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5 Questions With Decembre Noir
5 Questions With... is your chance to get to know a new or up-and-coming metal band. Decembre Noir are a German death/doom metal outfit whose debut album is A Discouraged Believer. Vocalist Lars introduces us to his band....
Agalloch Interview
Oregon's Agalloch return with The Serpent and The Sphere, their fifth studio album and first since 2010. I caught up with the band's frontman John Haughm, who gives us the lowdown on the new album, the origin of the title, tour plans, expectations, whether he plans to release more solo material and other subjects....
New Heavy Metal Album Reviews (week of 5/13/2014)
Another 20 plus new album reviews this week. Our collection of short reviews includes Decembre Noir, Dornenreich, Graves At Sea, Greenleaf, Gun Barrel, Holy Shire, Hour Of Penance, Lantlos, Miasmal, Of Spire and Throne, Psychotic Gardening, Retribution, Sebastian Bach, Somnabulist Red, Sourvein, Teitanblood, Thine, Vallenfyre and WAMI....
New Heavy Metal Album Releases: May 13, 2014
Here are the new heavy metal album releases for this week. For the most detailed and up-to-date schedule, check out our complete Heavy Metal CD Release Date calendar....
Whitechapel Interview
Whitechapel's latest album Our Endless War was recently released. I caught up with guitarist Alex Wade, who discussed the album and how the band has expanded their sound this time around, upcoming tour plans, tales from the road and other topics....
Five Finger Death Punch and Volbeat Tour Dates
Five Finger Death Punch and Volbeat will be embarking on a co-headlining tour beginning in September. Also on the bill are Hellyeah and Nothing More. The trek launches Sept. 16 in Salt Lake City. 5FDP are touring in support of last year's The Wrong Side of Heaven and the Righteous Side of Hell volumes 1 and 2. Volbeat also released their latest album in 2013, Outlaw Gentlemen & Shady Ladies....
5 Questions With Pet The Preacher
5 Questions With... is your chance to get to know a new or up-and-coming metal band. Pet The Preacher are from Denmark, and just released their sophomore album The Cave & The Sunlight. Vocalist/guitarist Christian Hede Madsen introduces us to his band....
Hair Metal Memories: Nelson
I grew up in the '80s in the midst of the hair band era, and saw most of them live at one time or another. Every month I revisit my youth in this column and spotlight one of the lesser known bands of the era. Everybody is familiar with Poison and Ratt and Motley Crue, but there was a plethora of other bands plying their trade that didn't have the visibility or staying power of those bands. This month, we feature Nelson....
Michael Sweet Interview
Stryper singer Michael Sweet just released his latest solo album I'm Not Your Suicide. He has also penned his autobiography Honestly: My Life and Stryper Revealed. I spoke with Sweet about the album, the book, the response to last year's new Stryper album, upcoming tour plans, his faith, a new side project with George Lynch and other topics....
New Heavy Metal Album Reviews (week of 5/6/14)
Our weekly collection of short album reviews includes the latest from Abre Ojos, Aurvandil, Battleroar, Bloodway, Doom:Vs, Electrocution, Hitten, Ifing, Noneeuclid, Pet the Preacher, Sektor, Spectral Lore, Velnias, Vestal Claret, Woman Is The Earth and Xandria....
New Heavy Metal Album Releases: May 6, 2014
Here are the new heavy metal album releases for this week. For the most detailed and up-to-date schedule, check out our complete Heavy Metal CD Release Date calendar.
May 6, 2014
Albino Rhino - Albino Rhino (Inverse)
Aposento - Aposento (Xtreem)
Arkona - Yav (Napalm)
Aurvandil - Thrones(Eisenwald)
Battleroar - Blood Of Legends (Cruz del Sur)
Black Stone Cherry - Magic Mountain (Roadrunner)
Cobalt - War Metal Re-Release (Hammerheart)
Cradle Of Filth - Total F--king Darkness Re-Release(Mordgrimm)
Doom:VS - Earthless (Solitude)
Dwellers - Pagan Fruit (Small Stone)
Electrocution - Metaphysincarnation (Goregorecords)
E-Musikgruppe Lux Ohr - Spiralo (Svart)
Epica - The Quantum Enigma (Nuclear Blast)
Ifing - Against The Weald (Blood)
Infecting The Swarm - Patheogenesis (Lacerated Enemy)
Limits - Rebirth Re-Release (At Your Command)
Michael Sweet - I'm Not Your Suicide (Big3)
Noneuclid - Metatheosis (Blood)
Party Animals - Light A Fan Cool (Street Symphonies)
Pet The Preacher - The Cave & The Sunlight (Napalm)
SadDolls - Grave Party (Inverse)
Skinner - Sleepwalkers (Dead Inside)
Spectral Lore - III (I, Voidhanger)
Velnias - Sovereign Nocturnal (Eisenwald)
Vestal Claret - The Cult of Vestal Claret (Cruz del Sur)
Voice Of Ruin - Morning Wood (Tenacity)
Woman Is The Earth - This Place That Contains My Spirit (Eisenwald)
Xandria - Sacrificum (Napalm)
Autopsy Interview
Less then a year after their last studio album, death metal veterans Autopsy recently released Tourniquets, Hacksaws and Graves. Vocalist/drummer Chris Reifert fills us in on the new record, the gory cover art, whether they'll be doing any touring in support of the album, his new punk band Violation Wound and other subjects....
