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If the words "Mayor Lindsay" and "Blizzard of 1969" mean anything to you, you're probably a Big Apple baby boomer — and the 2010 blizzard that New Yorkers are currently digging out of is a case of "been there, done that."
I was 9 the last time a New York City mayor was so roundly condemned for a lousy snow job. My family lived in Rego Park, Queens, in February of '69, and my parents let us kids stay up late with our noses pressed perilously against the (now illegally) un-gated window of our 14th-floor living room as the snow came down. By morning, 20 inches had buried our "outer borough."
There were lots of red faces over the cold, hard fact that no one had predicted the extent of the storm. As I remember it, the weathermen (and back then, they were all men on local TV) so completely miscalculated that all the salt-spreaders and snowplows were nestled all snug in their garages. By morning, Queens was paralyzed under what looked like mountains of snow to my young eyes. About 20 people died — a sad precedent for today, when several deaths are attributable to emergency personnel being unable to negotiate snow-glutted streets.
Even so, those days of frozen wonder still warm my heart. With our mom as our guide, my two sisters and I were deployed with our red snow saucer to Waldbaum's supermarket to purchase a quart of milk apiece (that was the official limit), a package of American cheese, and as many cans of SpaghettiOs as we could carry. Bundled up in parkas, snow pants, hats, scarves and gloves, we looked like the Michelin Man's family. And it was all to little avail: By the time we got to the store, the shelves were swept so clean we could have been in Moscow with my grandparents during their greatest deprivations.
The grown-ups grumbled that Queens was ignored even while Manhattan was swept clean of snow in record time (sound familiar?), and cursed Mayor John Lindsay for ignoring our ZIP code. But we kids didn't mind; we were in glorious snow mode. It would be at least a week before we even knew where to dig for our Chrysler Valiant with the push-button transmission. (As I recall, it was finally unearthed from its snowy tomb in time for Memorial Day.)
Meanwhile, the urchin kids of the Anita Apartments gleefully built snow forts, launched spontaneous snowball fights, and fueled ourselves with hot chocolate and melting marshmallows. We slid around the vacant schoolyard, making snow angels in the middle of normally gridlocked 63rd Road. We carefully steered clear of yellow snow and frozen doggie treats until our hands were frozen and our noses were drippy faucets.
For days on end, we happily ignored broadcasts imploring students to practice their multiplication tables and spelling, and instead got to watch "Speed Racer" and soap operas, undeterred by increasingly irritated parents.
Now, four decades later, I'm watching this latest snowstorm fallout from afar — 3,000 miles from Apartment 14G. I'd probably be one of those angry adults today if I were there. But instead I'm in Los Angeles, my garage door swollen and broken from nonstop rain, one wall stuffed with old towels to stanch an untraceable leak.
I know I'm lucky, very lucky. But I can't help but miss the blizzard of my youth.


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Charity Phlegm
This is a gross understatement, but there are a lot of Ice Bucket Challenges circulating the internet right now. From innumerable athletes enduring the cold, to celebrities like Chris Pratt taking multiple buckets from their laughing wives, to that girl from elementary school you forgot you were Facebook friends with until you saw her screaming and racing circles around a yard for charity. The Ice Bucket Challenge is a veritable epidemic of good Samaritanism, and while I applaud these brave souls drenching themselves to support ALS patients, some critics note that because the trending sensation focuses primarily on the dousing and successive nominations, many participants may not know much about the cause they're freezing for.
That's why, when my mom sent a nomination my way, I decided that in order to steer clear of the desensitization taking place for many internet acolytes who merely scroll past the deluge of watery videos filling their newsfeeds, I'd have to conduct my own IBC very differently. With a humanitarian fire lit beneath me, I set to work learning all I could about the cause itself, researching ALS on various medical forums, catching up on Pete Frates biopics, and looking into the history of chilling challenges in general. It was and continues to be important to me that both those happy to take a bucket to the head and those quick to roll their eyes at "yet another viral campaign" understand why it's important to keep spreading the word about ALS.
Also known as Lou Gehrig's Disease for the New York Yankees' Iron Horse whose career ended with his diagnosis in 1939, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis is a neurodegenerative disease that impedes the brain's motor neurons from sending impulses through the spinal cord to the subject's muscle fibers. This neurological disease gradually atrophies, or decreases the size and in turn strength of the muscles that engender limb movement, swallowing, speech, and even breathing. There is not yet a cure for ALS, but aids and therapies exist to maintain degrees of independence and prolong survival.
As for the Ice Bucket Challenge itself, its inspiration Pete Frates began his crusade against ALS by calling for more attention and action on the Food and Drug Administration's behalf in the ongoing search for a cure. Once team captain and outfielder for Boston College, Frates' recession into immobility has necessitated the aid of a full time nurse, a feeding tube, and a computer for communication.
While the Team Frate Train helped skyrocket the Ice Bucket Challenge to this year's biggest viral sensation and catalyzed a hugely successful fundraiser for ALS research, shivering for charity has been an altruistic tool for numerous awareness campaigns. Since 1904, people have been plunging into icy waters for polar bears, dousing themselves for the Kay Yow Cancer Fund, laying in freezing tubs to garner fundraising for Madi Rogers, a victim of severe juvenile diabetes, and participating in Cold Water Challenges to induce philanthropic action for clean water, hospitals, and housing in Liberia.
Armed with this new knowledge, I set about dusting off my speech writing skills and spent an entire day crafting and then trying to memorize a four minute soliloquy that I hoped might educate viewers on ALS and the challenge taken in support of its victims. As the light of day waned into early evening, I tore around the house looking for ways to actualize my message. The only place I could conduct the challenge without damaging the downstairs neighbors' ceiling was in the shower; I no longer have a tripod so I'd have to stack packing boxes on top of a mini fridge to support the video camera; I'd need not one but two buckets to achieve my vision; and in case I forgot anything from my speech, I needed my laptop to serve as an amateur teleprompter and my boyfriend's assistance to operate it.
Finally ready, I called action, started my speech, and began to pour. What I hadn't anticipated was that four straight minutes of slowly dousing your skull with ice negatively impacts your memory the way the pretty lifeguard affected Squints in The Sandlot. Not to mention the fact that ice in your eyes makes it impossible to recover your forgotten material from the faux teleprompter that wavers between blurriness and brief clarity in the distance. I was able to get a lot of my speech out, but the moments where I had to stop and start over or spit out a watery word resulted in an editors nightmare, and I would never subject my Final Cut-savvy boyfriend to that torture. So I ended up having to scrap the project and conceptualize anew, devising a different approach to filming my speech that I looked forward to completing in a couple days' time.
