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Yahoo's Strategy: Growth by Acquisition
Yahoo!'s shopping spree is showing no signs of letup. During the past 18 months, the online media and search giant has acquired photo sharing startup Flickr, social bookmarking site Del.icio.us, and Upcoming, a user-generated social events calendar. It has also tried to acquire social networking site Facebook for upwards of $1 billion.
On Sept. 27, Yahoo Chief Executive Terry Semel added San Francisco's JumpCut to the company's social media mix. JumpCut, purchased for an undisclosed amount, lets members create short films by sharing, editing, and combining user-generated clips with stock footage and their own videos.
There's a method to Yahoo's (YHOO) marauding madness. Each conquest is aimed at bringing in additional tech know-how, targeted audiences, and features that will engage users longer. In the short run, the acquisitions should deliver on those assurances. "It will certainly help them grow," says American Technology Research's Rob Sanderson.
The acquisitions are also likely to pay off financially as well, says Todd Dagres, a venture capitalist and general partner at Boston's Spark Capital. "If you take these smaller brands and you plug them into the Yahoo ad infrastructure, they should quickly increase the ad revenue for them," says Dagres.
It's not like the companies cost a lot. Yahoo hasn't disclosed the price of recent acquisitions, and Dagres estimates that most went for the single- or low double-digit millions. The most expensive, Del.icio.us, is rumored to have cost between $15 million and $30 million. Yahoo generated almost $1.6 billion in sales in the second quarter alone (see BusinessWeek.com, 10/21/05, "Google and Yahoo!: Rolling in It").
Plus, advertisers are awakening to the appeal of social networking. The sites offer new and highly targeted real estate for which advertisers are increasingly willing to pay a premium. U.S. ad spending on social networking sites such as Flickr and MySpace will increase from $280 million this year to $1.9 billion by 2010, according to eMarketer. The company predicts that online advertising will grow from $15.9 billion this year to $25.2 billion in 2010. "I think definitely in the short term, a lot of advertisers want to experiment with social networking right now," says eMarketer analyst Debra Aho Williamson.
Yahoo's recent acquisitions have fared well under their new owner. Since Yahoo bought Flickr in March, 2005, it has become one of the top ten networking sites, according to June figures from comScore Media Metrix. Del.icio.us has grown from roughly 300,000 subscribers, when Yahoo bought it in December, 2005, to 1 million this September (see BusinessWeek.com, 9/25/06, "Del.icio.us Hits 1 Million Subscribers").
Yahoo is already working on how it can use its advertiser relationships to turn JumpCut into a cash cow. JumpCut CEO Mike Folgner says the company will be able to offer more advertisers the ability to submit branded video content that users can "remix" and integrate with their own material, encouraging them to form a relationship with the brand. "With Yahoo we can basically take that package and offer a big media buy," says Folgner.
But what about the long-term payoff? For Yahoo, just bringing in more money isn't enough. Yahoo is already the leading destination on the Web, according to comScore Media Metrix, and sales were almost $1.3 billion in the second quarter of 2005—before Flickr could be integrated. What Yahoo really wants is to become the leading company in social media and related search. "Google has taken a big chunk out of the paid search area, so they have to make sure that they are strong in other areas," says Dagres.
How else to stand apart from Google (GOOG), the leader in search based on mathematical models, asks Denise Garcia, an analyst at WR Hambrecht + Co. Other than buying Blogger in 2003, Google hasn't made an aggressive push into social media. "Google dominates the algorithmic search," she says. "And while I certainly don't think the chapter is closed on search simply because Google has been so successful…I think Yahoo's ambitions are to become a larger media and entertainment company of the future."
Unlike Google, which has concentrated on building its own properties from the ground up, Yahoo has relied on acquisitions to bring in the necessary talent, audience, and technology. It's a strategy that has served Semel & Co. well. Yahoo got into search through its $1.63 billion purchase of Overture and is now a solid No. 2, ahead of Microsoft's (MSFT) MSN and Ask.com.
However, acquisitions are also fraught with long-term challenges that are largely avoided when companies build their own products. Chief among these are retention and integration. When a company develops new technology in-house, it often relies on homegrown engineers who have a relationship with the company and are invested in its future. The staff of an acquired company doesn't have that same relationship or potential loyalty. More important, the big-idea guys who made a startup successful have an entrepreneurial bent that can lead them to seek new ventures. So far, Yahoo has retained key figures such as Del.icio.us founder Joshua Schachter and Upcoming's founder Andy Baio.
Integration has been a bigger problem. Yahoo has struggled somewhat to develop a targeted search ad platform that works with Overture's technology and delivers ads as well as Google. Its solution, Project Panama, has been continually delayed and is now not due out until the first quarter of 2007 (see BusinessWeek.com, 9/21/06, "Yahoo's Ad Slump"). "With the Overture deal, we still have the problem of integration," says AmTech's Sanderson.
To tap the full potential of its new social media sites, Yahoo wants to enable the various businesses to share files and technology with each other, says Jason Zajac, Yahoo's general manager of Social Media. Yahoo hopes to incorporate video from JumpCut into its other media and video sites. "We are looking forward to making the JumpCut creator tools the centerpiece of the user creation process on Yahoo video," says Zajac.
Zajac concedes that these businesses could find a way to work together even outside Yahoo's ownership and without its expertise. But he's confident that Yahoo can make the process happen faster and more seamlessly. Making sites coded in different formats work together under the Yahoo umbrella may be a lot easier for in-house developers than for those brought in from the outside.
Another, harder-to-solve challenge is keeping the cool factor. The most successful social media sites, such as Facebook and News Corp.'s (NWS) MySpace, started as small, independent companies that grew in a grassroots way into heavily trafficked sites, where users continually supply content. The worry is that people who thought the sites were cool when they were run by a few smart college kids with minimal advertising won't keep coming once the sites are run by big corporations.
To date, that hasn't been a problem for the major social networks. MySpace still had 51.4 million unique visitors in May alone, according to eMarketer. Still, it has only been owned by News Corp. for little over a year (see BusinessWeek.com, 7/18/05, "News Corp. Buying MySpace: Native Internet Media Taking Off").
And building from the ground up has its own cool-factor challenges. Indeed, Yahoo's effort to build a social networking site—Yahoo! 360—hasn't been that successful. The site, which had 3.4 million unique visitors in May, according to Nielsen//NetRatings, ranks behind MSN Spaces, Six Apart, Facebook, Classmates, YouTube, and MySpace.
According to a May comScore study, even little Flickr had more users. Google has faced similar problems building its own sites. Outside of its search business, it has yet to have a market-leading venture despite launching several new applications each year (see BusinessWeek.com 7/10/06, "So Much Fanfare, So Few Hits").
It may be that sites built in-house take longer to take off, but are better in the long run. AmTech's Sanderson says he has been impressed with the gradual improvement of Google's new products. "Google takes a lot of heat for not coming to market with the best-in-class finance site. But I've been pretty impressed with the rate these things are improving," he says. "They can implement technology really fast."
