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Under immediate supervision of a Campus Police Sergeant,
Lieutenant, and/or other supervisory officer in the Campus Police
Department in a state college/university/university and in cooperation
with municipal, county, and state law enforcement officers, as a
Recruit, provides foot and vehicular patrol security and surveillance
for an entire college/university/university campus or a portion thereof;
does related work as required.
NOTE: The examples of work for this title are for illustrative
purposes only. A particular position using this title may not
perform all duties listed in this job specification. Conversely,
all duties performed on the job may not be listed.
As a Recruit and productive worker:
Under direction, provides foot and vehicular patrol to detect security
problems, safety hazards, and to provide surveillance for an entire
college/university/university campus or portion thereof.
Learns to take necessary measures to safeguard the lives and
property of all members of the college/university community and
of visitors to the campus.
Learn to take appropriate steps to respond to crime, disaster,
medical or disturbance scene and secure as necessary.
Learns to take appropriate steps to rescue people from life
threatening and/or serious injury circumstances (e.g. from drowning,
burning building, snow storms, floods, etc.).
Learns to investigate criminal, civil, and other complaints
(including those of motor vehicle violations) committed by or
against the college/university and community, and observes
established regulations and policy in such work.
Learns to coordinate initial effort with public agencies and
incident/crime scene.
Learns to preserve evidence/contraband by tagging, marking,
and/or sealing for safekeeping and, if necessary, transport
evidence to court to assist with judicial proceedings.
As directed, may participate in separating and arresting individuals
as necessary to restore order at a domestic dispute in compliance
with Domestic Violence and Intervention Act.
Learns to enforce traffic and parking regulations on campus and cooperates
with and assists municipal, county, and State Police in traffic control
as required.
Assists security officers and/or campus guards in their investigations,
and reviews and edits their reports.
Provides general assistance to all persons on the campus,
including information regarding campus locations, special
events, campus regulations, provisions of the law, and other matters.
Regulates and controls pedestrian and vehicular traffic when
necessary to ensure safety and reasonable, rapid movement
of traffic with a minimum of interference.
Helps to maintain order at places where people gather in
Works special event or details (e.g. concerts, demonstrations,
strikes, to detect problems or illegal activities.
Notes conditions while patrolling the designated territory.
As a Recruit, participates in directed patrol activity (e.g. plainclothes,
surveillance) to observe and detect unusual activities, circumstances,
or violations of the law.
Learns to inspect the condition of buildings and takes steps to
protect them from damage and theft.
Takes needed action as to suspicious persons and conditions
and reports significant actions, occurrences, and conditions.
May assist in transporting persons needing assistance during
emergency and/or official business.
Learns to conduct preliminary investigations of crime and forward
results to appropriate units.
Learns to develop skills in executing official documents (e.g. warrants,
subpoena) as directed when necessary.
Learns to coordinate actions of officer(s) arriving to assist in large scale
searches until supervisor arrives.
Pursue fleeing suspect on foot, bicycle, or in available vehicle in
accordance with Department Policy and Attorney General's guidelines.
Learns to conduct searches of persons, promises, automobiles or
property with probable cause.
Learns to process juvenile arrests.
Learns to communicate to dispatcher/control center all crimes/disturbances
in progress using radio in patrol vehicle or hand held radio.
Learns to identify to dispatcher location and select a location to stop a violator
that ensures safety to officer, public and violator.
Learns to record the arrest of an individual (e.g. complete forms, fingerprints,
and photograph) to document arrest.
Learns to provide police protection when large sums of money
are in transit.
Under direction, may escort and transport accused to
detention centers.
Learns to make investigations of complaints involving misconduct,
suspicious behavior, illegal activities, improper conditions, and other
matters within the field of police operations.
Learns to report holes in the pavements, other dangerous
holes, fallen rocks and trees, imperfect lights, and other conditions
constituting dangers or hazards.
May assist in administering first aid in the case of accidents
or emergencies.
Attend line up/roll call for briefings of criminal activity, training, etc.
Report orally to supervisors on the results of investigations,
personnel status and on emergency or potential emergency situations.
Confer with in-coming/off-going colleagues to discuss such things
as criminal activity, unresolved incidents and other matters.
Provides special services to other departments as required.
When assigned to night duty, checks and notes whether gates,
doors, gratings, and entrances are securely fastened when they
should be and, if they are not, investigates and notifies interested
persons and Campus Police Headquarters of conditions which
should be corrected.
Learns to maintain accountability for all keys (e.g. for vehicles, gates,
and doors) to limit access to restricted areas.
Learns to inspect cars and persons in restricted areas to determine
if presence is authorized and remove if necessary.
Learns to inspect patrol vehicle for weapons and contraband before and
after prisoner transport and before starting shift.
Learns to conduct field sobriety test to determine probable cause
for breath or blood test and/or arrest for alcohol or drug use.
Learns to assist stranded motorists by notifying the proper service
providers (e.g. auto club or tow truck).
Learns to issue verbal/written warnings and summonses to traffic violators
and explain legal procedures regarding summonses.
Learns to direct traffic, place emergency signaling devices (flares, cones)
or take other necessary action to ensure a safe and orderly flow
of traffic when confronted with unusual traffic conditions
(e.g. accidents, stoplight failures, major events).
Notify dispatcher of hazards on roadway (e.g. missing
or vandalized signs, dead animals, debris, and vehicles).
Gather information from accident parties and witness to
determine the facts of the accident and to complete an
accident report.
When necessary, apprehends, warns, and/or takes into custody
violators of the law.
Learns to guard prisoner during arrests/processing and/or while receiving
medical services.
Gives testimony under oath in court.
When assigned to Campus Police Headquarters, receives
complaints, takes proper action by notifying Campus Police
Officers and/or Security Officers by radio or other means,
and helps maintain accurate records.
Learns to prepare clear, accurate, and informative reports of
significant activities and conditions.
Summarizes in writing the statements of witnesses and
complainants and forward reports to investigators when
further investigation is necessary.
Take inventory of physical objects (e.g. keys, equipment in car)
and log accordingly.
Establish and maintain field contacts and intelligence sources
(e.g. maintenance workers, housing officials, etc.).
Maintains essential Campus Police records and files.
Will be required to learn to utilize various types of electronic
and/or manual recording and information systems used by
the agency, office, or related units.
Graduation from high school or vocational school or
possession of an approved high school equivalency
Minimum of 18 years of age.
United States citizenship.
NOTE: At the time of appointment, applicants for this
position must submit acceptable proof of meeting the indicated
Appointees must be able to complete satisfactorily the police
training course administered by the Police Training Commission.
Such training includes successful attainment at a level of proficiency
in the use of firearms.
NOTE: Candidates certified from the eligible list for this title
may be required to undergo a medical examination administered
by appointing authority. Any psychological, medical, or physical
condition or defect which would prevent efficient performance of
the duties of the position, cause the appointee to be a hazard to
himself/herself or others, or become aggravated as a result of
performance of these duties, will be cause for rejection.
NOTE: Appointees to this position shall qualify annually
in the use of firearms.
Appointees will be required to possess a driver's license valid
in New Jersey only if the operation of a vehicle, rather than
employee mobility, is necessary to perform the essential duties
of the position.
Knowledge of legal requirements governing arrests, search,
seizure and evidence.
Knowledge of the legal rights, responsibilities and liabilities
of college/university employees, students, and campus visitors
as well as the legal rights of the apprehended and their families.
Knowledge of the proper police procedures to be used in
dealing with people and safeguarding buildings and property.
Knowledge of the problems involved in following prescribed
procedures embodied in police rules and regulations.
Knowledge of maintaining order in buildings and on the campus
grounds and areas, among visitors, and in controlling vehicular
traffic to ensure safety, reasonably rapid movement of traffic,
and a minimum of interference.