Two days later, I woke up with the fingers of the common cold drumming at my throat. No stranger to sore esophagi after enduring them for eight years before realizing I was allergic to my mom's cats, I spent the rest of the day self-medicating with colloidal silver, cup after cup of tea, and day-long parades to bathroom. Regardless of my efforts, I drove to work the next morning sick as a dog, and despite my boss' repeated instructions to keep drinking water, I left unable to ingest anything without feeling like I was going to keel over and face plant my already fragile laptop. It was official: I had the flu.
I spent 48 hours being sicker than I'd been since last Valentine's Day when ol' influenza decided it wanted to attend the surprise getaway my boyfriend had planned. This time around, I ended up missing a day of work and had to conduct the next from home to keep my contagions to myself. DayQuil and NyQuil became my new best friends and the food I usually admire for its incredible versatility and piquancy was deemed an enemy. The heat of the Los Angeles summer made sleeping in bed with a high fever akin to sleeping in a muggy, half-filled kiddy pool. And bed-time became an ambiguous, all day affair.
When the flu finally began to subside and the virus returned to my throat–bringing along an inflatable bouncy house based on the scale of my swollen glands–I thought the end was in sight. Usually, my ailments start in the throat, escalate according to the virus I've contracted, and culminate in a day's worth of coughing. That's why when the coughing began and I traded my various Quils for Halls and vitamin C, I could have praised Allah: finally I'd be myself again in one last 24 hour cycle of hell!
But the weekend saw to it that I wouldn't get off the hook that easy, and as the days passed the cough increased until I was hacking up phlegm in a performance art homage to my fifteen year old do-si-do with pneumonia. At fifteen I held out against a trip to the doctor until I'd been afflicted with the illness for three months simply because my family believed more in vitamins and orange juice than professional care and pharmaceuticals. This time around I kept naysaying my boyfriend's wise suggestions that a medical opinion was warranted because I knew my Obama-ordered Oregon health insurance wasn't applicable in my new state of residence and copays are steep enough as it is.
On the morning when my coughs tried suffocating me awake, blood poured faucet-like from my nose, a very bizarre rash broke out all around my neck, and I'd somehow contracted pink eye on top of everything else, I gave in: it was absolutely time to visit Dr. Stranger. Per usual, the doctor was incredibly nonchalant about all of my symptoms, causing unnerving flashbacks to the time my consistently incompetent pediatrician misdiagnosed my bout of flesh eating bacteria as a temporary skin irritation (thank God for the Urgent Care doctor who thought to actually perform a biopsy). According to Dr. Stranger, my illness had started out as a run-of-the-mill viral infection contracted when a good friend's cold and my boss' fever of a week before combined to create my Super Flu. With my immune system weakened, bronchial bacteria had easily hopped on board to join the party and now I'd have to fill an antibacterial prescription to rid myself of bronchitis by the end of yet another week. The rash, he said, was totally unrelated and most likely an allergic reaction to… something. For this he prescribed Benadryl and Hydrocortisone and sent me off with the promise that I could come back for a real checkup should the rash persist or spread.
So here I sit three days after diagnosis and almost two weeks after those precursory inklings of a sore throat, my bedside table weighed down by a water-filled Tervis Tumbler, tissues, cough drops, multiple Vicks cold and flu remedies, Sovereign Silver, allergy medicine, anti-rash cream, Azithromycin that I pray will kick in soon, and floss. I myself am weighed down by phlegm and the regret that by failing miserably at my attempt to complete an educational version of the Ice Bucket Challenge, I'm letting down my mother, Pete Frates, and Chris Pratt.
That's why I'm glad there are still hundreds of people out there bolstering the internet's incredible ability to spread awareness and simultaneously proving that philanthropy is alive and well. While my personal icy contribution has been delayed, I hope that other participants go beyond the bucket to educate themselves and others about both the fight against ALS and all the charitable movements that people have been freezing for over the decades. Spreading not only nominations but new knowledge will add a whole new element of significance to the thousands of pounds of ice that have been dumped since Frates' recently deceased friend Corey Griffin first took up the challenge in Pete's name. Even if bronchitis or another ailment is keeping you from joining the soaking phenomenon, take a minute to find a new, creative way to support the research for ALS and other diseases that have yet to behold a cure.
Invader Pilgrim
When I wake up in the morning, my eyesight is equivalent to that of a right hook recipient when they blearily come to in an animated TV show. In other words, I haven't yet reached blindness on a bat's scale, but I'm getting there. This myopia results in lots of hilarious mishaps like putting tights on backwards, scrunching my face in a not-so-cute Renée Zellweger impression, and witnessing blurry somethings out of the corner of my eye that should not be there.
This morning, for instance, I ventured into the bathroom and immediately saw a big, dark shape moving like discolored lightning on the far side of the room. Being ballsy (or stupid, as many a horror film casualty has proven), I edged slowly up to my mystery beast to avoid instigating a predatory attack akin to the physics-defying dorm room spider that once leapt three feet from a wall to my face. Still unable to see the perp, I leaned down to the floor as close as I dared and adopted my habitual squint, prompting the question: What the hell is that thing?
Quick as a spooked whippet, I turned and darted for glasses to figure out whether my David would be up against a Goliath of a roach (I know I'm technically the Goliath in this situation but we're going by phobic proportions here), or if I'd merely trespassed on a butterfly mating ritual. While Hollywood proper is renowned for its household roaches, I'd had yet to encounter one in our current apartment, and my familiarity with the gargantuan palmetto bugs of Savannah and the millions of tiny brown roaches that hosted raves in the cupboards of my former downtown LA apartment still hasn't honed my mom's warrior woman ability to slap cockroaches to smithereens with her bare hands. Plus, I've always had a faux Buddhist sympathy for creepy crawlies that prevents me from crushing them unless they're presently engaged in sapping my veins dry or look like they're thinking about it (my hand is poised and ready for you, mosquitoes). So as I fled the bathroom in search of vision, my rationale was, "Let's take a real look at what I'm about to try and catch."
When I returned to the bathroom, four-eyed and ready to behold miniaturized Satan himself, horror ensued. The thing was now racing up the door that adjoined our roommate's bedroom to our shared bathroom, and damn was this bugger mobile. Long, jointed legs seemingly sprouting from every millimeter of its wriggling body, it looked like a spider that had been stretched by some sociopathic scientist bent on terrorizing domestic comfort. It was nothing like I'd ever seen before, and as such I had no name or knowledge of its toxicity. I'd need a good trap and possibly a shot of adrenaline to the heart to brave the act of catching this sucker.
So I hurried back to the bedroom knowing that my time was limited to the speed of Dash Incredible plus 30 legs, and proceeded to hunt for trapping tools. Because the law of situational necessity requires that the tools you need in a desperate moment must go into hiding, no handy cans or boxes made themselves apparent to me, and I was forced to sacrifice an Urban Outfitters candle that happened to have a lid. As I grabbed my cucumber-melon scented snare and swiveled back toward my hunting ground, I heard the unmistakable click of the door locking: someone was in there, unknowingly holed up with a monster.
