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Your objective is to pauze off the relationship spil "slickly" spil possible.
Introduction to ",Finding The One",
Let's face it: it is more likely that your online date will eventually result ter failure spil opposed to success, that is not to say that you will never find "the one", but that is to say that it will most likely take you numerous dates (if not years worth of dates) to find "the one". And, obviously, numerous dates means numerous breakups / dumpings.
Dumping someone is never "effortless" strafgevangenis "joy", but there are ways to decrease the influence that the breakup may have on the other person.
Recall, even if you thought the date sucked and you have no desire ter continuing a relationship, the opposing party may have a different opinion of you, and you could indeed hurt them if you do not decently treat the situation with both professionalism and respect for their feelings.
Have You Attempted Online Dating?
Before You Even Start Online Dating
Perhaps it's too late for you to take thesis steps te regard to your current situation, but it's not to late to take them before your next date.
Whether you are masculine or female, protecting yourself (and your job and overall sanity) is significant. When you meet people online, you never know who you are "truly" meeting, so be sure to very first do the following:
1. Get a free cell phone number, such spil Google Voice. You can verbinding this free number to your "existente number" and when the person calls, your phone will still stadionring and so on, without releasing your existente number. Ter fact, the person can even send you SMS text messages to your Google Voice Number, all you need to do is download the free App.
This way, ter the event that you end up with a auténtico "crazy one", you can simply dump your Google Voice number and not have to dump your vivo number. (If you are like mij, you have had the same cell phone number for "everzwijn" and you would hate to have to switch your number overheen an online weirdo)
Two. If you don't want to use apps like Google Voice, use Yahoo Instant Messenger, Blackberry Messenger (if you have a blackberry) or other popular free talk services.
Three. Albeit te my article about Investigating Online Dates (for free) I tell you exactly how to "look up" other people, I very recommend NOT providing people your private information. I have had my friends tell mij absolute horror stories – one te particular: after only one week of dating, the female displayed up at the masculines work, caused a large toneel and transferred him a numerous pagina letterteken (due to him wanting to end the 7-day-long "relationship"). Honestly is indeed the best policy here: Tell the potential date that you would like to stick to "generic information" until you get to know each other better. Feel free to tell him/hier that you work ter retail, but avoid stating which location. Feel free to share that you have a child, but omit what schoolgebouw your child goes to. And be open about things, but avoid specifics until you know it is absilutely "safe" to share this informatie.
Three. Drive separate. You do not need the person you are going on a date with to know where you live.
Four. Avoid taking your date to places you frequent – spil you may end up never being able to go to thesis places again without running into him/hier.
The Time Has Come To DUMP
If you find yourself te the position of the "dumper", or the one that voorwaarde do the dumping, it can likely be assumed that the other person is content, if not glad, hence the reason they have not cracked off the relationship.
Keep ter mind: When someone is "terminated" from a position, whether it be a job, relationship, etc, they often want to know "WHY?". They may be very emotional and possibly, spil I mentioned earlier, even confrontational.
Your objective is to pauze off the relationship spil "slickly" spil possible.
Consider Your Break-Up Method
There's numerous ways you *can* break-up with someone, in-person, overheen the phone, via text, via email, via Onmiddellijk Message / Private message through the webstek you met on –
Here's a few things to consider:
1. Recall: you are dumping someone / ending a "relationship". If you have only bot on a date or two, you truly don't "owe them" much of anything te terms of a face-to-face, heartfelt, genuine dumping. On the other palm, if you have bot together for many months (or longer), ter an Sensational "relationship" then you most likely should give them a decent "good-bye".
Two. Keep ter mind, if you genuinely want to END things, then you vereiste be straight-forward. Do not leave "hope" and do not sugar-coat things by telling stuff like "But wij can still be friends" – no, you genuinely can't be friends IF that person has feelings for you because your friendship will be jaded.
Three. And ultimately – and END is. and END. You Vereiste go into the "break-up" making it very clear that there is no more relationship. everzwijn.
When choosing a method, I do NOT suggest doing it ter person or overheen the phone UNLESS, spil mentioned above, your relationship has bot long enough where the individual "is worth" to have more of your time. A few dates does not justify this. Even hook-up within the very first few dates does not justify this.
I suggest using email or messaging through the webpagina you met on for thesis reasons:
1. Your message can be thought-through prior to sending it.
Two. Text messaging is basically dialogue through type spil opposed to a phone conversation which is ongezouten dialogue. If you attempt to pauze up via text, it's going to turn into a conversation.
Three. Phone conversations can be misconstrued. For example, you could say something like "I am not glad with the way things are going" and since you said it via phone, it could be REMEMBERED spil "I hate this relationship" – which is not what you said, but since there is no record of what you said, it is left to memory – and memory during emotional situations is often unintentionally twisted.
Four. A message permits the person to read and re-read if needed. Spil long spil you are clear ter your message, there should be no further dialogue required.


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I picked out a few recipes to cook for me and S.'s one month anniversary: black eyes peas in garlic ginger braised mustard greens, (or in my case, chard) and molasses, miso, and maple candied sweet potatoes. I served it with white rice rather than the suggested forbidden black rice, and it was totally delicious. The greens and beans were spicy and flavorful but still subtle in comparison to the juicy sweet potatoes that were bursting with strong flavors. Despite being an objectively healthy meal, this was still special occasion-type food that was really exciting to prepare and eat. We ate the meal with 'Dark & Stormy' cocktails, a mix of strong ginger beer and dark rum that is my new favorite special occasion cocktail.
For dessert I made another recipe from the book, ginger-molasses cake. (Its supposed to have walnuts but I didn't have any so I served it with peaches.) This was super easy to make with ingredients that most vegans would have on hand, and turned out really moist and delicious while still tasting very sophisticated and "different." It also looks like chocolate cake so its a fun way to trick guests. :)
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GE Energy Financial Services has bought a holding in the two projects from developer Atria Power Corp as well as a third project with a capacity of 50MW, which will be supplied by another unnamed turbine manufacturer. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Work has already started on the first project - a 25.7MW in the Anantapur region of Andhra Pradesh – with commissioning due in September. It will feature GE's 2.85-100 turbines. The machines were manufactured at GE's factory in Pune, Maharashtra.
The two other projects will both have capacities of 50MW and will be built in the state of Madhya Pradesh. They are both expected to be completed in June 2015.


