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Financial Aid and Scholarship
Financial Aid Information
Information about financial aid (grants, scholarships, loans, and work-study) available at Hunter is provided in order to assist you in meeting the costs of enrollment at Silberman. There are two primary resources for financial assistance information for students at Silberman:
1. Hunter College Financial Aid Office
695 Park Avenue, NY, NY 10065
2. Scholarship and Financial Aid Office of Silberman SSW
2180 Third Avenue, NY, NY 10035
For more information on scholarships, please contact 212-396-7626
Silberman SSW Scholarship
Federal Loan Programs
The Hunter College Financial Aid Office is also responsible for administering federal loan programs. To learn about these programs, go to: www.hunter.cuny.edu/finaid. The Financial Aid Office website provides details about:
- Federal Direct Loans (William D. Ford Direct Loan Program)
- Federal Perkins Loans
- New York State Tuition Assistance (grants)
- Federal Work-Study
Financial Aid for Graduate Students
Specific information about financial aid for graduate students is available at www.hunter.cuny.edu/finaid/gradstudents.
New York State Financial Aid
Students who want to apply for federal and New York State financial aid can complete applications in one online session at www.fafsa.ed.gov. In addition, students who want to request a Federal Direct Loan must request the loan online at www.hunter.cuny.edu/finaid/dirloan.html.
School of Social Work Scholarships and Financial Aid
The Scholarship and Financial Aid Office of Silberman SSW will provide you with information on financing your SSW education. We have several different scholarships that we administer specifically for social work students. To apply to these scholarships requires the following steps:
- Complete the Silberman Scholarship/Tuition Waiver Budget Form (Word document link "Silberman Budget Form") and scan/save as a word or pdf document. You will be required to upload this document during completion of the online Silberman Scholarship/Tuition Waiver Submission Form. (Required)
- Update your resume and upload during completion of the online Silberman Scholarship/Tuition Waiver Submission Form. (Required)
- If applying for the Latino Social Work Task Force or Amy Watkins Scholarship, you must first complete the appropriate application form and save this document to upload during completion of the online Silberman Scholarship/Tuition Waiver Submission Form. (As specified by particular scholarship.)
- Complete online Scholarship/Tuition Waiver Submission Form and upload required documents as defined by scholarships for which you are applying. (Required)
- Dorothy and Alfred Silberman Tuition Waivers. Awarded according to a formula for determining level of financial need based on FAFSA.
- Grants for substitute child care. A limited number of grants may be available to students who demonstrate financial need and who require child care or payment for after-school programs. Grants are most often awarded to single parents.
- Latino Social Work Task Force. NASW. For Latino students who are NYC residents and planning to work with Latino populatuions after graduation. GPA of 3.5.
- Amy Watkins Scholarship. For incoming students whose major method is community organization. Committee of alums selects recipients.

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The Coach's Clipboard Playbook & Animations Instructions
After ordering this download, you will receive an email that has your login and password, and a special login page where you can re-download or upgrade your product (for one year after purchase) at no additional charge. You should save that email and use it if you need to download again.
But hopefully, you have already successfully downloaded the "Playbook & Animations".
Login - Password problems...To access your download account page, you must login with your username and password. Most login errors occur because the user does not enter the login or password correctly, often because there may be some CAPITAL letters involved. Both the username and password are case-sensitive, so pay attention to CAPITAL letters. Before requesting a new password, make sure you try it with correct case on all letters. Also make sure there are no leading or trailing spaces.
Example: Let's say my username is: RaiderCoach. This would be an incorrect login: raidercoach as the R and C must be capitalized.
Also see "Login Problem-Solver".
After downloading, install the program...Windows users:
The "CCPlaybookAnimationsSetup.exe" installation file has been downloaded to your computer. Run this setup file to install the program on your computer. Note the folder on your computer where this file is located. Using Windows Explorer (or the Start Menu, "Run"), go to that folder and click on the "CCPlaybookAnimationsSetup" file. The setup file will install the program for you... just follow the instructions. An icon will be placed on your desktop for loading the program.
Mac users:
After downloading "CCDeluxeDownload.zip", you must decompress this file using a decompression tool such as "Stuffit Expander" which you can download at:
PC users who prefer to use the zipped file ("CCDeluxeDownload.zip") can unzip it with Winzip. If you don't have WinZip, download it at: http://www.winzip.com/winzip/download.htm.
Launching the program.Although the program runs inside your default Internet browser, you do not need to be online. If you used the Windows installation program above (CCPlaybookAnimationsSetup.exe), there should be an icon on your desktop that you can click.
Another method of opening the program is to launch your Internet browser (Internet Explorer, Firefox, Chrome, Safari, etc), and then use the menu "File", "Open" and then browse and find the "CCIntro.html" file in the program folder and open it. You can save this link in your "Favorites" or as a "Bookmark" for future use.
FAQ's, Troubleshooting SectionQuestion 1: How do I launch the program?
See "Launching the program" above.
Question 2: The animations won't load. All I get is a blank window.
You can access an animation by clicking "Animated Diagrams" in the top menu and using the Animations index, or by clicking "Page Animation" in the top menu of the Playbook page. If animations do not load, then your computer may not have Adobe's Flash Player, which is required to view the animated files. If not, download the free Flash Player at: http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash.
If you are certain that you have the Flash Player and are using Microsoft Internet Explorer and still get a blank page, it might be because your computer has the latest Windows XP upgrade (service pack 2), which has caused some security issues. This should correct the problem:
...in your Microsoft Internet Explorer, click the "Tools" menu, and then "Internet Options". Then click the "Advanced" tab. Scroll down to the "Security" section. Check the top two boxes (they are probably unchecked):
"Allow active content from CD's to run on my computer."
"Allow active content to run in files on my computer."
"Allow active content to run in files on my computer."
Make sure those two boxes are checked. Then be sure to click the "OK" button. Hopefully the problem is now corrected!
Question 3: How do I view the articles? Overlapping text and graphics.
When you first load the program, the "CCIndex.html" page and menu will appear. Click "Playbook" in the menu. You can access, view and print all of the individual articles from the menu on the left (without any special word-processing software). If you find there is overlapping of text and graphics... in your browser's top menu "View" --> "Text Size". Make sure the text size is set to medium.
Question 4: Printing Questions
How do I print plays and other articles?
Open the Playbook. All the articles and plays are contained in the left-hand menu or the Playbook Index. Select the article you want to print from either the menu or the Index.
(1) For best results, use the "PDF Files" page, or click "PDF" in the top menu. There is a pdf file for each article, which you can print for a good clean printed page, no matter what your screen resolution is.
