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Dear CurlySuzy: I'm really confused. I keep reading articles and hearing people say different opinions on washing your hair every day. Some people say that co-washing your hair (not shampooing) is bad because it dries out the hair. On the other hand, I have also read that co-washing every day is OK, as long as you're not shampooing. Which party is right? I have really thick wavy/curly 2c hair. I've tried co-washing my hair only three times a week, but my hair still gets really knotted and matted when I sleep, despite my attempts at the pineapple or sleeping with a bonnet. Co-washing my hair every day is the only way I can avoid stepping out of the house looking like Don King, but I'm afraid I might be drying out my hair. What is your opinion? I would really appreciate your help, thanks!
Dear Annabell: I think co-washing on a daily basis is fine and cleansing once or twice a week is a good routine. In regards to co-washing drying your hair out, I think it depends on the conditioner that you are using. I think it is great to co-wash daily if you are using a moisturizing conditioner that is silicone-free. That way you are not causing build-up that then leads to dryness. Here is some silicone info:
Not Water Soluble
Learn more about silicones here.
Amodimethicone, Behenoxy Dimethicone, Cetearyl Methicone, Cetyl Dimethicone, Cyclomethicone, Cyclopentasiloxane, Dimethicone, Dimethiconol, Stearoxy Dimethicone, Stearyl Dimethicone, Trimethylsilylamodimethicone, Phenyl Trimethicone
Water Soluble
Dimethicone Copolyol, Hydrolized Wheat Protein Hydroxypropyl Polysiloxane, Lauryl methicone Copolyol, PEG -12 Dimethicone, PEG- 8 Dimethicone, PEG-modified Dimethicone
Here is a list of some silicone-free conditioners that are super that we sell—
- Aubrey Organics Honeysuckle Rose Moisturizing Conditioner
- Curl Junkie Curl Assurance Smoothing Conditioner
- Elucence Moisture Balancing Conditioner
- DevaCare One Condition
I hope this clears up the confusion about co-washing. Please email me if it doesn't or if you have more questions.


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Justine Paige
M-F 7p-Midnight
Hometown: Quantico, VA (sort of…I'll explain).
Now Lives: In the heart of Rochester.
Birthday: November 23.
Family: 2 Brothers, Jordan and Jake, and 1 sister, Jessica. I'm second oldest in the bunch. Plus my mom and pop are included too. Both of my parents are retired from the United States Marine Corps in the early 2000s, and when I was a kid I moved around…a lot. So I was never in more than one place until 1996 when we landed in Quantico, VA. I lived there until 2005, when I moved up to Western New York to attend the State University of New York College at Brockport. I graduated in 2009 with a degree in Biology and Broadcast Communications, got a job at Entercom, and haven't looked back since.
Things I Love: Moustaches, roller derby, robots, books, cats, eclectic furniture and laughing, lots of laughing.
Food: I don't really have one. I like food of every kind.
Things to Do: Get up early and head to Rochester's Public Market (Mmm…food), play roller derby, browse the interweb, find new music, and watch trailers for movies.
Sport: Roller Derby, it's an amazing sport with amazing women! I LOVE being a part of Roc City Roller Derby, and I'm a big fan of soccer and hockey (that's a new one for me)!
Favorite Thing about Rochester: The public markets (they really are the bee's knees), and really just how diverse the city is. This is definitely home to me.

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As someone who works closely with Hearsay Social clients to ensure their success on social media, I often hear advisors ask many similar questions. Sometimes advisors are entirely new to social media, sometimes they don't understand how it can benefit their business.
With that in mind, here are my answers to the top five most frequently asked questions advisors ask about social media:
1. Why do I need to be on social media?
Social media is a place for you to build your brand and show your customers who you are. In the past, it was silly to try to do business without a telephone, just as it's silly to do business today without a digital presence on social media.
Additionally, it's a place to be available to your customers and prospects. Eighty-seven percent of people with an advisor are on social media today, according to a study conducted by FTI Consulting and LinkedIn. That means your customers are sharing information you can use and asking questions you can answer. As an advisor, you can answer questions via LinkedIn Groups, post credible content to your social media accounts, and engage with your customers online. Social media is one of the fastest and easiest ways to share more about your experience and credentials to help build your business.
2. Aren't the people on social media just young kids?
Actually, that's no longer the case. The fastest growing demographic on social media is age 35 and older, and the average Facebook user has an income of $75,000 per year. These people are your customers: they are buying houses, having families and making big life decisions. They need their financial advisor to be there and help them weigh their options. And now, three out of five financial advisors are able to gain new clients through LinkedIn because social media has become an invaluable business tool to help you grow your network, build credibility, and engage with your customers about financial decisions.
3. Which network should I start with?
Based on research and results from other advisors, I'd recommend starting out with a LinkedIn profile. Today, seven out of 10 advisors choose to build their business with LinkedIn. A LinkedIn profile is like a digital, interactive resume. It's easy for your customers to find, and you'd be surprised how many of your customers and potential customers will search for you before they decide to work with you. For that reason, make sure you can be easily found through a LinkedIn profile. Regularly update your profile with the latest credentials, education, and summary about why you're in the business.
In addition, I've seen advisors create an account on LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter all at once, and then quickly get overwhelmed. If you're new to social media, start with one network, probably LinkedIn, and get comfortable sharing content, engaging in groups, and requesting introductions to your second- and third-degree connections. After you master LinkedIn, create a Facebook profile or Twitter account to expand your social strategy.
4. I'm worried about client confidentiality. If I join LinkedIn, can't everyone see my customers?
I understand that keeping your customer names private is very important. My recommendation to you is to connect with 100 people first before inviting your customers and prospects. You should connect with colleagues, friends, neighbors, community leaders and those that you met through school. There is no maximum number of connections you can have on LinkedIn, so the sky's the limit!
My rule of thumb for connecting is ensuring that I can tell a story about each person I connect with — this means I actually am familiar with the people who I've connected with on the network. Unlike on Twitter, you want to personally know everyone that you connect with on LinkedIn. Once you reach a critical mass of 100 connections, start connecting with your current customers. Nothing on your profile will say that they are a customer; you're simply adding them to your digital rolodex.
Pro Tip: Make sure to send a personal message when you invite someone to connect. If you click "Connect" via your mobile device, it will send the generic LinkedIn message. If you use your desktop, you can personalize the message and note where you met them for your records later.
5. Should I make my profile "private" on LinkedIn?
I'd strongly suggest that you don't. The spirit of social media is sharing, engaging, and crowdsourcing information in a social, public way. If you make your profile private so that nobody can see your contacts or your information, it's like joining a party and sitting in the corner by yourself. Additionally, if you keep your profile private, it will be harder for a customer or prospect to confirm they are looking at the right person when they visit your profile, so they will be more hesitant to make an introduction. You're going to get the most value out of social media by entering the room, answering questions and engaging with the audience, so keep your profile public.


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WJC Exhibition: Slovakia vs. Belarus
Submitted by pete on December 23, 2006 - 14:30
Three days away from the opening of the U20 World Junior Championships and exhibition tune up games are well underway. Slovakia defeated Belarus today 5-3 in their second tune up match in Sweden. Both defenseman Vladimir Mihalik and left wing Marek Bartanus were scoreless in the match for Slovakia. Mihalik played on the team's first pairing and received 6 minutes in penalties in the matchup. Bartanus played on Slovakia's second line and had 6 penalty minutes as well. Both players were involved in an ugly scrum in the middle of the third period which led to double roughing minors for each.
Bartanus had Slovakia's only goal in their 4-1 exhibition loss to Finland on Friday.
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Anyone interested in buying or selling a business should always consult with a good business broker because they posses the know-how and resources to get the best price and help you avoid the devastating pitfalls of the buying or selling process. How do you find a good business broker? Well, you go out and look. Where? The internet of course, but asking someone who has sold or bought a business is also a good source and probably the better of the two. Unfortunately not everyone knows someone who has worked with a good business broker and must rely on the expansive web to begin a search.