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Imagine sitting at an airport gate knocking out some work before you board and someone approaches you, calling you by name. You are now cornered by a salesperson who has been trying to reach you.
Such a service will soon be coming, says Google's Amit Singh. Singh joined Google about a year ago as vice president of International Sales for Google's enterprise business. He came from Oracle.
He explained the new location function in a recent interview in Fortune. When asked what's next for Google Apps, Singh described:
Imagine you're at an airport and based on your social graph you know that at the next gate there's someone you're in touch with through work. We're moving from asking the system to do something for you to the system suggesting and assisting you. You can do a lot with location for enterprise users -- you'll see some product launches in this area. We have calendaring and tasks and email, and you'll see us deeply integrating the people side of it. Google+ and Google Apps are coming closer and closer together. You now know where someone is and you know how they're connected to someone else. So your phone could prompt you to go introduce yourself. This has implications to sales.
That's perhaps good for the salesperson, but not so much fun for the person being stalked.
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TAMPA, Fla. (AP/CBSNewYork) — Joe Girardi rarely goes public with criticism of one of his players, so it was unusual Tuesday when the Yankees manager detailed his unhappiness with the physical condition of Phil Hughes last year.
Hughes became a dominant pitcher in 2010 when he went 18-8 and was picked for the AL All-star team, but he slipped to a 5-5 record in an injury filled 2011.
He displayed a lack of velocity, and the cause of his "dead arm" was a concern through the first part of last season.
Girardi suggested perhaps a sense of entitlement slipped in last year and made clear that Hughes is among four pitchers competing for three open slots in the Yankees' starting rotation.
"I think you can tell by the way he came into camp that there's a little bit more of an edge," Girardi said before Hughes was to make his first spring training appearance, against the Pittsburgh Pirates at Bradenton. "He worked extremely hard this winter. He was here a couple weeks early, throwing off the mound, doing sides. That's not something we ask our players to do. We had a lot of people come in early, but he knows that there is competition, and nothing is going to be handed to you."
Only CC Sabathia and Hiroki Kuroda are assured of starting spots, with Hughes battling Ivan Nova, Michael Pineda and Freddy Garcia for the remaining three berths.
A laid-back 25-year-old from Orange County in California, Hughes has faced great expectations since the Yankees took him with the 24th pick of the 2004 amateur draft. When he came up to the majors in 2007, he had a no-hit bid through 6 1-3 innings at Texas in his second start, leaving with a pulled left hamstring.
He was just 0-4 in 2008, missing most of the season with a broken rib, then was shifted to the bullpen in June 2009 and became the primary setup man for closer Mariano Rivera. Back in the rotation the following year, he seemed set for stardom.
Then he went 0-1 with a 13.94 ERA in his first three starts last year, when he had trouble reaching 90 mph with his fastball.
He was sidelined from April 15 to July 6 because of an inflamed right shoulder and missed a chance to start in the playoffs when a seven-year-old back injury recurred in mid-September. He threw 2 1-3 scoreless innings over two appearances in the five-game division series loss to Detroit.
"The thing about this game, it's not just going to happen," Girardi said. "You've got to work it, this game. This game will humble you very quickly, because players make adjustments. You have to have an edge in this game, I think, and if you want to stay and be consistent and continue to get better, there has to be a strong work ethic, because someone is waiting to take your job."
Girardi made it clear that Hughes had been told to report in better condition.
"The one thing that we expect of our players is that you come in in tip-top shape if you've been here before," the manager said. "Spring training used to be a time when you got in shape. Not the case anymore."
Will Hughes rebound in 2012? Sound off with your comments below…
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SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — Here are some of Thursday's most notable stock moves.
U.S. shares of Shanghai-based BCD Semiconductor Manufacturing Ltd. BCDS, +0.00% closed up 86% after electronic components maker Diodes Inc. DIOD, -3.82% said it agreed to buy the firm for $8 a share, or $151 million.
Deckers Outdoor Corp. shares DECK, -4.05% rose more than 9% after Sterne Agee reportedly forecast improved sales and margins in the second half of 2013 for the maker of Ugg boots.
Expedia Inc. shares EXPE, -2.49% set themselves apart as the biggest gainer on the S&P 500 Index SPX, -2.59%, closing up 4%. On Wednesday, both Standard & Poor's and Moody's said Expedia's agreement to acquire a 61.6% stake in German metasearch company Trivago for $632 million will not affect Expedia's credit rating.
Questcor Pharmaceuticals Inc. shares US:QCOR declined more than 7% as short-term bearish sentiment grows on the stock — in the form of January puts — and on chatter that Blue Cross Blue Shield will reduce coverage of the company's drug Acthar. Read more about Questcor options at Schaeffer's.
J.C. Penney Co. shares JCP, -5.28% fell nearly 6% and wiped out their strong gains of Wednesday, when the company was one of the few retailers in positive territory.
Marvell Technology Group MRVL, -4.11% fell nearly 4% following a jury verdict on Wednesday that found the company had infringed on patents held by Carnegie Mellon University and awarded the school about $1.17 billion in damages. JMP Securities downgraded Marvell to a market perform rating. Read more on Marvell, tech stocks.
Also, shares of AK Steel Holding Corp. AKS, -6.06% declined nearly 5%, Quicksilver Resources Inc. shares US:KWK were down nearly 5%, and Supervalu Inc. shares US:SVU fell nearly 4%.
Top ticker symbols trending on StockTwits
@thenotablecalls: $QCOR — Blue Cross Blue Shield drops all coverage of Acthar other than infantile spasm (no MS!) http://bit.ly/U2DLpD
@pacificdestiny: $QCOR — Notice how there is an article by the fools or the street, then there comes a bear raid. Friends of citron?
$KORS — Michael Kors Holding Ltd. US:KORS closed down a little more than 1% at $49.41 after being down as low as $47.26 earlier in the day after Citi lowered its price target in the stock by $8 to $60.
@lilliefish: oy. definitely shouldn't have sold that $kors. well, i'll keep looking for a reentry.
@graveytrain: $KORS down 3.9% BUY ON THE DIP


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Urban Craft Uprising is back for another summer show (July 10th and 11th), and applications are now being accepted. It's a great show, so if you're in the Pacific Northwest, seriously consider applying! The selection process supports new and upcoming crafters (so don't be afraid if you've never vended before) as well as experienced vendors.
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Check out Sabrina's latest guest spot on the award winning podcast Feast of Fools.
Watch Sabrina's hit half hour special "Comedy Central Presents Sabrina Matthews", or check out clips on YouTube from NBC's "Last Comic Standing" and L.A.'s queer comedy festival, "Outlaugh".
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"Laughing Matters...More!" Seen on LOGO tv, this "docu-comedy" is now available on dvd. A reality-based romp with four of the hottest lesbian comics working today, "Laughing Matters...More!" has won top awards at festivals across the country.
Read the latest reviews at FilmThreat.com and AfterEllen.com. Seen on LOGO tv, this "docu-comedy" is now available on dvd.


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The Knicks managed to pick up the W against the Clippers tonight, in typical Knick fashion. The game was back and forth, with the Knicks building several 8 or 9-point leads and then letting the Clippers shoot their way back into the game for the most part. The biggest blow of the night for New York was hearing that the almighty Bobkittens blew the game against Orlando which, in turn, shattered the Knicks 6-seed aspirations.
Here are some notes from the game:
- Melo and STAT were extremely average tonight. Neither of the 20-million-dollar men shot the ball very efficiently, shooting 7-16 and 4-9 respectively. Carmelo, however, made up for it on the defensive end which is more than can be said for Amare. Melo held Caron Butler to 9 points on 3-for-8 shooting while Blake Griffin absolutely trounced Amare for 29 points, 10 rebounds and 6 assists.
- Defensively, the Knicks reverted back to their 2010 defense. The Knicks allowed Blake Griffin to shoot 79% (yes, 79%) from the floor, while also somehow managing to allow 28 points by Randy Foye. Those were the only 2 slip-ups by the Knicks on defense though as those guys were the only Flop City members to score in double figures.
- Let's hear a round of applause for the Knicks MVP tonight, Earl Smith III. Once again, JR lived up to his X-factor status as he was the main reason the Knicks were victorious tonight. JR contributed 21 points, 5 assists and 4 steals and led the team in all three of those stat categories. JR didnt force the issue tonight, shooting 7-for-13 from the floor and also didn't turn into "iso-earl", as he has done several times this season. JR also continued his chemistry with Steve Novak, finding him in the corner a couple of times tonight although Novokaine only hit one shot off of JR's feeds. JR also got Landry Fields involved and he needs all the help he can get at this point. I thoroughly believe JR is the best point guard on this team and he helped prove it again tonight.
- Now on to the actual point guards, and they were nothing to brag about. Of course we wouldn't dare expect to good games in a row from Baron Davis and tonight, he showed us why. Baron did contribute 12 points tonight but also contributed a lackluster ONE ASSIST. The Cryptkeeper, Mike Bibby, did not score in the game but facilitated pretty well as he contributed 5 assists. Baron's +/- for the game was -9 which was the worst on the team(imagine that). While Mike Bibby missed every shot he took and did not get to the free throw line one time, he had a +/- of +11.