Machine Head Tour Dates
Machine Head are embarking on a North American tour in July. The "Killers & Kings Tour" will go to numerous cities that the band hasn't headlined in over a decade, and some cases has never headlined or played there at all....
5 Questions With Mile Marker Zero
5 Questions With... is your chance to get to know a new or up-and-coming band. Mile Marker Zero are a progressive group from Connecticut whose latest release is the EP Young Rust. Guitarist John Tuohy introduces us to his band....
Best Testament Albums
Bay Area thrashers Testament are one of the legendary bands in the genre. From their 1987 debut The Legacy through 2012's Dark Roots of Earth, they have released a string of quality albums over the years. After some turmoil in the '90s, they rebounded, and their recent output has been really strong. Here's our look at the band's best albums. What do you think was Testament's best release?...
April 2014's Best Heavy Metal Albums
There was no doubt which album would top our April list, with Triptykon garnering a rare 5 out of 5 star rating. But filling out the rest of the list was difficult, because there were a lot of excellent metal albums released in April. Some that didn't crack the top 5 easily would have made it in most other months. Here are our choices for April's best metal albums....
Devil You Know Interview
Devil You Know's lineup includes vocalist Howard Jones (ex-Killswitch Engage), guitarists Francesco Artusato (All Shall Perish) and Roy Lev-Ari, bassist Ryan Wombacher (Bleeding Through) and drummer John Sankey (Divine Heresy, Fear Factory). Their debut album The Beauty of Destruction was just released. I caught up with Artusato, who tells us how the band was formed, discusses the album, tour plans, the status of All Shall Perish, an upcoming solo album and other topics....
New Heavy Metal Album Reviews (week of 4/29/2014)
This was one of the busiest weeks we've ever had with reviews. This week's article collects nearly 30 of them. Check out our take on albums from Abysmal Torment, Anti-Mortem, Archspire, At Radiogast's Gates, Beneath, Cainan Dawn, Centurion, Cloak Of Altering, Coldwar, Dead In The Manger, Empty, Existance, Exorcism, Floor, Forest of Tygers, Fu Manchu, Ikillya, Infestus, Kublai Khan, Lake of Tears, Manilla Road, Martyr Defiled, Mekong Delta, Portrait, Schammasch, So Hideous and Twitch of the Death Nerve....
New Heavy Metal Album Releases: April 29, 2014
Here are the new heavy metal album releases for this week. For the most detailed and up-to-date schedule, check out our complete Heavy Metal CD Release Date calendar....
Edguy Interview
German power metal veterans Edguy are back with their latest album Space Police - Defenders of the Crown. Frontman Tobias Sammet gives us the scoop on the album name, how their sound evolved on this one, their cover of the '80s Falco song "Rock Me Amadeus," upcoming tour plans, the future of Avantastia and other topics....


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February 17, 2009
Verizon Customer Service EPIC FAIL
Back in October I heard about Verizon's "all in one" plan that includes cell phones, Fios TV, Fios internet and a Fios land line all on the same bill for a discounted rate. Awesome right? I thought so too and that my friends is where my saga begins (cue star wars them song) . . .
Episode 1: The Phantom Menace
As a part of the "all in 1" deal was a land line. I haven't had a land line in almost 5 years since for the most part, I used my cell phone exclusively without too many overages. However, because I was doing more and more consulting work and speaking with customers all over the US I started going over my minutes. I looked at vonage and a few other options but the land line would essentially be free if I got the "all in one" package so it seemed like a no brainer. . .
I got my order setup, got a new lower monthly rates rocking all the movie channels and got a date scheduled for a tech to come out to setup my land line. Before hanging up, the Verizon customer service representative asked me a question that I will never forget "is there anything else I can help you with" (cue empire battle ship) and like a fool I said "my Verizon cable box crapped out on me a couple weeks ago, can I get it replaced." "Not a problem sir, I'll put the request in now", they replied after running a few diagnostic test.
Fast Forward to 3 weeks later and my Verizon tech (who I scheduled 3 weeks prior and even got a confirmation call the night before) was a no show. After waiting 2 more hours, I then decided to call Verizon.
