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A defined brow isn't going anywhere, but do you have to splurge on a prestige product to fill in your arches or keep them in place? We challenged celebrity makeup artist Jake Bailey—he's Katy Perry's go-to artist and has worked with everyone from Naomi Watts to Kristen Stewart to Angelina Jolie—to test a table full of drugstore products to answer just that. Before we uncapped the first pencil, he gave us a few tips.
"In general, pencils are better for dry skin and powder's better for oily skin, but it's more important to focus on finding the right shade," Bailey says. "The biggest mistake I see is people using a color that's too warm for them." Which means you'll want to ignore the shade name: those suited for blondes are normally too orange-y, and those for brunettes are often too dark. "Pick a color that's lighter than your brows and a little ashier than your hair," Bailey says. "Brow products, especially powders, melt into your skin which makes the color warm-up."
And once you find the right hue? "Brush your brows down to fill in the top arch, then brush them up and fill in any gaps," he says. Waxes don't hold brows in place very well, but a good gel or hairspray will, he says. Keep scrolling to see Bailey's eyebrow picks, from the best eyebrow gel to the highlighter that will make your eyes look wide-awake.
"I like this shade because it's nice and ashy," Bailey says about E.l.f.'s Eyebrow Liner & Filler ($3) in Light. "And I really like the texture—but use it lightly because it doesn't have as fine a point as most pencils."
The brand that impressed Bailey the most was Drew Barrymore's Flower Beauty: all three shades of their Raise Some Brows Pencil ($6) got his stamp of approval. "Generally a brunette would have pretty dark brows, to begin with, so you want to go with a shade like this," he says, referring to the Light Brown pencil. "You want to define your brows without making them darker." He suggests the other two hues, Blonde, and Dark Brown, for strawberry blonde and black hair, respectively.
Bailey found almost every product designed for red hair on our table to have an orange or mustard undertone—not good for anyone—until he got to CoverGirl's Brow and Eye Makers Pencil ($4) in Soft Blonde. "This would be great for someone with light, strawberry blonde hair!" he says.
Bailey also liked NYX's full range of hues of their Eyebrow Cake Powder ($6). "They have a shade for everyone, in both warm and ashy tones," he says. Blondes and light brunettes should try the Blonde shade, redheads pick up the Brunette color, and the Black/Gray shade is good for raven hair.
Palladio's Brow Powder ($6) in Taupe was another powder to catch Bailey's attention. "This one is nice!" Bailey says. "It's perfect if you have dirty blonde or even light brown hair." His tips for applying a powder formula? Use an angled brush to fill in gaps, then brush your brows into place with a brow gel, he says.
Bailey's wild card pick was L'Oreal's Brow Stylist ($5) in Darker Black Brown. "Honestly, I prefer a natural brow," he says. "But for the girls that want that glamorous, filled-in look? Use this."
"I like the texture of this pencil a lot, and it's nice that it comes with a brush, but it's still a little too rich for a blonde or brunette," Bailey says about Maybelline's Master Shape ($7) in Soft Brown. "It would be perfect for dark red hair!"
After trying a few gels and clear mascaras on his own brows, Bailey declared CoverGirl's Professional Natural Lash Mascara ($6) in Clear the best eyebrow gel of the bunch. "This gives a nice, light hold," he says. If your brows are unruly or curly, he suggests splurging on Urban Decay's Urban Brow Styling Brush and Setting Gel or breaking out the strong-hold hairspray. "Hairspray will work if you spray it on a clean spoolie brush and run it through your brows," he says.


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Winter clothing drive underway in Sudbury
Cooper Equipment Rentals Limited of Sudbury has announced its annual Winter Clothing Drive will take place this year from now to Nov. 8 in support of Our Children Our Future.
Every year, Cooper Equipment Rentals officials say they look for ways to give back to its communities in a meaningful way. In the past, Cooper employees participated in activities such as community tree planting, delivering meals to those in need and volunteering their time at non-profit organizations.
"Supporting local communities is a core mandate of Cooper," regional sales manager Derek Cashmore said in a release. :Every year, we look to our employees to provide suggestions on how we can help our communities to stay safe and prosperous.
"The Winter Clothing Drive is an initiative which all of our employees rally behind, and we are proud to support this great cause."
Last year, the community donated more than 8,960 coats and snow suits, 497 pairs of boots and more than 11,000 winter accessories such as toques, scarves and mittens to children and families in need in the Sudbury and Manitoulin districts.
The original goal of outfitting more than 4,000 fellow citizens was easily surpassed.
This year, Cooper has partnered with 26 supporters to date and together hopes to collect winter clothing items for 4,000 children and families in need in our community, including Rainbow board elementary and secondary schools.
"Let's make winter a little warmer for fellow citizens of all ages," organizers said.
Participants interested in donating gently used winter clothing can do so by bringing them to any Cooper Equipment Rentals branch.
For more information about the winter clothing drive, call Cooper Equipment Rental Sudbury at 705-560-2960 and speak with Cashmore.
About Cooper
Established in 1972, Cooper Equipment Rentals Ltd. is a full-service construction equipment rental company, servicing contractors across Ontario,Quebec, and more recently in Alberta.
The company specializes in the rental of compact, aerial and heavy construction equipment while providing a wide range of supplies, along with unparalleled service and support to the construction industry and homeowners.

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From subterranean Martians to female hysteria, people have been known to believe some pretty bizarre things. What does it take to make a believable scientific hypothesis out of a strange idea like Hollow Earth theory, what suspension of believe is needed to agree with the Intelligent Design nutjobs? Apparently, not much. Here are five of the strangest examples and who knows what people will find hilariously untrue from our era in 50 years? Everyone will no doubt have other ideas for what the world's weirdest theories are so give it a shot in the comments below!
1. Trepanation
Ouch. In one of the oldest known medical interventions, a hole is drilled in the skull of a patient who is suffering from defects such as seizures or migraine headaches. The idea was to relieve pressure in the head which was believed to be causing the ailment. Today, trepanation is used on a very limited basis as a mechanism to access the brain for necessary surgery. Some people practice recreational or spiritual trepanation, presumably because they need modern medicine like they need a hole in the head.
2. Female hysteria
Women in the Victorian age were said to be suffering from female hysteria when they were moody or a little more "difficult" than usual. Fortunately for them, the treatment was something called pelvic massage. We can't laugh too hard at this one, though. Many years later, it directly caused vibrating devices to be widely available for, um, home treatment.
3. Expanding Earth
As bizarre theories go, this one doesn't sound that far-fetched. Expanding Earth is the idea that the planet was once a lot smaller and completely covered in one continent. If you mentally shrink the globe and try to fit the continents together like a puzzle, you could almost start to believe this theory


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Naguabo is a municipality in Puerto Rico located at the east coast north of Humacao and south of Ceiba and Fajardo.
Get in
From Luis Muñoz Marín Airport take highway PR-30 towards Caguas, follow the signs to Humacao and then Naguabo. Or if you want to drive along the coast and sightsee take PR-3, locally known as "65 de Infantería" to get to Fajardo and then continue south following the signs to Naguabo.
Get around
You need a car, public transportation is not recommended. It is unreliable and takes too long to reach destinations. When driving and unsure of directions don't hesitate to ask the locals. Most locals understand English they just might be rusty for not practicing it, so bear with them. Use your judgement on who you ask, because although many locals would be happy to help others get a kick out of giving wrong directions.
The town square or "Plaza" is the second largest in Puerto Rico and houses the statues of famous "Naguabeños" like Ramon del Rivero "Diplo" (comedian) and Pedro Flores (composer, musician). It also has a small outdoor stage in the shape of a oyster shell, "Concha Acústica", used for music performances and recently as a free open movie theather.
There are several Chinnese restaurants, Burger King, Subway, and a Taco Maker. "Benji's Potato" out of Exit 18 is a locally owned version of Hot Potato. Locals will say is better.
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Michaud: Hamptons shelter is helping rebuild lives
The Hamptons and the homeless -- two things that don't seem to go together.
And, indeed, the presence of a homeless shelter in Hampton Bays, in the former Hidden Cove Motel, has been under attack almost from the time it opened in October 2011.
But this 28-unit shelter has by many accounts been a good neighbor. It is turning people's lives around. And it seems fair that even this playground for the wealthy should hold up a corner of the social safety net.
With the retirement last week of Gregory Blass, Suffolk County's social services commissioner, Hidden Cove lost a tireless champion. The Town of Southampton has been dragging its feet over simple repair permits, Blass said in an interview, and then claims that the shelter violates zoning codes. "It's like clipping the wings of a bird and scoffing at its inability to fly," he said.
The town's supervisor, Anna Throne-Holst, was unavailable for comment. A local organizer, Michael Dunn, has put together the Concerned Citizens of Hampton Bays to fight the shelter, according to online reports. Dunn did not respond to efforts to reach him.
Hidden Cove is one of 54 homeless shelters in Suffolk County. Its residents are often single mothers -- often fleeing domestic violence -- with children younger than 5. They typically stay four or five months before moving into permanent housing.
Daphne, a real estate agent who didn't want her last name used, lived at Hidden Cove this fall with her daughter for 63 days -- she counted the days until she could return to a more secure life. The pair moved to Long Island from Florida in June 2011 and were living with Daphne's husband in his aunt's house. He abandoned Daphne, and his aunt said she had to leave.
With no family nearby, Daphne, 47, turned to her pastor, and he referred her to Suffolk County. Her daughter is now enrolled in high school as a senior and plans to graduate this spring.
"The workers at Hidden Cove kept encouraging me and my daughter," Daphne said. "They helped us in every way that they could."
She wants to return the generosity, and is looking for a business partner to launch a service helping homeless people find permanent homes.
Another former Hidden Cove resident, Tanya Haynes, lost her job when her child-care provider couldn't care for her son, now 5. The boy has attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, Haynes said, and the child-care center kept calling her to come and get him. Because of the continuing absences, Haynes lost her job as a supervisor at Starbucks; then, she couldn't pay her rent.
The caseworkers at Hidden Cove helped Haynes find medical care for her son, and counseling for both of them. They are stable now, living in a one-bedroom apartment in Patchogue. The boy's father lives outside the country.
Haynes had never accepted public assistance before; she goes to church and doesn't drink or smoke. "I never wanted to be on social service. It's shameful," she says. "I want to give my son a better life than I had."
The Hampton Bays school district says it can handle "the ebb and flow of enrollment" that students from Hidden Cove represent, without extra cost. Police calls have reportedly fallen since the days when Hidden Cove was a motel. So, what's the objection to this center of charity?
"Some people don't like to see black people pushing baby carriages on the street," says Mary Castro, a neighbor who supports the shelter.
I hope the opposition to this good place is not truly that petty.
Anne Michaud is the interactive editor for Newsday Opinion.