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Wheel Barometers
Georgian c1780 - 1830The immense popularity of the mercury Wheel - or colloquially 'banjo' - Barometer is due entirely to the activities of Italian immigrant manufacturers, who settled in London, in growing numbers, from around 1780, producing instruments initially with a variety of decorative marquetry inlays and elaborately engraved dials.
Increased demand at the beginning of the 19th Century culminated in the very popular 'Sheraton style' Wheel Barometer with simpler, stereotyped [conch-shell and flower-head] decoration and usually bearing the provincial address of the retailer, the barometer usually having been made in London.
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Police have released video of a person who they want to talk to as they continue the search for missing 8-year-old Relisha Rudd.
Police only want to speak to the man, saying he may have information relevant to the case. And police won't say where the video was taken, saying that the location could hurt their investigation into Relisha's disappearance.
But the video appears to have been taken in a Metro station. In the video, a man, dressed in a dark hoodie, with dark pants and a black bomber-like jacket, strolls off an escalator and walks to the left.
Anyone who can identify the person or knows where he is should call police at (202) 727-9099 or text the Department's tip line at 50411.
The last confirmed sighting of Relisha was March 1, when she was in the company of a 51-year-old janitor at the homeless shelter where she and her family lived.
That janitor, Kahlil Tatum, was found dead in a D.C. park Monday. Police believe he committed suicide.


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I figured for dinner last night, I had to go with the winner for my wine. But since I was rooting for France, and since I think the French outplayed Italy for most of the game, I picked a wine made in Italy using a French grape in a German-speaking part of the country (to acknowledge the venue).
Actually, this was not the product of careful thought and planning; I just wanted a Pinot Noir to match with grilled salmon-burgers and happened to have an Italian one ready to go.
Alois Lageder 2002 Alto Adige Pinot Nero, $20
The nose starts out like classic Pinot with strawberry/cherry fruit, roses and some earth. Very soon, though, a cheesy funk emerges which is not particularly pleasant but not bad enough to ruin it either. No funk on the palate, which has pleasant tart strawberry/cherry fruit accented by gamy earth. There is a little bitterness on the finish but that does not detract. Light-bodied, silky smooth, better on the palate than the nose. Interesting and worth trying, but not a likely repurchase at $20. It did go very well with dinner. Importer: Alois Lageder USA.
This was only my second Italian Pinot Noir, and not nearly as good as the spectacular Grosjean 2004 Val d'Aosta PN I had a couple of weeks ago. I suspect I'll still stick to Burgundy and Loire for most of my Pinot fixes, though if Chambers Street still has the Grosjean in stock this fall when the weather cools enough to allow for shipping, I'll definitely buy more.


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Pancake artist Nathan Shield of Saipancakes has already delighted us with his mathematic and scientific pancake shapes. More recently, he tried his batter-pouring hand at portraiture, rendering characters from the original Star Trek series in dough. Of course, their mission to explore the human digestive system is already familiar to the pancakes that came before them.
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Read or listen to a description of a person. You'll see six faces. Which is the right person? Click on the face and then click on 'choose' to see if you are correct.
MisterPleasantTongue replied on El Salvador Permalink
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I like the game.
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Hello,I am new here.My name is MissRubyEnvironment and I like this game a lot but it's
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Hi, nice game... but for the last person they say dark hair... and it's not dark on the right person to choose....
MissInternetEarth replied on United Kingdom (Great Britain) Permalink
Hi PrincessSlideMermaid,
'Dark hair' could mean brown or black hair. They also say 'he had brown hair'.
But I can see what you mean because some of the other men have darker hair than the correct one.
I hope you enjoyed the game anyway!
Best wishes
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A few years back, Deron Beal worked for a recycling organization in Tucson, Ariz. He'd drive an old pickup truck around to other nonprofit groups, and say, "I found this old desk or this computer. Can you guys use it? I spent [most of my] time calling or driving around," he says.
That changed on May 1, 2003, when he sent off an e-mail to about 30 friends and a handful of nonprofit groups. Those who needed something should just e-mail everyone else. Those who had something to give away could tell the others about it, too. Freecycle.org was born.
Today the free online give-and-take organization has more than 5 million members in 4,500 local groups in 85 countries. It's by far the largest, but far from the only, organization dedicated to using the Internet to match up people who need something with people who are happy to part with it.
While the rules governing how swaps are made and what kinds of things may be offered may vary from group to group, one thing is constant: Everything is free. No money changes hands. On Freecycle.org, direct "I'll swap you this for that" exchanges are not allowed. Goods must be freely offered, no strings attached.
What can be posted on these free give-and-take websites? Nothing illegal, of course, and items must be "family friendly" – no pornography, no alcohol, no tobacco, no weapons, and no drugs, including medicines and vitamins. Those who abuse the policy get one warning. A second offense results in banishment.
Beyond those practical limitations, the variety of items can be astounding: clothes, furniture, toys, computers and other electronics, and baby items are popular. But so are more unusual items from hair dye to manure to pieces of broken concrete (euphemistically referred to as "urbanite").
"Waste not, want not" and "one person's trash is another person's treasure" have found new life online.
The original goal of Freecycle.org was ecological, Mr. Beal says. By reusing items, fewer new goods need to be produced, saving energy and raw materials. "We always try to promote reuse first over recycling," says Trey Granger, a spokesman for Earth911.com, a website based in Scottsdale, Ariz., that provides information on local recycling. "That would always be the preferable option."
Beal calculates that Freecyclers keep about 500 tons of stuff out of landfills every day. In a year, he calculates, that's equivalent to a stack of full garbage trucks five times the height of Mt. Everest.
But today, say Beal and others involved in online give-and-take sites, people are also looking harder for ways to stretch dollars. Freecycle.org continues to grow by 10,000 to 15,000 members per week, Beal says. "I think that's in large part a reflection of the economy right now."
"I think people are reusing their things and not going out and buying new things," says Linda Carrabba, who runs a local Freecycle group in Holliston, Mass., about 25 miles west of Boston. Her group, with about 1,000 members, is adding new ones, she says, and "It's definitely more active. Way more active."
Lately she's seen an upswing in women requesting clothing that could be worn in an office. "It sounds like women going back into the workforce looking for business attire," she says.
Freecycle and most of the other give-and-take groups maintain a simple system for posting messages. Members send a message either with an "offer" to give away an item or a "wanted" message asking for an item. When a transaction is completed, they alert the group that the item has been "taken" and "received."
Often more items are being offered than being sought. But that may be changing. "I think the number of requests for items is going up. And people are not giving things away as frequently – maybe they're holding onto them longer ... or they try to sell them on Craigslist or something like that," says Robin Brown, co-founder of ReuseitNetwork.org. "People are also more concerned about how far they have to drive to pick up something," says Ms. Brown, who lives in Altamonte Springs, Fla. The give-and-take concept mostly involves trading within a local group, usually within one town.
She and four other former Freecycle volunteers founded Reuseit about a year ago in an effort to have more local autonomy. Reuseit now has nearly 300 member groups. "We had some differences of opinion on the management and direction" of Freecycle, Brown says, so "we decided to strike out on our own."
So did Eric Burke, webmaster for Freesharing.org, another online sharing group with 250,000 to 300,000 members.
Mr. Burke saw how powerful the give-and-take concept can be when he moved to Anderson, S.C., and found his new backyard strewn with junk, including about 100 hard hats left by the local power company and a mobile home. He listed everything for free online. "I said 'come and get it,'" he says. "Within six months nearly everything was gone."
The hard hats were taken by a local teacher for an art class. Car seats and old tires disappeared. "All the aluminum went first, because that's easily scrappable," Burke says. "The I-beams from the mobile home got hauled off, and a guy built a barn out of them.
"It ended up clearing my backyard. It benefitted 50 or 60 people who came through and picked what they wanted. And it kept a certain amount of stuff out of the landfill as well."
Most give-and-take groups can be used by charities as a way to ask for items they need. The large Freecycle group in Boston, with more than 11,000 members (London is the world's largest, with 40,000 members) asks charities to list themselves in a separate part of the website from individual requests, says Mike Martell, who oversees the group along with a "co-owner" and five "moderators," all part-time volunteers.
Beal says he hopes a revised Freecycle website, which he plans to have up and running by the end of the year, will be able to highlight requests from charities, as well as contain other helpful new features. In a quick poll of his local Tucson, Ariz., Freecycle group, Beal found about 90 charities who were making use of the site.
What amazes some observers is that most of the time the number of items offered exceeds the number being requested. To Beal, that's "a life-affirming thing. The fact that Freecycle works means that we as [humans] are basically good and giving. Otherwise it would just be a greedy free-for-all where everyone is trying to get something for nothing."
• To find a Freecycle or other free-sharing group near you, go to finder.overcycle.com.


