The 19-year-old was drafted No. 1 in late June by the Cleveland Cavaliers and is set to be traded to the Minnesota Timberwolves. The summer has been a jarring introduction to the pro life.
Like his peers, Wiggins stared at Herren throughout the talk. Wiggins has an intimate connection with how drugs can interrupt a career. His father, Mitchell Wiggins, was a first-round NBA pick in 1983 and in 1986 reached the NBA finals with the Houston Rockets. Mitchell, a shooting guard, scored 10 points a game coming off the bench that playoff spring, a rising star.
Then, in January, 1987, at the age of 27, he and another player were banned from the NBA for cocaine. Wiggins was reinstated in 1989 and managed his best NBA season, 15.5 points a game in 1989-90, but his career sputtered and ended in the fringe leagues of Europe. "Don't make dumb mistakes," he would counsel Andrew and his other children as they grew up in the Toronto suburb of Vaughan.
Andrew had the embrace of a tight family. "Always told me to think, him and my mother, my grandma, my aunts, my older brothers, even my sisters," Wiggins said in an interview. "We were all just very smart growing up, you know? We didn't surround ourselves with bad people or people that could negatively bring us down."
The NBA imposes decorum on its students at summer school. There are no family members, agents or hangers-on. There is a dress code; polo shirts are provided. There are no smartphones during the work sessions, and no leaving the hotel grounds for any reason.
Last year, No. 14 pick Shabazz Muhammad of the Minnesota Timberwolves brought a woman back to his room. He was thrown out of the program and is back this summer, a remedial transition program, after a humbling rookie season in which he scored four points a game.
Much of the work this past week occurred in closed-door breakout sessions, the 59 players divided into five groups. One room, with chairs assembled in a circle, had a swath of laminated, coloured pages on the floor and walls – an array of challenging scenarios: "staying away from negative influences," "family pressures," "pressure to stay out late," "baby mama drama," "peer jealousy," "being injured."
Back in a main session, health and wellness was discussed. "Sleep is completely underestimated. Completely underestimated," said Derek Suite, a clinical psychiatrist.
Afterward, 19-year-old Ennis from Brampton, Ont., said the science of sleep was helpful. And while he is from a strong family, and has learned lessons of life from his family, the week has been important.
"Listening to some other guys' problems, things other guys are going through – most of this stuff I don't really have to deal with, mostly because I have a really solid family," Ennis said in an interview. "I'm fortunate. But it helps to hear about it. This is good for anybody."
Stauskas, 20 and raised in Mississauga, felt the same. "It's always good to be reminded about this kind of stuff," Stauskas said in an interview. "You've got to pay attention, and show respect to the people who are talking."
Herren and his story of addiction, overdoses, arrests, relapses and suicide attempts – all while trying to hack out a life in pro basketball – commanded the room. The rookies, separately, learned about the NBA drug-test rules: four random urine tests between Oct. 1 and June 30, and two more between July 1 and Sept. 30.
Herren, who kicked his habit at 32 in an intense, extended-treatment program, has been clean six years. He concluded by quoting what he's heard from some young players he's spoken to. "Mr. Herren, it's just weed, man. It's just weed."
He has the scars on his arms that prove it can be otherwise.
"Your whole life, you've wanted to sit in this seat," Herren said to his audience. "Your whole life, you've worked for it. And you're going jeopardize for something you call 'just weed?'"
His final counsel was a challenge as big as those coming on the court: Be a man, be comfortable with who you are. Don't rely on highs.
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Teen's go on trial charged with mugging woman who allegedly identified them on Facebook
TWO teenagers will go on trial in November charged with taking part in a vicious mugging of a woman in Dublin after they were allegedly identified on Facebook.
A 16-year-old boy and a girl, also aged 16, are charged with robbery in Balbriggan on Aug. 30 last year and appeared at the Dublin Children's Court.
They have pleaded not guilty and Judge John O'Connor ordered that their trial would take place in mid-November.
The pair, who cannot be named because they are minors, remain on bail.
In an outline of the allegations for purpose of ruling on jurisdiction, Garda Kevin Fitzpatrick had told Judge O'Connor earlier that the woman (31) was walking through a housing estate when she noticed small group of teenagers behind her.
It would be alleged a girl asked her for a light and as the woman turned around the girl tried to grab her handbag from her shoulder.
It was alleged the boy was also present and grabbed the woman by her hair. There was a struggle and it was also alleged the woman was "punched several times in the head" by the boy.
The court heard the woman claims the teenage boy also produced a knife and told her to "give me your money".
Her bag, which contained €90, house keys and her bank cards, was taken.
Gda Fitzpatrick said the boy and his co-accused were identified via Facebook where the woman allegedly saw photos of them which she then showed to gardai.
Defence counsel Damian McKeone pleaded with the judge to accept jurisdiction and not to send the case forward to the circuit court, which has tougher sentencing powers. He asked the judge to note the boy, who is taking part in an educational and training course, and was aged 15 at the time of the incident.
Judge O'Connor accepted jurisdiction but said if the boy had been aged 17 the case would be sent forward to the higher court. Jurisdiction has also been accepted for the girl's case.


