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While on maternity leave I made a new friend. It was nice to have someone new to go to the park with, but she's starting to drive me round the bend with her holier-than-thou approach to motherhood. She admonishes me for giving my son non-organic fruit and for not making his every meal from scratch. What's the polite way to ditch her?
VICKI We're often asked for the 'polite' way to chuck a boyfriend, unfriend a bore or blank a needy neighbour. Most correspondents, I suspect, just want us to absolve them of guilt because there isn't a polite way. Breaking faith with someone who wants to be your friend is (at best) impolite and (at worst) wretchedly unfeeling. I'm not sure where dumping an organic-baby bore figures on the cruelty scale (quite high, I should think) but if you can't laugh, wheedle or tease her out of her nagging, the only kind thing is to pick up a metaphorical scissor and cut her off swiftly.
OCTAVIA Nothing puts me off the prospect of motherhood like organic mums and their blossoming kids. But do you definitely have to ditch her? If you live nearby you never know where she might turn up again, at the school gates or such like, and that's only going to be awkward. Give her another go but make sure she knows how you feel about her behaviour. So next time she mentions your failings, laugh heartily, then say, 'Oh dear, I think if you ever criticise my mothering skills again we might have to stop being friends.' Hopefully, she can take a hint.


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We've all been there before. Load up a game only to be met with a blank space asking what should be a simple question: What would you like to name your character? Or, even before you pop a game in, your GamerTag? Or your PSN ID? Your Steam username? Five hours pass and maybe you've come up with something cool.

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(b) "Agency review" means a review performed on agencies of a department pursuant to the provisions of this article.
(c) "Committee" means the Joint Committee on Government Operations.
(d) "Compliance review" means a review for compliance with recommendations contained in a previous agency review or regulatory board review conducted pursuant to the provisions of this article and may include further inquiry of other issues as directed by the President, the Speaker, the Legislative Auditor, the committee or the joint standing committee.
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(f) "Department presentation" means a presentation by a department pursuant to the provisions of this article.
(g) "Division" means the Performance Evaluation and Research Division of the Legislative Auditor.
(h) "Joint standing committee" means the Joint Standing Committee on Government Organization.
(i) "Privatize" means a contract to procure the services of a private vendor to provide a service that is similar to, and/or in lieu of, a service provided by a state agency.
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Apple is trying to rope 'em in early
Los Angeles students will receive
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thanks to a recent $30 million contract with Apple.
Apple scored the $30 million contract from the L.A. Unified School District this week, which will deploy iPads to all students throughout 47 campuses.
The Board of Education voted 6 to 0 on Tuesday to approve the contract after receiving positive input about iPad use from teachers and students. The iPad was also the least expensive device.
The L.A. Unified School District is paying $678 per iPad, which will come pre-loaded with educational software, but won't include a keyboard.
The school district also committed to spending "hundreds of millions of dollars" with Apple over the next two years, since they chose the company as their only tablet vendor.
The iPads have a three-year warranty that includes free replacement devices up to 5 percent of the value of the purchase price.
The $30 million for Apple's iPads is a steep contract price, but the L.A. district insisted on the measure because new state and national tests will be taken on computers, and it doesn't want its students falling behind on computer skills. Also, the software will help students in the classroom and after school for studying.
However, there are many concerns floating around the new agreement with Apple. Chief Strategy Officer Matt Hill complained that the funding came from facility bonds, which could have been used for construction instead. The teachers union wanted the money to be used for the hiring of new teachers.
Aside from school staff and officials, Microsoft has a beef to pick with the L.A. Unified School District too, and I bet you can guess why. That's right -- it wants its Surface tablets to be adopted by school districts so that students start using the Windows operating system early, and this will hopefully lead to loyalty to the OS as they upgrade over the years.
Robyn Hines, senior director of state government affairs for Microsoft, said that using only one platform throughout the district would limit options, such as innovations/price cuts from other companies and students' ability to learn platforms they'd find in the workplace (such as Windows).
Last week, Microsoft announced that it was
giving away 10,000 Surface RT tablets
to teachers at the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE). The idea was to spread RT adoption in schools by supplying teachers with the devices and even training them how to use it. Microsoft is also expected to announce its "Microsoft Surface for education limited time offer" this month, which will offer $199
Surface RTs
(normally retails for $499) to schools and colleges interested in adopting the tablets. If the schools want a touch keyboard with their Surface RT, the total price is $249 (retail $599) and with a type keyboard, the cost is $289 (retail $629).
The offer will reportedly run until August 31, 2013.
Microsoft is also trying to expand Surface RT's capabilities by employing
Qualcomm's Snapdragon processors
for the next generation.
Apple has been making its way into classrooms around the U.S. for years now. In 2011, Maine
spent $200,000
to supply its kindergarteners with iPads. Later that year, the iPad entered other
elementary schools
, such as a third-grade classroom in Millstone, New Jersey.
Aside from the $30,000 L.A. Unified School District contract, Apple is using other ways to pull kids into its platform early:
Apple Camp
Apple Camp is a three-day, creative workshop for children ages 8-12. It will be held at Apple Retail Stores, and allows kids to film footage and create songs using iMovie and GarageBand on a Mac. After the three days are complete, the children present their work at the Apple Camp Film Festival.
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Release Notes: This release fixes status printing: large files are reported correctly, and containers are counted. It adds timestamps in log files. There are Windows installer fixes, and general code cleanup and refactoring.
Release Notes: This release fixes Manent dispatch under Linux. It has correct logging of the number of created containers. It writes timestamps to log files.
Release Notes: Log files sanitize passwords and encryption keys. Backup status is left-adjusted. Status output is also printed in the middle of a scan. Spaces are recognized in excluded files.
Release Notes: This release fixed integration tests and multiple starting of Manent under the same cmd shell.
Release Notes: For Windows, Manent has been compiled into an executable and now comes with an installer. There are other minor fixes, including Unicode filename handling, better detection of foreign files in the Manent storage dir, cleaner closing of the database connection, and more.
Release Notes: The database of intermediate committed nodes is now stored in memory. This drastically reduces the number of write accesses during scan, and gives a 20% speedup.
Release Notes: Fixes to status printing of Unicode files under Windows. An automatic release script (again).
Release Notes: This release has fixes to make it work with Python 2.6.
Release Notes: The status and reporting have been revamped to be more concise and readable. Accurate estimation of progress is printed.
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WINSTON-SALEM, NC (AP) — Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center has cancelled a 1.5% merit raise for employees.
The Winston-Salem Journal reported the hospital did not say how much money it would save by rescinding the raises approved for the fiscal year that began July 1.
The move comes after the medical center reported that it had an operating loss of $55 million during the last fiscal year, in part because of the costs of a new electronic health record system. Investment gains offset most of the losses.
The hospital said it had to act to deal with revenue decreases from state budget reductions and lower Medicare payments.
The center is Forsyth County's largest employer with a workforce of about 13,000 full-time and part-time employees.
A spokesman would not elaborate on the reductions.
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UMEA, Sweden, Dec. 20 (UPI) -- Swedish researchers have found that an amino acid that aids sexual performance in men also helps spruce trees develop stronger root systems.
A team led by Torgny Nasholm, a forestry professor at the Swedish University of the Agricultural Sciences, created a fertilizer laced with arginine, Vasterbotten-Kurrien reported. The amino acid improves sperm production and blood circulation in the genital area.
Nasholm found that trees given the fertilizer had stronger root systems. As an additional environmental benefit, the trees were able to draw nitrogen more effectively, allowing less nitrogen fertilizer to be used.