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Rose Larsen | KF19 | Colombia
After traveling for almost a month over Christmas holidays, I was struggling to figure out why I was so happy to be back "home" in Barranquilla, the hot, humid, chaotic city on the Caribbean coast of Colombia that I've been living in for the past 4 months. I had just visited places of incredible beauty like:
Montezuma, Costa Rica
Isla Ometepe, Nicaragua
and Medellin, Colombia.
But as much fun as I had, none of these places measured up.
Then I read the news and everything made sense.
According to the Global Barometer of Hope and Happiness, Colombia is the happiest country on earth and Barranquilla is the happiest region in this happiest of countries.
Though a study of just 54 countries defining an entire population by one overly simplified emotion should perhaps be taken with a grain of salt, this is good news for a country that is still overwhelmingly known for kidnappings, guerillas and Pablo Escobar. The most common reaction when I tell people I'm living in Colombia is, "Isn't it dangerous?!" – and this from people who have traveled through Honduras and El Salvador, countries #1 and #2 on the list of homicide rates by firearm.
But while stereotypes about Colombia are exaggerated, the country is far from perfect, and its notorious history will never be completely erased.
So that leaves me wondering, why is a country with 37% living below the poverty line, between 3.9 and 5.5 million internally displaced people, and the world's leading coca cultivator (source) so happy?
Most Colombians remember when they couldn't leave their town or city because so much of the country was controlled by guerillas or paramilitary forces. There are still parts of the country out of government control. And I've seen for myself that many live in makeshift homes, slums and even on the streets.
Still, right from the start, I noticed how cheerful and happy Colombians tend to be. Life here, particularly on the coast, is colorful and warm. Happy, upbeat music like the local vallenato or more regionally popular salsa blares from parked cars, shops and homes; traffic is a mess but there is very little road rage; and the people dress mainly in bright colors.
Colombians are huge partiers – every weekend of the year you can find at least one city or region celebrating some kind of festival. Particularly famous is the Feria de las Flores in Medellin, the annual national beauty contest in Cartagena and of course, Barranquilla's Carnaval!
Most significant has been how warmly I've been welcomed into this culture. I never worry about getting lost or not knowing when to get off the bus – the moment I ask for help people scramble over each other to give me advice and make sure I get where I'm going. Neighbors, colleagues and new friends have been so welcoming, and the Kiva borrowers I've met have been smiling and friendly, happily posing for the pictures and videos I've taken and sharing stories about their lives and businesses.
I have no answers as to why Colombia is so happy, but I have some hypotheses.
One is that Colombians have been through A LOT in the past 50 years, dealing with the FARC, drug cartels, paramilitary forces and the seemingly uncountable murders and kidnappings that accompanied them. Colombians had to stay positive to get through such tough years, and now as violence is decreasing, the economy is growing and tourism is booming, there is a lot to be happy about. Unlike Americans, Europeans, and residents of many other parts of the world currently experiencing economic downturns, Colombia's future looks bright!
Another possible reason for such high levels of happiness is the strong culture of family that is prevalent across all of Latin America. That could also explain why Latin America has the highest level of happiness of all regions of the world, almost twice as high as the runner up. Colombians are very family centric, celebrating holidays with huge family gatherings and depending on their families to help them out in rough times.
Then, of course, there is the natural beauty that surrounds Colombians at all times. Colombia is home to mountain ranges, Amazon rainforest, tropical Caribbean beaches, and fertile valleys. The cities are vibrant and varied, with an increasing level of culture as Colombia's economy and international investment grows. From the farms of the coffee region to the clubs of hip Medellin to the beaches of Parque Tayrona, Colombia is filled with breathtaking spots.
Or maybe it's more simple than all of that – Colombia's soccer team was in fifth place in the World Cup rankings for 2012!
Whatever the reason may be, living in Colombia has taught me to relax, see the bright side of things, and be more friendly and open. I think all of us in less happy nations such as the United States (#31 out of 54), Italy (#45) or the United Kingdom (#38) have a lot to learn from Colombians.


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Holt Elementary will hold the school's third annual Relay for Life today.
Holt Elementary will hold the school's third annual Relay for Life today.
A remembrance ceremony will be held at 1 p.m. at the Echols Middle School football stadium, where more than 500 names will be read and balloons will be released in honor of those who have fought or are fighting cancer.
Holt Elementary students, teachers, family and friends have raised money for cancer research by purchasing the balloons.
All students, faculty and staff will receive a Holt Elementary Cancer Walk shirt thanks to 18 local businesses that sponsored the event. The students will be walking throughout the day to support research for the fight against cancer.
Event sponsors are Tuscaloosa Memorial Chapel, Sinclair Chiropractic Clinic, Randall-Reilly Publishing Co., Joe Abernathy Accounting, 84 Lumber, Dr. Charles Mentel III and family, Gun Logic Firearms Training and Sales, Hudson Poole Fine Jewelers, Brown Home Repair and Construction, May Veterinary Clinic, Capstone Chiropractic Center, Dr. John Crump, Ervin's Workwear and Boots, the Off Campus College Book Store, B.A.M.A. Mill Service, Eye Catchers Screen Printing, Harrison Construction and West Alabama Pediatrics.


