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Thu 13th of May 2010, filed under PPC
Data suggests Facebook is a worthy adversary to Yahoo
In new data from market research company comScore, Facebook has been shown to edge past competitors to become the largest deliverer of banner ads to its users in the U.S.A., delivering 176.3 billion banner ads to Yaho?s 31.6 billion and Microsof?s 60.2 billion. The data, taken from the first quarter of 2010, demonstrates the social networking giant overtaking Yahoo in ad sales for the first time.
Because the data only covers three months, it still remains to be seen whether Facebook will maintain the high sales level and stay ahead of rivals. Figures from Nielson, another market research company, show Facebook remaining a close second to Yahoo when it comes to the banner ad market share with Yahoo holding 34% of the market and Faceboo?s share at 20%. This does, however, show a marked increase from just two per cent in 2009 and so it has been suggested that comScor?s data shows a continuation of the exponential growth Facebook has experienced since the previous year.
A number of reasons have been suggested for Faceboo?s gain on competitors, with some speculating that the latest page design allows the social networking site to fit in more ads. With the majority of social media traffic recently found to be going to Facebook, however, it could simply be that the sit?s popularity and volume has played a large part in its advertising success.
No rival in revenue
While Facebook slowly catches up with its competition in banner ad sales, it has yet to reach the level of income demonstrated by Yahoo. The Internet corporation made just over £4 billion in 2009 while Facebook has projected a revenue of just under £7 million in 2010. Much of Yaho?s revenue is generated through advertising, however, and so Faceboo?s recent success in the market could lead to a change in their projection.
The rise in popularity of social networking sites such as Facebook could give the online-marketing industry the boost that it needs after it suffered during the recession. Research has already demonstrated that there has been a strong recovery in the market so far and it is possible that the wealth of advertising opportunities offered by Facebook will only serve to improve the situation further.
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Weight Loss & Diet Plans
8 Steps to a Healthier Attitude
But when you're just starting out, how do you get the attitude you need to succeed? Wicks, Moores, and Wansink offer some suggestions: continued...
4. Keep up with your journal. You already know that keeping track of your food intake and physical activity can help set you on the road to healthier habits. But you can also use your journal to help you adopt a healthier attitude. Use the "Notes" section of your journal to keep track of the ups and downs of how you're feeling.
"Consider ways to learn from the valleys in order to achieve more peaks," says Moores.
5. Learn from others. "Find others who have been successful," says Moores. "Talk with them about the pitfalls and how they mustered the willpower to carry on." You can find such role models on the Weight Loss Clinic's community message boards. Visit The New You: Maintenance board to talk to people who have met their weight loss goals.
6. Bring in the cavalry. "Meet with a dietitian when the going gets tough," says Moores. "Bring in the cavalry to help get you over the hump." WebMD Weight Loss Clinic dietitian Kathleen Zelman, MPH, RD, is always just an email away on our Ask the Dietitian board.
7. When faced with temptation, take a break. "Give yourself a break so your attitude can take hold in those tempting moments," says Wansink. "If you're out with your friends and they just ordered fried mozzarella sticks -- something very tempting -- it's your attitude that keeps you from saying, 'What the heck?'
"So give yourself a break. Put a physical, distracting distance between you and the food -- go to the bathroom, put on lipstick -- anything that gives you time to grab on to that attitude."
8. Never, never give up. "Adopting a whole new attitude is not something that goes away," says Wicks. "With losing weight, once you lose it, that's not the end, you can easily gain it back plus more. So you always have to keep your attitude and your braveness."
Originally published August 14, 2004
Medically updated July 26, 2005.

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|Why Communication Skills Are Crucial for Leaders
|Written by Heather McCrae
|Friday, 29 March 2013 02:21
When you think of the skills that are crucial for leaders, certain factors come to mind. Confidence. Quick-thinking. Consistency. Charisma. Another important skill? Effective communication; in fact, some argue that communication skills are the most important skills a leader can possess. Having a vision and a plan is not enough unless you are able to effectively communicate those goals and get buy-in from those you'll be working with. If you can't clearly articulate — in writing or verbally — your goals and how to get there, then you'll most likely fall flat as a leader.
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Movie Review: Taking Woodstock
The Charlotte Observer
The great pitching coach Johnny Sain said of ballplayers, "The older they get, the better they were when they were younger." That's true of the Woodstock festival, too.
It briefly astonished Americans who saw half a million kids partying in the rain and mud, but it was just one of a series of big outdoor concerts – post-Monterey, pre-Altamont and Watkins Glen – that brought rock bands together.
By the time I was in college (1971-75), folks had stopped talking about it. Yet here we are 40 years later, treating it as an iconic touchstone for a gray-haired generation, and director Ang Lee adds to the mythology with the sweet, gentle "Taking Woodstock."
Neither Lee, who was in high school in Taiwan at the time, nor U.S. screenwriter James Schamus (then a 9-year-old) has first-hand knowledge of the festival.
They bring the bemused curiosity of outsiders to this story and give us a sense of the good-hearted craziness around the event, which actually took place about 40 miles from Woodstock in Winter Lake. (Lee often uses a split-screen to show this chaos; that's a tribute to Michael Wadleigh, who did the same thing in his Oscar-winning documentary "Woodstock.")
The story focuses on Elliott Teichberg (Demetri Martin), who's closeted in many ways. He's a would-be promoter of the arts in a town that ignores them. He has a job in Manhattan but reluctantly toils part-time in his parents' run-down "resort," one of many Jewish businesses near the edge of the Catskills. He's a homosexual who hasn't discovered his preference in a world where "gay" still means "festive."
When promoter Michael Lang (charismatic Jonathan Groff) needs a place to stage his three-day bash, Elliott takes him to Max Yasgur (Eugene Levy), who owns a 600-acre dairy farm. The rest is history – but not the history of this movie, which never gets closer to the main stage than the top of a distant hill.
Instead, the film shows us Woodstock's effects on the Teichbergs and the town.
Elliott finds himself. Papa Teichberg (Henry Goodman) comes out of the shell into which he's retreated for 20 numb years. Mama Teichberg (the great Imelda Staunton) finally gets over the lifelong fear of poverty that crippled so many Jewish immigrants.
Meanwhile, Winter Lake learns to cope with everyone from a naked college theater troupe to an ex-Marine transvestite (Liev Schreiber). Even a troubled Vietnam vet, a badly drawn character Emile Hirsch doesn't quite know how to play, gets a new vibe.
The running joke is that no one reaches the core of the festival. They hear distant echoes of music and see the stream of humanity on foot, but their destiny is to remain on the fringe of history. Yet even there, the ripples of liberation affect most of them.
Isn't that why we treasure Woodstock today? It gave us a vision of America in which people looked beyond distinctions and inhibitions and prejudices. The dirt and free food and shared drugs made everyone briefly equal, in an unexpected realization of the dream of pure democracy.
That dream ended quickly. Lang mentions his next venture, a Rolling Stones concert three months later; we're supposed to know he means Altamont, where Hell's Angels bikers beat a concertgoer to death while providing "security" for the Rolling Stones.
But for a while, Woodstock represented a spirit of peaceful sharing that sometimes makes America great. That's what this native-born writer and immigrant director want us to remember.
Not a film about the festival, but a fictionalized drama about people changed by living on the perimeter of it.(Full review)
A correction to the above review. The festival took place near White Lake (not Winter Lake)in the town of Bethel, NY. I was 6 years old when it was held and lived about 15 miles from it. My parents took me to the Woodstock site right after it took place. It was mud and garbage as far the eye could see in every direction.


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Make a Difference in the Life of a Local Family
Colorado Springs, CO – Many families enrolled in programs at Community Partnership for Child Development are faced with the challenge of simply keeping warm this winter season and meeting basic needs. Gifts for their children are beyond their means.
CPCD invites friends, families and co-workers to come together and "adopt" one of our community's neediest families. The process is quick and simple and the extra help during the holidays can make a world of difference to these young children and their families living in poverty right here in our community.