Knowledge of all campus locations, including doors, switches,
heating plants, elevators, fire and safety equipment, as well as
department locations, and the time and place of regular and
special meetings and events after a period of training.
Knowledge of basic first aid.
Knowledge of resources available from other agencies,
such as K-9 units, State Police Laboratory, Medical
Examiner and Fire Department.
Knowledge of juvenile laws and procedures.
Knowledge of investigative resources such as NCIC/SCIC
and ATS/ACS.
Knowledge of the use of appropriate and legal force and
devices to restrain struggling/suspects.
Knowledge of Department Policy and Attorney General's
guidelines in the use and discharge of firearms.
Knowledge of back-up procedures when called upon by
other officers in need of assistance.
Knowledge of courtroom testimony requirements.
Ability to understand, remember, and carry out oral and
written directions.
Ability to learn quickly from oral and written explanations
and from demonstrations.
Ability to comprehend, analyze, interpret, and apply
to specific situations, the laws, local ordinances, and
campus police rules and regulations.
Ability to deal courteously but effectively with varied types
of persons, individually and in groups, in varied situations.
Ability to assess the need for additional assistance
(e.g. ambulance, fire, Haz-Mat).
Ability to determine the speed of vehicles by pacing or
by using radar units after a period of training.
Ability to operate a patrol vehicle under varying conditions.
Ability to conduct chemical analysis of the breath of a person
arrested for violation of driving while intoxicated statues after
a period of training.
Ability to ascend and descent stairs/ladders during alarms
or responses to calls.
Ability to note significant facts and conditions by observation
when on patrol or traffic duty.
Ability to recognize and report situations and conditions
which are potentially dangerous.
Ability to remain calm and decisive in emergency situations.
Ability to perform repetitive operations, including the answering
of inquiries, without loss of equanimity, patience, or courtesy.
Ability to work effectively with associates, superior officers,
campus visitors, students, faculty, and others.
Ability to take and maintain a firm and correct stand when
controversies arise.
Ability to recognize abnormal behavior and be able to control
effectively the situation when disturbed people are involved.
Ability to make on the spot decisions.
Ability to perform tactfully and judiciously under pressure
Ability to take charge of situations in a professional manner.
Ability to give testimony under oath in court.
Ability to write clear, accurate, and comprehensive
police reports.
Ability to maintain essential campus police records and
files including the log.
Ability to learn to utilize various types of electronic and/or
manual recording and information systems used by the
agency, office, or related units.
Ability to read, write, speak, understand, or communicate in
English sufficiently to perform the duties of this position.
American Sign Language or Braille may also be considered
as acceptable forms of communication.
Persons with mental or physical disabilities are eligible as long
as they can perform essential functions of the job with or without
reasonable accommodation. If the accommodation cannot be
made because it would cause the employer undue hardship,
such persons may not be eligible.
Appointees who successfully complete the 12-month training
period will be eligible for advancement, under Civil Service
Commission procedures, to the title of Campus Police Officer.
The inability of an employee in this trainee title to attain a level
of performance warranting advancement to a title listed above
shall be considered as cause for separation.


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Esther Berko, an MSTP student from the Department of Genetics working in the Greally lab, has been awarded a Weatherstone Predoctoral Fellowship from Autism Speaks for her project to study the molecular events underlying the increased risk of autism in children of older mothers.
Autism Speaks is the nation's largest organization dedicated to funding and facilitating autism research. The Dennis Weatherstone Predoctoral Fellowship program was established in 2009, and funds a total of 8 young scientists each year. The goal of the program is to support people early in their careers who have an interest in pursuing autism research in the long-term.
Esther is studying whether maternal age results in aneuploidy in autistic offspring, problems of monosomy or trisomy for certain chromosomes, but remaining covert because of mosaicism for cells with normal chromosome complements. Such mosaicism is poorly detected by routine peripheral blood studies that involve cell culture, as the normal cells appear to outgrow the aneuploid cells. In addition, the normal cells may have uniparental disomy if they contain two chromosomes from one parent. To reveal the aneuploidy, Esther has developed a strategy to sample buccal epithelial cells by brushings, followed by extraction of the DNA and genotyping to look for the extra allele in a trisomy, for example. She was recently selected to participate in the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory course on Integrative Statistical Analysis of Genome Scale Data, as she is combining clinical contact, molecular assays and computational biology in her project.
The project is funded by a gift to the Children's Evaluation and Rehabilitation Center (CERC) by the Jonas Ehrlich Foundation, awarded to the Center director Robert Marion MD. Patients are being recruited to the study by collaborating colleagues in the Children's Evaluation and Rehabilitation Center (CERC), and the Departments of Pediatric and Adult Neurology at Montefiore. The advisory committee for the project consists of John Foxe, the scientific director of the CERC, Robert Marion, Jan Vijg, chair of Genetics, and Melissa Fazzari and Brett Abrahams from the Department of Genetics.

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The Middle Isles
Welcome To The Middle Isles
Welcome To The Middle Isles
The Middle Isles. A place of adventure, opportunity, and peril. In the West, the Hegemony of Aerris threatens the fractured isles of the Middle Sea. The last time the Middle Isles were united were under Joram the Blade centuries ago. Now, Aerris picks them off, one by one. To the South, the Deserts of Alguan supposedly stretch on to the world's edge. To the North, the Eshem Mountains harbor wild, savage races that know little of civilization. To the East, the alien, abandoned Thyrman Cities rest on haunted shores.
The Middle Isles no know master—countless races and civilizations mix together. As the past recedes, countless ruins lie unexplored. Raiders plague coastal communities, and champions of city-states vie for legendary items to build their own domains. War shadows the land once more, and the cold stars whisper both to the wise and the mad. Doom is coming to some. A Remaking to others. And to still others, a Glorious New Dawn.
This is the world into which you were born. From humble origins, you may be a feared pirate, a noble warrior, a legendary sage. It is the Age of Heroes and Conquerors!
Casual readers and visitors may wish to take a look at the wiki for more. For the basic themes of the setting, try Middle Isles Basics.
Players can do that, then head over and check out the Rules.


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Ivar Jacobson is founder and CTO of Ivar Jacobson International and co-developer of UML. Steve Cook is a software architect at Microsoft and represents Microsoft at the OMG.
More than 12 years have passed since the Unified Modeling Language (UML), became a standard. During these years opinions of UML have varied between delight and distaste. In this article, we discuss the deficiencies of the current UML specification and propose how to make it agile, leaner, smarter, and more flexible -- in short, how to prepare it for the future so that users can be confident that their investments in UML today will increase in value going forward.
At the beginning of the '90s there were 26 published methods on object-orientation, most with its own notation with its own set of icons. It was in this environment that UML was born. Although Grady Booch, Jim Rumbaugh, and Ivar Jacobson initiated the design of what became UML, many other contributors (including Steve Cook) quickly joined the effort and the Object Management Group (OMG) launched the result. UML quickly made most other methods -- along with their own notations, obsolete -- UML eventually became the standard we had hoped for, and toolbuilders and practitioners rapidly adopted the new approach.
Since UML first had outstanding success, we all knew that the pendulum would swing in the opposite direction some day -- and we were right. After a few years the setback arrived, but admittably for good reasons. For instance, at the outset there weren't many good UML tools. Some were very advanced, but hard to use. That disappointed many users and hindered the wide adoption of UML. The language received criticism from the academic world; for example David Parnas nicknamed it the "Undefined Modeling Language". The criticism was exaggerated, but not unfounded. Likewise, the original leaders of the agile movement were negative to modeling. They said "no modeling -- just code". Many people were skeptical about the tools, so they worked more with UML sketches on the whiteboard than formally with the tools themselves.
However, the pendulum is now swinging back. The tools have become better. Criticism from academics has mostly stopped. Agility has come to big companies and modeling is agile if done sensibly (and not as a "silver bullet"). Microsoft, for instance, has implemented UML in Visual Studio 2010, alongside domain-specific languages. Other important standards such as SysML are implemented as extensions to UML.
