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Love hurts, but rock and roll can put you in the hospital. Take, for instance, Roger Miller of Boston's praised-to-high-hell Mission of Burma. Being one of the loudest bands of the original post-punk era was enough to blow out his eardrums, and the resulting tinnitus was a major factor in the band's breakup in 1983. What the fuck do you expect? Guitars are loud. Rock is hazardous.
Now, over two decades since the last blip on its EKG, Burma is back with ONoffON, the group's highly touted reunion album. People were falling all over themselves a couple years ago to catch one of the few comeback shows that Miller and company graced the U.S. with. Apparently, Miller now wears big, clunky, firing-range headphones when he plays. For all of this album's yawn-stuffed riffs and laggardly beats, though, he might as well hobble out on stage with a walker. Mission of Burma in its prime was unstoppable -- a wall of sound, a beast of the jungle, a font of brute, anthemic force that housed veins of artsy sentiment and delicate melody within its dense, feedback-toughened hide. But ONoffON is, well, an on-again, off-again affair. The sound is classic Burma, but it's predictably cleaner and clearer. There's meat on a few of these tracks -- the muscular "Hunt Again" is a prime example -- but instead of flexing, it just sort of hangs off the bone. Then there's downright embarrassing stuff like "Fever Moon," wherein Miller grumbles like someone's crabby, bedridden uncle, "Am I hot? Am I cold? When did this fever take hold?" Nurse!
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Also recently laid up with a new album and fresh injuries is Chicago's Challenger. The group's guitarist, Dave Laney (who, with bassist Al Burian, is also a member of the esteemed post-hardcore outfit Milemarker), fractured his collarbone recently when he was hit by a truck while working his day job as a bike messenger. How was this caused by playing underground rock? Well, if Laney were in some shitty band that sounded like Dashboard Confessional, he wouldn't have been working as a bike messenger to pay his bills, would he? Instead, Challenger's music is a mass of broken angles and contorted riffs as exacting as its main inspiration: Mission of Burma. But where ONoffON has some tunes but no power, Give People What They Want in Lethal Doses has the power but not the tunes. With fresh wounds and a moniker nicked from a blown-up space shuttle, you'd expect Challenger to make some pretty tough music -- which it does. Unfortunately, brawn alone can't get this album off the launch pad. Give People harvests the husk from vintage Burma but not much of the heart, not knowing how to transmute the purity and consistency of Miller and company's past work into anything but a monotone. Sadly, neither does Miller anymore. It's one thing to triumph in the face of bruises, illnesses, ass-whippings and scar tissue, and another to merely survive. Let that be a lesson: That which does not kill you won't necessarily make you stronger -- or rock any harder.


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Tuscola, Mattoon officials say cities would be good fit
TUSCOLA – Selection as one of four possible sites for a high-tech coal generation plant puts Tuscola on the world map, said Mayor Dan Kleiss.
Both Tuscola and Mattoon are on a short list of proposed sites for a $1 billion not-for-profit FutureGen coal generation plant planned to serve as a demonstration site for clean technology.
"This would mean good paying jobs for the whole area," Kleiss said. He and other officials involved in the process of submitting a site proposal held a press conference at City Hall Tuesday afternoon to share their good news received earlier that day when the official announcement was made in Washington, D.C.
Brian Moody, head of the city's economic development office, said the potential purchasers have options on farmland west of Tuscola owned by Tunks and Pflum families near the Equistar and Cabot chemical production plants. The site is adjacent to U.S. 36 near the intersection of county roads 750 east and 1050 north.
Moody said natural gas pipelines run near the site, there's plenty of water available from the Kaskaskia River and three rail lines are very close to bring in coal. He said the chemical companies in the area are looking for "synergistic" opportunities to share resources with the proposed plant.
A proposed ethanol plant would likely also be built in the same area, although no final announcement has been made about that project.
"Our geology's the same as Mattoon's geology," Moody said of one important consideration since plant planners intend to store unwanted by-products of power production underground to reduce environmental impact.
Kleiss said he and Mattoon officials exchanged congratulatory phone calls Tuesday morning.
"If it can't be in Tuscola, Mattoon's a good spot," he said, noting that the job opportunities at either location would be good for the whole area.
The news was greeted with a roar of cheers in Mattoon, where city officials watched the webcast of the announcement in the city council chambers, and with praise from Gov. Rod Blagojevich, who said Illinois is the "logical choice" for the plant.
"We have the coal, the geology and the strong support on the federal, state and local level for bringing the world's cleanest coal plant to Illinois," Blagojevich said in a statement.
FutureGen officials say plant construction may generate as many as 1,300 jobs with a combined pay of about $250 million. When construction is complete, the plant is expected to bring 150 permanent jobs to the community selected.
It's a joint initiative of the U.S. Department of Energy and FutureGen Industrial Alliance, a not-for-profit international consortium of private companies that use or produce coal.
They aim to build the world's cleanest power plant with near-zero emissions producing enough electricity to power 150,000 average U.S. homes. The plant will also produce a hydrogen gas that can be used in refineries or clean-burning hydrogen fuel cells.
A by-product of this process, carbon dioxide, would be stored underground in geologic formations.
Moody said he thinks the Tuscola and Mattoon locations have an advantage because they're located in the middle of the country, something that's important because the plant officials want to burn both eastern and western coal, which differ in sulfur content, so they'll have to ship in coal from all over the country.
The Texas applicants at Odessa and Jewett have an advantage because they're very familiar with enhanced oil recovery, pumping chemicals into depleted wells to leach out the remaining oil, he said.
The final site will be announced in September 2007. Plans are to bring the plant online by 2012.
Officials, who also include county engineer Jim Crane, county board member Chuck Knox and city administrator Drew Hoel, have been impressed with the planners' approach and an emphasis on science, not politics.
"So far it's been a non-political process," Moody said. "Their requirements are so strict."
There's been no indication that the location of the other two finalists in the home state of President George W. Bush might tip a political balance in their favor.
"The science is the key," Kleiss said.
Moody said FutureGen's first contact with the city was last January although the company had made anonymous inquiries before that.
"The day I found out about it I went over to the Illinois State Geological Survey and walked the halls," he said of that Champaign-based agency's invaluable help to the city while it was assembling information for its proposal. "There's lots of information just 25 miles away."
