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Leave behind Your Match.com Login
Hey just want to waterput forward my own view on dating sites. I very encourage people to attempt out dating sites for themselves and come up with their own opinions. I am also morally supportive of any effort made to help people find love including websites like match.com but I do have some reservations.
Do you have a match.com login? How long have you bot using it? Have you got the desired results from the all the money you have paid and the time you have spent using your match com login? Let mij give you some better ideas! Let mij tell you a story.
A few years ago, I joined a multiplicity of internet dating sites and found that they are good places to find very first dates. But having said that, I don't think that you should have to pay exorbitant fees and costs for a match.com login just to have the chance to find love.
Why is Match.com so Expensive?
The reason why a loterijlot of thesis large dating sites like Match.com charge you so much money to be able to use their services is that they have a marketing bill to pay. Every time you see an ad on TV, te a tijdschrift or a newspaper for Match.com, you are helping pay for it te a petite way with your membership toverfee.
Now don't get mij wrong, with your Match com login, you get access to some very sophisticated services and algorithms on the Match.com login webstek that is supposed to set you up with the flawless person. Te order to do this, they have to engage ter a psychological profile breakdown of sorts and then match you up with someone. Most of this however is nothing fresh. It is based on the age old principle of collective interests and morals.
So why not make things lighter for yourself? There are slew of free resources online to find a date. But frankly I am not a fan of online dating sites and I'll tell you why.
Dating Wasgoed Supposed to Be Joy
You know what's NOT joy? Finding a job! That is why Monster.com provides a actual service to take the anguish out of looking for work. But Dating? Sorry but having a Match.com login is not even comparable. Dating is supposed to be Joy! Meeting people is supposed to be joy. Have you everzwijn felt the sheer excitement and the flutter ter your heart when you randomly meet someone incredible?
Have you everzwijn klapper it off with someone you don't even know? Have you overcome your embarrassment and shyness to waterput yourself out there and then actually bot successful? If you have, then you know the kleintje of thrill I am talking about and you will never get that out of your match.com login. If you toevluchthaven't, then let mij tell you, it is better to keep attempting and playing for just THAT thrill than to sign up for some Internet dating webpagina.
Internet Dating is like playing your beloved movie spel with cheat codes, all you need is your Match.com login and voila, Invincibility Mode! (or thereabouts)
But I Don't Have Time For Dating.
Ok Ok! I get you. Some people may not have time for dating. Others may just be tired of the entire dating toneel. So you want an effortless way out? I get you! Well, then you still don't have to sign up for a Match.com login. There are slew of free sites online where you can get a date.
The most likely one is FACEBOOK. Hello? If you have a Facebook account, then you can love the best of both worlds. If you have some friends on Facebook, then throw a party for them and ask them to invite their friends. MEET PEOPLE!! Look. I am sorry to tell you but I find it ludicrous that some online algorithm can decipher the complexities of Human emotions. You use your match.com login everyday, right? You tell mij!
At the end of the day, you will have to meet your potential "matches" and determine for yourself if you get along with them or not. What better way to do this than ter the company of a bunch of people you ALREADY know! So throw a party for your Facebook friends. Meet people face to face. Sparks May Fly!
More Alternative to Your Match.com login
Have you heard of this webstek called Meetup? Google it please! This is another fine way to find love. The key to finding the right person for yourself is to expose yourself (not te the a dirty way lol) to spil many people spil possible. Socialize and meet people who share common interests. This webstek is good for that zuigeling of thing.
So this already is better than picking up random people te a tapkast because here you can sign up for groups according to your interests. Love to write? There's a group for that. Love Salsa? Got you covered. Love Coding? Yup Yup! Give it a slok. AND YOU ACTUALLY MEET PEOPLE FACE TO FACE! That strikes the pants out of plugging te some random letters and numbers that make up your match com login to have the chance to see pictures of people.
And if you don't have time for even that much then my friend you have fatter troubles te your life than the lack of a mate and no match com login is going to save you. I mean, even if your match.com login works out for you and you find someone, how are you going to find the time for them? Sorry but Skype talks don't work ter the long run. I've attempted it!.
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@Karla, are you that picky that the only man you could find is one that needs a $15,000 loan to buy a house on a beach.
It sounds like you are the type of woman who skips overheen 15 nice promedio guys to get to the jackhole.
Be very careful on match.com. It is effortless to be profiled by bad people. I wasgoed on there and thought I found the love of my life! $15,000 te all sorts of petite individual loans and help with his phony house that he possessed by the beach, I found out that he wasgoed a crook. Be careful. I learned the hard way.
I GUESS NONE OF THIS MESS WORK, MEETING THEM FROM A AQUITTANCE, A NETWORK, A Tapkast, OR WHEREVER THEY ALL LIE AND CHEAT. BUT I DO UNDERSTAND WHEN YOU SAY WHY DO YOU HAVE TO PAY TO MEET SOMEONE
6 years ago from Delhi
thanks very much for the comments everyone. I truly appreciate your time
6 years ago from Nottingham UK
I've found a negative with match.com is that not every profile is genuine. I know of a webpagina on the internet which will pay you to set up a match.com or dating ongezouten account profile. Sadly this means that the profiles you see might not be a paid user of the webpagina and subsequently mean your time and effort is misplaced.
Nice hub. Rated up
6 years ago from Delhi
thats awesome woman lovin dame.. I will look into tangowire and maybe write a lump about it. I would love to vraaggesprek you about it.
For lesbians, match.com is an especially bad overeenkomst, but tangowire for lesbians ie curve actually works.MOst of my lezzie duo friends did meet online. On both sites there are hundreds of stale profiles and only a handful of paying members at any given time te any town, but ON tangowire only one of the Two needs to be a paying member and the inactive nonmembers can still receive a notification by email, read and reply repeatedly to the paying member/s emails. On match.com both vereiste be paying but they dont tell you that, so the payer doesn't get why no one replies-well its b/c there are only about Ten women actually paying at the time te any locale. On tangowire, you will get a notice of an email and be able to read it and reply, even if you are inactive and not paying. on tangowire you might actually meet someone. Wij lesbians, are way too timid to initiate a date socially and its so ambiguous- getting TO the very first date is the fattest challenge (while commitment and marriage come too lightly to Two women), so lesbo online dating via tangowire actually works better than meetups where all women are afraid to make the very first stir and every other is both potential friend, date or rival and it is unlikely to guess which way to go with things-we damsels are waiting to be asked, so the online tangowire is actually VERY much our best option but match.com is dishonestly fooling us to thinking thesis profiles can write us back and they CANT on that service.