Visit CPCD's website at www.cpcdheadstart.org and click on the purple snowflake Adopt-A-Family link. Donors can view family profiles and sign-up to personally shop for the family or make a cash donation and leave the shopping to volunteers. CPCD is also in need of children's books and coats to distribute to the families.
The Adopt-A-Family program has been in place for more than 15 years. Through the program, donors are anonymously matched to a CPCD family with one or more children and provided a list of that family's most-needed items and the children's holiday wishlist. All families must be adopted by December 5th and donations dropped-off December 10th. To make further arrangements, call Delberta Uvalle at 884-1411 or email@example.com.
About Community Partnership for Child Development (CPCD)
CPCD is a nonprofit organization that provides free, comprehensive early childhood and family development programs for families with children, ages 0-5, who are living in low-income homes, have special needs or experience other adverse circumstances that could challenge their school readiness. CPCD serves nearly 2,000 children each year in El Paso County through Early Head Start, Head Start and the Colorado Preschool Program. For more information, please visit www.cpcdheadstart.org.
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Thank you for spreading the word about the need in Colorado Springs! I'm passionate about helping every young child become a lover of books and reading...but if they have no books, that certainly won't happen! I will be doing a blog about the STAR (Sit Together and Read) Program) and will encourage others to donate so that more books will be available to distribute to families in need this holiday season.
Vivian Kirkfield
Author of "Show Me How! Build Your Child's Self-Esteem Through Reading, Crafting and Cooking"


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John Cooper Clarke Live At SUB89
One of the original punks, John Cooper Clarke, who has been called "The Bard of Salford" and "The Punk Poet", will be performing in Reading with his satirical and political verse delivered in a rapid-fire performance style.
By 1976 and the arrival of punk, he was initially the support act for many seminal punk bands such as The Sex Pistols, Buzzcocks, The Fall, Joy Division, Elvis Costello, and Siouxsie and The Banshees. John started to headline his own gigs, recording four studio albums and releasing two live LPs. Since the punk days, John has been recognised as one of England's most impirtant poets and performers. National Concert Promoter for SUB89, Mike Jones, comments...
"John Cooper Clarke is arguably one of one of the most important figures of the British Punk movement, and his verses are just as relevant today as they were 25 years ago. We are privileged to host the Punk Poet in SUB89, and we know that Berkshire will give him the welcome he deserves".
Gig Details
What: John Cooper Clarke-The Punk Poet
When: 7:30pm, Sunday 13 February 2011
Where: SUB89, Reading
Tickets cost £15 in advance and can be purchased from www.sub89.com, www.seetickets.com, Hard Edge, Reading 0118 959 9692, and Urban Piercings, Reading 0118 950 2414.
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Edwardian bridal crown
25 Days of Gifmas
Day Fourteen: Prometheus
on the one hand: ugh queer villains. characters who fit into their creators' reductive ideas of what queer people can be and get villainized for trying to survive in a world that wants to deny their existence.
on the other hand: QUEER VILLAINS. queer characters who don't give a shit! queer characters who will do anything to survive! queer characters who challenge the social order!
you see my dilemma, here.
Bela Lugosi playing poker with Santa, 1940
"so i'm guessing that you're the girl in the relationship?"
well honey we're actually both the girls in the relationship
that's what makes it so gay
"don't tell me not to use semicolons, semicolons are the love of my life" -actual thing i just said
I think you mean
"Don't tell me not to use semicolons; semicolons are the love of my life"
My English teacher doesn't let us use semicolons in our writing JUST BECAUSE HE DOESNT LIKE THEM
kill him
Landfill - Daughter
Girls with dark hair tied up and little wisps framing their face are so important
colin firth heals all wounds
HAPPY 38TH BIRTHDAY BURN GORMAN! [video credit for gif]
okay but if you don't click through to the entire article you are missing some of the best pictures
holy shit its like an advertising campaign for a book reader app telling the story of a guy who always read porn all the time but the books were giving him away and now that he uses an ipad everyone thinks he's serious


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OWENSBORO, KY - Margaret Hayden, 88, of Owensboro, passed away on November 18, 2011. She was born in Daviess County to the late Romuald and Marie Johnson.
Margaret was a lifetime and very active member of St. Pius the Tenth Catholic Church. She worked as a cook for St. Pius the Tenth Catholic School for several years. Margaret was a loving and dedicated wife, mother, grandmother and homemaker who enjoyed spending time with and cooking for her family. She was an avid gardener and in her younger years she and her husband, John were part of the Owensboro Twirlers square dancing group.
Margaret was preceded in death by her husband of 36 years, John C. Hayden in 1983, her parents and two sisters, Agnes Jean Fischer and Maxine Johnson.
She is survived by a son, Joseph M. Hayden (Judy) of Owensboro; grandchildren, Joshua J. Hayden (Christie) of Owensboro and Benjamin P. Hayden of Louisville, KY; brothers, John Johnson (Jeannie) and Leo Johnson both of Owensboro and several nieces and nephews.
The funeral mass will be held at 10:00 am on Tuesday, November 22, 2011 at St. Pius the Tenth Catholic Church. Fr. Bruce Fogle will officiate and burial will be at Resurrection Catholic Cemetery. Visitation will be at Glenn Funeral Home and Crematory on Monday from 4:00 pm until 8:00 pm with prayers at 7:00 pm. Friends may also visit on Tuesday after 9:00 at the funeral home.
Memorial contributions may be made to Catholic Charities.
Condolences may be made online at www.glennfuneralhome.com.
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Categories > Celebrities > My Chemical Romance > Killjoy Academy
5: The first Rule of Fight Class2 Reviews
"Welcome to interrogation bitches!"
"Welcome to fight class! This is your very first, so," Sun's bright voice rings out as she takes her vest off, I see her stiffen up when she moves her right shoulder, and figure out quickly that something is wrong. "As Ghoul will tell you, much like after you sleep with a stripper, prepare to get tested!" She looks to the black haired teacher, smiling at him.
"And much like Sun would know, like waking up in the morning next to three guys whose names you don't remember, if you don't get tested, you end up aching for days." He playfully retorts. One of the boys in the class raises his hand. Dark Shadow clears his throat.
"Are you and Sun together now? I thought she and Party Poison had a thing going." He says.
Fun Ghoul and Neon Sun look at each other. Fun Ghoul shrugs, and Neon Sun turns to look at us. "Due to some rather unfortunate events, Party Poison and I have split. It was a mutual thing, no hard feelings." It's a lie, that last part, but she continues. "And yes, I'm with your teacher Fun Ghoul now. He and I used to be together, and we're giving things another shot. I will ask that when you see Party Poison today, you not say anything to him about it. It's kinda a touchy subject for us both. So, who's ready to get their butts handed to them?" She asks us, faking another smile. I step up.
"Me." I say. "I doubt you'll kick me anywhere." I say testing out my snippyness. It sounded nice. Flicking my blonde and pink and blue hair over my shoulder, I look her dead in the eye, watching them flick to a mischievous emerald color, with golden flecks in them. "I'm ready." I say, having tied my hair up in a tight ponytail. I put one foot in front of the other, and Sun just laughs.
"Child, I'm not coming swinging at you first. I don't wanna hurt you." She says. "You know you're my personal project, my personal concern. You'll go later, when I'm a bit tired, so I don't hurt you." I huff my annoyance, and sit down, next to Neon Tiger and Ghost Eyes.
"This is total bull." I say. "I'm younger than you all, so she always makes me go last. What does she care?" I knew why she cared though, even if she didn't know herself why she was so scared to hurt me. Now wasn't the time to tell everybody though, I'd tell her later. Loaded Dice stands up from her seat next to Dark Shadow.
"Let's go." She says, and Sun flies at her like a spider monkey. Loaded Dice side steps carefully, and Sun clips her, dragging her down to the ground.
"There are rival groups of KillJoy's that like to attack, and they fight hand to hand. Mostly because we stole all their ray guns. That's why we teach hand to hand." Sun says, while grappling with Loaded Dice. Neon throws her weight to the left, sending the two of them flying. Dice scrambles to her feet, throwing punches left and right at Sun, who is on her feet again by now.