I waited until a second click affirmed my reentry, and lo and behold, the fiend was nowhere to be seen…
Terrified that my latency might have unleashed a deadly pathogen-wielding demon into the house, I pulled on sneakers and practically flew over the gap between the bathroom and our bed, tucking my limbs up as far away from the floor as possible and wrenching open my laptop to devote myself to an hour of Google research. With no certain place to start, I used child logic to guess at the insect's species and plugged "Types of Centipedes" into the search engine. With a little digging through images of thick red, multi-legged, pincered behemoths, I came across my culprit, and thanks to the blog of biological science writer Madeline McCurry-Schmidt, I learned that my centipede went by the forename House.
According to McCurry-Schmidt and Kate Conway's similar xoJane article, the house centipede is actually a helpful arthropod in the business of eating other household pests, like cockroaches, silverfish, and poor, poor spiders (don't you know you could team up and hunt vermin together!?). House centipedes bleed purple (a good incentive not to squash them on that prized Van Gogh print), meticulously groom themselves (that there's a clean varmint), can reach speeds up to 16 inches per second, live from three to seven years, and lay up to 150 eggs at a time. 150 x 7 (assuming they're weird enough to reach reproductive maturity upon birth) equals 1050, so within the time it takes a puppy to turn 49, you could have a whole colony of house centipedes patrolling your hallways at night.
Fortunately, you won't have to worry about disgusting infections the likes of which nobody wants to see while scrolling through Google Images, because your new cohabitational battalion is harmless to humans. With fangs tailor made to gobble up the tiny insects their hind legs have lassoed into submission (because yes, that's how these bizarre creatures wrangle up their cockroach supper), their jaws are simply too small to penetrate human skin and the most damage they could inflict on our tough epidermises is a slight bee sting sensation or a brief allergic reaction. In fact, house centipedes are so nonthreatening when you inhabit our realm of giants that some Japanese people have taken to domesticating them for pest control purposes. Regionally known as "geji," house centipedes are even available for purchase beside your hackneyed song birds and passé kittens in Japanese pet stores. That means, if I ever catch my newest roommate, big bucks may ensue.
Armed with all my new knowledge, I felt a little better about returning to the bathroom once the heebie-jeebies started to dissipate–that is until I stepped into the shower and noticed the drain was completely uncovered, indicating the intruder's entryway. So we may have an infestation on our hands if 150 eggs just happened to be unloaded beneath our bathroom sink, but at least our new friends will continue to prevent our nonexistent cockroach problem. I'll just have to endure these phantom crawling sensations while little Mr. HC browses for comfortable real estate somewhere in the dark corners of my house.

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Classroom: Sailing through Design
A flotilla of model sailboats chased by land-bound students with radio controllers took over Hanover's Occom Pond at the end of spring term. This was no mere afternoon frolic. It was the ENGS 146 regatta, a demonstration of what students learned from a shop-based approach to computer-aided mechanical engineering design.
The premise of ENGS 146: "Computer-Aided Mechanical Engineering Design," taught by Professor Laura Ray, is that the most important aspects of design aren't found in a textbook. Students in this class head straight to the shop, where they work with software, handle tools and materials, and develop an intuitive feel for the process of designing and manufacturing a product.
"It gives them experience in things that are hard to learn except by doing," Ray explains. "You can't teach them the impact of the planning stage on the final fit of the pieces. They have to see it."
Each boat had to meet the following requirements: a length of 1 meter or less; a hull manufactured either by Rapid Protoyping, thermoforming or composite layout; one vacuum-cast piece; and one injection-molded piece.
Software instructor Paula Berg, who taught design and modeling techniques, says she "pushed the students to think about their choice of materials, and about accommodating their designs to their chosen manufacturing and assembly processes." Students discovered, for example, that large composite hulls are harder to manufacture than small ones and that structural protrusions don't thermoform well. "They had to experiment," Ray said, "They had to redo things. But I like experimentation, and I was really pleased with the quality of the parts they produced."
Ray organized the regatta in lieu of formal project presentations. After all, she points out, the true test of a sailboat is how well it sails. Some boats struggled just to reach the starting gate, while others skimmed through with ease. A scaled-down 1901 America's Cup craft, Shamrock II, finished the course three times before others were halfway through. Shamrock II co-builders Nathaniel Merrill Th'04, John McCall-Taylor '03, and Nicholas Schaut '05 think they know why: Their boat was the only one with an integrated keel, which required fewer parts, lightening the hull. "It was amazing to watch her heeling over in the wind, just like a real sailboat," says Schaut.
Students made several other discoveries: Boats with larger rudders tacked more successfully than those with small ones. Boats with tightly bound rudders had difficulty coming about. Hull weight affected performance more than the number of hulls per boat.
Ray is eager to assign sailboats again. She'd like to improve the matching of parts to processes and have students spend more time designing the sails. Then it will be back to Occom Pond.
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DIY Vegan Pumpkin Face Mask
I ♥ ♥ ♥ pumpkins… like a lot! I love them in my grubsies, my lattes and most definitely in my beauty masks!
Pumpkins are rich in antioxidants like beta-carotine, zinc, vitamins A & C, and natural alpha hydroxy acids (AHAs), which leave your skin healthy and soft. That's why I'm obsessed with this simple DIY vegan pumpkin face mask. It's super cheap and easy to make, and your skin will be sooooo grateful for this seasonal, healthy concoction!
What you'll need:
- 2 tablespoons of canned pumpkin (puréed)
- 1 tablespoon of soy yogurt or ¼ teaspoon of soymilk
Optional additional ingredients:
- ½ teaspoon of brown sugar (helps exfoliate) or
- ¼ teaspoon cranberry juice (helps keeps skin from looking dull) or
- ½ teaspoon oatmeal (if you'd like a thicker mask; oatmeal is great for dry skin)
Mix all of your ingredients together and then gently apply to your face (avoiding the eye area). Kick it for about 10-15 minutes (feel free to paint your toe nails while you wait). Rinse with warm water, and then moisturize with your favorite lotion.
Voila! You're done! Enjoy your beautiful, glowing skin!
What's your favorite DIY beauty recipe?
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This is the first time I heard about pumpkin face mask…
Great!!!A good idea for saving.
This is soo much cheaper than Peter Thomas Roth brand.
And -does as great of a job.!
Just make basic recipe, and add light brown sugar for the exfoliating mask.