Sick of being lonely.
7 years ago from Brazil
I met my wifey on the televisiekanaal. It wasgoed 7 years ago. Wij used a program called mIRC to talk. It wasgoed a lotsbestemming of joy back then.


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The 27th Annual F-100 Western Nationals
There's one consistent factor when it comes to Pickups Limited's annual F-100 Western Nats-it always draws the nicest collection of classic all-Ford pickups in the Southwest. This year's gathering reinforced that fact with a turnout that broke all previous attendance records for the Featherly Park venue. As is always the case, the enthusiastic members of Pickups Limited's Orange County chapter worked their tails off to host what has been for years So Cal's premier all-Ford truck show. An eclectic collection of over 200 classic pickups and their rightfully proud owners took advantage of the comfortably shaded Featherly Park location to show off their handiwork and spend a pleasant day visiting with like-minded Ford pickup fans, participants and spectators alike.
Speaking of participants, many of the long-distance travelers (trucks in attendance were from as far away as Tennessee, Nebraska, Utah, Nevada, and Arizona) started arriving in Orange County, California, a full three days early-not only for the static show on Saturday but for the pre-show gatherings and cruises the club sponsors in the few days beforehand.
This years gathering brought out a fantastic selection of F-100s and F-1s from stockers to show trucks, and nearly everything in between. Above and beyond cool trucks, good food, and a selection of classic truck parts and supply vendors, the people who both host and attend the Western Nationals make up the best part of the Pickups Limited yearly gathering. There's nothing like spending a beautiful summer weekend surrounded by cool classic Ford pickups and a crowd of people who are perhaps some of the nicest folks in the country. It's an event that you've just got to experience. So we'd strongly suggest taking a look at some of the cool Ford trucks shown here and then check out the club's website at www.pickupslimited.com for info and the date of next season's gathering. It's a fun show that you'll want to check out for your self-believe us, you'll be glad you did!
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The trial of James "Whitey" Bulger may have ended, but the Boston mobster hasn't stopped trying to portray himself as a caring man who was betrayed by colleagues and the FBI.
In a letter purportedly written by Bulger from prison to someone named Eric Morrison and posted on Radar Online, Bulger in cursive handwriting defends himself and says he's getting together information for an appeal.
He also waxes poetic about love and the good life he had in California.
Bulger was found guilty of murder and other counts in August after being captured in Santa Monica in 2011 after 16 years on the run.
"The trial was a neck tie party and a stacked deck from day one," he says in the letter. "Have been in isolation for 2 years here -- 24 hours in cell Tues and Thurs and 23 hours in cell 5 other days."
Bulger says in the letter that twice in life he offered himself up so his girlfriends could go free. When he was captured, he says, he offered to plead guilty if authorities would let girlfriend and fellow fugitive Catherine Greig go. Authorities declined and she was sentenced to eight years in prison in 2012.
"Her sentence is a crime," Bulger writes, "more time and fine than people who confessed to murder."
Bulger says he had agreed to plead guilty when captured for a bank robbery in the 1950s, if authorities let his girlfriend at the time go free.
Bulger touches on the theme of love many times in his letter, at one point advising Morrison to meet a nice girl and enjoy life.
"She was the best thing that happened to me -- over 16 years on the run were happiest years of my life -- memories sustain me -- I expect the worst is yet to come," he writes, about Greig.
Bulger does not mention in the letter that while living in Boston and dating Greig, he was also in a decades-long relationship with a single mother named Teresa Stanley. Bulger initially went on the run with Stanley, but she tired of the life after a month. He took her back to Boston and swapped her out for Greig, according to "Whitey Bulger: America's Most Wanted Gangster and the Manhunt that Brought Him to Justice," by Boston Globe reporters Kevin Cullen and Shelley Murphy.
Bulger also targets his allies-turned-enemies, Stephen "The Rifleman" Flemmi and "J.C" -- FBI agent John Connolly -- in the letter.
Flemmi, Bulger's right-hand man, testified against Bulger at trial. Connolly, the FBI agent who worked closely with Bulger, is serving time in a Florida prison for leaking information that led to murders. Bulger says Flemmi was giving information to the FBI while he was still in prison in 1960, and that Connolly and Flemmi conspired against him.
"Money corrupts people who have wife and girlfriend who drink, gamble, etc," he writes. "It takes $$ to live that way and its addictive."
One of the most gruesome parts of Bulger's gruesome trial involved the story of the murder of Debra Hussey, Flemmi's stepdaughter and lover, who was allegedly using drugs and carelessly talking about Bulger, according to Flemmi. Bulger strangled her and then had Flemmi pull out her teeth.
Bulger's handwriting is difficult to read in parts, but he seems set on clearing his name as an informant, something he did not do at the trial, since he declined the opportunity to testify. But he indicates he may keep speaking informally.
"We did a good job on Feds to show they falsified the file -- long story and it would take pages to explain," he said. "Maybe at a later day you will read it in a book!"
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Daring Bakers: Valentino Cakes
So it's Daring Baker's Challenge time again! This month, the February 2009 challenge is hosted by Wendy of WMPE's blog and Dharm of Dad ~ Baker & Chef. They have chosen a Chocolate Valentino cake by Chef Wan; a Vanilla Ice Cream recipe from Dharm and a Vanilla Ice Cream recipe from Wendy as the challenge.