You should begin your search before you commit to buying or selling a business. I once had a gentleman call me wanting advice on buying a coin laundry and we went through the process of buying the business, a few things to look out for and the general principles behind how a business is priced. After a little exchange of questions and answers between the two of us it started sounding as though this buyer had not done the proper due diligence and that he was possibly overpaying. Problem was… he was already under contract to purchase! At that point even the best business broker can't help unless you are able to find a way out of the contract, which won't be easy if the seller is getting a premium on the transaction.
A simple keyword search for business brokers will bring about a plethora of willing brokers but the trick is finding one that is good and easy to relate with. You shouldn't be afraid to ask questions of the broker, i.e., "What's your experience?", "Do you have any credentials?", etc. It's always nice to work with someone that clicks with you.
Things process of selling a business and what a business broker can do for you are:
Step 1 is to contact small and medium sized Business Brokers for information about how they charge, what they charge and how you generally feel about them. Select a Small and medium sized Business Broker.
Step 2 is to work with your broker in establishing the most appropriate asking price and put broker and client understandings on paper in the form of a listing agreement. The listing price is the price you agree to sell the business if the broker brings a qualified buyer willing to purchase at that listing price.
Step 3 is to supply your broker with all relevant information about the small and medium sized business so that they can complete an offering memorandum. The broker will discreetly and confidentially make the market aware of your small and medium sized business's availability including some general information about the site.
The 4th step is for your broker to screen and qualify potential buyers.
Step 5 is for you, with the help of your broker, to negotiate a price and terms agreeable to you and a buyer.
Step 6 is the removal of contingencies explained in the contract to purchase the small and medium sized business.
The final step is to close the transaction.
Your broker will continue to work with you after the sale with any remaining terms and/or conditions of the sale until the seller is completely separated from the business.
- Educate you regarding the process and issues faced when selling a small and medium sized business.
- Keeping the transaction confidential.
- Conduct a pricing analysis to determine the best asking price for your small and medium sized business.
- Develop an effective marketing strategy to sell your small and medium sized business.
- Put the offering package of the small and medium sized business in front of the most buyers.
- Pre-qualify potential buyers prior to divulging sensitive information.
- Manage transactional details and paperwork.
- Help establish terms of sale.
- Assist the buyer in an effort to give the transaction the most potential for a successful closing, i.e. financing.
The most important thing you can do when you are thinking of buying or selling a business is to at least speak with a broker or two. The good one is the one that gets you pointed in the right direction. Most brokers, especially the one that will care for your business, will be happy to spend a half hour to an hour talking to you on the basic points.


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From: David Chertock <ap412@x??x.xxxx
Date: Fri Oct 22, 1999 2:51 pm
Subject: resilient channels vs. framed out ceiling
Hello out there!
I have a question.
According to the architect drawing up my studio plans, it seems that I
have a slightly strange roof on my garage that doesn't lend itself
easily to soundproofing. The ceiling has four sides pitched up to a
point in the middle. This shape and stucture apparently makes it
somewhat challenging to build an secondary inner ceiling supported by a
secondary inner set of walls. We have discussed using resilient channels
to attach the ceiling drywall to the roof instead of attaching the
drywall to a new framed out inner ceiling.
Does anyone have any thoughts on using resilient channels to attach the
dry wall to the roof vs. the framing out of an inner ceiling for the
drywall? I could try to borrow a digital camera this weekend if that
would make analyzing this easier.


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The Hope Summer Repertory Theatre (HSRT) continues its 36th season with "The Hypochondriac," opening June 22 in the DeWitt Theatre.
"The Hypochondriac" is a hilariously funny play about a demanding, old miser with numerous medical problems, a man that is so impossible, that even his daughter and maid often hide from him. To cover his vast medical bills, the father promises his already love struck daughter to an unknown wealthy young doctor whose father and uncle are also doctors.
Adapted from Jean Baptise Moliere's 400 year old play, "The Imaginary Invalid," William Moering presents a world premiere of "The Hypochondriac." Moliere's satire was set in 1870, and written to express his lack of confidence in doctors and to poke fun of people that depended on them so greatly.
William Moering is a former professional actor, spending his first season with HSRT this summer. In addition to "The Hypochondriac," Moering has also written a play called "Trojan Pie," produced in Hollywood, and "Joyful Partaking," a film being broadcast in Europe on HBO.
Featuring Lucius Houghton, an Equity Guest Artist and one of the North Carolina Shakespeare Festival's founding members, as the hypochondriac, and Emily Kitchens as his daughter; this creatively adapted play will keep you on your toes.
"The Hypochondriac" continues this summer with shows at 8 p.m. on June 23, 27, 29; July 7, 10, 11, 12, and 18.
To purchase tickets, please stop by the ticket office at DeVos Fieldhouse located at 222 Fairbanks Ave. between Ninth and 11th streets. Hours are Monday-Friday: 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Tickets can also be purchased from the ticket office located in the DeWitt Center, on the Hope College campus, at the corner of 12th Street and Columbia Avenue. Hours are Monday-Friday: 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and Saturday from 12:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Tickets may also be purchased by calling 616-395-7890 and range in price from $17 - $26 for adults and $8 for children. For more information please visit www.hope.edu/hsrt.
And while at the ticket office, make sure to check out HSRT's other productions such as "Godpell" opening on June 15, "She Loves Me" opening July 13, "Lost in Yonkers" opening July 20, and the till midnight cabaret "A Night of Cowboy Madness" opening July 6. The Children's Performance Troupe will also be presenting "Junie B. Jones" opening June 22 and "Go, Dog. Go!" opening July 18.


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I'm attempting to record all our favorite activities that I just never got around to writing about. This is one of the activities we did as part of our focus on Creation. I was hoping to do a whole series of posts on our Creation activities. But since it's been almost 2 years and I still haven't gotten around to the task, it's pretty safe to say it's not gonna happen. Our landform activities were simply too fun not to share though!
We were talking about how God created the land and focused awhile on the different types of land we see. I was using the Creation story to fulfill our "science" activities.
I chose 5 or 6 landforms (it's been awhile so I can't remember exactly) to focus on and printed one photograph and one illustration of each. I found all the pictures online. It would probably be a good idea to laminate these. Our pictures certainly got messy.
Matching– First I had J match the illustration to the corresponding landform photo. This is a great way to practice matching for any category, especially if your child has no trouble matching 2 pictures that are the same.
Shaving Cream fun– I brought out the shaving cream and we created our own examples of the landforms. Warning – you will use A LOT of shaving cream if you truly want to make quality landforms. 🙂 I bought a can at the dollar store. J was 2 years old when we did this activity and did need some help making a few of the landforms. TIP: it's a good idea to start with the mountains!
After all the landforms were made, J "labelled" each with the correct picture.


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new year!
A nice apartment with brass/gold. It's tiny but beautiful.
I hope you're recovering from the Holidays. I'm feeling a bit unmotivated and would rather sleep all day. Glad to have the Holidays over with though and bring on 2013!
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I'm motivated to start the new year and make some changes, but it's the first day I have the apartment all to myself and I kinda just want to sip hot chocolate and watch movies all day!ReplyDelete
Oh I have the same feeling. Although I feel the excitement of a new year, I really don't want to do anything.ReplyDelete
Well, apart from blogging :)
Happy New Year to you & your family.
Oh, I love tha apple and pear-poster!ReplyDelete
I also felt a bit unmotivated. But then I started to clean my appartment and after a few hours the motivation grew back! Hope yours does to!ReplyDelete
i feel the same way! i could have slept all day and i am so ready to be over the holidays.ReplyDelete
happy new year.