The state has appropriated $17 million to help the cities cover costs during the next phase of the selection. Moody and other officials from the cities will go to Pittsburgh next week to find out more about what comes next although they already know extensive environmental studies will be part of it.
Kleiss, who's been mayor of the city since 1988, said he had no advance information about the sites picked until he watched the announcement on Webcast from Washington Tuesday morning.
"We're constantly looking to grow and expand our tax base," Kleiss said. "We've done well so far, and this is another step in that direction."
In Mattoon, city officials believe that their 240-acre site – located just northwest of the city – and FutureGen is a good fit.
"The structure of our land is a very compelling factor," said Charles E. White, the community's 73-year-old mayor. "We are just perfect for what they need."
David Wortman, the city's public works director and a key architect of the city's proposal, agreed that Mattoon more than makes sense given what those making the selection were looking for.
"We felt we met or exceeded everything on their list," he said.
The Associated Press also contributed to this story.
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Valerie Stallings's guilty plea in late January to two state misdemeanors for not reporting gifts from Padres owner John Moores resulted in her resignation from the city council and a $10,000 fine. And yet the revelations of Moores's four-year gift-bounty to Stallings have some San Diegans in disbelief — fuming, really — as to why Stallings took the fall and Moores was exonerated and why neither was charged with a federal offense after being investigated by the FBI.
From 1996 to 2000, Moores gave — airline tickets, baseball memorabilia, cash, use of car and vacation home, access to a Neon Systems stock IPO, miscellaneous items (the total value of things that remain in her possession has not been reported, though it is estimated at $10,000) — and Stallings received.
The U.S. Attorney's Office concluded, after more than seven months of grand-jury testimony, that Moores's gifts were not improper: Neither the dollar amount, nor the quantity, nor the time period during which he gave the gifts, nor their timing was improper. The crime occurred because Stallings did not declare the gifts on her yearly Statement of Economic Interest and did not, as the plea states, "disqualify herself from voting on matters materially affecting Moores or the Padres."
As far as what Moores intended these gifts for — this we may never know, since the grand-jury investigation into the relationship between the near two-term councilmember and the real estate developer has been "sealed forever." Was Moores trying to influence Stallings's votes in the city council? Were his gifts, such as the airline tickets given in 1996 to fly Stallings's family members to San Diego for her mastectomy, based only on friendship?
But beyond intent, this case is much larger than their guilt or innocence. In California, safeguards against undue influence or unethical gift-giving are either nonexistent, poorly designed, inadequately written, or, what may be worse, carefully crafted with loopholes dangling like slipknots. For one, which local, state, or federal agency should have been investigating Moores and Stallings's relationship?
It is still not clear who — if anyone — was making inquiries before the FBI took the reins. For another, on what grounds was Moores being investigated? Was it bribery? Should Moores, who frequently lobbied other city officials besides Stallings, have registered as a lobbyist and thus reported all his gifts? Was it the ambiguous "exemption clause" in San Diego's Municipal Lobbying Ordinance that got Moores and Padres CEO Larry Lucchino off the hook?
One reliable source said that the FBI began looking into Moores and Stallings's friendship for possible wrongdoing because no one in the city attorney's or district attorney's offices was minding the store. Deputy District Attorney Sally Williams would not confirm this claim but did say that I could infer the following: When her office began investigating complaints in early 2000, she was joined by the FBI, who then took over the inquiry entirely in April 2000 — which meant that, yes, Moores had been under investigation by the D.A. She also said the D.A. was not, prior to April 2000, looking at lobbying violations with regard to John Moores because a lobbying violation would have been handled by the city attorney, not the D.A.
According to the city attorney's office, Moores and Stallings were not under scrutiny before April 2000. On April 6, Matt Potter broke the story of Valerie Stallings's sweetheart IPO with Neon Systems in the "City Lights" section of the Reader. That was the first City Attorney Casey Gwinn had heard of it. He stated that though he can legally investigate a sitting councilmember, he thought at the time, "to avoid any appearance of impropriety," he would refer the matter to the state attorney general and the D.A. "Which is what I did."
With Stallings, Gwinn was hamstrung by the lack of investigative tools in his own office. "I don't have search-warrant authority; and I don't have subpoena power as the misdemeanor prosecutor for the city. I can't convene a grand jury to take testimony. So I don't have the authority of a U.S. Attorney, a district attorney, or an ethics commission.
"If I had intervened," in the Stallings matter, he continued, "and said, 'We're going to conduct this investigation,' people would have said, 'Wait a minute. He [Gwinn] is trying to cover up insider trading.' But I don't have jurisdiction over insider trading. So I had to say, 'If the accusation is true that there was insider trading, the U.S. Attorney is going to handle that on behalf of the Securities and Exchange Commission.' If I had said, 'We're going to investigate whether there was a criminal conflict of interest,' people would have said, 'He shouldn't be doing that either because that's a felony' — and I don't have jurisdiction over felonies. There was no way I could have conducted an investigation of Valerie Stallings in a thorough way."
More to the point is Assistant City Attorney Les Girard's comment: "We had absolutely no information, knowledge, or indication that there was anything other [than what was] there [between Moores and Stallings]. Absolutely not. I think it would be fair to say that nobody in the city had any idea about the stock offering or anything else" until it was reported on April 6. This was shortly after Stallings first revealed in her Statement of Economic Interest for 1999 that she had profited from the Neon Systems trade. Stallings, Girard said, "never asked anybody in our office about the propriety of that stock offering with regard to John Moores. Normally councilmembers will ask our office about issues like that, and we're happy to give them advice. She never asked."
What sounds like a lot of agency buck-passing has legal feet. By charter, the city attorney prosecutes San Diego Municipal Code violations, which are misdemeanors. The district attorney does the same for the county and also prosecutes violations of California law, which includes felonies. Thus, certain crimes against the city, as Girard said, must be "shipped over to the D.A."


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In a deal struck within Government, refuge will be provided for some of those most traumatised by the crisis, such as vulnerable women or children.
No figure is being put on the number of displaced people the UK will take, as the Government has ruled out quotas, but hundreds are expected to arrive over the coming year.
The United Nations sanctuary scheme aims to resettle up to 30,000 vulnerable Syrians in Western nations, but Mr Clegg said the UN High Commission for Refugees backs the Government's plans.