The Valentino cake is a flourless chocolate cake and it is very dense, moist and rich. Instead of making one large heart shaped cake, I wanted to make a bunch of small ones. I've had this cast iron pan for ages, which I've made muffins in, and I thought the cakes would look cute if I baked them in this:
Part of the challenge was to serve the cake with your own homemade ice cream, which wasn't a problem for me since we make our own ice cream fairly often in our trusty ice cream maker. I used the vanilla ice cream recipe that I've used for years. Make sure you make it with a real vanilla bean - so much better than vanilla extract - try it!
Valentino Cake with Homemade Vanilla Ice Cream
for a printable recipe click here
For the cake:
- 16 ounces (1 pound) of semisweet chocolate, roughly chopped (I used chips)
- 1/2 cup (1 stick) plus 2 tablespoons of unsalted butter
- 5 large eggs, separated
For the ice cream:
- 1 cup heavy whipping cream
- 2 cups half n half
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 1 vanilla bean
For the cake:
Place chocolate and butter in a heatproof bowl and set over a pan of simmering water (the bottom of the bowl should not touch the water) and melt, stirring often. Do not overheat this mixture. When it is just melted, take off the heat and let slightly cool.
While the chocolate/butter mixture is cooling, butter your pan and line it with a parchment circle then butter the parchment. I used a totally different kind of pan, so I just buttered and lightly floured it. You can also use an 8" spring form pan for this or ramekins.
Separate the eggs into two large bowls. Whip the egg whites until stiff peaks are formed (do not over-whip or the cake will be dry). With the same beater, beat the egg yolks together. Add the egg yolks to the cooled chocolate.
Fold in one third of the egg whites into the chocolate mixture and follow with remaining egg whites. Fold until no white remains without deflating the batter.
Pour batter into prepared pan. The batter should fill the pan 3/4 of the way full and bake at 375 degrees for 25 minutes . The top of the cake will look similar to a brownie and a cake test will appear slightly wet. In the mini heart shaped pan I used, it took about 20 minutes because the cakes were smaller.
Cool cake on a rack for 10 minutes then unmold.
Scrape seeds from vanilla bean. Place all ingredients in a heavy saucepan and heat, slowly, until all the sugar is dissolved. Do not boil. Take off from heat, pour in a container (I use a 4 cup Pyrex measuring container) and place in fridge. Stir from time to time until the mixture is very cold. Place in your ice cream maker and process according to your maker's directions. (In my Cuisinart, it takes about 20 - 25 minutes.)


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Michelle Williams Brings 'Bootylicious' Back for Super Bowl Media Day [VIDEO]
It's hard to believe it's been 12 years since the Destiny's Child smash hit 'Bootylicious' lit up the radio and had booties bouncing along to the catchy contagious lyrics. But former pop group member Michelle Williams proved she still knows the words — and the dance moves from the video — on Tuesday at Super Bowl media day.
Williams, who was at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey interviewing players from the Seattle Seahawks and Denver Broncos for 'The Insider' in anticipation of Sunday's Super Bowl, was challenging players to a sing-off at the event.
Check out Williams doing a little dance at media day.


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The Nerviest Man in Honolulu
Hilo-based historian Joe Theroux recounts the 1896 kidnapping of James Campbell.
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James Campbell may have been one of the most powerful men in Hawaii, but on that hot August day in 1896, he was the weakest, chained to a bed in San Francisco, threatened with torture and murder. The 70-year-old cursed and railed against his kidnappers, and though they withheld food and water, he refused to sign a check for $20,000 (nearly a half a million in today's dollars).
Lured away from the Occidental Hotel by a con man named Oliver Winthrop, he thought he was going to give his opinion on a real estate deal and help persuade Winthrop's wife to move to Hawaii. Campbell put on his hat and they walked down Montgomery to Clay, and then took a streetcar "pretty far out of town." Eventually they reached a cottage at 4109 California St. West. There, a man masked with a black silk handkerchief put a pistol to Campbell's head. He told Campbell to raise his hands.
"I'll be damned if I throw up my hands!" Campbell retorted. "Go ahead and shoot me!"
Campbell lunged for the gun and they wrestled each other to the floor. The pistol went off, grazing Campbell's right temple and putting a hole in his hat. Winthrop then struck him from behind and knocked Campbell out.
When Campbell awoke, his head was bloody. At first he was tied to a chair, later shackled to a bed. Winthrop demanded he endorse the check. Campbell refused.
His captors went through his pockets and took $305. Again he refused to sign the check, though they handcuffed him and bound him with ropes.
"Do as you please," he replied, but he would not sign. He was then gagged. The masked man never left his room. Winthrop entered the room occasionally, demanding his signature. Winthrop said to his masked accomplice, "Pete, if he makes any more trouble, cut his throat."
Toughness was one of James Campbell's main attributes. Born in Londonderry in 1826, he had learned carpentry aboard ships at sea and arrived in Lahaina in 1852. He built houses and boats, and married the daughter of a landowner. She died a year later. They had no children, but he did inherit her family's land. He grew sugar cane there, eventually founding Pioneer Plantation.
Flush with success, he began purchasing large tracks of land on Oahu, around Honouliuli, as well as other ranches. He built a house on Emma Street, married Abigail Kuaihelani Maipinepine Bright in 1879 and had several children. He bought the Kahuku Plantation, dug an artesian well to irrigate the dry soil and made money leasing the land. He retired about 1885 and began traveling the world. That's how, in 1895, he found himself in San Francisco, offering advice to a Mr. Winthrop.
Photo: Pacific Commercial Advertiser, 1896.
Who was Oliver Winfield Winthrop? Born in Dedham, Mass., in 1855, Winthrop served five years in the army, learned civil engineering and earned a "very good" rating. Army records say he was five foot seven, with dark-brown hair, a ruddy complexion and gray eyes. He was discharged in 1881, and set out for California in hopes of making his fortune. He married the same year, and had two sons. He seemed to be off to a good start. He became assistant superintendent of the Laurel Hill Cemetery and joined a local lodge, the Order of Chosen Friends.