However, it's also possible that—when it comes to social networking—sites can't be successfully grown by a big corporation. Even Google purchased blogging site Blogger in 2003 rather than build its own version. "Sometimes it is just easier to sit back and see where the flowers are growing and then go pick the flowers," says Dagres. "And that's what [Yahoo] is doing—picking the flowers."


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Celebs Express Their Deepest Condolences for Boston
As Americans watched the horrific events unfold at Monday's (April 15) Boston Marathon, celebrities took to Twitter to express their thoughts.
The annual race, which draws runners from all over the world, was held in memory of the teachers and students who passed away in December at Sandy Hook Elementary School.
New Kids on the Block member Joey McIntyre was in the race, and had just crossed the finish line about five minutes before the two explosions rocked the area.
President Obama addressed the nation Monday evening, calling the bombing an act of terror and promising to bring the perpetrators to full justice.
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Lindsay Lohan: "Sending prayers to everyone who was/is at the #bostonmarathon"
Pink: "Our thoughts and prayers are with everyone affected by the explosions in Boston."
Ashley Benson: "Praying for loved one in Boston so horrible."
Gisele Bundchen : "My thoughts and prayers to everyone in Boston #prayforboston"
Khloe Kardashian : "So many unspeakable tragedies! My heart, love and prayers go out to anyone affected by the sad events in Boston. #PrayForBoston"
Olivia Wilde: "Oh for f*cks sake. I'm so disturbed by the reports from Boston. This is horrible."
Justin Timberlake : "My thoughts and prayers are with everyone in the city of Boston and all of those affected by this terrible incident."
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Ben Affleck: "Such a senseless and tragic day. My family and I send our love to our beloved and resilient Boston."
John Krasinski: "My heart and my prayers are in Boston and with everyone affected by this nightmare of an incident."
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Mike Dragosavich, K, North Dakota State
Dragosavich is an outstanding athlete for a punter. He lettered in both baseball and football while in high school. After playing as a redshirt freshman in the 2003 season, he had 54 punts for an average of 41.3 yards per attempt with a long of 63 yards in 2004. He was named to the All Great West Football Conference Second Team squad after making 47 punts for 46.5 averaged with a long of 79. He made only 30 punts for an average of 46.2 per attempt with a long of 67. During his senior campaign, Dragosavich made 37 punts for an average of 45.4 per attempt. He is an athletic player who is tall and well built. He has a real strong leg drive and his punts consistently have good hang times. He is a long strider, but takes too long to unload a punt. He did not face top competition and did not attempt many punts in his last two seasons. Dragosavich is an interesting prospect. He has the necessary talent to merit a flyer late in the draft. Even if he is not drafted (which is a real possibility), he has a good chance to make an NFL roster. He could be a real sleeper.
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Glyn, I love 'We love to Boogie' as well, can't sit still.
Jean, that bite sounds just awful. I hope it's not getting worse. Cyclamen thrive in my garden in skimpy soils under trees.
Geoff, wicked person putting choccy thoughts into our heads.
Very well put, Frank. I admire a lot of what Bob Flowerdew does but he's not the Oracle! Actually I have no lawn to enjoy out the back as half is a hen ranging area and half is veg followed by wildish. I'm with you 100% on regretting the turning of front lawns into car-parks. As you say, how can that be less 'gas-guzzling' than grass!
Morning all - just. Have had to clean up after a mouse party in the bin & recycling cupboard in the kitchen :- ( Shouted at dogs three times in the night for barking - obviously they knew something we didn't.
Kate, glad the evening was better than expected. I always think it a shame when the music is so loud it spoils the chance to have a good natter.
Gary, I hope you're coping with the Marathon without me.
It's called Snickers now. Will you be snickering then, Geoff?
Gary, thank you (takes small bow)
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Gary, perhaps Mrs Mo had other things on her mind. Mr Mo now such a phenonememenenon that he'll be flitting hither and yon and not avaialble to help with double nappy burden
Phew, that was hard work. And now he's having twins!!
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Site: Key Biscayne, Fla. (Tennis Center at Crandon Park)
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KEY BISCAYNE, Fla. -- The No. 33-ranked University of Michigan men's tennis team returned to the court for the first time since early November on Friday (Jan. 8), as it squared off against student-athletes from Denver (singles and doubles) and No. 29 LSU (doubles) during the first day of the Key Biscayne Individuals at the Tennis Center at Crandon Park. The Wolverines earned six wins total (four singles, two doubles) against Denver to highlight the first day. The event, which runs through Sunday (Jan. 10), also features No. 8 Texas, and is individually scored (no team scoring).
Michigan began the morning with singles matches against the University of Denver. Junior Jason Jung (Torrance, Calif./West Torrance), who came in ranked No. 50 in the newest ITA poll released Tuesday, had to fend off a late surge from Yannick Weihs in the second set but got Michigan off on the right foot with a victory, 6-1, 7-6 (4). Freshman Evan King (Chicago, Ill./Laurel Springs Prep) followed suit with a strong finish against David Simson, winning 6-4, 3-6, 6-0.
U-M's two seniors looked equally impressive. After dropping the first set tiebreaker to Fabio Biasion, senior Mike Sroczynski (Chatham, N.J../Laurel Springs Prep) regained momentum with wins in the second and third sets to score his sixth singles victory of the season. Senior and Florida native George Navas (Tampa, Fla./Tampa Preparatory) encountered little resistance from Jens Vorkefeld, winning 6-2, 6-4.
The Wolverines also managed to score two doubles victories over Denver. Jung and King defeated Simson and Andrew Landwerlen, 8-5, while Sroczynski and Navas took down Weihs and Vorkefeld, 8-4. Due to threats of inclement weather tomorrow, Michigan and LSU got a second dose of doubles action, as both sides agreed to play their slate of doubles matches Friday afternoon. The Tigers took all three matches.
Play will pick up tomorrow (Saturday, Jan. 9) at 10 a.m., as Michigan competes against Texas in singles.
DAY ONE RESULTS (Friday, Jan. 8)
Jason Jung (U-M) def. Yannick Weihs (DEN) -- 6-1, 7-6 (4)
Evan King (U-M) def. David Simson (DEN) -- 6-4, 3-6, 6-0
Mike Sroczynski (U-M) def. Fabio Biasion (DEN) -- 6-7 (4), 6-4, 6-4
George Navas (U-M) def. Jens Vorkefeld (DEN) -- 6-2, 6-4
Enej Bonin (DEN) def. Chris Cha (U-M) -- 6-2, 6-4
Varun Gunaseelen (DEN) def. Duncan Muil (U-M) -- 6-3, 6-4
Jason Jung/Evan King (U-M) def. David Simson/Andrew Landwerlen (DEN) -- 8-5
Mike Sroczynski/George Navas (U-M) def. Yannick Weihs/Jens Vorkefeld (DEN) -- 8-4
Aaron Wicker/Varun Gunaseelen (DEN) def. Chris Cha/Duncan Muil (U-M) -- 8-5
Neal Skupski/Stefan Szacinski (LSU) def. Jason Jung/Evan King (U-M) -- 8-6
Sebastian Carlsson/Julien Gauthier (LSU) def. Mike Sroczynski/George Navas (U-M) -- 9-7
Cody Loup/Mark Bowtell (LSU) def. Chris Cha/Duncan Muil (U-M) -- 8-6
It was the Wolverines' first competition since wrapping up Big Ten Individuals back on Nov. 2. Jung competed at the ITA National Indoor Tournament Nov. 5-6.