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With Chatswood just 10 kilometres from the centre of Sydney city, this prominent north shore suburb lets you enjoy the exciting vibe of cosmopolitan dining, shopping, entertainment and culture.
This thriving area has become popular with corporate travellers and tourists, being only 26 kilometres from the airport and an ideal base for conducting business or sightseeing throughout Sydney.
An efficient public transport system means a train ride from Chatswood will have you arriving at the CBD in just 20 minutes, where you can see the famous city landmarks such as the Sydney Opera House, Sydney Harbour Bridge and Circular Quay. Or closer to Chatswood are the popular tourist spots such as Luna Park, Taronga Zoo and Olympic Park.
Chatswood has cool weekly markets and spectacular shopping, boasting large shopping centres and department stores through to trendy upmarket fashion boutiques, including Westfield Chatswood, Metro Chatswood, Chatswood Chase, Myer and David Jones.
A recent addition is The Concourse, which is a mix of venues for live theatre, dance, music, events and exhibitions, along with quality restaurants and cafés. There are many other options for eating out in Chatswood, known for fantastic Chinese yum cha and other Asian cuisine including Thai, Japanese Korean, Mongolian and Taiwanese.
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POL-TER-GEIST (noun): 'Noisy spirit'; paranormal source of physical disturbances.
As anyone who has ever watched Steven Spielberg's classic horror flick or the BBC Scotland drama Sea of Souls will tell you, poltergeists can be scary. Okay, the ones on the screen are, but do they exist in the real world?
Who better to ask than author and parapsychologist JJ Lumsden, who attempts to answer that question in his new novel, The Hidden Whisper.
Now based in Birmingham, Lumsden did his under-graduate degree at Edinburgh University, staying on to do his postgraduate studies which saw him based him at the university's world famous Koestler Parapsychology Unit for three and a half years. His interest in the paranormal however, began a lot earlier.
"Like many youngsters, I was curious as to how the world ticked, and the paranormal was a particularly intriguing part of that," he says.
"As I got older, the interest grew stronger. If phenomena proved genuine I realised there were significant consequences for our world view, and how the universe operated. So, when the opportunity to get involved in parapsychology came along – that was the route I wanted.
"At the time, the Koestler Parapsychology Unit was the best place to study parapsychology anywhere in the world," adds Lumsden.
"In its heyday, at the turn of the millennium, the unit had around a dozen members of staff and students. Unfortunately, in 2004, Professor Robert Morris (the unit's Professor of Parapsychology] died unex-pectedly and left a tremendous void and with no clear plan in place for moving on the KPU now has just two permanent members of staff."
The Hidden Whisper is set a world away from Edinburgh academia, in a retirement community in the desert of South Arizona. There, Jack and Chloe Monroe have an unwanted guest and a phenomenon they once thought of as simply strange has turned sinister.
Enter paranormal investi-gator Dr Luke Jackson – who has just one week to unravel the mystery and the clock is ticking.
In the novel Lumsden uses Jackson's character to give the reader an insight into his world, even providing extensive end notes which offer additional explanations of the many topics raised in the tale.
"Many people have an interest in the paranormal, and many people have (often strong) opinions on it. As you can imagine there's a fairly wide and diverse spectrum of views," he says. "From the offset, my aim was to write a book that tried to explain our current understanding of the paranormal in an easy going way. Fitting the science around a fictional narrative seemed logical, although it proved harder than I thought and an 18 month project soon topped three years.
"In blending fiction with science, the question was what sort of story to centre the narrative on? I wanted a book that had some mystery to it, so the aim was to create a whodunit/whatdunnit event. In turn, a poltergeist episode seemed a good choice as these events typically have a number of potential explanations."
Lumsden admits that he has not personally been involved in any poltergeist investigations – "They're fairly rare occurrences," he assures – but has studied psychokinesis.
"Most contemporary parapsychology is laboratory based," he says. "Researchers try to establish whether phenomena like Extra Sensory Perception or Psychokinesis can be generated consistently under laboratory conditions with all the controls and safeguards that entails.
"I specialised in psycho-kinesis research, and so never got hands on with any local paranormal events when I was in Edinburgh. My fieldwork has predominantly been conducted in Zululand, South Africa, where I've worked with indigenous healers to try to understand whether psychic healing is genuine."
Which is the question asked about all paranormal activity. So, does Lumsden believe that there is a scientific explan-ation for every eventuality or are there cases that have left him genuinely stumped?
"We've been beavering away at parapsychology for well over a century now, and while we definitely have a better understanding of the paranormal, it is far from complete.
"There are certainly occasions when apparently strange and mysterious events have quite prosaic explan-ations, but there are also occasions when we all step back and scratch our heads and furrow our brows. Theories and textbook explanations seem unlikely to account for everything we see."
Worth remembering the next time something goes bump in the night.
The Hidden Whisper by JJ Lumsden is published by Bennion Kearny, 10.99, www.thehidden whisper.com


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Read J.J. Abrams' Heartfelt Note to the 'Star Wars: Episode 7′ Cast and Crew as Filming Begins
Director J.J. Abrams and the cast and crew of 'Star Wars: Episode 7' have an uphill battle ahead of them as they launch the new trilogy in the 'Star Wars' franchise. How do you motivate your team when you're embarking on one of the biggest and riskiest cinematic ventures in recent history? Well, as filming began on Friday, J.J. Abrams wrote a note to inspire everyone working on the film (and, it might just get 'Star Wars' fans excited too).


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Subject: Re: [DNA] Checking on how to submit FTDNA results to Genbank?
Date: Sun, 18 Nov 2007 07:44:13 EST
In a message dated 11/17/2007 8:05:39 PM Pacific Standard Time,
> I wrote to Susan Schaeffer at Genbank and asked similar questions, as well
> as for more information on how to prepare a submission.
Last October I wrote:
"I strongly recommend submitting your sample through Linda Jonas or David
Whyte. They have a working relationship with the NCBI staff, and they've mastered
all the "gothcas" involved in preparing your sequence for uploading. It took
some negotiations for NCBI to even consider accepting sequence data from
individuals, as they are more accustomed to the batches of sequences that accompany
formally published articles."
Let me be even more blunt here -- I've seen your descriptions of your
interactions with various organizations (Argus, FTDNA, SMGF), and you come through as
being very demanding as well as putting your own spin on things. I'm
concerned that if you extend that pattern to the staff at the National Center for
Biotechnology Information, you will spoil things for the genetic genealogy
community as a whole.
Please, just have a bit of patience, take 5 seconds to respond to Linda
Jonas' spam filter, and let the established procedures unfold in due course.
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I'm using Linux MInt 14 KDE
My graphics card is Intel and I updated the drivers using the X-Updates repo. Everything is well and good, even better than Cinnamon / MATE. But there's this annoying problem that I can't find any solution to it.
Whenever I leave the laptop on for a long time (~1 hour) and after that try to use it, the moment I move the mouse / press the keyboard the screen starts to show all sorts of flickerings. For sometime, it just stayed around 1 minute. But today it wasn't going away at all.
To avoid the temporary flickering, I had to lock the screen whenever I left. That stopped the screen from flickering when I got back.
But if I don't do that and just close the lid (put the monitor down) and later on put it back up the second I try to do something the screen starts to jump (flicker)
So, today when It wasn't coming up at all from that flickering, I had to use Alt+Clrl+F2 and access the root shell and use a "pkill Xorg" and then "startservice Xorg".
