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Forget the B-word; if you want to hit a woman where it hurts, one word's sure to do it, according to longtime Vanity Fair contributing editor Leslie Bennetts in a piece titled "The Scarlet A" in this month's Elle magazine, and that word is Ambitious.
Here's Bennetts' lede:
Over the past three decades, I've interviewed some of the world's most celebrated women: queens and princesses, senators and rock stars, moguls and movie legends, first ladies and fashion titans. Some were barracudas whose appetite for power would make Machiavelli look like a pushover, but only one ever owned up to being ambitious.
Hillary Clinton? Oprah? Condoleezza Rice? Um, no.
Soon after Catherine Zeta-Jones married Michael Douglas, I met her at their baronial apartment overlooking Central Park West. Waving a hand bedecked with a diamond as big as a grape, Zeta-Jones gestured toward the mantel, where her husband's Academy Awards were displayed, and confided that she wasn't satisfied with his reflected glory. 'I want my Oscar up there too,' she said, her dark eyes glittering with determination.
Why so taboo? It seems a logical assumption that a film actress should want an Oscar… but, Bennetts writes, "in all my years interviewing movie stars, nobody had ever admitted to coveting one."
And even after women have scored mega-success, they minimize what it took to get it. Bennetts' piece outlines the ways some of the most successful, prominent, and groundbreaking contemporary women have refused to own their ambition. Hillary Clinton described herself as "stunned" when President Obama asked her to be his secretary of state, to the point that "'I kept suggesting other people: 'Well, how about this person! How about that person!'" Oprah (as Bennetts reminds us: "the richest self-made woman in America and the country's first black billionaire") said she doesn't think of herself as a businessperson. From Drew Gilpin Faust–the first woman president of Harvard–to Michigan state governor Jennifer Granholm to former secretary of state Condoleeza Rice, women seem more likely to attribute their success to luck or to describe it as something that "just happened" than to own it. Can it really be that women still haven't learned to take a compliment? Or is it that to be seen as ambitious is no compliment at all, but (much like being dubbed 'opinionated') risky, dangerous, unladylike?
Um, probably. According to Celia Lake, a pollster and political strategist Bennetts quotes in her piece:
When men are being tough, voters define it as strength, but when women show toughness, the voters think they're bitches… The research shows parallel stereotypes of women in executive management.
And, while we might be inclined to say but things are changing! Girls today are surely more confident than that! Bennetts offers up evidence to the contrary, quoting a recent Harvard grad, who recalled her experience in high school, and why she opted out of running for class president.
I was afraid people wouldn't like me. And the truth is, they probably wouldn't have. There's this attitude that if you're a girl, there's a limit on how much success you're allowed. When I was nominated for a major award, the friends of another candidate went around telling people that they shouldn't vote for me because I already had 'too much.'
I'd venture to say aspiring class presidents of the male variety do not face such "he has too much" anti-campaigns.
But why do we buy into it? One reason, according to longtime women's rights advocate and former president of Planned Parenthood Gloria Feldt, is socialization.
[Feldt's] interest in power was sparked by research she did on women in politics. 'Millions of dollars are being spent to help recruit, train, and support women to get elected, and yet they've scarcely moved the dial at all,' Feldt says. 'The problem was not that the doors were not open. The problem was that women were not walking through those doors–and that just blew me away.'
One reason women hang back is what Feldt calls a lack of 'intentionality.' It seems that from their earliest days, boys know they're supposed to have a specific interest; they can decide to be and do whatever they want,' she says. 'Girls are now told they can be and do anything, but they're much less likely to be taught that they should have a life plan that's intentional. Girls are socialized to be reactive; boys are socialized to be the askers, girls the askees.'"
We've written about that before, and we think there's something to it: boys are brought up knowing their job is to slay the dragons, to go, to see, to conquer. While the girls… well, we were the pretty princesses waiting to be rescued. And if that's indeed the case, and if it's further the case that we fear being seen as ambitious, for (perhaps) the more grown-up version of I'm afraid people won't like me–well, is it any wonder so many of us are so undecided? We're given the message that we can do anything, but we're not socialized to be the doers. And even if we decide what we want and that we will do what it takes to get it, there's no guidebook that shows us how. Even the women who've gone before, rather than saying, well, I did this, and I did that, and these things were really important, are more likely to sweep away the footprints they left, with a self-deprecating "it was really just a fluke."
Perhaps the proper first step would be to wear our Scarlet As with pride. I'll go first: I'm Shannon, and I'm Ambitious!
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It's that time — the end of another great year. It's been a phenomenal year for LinkedIn, for my amazing team of data scientists, and for me personally.
The end of year is also an exciting time of transition. I enter 2013 thinking about my daughter starting kindergarten, the house awaiting me after a lifetime of apartment dwelling, and of course all the great things my team is setting out to accomplish.
One of those transitions concerns this blog. About a month ago, I started posting on LinkedIn as an "influencer" — one of a couple of hundred people privileged to use LinkedIn as a native publishing platform. The thousands of people following me there and engaging with my content have convinced me to go all in.
I will keep this site up with the hundreds of posts I've published over the past 4+ years, but I'll put The Noisy Channel on mute for the foreseeable future. So, whether you're a long-time reader or someone who just got here, I hope you'll follow me on LinkedIn and read my posts there.
I'm excited about the upcoming year. There's lots of great stuff on my team's roadmap, as well as fun opportunities to participate in conferences. Hopefully I'll see some of you at the Stanford Conference on Computational Social Science and at the O'Reilly Strata Conference. But most of all I hope to continue engaging with all of you offline and online.
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Cocktails: A New Style of Pisco Explores the Spirit's Potential
Weekly insight into the world of drinks with Paul Clarke from the Cocktail Chronicles and Imbibe magazine.
In recent years, predictions of coming trends in spirits and cocktails have almost invariably included a forecast of a coming boom for the South American brandy known as pisco. And while sales of the lightly funky spirit from Peru and Chile have been buoyed somewhat by the overall cocktail renaissance, and premium brands such as BarSol have raised the profile of the spirit, pisco has yet to attain the kind of visibility that has expected of it for so long.
I hesitate to put this out there as yet another prediction about pisco's fortunes, but as Jon Bonne wrote in this past weekend's San Francisco Chronicle, the once-modest realm of pisco is undergoing a bit of an overhaul—and not surprisingly, San Francisco is leading the charge.