But things went terribly wrong. In 1895, a local woman was found murdered. Mrs. Jennie Mathews had been poisoned in the Laurel Hill Cemetery. Winthrop was charged. The coroner said the evidence pointed to Winthrop, and he was arrested and jailed on May 28. However, on June 15 a judge ruled that there was insufficient evidence, and Winthrop was eventually released.
A year later he met a Hawaiian millionaire and began planning a kidnapping.
Several times Winthrop quizzed Campbell about the Islands, and once asked about Charles Bishop and if he had a daughter. Campbell did not let on that he knew Princess Kaiulani. Six weeks before the kidnapping, Campbell had passed out after a drink at the Occidental.
Friends carried him to his room. Winthrop later told Campbell in the cottage that it was he who had drugged him. "It was our plan to do you that night, but your fool friends spoiled the game." Campbell "consigned him to the devil."


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MONTGOMERY – The Alabama Department of Human Resources (DHR), Food Assistance Program has received notification from the USDA Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) that their application for a Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Participation Grant has been approved.
The $425,151 grant is aimed at supporting efforts to simplify the food assistance application and eligibility determination systems and create measures to improve access to food assistance benefits by eligible applicants.
"We will use these funds to enhance online interaction between our clients and their caseworkers," stated DHR Commissioner Nancy Buckner. "This will better serve our clients and also make our operation more efficient by saving caseworkers time by reducing the frequency of client phone calls and office visits."
The online application allows Alabama citizens to apply for food assistance benefits via the internet from their home, a library, or any computer with access to the internet. The goal of the online application process is to provide easier access to the state's food assistance program and improve services to potential recipients.
This is the second grant that the Department of Human Resources has been awarded by FNS to fund development and implementation of a statewide web-based application for potential food assistance recipients. In 2008, DHR was awarded a $600,000 grant that has been used to create the online food assistance application.


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Dr. Gamaldo received her bachelors degree from the University of Virginia in Charlottesville. She then earned her medical degree from The George Washington University School of Medicine and completed an internship at the Greater Baltimore Medical Center. After her neurology residency at the University of North Carolina Hospital, Dr. Gamaldo became the first neurology clinical sleep research fellow at Johns Hopkins, where she served as a co-investigator on several studies evaluating the pathophysiology of restless legs syndrome (RLS).
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Dr. Gamaldo's research interests include studying the impact of sleep on manifestation and progression of neurological diseases. Looking at this relationship between sleep and disease progression in HIV will serve as the foundation for future work focused on the impact of sleep loss on other aspects of neurobiological function. By conducting this research, it is serving as a model for sleep research using the efforts of a diverse group of interdisciplinary collaborators and as a result has led to ongoing and evolving research projects that now include a growing list of collaborators (Neurology, OB/Gyn, Psychiatry, Urology, School of Nursing and Public Health along with the National Institute on Aging). The results of this study are suggesting that compromised sleep quality and duration may have a significant impact on cognitive performance in HIV+ individuals. Learn more about this study.
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1. Pearson VE, Allen RP, Dean T, Gamaldo CE, Lesage SR, Earley CJ. Cognitive deficits associated with restless legs syndrome (RLS). Sleep Med. 2006 Jan; 7(1):25-30.
2. Gamaldo CE, Benbrook AR, Allen RP, Scott JA, Henning WA, Earley CJ. Childhood and adult factors associated with restless legs syndrome (RLS) diagnosis. Sleep Med. 2007 Nov;8(7-8):716-22.
3. Gamaldo CE, Benbrook AR, Allen RP, Oguntimein O, Earley CJ. A further evaluation of the cognitive deficits associated with restless legs syndrome (RLS). Sleep Med. 2007 Sep 13;
4. Pearson VE, Gamaldo CE, Allen RP, Lesage S, Hening WA, Earley CJ. Medication use in patients with restless legs syndrome compared with a control population. Eur J Neurol. 2008 Jan; 15(1):16-21.
5. Gamaldo CE, Benbrook AR, Allen RP, Oguntimein O, Earley CJ. Evaluating daytime alertness in individuals with restless legs syndrome (RLS) compared to sleep restricted controls. Sleep Med. 2008 Jan 26;
6. Bolla KI, Lesage S, Gamaldo C, Neubauer D, Funderburk F, Cadet JL, David P, Verdejo-Garcia A, Benbrook A. Sleep disturbance in heavy marijuana users. Sleep. 2008 Jun 1;31(6):901-8.
7. Gamaldo CE, Salas R. Sleep medicine education: are medical schools and residency programs napping on the job? Nat Clin Pract Neurol. 2008 Jun;4(6):344-45.
8. Gamaldo,C, Benbrook,AR, Allen,RP, Oguntimein, O, Earley, CJ. Evaluating Daytime Alertness in individuals with Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS) compared to sleep restricted controls. Sleep Medicine. 2009 10:134-138.
9. Salas RE, Gamaldo CE, Allen RP, Earley CJ. Quiescegenic Nocturnal Dyskinesia: A restless legs syndrome (RLS) variant or a new syndrome? Sleep Med. 2008 Aug 13. [Epub ahead of print]
10. Salas,RE, Allen,RP, Earley,CJ, Gamaldo,CE. A Case of Compulsive Behaviors Observed in a RLS Patient Treated with a Dopamine Agonist. Sleep, accepted for publication 2009.
11. Salas,RE, Allen,RP, Earley,CJ, Gamaldo,CE. Drug hoarding: A case of atypical dopamine dysregulation syndrome in a RLS patient. Movement Disorders, 2009 Jan 9. [Epub ahead of print]
12.Gamaldo,C, Benbrook,AR, Allen,RP, Oguntimein, O, Earley, CJ. Evaluating Daytime Alertness in individuals with Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS) compared to sleep restricted controls. Sleep Medicine. 2009 10:134-138.
13. Bolla KI, Lesage SR, Gamaldo CE, Neubauer DN, Wang N, Funderburk FR, Allen RP, David PM, Cadet JL. Polysomnogram Changes in Marijuana Users Reporting Sleep Disturbances during Prior Abstinence. Sleep Medicine. 2010 Oct;11(9):882-9.