But as expected it took all the running apps away.
Is there a solution for this?? Please confirm. Otherwise I'll have to drop back to 13 (Maya)
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I had the same annoyance. I have Nvidia video and it went away when I removed the default video driver and installed the Nvidia one.
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by Karl Utermohlen | August 2, 2013 2:38 pm
James Cameron's Avatar made headlines back in 2009 when it became the highest-grossing movie of all time, netting a $2.8 billion at the box office. Soon after the success of these movies, Cameron announced that he had plans to release two Avatar sequels.
According to BBC News, Cameron will now make three sequels after realizing that the Avatar story became bigger than he had anticipated. All three movies will be filmed in succession in 2014 and they will be released respectively in December of 2016, 2017 and 2018.
Two of these movies will have stand-alone storylines that will be part of a larger story in the fictional world of Pandora.
20th Century Fox (FOX[1]) has hired four screenwriters to assist Cameron in the creation of these new Avatar movies including the War of the Worlds and Armageddon writers. Additionally, Cameron said that all three films will feature the same visual virtuosity as the first one.
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Xbox One Kinect Finds New Life as Educational Gaming Toy for Orangutans
They're mad for their new gaming rig.
They're mad for their new gaming rig.
Because no one used it anyway.
Microsoft really wants to blur the line between the digital and real worlds. It's developed a new program could eventually help robots and self-driving cars better "see" their surroundings. Read More >>
Scientists at Brunel University London have developed a system that uses the sensor to help Parkinson's patients that suffer from muscle freezing.
While you're waiting for some half-decent Kinect-focussed games to appear...
Who would want an auto trolley, when the best bit of shopping is bombing around the aisles on a normal one?
It's been 15 months since the 1020 was released, and we haven't seen much physical evidence that Microsoft was planning a follow-up—until now.
Microsoft's research division has found a way to perfectly track and mimic a highly articulated human hand using only the Xbox's Kinect.
Some peripherals are kind of weird, and others I don't even get, but there's clearly plenty of great ones to choose from.
Waving your arms and shouting at your telly with Kinect is now completely your choice, no matter what Xbox One bundle you opted for.
Monthly Xbox One sales have doubled in the US; a direct result of the Kinect-less bundle going on sale. It's cheaper and you don't have to make an idiot of yourself to use it. MS is tentatively back in the race. [Xbox Wire]
Not content with controlling one body? Why not try and control another.
Microsoft has announced that the Xbox One's Kinect sensor will be available for PCs from July 15th.
The device codenamed "McLaren" could make use of "3D Touch" controls. As opposed to 2D touch?
Matt Davidson recently had the question put to him of which technology excites him most. His answer? The Oculus Rift combined with Kinect.
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Scandyna Podspeakers: Striking retro design and ear-popping sound [CU Exposed 2013]
Perhaps one of the most eye-drawing stands at this CU Exposed in London was the Scandyna stall. On it was a collection of unique looking speakers. Some looked like a giant teardrop, whereas others looked like big plastic Jelly Babies. The look was retro, in the very best sense of the word and face of each cabinet was dominated by the beautifully exposed, round yellow speaker cone.
Usually when you see an audio product that's so clearly about the look, the audio usually suffers. Not so with the Podspeaker. These speakers pack a serious punch. The bass levels were gut busting, without detracting from the mid and treble frequencies. I'm pretty sure they could have blown my face off if the volume was cranked all the way up. And that was just from the SmallPod. If you're love music, and are something of an audio enthusiast with a taste for striking design, stop looking. This is your perfect speaker.
Perhaps the only negative is the price point. Having done a quick search on Amazon these are the prices: the SmallPod will set you back £329 ($500), the MiniPod is £599 ($900), Micropod SE £260 ($400), and The Drop is around £450 ($680). Hunt around online to find the lowest prices. I can assure you, if you can afford it, it's worth it. Most are Bluetooth equipped and can received audio via line in.
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Interdependence refers to how much you need dependency or a "couple identity" with your partner. Your answer pattens suggest that you tend not to become overly dependent on a romantic partner. People scoring like you are comfortable being singled out for praise and rewards, and their personal identity and independence from others is important to them. Therefore, it seems you need a reasonable level of independence in a relationship. This does not mean that you do not desire to be close with a partner. Indeed, when you feel close to someone, this person often becomes an important part of who you are on the inside and you probably like showing off your "couplehood" in public. However, you do not necessarily need to be constantly "joined at the hip" in order to feel connected and secure in a relationship. Bottom line: you need someone who reciprocates a strong feeling of attachment to a partner but who also respects and copes well with the fact that you benefit from a reasonable level of physical and psychological space at times.
Next, PlentyofFish presents some customized probing questions to use "as is" or as inspiration to develop your own to help you explore your "interdependency" needs with potential partners:
"Are you the type of person who feels lonely easily? Please explain and share some past experiences of how you coped well or did not cope well"
"When it comes to the time a couple spends together, is quality more important than quantity in your opinion?"
"When you've been away from a partner for any length of time, how have you filled that time and found personal fulfillment?"
Intimacy refers to the how much you need emotional closeness with your partner. You have emotional intimacy to offer a partner – but that intimacy is expected to grow gradually over time. People in this scoring range are open with a partner when it comes to lessons learned from past experiences and relationships. You long for emotional closeness and security with a special person. In fact, you probably would feel uncomfortable if there were serious secrets kept from your partner. You likely see a partner as a best friend and your foremost confidant. There is likely no hesitation discussing current problems or concerns with that person. It also seems that you have realistic expectations for a committed relationship. However, you are acutely aware of the risks that come with intimacy. You may find yourself frequently wondering whether your devotion and adoration will be reciprocated or whether your partner's feelings will change. For this reason, people in this scoring range frequently neither lower their guard completely nor allow themselves to be fully emotional vulnerable. Bottom line: you need someone who will understand and accept a slow pace for emotional intimacy with you and provide frequent reassurance of their feelings and intentions as the relationship is taken to progressive levels.
Next, PlentyofFish presents some customized probing questions to use "as is" or as inspiration to develop your own to help you explore your "intimacy" needs with potential partners:
"What levels of self-disclosure have occurred at various stages of your past relationships? – and if you could do any of it over, what would you do?"
"How often do you have the experience of meeting someone and trusting them so completely that you share just about everything about yourself at the first meeting?"
"What kind of reassurance and feedback do you like to give and receive in a relationship?"
Self-Efficacy refers to your self-image, stability of mood and level of motivation. People at your scoring level feel assertive and expressive most of the time and strive to maintain a positive attitude. You likely find that having plans and structured goals help motivates and guides your personal and professional development. Many people in this scoring range are visionary in their ambitions, but they can be highly self critical. Indeed, you are likely to be acutely aware of your own strengths and weaknesses. Therefore, it probably helps for you to hear praise and recognition, as well as have measurable goals and benchmarks in order to feel competent in your decisions and actions and to achieve a strong sense of accomplishment. Bottom line: you need someone who is extremely supportive of your goals by showing patience and a positive outlook and who also frequently acknowledges and praises your small and large accomplishments.
Next, PlentyofFish presents some customized probing questions to use "as is" or as inspiration to develop your own to help you explore your "self-efficacy" needs with potential partners:
"Do people need to fish for compliments from you, or are you the kind of person who frequently gives spontaneous acknowledgements and praise to others?"
"What are the most important responsibilities in a friendship?"
"Do you think success in life is largely a matter of good organization or largely a matter of luck?"