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January 22, 2020 – 10:30 am
A lively literacy time for children ages 1 to 3 years old. Children and their adults will have fun while learning songs, rhymes, and bounces. Of course, children will also learn language through listening to appropriate and enjoyable stories for this age group. From Spring through Fall, weather permitting, story times will be outside on the lawn! Bring sunscreen and hats as needed. Blankets will be provided, but feel free to bring your own.


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Your pets are part of your family, and as such it is important to protect them during the summer. Hot weather and humidity can prove a dangerous combination for both cats and dogs, and the precautions you need to take will depend on a number of factors.
How Pets Cool Off
Most people know that dogs do not sweat during hot weather; instead, they pant. Cats, however, do sweat, according to Indiana University, specifically through their paws. In fact, cats use both sweating and panting for heat regulation.
Providing Necessary Resources
Pets will naturally seek out methods to cool themselves off during hot weather. If pets are housed outside during the summer, for example, it is important to provide them with a shaded area and a plentiful source of water.
If possible, it is also a good idea to keep them indoors during the hottest times of the day.
Signs of Heat Exhaustion
Pets will tell you if they are affected too strongly by hot weather, so it is important to recognize the signs of heat exhaustion.
According to the New York Red Cross, signs of heat stroke in dogs include increased body temperature (104 to 111 degrees Fahrenheit), heavy panting, red gums, lethargy, extreme thirst and rapid heartbeat.
Heat exhaustion in cats presents very much the same way, and might also include thick saliva.
Animals in Danger
Certain pets are more susceptible to heat exhaustion and heat stroke in hot weather than others. Older animals, for example, are not as strong as they were in their youth and might experience increased temperatures with much less provocation. The same goes for kittens and puppies who have not yet reached maturity.
Additionally, pets with thicker coats may experience heat exhaustion in hot weather more often. Many grooming facilities offer shaving services to help keep your pets cool during the summer.
Believe it or not, your pets can sunburn during the summer. Their noses, in particular, are vulnerable to UV rays. Pet owners can purchase sunscreen formulated specifically for pets to help keep animals safe when outside during the summer. Again, it is also a good idea to provide shade for animals who are housed outside.
Cooling an Overheated Pet
If your pets get overheated during hot weather, there are several things you can do to help cool them off and prevent further damage. Small amounts of water are recommended for overheated animals, but make sure to limit water intake. Drinking too much can cause damage to the kidneys and stomach. Pets can also be bathed in cool water until their temperatures start to drop. Cold water can constrict blood vessels and prevent the cooling process, so make sure to keep the water just under room temperature.
Limiting Activity
Most pets can have fun in the sun during hot weather as long as activity is kept to a minimum. Pay attention to your pets when playing in the yard or running at the beach, and make sure they have access to water on a regular basis.
Watch the local weather channel for news on the heat index. If a heat advisory is announced, it is usually a good idea to keep pets indoors or at least in the shade until temperatures cool off. This is an excellent guideline for making sure your pets are safe during hot weather.


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Peabody Energy
Peabody Energy Corporation, previously Peabody Coal Company, is the largest private-sector coal company in the world as well as the largest producer of coal in the U.S. In 2010, Peabody sold over 246 million tons of coal, generating $6.9 billion in total revenue. The company's coal fuels approximately 10% of the electricity generated in the United States and 3% of electricity generated throughout the world. Peabody sells coal to over 345 electricity generating and industrial plants in 15 countries. It holds majority interests in 40 coal operations located throughout the United States and in Australia and Venezuela. In the United States, company-owned mines are located in Wyoming, Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico, Illinois, and Indiana. Between 2000 and 2011, Peabody expanded its production at existing mines by 56%, or 62 million tons.
Peabody profited over $774 million in 2010; the company made over $2.4 billion from 2005-2009.US
Peabody currently funds several 'clean coal' initiatives and has, according to a leaked memo, attempted to use clean coal to distract the populace from passing climate change legislation.
Newsweek magazine ranked Peabody 493rd out of 500 in their 2012 Green Rankings due to the environmental impacts of extracting and burning coal, and for Peabody's dismissive attitude toward environmental stewardship.
Membership in front groups:
Peabody is a member of the American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity, a publicity front group for the coal industry heavily embedded in the climate denial machine. ACCCE spent over $19 million on federal lobbying from 2008-2012.
Peabody is a member of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) and part of ALEC's Energy, Environment and Agriculture task force. Through ALEC, Peabody works with state legislators to distribute anti-environmental model bills across the country that delay policy solutions to climate change, block clean energy, prevent EPA from regulating coal pollution, fasttrack coal mining projects and other dirty energy initiatives.
Political Spending:
Peabody has spent over $37 million on federal lobbying since 2008, and another $690,000 on federal political candidates and committees from the 2008 election cycle to 2012.


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Oxygen has made it official. "The Glee Project" won't be returning for a third season.
"'The Glee Project' will not be returning to Oxygen," a representative said in a statement to TheWrap. "But, we are extremely proud of this series which launched the careers of several talented individuals. The show had so much heart and we thank Ryan Murphy and all of the creative talent who helped make the series a critical darling."
According to network insiders, Fox's "late" renewal of "Glee" didn't leave time for "The Glee Project" producers to turn around the series in time. That in addtion to being off the air for 18 months became factors in the decision.
Also read: Cory Monteith's Death Inspires Spontaneous, Creative and Charitable Fan Tributes
They also stress that Cory Monteith's death on Saturday did not influence Oxygen's decision to cancel the reality competition — it was decided several weeks ago.
"The Glee Project" was executive produced by "Glee" co-creator Ryan Murphy and executive producer Dante Di Loreto. It became a pretty effective way to find new talent for the Fox musical series.
On the competition, "Glee" castmembers guest star each week to help introduce a lesson and mentor the contenders. Monteith appeared on one episode during Season 2.
The winners (and Season 1's runner-ups) got a multiple-episode guest arc on "Glee," including Alex Newell, Samuel Larson and Blake Jenner.
Also read: Fox's 'Glee' Producers Face Looming Production, Loss of Finn in Wake of Cory Monteith Death
The series earned itself a small, but passionate viewership. Season 1 ended with a series high of 1.24 million people. Season 2 had a harder time of it and only attracted .82 million viewers to its finale.
In April, Oxygen denied reports that the show was canceled and said its decision was pending "Glee's" renewal. Later that month, Fox ordered two more seasons of "Glee."


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(CMT Offstage keeps a 24/7 watch on everything that's happening with country music artists behind the scenes and out of the spotlight.)
Before Jana Kramer will say "I do," she just needed to say "yes." And she did, on fiancé Brantley Gilbert 's birthday of all days. He proposed Saturday (Jan. 20) at Nashville's Ryman Auditorium, which he had rented out for the occasion. Kramer admitted to People magazine she was not expecting this popping of the question at all. "I was so surprised! He asked my mom for permission before he proposed, which meant a lot to me," she said. And the couple also issued a statement together to People, saying, "We could not be happier! We are so excited to share this special time with our loved ones and cannot wait to start the rest of our lives together." Earlier this month, Kramer had told CMT she and Gilbert were already living together , so that must've worked out now that they're making it official and all. They're going to need a blended name, though. Jantley? Brana? Gilmer? Feel free to add your own suggestions.