Home Secretary Theresa May formally confirmed the plans in a statement to the House of Commons on Wednesday, ahead of a debate called by Labour, which wants Britain to join the UNHCR scheme.
Mrs May stressed that there would be no quota for the number of refugees to be admitted and that it would operate in parallel to the refugee relocation programme run by the UNHCR.
"We are determined to ensure that our assistance is targeted where it can have most impact on the refugees at greatest risk," she said.
"Some of the worst abuses in the Syrian conflict involve the use of sexual violence, including in regime detention centres
"We will be providing emergency sanctuary to people who are most at risk, including victims of torture and violence."
Mr Clegg said: "The coalition Government wants to play our part in helping to alleviate the immense suffering in Syria.
"The £600m we have provided makes us the second largest bilateral donor of humanitarian aid in the world.
"But as the conflict continues to force millions of Syrians from their homes, we need to make sure we are doing everything we can.
"Sadly we cannot provide safety for everyone who needs it, but we can reach out to some of those who need it most."
The Prime Minister had resisted signing Britain up to the UN sanctuary programme, arguing it is not the solution to a crisis which has seen millions of Syrians flee their homes in a three-year civil war.
However, after coming under pressure from Labour and Liberal Democrats, he told MPs at Prime Minister's Questions last week he was ready to consider taking in refugees in cases of extreme hardship.
Shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper welcomed the news but told Sky News: "In addition, ministers need to confirm that these will be additional places and will not be at the expense of help for other refugees.
"It would (also) be helpful for the Home Secretary to explain why ministers resisted for so long and to look urgently at removing refugees from the Government's net migration target.
"Immigration policy is very different from Britain's long tradition of providing sanctuary for those fleeing persecution and the two things should not be confused.
"The dreadful conflict in Syria has caused a humanitarian crisis. As well as helping all those we can in the region, it is right that we also do our bit to provide the most desperate refugees with a place of safety."
No target will be set for the numbers of refugees to be admitted, with the UK instead working with the UNHCR on a case-by-case basis to identify those most in need of assistance.
Refugees are expected to arrive on a gradual basis over the coming months.
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LONDON (Reuters) - The decline in pension savings is gathering pace as defined contribution schemes replace final salary plans, meaning more workers in industrialised countries are not putting enough aside for retirement, the OECD said.
Workers contributing a total of 10 percent to DC pension schemes for 40 years only have a 53 percent chance of targeting 70 percent of their final salary, the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development said on Tuesday.
This decreases to 14 percent if only 5 percent is contributed for the same period.
By comparison, there is an average contribution of 20 percent into final salary pension plans, the OECD said in response to a question.
DC pensions are schemes where the annual contribution amount is specified but the future benefits are not guaranteed.
Weak financial markets have accelerated the trend of lower contribution levels, while workers have little confidence in managing the risks of inflation, interest rate changes, investment and longevity themselves, the OECD said.
The OECD's Working Party on Private Pensions set out recommendations for its 34 member countries.
Its suggestions included using schemes such as the auto-enrolment initiatives in New Zealand and Britain to increase contributions to pension schemes for at least 30-40 years if they want workers to retire on adequate private incomes and avoid further pressure on state benefits.
Auto-enrolment enrols eligible workers into a company or national pension scheme but gives them the opportunity to opt out.
If governments want to increase participation rates as much as possible, making pension saving compulsory is the "best way to go", Pablo Antolin-Nicolas, principal economist, private pensions at the OECD said on Monday.
In OECD countries, the difference in coverage rates between countries with mandatory solutions, such as Australia, and voluntary private pension systems is as much as 30 percent, the report said.
Antolin-Nicolas said that in some cases compulsory pension saving may not be politically possible and could be inefficient - in which case, "auto-enrolment is a good second best".
Britain introduced auto-enrolment in October 2012 to combat a soaring pensions bill and nudge up to 11 million people into retirement saving, rather than relying on the state..
Before the government introduced auto-enrolment, the average contributions in Britain to old DC plans was around 8-10 percent, the OECD said.
A report by British insurer Aviva (AV.L) into the auto-enrolment schemes said 37 percent of employees who are not yet auto-enrolled will reject the choice to save for retirement.
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On the day in February 1992 that Deon Snyman was installed as a minister in the Dutch Reformed Church in Africa—the church's black branch—in Nongoma, in the heart of the KwaZulu homeland, his 54-year-old father stood up in front of the congregation, all of whom were Zulus, and said this: "Well, it is clear that South Africa is going to change. But I am an Afrikaner. I do not know if I have the capacity to change. Also, I am an old man. I do not know if I have the skills to change." Then the father indicated his 26-year-old son. "So today, I give you my son. If you can teach him the rules of the new South Africa, he can teach us those rules. If you can give him the skills to live in this new country, he can show us those skills."
In the dozen years Snyman lived among the Zulus as a minister, it became clear that the lesson he had to take back to his own people was this: "Those who supported the system of apartheid need to apologize in a way that will feel sincere. Then they need to make amends in a way that restores some of the dignity and some of the material opportunities that had been eroded under that system." Snyman started to think about the idea of community-led restitution—the creation, he says, of such emblems of remorse as a school, a clinic, or a skills training center. "Something everyone could point to and say, Here is our symbol of true sorryness, here is a symbol of our decision to build a new way to work together. It was a very deep idea in me."
But it would be years before Snyman's imagination was captured by a small Afrikaans farming town in the Western Cape, a community unable to deny that the effects of apartheid had spilled on beyond 1994, when white rule ended and Nelson Mandela became the reborn nation's first president.
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Worcester is a somnolent, gingerbread town prickled with white church spires an hour and a half northeast of Cape Town. In winter, the surrounding mountains are snowcapped. In summer, heat holds like hell's breath in the valley and melts the tarmac. The streets are wide and orderly. The houses are gabled and picturesque; lawns are cajoled into neat pockets; there are steroidal roses and trellises hanging grapevines off verandas. It's the sort of town that makes you wish you'd worn a longer skirt and a higher collar.
In the mid-1990s the lines drawn deep in the geography and psyche of the place by apartheid were still evident, but no more so than elsewhere in the country. It is true that blacks still lived mainly in Zwelethemba township—Worcester's undernourished twin across the Hex River—while whites still lived on the dappled streets of the town itself or on farms laid at the feet of the mountains. On the other hand, Worcester had elected its first Coloured (mixed race) mayor and its first black deputy mayor. Also, in June 1996 the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC)—a courtlike body assembled after the abolition of apartheid—had held a hearing in the town. Victims and perpetrators of torture and abuse under apartheid had stepped forward and testified. The violent past was over, surely.