As Bonne notes, pisco has a long history with the city. During San Francisco's formative years, before the transcontinental railroad or the Panama Canal made it easy and quick to ship materials from the East to the Pacific coast, the city's early residents slaked their thirst with whatever was at hand, and for decades this meant a level of prominence for pisco at historic watering holes such as the Bank Exchange, which served a legendary pisco punch. Today the city's cocktail scene has a particular fondness for spirits from Mexico and South America, as seen at tequila havens such as Tommy's, the aptly named Pisco Latin Lounge, and at Cantina, run by bartender Duggan McDonnell.
Now, McDonnell is doing more to promote pisco than simply pouring the eponymous sours; he's a partner in Campo de Encanto, an artisan pisco from Peru that he spent the last several years developing. With a more perfume-like aroma and an earthier character than many other piscos, Campo de Encanto was created with its use in American bars in mind. Rich and robust, the pisco was designed to have the kind of assertive flavor that many craft bartenders seek out when working with a particular spirit, while the airy aromatics justify its use in a drink calling for only light adornment, the better to show off the spirit's own character.
Campo de Encanto has only just debuted, and it's still only available in San Francisco (though conveniently, Bay Area retailers including Cask and K&L Wine Merchants offer online sales). But its appearance in one of the country's most vibrant cocktail communities could prompt a fresh look at a style of spirit that's had a lot of expectations put on it in recent years, and perhaps it will prompt curious drinkers to re-examine pisco's potential.
Pisco sours have become a craft-bar standard in recent years, along with several other drinks. Are you a fan of pisco? What are your favorite brands, and the top drinks you've had with pisco?
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Description: I have two lessons to submit still today and I think you will like what I have in store. First let me submit a tutorial that will show you guys "how to draw a gas mask step by step". A gas mask is a very popular piece of equipment that is used by military personnel, and by firefighters. This mask can be sketched out in real cool design to resemble the ones that are used in the military, as well as the ones used by the ATF, and other government agencies like SWAT and so forth. I just want to say that I apologize for not going live for the past two nights. I have been working on a new layout for the site to make it more efficient, as well as more enjoyable for all you members out there. What is a gas mask exactly? Well just as the name describes, a gas mask is a mask that is worn over your face and head to prevent toxic gases and harmful airborne pollution and or diseases from being inhaled by humans. There is many different looking gas masks in existence, but they all relatively have the same parts and serve the same purpose. There is nine main parts to make a gas mask fully functional and serve it's purpose. First off the mask is made from molded rubber, which is what is fixed onto your face. There is an outlet valve that makes it possible to speak, an air tubing hose to transfer oxygen so you can breath, to hold the mask in place, there is a series of adjustable elastic straps, there is also a pair of built in sturdy goggles for vision capabilities, a filter housing unit which is filled with cotton, wire, coal, and other elements to keep poisonous or toxic air from harming someone, and lastly some gas masks come fully equipped with helmets too. The mask that I drew is more modern that what you may be used to seeing. I had fun drawing this mask, and I solely drew it for my military junkie brother. I hope you guys enjoy this tutorial that will show you "how to draw a gas mask step by step". I will be back with one more submission. Peace out and happy drawing folks.


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Ryan Wilson first experienced the difference a supportive community could make as a child growing up in Kenya.
What Wilson saw in Africa was in contrast to the environment at his English private school.
"One of the things that struck me about that paradox is how good Africa is in terms of its community and how it looks after people and how it comes up with ideas, how they support each other, I guess," he says.
"At the other end of the scale you have a bunch of people with a lot of money and probably a completely different focus; very inward, very selfish."
A Kiwi wife and career in sports management brought Wilson, 36, into contact with an older generation of New Zealanders, where he saw another example of that community effect among lawn bowlers.
He started a property development business with the idea of redeveloping bowling clubs around Auckland, using part of the site for apartments or commercial space while retaining the club.
He says the aim was to reinvigorate the clubs by providing them with cashflow while keeping the amenity, with the property developer taking the risk.
But the global financial crisis in 2008 resulted in funding for property ventures drying up.
Wilson's project, underwritten by now-failed property financer St Laurence, tipped over.
The financial crisis may have killed off his plans for bowling clubs but it created the perfect environment for The Generator, a stylish serviced office facility in Auckland's revitalised Britomart quarter.
Wilson says that after the crisis hit, companies were downsizing and trying to use space more efficiently.
Greater use of technology means more time is spent working away from the office, with the mobile workforce growing at 16 per cent a year on a compound basis, he says.
"All these factors are effectively creating an environment that is ripe for what I thought was disruption."
Most of all he wanted to construct a community in which businesses flourished.
Wilson saw an opportunity to provide a workplace for small businesses and those working from home as well as companies looking for facilities not available from traditional serviced office spaces.
Around this is wrapped an environment that allows people to share ideas, provides a sense of belonging and has the infrastructure and support services to allow businesses to focus on what's important, he says.
"It's very friendly, it's very open, it's very engaging. The fact that we've got a caf and a bar as a hub of the business is a key design feature to create that kind of interaction.
"Creative friction is another word that we use a bit of, so the ability to share ideas and come up with new ideas.
"You see that more in places like the kitchen where they all get together and solve problems on a communal level."
Wilson is also clear on what it's not.
"We're not incubators, we're not there to grow your business, we're not there to tell you how to do your business. We just want to create an environment that helps you achieve that."
Housed in two buildings in Britomart, each site provides a mix of spaces for businesses at different stages of growth and a gym membership-style subscription that gives flexibility to increase and reduce space needs.
"We're mirroring, I guess, the volatility that sits in that SME space."
When he first started The Generator two years ago he was not only taking a punt on the Britomart location, then in its infancy, but also sinking his own money into the project.
"Initially no one in the middle of a financial crisis was going to give me any money for something wacky like this. It was pretty new and alien.
"So I basically did it myself. Begged, borrowed, stole, found whatever money I could, mortgaged the house, that kind of classic all-in.
"There's nothing like fear and pain to keep you growing."
The goal is to take the business to 50 sites around the world with a turnover of $100 million and an exit, potentially by irritating a serviced office giant enough to force a buy-out.
Alistair Jeffery, head of finance services firm Bluestone Group, came on board as an early investor, not only providing a funding boost, but also giving Wilson someone to bounce ideas off.
Further investors have added funds, there is now a formal board, including Matthew Cockram, the chief executive of Britomart developer Cooper and Company, and a governance structure is now in place.
Either a heavy investment round or public float is on the cards in the next two years to finance expansion plans.
Wilson is nailing down a site in Queenstown, with Wellington planned for this year too.
