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The low-price/high-volume club model is highly successful and here to stay because their value proposition is clear to the consumer. Unfortunately for the other club types (large, multipurpose family fitness models and results-driven programming models), these low-priced clubs have not expanded the market but rather are pulling members and potential members from them.
The average club advertises discounts on membership and enrollment fees. The sales staffs are not usually trained to do a "needs analysis" properly, and the clubs don't offer specific program options that consistently provide results. They have no compelling value proposition because they are neither low-priced nor do they provide consistent results. They are being hurt by the rise of low-priced clubs, but they have no strategy to deal with them.
For these clubs, small group training can be a lifesaver. Small group training programs can differentiate clubs by providing all the benefits (accountability, guidance, motivation, and accelerated results) of personal training at an affordable price. At the same time, clubs and trainers both can make more money. These clubs are thriving in competitive markets because selling and providing results works. For most consumers, what counts is not how much they pay but the results that they get.
Successful small group training programs require a results-based marketing and sales strategy along with retraining to provide small group programming that is fun and produces results. Small group training is not the same as personal training. Most trainers have not received the instruction necessary to be effective in this role.
Several important steps are required to make small group training work. The first step is clearly defining your target market for the new program. Who is the ideal customer you want to attract (age, gender, profile, member, non-member)? Why will this particular program appeal to this group?
You also need to consider what type of program pricing model you want to adopt.
- Single program purchase model with fixed duration and number of sessions
- EFT model based on number of weekly/monthly sessions
- Correct pricing for this program for members, nonmembers, and staff
- How the pricing fits with existing personal training and membership pricing
You must market the program internally and externally. Internal marketing could be through email, posters, club TVs, newsletters and word of mouth. External marketing can entice new membership through signs, direct mail and online marketing.
To be successful, you must properly sell the programming by answering the following questions:
- How will you communicate and "sell" the program to staff so they are excited and actively promote the program?
- What referral incentives can you provide for staff/members to promote the program?
- Which staff is actually selling the program?
- How are you going to train your staff in results-based selling?
Next, be clear about the details of the program (who, what, when and where)? Be clear about who is in charge of the program. Determine how to select and train instructors to deliver the program. Create a list of tasks and a timeline for launching the program.
Lastly, make sure the program will make money. To do so, you must do a proforma profit and loss on the program. It should include all start-up and variable costs, including payroll, equipment, marketing, sales commissions, training, etc. Projected program sales and associated revenue also need to be calculated. And make sure to include a sheet listing all assumptions and the logic used to generate the projected sales.
You should involve the training staff in the creation/selection process for programs. Their support is critical for success. Also, consider outside sourcing for program options rather than creating your own programs for the same reasons many clubs purchase pre-choreographed group training programs.
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How many people died? It's one of the first questions asked in a war or violent conflict, but it's one of the hardest to answer. In the chaos of war many deaths go unrecorded and all sides have an interest in distorting the figures. The best we can do is come up with estimates, but the trouble is that different statistical methods for doing this can produce vastly different results . So how do we know how different methods compare?
From jelly fish, to biomass, to topology and speeding neutrinos, we've had a busy first two days at the AAAS meeting in Vancouver.
Yesterday's refusal by the UK government to posthumously pardon Alan Turing makes sad news for maths, computer science and the fight against discrimination. But even if symbolic gestures are, symbolically, being rebuffed, at least Turing's most important legacy — the scientific one — is going stronger than ever. An example is this week's announcement that scientists have devised a biological computer, based on an idea first described by Turing in the 1930s.
Another postcard from Plus' temporary Cambridge/Boston office!
A quick postcard from Plus' temporary Cambridge/Boston office!
How does Olympic success correlate with a nation's GNP? How does the location of the Olympics affect the chance of record breaking? How can simple statistics help us understand the likelihood of winning streaks and the chance that an innocent athlete will fail a drugs test? What events should an ambitious nation target as the "easiest" in which to win Olympic medals. John D. Barrow will explore these question and more in a free public lecture at Gresham College in London tomorrow, 17th January 2012.
In the corner of the garden between the Centre of Mathematical Sciences and the Isaac Newton Institute in Cambridge, sits a reminder of our ongoing quest to understand gravity: an apple tree that was taken as a cutting from the tree at Newton's birthplace, the tree that is said to have inspired his theory of gravity. Newton's theory was extended to the cosmological scales by Einstein's theory of general relativity – but can supergravity explain how gravity works in the quantum world?

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Anne Dias Griffin, Founder, Reboot Illinois and Aragon Global Management
Why we're watching: In 2012, Griffin launched RebootIllinois.com, a for-profit website featuring original opinion and aggregated news about education and fiscal reform. Griffin had been Reboot's sole investor. But billionaire industrialist Lester Crown and his son, James Crown, have become investors No. 2 and No. 3. Chief Operating Officer Madeleine Doubek declined to release the investment amount. "The investment came about because Anne took us through her proposal of what she was hoping to accomplish," James Crown said. "Both my father and I are deeply concerned about a number of challenges we face, and we felt Reboot was a good pathway to keeping people informed and helping them participate." Griffin, who declined comment, also runs a hedge fund, Aragon Global Management. She also is a leading Republican donor and married to Kenneth Griffin, founder of the hedge fund Citadel. "I think the (fiscal) issues the state faces are bipartisan, nonpartisan and past partisan," Crown said. "And political affiliations are really secondary." Reboot features crisp design and is not overtly partisan. But it remains to be seen whether wonkish topics and thoughtful op-eds, no matter how sharply displayed, can ever be sexy enough to attract the masses. Photo: Ken and Anne Griffin stand next to their Degas bronze "Little Dancer" in 2016. (Andrew Campbell Photography/Chicago Tribune file photo)
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Lee Ann Sahagun - Poling 3/12/2004 6:13:02 PMThe colors and composition are lovely - I like the effects also. #106439
Mary K. Robison 3/12/2004 9:52:57 PMMarvelous, Monika. This wonderfully lit and composed photo in its original form must be equally lovely. This particular effect, and your title, are a very nice tribute to the painter. #421505
Stanley J. Contrades 3/12/2004 10:24:54 PMLooks just as good as a thumbnail, Monika! Have to agree with Mary that it must be just as fabulous in its original form. Very nice work and effect.
Patricia Marroquin 3/13/2004 12:33:46 AMLovely, Monika! An artistic rendering of an artistic scene! :-) #421571
Tammy L. Bevins 3/13/2004 5:02:13 AMvery pretty image Monika. I agree with the others. I would love to see you submit the original. #421772
Murry Grigsby 3/13/2004 1:09:19 PMLovely image and work Monika! Love your design, light, colors and effects!! #422700
Monika Sapek 3/13/2004 2:24:22 PMI want to thank you all for you nice comments on this image! I really appreciate it!