"How is she fighting in those shorts?" I ask Neon Tiger, who giggles a response.
"You'll have to try harder to get me to stop." Neon Sun yells as she sends a kick flying at Dice, who grabs Sun's foot, and twists. Sun keeps her balance, but snaps her leg down, throwing one wicked punch at her opponent. It lands on her jaw, and surprisingly doesn't break it, based on the sound. The pissed off ginger girl throws one right back, that hits her teacher in the shoulder. She tackles her to the ground, pinning Sun on her back.
"Okay. You've finished testing. You'll be working with Kobra Kid specifically for fight training. Seriously, you've got a wicked left hook. You might actually be able to teach him something about that. His is a bit lacking." She pushes the student off her, and quickly moves through the rest of the group, until only I remain. As usual.
"You ready?" I ask my teacher as she takes a sip from a bottle of something I'm hoping is water that Fun Ghoul hands her. "Isn't it a bit early to be drinking?"
"Darling, it's nearly four thirty now. We usually start nine am sharp around here." She quips "But don't tell the kids." She adds this with a wink. "I'm ready."
The blonde in front of me has her hair tied up in a messy bun on the top of her head, the streaks of color she has putting dashes of color through the nearly white blonde knot. She slowly moves towards me, and Ghoul moves from his spot, also advancing on me. I get backed into a corner, and just as Sun gets within striking distance, I fly at her male counterpart, forcing him to the ground. He rolls his weight, putting me on my back. I kick my right foot up, hitting him squarely in the head.
"The heck! You lil brat!" he screams at me, and I squirm my way out from under him, and move onto my female teacher. I send one nice roundhouse kick flying at her, and she grabs my foot. I jump up, kicking her with the other foot. As I fall, she does to, still holding onto my foot. Quickly, I stand again, and kick out when she tries to pull me down. I hit her in the forearm, and when she stands again, I duck under the spinning kick she sends flying my way. I feel something come up behind me, and drop to my stomach just in time to see Ghoul fly over me, nearly knocking into his now girlfriend.
"Crap!" Sun screams, barely moving away from him. I jump back to my feet, and see them both running for me. I step aside, push off a wall, flip my body in the air and land back on my feet safely.
"You're training with me from now on." Sun says, panting a tad. "I'm outta shape. Or something." She mutters.
"Where'd you learn to flip like that?" My male teacher asks me. I smile at him, and he takes a wary step back.
"I grew up doing gymnastics, and I was always good on beam and bars. My older sister," I say, forcing a tear. "Before she died, was a tumbler, and she taught me how to do flips and the like. She thought it was fun. She was also a swimmer, and so I'm a strong swimmer." I say to him. Sun pats my back, rubbing it as I fake more tears.
"C'mon, it's lunch time. We gotta eat." Fun Ghoul says. "Especially you Mrs. Skin and Bones." He points to Neon Sun.
"Hey! That's Ms.Skin and bones. Unless somebody puts a ring on my finger, it's Ms." Sun retorts. Fun Ghoul takes her hand in his, and Sun beams at him. I wipe away my tears, smiling at the two of them. They made a cute pair.
"Hey, Neon, I need to talk to you sometime later." I say to her. She let's go of her boyfriend's hand, and waves him on when he stops to look at her. She turns to me.
"What's it about?" She asks me with a smile. "Are any of the boys bothering you? I can knock some sense into em."
"No, it's fine Sc-Sun." I quickly correct my elf. "Oh! And I wanna know where you got your necklace. The one that has a peacock on it, with the tail down, and it's turned to the side." I pick it up, showing her.
"Oh, I got it when I was a baby. I don't remember much else about it. I have more just like them, you can come to my Block later and look at them when we talk about whatever it is you need to ask me. It's Block Juliet."
"Are you okay?" I ask her, she smiles at me, but lets it drop. "You were wincing earlier and." I stop suddenly when the wind blows some of her hair back. "WHAT HAPPENED TO YOUR HEAD!?!?!" I ask her, seeing the cut.
"Nothing." She lies.
"Liar!" I point to her, and she frowns at me. "Who hit you?"
"Nobody." She says. "I fell, that's all."She says, looking at me. Her eyes shift to a hazel I recognized.
"It was Party Poison." I breathe. She looks at me, mouth open. "He hit you. He did that to you."
"If you say a word to anybody you will regret it for weeks." She growls at me. "How did you know?"
"Your eyes changed to match what his color is." I tell her, and she blinks a few times, trying to expel the hazel from her eyes. When she stops, they're blue again. An icy blue.
"Better?" She asks, and I nod. She smiles and starts walking towards where we eat. We walk in silence.
"Uh, I'm gonna go sit with my friends." I tell her, running off to go sit with Neon Tiger, Dead Eyes, Dark Shadow, and Crashing Star. I plop down, seeing they've already gotten my food for me.
"We get to train more today. I think I heard them whispering about taking us for an obstacle course or something today." Tiger is talking in a confidential murmur. "I wonder what the obstacles are. Any clues Star?"
"None that I can tell you about. They change it every class. For us, it involved being chased through this string of buildings they put together, with fog and different things you had to jump or crawl or duck through. If you got tagged with a piece of colored tape, you had a certain punishment. If you could hide, or take a teacher down, you got a reward. I got three weeks of no air conditioning, but then I got Kobra Kid on the ground, and he gave me three free passes out of running, and a week's worth of upperclassjoy dinners. Everybody knows those are the best." She says proudly.
"Well, I just found something out during fight today." Eyes say to us, and we all turn to look at her. She smiles. "It wasn't a mutual breakup. Our darling Neon Sun was radiating pure fear. I can get a basic read on emotions, and hers were fear, and anger. There was something like confusion in there somewhere to, but I could practically smell the feeling of love mixing with confliction." She finishes. Lifting her fork to her mouth, she eats from her can of food. Today was tacos. In other words, meat, lettuce, a tiny bit of cheese, some sour cream because Dr.Death Defying was the shit at scoring us good stuff, all layered into empty cans and given to us KIT's.
"What's that smell like?" I ask her, and she swallows quickly.
"Like…well, it changes based on who you're in love with. Her smelled like cigs, coffee, and oranges weirdly enough. It was more than one person. Weird right?"
"Yeah." I mutter. "Weird." I take a forkful of my makeshift taco, chewing it and taking another bite quickly. "So… I need to tell you all something." I say.
"What?!?" They all clamor.
"It's gotta stay between us. I could get in huge trouble if it goes out to anybody." They all swear to secrecy, and we lean in so only we can hear. "Party Poison hit Neon Sun. That's why they broke up." I whisper to all of them. There's a gasp from the girls, and a disgusted look from Dark Shadow. We pull from our circle, and I look up.
"Crap." I say loudly, seeing Party Poison looking at our little circle.
"Let's talk." He says, and I stare back at him. "That wasn't a request. It was a command."
"You don't scare me." I growl back at him.
"Stand. Now." He says, and I hand my food to Crashing Star, who throws me a bottle of water. I take a drink still looking at my instructor. "Follow me." He says, leading me away from my group. We walk, and are suddenly joined by Kobra Kid.
"What are you doing with her?" He asks Party. Party remains silent, taking my hand and tugging me towards a Block. As we approach, I see it is labeled X-ray. This can't be good.
(Party Poison's POV)
What the hell was this little KIT's problem? How did she figure out that Sun's wounds were my fault? Well, it didn't matter now, I remind myself, tugging her along behind me. Her little blonde head was about to get drilled.
"Get in." I bark at her, bringing scary Party Poison out to play. I shove her towards the door, and she stumbles her way through it. I step through; snap my fingers three times, and a terrified shriek and a muffled yelp. A light clicks on moments later. One light bulb, in a circular lamp, swinging from the ceiling over the creaky wooden chair that sat in the center of the room. It cast an eerie light over the room, and several more lamps click on, one in each corner, these standing.