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Haven't done a post in bullets in some time. So, here we go:
* Last week, Jim was called by a partner at his firm and told that he had a proposition for him. Long story short, he is one of two summer coordinators for the Summer Associate program at his firm. They are pulled off all cases for 4 months to prep and plan and basically serve as social coordinators/den mothers (fathers?) for the newbies that are starting in a few short months. He is excited, to say the least, especially after finding out that it's a huge honor to be chosen and that the vetting process is intense. It also explained why all of the partners seemed to know his name at the firm dinner they had just before he was asked to take on this position.
What does this mean for me? A lot of events and dinners and other such social activities. To say we'll be busy is an understatement. Which means that I'm now scouring my pattern drawer and coming up with what I'm affectionately referring to as my "Wife of the Summer Coordinator" wardrobe. ;) Like I really needed an excuse to sew more. Ha! I'm seeing lots of pencil skirts and dresses in my future, but since I'm still so slow at completing, I need to start like yesterday. Eeek!
* I don't have too many details right now, but Monday night I was asked to participate in something that is potentially so exciting that I couldn't stop squealing during dinner. I'm trying not to jinx it, but any good thoughts you have would be appreciated. If this all comes to pass, it will make for one heck of an interesting blog post (or 2). And part of the backstory to it makes it even more hiliarious.
* I'm finally finishing up a black high-waisted pencil skirt that I started over the weekend after getting back from my trip up to see my mom. I used McCalls 5590, which is a fairly straight forward pattern. However, a high-waisted, fitted skirt may not be the best choice of projects for someone who is actively trying to lose weight. The upside is the stuff that I have to pair with it makes for one heck of a cute outfit. Pictures next week.
* This weekend should be fun! My brother is coming out to take a weight-lifting class with me Saturday morning and then we're going out to lunch for his birthday. I start a new sewing class Sunday, am planning to make a V-day meal at home and then I'm hoping that Monday turns into a full day of tucking in to the pink palace and sewing my little heart out. I started cutting out the Hot Patterns Uptown-Downtown dress last night and am hoping to get it finished up and start another wool jersey dress that will be my first attempt at a franken-pattern (thanks to The Slapdash Sewist for introducing me to such a fun term!) Fingers crossed for speedy sewing with no mess ups. :)
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
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Haven't done a post in bullets in some time. So, here we go:
Posted by amber at 10:28 AM
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15 comments:
- tam pham said...
sounds like you have tons of exciting things coming up! can't wait to to read all about it! so excited for you!
- February 10, 2010 at 12:38 PM
- Leslie said...
Lots of good vibes coming your way! Can't wait to hear about it. :)
- February 10, 2010 at 1:57 PM
- Lindsay T said...
Me too, thinking good thoughts for you!
- February 10, 2010 at 2:53 PM
- Insomniac said...
I think you're so awesome. lol
- February 10, 2010 at 3:04 PM
- Kristine said...
Wow. Busy girl! Fingers crossed for you, sounds like a wonderful weekend!
- February 10, 2010 at 6:01 PM
- Winnie said...
Sending you lots of good vibes! Congrats to Jim!
- February 10, 2010 at 9:52 PM
- wan said...
yay for jim! and a big squeal for you, too - whatever it is :)
i love your sewing posts, because i find all sorts of good stuff by following this link and that link.
- February 11, 2010 at 9:34 AM
- Jen said...
Yay for Jim!
So curious about bullet point #2!
- February 11, 2010 at 12:35 PM
- A Sewn Wardrobe said...
I bet hubby is excited that he doesn't have to bill for a few months!
Keep us posted on #2!
I'm looking forward to how M5590 turns out for you. I made it in the fall, and it didn't fit all that well. I made my usual size, too. Interested to hear your thoughts on the pattern.
- February 12, 2010 at 6:52 AM
- Violet said...
Yay for Jim!!! So happy for him!!
Sending you lots of good vibes for your super secret new potentially awesome thing :)
- February 12, 2010 at 3:33 PM
- feminist gold digger said...
I am somtimes envious of the summer associate outings that are on the cooler end of the spectrum, so now I can live vicariously through your pencil skirts. Yippee!
- February 12, 2010 at 11:31 PM
- alyssa said...
Congrats to Jim and your summer outfit sewing projects :) Any word on bullet #2?
- February 13, 2010 at 10:30 AM
- Faye Lewis said...
Hey Amber; you are the winner of my blog anniversary give away - hurray! If you will send me your mailing address, I'll put the book in the mail to you. My email: email@example.com.
- February 15, 2010 at 6:13 PM
- California Girl said...
Exciting stuff on your plate! So much fun. Can't wait to hopefully hear about #2!
- February 15, 2010 at 8:02 PM
- dapotato said...
love hearing the busy happy. :)
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Alice was the second model ALS Scan selected at the Budapest 2 casting. Alice is 20 years old, 5'7″ (172 cm) tall, and weighs just 108 lbs (49Kg). She proved to be everything ALSScan expected and more. Alice is quite confident and very wild. She immediately reminds of one of the previous ALS Scan models – Joanne. When ALS was casting her she kept pulling on her pussy lips to show them how wide they could go. Alice said that she loves to wrap her big lips around a hard cock! Even her actions and personality were similar to Joanne's (it was weird – like they could have been sisters or something).
Alice came in, stripped down and said, "You know I'm what your looking for. So when do we shoot?" It wasn't even her turn yet to pose ! Sure enough, she was right – as soon as the ALS photographers saw her tight hard body, small perky tits, and wet big pussy lips they knew they had a real hot girl in front of them. Towards the end of the shoot Alice was being fisted by Sandy when Sophie stopped by. They instantly connected with each other so ALS decided to shoot some hot girl-girl action as well. It was a wonderful day. Of course she did all of the usual ALS stuff too: speculum, inverted bottles, big dildos and veggies. Alice had no problem with all of the big toys.