It was the second event Michigan has played this season that there was no team scores calculated. The other was the Napa Valley Invitational to open the season (Sept. 18-20).
The four U-M student-athletes that won in singles on Friday against Denver also won in doubles (Jung, King, Navas, Sroczynski).
In the new ITA rankings released Tuesday (Jan. 5), Michigan was ranked No. 33 as a team. Jung and King both appeared in the singles poll, ranked No. 50 and No. 73, respectively.
Michigan Head Coach Bruce Berque
On his team's performance Friday (the first match action in nearly two months) ... "I thought we put a great effort out there today. We certainly competed very hard, but we're pretty disappointed in the way we ended play (against LSU in doubles). I thought we could have played with more intensity during that stretch, but overall, I'm reasonably pleased with how we looked."
On the new ITA rankings ... "It's good that we are there, certainly. I think everybody here feels like we are better and we are eager to prove that."
On the play of his upperclassmen Friday (Jung, Navas, Sroczynski) ... "Jason played well and looked real sharp at the beginning of his singles match. He has clearly made improvements since last year and had a terrific fall season. He's made adjustments to his game and we've seen him keep a lot of balls in play. I was very pleased with Mike and George today, as well. They turned in some great performances out there and really played well."


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American Literature Abroad
This episode is from the WNYC archives. It may contain language which is no longer politically or socially appropriate.
Panel discussion among Literature professors (George B. Parks, chairman of the Department of English; Professor Paolo Milano and Professor Jacques LeClair, of the Department of Romance Languages) about their experience with American literature in European countries. Lists of American authors commonly read in France and Italy, developments in European universities in the subject of American Literature. Influence of the world wars in American literature in Italy; difficulty of colloquial and dialectal language in Italy. Hosted by Herbert Schuller.
Concludes with a preview of the next episode.
Audio courtesy of the NYC Municipal Archives WNYC Collection
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What a grotesque, biased and unjust appraisal of the response of public-sector workers to an appalling onslaught from government on their jobs, pensions and retirement age (leading article, 16 June).
Your response, if I may paraphrase it, is: "Shut up and take the punishment. Private-sector workers have already lost their rights to a decent pension and a decent retirement age, so why shouldn't you too? And anyway we're in financial trouble."
Across Europe in Spain, Greece, Portugal, Italy, Ireland and here, working people are being made to pay a very heavy price for an economic downturn they had no part in causing. Private-sector workers have already seen their pay, pensions and retirement age suffer over the years in order to make companies "more efficient" i.e. more profitable for executives and shareholders. On that basis, and to even things up, you want public-sector workers to suffer in the same way.
It seems that news media and governments across Europe prefer to represent the rich and powerful interests of bankers, big business and of economic and political orthodoxy rather than represent workers and those who use public services. The Government, and your newspaper say we all have to take the pain and shut up. Why? When the bankers take their fair share of the pain and pay in full for the havoc they caused, then and only then should the rest of us have to take the pain.
Stuart Edgar
The Government insists that public-sector pensions for teachers are unsustainable. If they are correct, then how should we sustain an MP's pension? It accrues at one-fortieth per year and concludes with a severance payment of about £60,000, of which £30,000 is tax-free.
A teacher's pension accrues at one-eightieth per year – just half, and their severance is, I suppose, a whip round from their colleagues. The hypocrisy stinks.
The fully funded private-sector schemes were the envy of Europe but spendthrift Chancellor Gordon Brown took £100bn from their funds and tens of thousands have now lost their final-salary schemes, and are pushed into the hands of insurance companies whose annuity rates are an insult.
The banks continue to increase the borrowing rates without any hindrance from regulators or Government. A typical spread has increased from 2 per cent to 12 per cent. My MP has told me that nothing can be done and he appears to be correct. Perhaps the millions in donations from bankers to the Conservative Party is part of the same stench.
And worst of all, the bankers' greed is corrupting the governance of many organisations. Council leaders, health-service bosses, chairmen of quangos and so on, all think that they deserve a telephone-number salary and, increasingly, they are getting one.
The leadership of the nation stinks to high heaven. The Government looks dynamic and busy with yet another reorganisation of national health, education, the police et al, and for us they care naught until they want a vote.
Peter Fines
Market Rasen, Lincolnshire
Your leading article argues that there is a disparity in pension provision, and that it is producing two classes: those who can afford to retire and those who cannot. You say this gap is not just financially, but socially, unsustainable. This argument is used to support the view that public-sector workers should not complain too much about being asked to pay more, work longer, and receive less from their pensions.
The logic of your argument seems to be that it would be better if more people cannot afford to retire. We could all be equally miserable together.
Surely it would be of greater benefit if private-sector employees were provided with a better pension entitlement. Employees in the private sector must have noticed that as their pension schemes have been decimated over the past 15 years (not just during this recession), the pay and entitlements of senior executives have continued to rise at an astonishing rate.
Rather than trying to set public- and private-sector workers against each other, surely a "progressive" newspaper like The Independent should acknowledge that the real division is between an exceedingly and increasingly wealthy elite, and the rest of us.
Nigel Geary-Andrews
Kenley, Surrey
Before you join the media feeding-frenzy in the attack against "overgenerous" pensions in the public sector, you would do well to mull over the exact financial implications of change.
In the NHS pension scheme, employees pay up to 8.5 per cent of their income into the scheme which is matched by a government contribution of 14 per cent. In 2008 agreement was reached between employees and staff representatives that this 14 per cent figure would never be increased; that is, in the future NHS employees may have to work longer, contribute more or accept lower benefits on retirement. Contrast this with the private sector where many schemes are non-contributory and employee contributions tend to be significantly lower.
What is beyond doubt is that the Treasury's own figures show that the NHS pension pot is actually in surplus. In 2008/09, for example, the NHS pension scheme received £7.7bn in contributions by its members while paying out £5.6bn in benefits. In effect NHS employees gave HMG an interest-free loan of £2.1bn in that year. It would certainly not be in the interests of the Government to make the NHS pension scheme unattractive enough to encourage employees to leave the scheme and effectively kill the golden goose.
Dr Peter Glover
Rayleigh, Essex
No need to panic about antibiotics
Your article "Death Wish" (17 June) overplays the role of modern farm antibiotics in causing antibiotic-resistant infections in man. Most of the antibiotic-resistant infection in humans in the UK is linked to antibiotic use in humans – not livestock.
Certain modern products are used in animals, but remain a small proportion of overall usage. Cephalosporins are not "heavily used" in agriculture – they make up just 1.6 per cent of sales.
There is no evidence such use causes any significant infections with resistant bacteria in humans in the UK. Nor that are they responsible for "lethal strains" as claimed.