(2) If your monitor's screen resolution is 1024x768, you can usually get a good, clean printed copy by just clicking the browser's "Print" button, or using the menu's "File"-->"Print".
If using method (2) above, for a clean printout, configure your browser's print page setup as follows. Setting your browser's margins as instructed below is very important. Microsoft Internet Explorer users click the browser's menu, "File", then "Page Setup". If there is something in the "Header" and "Footer" text boxes, just clear those boxes. This will remove the annoying page header and footer file information. Also, very importantly, set the "Margins" as follows: left = 1.0, right = 0.5, top = 0.5, bottom= 0.5
Firefox users... under "File" --> "Page Setup", click the "Format & Options" tab, and then make sure the box next to "Shrink to Fit Page Width" is checked.
Is it possible to print the entire Playbook at once, rather than page by page?
Yes! MS Internet Explorer has this feature built-in. In the top menu, under "PDF", click "PDF Index". This page lists all of the Playbook's PDF (printable) doucments. Then select from your Internet Explorer top menu, "File" and then "Print". In this print dialog, click the "Options" tab at the top, and then check "Print all linked documents", and click the "Print" button at the bottom. Have lots of paper and ink on hand! If you only want to print certain segments (Half-Court Offense, Half-Court Defenses, etc), set your screen resolution to 1024x768, then click on one of those "key" category pages seen at the top of the main Playbook "index" page, and use the same instructions above.
Question 5: You refer to menus. I don't see any menus on any pages!
The menus require your computer to be java-enabled. Most are, but if yours isn't, go to this page for a solution: http://www.clipstream.com/help/visitorhelp.shtml
Question 6: Is it possible to skip the intro splash screen?
Yes, you can skip the splash screen. On the main page (CCIndex.html), scroll down the page and read "Option to Skip Splash Intro Page". Note that for this to work, your Internet browser and/or security software must allow cookies.
Question 7: What do the control buttons seen with the Animations do?
See the graphic and explanation below.
#1 stops or pauses the animation
#2 starts or restarts (after a pause) the animation
#3 rewinds the animation to the very beginning
#4 moves the animation back one frame
#5 moves the animation forward one frame
#6 moves the animation to the end (very last frame)
#7 when lit, causes the animations to go back to the beginning and replay when completed
Slider shows the progress of the animation, and you can slide it to advance or back up the animation.
|When you purchased this product, you were sent an email with your login, password and a page link where you can download the latest free upgrade. If you have lost that information, .
You can access the upgrade-download page from your product's top menu, "Help/Info" --> "Upgrade". You can also access the upgrade-download page from the Coach's Clipboard web-site by clicking "Upgrades" in the top menu.
When running the upgrade installation program (below), make sure you select the folder (directory) on your computer where you have installed the original files. On my computer, it is "C:\Program Files\CCPlaybookAnimations".
Question 9: I'm still having problems! Now what?
. Please make sure that your own email server will accept a return email from me, and that your email storage space is not full. In either case, I will not be able to get back to you, and this is frustrating for both of us! I will usually respond to your email within a day or two (unless I'm on vacation)... so if you don't hear back from me right away, check to make sure your email server will accept my email (your spam blocker may not allow me).
Copyright Notices
The Coach's Clipboard Playbook & Animations and all the contents of the Coach's Clipboard web-site, are under copyright protection. Unauthorized copying and distribution of this download or it's contents are prohibited by law. Copying is limited to coaches and players who may use the articles for their own team or organization only. Coaches are permitted to print any of the articles in the Playbook for distribution to their own players and coaches, or in creating their own team playbook. However, these materials may not be used on a web-site without permission from the Coach's Clipboard's author, James A. Gels.


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Dear Barb:
Is it me or is it getting harder to find people who will put in the hours to be good at this job? Out of the five people we hired last year, we only have two left, and they are average. They don't seem to have the commitment or work ethic that my current employees have; they are out the door at 5:00 pm.
When I suggested they may have to conduct research or talk to candidates during evening hours, I met with resistance and was asked if I paid overtime for evening hours. You would think these people would be grateful for their job and put more effort in to achieving their goals. Is this something I need to tolerate or am I not hiring the right people?
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Speedy Black Beans and Mexican Rice
More From Southern Living
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- 2 (8.8-oz.) pouches ready-to-serve Spanish-style rice
- 2 (15-oz.) cans black beans, drained and rinsed
- 2 (4-oz.) cans chopped green chiles
- 1/4 cup chopped fresh cilantro
- Toppings: sour cream, salsa, diced tomato, shredded Cheddar cheese
- 1. Prepare rice according to package directions.
- 2. Combine black beans and green chiles in a microwave-safe bowl. Microwave at HIGH 2 minutes or until thoroughly heated. Stir in rice and cilantro. Serve immediately with desired toppings.
- Note: We tested with Uncle Ben's Spanish Style Ready Rice.
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Speedy Black Beans and Mexican Rice Recipe at a Glance
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- DIETARY CONSIDERATION: Meatless
- COOKING METHOD: Microwave
- OCCASION: Winter, Chinese New Year
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Eating Japanese - a cry for help
I'll be going to Japan with my husband toward the end of May for 2 weeks. Although we are both adventurous eaters and I am an accomplished cook, I feel utterly overwhelmed by Japanese food. Of course we've eaten our share of sushi and tempura, but I realize that really don't understand Japanese food enough and want to at least have some idea of how to experience it. We'll be staying in Tokyo for about a week, then Osaka (Kyoto and I'm not sure where else yet) for another week. Mostly we'll be with friends or family, so we'll be looked after somewhat. But there will be times when we'll be wandering solo and I'd like to have some kind of quest. Please tell me what to eat and what to look for on my travels.
Although I'm not a expert in restaurants in Japan, the basements of department stores are really fun to check out. They have ALL kinds of food, already prepared and ready to eat. They also have desserts, baked goods, annything you can possibly imagine. The quality is pretty good, and it gives you a good variety of what japanese food is really about. There are other posts that you can check out- the basements are called "depachika", there are some reccomendations of which department stores are the best.
re: mmkanzaki
I have to second this recommendation. It might sound weird to go to a department store to check out the food department but it's really something to see. It's been a couple of years but if I remember right, the prepared foods (bakery, candy, pickles, sashimi etc) are on one level of the basement and the grocery store is on the next one down. Check out both. When we were there, a fishmonger was filleting an enormous tuna with a crowd of onlookers. It's also fun to check out the outrageously expensive (but absolutely flawless) fruit. I believe Takashimaya in Tokyo is the best but any of the large department stores will have them.