The focus is also on capturing the essence of The Generator so it can be replicated around the world but also tweaked for the different sites.
"In the same way that we have different spaces that reflect different working habits, we want a network of clubs that reflects different communities, different environments."


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Description: I have another flower lesson to add to the collection but this time it is already something I did in the past as a pair. So today I will be teaching you "how to draw an orchid", step by step instead of orchids. In the previous tutorial I talked about this beautiful flower, and how so many people love it. They are essentially a versatile plant flower species because you can grow or keep them right in your home with ease. Of course growing these flowers in the wild might be a challenge, but you can easily buy an orchid already grown, and in a vase right out of Lowes, Home Depot, or another favorite home improvement store or nursery of your choice. This is going to be a very simple lesson to tackle so don't fret on it being too hard. The steps are easy to follow, and the instructions are going to be a breeze to read. You can even draw an orchid for the main image of a Valentine's Day card, or even a birthday card. As you know people often give orchids to one another to say I love you. Anyways, have fun people and don't forget to add some creativity to your work. Peace peeps!


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They'll take a bullet for the former president, but they can't save him from a lazy foul pop into the box seats in Arlington. Neither could A.J. Pierzynski:
"I just told him just because he was the President doesn't mean I won't jump on top of him," Pierzynski said. "Him and his wife got a good chuckle out of that one."
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Welcome to a brand new feature here on Sometimes Sweet: Literate & Stylish. The premise is simple, and the post is short but sweet- every Thursday I'll be showcasing a lovely lady and her favorite book. She'll share a few pretty photos of herself and her book of choice, and tell us why she loves it.
I hope this will inspire more reading, and hopefully the discovery of a new favorite blog, book, or both!
from Diana, of Our City Lights:
The Glass Castle: A Memoir
This memoir by Jeanette Walls is an unexpected book to ever become a favorite. Walls' writing makes life with an alcoholic family seem quirky, fun and adventurous, and growing up in an alcoholic family myself, I never saw any of these things. Just like Walls', instead of bitterness and anger, the gifts of gratitude, humor and forgiveness have taken over my life. Everything she tells about from her dysfunctional relationship with reality to the death of her father have all hit home for me. I don't think I've ever laughed and cried so hard in a book; sometimes reading another's story makes us realize what we ourselves have overcome and appreciate the family we have. What I love most about this book is the forgiveness she has not just for her family, but for her life. And that's what I believe makes her a great storyteller.


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Time for the middle installment of the top boy name debuts.
From 30 to 21:
Kadeem, #30
- Kadeem debuted with 52 baby boys in 1988.
Inspired by Kadeem Hardison, an actor on the TV sitcom "A Different World."
Diallo & Draven, 2-way tie for #29
- Diallo debuted with 54 baby boys in 1971.
Possibly inspired by Diallo Telli, though I'm not totally certain.
- Draven debuted with 54 baby boys in 1994.
Inspired by Eric Draven, a character in the movie The Crow.
Vadhir, #28
- Vadhir debuted with 55 baby boys in 2010.
Inspired by Vadhir Derbez, winner of the TV dance show "Mira Quien Baila 2010."
Foch, #27
- Foch debuted with 58 baby boys in 1918.
Inspired by WWI military leader Ferdinand Foch.
Mychal, #26
- Mychal debuted with 59 baby boys in 1978.
Inspired by basketball player Mychal George Thompson.
Tavares, #25
- Tavares debuted with 60 baby boys in 1974.
Inspired by The Tavares Brothers.
Toriano, #24
- Toriano debuted with 62 baby boys in 1970.
Inspired by singer Toriano "Tito" Jackson, a member of The Jackson 5.
Jionni, #23
- Jionni debuted with 63 baby boys in 2011.
Inspired by Jionni LaValle, boyfriend of reality TV star Snooki Polizzi.
Tajh, #22
- Tajh debuted with 65 baby boys in 1989.
Inspired by singer Tajh Abdulsamad, a member of The Boys.
Pharrell & Quindon, 2-way tie for #21
- Pharrell debuted with 67 baby boys in 2003.
Inspired by singer Pharrell Williams.
- Quindon debuted with 67 baby boys in 1996.
Inspired by Quindon Tarver, the boy who sang "When Doves Cry" in the movie William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet.
More baby name debuts coming up tomorrow!
*The Top 50 Baby Name Debuts for Boys: 50-41, 40-31, 30-21, 20-11, 10-1*


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China's Pink Women-Only Parking Spots Spark a Backlash
A shopping mall in China has sparked accusations of sexism after it recently unveiled 10 parking spots designed for women only.
Painted in pink, the spots at the World Metropolis Center in the northeastern Chinese city of Dalian say "Respectfully reserved for women" and are about 30 centimeters wider than other parking places.
The parking spots have outraged some Chinese Internet users, who called them sexist and disrespectful. On Twitter, one commenter wrote, "Not sure if I should laugh or cry." On Weibo, a microblogger questioned, "Isn't that insulting females' driving ability?"
A female staffer at the mall rejected such claims. "It's not an insult to women at all," mall manager Yang Hongjun told AFP in a report carried by the Shanghai Daily. "If their parking spaces are larger, it's only for practical reasons. It doesn't mean that women drive less well than men."
Some commenters hailed the wider spots, saying women are bad drivers, while others said that women should appreciate the convenience. A Weibo commenter in Guangzhou wrote, "Lots of praise! 'Taking good care of' is not a synonym for 'discrimination,' right?"
Dalian isn't the first city in China to dedicate parking spots to women only. At the Wonder Mall in Hebei, one of three underground parking garages was reserved for females in 2010. Spaces inside were designed to be about 80 centimeters bigger than regular parking spaces, with its walls painted with 12 animals of the Chinese zodiac so that female drivers could remember a pattern instead of a parking space number. As though that weren't not enough, there were also dancing parking lot attendants installed to help women park their cars.
In Seoul, nearly 5,000 parking spaces near entrances of malls and other buildings were painted pink in 2009 -- the logic being that women wearing high heels wouldn't want to walk far distances to their destination.
There's also pink-parking precedent in Germany. City regulations in Baden Wurttemberg, for example, dictate that at least 10% of parking spaces in big garages must be for women near entrances. In the city of Brandenburg, at least 30% of spaces must be for females. The regulations were put in place to help women feel safer and less prone to sexual assault, according to German officials.