Janice Forrest 4/12/2004 8:02:15 AMWell done Monika. Congratulations. #476393
Mary K. Robison 4/12/2004 10:52:59 AMCONGRATULATIONS, MONIKA! So happy to see this beauty here! Best of luck next level with it! #477213
Colette M. Metcalf 4/12/2004 3:40:35 PMCongrats!!! #478160
Murry Grigsby 4/12/2004 6:14:48 PMCongrats on your win and this lovely image Monika!! #478842
Mary K. Robison 4/13/2004 12:46:46 AMYeeesss! CONGRATULATIONS, Monika! #479794
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Robin L. Wehrman 4/16/2004 2:48:05 PMExcellent shot, Congratulations on your finalist Monika!!!!!!!!!!!! #487436
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Scott Brown, Elizabeth Warren use face-to-face debate to amplify themes from Senate trail
Senator Scott Brown and Democratic challenger Elizabeth Warren finally squared off face-to-face in a debate on Thursday night, and when they did, neither backed down from the criticisms they have lodged against each other from a distance on the campaign trail.
Brown, champing at the bit to get at Warren, pounced on the first question about their respective character to bluntly accuse the Harvard Law School professor of faking her claim to Native American heritage so she could gain an advantage in her career.
"Professor Warren claimed she was a Native American, a person of color. As you can see, she's not. That being said, she checked the box,'' Brown said.
Warren, however, stood there unfazed and defended the family lore upon which she bases her claim.
"I never asked anyone for any documentation, and I don't know any kid who did,'' she said. For emphasis, Warren added: "Never used it for getting into college, never used it for getting into law school.''
And from the opening exchange on, a spirited debate unfolded in which Brown worked to seed doubts about "Professor Warren.'' She worked just as hard to hold him accountable for votes he has cast since joining the Senate two years ago.
For Warren, the hour-long, unfiltered forum offered more upside, with Brown having near 100-percent name recognition and her still introducing herself to the electorate.
Standing just six feet away from the incumbent senator, separated only by the moderator, WBZ-TV political analyst Jon Keller, Warren had her first opportunity to let voters make a side-by-side comparison of her and Brown.
And when the red light atop the television cameras went off, and the audience at home and across the nation via C-Span tuned out, both candidates had largely achieved their objectives for the evening.
For Brown, it was to continue branding Warren as a tax-and-spend liberal and someone lacking his everyman image. The Republican called her "radical'' several times.
"The first answer, every time, she's obsessed with raising taxes,'' the senator said of his opponent at one point.
For Warren, the goal was two-fold: to highlight votes Brown has cast that she believes have broken faith with the Massachusetts electorate, and also to underscore the consequences if he is reelected and helps tip the Senate into a Republican majority.
"Senator Brown can say all he wants. But he has voted,'' she said at one point, reprising a comment she made throughout the evening.
Later, noting she wants to see President Obama reelected while Brown wants him replaced by the GOP nominee, former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney, Warren added: "This really is about who you want as commander in chief.''
In those twin contexts, the candidates gave their supporters no reason to feel any doubts about them.
But the debate also served as a solid introduction for that sliver of the electorate still undecided in their race.
Brown overwhelmed an unsuspecting Attorney General Martha Coakley in their January 2010 special election to succeed the late Senator Edward M. Kennedy. Two years later, though, it was clear Thursday that he is facing a worthy adversary.
Both he and Warren have three more debates next month to complete their pitch.
And those voters who have yet to make up their mind have two of the most capable candidates from which to choose since Republican Governor William F. Weld and Democratic incumbent John F. Kerry battled for a Massachusetts Senate seat in 1996.


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Central Alaskan Yup'ik
The use of the apostrophe in Central Alaskan Yup'ik, as opposed to Siberian Yupik, denotes a long p. The word Yup'ik represents not only the language but also the name for the people themselves (yuk 'person' plus pik 'real'.) In Chevak the language is referred to as Cup'ik, and in Nunivak as Cup'ig, words that are also used in place of Yup'ik to denote a person of this group.
Early linguistic work in Central Yup'ik was done primarily by Russian Orthodox, then Jesuit Catholic and Moravian missionaries, leading to a modest tradition of literacy used in letter writing. In the 1960s, Irene Reed and others at the University of Alaska in Fairbanks developed a modern writing system for the language, and their work led to the establishment of the state's first school bilingual programs in four Yup'ik villages in the early 1970s.
Since then a wide variety of bilingual materials has been published, as well as Steven Jacobson's comprehensive dictionary of the language and his complete practical classroom grammar, and story collections and narratives by many others, including a novel by Anna Jacobson.
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A winner was selected from 316 designs submitted by 85 freelance designers.
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Feds wrongly collected Americans' emails in program aimed at foreigners
The federal government collected tens of thousands of emails of Americans as part of a massive surveillance program to combat terrorism that was designed to target foreigners, according to secret documents declassified Wednesday.
The violation was discovered in 2011 only after the National Security Agency had collected as many as 56,000 emails annually by Americans over three years.
Days later, members of Congress on the Intelligence and Judiciary committees and the secret court that oversees NSA surveillance programs, the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, learned of the breach.
The court then ruled the program unconstitutional, forcing the NSA to change its practices and segregate collections most likely to contain Americans' emails.
John Bates, who was then the court's chief judge, said in his ruling that it was the "third instance in less than three years in which the government has disclosed a substantial misrepresentation regarding the scope of a major collection program."
"For the first time, the government has now advised the court that the volume and nature of the information it has been collecting is fundamentally different from what the court had been led to believe," Bates wrote in October 2011.
The documents were declassified late Wednesday by James Clapper, the director of national intelligence, after a directive by President Barack Obama to try to quell growing public consternation over the government's vast – and largely secret – surveillance programs. The documents are available on a new government website, http://icontherecord.tumblr.com/.
Democratic and Republican lawmakers, many whom have been calling for more oversight for such programs for months, reacted with concern Wednesday.
"Mass collection of Americans' emails without a warrant is unacceptable, and I believe it is unconstitutional," said Sen. Tom Udall, D-N.M. "We need to ensure the government is focused on foreign threats and terrorism, not mass collection of communication by innocent American citizens."
Sen. Bob Corker of Tennessee, the top Republican on the Foreign Relations Committee, wrote a letter to Obama on Wednesday asking for a briefing for senators by Sept. 13 on all surveillance programs.
"Given the scope and scale of the disclosures to date, and the significant likelihood of more to come, it is now all the more important that the administration come to Congress and provide a full accounting of the totality of these efforts," Corker said.
Leaks of top-secret documents by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden in June showed that the NSA is collecting the telephone records of tens of millions of Verizon customers as well as emails through nine companies, including tech giants Microsoft, Yahoo, Google and Facebook.
Since then, several news organizations have released more information on the programs. On Wednesday, The Wall Street Journal reported that current and former officials say U.S. intelligence agencies have built a surveillance system with the capacity to reach as much as 75 percent of U.S. Internet traffic and that, in some cases, it retains the content.