Relationship readiness
Relationship Readiness refers to how prepared you are emotionally, psychologically and pragmatically for a committed relationship. You seem to have a good foundation and appear pretty much ready and willing to find a committed relationship. In fact, most people in this scoring range have a clear vision and a sense of purpose for their life. They have the ability to connect with others, they have well defined ideas about where their life is headed and they are assertive and resourceful in meeting their goals. Therefore, you likely feel in control and are able to take charge and go after what you want in life and in a relationship. Your housekeeping is also probably in check – meaning that you do not have any negative baggage that can weigh down a relationship, like financial or legal problems or emotional, health or family issues. As such, you do not seem to be seeking a relationship primarily to fill a void in your life or to gain a feeling of acceptance and belonging that was weakened or lost due to other relationships that ended or disappointed you. Rather, it seems to be that you are striving for a balance in your life and that now includes wanting to offer everything you can to a partner. Bottom line: you need someone who wants a relationship, rather than needs one to feel personally fulfilled.
Next, PlentyofFish presents some customized probing questions to use "as is" or as inspiration to develop your own to help you explore your "relationship readiness" needs with potential partners:
"Tell me in what ways you are a happy and successful single"
"Are you truly happy with the way you have lived your life? Explain"
Are there any ways in which you feel your life is not balanced?"
Communication refers to your approach to interpersonal interactions and level of emotional intelligence. Effective communicators have strong emotional intelligence, and you seem to have an excellent level of emotional intelligence. It is expected that you show considerable tolerance of ambiguity and emotional expression. You have the capacity for being extremely sensitive to other's feelings and to their body language. Those who know you well would probably describe you as patient and eager to listen to others. People in this scoring range are also not afraid of making or admitting to mistakes. They consistently and bravely show vulnerability to others. In fact, they are keenly aware how their behavior impacts others. You can communicate your needs and feelings honestly when someone engages you directly, but you may not always take the initiative to be assertive with others. In this sense, it is likely that you seek to understand others, rather than seek for others to understand you. Bottom line: you need someone who will not put up emotional barriers when you seek to understand his/her thoughts and feelings, but rather will communicate with you intimately and candidly.
Next, PlentyofFish presents some customized probing questions to use "as is" or as inspiration to develop your own to help you explore your "communication" needs with potential partners:
"Do you ever feel afraid that once a romantic partner gets to know you really well, that s/he will like who you really are or will think less of you?"
"Do you find it difficult to trust a romantic partner completely? Explain"
"Would you feel uncomfortable telling your partner about things in the past of which you felt ashamed?"
Conflict resolution
Conflict Resolution refers to your stress management and problem solving skills. Effective conflict resolution has nine general elements: View Conflict as Positive; Address Conflict in the Proper Atmosphere; Clarify Perceptions; Note Needs, not wants; Draw on the Power of a Positive Partnership; Focus on the Future, then learn from the past; Identify Options for Mutual Gain; Develop 'Doables' or stepping stones to action; and Make Mutually-Beneficial Agreements. Your score indicates that you are strongest in the areas of Viewing Conflict as Positive (as learning opportunities); Clarifying Perceptions; Noting Needs; Drawing on Power of a Positive Partnership; and Developing Doables or stepping stones for actions. This all suggests that you are very action-oriented when addressing problems. Rather than avoid conflict, you seem to evaluate the possible solutions and then actively engage your partner to work on a positive outcome. Your definition of positive outcomes, however, may not always agree with your partner's definition. For example, in eagerness to find what appears to be a complete and genuine resolution of a conflict rather than settling for a temporary agreement, you may focus on meeting your needs while unwittingly downplaying or minimizing whether your partner's needs have been met as well. Furthermore, people in this scoring range do not consistently consider the Proper Atmosphere when addressing relationship problems. That is, you may neither consistently arrange for a mutually acceptable time and setting nor choose your opening statement carefully to establish positive yet realistic expectations. Bottom line: you need someone who is calm, cool and collected and who is willing to address issues spontaneously and through intense, action-oriented debates and discussions.
Next, PlentyofFish presents some customized probing questions to use "as is" or as inspiration to develop your own to help you explore your "conflict resolution" needs with potential partners:
"Would you describe yourself as a rapid thinker? Explain"
"When you become frustrated at not being able to figure out the solution to a problem, does that make you work even harder to solve it? Explain"
"On a typical day, would you describe yourself as a person who likes frequent change? Explain"
Sexuality refers to your needs (frequency, boundaries, expressions) related to physical intimacy. Scientific models of love and attachment always include physical chemistry and sexuality. It is a crucial topic for any couple to address, because it involves issues of control and vulnerability. People at your scoring level have a fairly good sense of their sexual orientation, preferred sexual activities and comfort level. In fact, people in this range are characterized sexually as liking the focus on themselves and maintaining control. This does not mean that you are not concerned with satisfying your partner; indeed you can be quite passionate. It simply means that you probably put your own sexual needs first more often than not. Those sexual needs are perhaps best described as fairly conservative compared to most other people, yet you are no prude. You are confident in your own sexual ability and are likely open to try various activities as long as they sound appealing to you. Therefore, you may be less inclined to new experiences if they are only intended to please your partner. You tend to be open when talking to your partner about your needs, and you certainly tend not to be self conscious in the bedroom itself. For people in this range, sex can be casual, but they strive for it to be always fun and romantic. Bottom line: you need someone who sees sex as romantic and fun and especially who will like to be submissive to your sexual desires.
Next, PlentyofFish presents some customized probing questions to use "as is" or as inspiration to develop your own to help you explore your "sexual" needs with potential partners:
"Do you think you have a stronger sex drive than most people?"
"Where do you think most of your ideas and values about sex originated?"
"If you felt safe, do you think you would do almost anything to please your partner sexually?"
Attitudes toward love
Attitudes Toward Love refers to your level of needs for romantic love and friendship love. There are two main types of love – Romantic Love and Companionate Love. Romantic Love is passionate, emotional and intense, whereas Companionate Love is a deep, affectionate attachment. People feel these two types of loves to different degrees in a relationship, and the levels of each can fluctuate over time. You scored as someone who may be best described as "a "hopeless romantic on the inside and a realist on the outside." This means that you value very highly both the safety, security and comfort of Companionate Love and the excitement and passion of Romantic Love. You desire someone who is on the same wavelength as you –sharing similar attitudes, moods and impulses. You are a clearly a hybrid, and someone who probably views love as a transcendent thing. That is, you regard true love as a precious and rare state that must be nurtured to grow and thrive. Most people in this scoring range believe that a passionate sex life is not the most important factor in a stable and satisfying relationship. Rather, a relationship must be nurtured with acceptance and complete connectedness with a partner – a couple building and possessively protecting their "own world." Bottom line: You need someone whose highest priority is your relationship and is willing to do the hard work to keep a transcendent level of love alive in the relationship.
Next, PlentyofFish presents some customized probing questions to use "as is" or as inspiration to develop your own to help you explore your "love attitude" needs with potential partners:
"If a partner professed that s/he would do almost anything for you, would you see that as healthy or unhealthy love?"
"When you are separated from a partner, does the rest of the world often seem dull and unsatisfying?"
"Do you think that a person must have great confidence in his/her partner's judgment in order for the relationship to work?"