If you have time before your trip, you might want to track down a copy of the Lonely Plant Word Food guide on Japan. It's very basic, but does a fair job of covering most areas of Japanese cuisine. It's also small enough that it wouldn't be too burdensome if you wanted to take it with you for reference.
re: Debbie M
Actually that might be a good idea. I do have the Lonely Planet Japan - but haven't read through it yet. Might have enough food info there to help me. Thanks for the suggestion.
And thanks to everyone else too. It's really really stupid - I have this absolute vacuum of knowledge when it comes to Japanese food. I've travelled a lot, know a great deal about European, Middle Eastern, Chinese, North, South and Central American cuisine - but Japan intimidates me. Don't get me wrong - I'll eat it when I see it, but there seems to be so much to learn about that cuisine that I find myself very much overwhelmed. I'll start by reading.
If you want to see what the typical Japanese actually eat, you must try out the noodles, whether ramen, udon, soumen, or soba. If you're going for Soba, try the Kanda area in Tokyo. Cold zarusoba this time of year is great if the heat has you down. Real(however you define it) ramen is harder to get in Tokyo, but there are a good number of fairly good places. Once you go towards Osaka, try out the udon. Also, try out the yakiniku (charcoal grilled meat), which is a modified edition of Korean barbecue. And just like the states, give the bar food a try. If you'd like to start safe, try a western style bar to see how the Japanese add a twist to western favorites, of if you're feeling adventurous, give a traditional izakaya a try.
re: moki
There are good-quality soba shops all over Tokyo; I personally don't think it's worth the effort to go to Kanda if one just wants to try soba (especially without a specific restaurant recommendation). And it's not particularly hot yet.
I'm surprised to hear you say that real ramen is harder to find in Tokyo - ramen shops seem to outnumber soba shops by several times.
I'm not sure that Korean barbecue would be one of my top recommendations for an introduction to Japanese cuisine. At any rate most newer Korean places (in Tokyo anyway) seem to focus on "modern Korean" rather than just barbecue.
I'm not sure that going to a Western-style bar would be one of my tips for exploring Japanese cooking. I'd definitely agree with trying out an izakaya, perhaps a modern izakaya even more than a traditional one.
re: Robb S
I agree on all your points. Soba is a nice lunchtime option where ever you happen to be. And Tokyo is THE center of the ramen universe. Period.
I would argue that no chowhound worth their weight in salt should consider izakaya "adventurous" and consider not going to one as they, in many ways, represent the modern Japanese dining ethos. Izakaya of some variety, are not to be missed by gourmet visitors to Japan.
re: Sushiqueen36
Aha! Sorry - I didn't check the Japan board when we got home. Oh it was a fantastic trip. And yes, I ate everything I could get my hands on and it was fantastic.
A few outstanding moments. In Osaka, a ramen place called Ippudo which had just plain fantastic ramen and the best gyoza I've ever had. It's in central Osaka - sorry I don't have an address because I stupidly didn't take notes on this trip. In Tokyo, fantastic sushi for breakfast at the Tsukiji fish market. Just picked a little place at random and it was the best sushi I've ever eaten. Maybe not so fancy but delicious! Stayed overnight in the town of Koyasan at a Buddhist monastery where we had beautiful meals - dinner and breakfast - and were able to be present at the morning prayers. One super-blow-out meal at a place we were taken to by our hosts who live in Tokyo. It was on a very high floor of a building somewhere in Minato-ku (I think) and had a fabulous view and gorgeous food. But I mean gorgeous in the visual sense, mostly. It wasn't really Chow-ish at all and I don't even want to think what it must have cost them.
I ordered noodles from a vending machine; ate takoyaki at the epicentre in Osaka (yoiks! I didn't like it!); tried these strange wiggly sweets on the street in Kyoto; ate really fantastically interesting wasabi ice cream, had sushi from a conveyer belt (meh); went to some kind of cook-it-yourself place with nephew in Osaka (delicious but not memorable).
About the depatchikas, enough has been said. But personally - OMG. I have a thousand photos of food and only two or three of temples. I exaggerate, of course, but not much.
I came home with a suitcase full of odd things, including some super-wonderful knives. More about that in a separate email. Oh and I loved buying those bento boxes to take on the bullet train - they were so beautiful and just spectacular to eat while the countryside whizzed by.
It was a seriously excellent trip. I can't believe that place. We were there because my husband has an exhibition of his artwork at the gallery in the Canadian embassy in Tokyo (still on until end of August, if anyone is interested!) - but I made it into a food expedition too. Fantastic.
re: Nyleve
Thanks for the report! Sounds like you really did make the most of your food experiences and I'm sure you have a much better understanding of the variety of Japanese food now! I traveled to Koya-san 2 years ago with a friend and they really do a beautiful job with vegetarian food. The train ride there is also pretty interesting! I envy that you bought knives there- I intended to but didn't do my homework well enough before leaving. I'll look for that post and plan to do that on my next trip.
re: Sushiqueen36
It's a sad knife story, actually. So if you don't want to be depressed, don't read my post. They were beautiful knives, though. Were, being the operative word.
re: Nyleve
Too late. Very sad. Do they have any way for you to recover them if they are found?


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Assuming that you live somewhere where they won't pay you good money to bring in your aluminum cans, you might be more interested in recycling them. As such, you know that it's a good idea to crush said cans first to make them easier to transport, and to make it so you don't have to haul them in near as often because you can get more in a trash bag. Enter the Zertronix Automatic Aluminum Can Crusher, a spetacular prototype of a device that runs on a rechargable battery and crushes cans.
We've all see can crushers before, but precious few of them that are both automated and designed specifically to be included in a household's decor. We've seen some thyroidal monsters before and they do the job, but you wouldn't want one in your kitchen. The Zertronix model, however, is a simple, sedate black job and looks good with most any decor.
And word is this little fella can go the distance in terms of battery life too, surprising since it's a can crusher. It's still apparently in the design phase, so call this a concept for now. But I don't know if it'll ever replace the good old fashioned stomp or even more old fashioned forehead crush or still more old fashioned two flat rocks.


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It's the best book season. Nothing says fall more than a blanket, a good book and good comfort food. I have a handful of books to review and I can't wait to find the perfect fall/winter recipes to go with them.
1) The Shining Girls
2) We Are Water
3) The Goldfinch
4) The Girl You Left Behind
5) The Returned
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Tiger: 'My Wife Went Through My Phone'
Apparently Tiger Woods knew his wife might be on to his alleged "transgressions" when he called 24-year-old cocktail waitress Jaimee Grubbs and begged her to remove her name from her outgoing voice mail message.