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Ted Alexander Named Voice of the Monarchs
By ODU Athletics
June 11, 2009
NORFOLK, Va. -- Ted Alexander, the play-by-play voice of the ODU men's basketball team the past two seasons, will call the action for the ODU football broadcasts this fall and will continue in the same capacity for men's basketball games, as announced today by Old Dominion University and CBS Collegiate Sports Properties, the multi-media rights partner of Old Dominion University.
"I'm ecstatic to be named the Voice of the Monarchs," said Alexander. "I've had a great time working with the men's basketball team the past two years and can't wait to be a part of the re-birth of the Monarch football program."
Alexander was selected from a pool of over 130 applicants. In addition to calling all the action for the Monarchs, Alexander will continue to serve as a member of Hampton Road's WTKR News Channel 3's news team, and as an announcer for the Max Media radio group. He served as WTKR's Sports Director from 1998-2000 and 2001-2005, winning an Emmy in 2003. Formerly a local morning host at WWDE Radio, he was also a writer/producer for Court TV's "Forensic Files". A graduate of Bethany College, Alexander also worked in radio in the Wheeling and Morgantown, West Virginia, Augusta, Georgia and Frederick and Hagerstown, Maryland markets.
"Ted's ability to describe the action and engage the listener into the broadcast placed him at the top of our applicant pool," says ODU senior associate athletic director Debbie White. "He is able to paint a picture of the sights and sounds of the event for the fan as if you were in the stands, and this skill, coupled with his knowledge of our program, will provide a total game experience."
Old Dominion's 2009 football season begins on September 5th when the Monarchs host Chowan University. Other members of the radio team, including a color analyst and sideline reporter, will be announced in the near future.
"We are very pleased with the selection of Ted Alexander as the Voice of the Monarchs. He has great ties to the community and school, as well as a wonderful ability to communicate the game action over the airwaves" said Brock Petrie, Multimedia Rights Manager with CBS Collegiate Sports Properties. "We appreciate the help we received from the Sportscasters Talent Agency of America, and Jon Chelesnik, which allowed us to have national reach with our search."
About Old Dominion Sports Properties:
Old Dominion Sports Properties is the exclusive marketing and multimedia rights partner of Old Dominion University Athletics and manages all corporate sponsorship opportunities surrounding the Monarchs and Lady Monarchs, including on-premise signage, TV, radio, print, Internet, game sponsorships, premium hospitality, event marketing and promotions. Old Dominion Sports Properties is a division of CBS Collegiate Sports Properties, and its parent company is CBS Outdoor.


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We've seen Batman turned into Bartman with the simple change of one letter. But what other heroes can be transmogrified completely, with a simple change to one letter? Check out the wild, weird, world of Marvel and DC, if only the creators made more typos.
10. The Greed Lantern
This one I just included because it seems that DC got to the idea first. The Orange Lanterns of Avarice are pretty much exactly this concept, but with a different color scheme. The only difference between this concept and the one DC already has in place is that, instead of a bug-looking alien named Larfleeze being the comic relief of the Lantern Universe, it would be Hal Jordan, John Stewart, Kyle Raynor, and Guy Gardner all hissing and spitting and clawing at each other, and ordering collectible plates from late night infomercials.
9. Erma Frost
They don't even have to change Emma Frost. She can remain exactly as she is. All that needs to happen is she gets an invitation from her identical twin sister, who decided against villainy and in favor of an accounting job, a good work ethic, and prudent yet savvy investment strategies. Add a little thing between Erma and Wolverine, have Emma get mixed up with Erma all the time, and it's non-stop hilarity at Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters. Maybe, maybe, as an Erma Bombeck shout-out, this Erma can pen humorous stories about herself and her family.
8. Magnetot
And you thought this character was winning while he was being played by Sir Ian McKellen and Michael Fassbender. This would be the most violent, yet suave, yet adorable baby ever to terrorize the Marvel Universe. He'd be using buses full of people as rattles and forcing Wolverine to change his diapers, and he'd still be the most precious thing you'd ever seen. He wouldn't even need to use his powers to conquer the world. He'd just have to put some cute little baby pictures on the internet and the world would be his for the taking.
7. Booster God
I not only want this, I want to re-do the entire Bible to the way it would have been if Booster were in charge since the Beginning. I'm guessing Genesis would have him not only creating man in his image, but everything else as well. The entire world would be Booster antelope getting eaten by Booster lions on Booster-shaped hills under Booster-shaped clouds which rain little watery Boosters.
6. Doctor Strangle
I think this would be a step up for the character. It's not that I have anything against Doctor Strange. It's just that he suffers from the same problem that all supernatural heroes suffer from: a built-in deus ex machina. In an impossible situation? Fix it with magic! That magic goes wrong? There's always more magic to be had. I mean, the entire continuity for this character's every exploit, from origin onward, is, "A wizard did it." Granted, this change would put him at odds with his past as a do-gooder, but he's already got serial-killer eyebrows. He's a doctor, so he'd be an excellent murderer. And then there's the fact that the whole plot in which part of his origin story was regaining the use of his nerve-damaged hands, and the new name is perfect for him.
5. Doctor Dood
"Look, let me explain something to you. I'm not Mr. Lebowski. You're Mr. Lebowski. I'm Doctor Dood. So that's what you call me. That, or His Medical Doodeness … Professor Dooder … or El Dooderino, MD, if, you know, you're not into the whole brevity thing." Whether the Fantastic Four have to fight him, or try to solve mysteries with him, or get him to pay his rent on time, or he just hangs out with The Human Torch and watches bowling on TV, I don't care. This whole Marvel series just got great. Seriously, there is no way this character isn't better for Fantastic Four continuity than any stuffy old megalomaniac supervillain is.
4. Spader-man
Ah, James Spader. The scariest guy ever. His new Marvel character would be like Spider-man, but unbelievably creepy. Instead of banter during fights, he'll ask inappropriately personal questions and get in the supervillain's personal space. Instead of representing the beleaguered good guy, he'll go out of his way to show contempt for the poor and the vulnerable, especially if they're played by Molly Ringwald. He'll be so awful that J. Jonah Jameson will hate him more in his civilian than his superhero identity, and he'll put Aunt May in a shady retirement home so he can sell her house and buy expensive scotch with the money. What I'm saying is this: Anyone who freaked out at the idea of Donald Glover playing Spider-man? Get ready to have your parameters re-set.
3. The Huck
Oh it's not like giving the Hulk a straw hat and a raft and having him sail along a river would be any crazier than the storylines we've seen for him in the last few years. If Mark Twain ever comes back as a zombie I would love to see him write this series. There would be folksy Americana, social commentaries, and ironic looks at the un-examined racism that some characters have — and then there would be full-on, Twain-written, Hulk-smash freak-outs. I don't know who would be the Tom Sawyer or the Jim characters, but I'm sure that Marvel would surprise me.
2. Supperman and Bathman
Any superhero can save you from a supervillain, but how many superheroes can save you from a bad day? Sometimes, when the world has done its mundane worst, you need these two guys to turn the day around for you. They'd kind of be like The Punisher, only instead of storming into the bad guy's lair and gunning him down, they'd storm into the victim's house, make them a delicious multi-course dinner, draw them a fragrant bath, maybe put on some music on or play an audio book that they know the person will enjoy, whip up a bath-friendly dessert (oh like you wouldn't like to eat in the bath) and vanish into the night — perhaps to another time zone, so they can do it all over again. World's Finest indeed!
1. Nick Furry
Hold it, people. Let's all just count to ten and simmer down. Have you done it? Good. Let's get some perspective on this. Maybe you're not a fan of furries, but let's take a look at this character when he doesn't have a plush, stuffed outlet. In regular Marvel continuity, his long-time love interest, Contessa Valentina Allegra de Fontaine whom he has been with since the sixties, turned out to be a spy. In Marvel Max continuity, he put every hooker in New York's kids through college, displayed a bunch of fetishes, and sometimes discussed top secret missions while the hookers were in the room. And then there's the Ultimate continuity, in which he marries a woman who loves him, and then sleeps with every single one of her female relatives and most of her friends. She, by the way, is also a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent, so basically there is no consensual step this new character could take that would be less moral, less distasteful, and less perilous for national security than what Nick Fury has already done. By why this particular kink?
Mainly, and I think we all know that I'm right here, this would make an incredibly compelling story. How do you manage, as a furry, in World War II? How do you organize that under war time conditions? Do you just go see a bunch of Bugs Bunny and Steamboat Willie cartoons and hope that other patrons catch on? And who would be his love interest? How did the culture evolve through the years, and can it be harnessed for spycraft? I'm not saying it would entirely make sense. I'm just saying it would give us a completely different, and fascinating, angle on a well-known character.
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Erma Image: Slaymonstrobot
Booster Image: DC Wikia
James Spader: Wiki Commons
ApeFury: Nick Fury Agent of Shield.com


