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Poland debates ban on abortion
Poland has one of the strictest abortion legislations in Europe and now its parliament might debate a total ban. What are the possible consequences?
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On Sunday, April 3rd, seven thousand people met outside of the Polish parliament in Warsaw, each of them holding a coat hanger. The hangers were the symbol chosen to protest the bill of a new law promoted by Catholic pro-life organizations asking for an abortion ban. Not more than 60 years ago, it was with the metal hook of hangers that thousands of Polish women were forced to use for dangerous do-it-yourself abortions. Organized by the leftist party, Together (Razem), more pro-choice demonstrations also took place in other major cities in the country.
On that same Sunday, a letter from the Polish Episcopal Conference supporting the proposed ban on abortion, was read in thousands of churches in Poland. More protests happened on Saturday April 9th with further mobilization launched on Twitter under the hashtag #popieramdziewuchy (I support Polish girls), which was retweeted by thousands of Poles and foreign actresses like Milla Jovovich and Charlotte Gainsbourg.
Prime minister and Polish bishops back the anti-abortion bill
The draft of the new act 1 was written by Ordo Iuris (Rule of Law), a foundation that aims to "promote a legal culture based on the respect for human dignity and rights." It is important to stress how this civic legislation initiative has not made it to the Polish parliament yet. In order to get there, the draft needs 100,000 signatures, which can likely be accomplished within a few weeks. In order to help collect those signatures, the Catholic pro-life organization, Fundacja Pro, has re-launched their "Stop Abortion" 2 campaign.
This is not the first time in recent years that pro-life movements have tried to get a total ban on abortion approved. In August 2011 a draft bill entitled "On the Protection of Human Life from the Moment of Conception," brought to parliament by the Catholic organization, PRO–Right to Life Foundation, was rejected. 3 And in September 2015, Polish MPs rejected – this time by a narrow margin – another citizen's bill proposed by Stop Abortion, 4 aiming to ban access to legal abortions in all cases. However, this time parliament may vote differently. Prime Minister Beata Szydło 5 as well as Jarosław Kaczyński, 6 leader of the conservative ruling Law and Justice (PiS) party – have already stated they would back the bill.
The support of Mr. Kaczyński is particularly significant as it is the first time that the former premier openly joined sides with anti-abortion campaigners. Between 2005 and 2007, when PiS was in power, he opposed replacing the current abortion law with a more restrictive one, despite the pressure he received from some members of his party. 7 This time, the parliamentary majority won by PiS in the October 2015 elections, has made Mr. Kaczyński bolder, meaning a future approval of the anti-abortion bill is more likely.
With the exception of Ireland, where having an abortion is still forbidden, there's no other country 8 in the EU that makes legal abortions as difficult as Poland does. The current law, "Act on Family Planning, Protection of the Human Fetus and Conditions for Acceptability of Abortion," which was approved on January 7th, 1993, 9 states that Polish women can only have a legal abortion if one of three exceptions is met: the fetus suffers from damages or pathologies, the health of the woman will be threatened by giving birth, or when the pregnancy is caused by rape or incest. According to the data provided by the National Ministry of Health 10, 977 legal abortions were performed in Poland in 2014: 927 of them due to pathologies shown in fetuses by prenatal screenings, 48 because of potential risks for pregnant women and just 2 of them due to rape.
Data from the Centre of Reproductive Rights show that in Poland there were only 2 legal abortions per 1,000 births in 2012. Figures that are strikingly different from other European countries, where the abortion ratio is much higher: there were 253 registered abortions per 1,000 newborns in the UK, 166 in Ukraine and 256 in Spain, a country with deep Catholic roots, but where the influence of the Church is much less powerful than in Poland. 11
Legal and illegal abortions in Poland over the last 60 years
Abortion was legalized in Poland in 1956, 12 but that was changed with the current, much stricter law in 1993. Available statistics show that in the 1960s and 70s there were about 200-250,000 abortions per year in Poland. In the early 1980s abortions decreased to approximately 150,000 per year and from the mid 80s onwards they became less than 100,000 per year. 13 To get an idea of the impact the '93 law had on these figures, suffice it to say, that there have only been more than 1,000 abortions in one year since it came into force. 14
The huge drop in recorded abortions was not influenced much by access to contraceptives, because Poland banned over-the-counter sales of the so called "morning-after pill," until April 2015. The birth control pill is now theoretically available in Polish pharmacies to all women over 15 without a medical prescription. 15 However, because it's still pharmacists, themselves, who made the final decision about whether the pill would be sold without a prescription, many Polish women still struggle to get this contraceptive. That's why the Dutch pro-choice organization "Women on Waves" has been distributing morning-after pills in Poland, sometimes even with drones from across the German border. 16
Agnieszka Graff-Osser an expert on gender studies and professor at Warsaw University's American Studies Center tells the V4 Revue that, "the number of legal abortions per year has nothing to do with the reality of how many Polish women have abortions." According to Graff-Osser, most women who fall under the three exceptions granted by the current legislation, don't even try to get legal abortions. "The current law is more restrictive in practice than on paper, and getting access to a legal abortion is extremely difficult," 17 she adds.
Krystyna Kacpura, director of the Federation for Women and Family Planning (Federacja na rzecz Kobiet i Planowania Rodziny), an NGO, confirms Graff-Osser's claim: "Many women who could have legal abortions, go abroad or do it illegally in private surgeries because they want to avoid social stigma and the complicated procedures required by law." As Graff-Osser puts it: "Asking for a legal abortion here means going through so much bureaucracy, red tape, refusals and questioning that by the time a woman is able to get it, it could be too late."
The current limit for having a legal abortion in Poland is the 25th week from conception. After that, women who want to avoid giving birth, have to do it illegally or abroad. There is no official data on such "underground" abortions in Poland, however the Federation for Women and Family Planning has been looking into the matter. "We estimate that at least 150,000 Polish women a year have an abortion," says Kacpura: "However, we don't know how many of them have underground abortions in Poland, or how many go abroad, or get abortion pills via Internet," she adds. These estimates are contested by Polish Catholic pro-life activists, who claim the number of illegal abortions in Poland is between 7,000 and 14,000 a year, 18 but this does not take into account those women having abortions abroad whose number cannot be monitored.
As Monika Płatek, professor of Criminology at Warsaw University and member of the social movement, The Congress of Women (Kongres Kobiet) tells the V4 Revue: "Those who have money, connections and education go abroad when they need an abortion. But many women do not have such chances, so they have illegal abortions in Poland, or are forced to have children and then deprived of their sons who are taken away by the family. Not to mention that there are many newborns left in baby hatches, wooded areas and trashcans." 19 Baby hatches, also called "windows of life" in Polish, are run by Caritas, and since they were introduced in Poland in 2006 they have multiplied; so much so, that today there are 55 active baby hatches across the country and 86 unwanted newborns were left there over the last 10 years. 20
Most Polish women, who call the Federation hotline looking into abortions abroad or asking for pre- or post-abortion support, go to Germany, Slovakia, the Netherlands or the UK. Those who choose to have an abortion in Poland can look for places that perform illegal private surgeries. "The Polish abortion underground is expensive, but generally safe," explains Graff-Osser, stressing how, "the doctors doing abortions in private surgeries are often the same ones who would refuse to do them in public hospitals." However, Kacpura warns that, "the medical safety of illegal abortions depends on how much you can pay for them and prices for illegal abortions range from € 500 (2,000 PLN) to € 1500 (6,000 PLN) depending on the place."