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Land deal could allow access to Fisher's Peak
Peak highest spot in greater Mount Airy region
At 3,540 feet, Fishers Peak is the region's high spot — offering breathtakingly panoramic views of the landscape below. The problem is, people can't experience them due to limited access.
However, this could be changing due to a Piedmont Land Conservancy (PLC) acquisition of a 550-acre parcel at Fishers Peak, situated near Lowgap in Surry County.
Not only will this purchase allow the land to be protected from development and preserved for future generations, it could open the door for the public to enjoy the scenic resource through the construction of a trail.
"Residents of Surry County, and tourists to the area, value the beautiful views that Fishers Peak affords them," said Piedmont Land Conservancy Executive Director Kevin Redding.
"This was the culmination of the project we've been working on," Redding added of an ongoing PLC effort to acquire tracts in the Fishers Peak area and the milestone reached with the latest purchase. It marks the fourth by the conservancy since 2007, from multiple landowners at an overall cost of less than $4 million, and brings the total acreage under its protection there to more than 1,700 acres.
"Everything we've set out to acquire, we've finally done," Redding said.
The mission of the Piedmont Land Conservancy, a grassroots trust headquartered in Greensboro which was formed more than 20 years ago, is to permanently protect important lands to conserve rivers, streams and natural and scenic areas in a nine-county region including Surry.
Along with the scenic value of Fishers Peak, it is a key natural resource due to containing the headwaters of the Fisher River, said Redding, who mentioned that the opportunity to secure such a large land area is rare. Altogether, PLC-owned property at Fishers Peak contains more than eight miles of headwater streams that drain into the Fisher River, a tributary to the Yadkin River.
"One of PLC's goals is protecting lands that are important to their local communities," the organization's official added.
With the addition of its fourth parcel at Fishers Peak, located in Surry's northwest corner, the Piedmont Land Conservancy has now protected more than 20,000 acres in its nine-county region.
The PLC paid $1.3 million for the fourth tract.
"We raised about half the money privately," Redding said. Other funding came from the North Carolina Clean Water Management Trust Fund (CWMTF), a source of state funding with a goal of maintaining and restoring surface waters in North Carolina. A grant, originally approved in 2010, was matched by private donors who contributed to PLC's Protecting the Nature of the Piedmont campaign.
"It's a good deal for everyone involved," Redding said.
It's one thing to provide long-term protection for a heavily forested, mountainous area. But the PLC's plans include working to provide a resource people can experience. "The views are fantastic," Redding said of Fishers Peak, which is located just northeast of the Lowgap community. "We've had periodic hikes and outings…but it is not open to the public yet."
The plans from this point on include working with the National Park Service, the agency that oversees the Blue Ridge Parkway and a facility at Milepost 213 of the scenic highway, the Blue Ridge Music Center. The property obtained by the conservancy is connected on the north to lands owned by the National Park Service, with the center about one mile from Fishers Peak as the crow flies, Redding said.
It is the PLC's hope that it can turn over land there to the National Park Service to develop and maintain a trail connecting the two sites, Redding said. That would allow people to at least hike in to the peak, something now hampered.
"You really can't get onto the property very good," the PLC official said of the existing situation. "It's a mud road pretty much."
Redding added: "You can still get there if you put your mind to it, but you're probably trespassing."
Aside from the proposed trail, no other recreational uses for the Fishers Peak site have been identified so far. "We will begin working on that," said Redding, who explained that the priority up to now has been acquiring the property and raising money for this.
"It's not a place you would just want unlimited public access," Redding said. "A lot of it is steep." An existing trail on the Blue Ridge Parkway grounds is known as the Fishers Peak Loop Trail.
The highest point of the mountain is located just inside the North Carolina border. "We don't actually own the tower there," the PLC official said of a structure at the site.
Eddie Harris, the chairman of the Surry Board of Commissioners, said Monday that county officials welcome an opportunity for respective governmental entities in North Carolina and Virginia to forge a cooperative agreement to allow visitation at Fishers Peak.
"I think it would be great if we could have some sort of public access point that would allow folks to come and take in the scenery," Harris said, citing Fishers Peak as a key part of Surry's rich natural resources. "We are delighted it has permanent protection."
The county official also praised the local conservation efforts of the PLC over the years.
"They have always been an outstanding partner with Surry County."


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Sandra Jane Fairbanks, PhD
Professor Sandra Fairbanks joined the Barry Faculty in 2002. She earned a BA degree in philosophy from Wheaton College (MA), an M.Phil. from the University of Edinburgh, (Scotland), a JD from the University of Maine School of Law, and a PhD from the University of Minnesota.
Professor Fairbanks' has many years of teaching experience, having held positions at Xavier University of Louisiana and Providence College before coming to Barry.
Professor Fairbanks' main professional interests are in ethical theory, philosophy of law, political theory and environmental ethics. She has published a monograph on Kantian ethical theory, and has co-edited two books on contemporary ethical and political issues. She has also published several articles in environmental ethics. Her current research interest concerns ethical issues as they relate to technology in American culture.
Dr. Fairbanks publications include:
- "Environmental Goodness and the Challenge of American Culture, " in Ethics & The Environment (forthcoming 2010).
- Co-editor: Politics, Pluralism and Religion Cambridge Scholars Press, 2010
- "Introduction," in Politics, Pluralism and Religion Cambridge Scholars Press, 2010
- "Jihadist Terrorism and Democracy," in Pluralism and Religion Cambridge Scholars Press, 2010 Politics,
- "History Has Not Ended: The Contradictions Within Liberal Democracy" Contemporary Philosophy Vol. XXIX, Summer 2008
- "Individualism, Environmental Holism and the Right to Reproduce" Journal of International Interdisciplinary Studies (forthcoming)
- "Can Virtue Flourish in American Culture?" Contemporary Philosophy, (forthcoming).
- "Aquinas and Obedience to Authority," Providence: Studies in Western Civilization, Vol. 6, Fall 2001.
- Kantian Moral Theology and the Destruction of the Self, Westview Press, 2000.
- "A Critique of Admirable Imperfection," The Journal of Value Inquiry, Vol. 33, 1999.