Verizon has no clue what the deal is. They go back and forth, putting me on hold and looking at my account, etc etc, and after about 2 hours finally figured out the problem.
Apparently, when I made a request for the replacement cable box, it locked up my new service order request because service order request take 48 hours to process where as replacement orders happen immediately. Verizon's system does not allow more then 1 order to go through at a time until all previous orders have been fulfilled so they where waiting for me to send back my cable box to complete the order. However, I never received the shipping information because my previous account was technically canceled and was being reprocessed under a new account that could not be completed because of my pending service order.
The Verizon rep then told me that they had an idea and I was put on hold for another 45 mins. The rep got back on the phone and told me everything should be resolved in the next couple days and scheduled a new appointment to get my land line installed. A few days later, a tech showed up and I was the proud new owner of a land line. . .
A few days go by and I have a 10am meeting that was going to run 2 hours so decided to dial in with my land line. But when I turned the phone on I didn't hear a dial tone. Tried a few more times and no dice. It worked a few days ago so thought that it must me something wrong with my phone so later that day went to Best Buy to pick up a new one. Got home and plugged it in to charge.
A couple hours later the phone rang. SCHWEET! The phone works problem solved! Answered it, wrong number, no biggie. Few minutes later phone rang again, another wrong number. Still didn't think much about it, then got like 5 more calls that day all asking for the same person. Still didn't think much about it, after all, I just got this number and I may have gotten someone else's old number. Just to verify I called myself and low and behold someone else answered! Now I'm thinking I probably wrote the number down wrong so I better call Verizon to get the right one. . .
Verizon rep answers, I tell them the situation and they say "no problem just let me look up your number", they punch in my telephone number and pull up someone else's information not mine. "Sir it looks like your number got assigned to someone else. I need to look up your account by address" They punch it in. rep: "Sir did you just move" me:"Nope been here for 3 years" rep:"Sir did anyone else live in your house prior" me:"Nope brand new house". . . Turns out they have someone else's info setup with MY address but with different services. NICE!
3 hours later and everything is resolved . . . again. The only fix is that I get assigned a new number and am told it should be working in the next couple hours. 8 hours go by and I still don't have a dial tone. . .
Call up Verizon. . . again . . . and this time was transferred to a tech. Teir 1, 2 then 3. After an hour of getting bounced around they determined that my phone line is "crossed" and requires a technician to come out . . . again . . . to resolve which will take 3 weeks. Not much I can do, so I agree and wait.
3 weeks later a tech comes up and tells me it shouldn't take more then 20 mins. . . 3 hours later and he's still not sure what the problem is and has been on the phone with someone from HQ to resolve. After jumping through some hoops they finally figure out what it was and someone on on the other end of his phone pushed some magic button and it all worked!
But WAIT! There's more. . .
Episode 2: Attack of the Clones
A month has gone by after my phone line incident and I've all but forgotten about the ordeal when all of a sudden everything is turned off: cell phones, land line, internet and TV. When I logged into the browser I'm prompted with a "There is a problem with you account please call Verizon" but with everything turned off I had to go next door to use my neighbors phone to call them.
I call up Verizon, explain to them the situation 3 times to 3 different reps in 3 different departments because each department shows my account as being in good standing. So I lose another 2 hours of department hoping and repeating myself trying to get this resolved.
I finally get transferred to someone who is able to do some digging and finds that for some reason I have duplicate accounts, 1 active 1 delinquent. I hear a great deal of mumbling and confusion and then am placed on hold for an hour while they figure it out.
The rep assures me that it is a problem with Verizon's system and says my tv will be back on shortly and the internet will be up by Monday. Sweet! I spent 5 hours on the phone with Verizon and the problem won't be resolved until Monday. . . Off to starbucks I go.
Episode 3: Revenge of the Sith
Another month goes by and everything seems to be buttery smooth but then my phone rings. . . I get an automated response: "There is a problem with your account please call us back so there is not a disruption in your service". Which is just a nice way of them saying your bill isn't paid and we are going to cut you off if you don't pay us.
I call Verizon back at the number they told me to use and get sent from department to department. . .again. After about 2 hours I finally get to the right department and we proceed with the same conversation / procedures for determining the exact same problem I had a month prior. Confusion and bewilderment ensues on Verizon's side and I'm told everything is resolved once again after another 2 hours.
Episode 3: Revenge of the Sith
Another month goes by and everything seems to be buttery smooth but then my phone rings. . . I get an automated response: "There is a problem with your account please call us back so there is not a disruption in your service". Which is just a nice way of them saying your bill isn't paid and we are going to cut you off if you don't pay us.
I call Verizon back at the number they told me to use and get sent from department to department. . .again. After about 2 hours I finally get to the right department and we proceed with the same conversation / procedures for determining the exact same problem I had a month prior. Confusion and bewilderment ensues on Verizon's side and I'm told everything is resolved once again after another 2 hours.