If Chinese men feel left out, they could try to fight for their own parking privileges: In 2012, two men-only parking spaces were introduced in Triberg, Germany – "tricky" spaces that required difficult maneuvering. They were painted, of course, with Mars symbols.
Note: An earlier version of this report failed to note that an article cited here was authored by an AFP reporter and carried in the Shanghai Daily. It has since been clarified.
-- Alyssa Abkowitz with contributions from Dantong Ma. Follow Alyssa on Twitter @AlyssaAbkowitz
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Vol. 25, No. 12: Fiscal Cliff
The iconic fiscal cliff
Going forward into the New Year, we find that Congress is kicking the can down the road to throw us under the bus as we plunge off the fiscal cliff in failed attempts to grow the iconic economy.
Unlike the other such clichés we will keep harping on, fiscal cliff, the cliché du jour, at least has the excuse of lacking a suitable synonym. And no doubt the term will drop out of sight sometime in the new year. Meantime, seemingly unavoidably, we have used the term in 481 articles in three months, or more than six articles a day.
The cliché that is avoidable, however, remains iconic. Not to beat a dead horse unnecessarily, but our suggested New Year's resolution is to consider deleting iconic whenever it raises its hackneyed head.
● AME Bob Rose echoes our calls to avoid the hackneyed going forward, as in the lead of our lead item. As Bob observes, it is almost always superfluous. As we said earlier, it can't be long until we see, "He was hired to build out and grow the company going forward," a trifecta of clichés.
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So, you know that special brand of squelched eye-roll/mini-smirk you trot out whenever you find yourself cornered by your Positive Thinking-evangelizing sister/friend/coworker? Turns out, raining on her parade might be the best thing you can do for her.
In a comical opinion piece in Sunday's NYT that'll make the cynic in you chuckle, Oliver Burkeman lays out a solid argument for being an Eeyore. The impetus for his piece was last month's debacle involving 21 Tony Robbins devotees who wound up being treated for burns after "Unleashing the Power Within" (read: attempting to walk across hot coals).
(Quoth the fire captain: "We discourage people from walking over hot coals.")
Schadenfreude aside, Burkeman lays out a pretty solid argument for leaving the power alone, and instead unleashing the grouch within.
He quotes social critic Barbara Ehrenreich, cites The Stoics and principles of Buddhist meditation, debunks the power of visualization:
Consider the technique of positive visualization, a staple not only of Robbins-style seminars but also of corporate team-building retreats and business best sellers. According to research by the psychologist Gabriele Oettingen and her colleagues, visualizing a successful outcome, under certain conditions, can make people less likely to achieve it. She rendered her experimental participants dehydrated, then asked some of them to picture a refreshing glass of water. The water-visualizers experienced a marked decline in energy levels, compared with those participants who engaged in negative or neutral fantasies. Imagining their goal seemed to deprive the water-visualizers of their get-up-and-go, as if they'd already achieved their objective.
Interestingly, elsewhere in the paper (O, glorious Sunday on the couch!), in a (much-emailed) piece titled "Raising Successful Children" Madeline Levine, practicing clinician and author of "Teach Your Children Well: Parenting for Authentic Success," takes down not just helicopter parents and tiger moms, but "overparenting lite." It's a topic we've covered before, but Levine mentions an interesting study:
In a typical experiment, Dr. Dweck takes young children into a room and asks them to solve a simple puzzle. Most do so with little difficulty. But then Dr. Dweck tells some, but not all, of the kids how very bright and capable they are. As it turns out, the children who are not told they're smart are more motivated to tackle increasingly difficult puzzles. They also exhibit higher levels of confidence and show greater overall progress in puzzle-solving.
Interesting, huh? Taken together, the two certainly got me wondering. How much positivity is too much? Exactly how deeply rose should our glasses be colored? Where does healthy stop and delusional begin? And, maybe more to the point: why does this kind of stuff feel, in some (albeit slightly uncomfortable) way, like a relief?
We write often about the importance of embracing failure, how it is not only surmountable, but a teacher. We also write often about the crushing pressure of great expectations. How they can turn out to be more paralyzing than empowering. (And how the message so many of us are fed, that you can do anything you want, is internalized with the pressurizing conclusion: so it better be something really freaking good.) And so I wonder: how much better off would we all be were the pressure to be positive ratcheted down, even just a tad? And not just because the pressure would be off: because failure, imperfection, moments of (gasp!) mediocrity are kind of a fact of life.
In her piece, Levine notes that becoming who we are (and being allowed the space to accomplish this deceptively simple task) is kind of the most important work at hand for a fledgling human being (or the people tasked with raising said human being). I'd agree. And accepting and getting to like that person is pretty important work, too. And accepting and liking ourselves is considerably easier if we're not expecting perfection, not least because people–all people–are inherently imperfect. (And through no fault of our not thinking positively enough.)
Here's a little more from Burkeman:
Buddhist meditation, too, is arguably all about learning to resist the urge to think positively — to let emotions and sensations arise and pass, regardless of their content. It might even have helped those agonized firewalkers. Very brief training in meditation, according to a 2009 article in The Journal of Pain, brought significant reductions in pain — not by ignoring unpleasant sensations, or refusing to feel them, but by turning nonjudgmentally toward them.
From this perspective, the relentless cheer of positive thinking begins to seem less like an expression of joy and more like a stressful effort to stamp out any trace of negativity. Mr. Robbins's trademark smile starts to resemble a rictus. A positive thinker can never relax, lest an awareness of sadness or failure creep in. And telling yourself that everything must work out is poor preparation for those times when they don't. You can try, if you insist, to follow the famous self-help advice to eliminate the word "failure" from your vocabulary — but then you'll just have an inadequate vocabulary when failure strikes.
Everything's not always going to be great. And that's perfectly fine.


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Beat the Streak Report: Weekend, May 7-9
Thursday was a beautiful day in the neighborhood for our Beat the Streakers.
Our top five most popular selections each got hits, combining to extend the streaks for about 35 percent of Streakland.
Dustin Pedroia, my, ahem, Pick of the Day, spearheaded "Operation: Hitsville," going 2-for-4 to extend the streaks of 12.3 percent of our users all by his lonesome self.
It was also all sunshine atop the leaderboard, as "olifante" and "bowl218" each lived to see another day thanks to hits from Evan Longoria and Placido Polanco, respectively.
With "olifante"'s streak now at 33 games, he is 57.9 percent on his way to the promised land. And you know what that means: All the infomercial knives that can cut through shoes that he ever dreamed of.
Will our fearless leader survive the weekend?