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It began back before bowl games mattered and has riled fans coast to coast ever since.
Its been analyzed in dissertations and villainized in letters no newspaper would print.
Instead of simply surviving, its thrived.
So say Happy 75th Anniversary to The Associated Press college football poll. Lou Holtz just did and like more than a few other members of the coaching fraternity, hes been nursing a grudge against the poll for years.
Players, coaches and fans look at it. It definitely helps to build interest. And if youre No. 1, its definitely a big deal, he said.
But like fans of the Irish and just about everybody else, the former Notre Dame coach and current ESPN analyst said the rankings often left him scratching his head.
I think the criteria changed from year (to year), Holtz said. And he still believes some voters punished the Irish after they signed an exclusive TV deal with NBC. Those are things I cant control, he said. But I definitely still think about the ones that got away.
Of course, not everyone has been quite so magnanimous about it.
My husband and I think that it is stupid and sad that the AP poll doesnt know its job well enough to know that Alabama is and always will be No. 1, a disgruntled fan wrote after the Crimson Tide slipped behind Ohio State in the final 1979 regular-season poll. What does AP really stand for, Always Prejudiced?
The story of how the AP poll originated is well known. The year was 1935, the college game was taking off, and AP General Sports Editor Alan J. Gould was looking for a way to spice up sports sections something to keep the pot boiling, was how he put it in the middle of the week. Gould hit on the idea of ranking the top 10 teams himself after talking to a few colleagues and friends.
It didnt take long for the pot to boil over.
Shortly after he ranked Minnesota, Princeton and Southern Methodist as co-No. 1s at the end of that season, Gopher fans hanged Gould in effigy.
It created a storm in the Big Ten in general, and Minneapolis-St. Paul, in particular, Gould, who died in 1993, recalled on the 50th anniversary.
It also provided the impetus for Gould to begin extending voting privileges the next year to sports writers across the country.
The first true poll appeared Oct. 19, 1936, and over time, became the top 25. The panel has 60 voters today. Its been balanced to offset regional biases and vetted to avoid conflicts of interest. A few panelists have been removed along the way, including a voter in Alabama who turned up in a Crimson Tide parade. The AP selects the voters, collects their ballots, tabulates them and releases the results weekly beginning in the preseason, then delivers a trophy to the team atop the poll at the conclusion of the bowl games.
The APs sports writers dont vote, a twist that has caused some confusion over the years. When Hayden Fry, who made his mark at Iowa, was on his way up the coaching ladder at North Texas State in the mid-1970s, he rarely ran into AP Dallas sports writer Denne Freeman without lobbying him for a vote. No matter how many times Freeman told Fry that he didnt have one, the coachs response was the same.
Hed say, Yeah, but were playing pretty well. You really should vote for us, Freeman said.
The question of Whos No. 1? has been around almost as long as the game itself.
The NCAA Division I record book recognizes national champions dating back to 1869, and more than a few popular college rankings took hold in the sporting publics imagination before the APs. But only two have gained traction since.
The first is the coaches poll, begun by United Press International (UPI) in 1958 and run since 1991 by USA Today, which partnered with CNN, and then ESPN, before taking over sole responsibility in 2005.
The second is the poll conducted by the Bowl Championship Series, which took control of college footballs postseason in 1998 by aligning the commissioners of the major conferences and the big bowl committees, then packaging the games for its television partners.
The BCS originally blended the AP and coaches polls with a handful of computer rankings to determine its poll order, then matched the No. 1 and No. 2 teams at the end of the bowl season and awarded its version of the national championship to the winner. Since 1998, the final AP and BCS polls had different teams on the top line only once, in January 2004.
That year, a high-flying Southern California team loaded with future NFL draft choices and nosed out of second in the BCS final regular-season poll by Oklahoma, crushed Michigan in the Rose Bowl and won the final AP poll convincingly. Several days later, BCS No. 1 pick LSU narrowly outlasted the Sooners in a defensive tussle that resembled a tractor pull at the Sugar Bowl and took home the BCS trophy.
The split championship ignited an argument along the lines of Who you going to believe me or your lyin eyes? And it grew fiercer because an agreement with the BCS required coaches voting in the poll to make the winner of the BCS championship No. 1 on their final ballot. Most prominent among the many dissenters was Lloyd Carr, then coaching Michigan. After getting thumped by USC, Carr told sports writers at the postgame news conference that he wished, like them, he was free to put the Trojans at No. 1.
Theyre very deserving, he said with a chuckle. You can make me an honorary member.
That December, concerned about possible conflicts of interest, the AP asked the BCS to drop its poll from the formula that determines the BCS rankings. Unlike the BCS, the AP also makes the ballots of its voters available to the public, a transparency that helps explains why its poll is often considered the most objective measure today.
We are elated that the AP continues to be part of the fabric of college football, said Lou Ferrara, APs managing editor for sports. We love to be a part of the conversation and the debate about the best teams in the country each week. Its a responsibility we plan to continue for years to come.
As in the past, not everybody is wild about AP having that responsibility. Disagreements between polls down through the decades and the lack of a playoff in footballs top division, now called the FBS is why the national championship was labeled mythical long ago. Pick a season, almost any season, and youll have no trouble finding coaches and fans at one school or another still seething over polling results.
Holtz won his title at Notre Dame in 1988, but he still insists the Irish should have been awarded a second one in 1989 or 1993 because the same criteria voters used to award those championships to Miami and Florida State head-to-head victory in the first case; strength of schedule in the second didnt get his teams the nod when the tables were turned.
Penn State coach Joe Paterno might have an even bigger beef. He won AP titles in 1982 and 1986 but wound up a bridesmaid three times 1968, 1969 and 1994 with unbeaten teams that polished off their seasons with victories in top-shelf bowl games. That may explain why a spokesman for the Nittany Lions said Paterno was too busy focusing on an upcoming game against Purdue late in the week to comment on the anniversary.
If Paterno does bear a grudge, hes at the end of a very long line. Every sports writer whos been with the AP for a while has more than one story to tell about the time he wound up on the end of a harangue about the poll, and heres my personal favorite:
A month shy of 21 years ago, my older son Matt, 9 years old at the time, was hit by a car. I was at a Cubs game when I got the call, and just before bolting the press box, I told my editor I was heading to the hospital.
An hour or so later, after it was apparent Matts injuries werent life threatening, I was watching a plastic surgeon calmly pick bits of asphalt out of a wound stretching the width of my sons forehead as he prepared to stitch it up. A nurse stuck her head into the room and said, Are you the guy from the AP? I nodded yes. One of your editors called and wants to know if everything is OK?
Before I could answer, the plastic surgeon looked up from my son and directly at me. He started yelling.
AP? Youre with the AP? I went to Ohio State, and you guys screwed us.
I shouted back: Finish what youre doing! Theres plenty of time to argue about it later.
Though almost everything else about that day is etched in my memory forever, I cant for the life of me remember what year he was so aggravated about.
AP College Football Writer Ralph D. Russo contributed to this report. Jim Litke has been an AP sports columnist since 1989. Write to him at firstname.lastname@example.com. Follow him at http://twitter.com/JimLitke.


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No, Kisanzi was right. They were originally linked as the 2011 VCA Awards (which were 2010 videos, not 2011 videos). Within like a few seconds I realized "Well crap, that's wrong" and edited them to reflect the change. I did the same exact thing with the JCAs. I had assumed that I caught them and changed them before anyone noticed, but apparently I was incorrect in that assumption.Kisanzi wrote:Guys...guys...guys. Enough of this.
This is what I was saying...Within the first 10 minutes that this thread was posted, I checked it. The two posted links directed to the 2011 VCA/JCA winners, I watched a bunch of them to get ideas. Now, an hour later, the links direct to the 2012 VCA/JCA winners. That is all, there was never a question as to what is posted now, just what was originally posted. I guess this is the correct posting now, and I just spent the last hour watching the wrong vids.
I mean the 2012 VCA/JCAs, which awarded videos made in 2011. The original links were due to my own confusion with the numbering system being a year different. The original paragraph states "videos made in 2011 that won a VCA/JCA".
My apologies to Kisanzi.


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Baruch - 46, Farmingdale State - 40
Farmingdale, N.Y. - The Farmingdale State women's basketball team fell, 46-40, to Baruch in a non-conference game this evening in Farmingdale, N.Y. The Rams were outscored 35-26 in the second half and dropped to 1-3 on the season, while the Bearcats improved to 3-1.
Tied 17-17 four minutes into the second half, Farmingdale State used a pair of free-throws from senior guard Kayla Koch (Kings Park, N.Y.) and a jumper by junior guard Nikita Green (Roosevelt, N.Y.) to extend the lead to 21-17. Baruch answered with a 7-0 run over the next 2:35 to go ahead 24-21.
The Bearcats extended their lead to 44-34 with 3:34 remaining. Neither team would score over the next 1:55 as Baruch held on for the 46-40 victory.
The Rams were led by Koch and senior forward Dominique Cunningham (Amityville, N.Y.) who each scored seven points, while senior forward Natasha Smalls (Harlem, N.Y.) had a game-high 10 rebounds.
Junior guard Kiara Johnson (Woodbridge, VA) led all scorers for the Bearcats as she tallied 14 points after shooting 5-for-9 from the field.
Farmingdale State next will travel to NYU-Poly for their Skyline Conference opener on Thursday, December 1st at 6:00 p.m.


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Hagel sworn in, first remarks at the Pentagon (video)
WASHINGTON (AP) — Chuck Hagel was sworn in Wednesday as defense secretary — President Barack Obama's third in just over four years — and said that one of his highest priorities will be ensuring fair treatment of troops, veterans and their families.
He called the automatic budget cuts due to take effect on Friday — to include $46 billion in Pentagon reductions — "a reality" that "we need to deal with."
In 15 minutes of remarks to Pentagon employees shortly after becoming the nation's 24th secretary of defense, Hagel struck a tone of humility and cast himself as prepared to take on the full range of national security challenges.
A veteran of combat in Vietnam, Hagel said he would strive to be "the kind of leader that you expect and you deserve — also the kind of leader the country expects and deserves."
Hagel, 66, a former two-term Republican Nebraska senator, was introduced to his Pentagon audience by a fellow Nebraskan — Army Sgt. 1st Class John Wirth, of Gordon, Neb., a veteran of the Iraq and Afghan wars.
Hagel succeeds Leon Panetta, who became Pentagon chief in July 2011, replacing Obama's first defense secretary, former CIA chief Robert Gates.
Hagel said that after taking the oath of office he spent a few minutes walking through an outdoor memorial to victims of those killed at the Pentagon on Sept. 11, 2001, recalling that he was on Capitol Hill at the moment a hijacked American Airlines jet slammed into the Pentagon.
He said he "reflected a bit on what happened that day," when nearly 3,000 people were killed in New York City, Washington and in rural Pennsylvania. Quoting what he called the words of Winston Churchill, Hagel said, "that was a jarring gong," that set in motion dynamics "that we are living with today."
Hagel took the helm after a bruising Senate confirmation process. He was spending the rest of his first day in the Pentagon meeting with his staff and senior defense leaders.
The Senate voted Tuesday to confirm him. The vote was 58-41, with four Republicans joining the Democrats in backing the contentious choice.
Hagel's only GOP support came from former colleagues Thad Cochran of Mississippi, Dick Shelby of Alabama and Mike Johanns of Nebraska — all three had announced their support earlier — and Rand Paul of Kentucky.
The vote came just hours after Republicans dropped their unprecedented delay of a Pentagon choice and allowed the nomination to move forward on a 71-27 vote.
Republicans had opposed their onetime colleague, casting him as unqualified for the job, hostile toward Israel and soft on Iran. The objections remained strong well after the vote.
"I continue to have serious questions about whether Chuck Hagel is up to the job of being our secretary of defense," Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., said in a statement. "I hope, for the sake of our own national security, he exceeds expectations."
Hagel joins Obama's retooled second-term, national security team of Secretary of State John Kerry and CIA Director-designate John Brennan at a time of uncertainty for a military emerging from two wars and fighting worldwide terrorism with smaller, deficit-driven budgets.