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There is nothing as comforting as a bowl brimming with warm bread pudding. Add mangoes and spices inspired by the world's love affair with Indian chai (tea), and you will make every excuse in the book to indulge in this soothing, after-dinner treat.
Servings: 8 servings, 1/2 cup each
Prep: 20 mins
Total: 1 hr 35 mins
4 cups stale (but not dry) white bread slices, cut into 1/2-inch cubes
2 large ripe mangoes, peeled (see Tip) and cut into 1/2-inch cubes (3 cups)
2 cups fat-free milk
2 eggs, lightly beaten
2 tablespoons light or dark rum, (optional)
1/2 cup packed dark brown sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
1/2 teaspoon ground cardamom
1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
1/4 teaspoon ground black peppercorns
1/8 teaspoon salt
1. Position rack in the center of the oven; preheat to 350 degrees F. Coat an 8-inch square baking dish with cooking spray.
2. Toss bread cubes and mangoes together in the baking dish.
3. Whisk milk, eggs, rum (if using), brown sugar, vanilla, cinnamon, cloves, cardamom, ginger, pepper and salt in a medium bowl. Pour over the bread and mangoes; allow the mixture to soak for about 5 minutes.
4. Bake the pudding until it is set and a knife inserted in the center comes out clean, about 1 1/4 hours. Serve warm for best flavor.
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hipKey Proximity and Movement Alarm
hipKey Proximity and Movement Alarm
Product Information
The hipKey is a high tech way of keeping track of your valuables. Simply attach the device to the item of your choice and you're ready to go. Made of a sculptured one-piece anodised aluminium ring surrounded by high-quality plastic parts, its sleek oval form fits perfectly in your palm or pocket. You can even attach it to your keys.
Alarm Mode
Warns you if you forget your iPhone or iPad or if someone attempts to steal it.
Child mode
Alerts you if your child wanders too far away from you.
Motion Mode
Put hipKey in your bag and you are alerted if someone moves it.
Find Me Mode
Quickly find your iPhone, iPad or your keys at any time.
- Maximum range of up 50 metres
- Loud alarm (90dB)
- Clear vibration indications
- Motion detection
- Rechargeable battery with micro USB
- Battery lasts two to four weeks between charging
- Iconic aluminium design
- Durable and flexible key hanger
- Four key features designed to keep an eye on your valuables
- Fits perfectly in your palm or pocket
Did you notice?The hipKey is incredibly small and lightweight at only 50 mm in diameter.
Apple Recommends ForFinding your belongings quickly and easily – you'll never lose your iPhone again.
What's in the Box?
- hipKey Proximity and Movement Alarm
- Micro USB cable
- Key hanger
- Quick guide
Tech Specs
- Other Features: Bluetooth
- Power Source: USB
- Height: 8 mm/0.31 in.
- Width: 50 mm/1.96 in.
- Weight: 22 g
- Length: 50 mm/1.96 in.
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Part Number
- Mfr. Part Number: HIPPIH-HIPKEY-EMEA
- UPC or EAN No.: 5710315007001
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It is human nature to be forgetful, to be distracted, to be careless. Especially in stressful situations. That's how we lose or forget things. Imagine leaving behind your iPhone. What a catastrophe! hipKey solves this problem. You'd be lost without it.
Hipkey is ultimately an advanced wireless proximity accessory that will establish a permanent low power connection to your iPhone or iPad. If you keep hipKey on you, it will always help you not to forget your iPhone or iPad. However hipKey comes with many other features. E.g. use hipKey to keep your running child in range or to protect your camera bag when your hipKey is placed inside it. Or what about monitoring a sleeping child or using hipKey as a door alarm with its motion sensor. The possibilities are endless.
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Great Idea I wish that I had thought of this
I remember years ago there was a device that made sounded an alarm if you whistled in the proximity of your keys. I got one and I remember years ago there was a device that made sounded an alarm if you whistled in the proximity of your keys. I got one and was disappointed as you had to be in the hearing distance of the keys.
A free app needs to be downloaded from the app store, but thats not that difficult.
20 years later there is a new improved version of the keyfinder that has the added benefit of being able to find your phone too.
There are three main uses for me:-
1 . Finding lost keys
2. Finding lost phone
3. Ensuring that you don't leave anywhere leaving one of these essentials.
There is a proximity detector that goes of if your devices get separated. Also, a movement detector and child mode (that I don't get)
Great product, decent app, wish I invented it. The bluetooth range is key to this device. …
- Written by Terry R from Harlow
70 of 81 people found this useful
Simple & easy to use good bit of kit
I've been playing with this all day I can see it has a lot of potential and for £60 I would say it is worth the money because it l I've been playing with this all day I can see it has a lot of potential and for £60 I would say it is worth the money because it looks really cool and is just the right size and shape so when it's attached to your keys doesn't draw attention to itself but looking at it it closer it's very cool, theres a big find me button that looks a bit like the apple home key press this button and it alerts your phone or use the app to find your keys. It's important to remember bluetooth doesn't have a very long range it states 50m but forget about that if your inside, walls etc. effect the signal so even in a three storey house it goes out of range but in a large office or supermarket this is where I think it would get used most, home use not so good. …
- Written by Larrie K from CHESTERFIELD
61 of 73 people found this useful
Waste of Money
Great idea for a product, unfortunately it is very poorly executed.
They call the device a "hipKey", but note in their FAQ, tha Great idea for a product, unfortunately it is very poorly executed.
They call the device a "hipKey", but note in their FAQ, that it will not work if you put it on your keyring and carry it in your pocket. They added this FAQ _after_ I purchased their product. The result is lots of false alarms, rendering the product literally unusable.
The iOS app itself is very poorly done. It is unstable, locks-up quite often, settings are sometimes lost, connection to the hipKey is often lost, alerts are not always audible due to apparent bugs in handling of the mute button, distance presets does not affect alarm range and battery life of my iPhone 5 is seriously affected when running the app in the background.
I would advice against buying this product, it is a waste of money. Pity, it sounds like such a great product when you read about it. …
- Written by Henrik Brix A from Aarhus C
51 of 61 people found this useful
It doesn't charge, terrible waste of money. Apple shouldn't have it on the store.