White House spokesman Josh Earnest described the surveillance as a "narrowly focused program that aims specifically at foreign intelligence."
"There are very strict compliance standards in place at the NSA that monitor for compliance issues, that tabulate them, that document them and that put in place measures to correct them when they occur," Earnest said.
Obama recommended a series of changes to surveillance programs – including more transparency and oversight – two weeks ago to allay concerns. But he failed to address calls by lawmakers and experts to overhaul Section 702 of the 2008 Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act Amendments. The law allows the NSA to search vast databases of individual Americans' emails without court warrants.
Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., who's called for a special advocate to represent Americans' privacy rights before the secret court, said the NSA mistake was a "highly intrusive breach." He said it "shows once again the need for strong and effective oversight of government surveillance."
"Now the question is how many other such unconstitutional practices occurred without the court knowing," he said, "and without a special advocate to blow the whistle?"
In 2008, the NSA began collecting large swaths of emails that were to, or from, foreigners of interest or mentioned email addresses of foreigners of interest, according to officials who provided information to reporters Wednesday but weren't authorized to speak publicly.
But the NSA was unable to segregate the emails of Americans.
"On occasion," one of the officials said, "some of those might prove to be wholly domestic."
About 250 million Internet communications were collected each year, according to the documents. As many as 56,000 were Americans' emails.
The violation was discovered three years later as part of a routine oversight process that includes the NSA and the Justice Department. Last year, the NSA destroyed those emails.
"They were having a discussion and a light bulb went off on somebody's head and said, 'Oops, this may be a problem,'" an official said.


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This vintage hard covered text, with an unclipped dust cover, is available from our inventory. A stated First Edition, First Printing, it portrays The Life Of Ingrid Bergman. Published in 1986 by Harper & Row, the book is 423 pages in length which includes Research Notes, Selected Bibliography, Acknowledgments, and the Index. There are also 12 pages of black and white photos...
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I waited. I waited and waited and waited.
Since Spring, I've been waiting for Stein's;Gate to finish so that I can marathon the shit out of it. You see, when I see a show that I think is going to be really really good. I like to wait for all of the episodes to air as opposed for waiting a whole week for each individual episode to air. Once I watch one episode, I can't wait, I need them all.
So, instead of being tortured week to week, my mind consumed with anticipation for an entire summer, I opted to wait. So how do I feel about my decision?
I'm a bigger genius then Makise Kurisu.
Okay using that analogy just made me feel like a huge loser. Whatever, Steins;Gate was fucking awesome.
Sometimes when you finish marathoning a show, you feel great. A good sense of accomplishment. Sometimes that's accompanied by the feeling or thought of "That was a pretty good show." And sometimes, when the show is really really really really good, you just can't stop shaking. I can still barely type, and it's been at least 4 minutes since I finished Steins;Gate. Let me point out the obvious first real quick;
- As I've said over and over again, Time Travel, when done well, will yield completely fucking awesome shows. I love time travel, you like time travel. FUCKING AWESOME. Now, while I have my own thoughts about time travel (and they don't exactly match up with the theories in S;G), I still love what they did here. BRILLIANT. WE NEED MORE TIME TRAVEL AND LESS FANSERVICE.
- Okabe steals the show. Case Closed. One of the coolest male protagonists EVER. Probably my favorite since Tatsuhiro Satō from Welcome to the N.H.K.
- Some of these people need to pick up their phones. I feel like whenever Okabe tried to call someone, they didn't pick up. You got em people, use them!
So on to the main topic which Steins;Gate revolves around and does pretty well: Time Travel.
In Steins;Gate, they seem to go with the string theory/butterfly effect theory, where when you change something in the past, this and that can happen, which can create many different parallel worlds and such. I'm quite different. To me, the past, present, and future is all one line, and as such, anything in the past can't be changed, because here in the present, we already know how the past went. I've explained this before and it's boring and dumb so I'm not going to waste time again. Pretty much, recorded history is recorded.
The strange thing is, usually if a show doesn't match up with my idea of thinking on time travel, I'm never really a big fan. But fuck me if Steins;gate wasn't fucking awesome. They gave an explanation of how the time travel of the anime was going to work, and they followed it for the most part. One part that was kind of meh:
At the end, Okabe goes back and….whoops, he kills Kurisu. I loved that, because I saw it coming since episode 1. But then he goes back AGAIN and does it over, the right way…..technically, when he went back the second time, shouldn't he have run into himself from the first time he went back in time? That wasn't confusing or anything.
The facts are these: Steins;Gate was filled with BAM moments, Time Travel, Awesome characters ranging from Mad Scientists to people speaking Engrish, and it makes you fuckin think, which a lot of anime can't do now a days (I just said now a days……wow I'm old). I'm still shaking, and I' just finished this review (almost). Now, with all of this said, it would be damn fuckin inappropriate of me NOT to give Steins;Gate a


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Quote# 78422
Every year at this time we see the same ritual, the decorations are dragged out and draped over anything that stands still, Christmas trees are chopped down then erected in millions of front rooms, father Christmas, Christmas dinner, sleeping through the Queens speech, where's the evil in that you might say?
It's all about Father Christmas or it's a celebration of the birth of Jesus many say, the reality is that Christmas is more about office parties, house parties, raves night clubs, alcohol, drugs and all the things that these lead to, like illicit sex, violence, rape, domestic violence, crime, vandalism and so on. The fact is that Christmas is the time when men and women become the most base, immoral creatures who don't care for anything or anyone, their sole purpose becomes enjoyment in whatever depraved form that might take.
Is this what life is about, to be undignified, base, depraved, without any guiding morality. If Jesus were alive today would he join you. Of course you know very well he would not, he is someone who called for goodness and condemned evil. In this life it seems that there is no good and bad, that it is just someone's opinion. In fact there is good and bad and these are defined by God and it was up to prophets like Jesus and many others to inform mankind of this. Don't believe that man decides what is moral and what is immoral, when it is left to man the bar is slowly lifted, what is deemed to be acceptable is stretched further and further away from what is good. So in the past marriage was the only way for men and women to have relationship with one another, now anything goes (anyone, anyhow and with anything)
Xmas is Evil press release,
60 Comments
Fundie Index: 38
Submitted By: Tolpuddle Martyr
Quote# 78398
Answers in Genesis is excited to announce the launch of its online technical journal called Answers Research Journal (ARJ). Hosted at www.answersresearchjournal.org (but linked to AiG's website), this will be a professional peer-reviewed technical journal for the publication of interdisciplinary scientific and other relevant research from the perspective of the recent Creation and the global Flood within a biblical framework.
Addressing the need to disseminate the vast fields of research conducted by creationist experts in theology, history, archaeology, anthropology, biology, geology, astronomy, and other disciplines of science, Answers Research Journal will provide scientists and students the results of cutting-edge research that demonstrates the validity of the young-earth model, the global Flood, the non-evolutionary origin of "created kinds," and other evidences that are consistent with the biblical account of origins. The newly expanded research effort at Answers in Genesis, with the establishment of its Research Department, will facilitate this further venue for publication and dissemination of the results of creationist research.