Thus it seems that today the world looks upon UML with a more balanced view. UML is not the panacea that it was sometimes sold as 10 years ago. Nor is it as bad as some academics, agilistas, and competitors have claimed. It is a practical tool to raise the level of abstraction of software from code to system level. Many organizations claim benefits from their use of UML, ranging from improved communication among developers to productivity gains using code generation from UML models.
UML is a good language to describe software systems at a higher level than code. Properly used UML can improve productivity and quality. After several years of consolidation, the OMG (the owner of the UML) is taking the initiative to improve it, having issued a Request for Information (RIF) on the Future Development of UML in 2009 under the leadership of Steve Cook.
The results of this RFI showed that users and vendors want UML to be leaner, more expressive, easier to learn, easier to integrate with other modeling and programming languages, and more relevant to today's technologies. For example, some users want to use UML to drive the interactive behavior of a mobile application. Others want to use UML diagrams to automatically visualize the structure and dependencies within a massive distributed service-oriented application. Some would like models to be deeply integrated with modern programming languages without any semantic conflicts. Increasingly, users would like to use UML to model applications deployed in the Cloud. To address these needs, the OMG and UML vendors are working together towards making UML smarter and more agile.


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open4biz necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 3 diseños de 1 diseñadores freelance.
I would like a talented designer to let inspiration fly and create a modern logo for the website I'm working on: ModerateRelief.com. Increasingly, I'm frustrated by the world around me and need a place to vent! I think other moderates need to as well, so that's the driving force behind this project.
I hope the artist who takes up my cause will be of similar political, religious (spiritual) mind. But if not, thank you for designing for me. I hope you kept down lunch and I assure you, this will be our dirty little secret. ;Op
http://www.moderaterelief.com/ <--- Nothing there, yet
Please see the short summary. I think I said it all there!
- An Alka-Seltzer-ish 'M' and 'R' branded tablets dropping into a white background. I think the tablets should be speckled. I picture light blue fizzy bubbles coming off the tablets. I have Illustrator CS3, so I can always change the background color.
- Use your imagination to come up with a different or similar play on words. I'm open. The Alka-Seltzer idea came to me at 1am in the morning. Can I really be responsible for my thoughts right now?
- I'm also open to color schemes. I live for good color schemes.
- Now that I think about it, you may want to consider red, white and blue for a color scheme, because of the political bend to this site.
- Ultimately, it just has to look good.
- A boring, canned, drab or pedestrian logo, long since cliched. Please don't do that to either of us.
Descubre cómo funciona un concurso de diseño u obtén más información sobre nuestros servicios de diseño de logo.


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Tuesday, July 29, 2008
The Opposite of Hoarding
True hoarding is a serious problem. It's gotten a lot of attention lately, with Oprah shows on the subject. (For more information, see Children of Compulsive Hoarders, The National Study Group of Chronic Disorganization, Helping Hoarders, and the book Buried in Treasures.)
But I just now read a query from someone asking for help with the opposite problem. "I am a purger. How do I stop throwing away so many things and start collecting?"
The questioner goes on to explain: "For example, I read a lot. I'd like to have a book collection so I can reference previously-read books, show people who visit my house what I'm interested in, etc. Despite reading hundreds of books in my lifetime, my current collection is a mere ten books... and even those are in danger! I'm sorely tempted to sell them for cash/trade value. They're just sitting around! It bugs me. It feels wasteful, and it takes a tremendous amount of discipline to not get rid of them."
And Florence King writes that "Articles about OCD fill me with hungry glee because I have the opposite neurosis: obsessive-compulsive spartanism (OCS)." Update on Nov. 13, 2017: I can't find the Florence King article any more.
[photo by ja_macd / Jenn]
Note: I'm in Florida visiting family; my postings for the next week will likely be sporadic.
47 comments:
- Michele said...
It is interesting to note how her distress seems much milder than hoarders.
- July 30, 2008 at 1:53:00 PM PDT
- Anonymous said...
No,No,No! It is a serious serious problem.I can't tell you how many times I have thrown something away and then needed it the next day. Nor would you believe how thoughts of throwing my things away consume hours and hours of my life. Is it because both my parents were hoarders? Am I doomed to live this way? I hate presents. I hate books too. I hate "stuff". Yikes!
- January 26, 2009 at 5:11:00 AM PST
- Jeri Dansky said...
Anonymous, I'm very sorry if anything I or a commenter wrote indicated your situation is not a serious one.
You raise some good questions - but not ones I feel competent to answer. I hope you can find someone to consult with who specializes in working with people in your situation.
- January 28, 2009 at 9:19:00 PM PST
- Anonymous said...
Some people think that happiness will come with lots of stuff. Apparently some think it is the absence of stuff that will do the trick. Clearly both are unhappy in their present circumstance and I doubt that their conclusions are accurate in either case. Having or not having is the wrong reference point upon which to hang your happiness. Try basing it on something else, something you can actually attain to.That's my two cents.
- February 3, 2009 at 5:29:00 PM PST
- Anonymous said...
I have this same problem and it started after numerous layoffs caused to start selling my things and then my husbands serious car accident cause me to rethink how much I care about my stuff. My current thinking: I don't care about any of it anymore. Even precious mementos given to me by my grandmother no longer hold the same value. I am obsessed with getting rid of my things and I think about it all the time. Sometimes I think about boxing it all up, including expensive collectibles and dropping them off at the Salvation Army. My mother would be very upset if I did that, but I really don't care anymore. I am very close to living with almost nothing. I know that circumstances that have occurred in my life have caused me to think this way, but I am on this road and there is no going back at this point.
- February 13, 2009 at 10:43:00 AM PST
- Jeri Dansky said...
Anonymous, I'm so sorry to hear about all you've been through. I hope you're getting all the support you need to help you best deal with your situation.
- February 14, 2009 at 7:40:00 PM PST
- Anonymous said...
Hello...Bless all of you who live with this strange purging behavior that I have lived with all of my life. It is fortunate that I have a very loving and understanding husband and great children. I have been known to clear out entire rooms in our home, clean the carpets in the rooms, wash the curtains, etc. and sit in the middle of the room for long periods of time and fairly often, feeling tremendous relief that there was nothing in the room. I am thrilled beyond belief when I can load up the car with things for Goodwill...One time we moved and, during the organizing time before the actual move, I wouldn't let anyone leave the house without taking something with them...This is not a "cleaning" thing, although I do like things clean. It has something to do with a need for a clean slate, over and over again. Here's hoping that we can all get the help that we need to make life quite a bit more pleasant....P.S. I, too, have daydreamed about being able to put everything that I own into one suitcase and joyfully going off into the sunset...Blessings to all of you...Janie
- July 24, 2009 at 6:57:00 PM PDT
- Jeri Dansky said...
Janie, thank you for sharing - and best wishes to you and your family.
- July 24, 2009 at 8:36:00 PM PDT
- Anonymous said...
Hi Janie. I seem to have this problem also and it does consume much of my day. In addition to feeling the need for a "clean slate" as you do, I also obsess over getting something and then once I get it, all my thoughts are on getting rid of it. I just got myself a car stereo (after being without one for over a year). As soon as I installed it, I fantasized about putting it neatly back into its box and throwing it away. It's starting to bother me.
- September 22, 2009 at 10:25:00 PM PDT
- Unknown said...
I'm a professional organizer and believe this is a form of OCD. My sister has had OCD tendencies her whole life and being obsessive about purging her things is one of them. She can't stand to have anything in her home she isn't using or anything lying around, even for a short time. She is obsessively neat and it drives her crazy if things aren't perfect in her environment at all times. She's told me she dreams about living in a tiny place with only the most basic of things. I've joked with her that she could never be a professional organizer or it would drive her up a wall. Being organized and neat is a good thing, but even good things can be carried too far. An excellent book I would recommend reading is "Shadow Syndromes" by John Ratley, MD. and Catherine Johnson, Ph.D. The subtitle is "Identify the hidden time bombs in your personality - mild forms of major mental disorders that sabotage us." This has been helpful in working with clients who have various levels of disorders that affect their ability to be organized. Hope this is helpful to all!