"Put em on!" I yell, and I see masks come on. I take mine from my jacket pocket, slipping it on over my hair. In the light, I see Ghoul's Frankenstein mask come up over his features, Kobra's helmet go on, and Jet's bandanna slip over his face.
And then, there's Sun. Her mask goes on. Its blue, a navy blue almost, but brighter. The black lace over it was new; usually she had big golden swirls all over it. She's added a grey colored rose to one side, and it has silver leaves. Feathers, jet black in color, stick out from behind the leaves. She ties her mask on, and I see her look at me in it. She gives me a small, quick smile, before returning to the task at hand.
"Bag off!" She says to Violet, who takes the rough burlap sack off the KIT sitting in the chair. I pounce, grabbing a blindfold and tying over her eyes so she can't see.
"Welcome to interrogation kids!" I say to the cowering girls and boys in the room, all blindfolded and tied with their hands behind their backs. That or handcuffed. I hear a clinking noise. "Training can be forced on you, much like ideals. Get over it now!" I say cheerily. This part usually wasn't quite this much fun to me, but for some reason, it sounded like bliss to me today.
"So, let's start this off how I got it in BL/ND." Sun says cheerily. How could she be happy right now? Was she on drugs? That's what I'm wondering. But then I see Frank's hand, rubbing the small of her back. Ah. That's how. She doesn't have me, and she's happy without me. She's happy it's his hand not mine. "Vi?" She says, and Violet appears, handing a bucket of something to Sun.
"So, first question. What's your name?" She asks a boy with toxic green hair.
"Dan-" She throws the water on him.
"Wrong answer!" She says, handing the bucket to Jet Star. "What. Is. Your. Name."
"It's Daniel!" the boy yells, and he quickly receives a slap from Sun. "What the hell was that for?"
"Wrong answer! I'll ask you one more time!" She calls out to him, voice turning into something harsh. "What's your name?"
"I told you it's Daniel!" he screams at her. "Daniel Jacobs!" He yells at her. Sun hits him again, and he yelps. She was getting a bit rough with him.
"Wrong answer! Again! You don't tell them your real name!" She coaches. She moves to Spark, and turns to look at me.
"P!" She yells at me, and I jump at the bitter edge to her voice. "What's the great idea bringing her into this? You know it's for older kids!"
"Last I checked, this class was my idea. I make the rules."
"Last I checked, I could kick your sorry little butt from here to Battery City in my sleep." She quips. "Don't pull a stunt like this again." She commands, and I hear the venom dripping from her voice.
"Where's the Academy?" She demands. "Tell us or we kill your family." She demands. Her body shudders, and she takes the mask off as it does. Throwing it to the ground, her body stops. I'm no longer looking at Neon Sun…. I'm looking at Korse. Sun, has morphed into him, scary demeanor and all.
"Not a threat. They're all dead anyways." The girl spits at us from her chair. "So I have nothing to lose if I don't tell you. Besides, Sun, You don't scare me"
"Really?" Sun says, using Korse's voice. I could tell already this was exhausting her. She whips off the blindfold, and it makes the girl in the chair scream.
"How the?" She asks, zeroed in on the figure looming in front of her. "Why aren't you dead?"
"Because, they won't shoot me." She snarls. "Tell us where the Academy is!"
"No." Dancing Spark says, eyes narrowing. "I won't."
"Then we'll kill you." Sun says. "It won't be hard, little thing like you." A moment of silence as the girls braces herself for it. Sun's body shudders, and she lets herself go back into her usual form. "Good job." She pats the blonde on the head, handing her a stub of something from her pocket. "You just earned a free pass out of any class you choose. Redeem any time." She whispers to the girl. I read her lips, and that's what I got. She moves onto the next person. She takes a lighter from her pocket, and I vaguely recognize it. Wait, I think when she clicks the flame open. That's my lighter!
"Easy there." She says to the boy, holding the flame near his face. "What's the purpose of the Academy? Answer me like you would with the BLI people, or we may have a slight problem."
"It's to train a bunch of KillJoys. So we have a mini army. To take you crazy people down." The boy says. Sun moves the fire below his chin.
"Not what I was looking for. You fail." She clicks the lighter off. "Star, take him to fight. Let him train with the older kids. Let them know he's their new buddy!" She says with fake sweetness. The boy is dragged out of the room. Neon Sun moves back to the girl that she's taken a liking to. "Hey sweetie, who are your parents?"
"Corpses." The girl replies
"No, we brought them back. Want to see them? Just tell us where the Academy is." Sun says to the girl.
"No. You're lying. My parents are dead. Long dead." The KIT replies. "Besides, even if they weren't dead, I don't know what the Academy is."
Sun snaps her fingers. All the lights come back on.
"It's sad," she says, ripping off the remaining blindfold. "When a girl that's four years younger than you is better at being interrogated than you are. Not to mention been here for less than a week, when you've been here for over a year. You need to get a reign on your fear. I know it's scary, but it's worse whne they can make good on their threats." She says. "And now, you get to go help clean up at lunch. See ya!" The boy is lead out by Kobra Kid and Violet Rage. He's skulking his way out, and Violet tells him something that makes him laugh.
"Hey." Ghoul says to me. "What were you thinking?"
In my head, my answer is this. Get a reaction out of Neon Sun. Out loud, it's different. "Because she'll need it more if the raids snatch her up."
"I'll make sure if during a raid she's in any danger that I help her out. Not that she'll need it. I went about 45% effort on her today during fight, and she did some crazy stuff that I haven't seen in a long time." Sun says. She bends down, picking her mask up.
"Don't stare at my girlfriends' butt please. That's my butt to stare at. You had your chance buddy." Frank snarls at me. Oh, he wants to play it like that? Let's play it like that.
"It's fine. I've got my eyes on somebody new. Just comparing." I snarl to him. Sun stands up and looks at me.
"What?" She asks me. "Who? You know E isn't gonna go for you, and I dunno about anybody else." She says, looking a bit confused. But, the eyes of hers were going a bit red, and one was green. Somebody was jealous… good. Let her be. Maybe it'd drive her right back to me.
"Yeah. Some girl here. I gotta say, she's got an amazing body."
"Party!" Sun scolds me. "You can't sleep with the students! You made that rule." She scolds me, and the other eye turns green.
"I can. I might. Probably will. Why do you care? You've got Ghoul now."
"Yeah, but she doesn't want you just sleeping with some girl because you're trying to make her jealous." Fun Ghoul quickly steps in when Sun is left speechless. "She and I will stay together, but you can't sleep with some girl here because you're angry that you drove her away. It wasn't my choice to hit her and call her names. That was all you Gerard, and you know it. Don't take it out on her for your mistakes." I huff, disgusted with the sickening cuteness of him wrapping his arms around her waist, and her, looking up at him like he was perfect to her. It was just too much for me. Turning on my heel, I storm out of the room, throwing my mask off as I went. Just before the door slammed shut, like I wanted it to, I chucked the yellow and blue mask into the room.
Forget this. I think to myself, I need to go drink. I grab my radio from its spot clipped to my belt loop, and click the talk button.
"Kobra," I say. "What else do I have to teach today?"
"Uh. It's Friday, so you've got to help with the obstacle course with Fun Ghoul." He says.
"Why do you sound so nervous?" I ask him.
"Because you had your talk button pushed so we all heard what just went down with you and Sun and Ghoul. The whole camp probably knows by now."
This wasn't good. "You're kidding me right? Any chance you can cover for me at the course today? I need to go and do something kinda important. I won't have time for it later." It, means here, drink myself into oblivion. I'm already making my way to my Block, and when I step inside, I'm greeted by the air conditioner humming.
"Yeah, it's cool. I know you're takin it hard. Maybe just give her some space. That or go on the offensive and try to get her back with you?" Kobra replies a minute later.
I sigh. "I'm not gonna break her and Ghoul up. If that's what she wants, then that's what I'll let happen." As much as I want to….
"I very highly doubt it's your choice what she does. It's Sun afterall." Kobra tells me. "You know how she is. She's just pissed at you, and I think she figures being with Ghoul is the best way to show you how shitty she feels. She'll be back with you by the end of the month. I promise that much."