Answers in Genesis,
Answers in Genesis
62 Comments
Fundie Index: 52
Insane Troll Logic Award
Also known as raping logic.
Quote# 78372
Gay marriage is impossible. Congress and the courts and the president can not change this any more than they can change gravity.
Free Republic
76 Comments
Fundie Index: 116
Submitted By: DevilsChaplain
Quote# 78364
Suddenly, just as the Obama-led campaign to foist the radical homosexual agenda on the U.S. armed forces is reaching its denouement, the American people are getting a taste of forced intimacy - and they don't like it. In airports around the country, they are being subjected to intrusions on their personal space by people and machines of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA).
Team Obama's line is that "most" in uniform think there will be no problem, or at least "mixed" good and bad repercussions. But if even an estimated 10 percent choose to leave the service - let alone 40 percent of Marines, who, according to the leakers, think repeal will cause problems - the effect will be traumatic, possibly devastating, for the U.S. armed forces. If tens of thousands choose not to submit and "vote with their feet," as the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Adm. Mike Mullen, has called on them to do, it may become impossible to rely only on volunteers to staff our military.
In that case, a vote for repeal of the 1993 law barring homosexuals from the military amounts to a vote for reinstating the draft.
Frank Gaffney,
Right Wing Watch
58 Comments
Fundie Index: 42
Submitted By: DevilsChaplain
Quote# 78343
Fornication is the diametric opposite of marriage. As Saint Paul observed, fornication tends toward death. That is not opinion, that is a natural law. Like gravity, it applies whether one believes it or not. Fornication destroys the person who practices it, and spreads its destruction to those close to the fornicator; the partners, the children, the parents and siblings, and to the rest of society. Fornicators not only live shorter lives (from violence, drug abuse, STD's, suicide, other risk-taking behaviors such as drug abuse), but fortunately for the rest of us, they also have shorter careers, either because they get into legal troubles (such as embezzlement), or because their health or psychiatric problems force them out of their positions. Unfortunately for all of us, the social destruction of fornication can completely wipe out a nation.
Missouri gal,
Free Republic
99 Comments
Fundie Index: 97
Quote# 78322
Children are being indoctrinated in the practice of Kwanzaa as a way to slowly introduce them to Marxist thought by another name.
These children are too young for this stuff.
Festive Marxism is still Marxism, and it shouldn't be clandestinely taught to impressionable children too young to critically examine the subject, often time without parental knowledge of what's going on or what's behind Kwanzaa.
How do you explain to a first grader that a certain philosophy requires mommy and daddy be slaughtered in a reeducation camp for being counterrevolutionary bourgeois pigs? What should they be told as the justification for participating in an armed insurgency along lines of skin color?
There's no good way to introduce impressionable children to the ugliness of this philosophy. Let them study it in late high school or college when they're mentally capable of understanding evil in proper historical context.
100 Comments
Fundie Index: 228
Submitted By: DevilsChaplain
Quote# 78309
We would like to make the first effort against McDonald's, take away 50% or better of their business across the country until such time as they apologize for the comments they have made against those that oppose homosexuality, leave the homosexual chamber of commerce, and make it their policy that open homosexuality is not acceptable in their operation. As long as the homosexual doesn't tell and doesn't ask they would be welcome as employees. But if they are bothering other employees and customers they would not be, and McDonald's would reserve the right to dismiss them.
God does not think this is an unreasonable goal. The pro gay forces say they can't be stopped, boycotts won't work because people support them. We must prove them wrong! God wants you to lead in this effort. Again He would like you to raise millions of dollars to purchase coupons from other restaurants for free meals and hand them out to the elderly and the poor as part of our Presidential campaign. If you and your aides could be passing out coupons for Wendy's, Arby's, and others throughout Washington saying "Have a free meal from The Polley For President Committee! Elect God's Candidate!" that's the way We want to campaign.
Gerald Polley,
Voices From Spirit
84 Comments
Fundie Index: 71
Quote# 78306
Elijah: If you want to see some real bashing, try being a Christian chaplain in the military now that DADT has been repealed. This is the end of military chaplaincy as we know it. Please don't tell me the gay agenda is somehow inconsequential because there are few gays. The gay movement is all about criminalizing Christian dissent. They are succeeding. Get ready for being accused of a hate crime and losing your job, even your freedom, if you have a slip of the tongue at work or anywhere in public over over gay marriage and any gay-related issue. Sincerely, Michael Neutzling
Michael Neutzling,
62 Comments
Fundie Index: 56
Submitted By: Rak
Quote# 78279
As long as millions of Christian children, one generation after another, are sent to Christ-denying public schools, where they are taught that science trumps the Bible, there can be no hope of recovery. By surrendering their children to these schools, Christians become a party to their own destruction. Christian children all need Christian educations. We are sorry if our saying so hurts anyone's feelings—but how are we to tiptoe around the pitfall of Christian children being schooled by atheists? Church-going Christians wouldn't dream of sending their children to a Muslim school; why do they send them to the public schools?
These children—those who don't abandon the faith entirely—are the future congregations of America's churches. Steeped in the secular "faith" and reverence for "science," how likely are they to demand a day of reckoning from science?
As long as Christians' focus is on the church as an
, rather than on God and His Word and their duty to live by God's Word in this world, the institutional church's first priority will always be to sustain itself as an institution. The people have failed to demand anything greater from it.
"And there shall be, like people, like priest," said the prophet Hosea (Hosea 4:9)—the people won't be any better than their church, and the church won't be any better than its people.
We don't mean to suggest that Christians can't be or shouldn't be scientists. We say the opposite—that Christians should never have abandoned science to the atheists. Science is just another sphere of life that ought to be taken captive for Christ. Indeed, it's difficult to see how the whole scientific enterprise could ever have begun, absent the Christian teaching that a wise and rational God created the heavens and the earth and that man, given dominion by God over His creation, could apply his God-given intellect to discover the creation's laws and inner workings.
Lee Duigon,
The Chalcedon Foundation
73 Comments
Fundie Index: 88
Submitted By: DevilsChaplain
Quote# 78273
(On the topic of Psychology being the Doctrine of Devils)
Rather then sitting down and talking to a person we don't know.. telling them all our problems.. wouldn't it be better to speak and pray to Jesus. He is the One we are to put our Trust in. He is the One that directs our paths in this life.. He knows that we are going through this trial and He is the One we should be talking to.. not a stranger.. that could care less about our problems.. Jesus is the only One that can help us through our trials and tribulations..
Fresh Hope
71 Comments
Fundie Index: 59
Submitted By: physalis17
Quote# 78211
Just the opposite of "safety"
On the issue of safety, it's the liberals here who are causing the pain and misery.