- September 23, 2009 at 7:24:00 AM PDT
- Jeri Dansky said...
Terri, thanks so much for your comments. I've also read Shadow Syndromes, and was very impressed.
- September 23, 2009 at 9:20:00 AM PDT
- Anonymous said...
I'm so thankful to have found this page! I am a compulsive "purger" and for me, it comes from the trauma of having to clean out for hoarding, cluttery relatives after their passing. I will do whatever it takes to not leave that problem to my children.
Also, it is a control issue. I really don't like to clean, so if the tabletops are empty and there isn't a lot to have to work around, cleaning goes faster and takes less time. Plus, I never have to leave guests on the front porch--the house may not be pristine, but it is always presentable.
Do you ever watch Clean House? The host is fond of saying, "The hand that is open to give is open to receive." If I let go of something, and it blesses someone else who may be in need, that's just good karma.
- September 28, 2009 at 6:11:00 AM PDT
- Jeri Dansky said...
Anonymous, I'm sorry you had to deal with the difficult situation of clearing up after those relatives. I know many of my clients who've gone through somewhat similar situations say the same thing: I'll never do that to my kids/family. (Although they don't all become compulsive purgers.)n
And I love your last sentence: "If I let go of something, and it blesses someone else who may be in need, that's just good karma."
I think many of us share that view. It's one reason that Freecycle flourishes.
- October 18, 2009 at 5:28:00 PM PDT
- Anonymous said...
Hello Again...:-) I'm one of the "Opposite of Hoarding" people...I have realized that there are many of us in this wonderful world in which we live...This "oddity" is more common than one might think...It's just nice to know that I'm not alone in my behavior...I am "preparing" for winter in our little cabin in the Rocky Mountains...Our place is 768 sq. ft. and I LOVE it!...The smaller, the better...I don't have to "think" about too many cabinets, drawers, etc. Well, Blessings to you ALL...Janie
- October 25, 2009 at 6:20:00 AM PDT
- Anonymous said...
I am so glad I found all of you, wow. Since 1992, after having my third and fourth children (twins) I want to get rid of all my material possessions, I am happy with my obsession, though. I suffer much, because we are 6 people in our house and I am the only one that wants to get rid of everything. Please send me ideas of how to get rid of more, without my husband or children noticing, I'm already known for this, so is kind of hard to hide... seriously.
- November 22, 2009 at 9:14:00 PM PST
- Anonymous said...
Throw everything away, well, almost everything. Live only with the basic things in life. Don't visit the malls, you don't ever have to. The difference between wants and needs are clear. Needs are things you can't go a day without them. Wants are things you CAN go a day without them. Listerine is a need, because you save on the dentist. A shirt is a want, because you have other shirts in the closet. Shoes are a need, if the ones you have hurt your feet. Shoes are a WANT if you buy them for the only reason that they are cute or in style.
- November 29, 2009 at 12:24:00 PM PST
- Jeri Dansky said...
I thank all of you who have commented here for sharing your stories, and educating me.
I wish I could provide some help for those of you who are experiencing serious problems because of the compulsion to toss things out - but this is really way beyond my area of expertise.
- November 29, 2009 at 8:54:00 PM PST
- Anonymous said...
I too have this issue as well as the basic O.C.D. I believe mine may have its root in my childhood where I was told I was adopted and continuously told that my real parents would be coming to get me one day. I need to feel I can leave everything and just GO! I try not to surround myself with items that I might get attached to and if I do, I get rid of them. Everything needs to be disposible and functional. I buy most of my clothing etc.. at thrift stores so it's easier to get rid of it. I have watched programmes on Hoarding and the anxiety it creates makes me fill a garbage bag full of stuff and purge! Hoarders and Spartanists.... two ends of the same spectrum. Good luck to you all!!
- December 4, 2009 at 7:17:00 PM PST
- Connie said...
I know this condition has a name, but cannot remember what it is called. I saw on TV once where a husband came home and his wife had given away all the living room furniture and another time, she had cleaned out the pantry and given all the food away. Whatever, the reason, it just feels GOOD to clean out and get rid of. I have said I would have been a great pioneer who had only a table and one candle to put on it. I dream of what I can get rid of, but don't the cooperation I would like from my husband. I think if I were a hoarder, there would be more understanding.
- December 7, 2009 at 2:30:00 PM PST
- Anonymous said...
I think it is a control issue too. I have the same problem, maybe not to the extreme; I didn't know other people have this problem too! Christmastime is very stressful and I really hate getting gifts from people.
- December 10, 2009 at 1:45:00 PM PST
- Anonymous said...
Today I went to Target and saw Christmas ornaments @ 50% off, I picked a few items and walked around the store and realized how stupid everything was, I placed everything back and thanked the Lord I didn't buy it, because I knew for sure I was going to get rid of it next month if not next week. Keep hating things...
- December 28, 2009 at 9:07:00 PM PST
- Anonymous said...
My Husbnd has this DisOrder, and I do think it's as much a controll issue as it is a clutter reducing issue. I think he just feels so much better after throwing things out. I use to think he would make such a good trash man, but I think he gets a thrill out of throwing out usefull things as well. Anything He's not using at the moment is subject to being thrown out, my kids toys(peddle cars, inline skates, skateboards, bikes,ect.)Anything that hasn't been used recently is subject to be thrown out. And it kills me because these are things they don't use every day,but they certainly do still use them. He built a shed with the soul purpose of storing stuff and then continues to throw it out one by one(a 100 yr old childrens desk I bought for my son,a claw footed side table he got from his mom(an antique)an all wood coffee table w/a rising top to eat at while watching T.V.(he claims it was too big & the babies might bang their head on it)always an excuse...Why.
- December 31, 2009 at 7:50:00 AM PST
- Anonymous said...
Happy New Year! God willing this year 2010 I will get rid of many things that bother me, I mean (clutter things), like...I am getting sick of my drinking glasses (4 are enough for 5 people, period), 4 towels, 2 eye shadows, 3 lipsticks, one gold pair of earrings, (don't own jewelry), if my children buy a shirt I get rid of two. I am not apologetic about my passion, I don't call it OCD, I call it a blessing. Some people drink to forget their problems, I get rid of things to forget mine. No excuses, no exemption, everything goes at their proper time.
- January 3, 2010 at 8:29:00 PM PST
- Anonymous said...
I have had this crazy purging obbsesion ever since i started smoking, i have no idea why i do it? i have gotton rid of so many valuable things and things that hold many memorys. if i could i would get rid of everything that didnt have to do with clothing and getting ready. all i really have is clothes, shoes, a few fashon accesories and stuff to get ready with. (im a teenager). it has become so bad that id look foward to comeing home and getting rid of stuff.
i like things to be plain and simple. like if i had to move out of my house today id just bring all my clothes and thats like it, and of course the beauty and health products i nee
anyways im glad i found this page because ive been freakin out thinkin im the only one with this thing?! haha well at least im not!
- January 4, 2010 at 11:21:00 PM PST
- Anonymous said...
You are not going to believe this new problem I have. Since three days ago I've been thinking that throwing everything away is bringing sorrow to my life and stress. My organized life (or wannabe organized life) is a curse to me. From now on I will create chaos in my house, I therefore will buy things to decorate, even where decoration is not needed, I will make my husband and children happy even though I may be dying inside. I will buy buy and buy whatever I can afford. I will become a hoarder of pretty decorative stuff, not the kind you see on tv (the dirty people kind), I don't call them hoarders, I call them dirty people with a mental illness. One thing is trying to clean a dirty house and not succeed and another is living in a dirty house that you just won't clean, cause you are lazy or forgive me if you are depressed, than please seek help for your own good and the good of others. The program HOARDERS is unneeded and disgusting and it doesn't teach anybody a thing. Let there be a program for the opposite of hoarders like us, and and let there be a psychologist there to help us with our problem, because we have a rare kind of disease, even though it is a nice disease, sometimes is not when we are hurting those living with us. May I say no more.