"Whatever Kobra. Thanks for covering for me." I click my radio off. Putting it down on my floor, I go to my drawer. Opening it up, I dig through the small row of clothes that belong to Sun, including her jacket. I see something wrapped in a fold of clothing. It's small and shiny. Looks like a charm or something. I pick it up, holding it I the palm of my hand. It's a little ghost shaped charm, and it's obviously been torn of, from the way it's bent and scratched.
That was the charm Ghoul had given her, he'd stolen it from some store somewhere. I remember her ripping it off after she caught him after he'd cheated on her, storming into my room and ripping it off. She'd thrown it to the ground, and started crying. I start to sink back into the memory as I uncap the bottle of tequila in my hand. I take a sip, letting myself remember.
"Sorry. I over walked, thought this was my Block. I'll leave." She said, sniffling and wiping her eyes.
"It's fine." I'd told her. "What happened?"
"Frank cheated on me! With some stripper!" She'd said, sounding angry. I approached her carefully, knowing how dangerous she could be when she got this emotional. Her bloodshot eyes were turning colors quicker than I could count. Black, then grey, then blue, then red. They stayed blood red for a longer time. And then, they faded to grey with pink spots.
"You caught him in the act?" I ask her. That was the worst.
"No, but I might as well have. She was sleeping next to him, and he was smoking, like he always does after he has sex. He didn't even bother getting up to come after me." She sobs, and I take her in my arms, hugging her to me. It seemed the right thing to do. I'd had a little bit of a crush on her for a few months now, and this was my opportunity to swoop in and snap her up. She sobs into my jacket shoulder, and I rub her back and pet her hair.
"Well, he doesn't deserve you if he's going to do that." I tell her, playing with strands of her hair absent mindedly. "You're too good for him." Isn't that what you're supposed to tell girls after this thing happened?
"But I love him so much! He was my everything. I love him." She sobs, and I rub her back, shushing her. I lead her to my bed, and set her down on it. She curls up on it. "Party, am I wrong to love him? What is wrong with me? This is my entire fault."
"Don't blame yourself for this. Ghoul will be Ghoul. Part of that is knowing he's going to make pig headed mistakes.
"She was prettier than me." Sun mutters.
"Impossible." I think, and Sun's eyes widen. One turns a bright blue.
"What?" She says.
"Nothing. I didn't say anything." I'm quick to cover my tracks. Now was not the time to declare my love for her.
In the real world, the present, I take another long gulp of tequila and kicking my boots off, and sitting down on my bed. I go back to my memory.
"Great, now I'm hearing things." Sun had told me, curling up even tighter, starting t shiver. I noticed now she was wearing just a tank top and shorts, and I quickly take my jacket off, offering it to her silently. "Thanks." She says, accepting it. I nod. "I guess I'm single now. Fun."
"Well, he wasn't right for you anyways." I say, sitting down next to her. She yanks me down, so I'm lying down next to her. But I am. I'm right for you. I could make you happy. I wouldn't do that to you. I'd keep you safe. I'd hold you when you were sad. I'd make you laugh.
"Nobody is. I'm just not good enough for anybody here. I'm not good enough for Frank, so he turns to whores. I'm a crap fighter, that's why I got caught up in a raid and got these weird body modifications. I can't do anything right. I'm just a mofo who gets used and cheated on." I notice her playing with something on her hand.
"Wait." I say, taking her hand. "The heck is this?"
"It's my engagement ring." She whispers. My jaw drops. Ghoul hadn't mentioned this.
"How long have you two been engaged?" I ask her. You think a best friend would mention, oh by the way, I proposed and am going to get married as soon as we can. But no, he didn't.
"About a month." She says. "It was wonderful. I felt like I was high, on uppers. Like I was perfect and it doesn't mean anything now."
"Sun, open the door up." I hear Frank's voice from outside my door. "I know you're in here."
"She doesn't want to see you." I call while walking towards the door. I step out, hearing Sun start sobbing once again. "When were you planning on telling me you were engaged?" In my mind, I add to it. So I know how much time I had to change her mind and make her pick me.
"After we got married. When were you planning on telling me you were hitting on my girlfriend?" He asks. "What? You think I don't notice the looks you give her, the hugs in the morning that last just a moment to long? The jealous glares you try to hide when I get to tackle her in fight for a demonstration? Gerard, I've known you too long for you to try to hide stuff like that from me."
"I wasn't trying to hide it." I say. Lie.
"You sure as hell weren't screaming it from the rooftops!" Frank yells at me angrily.
"Would you? If I was dating her, and you wanted her, would you go around letting everybody know how much you wanted it to be you that she fell asleep next to? To have it be you that she wanted to spend her life with? To make it you that got to hear her moan your name out? No. You wouldn't. You don't give a care about her Frank. She caught you in bed with a stripper! I mean, dear god man, don't even pretend like you cared all that much about her." I'm getting angry now.
"You know what! You're wrong Party!" He screams back at me. "I would let her know I still wanted her! I still do! I made a stupid mistake, and I regretted it immediately after. All I could think about it during was her! Her face, her eyes, her name! Not the bimbo I slept with. No, all I could think about was Sun! You only want her because for once, I beat you in something. You always get the girls, and the second you don't get one, and I do, you want it!"
"You only proposed because you knew I liked her! Let me guess, you just asked her one day? Dropped to a knee, whipped out a ring and asked?"
"No! I proposed because I want to spend the rest of my life with her! Because I want her to be mine forever! And no Gerard, I put thought into it. She went out, and I left her all these little clues, until she found me. I made her search for me, and when she did, I got down, gave her this long speech about how much I loved her and how perfect she was, and then I asked. It was scary as anything. You need to get your facts straight before you start attacking people."
"She ripped the ghost charm off Frank! It's over, done with. You wanna come in and see what you've done to her?" I say, and swing the door open for him. "Sun! The liar is here." I call to her, and I hear her start sobbing harder. Frank steps inside, hand shaking.
"Sunnie?" He calls, and I frown. "Sunnie I'm so sorry."
"Save it! Get the hell out of here!" She screams at him between sobs.
Fun Ghoul moves closer, and I mirror his actions, just in case Sun did something stupid. "Sun, you now I love you."
"No, I thought you did. Take it, I don't want it anymore." She flings the small ring at hm, and it hits his chest. He catches it as it falls. It goes into his pocket, and she sobs some more, turning away from him. "Get out! I don't want to see you anymore! Go back to your striper; I'm sure you paid for a few more hours." She spits the words at him.
"Go. You need to leave." I say, pushing him out the door and locking it.
The memory fades to black. I'm back in the real world, half a bottle of tequila down, and taking another sip. I could feel the nice cloud of being drunk setting over me. It felt like I was welcoming back an old friend, I'd not gotten this drunk for quite some time. It's got to be about 5:30 now. Foget it, I thought. I'm not going to dinner.
I take another gulp, loving the burn in the back of my throat. Thank God I had several more bottles, lined up and ready to go. I finish off this bottle of triple sec, moving to the strawberry vodka. Where were those prescriptions? I knew I had some Vicodin or Ritalin around here….. Stand up, feeling the world spin under my feet. I stumble my way to a box in the corner, and open the cigarette box inside the cardboard mailing box. I dump out the colorful pills into my hand, and break all but two into my stash box again. I stumble over to the dresser, withdrawing a shard of mirror. I crush the pills, and quickly snort the powder. I follow it up with a swig of vodka as I stagger my way back to my bunk.
"Party?" A girly voice that set me on edge called. "Poison?"
"What you want?" I slur heavily, my tongue feeling heavy in my mouth.
"Party Poison, what's wrong with you?" The voice asks again, getting closer. A pair of tan legs appears in my sight line. Fun times!


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7 unexpected retirement expenses
Your retirement could last 30 or even 40 years. Keep these potential costs in mind before you blow your entire nest egg.
Preparing for retirement is talked about so often before retirement and so little after it that you would think the last day of the daily grind is the endgame. In reality, day one of retirement is just the beginning of another adventure.