14. Earley C, Kuwabara H, Wong D, Gamaldo C, Salas R, Brasic J, Ravert H, Dannals R, Allen R, The Dopamine Transporter is Decreased in the Striatum of Subjects with Restless Legs Syndrome. Sleep, 2011 Mar 1; 34(3): 341-7.
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- Best in Sleep-Physician 2011, 1800cpap.com, 2011
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How to Handle a Sleep Walker, New York Times Magazine (08/11/17)
New app helps doctors diagnose sleep disorders, the Johns Hopkins News-Release (03/30/2015)
Johns Hopkins doctors develop app to identify sleep disorders, Baltimore Business Journal (03/31/2015)
Sleep and Cognition in an HIV+ Cohort: A Multi-Method Approach, Dugdug (November 2013)
A new study's surprising news about how many Americans sleepwalk, Baltimore Sun (8/8/2012)
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June 29, 2009
Equinix NY Area Data Center to Host CBOE's New All-Electronic C2 Exchange
Foster City, CA - June 29, 2009 - Equinix, Inc. (Nasdaq: EQIX), a provider of global data center services, today announced that Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE), the largest U.S. options exchange and creator of listed options, plans to locate electronic trading operations for its all-electronic exchange, currently known as "C2," at theEquinix New York-4 (NY4) International Business Exchange (IBX®) data center in Secaucus, NJ. SEC approval of C2 is pending, and CBOE has not yet announced an official launch date for the new exchange.
C2's participation in Equinix Financial eXchange at the NY4 center will provide the growing number of electronic trading firms in the center with direct proximity to CBOE's C2 options products. Equinix Financial eXchange serves capital market participants such as exchanges, buy and sell side firms, market data providers, technology utilities and network service providers. These companies locate operations within Equinix data centers in order to implement a high-performance, low latency connectivity infrastructure within a neutral environment. In addition, the NY4 center can accommodate the latest power, cooling and space demands of the new generation of IT equipment, allowing financial companies to focus on their core competencies rather than on the increasingly complex management of a high-performance data center infrastructure.
"This move brings all the benefits of the operations CBOE currently has in the Chicago area to the immediate proximity of the leading market participants in the New York area, reducing the latency in an industry where milliseconds can make a significant difference," said Gerald O'Connell, executive vice president and chief information officer for Chicago Board Options Exchange.
"The launch of CBOE's new electronic trading platform within Equinix's NY4 data center will provide a significant benefit to the existing financial trading companies and networks already operating within the center, and it will allow new CBOE customers to place their trading infrastructure within our flexible and high-performance data center environment," said John Knuff, director of business development for Equinix.
The NY4 center in Secaucus, NJ, at which C2 will be located, is Equinix's largest data center in the U.S. to date which, at full build out, will be 340,000 square feet - the size of five football fields. Power operations include a high-performance backup system that provides uninterrupted power even in the event of utility power disruption. Security features include interlocking "mantrap" doors, multiple layers of biometric hand-geometry scanners controlling access, as well as 24-hour security officers and hundreds of surveillance cameras.
About Equinix Financial eXchange
Equinix IBX data centers support a global financial community of buy-side and sell-side firms, hedge funds, execution venues, market data suppliers, network providers and trading technology vendors, all interconnected inside a neutral, open marketplace. Equinix has become the data center for the well-connected, offering low-latency connectivity and colocation capabilities via facilities around the world. Learn more at: http://financial.equinix.com
About Equinix
Equinix, Inc. (Nasdaq: EQIX) provides global data center services that ensure the vitality of the information-driven world. Global enterprises, content and financial companies, and network service providers rely upon Equinix's insight and expertise to protect and connect their most valued information assets. Equinix operates 42 International Business Exchange™ (IBX®) data centers across 18 markets in North America, Europe and Asia-Pacific.
Important information about Equinix is routinely posted on the investor relations page of its website located at www.equinix.com. We encourage you to check Equinix's website regularly for the most up-to-date information.
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by Jim Harris
I recently saw that the Streets Department had closed Forbidden Drive under the Walnut Lane Bridge following an inspection indicating that architectural concrete may be falling from the structure.
I immediately thought about the many talented graffiti artists who work tirelessly under that bridge — people like "JUCE," "KRABBO" and "BFZX413" — painting their colorful, elaborate logos on the buttresses. I feared they might be injured by falling debris.
I figured that the city had precious little budget for bridge repairs, so I began working on the following ideas to help them raise the money required:
•Blow up the bridge and sell tickets to watch. This event could draw even more spectators than the Oak Lane Jazz Festival. (That wouldn't be hard.) Afterwards, the city could sell numbered pieces of the bridge as souvenirs. All of the money raised could go towards building a new, cheaper bridge,
•Produce a new TV reality show, "Valley of the Trolls," about a family of average American trolls living under the bridge whose lives are hilariously complicated by randomly falling slabs of concrete. Profits from the show could be used for repairs.
•Commission the conceptual artist Christo to create a giant multicolored "diaper" to hang under the bridge and catch the falling pieces of concrete. The Depends adult-diaper manufacturer could sponsor the event in return for a giant "Depends" logo on the diaper.
•Ask the government marksmen who annually shoot the Wissahickon Park deer to shoot off loose pieces of cement from the bridge. If they're lucky, a few slabs might even fall on some deer, killing two birds with one stone, so to speak. This will certainly please the so-called "Friends of the Wissahickon."
•Call in a psychic "bridge whisperer" to communicate with the bridge and find out when it's planning to let loose its next hail of cement.
•Have some plus-sized contestants from "The Biggest Loser" TV show jump up and down on top of the bridge during off-peak hours to shake off the loose pieces of concrete while pedestrian traffic on Forbidden Drive is light.
•Have the Army invade the Wissahickon Valley. This always insures the building of new infrastructure by Dick Cheney's buddies at Haliburton.
If none of the above ideas pan out, they could just close the bridge permanently and cut off all travel between Germantown and Roxborough. I'm sure there are factions on both sides of the creek who would find this desirable. One hundred years from now, anthropologists would discover that two entirely different cultures had evolved on either side. Oh wait, that's the situation already.