I have no clue. But I might as well give it a whirl …
Oh, hello there …
- Robinson Cano: .362 AVG (17-for-47) lifetime vs. Red Sox starter Josh Beckett
- Albert Pujols: .471 AVG (16-for-34) lifetime vs. Pirates starter Zach Duke
- Vernon Wells: .500 AVG (10-for-20) since '05 vs. White Sox starter Mark Buehrle
- Hanley Ramirez: .857 AVG (6-for-7) lifetime vs. Nationals starter Craig Stammen
- Michael Young: .500 AVG (10-for-20) since '05 vs. Royals starter Gil Meche
- Hanley Ramirez: .462 AVG (6-for-13) lifetime vs. Nationals starter John Lannan
- David Wright: .727 AVG (8-for-11) lifetime vs. Giants starter Todd Wellemeyer
- Martin Prado: .556 AVG (5-for-9) lifetime vs. Phillies starter Joe Blanton
- Matt Kemp: .409 AVG (9-for-22) lifetime vs. Rockies starter Ubaldo Jimenez
- Albert Pujols: .600 AVG (15-for-25) lifetime vs. Pirates starter Paul Maholm
- Ben Zobrist: .625 AVG (5-for-8) lifetime vs. A's starter Dallas Braden
- David DeJesus: .714 AVG (5-for-7) lifetime vs. Rangers starter Scott Feldman
Feeling kinda spicy?
- Joe Inglett: .455 AVG (5-for-11) lifetime vs. D-backs starter Edwin Jackson. Yes, you can pretty much take anyone going against Edwin Jackson these days.
- Fred Lewis: .444 AVG (4-for-9) lifetime vs. White Sox starter Jake Peavy. Yes, Fred Lewis has been on fire as of late.
- Gabe Kapler: .444 AVG (4-for-9) lifetime vs. A's starter Dallas Braden. Yes, starting sentences this way is getting to be painful.
You'll thank me later …
- Troy Tulowitzki: .111 AVG (1-for-9) lifetime vs. Dodgers starter Hiroki Kuroda
- Adam Lind: .000 AVG (0-for-12) lifetime vs. White Sox starter Mark Buehrle
- Stephen Drew: .100 AVG (1-for-10) lifetime vs. Brewers starter Randy Wolf
- Josh Hamilton: .100 AVG (1-for-10) lifetime vs. Royals starter Gil Meche
- Matt Holliday: .071 AVG (1-for-14) lifetime vs. Pirates starter Paul Maholm
- Billy Butler: .182 AVG (2-for-11) lifetime vs. Rangers starter Scott Feldman
Leaderboard time!
Joining "olifante" and "bowl218" in the 30-streak club is "cruj," who took Justin Morneau yesterday to reach this lovely milestone. Well played.
Top MLB streakers
- Evan Longoria: 12 games
- Albert Pujols: 11 games
- Jeff Mathis: 10 games (DL)
- Bengie Molina: 10 games
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Going with Hanley Ramirez today.
Saturday: Ichirio v. lefty – To M's manager – how about giving The Man from Japan the day off?
Stay away from Cubs – struggling badly – even with Homer Bailey on the mound for Reds I'm staying away.
I have Ryan Braun in BTS tonight as the Blog guy said you can pick anybody against Edwin Jackson right now. Drag, who do you suggest for HR BTS so that I can continue at 2. I first had Wright but Sanchez hasn't given up a HR all year. I did had Pujols but wind is blowing in at Pitts. I now am going with Cano as wind is blowing out at Boston to right field. Should I change Cano or leave it? Also I have the Cards in Survivor to try to get my streak started again thanks to the O's winning and costing me my 3 game streak there. I'm hoping to get to four with Braun tonight.
There is one drawback to picking Braun tonight for me though and that is he is hitting .118 at Arizona in his career but first time he is facing Jackson in his career so still thinking hard about that one.
well, this is the first time this year i have had two straight days of my picked hitter NOT get a hit.
Vinny – I have Cards in Survivor.
HR BTS – tough call today – My streak as usual is zero – For no good reason I have Cubs D. Lee (crosswind in Cincy). I like your thoughts on wind at Fenway and Cano is hot.
There is one drawback to picking Braun tonight for me though and that is he is hitting .118 at Arizona in his career but first time he is facing Jackson in his career so still thinking hard about that one.
There is one drawback to picking Braun tonight for me though and that is he is hitting .118 at Arizona in his career but first time he is facing Jackson in his career so still thinking hard about that one.
Damn thing wouldn't post at first but I saw it did.
I'm going with Ryan Theriot. I know the Cubs bats have cooled down but I believe it's about the player, not the team, & Theriot is still swinging the bat well.
I may pick Braun or Hanley. I just hate having to wait so long for my pick to play.
Drag, I wouldn't even touch Ichiro tomorrow. He is hitting .158 against lefties this year and M's are facing Saunders tomorrow so I don't think so. It's the same thing with Hanley. He's hitting lefties .172 and that isn't something I would go near but he looks good tonight. Only drawback is Hanley is hitting .261 on the road this year.
Go with whoever you think you have the best shot with, regardless of what time they play. Believe me, in past seasons I've done stupid things like picking a guy just because he was playing early (I hate waiting too) just to see him not get a hit.
Vinny & Dragbunt…. Regarding the wind at Fenway… forecast is to have clouds coming in early evening and as a matter of fact they are starting to show up and that wind will die down to right field…Last night the wind did come into play, also I think that Beckett may be due for a good game…. Only my thoughts… haveing a rough time getting back to 4 where I have been killed several times… going with Hanley tonight…LOL
Dan, thank you for the info. Who do you think I should pick in HR BTS to try to get to 2?
I think I have a great shot with Braun as he is roping the ball on the road but like I said he is only hitting .118 at Arizona in his career and that by itself is making me think.
Vinny… I am not in the home run gig this year… maybe I should look at it… I spend about 30 minutes just to come up with a player now….so may as well have another contest to have my heart broken… I have taken the Cards today in the surviors series… Today is only my second day, yesterday took the Phillies…. RE: the weather here… as I look out my window the trees are barely moving and the sky is pretty much a thin overcast… I hope this helps. but since I have gotten to eight and to four several times my picks are just about as good as yours and others…. Like I mentioned I have Hanley tonight…LOL
It's cool man. That's fine. I think I'll stick it out with Cano anyway. Also, Bal/Min is postponed because of rain. I bet Twins miss the Metrodome now since that is their first postponement because of the weather. So nobody should be picking anybody in that game tonight.