Preferred Expressions of Affection
Preferred Expressions of Affection refers to your likes and dislikes for different ways a partner can express love and devotion. There are many ways in which people show affection to their loved ones: physical touch, doing favors, spending time together, giving gifts or communicating love through words. Statistically, you gave higher weighted ratings to Gifts. Bottom line: You need someone who can express affection through tangible surprises – such as fun gifts s/he makes, souvenirs purchased on business trips or beautiful tokens or presents that show s/he remembers and celebrates special occasions.
Next, PlentyofFish presents some customized probing questions to use "as is" or as inspiration to develop your own to help you explore your "affection" needs with potential partners:
"Is it more like you to surprise a partner with single, extravagant gifts or shower the person with little gifts or surprises here and there?"
"Is it difficult for you to come up with personalized gift ideas for loved ones?"
"Do you think giving gifts is really just an attempt to buy someone's affection?"
Out of the various modes of expressing affection, Time spent together received lower weighted ratings from you. Bottom line: This does not mean that you neither like nor need time with a partner. Rather, it suggests that you need someone who can show affection in ways other than just spending time with you – such as talking at home, taking leisurely strolls outside or extended road trips.
Next, PlentyofFish presents some customized probing questions to use "as is" or as inspiration to develop your own to help you explore your "affection" needs with potential partners:
"Have you ever taken off work early to spend some special with your partner or a loved one?"
"Have past partners consistently complained that you would frequently call to say you were running late for a date?"
"How much alone time during the week do you need with a partner to feel satisfied?"
This test was created by the world's foremost team of academic psychologists who specialize in personality testing, To read more about our assessment check out our FAQ page.


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Saskatchewan is moving to a five-year, one-piece driver's licence, putting the province in line with much of the rest of the continent.
At present Saskatchewan has a two-part driver's licence: a photo identification card good for five years and a paper insert which is renewed each year.
Beginning on Jan. 1, 2011, drivers will get a plastic five-year card with no paper insert.
It will cost $100, which the government says will provide savings in the long run, since motorists currently pay $25 a year.
People will still be able to pay $25 a year for five years, if they prefer.
The government says it is spending $6 million to develop the new cards, and the change will result in a loss to the treasury of about $3 million a year.


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Beyond Plan Colombia: Covert CIA Program Reveals Critical U.S. Role in Killings of Rebel Leaders
Did Covert U.S. Program Targeting Rebel Leaders Help Undermine Colombia's Peace Process?
Ex-Rebel Leader Faces Ouster as Bogota Mayor After Longtime Advocacy of Reconciliation
Mikhail Kalashnikov, Inventor of Eponymous Assault Rifle That Shaped Modern Warfare, Dead at 94
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It's official. Rick Scott is the best governor in the nation.
Well, OK. It is a tie with the governor of Kansas. But there is no playoff.
That's not my assessment, although I would not dispute the finding. It is according to a ranking of governors by the highly respected Cato Institute.
In its annual Fiscal Policy Report Card on America's Governors, Cato said Scott ended Florida's corporate income tax for thousands of small businesses. He is also moving ahead with cuts to property taxes on business equipment, which are a big hindrance to economic growth.
Gov. Sam Brownback of Kansas also is a leader in providing tax relief. Both are Republicans. Only four governors, all Republicans, received A grades.
Gov. Paul LePage cut Maine's top individual tax rate and simplified income tax brackets. His ultimate goal is to phase out the individual income tax and cut the corporate tax rate in half. Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett trimmed the state's capital stock and franchise tax and hopes to repeal it by 2014.
Compare them with the Democrat governor of Illinois, ranked the worst by Cato. Pat Quinn championed a $7 billion tax increase. Typically, he doled out special tax relief at the same time to some favored businesses that had threatened to leave the state.
We can be reasonably sure those businesses would not have been heading to California, which is raising taxes willy-nilly, without any curb on its profligate spending. The state is totally controlled by Democrats and several cities are bankrupt. Gov. Jerry Brown was given a D grade. (He must have done extra credit work to avoid an F.)
Cato contrasted the leading governors in the nation with the federal government. Washington, incredibly, is arguing about how much to increase the already record debt it has rolled up in the past four years, and the president is demanding the authority to raise the debt to infinity.
Meanwhile, in the real world, millions of Americans struggle without jobs or prospects, unable to take a $4 million vacation in Hawaii, as the president plans to do while Congress tries to avoid the fiscal cliff, although he would take credit if they succeed.
If they fail, the life savings responsibe people put away while denying themselves necessities will be whittled away with higher tax rates. Thrift is punished and irresponsibility is rewarded. In this looking-glass world, the Red Queen's observation stands: "It takes all the running you can do, to keep in the same place."
States are supposed to be the laboratories where good public policy is fashioned so that national politicians can emulate them. In today's bizarro world, political leaders seem to select from the worst.
As Cato said, state capitols are the only place where there is real fiscal progress. Maybe the word progressive needs to be redefined.
Lloyd Brown was in the newspaper business nearly 50 years, beginning as a copy boy and retiring as editorial page editor of the Florida Times-Union in Jacksonville. After retirement he served as speech writer for Florida Gov. Jeb Bush.


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About Bow and Stern Oyster Bar
This nautically themed farm-to-table gastropub in West Town sees Chicago's love affair with the bivalve continue unabated. Bow & Stern is the brainchild of Jay Runnfeldt, an amateur sailor in his spare time, as you may guess when you enter the space: a love for the water permeates the place. It's a clean, bright, light-filled space with serene wall art, sea-blue booth seating, the occasional port hole, the décor as a whole giving you the uncanny feel of being on deck somewhere sun-soaked. The oyster bar by the door is the key feature here and a distinctive briny tang hits you as you enter the space. Oysters are obviously the way to go and can be ordered fried, grilled, pickled or raw. The menu boasts an abundance of other seafood options too, including several ß-surf and turfß- selections (including a lobster-and-Wagyu combo if you're feeling indulgent). On the liquid front, there's a small but typically solid cocktail menu available, one which mixes seasonal sips with old favorites. There's also a super range of craft beers on offer, more than 40 different kinds in fact, many local, if you want to pair something hoppy with your platter of oysters on ice. If you're anything like us, however, it's a nice crisp flute of fizz you'll be wanting along with your seafood hit ß-a desire they're all too happy to accommodate.


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Welcome to the third installment of our new series "Best Week Ever," where we bring you all of the coolest stuff happening each week that you can't miss out on. Tune in to NYLON.com every Monday to get the scoop on the latest album releases by your favorite musicians, which movies are coming out in theaters, the coolest holidays you need to celebrate, and more awesomeness happening, no matter where you live. But first, read below to see our favorite things going down this week.
Week of 8/11/14
Go See: Life After Beth with Aubrey Plaza!We love Aubrey Plaza. And lucky for us, the funny lady is back with a new flick, out this weekend. Go see Life After Beth, the hilar and, at times, terrifying romance starring the It Girl and Dane DeHaan. All you need to know is that Plaza plays DeHaan's girlfriend who dies suddenly and comes back to life...as a zombie.
Tune In:FKA Twigs' Debut Album Drops in the US Tomorrow
British trip-hop artist FKA Twigs is finally dropping her official debut album tomorrow. If you're anything like us, then you've been waiting for the rad musician to strut her stuff on a debut album since her first EP came out in 2012. Thankfully you'll only have to wait a few more hours to hear it. Pre-order now!
Eat It Up: National Creamsicle DayIt's still summer! Which means you should be devouring popsicles on the reg. If you haven't been, this Thursday is the perfect excuse. Why? Because August 14 is National Creamsicle Day. We recommend running out to your bodega now to stock up before the rest of the city beats you to it.