The clash between pro-life and pro-choice campaigners
In the open letter read in churches all around Poland on April 3rd, the Polish bishops called the current abortion act a "compromise set out in law." 21 That's why, under the bill proposed by Ordo Iuris, the termination of any pregnancy from the moment of conception would be treated as prenatal murder. As the bill makes clear under Article 1: "Every human being has the inherent right to live from the moment of conception, i.e. the fusion of a female and male gametes. The life and the health of a child from conception are protected by the law." 22
This is a statement contested by Płatek, who says, "no one ever said that the moment when female and male gametes get together you already have a human being." She stresses that, "even Saint Thomas Aquinas wrote that a human being begins 40 days after conception when it's male and 80 days after conception when it's a female. What the Polish Catholic Church is doing will be even more radical than that. They say that a human being is under the protection of the law from the moment of its conception, and this is unheard of."
Today the '93 law displeases both the pro-life and pro-choice campaigners. Radical Catholics and many Polish bishops look at the current legislation as something that doesn't protect fetuses from the moment they're conceived. The people who are against the new anti-abortion bill, as well as feminists, consider the current legislation too strict and the procedures required for legal abortions long and humiliating. Before the '93 law came into force "starting in the mid 1980s there was a huge Catholic campaign against abortion, which included showing children pseudo-documentary films on the topic and photos of fetuses in church," recalls Graff-Osser, who was a teenager at that time.
Then in the early 90s, soon after the fall of communism and before the current law was approved, the struggle between pro-life and pro-choice movements intensified, culminating with conservative Catholic MPs asking for more restrictive abortion bills in 1990 and 1992, and pro-choice MPs creating a movement called Committee for a Referendum on the Criminalization of Abortion, which asked for a national referendum on the matter. 23 Over a million signatures were collected, "but the referendum they asked for was rejected by parliament on the grounds that people shouldn't decide on matters of life and death," explains Graff-Osser. The more restrictive bills were also rejected, and when the January 1993 law was approved by a coalition government led by premier Hanna Suchocka, both sides were unhappy.
However, according to Graff-Osser and Płatek, Catholics managed to influence the new legislation more than the pro-choice movements did. "The Church asked the government to restrict the legislation on abortion, otherwise they would have told people in the churches to vote against Poland joining the EU," stresses Płatek. Even though Poland only joined the EU after a referendum held in June 2003, negotiations to become a member country started as early as September '89, while the European Union Association Agreement was signed by Warsaw in December 1991. 24 "It was a compromise reached over the lives, the health and the possibility for women to decide for themselves," Płatek adds.
Today the mutual relationship between the political and the religious authorities in Poland resembles the situation in 1993. On the one hand, the Polish clergy know that, with the new government in charge since October 2015's parliamentary elections, led by the Catholic-friendly, conservative and nationalist PiS, the moment is opportune to pass new abortion legislation. On the other hand, the new government – many of whose recent reforms are controversial – needs the support of the Catholic Church "so that another compromise may be found," says Płatek.
And even though Polish and international media gave much coverage to a video 25 showing some women leaving a church in Warsaw on Sunday April 3rd, when the Episcopal letter endorsing the ban on abortion was read, the full story was seldom told: "I would love to believe that that protest was genuine, with actual churchgoers who walked out of the church, but it was actually something organized by a feminist movement," explains Graff-Osser.
Some controversial aspects of the new bill explained
The current law on abortion was amended only once. In 1996, under the liberal President Alexander Kwaśniewski, pro-choicers managed to get an exception signed by the president, allowing abortion on social grounds. However, the amendment was considered unconstitutional by the Polish Constitutional Tribunal in 1997 and, as such, annulled. 26 In the same year, the Act of June 6th 1997, 27 which established a new Polish Penal Code, included several articles related to the criminal charges faced by those who violated the law of 1993.
This explains why the draft of the anti-abortion bill asks for amendments to both the "Act on Family Planning, Protection of the Human Fetus and Conditions for Acceptability of Abortion," as well as the new Penal Code. On their website, under a paragraph entitled "Misinformation regarding the 'Stop Abortion' committee initiative," 28 Ordo Iuris replies to the criticism they've received from Polish and foreign journalists. They start by stressing that, "according to the draft, a woman will never be liable for inadvertently miscarrying her child."
When looking into the proposed bill, contradictions become apparent. Amended Article 157a.1 says that, "anyone who causes bodily injury or impairment threatening the health or life of a conceived child, is liable to imprisonment for up to three years." Amended Article 157a.2 adds that, "if the offender (…) acts unintentionally, they are liable to a fine, or the restriction of liberty or imprisonment for up to one year." However, amended Article 157a.4 specifies that, "if the offence (…) is committed by a mother of a conceived child, the court may apply an extraordinary mitigation of penalty, or even issue an absolute discharge." While Article 157a.5 confirms this saying, "a mother of a conceived child who commits the offence (…) shall not be subject to any punishment." Whereas amended articles 157a.4 and 157a.5 seem to absolve pregnant women from liability in cases of abortion or miscarriage, amended article 157a.1 and 157a.2 don't do that. And this contradiction worries some journalists 29 and pro-choicers who are afraid that the last two amendments could be deleted from the final bill.
Another statement Ordo Iuris makes on their website is that "reports that the civic draft denies parents the right to perform prenatal tests, are false." However, by comparing the current version of the law to its proposed amendment, it's easy to spot some key differences. For example, whereas the current law under Article 2a grants "free access to information and prenatal examinations," the new bill omits that. It replaces that bit with, "material assistance and care to families raising children who are seriously handicapped or suffer from life-threatening illnesses." Moreover, the draft prepared by Ordo Iuris doesn't mention prenatal tests at all, meaning that the right to this service, which is granted by current legislation, has been taken off the new bill. As this case makes apparent, the foundation's statements contradict the text of the bill.
Polarized public opinion on abortion
The importance of having prenatal screenings granted by law cannot be stressed enough. Suffice it to say that 95% 30 of legal abortions registered in Poland in 2014 were performed because prenatal screenings showed pathologies in fetuses. "And today even with prenatal screenings, women have to find a doctor who's going to tell them all they need to know about the fetus, and not all gynecologists do," Płatek claims. And the fact that many Polish doctors may conscientiously object to providing this information cannot be ignored.
Another thing to keep in mind is that many Poles are in favor of a stricter law on abortion, or even a total ban. A recent CBOS survey 31 showed that just 53% of interviewees were in favor of abortion in the cases of damaged fetuses, down from 71% in 1992, while 73% of Poles agreed with abortions resulting from pregnancies due to rape, down from 80% in 1992. And this trend doesn't change when looking at those supporting abortions due to possible risks for the pregnant woman, which decreased from 88% to 80% over the last 24 years.
What would change for Polish women if the bill promoted by Ordo Iuris and Fundacja Pro makes it to parliament in Warsaw, and is approved? "Underground abortions would become more expensive," says Kacpura. She adds that, "due to the risks of facing criminal charges, many women will not even go to public hospitals if there any complications caused by illegal and dangerous abortions, or for post-abortion care."
Pro-choice activists, feminists and the tens of thousands of people – including men of all ages – who demonstrated in the Polish streets with their coat hangers over the last three weeks hope to achieve something with their protestation. "Any new solutions should fully take into account the statutory protection of life, health and the dignity of women," 32 Mr. Kaczyński said after the first wave of protests across the country. Words that could be seen as a partial retreat from his support for a total ban on abortion. Whether they are or aren't, Płatek makes clear: "Abortion should be legal, safe and rare. People are not running to have an abortion as if they're heading to a cafe. It's not only about pregnancy – whoever governs your fertility, governs your life and is deciding for and about you."