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Joined: 27 Dec 2004
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Posted: Mon Dec 27, 2004 10:29 pm
Post subject: Dining Alone in Paris
Hello all. I am a woman in my early 30's who will be traveling to Paris alone in late February to hunt for antique stemware. Having not been to Paris since I was in college (and broke) I am excited to do some serious eating and wine drinking during my visit. However, in doing my research, I have come across several comments suggesting that it is quite uncommon for women to dine alone in the evening. I am generally quite comfortable eating alone in US restaurants and have frequently dined alone in both Italian cities and more rural areas.
I am looking for guidance on this issue. To be clear, I am not contemplating over the top three star dining experiences. So far I have been most attracted to what I would describe as mid-level establishments offering regional cuisine or seasonal menus. To give you an idea, my current list includes restaurants like L'Avant Gout, Au Bon Accueil, Chez Catherine, a la Biche au Bois, etc. Of course, the list is evolving.
My questions are: Would it be odd for me to dine at these types of restaurants alone at night? Would lunch be a better? If so, would it be reasonable for me to eat at casual restaurants or wine bars at night? If so can anyone recommend good ones near my hotel (near the Musee D'Orsay). Sorry to be so verbose, but I find I get better responses with more information.
Thanks in advance!
P.S. If anyone has advice about the main purpose of my visit I'd love that too. I'm looking for french stemware from 1830-40 to go with Old Paris dishes and oversized, French first standard flatware, fiddle thread pattern with the Veillard mark. If you know of sources, let me know.
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Posted: Tue Dec 28, 2004 3:44 am
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Hi Emily,
I'm in my mid 30's and traveled to Paris on my own over Thanksgiving. I didn't feel uncomfortable or out of place anywhere. I did tend to make lunch my main meal so as to save money so that is when I was in nicer places and hit wine bars and more casual places at dinner.
Several guide books I read also mentioned that a woman alone might get heckled or other unwanted attention from men on the street but that never happened to me nor did I see it happen to anyone else. I suspect that some guide books are written with the more timid traveler in mind. As you have experience in traveling and dining alone, I imagine your demeanor will carry you through anything.
Overall I found Paris to be a marvelous place for the solo traveler. I already want to return. Can't help you with stemware, mine was a photography trip.
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Posted: Tue Dec 28, 2004 3:59 am
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We had a great Mussels and Frites lunch meal at a little place near the Musee D'Orsay. I don't remember the restaurant name but it was on the corner of a little street. Have a great trip. I'm so envious of anyone that goes to Paris.
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Posted: Tue Dec 28, 2004 5:36 am
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There is a wonderful French antique shop out in Southhampton that would probably carry the type of item you are looking for. The owner takes buying trips to Paris a few times a year. Next time I am out there I will ask her for suggestions.
"It's watery....and yet there's a smack of ham."
"It's hot ham water."
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Posted: Mon Feb 07, 2005 12:12 am
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I'm very envious of your trip and future purchases!
Two and a half years ago, when I was in my late twenties, I've traveled through Europe - most of it by myself - and I feel like Paris is one of the best places to eat out alone. Choice in restaurant can be a factor - I tended to favor low key and quiet places. And like Karon, I also usually made lunch my main meal - for economic and precautionary reasons. But I very much agree with her assessment -- your demeanor can carry you through anything.
If you ever get to a point where you are tired of going out alone or wish for something very casual, there is an excellent "take-away" place in the Marais (on rue des Rosiers, I believe) that serves items such as falafel, shwarmas, etc. I apologize that I can't remember the name, but I do recall the exterior was painted green and yellow and there is a specific window or desk that you place your order at. In addition to having it recommended, I remembered a large crowd of people (many seemed local) standing and ordering food from this establishment on a very nice, sunny afternoon.
All I have to say is that you've never had a shwarma until you've had one from this place. My mouth is literally watering just reminiscing about it.
Wishing you safe and enjoyable travels!
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Posted: Mon Feb 07, 2005 5:20 pm
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Hi Emily, have a great trip and if you do not have the antique market at Clingancourt on your list make sure it is. Don't let all the outdoor tents and stalls with knock offs and things put you off, just get yourself through them to the halls housing the antique stalls and I almost guarantee that amongst all the myriad of things on offer you'll find something you just have to have!
Vivant Linguae Mortuae!!
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Posted: Wed Oct 05, 2005 3:27 pm
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I'll be there early February and hope I won't have a problem dining alone. I'm going to get away from a sad event.
Sharing food with another human being is an intimate act that should not be indulged in lightly
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Posted: Wed Oct 05, 2005 3:47 pm
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It sounds as if you already have a lot of reassurance, but I can add that I traveled alone to visit friends in Paris a few years ago, staying a week, and eating most lunches and a couple of dinners by myself. Upon several occasions, I was not the sole solitary diner since people on business trips are not always with clients and colleagues. I was treated very graciously by all but one waiter, and more than once with exceptionial courtesy (given great advice and a few treats, no leering or patronizing attitudes). During the dinners alone, both in places with little space between tables, diners nearby struck up conversations and added to the pleasure of the experience.
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Posted: Wed Oct 05, 2005 10:28 pm
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Last week I announced my husband that I'm going to spend one week in Paris alone, but really alone. No girl friend, no phones to old friends, no family, no nothing. Just me and Paris. A trip back in time, 30 years ago, when I was a student in Paris. I want to buy my Le monde every day, sit in cafes at odd hours, have my breakfast at 11 o'clock in the morning , "flaner" at my own pace and stay in shops and museums as much as I want, but mostly, having some fabulous lunches/dinners alone. I love eating alone since I was a student in Paris, but I can afford now some better restaurants (cheap greek and cheap chinese were the favourites in the 70').
I agree with Deste, eating alone is not unusual and I have been always treated very well, though I am very problematic with where I like or don't like to sit in a restaurant : never in the midle of the room, only near a window or wall but with a good view of the other tables, not near the kithchen,not near the entrance door, not at a round table... in short, I'm a Pain in the a... concerning the best possible seat in a restaurant. I really can leave a restaurant if I don't like where I'm placed . But I'm looking forward to these gastronomic lonely moments ( I usually have some magazine to read, I like to read while eating alone).
Good luck to all the lucky lonely eaters in Paris!!
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Posted: Thu Oct 13, 2005 9:30 am
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Oddly enough, I'll be doing exactly the same thing on 24/5th October. Is there something about Paris which makes the company of the city enough? There's a great (out of print) book published by Time Out guides called Paris Walks which is a great assistant flane-ing.
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Location: Athens
Posted: Thu Oct 13, 2005 1:46 pm
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I'm flying to Paris tomorrow by myself, in order to see a live concert and I'll have the chance to spend a long weekend in my favourite city! It's the first time I'm travelling all by myself and although I find it quite exciting, it's also a bit intimidating, especially when it comes to having dinner. I've done the solo lunch many, many times, but dinner... never! So, I was going through Clotilde's blog in order to find some nice restaurants to visit and I came across this subject. Just the thing! I must say that your posts encouraged me and made me think that in reality, one is never alone - there are always other people sharing a similar experience, and in the case of dining alone, it's a pretty liberating one!