Erik, you bone head!: you repeated Episode 3. Sadly no. I didn't. Verizon did. . . 3 times now.
Episode 3 has repeated now every month since December with no end in sight. The rep tells me they are really confused, my accounts are in the process of being merged but can't be merged and that I have multiple bills that are consolidated but are all separate and every month my services get shut off for a few hours and I have to spend 2-3 hours on the phone going over the same story again and again every month to have the exact same phone call I get every month.
I've asked to speak to someone higher up and keep getting transferred to the same people who want to help and do mean well but are unable to. It seems like they are powerless over what is happening and there seems to be a total lack of accountability on Verizon's part as they have tried to send me to collections for the duplicate bills and has failed to resolve the issue 4 months in a row.
At this point I'd love to change providers but honestly nothing can really compete with FIOS that I have seen offered in my area. However, I keep wasting time and losing money with Verizon's incompetence.
For those who don't know, I am a consultant and as such bill hourly. For every hour I can't bill because I'm on the phone with Verizon trying to fix a problems they have with my account in their system, is money I'm out of pocket on.
To date, I've spent over 25 hours on the matter and am strongly considering sending them an invoice for the income I've lost.
Posted by erikbianchi at 11:14 PM | Comments (0)
February 05, 2009
[Flex Tips] Importing MXML into ActionScript and Vice Versa
I get this question a lot from Flash peps first coming into Flex so figured I should make this my first real tip.
At compile time, MXML files actually get converted to ActionScript so the only real difference between ActionScript and MXML is the syntax. Under the hood, it's all the same.
To import just rock the import statement like you would for any other class:
import package.ClassName;
For example: Say you have an MXML file: com.foo.FooBar.mxml; your import statement would look like:
import com.foo.FooBar;
Similarly, to import a class or another MXML file into an MXML file you would use the xmlns parameter:
<mx:RootNode xmlns:namespace="package">
Using the FooBar example:
From there on out, you can reference your FooBar class or any other file inside the com.foo package (MXML or AS) by typing in the namespace you created in the xmlns parameter
Something to watch out for (and still bites me in the rear on occasion) is to make sure you import using the wildcard (.*) at the end of package in the MXML file.
More to come!
Posted by erikbianchi at 08:33 AM | Comments (0)
February 03, 2009
[Flex Tips] Flex Tips Introduction
Since I'm the kind of guy who needs structure and a reason to blog I've decided to create a new series of articles on my site akin to my Flash Quirks post: Flex Tips.
Flex Tips will be a place for me to store lessons learned and serve as a jump start to Flash Developers making the transition into Flex as I did but will hopefully help some of you native Flex dudes too.
I've got a number of different topics planned and will be sending out my first batch of tips in the coming days.
Also, for those who missed my original post, I'm back in the Flash / Flex consulting game and taking on new projects. To check out my previous "whats happening post" follow this link: http://www.erikbianchi.com/archives/2009/01/index.html
Posted by erikbianchi at 06:53 AM | Comments (0)
January 20, 2009
Back in the Consulting Game
Been meaning to post for a while but after almost 3 years of being a partner in my own funded company I'm back in the consulting game and taking on new Flash / Flex / As2 / As3 projects / jobs.
First on my task list (when I'm not working which right now is ALWAYS) I need to get my blog fully working again and slap on a new coat of paint. Then I'm going to start updating more often since I've gotten a majority of past projects via my blog and got to connect with some really fun, smart and interesting folks in the community.
As a quick update over the past 3 months I've had the honor of getting to work on some really cutting edge and useful business applications such as an AS3 Flash based Massive Multiplayer Role Playing Game, an AS3/ Flex Based Project Management Tool, an AS2 based Children's Learning Software and an AS3 / Flex based accounting tool just to name a few.
I also may or may not have gotten to work on a SUPER top secret prototype mobile device application that may or may not exist. I'd share more details but had my brain whipped clean as soon as it completed.
Currently, I'm working with the super smart people over at Esria. They got some really amazing dudes over there and they are keeping me pretty busy. However, for project / consulting inquiries feel free to email me directly. At the least I can point you in the right direction and get you in touch with some talented folks. =)
In the meantime I've jumped on the twitter bandwagon and update pretty frequently if you'd like to connect on their just look me up.
Posted by erikbianchi at 10:28 AM | Comments (0)
August 20, 2008
AJAX running on borrowed time
Let's face it, web applications "RIAs" are the future with the web being the next big development/distribution platform. Right now we have Adobe pushing Flash, Sun with Java and Microsoft has the Windows Presentation Foundation (which encompasses Silverlight). All 3 companies are putting tremendous time, money, energy and effort into evolving their products / platforms and wooing new developers.