- January 10, 2010 at 6:41:00 PM PST
- Anonymous said...
I'm also very happy to have found this!!! I have always been very organized, even as a child. For me that grew into OCD. It's all about feeling in control. It's a fresh start. A need for perfection. It is also very calming and relaxing we may not have control over every aspect of our lives,(even if we try). But I feel strongly about taking care of the things we own, they last longer and it costs less to keep items we love. Don't buy just to buy, stop and ask yourself do I love it. Do I have a place for it. Does it match what I own. Will it last the test of time. I think overall OCS is a good thing afterall everything should be in it's place and there should be a place for everything. Presentation is key!!! It's true if your hand is out to give it's also out to recieve!!! Also I get so much joy from watching hoarders and purging things I no longer use. I don't feel bad about it either!!!
- January 12, 2010 at 9:46:00 AM PST
- Anonymous said...
Just curious I have this need to purge things too! I was bulimic stopped and replaced it with this. Anybody else?
- January 12, 2010 at 10:08:00 AM PST
- shalon said...
I seem to struggle weekly with BOTH these problems! My mother was, and IS a hoarder. Every year my aunt would ask us to go through our stuff and give anything we didn't like, or couldn't wear to Good Will. Every year I would fill a box. Many times with the same items I had tried to give away the year before, and every year my mother would make me keep everything in the box, even though it didn't fit and I would rather have been dead than wear it. I moved out and found myself having anxiety attacks at the thought of getting rid of anything. Then My apartment caught fire because of the fire hazard of all that stuff. Now I have huge anxiety attacks about keeping too much stuff, so I purge my house regularly. and anxiety attacks almost as big about NOT keeping it, and I end up organizing endlessly and keeping things I'll never use and throwing out stuff I used just last week. What would I be called?
- January 19, 2010 at 12:37:00 AM PST
- JustGail said...
I've been wandering through old posts, looking for words of wisdom to help me allow myself to reduce the amount of craft supplies I have.
This might sound strange, but are those who feel they must clear out items often (even things they love or still use on occasion) really the opposite of what we consider hoarders? Aren't the purgers hoarding open space and empty areas?
- April 30, 2010 at 10:46:00 AM PDT
- Anonymous said...
Hello Again...:-) It is comforting to read all of your stories...I am 62 years old and have given more stuff away than I can imagine in my wildest dreams...I never really thought of it as a "control" issue, but I'm sure that it is after reading some of your entries. For me, the fewer material items around me, the less time I have to take to "look over", "organize" and "control" my environment. I also know that chaos on the outside of "me" brings on a tremendous amount of chaos on the inside of "me". I have a wonderful husband and lovely children who accept the way I am. I wish that for all of you...As far as I know, my "problem" causes no harm to anyone. We all have "something"...In the long run I don't feel that this condition hinders my life...It's Springtime and I'm really antsy to purge...Bless you all...Janie
- May 17, 2010 at 10:02:00 PM PDT
- Unknown said...
Thanks for your stories, my 25 year old daughter who has a mild form of autism also has the same issue. She used to be a hoarder and keep count of every piece of paper and toy that she had. We finally helped her stop hoarding when we told her she could count the items as she threw them out. This helped for many years but lately she oscillates between possessing and purging. She will buy a lot of stuff but then throw it all away within a week. To me it seems she is trying to battle her hoarding tendencies by purging. She throws away food, storage containers, grad pictures and things that are significant to her. So for her I think it is also a control issue and trying to find the balance between having possessions and being controlled by her possessions. We call it materialistic bulimia.
- July 13, 2010 at 9:59:00 AM PDT
- Anonymous said...
I am sorry for those who feel that purging is a problem. Think of the benefits. Lower mortgage payments because you can have a smaller home. More rapid mobility because you need not pay thousands of dollars to move. More space to see the things that really mean something to you because they are not covered in other stuff--not garbage, but just stuff. My wife and I are middle of the road, but we are cutting back on the stuff in the house. I love my library, but on the weekend I looked at it and thought, gee, I have had some of these books for 20 years and never opened the cover. So why keep them? Out they went. I loked in our cupboards and we have pots, pans, and other utensils. However, we are microwavers. We never pull out a recipe book. So out they are going. I plan to open up a lot of space in our home and put in more exercise equipment, which is something I use for an hour or two a day. We are not hoarders, but upon seeing the show "Hoarders" I really stopped and looked at the stuff we do have and asked, why do I have this and do I really need or want it? We have always been people who discard stuff and our garage is almost empty. However, emptying more is very liberating. We are financially secure and I really have no stress, but there really is a lot to be said for, "you can't take it with you." There are more important things in life than things--country, family and the values in our own selves are much more important. Don't get wrapped up in concern about purging yourself of things . . . if you find you need it, buy another one. I am not going to get all tied up in the small stuff.
- July 19, 2010 at 7:36:00 AM PDT
- Jeri Dansky said...
Anonymous of July 19: It sounds like you are doing the type of letting go that almost everyone could benefit from - releasing those books, understanding how you cook and getting rid of the utensils that you don't use. Congratulations on making these good choices!
- July 19, 2010 at 8:50:00 AM PDT
- Anonymous said...
Hi Again...I, too, think that there are benefits to "clearing out", "letting go", "purging"...whatever you want to call it...We have had to, on various occasions, clear things out for those who have passed on in the family...Some friends, also...Although we can't spend our lives wondering "Who is going to have to go through all of this junk when I'm gone?", we don't want our kids, relatives, and/or friends to deal with way too much "stuff" and "things"..."Way to Go" for everyone who loves to see someone else make use of the items we get rid of...Have a great day!...Janie
- July 22, 2010 at 10:02:00 AM PDT
- Vanessa said...
This is SO weird and interesting to find a site that is talking about this. Recently, I have been purging our home of things, and I find it VERY liberating! People know my husband and I as minimalists. And, as some person wrote on this site, it has many benefits. I am of the mindset, that if you don't need something, even if it is of value, give it to someone who really needs it and can make good use out of it and enjoy it themselves. Recently, my hubby and I were able to bless another family who was in need of a vehicle. We have a van and a car. We still have the van, and this other family now is using our car. What a blessing!
Why hold on to THINGS? We are in such a materialistic world that makes us feel like we need to hold on. People are SO diverse in their thinking regarding purging and hoarding because of their thinking. Everything is affected by our thinking. So, my thinking is that material things are temporary. My value is placed on eternal things, those things that really, truly matter. And, when we all die, we will not be able to bring ANY THING with us. I will say that we should be wise in what we get rid of. The car situation, for example...We were in a situation that we could get rid of a vehicle and still have transportation ourselves. We are not in need. The Lord has taken care of all of our needs.
- July 29, 2010 at 11:16:00 AM PDT
- Anonymous said...
I had a friend that was a purger. It always seemed to me that he lived like a monk... as if he had taken a vow.
He never had more than a wallet in his pockets. His living space... home... bedroom... garage{most men have a garage full of tools even if they use them once every 20 years). He even threw away mementos and photos.
I think he was dealing with depression. His wife had left him, and she had ruined him financially.
- October 4, 2010 at 4:58:00 PM PDT
- Anonymous said...
Hello Again...