Vinny – if game in Minn is postponed and you are not sure of your HR pick tonight go with a Twin player and pass your streak over until Saturday.
Sounds like a plan but let's see if I can do it. Tomorrow I have Wright against the Giants.
It's too late as that isn't even an option anymore. Took off the Bal/Min game already.
For Friday nite I like Prado (Atl) vs Moyer (Phi)
Survivor: Chris Carpenter and the St Louis Cardinals over Zach Duke and the Pittsburgh Pirates.
Beat The Streak: Albert Pujols
Good luck to you Joe as I know you will get to 10 in Survivor and backrubs is already at 10 I can't believe it.
dang joseph. we have to stop thinking alike. i took the same two
Thanks Vinny,
What's your win and hit streak now ?
LOL @ Backrubs
Lost my win streak when the Twins lost yesterday so back at 0 and my hit streak is at 3 so far and have Braun tonight.
Theriot came through. I think I may have survived the Friday Night Massacre. Lots of people relying on last at-bats.
Oh man. Hanley was just walked intentionally so I think that's his last plate appearance. 0-3 with a walk.
Wow, tonight may completely upend the leaderboard. If Hanley is through, great runs for Olifante and bowl. Cruj's Braun pick TBD.
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Ten and Zero. Cardinals are tied at 3 as i write
Pujols has no hits
ITS OVER. HRamirez went Hitless.
I have Mags for s4 tonight – is the DET/CLE game going to be postponed? It's so close!
I wonder if Braun will be included in the 50% off BTS shaver sale going on right now.
I need Braun to get a hit so I can go up to a 4 game streak. 17 out of 25 on the top page all done with Pujols and Ramirez.
The leader on Survivor is done at 17 because he took Washingon and they lost to FLA
Noticed alot of people took the Twins who had their game rained out this evening. and St Louis survives, im at 11
Albert Pujols went 0-5 tonight, but at least the Cardinals got the win over the Pirates just now.
That game was a real nail biter, too.
So I'm back to a 0 game hit streak, but I now got a 10 game win streak.
My win streak in Survivor is back at 1 so I'm happy about that. Tomorrow I have the Tigers unless that is turned into a double header if they don't restart tonight's game.
Ugh, not sure at all who I should pick for tomorrow.
Joe, stay away from Ichiro. I have Cabrera to hopefully get to 5 if Braun comes through tonight.
it wouldnt be considered a doubleheader if the game gets suspended to tomorrow because part of it has already been played.
I know that Schenk but they may just call it and start it over tomorrow.
Tigers/Indians game is postponed.
wow what a disaster day for the BTS boys. hanley, pujols, jeter, and cano all hitless. close to 50% done with those picks, congratulations my former running mate cruj for selected Braun and dodging the enormous bullet that hit everyone else. This is why the prize is up to 3 million, it's not quite as easy as it sounds to get to 57.
It hasn't listed the Tigers/Indians game as a doubleheader tomorrow so hopefully it won't be one and I can leave Cabrera and Tigers as my choices tomorrow.
"Because Friday's action will be stricken from the record, the Tribe and Tigers will have to replay the game in its entirety. A rescheduled date was not immediately announced. But the rescheduled date will definitively not be played this weekend. "
Got it from the Tigers website.
Thank you very much for the info Joe. I appreciate it and makes me feel better about my picks for tomorrow. I have Cabrera in BTS to try to get me to 5 and the Tigers in Survivor.
I'm also picking the Tigers for tomorrow, but I haven't decided on who I will picking for tomorrow to get a hit yet.
im looking at the Rays against Oakland on survivor,
and im going with Hanley for my hitter
Miguel Cabrera hit a home run in last nights game, then the game was postponed, that hit doesn't count?
No, unfortunately Cabrera's HR does not count. I can confirm because I picked him and am now at zero.
Vinny… I see you made a change from Cano to Braun…. nice switch.. Hanley did me in along with a lot of others…Got to think about today… FYI game in Boston will possible have a delay in starting due to rain & thunderstorms this morning & afternoon but do expect to get it in… winds will increase from the northwest so should help to get a few balls out of the park….LOL ALL
Hey the Wizz makes his triumphant reappearance to tell folks that Utley isn't starting today (sat)… making his chances of Pinch hitting high….I found out literally two seconds ago, and maybe I'll save some streaks today…?
–the wizz.
And as soon as you finish reading this … picks are locked. Utley suckers.
With the wind blowing at 30-40 mph to right field in Detroit, I am going with Brennan Boesch in HR BTS. Hopefully the rain will move out soon.
ngedjc im not sure if your aware of this but the game is being played in cleveland not detroit so dont bother looking at the direction of the wind in detroit because that wont help you any
Hey, you're right. Oh well, it's still windy!
The winds of change may be blowing in Cleveland! Cabrera is doing an 0-fer. I wish I would have had time to post my pick of the day, Cabrera, before the game locked in today so maybe cruj would have seen that I took Cabrera. He could have chosen someone else so I would'nt infect him.
I may have to put myself on the DL in my picks get any worse.
Interesting. these is who the people above 20 took
Miguel Cabrera, Derek Jeter, Albert Pujols, Ichiro Suzuki, Ian Kinsler, Hanley Ramirez, Vladimir Guerrero, Vladimir Guerrero, David Freese, David Wright.
Ten people and only two are the same.. this could get fun before the day is over with
it looks like susvivor leader board could be in for some shaking too. someone took minnesota abnd forgot it was a DH. then you have people taking FLA and DET and both teams are tied as i type
Cabrera just hit a 2 out, 2 run single.
the people taking florida will eventually realize that washington isnt as bad as they were last year. they have improved a whole lot and its not a near sure win to pick against them this year.
Baltimore Orioles just beat the Minnesota Twins in there first game of there double header, 7-3.
Miguel Cabrera goes 1-3 ( with 2 walks ) and the Detroit Tigers win.
I now got a 1 game hit streak and an 11 game win streak !
Anyone else getting errors on the "pick a team" page of the Survivor game? It started generating errors for me yesterday and I couldn't pick a team. Luckily I picked a few days in advance. But I don't know if I picked one for tomorrow and can't get the screen to pick a team. If anyone is getting the same error and figured out how to fix it, please let us know. P.S. Tried reboots, clearing cookies/history, all to no avail.
im not sure i was able to make a pick so i cant help
I always get a blank white page and have to refresh like a dozen times, get's annoying after a while.
my streak is to 5 with miggy's hit today. taking chris young tomorrow and the dbacks to extend my hit and win streaks
I am also getting the error message on the Survivor pick a team page i have 6 picks in advance but I want to change some of them now that I have a 9 game streak. Yo MLB.com please fix this problem.