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Posted: Sat Oct 15, 2005 5:56 am
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I'm reading The Perfectionist at the moment where it discusses Michelin inspectors dining out. They always dine alone when reviewing restaurants. So dress smart when you dine alone and they may think you are a Michelin inspector.
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Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2005 7:23 pm
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I just got back from Paris and had a wonderful meal at a brasserie across from the Metro station (Cardinal Lemoine) in the Latin Quarter. I was starving and picked it because it was convenient, and I saw couples eating dinner there. I think that in general, women don't get harassed or treated rudely when eating alone in Paris. You might get picked up, but this is pretty rare according to my experience. I usually bring a book or look at my metro map to let people know I WANT to be alone. The waiters have always been polite but not chatty, unless they want to practice their English. When evaluating a restaurant for a meal on my own, I always look in to see if there are other single women in there on their own, or if there are couples. I would probably never go into a cafe or bar populated with only men.
By the way, I tried the confit de canard, which Clotilde posted about in the past. It's absolutely wonderful!
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Posted: Fri Oct 28, 2005 12:16 pm
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I agree that it is perfectly fine to dine alone in Paris, where any problems for single diners match those in many places, including the U.S., but are no worse and often better. I would like to address your comment about not contemplating an over the top three star experience. That is great if you don't happen to like or be interested in a three star restaurant. However, I would highly recommend three stars for single diners if that is what they really want to do. I was converted to three stars over twenty years ago by a friend who had a Ph.D. in French culture and insisted it was the only way for an outsider to understand an important aspect of the French world view. Over the years I have periodically splurged on a three star, most often dining alone. Many people hate the whole idea and that is fine. I find it a memorable insight into a whole different world and still enjoy it as a very special occasion. The main thing is to do a bit of research and know what to expect, especially now that the prices are truly out of sight. Alas. Happy eating!
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Posted: Fri Oct 28, 2005 4:49 pm
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I spent 3 days alone in Paris before meeting up with friends (left husband at home, he was so jealous!) and I mostly ate lunch out and dinner in. But my solo lunch experiences were wonderful, both times I went to small prix fix restaurants on the Ile St Louis and was treated well and had great food!
I mostly chose to have lunch instead of dinner to get over my jet lag. I would have a big lunch, then towards evening after a day of shopping and sightseeing I would grab some bread, cheese, wine, fruit and a dessert
at the local shops and then dine in front of my rented apartment's window overlooking the Louvre. It was a lovely way to ease into the later flurry of
activity when my friends arrived.
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After yesterday's report that Oona Chaplin—granddaughter of Charline Chaplin—had revealed she was in Game of Thrones, we fielded quite a lot of speculation from fans as to who she might be. A lot of names were thrown out, and we admit, we were intrigued (and hopeful) that it might be Elia of Dorne, which would confirm that there might be a flashback to the time of Robert's Rebellion…
But HBO has kindly provided us her name, and it's not Elia: no, Oona will be playing Jeyne—
Westerling, you might wonder? After all, this is the "season of romance" as the executive producers put it.
Or perhaps Poole, who was briefly mentioned by Sansa at one point? Well, she's quite a lot older than Sophie Turner, so we didn't take that too seriously.
So, Westerling, right?
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What does that mean? We've no sure idea. One possibility is that this Jeyne will fulfill some of the same functions as Jeyne Westerling, but for some reason they're changing the family name. Alternatively, she's a character somehow fulfilling the function of Jeyne Poole, but… we just don't think so.
There's one other tidbit HBO gave us, though, that may reveal that it's none of the above: the role was repeatedly described as a "small" one. Does this put us back in the Jeyne Poole area? Or does "season of romance" not mean what we think it means? Or maybe she's entirely unrelated to these? Or…
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Poll: Kids In High-End Restaurants: Way or No Way?
This weekend in the New York Times, Shivani Vora wrote about taking her child out to eat. While she'd once tried to leave young Meenakshi home with a sitter, she discovers that many high-end restaurants will go out of their way to cater to the highchair set:
We were able to check in our bulky stroller [at Fred's, inside Barney's], and when it came to ordering for our little gastronomist, then about 10 months old, the Fred's waiter suggested an off-the-menu grilled cheese on whole wheat with a side of sautéed broccoli. It arrived within minutes. He was amused, not annoyed, by Meenakshi's game of dropping her plastic cutlery on the floor more than a dozen times so he could pick it up...
Meenakshi turned 2 last weekend—we celebrated at Café Boulud, where she selected her raisin-walnut roll from the bread tray to go with her goat-cheese risotto balls, and finished with a milk chocolate and peanut butter bar plus chocolate tuile (they wrote "happy birthday" on the plate), followed, of course, by the signature madeleines. She has been to some of New York's finest eateries, finding obliging staff and a hint of culinary adventure in an otherwise uninspired diet.
It's one thing to wheel the stroller into a pizza parlor; it may be another to expect youngsters to abide by the manners standard at a formal restaurant. What do you think? Should parents bring their kids to fine-dining restaurants?
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A Pack Smelling of Victory: 2008 Upper Deck Fat Pack
To give you an idea of its size, I traversed my home in search of cool things that this pack is bigger than. I'm not exaggerating when I claim it could be used as a yardstick, one that could pass any acceptable limits from the U.S. Dept. of Weights and Measures. Well, maybe I am guilty of hyperbole here, but so are those stupid themed bars in Spring Break towns that boast drinks referred to as "yards." Those things are two feet tops! Here's what I came up with.
A. A Criterion Collection DVD (a few years OOP by now) of Alfred Hitchcock's Rebecca. I could probably get a box of something really nice by flipping this on eBay, but that ain't gonna happen.
B. A Ryan Braun bobblehead, procured this past Sunday. The wedge of cheese upon which he stands makes this SGA fall just short in twofold ways. First, it doesn't quite measure up to the fat pack, and second, it ruins an otherwise nice bobble. Stuff like this ruins teams. If you don't believe me, just go to Google and type in "Turnbow," "bobblehead," and "hair," and you're likely to find rants from the shores of Lake Michigan about this particular stadium giveaway's curse.
C. The coolest novel about video games ever written. Your library probably doesn't have it, but try to track it down.
D. One of last night's beers. This is a new product from Point. (More on this delicious brew here, along with a better view of the excellent artwork.) I'm guessing if you're not from Wisconsin, you probably can't get it, but I'd love someone to prove me wrong.
Sorry for the tease, but I'll get to the actual cards later on.