The new strain of MRSA in dairy cattle was isolated from samples from a human in Denmark in 1975 – so recent trends of antibiotic usage on UK farms cannot be blamed. It is also speculation to suggest the recent E.coli incident in Germany came from animals.
For the past five years the amount of veterinary antibiotics sold in the UK has remained consistent with the number of animals slaughtered for food.
Antibiotics are crucial for treating animal diseases and are strictly controlled through veterinary prescription to make sure they are used responsibly.
We regularly bring together experts on antibiotic resistance to advise on problems and will continue to keep this under review.
Steve Dean
Chief Executive of the Government's Veterinary Medicines Directorate
London SW1
Yet again you very effectively highlight a national scandal. It may be that many dairy farmers are squeezed by supermarkets and forced to use antibiotics excessively, but there are other farmers only too willing to increase their profits through self-interested behaviours that put our health at risk.
Greedy supermarket companies are obviously to blame, but the farming industry is collectively powerful enough to have taken action if it wanted to. Politicians will take little action because they know that responsible farming, mindful of public and animal health, would raise food prices and they are neurotic about the effect on voting. The answer is in our own hands. Do we wish to be increasingly at risk of killer diseases springing up everywhere, or would we pay more for our food and re-balance our other spending accordingly?
Mervyn Benford
Shutford, Oxfordshire
Sudan on the brink
President Obama is indeed taking a strong stand on the escalating violence in South Kordofan in Sudan ("Khartoum ignores Obama's plea for peace as troops drive south", 16 June)
Similarly, the Archbishop of Canterbury has talked of the potential for "another Darfur". Genocide and ethnic cleansing are now regularly – and rightly – mentioned. In contrast, our own Foreign Secretary has issued only a short statement which says he is "concerned" and that he condemns the violence.
But there is a real and present danger that the northern government will push its troops into the south in order to delay its imminent independence and to gain control of two oil-rich states. And this when tens of thousands of people are displaced. Humanitarian access is being denied to needy suffering people and bombing has resumed in Abyei despite the agreement reached in Ethiopia only a few days ago that hostilities would end.
Surely, these conditions demand urgent and assertive action by the UK and other EU states in the UN to secure effective international action against a catastrophe which is worsening by the day.
Glenys Kinnock
Chair, All Parliamentary Group on Sudan
House of Lords, London SW1
Lost words
Pauline Littlewood bemoans the virtual disappearance of "effect" and "affect" from our language (letter, 17 June). Perhaps, as with "lie" and "lay", these two words have been misused and confused to such an extent that writers have simply given up trying to remember which is which.
Bernard Smith
Hailsham, East Sussex
Perspectives on Slutwalks
Protesters are not facing the facts
There seems to be some form of denial going on with respect to Slutwalking. Of course women are entitled to dress how they choose, but if men were not stimulated by scantily clad females, the pornography industry would not exist, and if all men respected women as much as some of your correspondents (and I) do, the crime of rape would not exist.
Those who are in favour of Slutwalking do not have the luxury of being able to control the moral standards of the observers, so it seems only sensible to avoid over-stimulating those men who put their personal gratification above women's rights.
Peter Lewis
Time for hormone therapy for men?
Delighted to see men defending their right to be regarded as responsible people who manage to control their sexual desires (Letters, 16 June). When women find that the effects of hormonal shifts are difficult to live with and affect our behaviour, we are offered HRT, tranquillisers and relaxation techniques. Could we have a similar Hormone Reduction Therapy programme for men feeling a similar pressure?
Anne Hay
Sick of victims being blamed
Yasmin Alibhai-Brown's "How does dressing like a 'slut' help protect women?" (13 June) made me really angry.
She said that the protesters were all dressed up in bras, thongs, Playboy outfits, etc. I was there in my usual attire consisting of a maxi skirt, T-shirt and flip flops, not revealing anything but my feet and arms.
I would probably fall into the group she labelled "trendy mum strutting alongside her popsie". My popsie was unfortunate enough to have been raped and failed by the legal system – the very people who are paid to protect us – and was wearing a tracksuit when she was raped.
I marched with all those women, young girls, and men to make a very clear point: we are not going to let rapists get away with it or allow the establishment to cover up for them. We are standing up for what is our right – protection for all survivors and prosecution for perpetrators. The blame game must end.
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Safwat El-Sherif
Mohamed Safwat El-Sherif (Arabic: محمد صفوت الشريف) is a former Egyptian politician and the former speaker of the Egyptian Shura Council.[1] His last position was the Secretary-General of the NDP until the 29th of January 2011, when he resigned along with other senior party members as a reaction to the protests in Tahrir square leading to the 2011 Egyptian uprising. He was followed by Hossam Badrawi a businessman who worked in politics for some time. Sharif holds a B.A. degree in Military Science as well as other degrees and studies. He served in the government as Minister of Information.
Muhammad Safwat Yousef El-Sherif was born on the 19th of December 1933 in Gharbia governorate. He graduated with a bachelor's degree in military sciences in 1952. Safwat El-Sherif is married to Ikbal Mohamed Atteya Halabi with two sons and a daughter. He was granted an Honorary Ph.D. from Barrington University (USA) in applied information and communication sciences. He also finished Military studies at Armed Forces Institutes in the fields of planning, management and communication.
He excelled at post-graduate studies in the International Communication and Public Opinion at the Strategic Studies Institute and completed courses in means of mass communication in the British Information Service in addition to another course at the International Communication Institute in Federal Germany.(citation needed)
In 1957, he was transferred to the General Intelligence Service GIS. He is considered one of the founders of the spying department as the service was a new establishment. He recruited and trained officers for that department. In 1968, he was put under house arrest in an apartment in Zamalek during an investigation of Intelligence deviation. He was cleared of all charges as he was not even a direct witness to events under investigation. He however left the force and opened his own private business.
In 1975 he closed his profitable import and export business to join the State Information Service SIS. He ascended in leading positions in the SIS from 1975 to 1978. He was chairman of the SIS from 1978 to 1980. Late President Anwar El-Sadat then appointed him President of the Egyptian Radio and Television Union in 1980. In 1982, he was appointed by former President Hosni Mubarak to be minister of information until the year 2004.
In 1977 he was a founding member of the NDP and since then he has been a member of the Political Bureau of the NDP. He was also the Rapporteur of Information Committee of the NDP. In 1977, he became Secretary of the NDP for Qasr el Nile constituency. And in 1982 he became NDP Information Secretary as well as a member of NDP General Secretariat. In 1989, he was member of the NDP Political Bureau. In 1990 he became assistant NDP Secretary General and Information Secretary.[2] On the 20th of April 1993, El-Sherif escaped an assassination attempt by Al- Gamaa Al-Islamiya with few injuries.[3] El-Sherif is the founder of the Egyptian Media Production City EMPC which is known as the 6th of October Media City. He was also the founder o the Egyptian Satellite Company, Nilesat in 1996 with the purpose of operating Egyptian Satellites.