Hey guys, I worked a double shift yesterday but I'm back for today. I have the Nats in Survivor as Livan is pitching so I feel good about that. I have Jeter in BTS to try to get to 6 and I have Pujols in HR BTS. Good luck to all today.
oneheartbeataway. Nice to know it is not just me, but today, the error continues. I have a pick in advance for today, though I couldn't change it if I wanted to. And I don't know when my advanced picks will be used up. This is really wrong — with a chance to win $10K, the error is in effect forcing you to a no-pick if you don't have advanced picks. If we are having the problem, I'm sure 100's, 1000's of others are too; what a way to have your streak end — due to technical difficulties.
I'm not having a problem with Survivor right now. Just refresh and check it. I'm sure it's something minor.
Vinny, only if it was that simple. Of course we tried to refresh & earlier post I mentioned I even tried clearing cookies/history. This has been happening for 3 straight days now!!!! I've tried to log in on other machines in my house — same problem. Not sure if logging in on another machine outside of my house will solve the problem and if not — error must be related to my account I would think since that would be the only common factor. Anyway, I was reset with the Cards yesterday; but I sure would have chosen a different team today if I could've. As is I got Blue Jays but I wanted to change to the Phils, but could not.
I'm sorry than lavol. You should email MLB to see what is wrong. I have the Nationals today and Cards was a good pick as Garcia was pitching but Pirates just got lucky.
FYI. I just tried using FireFox and also IE8. Error continues, so probably not browser-related. oneheartbeataway, if you find the answer, please post. Curious if error goes away after my last advance pick is used up? If so, no more advance picks for me.
as of yet, im not having that problem.
do you empty out your temp internet files and all that stuff!? dont know if that will help or not, but ya never know
Albert Pujols goes 1-3 with 3 walks and the St Louis Cardinals win 11-2, this afternoon.
I now got a 2 game hit streak and a 12 game win streak !
I'm sweating it out with the Nats right now. They are up 2-1 after the top half of the 7th and Hernandez is more than likely coming out of the game after that inning.
Hey Lavol there is definitely something wrong with our accounts. I just logged on with another account and it works fine, so I'm gonna email mlb.com, if I can find their email. Anyway minnesota is looking good to extend me to 10 I have 5 more advance picks, but ill have to have it fixed by then.
Man, I wonder where everybody is today. I understand it's Mother's Day but the blog is dead today. Well a Perfect Game was thrown against the Rays again and now somebody may have the cycle.
There was a cyclle yesterday (Jody Gerut) and now a perfect game the next day. That has to be a first.
My condolences to joyaga, whose streak was ended by Mr. Braden. 😉
Well I give up. I pick the Rays and that hothead Braden throws a perfect game. 🙂
No clue what team I'll be picking tomorrow.
Hard decision…
Joe, I have the Rays as Garza is pitching and he's been pitching good or you can choose the Tigers against the Yanks as Vasquez sucks.
I'm a Yankees fan, so I won't ever pick against the Yankees and I try not to choose the Rays to win, lol.
LOL. Good to know Joe. I'm a Yankee fan myself and don't pick against them either. LOL. I'm just hoping Jeter gets himself a hit tonight to get my hitting streak up to 6.
taking martin prado and the braves to get my streaks to 7 and 1
Back to the drawing board on this name since Jeter didn't get a hit tonight but my other name I'm at 2 so maybe I can get something going with that one.
Again, for the sake of the bloggers I'm posting my pick after the game closed for the day it is Jayson Wertn.
I'm trying a new method in Survivior: I picked 10 days into the future and we will see what happens. My results here will have to be an improvement over my past performance!
Take a look at Monday 5/24 – There are only 4 games that day. It will be interesting.
Good luck to all today.
Zimmerman, Teixeria also looked good today.


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Anabaptist Memorial (Täufer-Memorial)
The Anabaptist Memorial, or Täufer-Memorial, a document drawn up by the Reformed clergy, is one of the most important for the history of the Mennonites in Bern. It affords not only a deep insight into the life of the Reformed Church, but is also the best testimonial imaginable for the Anabaptists. This noted court record is found in several copies in the archives of the university of Bern. On 15 February 1693 a government order was issued "to an honorable Convent" (Collegium of the clergy), to determine the reason for this leaven and how to counteract the strong increase of Anabaptism. They were asked to report their findings in written form and send it to the council.
An extensive opinion was worked out by the clergy and presented to the city council. It is called, Ursachen der je mehr und mehr anwachsenden Widertäufer-Sect, samt beigefügten Mitteln, wie solchem Uebel abzuhelfen (Reasons for the steadily increasing Anabaptist sect, together with added means for eliminating this evil). The document is proof that the general decline in morals cannot be blamed on the Anabaptists. Finally the church awoke to the fact that the fault might lie on the side of the Reformed Church. The defects causing the decline were found in the governing class, in the life and doctrine of the clergy, and among the subjects.
Quite openly the vices in the life of the ruling class, the clergy and among the people are pointed out. With the rulers the greatest offense was their use of the office to enrich themselves instead of holding "the honor of God and the welfare of the subjects as their purpose." Without doubt many persons were "enticed by the example of love and kindness that the Anabaptists exercise among themselves," and are thus "led into erroneous faith."
Among the clergy the greatest lack was inadequate teaching, either because they did not have it or because they did not trouble themselves to preach clearly, for which reason the "power of the Word, the proof of the Spirit, and the desired edification" were lacking. They did not preach "the pure and unadulterated Word of God without mingling it with human wisdom and invention." The Bible was not connectedly or thoroughly explained, to inform the listeners, in order that they "might experience divine truth and the power of the mystery of salvation in the indivisibility of all the articles of faith." It should be a part of the conscientious performance of the office of preaching to follow the example of the apostles in house to house visitation to admonish the fathers and mothers, the children and servants, encourage, and comfort them; to prove by kindly encouragement that the salvation of the listeners was a matter of concern to the preachers. Whereas the Anabaptists carried on such family visits, instruction and friendly encouragement by the so-called preachers, the council found that among the "proper preachers, who must give an account for each lamb in their fold," such efforts were neglected.