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- dayf said...
I have that novel! That novel is awesome!!
- HookMan said...
Eagerly awaiting your pack break. I actually went to Walmart last night and bought a Series 1 Rookie Edition Fat Pack and a Series 2 FP because of this blog post. I haven't opened them yet because I'd actually prefer to get some of the Presidential Predictors and I know they don't come in the Fat Packs. I may return these and get some regular packs at WM. Not sure if we have any hobby shops around or else I'd try to get hobby packs. But I am itching to break a pack (any pack, really). Longtime collector whose been away from collecting since the last Strike but has recently gotten the bug again to break wax. Your blog and similar blogs aren't dissuading me! The 2008 UD looks very nice with the full bleed and the great photography. I am actually more of a base card collector; maybe I am out of the norm? I have a feeling if I return these two FPs I may regret it because of what may be inside. What to do...hmmmm?


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I was in Boston for the marathon last weekend. My company had a booth at the three-day pre-race expo near the finish line. The expo ended on Sunday evening so we were not there on Monday when the bombs exploded.
Our Boston Marathon experience started on Friday at the airport in Denver. The gate area was filled with super-fit-looking people. Once on the plane, the pilot asked the runners to raise their hands — a third of the passengers had their hands up. The hotel lobby was full of spandex and running shoe clad athletes. The sidewalks were overflowing with runners.
We met so many people during the three-day expo. They were old, young, tall, small, women, men and kids. We met a mother and her six daughters. We met first-time Boston Marathoners and seasoned veterans. There were college girls, scientists, lawyers and housewives. We met people from around the world. They all came to participate in the ultimate event for a long distance runner. They trained hard and earned the right to be there with a qualifying time. This community inspired us all.
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This was not a close call for me. I was well out of harm's way when it happened, but I feel profoundly sad. None of us is unscathed by this senseless attack. Running is a peaceful sport. The Boston Marathon began in 1897, but after 2013 it will never be the same.
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Mauer, Morneau and All That Gang are on the Way
In promoting upcoming series, White Sox Hall of Fame radio broadcaster Bob Elson would say something to the effect of, "Folks, come out to the ballpark for a big series this weekend. The New York Yankees will be here with Mantle, Maris, Berra and all that gang."
That was a half-century ago, but if Elson were around today he'd talk about the Minnesota Twins with Mauer, Morneau, Span, Kubel, Hudson, Thome and all that gang descending on The Cell for a three-game series this weekend.
After watching the Sox the past two nights, it doesn't appear that it's the best time for the South Siders to challenge the Twins. Two straight 5-3 losses to the Indians with weak hitting and bullpen woes have not given Sox fans a great impression of what's to come in 2010. Plus the Twins are on fire, taking three of four from the Angels in Anaheim.
The pitching matchups:
Friday: John Danks vs. Francisco Liriano
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Sunday: Mark Buehrle vs. Nick Blackburn
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Cooking from the Glossies: Chocolate Cream Cheese Cupcakes Recipe
If you like cream cheese brownies, you'll love these Chocolate Cream Cheese Cupcakes, from the March issue of Bon Appétit magazine. They have a deep chocolate flavor with a tangy cream cheese and chocolate chip filling.
They weren't too sweet, and the ratio of filling to cake was just right. My only complaint would be that the recipe makes a little too much cake and filling for 12 cupcakes. I had to fill the cupcake liners a third more than called for and I still had a bit more leftover batter than I would have liked.
I hate waste, especially when it comes to cupcake batters and cream cheese fillings. So I did what I had to do and licked the bowl clean. It's a tough life I lead—I know.
- Yield:12 cupcakes
- For the filling
- 1 8-ounce package reduced fat cream cheese
- 1 large egg
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/4 cup semisweet chocolate chips
- For the cupcakes
- 1 cup all purpose flour
- 3 heaping tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
- 3/4 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon coarse kosher salt
- 1/8 teaspoon baking soda
- 3/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons sugar
- 1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, room temperature
- 2 large eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 3 ounces bittersweet chocolate, chopped, melted, warm
- 1/2 cup two percent milk
To make the filling: Using electric mixer, beat cream cheese in medium bowl. Add egg, sugar, salt, and vanilla and beat until almost smooth. Fold in chocolate chips.
To make the cupcakes: Preheat oven to 350°F. Line standard muffin pan with 12 paper liners. Whisk first 5 ingredients in small bowl. Using electric mixer, beat sugar and butter in large bowl until fluffy. Beat in eggs. Stir in vanilla and chocolate; beat at high speed 5 seconds. Beat in flour mixture alternately with milk. Beat on high for 5 seconds to blend.
Divide batter among cups, filling 2/3 full. Place 1 heaping tablespoonful cream cheese filling in each center and swirl with a toothpick.
Bake cupcakes until toothpick inserted into center comes out clean (disregard cream cheese filling that sticks to the toothpick), about 20 minutes. Cool 10 minutes in pan. Remove from pan; cool completely on rack.
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Deputy who filed whistle-blowing suit against Los Angeles County arrested, accused of taking bribe
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A deputy believed to be connected with the FBI probe of Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department corruption who filed a whistle blower's lawsuit against the county has been arrested in a separate allegation of ticket fixing.
Edwin Tamayo, 44, was arrested Tuesday in San Diego for allegedly taking a bribe and conspiracy to obstruct justice, said Sheriff's Department Public Information Officer Nicole Nishida. Bail was set at $25,000.
Tamayo has been on paid leave since February 2013 because of a Sheriff's Department internal investigation. The arrest was the result of an investigation by "our internal criminal investigation bureau," Nishida said.
Detectives expect to bring the case to the District Attorney's Office on Thursday, Nishida said, adding she could not provide details of the allegations against Tamayo until they are filed by the district attorney.
Nishida also did not know if Tamayo was the same person who cooperated with the FBI, which had been investigating corruption in the Sheriff's Department, although she said, "I think he is."
Tamayo has a suit against Los Angeles County in which he alleges that he was ordered by his unit commander to pick up sealed envelopes containing donations for then-Los Angeles City Attorney Carmen Trutanich, which he considered illegal. Tamayo told the Los Angeles Times he had worn a wire for the FBI in that matter.
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Friday, March 28, 2008
Tex On Prague
At the new blog, Speaking of Amway, authored by Chuck Lia; Tex gave his "Take" on the conference and the participants.
March 22nd, 2008 at 1:14 pm
As you know, the reason I am active on the blogs is to ensure the end of the tool scam, which creates much more profit for the lying cowardly "kingpins" (typically, those who wear the Emerald pin and above) and causes the typical IBO not be in a positive net profit situation until a relatively high level is reached. Several posters on qblog and other sites have indicated was their personal experience, the break even point is about Platinum, having reached the Platinum level themselves. So, for every 100 or so IBO's in a Platinum group, 99 of them are operating at a net negative, and one (the Platinum) is breaking even or making a small profit. This is NOT a good business model (to state the obvious).