Career in Politics[edit]
El-Sherif has a long career in politics. He started by being a member of the Muslim Brotherhood group before the 1952 revolution when he was still a high school and military academy student.[4] He then moved to the new party of Masr Alfatah after the 1952 revolution.This party was the ruling political party. During the following years the party's name changed from one political stage to the other but he kept the membership till it became the National Democratic party.
In 2001 he was member of NDP Developing Committee and as of September 2002 he became NDP Secretary-General. Since 2004 El-Sherif held the position of Speaker of the Shura Council and the President of the Supreme Press Council till he resigned from NDP on the 29th of January 2011.[5] He was later accused of killing youth on the 2nd of February but the court acquitted him of all charges.[6]
The court said the reasons for its ruling: "The court did not rest assured to witnesses in the case; where were all hearsay and their offspring grudges between the defendants and witnesses, as a result of partisan differences and because of the parliamentary elections." The court added that «some of the witnesses were registered dangerous, according to the criminal status their own. The Court noted that the case devoid of any witness sight reassured him, and the Court confirmed that it is satisfied to the testimony of Gen. Hassan Ruwaini, who said he did not register any deaths at Tahrir square during those two days. And his forces did not find any weapons with the defendants who were arrested in Tahrir, and who have been prosecuted militarily in Case 118 for the year 2011 military east of Cairo, and that the court reviewed the case papers and documents and examined them herself, and found no sufficient evidence to convict the accused. The Court noted that, despite the raised around Callback by some of the defendants, but that did not stop her from realization of justice; «obedience to the words of God" O ye who believe! stand out firmly for Allah, as witnesses to fair dealing, and let not the hatred of others to you make you swerve to wrong and depart from justice. Be just: that is next to piety: and fear Allah. For Allah is well-acquainted with all that ye do.". The Court explained that the rest of the prosecution witnesses against the accused, has been jailed on charges of perjury.
- ^ Safwat El Sherif: "We respect the will of the citizens
- ^ "Dr. Safwat El-Sherif "Head of Shura Council" is honoured at MSA"
- ^ "The Hamza connection"
- ^ "Haimeeda: Safawt El-sherif was an MB member"
- ^ Mr. Safwat El-Sherif Inspecting Visit to the Final Stages of the Main Hall in the Shura Council
- ^ "Merits of the judgment 'Camel Battle': Court dropped witnesses testimony and was satisfied «Ruwaini»"
- El Sherif, Safwat. "Egyptian Shoura Assembly: Speaker of the Shoura Council". Retrieved 2007-07-03.


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Some of the Redskins have been on Reddit this week doing AMA sessions where users can ask questions for the players to answer. Alfred Morris's chat was yesterday, and among the approximately 87 questions about his car were a few nuggets of information that we hadn't seen yet.
For instance, a raccoon once stole his sandal.
Don't think I won't be asking him about that when I see him next week.
You can see the transcript of the entire session here, but I'll give you this to ponder.
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TROY, NY – The Hudson Valley Community College men's lacrosse team will host its first playoff game in over 20 years tomorrow afternoon when the Vikings host Alfred State at 4 p.m. in the opening round of the NJCAA Region 3 Men's Lacrosse Tournament.
The No. 3 seed Vikings finished the regular season with a record of 13-4 (10-3 in Region 3), while the No. 6 seed Pioneers posted an 8-5 mark (7-4 in Region 3). The two teams did not play during the regular season.
The winner of tomorrow's game will play the winner of No. 2 Onondaga Community College and No. 7 Jefferson Community College in the semifinals at Herkimer County Community College on Saturday, May 3.


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Kevin Durant, F, DC Blue Devils: We weren't in the gym for his nightcap but word quickly leaked out of a 38-point performance that was laced with 3-pointers. So far, he's been the MAN in Hampton this weekend.
Sherron Collins, PG, Illinois Warriors: Somebody has to move over on the point guard list to make way for Collins who thrust his name into contention for top point in this class by virtue of a fantastic Saturday of ball. We charted him twice and in two games he went for 31 points and 13 assists combined. There is no denying his candidacy for at least a Top 3 ranking at his position, if not higher. The guy strokes it, defends and can find guys and deliver the basketball. He's a stud.
Scott Reynolds, SG, Boo Williams: Anyone who is familiar with his game knows that Reynolds is more than capable of finding "The Zone." Well, in his team's first round playoff win, he got into the zone and parked there. Reynolds was absolutely smoking 3s to the tune of 24 points on 5-for-8 from downtown. We've said it before and its worth repeating confidently: he is one of the elite 3-point shooters in America.
Paul Harris, City Rocks: The nuclear weapon of high school basketball players in that you aren't quite sure what to do with him but you're glad he's on your team and you wouldn't want him getting into enemy hands. We caught his act once to the tune of 22 points and 13 rebounds. Understand this, no one rebounds at 6-foot-4 the way Harris does. He's on loan from the G.C. Ballers but no matter what team you put him on he makes things happen.
Nic Wise, PG, Houston Hoops: Caught him live once and then heard the legend grow in the nightcap. Apparently Wise hit for 31 points including 9 3-pointers for the Hoops. In a playoff game? That's a big time effort.
Darrell Arthur, PF, Team Texas: He was average in the morning but apparently in the playoff loss to Durant and Co. he went off. Unofficial stats gave him 27 and observers were clamoring about the quality of the matchup which also apparently had Tywon Lawson getting 31 points! Lawson told some that it was his best AAU game ever! Arthur told a pool of reporters that he's wide open.
Anthony Gurley, SG, BABC: For two days he's been putting up numbers at the Boo. He's the best scoring threat on his team and they need his points. So far here, he's been a wrecking crew on the perimeter, busting jumpers and finishing plays. His stock is on the rise.
Isaiah Dahlman, SF, Pulley Panthers: He was an ironman on this occasion. Pulley won a morning overtime game with just five players and by the afternoon fatigue had set it. Dahlman had it cooking on the perimeter in the game we watched but just didn't have enough in the tank to finish out the day. This young man really shoots it with skill and confidence from the outside.
Brian Carlwell, C, Ferrari: He continued to show the kind of flashes that make the big boys excited. He's not quite having an Andrew Bynum-type awakening but he's growing each time out. Stamina seems to be a concern but he's productive in the minutes he plays.
Byron Faison, SG, S.C. Ravens: Who is this guy? In a loss, he was lighting up Ferrari on the perimeter. He's got a smooth stroke, is a nice athlete and scored it almost at will. It'd be nice to see him a few more times but we'd probably come to the same conclusion: the kid can play and he was the Ravens best player in the game we caught.
Tyjuan Porter, PG, The Family: Once you get over the fact that he's 5-foot-8, you begin to marvel at what he gets done. Porter beats you with his ability to make jump shots. Now, consistently getting them off in college is one thing, but for right now, Porter gets shots because he's quick enough to free himself, beat a defender to the spot and let it fly. He'll get recruited at the highest mid-major level possible.
Leon Freeman, SG, The Family: We snuck him into the Top 100 after remembering just how much we liked him last June and hearing more about his stellar play as of late. Well, the word is out now because Freeman earned his player's card here. There are plenty of 6-foot-4 SGs but there aren't many who combine his stroke and athleticism. The guy is rising and quickly earning admirers!