It's been awhile but I wanted to update everyone...Over the past year we have been giving away and selling our unwanted stuff. We are now down to just the items that serve a purpose within our home. It is a wonderful feeling to look around your home and only see items you use. We have a 2 bedroom condo that everyone says, "looks like a show home" people think everything must be new because it matches perfect...it's not, it just looks new because there is a place for everything, and everything is in it's place. It's perfect, we dont want for a thing...even though we have very little. We have stopped buying things. We now choose to spend our money on experiences not stuff. The best part is we've never been more happy or felt so free!!! By the way we were minimalists to start with...so I think it proves even a small amount of stuff can weigh you down and effect your quality of life:)
- October 17, 2010 at 6:27:00 AM PDT
- Anonymous said...
Hi, it seems that there's mixed feelings towards excessively throwing things away. I'm a Trainee Clinical Psychologist based in London and I'm thinking of writing my PhD thesis on this topic. Would anyone would be interested in participating in an interview with me about their difficulties? The aim would be to identify patterns in why people might be throwing valuable items away, with an ultimate aim of informing treatment for people who wish to stop discarding. Unfortunately I would not be able to pay people for their time.
At this stage this is just an enquiry; I would need at least 8 volunteers living within the UK to make this research study possible. If you would be interested, please email me within the next two months at email@example.com.
- October 22, 2010 at 9:42:00 AM PDT
- Anonymous said...
Is this a real syndrome (OCS)? I ask because I've been married almost 10 years to someone I'm ready to kill because of his obsession with getting rid of things - he's gone through most of his and has started in on mine and the kids'. Before you think we all must be compulsive hoarders I've had people visit and comment on how lovely and well-organized our house is for having the number of small children we do. My in-laws were compulsive hoarders though. No amount of saying "I'm not them" will help! Ready to put him on the lawn...
- October 30, 2010 at 10:40:00 PM PDT
- Anonymous said...
Even without a label, this is a real problem when it adversely affects personal relationships.
The responders to the initial post appear to fit loosely into two categories: purging is either a blessing or a curse.
It seems to be a blessing when it only affects those not in a relationship or those in a relationship with someone who is a "minimalist" as well.
I fall into the category where it's a curse. What started as a nuisance when we were first married (a favorite coat of mine given away here or a favorite book given away there) has accelerated in recent years with the addition of kids.
Compulsive purging is clearly a disorder that requires treatment when it adversely affects others.
Thanks for all of the comments, I see so many similarities and explanations that fit my situation.
- November 28, 2010 at 9:21:00 PM PST
- angelo said...
If you own anything, make sure it does not own you. That is the general sentiment that drives me to purge. Every thing I have that does not serve me requires or will require some attention from me in the future. Live simply.
- January 3, 2011 at 2:49:00 PM PST
- Anonymous said...
Hi... It's been a year since I don't post, I feel like you guys are my family. Blessings to all of you. Well, I still feel like I want to throw away almost everything, like I said before, since 1992 and my twins were born. Right now I am throwing away my sweet sixteen pictures, I am now 49 years old, so why should I keep them, weeeird! Today I threw away a bunch of things that I bought about a month ago, ornaments for the living room. What was I thinking!!! It started bothering me like a week ago, and it was so funny, because everything that I threw away nicely by the garbage (apartment living) was picked up by this lady that was so happy as if she won the lottery. I guess it's true: some people's garbage are some people's treasures. Don't buy, bye.
- January 20, 2011 at 9:57:00 PM PST
- Anonymous said...
I need to give away things that are important to me, including money. For example, my Mom sent me my 30-year-old favorite childhood doll, and now I am thinking of who to give it away to. I also give away money to anyone who asks. I have gotten into debt because of giving away money. In the last decade, I gave away $80,000 (no, I'm not exaggerating). For the past 2 years, I have forced myself to not give away money and not to offer to give away money. However, I think I'm only successful because no one has directly asked me for anything but small amounts lately.
If a friend talks about wanting something, I think about how I could buy it for them. I wouldn't spend $1000 bucks on, say, a stereo system for myself, but if a friend talks about wanting a stereo system, I instantly want to buy it for them.
I agree that compulsive purging is a good type of problem to have, for all the reasons people have mentioned. But this business of giving away prized possessions and money really doesn't feel great.
- March 13, 2011 at 12:39:00 PM PDT
- Anonymous said...
I have a compulsion to throw things out multiple times every day. I do not keep household / kitchen garbage at all. Every wrapper, food scrap or junk mail that comes into my house goes into a bag and I begin to get anxious as soon as it's there. Every time I leave my house I take garbage with me (e.g., I drop small bags at the outdoor garbage bins by the malls, large bags at the big green garbage bins in our park, and huge or heavy bags at various neighborhood dumpsters). Sometimes I have to hide the fact that I am dumping into dumpsters because they are privately owned. My boyfriend has a dumpster at his apartment and every time I go there I load up my SUV with giant bags of stuff and even unwanted furniture or bedding, etc. I LOVE tossing stuff. I do not keep any garbage in my garage or under my sink or anywhere in the house (not even a scrap of paper). In fact I don't even own a curbside garbage can for my house because nothing would wait around long enough to get into one. It is thrown out long before garbage day. On the rare occasion something is still around on garbage day I get very annoyed with myself for having it... and I just put it out in a plastic bag. I do not recycle because to me it's too much work... I just toss everything together in one bag and presto... it's gone to a garbage bin somewhere. I love the feeling of emptiness. I go out with the car to throw things out about five times a day. When I buy anything I have to take off the packaging and get rid of it, usually before I bring the item in the house. In terms of actual "belongings" I also love to purge these. I have fantasies of taking the roof off my house and shaking it, upside down, to clean out as much stuff as possible. I am not a "neat freak" per se. The stuff I do have / keep is often just as disorganized as most people.... this isn't about being neat or orderly. It is just that I love throwing stuff away and knowing it is just "GONE"... with no more reason to think about it, clean it, organize it, lose it or find it ever again. I am a teacher and I get little coffee mugs and knick knacks all the time from my students. I give them away before I leave the premises of my school. I don't know how this started. I do have / keep a reasonable amount of personal belongings like most people... but I am relentless about purging and ditching anything useless or unwanted, which tends to be a lot. I have a love of giant garbage bags... I get a thrill just tossing as much as possible. I think it is about decluttering and feeling my life is less stressful with less to think about. I am not so much into wanting to "donate" my stuff. When I donate I can picture that the stuff still exists somewhere and that seems heavy. I would rather picture it just GONE. I love to have the stuff vanish, in a garbage dumpster, period. Forever. It feels so liberating.
- July 29, 2011 at 3:35:00 AM PDT
- Anonymous said...
Last post, I just read everything you wrote, it is very interesting, I am just like you, I feel like throwing away almost everything, my husband lives in fear that I don't get rid of his important documents, if I don't have anything to throw away I go crazy, then I start thinking weird stuff, like I would think of something like a good pot or a nice blouse, panties, whatever, I don't even like to have a single thing under the sink, today my 18 year old daughter decided to put her junk under my bathroom sink and I almost cried. I feel hopeless sometimes, because I live with 4 other people in my three bedroom apartment, I love my kids {4} of them and my husband very much, but I wish I could live in a very tiny apartment alone with my husband, so I don't have to keep so much junk, I feel guilty wanting my three children at home to get their own place and leave, but it is what it is. I hope I didn't bored you.rinterm
- August 12, 2011 at 10:38:00 PM PDT
- Anonymous said...
Hi Last Post (Aug 12).,
You poor thing about the bathroom sink. That would drive me insane if I got a space empty and someone tried to fill it up again. I am getting ready to go dump some food garbage / wrappers this morning. I have to find a park with a big bin because I don't have time to go to a dumpster. Pizza boxes are the worst, so annoying.... or the big soda bottles. I also hate when you buy clothes or panties and there are those stupid tags all over them with the white plastic thread holding them on. eeeek! Anyway just to let you know I sympathize. I am throwing away my dining room table and a china cabinet tomorrow because I don't use it, so it is going to the curb. I actually tried to donate them to a women's shelter etc., but no one wanted them so presto they will just vanish at the curb.