Though I love the holidays, it's nice to finally kick back and relax : )ReplyDelete
I'm in love with that gallery wall on the ledge in the first pic!ReplyDelete
i looove the couchReplyDelete
Take some good rest and I hope you and your lovely family have a wonderful 2013!!!ReplyDelete
DO you happen to know where I can find the apple and pear print? thank you :)ReplyDelete
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Monolith entered the 25 man Ice Crown Citadel last night for the first time. I had spent hours of time preparing for the first four encounters in the zone, and trying to remain reasonable set expectations at killing the first two or three bosses. When we entered the zone, I asked the guild to focus and take the zone with a vengeance.
And we did just that. No boss took us more than a handful of pulls, and in our 3.5 hours of raid time, we cleared the 4 bosses available to us. remember above when I said I was hoping for 2-3? Yea, that was a lie. I was trying to convince myself that it would be just fine if that is all we got down. But I knew that deep down inside that I wanted to have the wing cleared or I'd probably be disapointed…I just wasn't admitting it to myself 😉
One of my favorite things about new content is taking a strategy and tweaking it to what works be for Monolith. One of the things that I like most about last night…and frustrated me the most as well, was that we had more people participate in the discussion of "ok, that didn't work, how should we approach this". I really was pleased that we had as much participation as we did, and I hope that continues as we work through the zone. It's one of the things that I really feel shows how much we've grown as a guild. Or, I suppose, it shows that my stubborn side has softened up some. I let you decide which of those two you may find to be true 😉
We found a pretty major bug last night, where after we killed Saurfang, received the achievement for killing him and received the badges for killing him, he remained an active target and we could not drop combat. This, in turn, meant that we could not loot his war chest and collect our spoils. ARGH! We tried everything, including making everyone jump from the edge of the citadel and kill themselves and zone back in. No dice. Eventually we asked people to look at his known loot, and let us know if they were interested in an item and we would petition a GM about it, sorting the loot once we received it. Brade and I promised to send in our petitions, and wait in the zone until a GM contacted us or we fell asleep at the keyboard, whichever came first. We opened tickets to be greeted by the "Unknown Wait time/high volume of petitions" message, and figured it was unlikely that we would hear from anyone that night. A number of the members of our guild also entered petitions.
I am now about to do something now that I never dreamed I would be doing: posting praise about Blizzard GM/CS team. Believe it or not, within 30 minutes of my ticket being opened I had a GM sending me a tell asking me if I had a moment. I actually almost missed the tell, as it popped up in it's own special chat window…and I was spaced out decided what we should do for dinner. I do not know if our ticket received such a quick response because of the volume of petitioners or if it was because it was a fairly large bug in an instance that they want to get resolved or if it was a combination of the two. What I do know is that within an hour of encountering the bug my ticket was completely resolved without incident.
The GM asked his questions, commented on his luck at whose ticket he responded to, with me being within a position of authority within the guild and able to make decisions (I'm assuming ALL of our tickets filtered to him), went afk for a bit to do what I assume is confirm our kill/loot spawn, etc. Upon his return, he advised me what was in the loot chest and asked if I could let him know to whom we wanted the items delivered. I took a minute to work it all out and let him know, but once I did the items were then insta-mailed to the appropriate members of the guild. I imagine the fact that I had kept the instance open quickly facilitated this process.
I don't know if there is some sort of "priority" queue that they are filtering petitions through, you know, sort of a triage for petitions "Oh shit! This one needs a table now doc, now!". I can only imagine that has to be the case for our petition to have gotten a GM response so quickly. A part of me feels sorry for that poor guy whose quest bugged and he's been waiting 2 days for a reply…but I'm also kind of glad that this kind of raid bug issue was dealt with quickly and pushed to the front of the queue. All in all, I was quite pleasantly surprised by the efficiency and helpfulness that was provided to us. After years of becoming jaded from the ticket system, this was most definitely unexpected 🙂
What dropped, you ask?! Well, some caster cloak and two gear tokens (Vanquisher and Protector). I'm not sure that any of us realized that gear tokens were in his loot table, none-the-less the decision on how to award them was easy: One to Warrior Tank, One to DK Tank. The way I figured it, gearing up your tanks is always good…and nobody is going to argue with that decision! Win-Win.
More Random Post Patch Thoughts
They updated GridStatusRaidIcons with a release version, and it is fully functional…even though I had already manually added most of it in on Tuesday.
We ran the second and final portions of the new 5 man zone, once again utilizing the LFG tool. (ok…side note, I LOVE THIS THING! I know that I have commented before that we live on the west coast and play on an east coast server, and that sometimes that made finding groups after raids difficult. But man, Brade and I pop in there and *poof* INSTA GROUP! I honestly believe this is one of the better tools that they have implemented. /end side note). The second zone, Pit of Saron, was again well done and I enjoyed it. All I could think about on that frost boss though was "how in the hell am I going to do this on my paladin".
The final zone Reliquary of Souls (?), however, was another story all together. I don't know how I feel about this yet…other than I suspect it is going to become another zone that I refuse to do without a Bradetank. The second half was fun, and I thought very well done. But the first part? Ouf. We actually wiped. In a 5 man. I'm not saying that is bad…just unexpected 😉 Of course, we did just wipe, we had a brade use all cooldowns, and then suavely rez Beru only to let her die again, and wipe for real wipe. Yea…can't tank in the middle of the room! Check.
After adjusting our positioning to utilize some of the line of sight spaces available we did much, much better. But I'll be damned if we didn't almost die again on the second boss. Phew! By the time we finished, it was well past my bedtime, but I was happy to have seen the zones. I think they will be even more challenging for me when I switch over to my other healers.
Oh…and on that note, I'm hoping to get a hilt to start the Quel'dar quest for my priest and shaman. I think it will be a neat questline, so I do hope to see one.
How is everyone else doing as the patch day storm calms down?


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All For One, One For All
This story appears in the March 2000 issue of Entrepreneur. Subscribe »
If you're still trying to connect every single workstation to its own printer, it's high time you considered the advantages of networking. From pooling resources and saving money to ensuring that everyone's work flows faster, hooking all your PCs up to a network has become a must for today's tech-savvy entrepreneurs. And with numerous workgroups now sharing files and applications, adding the right printer (or even two) to the mix has become increasingly important.
The sharing of one or two printers (rather than each person having his or her own) doesn't just open up space on everybody's desks, but also cuts down on purchasing and maintenance costs. One way to put that savings to good use is to apply it toward the purchase of a high-quality printer, so that everyone on the network is able to produce documents with a professional look, and your company will always put its best print forward.
A speedy, sturdy monochrome laser printer is the best option to consider when choosing a network printer. Sure, those under-$100 network inkjets sound tempting, but they lack the long-term duty cycles of lasers. In fact, some inkjets have a machine life of only 75,000 pages before they need to be replaced, compared to the near-infinite machine life for a well-maintained laser.
Lasers print the sharpest, crispest images--and the high-end ones do so at dazzling speeds. While low-end models costing less than $600 average about 12 pages per minute, you can find premium-quality network lasers that print 40 ppm in the $2,000 to $3,000 range. Most entrepreneurs opt for a printer priced between $400 and $700, says Larry Jameson, a forecasting analyst with Lyra Research Inc. in Newton, Massachusetts.
A word of caution, though: Manufacturers' claims about their printer speeds rarely take into account printer warm-up delays or the time it takes for your PC to communicate with the printer. This means clicking on your print icon won't necessarily translate into instant printing. Timesaving features to look for: a printer with an instant-on fuser, and a job-status feature that can monitor printing jobs from your computer so you know when they're completed.
Jill Amadio is a freelance writer in Newport Beach, California, who has covered technology for 10 years.
How To Choose?
Speed, operating costs and available features are three factors to consider when making your purchase. Since laser printers are all based on the same imaging technology, speed--not quality--sets them apart. Naturally, the faster the printer, the higher the price.
How can you decide whether to buy a low-end or a high-end laser? First, determine how many pages per month your network group normally prints. Then determine how quickly your group will need them. Most networking groups consisting of five or six people work well with 17 to 24 ppm. A standard workgroup laser printer producing 17 ppm averages between $1,000 and $1,500. Add the cost of replacing toner cartridges to the equation, and you get a good idea of the total cost of ownership.