Jamil Tucker, SF, SYF Players: The book on Tucker is that he's outstanding at times but not consistent and Saturday played out that way. For a half, Tucker had it his way as he handled the rock, made shots and generally looked like a big time wing. The second half was another story as he slowed down but he's a talent and how good he becomes is completely up to him.
Damion James, SF, Houston Hoops: Make no mistake about it, this is one of the finest wing athletes in America. He's making the adjustment to playing with a new team and that can take a tourney or two but having said that, he's got game. The Sooners will be quite happy with his ability to use his athleticism to score.
Demond Carter, PG, Louisiana Select: "Tweety" caught fire in the second half of a game and nearly shot his team all the way back into the game. With 4 minutes left against the Ill. Warriors, Carter unleashed a 3-point barrage that came up just short.
2007 Standouts
Jon Deibler, SG, All-Ohio: Before we go any further, it's important to note that this young man made an early commitment to Valparaiso. OK, with the formalities out of the way, we can report that in a morning game he torched Albany for 26 points, including 9-for-14 from the floor and 6-for-9 from downtown. He's confident, talented and one of the very best 2007 shooters we've seen. He had a huge high school year and there is little doubt that he's got the kind of talent needed to play in say Lexington, Lawrence, Durham, Chapel Hill or Storrs. If this young man makes it to Valpo you can consider it the recruiting steal of this young century!
Leonard Washington, SF, Louisiana Select: The young man took the SAT in the morning and hurried over to suit up for his game. He arrived late but impacted the game during the brief spurt he played. Immediately upon entering the contest, Washington stroked a mid-range jumper, took a charge and energized his squad. He'll be a big name in his class.
Will Huberz, SF, SYF: The 6-foot-5 wing player is smooth and smart. He's got outstanding touch on the perimeter and a poise and confidence to his game. Looked nice on Saturday.
E'Twaun Moore,CG, SYF: One of those guys that is always around the ball making plays. Not sure if he's a combo or straight shooting guard but he gets into the lane and uses his length to his advantage. He'll make some shots on the perimeter and is a super slasher.
Gary Johnson, PF, Houston Hoops: We never miss a chance to write about a max effort guy. Johnson goes about 6-foot-7 but plays bigger. He's so athletic and bouncy on the inside and he gets after it. Someone cut his wrist and in a matter of 10 minutes every guy on the SYF team had his blood on them. The guy is constantly in motion working the glass.
As spring rolls on, look for The Family duo of Ramar Smith and DeShawn Sims to get even stronger. Each has had his moments here and both have played like 25 prospects. … The S.C. Ravens are going to need Mike Jones to really become a factor this spring. He's got plenty of talent to really impact games but didn't at the Boo. … Albany has a nice catch and shoot wing prospect in Lazar Haywood. …
Word got around town that Brandan Wright (go figure) had a huge morning game. He went for something like 32 and 16. … Bryce Webster will use the Boo Williams as a learning tool. He was disappointed in his weekend performance that lasted only two games as he took the SAT in the morning. …
Keith Clark did it on game for Athletes First. The showing we caught had him busting 3s from deep. … For the second day in a row the best defensive guard we saw was Ferrari's Darian McKinstry. … They saw Ramar Smith rises in big games and he was a shot maker for The Family in a loss to BWSL. He missed a game-tying free throw but did more than his share of work in the contest, including nailing a few pivotal outside shots to go with a pair of acrobatic finishes. …


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I'm trying to find a good, solid online (or self-study) graphic design course. This is just for personal enrichment, not to fulfill any sort of requirements. I'm hoping to use what I learn at the small business where I work. I do marketing, advertising, and website admin.
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Have you always wanted a website, but didn't know how to even start thinking about identifying and describing what you wanted, much less finding someone to help you build it?
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At 69 years young and a proud member of the baby boomer generation, Joyce V. Jagger is in no way slowing down.
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When Vroom Foods revved up its engines in 2001, Elancers provided the branding and marketing support that put this start up on the road to success.
Trevor Kensey, Vroom Foods Director of Marketing and his colleague and brother, Jason Kensey, shared with us the Vroom story and the role Elance providers played in the company's launch.
52-year old Niel Leon, a full-time Product Development consultant on Elance (Elance username: ConnectUTS), leveraged his lifetime of work experience to start his freelancing business.
To understand where Niel is today, with a successful freelancing business that specializes in electro-mechanical product development, you have to learn about his diverse work background.
People around the world often discuss and debate this question: What makes someone a great leader?
In one of our market research projects, we surveyed a group of Elancers for their perspective on this topic, and asked them to identify the key characteristics of what makes a great leader:
We are not surprised that vision and ability to inspire to act are at the top of the list of characteristics, but interestingly, only a small percentage of survey respondents identified teamwork as key to what makes a great leader.
What do you think makes someone a great leader, and is teamwork a key requirement?
We asked Jeff Haden, an Elance provider in the Writing & Translation category and a freelance writer we work with, to give us his perspective on how and why you should consider working with a freelance writer. We hope you enjoy this guest blog contribution from Jeff.
Connecting with and building relationships with current and prospective customers is vital for your business, and the words you use can literally make or break you.
Given a background in Electrical Engineering designing semiconductors for Silicon Valley firms, you wouldn't expect 45-year old Andy Daniel to have a 'low-tech' hobby. But, in fact, Andy has a passion for traditional-style board games, and started his own company, Enginuity, to serve fellow board game enthusiasts.
"Board games are just as engaging as video games, and oftentimes require much more problem solving skills and development, along with being social and matching wits with other players," explained Andy.
How does a brick-and-mortar consultant transition to a successful virtual entrepreneur? For Aftab Qureshi (Elance ID: westknight), the answer came by thinking through three important areas. More on that later.
Before making the transition, Aftab was a marketing consultant for more than 20 years and spent his early career working for Fortune 100 companies such as Toyota, Honda, P&G, Dunlop, Cable & Wireless, Citibank, Reckitt Benckiser and the US Navy.
Amanda van der Gulik, a mompreneur and Elance buyer, is passionate about two things: financial independence and children. She combines the two in her business, CleverDoughKids, a website dedicated to teaching children how to make money work for them rather than having to work for money.
CleverDoughKids, based in New Zealand and Canada, achieves Amanda's vision by creating and distributing educational materials with real examples of how kids can earn income passively. "It's just so amazing to watch as the financial light bulb turns on in kids heads!" said Amanda. One example Amanda shares is from her own daughter:
For those of us who resist delegating work, there's a common belief: It'll be quicker if I just do it myself.
Well, that might be true – this one time. But what about next time or the time after that...or the 20 times after that?
The real value of delegation is realized in the weeks, months and years that follow. People who are successful at handing over their work yield dividends each time the task is executed.


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The new Panamera is without doubt one of the two most controversial vehicles ever to come from Porsche, the other, of course, being the Cayenne. While traditional Porsche fans howled at the idea of an SUV coming from the "sportscar maker," this time around, the problem is not so much the premise of a four-door, four-passenger Porsche, but rather the car's styling.