- Ordo Iuris, "Civic Legislation Initiative: Equal legal protection for children before and after birth," April 3, 2016, accessed on April 15, 2016, http://www.en.ordoiuris.pl/civic-legislation-initiative–equal-legal-protection-for-children-before-and-after-birth,3767,i.html. ↩
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- Human Rights Watch, "Poland: Reject Blanket Ban on Abortion," August 30, 2016, accessed on April 15, 2016, https://www.hrw.org/news/2011/08/30/poland-reject-blanket-ban-abortion. ↩
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- Jan Cienski, "Poland's PiS in bed with Catholic Church, backs abortion ban," Politico Europe, April 5, 2016, accessed on April 15, 2016, http://www.politico.eu/article/polands-church-state-alliance-to-ban-abortion/. ↩
- Pamela Duncan, Molly Redden, Jonathan Watts, "Abortion laws around the world: from bans to easy access," The Guardian, January 5, 2016, accessed on April 15, 2016, http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jan/05/abortion-laws-around-the-world-from-bans-to-easy-access. ↩
- Reproductive Rights, "The Family Planning, Human Embryo Protection and Conditions of Permissibility of Abortion Act of 7 January 1993," accessed on April 15, 2016, http://www.reproductiverights.org/sites/crr.civicactions.net/files/documents/Polish%20abortion%20act–English%20translation.pdf. ↩
- Gazeta Wyborcza, "Ministerstwo Zdrowia: W 2014 r. wykonano 977 legalnych aborcji – o 226 więcej niż w 2013 r.," April 2, 2016, accessed on April 15, 2016 http://wyborcza.pl/1,75478,19855197,ministerstwo-zdrowia-w-2014-r-wykonano-977-legalnych-aborcji.html. ↩
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- Johnston's Archive, "Historical abortion statistics, Poland," September 15, 2015, accessed on April 15, 2016, http://www.johnstonsarchive.net/policy/abortion/ab-poland.html. ↩
- Ibid. ↩
- Radio Poland, "Morning after pill available without prescription," 16 April, 2015, accessed on April 15, 2016, http://www.thenews.pl/1/9/Artykul/203700,Morning-after-pill-available-without-prescription. ↩
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- Krystyna Kacpura, all further quotes taken from a mail exchange with the author, April 12th, 2016. ↩
- The Polish Association for the Protection of Human Life, "The abortion underground in Poland: myths and facts," accessed on April 15, 2016, http://www.pro-life.pl/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/the-abortion-underground-in-poland-myths-and-facts.pdf ↩
- Monika Płatek, all further quotes taken from a phone interview with the author, April 6th, 2016. ↩
- Caritas Polska, "Okno Życia w Polsce," October 30, 2015, accessed on April 15th, 2016, http://www.caritas.pl/okna-zycia-w-polsce/. ↩
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- Ordo Iuris, "Civic Legislation Initiative: Equal legal protection for children before and after birth," April 3, 2016, accessed on April 15, 2016, http://www.en.ordoiuris.pl/civic-legislation-initiative–equal-legal-protection-for-children-before-and-after-birth,3767,i.html. ↩
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- Ordo Iuris, "Civic Legislation Initiative: Equal legal protection for children before and after birth," April 3, 2016, accessed on April 15, 2016, http://www.en.ordoiuris.pl/civic-legislation-initiative–equal-legal-protection-for-children-before-and-after-birth,3767,i.html. ↩
- Maciej Kisilowski, "Poland aborts freedom," Project Syndicate, April 11, 2016, accessed on April 15, 2016, https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/poland-right-wing-abortion-law-by-maciej-kisilowski-2016-04?referrer=/r0yTs5DQCX ↩
- Gazeta Wyborcza, "Ministerstwo Zdrowia: W 2014 r. wykonano 977 legalnych aborcji – o 226 więcej niż w 2013 r.," April 2, 2016, accessed on April 15, 2016 http://wyborcza.pl/1,75478,19855197,ministerstwo-zdrowia-w-2014-r-wykonano-977-legalnych-aborcji.html. ↩
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- Henry Foy, "Protests prompt Poland to retreat on plans to ban abortion," Financial Times, April 8, 2016, accessed on April 15, 2016, http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/3d5315da-fce6-11e5-b5f5-070dca6d0a0d.html#axzz45sj8gHmJ. ↩


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You Can Rent an Actual Cinderella Carriage to Take Your Kid Through Disney
Just when you thought taking your kids to Disney World was about as darn magical as it could get, here I come to ruin it for you by showing you something that you will not even believe exists:
An actual Cinderella carriage that you can cart your kid in through Disney.
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Is your mind as blown as mine was? Maybe I'm just naive when it comes to these things, but I just couldn't get over how cool these things were. I have actually taken four children, six and under and including one baby and a toddler at the time, and if I learned one thing about kids and Disney, it was that the more seating stroller options we had, the better. It really doesn't matter how old your kid is, they will get tired walking through Disney and if you don't feel like carrying a six-year-old, you had better have a seating plan for them.
Like, perhaps, a carriage? (And just so we're clear, I am not getting paid to say this, nor have I used this carriage or have had any interaction with the company at all, I just happened across it and thought it was my Disney parental duty to share.) The carriages come via stroller rental company Fantasy Strollers, based in Orlando, and they offer either drop-off rentals, which sees your family getting your carriage at a designated drop-off location in the park (usually the ticket center) or an upgraded pick-up option.
Each stroller, per the website, comes decked out with:
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The website also assures already-exhausted parents that the carriages are easy to maneuver and push, even uphill and sweaty (OK, they don't mention the sweaty part, but that's what I picture in Disney), and that they are recommended for children up to the age of 9, with a maximum weight load of 140 pounds. You can also totally rent the carriages for everyday events, like birthday parties or even weddings for flower girls and boys, or maybe if you're just a mom who wants to fulfill her Cinderella dreams. Ahem.
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Santa Speedo Sprint 2013 photos
The Santa Speedo Sprint dashed down Lark Street again Saturday,
It was a fun time, as usual -- a big crowd of sprinters, some great costumes, and plenty of people lining the street to cheer on the runners. And the Albany Society for the Advance of Philanthropy raised $19,000 for the Albany Damien Center.
The sprint is one of our favorite holiday events. There are so many smiles. This year was no different. AND THERE WAS A GOAT.
A ton of photos are after the jump.
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AOA was a media sponsor of the Santa Speedo Sprint.
So glad some of the runners worse scarves. I'd hate for them to get cold. ;-)
Another awesome santa speedo race! Thanks for the pictures...Woooohooooooo!!!!!! Can't wait till next year ;)
you think you know someone....and then you see them in their under-roos.
Santa Speedo Sprint/Running of the Goats 2014...
If you'd like to see some audio and video of the event, complete with goats, try this
Love seeing all those brave Albanians! Makes me wonder if I'd have the guts to do it?!
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Meet Ricky Gervais was a chat show written and hosted by the comedy writer and performer Ricky Gervais. It was produced by Talkback for Channel 4 in 2000 (repeated 2003) and ran for one series on Friday nights.
The show aired throughout the time Ricky Gervais was also writing the first series of the highly successful The Office for BBC2.
Guests were 'supposedly' interviewed by Gervais in the original TV studio chairs of famous people. Gervais was seated in Michael Aspel's Aspel & Co leather chair and guests seated in Ronnie Corbett's monologue chair, and Grandad from Only Fools and Horses' armchair. The guests included John Virgo, Tony Hart, Penny Smith and Sir Jimmy Saville.


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Update concerning registration as of 27/12/2017
Greetings to you all,
Many of you want to participate in one of our races, thank you for your enthusiasm!
What are your chances in the draw?
Here is an update concerning registration for the 2018 UTMB®.