The tool scam was publicly identified by Rich DeVos in 1983, but he never followed up on his demands, so we have several decades of literally millions of former and current Distributors/IBO's having lost somewhere in the neighborhood of billions to tens of billions of dollars to these scam artists.
I have to say my personal opinions or the opinions I have of the other 4 bloggers didn't change much.
ibofb was in his usual form, from trying to correct me on everything from a discussion that started with the room Centigrade thermostat setting that is comfortable and led to the "crossover" point where degrees Centigrade and degrees Fahrenheit are identical (I was right, it is -40 degrees, he insisted it was slightly different than -40 degrees) to showing me a "secret" email printed on red paper (perhaps TOP SECRET, something I had actual access to in the real world when I was in the military), folded to show me only the critical information (lest I see who the email was from), showing the N21 tool profits to be reasonable. As I recall, it was 30% for Diamonds, but
1. The key question is 30% of what. I noticed the 30% compared the published Quixtar average Diamond income, which applies to QUALIFIED Diamonds only, and an N21 Diamond pin, most of whom probably don't currently qualify at the Diamond level. Therefore, the 30% number is mixing apples and oranges, the usual upline/ibofb lies/spin. This makes former Diamond pin Bruce Anderson's statement (was in the Yager/Wilson system, not N21) and a number of others, a more accurate estimate, as he made about twice as much from tools than A/Q.
2. There was no backup information, only a statement it was 30%.
He did say he agreed with me more on the tool scam issue being a problem, and less with my specific tactics. I think the time has long passed to be "nice" about this issue, as the tool scam has gone on far too long, negatively affected far too many Distributors/IBO's, and made far too many billions of scam dollars for the lying cowardly "kingpins." We agreed to disagree on my tactics. The bottom line for me is when you show someone the marketing plan, unless you tell them the upline makes most of their money on the tool scam, you shouldn't expect to go net positive if you listen to the uplines' advice until you get to Platinum, and most of the lying cowardly "kingpins" aren't currently qualified for the pins they wear, you are lying through your teeth. As I told others prior to the conference and ibofb during the conference, I had no intent of shaking ibofb's hand, as he had "dissed" me on 4 separate posts in the weeks leading up to the conference. However, I didn't think through how much we would be around each other, so I shook his hand upon meeting him, when we split up, and treated him better than his behavior deserved. I let The Big Apple talk to ibofb much more regarding the tool scam, as I have found ibofb to be completely intellectually dishonest. As I've said several times before, ibofb and I agree on virtually every issue related to A/Q, except what to do about the tool scam. There's only one thing worse than an uneducated fool, and that's an educated one. That sums up ibofb pretty well.
Bridgett was I imagined her to be from the blogs: energetic, smart, and a great sense of humor.
The Big Apple agreed the tool scam is the biggest problem, and we only had one minor issue, which I will expand on. I believe there is a single primary issue, the tool scam. The Big Apple said there are 2 main issues, the tool scam and the fact there are too many tools promoted. Here's why I think I am correct: if the tool prices were lowered, the emphasis for profit will be shifted to the A/Q business. When this happens, and too many tools are being promoted, there will be an incentive (maximizing A/Q profit) to reduce the number of tools, which will allow the IBO's to have more time and money to devote towards retailing and/or sponsoring new IBO's. Therefore, the reduction in tool prices causes the amount and content of tools to be adjusted closer to the ideal level consistent with the new balance in incentives, to maximize A/Q profit. In other words, the first issue (the tool scam) The Big Apple sees as being one of the two issues automatically optimizes the second (number/content of the tools). It's really simple economic principles (supply/demand, maximizing profit) and incentives (away from the tool scam, towards A/Q profit) making the proper corrections to the out of balance situation we have now.
Dave was more focused on how we present our personalities as bloggers, social interaction via the blogs, etc., and in non-A/Q blogging interests, as his site reflects. How can I say anything negative about my "Blog Daddy?"
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- rocket said...
I must say that I really enjoyed this post.
Tex's thoughts on IBOFB as an educated fool is identical to what I thought.
Good post Tex/Dave, and it was nice to see that Tex made an effort to be civil in the spirit of implementing change.
LOVE the No Tools Scam picture beside the Big Texan sign!
- March 29, 2008 at 11:57 AM
As we began our forum discussion, I brought a printout of the "No Tool Scam" sign and taped it to the table directly in front of me. I also described the sign for those in the back of the room who may not have been able to read it.
- March 29, 2008 at 3:18 PM
Great post and great Blog as well.
I think the No Tools Scam sign should be sold on a T shirt at cafepress...Worn proudly at every major function too...
- March 30, 2008 at 12:11 PM
Good job Tex!!!! Excellent work!!!!
- March 31, 2008 at 8:32 PM
Tex - more 'facts' on Qblog:
My Quixtar Story (it's a little long) by Matthew 7:15 page 2 - 2006 discussion of tool profits with emerald.
- April 3, 2008 at 3:25 PM
Thanks, I saw it. It confirms what we already knew. Never hurts to have more basis, though.
- April 3, 2008 at 4:30 PM
Here's a great story regarding Dallin Larsen. I don't think Quixtar has much to be concerned about:
- April 3, 2008 at 11:41 PM
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The product, the company
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- April 4, 2008 at 4:28 PM
I think you misunderstood what I said about the tools (BSMs). My point wasn't that there are too many tools promoted, it's what they teach. Setting aside, for the moment, IBOFB's statements about N21 in Europe, most Systems don't teach the fundamentals of having a successful Amway business. Meaning, the BSMs teach leadership and personal development, which may be well and good, but they don't teach about product, how to sell, how to get and keep a customer, etc.
In other words they don't teach people how to make money in the Amway business.
The BSMs are mostly self-serving: meaning that a lot of what you hear is promoting the very training system you're in. Speeches tell you how great it is, what's coming up next, and that your pathway to success is to follow the system. And what does the System teach you? To follow the System.
I call the System leaders the "butts-in-seats" guys, because that's what they're selling.
You can lower the prices all you want, but if the materials don't teach the right stuff, nothing's improved. I don't believe that lowering prices will result in the content being changed. Even today, with the tool income being much less than it was five years ago, content still hasn't changed. Oh, maybe some has in order to be accredited by Quixtar, but the message the leadership delivers hasn't changed.
Lowering prices will only mean that people are paying less for bad information. An improvement? Yes. Solving the problem? No.