Porsche is no stranger to controversy surrounding its new models. In fact, the German automaker seems to thrive on the divisiveness. Some of the cars that purists have complained about most bitterly have been among its best sellers. Much of the same whining heard about the Cayenne and Panamera accompanied the introduction of the front-engine, water-cooled 924 and 928 in the '70s, and to a lesser extent, even the transition of the 911 from air to water cooling.
The Panamera won't be shown publicly until the Shanghai Motor Show next month, but Porsche invited several dozen international media to its Weissach R&D center this week for a workshop on the technical details of the Panamera, and we were along for the ride. Read on to learn more about what makes the Panamera tick.


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Birthdays and major holidays are the obvious times for gifting, but there are so many occasions throughout the year when a present is the appropriate gesture. But finding something just right for your friend or family member can feel like the hardest shopping task you've ever faced—which is why we've created so many carefully curated gift guides. Whether you need gift ideas for your mother-in-law (now that's a hard one), the perfect Christmas present for your temperamental teen, or a fun token to cheer up your wine-loving best friend, you'll find something that'll leave your loved one thinking: How did she know that's what I wanted? But don't forget the card—every good gift deserves an equally thoughtful card to match. From the sentimental to the silly, the cards our editors have sourced for you are far superior to any last-minute drugstore finds. We'll let you accept all the credit.
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A few years ago I saw an ornament within the pages of Family Fun magazine. It was made out of a plastic drinking cup.
It's par for the course that it generally takes me a year or more before I get around to making what inspires me. LOL.
I found some plastic wine glasses at Wal Mart (6 for $1.99) which got my wheels turning. Mr. Décor helped me out by cutting off the stems with his band saw.
While Mr. Décor sawed away I took a round bead and strung some bakers twine through it and knotted the end. I then punched out 2 pieces of heavy weight scrapbook paper and 1 chipboard layer. Make sure your punch size is a bit larger than the circumference of the glass you use. The chipboard was sandwiched between the scrapbook punches, glued and weighted down while drying. It needs to dry completely flat or the cloche will not rest level.
Once the bottom layer is dry (approx. 2 hours) glue on your decorative elements and then paint on a thin layer of white craft glue to the bottom edge of the glass. Place the glass on top of the the scrap/chip board and then weigh it down to dry overnight.
Love the hillbilly method I used?
Once dry fill with glittery snow. Hot glue on your bead to seal.
Cut 5" lengths of shimmery pipe cleaner (Michaels) with wire cutters to wrap around the bead base. Hot glue in place.
An alternative to the bead closure is using a button. I love how this antique shell button has a scalloped motif that repeats the scalloped base.
These snowy treasures are time consuming, but so precious. I created an ornament for each of my children. Sweet Boy wanted a train.
The Fashionista requested a deer. She graduates this Thursday and I wish our house was as peaceful as this wintery scene. :)
I have made two very special pink angel cloches. The angels are vintage gems from the 60's.
These angelic ornaments are available in my Etsy shop.
100% of all the profits will be donated
to the charity Hope Unlimited for Children.
The motto of Hope Unlimited is "Saving One Child at a Time".
These aqua blue angels are being offered in the Etsy shop too with all profits benefiting this fine organization.
YOU personally can change the world of a child in mortal need. Not a child who is "just" living in poverty ... but a child whose very life is at grave risk unless circumstances change quickly.
So yes, more angels. Vintage musical delights singing for HOPE.
If you'd like to purchase a Hope Angel please visit my Etsy shop.
If you would like to donate directly to Hope Unlimited please visit their site HERE.
You can make a difference in a child's life.
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Designed to bring floral splendour and excellence to a nursery, a child's room or a family lounge, the Pretty Pink Pagoda Wall Sconce is an elegant piece that will illuminate a room in a charming way. The wall fixture is finished in a rich white colour and has been expertly carved into a detailed and angular keyhole inspired shape and is wonderfully adorned with floral appliqués and circular detailing, which also cascade around the lamp stand.
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The Alexandria Lighting range has been beautifully designed to reproduce the stunning appeal of a quintessential English cottage during the resplendent springtime. From spectacular gingham and polka dot lampshades, finished in a range of sumptuous and luxurious materials, to ornate and custom-made chandelier fittings, the Alexandria collection exudes style and sophistication and will ensure that light dazzles throughout the home in a charming and appealing way. Each piece has been expertly created and allows for the delightful look of a country home to be effortlessly achieved.
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We have just entered the season of Lent. Thinking about the history of this time tells us a lot about the church's changing attitudes to those very Biblical ideas of fasting and penance. To understand where this time came from, it's helpful – oddly – to look first at Muslim practice. Muslims today have a [Read More…]
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And deep inside, you think this won't ever get better, that it can't, because there are too many memories, too many triggers. You live in the same neighborhood, frequent the same bars. You share friends, go to the same weddings. And every time you see him, or each time you run into her, you break down, have to start healing all over again.
Your therapist tells you,
"Well, that's what happens when you light up those old neural pathways. Stay the ___ away! No Facebook stalking. No mining friends for information. Avoid your ex whenever possible. The longer you stay away from the source (of neural activation), the better your chance to heal."To heal in this case means detach. The advice is sound because forgetting is impossible when your physiology, your body, is busy remembering.
But there's something else at work, psychologically. Relationships add to our identity. Our very self is inclusive, adds those we love. We depend upon these slices of our ego to be there for us in various venues, at predictable times, and that reliability adds to our sense of wholeness. Maybe we shouldn't, but we can't help but expect things to be predictable in close relationships. This is what it means to feel attached, security in numbers. Attachment and dependency are associated.
Not that love is dependency. But we get so used to our partners, that breaking up, establishing a permanent separation, is tantamount to feeling a part of us has died. We're accustomed to too many things. Even Henry Higgins* grew accustomed to her face.
She almost makes the day begin.A huge piece of reality, of ourselves, is ripped away at the death of a relationship, whether we're waiting for it to die or not.
I've grown accustomed to the tune that
She whistles night and noon.
Her smiles, her frowns,
Her ups, her downs
Are second nature to me now;
Like breathing out and breathing in.
I was serenely independent and content before we met;
Surely I could always be that way again-
And yet
I've grown accustomed to her look;
Accustomed to her voice;
Accustomed to her face.
We see a lost lover everywhere, not literally, but everyone looks like her, like him, what I call phantom sighting. We crave the sensory stimulation that defined our relationship-- eating together, playing together, listening to the same songs, the physical and emotional intimacy, the sharing. Apart, we can't just change our habits, we still want to do many of the things we used to do as a couple.
Thus it feels impossible not to grieve, not to feel angry, even when one can say, Good riddance! Even when the other has flaws as numerous as the ice cream flavors at the shop we must now avoid.
And as good as your therapist's intentions are, this theory of avoidance is as good as the carpet in her office. One can't just move to Hawaii. There's the lease, the mortgage, perhaps children to think about, parents. Walking away to avoid triggers isn't happening. Hiding, crying, avoidance feel like the only alternatives.