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Punta Borinquen to Aguadilla
Best known today for its network of dreamy beaches, plunging cliffs and slamming winter waves, between 1939 and 1973 PUNTA BORINQUEN was occupied by Ramey Air Force Base, home to B-52 bombers and hundreds of US airmen. Since closing, most of the base housing has been sold off to locals and ex-Federal employees, creating a slightly institutional-looking community that retains the layout and road system of the old base.
Along the jagged coast between Punta Borinquen and the city of AGUADILLA there are many enticing beaches. Playa Crash Boat is the best and most accessible, with a festive atmosphere on weekends and some decent surfing. Despite a spate of beautification projects along its seafront in recent years, downtown Aguadilla itself has a justly unglamorous and gritty reputation.
Some of the wildest waves can be found at Playa Surfers, a classic reef break rather than a beach, on the rugged northern side of the old base. Surfers is sometimes compared to the legendary break point at Lower Trestles (in California), with a long right and a short, hard-hitting left, but unless things are unusually fierce, it should be OK for beginners. To get here, drive behind Ramey Shopping Center and Faro Suites on 4th Street, turn right on Cliff Road and pass Surf Zone: where the road appears to end at a residential estate, turn left through the metal fence and follow the road downhill.
The secluded beaches that lie west of the base offer some of the best surf breaks on the island, as well as the chance to laze on usually empty swathes of sand. To get here, take the unmarked narrow lane that cuts across the golf course from PR-107, just beyond the turning for the club house and opposite the airport runway – this winds through bunkers and sombrero palms before dropping steeply through the cliffs to the shoreline. As you near the sea you'll pass a small turn-off to Playa Borinquen, a soothing carpet of fine sand – the water is ideal for swimming in the summer. The main road continues along the coast for a short distance until it's replaced by an extremely battered dirt track laced with potholes. The beach here is known as Playa Ponderosa, and you should be able to spot the remains of Las Ruinas del Viejo Faro Españo poking through the scrub – the old lighthouse was constructed in 1886 but flattened by the earthquake and tsunami of 1918. The two breaks offshore are known as Ruinas and the hard-to-forget Shithouse. More intrepid (or well-insured) drivers rattle a little further along to Playa Wilderness, a solid long right pro surf beach where groundswells of 7m are possible. At the end of the track lies the equally challenging Wishing Well break, just north of Playa Crash Boat – you'll have to return to PR-107 to reach the latter, however.
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text: Defining satisfactory proof of loss as sufficient information to act on the claim, not the insurer's right to demand a particular form of proof was one of the many developments of insurance bad faith policies highlighted by the Louisiana Bag case. On Wednesday October 23, 2013 the Insurance law Committee chair, Madeline "Nikko" Fischer hosted a CLE entitled Significant Developments in Insurance Bad Faith Post-Louisiana Bag. Ms. Fischer gave a full coverage explanation of the development of bad faith principles in regards to Louisiana insurance law, going back over 100 years and showing the evolution occurring over time and the historic cases which helped shape the policy. Louisiana's insurance penalty statutes La. R.S. 22:1892 and La. R.W. 22:1973 were covered with regards to insureds and third parties, retaining a defense counsel, discovery of claims file, , and use of experts in bad faith litigation. The Louisiana Bag case is important for insurance litigation because it highlights the responsibilities of the insurer to pay all parts of the claim that are not in dispute, to promptly investigate, to know the contents of the policy, and bear the risk of misinterpreting its own policy.


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Ravensword: The Fallen King in Review – shooting for Oblivion
When the first Ravensword: The Fallen King screenshots and trailers appeared on the net, I thought: "This is it! This is the Holy Grail!†And as the time came closer and closer to the release date, with all of the publicity around the game, my interest really peaked. Just a little over 2 weeks ago I finally got my hands on the press build of this genre-bending game.
Before you get lost, check out the Ravensword Walkthrough at TouchMyApps.
If intros are anything to gauge by, Ravensword is unoriginal: you wake up in a village with no memory of who you are and how you got there. A cute girl says you were found almost lifeless in a nearby forest and gives you an amulet as a good luck charm. Now it's up to you to find out what the hell is going on.
Ravensword is centred around the town of Aven and the nearby castle. It features a huge open world for you to explore with a goodly number of side-quests to enjoy in addition to the ~6-hour main adventure. It is described as an Action/Adventure/RPG, and while it is quite heavy on Action and Adventure aspects, it really lacks RPG elements.
Ravensword feels more like a third person slasher than anything else. The quests consist mostly of killing mobs, collecting stuff or rescuing someone. You can't really die. Once your health drops to zero, you're automatically transported to the room you first woke in with the Homing Amulet charm with half your life and a free meal (a free meal!). This marshalling of light gaming aspects is sorely evident in your character; there is no customisation at all, and no skills or classes either. One wonders why there are stats in the first place.
Another strange decision by the developers was to omit any stats on the inventory apart from a short general description. So there's no way to compare any two weapons or armor pieces apart from price. And some weapons can't be sold at all, so there's absolutely no way to see which is better. There is also a curios lack of armour in the game. It consists exclusively of the helmet and two shoulder pieces, which come in two varieties at the local blacksmith. I understand that this may have been done to minimize player hassle with equipment, but an auto-equip best items (like in Dungeon Hunter) would have been much better.
Fans of using magic will be appalled to find out that there is extremely little of it present in the game and it's exclusively in the form of runes, rechargeable at the local Magic Shop for a rather serious chunk of cash. And as I said, no skill development.
On the other hand, the world is amazing. The game features brilliant graphics that run smoothly — although not always completely fluidly — even on the 3G. For that extra performance boost, you can brighten up the shadows and trim the foliage from the settings to eek out a few more frames-per-second. And as advertised, 3D audio works reasonably well, although it quite hard to estimate where sound is actually coming from when using the iPhone's speakers.
The controls are very good. The virtual stick is used for movement (left-right used for strafing) and you can pan the view using the other finger. Attack and jump buttons are well placed and responsive enough, and for that extra dose of realism, you may switch to first-person view, though it has a strange tendency to switch to third-person view when you fire the bow and obscuring the target. You can designate one rune, one ranged weapon, and one close-up weapon, activating them quickly by tapping the handy bar on the left.
Exploration is Ravensword's real strength. The world is huge and you can move through it freely. The excellent graphics make it a rewarding experience and the main story nudges you in the right direction while side-quests keep you busy even after the main plot is over. Bored? Why not practice archery for a quick few bucks, or take a leisurely horse ride? And the atmosphere in the game traps you in a light and cheery mood, featuring memorable characters such as Goblin Strippers _yes, goblin strippers_ to make your journey worthwhile. But the huge is devoid of a mini map! Come on Chillingo; you have created a huge, beautiful, and easy-to-get-wtf-lost-in world. Where is the mini map?
While Ravensword is no Oblivion, it may look a lot like it to the casual player. It isn't really an RPG; from its lack of character customisation to the extremely limited inventory, Ravensword feels a lot more like an action adventure game. In face, it is a must have for any explorer who is looking for a polished bit of action to stuff into a breathtakingly beautiful world of adventure. Even RPG fans may pick it up if they're looking for something lighter to keep them busy while they're waiting for the real Oblivion.
With this I declare Ravensword: The Fallen King officially touched!
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Lamont counts on second chances to bring change
Lamont counts on second chances to bring change
BRIDGEPORT -- Ned Lamont is thinking about the cost of the state's prisons and its revolving door of crime, justice, incarceration and
He's inside the nondescript Main Street storefront of Family ReEntry Inc., in a room of discarded and impounded bicycles, which volunteers and ex-convicts fix and give to people who need them to get to work.
Lamont, a 56-year-old Democratic cable-TV entrepreneur running in the Aug. 10 gubernatorial primary, says that if he's going to be the next governor of Connecticut, addressing the state's costly prisons will be necessary.
"Bridgeport and other cities are providing these services for everyone in the state," Lamont says as the potential savings and the heavy weight of social services on urban areas becomes clearer.
That's why he's here with program officials including Jeff Grant, a theology student who is the chief operating officer of Freshstart Enterprises, and Sally Schenk, Family ReEntry's board president.
For about $5,000 per ex-inmate, as part of a contract with the state Department of Correction, they have been reducing recidivism by more than 50 percent, compared to the $30,000 it costs each year to keep a prisoner -- there are 18,431 inmates -- behind bars in Connecticut.
Statewide, about 75 percent of inmates go back to prison, for everything from violating probation to drug offenses and worse. The average prison stay is two years, plus two years probation.
"Are we progressive?" Lamont asks. He's told that Connecticut is one of the top half-dozen in the country in the battle to prevent career felons.
"I always thought we should lead the way in finding solutions," Schenk says. "It affects our entire state," Grant adds.
"My instinct is: Is prison an appropriate remedy for everybody?" Lamont replies.
He's led further into the offices, into a back room where job training, from cutting Sheetrock, to carpentry and painting is available for program participants.
"So they're learning anything from construction to trades to air-conditioning?" Lamont summarizes, after hearing how in three years, the program grew from a donated truck and three ex-offenders, to 115 men former inmates getting second chances, about 20 or 30 at a time.
Lamont's wearing shirtsleeves, a tie and penny loafers on a sweltering day and is quick to introduce himself, shaking hands with staffers and clients alike.
A program crew chief, a former convict named Jose Nieves, tells Lamont it's important that prisoners find work when they get home, to avoid the temptations of the streets that first landed them in the criminal-justice system.
"I like that first paycheck," Lamont replies. "When people don't have that, it takes an opposite effect. All I can tell you is I have a lot to learn."
"All the time, they give me the second chance," Nieves says.
"That's the best news I've heard today," Lamont replies.
The great-grandson of the deputy to J.P. Morgan, the legendary New York banker -- who defeated U.S. Sen. Joe Lieberman in the 2006 Democratic primary, then lost to him in the general election -- is ahead of Dan Malloy, the former Stamford mayor, in the polls as the primary season winds down.
A few days earlier, Lamont wrote a million-dollar check to his gubernatorial campaign. The end game is turning nasty, with attack ads trading back and forth on TV.
Lamont, who is not participating in the state's voluntary public-financing program, has raised about $7.3 million, compared to the $2.5 million awarded Malloy, who easily won the Democratic endorsement during the May statewide convention.
Lamont, like Republican gubernatorial candidates Tom Foley and R. Nelson Griebel, is running for governor as an outsider: a successful business executive who can come into office fresh, to tackle the projected $3.5 billion deficit in next year's $19 billion budget.
Nancy DiNardo, chairwoman of the Democratic State Central Committee, said that both Lamont and Malloy are "very" qualified to become the next governor, the first Democrat since William A. O'Neill left office in January 1991.
"Certainly, as a businessman, Ned brings the perspective of business to the governorship, which has not been there since the Republicans took over," DiNardo said. "And I believe that has been clearly seen in the years under John Rowland and (Gov. M.) Jodi Rell. Ned has a very down-to-earth perspective. He's easy to talk to, easily approachable."
Speaker of the House Christopher G. Donovan, D-Meriden, said his support for Lamont goes back to his "courageous" opposition to Lieberman's support of the war in Iraq.
"I think Ned wants to get people together to fix things," Donovan said. "He thought the 2006 race could change things and it did. He wants to change health care and help small business. He sits down, he listens, he discusses things in a rational, not a political way."
Lamont drives in a small group of cars heading over to Connecticut Avenue on the East Side, where he'll talk to kids in the summer jobs program led by Kenneth R. Jackson Sr., director of the Family ReEntry's Beacon programs.
In the shade of a tree, Lamont talks a little basketball with a group of about 20 inner-city, minority kids, most of whom go to troubled Harding High School.
One young man in khaki pants and a white T-shirt speaks up. Without mentioning the prejudice of many employers against felons, he asks Lamont what he can do for people coming out of prison and need a job.
Later, the young man identifies himself as Brandon Dixon, 21. He's wearing an ankle bracelet linked to a global positioning system as part of his probation after two-and-a-half years in prison for first-degree armed robbery.
"I made some bad decisions," Dixon admits, wishing he had taken a different path when he was attending Harding.
"Everybody deserves a second chance," said Lamont, a former volunteer accounting teacher at Harding. "I love what these folks do. You have to step up and learn job skills. Whatever happened in the past, you have to put it behind you."