The truth is that this Planned Parenthood "comprehensive sex" approach doesn't work. In the long run, when you give out condoms and tell kids that "safer sex" will protect you, more kids get diseases and pregnancies, not fewer. It's essentially telling kids to play Russian Roulette.
And worse, these are authority figures giving kids the message that they don't have to have self-control or be responsible. Everyone knows that condoms are available in any drug store. If, in the eyes of the liberals, kids are too "irresponsible" to buy them, they are too irresponsible to use them. It simply doesn't work.
Mass Resistance,
Mass Resistance
56 Comments
Fundie Index: 55
Submitted By: Winston Jen
Quote# 78264
Remember the best and most satisfying relationship is already available: Jesus! He will give you intimacy, warmth, and companionship you can only approximate with a human! He NEVER fails; something that's important to me right now.
95 Comments
Fundie Index: 55
Quote# 78255
Unicorns get off the Ark, gallop (or fly) to the southern regions of Pangaea, get pregnant, have tree sloths; gallop or fly to another part, get pregnant, have aardvarks.
Later, God breaks off a chunk of Pangaea, moves it to the eastern hemisphere, along with these tree sloths, and voila -- tree sloths in South America.
Ditto for the aardvark.
Easy as delivering the newspaper.
Christian Forums
161 Comments
Fundie Index: 223
Quote# 78230
People who ascribe to intelligent design believe that it is no accident that our kind of life could only occur when the temperature, rainfall and everything else was exactly right on this planet. Intelligent design is a secular interpretation of scientific data — consistent with the Bible but not drawn from it.
There are numerous other examples of intelligent design in the origin and development of our universe. But the scientific evidence points out that our universe was designed for life.
Intelligent design depends on logic from scientific data, for example:
n Whatever begins to exist has a cause.
n The universe began to exist.
n Therefore the universe has a cause.
Every student should be presented with Darwin's theory of evolution and the various theories of intelligent design. Each student has a right to evaluate the evidence and reach his or her own conclusions. That student can conclude that the creation of this universe was blind luck and choose atheism or intelligent design and choose theism. Some may decide to choose neither.
The classroom is no place for people who believe in censorship and don't accept "that whosoever knew the truth, put to worse, a free and open encounter."
Jack Wright,
The News Star
69 Comments
Fundie Index: 40
Quote# 78225
I was talking about this at dinner with some friends, and I posed this question: OK, so we let all the fags in [the military]. Some act normal but some are flaming queens. The poll says the combat arms really don't want a faggot as their commander/squad/platoon leader. So, when the military assigns new troops to their specialities, will they have to weed out the drama queens for the rear? How long will that last before there is a real drama and/or a lawsuit? And I agree about the AIDS problem vis-a-vis battlefield wounds. In fact, maybe we could have entire formations of AIDS infected gays on the front lines: the enemy would be afraid to shoot them for fear the blood would splash on them.
How long before gay soldiers want to wear earrings and makeup like the ladies?
How much command time will be taken up to disentangle gay spats?
How many "partners" without the benefit of marriage will the gays be allowed to move into base housing and get benefits while straights aren't allowed to do so with their sexual partners unless they are officially married?
As a retired AF officer, the thought of having to listen to their gay fights makes me sick. The military is no place for this. It's bad enough fixing the fights between the men and the women. Even though I'm female, I don't think women are good for the military. I certainly wouldn't compound the problem with gays.
73 Comments
Fundie Index: 102
Submitted By: DevilsChaplain
Quote# 78182
(on an article saying that there are more sins in the world than homosexuality)
Your statements regarding the immoral state of the world is spot on, but to call for a halt to the "bashing" of homosexuals in incorrect. You are speaking rather favorably of people the OT refers to as "worthless." I'm deeply embarassed for you. It's time for you to study the Bible and learn from it so you will not be placing any further stumbling blocks in front of people. And, I should add, if you are struggling with your own homosexuality, there are those who would help you in your battle.
Rightly Concerned
60 Comments
Fundie Index: 58
Quote# 78198
[Re. the repeal of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell."]
The armies of other nations have allowed gays to serve openly in the military. The reason they could afford to do this is simple: they could allow homosexuals to serve in their military because we didn't allow them to serve in ours.
They knew they could count on the strength, might, power, and cohesion of the U.S. military to intervene whenever and wherever necessary to pull their fannies out of the fire and squash the forces of tyranny wherever they raised their ugly heads around the world.
Those days are now gone. We will no longer be able to bail out these other emasculated armies because ours will now be feminized and neutered beyond repair, and there is no one left to bail us out. We have been permanently weakened as a military and as a nation by these misguided and treasonous Republican senators, and the world is now a more dangerous place for us all.
Bryan Fischer,
Rightly Concerned
101 Comments
Fundie Index: 115
Submitted By: DevilsChaplain
Quote# 78187
[replying to a surprisingly rational commenter, who said: "As I said, homosexuality is a sin, but let's let God sort it out!"]
Do not include me in your "let's let God sort it out!" cr*p.
Comparing divorce and adultery with homosexual sex is called moral relative reasoning -adultery is and will still be illegal in the military after this homosexual sex is okay law if it passes -where is your morally spineless outrage since according to your reasoning it is not fair that some sins are treated differently.
Our law should reflect the highest standards NOT the least common denominator. Our laws to be legitimate should reflect and uphold our morality and the natural law -the law of God. A nation under God founded upon the principles of natural law and unalienable rights endowed by the Creator DOES NOT spit in the face of God by calling homosexual sex good and normal. An individual and for that matter a nation does not believe in God and defy Him.
Make no mistake --this is all about legalizing homosexual sex in the military and as well it is about placing those who have no moral compass nor respect for God in charge of defending that which they consider irrelevant...
Sodom and Gomorrah ring a bell?
You can support evil by yourself.
Free Republic
48 Comments
Fundie Index: 52
Quote# 78181
[Re. "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" repealed.]
If you wanna have the benefit of being one of those "Protected Class" members (you get benfits and have the Right to claim discrimination), I suggest we all specify that we are "gay", and get it on the record.
Heterosexual White Christians have no protections whatsoever that SPECIFIES they are to be afforded ANYTHING, so maybe it's time we all became "gay" (on paper)?
1/2 /s
Under Obamacare, we can also claim that being a "sex deviate" is a pre-existing condition? LOL
We are now moving into the Greek and Roman Empire-like collapse phase of our Country.
Free Republic
52 Comments
Fundie Index: 59
Submitted By: DevilsChaplain
Quote# 78175
Obama is a creature of Darkness. He is selling Our children to the homosexuals for power and We will resist him with every legal avenue possible... We're winning major battles all over the world and We want to win a major one in America. Remember Our battle cry, "God in San Francisco Christmas Day!" That is Our goal this year for the Christmas season, the childrens' boycott, and, to have me denounce the homosexuals on the steps of San Francisco's city hall Christmas Day. Help Us achieve it. Rally America! Come on Tea Party members, join Us! Demetrius is your man! He will lead you with thunder and lightning!