You've worked hard all your life, and now it's time to kick back, relax and enjoy the fruits of your labor. But retirement can last for 20, 30 or even 40 years. Before you live it up early in retirement, make sure you thoroughly understand the implications of and plan for these events that can sting your retirement nest egg years down the road:
Extended long-term care could be needed. For most people, long-term care costs hit suddenly and unexpectedly. Some people end up needing temporary aid, while others will need care for a prolonged period of time.
Your parents may require assistance. Advances in medicine are allowing many people to live a longer life, which is wonderful because you might be able to spend more quality time with your parents. But unless they've taken great care with their finances, there may come a time when their nest egg is depleted. You can help them early by assisting with their financial plan, but you should also make a plan for other ways to support them.
Children may still need help. The economy is finally gathering steam, but many young people are still out of work. You may need (or simply want) to help out your children financially.
You may have unexpected travel plans. Not many people budget for one-time travel plans because they are difficult to foresee. But whether it's going to a grandchild's wedding or your best friend's 50-year wedding anniversary party, there are many occasions you won't want to miss.
Inflation will sap your purchasing power for decades after retirement. The effects of inflation can be felt long before you quit your day job. This phenomenon that reduces your purchasing power won't stop just because you handed in your resignation letter. In fact, accounting for inflation is even more important for retirees because you won't be getting salary increases as you did while you were working. Make sure to account for inflation in your retirement budget by assuming that you will need to spend an increasingly higher amount each year.
Moving costs could be a big expense in retirement. You may decide to migrate to a warmer climate soon after retirement, or you could want to stay close to your children whenever they relocate. Further into retirement, you may want to downsize for medical reasons or to spend less time maintaining a big home. Moving could work out great as long as you can afford the relocation costs.
There could be changes in the tax code or entitlement programs. It's almost impossible to predict what will happen to taxes and entitlement programs down the line. The important point to remember is that nothing is certain, so spread your risks by diversifying among pre-tax and post-tax retirement accounts, and don't rely too much on entitlement programs. You just never know.
Retirement is often a long journey, and you are likely to encounter many unforeseen costs. Make sure there is room in your retirement budget for a few surprises.
More from U.S. News & World Report:
As they say, you hit a point where you are worth more dead than alive.
Social Security is not an entitlement program. MSN needs to stop playing into the liberal agenda. The annual reports that I receive from the Social Security Administration (last one received over a year ago?) shows that the government has taken over $200K from me over the past 45 years. This with no guarantee that I will ever see any of it if/when I retire since politicians steal it from that fund to pay for other pork belly Bull Sh!t.
My 401k is just now coming back up since losing nearly 50% of the value in the market crashes. So I would relish the return of my Social Security money stolen by the government, since robbing Federally Insured banks is not an option for supplemental income.
This just goes to show because of the internet people gets paid to write stories with headlines that makes you think you might learn something new when you read it its just life
**** happens you or the government cannot protect every body from every thing
just plan for the worst and hope for a better outcome
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Dr. S. Alan Stern
Dr. Alan Stern is a planetary scientist, an author, and the Director of the Southwest Research Institute's Department of Space Studies in Boulder, Colorado. Dr. Stern is a researcher whose work has taken him to numerous astronomical observatories, to the south pole, and to the upper atmosphere aboard high performance military aircraft.
From 1991 to 1994 he was the leader of SwRI's Astrophysical and Planetary Sciences group at Southwest Research Institute in San Antonio. From 1983 to 1991 he held positions at the University of Colorado in the Center for Space and Geoscience Policy, the office of the Vice President for Research, the Center for Astrophysics and Space Astronomy (CASA). Before receiving his doctorate in 1989, Dr. Stern completed a master's degree in aerospace engineering and then spent seven years as an aerospace systems engineer, concentrating on spacecraft and payload systems at the NASA Johnson Space Center, Martin Marietta Aerospace, and the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics at the University of Colorado.
Dr. Stern has published over 150 technical papers and 50 popular articles. He has given over 100 hundred technical talks and dozens of popular lectures and speeches about astronomy and the space program. He has written two books, The U.S. Space Program After Challenger (Franklin-Watts, 1987), and Pluto and Charon: Ice Worlds on the Ragged Edge of the Solar System (John Wiley and Sons, 1997); additionally, he has served as editor on three technical volumes, and three collections of scientific essays, Our Worlds (Cambridge, 1998) and Our Universe (Cambridge, 2000) and Worlds Beyond (Cambridge, 2002).
Dr. Stern's research has focused on studies of our solar system's Kuiper belt and Oort cloud, comets, the satellites of the outer planets, Pluto and Triton, and the search for evidence of solar systems around other stars. He has also worked on spacecraft rendezvous theory, terrestrial polar mesospheric clouds, galactic astrophysics, and studies of tenuous satellite atmospheres.
Dr. Stern has over 15 years of experience in instrument development, with a strong concentration in ultraviolet technologies. Dr. Stern is a Principal Investigator (PI) in NASA's UV sounding rocket program, and was the project scientist on a Shuttle-deployable SPARTAN astronomical satellite. He was the PI of the advanced, miniaturized HIPPS Pluto breadboard camera/IR spectrometer/UV spectrometer payload for the NASA/Pluto-Kuiper Express mission, and he is the PI of the PERSI imager/spectrometer payload on NASA's New Horizon's Pluto mission. Dr. Stern is also the PI of the ALI CE UV Spectrometer for the ESA/NASA Rosetta comet orbiter. He was a member of the New Millennium Deep Space 1 (DS1) mission science team, and is a Co-investigator on both the ESA SPICAM Mars UV spectrometer scheduled for launch in 2003, and the Hubble Space Telescope Cosmic Origins Spectrograph (COS) scheduled for flight in 2004. He is the PI of the SWUIS ultraviolet imager, which has flown two Shuttle missions, and the SWUIS-A airborne astronomical facility. In this capacity, Dr. Stern has flown numerous WB-57 and F-18 airborne research astronomy missions. In 1995 he was selected to be a Space Shuttle mission specialist finalist.
Dr. Stern has been a guest observer on numerous NASA satellite observatories, including the International Ultraviolet Explorer (IUE), the Hubble Space Telescope (HST), the International Infrared Observer (ISO), and the Extreme Ultraviolet Observer (EUVE). He is also a regular user of various groundbased optical and submillimeter radio telescopes.
Dr. Stern has served on various NASA committees, including the Lunar Exploration Science Working Group (LExSWG) and the Discovery Program Science Working Group (DPSWG), the Solar System Exploration Subcommittee (SSES), the New Millennium Science Working Group (NMSWG), and the Sounding Rocket Working Group (SRWG). He was Chair of NASA's Outer Planets Science Working Group (OPSWG) from 1991 to 1994. Recently, he served as a panel member for the National Research Council's decadal survey on planetary science. Dr. Stern is a member of the AAAS, the AAS, and the AGU.
Dr. Stern's interests include hiking, camping, gardening , and writing. He
is an instrument-rated commercial pilot and flight instructor, with both powered
and sailplane ratings. He and his wife Carole have two daughters and a son.
Dr. Stern answers some questions for us:
The Pluto Portal: What interests
you about the exploration of Pluto?
Dr. Stern: I'm interested to see what Pluto looks like, what its atmosphere consists of, and what is has to tell us about the origin of the outer solar system. And equally importantly, I am interested in renewing the spirit of exploring new frontiers.
The Pluto Portal: What advice
would you give to someone interested in a career in space science?
Dr. Stern: If you think you have the talents and interest to go into space science, do it. It is a rewarding field and we need more good people. Choose a good school but do not specialize as an undergraduate-- let that wait for graduate school. Instead, pick a field like physics or geology or meteorology or chemistry for your undergraduate major. A broad base in one of the fundamental sciences is essential. Supplement this base with a variety of in-term and summer jobs, both technical and non-technical, and excel at your class work. Choose a graduate school that is highly ranked in your area of interest (e.g., astrophysics or planetology), and a professor who is both talented and creative. Work hard, play hard, and to the extent you can, focus on being a scientist even when you are in grad school, as opposed to waiting until you graduate.