To complicate the grieving might be the knowledge that the other has moved on, is even happy, perish the thought.
____ ____ ____ (these are expletives) as Henry Higgins would say. One might run into them in the usual places, the ex and your replacement. They now haunt your places. The thought of seeing him, the thought of facing her, is a tremendous source of anxiety. And it could happen. The patient asks:
What do I do if I bump into either of them in the produce aisle?The therapist:
What do you want to do?Most common answer:
Run!Running is a respectable solution, but as you were told as a child, one can't run away from problems. This will fail. Better to think, I have a right to be here, wherever I am. I have shopping to do.
And if it happens, if you run into your ex or your ex with a new partner, and you feel the uncontrollable need to cry, which is your catastrophic expectation, Well, good. Let him see you cry.
But don't engage.
Unfortunately, this is an incomplete answer, guilting with tears. We don't feel the power crying, not unless we have a histrionic personality disorder. No one wants to be seen at Whole Foods with mascara dripping down a cheek. Far better to manage these negative feelings, or yes, leave the store, shop later. Your therapist has a small arsenal of emotional management techniques that might stave off the tears. Grab a few good ones. I personally like breathing. Slowly, deeply. And squeezing a pen.
If you think, perhaps, that the answer to What Do I Do When I Run Into Him/Her might be
Tell her off!then those of us of the cloth might suggest not. Signs of aggression only validates an ex's decision to break up. You want to look good, not crazy, you want to seem rational, to exude strength and independence. Verbal violence, throwing a tomato, undermines this.
or Punch him!
even, Glare!
That Hold your head up song by Argent feels good about now.
And if it's badSo contrary to cookie cutter psychobabble -- that you must grieve, or just avoid-- we're saying these are mutually exclusive processes. Grieve away, of course, and avoid if you must, but not at Dominick's, Jewell, Albertson's, the hardware store, or anywhere in public. Wear sunglasses perhaps, but don't run.
Don't let it get you down, you can take it
And if it hurts
Don't let them see you cry, you can take it
Hold your head up, hold your head up
Hold your head up, hold your head high
And if they stare
Just let them burn their eyes on you moving
And if they shout
Don't let them change a thing what you're doing
Hold your head up, hold your head up
Hold your head up, hold your head high
You don't have to talk. Ridiculous! Why would you? You're picking lettuce, he's at zucchini. No need to talk. He sees you, you see him. Does everyone deserve a greeting? Do we really have to converse with people just because we know where they have their birthmarks?
I put it like this to the patient:
Imaging the Queen of England. She recognizes, perhaps even chats at home with the man who polishes her silver. But in public she is standing tall, nodding at people who adore her. Does the person who polishes her silver run up to her and say,
"Queen Elizabeth! So wonderful to see you!"Does Liz cry out,
"Joel! You're here! We must talk polish when you have a moment."No, they mutually ghost one another. He's invisible to her. And he wants to be invisible.
The person who has dumped you no longer has conversation privileges. Your working agreement is null and void. No need for acknowledgement, validation.** Or as I like to remind patients, If you couldn't work out your differences together, do you really think you can do it apart without years of therapy, mediation, etc?
There's a blockbuster hit, a book that sold millions its first week out, Go the "F" to Sleep. I'm not recommending it, haven't read it or listened to it on YouTube, not beyond the first expletive. But I happened to catch the author, Samuel L. Jackson, on National Public Radio. Mr. Jackson said that one night his daughter kept popping out of bed and when he sent her back for the twelfth time, finally alone, he put his thoughts down in literary form. The rest is history.
He apparently didn't know the "ghost" bedtime technique. Before there was Ferber, there was ghosting.
The child, too big to confine to a crib, is cognizant of ghosts, but isn't afraid, has been taught there is no such thing as ghosts. He knows the mantra, There's no such thing as ghosts, there's no such thing as ghosts, there's no such. . .
There may be, wink, wink, a tooth fairy, ironically, and a Santa Claus. Children should believe that the forces of the night are good.
The child has been fed and watered, but can't sleep and keeps popping up. You, the parent, need sleep. You need the child to respect your need to veg, to see an end to the day. The child, being a child, isn't terribly concerned with your needs, and wanders into the TV room.
I need something to eat.You say to your partner, "I believe there's a ghost in the room asking for something to eat. I say we ignore it."
"Right-o," says partner. "I pay no attention to ghosts. If that ghost breaks anything for attention, there will definitely not be doughnuts for breakfast, nor snacks at lunch tomorrow. Could you change the channel, dear? I want to see Antique Roadshow."
The child continues to whine fruitlessly, or scream, but at some point realizes there will be no attention, none, to be gained from wakefulness. Bed will feel better than this, being treated as an unwelcome intruder, a ghost. Off to sleep we go.
So at the bar, in the store, on the street, in the subway, an ex, one who lights up those neural pathways, doesn't exist, merits no attention. You look past him, past her.
A ghosts of relationships past, let's just say.
*Henry Higgins tutors Eliza Doolittle, makes a poor flower girl a princess in My Fair Lady, a musical adaptation of Pygmalion.
**If you parted as friends, none of this applies. And surely, when there are children to parent, there will be some conversation necessary, a good deal, perhaps, to co-parent. This dialogue is necessarily dispassionate, rational conversation. And not in public.


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Acupuncture Job Description
Acupuncturist Job Profile and Description
The profession of acupuncturist is all about handling the process of manipulating needles in the concerned areas of the body treating many ailments. This is known as alternate health care treatment. Contrary to the popular belief it is completely harmless and painless. An acupuncturist provides specialized treatments for relieving almost all types of pains.
Acupuncturist Job Duties and Responsibilities
- Adequate knowledge about the different anatomical points of the human body.
- Well versed with his work.
- Assuring proper diagnosis and analysis before prescribing or recommending a treatment.
- Discussing the diagnosis with other experienced acupuncturists too for a second opinion and suggestions an acupuncturist's responsibility is to decide the size and count of needles to be in inserted human body for treatment.
- Recognizing 365 acupuncture points in human body.
- Educating the patients about the benefits and risk factors if any due to this treatment.
Acupuncturist Skills and Specifications
- Needs to be flexible with timings as medical emergencies may require this.
- Acupuncturists must be empathetic towards the patients and prepare them mentally for undergoing the treatment. Explaining them about the benefits of this treatment would surely help the patients get an encouragement to undergo it.
- Keeping utmost hygiene and teaching his team to inculcate this habit too.
- Acupuncture specialist should have the knowledge of nursing too.
- Needs to have exception acupuncture skills for better results and benefits.
Acupuncturist Education and Qualification
- Must be a graduate(Preferably in acupuncture)
- Should have a Masters in Acupuncture for 2 years.
- Should have compulsory training from a recognized health institute or hospital.
Acupuncturist Salary
- Salary depends on the years of experience, the employer; whether you are on a contract basis or not, women are preferred as they are considered to be more patient and friendly to make patients feel comfortable before, during and after the acupuncture sessions. In this sector organizations have offered a starting salary of $45,000 to $65,000.
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