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Seven new industrial projects are looking at Jackson County this month, companies that would provide from 30 to 800 jobs if they wind up locating here. Three of them are considering sites in Commerce.
"Maybe we've finally hit bottom and things have turned around," commented Shane Short, president of the Jackson County Area Chamber of Commerce last Friday as he profiled projects that came up since the previous board of directors' meeting.
They include:
•a manufacturing and distribution facility looking for 1 million square feet in Commerce. It would employ 500 to 800 workers.
•a food distribution company looking for 750,000 to 1 million square feet and offering 100 jobs, looking at Commerce.
•a food distribution company seeking 500,000 square feet and offering 130 jobs.
•a wood products manufacturer looking to invest $23 million in a building and $35 million in equipment in the Commerce area. It would provide 57 jobs.
•a manufacturer of medical products seeking 300,000 to 500,000 square feet and investing $50 million. It would offer 50 jobs.
•a manufacturing company seeking 50,000 square feet in Hoschton. It would provide 50 jobs.
•a metal parts manufacturing operation looking at a Commerce site. It would provide 50 jobs.
All together, there are 18 "active" projects in one stage or another of locating sites that are considering one or more sites in Jackson County — as well as other locations in the state or southeast.
Three potential industries are considering sites in Commerce - possibly including this 962,000-square-foot spec building in the Commerce-85 Business Park.
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Oct. 22, 2010
Matador Athletics New Employees Reception Photo Gallery
Northridge, Calif. - Nearly 20 new head coaches, assistant coaches and Cal State Northridge administrators were introduced Friday morning to a group of key Matador administrators and sponsors at the new Matador Spirit Plaza.
"This is a wonderful time to be on the Cal State Northridge campus," proclaimed Rick Mazzuto, Athletic Director. "During the past few months, several new structures have been built including the installation of the new lights for night time Matador soccer, the beautiful Matador Spirit Plaza, and the new Valley Performing Arts Center, and Student Recreation Center which are nearing completion. The message I want to convey is progress is all around us."
Mazzuto then introduced nearly 20 new head coaches, assistant coaches and administrators to a group of sponsors and Cal State Northridge administrators that included Dr. Jolene Koester (CSUN President), Tom McCarron (Vice President of Administration and Finance and Chief Fiscal Officer) and Vance Peterson (Vice President for University Advancement).
"There has been a tremendous period of transition in the Matador athletic department the past six months," said Mazzuto. "We have been fortunate to have a stable group of coaches and administrators for many years. Over the last six months, we have added nearly 20 new coaches (head coaches and assistant coaches) and administrators. Their resumes are impressive and will join forces with our current group of athletic department personnel to move forward in a very positive manner."
Jason Flowers, the first-year women's basketball head coach, reflected the mood of the new coaches at Cal State Northridge.
"I am extremely humbled by the opportunity to be a part of coaching family at Cal State Northridge," said Flowers. "I'm also blessed to have a great staff of assistant coaches who will work and teach our outstanding group of student-athletes."
The list of new coaches and administrators include the following people. Their complete bios can be viewed on www.gomatadors.com. Go to the "Inside Athletics" link and scroll down to "Directory".
Brianna Battles - Assistant Women's Water Polo Coach Brittany Beckwith - Graduate Assistant Athletic Trainer Caitlin Benyi - Assistant Softball Coach Bryan Camacho - Assistant Women's Basketball Coach Jeff Crelling - Assistant Strength & Conditioning Coach Matt Curtis - Head Baseball Coach Jerry DeFelice - Director of Development for Student Affairs/Athletics Theo Edwards - Assistant Men's Volleyball Coach Jason Flowers - Head Women's Basketball Coach Tairia Flowers - Head Softball Coach Lindsey Foster - Assistant Women's Basketball Coach Dr. Tina Kiesler - Faculty Athletic Representative Shaun Larkin - Assistant Baseball Coach Tim Leary - Assistant Baseball Coach Marcelo Leonardi - Head Water Polo Coach Tia Meza - Assistant Softball Coach Jay Morris - Assistant Basketball CoachDunford Rodill - Assistant Athletic Trainer Julie Sandoval - Director of Compliance Andy Wilson - Volunteer Assistant Baseball Coach