Next, figure out what features are most important to your business. Do you often print on both sides of single sheets of paper? If so, duplexing should be on your list of required features. How many reams of paper does your business use in a day? If you're networking several PCs to one printer and you print long documents, you'll want extra paper cassettes. While most printers come with at least one paper tray, optional trays are available, provided there are additional slots to hold them. Extra paper trays prevent the tedium of having to continually refill the cassettes.
Need to Know
Although laser-printer prices continue to drop, print speeds keep getting faster. Five years ago, 8 ppm was the norm for your typical monochrome laser printer. Today, the speed has doubled for the most popular models--and for a third of the price, too.
Because economy of operation is important for small businesses, a monochrome laser makes for a good choice since it's cheaper and faster than its color counterparts. When you crunch the numbers, monochrome laser printers cost less than one cent per page compared to the 10 cents per page you'd pay for color. However, if your workload requires producing multiple originals (also known as "mopies"), it would be cheaper to purchase and use a color laser printer than to pay an outside printing company for color copies. But if you only occasionally need color printing, then a budget-conscious solution would be to purchase both a monochrome laser printer and a color inkjet.
Netting A Printer
Just about all the network lasers now on the market are compatible with the Ethernet networking protocol. Some printers are sold as "networkable," meaning they come with a network card slot and can be attached to a network. But keep in mind you'll also have to buy a $500 networking card if you choose one of these models. "Network" printers, however, come with built-in chips and don't require cards. The lesson? Make sure when you hit the stores that you pick a "network" laser printer rather than one referred to as "networkable."
For a good example, check out the QMS Magicolor II Desklaser (see chart for complete details). It prints up to 16 ppm (4 ppm color) and outputs at a resolution of 600 x 600 dpi. The price tag ($2,080) may seem a bit steep, but if you make lots of brochures or catalogs, gaining the high-quality output of a laser printer will not only improve your business's image, but it will save you money in the long run.
How difficult is it to hook up your entire network to a printer, you might ask? Well, each individual PC doesn't connect to the actual network laser printer itself, but via a specialized cable instead. This conduit, sometimes called a "backbone," shuffles the data back and forth between workstation computers, your server and the printer. As long as your network is up and running, it's not much of a stretch from there. It's more a matter of attaching the right cables to the right connectors. Most network laser printers come with installation guides on CD-ROM disks that give you step-by-step instructions for installing the printer management software and drivers. If not, your vendor can help.
Little Extras
Today's network laser printers offer many special features. For one thing, they're approaching crossover status with copiers. "Copier features, such as duplexing, stapling, collating, offsetting and sorting, are finding their way onto laser printers," says Jocelyn Eisenberg, a product marketing manager for Xerox, whose Docuprint N40 model has menu options for edge-to-edge, watermark or fit-to-size printing. Another recent innovation saves time by placing a blank sheet of paper between sets of transparencies to keep them separate.
Other handy features include the ability to send printing job commands via the Internet while on the road (allowing documents to be printed on your office printer) and "walk-up wireless" printing via infrared receivers. To print from a peripheral with an infrared beam, such as from a PDA, simply point the device at the printer's infrared receiver and start printing.
Paper-handling features are more versatile than ever on today's laser printers. Now you can print labels, envelopes, ledger-sized documents and transparencies on a wide variety of stock thicknesses. Once you determine the kinds of media and paper sizes you and your staff will use, plus your monthly volume, you can find the right network laser printer to meet those needs.
The Catch
Yes, there are drawbacks to buying a network laser printer instead of one printer for each PC. If your one and-only breaks down, printing for the entire office will come to a screeching halt. To prepare for such a scenario, level out the load with an inexpensive inkjet or a low-end laser. (Either one will get you through until the original printer is fixed.)
Another disadvantage is having to line up printing jobs, but you can overcome this by matching the print speed and duty cycle of one or more network printers to your office workload. Also consider space: Unlike the small footprints of desktop printers, network laser printers have large and bulky paper cassettes--sometimes on both sides of the printer--that require lots of elbow room.
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The collection of the Vitra Design Museum ranks among the most important holdings of furniture design worldwide. It contains some 7000 pieces of furniture, a vast assemblage of lighting objects and numerous archives, as well as the Collection of the Eames Office, or the estates of Verner Panton and Alexander Girard. On 4 June 2016 the Vitra Schaudepot was opened, created by the architectural firm Herzog & de Meuron, in which the Vitra Design Museum presents key pieces of its collection.
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Whether in the form of delivery drones, smart sensors, or Industry 4.0 — in recent years, robotics has found its way into our everyday lives, changing them in fundamental ways. Design has a central role to play in this process, for it is designers who shape the interfaces between humans and machines. From 11 February to 14 May 2017, the Vitra Design Museum will present a major exhibition that examines the current boom in robotics in detail for the first time. »Hello, Robot. Design between Human and Machine« will comprise more than 200 exhibits from the fields of design and art and will include robots used in the home, in nursing care, and in industry as well as computer games, media installations, and examples of films and literature in which robots feature. It will show the wide variety of forms that robotics takes today and at the same time broaden our awareness of the associated ethical, social, and political issues.
During the last decade, digitalisation has caused a radical redefinition of robotics. Nowadays, robots do not just build cars and washing machines or transport us in self-propelled trains from one airport terminal to another, but appear in a host of other forms, ranging from communicative domestic appliances, the so-called Internet of Things, to the self-learning algorithms in computer programmes, known as bots. Whereas robotics used to be the exclusive domain of engineers and IT experts, today designers are helping to shape the current boom in robotics in key ways, for it is often they who decide how and where we encounter robots, what kind of relationship we form with them, and how we interact with them – or they with us.
»Hello, Robot.« introduces us to robots in four steps. The first section of the exhibition traces the fascination that artificial humans have long exerted on people in the modern age and looks at how popular culture has shaped our perception of robots. The second section is devoted to the field in which robotics first made a breakthrough: industry and the world of work. Whereas robots are typically perceived in this context as a threat to jobs, »Hello, Robot.« looks at the current debate on this subject from a number of very different perspectives. The spectrum of exhibits ranges here from classic industrial robots to an installation by the group RobotLab, in which a robot produces manifestos on a production line, thus questioning where the boundary lies between work that can be automated and human creativity. The third section of the exhibition shows how we are gradually coming face to face with the new technology – as a friend and helper in our everyday lives, in our households, in nursing care, as a digital companion, or even in cybersex. The fourth section looks at the increasing blurring of the boundaries between humans and robots – exemplified by our living in »learning« buildings, travelling through »smart cities«, or having smart sensors implanted in our bodies.
Outside the museum, the »Elytra Filament Pavilion« complements the exhibition. This bionic baldachin is an impressive example of the growing influence of robotics on architecture. The individual modules were defined by an algorithm and then produced with the help of an industrial robot. The pavilion was realised by a team from the University of Stuttgart that included Achim Menges and has already been shown at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London.
»Hello, Robot.« shows the ambivalence with which the spread of robotics has been viewed for many decades. Right from the start, the debate about artificial intelligence has oscillated between utopian and dystopian visions, between the hope of a better, technologically advanced world and the fear of disempowerment. In this context, we are once again confronted with the question of the designer's responsibility.
The controversy about the right approach to robotics is reflected in fourteen questions that guide the viewer through the exhibition as a kind of leitmotif. They invite visitors to reflect on their own attitudes to new technology and show how closely linked the opportunities and risks attendant on robotics often are. For while robotics has become more approachable, more personal, more essential even, the question remains: Does it make our world any better?
An extensive programme of talks, films, performances, and workshops will accompany the exhibition and illuminate the theme of robotics from a number of different perspectives. The layout of the exhibition catalogue was programmed by an algorithm in cooperation with Double Standards, Berlin. Key visual: Christoph Niemann.
#hellorobotThe museum invites all visitors to share their impressions and photos of the exhibition on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram under the hashtags #hellorobot and #vitradesignmuseum.