- Written by Julian H from NOTTINGHAM
1 of 1 people found this useful
Broken and can't be repaired
My Hipkey just stopped working after about 8 months. On emailing the manufacturers about a repair I've had no response. However My Hipkey just stopped working after about 8 months. On emailing the manufacturers about a repair I've had no response. However useful it is it's no use if it's not reliable and the makers can't or won't repair it. I'll also mention that when it did work it is quite clunky and inconvenient to set up. Also it only supports 1 divide and as I have an iPhone and an iPad that is a major disadvantage. …
- Written by Robert B from Colburn
1 of 1 people found this useful
it constantly beeps and disconnects
Though the idea is great, the hardware (or connect technology with iPhone 5) is filled with errors, my hip key disconnects all the Though the idea is great, the hardware (or connect technology with iPhone 5) is filled with errors, my hip key disconnects all the time... not an issue if you have configured the "safe zones", but that doesn't seem to work either.
in the end, a very plastic kind of expensive key hanger. …
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The Foundation for Undergraduate Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity (FURSCA) on Ceramic Process by Soe Yu Nwe in summer 2011 and 2012 at Albion College.
Project advisors: Lynne Chytilo and Anne McCauley
Mentors: Anne Barber and Gary Wahl
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I included work from my 1st Fursca (summer 2011), sculpture, "House", and 3rd Fursca (spring 2013), "Love Story", video, in the Ceramic Triennial Exhibition at Woods Gerry Gallery at Rhode Island School of Design.
Love Story ( Red Hands Re-edited)
Stop-motion animated video (enacted by stoneware ceramic objects)
lunch break, my head aches.
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Wood fired these!
I talked to the artist in residence a couple of weeks ago when I requested her to critique my work. She likes my prints and drawing because of the attention to detail. She asked me what problems I have, and I told her about my struggle with controlling colors. I told her I like them too much so it's hard for me to control them. She thought what i said was funny and she said I should practice using colors as a tool, with strategy and manipulation . A tool is something you use to achieve a goal. So there is certain level of detachment and objectiveness involve in the action. So I asked myself if I haven't been using colors as tools, what have I been using them as? I realize I had been playing with them. .. Engaging with them, my affection and imagination instead of my logistics and strategy. They were my toys, and hence the mess, the chaos, the disappointment and dissatisfaction. I have to start thinking of them as tools, instead of as toys. Use them discriminatingly according to their purpose.use them for their effective visual communicative function instead of playing with them for my own personal satisfaction. Let them serve their intended purpose. They should be my teammate instead of my playmate.
Yesterday, I gave a presentation at the Elkin Isaac Student Research Symposium on the body of work I have created during FURSCA projects.
Narratives on "House"
Faculty Sponsors: Anne McCauley, Lynne Chytilo
Major: Art
Hometown: Yangon, Myanmar
Narratives on "House" originate from my interest in the use of symbols such as a house, a shrine or a body as metaphors for the human emotional and spiritual condition as I see and experience it. This condition is expressed in amalgamations of human figures, natural, and architectural forms that meld into one uncertain but solid dreamlike spectacle in the sculpture "House". I strive to explore, narrate and encapsulate these emotional and spiritual experiences in various art forms such as drawing, printmaking, sculpture, artist's books and video. The resulting narratives come together in a body
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White Widow reported killed by Kenyan security forces
Here's everything you need to know about Samantha Lewthwaite:
A British official told Andrew Malone of the London Daily Mail that a British woman known as the "White Widow" was suspected to be among the terrorists involved in the Kenya attack. Samantha Lewthwaite, 29, converted to Islam and married a Muslim man, Jermaine Lindsay, she met through an online chat room when she was 17. Lindsay killed himself in a suicide bombing that was one of the so-called "7/7? attacks on July 7, 2005, that killed 52 people in bombings on subways and buses in London.
Self-hating whites are as misguided and evil as the adherents of any other suicide cult. It's a pity they have to take others down with them.
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Please hand me the emetic,sir.I need to vomit.That race-traitor makes me sick.
If she were an American, I'd probably suspect her of being an Episcopalian, at least a former one. Sad …
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If you recall, the Woolwich slasher had some business for the intelligence services in Kenya. Honestly, these are black ops that are more complex than "racial" treason.
We have entire communities of Somalis up north, as a result of our failed immigration policy. (And they are reporting that American Citizen/Somalis are in the fight in Kenya?)………Yet, we tell Swedes and Norwegians that they don't meet our immigration quota standards!…………..Makes me Puke!!!!
The concept/strategy by the ZOG is that, "If the Americans suffer enough pain through homegrown terrorists, they will be more sympathetic with our Palestinian dissidents."
It's BS!
part of it is they're just crazy/stupid – same as our leaders. Jews expect to continue living in the US, don't want Muslim terrorism here to drive them out.
An interesting conclusion from the Unz study is Jews might get positions in ivy league unis they don't deserve, but they aren't strong academic achievers now. They're too secure here – not striving to excel, don't have to struggle here.
At least in theory, it's the same cause that brought whites down in the US: we grew soft.
RonL, Eugene Girin, Dr. Gottfried, Auster, etc. noticed the unwanted trends. They can't seem to stop it.
Before the Soviet Union collapsed, Americans thought it powerful, strong. All of this said, Gentile whites are more corrupt than Jews, though while Jews are reproducing the Orthodox tend to be lower IQ. We have plenty of problems, but they're suffering similarly.
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"Before the Soviet Union collapsed, Americans thought it powerful, strong."
Team B–made up largely of what ethnic group?–created that image out of whole cloth.
Well, a weak elite won't remain elite. You can't just appoint people who aren't deserving. If they're not capable, they'll fall.
The strongest Jews in the study were the immigrant Jews, who were made to struggle here. They just lack any sort of threat whatsoever. Apparently fantasies of Nazis hiding in the closet isn't good enough.
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Was an American security team inside Kenya massacre mall?
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2431471/Kenya-attack-Was-US-security-team-inside-mall-Harvard-grad-Bendita-Malakia-says-rescued-Americans.html#ixzz2fuHOKAm9


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Michael L. Munger, MD, FAAFP, a family physician in Overland Park, Kan., has been elected to the board of directors of the American Academy of Family Physicians. The AAFP represents 115,900 physicians and medical students nationwide. Munger was elected to a three-year term by the AAFP's governing body, the Congress of Delegates.
As an AAFP board member, Munger advocates on behalf of family physicians and patients nationwide to inspire positive change in the U.S. health care system.
Munger has been a practicing family physician in the Kansas City metropolitan area for 27 years. He is currently in full-time practice at Saint Luke's Medical Group in Overland Park, Kan., where he also serves as medical director for Saint Luke's South Primary Care. The group has 89 members at 11 different sites, all of which have received Level 3 patient-centered medical home designation from the National Committee for Quality Assurance. He formerly served as medical director for Sweet Life at Grand Court Assisted Living, also in Overland Park. Previously he practiced for 16 years at Group Practice Hickman Mills Clinic, Inc., in Kansas City, Mo.