But what about AJAX?
First, AJAX doesn't have a company backing them. No marketing department, no development team, no revenue streams and no dungeon of ravenous lawyers protecting their legal best interest (the lawyer remark is just a joke, please don't sue me).
Sure there are companies making AJAX tools but they can only go so far if the underlying core language doesn't change nor do they have much recourse.
Secondly, AJAX applications are primarily made with DHTML and JavaScript. JavaScript being a language that is governed by ECMA an international organizations with various members from Adobe, Google, Mozilla, Yahoo, Microsoft, etc who approves or rejects changes to a language specification. To some, this sounds like a good thing, however, JavaScript has remained virtually unchanged for over a decade now and with ECMA's recent announcement, about dropping the ECMAScript 4 proposal, JavaScript will continue to remain essentially the same for at least another 5 years.
This is unfortunate news for AJAX developers as web applications are only getting more complex and DHTML/JavaScript was NOT designed to build web applications. What AJAX developers have been able to accomplish so far is only a testament to the creativity and ingenuity of the AJAX development community and whose efforts should be applauded. However, 5 years from now, a 15 year old technology is going to really show its age without any major overhauls or innovations planned. AJAX either needs to evolve as other technologies have or it faces extinction.
Companies like Adobe, Java and Microsoft are directly catering to developers and companies alike to encourage them to continue to use their products and appeal to new developers by making their jobs easier, providing more useful tools and more advanced functionality.
Flash, for example, has evolved tremendously over the past 10 years. Originally ActionScript resembled BASIC (tellTarget oh the memories), then moved onto to something that looked a lot like JavaScript with support for prototype objects, functions and sockets, realtime audio/video streaming, then a few years later ActionScript again evolved into AS2 introducing classes, interfaces, sealed components, access modifies, web cam support, etc, now ActionScript 3 has become a full fledged Object Oriented event driven programming language with JIT compilation, run time error checking, a Regular Expression engine and E4Xs support (and I'm only mentioning a small subset of the innovations).
So what does the next 5 years hold for AJAX developers according to ECMA 3.1 (that won't even be finalized until sometime next year)?
It comprises mostly of minor changes and bug fixes to ECMAScript 3.
In contrast, what does the next few months look like for Flash Developers?
Flash Player 10, hardware acceleration, real-time 3d support, built in inverse kinematics engine, custom filters and effect engine, application-level audio mixing and filtering.
EcmaScript 4 missed opportunity
EcmaSript 4 was designed with web applications in mind, was the natural progression of JavaScript and was the basis of ActionScript 3. It really played a vital role in maturing Flash's programming language securing the Flash Platform as a viable web application technology for another 5-10 years.. Had EcmaScript 4 be approved, it would have given AJAX developers a real application programming language to use, modernizing JavaScript, while enhancing pure AJAX developers skill set.
So why then would ECMA drop proposal 4 stagnating the language for AT LEAST another 5 years?
What many have speculated, the few in know are eluding to and what the Ecma meeting notes seem to infer is that Microsoft had a lot of influence over this decision but what could be the underlying strategy for doing so?
One less Competitor
Microsoft is really focusing on WPF/Silverlight applications with AJAX being a FREE competing product. If Microsoft spent time on making the browser a web application platform it would be counter intuitive to their efforts on Silverlight. They would essentially be competing against themselves diluting their own RIA market share and as well as splitting their internal resources.
Sun and Adobe aren't going away anytime soon and both have proven technologies with their individual strengths and weaknesses. Microsoft couldn't just lock them out of the OS or browser without facing a barrage of legal action so Microsoft has to compete. But then who is ensuring AJAX's survival? Not Microsoft. Probably not Adobe or Sun either and one less competing technology isn't going to hurt anyone.
Don't get me wrong, Adobe had good reasons to back EcmaScript Proposal 4. It was the standard ActionScript 3 was based off of. Had the ECMA committee approved Proposal 4, it would had given Flash and even broader developer audience making it all the more approachable (an observation I highly doubt Microsoft overlooked). So while many at first saw the ECMA announcement as bad news for ActionScript; it really doesn't prevent Adobe from innovating and evolving ActionScript further. Sadly, the same can't be said for AJAX.
AJAX's Achilles Heel
You can argue that AJAX isn't going away anytime soon, but with ECMA's recent announcement, could mean AJAX is facing deprecation / extinction as the new era of web application development rapidly approaches.
Besides preventing JavaScript from becoming a true web application language, what, worse case scenario, could Microsoft do to deal what could be the final blow to AJAX? Going after AJAX's Achilles Heel: XMLHttpRequest.