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Hi Eb,
I'm so thrilled I finally saw the thread on Protecting Our Children. I am proud of you for sharing your voice and efforts to raise awareness.
Many of your posts were inspiring to me and I appreciated your willingness to be open. It allowed me the courage to open up as well.
Thanks again. You are a bright light!
I really appreciated your responses in the Darren Sharper thread. Not many people understand the dynamics of sexual assault and believe it to be about sexual gratification rather than the need for power over someone.
I hope that animal goes down for life as there is no way that he's innocent, not with this many allegations. Anyway, it felt good that I wasn't the only one saying what I was saying.
Separate not desperate lol
quick question, is the word conjugal deemed to extreme for the boards?
Yeah man. Boys are playing soccer now, so I'm hopping in the evenings. Older son (14) just took 2nd in a tournament this weekend - scored the game winner in our first game. Other than that, I'm finishing an addition to my house and am hanging siding when weather & time permits. When I'm done, I'll have a sweet hangout space for the boys during their HS years. 60" TV, ping-pong, foosball, dart board - all within earshot so we can keep tabs on them!
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Hey Jimmy, whatare you up to ?
Oh, hey Eric.
I was just trying towrite some new jokes
for my comedyr-r-routine.
Yeah well, you wannado something ?
I wanted to hang outwith Stan and Kyle
but they're all pissed offat me for something
so I have tohang out with you.
Sorry, Eric, but I reallyneed to work, very much.
I haven't writtena good joke in over a week.
Alright, well maybeI can help you.
You know, we can totallywrite some stuff together.
Oh well sure,
I've never really triedworking with a partner
but let's give ita sh-sho-
Let's see...I was working on this-
Why does a squirrelswim on its back ?
To keep hisn-nuts dry...
Nah, that'snot that funny.
Let's trysomething else.
Uh... A firemanand a P-p-pollack
are eatingmarshmallows, when-
No- No Pollacks aren'tthat funny, dude.
Try something else.
So the pope says
"What are you,a stinking evolutionist ?"
Here's some fruit, boys.
Better for you thanpotato chips.
Ooh, Jimmy look out,there's a black widow !
Wow, thanks mom !
You might'asaved my life !
Dude, if I'm trying to becreative I can't eat fruit -
Doesn't your mom have somethingmore substantial to eat ?
You can checkthe freezer.
There might be some frozenfishsticks or something.
If you likefishsticks...
Yeah, I like fishsticks.
Wait a minute...fish sticks.
Fish... dicks...
Oh my God,it's so obvious !
How did I neverthink of it before ?
Dude, you gotsomething ?
Alright just run with meon this, Eric.
Say Eric, do youlike fishsticks ?
You like puttingfish dicks in your mouth ?
Well what areyou, Eric...
A gay fish ?
Fish dicks !
Oh dude that'sfunny as shit !
I think we're reallyonto something here !
Let's try it outon the guys !
Oh, there's Clyde,do it to Clyde !
Yeah, Yeah, let'sdo it to Clyde !
Okay, okay, shhh,check it out.
Uh hey there, Clyde.
What's going on ?
Eric and Jimmy came up withthe funniest joke ever !
Say Clyde, do youlike fishsticks ?
You like to put fishsticksin your mouth ?
What are you, Clyde,a gay fish ?
You said you like fish dicksin your mouth
that makes youa gay fish !
Ha-ha !!Ha-ha !
Token, Token, gota question for you.
Token, do youlike fishsticks ?
Fishsticks,yeah, I guess so.
Shh shh, Butters !
You like puttingfishsticks in your mouth ?
A gay fish ?What are you,a gay fish ?
Ha ha haaaa !
Hey look there'sKevin Stoley !
Hey Kevin do youlike fishsticks ?
( knock on door )
Hey...Hey Mackey.
Do you likefishsticks ?
Fishsticks ?
Yeah, I likefishsticks, mkay.
Oh hey, Peterson,buying fishsticksI see...
Yeah, I likefishsticks.
What are you Peterson,a gay fish ?
Alright, hey how we allfeeling tonight...
So let me ask the guysin the audience a question-
Do you like fishsticks ?
Yes !Yes !Yes.
Huh... what are you,gay fish ?
And so uh,hey Paul...
Do you likefishsticks, Paul ?
Uh... Sure.
What are you Paul,a gay fish ?
So apparentlymore and more Americans
are eating fishsticks-have you see this ?
Have youread about this ?
Loving fishsticks.
Kind of makes me wonder,you know ?
What is everybody,a gay fish ?
It is quite possibly thefunniest joke ever conceived,
and its origin is unknown.
The fishdicks jokecrosses all borders
all races all agesand ethnic groups
and is slowly unitingour country.
In fact, the only person whoappears to not get the joke
is rapper Kanye West
who becomes furious when peopleuse the joke on him.
Yo' that is messed up, yo.
I am not gay.
And I sure as hellain't no fish, alright ?
You...really don't get it ?
Hey man,I'm a genius, alright.
I'm the most talented musicianin the world.
If I was a homosexualor a fish, I would know !
You're a rapper.
Yes !
An entrepreneur.
And you likefish dicks.
You're a gay fish.
No I'm notno gay fish.
Just gay ?
I'm not gay andI'm not a fish.
Man !
You are male.
Damn right I'm male !
A male thatlikes fish dicks.
Yeah, I like fishsticks.
You like to put fish dicksin your mouth.
You're a gay fish.
Alright that does it !
I'm gonna kick yourmotherfucking ass !
Dude, that's our joke onnational television !
We know, Cartman.
♪ Nya-nya nya-nyanyaaa nya ♪
♪ We are comedy writers
♪ and youguys aren't ♪
♪ Ha-ha ha-hahaaaa-ha ♪
Jimmy, I'vebeen thinking.
We've got to patentthe fishsticks joke.
Patent ?Yeah, dude.
There's lots of peopleout there using our joke
on their shows.
We should begetting compensated.
Well Eric, that's reallynot how jokes work.
I mean, you know
we should just be happythat the joke is so popular
and made a lotof people laugh.
Dude, fuck that !
Maybe you were writing jokesfor people's amusement
but I don't work for free.
I'm gonnatalk to a lawyer
so we get what'scoming to us.
Jimmy, exactly what partof the fishdicks joke
did Cartman write ?
Well... He didn't actuallywrite any of it...
He just uh...
Let me guess-you wrote the joke
and Cartman just laid onthe couch eating Twizzlers.
Actually itwas potato chips.
I knew it !
Don't let that fat turdwalk all over you, Jimmy !
Stand up for yourself !
Well I mean,he was in the room.
Then justgive him half.
What ?
I like you, Jimmy.
But you're notgonna win this.
Consider yourself luckyhe's only asking for half.
Craig, if Cartmandidn't do anything
then he doesn't deserveany of the credit.
And and if I had wheels,I'd be a wagon.
No dude, screw that !
Jimmy, if Cartman didn'twrite the joke
then definitely don't signany patent papers with him !
Just say 'Cartman,
'you didn't have anythingto do with this joke,
and you know it !'
Just give him half.
making up rumors about me
that aremalicious and untrue !
But I am going to proveonce and for all
I am not a fish.
Because I am a genius
I have ascertainedthat fish have gills.
Doctor, do I have gills ?
He does nothave gills.
You hear that,no gills.
So I can't be a fish.
And I'm a genius voice of ageneration, so I'm not gay.
So that is that,alright, it's over.
Now are thereany questions ?
Do you likefishsticks ?
Love 'em !
You're a gay fish.
No, I'm not,ahghghgh !!
Alright, recently...
Recently we've all come to knowthe fishsticks joke
as probably the funniest,most awesome joke ever.
But who originallycame up with it ?
Well, here's your answer-
Joining us tonight,the brains behind
the incrediblefishsticks joke --
The one and only,Carlos Mencia !
Yeah,Viva la Mexico !