Alice is a bookkeeper by day and she loves to Bungee jump in her spare time (when she is not fucking, of course). Alice's favorite music is Café del Mar, and she first had sex at the age of 15, but told ALS that she was giving her guy friend's blowjobs much, much earlier than that. Alice also explained that she never really had pubic hair because her mom taught her about shaving as soon as it started growing in. She insisted that she likes to have sex at least 3-4 times per day (just like me !). This girl is super horny for sure !
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Driver falls asleep at wheel, does estimated $10,000 in damage to vehicle
Belmont — A 20-year-old driver who reportedly fell asleep while driving early Wednesday morning, March 26 escaped serious injury, but the outcome was not as favorable for the vehicle involved after it skidded into a pole head-on.
According to the accident report at the Waldo County Sheriff's Office, 20-year-old Eric Billings of Milton Township was driving a 2011 Chevrolet SUV east on Augusta Road in Belmont when Billings fell asleep at the wheel.
As a result, the vehicles crossed the center line, went off the left side of the road and struck a utility pole head-on. The impact removed the pole from the ground, and the vehicle continued skidding across a residential lawn before coming to rest in a nearby patch of bushes.
The crash report stated Billings complained of pain in his left arm, but that after ambulance attendants examined him at the scene Billings refused to be transported to a hospital for further treatment.
The report stated the Chevrolet had damages estimated at $10,000, and that the vehicle was towed from the scene due to the damage. Because the ground was frozen at the time of the accident, there was no damage to the lawn over which Billings' vehicle traveled in the midst of the crash.


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GOLD RUSH: In San Jose, Mike Rosenberg notes the 49ers on Thursday officially opened Levi's Stadium with a "showstopping ceremony." In typical NFL tradition, the ribbon-cutting ceremony "had all the pageantry of the April 2012 groundbreaking event, which also felt like a Super Bowl half-time show." After 49ers CEO Jed York and Santa Clara Mayor Jamie Matthews "officially cut the long red ribbon outside the south entrance," thousands of white, red and gold pieces of confetti "burst into the air." The ceremony marked the "opening of the first new NFL stadium in California" since '67 in San Diego. Despite the ceremony, there "is still work left to be done before the first event" -- an Aug. 2 Earthquakes match -- and also before the 49ers "take the field afterward for their first preseason game Aug. 17, and the first regular-season game Sept. 14." A 49ers museum and HOF area and the new Michael Mina restaurant "are both unfinished" (SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS, 7/18). Also in San Jose, Mark Purdy in a front-page piece notes while some "work remains to be done on the stadium," if the 49ers "needed to play there this weekend, they could." Throughout the stadium there "are nifty little touches that jump out, such as the concourse around the lower deck with concessions and restrooms being 63 feet from side to side, more than three times wider than the Candlestick Park concourses." There also is an "express lane" outer concourse "dedicated solely to walking the stadium perimeter, for people who want to reach the opposite side without fighting cross-traffic from fans in line for food or toilets." And there are "the big touches that blow you away, such as that 'far beyond different' rooftop hospitality area high amidst the stadium light towers that features an eco-garden and amazing views" (SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS, 7/18).
IS BIGGER BETTER? In S.F., Ann Killion notes Levi's Stadium is "an enormous $1.2 billion structure of steel and concrete and corporate branding." It is "full of wow factors, most notably two overwhelming HD video boards at either end of the stadium, the most notable parts of the building's profile." But there is "a reason that NFL stadiums are not known for their charm." It is "not the same as the romantic journey baseball fans make to the nation's ballparks." NFL stadiums "are big, impersonal, infrequently used and tend to be the same, depending on what era they were built in." Levi's Stadium "doesn't offer anything to make it the NFL's equivalent of AT&T Park" (S.F. CHRONICLE, 7/18).


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Small Craft Harbours (SCH) is a nationwide program of the Department of Fisheries and Oceans. With the help of more than 5000 volunteers nationally, SCH operates and maintains a national system of harbours to provide commercial fish harvesters and other harbour users with safe and accessible facilities. The mandate of SCH is to keep the harbours that are critical to the fishing industry open and in good repair.
The fishing industry is an important part of the Canadian culture and economy and small craft harbours are crucial to the fishing industry. SCH is currently responsible for 1015 harbours, including 886 fishing harbours and 129 recreational harbours. Together, these harbours include almost 6000 structures valued at approximately $2.1B. Nearly 90% of all fishing landings in Canada, valued at approximately $1.6B, occur at small craft harbours. In addition, these harbours are often the only federal presence in small coastal communities. They provide the most direct and visible link between the communities and the Canadian government. For these reasons and many more, the SCH program delivers important benefits to the Canadian population.
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An Integrated Concept
Professor Connects Spirituality and Native American Traditions to Social Work
Wherever Robert Prue goes, he creates connections. At home, he starts construction projects. At the University of Missouri-Kansas City (UMKC), he integrates social work, Native American principles and spirituality.
After earning his Ph.D. in Social Welfare from the Lawrence, Kan.-based University of Kansas in July, Prue joined the UMKC School of Social Work as a visiting assistant professor. He is teaching two classes during the fall of 2008 – Human Behavior: Individuals in the Social Environment and Social Work Research Methods.
In addition to human behavior and research methods, though, Prue said he hopes to teach students about the integration of spiritual principles into social work. "It grew out of charity," Prue said of social work. "Once it professionalized, it moved away from its religious roots. In the last 20 years, the spirituality element is returning – less in a sense of religion and more in a sense of honoring the clients, whatever their spiritual practice or lack thereof may be."
As an active member of The Rosebud Sioux Tribe of South Dakota, Prue also plans to introduce content related to diversity and Native Americans. Traditional Native American practices support mental and physical health, and social work practitioners should learn to utilize Native American resources, Dr. Prue said.
Prue's life experience as part of several distinctly different cultures and his ability to forge a connection among these cultures makes him an asset to the UMKC School of Social Work, said Dr. Michael Smith, professor and program director.
"He brings first-person knowledge of Native American cultures to the program, along with insights into the importance of – and the ability to develop – inter-cultural competencies that are critical to social workers and ever more important for non-social workers, as well," Smith said.
Prue's efforts to bridge a gap between social work and the Native American community have received state-wide and national recognition, as well.
In 2000, the Kansas Attorney General presented Prue with the Commitment to Crime Victims' Service Award for Outstanding Individual. The award recognized his work as project director for the KU School of Social Welfare's Healthy Relationships Project. The project educated students, staff and faculty at Lawrence, Kan.-based Haskell Indian Nations University about domestic violence and sexual safety.