- April 10, 2008 at 6:02 PM
I've seen prices go up, not down, so I'm not convinced the profit has decreased. If the upline isn't making as much of a profit when prices are lowered, they will have the PROFIT INCENTIVE to change the content. They currently don't have that incentive, so they don't care about the content.
- April 11, 2008 at 9:28 PM
What big apple said, is what I have been saying for a long time now. Good post!
- April 14, 2008 at 3:51 PM
It's one thing to say something, and something else to create the incentive to cause the change to occur. By lowering tool prices (and the resulting profit), the upline will have the incentive to produce tools that do create product based profit based on increased retailing.
My point is the upline is merely acting in such a way to maximize profit, in today's world this means tool profit.
- April 15, 2008 at 12:51 PM
I agree, the tools prices could be lower. I don't think Mr. Britt and Mr. Puryear got your memo yet Tex.
That being said, I don't think there would be a significant number of new platinums and diamonds as a result of lower tool prices, because the tools in general and motivational and not instructional.
- April 15, 2008 at 1:17 PM
They didn't have to get my memo, they are both in the Porkorny lawsuit.
You missed the point, again. The point is they currently don't have to worry about the tool content, because they have a monopoly. In a monopoly, there is no need to worry about high quality or low prices. When the prices come down, there will be more incentive to increase the PRODUCT profit, and the incentive will drive the tool content.
- April 15, 2008 at 3:27 PM
Should have stated "Pokorny" lawsuit.
- April 17, 2008 at 10:23 AM
If the tools price come down to where diamonds aren't raking in the dough, they will just up and move their groups to another MLM.
It's already happening. They're not going to change, they will change venues.
- April 18, 2008 at 5:42 PM
Update on that Pokorny lawsuit:
- April 21, 2008 at 1:22 PM
They better be paying attention to Orrin, because he'll be the first one to agree it isn't easy to "just up and move their groups to another MLM."
- April 29, 2008 at 2:32 PM


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Prior to becoming the PMPA executive director in September 2002, Mr. Duffin and his brother owned Duffin Manufacturing Co. Duffin Manufacturing, founded in 1956 by W.T. Duffin, was a PMPA member as well as a member of the National Screw Machine Products Association, the predecessor of PMPA.
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"As a former owner of a family-operated machining business, Mike was 'one of us;' he knows what it is like to sit in the chair as a president of a company and the challenges we all face," Darlene Miller, PMPA president, and president and CEO of Permac Industries, says. "When he was named executive director of PMPA, Mike brought to the job a unique perspective having been an association member in his former life."
Mr. Duffin's belief in serving PMPA members as customers in his tenure as executive director added value to the services that PMPA's administrative team offers as well as value to the organization's members.
"I've always had the view that while the association is owned by its members and the executive director is hired by the board of directors who are elected by the members, even though I worked for the members when I'm with them, they are my customers," Mr. Duffin says. "That view has served us well over the last 11 years."
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"In these 11 years, a lot of my time was spent traveling with PMPA officers to meet the members and keep in contact with them. I was able to visit anywhere from 75 to 100 companies each year," Mr. Duffin recalls. "Each one of those visits was pretty special. I learned something at every stop and certainly the officer who was traveling with me learned a lot about the industry as well."
Mr. Duffin explains, "I've developed some great personal friendships with the officers I've traveled with and had some good times."
Developing relationships and traveling to different areas are the two fond personal memories that Mr. Duffin shared. He also looked at the association's achievements during his time as executive director.
"As an association, we should be the most proud of the Precision Machining Technology Show. PMTS was started by a group of members and the executive director prior to me, Jack McNaughton, who passed away right before the first show in 2001," Mr. Duffin says. "The most recent show we completed featured record attendance, exhibitors and exhibit space. Jack would be proud of what the show became."
Technology and business have changed greatly in the past 11 years. When Mr. Duffin looks back at the challenges he and the administrative team of PMPA faced, many are related to the changing practices in the industry.
"Some of the biggest challenges I remember are the ones that our members usually didn't see, including changing and modernizing the accounting system, transferring from the old printed materials to digital formats and upgrading the website three times in 11 years," Mr. Duffin explains. "The biggest challenges are the ones that aren't often the most evident to the members, but the end product that they see is better now than what we used to have."
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"I appreciated the opportunity to work with the staff here. I was responsible for hiring six of the 11 who are here now," Mr. Duffin says. "The organization is doing as much, if not more, today as it was years ago, but is running leaner. We've broken down the silos internally, and the team's responsibilities crossover with more collaboration."
Other areas where PMPA has grown include government affairs with the partnership of an advocacy group that Mr. Duffin says sharpens the precision machining industry's presence in Washington. The organization also streamlined its code of regulations and district and chapter alignment, both of which Mr. Duffin explains improved the PMPA governance model.
"I loved going to new places to visit members, and that travel really is part of the organization's culture," Mr. Duffin continues. "We actually investigated the value of visiting members and found it to be worth the time and cost to build the relationships and keep our members, our customers, updated."
"Mike was an effective leader of PMPA through some challenging economic times, which he faced during his tenure as executive director," Ms. Miller says. "As Mike enters retirement, he leaves the association in solid financial condition, with a stable and growing membership."
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"Now that I'm retiring, I'm planning on getting my golf handicap back to where it should be," Mr. Duffin jokes. "But also, I enjoyed spending so much time traveling and meeting members. I'd like to repeat a lot of those trips and take my wife so I can show her the nice places and people I visited."
Beyond spending time on the golf course and traveling with his wife, Mr. Duffin also plans to spend more time with his family.
"We've been blessed with three children and six grandchildren, and we're going to spend more time with all of them," Mr. Duffin says.
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"Associations are voluntary organizations. Members belong because they get something out of being part of the group," Mr. Duffin summarizes. "The customer mentality wants to make sure that each member understands how they get a return on investment in association dues. We want them to get value out of their membership and participation.
"One thing every association has is a culture and ours is unique," Mr. Duffin continues. "PMPA has 80 years of history. The culture, the history, the traditions, the practices and the friendships have been developed over 80 years, and they aren't going to be changed. They shouldn't be changed. It's important to grow and keep the association relevant, but it's also important to remember where you've been."


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More E-cars delivered to SIAC as Volvo Drive-E Action carries on
While the Shanghai International Automotive City Group (SIAC) marked its first anniversary of the electric vehicle (EV) campaign on July 20, 2012, Volvo Car Corporation delivered 15 Volvo C30 Electric cars to the City for pioneering open road test-drive project - EV100 Days. Meanwhile, Volvo C30 Electric was also awarded "Green Car of the Year" in China at the 4th China New Energy Mobility Summit in recognition of its world-leading safety and superb performance on the same day.
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The summit awarded Volvo C30 Electric "Green Car of the Year" in China to recognize its uncompromising performance and world leading Safety.
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