Shop This: Rag & Bone at Nordstrom Nordstrom's Pop-In @ Nordstrom series is starting all over again this week, with a curated selection of rag & bone goodies that you don't want to skip out on. Head over to the site here to shop the collection of booties, ripped boyfriend jeans, and sweaters--or, stop by a Nordstrom in your town to get in on the goodness IRL.
Watch Now: Shark Week is HereIt seems like yesterday that Shark Week 2013 took over our news feeds, but believe it or not the time has come again. That means you should hit up Discovery Channel all week long to catch six more days of Great White Serial Killer, Alien Sharks: Return to the Abyss, Sharksanity, and more wild shark madness. Oh, and you might want to scoop up this awesome swimsuit from the NYLON Shop during a commercial breaks.


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Album Rating: 3.0I was gonna say that this could've been a landmark moment for you.
The pre-Enema blink is way better! Don't get me wrong I bought this album and actually do still enjoy it. My vote for best song goes to Carousel. Great piont on the diff between mark and tom, that may just well be why blink is done. They will always be remembered in pop-punk. This album brought blink to the world, the world of 12 year old little boys facinated with boobs! After enema blink started to go commercial. They played more "radio friendly" music.
Although it must be said they are not the only band, there is worse, like Offspring. I stopped listening to Offspring when they released 'pretty fly'. All i can say is wtf went wrong. Anyway awesum review man.
every song on this album rules! they are sooo cool and shame on u who dont agree
"Your review entirely SUCKED"
Your face entirely sucks, M.O's review was quite good, however. I'm not a big fan of this albumThis Message Edited On 06.17.06
Very good review, of course
I liked how he pointed out that on Adam's Song, the lyrics arent entirely hardcore "God hates me Im gonna cut myself" emo lyrics.
I used to say this was my favorite Blink album, but Ive come to like Dude Ranch better. I still like this album a lot though.
I like Chesire Cat.
Album Rating: 4.0this album brings back memories. at nine years old, this was the first CD i ever got, followed by some NOW cd, and the Marshall Mathers LP. i remember listening to this practically everyday when i went over to my neighboors house to swim.
that has got to be one of the best reviews ive ever read. i like the humorous way it was done but it still gave information. nice
Very good review. You're spot on about the difference between Mark and Tom writing songs...it's obvious, but very well explained. I don't dislike this as much as I dislike other Blink albums, but it's still not really any good. Far better pop-punk out there.
Album Rating: 5.0I know Blink 182 doesn't receive much praise from the much more fanatic listeners of Punk, mainly on the fact that they are Pop. I completely understand. I spent a great majority of life listening to predominately Rap and Hip Hop, and it drives me crazy listening to almost anything that's mainstream (rotating on MTV, MTV2 and BET every hour).
Blink is extremely upbeat and lively, and I love it. I get bursts of happiness before fading out into boredom once I am done listening. Travis is my favorite drummer. In fact, he is one of my biggest inspirations for my own drumming. I consider myself extremely mature and I haven't been really offended or bothered by Blink's immaturity one bit. In fact, I believe that they have been the best at capturing my emotions during parts of adolescence and young adulthood. However, these parts are not on the album, so I will agree with you there. I would say that Going Away to College and Adam's Song are my favorite on the album, though What's My Age Again is just too classical and deserves honorable mention.
I would just have to say that I can agree with some of the points made in the "official" review of Enema of the State, but in all honesty it sounds like it is coming from my Dad. Do you have to be SO harsh on a little bit of immaturity and teenage hormones?This Message Edited On 06.20.06
Blink's worst album. Still a good album though. Very catchy and had some great hits especially Adam's Song.
Album Rating: 4.0I like Anthem. The lyrics are awesome.
this is the best blink album in th world adn you cant dispute it and excuse me but immature songs are the best, im a huge fan of nerf herder, maybe that has something to do with it, and every song is better than the whole greatest hits album put together, this is the greatest hits album, "incogneto" that just my opinion
thank you for reading
The Next Johnny Richter
Album Rating: 3.5[Quote=a retarded moron]Your review entirely SUCKED!! Who the Hell do you think you are??? FOB!!![/QUOTE]
oh god...
[Quote=manguybro]you cant dispute it[/QUOTE]
oh god..
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oh yeahm by the way, the songs u said were the worst are actually the BEST SONGS ON THE ALBUM, PARTY SON IS INSPIRING, i love the speed of the singing, Mutt IS JUST AWESOME ON ITS OWN, and All the Small THings IS JUST FLAT OUT COOL
Album Rating: 3.5settle down dude, if he thinks theyre the worst, thats his opinion. hes entitled to it, just as youre entitled to yours.
Album Rating: 4.0Wow, I never would have gussed that writing a 3.5 (Which is a positive score) Blink review would lead to a fanboy attack saying I'm the dipshit for not showering it with praise.
Hmmm....I hope none of those people find my review of Chesire Cat. I only gave it a 3.
hahaha nice job.
Album Rating: 4.0Agreed^
Call me stupid... but I cannot relate the lyrics in "All the Small Things" to a small wiener.
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Puppets perform as if by themselves, which enthralled a packed audience at the opening night performance of Rumpelstiltskin at the Rosewood Center for Family Arts.
Now in its 40th year, the Kathy Burks Theatre of Puppetry Arts, a resident company at Dallas Children's Theater, dazzles with the magic of black theater as backstage darkness renders the silent, black-robed puppeteers invisible. The rod puppets, fastidiously handcrafted by ensemble members, bask in a stream of light, along with a Sue Hastings antique cat, which grins mischievously as the king strokes his personal pet.
Not content to remount what they've done well many times before, the cast and crew have debuted an elegant new digital track, featuring the welcome addition of Natalie Weaver's affecting and melodious voice as Liesl, the miller's daughter who must somehow get straw spun into gold.
The real gold of this show, however, lies in the empowering spin playwright B. Wolf gave the fairy tale's heroine decades before such revisionism became fashionable. Men control Liesl's fate for most of this story — her father, who gets her into her predicament; the king, who will mete out punishment if she can't do what her father has promised; and the strange little man who tricks her into promising him her first-born royal child if he helps her.
Finally, when her child is born, Liesl takes charge. When no one can tell her the little man's name — the one way he'll release her from her promise — she flees with her child only to become the heroine who saves the day when she hears him call himself Rumpelstiltskin.
Not that you should expect the kids to focus on Liesl's character journey right away, or possibly at all — the young audience's delighted focus was fixed on Rumpelstiltskin's wild dancing and how the straw feeding into the spinning wheel rolled out in glittering golden ribbon and strands.
Be sure to bring a camera and stick around after the 50-minute intermissionless show to see the puppets up close and get autographs and pictures with the puppeteers.
Plan your life
Continues through April 7, with no performances March 29-31 for Easter weekend. Dallas Children's Theater's Rosewood Center for Family Arts, 5938 Skillman St., Dallas. $14 to $40. 214-740-0051. dct.org.


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District achieves its annual progress grade
For the third consecutive year, Northern Lehigh School District has made the grade.
Assistant Superintendent Karen Nicholas told the school board on Monday that the district has once again met Adequate Yearly Progress, a key measure of school performance established by the Federal No Child Left Behind Act of 2001.
In order to achieve it, schools and districts must meet target percentages with all students, as well as with every subgroup of 40 or more students, scoring at the Advanced or Proficient level.
After the middle school and high school failed to meet AYP in 2009, the district met AYP last year, as well as in 2010.
Also on Monday, the board passed a resolution designating January as school board director recognition month.