Anyway, being the hard-hitting, hands-on reporter that I am, I decided to go down to Forbidden Drive under the bridge to see the situation for myself. I parked at the Walnut Lane Golf Course and walked down the steep hill to the main trail. Once there, I saw Streets Department barriers but no signs indicating any potential danger. Of the few people who came along while I was there, all of them ignored the barriers and walked right through.
I was busy jotting down some notes on my official "Jimmy Olsen Junior Reporter's Notepad" when I heard a whistling sound from above. When I regained consciousness, I found that I was helplessly pinned under a heavy concrete slab. I scrawled the word "HELP" on my notepad, hoping that a passing traffic helicopter might spot it and come to my aid, but at least 20 minutes went by with no sign of rescue.
I was just about to gnaw off my own arm to escape when a couple of bird-watching Girl Scouts came by and pulled the massive monolith off of me in about three seconds. To Ashley and Kaitlyn, thank you girls, for saving me from a fate worse than death. I can't discuss the incident any further now, because I'm in the process of suing the city for $2 billion, but just between you and me, I'd settle for 50 bucks and a good seat at the Mummers Parade. (But don't tell the city's lawyers I said that.)


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by Tom Utescher
The old Catholic War Veterans holiday tourney turned into the George W. Snear Tournament in 2010, but one thing that hasn't changed over the last few years is that longtime defending champ Mount St. Joseph Academy dashed to the title without much difficulty.
Pope John Paul II High School might have given the Magic a run if two of its three best players hadn't been sidelined with injuries, but in last Friday's championship game the depleted Golden Panthers were no match for the Mounties, who won 66-28. A night earlier, a 26-8 second quarter got Mount St. Joe rolling towards a 69-40 semifinal win over Plymouth Whitemarsh High School.
MSJ sophomore guard Alex Louin put up 21 points against the Colonials and 10 against Pope John Paul II, earning the Most Valuable Player Award. John Paul II had reached the finals by erasing a 13-1 deficit to edge semifinal foe Norristown High School, 59-53. The consolation game that preceded the finals on Saturday turned out to be another close contest, with Norristown topping Plymouth Whitemarsh, 56-53.
Reflecting on the Mount's 9-0 record, senior guard Bridget Higgins noted, "It's nice to go into the new year undefeated. We have a couple days off now, but when we come back we have a lot of league games coming up, so we have to continue playing well."
On the first night of the Snear tourney in Conshohocken, the Mount encountered a P-W squad with good size and a 4-1 record up to that point. The Colonials' line-up featured former Penn Charter player Erin Martin and fellow senior Gabriella Schumacher, the sister of Springside Chestnut Hill Academy sophomore guard Julia Schumacher.
Aware of the elder sister's shooting skills, the Magic was able to limit her to four points in the contest, while Martin scored two points before leaving the game with her fifth personal foul early in the fourth quarter. Sturdy center Egypt Thompson had a team-high 13 points for the Colonials, who received nine points from Maya Thomas and eight from Simone Jacques.
Although MSJ's Louin hit the first two baskets of the evening and added a pair of free throws later in the opening frame, P-W was only down 11-8 at the end of the quarter. In the second period, the Colonials broke down against the pressing Magic, and Mountie traps forced frequent turnovers.
Higgins, who starts for Mount St. Joe along with two fellow seniors and a pair of sophomores, pointed out, "The young girls are playing well, and our defense has been the best part about us. When we can play tough defense, we always give ourselves a chance to win."
A baseline jumper and a lay-up by tenth-grader Carly Monzo touched off a 13-0 run for the Magic at the start of the second quarter. By halftime the count was 37-16, and the Mount's margin stayed well up in double digits the rest of the way. Even when the Magic began sitting down its starters the situation didn't improve for P-W, as MSJ sophomore Regan Gallagher came off the bench to score all of her nine points in the last six-and-a-half minutes.
Louin had five assists and four steals along with her 21 points, while Higgins had 11 points and senior classmates Cailin Schneer and Maddie Kohler scored 10 and five points, respectively. Monzo and juniors Meg Geatens and Kelsey Jones finished with four points apiece and sophomore Gen Hagedorn added a free throw.
The Mount's opponent in the finals, John Paul II (6-5), had suffered injuries to two regular starters, Taylor Bearden and Ellen Chernasky, with Chernasky going down the previous evening in the Golden Panthers' semifinal game against Norristown. Earlier in the month, the two had combined for 34 points in a 48-43 loss to the Mount's league rival, Nazareth Academy.
The Magic would receive 10 points apiece from Louin (four assists, four steals, three rebounds), Higgins (five assists, three steals), and Kohler (three steals), with Kohler notching the first five points of the game with a three-pointer and a fast-break lay-up. Schmeer (who would score a team-high 13 points) stuck on a pair of free throws to make it 7-0.
Down 22-10 at the quarter, John Paul II handled the Magic's defensive pressure better at the start of the second round, while trimming the lead to seven points, 22-15. Two minutes in, the Magic called time-out, then went to the basket aggressively when they returned to action. In the following three minutes, a 10-3 burst for the Mount included eight-for-nine shooting from the foul line. The score was 40-22 at the half.
The Golden Panthers' offense faded away after the intermission, producing five points in the third period and only one in the fourth, while Mount St. Joe added 13 points in each quarter.
The Magic's double-digit scorers were backed up by Jones, with eight points, Geatens, with six, and Gallagher and Hagedorn, with four each.


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There will always be an excess of bad ideas and dumb money in the market--so we'll always be complaining about a lack of talent, no matter how many developers there are.
Still, I contend that most companies have no idea how to hire, and in the last week, my theory got proved to me several times over.
In February, I got contacted by a former management consultant who was now working in an operations role for a high profile startup. He was ready for his next big thing and offered to help me out with the fund. I wasn't hiring, but I agreed to meet him due to his generous offer. We met up and I was super impressed. In March, I introduced him to two startups that needed some operations help.