- The UTMB®, is today, standing at 179% full, there will probably be a 2 in 5 chance of being successful in the draw.
- The CCC®, is today, standing at 142%, there will probably be a 1 in 2 chance of being successful in the draw.
- The TDS®, is today, 95% full, there will probably be a 7 in 10 chance of being successful in the draw.
- The OCC, is today, 265% full ; there will probably be a 1 in 4 chance of being successful in the draw.
- The PTL®, is today, 50% full.
- The YCC, is today, 35% full.
We would like to remind you that pre-registration closes on January 3rd at midnight (Paris time) and that the results of the draw will be published on January 11th at 10:00 (Paris time).
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If you want to date a man on TV and then break up with him a few weeks after your show goes off the air, The Bachelor is now casting, presumably for its 12th season.
The show has currently scheduled open casting calls in Scottsdale, Orlando, and Boston, and the Orlando ad says the show is looking for "beautiful ladies." Personalities are apparently optional, as long as you can fall in love with a guy and look ravishing even when you're crying because he just sent you home for being obsessive and crazy.
Casting in Scottsdale, Ariz., is scheduled for Nov. 10, Orlando casting will be held on Nov. 12, and Boston casting takes place from Nov. 10 to 15.
In August, casting producers were looking "an accomplished athlete, CEO, doctor, lawyer, entrepreneur or businessman," according to a casting notice. A $5,000 finders fee was available for anyone who referred the eventual bachelor.
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SkinID Review
With the slew of acne treatment in the market today, SkinID claims to give you something that is a cut above the rest.
This acne treatment can be personalized according to one's particular needs and is aimed at specific skin conditions, regardless if you're a teenager or an adult. Does this intriguing idea actually work? We need to look at the ingredients and the system before we can recommending trying SkinID.
About SkinID
SkinID comes from a huge conglomerate known as Neutrogena. It has a long history, and they claim to be the first and only treatment to specialize their treatment to you. They even provide a test online, and they ask valid questions such as which products you've used before and if your skin is oily, dry, sensitive, etc.
They have also obviously paid for celebrity endorsements, which draw many in. But they don't actually provide original formulas. Every formula has virtually the same formula, none of them being individualized to any consumer.
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It seems that all of them have the same active ingredients with varying preservatives, and even those with extremely sensitive skin have reportedly been given benzoyl peroxide based products.With all of the deceit that is obviously found in connection with SkinID, we would not recommend it.
All of the formulas are those you could find in any product such as Proactiv, and they don't really work for many individuals. They dry out and irritate the skin, and they automatically sign you up for a shipment plan that comes every month. There have also been reports of users being unable to cancel the plan.
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Friday, May 23, 2014
Moving day!
here's the the link to my new website on comic fury; http://victoryadventures.webcomic.ws/comics/
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Changing back
Hi! Sorry for the confusion but i decided to show the conclusion of the victory/superman crossover. Again, sorry about that.
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Monday, January 20, 2014
Changing the updates
Hey! i hope everyone is having a great new year so far? well stuff's been happening and i'm going to change the update schedule for victory for awhile. So Victory will update every Fridays, now.
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Happy New Year!
My first couple of weeks of 2012 has been interesting, insightful & frustrating! Why frustrating - tell you later....... How has yours been?
As a Health Coach & Trainer for over 20years I get asked the same question! Thousands of times I have been asked it! My clients that have trasformed they're health, happiness & lifestyle tell me they get asked the same question!
'The' question has now become a symbol of personal acheivement for my clients, when I hear a client has been asked the question, I "yeeha" out loud as its time to celebrate! Because my client has done it!!!! They have acheived, conquered & the rest of the world can now see it!
So what is the question??????
"What's your secret to your success in ..................?" "how did you do 'it'!"
People want to hear of the secret pill, the secret trainer, the secret diet, the secret technique, secret hand out etc! So hear it is.............
Energy in = Energy out
Simple isnt it! Simple it is. YES!
You might feel that I am talking about weight loss, fitness yet also what I have seen & know that this replicates in so many areas of life
Energy is action!
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Energy is Food!
Energy is Exercise
Energy is Life!
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So what part of your world to you need to put more energy in! What parts of your life & health do you need to take out!
What are you really willing to put energy into ! This is where my frustration is...... because it really is this simple so why do some of us avoid 'Doing' things?
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Provincetown News and Information
Townonline.com | By Steve Desroches
It might not be over until Austin Knight sings, but after the selectmen put ink to a memorandum of understanding earlier this week, it looks like at long last a Laundromat will open this summer in Provincetown.
The board of selectmen entered into an agreement with Charles and Helen Silva allowing them to open a Laundromat at 68 Shank Painter Road, across from the Grand Union supermarket. This agreement was the last big step after Town Meeting approved the extension of the sewer system down Shank Painter Road. And it was at Town Meeting where Knight, a member of the water and sewer board, with washboard in hand, sang an operatic aria bidding adieu to driving all the way to Orleans to do laundry.
By agreement, the new Laundromat will be open at least 12 hours a day at least six days a week between June 1 and Sept. 1. For the remainder of the year it must be open at least for Friday through Sunday, eight hours each day. The first Laundromat in Provincetown in decades will house 10 washers.
A public hearing regarding the project is still required before construction can begin. It is the hope of town officials that the Laundromat will be up and running by mid-summer. In addition to the Laundromat, the deal also allows for the Grand Union, several other area businesses and a 29-bedroom residential complex, all owned by the Silvas, to hook up to the sewer system (see related story, this page). As part of that agreement, three of the 29 bedrooms must be marked as middle income community housing in perpetuity.
The town is also exploring connecting nearby Court and Brown Street residents to the sewer, where many homes deal with flooding and failed septic systems.
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"Romantic Ireland's dead and gone; it's with O'Leary in the grave"
'September 1913', W.B.Yeats.
On 16 September 1865 John O'Leary was arrested along with several others including Thomas Clarke Luby, and tried on charges of high treason, later reduced to 'treason felony' in relation to his activities with the IRB and his involvement with the newspaper 'The Irish People'.' The following is an account of his trial and speech from the dock, taken from the text "Speeches From the Dock Part 1/Protests of Irish Patriotism" published in 1868.
While the jury in the case of Thomas Clarke Luby were absent from the court deliberating on and framing their verdict, John O'Leary was put forward to the bar.
He stepped boldly to the front, with a flash of fire in his dark eyes, and a scowl on his features, looking hatred and defiance on judges, lawyers, jurymen, and all the rest of them. All eyes were fixed on him, for he was one of those persons whose exterior attracts attention and indicates a character above the common. He was tall, slightly built, and of gentlemanly deportment; every feature of his thin angular face gave token of great intellectual energy and determination, and its pallid hue was rendered almost death-like by contrast with his long black hair and flowing moustache and beard. Easy it was to see that when the government placed John O'Leary in the dock they had caged a proud spirit, and an able and resolute enemy. He had come of a patriot stock, and from a part of Ireland where rebels to English rule were never either few or faint-hearted. He was born in the town of Tipperary, of parents whose circumstances were comfortable, and who, at the time of their decease, left him in possession of property worth a couple of hundred pounds per annum. He was educated for the medical profession in the Queen's College, Cork, spent some time in France, and subsequently visited America, where he made the acquaintance of the chief organisers of the Fenian movement, by whom he was regarded as a most valuable acquisition to the ranks of the brotherhood. After his return to Ireland he continued to render the Fenian cause such services as lay in his power, and when James Stephens, who knew his courage and ability, invited him to take the post of chief editor of the Fenian organ which he was about to establish in Dublin, O'Leary readily obeyed the call, and accepted the dangerous position. In the columns of the Irish People he laboured hard to defend and extend the principles of the Fenian organization until the date of his arrest and the suppression of the paper.