So Carlos, you've gota show on Comedy Central
a stand up tour,where did you have time
to come up withthis classic joke ?
Well, you know, I was justkickin' it with my homies
and my brain -you know my brain
is always so full of ideas'cuz I'm so funny and stuff...
So I was all like -
"Hey Pepeeto,you like fishsticks ?"
And my homeboy says,
'Yeah Carlos y'knowyou're so funny'.
And then it justoccurred to me,
'Oh man, you must bea gay fish, holmes !'
That's just how I cameup with it, mi amigos !
Motherfucker !
Carlos Mencia is takingcredit for our joke !
Really ?
Yeah dude, I told youthis would happen.
Now look, I got a lawyer todraw up some patent papers.
We've got to sign theseso that people know
that the joke belongsto you and me !
Uh... I don't know, Eric.
I really don't think I want tosign that, very much.
But Jimmy, some fat turdis taking credit
for somethinghe didn't do !
Well, to be perfectlyf-f-frank, Eric,
I think I came up witha little bit more of the joke
than you did.
What ?
Well, you know, I mean,I basically wrote the thing
and you just kind of...ate chips.
Jimmy, that's messed up.
We decided that dayto write together.
Don't you remember ?
Hey Jimmy,you wanna hang out ?
Sorry, Eric, but I gottawrite some jokes.
Unless you wannateam up or something ?
Team up ?
Okay, let's writesome jokes together.
Here's some fishdicks guys,hope you like fishdicks.
"Do we likefishsticks ?"
What does she thinkwe are, gay fish ?
Ha-ha !Ha-ha !
Ooh, look out Jimmy,it's a black widow !
Wow, thanks Eric !
Is that... Is thathow it happened ?
Look, exactly who came upwith which part of the joke
isn't even relevant.
We had anagreement, Jimmy
and if you wannago back on that now...
well then, you'reno better than a Jew.
I'm... I'm sorry ?
It's cool man.
Here he is, ya'll !
Give it up forKanye West !
Yo' uh, yo'.
Yo' woa,what the hell ?
Gay fish !Gay fish !Gay fish !
Gay fish !Gay fish !Gay fish !
Yo' fuckthis noise yo' !
It just doesn'tmake any sense, yo' !
Why's everyone calling mea gay fish ?
Kanye, look, we all thinkit would be better
if you wouldjust drop it.
You know, I mean,if you don't get it
you don't get it.
What you meanI don't get it, house ?
I'm a genius !
I'll understand it,
I just need tobreak it down, is all.
Now let's see...something about fishsticks-
Interacting with me,makes me gay fish...
Kanye, really--
Shut up !
Alright what do we knowabout fishsticks...
They're breaded...they're fried, they're frozen.
Then under mewe have rapper... genius...
Gay fishare homosexual...
they swim...
Is it because breaded hassomething to do with genius ?
Which swims ?
No, because you said youlike fish dicks, Kanye.
Don't you get it ?
You see fish dicksis a play on words.
I don't need anyonetelling me play on words
I'm a motherfuckinglyrical wordsmith
motherfucking genius !
Dude, get outta here,I'm peeing.
It's just...
I don't know whatto do about Jimmy.
I'm starting to think hemight try and Jew me out of
my half of thefishsticks joke.
I just need youto teach me some
Jew defensive moves, Kyle.
Because we really bothdid come up with it.
You know what, Cartman ?
I believe you.
You do ?Yes.
I believe thatyou believe
you helpedwrite that joke.
That's how peoplelike you work.
Your ego isso out of whack
that it will do whateverit can to protect itself.
And people witha messed up ego
can do thesemental gymnastics
to convince themselvesthey're awesome
when really they'rejust douchebags.
But... I'm sure I helpedcome up with the joke...
Didn't I ?
Hey Jimmy,what's up, dawg ?
Oh hey Eric !
Just working onsome jokes.
That's cool, you wannawrite some together ?
Heym, that'd be great !
I've always wantedto work with you.
You're really funny andyou're totally not fat.
Cool, thanks,let's get to work.
Now let's see...
Something that'sa play on words.
I dunno... fishsticks.
You know, 'cuz dicks.
Hey, you're reallyonto something there !
Hello Eric,I have some chips
because you're totallynot fat at all.
Oh thank you,Mrs. Valmer.
Now let's see...
The setup could be"Do you like fishsticks ?"
Right, and thenI say 'yeah'
So then I can say'What are you a gay fish ?'
Oh wow this isincredible !
( Mrs. V. )What is that ?
It's a dragonof some kind !
Don't worryI can save you all !
Hughgh !!
Hey look, Erickilled a dragon !
He's the most awesomekid in school !
And he's notfat at all !
Thanks you guys !
No, I definitelyhelped write the joke.
All I can hope is Jimmydoesn't try to Jew me over.
that I'm fashionable andfishsticks are crunchy ?
Yo' Kanye, Kanye,we found 'em, money !
Found who ?
You told usto track down
whoever started thewhole fishstick thang.
We found out who, dawg.
Come on, man,what is this man ?
What the fuckis going on man ?
Oh fuck, man,Kanye West -
Oh no, oh shit, man...okay look it wasn't me -
I didn't really start thefishstick thing, alright ?
You just sayin' that now'cuz you're scared !
No man, it's true,I stole it, man !
I took credit for it 'cuzI'm not actually funny !
Come on man, do you knowwhat that's like ?
Being a comedian butnot being funny ?
Come on, Kanye,I just take jokes
and re-package them witha Mexican accent man.
You think you canmake fun of me ?
I'm a genius !
I'm the voiceof a generation !
What are you !?
Nothing !
Look at me man...
I'm not funny, I steal jokes,my dick don't work, man...
I got to piss in a plastic bag,man, I got no dick !
I'm not gonnahurt you.
I pay peopleto do that for me.
Oh shit, oh no man,come on I got no dick man-
Ahhh ahh !
( sobbing )
Now, explainit to me.
Why do people thinkI'm a gay fish ?
'Cuz... 'cuz you likefishsticks, man.
Come on, man...don't you get it ?
Please...just get it man...
Why- look at melook at me !
I love fishsticks...
I love puttingfishsticks in my mouth.
You're, you'rea gay fish, man.
Well, about a week ago
our country was blessedwith the fishsticks joke.
And ever since then,us comedians
have been kicking ourselvesfor not thinking of it !
But today, we have with usthe true creators
of the fishsticks joke-
Please welcome the comedy teamof Cartman and Valmer !
Hey guys !
Hi Ellen !
You guys likefishsticks ?
Thank you, thank youno really, thank you.
So guys I gotta ask,
How did you come upwith this incredible joke ?
It was just-
Ellen, comedy is like a gameof racquetball, you know ?
You serve, and the otherperson hits it back.
It bounces off the wall-you backhand it.
And it goes back and forthand back and forth !
Then hopefully, you'vegot a good joke.
Thank you.
But guys, this jokeis so... perfect.
Can you explain how nobodythought of it before ?
Well Ellen, the t-t-t-truth of the matter is
that there's never reallybeen a team like us before.
I mean, let's beperfectly honest
a lot of people wouldn'twork with someone
who was disabled,but I see past that.
I look beyond Jimmy'sdisabilities and find a bond-
Which can unite usin comedy.
Working with crippled peopleis really important.
That's so great...and are you crying Jimmy ?
Yes ma'am.
Oh don't cry pal, you'regonna get me started.
Anyway, what was importantfor us, as a team, Ellen
was to make sure thateveryone knew that
we came up with the joke,
and notCarlos-butthole-Mencia.
I see, and did you knowthat Carlos Mencia
was found dead inhis house this morning
with fishsticks stuffeddown his open neck hole ?
Uhhh... excuse me ?
Get my jet ready !
Looks like we gotanother inning to play.
Alright so check it out,
we've got offers fromVan de Camps
and Gorton's Fishermen,to do commercials !
It's always been my dreamto go on a national TV show
and talk aboutthe craft of comedy.