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The weather is betraying me, but the calendar says Summer is winding to a close. Bittersweet! I'm a bit exhausted when it comes to dressing for unbearably warm days. Wildfox Couture did it again and came out with a new swim collection and accompanying campaign that just might inspire me enough to get through these last few hot weeks. Time to channel my inner Bond girl...
It's a fact, I shamelessly live in denim cut offs all summer. These days I've been looking for a new go to look and I think I've found it.
Breezy sundresses, luxe flats, and flowers for days. Plus a Pamela Love cuff to toughen it up a bit.
What do you live in all summer long??
Because you love love love
thrifted top, BDG jeans, Forever 21 shoes, Brandy Melville accessories
A simple outfit for a quiet day at work.
I love the look of a flower crown but have yet to obtain one, so I decided to pull a single rose from my garden to wear. I think fresh flowers make the best accessories!
On a musical note, I am currently obsessed with the band Of Monsters and Men. Their music simply takes me away, dynamic while remaining folksy and absolutely beautiful lyrics. I got my post title from their song Love Love Love, check it below if you want some seriously good musical inspiration.
Sometimes things are described better in pictures, rather than words. For me, Summer is definitely one of those things.
Here's how I plan to live (and dress) in Summer 2012:
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Back in Your Head
Brandy Melville Top, Bra and Bracelets, Vintage Levi Cutoffs, JC Lita's
It's pretty safe to say I'm addicted to the amazingly soft and cool clothes at Brandy Melville. I put myself on a bit of a spending freeze for the last few months, but now that I have a bit of pocket money it was one of the first stores I went to. Definitely obsessed with this open back top, they only had one left in the store and I made sure to snap it up. Their accessories are ridiculously well priced as well...I know I'll be heading back soon.
I am so incredibly happy summer is here. There's something so luxurious in having extra hours of daylight to spend doing anything and everything. This year is proving to be full of BIG changes but I'm positive its a good thing.
Long time, no see!
It's gone from winter to spring since I did my last post and I am fully immersed in spring fever. Perfect California weather mixed with endless Coachella style updates has me desperate to clean out my closet and run around in cutoffs all day long.
This little blogging break has given me some renewed inspiration, which sent me into a bit of a creating frenzy. Not one to shy away from a DIY, here's a sneak peak at the newest project I have in the works.
photography by moi!
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As a loyal iPhone owner I am, by obligation, also an Instagram addict. As a blogger, it makes absolute sense to document my life in pictures and the filters are just a plus. Take a look at some of my recent snaps...
If you have Instagram check me out at taryn_brooke! I love checking out other people's photos so leave your username in the comments and I'll take a look. :)
Twin Hearts.
Valentine's Day was...a week ago?? Well I may have been Valentine-less but that does not keep me from loving other things in life, particularly a box of vintage belts from my grandmother's house. It took some digging to find this one at the bottom of the bin but it was immediately my favorite.
Another new love of mine? Madewell jeans. I splurged and bought my first pair a few weeks ago and I can't stop wearing them. Go try them on ASAP, you won't regret it.
UO hat and sweater, Vintage belt and watch, Madewell jeans <3, JC Lita's
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Johnston Press, which owns this title, has today confirmed its intention to buy award-winning national newspaper i.
The deal - with Independent Print Limited - will position Johnston Press as the UK's fourth largest print publisher, selling more than 600,000 copies of its titles a day.
Johnston Press - which owns more than 200 local and regional newspapers and websites - plans to launch a website and app for i once the deal, worth £24m, is finalised in around eight weeks.
"i is a highly regarded, award-winning national title which has established a unique market position by combining high-quality journalism with a concise, popular format," said Johnston Press Chief Executive Office Ashley Highfield.
"Having i – the industry's Newspaper of the Year 2015 - in our family of titles will enable us to offer advertisers national advertising opportunities across the whole country."
The proposed acquisition was announced to the London Stock Exchange this morning and welcomed by i Editor Oliver Duff, who will stay on in his role following completion of the deal.
"Since launching five years ago, i has been an insurgent force in the national quality newspaper market, defying sceptics and overtaking established rivals through innovation and bold, independent journalism.
"Ownership by Johnston Press will propel i into the next exciting chapter in its short history. JP's heritage, national network of journalists, retail clout and commitment to digital development mean the group is ideally placed to continue i's circulation and revenue growth.
"i is already a punchy, trusted digest that cuts through the noise of daily life. Our readers around the UK subscribe to its ethos of brevity, quality and impartiality. Yet many more people are short on time and hungry for knowledge. With JP's help, we can reach this untapped audience – and build on a British media success story."
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Whether you want to create the perfect spooky atmosphere for your Halloween party, or just can't wait for the big day to get into the Halloween spirit, stop by anytime and treat your ears to some creepy classics. From the Monster Mash to Thriller, there are plenty of tracks to get those skeletons in the closet up and dancing about all day long.
On this station, October 31st isn't the only time when ghouls and ghosts get to come out to play. We broadcast all year round, so even when November rolls around, you can relive all the tricks and treats of the night before to your heart's content. We play every kind of music, so long as it has a terrifying twist, so what are you waiting for- hit play, and get ready to have your socks scared off!
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Matt DeAngelis, Andrew Kober and More Join Cutting-Edge Composers at Joe's Pub, 2/4
After sold out shows at the Canal Room, the Laurie Beechman, and NYMF, Cutting-Edge Composers will be presented at Joe's Pub on Monday, February 4th at 7:00pm. $25 tickets can be purchased at www.joespub.com.
Up-and-coming musical theater writers are teamed with Broadway's hottest performers in this concert series directed and produced by Laura Pietropinto (Next to Normal) and co-produced by Jillian Robbins with Musical Direction by Julie McBride. Featuring debut songs from new musicals in development by composers including Drew Fornarola & Scott Elmegreen, Marcy Heisler & Zina Goldrich, Joe Iconis & Jason SweetTooth Williams & Lance Rubin, Michael Kooman & Christopher Dimond, Lourds Lane, Peter Lerman, Chris Miller & Nathan Tysen, Virginia Hart Pike, Will Reynolds, Joshua Salzman & Ryan Cunningham, Charlie Sohne & Tim Rosser, Benjamin Velez & Katie Hathaway, and Zack Zadek.
Scheduled to perform are Christy Altomare (Mamma Mia!), Will Connell, Matt DeAngelis (Hair), two-time Tony Award nominee Robin de Jesús (La Cage Aux Folles), Marc De La Cruz (Allegiance), Ali Ewoldt (Les Miserables), Cristin Hubbard (Phantom of the Opera), Emma Hunton (Rent), Adam Kantor (The Last Five Years), Andrew Keenan-Bolger (Newsies), Andrew Kober (Hair), Tracy McDowell (Rent), Mary Mossberg (The Baker's Wife) Zachary Prince (On a Clear Day You Can See Forever), Danny Quadrino (Bye-Bye Birdie), Tanesha Ross (Hair), Preston Sadleir (Next to Normal), Matt Saldivar (Peter and the Starcatcher), Katie Thompson (Giant) and 2012 Tony Award nominee Josh Young (Jesus Christ Superstar).


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Nouns in English are words that are naming either an idea, thing, quality, place or person. They can be either in plural or singular form, and they most of the time need a determiner or article in order to exist in a sentence. It's important to note that adjectives can be used to describe nouns and, maybe the interesting thing is that the English language has more nouns than verbs or any other kind of word.
Are you confused about punctuation in English? Well, then you have come to the right place! I hope to explain punctuation rules briefly with clarity.
Are adverbs an important part of the English language? Of course they are. If adjectives describe the subject of a sentence, adverbs describe the action. So it is important to know adverbs and how to use them. Adverbs are not hard to use, and they complete sentence formation and vocabulary, improving the use of English. So let us see which the most important aspects of adverb use are.


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President Obama unloaded a leftist laundry list of new federal spending and high-handed executive decrees in his February 12 State of the Union address, while at the same time supporting no year-over-year spending cuts to federal programs. He announced plans to implement gun control, a national minimum wage of $9 per hour, environmental executive order decrees on carbon emissions, more education spending, federal pre-school care, and many other programs.
Obama claimed during the address, "Let me repeat — nothing I'm proposing tonight should increase our deficit by a single dime. It's not a bigger government we need, but a smarter government that sets priorities and invests in broad-based growth." But in reality, the president made no provision for how all these new and expanded government programs would be funded. Moreover, he even campaigned against the spending cuts Congress has already passed, specifically the looming "sequester" spending cuts, which he labeled "a really bad idea."
The lack of numbers behind Obama's claims caused open scorn in the CNN newsroom among all but Democratic Party functionaries, and Cincinnati television investigative journalist Ben Swann posted on Facebook page, "He just explained he doesn't want sequestration cuts, so where does this $ come from?"
The president definitely opposed additional spending cuts in any government programs:
Most Americans — Democrats, Republicans and Independents — understand that we can't just cut our way to prosperity. They know that broad-based economic growth requires a balanced approach to deficit reduction, with spending cuts and revenue, and with everybody doing their fair share.
Though Obama effectively closed the door on spending cuts, a determined Republican House of Representatives alone has the constitutional power to shut the spending spigot, whether the President and the Senate like it or not.
In his remarks that pooh-poohed spending cuts, Obama also noted that the federal government should be planning the American economy: "Let's be clear: deficit reduction alone is not an economic plan." Of course centralized economic planning has a long history of failure, never creating economic growth. Yet the free market unchained from government planning has a long history of strong growth.
Obama continued:
A growing economy that creates good, middle-class jobs — that must be the North Star that guides our efforts.... Our first priority is making America a magnet for new jobs and manufacturing.
Perhaps the most radical proposal from the president was the idea that the federal government would create a national child care program to separate toddlers from their parents. He told Congress,
Today, fewer than three in 10 four-year-olds are enrolled in a high-quality preschool program. Poor kids who need help the most, this lack of access to preschool education can shadow them for the rest of their lives.
Obama concluded:
I propose working with states to make high-quality pre-school available to every child in America. Every dollar we invest in high-quality early childhood education can save more than seven dollars later on. So let's do what works, and make sure none of our children start the race of life already behind.
The president seemed to be arguing that it's a tragedy so many children are in the full-time care of their parents for the first five years. If only those parents knew that trained government workers can manage their children better, he essentially argued, they'd eagerly place their children in the care of government bureaucrats.
Obama also warned against "climate change," claiming that he would issue executive orders on carbon emissions in the absence of a new law passed by Congress. "If Congress won't act soon to protect future generations, I will. As long as countries like China keep going all-in on clean energy, so must we." Of course, the U.S. Constitution grants all law-making authority to Congress, and none to the president. President Obama did not outline where he obtained the constitutional authority to legislate by decree in his State of the Union address.