Hang in there.
- August 14, 2011 at 5:14:00 AM PDT
- Anonymous said...
I wonder if it's an identity issue? I have OCD, and I also give away stuff that I don't need but that "should" be kept (varsity letters from high school, jewelry, photos). Maybe we all feel like our items help define us, and we're not sure what these items say about us, so we get rid of them. Also, maybe we feel they define a negative trait, so we feel that giving it away is wiping away the bad things we have done in the past...
- December 11, 2011 at 3:30:00 PM PST


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Just a quick one today. As you can see some days running my blog can be torture on the dog. 😛
It can be torture on my as well. Seriously…what was I thinking trying to work full time, write for Tablespoon, go on vacation, and have a blog post up every day? Oh that's right I leave shampoo in the freezer…I don't think anymore.
I was doing good until today and then I just hit a wall. The brick kind. Very sturdy. It won. This is short. 😀
These are some simple sugar cookies that my friend sent me a link to. Told me they were good. She is the type of person when she says these are good, they are. So I followed the Pinterest link and found them.
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Chewy M &M Sugar Cookies
I didn't change much to this recipe other than adding the full bag of M & M's to the batch…I feel that was the better way to go. 🙂 And I went with 2 1/2 cups when the recipe called for 2 1/4 cups of flour. I wanted them a little more sturdy for my trip.
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Chicken Marsala with Truffles and Brie
Chicken Marsala is a popular dish at Italian restaurants, but this version takes a turn towards France with the addition of creamy Brie cheese. And, an drizzle of white truffle oil, available in many gourmet stores and some supermarkets, adds decadent, gourmet flavor.
The dish is surprisingly easy to prepare, and unlike most Chicken Marsala recipes, it can be prepared a day ahead and be baked just before serving. The truffle-scented chicken pairs beautifully with the Cauliflower Mash recipe on this site.
Lightly pound chicken breasts and season with salt and pepper. Lightly dredge with flour. Heat canola oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Brown chicken on both sides and then remove to a baking dish and set aside. Slice brie into thin slices and place on top of browned chicken.
Add mushrooms to skillet and sauté for 5 minutes, until wilted and golden. Add shallots and garlic and sauté 3 minutes, until the shallots are translucent. Add Madeira and reduce by half. Season to taste with salt and pepper.
Whisk in lemon juice and butter and pour over chicken. Bake for 10 to 15 minutes, until the chicken is hot and cooked through. Remove from oven; drizzle with truffle oil and sprinkle with parsley. (Note: The whole dish can be made a day ahead and refrigerated. Let the dish sit out at room temperature for 20 minutes before baking and then bake for 35-40 minutes.)
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We've found the A4 models a delight to drive. They are compliant enough to soak up bumps like a larger car but firm enough to feel solid and stable to its electronically limited top speed of 130 mph.
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In his 1949 film noir, The Third Man, Orson Welles plays an expatriate American named Harry Lime who gets into some nasty business in Vienna and mucks out of it by faking his own death. When discovered alive by his American friend, a fifth-rate pulp novelist hot on the trail of Lime's supposed killer, Lime waxes sardonic and cynical. "In Italy, for thirty years under the Borgias, they had warfare, terror, murder, and bloodshed, but they produced Michelangelo, da Vinci, and the Renaissance," he muses. "In Switzerland, they had brotherly love; they had 500 years of democracy and peace. What did they produce? The cuckoo clock."
Italy also produced Dante Alighieri, who put pen to paper more powerfully, arguably, than anyone who ever took up the task. But even as he endeavored to make something ethereal and everlasting of unrequited love by stalking his dream girl to heaven, Dante got incessantly bogged down in the petty Florentine politics of his day. Remember when your hometown's board of aldermen voted down the stoplight at Broad and Main because the acting vice chair's mistress hated to wait in traffic? Imagine squeezing them into Canto XLV of your "unfathomable heart-song," right between the falconer simile and the treatise on Free Will.
As much as it evokes things beyond flesh, Dante's Divine Comedy is the political work of an angry man, and the lovelorn plea of a lustful man. Dante's foremost imitator, Nobel laureate Seamus Heaney, succumbed in different ways to the temporality of politics in his epic Station Island. Heaney's penitent art sprang from another source: amidst the violent Troubles of his native Northern Ireland, Heaney amassed prizes for "turning fact into art" while his friends got shot full of holes. Those same friends (or what's left of them) confront him on Station Island as Dante's old political foes meet him in Hell. Even as he accedes to Heaven, leaving his mentor Vergil behind, Dante gives you the impression he's happiest when he's sticking it to his old adversaries in Hell. Heaney, on the other hand, would gladly trade Station Island, the Nobel Prize, and his view of Harvard Yard for something as silly and easily derided as the cuckoo clock—if he could also erase Bloody Sunday, Ian Paisley, the Provisional IRA, and just about everything else that's made his war-torn province famous.
So was Welles right? Do we need wars, floods, and famines to make art that lasts? Edward Bellamy depicts a wonderful world in Looking Backward, his 1886 vision of a 21st Century devoid of war, class conflict, and strife or personal animosity of any kind. (Boy, did he get that wrong.) But reading his book today you find yourself wondering if things might get a little boring in the society he imagined and, what's more, if such a society could yield a work as fascinating as Looking Backward—as the mounting class war that was 1886 America did.
Would Welles cynically contend that DVD has come along at the right time—born into a world on the brink of self-annihilation or further balkanization, depending on who you ask—to become the medium of choice for the next heartbreaking work of staggering genius that drags us through heaven and hell and lives to tell?
As a monthly magazine—the anachronistic permanence of print aside—we're not overtly concerned with art that lasts. But we are about identifying trends that might lend permanence to the best-suited conduits for digital information, which aim to transcend time not so much metaphysically as physically.
Based on what I saw and heard at DVD 2002 in Gaithersburg, Maryland in June, some folks in government agencies are thinking the same thing. They're talking about big-time grants for DVD-based archiving projects via NIST and its Advanced Technology Program, about building DVD into the national digital security infrastructure, and about lots and lots of long-term high-capacity storage.
The recent pairing of SIGCAT and DVDA struck me as an odd one at first; my good friends at TPS Video notwithstanding, the DVDA never seemed a particularly inside-the-beltway crew. But SIGCAT was great for CD-R, which in turn was great for CD-ROM (and vice versa), and Jerry McFaul could always throw a great party. And somebody has got to get DVD-ROM off the ground.
I guess it was just the language thrown around in the first few sessions in Gaithersburg that rubbed me the wrong way. All this talk about using DVD to fortify the "thin blue line" 'tween us and them, making DVD a cornerstone of the post-9/11 digital security infrastructure, and the U.S. showing the world this and that with its electronic fortress—well, first of all, it came across as loaded with more than a little hubris. If the existing DVD content protection structure (read: CSS) has proven one thing, it's that it keeps a secret about as well as a giggling gaggle of seventh-grade girls.
What's more, all this electronic homeland security talk has an eerie space-race ring to it. Just ask Neil Armstrong if he'd like to take back his "giant leap for mankind" these days to get a reasonable person's idea of what that jingoistic jaunt accomplished. Do you think old Neil would object to the between-songs patter on that 1965 Tom Lehrer record where Lehrer sneers at the U.S. spending "billions of dollars of your tax money to put some clown on the moon?" Think again. He'd gladly show you his big floppy shoes.
It seems to me that our thinking these days shouldn't be any more "America First" than it should be "DVD First." I'd stop short of saying that that's the kind of thinking that's got us into the mess we find ourselves in today, although I've been known to keep the company of people who would. But I'd be first to say it's not the kind of thinking that's likely to get us out of it.
And the day some clown makes DVD a weapon of war? Look for me on the masthead of a cuckoo clock magazine.