Gerald Polley,
Voices From Spirit
53 Comments
Fundie Index: 74
Quote# 78180
"good" people? what's that?
the way I see it there are two kinds of people...saved or lost. Simple as that. No such thing as "good" people in God's eyes. Either you humble yourself and accept His free offer of salvation thru Jesus, or you can't humble yourself reject Jesus and send yourself to hell. Cut and dry. Black and white. No such thing as good people in my opinion.
Rapture Ready
75 Comments
Fundie Index: 81
Submitted By: LDM
Quote# 78157
The antigay Family Research Council has vowed to wreak vengeance on Republican Maine Sen. Olympia Snowe in the 2012 elections for indicating she'll back a stand alone bill to repeal "don't ask, don't tell."
Council head Tony Perkins writes in a letter to members: "In less than two years, the liberal "Republican" will have to answer for her record of extremism, which now includes jeopardizing national security in order to use the military to advance the Left's radical social agenda. Attempting to explain her turncoat maneuver, Snowe said she arrived at her decision after "careful analysis" (which, considering how her state just voted to protect marriage, probably wasn't as careful as it should have been). Still, her announcement is one of the final pieces to the repeal puzzle for liberals, who may have cracked the 60-votes they need to put this gift under the tree for the 3% of America who lobbied for it."
Tony Perkins,
50 Comments
Fundie Index: 47
Submitted By: Aspergus
Quote# 78155
Darwinism is the Big Lie that allows ruling class barbarians to conceptually dehumanize the Country Class, look down upon them in utter contempt and resentment, and run roughshod over them. Without their realizing it, the Country Class has been reduced to tax slaves to feed the insatiable appetites of the Ruling Class.
To destroy the power of Darwinism is to literally knock the pinnacle out from under ruling class barbarians, thereby casting them down to earth from atop their imagined lofty heights. Suddenly they will be just like the Country Class — fallible, sinful men made in the spiritual likeness of God the Father Almighty and subject to His moral laws. This is the true equality envisioned by the Founders.
Linda Kimball,
Renew America
84 Comments
Fundie Index: 91
Submitted By: DevilsChaplain
Quote# 78151
[Y]ou should expect some pushback when you open with comments accusing fellow freepers of bigotry and hate.
You see...Conservatives did not start this fire. The homosexual lobby did...years ago when they began demanding special civil rights.
It is they who did not want their sexual behavior to remain private. It is they who petition our government and our courts to allow them to teach our children that anal sex in normal and natural.
Political Conservatives, Christians, and other people of faith did not suddenly wake up one morning and begin a campaign against homosexuals, just the opposite. We have played defense for decades.
So, like you, the homosexual lobby should also expect pushback from their fellow citizens.
And the days of intimidation by branding us haters and homophobes is over. It still works for politicians, and some who may want believe that tolerance is the greatest virtue or some who just think homosexuality, bisexuality, transsexuals is cool and trendy.
But here, in this community of freepers most know how dangerous and corrosive homosexuality is to our children, and society.
So do not expect politically correct speech on FR.
roses of sharon,
Free Republic
64 Comments
Fundie Index: 68
Submitted By: DevilsChaplain
Quote# 78136
My sister just ruined my day. She told me that Shepard Smith, who has been my favorite late-afternoon news guy, is gay. Does anyone know? Is that true? I hope not. I really like his news cast, but if he's gay, it will affect his integrity with me. Why, you say? I'm not sure, but it will likely make me trust him less. News filtered through gay eyes, like Anderson Cooper, may not be entirely on the mark.
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The Supreme Court took no action Friday on a series of pending appeals involving gay marriage, putting off until at least next week a decision on which cases to hear.
The justices met behind closed doors to debate cases involving the Defense of Marriage Act and California's Proposition 8, the voter initiative that limits marriage to a man and a woman. The court said only that it had agreed to hear two new business cases.
Nonetheless, the court is almost certain to review at least one of the gay marriage cases.
INTERACTIVE MAP: Gay Marriage in the U.S.
The U.S. appeals courts in Boston and New York have struck down the part of the Defense of Marriage Act that denies federal benefits to legally married same-sex couples. That means the federal law is constitutional in much of the nation, but not in other parts. The high court must step in to resolve that issue.
-- David G. Savage, Los Angeles Times


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Fruits and vegetables are very vital parts of a healthy life and well-balanced diet. Apples fill you with antioxidants, grapes carry nutrients and vitamins, carrots carry vitamins that are helpful in bettering the vision, and so on. And some fruits are different than others, such as the different types of tomatoes (roma, greenhouse, on-the-vine, etc.) and determining if something is seeded or seedless. But the fruit we're talking about today is the most diverse of all. Not in color, taste, but mostly appearance. And this fruit's job is to annoy the heck out of you, and it's done one chock full of its job, as it is #10 on the list of our top 100 YouTubers with almost 3 million subscribers. If you don't appreciate him, you'll have to deal with his posse of other foods. He is the Annoying Orange, and this time he's gone where no inhuman YouTube star has ever gone…your television screen.
Yep, the multi-million-viewed proportions of the Caesar of citrus are finally going up on TV! And it's about time that Orange and company finally got their own show–they've practically been asking for it! See how in just a short track of time, Fred became a cyberspace sensation, and now he's handling his own Nickelodeon show! 🙄 Well, Orange may not be on Nickelodeon, but he's on a channel that definitely suits his needs–Cartoon Network! 😀 The Annoying Orange (or, as advertised, The High Fructose Adventures of Annoying Orange) is easier said than said the TV adaptation of the smash hit series, currently produced by Dane Boedigiheimer–just call him Dane Boe–and his company Gagfilms (also Dane's companion channel on YouTube), plus a management company called The Collective. Everyone from the original series is back, but the show will take place on a fruit vending cart instead of the usual kitchen. Oh, and besides the food-filled cast, there's also a character that's the only human on the show: the wacky scientist/fruit seller Nerville, played by none other than our good friend Toby "Tobuscus" Turner! Besides Toby, there will be some other humans that are only guest stars on the show: Jeffrey Tambor, Billy Dee Williams, Felicia Day, among others. News about this show first kindled back in April 2010, and in October that year Dane finished the scripts for the first six episodes. In February the next year he began filming and underwent discussions with Cartoon Network about airing the show, which was picked up that November. The show is currently running on a budget of $2,000. That's enough money to buy 8 Wiis off Amazon, no game bundle included. 🙂
The show is currently being produced by Dane, Tom Sheppard, and Conrad Vernon (known for work on Shrek and Monsters vs. Aliens). The co-executive producers are Spencer Grove, Aaron Massey, and YouTube stars Kevin Brueck (kevinbrueck) and Robert Jennings (bobjenz). The show will use similar animation of the series, and besides a sneak peek that aired on Memorial Day this week, the show's series premiere will be on Cartoon Network, and instead of being in the fall (like previous statements foreshadowed), it will premiere 2 Mondays from now on the 11th! Mark your calendars, YouTube fans; this adventure may have more sweets than your stash of candy. Don't lie. I've seen it. 😯 Famous voices on the show will include:
- Justine Ezarik, famous online as ijustine, as the voice of Passion Fruit whom is Orange's secret love interest. 😳 Whoops, did I go TMI?