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Lymphoblastic Lymphosarcoma in Dogs
Dear OncoLink "Ask the Experts,"
My six-year-old Terrier mix, has symptoms consistent with your description of lymphoblastic lymphosarcoma. My local vet, who seems suspiciously eager to put my dog to sleep, insists that my dog has nearly zero chance of survival yet has not done a complete staging procedure (only a single biopsy). What can I do to try to save him? Please help me as soon as possible.
Lili Duda, VMD, Editor of the OncoLink Veterinary Oncology Section, responds:
OncoLink has a policy of not rendering professional opinions via e-mail, as it is impossible to render an accurate diagnosis/treatment plan without examining a patient in person. However, in general, if your dog does have lymphosarcoma, it is treatable. It is one of the most treatable cancers in dogs, and while a cure is unlikely, obtaining a remission is very likely and many dogs can expect a year, on average, of good quality life (of course, some do worse than this but some do better).
If your veterinarian is not willing to pursue diagnosis and treatment, I would STRONGLY encourage you to seek out a second opinion with a veterinarian who believes in treating cancer in companion animals. If at all possible, a board-certified veterinary oncologist should be consulted, or if one is not available, a board-certified internal medicine veterinarian. Unfortunately, there are veterinarians do not believe cancer should be treated in companion animals, and they rarely offer referrals to those clients who wish to pursue treatment. Please try to seek out one who does.


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Pain Management for Pets with Cancer
My dog was just diagnosed with primary bone cancer (yesterday in fact). She is already 3 legged so amputation is not an option and the vet said that the best we could is to just keep her comfortable until we feel it is time to put her out of her pain. Could you address pain management options and any suggestions as to how/ when to make this very difficult decision?
Lili Duda, VMD, MBE, DACVR Veterinary Radiation Oncologist- University of Pennsylvania, responds:
There are a variety of options to help manage pain associated with bone tumors. We generally start with a combination of an NSAID (nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug) and tramadol (a narcotic-like pain medication). We may also add in adjunctive medications such as amantadine and gabapentin which are not adequate by themselves but work well with the above medications. Narcotics can be used if tramadol is not effective, but they can have side-effects that affect a pet's quality of life such as sleepiness or nausea. The safety of any of these drugs must be discussed with your veterinarian, as every pet's medical status is different. Radiation therapy can be very effective in providing relief from bone cancer pain in many pets. Some owners have reported benefit from acupuncture treatments as well.
This question and answer was part of the OncoLink Brown Bag Chat Series. View the entire transcript from When a Beloved Pet has Cancer.


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Misdemeanor theft, burglary
Terry Unruh of Hillsboro reported the theft of a Cooperative Grain & Supply fuel card from the cab of a 2001 Ford pickup parked at the co-op between 5 p.m. July 31 and 8 a.m. Aug. 2. An unknown individual later charged $60 in fuel to the stolen card at Ampride, Hillsboro.
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Burglary and theft
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During a traffic stop for speeding (93 in a 65 mph zone) at 2:39 a.m. July 20, officer Mike Stone reported he smelled alcohol on the driver, Benjamin Krause, 33. After field sobriety tests, Krause was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence.
Possession of methamphetamine and marijuana
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Capacity Planning at Cisco
Capacity planning depends on accurate measurement; but what you do with the measurements depends on the service, the region, and where your business is going. Here's how we do it, and what we expect to be facing in the future.
Measuring WAN circuit capacity depends on the circuit design at each branch office. Standard Cisco architecture for any WAN connection is a primary and a secondary WAN circuit. For most sites, where available and cost effective, the two circuits are the same size and we load balance across the two. Sometimes however, to reduce costs we provide a smaller backup circuit, and assume that some of the traffic will not be served during the short time of a primary WAN link outage (video conferencing may stop, voice may go out the voice gateway, etc.). Capacity planning gets done on the primary circuit.
There are not many tools available for doing capacity planning, and not much automation that has grown up around that process. Mostly, we use 3 different homegrown reports for this. The first of these reports remain the same from our earlier capacity-planning days; the second helps us deal with transient peak traffic; and the third helps us look at service levels.
(1) Mostly we use a "60:10" report – hitting 60% utilization for more than 10% of business hours flags this to be looked at. If utilization reaches this threshold we flag it, and then investigate the sources to determine: Is it justified traffic, or are there problems with the router configuration or QoS settings, or is this traffic due to malware or infection? If we see that this is business-justified traffic due to organic growth, new sites, or new services, we provide a final recommendation to individual implementation teams for bandwidth or equipment upgrades, or QoS or configuration changes. This requires partnership with Workplace resources who know when locations are going to open, close, grow or shrink. We maintain a spreadsheet showing each site with the number of people and (based on the services they use at each site) and try to provide a certain amount of bandwidth per person based on the services used at each site.
(2) We are also starting to use a peak report – looking for locations where a site might peak beyond 90% on rare occasions. In the past most traffic was somewhat predictable, but as broadband desktop video is increasing at Cisco, bandwidth variability is increasing dramatically. When we see a peak load, even for a short time, we need to figure out what caused that peak, and whether we need to plan for that peak happening again, or more often.
(3) And we are looking more carefully at utilization not just at the circuit level, but also utilization and packet loss within each of the QoS queues. Packet loss in the voice or video queues are far more significant than packet loss in the "scavenger" (or "batch") queues. We're using NetVoyant and other NetQoS tools for this, which pulls information from SNMP traps. We can tell when a TP session drops packets, so we can monitor sessions for capacity issues very easily. Other tools pull from Netflow information on routers.
(4) The combination of the NetQos Report Analyzer, based on Netflow data and the NetQos Netvoyant tool, based on SNMP traps allows us to build dashboards to monitor special virtual events. All critical links are on one dashboard which shows the utilization by queue, top talker applications, dropped packets,…
(5) Very similar processes are followed for our Unified Communication environment. PhonEx from MindCTI is the tool we use. It collects all CDR data from our UC environment and allows us to report on voice utilization a similar way. It also has a Voice fraud function which alerts when there are changes in the call patterns
There are common variations on the "60% utilization" rule:
(1) The 60% utilization rule is varied depending on region. Some regions have longer lead times for circuit upgrades than others. In the US you can often get a new circuit installed in 30-45 days. In Europe it can be 60 days, and in parts of the Middle East, Africa, and Latin America, it can be 90-180 or more. For these regions we set our utilization thresholds lower, to give us more time to respond
(2) The 60% utilization rule varies depending on size of current circuit, for the same reason. Larger circuits can take longer for service providers to deliver.
(3) However, we also tend to reduce our upgrade lead time for larger circuits since they cost more money, and every time we upgrade a circuit several months too soon, we spend money we shouldn't have.
(4) We also look for offices that have low utilization (e.g. 10% or less) and consider reducing their bandwidth to reduce costs. (10% is used as a rule of thumb because in general, bandwidth is purchased in multiples of 4, and drops in multiples if ¼; (e.g. from an OC-3 to an OC-12) ).
For more information on Capacity Planning, see
Netflow Use inside Cisco IT for Capacity Planning – case study
Using Cisco Network Planning Solution for Capacity Planning
Cisco Enterprise Policy Manager Capacity Planning Guide
Capacity Planning and Call Admission Control for Telepresence
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