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As the question says, I would like to know what made you all join GAG, and if you've been satisfied with it thus far.
For me, the main thing that attracted me to GAG was the reality check section. I'm at a point in my life where I feel like I'm ready to start dating again, and I saw the site as mainly a way of getting opinions on me personally. The articles and such are nice and all, but my main desire was to more or less get opinions on my appearance, as well as my dating approach. In terms of me being satisfied, I would say maybe 50%. On the one hand, I do get a lot of great advice when it comes to dating, but the site seems to be anti-image advice, which is also important if you want to date. Even my simple question asking if I look better with or without glasses got deleted (so I don't even bother asking anything further), and the reality check section is inactive (been here for a month and it hasn't been commented on once).
Thats sort of my summary of GAG thus far. For the tl:dr version: GAG is good at giving tactical dating advice, bad for receiving personal presentation opinions.
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Designing a Realistic Climate Change Policy that includes Developing Countries
In earlier papers we have argued that the Kyoto Protocol is not sustainable as a global climate change policy and have proposed an alternative policy regime based on a coordinated but decentralised system of national permit trading systems with a fixed internationally negotiated price for permits. In this paper we extend this earlier proposal to include an explicit mechanism for participation by developing countries. The idea is to give incentives for carbon abatement in developing countries through price signals without imposing short or medium term costs in these economies. This new system is based on the creation of two types of assets in each participating country - emission endowments and emission permits. We argue that this new system is an effective and realistic way to move forward on a sustainable regime for climate change policy.
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- Warwick J. McKibbin & Peter J. Wilcoxen, 1999. "Permit Trading Under the Kyoto Protocol and Beyond," Economics and Environment Network Working Papers 9902, Australian National University, Economics and Environment Network.
- McKibbin, Warwick J. & Wilcoxen, Peter J., 1998.
"The theoretical and empirical structure of the G-Cubed model,"
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- McKibbin, W.J. & Wilcoxen, P.J., 1995. "The Theoretical and Empirical Structure of the G-Cubed Model," Papers 118, Brookings Institution - Working Papers.
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Christie is a very dangerous assassin in the Dead or Alive series. She made her debut in Dead or Alive 3, she is the archenemy to Helena Douglas, especially in Dead or Alive 4 when it revealed that she assasinated Helena's Mother at the Opera House in an attempt to kill Helena, her mother took the bullet to save her daughter from such a fate, Christie is depicted as a cold-blooded, despicable, ruthless, cunning, seductive, devious, heartless, manipulative, and calculating woman who knows many ways to kill someone, as shown in her Dead or Alive 4 ending, she gained the attention of a yakuza mobster who was so mesmerized by her that he failed to notice that she stuck him in the back of his neck with a needle cutting into his vertabre killing him instantly, leaving him standing there dead as if he was still gazing at her as she walks off.
She appears in Dead or Alive Xtreme series, where her characterization is comparatively softer, to the extent that Leifang can befriend her.
Her backstory was expanded in Dead or Alive Dimensions, where she is revealed to be the reason why Kasumi was able to access the Dead or Alive tournament, albeit with the ulterior motives of getting genetic stock from her.
In Dead or Alive 5, she appears again and attempts to sway Bass Armstrong to her side, with little success. During this time, she also encounters Helena again. She also was implied to know Rig Donovan from the past.
- Christie, alongside the various Kasumi clones (with the possible exception of Phase 4), is the only evil female character. Most of the girls are either good or neutral, and Nyotengu's moral alignment is left ambiguous.


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Photos: Man Finds 'Spiritual' Rattle Snake Inside Lagos Hotel [PHOTOS]
June 24, 2015 – Pictures: Man Finds 'Spiritual' Rattle Snake Inside Lagos Hotel [PICTURES]
Check out the creepy creature a Lagos big boy found inside a hotel in Lagos.
The guy identified as Yemi Osubanro was chatting with a friend on Monday night inside the premises of an hotel (name withheld) in Ikeja when he noticed this extremely long brown snake racing towards him.
He is curious to know what type of snake this is???
Spirituality aside, the above creature looks like a baby rattle snake. It is venomous. Stay out of that area.