The first company responded right away, but offered to meet the candidate ten days later. Four weeks went by and the other company still hadn't responded at all--not until I nudged them.
Luckily, he wasn't in that much of a rush, so the timing still worked out for meetings. Both companies were impressed and one wanted to make an offer. The other one didn't really follow up at all, and I got a note from the candidate:
"btw, any idea what could have happened on the [Company #2] front? I thought the entire process went as well as it possibly could and I even walked out of there (after meeting [the founder] and the entire team in two sessions) w/ what I thought was a soft offer. and then radio silence. I've followed up as non-annoyingly as possible via email but I don't want to be pushy. any thoughts?"
And the company that wanted to make an offer to him? He sent me this note about the founder:
"have you heard anything from him? I thought the conversation last monday went well but I'd love to hear more about what he specifically needs/is looking for. he seems to be a hard guy to pin down."
So I ping the founder and they have another meeting. The candidate was psyched:
Hey there, I had a great convo w/ [the founder] this morning. I may have finally met someone who has the same (possibly more, though I find it hard to believe now that I'm writing it down) amount of energy that I do.
Still no offer, though. Another two weeks go by. By then, the market catches on that he's looking, and another startup, one that was bigger and more mature, starts the recruiting machine. The candidate meets the team first thing in the morning one day, has four interviews with the right folks, and gets an offer literally at the end of the day. He was overwhelmed by their interest after getting the runaround from the other companies over weeks, if not months, and chose to accept.
What's unfortunate is that the company that wanted to hire him is a great company with a really inspiring founder--but it left a bad taste in the candidate's mouth. In fact, both companies came off poorly. Whether or not the second wanted to pull the trigger, the last thing you want to get is a reputation for not having your stuff together on a first impression.
Yet, I see this time and time again. Companies have conversation after conversation without setting timelines or pulling triggers. It's not even a matter of considering your potential employees carefully. If you need 4 meetings to select a candidate, you should be able to pack them into a day or two. Get all the relevent people needed to make a decision lined up, and have an agreed upon criteria, with standard offers ready to go when good people are found.
If you can't pull the process together to make a quick decision, you're not only going to lose people, but you're going to signal that you can't move quickly on other decisions as well, whether or not this is really the case.
It's not even just about slow decisions. There are other companies that aren't even getting a shot at candidates because they're simply not in the game. I know two top developers that left a mature startup in the last two or three weeks. I met up with one of them over the weekend and asked him:
"Did you have a real offer on the table from any of the other companies you were talking to?"
"Nope... they talked about possibilities and asked what I was looking for, but no one actually put anything down on paper that was real."
This isn't even a question of quality. I can't speak for this person's ability to code, but is the market so dead that there aren't even any other offers to someone with at least two years at a mature, well known startup, who then gets an offer at a high flying reputable team? I know the team who hired this person--he wouldn't have gotten an offer if he wasn't terrific.
Contrast that with a company like Stack Exchange, where my friend just started working. He's a smart product manager that I introduced to Joel. He met with the company on a Friday and early Monday, they had an offer on the table. That was actually slow. Usually, they said, you get one the same day.
Moreover, on his second day on the job, he was interviewing other candidates to join the company. It's a quick process. There's a set amount of people allocated to interview each type of candidate. If they give the thumbs up, they meet with Joel, and if he likes them, an offer is made by the end of the day--no effing around and waiting for some other company to scoop them up.
The best companies know what they're looking for, empower everyone in the organization to spot it. They have a standard process for getting the final call and a prepared offer ready to go in due time. In just a couple of months, Stack's employee base has grown almost 30% since my friend joined. Companies like that are lapping the competition who complain about the talent market and can't get their act together in the hiring process.
It's a shame, too... because there are some absolutely terrific companies with some great founders who aren't competiting in the market for talent--and the companies that are winning might not always be the most interesting ones. The company who hired the candidate I quoted before? It's a mature ad tech company probably less than a year from a strategic acquisition. So, in a year, this person is going to be working for a huge company post acquisition, tied up by equity vesting. That doesn't sound so interesting to me--and I can think of a hundred other companies with more exciting stories that should have stepped up.
But they didn't...so the company skilled at the hiring process won.
So how can you compete and win the war for talent? Here are some steps to get you in the game:
1) Block out some regular time multiple times per week for a founder or a trusted scout to take even a short, preliminary meeting with a candidate. If someone comes in on a recommendation, an empowered decision maker should be able to meet with them within 48 hours of the intro. At that point, you should be able to schedule a "Go/no go" day within another day or so.
2) Basically, that means you have no more than a week to get from an e-mail to a written offer. A "go/no go" day should allow the candidate to meet all the key people necessary to make a decision, who can then come together at the end of the day to make an offer.
3) This means that you need to push down hiring authority (or at least influence) to people underneath the founder. You need to create enough of a company culture and clear enough mission that lots of people should be able to tell whether or not the candidate is skilled and if they're a fit for the company. If the only people capable of doing that are founders or a single HR person, you're going to create a scheduling bottleneck and you'll never move fast enough. Just about anyone should be able to raise their hand and say "This person is awesome, the founder needs to meet them right away."
4) Have standard offers ready to go. Know your org chart and what you're looking for.
5) Make sure everyone in your company understands the org chart and what the needs are, so they can understand a match.
6) Know the market. Don't start the conversation with "We can't pay what you're making." If the candidate seems like they could be a fit, they're going to be worth it. Companies win because they hire the best people, not the cheapest--and if you're making less than market offers, you're not going to get the right people.
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J-L Cauvin is a comedian based in New York who will be recording his third album live next Wednesday, November 9th at Helium Comedy Club. We caught up with him to ask him some questions about Philly, and the process of recording a comedy album.
Why did you choose Philly as the place to record your album?
I opened for Steve Rannazzisi in May at Helium and I felt such a great energy from all the shows. Plus I have a decent number of friends in the Philadelphia area so I thought it would be a perfect place where I have good mix of a growing fan base and friends. I am from NYC, but I just really wanted to do it somewhere else besides my home so that I did not have to rely solely on family and fellow comedians to fill seats. And then I can just go home and tell everyone I crushed even if I tank.