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S.F. tech companies' civic image at stake as backlash grows
Outrage over evictions, buses underscores need for outreach
Rachel Ceasar, a 29-year-old doctoral candidate in medical anthropology, sat in Sightglass Coffee surrounded almost exclusively by men - many of them staring at MacBook laptops, wearing designer eyeglasses and drinking artisanal coffees - and made a confession.
"I actually can't stand tech people," Ceasar said with a slight laugh that suggested she was only partly joking. "I think there just needs to be more conversations about what's happening and not this, 'Let's all move to the Mission and take it over.' "
Even here, home turf for San Francisco's tech set - a modern, South of Market coffee shop that lists Twitter and Square co-founder Jack Dorsey as an investor - the tech industry faces a backlash.
But sometimes it's more obvious.
One morning last week, protesters swarmed the corner of 24th and Valencia streets and for half an hour blocked a Google bus headed to Mountain View. That afternoon, another group of protesters marched down Market Street from Twitter headquarters to the Westfield San Francisco Centre to protest the city's growing economic inequality.
Local and national media have been filled with stories about longtime residents' simmering resentment about the economic good times squeezing out families, artists and low-wage workers. In its forecast for 2014, the Economist even predicted the anger in San Francisco and Silicon Valley will fuel a "peasants' revolt against the sovereigns of cyberspace."
Self-inflicted wounds
Some San Franciscans say the leaders of the technology industry are bringing the scorn upon themselves. Techies are often seen as being immersed in their own world of coding, deal making and socializing.
Antonio Garcia agrees that the tech sector is insular. The former Facebook product manager is now the vice president of products at Nanigans, which specializes in online advertising.
"Your whole social world is tech," Garcia, 37, said as he finished a bagel sandwich at the Creamery, a cafe at Fourth and Townsend that's a hotbed of tech deal making.
"The reality is that there are real people in San Francisco, but they're usually in neighborhoods like the Richmond or Sunset," he continued. "The wall between them and us, so to speak - not to get too postcolonial about it here - is pretty high."
That wall is creating what some critics call a tale of two cities. Ellis Act evictions, used most often so a landlord can clear his or her building to sell it, are up 170 percent since 2010. Meanwhile, the median home sale price in the city hit $1 million in June.
Foot in the mouth
The occasional outlandish statement by tech workers and executives about their adopted city doesn't help.
On Tuesday, Greg Gopman, founder of AngelHack, which organizes hackathons, posted a screed on Facebook that read in part: "In downtown SF the degenerates gather like hyenas, spit, urinate, taunt you, sell drugs, get rowdy, they act like they own the center of the city ... there is an area of town for degenerates and an area of town for the working class. There is nothing positive gained from having them so close to us." When he later apologized, plenty of commenters on Facebook said there was no need to say he was sorry.
Even Mayor Ed Lee, a huge champion of the tech sector who visits individual companies on a weekly basis, has acknowledged that some individuals in the field "might be a little excessive," but said the vast majority are "as ordinary as anybody else."
"The bulk of the people I've met in technology, particularly the employees of these tech companies, they love this city, they love its diversity, they love its immigrants," he said.
He said the backlash is "misdirected" because tourism and hospitality are the biggest industries in San Francisco and are also driving the economic boom.
Still, as the mayor has touted, there are an eye-popping 1,892 tech companies in San Francisco. They account for 22 percent of all occupied office space in the city. The number of tech jobs here has soared 58 percent from 2010 through 2012, the most recent Bureau of Labor Statistics figures available.
Crisis consultant Sam Singer said it's clear tech companies have "an image problem," but said they could easily improve their reputation just by better sharing all the positive impacts they are having on San Francisco: the 23,500 jobs they've created since 2009, according to one report; the tax base they have helped shore up; their direct impact on helping the city's unemployment rate shrink to 5.3 percent, the lowest since 2008. That compares with Los Angeles at 9.7 percent and Sacramento at 8.1 percent.
Beyond survival stage
But San Francisco's tech industry as a whole isn't doing a good job of self-promotion or reaching out to the larger community, Singer said.
"Like most corporations and industries in their infancy, they are rightly concerned about making money and hitting their marks," Singer said. "But they're at a stage now that they're beyond that initial stage of survival. And they need to be more socially aware."
Supervisor David Campos, who represents the Mission District, which has become ground zero for discontent over the perceived techie invasion, said he is setting up a meeting between some longtime Mission residents and Facebook to begin a dialogue.
"As an industry, it hasn't done enough," he said.
Campos said many longtime Mission residents are concerned that their neighbors and small businesses are being squeezed out by rising rents. And they blame tech workers.
Some neighbors say the resentment isn't helped by the fact that they see the tech workers only when they're boarding the private shuttle buses that take them down Highway 101 to Google or Apple, delaying Muni buses and blocking traffic while they're at it.
"They don't see them active in the local school or helping the local merchants or helping with the local playground," Campos said.
There are some small signs that tech companies are beginning to get the message that they need to work on repairing their image.
Lee has invited top tech executives to a "private lunch and discussion" to be held Monday on the "emerging challenges in housing, transportation and affordability for our city."
"Together we must respond to these challenges to ensure we can sustain our economic recovery and extend this prosperity to all our city's residents and neighborhoods," read the invitation, which listed Salesforce.com and tech investor Ron Conway as co-hosts.
Marc Benioff, the founder of Salesforce.com, is widely credited with being the most generous tech titan in San Francisco and has funded a children's hospital, housing for homeless families and computer equipment in public schools.
Other tech companies are starting to follow suit. Facebook recently gave laptops to students at two Mission District public schools, Yelp announced $100,000 in grants to local nonprofits, Google helped fund free Wi-Fi in parks, and Zynga has offered mentorship to students at Balboa High. Volunteers from Kontagent served a holiday meal to homeless children and their families.
The tax break
Others get involved because they must.
Companies with a payroll of $1 million or more and that seek a city tax break for locating in the historically downtrodden Mid-Market area - Twitter and Zendesk are there - must provide a community benefits package, which may include volunteering, helping nonprofits and purchasing their catering from nearby businesses. As part of its commitments, for example, Twitter provides attorneys for a free program to help residents fight evictions.
It doesn't always work out, however: One company, 21Tech, withdrew from the tax break program in October as its compliance was being scrutinized, saying "the overhead burden is too significant for our means."
And a city official who wasn't authorized to talk to the media put the overall picture into context: "Did (Mid-Market tech companies) meet their obligations? The answer to that is yes - other than 21Tech. Are they doing enough? Well, that's a different question."
For Peter Steinauer, a 43-year-old software engineer who lives in Duboce Triangle, the brouhaha over the divide between longtime residents versus tech workers doesn't ring true. After all, he's both.
He has lived in San Francisco since 1991 and commutes south on one of the controversial corporate shuttles three or four days a week. He didn't want to say which company employs him because he's not authorized to speak on its behalf.
"It's silly to be mad at technology workers for coming to San Francisco," he said. "It's actually kind of phenomenal that we're getting a whole new crop of talent into the Bay Area that wants to live in San Francisco and wants to work for these companies."
Boost to environment
Steinauer mostly ignores the chatter about tech backlash but said he gets irritated by the Google bus controversy, saying the shuttles are helping the environment by keeping thousands of people out of cars.
"I think it's ridiculously penny-wise and pound foolish to say we don't want those buses on the streets," he said.
Supervisor Scott Wiener agrees the companies and their workers are getting an unfair bad rap. He said they're not contributing to the city like business titans, including the late financier Warren Hellman, who created the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival and helped fund the San Francisco Free Clinic, but that the companies are still in their infancy and have the potential to increase their civic participation.
"None of us like to be stereotyped - I get stereotyped as a politician all the time," he said. "We need to stop demonizing them. They're as much San Franciscans as we are."
Heather Knight and John Coté are San Francisco Chronicle staff writers. E-mail: email@example.com, firstname.lastname@example.com Twitter: @hknightsf, @johnwcote