Even if all that Microsoft was able to accomplish was: preventing JavaScript from maturing into a web application programming language, then that that alone may be enough to seal AJAX's fate. As time goes on, developers will need to go with more advanced technologies to be able to provide the solutions / features that their clients / customers demand.
Without any company backing AJAX or pushing the underlying technologies forward, AJAX applications are on borrowed time until it dies out from either lack of evolution / progress or gets executed while everyone is looking in another direction.
Something to consider anyways . . .
Posted by erikbianchi at 06:34 AM | Comments (0)
May 22, 2008
New FREE Multiplayer API for Flash Developers
Wow talk about cool. The dudes over at http://nonoba.com just released a free multi player API for Flash developers!
"The API supports the full range of multiplayer games, from simple turn based games to more complicated real-time games. To show these capabilities, we have released a new, and in our opinion, awesome game called Nonoba Racer. We have also ported some of our old creations to act as examples in the SDK, such as Fridge Magnets, Multiplayer Asteroids and DrawPad.
We want to make all the things that are currently hard for flash game developers dead easy. Our hosted Multiplayer API is the first big step in that direction. We've got more APIs in mind to fix the rest of the stuff that we think is currently too hard."
To sign up: http://nonoba.com/developers/multiplayerapi/signup
For more info: http://nonoba.com/developers/multiplayerapi/overview
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March 27, 2008
[OFF TOPIC] My Daughter is no Joke!
Whoops! Thanks to some peps from Flashmagazine I found out my previous link to my daughter's pictures where going to a joke of the day web site.
Here is her real link:
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Mark your calendars for Monday, November 24, 2014 at MGM Grand Detroit.
The holiday season is fast approaching and the Downtown Detroit Partnership (DDP) will soon be celebrating with more than 600 senior level professionals representing the Downtown's key stakeholders at its Detroit Aglow dinner and fundraiser. Detroit Aglow blends the holiday spirit with a celebration of Detroit's revitalization and its engaged community leaders from the public, private and philanthropic sectors. At this extremely active and exciting time in the City's renewal, and with history of being "sold out," Detroit Aglow has been moved to a larger venue for 2014!
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Personally speaking, I'm glad In N Out is as small as it is. It keeps it special. My nightmare is it going public and being franchised. Damn, I'm depressed just thinking about it.
#1, animal style. That's all I need.
can you also imagine the demands LEVY and AEG would put on you for free stuff for their VIP parties and comps for customers adn employees. Not to mention what the "rent" for the space would be. I am sure its not worth the hassle
#1 w/ grilled onions and animal style fries well done w/ a rootbeer mmmm
For the record.
Two double doubles animal style, neopolitan shake, with the occasional addition of animal style fries.
Im a cow.
Jeremy Roenick: I liked Patrick's quote, (that) he would have stopped me. I wanted to know where he was in Game 3. He was probably getting his jock out of the rafters of the United Center.
Patrick Roy: I can't really hear what Jeremy says, because I've got my two Stanley Cup rings plugging my ears.
#1, raw onions, chocolate shake, and a lemonade.
I'm going to eat it in my car, who am I kidding?
But will you put it in a bag?
If it's in the box, I may dismember my dog trying to protect my french fries.
No ketchup, extra salt packets, please!


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A downtown Terre Haute landmark has a new owner.
The Indiana Theatre at 683 Ohio St. has been sold to Rob Lundstrom, who owns the Copper Bar and Louise's.
Lundstrom says that he plans to operate the building as a catering and event center.
There are also plans to make some upgrades and renovations that are consistent with the architecture of the building.
The Indiana Theater has been on the National Register of Historic Places since November 1997.
Even though the building is largely known as a theater it was also built to handle live performances.
It history dates back to the vaudeville days when many famous performers made stops in Terre Haute to appear on the stage of the Indiana.


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The list of early inactives for Week 13 has been released and there are plenty of big name running backs that will not be suiting up. The New England Patriots have ruled Stevan Ridley a healthy scratch, while a knee injury will keep Andre Ellington out of action for the Arizona Cardinals. Added to the list of inactives at running back is Carolina Panthers starter DeAngelo Williams.
Williams was doubtful to play with a quad injury, but there was still some hope that he would be able to suit up.
Unfortunately, the team decided that his injury was too severe and he will not be able to go this week when the team takes on the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
With Williams out, the team will turn to Jonathan Stewart as the starter with Mike Tolbert getting his share of the carries. While Tolbert will get his usual touches, expect Stewart to handle a bulk of the carries for Carolina on Sunday afternoon.