Munger also served as a volunteer clinical assistant professor at the University of Kansas School of Medicine in Kansas City, Kan., and as associate faculty at both the Baptist Medical Center Family Practice Residency in Kansas City, Mo., and the University of Missouri – Kansas City School of Medicine.
A member of the AAFP since 1986, Munger has served on numerous commissions and committees, including the Commission on Education and AAFP Scientific Program Committee, both of which he also chaired. He currently serves on the Commission on Health of the Public and Science, and is serving his third year as the Kansas Academy of Family Physicians delegate to the AAFP Congress of Delegates. Previously, he served three years as Missouri's delegate to the COD. Munger deepened his COD involvement by serving on the Reference Committee on Education, the Reference Committee on Public Health and chairing the Credentials Committee.
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Need help on a color with old oak kitchen cabinets
February 5, 2013 in Design Dilemma
I need to find a color that will make this kitchen look better. Ive painted the family room which is cathedral, smooth stone from glidden and one wall wood smoke from glidden. This is a rental home I have to rent for about 1-2 years. I can't change the cabinets or the appliances. I can paint the Formica (yuck) countertops. The countertops are painted now with a blue/grayish color. Need help. Trying to get it finished so I can move in soon. Any suggestions will help. Thanks!!
Check out rustoleumtransformations.com and "Instant Granite" for some ideas.
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Thanks I will. Any other suggestions will be helpful too.
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Oh. What I meant to say was that, I CANNOT paint the cabinets. I CAN paint the countertops. I needs wall color.
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You don't want a wall color just for the kitchen, right? It needs to flow into the other rooms, and match the style and tenor of the house.and furniture. What will the famiy room look like?
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Black would look great. Make sure that you add a few coats of a poly top coat to protect the newly painted surface.
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I totally agree with the black - it could be fabulous. Not shiny and slick, though - a blt of a rubbed look with some red or gold showing through.
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Dark grey or charcoal (or even midnightblue) walls, up to 1ft from the ceiling. I bet the countertop will look better next to a dark color too. If you still want to paint the countertop, smooth stone is a very nice color!
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A modern day revamp (of sorts) of the 1980s teen classic Adventures in Babysitting meets The Hangover for tweens, the feature debut of television writer/producer Josh Schwartz is a mess of a movie.
A gaudy, simple-minded fiasco that's too dumb for adults and too suggestive for kids.
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An offensive and obnoxious comedy that never feels secure in its own identity.
Full Review | Original Score: 0.5/5
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Justice makes a likeable lead but director Josh Schwartz's comic touch is distinctly leaden and a high proportion of the would-be funny scenes - some of them involving an uncredited Johnny Knoxville - fall flat.
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Nickelodeon goes outside their comfort zone with Fun Size, but the film is very hit or miss, with an inconsistent tone.
Full Review | Original Score: 5.5/10
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It's pure Nickelodeon stuff: bubblegum high jinks that's short on laughs but also, mercifully, shy on offending, too.
Full Review | Original Score: 3/5
Here's yet another example of a DVD film inexplicably receiving a full-on cinema release...It doesn't help that Victoria Justice, pretty as she is, does not exactly ignite the screen with comic charisma.
Full Review | Original Score: 2/5
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Fun Size is the Nickelodeon equivalent of a Hallmark card for Halloween. Even the target audience will be asking their parents when it's polite to dispose of it after the holiday.
Full Review | Original Score: 0.5/5
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The incongruous, colourful and bizarre are jumbled together in a Halloween size pumpkin in this occasionally puerile, at times endearing and often silly comedy in which a giant fake chicken violates the rear of a yellow Volvo as its ultimate low.
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Genuine laughs develop in the wake of a pretty teenage nerd.
Barely developed characters come and go while faux edgy jokes and obscure American pop cultural references fall flat.
Full Review | Original Score: 1/5
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Tweenies are more forgiving than I am.
Full Review | Original Score: 2/5
You know you're in trouble when a madcap comedy is unable to even raise a smile.
Full Review | Original Score: 1.5/5
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The good news about this film is that it's only 96 minutes long. The bad news is that it is 96 minutes long.
Full Review | Original Score: 1/10
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It's the usual assemblage of grossout horrors provided for your alleged amusement... The freshly upsetting thing here is that this is a Nickelodeon production -- you know, the cable network for kids...
As ever, "fun size" translates to "no fun whatsoever".
Full Review | Original Score: 1/5
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A gross, sprawling and barely credible teen comedy.
Full Review | Original Score: 2/5
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that electric utilities pay in to the fund, given what it called DOE's "continuing delays and lack of progress." It continued: "The DOE's failure to resolve the spent nuclear fuel issue is a threat to Virginia." (Re Investigation of Spent Nuclear Fuel Disposal, Case No. PUE950060, July 18, 1995 [Va.SCC].)
A Public Discussion
A few weeks ago on June 12, the Minnesota Department of Public Service (DPS) became the first state agency to challenge the DOE on the record. It issued a formal recommendation that the state public utilities commission (PUC) should allow Northern States Power Co. to withhold payments into the waste fund and direct them instead to an escrow account for nuclear waste and disposal.
Janet Gonzalez, speaking for the DPS, said the Minnesota PUC would solicit comments and then reply comments (due July 13, and August 21) on the DPS recommendation, and would schedule a hearing "sometime after September 1" and "most likely late fall."
DOE told me it would issue no official comment and will wait to see what the Minnesota PUC does.
I also talked with Gary Johnson, vice president and general counsel at Northern States Power. "We share the frustration (em the outrage (em that the DPS expresses, in that our customer's money has not been fully utilized for its intended purpose."
Although it might appear as a victory for utilities, an endorsement of the DPS recommendation by the Minnesota PUC would place utilities at risk of having their nuclear operating licenses by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, presumably acting on a request from DOE.
"That threat has been articulated to us in the past by the DOE," said Johnson. "But we are optimistic on the outcome of the lawsuit against DOE. Oral argument was held the first week in January and, based on the comments of the Judges at the hearing, we are confident that the court will rule that DOE must begin accepting waste in 1998.
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At press time, a ruling was expected shortly on the federal court suit. "A reasonably knowledgeable source tells me it could come 'at any time,'" said McCarthy. "The Coalition is in a state of expected readiness."
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"No, see Brer Rabbit lives in the briar patch," I say, "so it's reverse psychology when he begs Brer Fox not to toss him in there."
"Like if I pleaded with you not to take me to San Francisco?" Alice says.