"I'm going to be recognizing the board of education; they do an outstanding job, with the best interests of the students in mind," Superintendent Michael Michaels said. "They do a great job of volunteering their time, they work hard, and I never hear any of the board members not say 'if it's not for the best interests of our students'".
Michaels said it's that type of attitude that makes his job easier.
"I absolutely enjoy coming to work; we have a great teaching faculty and administration, we have a great board, and I'm so proud to be at Northern Lehigh because of these nine board members," he added.
Michaels noted that the board's work "is not going unnoticed."
"We have hard-working teachers, and they're efforts do not go unnoticed," he said. "Our people work hard, and I just think this is a really, really great place."
In personnel moves, the board:
• Accepted the resignation of Heather Rehrig from her position as psychologist, effective the end of the work day, Feb. 3. Rehrig has accepted a position with another school district.
• Approved Mariel Letourneau as Musical Choreographer/Assistant Director for the Spring Musical for the NLHS Student Theatre Group. The stipend for the position ($1,000), will be paid out of the high school Student Activities Account. Letourneau's hiring is pending verification of missing documents.
• Appointed Laura Tatusko, temporary vacancy replacement, to high school English teacher, to replace an employee on medical leave, at a salary of substitute teacher rated days 1-30, day 31 and beyond $43,580 prorated, effective Dec. 20, 2011, with a termination date undetermined, upon physicians release of teacher to return to work.
• Appointed Karen Hluschak from cook's helper, middle school, to cook's helper, high school, to replace Arlene Glasmire, who retired, at no change in salary, effective Jan. 23.
• Appointed Wendy Shirk from cook's helper, middle school, to cook's helper, high school, to replace Rebecca Croll, who retired, at no change in salary, effective Jan. 23.
• Appointed Alice Christman as part-time cook's helper, to replace Hluschak, who was transferred to the high school, at a salary of $8.50 per hour, three hours per day, five days per week, up to 180 student days per year plus additional cleaning days as needed, effective Jan. 17.
• Appointed Sheila Steier as part-time cook's helper, to replace Shirk, who was transferred to the high school, at a salary of $8.50 per hour, three hours per day, five days per week, up to 180 student days per year plus additional cleaning days as needed, effective Jan. 17.
• Approved the request of Tracy Ettinger, Peters Elementary 2nd grade teacher, to take an unpaid day (Jan. 10), so she can attend a family function.
• Approved the request of Susan Mendes, Slatington Elementary 3rd grade Special Education Teacher, to take an unpaid leave from Feb. 13-24, to work at a children's mission and a local school in the Philippines.
Correspondence received from the Education Association states that the last two requests will not be considered as precedent setting for future requests.


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Hello, New York!
I'm back after spending a few days in New York. Well, actually Jersey City, NJ. It's actually much cheaper to stay across the river and take the short train ride into the city (the Newport Path train puts you right into the center of the city!). The hotel rooms are bigger and more affordable (great for when you are staying with your family), you don't have to pay tolls to enter the city, deal with crazy traffic, parking is free or at a much lower cost, and best of all, you get to wake up to views like this: the lower half of Manhattan and the Hudson River!
We didn't really hit up any veg restaurant super stars, just our usuals, like Soy and Sake (great for the kids!). And if you follow me on Instagram (scissorsandspice), you may have went on a little tour of Soho with me late Monday morning. We had a great time, but now, it's time to hunker down and get the shop stocked for the holidays. I'll try to do some really great updates this week even with the wonderfully hectic Thanksgiving cook-a-thon already upon us. Think we're going to play it low-key this year and enjoy our family's dinner and then the next day, enjoy a vegan Thanksgiving at Su Tao in Malvern, PA. What are you doing for Tofurkey Day?
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With just over 90 days until the election it's getting close to silly time one imagines last week's McCain/Paris Hilton/Britney Spears debacle may have been the season's unofficial starting gun. Along those same lines, you may have read the WSJ story, also from last week, that basically said there were people who wouldn't vote for Barack Obama because he was too skinny (inevitably at least one person found racial undertones in the piece). The article quoted a "Clinton supporter" from a "Yahoo politics message board" who said "I won't vote for any beanpole guy." Really? Actually, not so much. Turns out the writer of the piece, Amy Chozick, actually started the message board in question. As for the beanpole quote, seems that Choznik thinned it out a bit. Here's what commeneter "onlinebeerbellygirl" had to say in full:
Yes I think He is to skinny to be President.Hillary has a potbelly and chuckybutt I'd of Voted for Her.I won't vote for any beanpole guy.Ah, the old potbelly and chuckybutt argument. At the time Choznik responded: "Love your response and your username (onlinebeerbellygirl). Would you mind shooting me an email so I can ask you a few more quesitons? My email is [redacted] Thanks so much!" The WSJ has since issued a somewhat limited correction saying:
This article about Barack Obama's weight included a quote from a Yahoo bulletin board that was posted in response to a question from a Journal reporter who initiated the discussion. The article should have disclosed that the reporter used the bulletin board to elicit the comment, "I won't vote for any beanpole guy."As with so much else in this campaign season, we feel like someone has accidentally taken a page out of the Onion, or at least the New York Post, maybe Rupe got confused.


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Two New York legislators have taken a page from the playbook of aspiring internet regulator Joe Lieberman by sponsoring a bill that would make the posting of anonymous comments illegal. The bill written by Republican State Senators Dean Murray and Thomas O'Mara states:
"A web site administrator upon request shall remove any comments posted on his or her web site by an anonymous poster unless such anonymous poster agrees to attach his…name to the post and confirms that his…IP address, legal name and home address are accurate. All web site administrators shall have a contact number or e-mail address for such removal requests clearly visible in any sections where comments are posted."
The stated purpose of the Act is "…to amend the civil rights law, in relation to protecting a person's right to know who is behind an anonymous internet posting." Apparently, it has now become a civil right to know what your neighbor thinks of Barack Obama, the United Nations, or Jerry's House of Pancakes.
According to Murray and O'Mara, passage of the Act would "…cut down on cyberbullying, protect small businesses such as restaurants from unfounded, negative reviews and, naturally, protect politicians from baseless, derogatory attacks during campaign time." As one wag added, "I'm sure that last concern is only an afterthought."
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The contempt displayed by the nation's politicos for the constitutionally protected rights of the American public seems to increase with each passing year. Some believe pressure brought to bear by Tea Parties or the occasional primary upset of a longtime incumbent will sort out political hacks like Murray and O'Mara. But so arrogant are these self-important law makers that even decisions of the Supreme Court are blissfully ignored.
"Anonymous pamphlets, leaflets, brochures and even books have played an important role in the progress of mankind," wrote Justice Hugo Black in 1960. Thirty five years later, the Court found unconstitutional an Ohio statute demanding campaign literature include the name and address of the individual issuing it.
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"Congress shall make no law…abridging the freedom of speech…" Even if State Senators Murray and O'Mara should find sufficient, elected horse's behinds to turn this asinine bill into law, it will not pass constitutional muster. Yet, self-serving politicians continue the assault; for as with so many constitutional rights and liberties, they find free speech a dangerous and inconvenient threat to their authority.
It has been noted that if this law had been in effect 230 years ago, James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, and John Jay "…would have been forced to disclose their real names…" on the Federalist Papers, perhaps preventing the works of "Publius" being written. But then Senators Murray and O'Mara would not have considered that much of a loss–certainly not as important as preventing the cyberbullying of Senators Murray and O'Mara!