The Pluto Portal: Do you
think Pluto is a planet, if so why or why not?
Dr. Stern: Of course Pluto is a planet, because its gravity has caused it to become round! This trait, roundness owing to self-gravity is the hallmark of planethood.
The Pluto Portal: Write
your own Pluto or Kuiper Belt Question someone from the General Public May
be interested in, and answer it!
Dr. Stern: When will New Horizons first glimpse Pluto?
Dr. Stern: Instruments aboard the spacecraft will first see Pluto about a year before we get there. Beginning about 10 to 12 weeks out, the images and spectra being obtained will surpass even the best product that the Hubble Space Telescope can produce, and they will continue to get better and better right up until the moment of closest approach when our images will have over 1000 times the resolution of the best Hubble Space Telescope images.
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Before & After: A Demo-Free Bathroom Renovation
I know there are those among you for whom the classic pink-tiled bathroom is a national treasure worth saving at any cost. And while I admire your commitment to preservation and in theory agree with you, in practice I know better — six years ago I bought a pre-War apartment with two pink tiled bathrooms and that turned out to be two too many for me. Check out how I completely changed the look of this bathroom without tearing out a single tile…
Even though I hated the pink, other than a few seriously cracked tiles and some ancient and totally useless built-in soap dishes (I still don't understand why you'd need two soap dishes by the sink) even I had to admit that the tile job was beautiful and had really withstood the test of time. I also didn't have the money for a complete gut rehab, which is what this and it's twin bathroom across the hall would really need since the tile wraps the whole room.
Thankfully, my mother-in-law suggested something I had never even heard of — tile refinishing. We were already planning on refinishing the tubs and I was pleased to discover that most tub refinishers will also do the tile, too. The cost is about 10-15% what redoing the tile in the bathroom would ultimately cost and it usually only takes about one day.
A refinisher will come to your house and prep the tile, filling in any cracks or replacing any really damaged tiles. He then will spray a special proprietary paint using a high-pressure sprayer evenly over the whole surface. It usually takes only a day or two to dry, depending on humidity. Be forewarned, however that the process is a very stinky one — it's best to do this when the weather allows you to open the windows for ventilation.
An unforeseen bonus to the refinished tile is that the grout is painted over, too, so you never have to worry about mold and mildew again!
All in all, I'm very pleased with the results and even more pleased with the money I saved. It's like I have a brand new bathroom!
Has anyone else refinished bathroom tile? Would you recommend it?
Images: Bethany Adams
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It looks great! We had our tub refinished and it looked brand new. The fumes were pretty awful though!
How long ago did you have the refinishing done? Do you know how long it will last? I'd love to do this in my bathroom. It looks great.
There should be a Pink Bathroom Survivors' Club! Ours was in terrible shape so we gutted it, but would have refinished if there hadn't been so many problems. Looks good.
Wow, what a transformation! Hope you enjoy your new bathroom! :-)
Personally, I would have kept the back trim. Anyway, this is great! Why spend more money and create more waste than you have to?
I had my tub refinished and am very pleased with the result. It was rough and dirty before but is now silky smooth and bright white. We have a window over the tub and just left that open with the door closed for a day or two to get rid of the smell.
Wow! Thanks for sharing, I had no idea such a process existed. I've got the same situation in my bathroom in baby blue rather than pink. It drives me crazy. I will look into this.
Inspiring! Love the transformation though I do agree that keeping the black trim could have looked amazing.
Did you do floor tiles, too? We have the worst floor tiles & I would love to just have them sprayed, if possible.
I had mine done before I moved into my current house about 6 yrs ago. The finish has chipped the most in the tub but still cleans up pretty well. We had turquoise trim and base cove that they taped over and kept. I say its a good 5 year fix. I think I will eventually gut it and redo everything mainly because the floor tiles are cracked and scuffed.
I've seen pink bathrooms that managed to look great despite the odds, but from the looks of the photo the pepto-bismol hue would have been a bit too much for me too. All in all, I think it looks fantastic! I had no idea that refinishing tile was a thing.
My only caveat with the after is that it doesn't have any personality anymore. Like the previously commenter, I personally would have left the black trim too. I hope you have/have plans to put some life back into it! A punchy shower curtain would look great.
Ok I admit, I love pink tile & would have changed out the mirror for something antique instead - staying with the vintage look. But understand that might have been prohibitively expensive. In any case, this looks quite new & great, too!
@smariel, you do realize that the medicine cabinet IS of the same era as the tile, don't you? Vintage mirrors (without medicine cabinets) are a more recent decor approach. (Not arguing that the change wouldn't look better, just that it isn't consistent with "preservation" or whatever...)
I love the white! You can do just about anything with accessories, now. (Pink, especially THAT pink, is gross to live with -- IMHO, of course.)
I had a bathroom like that but with the matching pink toilet and tub! Sold the house instead of re-doing. Your bathroom is lovely, enjoy.
That looks amazing. I love white in the bathroom. I want to get our tub refinished. Everything in the bathroom is white (tile, countertop), but the tub is almond. I hate it soooo much.
Inquiring minds are dying to know...how much did it run you?
I'd caution anyone with pets, children, respiratory problems, et cetera, to investigate these chemicals before having this done. We had a tub refinished a few years ago and the fumes were truly horrible.
I also would have kept the black trim. Otherwise, nice.
Can this be done to floor tiles? My pink bathroom is fine other than the floor...
We had our tub resurfaced and the fumes were awful. The company cautioned us that no living thing could be in the house while it was done so our pride of cats stayed at the vet. A guy prepared and taped the tub and then completed the work using a moon suit and a respirator.
We sat outside while it was done, and smell was horrendous. Fortunately it didn't last for more than a few hours but we were beginning to wonder if we would have to go to a hotel for the night. If you go through this process, be sure to do it in the summer so that all the windows and doors can remain open for a day or two.
The cats spent two days and nights at the vets. They were not happy.
Mine is refinished too and I do recomend it! I never had to worry about mold again!
It´s not perfect, one thing you didn´t say is that it needs a very deep cleaning on the tiles. And it can start peeling if not done perfectly.
It's great to see a post about pink bathrooms that isn't fawning over how adorably retro they are! I recently "made over" mine in a much less impressive fashion (It's still pink; I can't do anything to the tile... yet). Although my "after" isn't as lovely as yours, my "before" was a lot worse, too. I blogged about it and posted plenty of pictures here: http://luisadesignblog.blogspot.com/2010/12/my-pink-bathroom.html .
(Staceysk, I'd gladly join your Pink Bathroom Survivors' Club!)
An indication of price would be helpful.
We did this in our 1940s bathroom, which looks like a similar size to this one. Cost was right around $1700 for the tub and the tile (which in our case ranges from about 1/2 to 3/4 up each wall.) Totally worth it. The fumes are terrible, but if you find someone who does it properly, they should be able to vent it outside pretty. We (and out pets) we able to weather the storm no problem.
One thing to all the people who mentioned that they would have kept the border. We wanted to do that originally, but the quality of finish on the newly treated tile vs the adjacent vintage tile is pretty glaring. it really does look so much better to go all or nothing if you are considering getting it refinished.
I did this in my pre-war bathroom about 1 & 1/2 years ago. It looks great. Cost $1,500 to do tile, tub and toilet. The only problem is the rim of the toilet bowl - it has started to peel where the water hits it (they warned me about this). I may replace toilet eventually.
You do have to be very careful to not drop anything - I dropped a hanger and it caused a small chip on the tub.
Also - don't use harsh cleaners. The company that did mine provided me with a list of acceptable products.
Overall, I'm very happy with my decision.
Looked better before. How much did this temporary fix with bonus toxic fumes set you back?
The paints that are used for this process contain isocyanates, which are incredibly toxic.