On a national level, the Alexandria, Va.-based Council on Social Work Education has recognized Prue as a Minority Fellow in the United States Department of Health and Human Services since 2005. In November, Prue will speak about his dissertation ("King Alcohol to Chief Peyote: Grounded Theory Investigation of the Supporting Factors of the Native American Church") at the Council's annual meeting in Philadelphia. The dissertation discusses the peyote cactus, which the Native American Church traditionally incorporates into religious ceremonies.
"The Native American church has been controversial because they use peyote in rituals," Prue said. "It is listed as a hallucinogen, but nobody has ever hurt themselves. It's misunderstood, and there are a lot of assumptions. This will inform practitioners."
Dr. K. Jean Peterson, associate professor and Master of Social Work program director in the KU Social Welfare program, chaired Prue's dissertation committee and said she sees value in his research.
"His dissertation research has the potential of adding to our knowledge of how best to work with Native Americans who are struggling with substance abuse issues, incorporating cultural understanding into mainstream thinking and providing a framework for culturally-competent practice with this population," said Peterson. "Working with Bob was always a pleasure, particularly since I learned so much as I was working with him!"
Emily Bono, who completed her Master of Social Work (MSW) field practicum with the Healthy Relationships Project in 2000, said she remembers Prue as a supportive and encouraging instructor.
"My year under his guidance turned out to be the best learning experience I had as an MSW student, and has profoundly shaped my identity as a social worker," said Bono, who works as a school social worker and team leader in Vienna, Austria.


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Buyers scramble for homes around Puget Sound
By J. Martin McOmber
After looking at house candidate No. 30, Karen O'Bryon was feeling, well, desperate.
Relocating from the Bay Area, she, husband Patrick O'Bryon, and their three children wanted a nice-sized place with a good layout and a flat yard on a cul-de-sac.
Good luck.
Around Puget Sound, the number of homes on the market this year has been down significantly compared with 2003. The supply has fallen about 25 percent in North King County and 19 percent in Seattle and on the Eastside, the Northwest Multiple Listing Service (MLS) reported yesterday. The group tracks home sales in 15 Washington counties.
The rather slim pickings are making a difficult task even harder for many homebuyers.
"There was really nothing there," Karen O'Bryon said. "It was kind of depressing."
The O'Bryons eventually found a place in Woodinville, but only after a real-estate agent managed to turn up a couple of homes that hadn't even hit the market.
The shrinking number of listings is taking a toll on sales.
"Clearly that lack of inventory means you have prospective buyers in the market looking and being dissatisfied with what they are finding, which is holding back the sales rate," said Glenn Crellin, director of the Washington State University Center for Real Estate Research.
But demand remains strong, and that has helped propel home prices upward while trimming the average time homes are on the market. In King County, the median house price in September rose 9.4 percent to $299,610 compared with the same month last year.
Finding the right home under these conditions means acting fast, said Susan Jones of Windermere's Bellevue West office. Jones, who worked with the O'Bryons, said it is common these days for agents to look for properties that haven't been listed.
"The inventory is limited across the board," Jones said. "This time of year, there is less inventory coming on the market."
The supply in some neighborhoods is almost nonexistent, said Kevin Caskey, an agent with John L. Scott Real Estate.
"If there is nothing, I'll even knock on doors on occasion," Caskey said. "That is just one of the techniques you use to find properties."
The dearth of "For Sale" signs could change after the holiday season, when more homeowners tend to put their properties on the market. And pending sales deals that have been struck but haven't closed climbed at least slightly in many areas of King County, suggesting that September's closed sales lull could be a blip.
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Victory Garden Resurgence
When we started City Farmer in 1978, our staff spent a good deal of time researching wartime gardens. The term "Victory Gardens" is making a comeback as you can see in this April 12th, San Francisco Chronicle article, Bring Back the WWII-era Victory Garden.
The US World War II film embedded above (20 minutes long), a favourite of ours, shows us how people were encouraged to grow food by their governments – – the US, Canada and Britain all promoted Victory Gardens.
"The Holder family in Maryland lays out a quarter acre Victory Garden during World War II. Most of the gardening work is done by Grandpa Holder and his teenage grandchildren Rick and Amy and from the looks of the film, it is backbreaking work. There is the garden of peppers, tomatoes, pole beans, potatoes, asparagus and sweet corn. Then, there is the late garden with beets, squash, late potatoes, late cabbage, kale, collard greens and three rows of turnips.
"To save gasoline, they use a horse and plow and humble farm implements. It is anything but organic. We see every kind of pest, worm and disease that can affect the garden. Rick sprays various noxious looking chemicals on the vegetables without wearing a face mask or gloves.
"A victory garden is like a share in an airplane factory, the film opening tells us. It is also a vitamin factory that will keep Americans strong. The film ends on a patriotic note, 'No Work, No Victory!' Bear that in mind all you Victory Gardeners and Work! For Victory! A no-nonsense, non-idealized look at what it is like to have to really grow your own food."
We've been linking to Victory Garden stories on Urban Agriculture Notes for many years. Here are some interesting stories that we've covered.
British Pathe News Reels Show Historic War Garden Programs.
A brief search found the following eight unique film clips from both the First and Second World wars showing government policy supporting home food gardens in "Dig For Victory" film strips. You have to see the clip of the chimpanzee dressed in clothes using tools to dig in his vegetable patch, or the children digging in allotments in amongst bombed out buildings after the Blitz in London. Then there are the costumed British actors advising people to prepare their winter gardens and still another film of school children watering gardens during WW1 dressed in outfits from fashion long gone, – unbelievable!