Yeah, that wascool, huh ?
Eric, there's somethingI really need to know.
What's that ?
How do you livewith yourself ?
You know you had nothing to dowith the fishsticks joke -
but you justkeep pretending.
How do you look at yourselfin the fucking mirror ?
That's whatI want to know !
So...here it is.
How do you take credit forsomething you didn't do ?
That is bullcrap Jimmyand you know it !
I had just as much to dowith the fishsticks joke
as you did !
Dude, it's Puff Daddy !
Tie up thesemotherfuckers !
Now, I'm gonna ask youmotherfuckers one more time.
Why did you startthese rumors about me ?
Please, I wasn't startingrumors about you.
I don't even knowwho you are !
Oh right, everyoneknows who I am !
I want to knowhow this got started.
Wul, we were just talkingabout ideas for jokes and-
Oh so now it's we,huh, Jimmy ?
A minute ago you saidyou did it all yourself !
Wul, I just a bu- I bu-
Uh bubbu bubbua-bubbu !
We both came upwith it together.
You wanna knowhow it happened ?
Hello, Jim.
Oh boy, it's mybest pal Eric !
What you up to ?
I'm tryingto write jokes
but I'm not as funnyas you, so it's tough.
Well, maybeI can help you.
We can team up !
Really ?
Wow, you would help meeven though I'm crippled.
You are caringand not fat.
Now let's see,how about a joke
that has somethingto do with fishsticks.
You know,'cuz fishsticks
sounds likefish dicks, Jimmy.
Eric Cartman,you are handsome
and not evenremotely fat.
Thanks- so whatI'm thinking is,
Do you like fishsticksin your mouth ?
What was that ?
Eric, Eric youhave to save us !
An entire army ofJew robots !
( screaming )
Oh my God, what areJew Bots doing here ?
Flame on !
Flame off !
You saved everyone fromthe Jewbots, Cartman !
C'mon Jimmy, we gotta go backand finish that joke !
"...like fishsticksin your mouth ?"
"What are youa gay fish ?" -There !
Wow Eric, incredible !
Too bad I'm a dick andI'm gonna take all the credit.
S-s-suck it, bitch.
Aw, dammit.
I guess it really wasall me who came up with it.
What ? !
You gotta let Jimmy go,it's all my fault.
Jesus Eric...
He's gonna kill you.
You won't even admitit was just me
knowing you'regonna die ?
Jimmy, you really believethat you came up with it
all on your own ?
Oh my God, wait...I totally get it now !
What, I still don'tget anything !
All this time I've beenmad at you Jimmy
for trying to takeall the credit.
But now I realize it'sjust that your ego
has made you believe thingshappened differently.
That's what Kyle wastrying to tell me.
That you havesuch a huge ego
you do thesemental gymnastics
to make yourselfa part of things.
R-really ?
I thought you werejust trying to
Jew me out ofmy part of the credit
but now I realizethat some people
just have egos thatare so out of whack-
That no matter whatpeople tell them,
they can't accept thetruth of who they are.
Jimmy, I owe youan apology.
I realize now youcan't help believing
you createdthe entire joke,
because your ego won'tlet you think otherwise.
I just have toaccept that.
Thanks, Eric,
for being sounderstanding.
He's right...
For so long I'veconsidered myself
God's gift to the world
that I couldn't take itwhen people made fun of me.
But they weren'tmaking fun of me...
They were tryingto help me.
Boys, I understandwhat you did now.
Untie them guys...I know what I have to do.
It's time for meto stop running.
I need to believewhat people tell me.
Let all my fans knowI love 'em
but a gay fishjust can't live
in the outside world forever.
Don't be sadfor me, guys--
I'm going home !
Uh - c'mon !
♪ I been so lonely, girlI've been so sad and down ♪
♪ I couldn't understandwhy haters joked around ♪
♪ I wanted to be freewith other creatures like me ♪
♪ And now I got my wish
♪ 'cause I know thatI'm a gay fish ♪
Gay fish, yo'
I'm a fish, yo'
♪ It's alright, girl
♪ Makin' love to othergay fish ♪
♪ All those lonely nightsat the grocery store ♪
♪ In the frozen fish aislefeelin' like a whore ♪
♪ 'Cause I wasn't bein' truey'know everyone said ♪
♪ That I have tomake a switch ♪
♪ Now I knowthat I'm a gay fish ♪
Gay fish, yo'
I'm a fish, yo'
♪ Now I'm whereI belong, girl ♪
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A Hip Hop Superstar comes to terms with being a gay fish.


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Four more swine flu deaths were reported in the Bay Area Monday, two in the South Bay, one on the Peninsula and one in the North Bay, renewing calls from state health officials urging people to get vaccinated as the flu season's peak approaches.
The recent deaths in Santa Clara, San Mateo and Sonoma counties come as pharmacies and Bay Area hospitals were receiving additional doses of flu vaccine to keep up with high demand that caused shortages in some locations last week. Officials in multiple counties, however, have said there is enough supply to go around.
"Our message is the same," said Sherri Willis, a spokeswoman for the Alameda County Public Health Department. "There's still plenty of time, and in most communities, there's plenty of vaccine. It takes two weeks to gain full immunity from the vaccine. As soon as you can get a shot, the better."
Santa Clara County officials confirmed two more deaths on Monday, a 61-year-old and a 62-year-old, bringing the county's total number of H1N1-related fatalities to four, the highest for any Bay Area county. San Mateo County also reported its second death on Monday. In addition, ABC7 reported just after 6 p.m. Monday that Sonoma County officials confirmed that a 54-year-old with underlying conditions had died from the flu.
In all, the nine Bay Area counties and Santa Cruz County have reported 16 flu-related deaths. Alameda County reported three deaths, Marin County reported two, and San Francisco and Contra Costa counties have each reported one death. There have been no deaths reported in Solano and Napa counties, officials said.
Santa Cruz county officials initially reported two deaths last week, but on Monday said only one, the death of a 50-year-old man, had been confirmed as being caused by swine flu. Two others in the county are so far only suspected to be flu-related deaths.
Because the state requires reporting of influenza deaths only in people younger than 65, the number of flu-related deaths could actually be higher. That age requirement began after the swine flu pandemic of 2009-10, when 203,000 people died worldwide, including more than 600 Californians.
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Bay Area News Group staff writers Rick Hurd and Tracy Seipel, Marin Independent-Journal writer Richard Halstead, and ABC7 contributed to this report. Contact David DeBolt in Richmond at 510-262-2728. Follow him at Twitter.com/daviddebolt.
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Alameda County: 3
Contra Costa County: 1
Marin County: 2
Napa County: none
San Francisco County: 1
San Mateo County: 2
Santa Clara County: 4
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Solano County: none
Sonoma County: 2
* Santa Cruz County isn't included in the official designation of nine Bay Area counties.


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Collected plays [of] Bertolt Brecht, Band 1
Knopf Publishing Group, 01.06.1971 - 441 Seiten
The authorized translation of the collected plays includes introductions, placing each work in the context of Brecht's total output and the whole range of German literature
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In the Jungle of Cities translated by Gerhard Nellhaus
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UPDATE: Found a mostly-usable form of the video from 22 Minutes, not on their site but at YouTube. I dunno, but did anyone hear what Palin actually said the same way I did? In fairness, I didn't hear "dismantle," only that the government should share the market with the private sector, IOW a single (big) step backwards, not the giant leap. No difference though. "Commonsense conservatism"? Sweetheart, it left the U.S. during/after the Revolution, and remained among Canada's Red Tories until they lost their party in the Harper/Reform takeover a couple years ago. And Sarah and Steve ain't it!
The other thing I noticed is that, while the lovable "Marg Delahunty" (OK, I really can't take the voice, but admire her "all lies" review of the book!!) was woman-handled out of the library, her camera crew was allowed to stay. PURE PHOTO-OP! No questions, just pictures. I hope Muscle-Melon wasn't on the public payroll facilitating that 'un-campaign' appearance for Palin.