- John DiMaggio, famous as the voice of Gears of War's Marcus Fenix as well as Futurama's Bender, as a character that is to be determined.
- Dee Bradley Baker, famous for his voicing work on SpongeBob, Fairly OddParents, etc., as a character that is to be determined. 😉
- Tom Kenny, famous as the voice of SpongeBob himself and as the announcer of numerous KCA shows, as a character that is to be determined. 😉
- Rob Paulsen, famous as the voice of the TMNTs' "rebel" Raphael in the 1987 cartoons, as well as work in shows like Animaniacs, as a character that is to be determined.
If I were you, I wouldn't eat that orange, because it's a manifestation of what you're gonna see on June 11th. If you eat it, you're reducing hunches of hard work to nothing but pulp, citrus, and peel pieces! 😡 Anyway, if you didn't check out the series sneak peek ("Marshmalia"), that's okay; there are tons of other rerunning airtimes available, like how I watched the sneak peek a day after it aired! Anyways, don't be an apple; check out the high-fructose adventures of our deliciously loyal pals when they hit the big screen on Monday, June 11th only on Cartoon Network! Canadian fans, you'll have to wait until the 4th of July. German fans, you really will have to wait until this fall. Either way, however you cut this treat, it's still gonna be sweet on all sides.
You know what to do: like, rate, comment, reblog, share, laugh, and knife stab that subscribe button in the face! But for now, this is Sammwak signing out, but we'll awesomify things again next week. Oh, and make sure to tune in to the Annoying Orange show's series premiere on Monday, June 11th, only on Cartoon Network! 😀
p.s. Would You Rather o' the Week: Would you rather…be a fruit that was killed by Knife, or be Knife and kill all the fruit?
p.p.s. Random Video o' the Week: The NBC cult series The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. The acclaimed Disney-Pixar duo Up and Monsters, Inc. The Walt Disney Animated Classic Alice in Wonderland (the 1951 take). One of Disney's most successful and memorable movies, Mary Poppins. A commercial success but critical failure, Steven Spielberg's Peter Pan take Hook. Among others. What do these sources of media have in common? They've all been remixed seemingly perfectly by Nick "Pogo" Bertke, and have hit great receptions on YouTube. Once you take a look at these videos, you'll find out why.
So…what did you see? 😀
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CENTERVILLE, Mass.—A record seven UMass Boston men's hockey team members were named to the ECAC East All-Conference Teams, headlined by Rookie of the Year Peter MacIntyre (Norfolk, Mass.) and Coach of the Year Peter Belisle, the league office announced Friday evening.
Senior Rob Florentino (West Roxbury, Mass.) was named to the First Team, while junior forward Travis Daniel (North Brunswick, N.J.) was recognized on the Second Team. Senior defenseman Steve Weston (Henniker, N.H.) earned the final spot on the All Conference teams, as one of four Honorable Mentions.
The entire Beacons second line was named to the All-Rookie Team, as MacIntyre was joined by forwards Kit Sitterley (Mooresville, N.C.) and Frankie DeAugustine (Pittsburgh, Pa.).
MacIntyre was unanimously voted the Rookie of the Year and is the first Beacon to be honored with the award. This season he led UMB with 19 goals in just 24 games. The freshman second-line winger is second in the nation amongst freshman with 1.29 points per game.
Belisle also earned a program-first, becoming the first UMB coach to earn the award in program history. The seventh-year head coach is enjoying his best season ever, with the Beacons heading into postseason play at 18-5-2 and ranked #11 in the D3Hockey.com Top 15 Poll.
Florentino became only the fifth player in program history to be named a First Team Conference All-Star, after tallying six goals, 21 assists and 27 points from the blue line. He is currently third in the nation amongst defenseman with 1.08 points per game and sits second on UMB's roster with 21 helpers.
Daniel enjoyed the best season of his career in Beacons Blue, en route to earning his first All Conference recognition. The top-line forward leads the Beacons and is third in the nation with 1.04 assists per game and tops all players on the UMass Boston roster with 37 points.
Weston is also a first-time honoree, after delivering the best season of his career. The top-line defenseman has been the Beacons best defensive defenseman all season long and has added seven points and two game-winning goals, both of which have come against ECAC East foes.
The three members of the second-line became the first trio of freshman to be named to an All Rookie Team in program history.
Sitterley has been one of the Beacons top skaters all season long, recording eight goals, 18 assists and 26 points. The second-line center has recorded points in 16 of 25 games this year, including tallying at least one point in each of his first seven contests.
DeAugustine has been just as good, recording nine goals, 16 assists and 25 points as a right-winger this year. The former Bismarck Bobcat leads UMB with a +17 +/- rating and has tallied two power-play goals.


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Because these caramelized onions for the bruschetta is so deeply flavored, any style of extra-virgin olive oil is suitable for this recipe. Be patient while cooking the onions. Long, slow cooking renders them sweet with a lasting flavor. You can prepare them ahead, if you wish.
And do use your best balsamic vinegar. The intensity of balsamic vinegar varies; add it drop by drop until it imparts a complexity to the onions, but not enough so they taste of vinegar.–Fran Gage
Editor's note
The bruschetta shown in the foreground is a Mustard Greens Bruschetta. The bruschette at the top and to the right are topped with caramelized onions and balsamic vinegar.
Caramelized Onion-Balsamic Vinegar Bruschetta
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- 4 servings
- 6 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil, divided
- 2 large onions (about 2 pounds), peeled, halved, and thinly sliced
- Fine sea salt
- Balsamic vinegar, to taste
- 4 slices grilled or toasted bread
- Fleur de sel and freshly ground black pepper
- 1. Heat 4 tablespoons of the oil in a large skillet over high heat until it trembles, becomes aromatic, and easily coats the bottom of the pan. Add the onions and turn the heat to very low. Sprinkle with salt. Cook the onions uncovered, stirring occasionally, until they are the color of a polished mahogany table, about 1 hour. They will shrink dramatically.
- 2. Transfer the onions to a bowl and let them cool. Add balsamic vinegar drop by drop until the flavor of the onions is complex but not vinegary. Sprinkle with fleur de sel if needed.
- 3. To make the bruschetta, brush the bread with the remaining 2 tablespoons oil.
- 4. Put a generous pile of onions on each slice of bruschetta. Add a few grindings of pepper, and serve immediately.
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Miss Annabelle – The Comfort Zone. How Do I Keep My Relationship from Getting Too Comfortable?