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I'm going to do this to my bathrooms for sure! It's awesome. I had never heard of doing the whole bathroom. There is hope. :-)
the paint is toxic, but balance that against the waste created/resources used in gutting/replacing an entire bathroom. sustainability is never completely cut and dry. plus if you hire a reputable company, they will ventilate well and it shouldn't create too much of a negative impact on indoor air quality. at least it didn't in our experience.
I have a bathroom completely tiled in pink tiles (no regular walls at all). If this type of service is available in my country, I am definitely going to do it!
wait till it starts chipping, a total nightmare, not to mention hideous. we sooooo wish the previous homeowners had left the adorable charming pink tile the way it was. :(
What happened to the soap dishes? I would like to make mine disappear, but can't do a bathroom reno yet. My budget will only allow for a regrout.
Personally, if I had been that bothered by the pink tile, I would have carefully removed the tile, and retiled with a white tile. The pink tile could have been saved and sold or given to someone trying to fix or renovate a vintage bathroom. This way, perfectly good vintage tile has been lost for good. And as you said yourself, this is only a temporary fix, probably in the order of 5 years.
White subway tiles can be found for less than $1 per square foot; simple square white ceramic tiles even cheaper. We found tiling to be fun, and so would have no qualms about tackling such a DIY project. Even with higher end materials, such a small space would not be very expensive to retile.
The painted effect on the tile is not aesthetically appealing close-up, although it looks good in a photo. I especially dislike the painted grout; the painted grout in my opinion makes it look cheap when seen up-close.
I'm sorry, but this is exactly the sort of renovation project I would have counseled against in my old role of helping people renovate their old house...
p.s. Sherry Binh -- that mirrored cabinet is not the same vintage as the bathtub and tile, it is much more recent. They simply were not making medicine cabinets with that sort of frame profile in that period.
Part of the unease with the pink tiles is that the pedestal sink is new, and attempts to create a '30s vibe, as do the taps. That doesn't fit with the '5's-70 feel of the tiles and tub.
I think you were wise to paint the black trim white. My bathroom has black trim all the way around the room (just above the height of the towel bars) and it is a very visible dust collection area, needing to be wiped off every two or three days. :(
I don't know if they used this method or not, but the previous owner of my apartment painted over the tile floor in the bathroom, and the paint has chipped and peeled over time. It looks awful! So, forewarned, etc.
Can anyone give a price comparison of removing the wall tile and re-tiling versus this method?
We had the same pink tile in our bathroom. We needed to rip out the tile around the tub since the grout had disintegrated and water was getting in. It was a nightmare! We replaced the tile around the tub but ended up covering the rest of the pink tile with wainscoting. It looks really good and was very inexpensive and much less toxic than having the tiles replaced or refinished.
Looks good but makes me so glad we gutted our bathroom down to the studs.
My tub was refinished when I moved into my apartment 10 years ago. At first, I wasn't happy with the way it looked (blotchy, uneven coating) and Management was obliging enough to have it resprayed to my complete satisfaction.
If I recall, I couldn't use the tub for 2-3 days while it dried and cured so I stayed elsewhere. Upon my return, there was no strong chemical odor. The crew left the bathroom exhaust fan running and that was sufficient to expel chemical odors.
10 Years Later: Overall, the finish looks as new as it did when it was first applied 10 years ago. There are a couple of chips in the finish that I am sure I've made worse by my hard brush scrubbing when I clean. The finish will definitely chip if you drop something hard and heavy, like a full bottle of shampoo.
The finish also seems to be fairly susceptible to staining so you have to be diligent in quickly cleaning up hair dye residue and the like--and by quickly I mean I use cleaning spray while I shower when I dye my hair.
As I am renting, I didn't have to pay for the refinishing but I wouldn't hesitate to do so if ever needed when I get my own place.
My apartment must be pre-war also, because I have identical tiles in my bathroom but in mint green. (The toilet, sink, floor, and tub are also mint green.)
looks great! how do you find a good tile refinisher? i'd be nervous about choosing someone.
"national treasure worth saving"=) ...wow, these writers on AT, make me laugh,laugh and laugh with their wit - thank you for not-only providing great interiors but zest for life as well !!!
Save The Pink Bathrooms: http://savethepinkbathrooms.com/
I'm sorry. I can't understand how everyone can go completely wild over a bathroom with no color in it at all. Is this where all who are afraid to make their own decorating decisions are headed now? White is taking the place of brown and grey?
Come one, Bethany, do you have a favorite color? Use it!
Can you tell me who you used for the work. There is nothing better than a great recommendation.
Why? Why? Why?
This is really nice!!
Just curious, what happened to the built in soap dishes above the sink?
I've had the same issue in a rental. The worst is definitely the grout cleaning. Since it is a rental, I've only gone as far as modernizing it through shower curtains in black & white, silver metallic, plain white or black. I also coordinate towels, including floor towels you may find in swanky hotels. Easy to wash. Besides that, I'd LOVE to paint the entirety! Yours is like a million dollars in change ^_~
What cleaners did they list? I'm having a nightmare of a problem keeping ours in good condition in our rental and our landlord is not happy that it's chipping.
The mildew just don't come off with anything other than bleach.
Use a squeegie after taking a shower. If water sits on grout, it will start molding.


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"How do I bring up that they need to control themselves?"
You don't. You're just going to have to accept that your parents are sexual beings, and that sexuality is part of being an adult. When the time comes, you will probably be just as flirty and sexual when you are in a healthy relationship.
That said, if I don't miss my guess, it is probably normal for a teenager to start realizing that his/her parents are sexual beings and suffer a minor level of shock as a result. I remember being annoyed at being kept up by my parents having sex when I was a teenager - perhaps it was because I was finally old enough to be trying to get to sleep when they were likely to have sex in the first place.
All that said, if this still bothers you, and you still feel the need to speak up, remember this: you are in your parent's house, living under their rules. They do NOT answer to you. So any problem you might have with how flirty your parents are or how often they have sex at night is YOUR problem, not theirs.


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On October 15, 2011 join Jungle Island for the first ever Sabor Hispano festival in celebration of Hispanic Heritage month. Admission to the park for Sabor Hispano on Jungle Island is just $15!
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It' a Facebook fad that is sucking in young people all across America -- "The Most Beautiful Teen in the World."
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"I thought why not join it, I looked it up and it was really cool and fun," one teen said.
Teens sent their most beautiful pictures to the website. Some of the photos were selected and posted to a Facebook page for all the world to see. However, whoever runs it remains a mystery.
Many of the photos show boys with their shirts off, girls with their bikinis on and some appear to be at home, in their bedrooms and bathrooms.
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"She read them to me, several of them, and I couldn't handle hearing them because it just made me very upset and angry," Marcy Kemp-Rank said.
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"I think that was a good thing that they took it down. I think it was a way of bullying," Kemp-Rank said.
Disturbing to parents? Yes, but are websites like this the new way this cyber generation measures popularity?
Rachel Simmons is the author, "Odd Girl Out." She said it fans the flames of girls' insecurity, "and makes them feel even more self conscious, not just in real life, but now in every step they take online."
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Police Monday arrested a 16-year-old boy they believe is responsible for shooting at a school bus with a pellet gun, striking a student in the head, following a football game at Granite High School last week. Granite School District spokesman Randy Riplinger confirmed the boy arrested is a Granite High student. The boy, however, has not attended many days of class this year, he said. The boy was booked into the county juvenile detention center late Monday on suspicion of aggravated assault, a 3rd degree felony, said South Salt Lake police Capt. Chris Snyder. Several small fights broke out on the field after Cedar City's Canyon View defeated Granite's football team Friday night, Snyder said. As the Canyon View bus was leaving the school grounds, a car carrying Granite students pulled in front of it and at least one person got out and fired a shot. A Canyon View student was hit in the head with a pellet. The student was treated for the injury and allowed to return home with his classmates on the bus. - Michael N. Westley


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The mayhem in Boston the week of April 15 was a reminder of how an American city can be paralyzed by a homemade bomb. The same kinds of improvised explosive devices that menaced U.S. troops in Iraq and Afghanistan can easily be deployed by freelance terrorists or madmen trying to send a message, incite panic or just create a media spectacle.
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