What makes a Philly crowd different from crowds in other places?
I felt like the audiences in Philly have a mean streak in them that makes doing comedy really fun. They are not dumb mean, they are smart mean. My material is generally not too evil, but Philadelphia was the first city I ever performed in where if a joke was funny, no matter how mean it might have been, it was greeted by unanimous laughter. There were no "oooooo's" or "awwwwwww's" which I loved. I hate when crowds pretend to be offended. If you are truly offended, leave. If not, then stop making sounds and laugh like everyone else.
Bill Burr recorded his Emotionally Unavailable album here in Philly and opens it up with some local reference jokes. Of course his rant on Philly at the Opie and Anthony Travelling tour ater became a mega-hit. Do you plan on having any jokes or rants specifically about our town?
No – don't have anything Philly specific really. My experience has been so good in Philly so far that I have not been motivated to dump on the city. Famous last words. There are plenty of other groups of people that I verbally assault so Philly will have to wait its turn I guess.
This is your third album – how have you changed as a comedian since recording your first? Is there anything on your first two albums that you wish you didn't release to be out in the public forever?
My first album, Racial Chameleon, was definitely the friendlier album in that a lot of the material was light-hearted. I did a lot of impressions on the album, a lot of pop culture observations and I was dating a woman with a kid so the jokes were probably more sitcom-ish. I am proud of the album, in part because I believe it was really good for a comedian 3 years in. The second album, Diamond Maker, was a little bit darker. About half the CD was dedicated to the story of my failed engagement and I think the only thing I regret is that I did not dig even deeper. Not to be mean (maybe that would have been a pleasant bi-product), but because there was really dark humor in the story of our relationship that I kept exploring after the CD was recorded. But I have basically buried most of that material now because I don't feel like re-living some of the experiences on a nightly basis.
I am really excited for this CD recording because I feel like I am fully developed as a comedian (of course I probably thought this three years ago also). I know what I believe, I know how I like to deliver my material and I think I am finally at that point where people will be able to tell if they love me or hate me. Not everyone will be a fan, but I believe that my material is strong enough and comes with enough force that the people who are fans will be dedicated fans.
Do you have a plan to release a new album every so often or do you just work until you have enough to record?
I have a personal goal of doing one every 3 years or so. I seem to be averaging about 35-40 polished minutes per year so after 3 years and some trimming I can put out an excellent hour. Since my last CD I have been doing comedy full time since that CD was released. So I have had 3 years of travelling and working with some great comedians like Patrice O'Neal, Dave Attell, and countless other lesser-known, but really professional and funny people. I feel like I have learned to be more brave and honest in my material, a process that really began with my second CD. This CD is really going to be all me, in that it it will be less about how I interact with other people, and more how I see the world, including a look at life as a comedian. One of the things I have worked hard on is writing material about being an up and coming comedian, but making it funny to people who are not comedians or in entertainment. I think it is often a story that is not told and it is one I won't be able to tell with as much authenticity if I ever do make it big. I remember reading Lenny Bruce's autobiography and was struck by how much fresher it felt than Steve Martin's or George Carlin because Bruce was writing it when he was 40 or so. He had just "made it" so all his struggles and hustles felt more in the moment, whereas some of the other greats who have written of their beginnings wrote decades removed from the actual experiences. I want this CD to be in part the way I look at the world in 2011, but also a look into the world my life as a comedian in 2011.
Do you prepare for an album recording differently than you do for a regular headlining set?
Only in one way. I will not censor myself at all for a CD recording because I know people there are there to see me. On other sets I will sometimes leave out my more harsh or political material because the crowd may not be there for me, but just there for some generic laughs, so I try to get crowds like that to meet me halfway. But to quote my favorite show Breaking Bad this CD will not be a half measure. And that is what I am really excited about.
J-L Cauvin will be recording his new album Too Big to Fail live next Wednesday, November 9th at 8:00PM at Helium Comedy Club. Tickets can be purchased online.


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I promptly sent off my resume to Mr. Hagy. Although excited by the possibility of teaching first grade, I was also wary about allowing myself to get too excited. It was late in the year and I knew the position may have already been filled. To my surprise, Mr. Hagy contacted me for an interview. I was ecstatic but I was in a bit of a conundrum: I had no one to watch my 9-month-old daughter while I interviewed. I told Mr. Hagy about my situation and asked if we could arrange another time for an interview. He told me to bring Lily-Anne as they were very "family friendly" at OMC. I could not believe it! That one small gesture gave me tremendous hope about the school, the faculty and the position. I did bring my daughter to the interview.
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The federal government's school chaplaincy program has turned into a "half billion dollar behemoth", says the man who's challenging it in the High Court for a second time.
Queensland father of six Ron Williams says the Howard government program has got completely out of control.
"I have a strong objection to the federal government funding the chaplaincy program and that's what this case is about," the Toowoomba jazz musician told reporters outside the court on Tuesday.
"There is no place in public schools for any form of missionaries or evangelists or anything that isn't secular."
Former prime minister John Howard launched the controversial program - which aims to provide guidance to students - in the lead up to the 2007 election.
The High Court upheld Mr Williams' legal challenge against the program in a landmark decision in 2012 - but the Labor government quickly passed fresh legislation to keep it going.
"Here we are - it has become a half billion dollar behemoth," Mr Williams said.
Experts believe the new case could have far-reaching effects for the Commonwealth's ability to fund a range of programs.
A defendant in the case is the Scripture Union of Queensland, which receives funding under an agreement with the Commonwealth then distributes it to Queensland schools to employ chaplains.
Union chief executive Peter James said two studies had found that students, teachers and psychologists all valued the program.
He acknowledged that it had been controversial.
"People are divided on it. But I am not sure that people who are opposed to the program necessarily understand what chaplains do in schools. It's not a clerical role, it's not a theological role - it's a caring role."
The case is listed to run for three days.