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Mark S. Hybertsen holds a BA in Physics from Reed College in Portland, OR (1980) and a PhD in Physics from The University of California, Berkeley (1986). His thesis research done under the supervision of Prof. Steven Louie concerned exchange and correlation in semiconductors and insulators. Dr. Hybertsen joined Bell Laboratories in 1986, pursuing a variety of research projects in the theory of the electronic properties of materials (bulk semiconductors, semiconductor surfaces and interfaces, cuprates, porous silicon, optoelectronic device physics). He supervised the Device and Materials Physics Group in the Semiconductor Photonics Research Department for four years. From 2003 to 2006, Dr. Hybertsen was a Senior Research Scientist in the Department of Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics at Columbia University in New York, where he has also been an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering. In late 2006, Dr. Hybertsen joined the new Center for Functional Nanomaterials at Brookhaven National Laboratory. He also maintains an adjunct appointment at Columbia University. Dr. Hybertsen is a fellow of the American Physical Society and a member of the IEEE.
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- 8-day, 4-country itinerary highlights include
- a three-night rail journey aboard the Golden Eagle Danube Express train, bookended by
- 2-night hotel stay in Vienna and
- 2-night hotel stay in Milan.
ITINERARY FEATURES (Westbound):
- 2 nights at the Hotel Bristol in Vienna, where you'll enjoy city sightseeing including visits to Belvedere Palace, the Hofburg and St. Stephen's Cathedral. A private, after-hours tour of Schönbrunn Palace is on-tap for that evening, followed by dinner inside the palace at the Café Residenz.
- The following day, sip sparkling wine while attending a private concert in a historic Viennese venue, then
- Board the Golden Eagle Danube Express for the first of three overnights on the train.
- Travel west toward Austria's Semmering Pass,
- Pass through incredible mountain landscapes before arriving at the Tyrolean village of Jenbach; board a local steam-powered train for an excursion to scenic Lake Achen.
- After a boat cruise on the lake, reboard the Danube Express and continue on to Innsbruck where a walking tour of the city's historic district awaits.
- The next day, the Danube Express traverses Austria's picturesque Vorarlberg province, crosses into Liechtenstein, and continues on to Zurich.
- Explore the city's old town on a walking tour and visit the Kunsthaus Museum of Art.
- After a final overnight on the train, and after crossing the rugged Gotthard Pass into Italy, arrive in the beautiful lakeside town of Como.
- In Como, enjoy a walking tour and an organ concert in the city's 14th-century marble cathedral, before reboarding the Danube Express, traveling to Milan, and disembarking a final time.
- 2-night stay in Milan at the Excelsior Hotel Gallia.
- Visit the Duomo and a 19th-century shopping arcade, the Galleria Vittorio Emmanuelle II, during a walking tour, and have time to explore the city's bohemian Brera District on your own.
- Visit a cascina, or working farm, outside of the city; learn about sustainable farming and participate in a hands-on cooking lesson highlighting authentic regional cuisine.
- After a farewell reception in the hotel, travel to a nearby restaurant for their farewell dinner with local entertainment.
LIFE ABOARD THE DANUBE EXPRESS with TAUCK
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Switzerland, officially the Swiss Confederation, is a federal republic in Europe. While still named the Swiss Confederation for historical reasons, modern Switzerland is a federal directorial republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities, called '"federal city". Situated in Western-Central Europe, Switzerland is also a landlocked country geographically divided between the Alps, the Swiss Plateau and the Jura. Spanning the intersection of Germanic and Romance Europe, Switzerland comprises four main linguistic and cultural regions: German, French, Italian and Romansh. Although the majority of the population are German speaking, Swiss national identity is rooted in a common historical background, shared values such as federalism and direct democracy, and Alpine symbolism. One of the most developed countries in the world, Switzerland ranks at or near the top globally in several metrics of national performance, including government transparency, civil liberties, quality of life, economic competitiveness, and human development. Its cities contain medieval quarters, with landmarks like capital Bern's Zytglogge clock tower and Lucerne's wooden chapel bridge. The country is also known for its ski resorts and hiking trails.
Austria is a German-speaking federal republic and a landlocked country of over 8.66 million people in Central Europe. It is characterized by its mountain villages, baroque city architecture, Imperial history and rugged alpine terrain. Vienna, its Danube River capital, is home to the Schonbrunn and Hofburg palaces, and has counted Mozart, Strauss and Sigmund Freud among its residents. The country's other notable regions include the northern Bohemian Forest, Lake Traun and eastern hillside vineyards.
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Described in a police report as plotting to blow up a Best Buy and murder its employees because they didn't have his preordered copy of Modern Warfare 3, a Denver-area man says his upset outburst was interpreted to an illogical extreme just to punish him for being upset on the game's highly anticipated rollout night.
Lomon Sar says he had preordered the Hardened Edition of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 earlier in the day but couldn't write down a confirmation number as he was driving at the time. The purchase cost more than $100. When he showed up at his local Best Buy, an employee told Lomon his name wasn't in the computer, and that's when he went off. Like a bomb.
"I put my hands up to my head and I'm like, 'God, now I'm mad.' I said, 'I am so pissed right now I can blow this place up,'" Sar told KUSA-TV of Denver.
Sar disputes the part of the police report where he was described as asking when employees were leaving their shifts, threatening or implying he'd shoot them in the parking lot. The store manager "needs to apologize for screwing me around," said Sar, who added that he was guilty only of using a poor choice of words.
"It's just something you say when you get mad, you know what I mean? But they're like empty threats. You can't get in trouble for just saying you're gonna bomb a building."
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Suspect in store bomb threat over 'Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3' video game: 'I wasn't gonna blow it up' [KUSA-TV]
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Business Dreams; Start-up Reality
The College of Information Sciences and Technology (IST) is celebrating innovation and the entrepreneurial spirit with its third annual Start-up Week, April 7–11.
First held in 2012 as a celebration of successful young entrepreneurs and innovators in the fields of technology and security, IST Start-up Week has grown to showcase the wealth of possibilities that exist for enterprising IST students as emerging thought leaders in the areas of innovation and entrepreneurship. All students, as well as the University community, are welcome to attend.
"This is an amazing opportunity for our students to interact with successful entrepreneurs and innovators across a wide spectrum of applications associated with information sciences and technology," IST Dean David Hall said. "The speakers and guests are very direct and interactive with our students, in some cases providing proprietary case studies found in elite MBA programs."
Through this annual event and other initiatives, such as scholarships for students with an interest in starting their own companies and the addition of an entrepreneurial minor in the curriculum, the College of IST is strengthening its commitment to the active support of thought leadership both in and out of the classroom.
Becky Kang, a sophomore majoring in Security and Risk Analysis with a focus on Information Cyber Security in the College of IST, said that all students can benefit from attending Start-up Week activities.
"Technology is applicable to everything," she said. "Many of the speakers are Penn State alumni who were in the same position as we are just a couple of years ago. It would be cool to hear how successful their Penn State degree has been for them and what opportunities they have had."
"This is an amazing opportunity for our students to interact with successful entrepreneurs and innovators."—IST Dean David Hall
One of the alumni speakers on the schedule is Phillip Ayoub, who earned a Ph.D. in IST at Penn State and is a senior consultant at Doblin, the innovation strategy practice of Deloitte Consulting LLP. At Doblin, Ayoub guides clients in setting their innovation strategy, creating breakthrough businesses, and building effective innovation capabilities.
Another speaker is Daehee Park, who graduated from the College of IST in 2009 with a bachelor's degree in Security and Risk Analysis (SRA). Park is a co-founder of the startup Tuft and Needle, a mattress company. With a background in ecommerce platforms and monetization, he has successfully launched scalable business models for more than six years. During the early part of his career he created data-driven marketing platforms helping brands as diverse as Macy's, Visa, American Family, and Shell adapt to emerging media channels.
Ryan Glynn, a 2012 graduate who majored in SRA with a focus in intelligence analysis and modeling as well as cyber security, also is slated to speak. While an undergraduate, Glynn did extensive research in areas of security with faculty and as part of research center projects.
Since graduation, Glynn has bootstrapped a startup in digital retail, CinemaRama, as well as co-found a technology company called mhoto. CinemaRama's mission is to give artists complete control over how they sell their creations and the purpose of the sales (commercial or personal use). Mhoto is a technology company that works on composing brand new musical soundtracks based on analysis of text, photos, and videos.
Glynn has been interviewed by Forbes and Al-Jazeera America, along with being published in Engadget and Entrepreneur Magazine. In addition to founding startups, he has also worked for KPMG in New York City and currently is employed by Capital One in Virginia.
Glynn credits his education with giving him a solid foundation for his work. In addition to learning from professors, Glynn said, he got advice during the inaugural IST Start-up Week, held in April 2012, about starting his own company from those who have gone through similar experiences.
"(Start-up Week) was amazingly convenient for me because I got to talk to David Rusenko (IST '07, CEO of Weebly) and Steve Huffman (co-founder of Reddit/Hipmunk) all about my business and advice that they had to give to me," Glynn said. "It was probably the most beneficial week I have had in my entire college experience."
Among the 40-plus speakers, more than 30 of whom are Penn State alumni representing five colleges, Rusenko and Huffman are scheduled to speak this year, as well as Todd Bacastow IST '05, director of product management for DigitalGlobe, a leading provider of geospatial information and insight, and Chris Fanini IST '12, chief technical officer and a co-founder of Weebly, a company that helps anyone create a website, blog, or online store.
"It was probably the most beneficial week I have had in my entire college experience."—Ryan Glynn, IST '12
Evan Friedenberg, a College of IST student serving as a one of seven student IST Start-up Leads, believes that the life lessons that can be learned from entrepreneurs during Start-up Week are valuable for all students. "How to take risks, overcome challenges, become a leader, develop a strong work ethic, and challenge your mind—all can be applied to any job in any career field," he said.
Whether students have specific ideas about starting a business or not, Friedenberg said, "The speaker presentations can help teach them how to refine their ideas, think more creatively, and anything else they would need to start their own business or expand the ways they think in any job they may have." He added that with Q&A sessions, entrepreneur office hours, workshops, and networking opportunities, students can interact with the entrepreneurs to "learn about their experiences, get inspired, and maybe even get a job."
Steve Vannelli, a junior majoring in SRA with a minor in IST, said that Start-up Week speakers "show us that no matter your focus area, your skills, your strengths, or your weaknesses, you still have the ability to become an entrepreneur. Entrepreneurship doesn't have boundaries and neither does Start-up Week."
Vannelli, who attended previous Start-up Weeks, has a stronger interest in striking out on his own than he did last year because of an IST course he is taking this semester called Digital Entrepreneurship. "This class is teaching me how to go about starting my own business and encouraging me to get out of my comfort zone in order to make it work."
Because he is so inspired, he can't wait to go to activities during IST Start-up Week 2014 and recommends that his fellow students do the same.
"I can almost guarantee it will have some sort of effect on you," Vannelli said. "Who knows? It might just inspire you to start your future multibillion-dollar business!"