"The Comfort Zone" - what comes to mind when you hear those words? Do you think of sweat pants, un-plucked eyebrows, and left over take out containers in the living room?
The Comfort Zone can be a fun and exciting place initially! It is great to be able to relax around your partner and let them share in the less sexy and romantic parts of life, knowing that they like you for you.
However, couples often reach a point where they wonder if they are too comfortable. So how do you know?
Often when a couple is too comfortable, they will ignore their personal hygiene routines. They already have a long term partner, so why bother?
While your partner will love you no matter what, taking the time to look good boosts self-esteem and lets your partner know you want to look good for them. It is an important part of relationship maintenance.
It is great to be able to 'let it all hang out' every once in a while, but if you are both dressed like you just got back from the gym every night, you might be too comfortable.
Another thing that happens as a relationship gets cozy is communication starts to get pushed aside. Family, bills, household maintenance, and other factors influence your communication.
That's just part of life, but there are things you can do to bring communication back into the picture. Making an effort to engage in 'couple talk' is one. Flirting, compliments, favorite memories, and things you like about your partner are all ways to talk about the two of you as a unit. That can rekindle sparks and reduce tensions between you which makes it easier to talk about the tougher stuff.
Be honest with your partner! Communicate your needs. Even if they've known you for a long time, they aren't psychic.
Whens the last time you grabbed a cup of coffee with a friend? If you're struggling to remember, you might be getting too comfortable.
Often couples push aside other relationships and hobbies as they enter the comfort zone. Time alone together is great, but so is time apart!
Pursuing outside interests breaks up the routine which helps keep things from getting boring and gives you things to talk about. Who wants to hear the same things every day?
Look at your bathroom, is there acne cream next to the tampons and aftershave? Dirty clothes tossed around? You might be getting too comfortable.
One of the best parts of any good relationship is feeling like you have nothing to hide. However, being discreet about certain things can add a sexy mystery to the relationship.
It's hard to picture getting intimate with someone you just saw pop a zit, isn't it?
Your partner should be your best friend and love you no matter what, but there are some things even friends don't share! It's important to be yourself, but keep them guessing!
Above all be open, honest, and tolerant with your partner. It is the trifecta of any good relationship.
Schedule a night out for every night in. A dress up day for each dress down day. Talk about your hobbies, eat good food.
Most importantly, communicate communicate communicate! It will keep your relationship happy and comfortable well into your golden years.


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The best may be over for Singapore's booming hotel market as tightening corporate budgets and bank job cuts leave more luxury rooms empty, crimping profits at firms such as CDL Hospitality Trusts .
Singapore runs neck-and-neck with Hong Kong for the title of the world's busiest hotel market, with both boasting occupancy rates that exceeded 85 percent for 2011, according to the two cities' tourism boards. That's higher than in global tourist hot spots such as New York and London.
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Hong Kong's occupancy rate may pull ahead of Singapore's in 2013, largely because it has fewer new hotels slated to open. If Singapore's demand stays lukewarm next year, as many hotel operators expect, room rates and profits will slip.
"We will see a slight drop in occupancy rate (in Singapore) mainly due to new supply that is about to come on board in 2013," said Jonas Ogren, Asia director at hotel data provider STR Global, based in Singapore.
"In Hong Kong, we are not seeing so much new supply coming on board, which means the hotels that are already there will continue to do better and better."
The supply of four- and five-star hotel rooms in Singapore is expected to increase by 17.4 percent from 2011 to 2014, while Hong Kong's will grow by just 13.5 percent, according to real estate services firm CBRE.
The city-state's high-end hotels have been hit harder than moderately priced rooms, which suggests that weaker corporate travel rather than tourism is weighing on demand. September's occupancy rate for upscale and luxury rooms dipped to an average of 81 percent, compared with 86 percent for mid-tier accommodations.
Far East Hospitality Trust , which operates 11 hotels and serviced apartments in Singapore, said some customers were downgrading to cheaper rooms.
"The uncertainty in the West and the slowdown in businesses in certain sectors have caused some to cut back on the deployment of expats and corporate travel," Gerald Lee, Far East's chief executive, said in a telephone interview.
"Impact from the financial sector is the most visible," he said.
Demand has eased at Far East's Regency House serviced apartments, a popular choice among visiting or relocating bankers who can rent three-bedroom suites by the month.
CDL, which owns four- and five-star hotels in Singapore, reported weaker-than-expected results on Oct 30 and said its revenue per available room slipped to S$209 ($170) in the July-September quarter from S$217 in the previous three months. That was the highest rate since the second quarter of 2008, just before the Lehman Brothers bankruptcy sparked a global recession that crushed hotel demand.
CDL blamed slowing corporate and conferences demand for the sluggish performance.
A booming financial services industry and the launch of two new casino resorts in 2010 helped Singapore's hotels come roaring back after the global financial crisis, which drove down the occupancy rate to just 76 percent in 2009.
But banks have cut jobs and casino revenues have softened.
Other hotel operators, including Hotel Properties Ltd which owns the Four Seasons and Hilton hotels here, are cautious and blame the worsening business environment as the main culprit.
"Singapore's hospitality sector may close the year on a weakened note," Overseas Union Enterprise Ltd , which owns Marina Orchard on Singapore's main shopping belt, said in its third quarter earnings statement.
While's Singapore's hotel market slows, other parts of Southeast Asia are picking up.
Thailand's top two hoteliers, Minor International PCL and Central Plaza Hotel PCL , are benefiting from an expanding economy and a recovery from last year's flooding.
Investors have pushed the shares to record highs. Shares of Central Plaza have more than doubled so far this year, while Minor has surged 87 percent versus a 25 percent rise in the broader index .
Units of CDL are up 17 percent on the year, but they have dropped 9 percent since the company released its weaker-than-expected third-quarter results on October 30.
In Indonesia's capital, Jakarta, Jones Lang Lasalle expects average revenue per available room to rise 15 to 20 percent this year versus 10 percent for Singapore.
"Jakarta is going through a big growth spurt, underpinned by a strong economy. (Multinational companies) are expanding, and there's increasing demand for hotels and serviced residences," said Tom Oakden, executive vice president of investment sales Asia at Jones Lang Lasalle Hotels. ($1 = 1.2227 Singapore dollars)
(Additional reporting by Yimou Lee in Hong Kong; Writing by Anshuman Daga; Editing by Emily Kaiser)


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Music: Skribe
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10:00 pm (event ends at 1:00 am)Rams Head Tavern Annapolis
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Skribe's non-stop live presence has ignited musical collaborations with the area's most skilled musicians and has generated a cultured following. This amazing scene helped crowdfund and launch Skribe's recent 12″ LP. The fine tuned production of 'Less Is More' showcases the artists' growth and raw, soulful dynamic. Whatever the fidelity, Skribe's blooming creative career should not be considered a rolling stone…it's a boulder.
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