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ADHD Anecdote--My Solo, AGAIN
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wish I could see you in person, Josh..it's a little awkward for part of me to try to respond here in the black and what page...but I'm risking it since you are...and I just wanted to say I'm really glad you ARE getting these out on the page so you can see them more clearly, Josh, and my heart really goes out to that jr. high kid...it really does....ReplyDelete
Oh my, living the nightmare. I'm sorry you had to go through that. I appreciate that you have put it into words. I think you should submit an expanded article with this story to a teaching magazine. Teachers need to hear it from the source....I think they might get it!ReplyDelete
Wow. I've been reading your blog whenever I can spare a moment in my crazy schedule. I am so touched by all the things you are sharing here. This post broke my heart. I don't have ADHD-I, but I know what it is like to feel helpless without understanding why. I have memories from my own chaotic and unhappy childhood that have been seared into my mind forever, too. The beauty in all of this is, that even though those horrifying moments seem impossible to overcome ... we survive. Thanks for sharing. Keep it up.ReplyDelete
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This story pretty much sums up my entire life. The humiliation of looking like you are stupid or lazy or a total flake, & everyone thinking that even though those characteristics are far from your heart or your character or your intentions. & knowing that even if you explained the adhd, the damage is done & those affected likely wouldn't care anyways. Sigh. I want to print these off & mail them to every single teacher, employer, anyone I've ever had an appointment with & ever ex bf I've ever had - but I'd probably forget the task within a few moments anyways! :PReplyDelete
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I am a gay, Mormon man who is married to a woman. I have four daughters, one of whom is not featured in the photo on the header of this blog because she wasn't born yet. When she's old enough to realize this she's gonna be pissed, but as of now she can't talk yet, so I'm rolling with it.
I am a Marriage and Family Therapist who is licensed through AAMFT (the American Association of Marriage and Family Therapists), a Certified Sex Addiction Therapist trained through IITAP (the International Institute of Trauma and Addiction Professionals), and was named the Best Father Ever from TAOITMKTSTOITATST (The Association of I Told My Kids To Say That Or I'd Take Away Their Screen Time).
You can see my profile on Psychology Today here.
In addition to being a psychotherapist, I am also a writer. You can see some of my published/award winning writing here:
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I have also written two books. Someday they will be published.
This website is my personal blog. I write serious posts and humorous/satirical posts. You'll probably very easily tell the difference, but if you're ever wondering, just ask. Sometimes as I write this blog, I might talk about therapy concepts. I might mention things that I've learned in my grad studies. I might share thoughts I'm having around things I'm reading, or ideas I hope will be helpful. When that happens, please know that I am offering my thoughts as a fellow human writing on his personal blog, and not as your personal therapist, or even as a professional giving professional advice. Grain of salt, is what I'm saying. Always consult (and pay for!) a professional's opinion when making therapeutic changes in your own life.
So yeah. That's how things go around here. Some days you'll get a post on a serious topic I happen to be thinking about. Other days you'll get a post about me crapping my pants on a morning run.
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Here is what I did for my SBR + Trust:
1. Have attorney draft a gun trust
2. Buy stripped lower
3. Buy 10.5" upper
4. Mail lower to someone that knows how to engrave per ATF regulations
5. Wait for the lower to be returned and verify everything looks okay. The name of your trust, city and state should be engraved on the lower
6. Build-out the lower as a PISTOL. Per ATF you can use a standard buffer tube, just take the stock off before attaching the tube to the receiver
7. Attach the upper and test fire your PISTOL to ensure you are happy with it
8. Complete ATF form 5320.1
8a. Check box 1A
8b. Check box (2) Corp or other business entity
8c. In 3b Enter the name and address of your trust
8d. Complete 3d and 3e
8e. In 4a put the original AR lower manufacturer information
8f. In 4b put "Short Barrel Rifle (SBR)"
8g. In 4c put "5.56MM" if that is your caliber etc...
8h. In 4d put the original mfg model as engraved on the lower
8i. In 4e put 10.5" if that is what you bought
8j. In 4f put 31" (if your barrel length was 10.5")
8k. In 4g put the original mfg serial number
8l. In 4h list the other markings on your receiver. I also added: (4.c continued)/.223/9MM/6.5MM/6.8MM/(caliber "Multi")
8m. In 4i enter "Any lawful purpose"
8n. In 4j check "No"
8o. Leave 5 & 6 blank
8p. In 7, sign your name
8q. In 8, print your full name followed by ", Trustee"
8r. In 9 enter date of signature
8s. Answer "No" to everything under question 10 & 11 then stop
9. Print 2 copies of the form. Print page 1 then flip the paper over and print page 2 on the back - Do this twice as you need to mail 2 copies (2 pages printed front to back)
10. Complete ATF form 5330.20. Some folks say you don't need this when doing a trust. I did it anyway. If they don't need it they will trash it. Read the instructions. Print in all upper case and spell everything out. No abbreviations.
11. Create a "Schedule A" (or whatever your attorney called it). This is a list of inventory owned by the Trust. First, fund the trust by transferring $1.00 cash into the trust. Next, add your soon to be SBR to the Schedule A. In the comments column (which I added), I printed "Pending BATFE Approval"
12. Go to the post office and get a money order for $200.00. Make it out to the "Department of Justice". The Money Order should be from your Trust, not you
13. Make a copy of your full Trust and Schedule A
14. Mail the Certificate of Compliance, the 2 copies of form 1, your Trust and the money order to the NFA branch (address on form 1)
15. In ~7 months you'll get one copy of your form 1 returned with a cancelled stamp on it. This is your approval.
16. Reattach your stock to the buffer tube. Rock on!
1.Build as pistol so you can use the gun while you wait 7 months.
2.Don't send the paperwork to the ATF until you get the receiver back from the engraver and you have assembled + test fired to ensure everything works, otherwise you have to go back to the ATF should, for example, your lower get lost in the mail or you break the lower while hammering pins in-place.
3. Some folks talk about "constructive possession" of a SBR by having a AR pistol in the home with a stock laying around. This doesn't concern me but if it does you, leave the stock with a friend until you get your stamp.
4. If you don't go the Trust route and register in your own name, you will need: Fingerprints, Chief LEO sign-off (both forms) and passport photos (both forms). The feds will do a background check which might further delay getting approved.
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Mr Pusskins - Feelings by Sam Lloyd
|Mr Pusskins - Feelings by Sam Lloyd
|Category: For Sharing
|Reviewer: Keith Dudhnath
|Summary: A lovely board book for the very youngest of book fans. As with all the Mr Pusskins books, it's gloriously illustrated and great fun.
|Buy? Yes
|Borrow? Yes
|Pages: 14
|Date: July 2009
|Publisher: Orchard
Feelings is another addition to the Mr Pusskins series of board books, this time introducing the very youngest of book fans to all sorts of emotions, from jealousy to excitement, sadness to surprise.