The trial lasted from Friday, the 1st, up to Wednesday, the 6th of December, when it was closed with a verdict of guilty and a sentence of twenty years' penal servitude—Mr. Justice Fitzgerald remarking that no distinction in the degree of criminality could be discovered between the case of the prisoner and that of the previous convict. The following is the address delivered by O'Leary, who appeared to labour under much excitement, when asked in the usual terms if he had any reason to show why sentence should not be passed upon him:—
"I was not wholly unprepared for this verdict, because I felt that the government which could so safely pack the bench could not fail to make sure of its verdict."
Mr. Justice Fitzgerald—"We are willing to hear anything in reason from you, but we cannot allow language of that kind to be used."
Mr. O'Leary—"My friend Mr. Luby did not wish to touch on this matter from a natural fear lest he should do any harm to the other political prisoners; but there can be but little fear of that now, for a jury has been found to convict me of this conspiracy upon the evidence. Mr. Luby admitted that he was technically guilty according to British law; but I say that it is only by the most torturing interpretation that these men could make out their case against me. With reference to this conspiracy there has been much misapprehension in Ireland, and serious misapprehension. Mr. Justice Keogh said in his charge against Mr. Luby that men would be always found ready for money, or for some other motive, to place themselves at the disposal of the government; but I think the men who have been generally bought in this way, and who certainly made the best of the bargain, were agitators and not rebels. I have to say one word in reference to the foul charge upon which that miserable man, Barry, has made me responsible."
Mr. Justice Fitzgerald—"We cannot allow that tone of observation."
Mr. O'Leary continued—"That man has charged me—I need not defend myself or my friends from the charge. I shall merely denounce the moral assassin. Mr. Justice Keogh the other day spoke of revolutions, and administered a lecture to Mr. Luby. He spoke of cattle being driven away, and of houses being burned down, that men would be killed, and so on. I would like to know if all that does not apply to war as well as to revolution? One word more, and I shall have done. I have been found guilty of treason or treason-felony. Treason is a foul crime. The poet Dante consigned traitors to, I believe, the ninth circle of hell; but what kind of traitors? Traitors against king, against country, against friends and benefactors. England is not my country; I have betrayed no friend, no benefactor. Sidney and Emmet were legal traitors, Jeffreys was a loyal man, and so was Norbury. I leave the matter there."
One hour after the utterance of these words John O'Leary, dressed in convict garb, his hair clipped, and his beard shaved off, was the occupant of a cell in Mountjoy prison, commencing his long term of suffering in expiation of the crime of having sought to obtain self-government for his native land.


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People will show you what they want you to see.
With social media being such a significant part of our day-to-day lives, we tend to forget that not everyone's lives are as perfect as they seem to be on Instagram or Facebook.
Food for thought.
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I took a few soil samples last week so I could test them for levels of Nitrogen, Phosphorous, and Potassium (as well as acidity). These are the main nutrients most vegetables need to grow strong and healthy.
Samples collected from different quadrants of the garden:
The soil is mixed with water and allowed to settle:
Then the water is mixed with chemicals which cause it to change color and thus indicate the level of nutrients present in the soil:
When it comes to soil fertility, a good balance is key. Too much of one nutrient will "bind up" other nutrients and make them inaccessible to the plants. I'll take the results from this test into consideration when adding amendments to the garden in the spring and hopefully the plants (and our tastebuds) will reap the benefit!
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I've wanted to see a carpet of bluebells stretching out as far as the eye could see for some time now. After spotting the most incredible photo on a friends Instagram taken at Hanningfield Reservoir, I knew I had to head over there to see them.
After leaving the car park it didn't take long to reach the ocean of blue, swaying beneath the trees.
The smell was just beautiful.
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Another WIBG survey from just after the Summer Of Love. I really like the Clairol ad. "The Girl From Uncurl". Get it? Click to enlarge.
Friday, November 19, 2010
WIBG Philadelphia Survey September 25 1967
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WLS Chicago Survey December 21, 1970
Wednesday, November 17, 2010
KGMB Honolulu Hawaii Survey July 17 1972
Where does he get all these wonderful surveys? Thanks again to Timmy for this one from KGMB radio in Honolulu. Click to enlarge!
Monday, November 15, 2010
Scott Shelton's Wall of Radio Stickers
Got this picture a while back from a good friend, Scott Shelton. Scott lives in Middle Tennessee, but the radio stations are from all over the country. Click to enlarge!
As Scott says, "Now it's art!"
As Scott says, "Now it's art!"
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WMAK Nashville Survey Aug 19 1970
Another great survey from WMAK Nashville. I bet the Nashville Music Festival was the only time The Illusion appeared with Robin McNamara. Click pics to enlarge.
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Working to Close the Massive Financing Gap for Latino Small Businesses and Entrepreneurs in LMI Neighborhoods
The power and promise of Latino entrepreneurs and small businesses in low- to moderate-income, or LMI, communities are undeniable. Study after study shows their immense size and potential. Just consider this stat: There are more than 4 million Latino-owned businesses in the U.S., and together they generate $660 billion in revenues. However, another study points out that this subset is growing at a slower pace compared to their non-Latino counterparts, resulting in a $1.3 trillion revenue gap.


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Would Spock kneel for the Anthem?
Logic does not seem to apply to the anthem-kneeling dispute raging now, but what if it did? We consulted Star Trek's Mr. Spock, the ultra-logical half-Vulcan/half-human:
Q: Would you take a knee if you were a football player?
A: What is a football player?
Q: A large, highly trained athlete who plays a sport where he collides with other large, highly trained athletes.
A: I wouldn't do that.
Q: Assuming you would, how would you respond to the current kneeling controversy?
A: I have no problem with kneeling.
Q: What about kneeling as a social protest?
A: What is the connection between the game and the social protest?
Q: The national anthem is played before the game, and those who protest some aspect of the nation whose anthem is being played kneel to symbolize that.
A: Why is the national anthem being played at a sporting event?
Q: It started as a patriotic tradition during a previous war.
A: Is the anthem played at other public events, like plays or operas?
Q: No.
A: Then why is it played at sporting events? Is there some special connection between sporting events and what's being protested?
Q: No.
A: Then why is this happening?
Q: Because athletes want to express themselves on these issues.
A: Do all the athletes agree on these issues?
Q: No.
A: So how is it determined what views get expressed?
Q: There is no organized process for that.
A: That does not seem very logical. Why bother if people have different views?
Q: Because the athletes are role models for the fans.
A: Is that why the fans come to the sporting events?
Q: No, they come to see the sporting event.
A: Then shouldn't these protests occur elsewhere?
Q: At the games is where the protests get the most exposure.
A: Then why not just stop playing the national anthem?
Q: That would be a loss of face for certain politicians and owners and is not likely to happen at this point.
A: How can politicians succeed if they don't act rationally?
Q: That's a long story.
A: That does not sound like a good way to live long and prosper.


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A Killimicat resident is urging Snowy Valleys Council to act to stop the continued collapse of a bank at Killimicat Creek.
A section of the creek has expanded and curved around, and the resulting bank collapse is taking a fence with it.
The bank collapse is edging it closer to the Brungle Road.
"For the past two years it has been heading closer to the road," the resident said. "I have informed council many times, and now I have to fix the fence, which it took last year."
The resident said the recent rainfall had greatly exacerbated the problem.
"Over the last two months the high water has taken a lot out," he said.
A Snowy Valleys Council spokeswoman confirmed that a complaint had been lodged with council regarding the issue, and that action would be taken.