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Anyone looking for info or tips on Vegas, I live here! I can tell you the good bad and the ugly on hotels, where to stay, eat, go etc. Its a pretty fun town! Awesome chefs and food here. Most of the Cirque shows are elaborate and well executed productions.
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PIC Pics: 2018 Study Abroad Photo Contest
Selection from "Lakers Abroad" Category
Date and TimeFriday, June 1, 2018
7:00 a.m. - 11:00 p.m.
- Red Wall Gallery, Lake Ontario Hall
Every year, over 800 GVSU students travel around the world on a Study Abroad program through the Padnos International Center (PIC). For the 2018 PIC Pics Photo Contest, GVSU students and alumni were invited to share photos from their adventures abroad. We now invite the GVSU community to take a glimpse into the adventures of their fellow Lakers and vote on their favorite images starting March 9th - 23rd. To cast your vote, please visit the Padnos International Center at 130 Lake Ontario Hall during open office hours. Winning photographs will be announced at a reception on Tuesday, March 27 and become part of the GVSU permanent collection.
The PIC Pics Photo Contest is now on display at the Red Wall Gallery and voting runs from March 9-23. A reception for the photographers will be held on Tuesday, March 27 from 4-5pm at the Red Wall Gallery and the Padnos International Center welcomes all who wish to attend. CLICK HERE for more information from the Padnos Internation Center.
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In an InformationWeek commentary, Collins said, "Big computing at small prices allows companies to look at, and deal with, data in ways not possible before. It's this computational capacity that has the real potential to transform data from a compliance burden into a business asset." He added, "Leaders in each industry are beginning to find real value in unlocking the potential in the data they already have. The insatiable desire to visualize data, recognize patterns and turn data into dollars is being supercharged by high-performance computing."
Collins has a computer science degree from North Carolina State University and is a founding member of the computer science department's strategic advisory board. In 2003, the university named him a Distinguished Engineering Alumnus. He also serves as an adviser for Bull City Venture Partners and is a patron of the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences.


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'Apostle Tito,' Ormond Beach ministry member convicted of sex trafficking
'En Fuego for Jesus' members took minors to other states to engage in sex acts
ORMOND BEACH, Fla. – A jury found an Ormond Beach minister, called "Apostle Tito" by his followers, and another ministry member guilty of sex trafficking of a minor.
Luis Morales, 58, was accused of sexually molesting several children who are members of his religious organization, En Fuego for Jesus. Rebecca Rivera, 27, was one of his "prophets" in the ministry, according to the state attorney's office.
According to the state attorney's office, in November 2009, Morales and Rivera transported a 12-year-old minor, who was also a member of the ministry, from Florida to Connecticut knowing that the minor would be caused to engage in a sex act.
In December 2010, Morales transported another minor, age 13, who was also a member of the ministry from Arizona to Florida, and then to the Virgin Islands, with the intent to engage in sexual activity with the minor.
Morales and Rivera have been found guilty of one count of sex trafficking of a minor and two counts of transporting a minor over state lines with the intent to engage in sexual activity. Morales also was convicted of three counts of transporting a minor over state lines with intent to engage in sexual activity.
Morales and Rivera each face a maximum penalty of life in federal prison. Their sentencing hearing is scheduled for January 22, 2013.
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Toler died on Monday and was in his early 60s, the manager, Glen Halverson, said.
Toler and his late brother, drummer David "Frankie" Toler, played in several groups, including Dickey Betts & Great Southern.
Dan Toler was part of the Allman Brothers Band from 1979 to 1982 and was featured on the group's albums "Enlightened Rogues," "Reach for the Sky" and "Brothers of the Road."
"His ability to make people laugh and feel good and happy was amazing," the Sarasota Herald Tribune quoted his friend and former bandmate Chaz Trippy as saying. "That smile of his is just a force of life and, God, how he loved playing that guitar."
Toler announced in 2011 that he had amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, a degenerative nerve diseased better known as Lou Gehrig's disease.
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After withdrawing meatballs from stores across Europe, home furnishings company Ikea said Wednesday its own tests confirmed "a few indications of horse meat" and that it would also remove wiener sausages made by the same supplier.
Meanwhile, Poland acknowledged for the first time that it is a source of horse meat that has fraudulently ended up in processed meat products sold as beef - an admission that came as the country said it found traces of horse DNA in samples from three meat processors.
Ikea said it would withdraw the sausages from stores in France, Britain, Spain, Ireland and Portugal. Other stores were getting sausages from other suppliers, company spokeswoman Ylva Magnusson said.
No horse meat had been found in the wieners, which are made of ground pork and beef, but they were removed anyway because they came from the same supplier as the meatballs, Magnusson said.
The supplier, Gunnar Dafgard AB, didn't return calls seeking comment.
The move comes two days after Czech food inspectors found traces of horse meat in Ikea's Swedish-made meatballs, prompting the company to pull them from store shelves in 21 European countries and in Hong Kong, Thailand and the Dominican Republic.
Stores in other countries, including the U.S. and Canada, were not affected because they received meatballs from a different supplier.
Ikea said results from its own tests confirmed some meatballs didn't just contain beef and pork, despite what their labeling said.
"Based on some hundred test results that we have received so far, there are a few indications of horse meat," Magnusson said. "Together with the Swedish supplier in question we have decided to withdraw from sales also the wiener sausages ... from that supplier."
Horse meat has recently been found mixed into beef dishes sold across Europe, including in frozen supermarket meals. It has also been found in meals served at restaurants, schools and hospitals. Authorities say the scandal is a case of fraudulent labeling but does not pose a health risk.
The French wholesaler at the epicenter of the scandal, Spanghero, announced Wednesday that it had filed for bankruptcy protection. The company denies that it intentionally mislabeled and sold horse meat as beef, but the French government has said it should have known and temporarily forced it to shut down all production. Spanghero has slowly started to package meats again, but is not selling any to other manufacturers.
The company, which employs about 300 people, said it hoped the court filing would save its business and those jobs.
Meanwhile, food safety authorities across Europe continued to clamp down on mislabeled meat.
Latvia's food safety agency said that traces of horse meat were found in products labeled as beef by a local meatpacker, Forevers.
The agency said 416 horses were slaughtered last year in Latvia, out of which 203 were eventually delivered to Forevers from the same Latvia-based slaughterhouse, Aibi. All the horse meat was labeled as beef in the invoices, the agency said. It wasn't immediately clear if any of the meat was exported.
Also Wednesday, Russia's state sanitary watchdog said it detected horse meat in sausages imported from Austria. The agency's spokesman, Alexei Alexeyenko, said in a statement carried by the ITAR-Tass news agency that the sausages were stated to only contain beef.
And in Greece, authorities said they seized a ton of frozen meat from Romania that had been labeled as beef, after testing located traces of horse DNA - the first such discovery in the country.
Poland was one of the first countries suspected in the European-wide horse meat scandal, but for weeks had failed to turn up any of its own evidence to support that allegation.
But late Wednesday, the country's General Veterinary Inspectorate said it had found traces of horse DNA from samples from three meat processors. It said it found the DNA in three samples out of 121 tested. The inspectorate said in a statement that it still needs to test 80 more samples.
Portuguese authorities said late Tuesday they had seized 79 metric tons (87 U.S. tons) of beef products containing traces of horse meat in recent days and opened criminal proceedings against five local companies. Portugal's Food Safety Agency said it made the seizures at companies that process, package and distribute meat to large retail outlets.
The agency said in a statement on its website that it also took almost 19,000 pre-packed products from Portuguese stores after detecting horse meat in them. They included lasagnas, hamburgers and meatballs.
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It's the latest in blogs combining burgers and something generally unassociated with burgers: Burgers and Nails. Posts feature burgers and the polished nails of the burgers' eaters, usually with commentary about the burgers and the nail polish/art. (I'm still waiting for Burgers and Kittens. Or puppies. I'm good with either.) [via Eater]