Much like the previous book about colours, each page features one example and has an illustration of that feeling. There's also an overall story about a cake, which is simple enough to make it suitable as one of the first books children have. It's also engaging enough to keep parents interested through multiple readings - as their children get older, they'll be able to hang more and more story on to the events, rather than having to read a book of flashcards for the zillionth time.
Sam Lloyd's illustrations are as glorious as ever. Everything's beautifully familiar, and means children will feel comfortable when they progress to the longer Mr Pusskins books. Even though he's a bit of a scruffbag at times, you can't help but want to stroke Mr Pusskins, which is great in any book about cats!
In a straight choice between Colours and Feeelings, I'd plump for Colours. Maybe that says more about me, but in terms of learning, it's mostly colours, numbers and animals at that age. If you've got room on your shelf for both, then they'll be firm favourites. Recommended.
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Other books for young 'uns looking at emotions include Where's My Cuddle? by James Mayhew, The Littlest Dinosaur by Michael Foreman and Some Dogs Do by Jez Alborough.
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Those of you with your nose in the comic book movie world already know that Fox owns the Fantastic Four characters and most of its immediate universe (including villains), and Marvel would really like them back so they can incorporate the characters into their ever-expanding Cinematic Universe. Marvel may now have some leverage to use on Fox, especially in light of the October 10, 2012 deadline for Daredevil, another Marvel character currently in Fox's possession. You see, unless Fox gets a "Daredevil" movie up and running by October 10th, the character must be returned to Marvel.
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As of right now, the two sides are still talking, and it's apparently all up to Fox to decide if they want to take Marvel's deal. No doubt Marvel is hoping to wash the stink of Fox's treatment of Galactus and Silver Surfer out of everyone's mouth in "Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer". If Fox turns it down, they'll be scrambling to get their "Daredevil" reboot into production by October 10th. And then there's the Josh Trank "Fantastic Four" reboot to consider. Does Trank have need of the two characters, too?
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Question: One of my co-workers becomes defensive when I or anyone else offers constructive criticism. The last time I made a suggestion, she acted very offended and said she felt that I was telling her that she wasn't doing her job well.
We share a workspace for part of the day, and I'd like to suggest a more effective way to keep the area neat and full of resources for others who may have to cover in our absence. How do I broach this topic with such a sensitive co-worker? -- K.R., New York
Since you know that your co-worker is defensive when she is critized, it would be prudent on your part not to offer any criticism to her. Her reaction might also depend on the tone of your voice when she is critized. None of us like to be criticized even if it is as you call it constructive criticism. As far as the work space is concerned, suggested to her that you would like to reorganize the workspace and offer your suggestions and ask her if she has any ideas of how the area can be made more efficient. You might find that if you seek her cooperation, she might be less offended with you, and if she does not respond in a positive manner, remember that we cannot change anyone else's behaviour.
It is a very sticky stituation to give anyone else advice -- especially to a co-worker. That is something people expect from their manager rather than their co-worker. If I really thought it was necessary to give constructive criticism, I'd try to keep the communicatins from my point of view. For example, "I feel(or I think) this change would benefit both of us. What do you think?" This should help prevent the other person becoming defensive.
I would try approaching her with something like - "I've been thinking we need to reorganize our work area so that others can find things in our absence. Do you have any ideas how we can do this?" Then after she has given you her ideas you can throw your ideas into the mix and hopefully settle upon a solution. If you give her your ideas first, she may feel like you are criticizing the way she keeps the area. It isn't always the words that make a person defensive, but the way they are delivered.
Oh, been there done that! Not a good situation to be in and very frustrating for the one who is doing nothing but trying to help. I have also approached someone in my office and asked for help or suggested changes and it did nothing but get me into trouble cause she went back to the boss and said I was acting "superior" over her. My suggestion to you is to take any ideas that you have to improve something to your boss first and get his/her "ok". Once you have his/her blessing, your protected the other employee has no choice but to make the change. Good luck!
I could be wrong on this one, but it seems like this is more of an issue with you that someone being able to cover in your absence. If this is true, make your area spotless and your co-worker will get tired of others commenting on your workspace and start trying to make his/hers better.
You could also try bring in a small plant as a peace offering, and I can almost promise you things will slowly change. I truely believe when people make a positive effort for change it will happen, if you build it they will come.
One thing that I remember quite well from a communication skills course is that "constructive criticism" is an oxymoron. If advice is unsolicited, even between a supervisor and employee, most of the time it won't be received very well.
Instead of making suggestions, why not sit down with her and get her input on what she thinks should be done. Say something like, I find it really helpful to have this area stocked with resources for _____. Or say it's really important to me to keep this area well stocked so that people can easily cover for me when I am away. Then, once she is interested, brainstorm ideas with her. If she comes up with the ideas herself, she is much more likely to see value in them and use them.
You might want to spend some time first to think about the words you want to use. Try to use words that have a positive conotation instead of negative. If she is upset, ask her what it is about what I said that you find difficult to hear and let her talk, even if she says things that you react to. You may find that you are both on the same page as far as what you want.
I think the comments listed are all very good. Since your co-worker has already demonstrated that she doesn't take people's advice well, you should try to handle this differently. Did anyone come to you and say that there's a problem with resources when they need to cover you? If so, just state that it was bought to your attention that you need to develop a more effective way to leave your desks etc... If she sees this as an issue that someone bought to you she may not be so quick to get offended. Also, its a good idea to ask her if she has any suggestions on how to accomplish this.


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By Kelsey Ohman Last week, Dave Kerpen suggested that this may be Google's year to "excel at social media" in his 3 Surprising Social Media 2013 Predictions. He explained that Google needs to see success with Google Plus or by acquisition of another big player (Pinterest, Twitter) in order to remain relevant in the social sphere. However, I don't think the conversation stops there, as there are additional factors to consider that make his points more compelling.
The biggest consideration in Google's potential for success in 2013 is their Android product. comScore recently reported that 53.7% of smartphones in the U.S. are powered by the Android platform, while Apple retains only 35% of the market share. What does this mean for Google's social endeavors? It gives them a direct connection to millions of users who interact with their products and services on a daily basis. They can package their social products within the Android platform and can harvest useful data about their users. By owning both the social network and the tools needed to access the network, Google has the upper hand on Facebook, Twitter, and other top networks.
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