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The same "cry for meaning†can also be found in the lyrics of despair. My first real taste of that in the popular culture was from Gilbert O'Sullivan's "Alone Again, Naturallyâ€: In a little while from now, If I'm not feeling any less sour I promised myself to treat myself And visit a nearby tower, And climbing to the top, Will throw myself off In an effort to make it clear to who Ever what it's like when you're shattered Left standing in the lurch, at a church Where people 're saying, "My God that's tough, she stood him up! No point in us remaining. May as well go home." As I did on my own, Alone again, naturally To think that only yesterday, I was cheerful, bright and gay, Looking forward to, but who wouldn't do, The role I was about to play But as if to knock me down, Reality came around And without so much as a mere touch, Cut me into little pieces Leaving me to doubt, All about God and His mercy For if He really does exist Why did He desert me In my hour of need? I truly am indeed, Alone again, naturally It seems to me that There are more hearts Broken in the world That can't be mended Left unattended What do we do? What do we do? Now looking back over the years, And what ever else that appears I remember I cried when my father died Never wishing to have cried the tears And at sixty-five years old, My mother, God rest her soul, Couldn't understand, why the only man She had ever loved had been taken Leaving her to start with a heart So badly broken Despite encouragement from me No words were ever spoken And when she passed away I cried and cried all day Alone again, naturally Alone again, naturally To the wrenching cry, silence can be the cruelest response. Jean Paul Sartre testified bitterly, "I prayed, I demanded a sign. I sent messages to Heaven, no reply. Heaven ignored my very name. Each minute I wonder what I could BE in the eyes of God. Now I know the answer: nothing. God does not see me, God does not hear me, God does not know me. You see this emptiness over our heads? It is God. You see this gap in the door? It is God. You see that hole in the ground? That is God again. Silence is God. Absence is God. God is the loneliness of man." I forget the song, but the lyrics were dark. They went, "My God, my God, why hast Thou forsaken me?†*** "Is this aching in the heart Just the start Of another futile prayer To the air?†Or is it the Lord Himself saying, "come unto Me, all you who are weary and heavy laden, and I will give you restâ€? "God has spoken to us in His Son.†(Hebrews 1:1-2)
Great post. That is one of my current favorite songs!
This band reminds me of our next generation (20 somethings) who cry for moral victory, are particularly sensitive to any hypocricy yet can quickly become overwhelmed with how small the world has become and the real opportunities this small world presents. We as the generation(s) that have gone before them should remind them that they can and that they will make a difference for Christ because they are uniquely able.


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Yes a difference from then n now with me
Depleted from activities that increase the cavity of creativity n inspire a reach that can touch the red sea
From ur seat
But what gain did u achieve?
Other than popularity jealousy n hilarity?
Other than the wreckage n mayhem from women who leave their men vacant while u trump through womb n leave it gaping
What is it ur making?
This legacy u want to leave for ur seeds whom r victims of what u reap?
Is it really?
Can't u see what it is that life is doing to u?
Thrown outta ur space into the unusual but ignorant to what its doing to u that's pitiful that ur to clouded to see what's going on with u
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Nighttime Overeating: The Worst Time to Overeat (cont.)
3. If you've gotten into the habit of eating in front of the television, vow to eat only in the kitchen and only drink no-calorie beverages while watching TV. Or limit your TV eating to fruits and vegetables. Occupy your hands in other ways -- ride a stationary bike, do exercises with an exercise ball, take up knitting, pay bills, or write notes to friends.
4. Because evening meals and snacks tend to be the highest in fat, it's especially important to make healthy food choices at this time. Go for foods that are rich in nutrients, high in fiber, and balanced with some lean protein and a little bit of "better" fat (like olive or canola oil, avocado, or nuts).
5. Though you don't want to eat too many calories at dinner, for some people, a small dinner could lead to a late-night snacking tailspin. Eat a balanced, high-fiber dinner. If you get hungry later, enjoy a smart and satisfying evening snack like low-fat yogurt with a sprinkle of whole-grain cereal, fruit with a few slices of cheese, or whole-grain cereal with milk.
6. Have a balanced, higher-fiber lunch and afternoon snack to help avoid overeating at dinner.
7. Don't skip breakfast. "When people skip breakfast, they end up eating more calories by the end of the day, and we know that they end up compensating for this skipped meal with high-sugar, high-fat foods," explains Bowman.
8. People who eat small, frequent meals tend to eat fewer total calories and fat grams than those who eat larger meals less often. Try eating small, frequent meals to see if it improves the way you eat and feel.
9. If you're in the habit of finishing your day with dessert, try having a mini-portion. The first few bites of a food always taste the best, anyway. Experts say a petite portion is more likely to satisfy if you choose a dessert you truly enjoy, take your time and savor every bite, and accompany your treat with a cup of hot coffee or tea.
Published Tuesday, December 13, 2005.
SOURCES: The Journal of Nutrition, January 2004. Physiology & Behavior, 1987, vol 40. Journal of the American Dietetic Association, December 1994. Body Mass Index New Research, 2005. Shanthy Bowman, PhD, U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service. John M. de Castro, PhD, chairman, department of psychology, University of Texas, El Paso. Edward Saltzman, MD, energy metabolism scientist, Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging, Tufts University, Boston.