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Easley faces possible felony charge
Published: Wednesday, October 26, 2011 at 2:49 p.m.
Last Modified: Wednesday, October 26, 2011 at 2:49 p.m.
State Attorney Bill Cervone is the new referee assigned to oversee the spat between Florida defensive lineman Dominique Easley and former University of Alabama and Cincinnati Bengal football player Reggie Myles.
On Wednesday afternoon, the University of Florida Police Department forwarded to Cervone sworn complaints against both men.
Easley and Miles got into a scuffle outside the stadium a few hours after Alabama beat the Gators in The Swamp on Oct. 1.
The sworn complaints accuse Easley of battery and Miles of disorderly conduct, criminal mischief and theft in connection with the incident on the Gate 2 walkway.
It is now up to Cervone and his staff to determine if formal charges will be filed against one or both of the men.
Cervone told The Sun the sworn complaint paperwork was still being processed Wednesday afternoon and he would need at least a few days to make a decision on how to proceed in the case.
Miles told UF police that he was attacked by Easley.
UF coach Will Muschamp could not be reached for comment Wednesday. UF spokesperson Steve McClain declined to comment on Easley's situation.
Easley's attorney, Huntley Johnson, has advised his client not to talk about the incident, a move that police said stymied their attempts to get an accurate idea of what went on between the two men.
Johnson would not comment because he said he has not yet seen a copy of the sworn complaint.
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This is a blog post about a tactic a friend suggested to me that I wanted to share. On my personal site, I solicited advice for creating a better ending to some of my stories. He calls it the "malign paradigm shift," but I like the title of Creep Reveal better.
So, with a creep reveal, what you do is you slowly ratchet up the creep factor, then reveal an entire new level of creepy underneath it. An example my friend gave was the ball scene in the movie Van Helsing. The gypsy girl Anna is there with Dracula and is a little creeped out by the people there, the way she's being stared at, etc etc. Then Van Helsing and his monk friend drop the curtain off of a giant mirror to expose Dracula for the reflectionless blood-sucking perv he is. The viewer (and the heroes) expect to just see Anna apparently dancing by herself in front of an audience. Instead, they check the reflection and see just Anna- no Dracula, and no audience either. She was the only living human that was a guest, and was surrounded by vampires the entire time.
On the positive side, I feel like this sort of writing can be effective if used correctly. I believe Slimebeast used it to great effect in his story Bonus Room, among others. On the other hand, this one is important to not rush. It's best to use this in a slow pasta to carefully bring up the fear and then rip off an entire remaining layer of sanity to elevate the creepiness factor to new heights.
Can anyone think of other stories that have used this tactic effectively? Do you think it is an effective tactic at all? What situations/stories could you see that could use the Creep Reveal?


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Seattle just raised its minimum wage to $15/hour, but apparently that wasn't good enough for Dan Price, founder of Gravity Payments.
Price is going to pay 120 employees $70,000 per year, while taking a big cut of his own.
Yes, every single employee, from a customer service representative on up to himself!
From the New York Times:
The idea began percolating, said Dan Price, the founder of Gravity Payments, after he read an article on happiness. It showed that, for people who earn less than about $70,000, extra money makes a big difference in their lives.
His idea bubbled into reality on Monday afternoon, when Mr. Price surprised his 120-person staff by announcing that he planned over the next three years to raise the salary of even the lowest-paid clerk, customer service representative and salesman to a minimum of $70,000.
The paychecks of about 70 employees will grow, with 30 ultimately doubling their salaries, according to Ryan Pirkle, a company spokesman. The average salary at Gravity is $48,000 year.
If this is a publicity stunt to grow his company, it will definitely attract some attention.
Take a look at the financial breakdown of Price's proposal…
Mr. Price, who started the Seattle-based credit-card payment processing firm in 2004 at the age of 19, said he would pay for the wage increases by cutting his own salary from nearly $1 million to $70,000 and using 75 to 80 percent of the company's anticipated $2.2 million in profit this year.
I mean, Price owns the company, so go ahead, pay them the high salaries, that's your right. The thing he needs to keep in mind is that minimum wage jobs are meant to be kept for a short time before one can move on to something better.
What happens if a low-level employee is fired from his $70k job? Clearly that person won't see that kind of cash at any other minimum wage job he or she applies for.
Maybe Price feels embarrassed by his success at such a young age, but it's not greedy to want to keep the profit you earned from a business you took the chance on starting up.
From Kimberly Morin at Federalist Papers:
Essentially Price is giving everyone a 'trophy' even if they don't deserve it.
He's paying low-skilled workers a much higher salary than they'd ever earn elsewhere which means they'll end up being stuck in the same job for years rather than leave.
He's cutting the profits of his company to do so which means he won't have the money to grow like he would before which will end job creation. This will also stop the company from growing which in turn will make it so the employees he has now can't move up the food chain internally.
There is a value placed on workers that is based on demand and skill level. By increasing the value of lower skilled workers to one that doesn't come near what is reality, Price sets his own employees up for failure down the road.
The other issue is this company will ultimately go out of business as competitors with lower cost structures offer customers lower prices and better service.
Morin isn't wrong. It would be difficult to sum up any better.


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