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Hosting Your Pad is a step-by-step guide to creating and making money from a successful listing on Airbnb (and other short term rental sites). This course explains all of the ins and outs, so you are never left wondering where to go next when setting up and maintaining your listing.
The course explains everything you need to know to start making money and goes through all the basics. You will start making money off short term rentals in no time.
After struggling to get my short term rental business off the ground, I finally figured out the secrets to maximizing my profile.
To be completely honest, anyone can slap some pictures together and hit publish.
The problem is, people that do that will not get the occupancy they want to make their rental income worthwhile.
That's why I created Hosting Your Pad and made it a step-by-step guided course to help you create the best profile.
Earning short term rental money is actually really easy once you have all the tools, tips and techniques to follow.
Case Study: How I Made Extra Income Using Airbnb In Less Than 1 Month
I was able to make hundreds of extra dollars each month when I rented out my spare bedroom with little extra work involved.
If I can do it, so can you!
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Why I Am Qualified To Teach This Course:
I have a background in education so while creating this course, I strived to make it as clear and crisp as possible to understand and implement.
As a former Airbnb Super Host, I was able to maximize my listing and earned enough to cover my rent bill almost every month. I quickly became a Super Host with a 4.9 star review and had an above average occupancy rate.
I can teach you how to set up:
- Your home to make the most of your space provided
- Your profile easily and stress free
- Maximize your listing- even if you are already a host
Who created the course?
Katie from the blog/ podcast, Chain of Wealth. Airbnb hosting helped Katie cover rent while looking for a full time job when she had first moved to Virginia. She loved hosting so much, she wanted to make sure that anyone who was interested in hosting was able to do so- so Hosting Your Pad was created.
How long do I have access to the course?
Once you have accessed this course, you have it for life! You will be able to access it using any device that you own.
Who is the course designed for?
This course is designed for business entrepreneurs and side hustlers alike! Perfect for people who are considering the idea of hosting or who are already hosts and wanting to take their listing to the next level.
I include tons of extra tips and tricks that I used to have a full occupancy rate month after month and made hundreds of extra dollars- with little to no work.
Whether you are looking to make a couple of quick bucks for that dream vacation or you want to create a business, this is the perfect all- inclusive course for you!
You'll learn how to:
- Create a professional profile
- Capture your home in the best photos
- Become a Super Host within a few months of hosting
- Effectively market your space for maximum occupancy!
Where else can I find this information?
Well, you can find just about anything on-line these days. The question is, do you have the time to dig through countless websites claiming they have the best results? Here, I tell you exactly what to do to have a profitable venture almost immediately and tips and tricks as to accomplishing Super Host status within your first quarter.
What is the refund policy?
I would never want you to be unhappy! If you are unsatisfied with your purchase, contact me in the first 14 days and we will give you a full refund. But, you must show me that you went through the course and took action, because none of the tips and methods I share will work without you taking the time to implement them.
How can I access the course?
As long as you have the internet, you are able to access the course- just remember your username and password!
Before enrolling in Hosting Your Pad, I had an Airbnb profile but was not getting the number of guests I wanted. The course really helped me optimize my Airbnb profile and I now have a steady stream of guests that compliment my home.
The course was structured in a very easy to use format. I had never thought making money "on the side" would be so easy. Thank you Katie for putting this together.
Hosting Your Pad includes:
- 13 step-by-step comprehensive lessons (including video tutorials)
- The ultimate guide to creating your Guidebook
- Curated shopping lists for each room- I shopped for you!
- Access to a private facebook mastermind community where you can talk to other hosts &
- A workbook to take notes
Are You Ready To Become A Superhost?
1 Payment(s) of $197
2 Payment(s) of $110


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Be Productive Meetings & Events understands the importance of meetings and company gatherings. We also understand the time that it takes to put a productive and strategic meeting or event together, and that's why our mission, and commitment is to save you time, and money. Regardless of how big or small your next event may be, Be Productive Meetings & Events will be an extension of your organization to help you streamline the process and deliver a successful event anywhere in the world. We get the job done so that you can Be Productive!
With over 20 years of experience in the Hospitality Industry and a full understanding of the operations including Sales, and Food & Beverage, you will not only save valuable time but you will benefit from our ability to negotiate the best value with the least liability for your program.
Be Productive Meetings & Events will research, evaluate and present to you the ideal venue for your event based on your specific needs. We send the request for proposals, track down the answers, follow-up with the hotels and manage the entire process on your behalf. Best of all, we are compensated by the hotels and therefore there is no cost to you!
Securing a location and finding a venue is just one important detail when planning an event. There are so many other strategic details that need attention prior to the event and during the execution to ensure that everything runs seamlessly. Organizing an event is about strategic planning, meeting design and making sure that you can measure your return on investment (ROI)! Be Productive Meetings & Events can be your full service partner.
Our years in the industry have given us the ability to build solid business relationships with partners in hotels & resorts world wide. We look forward to you giving us the opportunity to partner with you and make this the start of a fruitful long term relationship with your organization.
We know that securing the right location and venue is critical to the success of your program. We also know that Meeting Planners today are under increasing pressure to do more with less. Our commitment is not only to save you time and money, but also to deliver value in the form of quantitative savings, risk mitigation, and service quality. Be Productive Meetings & Events does not have a contractual relationship to place business in certain properties or with certain brands. We will start by getting to know what is important and what your organizations' goals, and objectives are for your meeting, and we will strategically work with you in order to ensure that we secure the very best venue. Our goal is to become an extension of your organization! Regardless of the destination, we can facilitate your needs anywhere in the world. Whether you are looking to place a small board meeting of 10 people or a large high-tech conference of over 1,000 people, you can rest assure that your program will be in the best hands.
Meetings & Events includes:
Once we find out what your company goals and objectives are, we at Be Productive Meetings & Events will do all of the initial time consuming leg work that is needed when planning a meeting or event, and we will give you back the time needed to Be Productive with your other important tasks. After we identify venues that match your criteria, we will negotiate rates and concessions, and present to you the best options. We will also gladly assist and coordinate your site inspection (s), and facilitate the contracting process. As part of the contracting process, we will review the initial contract and if needed, negotiate a comprehensive customized contract addendum to ensure that your organizations needs are also legally protected.Be Productive Meetings & Events provides business advice on contract terms and conditions and not legal advice.
Securing a location and finding a venue is just one important detail when planning an event. There are so many other strategic details that need attention prior to the event and during the execution to ensure that everything runs seamlessly and that you get your return on investment (ROI). The key to meeting your goals and objectives, and having a memorable, and measurable event is ensuring that all the details are taken care off. Conference Management is much more than choosing menus and audio-visual. It is about strategic planning and meeting design! Be Productive Meetings & Events can be your full service partner. We customize our fee's according to our clients budget to ensure that we can partner with any client. Some of the services available on a retainer are:


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The BDB-5000 Bluetooth Doorbell is a project I created in response to people never being able to get my attention while I was listening to music in my cubicle. I noticed that other folks had similar issues.
There have been cubicle doorbells (like this one at ThinkGeek) for quite a while. They all assume that you can hear the person trying to get your attention. If you could hear them already, the doorbell is just really a silly form of entertainment.
However, the BDB-5000 Bluetooth Doorbell is designed for people who wear ear buds or headphones while listening to music in their cubes. Press the button and through the magic of Bluetooth (and a custom Android or Windows application) a sound will be heard through the headphones, alerting the person that someone needs their attention.
The concept could easily be expanded on for uses outside of the cubicle. Like using it as a real doorbell at your home while listening to music around the house or in the back yard. You could also replace the typical doorbell button with other sensors (motion detection, beam breaking, temperature, light, etc.). The basic platform could have many uses.