A further cause of this distressing situation was to be sought in the life and conduct of the preachers. The example of the Anabaptist-minded made it clear that the evangelical simplicity, humility, gentleness, self-denial and love of a pious, godly walk is the best sermon to the people. It could not be sufficiently bemoaned that "this so necessary and saving part of their office" is of so little concern to them. Whence among the Anabaptists, "not only offense and annoyance, but also blameworthy and derogatory gossip and belittling of the Reformed preachers and their service follows." Many preachers revealed in the performance of their church service that they did not seek the honor of the Great Shepherd and the edification of the church, but rather their own honor and benefit, instead of performing the office of preaching conscientiously. It was deplorable and most offensive that some clergymen are found in inns and there "showed themselves properly spiritual neither in words nor in deed."
The third point deals with the "causes to be found among the common people, which are offensive to the Anabaptists." Ruthlessness was prevalent, so "that our preaching is not blessed" and bears no fruit, but is mere letter service. What was most offensive to the Anabaptists was that open sinners were found in the church along with the good and enjoyed communion with them. This was true in spite of the fact that the Reformed doctrine required church discipline. Frivolous swearing or profanity was not only found among the people of all classes, but it was even tolerated. No punishment of any kind was meted out against immoderate eating and drinking and other similar misconduct, desecration of the Sabbath, and lying and deception in trade. Such things could not be found among the Anabaptists in their "apparent piety, simplicity, self-denial, patience, love, kindness, benevolence, strength, and zeal in prayer, worship, and the like." This was the reason why they were held in high regard by the people and "were very strong in winning hearts."
Then the measures to improve the situation are named. A thorough reformation should be made among all classes of people. In order to "lead the people on the right road or keep them in it" it was necessary to remove the causes of offense (Luke 17:1-2). The church officials should lead exemplary lives and show a fatherly attitude toward their subjects. The preachers should "faithfully admonish to church attendance and hearing the public preaching of the Word of God." The preachers should also take a deeper interest in souls seeking salvation "and instruct them kindly in matters of salvation and their Christian duties, praise their good intentions, industry, and zeal, thank God for them, and pray for His grace and blessing upon them." Teachers and preachers should in all things seek "to prove their service," and live irreproachable and holy lives as examples to the flock.
Church discipline should be more strictly enforced, the prebendaries set up "Reformed and according to the Gospel . . . , so that through reproof, admonition, conviction, and humiliation of the offenders the offenses would be done away with and the sinner brought to true repentance and reform . . . . Otherwise where the preaching and church discipline is not carried out in purity and simplicity, no power or blessing can be hoped for it."
The entire document, which gives a true picture of contemporary conditions in state and church, is at the same time evidence that the clergy were really serious in creating better conditions. But in spite of the recognition of their own weaknesses, they were unable to arrive at Christian toleration.
Miss. Hist. Helv. v. III, 38 in the library of the city and university of Bern.
|Samuel Geiser
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Geiser, Samuel. "Anabaptist Memorial (Täufer-Memorial)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1955. Web. 12 Aug 2020. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Anabaptist_Memorial_(T%C3%A4ufer-Memorial)&oldid=122444.
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Geiser, Samuel. (1955). Anabaptist Memorial (Täufer-Memorial). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 12 August 2020, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Anabaptist_Memorial_(T%C3%A4ufer-Memorial)&oldid=122444.
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 1, pp. 116-117. All rights reserved.
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What is it about high-volume TV pitches that makes us believe these gizmos are the solutions we've yearned for?
A lot of the time, they're solutions to problems we didn't even realize we had.
More and more drugstores and big-box retailers are devoting whole sections to "As Seen on TV" wares, so clearly shoppers are buying the stuff, thinking, "Why not give it a try."
Here's why. Many of these items are a waste of money or cause more problems than they solve. That's what I found in earlier tests of As Seen on TV exercise and fashion products.
I've just finished testing six As Seen on TV household items to see how they lived up to their promises. There was one item I absolutely loved. Another was sort of useful. As for the rest, the best I can say about three of them is they're not terrible. And one was an utter disaster.
Wonder hanger, 8 for $9.88
"Triples closet space"
If you have lots of shirts and not much closet space, these will definitely give you more hanging capacity — although it might be tough to triple your space. Packaging says they'll hold 20 pounds each, but the weight limit is much less due to cheesy plastic construction. And they're pretty useless if the hanging pole in your closet is only three or four feet off the ground.
Only OK
Mr. Steamy, 2 for $14.88
"Turns your dryer into a wrinkle releasing machine."
My laundry is still wrinkled. The heavy green "Mr. Steamy" ball — its name sounds like a porn star — makes loud thumping noises in the dryer. While my sheets and clothes were static-free and soft enough, I was underwhelmed. Instructions inside the box say they need to be replaced every three to six months and should be used only on high heat, which makes them useless for delicates.
Nothing special
Open It! $9.88 reduced to $9.48
"Opens sealed plastic packaging, toy packaging, electronics packaging, twist ties, CDs, DVDs …"
No more stabbing myself trying to open sealed clamshell packaging with a kitchen knife! This thing is genius. And no more trying to use manicure scissors to get the plastic off a CD. There's a retractable box cutter blade in one handle, and in the other is the tiny Phillips screwdriver you can never find when you need it to open electronics' battery compartments. This will save you hours of frustration, swearing and, even, bloodshed.
Yoshiblade, $19.88
"Stays sharp 10 times longer than stainless steel."
Only after you read the booklet do you discover that this short, stubby knife comes with lots of "DO NOT" warnings. Don't use it to cut frozen food, hard cheese or food with bones. Don't chop or smash food with it. Don't put it in the dishwasher, near a flame, or cut on any surface except a wood or a plastic cutting board. No wonder it stays sharp longer, considering all the jobs it can't do.
Don't bother
Touch N Brush, $14.88
"No Mess. No waste."
I'm not sure I need one more piece of equipment to clutter up my bathroom, but this one mostly eliminates the toothpaste tube glop. It dispenses the right size dollop of toothpaste, and it was so simple that even I could install it — with no tools. The kids who tried it at my house thought it was great, but will they actually brush more because of it?
Worth a try
Bottle Top, 12 for $5.88
"Snap on. Helps avoid spills."
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What an awful idea. You need the strength of a longshoreman to put the top on the can. Not a snap at all. And why bother? You're lulled into thinking that your drink can't spill. But beware! If you place the can (with installed bottle top) on its side or upside down, it leaks — a lot. Remove the top (enduring sloshing soda spills in the process), and you're stuck with soda dripping from the bottle top. Creates problems instead of solving them.


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