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Barclays boss Diamond bows to pressure and quits
LONDON (AP) -- Barclays Chief Executive Bob Diamond quit his job Tuesday, the latest scalp in a financial markets scandal that has also seen the bank's chairman announce his intention to resign and sown the seeds for another investigation into Britain's banking sector.
Diamond's resignation, which has taken effect immediately, comes a day after Chairman Marcus Agius fell on his sword too. However, Agius will lead the search for a new chief executive and will leave the company only after a new chairman is found.
Barclays' management has come under fire since the bank was fined $453 million last week by U.S. and British regulators for submitting false reports on interbank borrowing rates between 2005 and 2009. Much of that activity originated from traders in Barclays Capital, the investment banking division which Diamond headed at the time.
"The external pressure placed on Barclays has reached a level that risks damaging the franchise -- I cannot let that happen," Diamond said Tuesday in the statement accompanying his resignation. "I am deeply disappointed that the impression created by the events announced last week about what Barclays and its people stand for could not be further from the truth."
Britain's Serious Fraud Office said Monday that it would decide within a month whether to pursue criminal charges in the case. The government, which has come under pressure to initiate a judge-led inquiry into the sector, also announced a parliamentary committee to investigate what went on and report by the end of the year.
Barclays' share price was up 3.5 percent at 175 pence in midmorning London trading as investors hoped some of the heat will have been taken out of the scandal.
"Although Diamond's resignation should take some of the ferocity out of the intense criticism heaped on Barclays there is little doubt that the risk of holding the stock has risen substantially in recent days," said Nic Clarke, an analyst at Charles Stanley. "A cloud is likely to hang over the stock until a suitable successor is chosen."
As well as facing intense media pressure over the past few days, Diamond has seen growing calls for his resignation from the political world. Both Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg and opposition Labour Party leader Ed Miliband called for Diamond, a 60-year-old American, to stand down.
George Osborne, Britain's Treasury chief, said Diamond had decided to go Monday night. Osborne said he was told by Agius that "the board had come to view that that was the right decision and Mr. Diamond had come to that view."
"I think it is the right decision for Barclays, I think it is the right decision for the country," Osborne said.
The bank said Agius, 65, would become full-time chairman and would chair the executive committee until a new CEO is appointed.
"Clearly there's a lot more to come from this story right across the sector, but that's a significant scalp to be taken at this stage and now leaves a looming succession issue for the bank," said Mike McCudden, head of derivatives at Interactive Investor.
Some analysts had thought Diamond's position was secure because there was no obvious successor in the wings.
Diamond said he still intended to face the House of Commons Treasury Committee on Wednesday to give the bank's explanation for the false interest rate reports.
Barclays is one of a number of banks which regularly submit estimates of what it will cost them to borrow from other banks. These estimates feed into a calculation of the London interbank offered rate (LIBOR) which is used to determine payments from a range of financial contracts.
The London rate, and the related European interbank offered rate, are the benchmarks for over $500 trillion in global contracts, including loans and mortgages.
Barclays admitted that it had submitted lower than actual figures on its interbank borrowing during the credit crisis in 2007 and 2008. Several other global banks are being investigated in other countries for similar actions.
Last week, Diamond announced that he and three other senior executives were waiving any bonuses for 2012 because of the rate scandal.
The financial terms of his departure were not immediately disclosed.
His departure came as a surprise.
On Monday, Diamond sounded like a man determined to keep his job. In a memo to staff, he said he was disappointed by the misbehavior which led to the massive fines, but said: "It is my responsibility to make sure that it cannot happen again."
Diamond built up Barclays Capital into a profit-spinning powerhouse, and scored an important coup during the financial crisis by buying the remains of Lehman Brothers U.S. operations in a $1.35 billion deal.
Barclays survived the credit crisis without resorting to the kind of taxpayer bailout which saved Lloyds Banking Group and Royal Bank of Scotland, relying instead on an injection of capital from Qatar Holding, the government-backed investment fund.
In January last year, Diamond memorably told a House of Commons committee: "There was a period of remorse and apology for banks. I think that period is over."


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I finally got my hands on a bottle of the St. Tropez Whipped Mousse self tanner. I found mine at the bottom of a bucket at Bath and Body Works during their big clearance sale. Of course, it wasn't on sale, even if it was in the $5 clearance bin. But I digress. What I have read about this mousse is true - it does give a natural brownish tan, with no hint of orange. Application was easy due to the tinted mousse, as you could see any spots that you might have missed. Color developed within three hours, and the yucky DHA smell wasn't as bad as other products I have used. My only caution with this mousse is to use some latex gloves to apply it - it WILL turn your cuticles a strange brown color, even if you scrub well afterwards and use a tan remover. So do yourself a favor and use an applicator or gloves to put this on. But how does it compare to my $10 Sublime Bronze? I'm not convinced that it was worth the extra $14. I've had such good, consistent results with Sublime Bronze that I had really high expectations out of the St. Tropez and they didn't really live up to them. I wanted to be a bronze goddess for $24! But it is a nice product, with excellent results. I just doubt I will spend that money again.
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Why Men Love Bitches: From Doormat to Dreamgirl-A Woman's Guide to Holding Her Own in a Relationship
This looks like one of those books that belong on my wishlist. After all, a girl doesn't have to chase a man, or make over her life completely into his to be part of a relationship. That's one of my personal pet peeves when a single friend meets a man and suddently becomes someone she absolutely isn't. So, this will be part of my next Amazon order!
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