As of June 21, 2011 the BDB-5000 Bluetooth Doorbell is patent pending.


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The EnvironmentTaxes and SpendingOther Schools of Thought
Activists who genuinely believe the world faces catastrophe should give serious consideration to David Henderson's reasons for thinking a carbon tax might be a false "solution."
The Entrepreneur
Entrepreneurial action provides the fuel for the constant mining of consumer value. If entrepreneurs cease acting in this way, consumers will cease to see innovation and growing value in the marketplace.
Labor and WagesU.S. EconomyPrices
More than half of the people in the world currently live in urban areas or cities, in spite of it being more expensive to do so. Why?
Financial MarketsMoney and BanksCapital and Interest TheoryFiscal TheoryMoney and Banking
Decentralization and SecessionWorld History
The Liechtenstein constitution goes to great pains to place obstacles in the way of exercising state power. It also has provisions explicitly allowing for secession.
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I often get asked how I make friends with so many great people. This is sort of a funny question because I think most people actually don't know just how great my friend group is, since they only know a few people who are well known. So in a way, it's an even better question than they realize. On the other hand, maybe I should be offended that they think those people wouldn't want to be friends with me naturally!
Joking aside, I believe very strongly that having a good friend circle is one of the most important things you can do, and that it's very smart to proactively think about how to be the best friend possible and build the best friend group possible.
If you're interested in going deep on this topic, you should read my book Superhuman Social Skills, which covers it extensively.
A fundamental idea which I don't believe is really talked or thought about is that most people don't understand what it's like to be someone who is sought after. The priorities and values of a person like that are very different from a person who is actively trying to increase their number of friends.
Most "aspirational" friendships desires are directed towards people who are well known. They have to have their guards up, because most people are looking to get something from them, disguised as friendship. Maybe it's something tangible like money, or maybe it's just prestige through friendship.
The other big factor is that most of these people already have a big social circle of people they know and trust. Any time they spend with you will take away from those people. That's why I like bumping into random people who recognize me when I'm out traveling, but will never agree to meet people when they cold email me.
When attempting to make friends with someone like this, you have to provide as much value as possible and be as unneedy as possible. For example, if I meet someone who I believe is more sought after than I am (or than they perceive me to be), I will basically try to make sure they have a great time hanging out with me and will not impose upon them at all. I'll even do things like try to end the hangout first when I feel the energy dying, to signal that I'm not the type of person that's going to take up too much of their time. I won't ask them any advice that's in any way related to their work. If I can offer them any advice one anything they need, I'll do it.
Whether or not this is fair is totally irrelevant. If you're seeking someone out, it's your responsibility to make it worth their time. Once you become friends that responsibility shifts.
It's also very useful to be a connector. This is how I made several great friends in San Francisco. I would tell someone new about some of my existing friends and invite them to something that we were all doing. Meeting five potentially cool people is a lot more interesting than meeting just one.
You should also hang out in places where people you'd like to meet are likely to be. It's a lot easier to get a few minutes of time from someone who's already in front of you and not busy than it is to get them to change their plans to meet you.
For example, I emailed Leo Babauta before moving to San Francisco and he never replied to me. We ran into each other at Samovar in San Francisco when I got there, and we chatted a bit. A few weeks later we were both there again and we had tea together. Now we're great friends.
When we were in Taiwan recently a guy emailed him and offered to make him amazing tea in a special park, so he agreed. Much better than when naïve old me tried to email him to get him to help me with something!
I don't think fame is a great reason to get to know someone, but more well-known people tend to have their ideas and values shared publicly, so sometimes it does make sense to try to meet them. Just make sure that you're making it a big positive for them and that you aren't trying to get anything from them.
Photo is my awesome friend Nick Gray, who owns Museum Hack.
Heading to the island for the first real trip of the season. Can't wait to get my hands dirty. First project is to get a little solar panel setup for my cabin, and then continue the neverending task of putting shingles up.
I've been putting off writing this post for a long time because I haven't quite figured out how to write it and not come off as arrogant. When I'm stumped for a blog post idea, though, this one often swirls around in my head. So I'll do it today and risk coming across as an ass.
I'm not very famous. The vast majority of people have no idea who I am, and the vast majority of those who do know who I am would only recognize me by my nickname in The Game rather than by my face. Still, having a fairly popular blog, having been involved in pickup, and a few other highlights of my life have lifted me from being wholly unknown to being a tiny bit well known. This puts me in an interesting position: my attention is solicited by more people than I can give it to, yet I'm not quite famous enough that the people whose attention I solicit know who I am.
To simplify the task of writing this post, I'm going to refer to people as 'famous people'. By that I mean people who are influential or visible enough that they have more requests for their attention than they can reasonably grant. By this definition, Jay-Z is famous, Randall Munroe (the guy who draws xkcd) is famous, and I'm famous. There are dozens of other definitions of the word 'famous', most of which would exclude me, and some of which would exclude Randall. So I use the word here as a shortcut, not as a definitive title.
Colonel Sanders feels worthy enough to meet Alice Cooper (via)
This is particularly relevant to the entertainment industry, but can be applied to all fields.
It's amazing to me that even with all the proven ways to amplify their chances of success, most aspiring artists have no idea that there's a game being played around them that they can't see. Everything they do and say keeps them out of the big leagues.
The big one I screen for is when someone I just met feels the need to namedrop.


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Okay, so it's not exactly breaking news that teens like gadgets, but did you know that some colleges and universities are encouraging the use of the iPhone and iPod Touch in and out of the classroom? We're geeking out too. The experts at IvyWise.com compiled this list of schools that are integrating mobile technology with the student experience.
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Auto accidents often cause serious injuries and leave people facing extensive medical costs. The aftermath of an accident can be highly distressing, not just for the victim, but for the victim's family as well. Godley Law AZ is prepared to overcome the challenges injured individuals may face. Available 24/7, we can help you file an injury claim against the at-fault driver's insurance carrier and answer any questions you may have about the legal process.
It is important you contact a lawyer as soon as possible after you're in an auto accident. Godley Law AZ will ensure your claim and interests are protected. If you wait to contact a lawyer, you may face issues in pursuing our claim such as:
- Being able to find the other driver,
- Not gathering driver's insurance information,
- Missing the opportunity to contact key eyewitnesses; and
- the possible destruction of scene evidence.
A delay in contacting a lawyer could negatively impact your ability to collect fair compensation.
Also, you have only two (2) years from the date of the auto accident to submit a claim for damages or file a lawsuit.
What to do when you have been in an auto accident:
- Do your best to remain calm. It is okay to speak with the driver of the other vehicle; this is likely the best time and place to get the truth from them.
- Always call the police, no matter what.
- Do not move the vehicles until after the police arrive, unless moving the vehicles is necessary to ensure your safety.
What to do when the police arrive:
- Be pleasant, cooperative and truthful.
- Describe what happened as you observed it.
- Be careful about how you estimate distances and speeds.
- Do not admit fault. You may have not been in the best position to have seen everything that occurred, and you may not be aware of things that occurred which contributed to the accident.
- Do not say you are not hurt. Some injuries and symptoms of pain may not show up for days. It is often both truthful and prudent to simply say that you are shaken up.
- Provide your auto insurance information as well as make sure to obtain the other driver's information, preferably by reading it from his or her driver's license.
- Get the other driver's name, address, telephone number, driver's license number, and license plate number. Record the make and model of the driver's car, motorcycle, van or truck or the number of the school bus.
- If you have a camera (cell phone camera), take photographs of the scene as well as the damage to the vehicles.