"Well kinda, except that you're not from San Francisco."
"But I want to be."
"Lucky for you, we're halfway there."
Alice has taken over the stereo and we're listening to Devin The Dude's "Briarpatch" as we fly along Interstate 5 on our way to San Francisco. I've spent the last ten minutes giving her the Cliffs Notes of Uncle Remus, complete with cultural context. It's part of our little unspoken game; I listen to her music and she abides my literary lectures.
We're making our third trip to Dimensions Health Clinic today. On our first visit, we met Dr. Diane and Alice submitted to a full physical. On the second visit, we acquired a prescription for Spironolactone, an anti-androgen which blocks the production of testosterone. This means that she won't develop further secondary sex characteristics any time soon. For as long as she continues the medication, her voice won't get deeper and she won't grow facial hair. It is, in effect, as if puberty has been put on pause. One of the things that makes agreeing to Spironolactone a no-brainier is the fact that its effects are reversible. If she stops taking this particular medication, puberty will proceed normally.
In the month since Alice's revelation, we've had many conversations about estrogen. I've researched the hell out of hormone therapy and still wasn't ready to agree to it until a couple of nights ago when Jay brought it up.
"Al has a hint of an Adam's apple. I noticed it tonight at dinner." He lifts his hand to his own throat. "And all I could think was six months sooner and we could have caught that."
It hits me then that if we are committed to going down this road, then withholding one of the necessary keys simply because I'm afraid of what other people will think is cruel.
If I honestly believe that Alice is Alice and not Jordan, which I do, then withholding hormone therapy makes little sense. If she were ten or twelve, there'd be more time to think about it, but she'll be sixteen in three months and I've seen those sixteen year-old girls. She's got some catching up to do.
With her arm out the window, riding the waves of wind, Alice sings along with Devin:
"You can carve me
tie me up and starve me
put me on the grill
still nothing can harm me
like the briar patch."
Nestled into San Francisco's Castro District, Dimensions Health Clinic is known for its treatment of and support for transgender youth. Currently, our insurance won't cover these visits or her meds, so we're out-of-pocketing the sliding-scale fees. It's worth it though to walk into a place where no one looks at you funny, where you don't have to explain yourselves and educate people with an alphabet of letters after their names, hoping to god they understand.
The waiting room itself makes me smile. We sit among girls with traces of facial hair and boys with visible binders beneath their t-shirts. Some of them blend in like Ari and William, others will never blend but still dare to be who they are. Just a few short weeks ago, I might have felt out of place here, but sitting beside Alice, in this long line of plastic chairs, I am completely at ease.
Dr. Diane spends twenty-five minutes with us. She asks Alice more probing questions and answers every one of mine. She's clear about what kind of physical results we can expect from the estrogen as well as the common side effects.
"If you can find a GP near home who's willing to manage Alice's meds," Dr. Diane says, "I'll be available to consult." She hugs Alice as she hands over a prescription for Estrodial. "Otherwise, I'll see you next month."
On our way out, I stop at the reception desk to make a follow-up appointment. Alice stands beside me, fanning herself with her prescription. A red-headed woman seated near the front of the waiting room leans towards her.
"Titty Skittles?" she asks, gesturing towards the prescription.
I laugh out loud.
"Yes!" Alice says grinning .
"First time?" the redhead asks.
Alice nods, still grinning.
"Welcome to the club. I'm Marie. Two years HRT."
We must look momentarily confused because she follows with, "Hormone Replacement Therapy," then pivots and with a perfectly manicured finger, starts pointing at others in the waiting room. "That's Julia, four months; Emma, six weeks; and over there is Yvette…forever."
The last woman Marie points to scowls. "What the hell you talkin' about my business for?"
"Little sister here just got her first E scrip," Marie says.
There's a smattering of applause, but the older scowling woman just says, "Harrumph," and goes back to her magazine. As we're walking out past her, though, she looks up and gestures for Alice to come over. Timidly, Alice complies.
"Fourteen years I've been on Hormone Replacement Therapy," Yvette says, rubbing her deeply-lined cheek, "but I got a late start. You're young. You'll fill out nice."
Alice whispers "thank you" before following me out the door.
The Castro District has been the gay cultural center of San Francisco since the early 70s. Still, I didn't even know the neighborhood existed until college, when I came to the city with a couple of friends to explore the shops and eateries of Castro Street.
On each of our clinic trips, Alice and I have treated ourselves to some window-shopping, ultimately ending up at Escape from NY Pizza for a couple of slices before we head back over the bridge and into the Valley. The twenty dollars I gave Alice earlier is burning a hole in her pocket, so I frequently lose her as she dashes into stores in search of the perfect souvenir.
At one point, she makes a beeline for an antique shop that has a cabinet of trinkets and old cigarette cases in the window. I follow her into the narrow space and wander around while she tries to get the shopkeeper's attention. I'm halfway to the back of the store before I realize that nearly all of the statues, paintings and knick knacks are phallic in nature. I am, in fact, standing beside a six-foot tall redwood carved penis. I am not horrified by this, just surprised.
When I turn to get Alice's attention, I can't help but notice the expansive canvas with a well-endowed nude sprawled across black velvet hanging just above her. The gentleman behind the counter, now pricing antique Zippo lighters for my teenage daughter, is visibly irritated. As casually as possible, I make my way back to the mouth of the store and call out to Alice.
"Come on, honey. I'm starving."
"But Mom—"
"Al, NOW."
Finally, much to the relief of both the shopkeeper and myself, she abandons the shiny things and exits the store. I walk fast until we're at the end of the block. Alice has to jog to catch up.
"What's up with you?" she asks once I've slowed down.
"Did you look around at all while we were in there?"
"Is this like how you wouldn't let us go into Spencer's Gifts at the mall when were kids?"
"No. Spencer's Gifts is raunchy. That store is just clearly a male space."
"Admit it Mom, you ran out of the cock shop because you were embarrassed."
"Alice, your mouth!"
"I'm sorry. Would you prefer Penis Palace?"
"And I did not run. I walked…at an accelerated pace."
"I really wanted that old Zippo."
"Yeah, well I wanted the marble phallus with wings, but I suspect that both were out of our price range."
Up on the next block, she spots a Human Rights Campaign (HRC) outpost. She starts to open the door, then turns around with a smirk.
"You think you can handle this?"
I swat her and we enter the store laughing. We're in there for a long while, due in no small part to the twenty-something clerk with obscenely beautiful eyes who flirts mercilessly with Alice. As I watch them I'm acutely aware that this is the first time I've seen her flirt with a boy.