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On last night's finale of The Bachelor, Brad Womack chose Emily Maynard over Chantal O'Brien. In the After the Final Rose special that traditionally airs, well, after the final rose, the engaged couple comes out and blathers about their love for the ages. Normally, couples from the show break up a few months after the finale, probably because they have contracts saying their relationship needs to last a specified amount of time. However, Brad and Emily admitted-without-admitting that their relationship is basically over.
Brad's storyline this season was about redemption, and how after pulling an "I Choose Me" on his first Bachelor go-round he had done a lot of soul searching and was ready to settle down. Emily's own story was interesting as well, as she was a single mom raising her young daughter, whose father had been killed in a plane crash. Most of the women on The Bachelor are blank slates onto whom the Bachelor can project his own hopes and dreams (and, usually, ambitions toward fame). The fact that Emily is compelling in her own right made me think that this season would be more interesting than usual. However, it's clear that something went down between the time the show ended filming and After the Final Rose was taped – Brad and Emily confessed that they'd already broken up once and despite still being engaged Emily wasn't wearing a ring. She cited Brad's "temper" and her own issues about moving on after her fiance's death as reasons why they were having problems.
The Bachelor has never been a place for admitting that relationships are complicated and involve work, and host Chris Harrison was having no part of Brad and Emily's impromptu therapy session. Instead, he brought out the three remaining successful Bachelor couples – Ryan and Trista Sutter, Jason and Molly Mesnick, and Ali Fedotowsky and Roberto Martinez (who were on the most recent season of The Bachelorette and are engaged). While it's impressive that three couples have gotten together because of the show and that two of them have gotten married (I still have my doubts about Ali and Roberto), that is hardly an advertisement for The Bachelor/ette as a way to find true love. There have been 15 seasons of The Bachelor (but only 14 Bachelors, since Brad was on twice), and one marriage. And that marriage – which involved Jason Mesnick dumping final-rose-recipient Melissa Rycroft on live television so he could hook up with runnerup Molly Malaney – wasn't exactly the show's finest moment. Although The Bachelorette has only had six seasons, its track record is better, with season one's Trista Rehn and Ryan Sutter married and with kids. Honestly, the odds of breaking up with someone from this show are much, much higher than the odds of actually finding a life partner. The Bachelor's insistence on bringing out its successful marquee couples every time there's a recap show is insulting the viewer's intelligence, assuming that because one or two couples managed to make it work against the odds that every season will end in a big white televised wedding.
One reason I've always kind of liked Brad – despite his annoying therapy speak on camera – is that he was one of the only contestants in the history of this show who has admitted that relationships aren't always easy. When he didn't choose either of the finalists in his original season, he wasn't doing it to make good TV – he was doing it because he knew he wasn't in love with either of them and it would be wrong to propose to someone you had no intention of marrying. The lexicon of The Bachelor is comprised mostly of "amazing"s and "soul mate"s and "feeling a connection"s, and "working through issues" or "realized we weren't right for each other" doesn't fit in there. It's easy to be in love when you're going on midnight boat rides and watching the sun set together; it's another thing to be in love when you both have to get up early to go to work the next day and can't agree whose TiVo queue gets precedence. I give Brad and Emily credit for their candor on last night's show, and wish them the best – whether it's with each other or not.


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A Dutch court will next month decide whether to grant computer giant Apple an injunction in the Netherlands to halt the sale of various smart phones and tablet devices made by South Korean rival Samsung.
US-based Apple's lawyers opened yet another front this week in a world-wide battle involving design rights, by asking for a ban on the sales of three different types of Samsung smart phones as well as three different types of tablets including the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1.
"It's a difficult decision that could deeply affect Samsung if its products are pulled off the market," Judge Edger Brinkman told lawyers for the two technology giants Thursday after a two-day summary hearing.
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"In short, Apple is asking for a ban on sales of Samsung smart phones and tablets," The Hague's district court press judge Peter Blok told AFP.
He said Apple filed papers before the court on June 27, asking for an injunction and accusing Samsung of infringing on its design and patents.
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Lawyers representing the two companies declined to comment on reasons for a separate case in the Netherlands but a technology expert who asked not to be named, said he believed the Dutch case was simply filed before the one in Germany.
The case before the Dutch court is the latest episode in the battle between Samsung and Apple, manufacturer of the iPad, who have been pursuing legal action against one another since April over design rights.
Earlier this month, Apple also launched legal proceedings in Australia against Samsung, accusing it of infringing its patents with the Galaxy Tab 10.1.
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Amidst stories that Microsoft is buying Skype for an outrageous $7 to $8 billion, a serious security vulnerability in the Skype 5 client for Mac OS X has been patched with a hotfix that has just been released for the software. The security threat could have potentially exposed your Mac to attacks from malicious contacts through an instant message, although thankfully no exploit had been developed or used before the Skype development team patched the flaw with the latest version, 188.8.131.525.
Due to the lack of any threats because of the security issue, the Skype team patched it back on April 14th, but hasn't pushed the update out to all of its users until now. The newest version of the software, aside from closing the hole, also adds some bug fixes for video issues on high-bandwidth networks, amongst others.
The older version of Skype for Mac (2.8), which was preferred by some because of its aesthetics, was unaffected by this security flaw. Thanks to this new hotfix, it no longer affects the newest version, either.
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Geneva, Switzerland - The ST32-M IC family from STMicroelectronics is a line of robust low-power processor chips dedicated to managing SIM data for machine-to-machine (M2M) cellular communications.
The ST32-M IC family combines the advantages of advanced non-proprietary processor architecture and high-density low-power embedded-Flash memory, enabling machines to connect to cellular networks and to authenticate themselves and communicate automatically.
To communicate with the cellular network, the ST32-M has the same capabilities and security features as the company's existing ST32 smart-card processor, which is used in cellphone SIM cards worldwide.
The ST32-M is designed explicitly for M2M applications, with a wider temperature range (-40°C to 105°C) allowing M2M equipment to function in harsh environments. The chip supports many more data-writing cycles than the standard SIM controller, enabling continuous operation over an extended lifetime. It will also store data reliably for more than 10 years.
Like ST's ST32 family, the ST32-M uses the ARM Cortex-M3 embedded-processor core. This allows developers to benefit from the latest-generation processor technology offering high performance and low power, and to re-use existing ST32 software and design tools for faster time to market.
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The ST32-M family complements the ST32 range, targeting classical Java SIM card ICs, and the ST33 family, for the highly secure SIM card market. These three families have 90nm embedded Flash technology and the ARM Cortex-M3/SC300 core in common, and therefore provide customers with the ability to leverage Java OS development across a wide range of applications.
The extended Flash cycling capabilities of the ST32-M family, when combined with application-specific software development, will allow Mobile Network Operators to achieve multi-million data cycles in harsh environments.
Applications that use M2M capabilities include the European eCall road-accident alert system, planned for launch in 2010, which allows vehicles to automatically inform rescue services of the location and details of an accident.
Other M2M applications include automatic utility-meter reading; retail systems, such as replenishment monitoring for vending machines; security equipment; and asset-management systems.
M2M cellular communications is a growing market that could account for over 200 million mobile connections by 2013, according to an August 2009 report by Beecham Research.
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• The MediaGuardian reports BBC is cutting almost 90 jobs over the next year. "Today's announcement represents the third year of a rolling programme of cuts in BBC News. In the previous two years costs savings have resulted from the merging of TV, radio and online journalists into the multimedia newsroom and the creation of a single programmes department."
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