- If a stranger appears at the scene and offers you a ride to a chiropractor or other doctor, or if you are called later by a stranger who learns of the collision, get the person's name and telephone number. Report him or her to the police and the Arizona Department of Insurance Fraud Investigation Unit. Under AZ law, no one is allowed to solicit victims at the site of the accident.
- Promptly notify your own automobile insurance company, BUT speak with an attorney before agreeing to provide any type of statement in a recorded telephone conversation. What you say may be misconstrued and later used against you, even by your own insurance company.
These tips can help you protect your rights if you have been involved in an auto accident.


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Before I begin writing a story, I always ask my sagacious and superb readers for insight. In the past you've helped me choose which story premise is the strongest. You've even suggested various mythical foods I could include in my upcoming novel, Magic Banquet. Thank you! They turned out deliciously.
This time I'll be stockpiling an armory of ideas for a premise that's as crazy as it is fantastical. I chuckle every time I think of it. With your help, I hope to make it worthy of a cackling.
Dark Lord's Wedding
Weddings are no less stressful when you're a dark lord, hunted by pesky heroes, with rival villains intending to crash your party.
That's the stand-in short pitch. It's possible the wedding will create a truce and alliance between warring factions. The discord would come to a drunken boil during the ceremony. The world-rocking stakes typical to epic fantasy will be present amidst the vows.
The story can play with tropes both from fantasy as well as traditional marriage tales. At this point I'm brainstorming, and I could use your idea sparks. What trial of wedding preparation would you like given fantasy treatment? What magic would you like added to the recepetion? What outrageous wedding anecdotes should I reference? And what powerful moments of unexpected poignancy should I be sure to not miss?
I am also looking for suggestions for books and movies for inspiration. Better yet, tell me the elements that most interested you in those stories (and how you'd like me to monstrify them).
Thank you. May fantasy always light your horizons.
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DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – The extreme weather will mean lingering work for Texas Department of Transportation crews.
Once the sand trucks and snow plows are parked, TxDot immediately shifts into road repair mode. "We'll expect to have a lot more reports of pot holes over the next week or two," said TxDot spokesman Michael Peters.
Peters talks with KRLD's Matt Thomas
Peters says the forecast is looking really good for repairing the road ruts they will be alerted to over the next several days. Winter pot holes are caused by water getting into cracks and freezing up. Peters says temporary repairs are relatively inexpensive, but more costly fixes are often needed when the weather is this extreme.
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DM Healthcare set to provide more than 3,000 hospital beds in eight projects in Kerala
DM Healthcare, a Dubai-based company, on Tuesday announced an investment of over Rs2,150 crore ($461m) to provide 3,100 hospital beds in Kerala through eight different projects.
The projects are in various stages of completion in Ernakulam, Kozhikode, Palakkad and Kannur districts, the company said in a statement.
Most of the projects are expected to be operational in the next five years, it added.
Commenting on its expansion, Dr Azad Moopen, chairman, DM Healthcare, said: "Kerala poses as a highly priority destination for our investment in India in view of the demand for advanced healthcare facilities in Kerala and our already existing and pipelined projects in the state.
"Kochi is very well connected to the world by air, road, rail and sea. A proactive government, a vast healthcare human resource pool, and a beautiful natural environment further stimulate the growth of Kerala's economy.
"We see this as an opportunity to develop the Aster Medcity that will not only support the medical requirements of the state and country, but also provide venue for medical tourism to the country from abroad." Moopen added.
One of the project is Aster Medcity, a hi-tech healthcare destination being developed in over 40 acres of land that integrates nature with healing, in Kochi.
The first phase, which is being developed at a project outlay of Rs500 crore, includes a 550 bed Core Hospital with nine centres of excellence.
The first phase of Aster Medcity is on track for commissioning during the second half of 2013.
Aster Medcity campus will also have a 500 seat medical convention centre, a 4-5 star hotel and serviced apartment complex, staff accommodation for medical and para-medical staff.
A high end residential facility of about 1.5 million square feet is also planned with the integrated township having a population of about 10000 people.
Moopen said he is also trying to address the healthcare requirements in Wayanad and surrounding areas, by setting up a medical college with 700 bed hospital in a district with poor medical care facilities.
In February, the company said it is to hire 11,000 new employees in the next three years under plans to more than double its presence in the Gulf and India.For all the latest health tips & news from the UAE and Gulf countries, follow us on Twitter and Linkedin, like us on Facebook and subscribe to our YouTube page, which is updated daily.


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Raising Bertie is an intimate portrait of three African American boys as they face a precarious coming of age in rural Bertie County, North Carolina. Like many rural areas, Bertie County struggles with a dwindling economy, a declining population, and a high school graduation rate below the state average.
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Livebait in The Cut has won an extension to its opening hours despite opposition from neighbours.
The restaurant, part of Chez Gerard Restaurants Limited, applied to vary the premises licence to enable it be remain open until midnight.
Seven objections were received from nearby residents with most concerned about late night noise. Three complaints from the same building were about noise from an extractor fan.
At the Southwark Council licensing sub committee meeting, held at the Town Hall on Monday, Livebait was required to demonstrate that there would be no negative cumulative impact of the extension as The Cut fell within Borough and Bankside saturation policy zone.
Livebait, in a conciliation statement last month, said: "We do not believe that the extension of hours will greatly vary any potential noise nuisance."
It added: "We would like to be able to offer a post theatre meal for people visting the area and the extra hour will allow them to finish their meal in comfort without having to rush." Included was the suggestion that on some nights restaurant would close before midnight.
Assistant manager Nick Bolton, speaking at the hearing, claimed that some productions at the Young Vic were running later in the evenings than others.
In reply to complaints about noise from staff at the rear and fears that a later closure of the restaurant would exacerbate this, Mr Bolton said that the yard had now been closed to staff.
In a second open area staff were now allowed to smoke but not use mobile phones. All staff had to agree to this rule and a handover document for any new managers would ensure continuity of policy.
In reply to allegations that the extractor was noisy, Mr Bolton said that �11,000 had been spent on extractor soundproofing.
Ray McClymont, director of Operations for the parent company Paramount Restaurants, said that Livebait would be prepared to have a monthly meeting with residents.
Mr Bolton said that Livebait's membership of Waterloo Quarter demonstrated that it was part of the community.
In granting the application, after over an hour's deliberation, the sub committee added several conditions: no refuse to be placed outside after 11pm; rear doors to be kept closed; staff not permitted to use courtyard at rear; the "up to date" name and contact number of the manager to be displayed at the entrance.
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Village Center Station II (VCS II) is a currently under-way 324,098 SF, Class A office development. The property will consist of a 306,345 SF 12-story office tower and an additional 2-story, 17,753 SF wrapper building and is 100% pre-leased by Charter Communications. Village Center Station II is being co-developed by Shea Properties, Denver's largest vertical real estate developer and KBS. VCS II will mark the completion of the Village Center Station Complex, a premier transit-oriented development in the suburban Denver market. With a glass façade and sophisticated architectural lines, the 12-story tower, marquee design, will boast an unobstructed panoramic mountain view from Pikes Peak to Longs Peak.
The office building is located directly adjacent to one of Denver's highly rated light rail station, Arapahoe at Village Center Station, allowing convenient access Denver's light rail system. There is an abundance of area amenities in and near Village Center Station including the Village Center Station Plaza which provides an elegant outdoor area that unites the Village Center Station buildings and provides a venue for outdoor concerts, art fairs, and other community activities. The plaza showcases a 25-foot high, 60 foot-wide "Dancing Fountain" offering an elegant multi-colored light display orchestrated to music. VCS II benefits from this live-work-play environment with a blend of office, retail and residential properties within its immediate area.
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