My little Romeo has morphed into a Juliet, leaning onto the glass counter as the boy behind it pulls out trays of bracelets, rings and whatnots, all stamped with some version of the HRC logo, that big yellow equal sign on a bright blue background. In the end, she selects a chunky ring and a fistful of stickers which will end up plastered pretty much everywhere she goes for the next three weeks.
We finally make our way to Escape From NY Pizza where I grab a couple of gourmet veggie slices and root beers from the cute hippie boy behind the counter. I bring them to a table near the window and sit down across from Alice.
"Were you flirting with that dude?" she asks in an exaggerated whisper.
"I was smiling," I correct her, "not flirting."
"That was some awfully loud smiling." She sits back, looking smug as she takes a sip of root beer.
"This from the girl who just spent twenty minutes making googly eyes with the boy at the HRC store?"
"Yes, but he started it. This poor pizza boy was just mindin' his own business."
I love her so much in this moment, in this place. There is no chip on her shoulder, no defense-mechanisms set to high alert. There are no strangers staring at us unabashedly and the few glances that do come our way are accompanied by sly smiles. I can't help but think of how much easier her transition would be if we lived in a place like this.
As we leave the city and head back into the Valley, Alice is sleepy and doesn't talk much. At one point, though, she curls around in the passenger seat to face me.
"I don't really like boys, but that guy in the Human Rights shop was cute."
"Indeed he was."
"And he said I should come to the Pride Parade this summer."
"Let's wait a couple of years on that one."
"It's a little like Spencer's Gifts."
"Yeah. But we can go to the parade in Santa Cruz in June. You've always liked that one and everyone we know will be there."
A while later, Briarpatch comes around on the stereo again. Halfway through the song, Alice speaks without opening her eyes.
"Santa Cruz was my briarpatch, wasn't it?"
"Mine too, babygirl."
"San Francisco would be okay though. It's nice not feeling like a freak."
She sleeps while I drive and I feel a little jealous. I am exhausted from navigating Market Street with its awkward lanes and lack of left turns, from scouring the Castro District for suitable parking, from thinking of the work piling up in my office as I've taken yet another day off to manage Alice's life and, most of all, from the necessity of making this terrifying journey in the first place without a well-marked road map. One of those familiar black and yellow "…For Dummies" books dedicated to parenting a transgender teen would be nice right about now.
When I signed on the appropriate line in the doctor's office at 10:45 this morning so Alice could start estrogen therapy, it was not on a whim, but rather the result of an agonizing process, weighing the risks and benefits for her in the long term. It was also a conscious choice to parent in the manner I believe to be best, rather than the one which would sit better with everyone else. I was confident that I was doing the right thing, but of course, I second-guess myself all the way home.[Escape From The Penis Palace is an excerpt from "The Complicated Geography of Alice", a memoir currently in search of the perfect publisher. If you would like to read more, you can find Laurustina.com on Facebook and get notification when the blog is updated and the book is released.]


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Microsoft's Surface strategy may force us to find another platform, says Acer
Summary: The manufacturer has warned that it and its rivals may need to look for an alternative platform to Windows if Microsoft seriously delves into the hardware business
Acer head JT Wang has urged Microsoft to reconsider releasing its own Surface hardware, warning that the move will be bad for manufacturers such as Acer.
Wang became the first chief of a PC manufacturer to criticise Microsoft's move, when he told the Financial Times on Monday that Surface risked eliciting a negative reaction from the Windows firm's established hardware ecosystem. The intervention came days after Microsoft itself warned of precisely the same thing, in a regulatory filing.
"We have said think it over," Wang was quoted as saying. "Think twice. It will create a huge negative impact for the ecosystem and other brands may take a negative reaction. It is not something you are good at so please think twice."
Surface is an evolution of the Windows PC, but also Microsoft's big hope in rivalling the iPad and Android tablets — devices that are beginning to supersede laptops for some users, albeit currently a relatively small number.
Wang's resolve may have been stiffened by a recent Microsoft blog post that described Surface as Microsoft's "new family of PCs" — previously, it was just one device that could arguably have been interpreted as a move to stimulate manufacturers to improve their own Windows tablet designs.
In the same piece, the FT quoted Acer's global PC operation chief Campbell Kan as saying Acer was debating whether to "find other alternatives" to Windows, if Microsoft was really making a serious move into the hardware industry.
The first Surface tablet — or rather, two tablets, as one will use ARM architecture and the other Intel x86 — will be released alongside Windows 8 on 26 October.
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I have to take a crap, but I'm in a hurry, so I'm hoping for a couple of quick ass potatoes, or at least a handful of ass nuggets. The last thing I need is a bunch of ass bread.
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The sole aim of the life of an ass pirate is the acquisition of these valuable, golden nuggets produced only in the nether regions of airline executives.
As the multi-million dollar bail out of the top airlines passed, the halls of Congress were an ass pirate's heaven... ass nuggets were to be had by all.
by Drew Bryden April 29, 2003
by Lazy Minded October 16, 2007
Not related to ass nugget, this is a clever insult noun to talk about someone who really pisses you off, or is just not well liked in general.
Joe is an assnugget. Keep the fuck away from him.
You wallhacking assnugget!
Screw you assnuggets, I've got better things to do.
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Engine # 4 is a fresh LLM 350 cu. chevy with 64cc 23 degree angle plug heads built for limited late model and a holley 350 cfm carb. by Harrington Racing Engines. All the best stuff.$9500.00 or trade for a nice super late model straight rail chassis or roller. Thanks for looking!! call and make a reasonable offer on anything I have. JimmyAll 3 engines have Never been started. GUARANTEED to be great engines for your street stock or limited late model. $2700.00. Engine #2 is a RP Racing FRESH 70cc chevy 350cu. engine with 882 heads with free dyno time.$4900.00 or trade for straight rail chassis. Engine #3 is a LMSC bottom end with 441 corvette virgin heads worked to be fast. Built by Harrington Racing Engines, fresh never been started GUARANTEED TO BE AWESOME.!!!!! $8900.00. 08' LMSC Coilover car w/Front suspension yellow chassis with Black AR body complete body. No rearend included $1995.00 4.11 Winters QC for additional $1295.00 Car is wired and plumbed speedway hubs and Full Brake package. Great Project for someone to finish. This was a Baileys sponsored car at Martinsville in 2008,still have the blue metal body #89 Johnathan Bailey car.
Above Added: Wed May 14, 2014, 7:25 pm EST
Seller Phone Number: (828) 655-1535
Seller Phone Number2: (828) 442-7689
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Seller Phone Number2: (828) 442-7689
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