ORIGINAL: That's right, the Canadians who 'punked' W. got last week what may be the only policy remarks Alaska's disgraced, resigned, unqualified, eye-candy governor will allow herself to be drawn on involuntarily, unscripted, during her eternal, fluff book tour/photo-op … and her own country is not the subject (nor is Russia!): 'Yup, yup,' like most self-important Republican politicos, she's now become an expert on Canada's model single-payer healthcare system — and all she cares about is corporate profiteering instead, and RATIONING on the basis of wealth, Whiteness, suburban residence, non-Indigenous status, etc.
If that's "going rogue," then John McCain's a maverick! The free ride she's been getting from the MSM ever since her (losing) nomination is a danger to America and the world, because the hard right wing will back her as their savior just to feel they get back in power, even if she doesn't know what to do with it in any way that will benefit, apparently, anyone other than CEOs and wealthy stockholders … short-term, anyway…. TALK ABOUT "DEATH PANELS"!!! 'Whose plug would Jesus pull?'


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DENVER (MarketWatch) — Brewery scion Joe Coors gave millions in 2002 to con artists who promised him a 75% weekly return.
That is not a typo. Coors was pitched a 75% WEEKLY return, and he bought it. Now he's running for Congress, touting credentials as a "common-sense" businessman.
"It's time to stop Washington's reckless borrowing and spending," he says in TV commercials. "We need to send common-sense businesspeople to Congress. .. My name is Joe Coors. I am not a beer. And I approve this message."
Touting boilerplate Republican arguments against big government in a largely self-funded campaign, Coors frequently ridicules President Barack Obama for the Solyndra LLC debacle.
And when the 70-year-old candidate is not bragging about what a great businessman he is, he is complaining about what a great businessman his incumbent opponent is not.
"I don't think he could manage a lemonade stand without a federal grant or some subsidies," Coors quipped in a recent debate with Colorado Democratic U.S. Rep. Ed Perlmutter.
Coors is either an ingrate or he has been drinking way too much of the Mike's Hard Lemonade that his family brews. Perlmutter was a partner in a growing law firm that specializes in commercial litigation. He once hired Coors's own daughter as an attorney. So Coors's opponent has not only created jobs, he's created them for Coors's own family.
For all his business acumen, Perlmutter is still trying to fathom the size of a 75% weekly return compounded over time. "It's astronomical," he said in a telephone interview. "You've got to do scientific notation to even get close. .. The distance is like from here to the farthest reaches of the universe."
As an attorney, he has represented Ponzi scheme victims who were promised only 12% a year. "The courts were saying even that was too good to be true," he said. "This thing was 75% a week."
I wrote a column for the Denver Post about the unbelievable fleecing of Coors in 2004. (Read it on my blog.) The liberal group ProgressNow has been quoting from it liberally on its websites since January. So I thought maybe Coors would like to sit down with me and put this bizarre chapter in his business career into a more positive perspective.
I would have let him tell the story in his own words, instead of the words in a trail of federal court documents, old news reports, and his adversaries. But his communications director, Michelle Yi, responded to my request in an email, saying that Coors was too busy with his campaign to give me an interview. "We can and will try to arrange something most definitely after the election," she wrote.
Yi's response goes down in my annals of public relations strategies as "nice try." Coors wants to campaign on his record as a great businessman, but like a Las Vegas gambling addict, he only wants to talk about the deals he won.
Coors is the great-grandson of brewery founder Adolph Coors. Joe Coors reportedly receives about $2 million a year from various Coors family trusts. He was chairman and chief executive of CoorsTek Inc., a spinoff of the beer company, when he retired in 2000. His brother Pete Coors ran an unsuccessful race for U.S. Senate in 2004 and is vice chairman of the Molson Coors Brewing Co.
In 2002, Joe Coors ran across a couple of seemingly obvious crooks who were offering one heck of a deal — 75% weekly returns for investors big enough to put down at least $10 million. Coors and a partner put $40 million into a Merrill Lynch account with the potential to borrow another $20 million on the margin. They then gave the crooks access to the account.
This is all according to documents filed in U.S. District Court in Denver in some civil and criminal cases, as well as a complaint filed by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission against the perpetrators.
Instead of investing Coors's money in that amazing 75%-a-week deal they had promised, the crooks started doing all the things that crooks like to do: running up enormous tabs at hotels and jewelry stores, buying expensive cars and antiques, paying for cosmetic surgery, binge shopping at Louis Vuitton and Saks Fifth Avenue, and such.
After the crooks withdrew more than $4 million, someone at Merrill Lynch started asking questions. Merrill Lynch then reported the matter to the SEC and froze the account, according to court documents.
Instead of thanking Merrill Lynch for protecting most of his loot and ratting out these predators, Coors filed a federal lawsuit against the firm, complaining it did not do enough. Coors also alleged his Merrill Lynch broker in The Woodlands, Texas, had vouched for the crooks.
Merrill Lynch countersued Coors. Nasty accusations flew back and forth. And the episode became one of those embarrassing and expensive legal debacles that sometimes inspire Republicans to scream about how all the lawyers are destroying business.
Coors's perpetrators ultimately received their just deserts, thanks to Merrill Lynch's vigilance and some big-government regulators. Claude Lefebvre, 69, is in a federal prison in Elkton, Ohio, until Jan. 31, 2020. Dennis Herula, 65, is in a federal prison in Edgefield, S.C., until Jan. 18, 2017.
"He was gullible enough to get into a get-rich-quick scheme," Perlmutter said. "If he can't manage his own money, why would you want him managing the country's?"
The only conclusion I could ever come to was that Coors was as steeped in greed as the men who ripped him off. U.S. District Judge Robert Blackburn said as much when he sentenced Lefebvre in Denver in July 2005.
"There's much that could be said about the defendants and victims," the judge said. "But make no mistake, this was a contest that pitted greed against greed, and greed prevailed, but to the detriment of all the greedy."
All that said, I think Coors could fit right into Washington.


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This custom cooler bag holds six of your favorite soda bottles or beers and features a durable padded handle for easy carry.
A polyester promotional cooler bag that holds your lunch or up to 6 cans of your favorite beverages while showcasing your logo.
The perfect giveaway at music festivals! Keep the party going all day and night long with this unique Koozie Rowdy Promotional Fanny Pack Cooler. Hold up to 3 cans handsfree, keeping them cool for hours.
Keep your favorite foods and beverages cold anywhere on the go with the Insulated Custom Cooler Bag.
These thermal insulated cooler custom bags are perfect for keeping lunches cold while boosting brand recognition by displaying your logo!
With its many special features, the Eight-Can Custom Cooler stands apart - Add it to your next event!
Ideal for new hires and health initiatives! This Koozie Roll-Top Custom Cooler Bag is perfectly sized for lunches. The roll down top with buckle closure turns into a carrying handle!
A logo cooler bag or small cooler is a great alternative to a paper sack as it's both more environmentally responsible and less expensive. These facts combine to make a lunch tote an excellent promotional item as they're a useful luxury for making the daily grind more bearable.
If you're looking to recognize employees or offer a useful giveaway item, a small cooler could be an excellent choice. Look around your office - is everyone toting lunches in battered shopping bags? It's time to consider a small cooler as a way to say 'thanks for the hard work.'
ePromos has some of the best lunch coolers available in a wide variety of shapes, colors, materials and prices, so whether you're searching for a unique logo cooler or a simple insulated tote that you can buy in bulk, we have great options available. From sophisticated and neutral black to bright colors that beg for attention, your logo will look great on one of these custom cooler bags.
Another cooler feature that offers a lot of variability is the shape of the bag. ePromos offers small custom cooler bags with longer straps so they carry more like a messenger bag or purse, as well as coolers that have double handles and carry like an insulated shopping bag. Some bags have a short handle like on a traditional lunch pail or a combination of a handle and straps allowing the user to select the easiest way to carry their logo bag.