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Born: May 12th, 1897
Died: January 13th 1928
This is up there as one of my favourite killers because of his amazing technique and his large amount of victims. Leonard Nelson was an orphan by the age of 18 months because both his parents died from syphilis, dirty cunts, and he went to live with his aunt, Mrs Fabian, who was a religious nutjob and insisted on frequent bible readings while planning for the boy to become a minister, if only she knew what he'd be up to 20 years from then.
On May 21st 1918, he attempted to rape his neighbour's daughter but must have got a bad case of the blue balls when her father promptly stopped him after hearing his daughter's screams. Taken to court, he scandalized everyone by his outbursts of violent profanity interspersed with long, brooding silences and was committed to a mental institution. Showing true grit and determination he eventually escaped (Like the Shawshank Redemption but instead of befriending Morgan Freeman he probably befriended somebody who wrote messages to aliens with their own feces) after 2 previously failed attempts and evaded capture long enough to be pronounced discharged in his absence.
Early in 1919, in San Francisco, Nelson married a particularly older woman (36 years older to be more precise) but the marriage did not last long due to Nelson attempting to rape her while she was in hospital, a good reason to divorce someone if you ask me, he was once again committed and in 1923 he once again escaped.
Now this is where it all gets interesting, if you didn't think rape and mental institutions were interesting enough, nothing is known of what Nelson did for the next two years apart from the fact he adopted the name 'Roger Wilson', I'm not quite sure if his first name was a hint towards his love of raping but I enjoyed the pun. On February 20th, 1926, Clara Newman, a 60 year old spinster, opened the door of her rooming house in San Francisco to find a quietly-spoken young man with no luggage other than his trusty bible clutched to his chest. Her nephew returned a few days later to find his aunts body in the upstairs toilet. She had been strangled before or during the rape, maybe even a little bit before and some during.
Now I haven't got time to take you through all the killings but Nelson was credited with 22 killings, all of which were in the same style. He knocks on the door acting like a soft spoken pansy boy God lover, and then proceeds to go apeshit, strangling and raping the poor old biddies who intended to let him rest his weary head on their floral print pillows. His victims ranged from ages 13 to 63 but the best part of them were in their 50s/60s making Nelson a true MILF hunter.
Eventually the killer's trail was picked up on after a shop keeper noticed that he knew the man's face from a wanted posted. The police caught up with him as he was walking along the road out of town. He lied about his name and said he was working for a local farmer. Now here comes the reason he is up there as one of my favourite killers, when he was told he was being held for the killing and rape of many women, he laughed and replied
"I only do my lady-killing on Saturday nights"
He was held in a jail in Killarney, from which he escaped but was recaptured by the morning, and stood trial on November 1st, 1927. He pleaded insanity, but only two witnesses (His aunt and his ex-wife, probably not his biggest fans) were called in his defence. He was declared sane and sentenced to death, he was hung on January 13, 1928.


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PLAYERS: Angel Pagan, Brian Sabean, Shane Victorino, Marco Scutaro, Carlos Beltran, Carlos Gonzalez, Barry Bonds, Jeff Kent, Gary Brown
TEAMS: San Francisco Giants, Los Angeles Dodgers, St. Louis Cardinals, Colorado Rockies, Washington Nationals, New York Mets
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The San Francisco Giants took a huge step in solidifying their 2013 team by signing center field free agent Angel Pagan to a four year $40 million deal. Pagan was a team leader and an effective lead-off hitter in the Giants' drive to win the 2012 World Series. No doubt General Manager Brian Sabean paid for at least one more year than he wanted to with Pagan, who will be 32 this July. San Francisco had other options to fill the center field/lead-off spot but former Atlanta Brave Michael Bourne and ex-Dodger/Philly Shane Victorino will certainly cost more for the same number of years. And while San Francisco has the budget to fully compete with the MLB's top 2%, they have yet to sign second baseman Marco Scutaro, left field is a problem looking for a solution, and a number of relief pitchers are looking at salary upgrades. Michael Bourne, in particular, is a high end lead-off hitter who brings excellent range and an outfield glove considered among the best in th...
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PLAYERS: Dwyane Wade, Rajon Rondo, Angel Pagan, Kevin Garnett, Ray Allen, Adam Schefter, Dwight Howard
TEAMS: Miami Heat, Boston Celtics, San Francisco Giants, Los Angeles Lakers
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It's a good thing that Dwyane Wade plays in the NBA these days, and not on the schoolyard, or even the local YMCA. The Heat guard was the victim of a somewhat innocuous, yet hard foul from Celtics point guard Rajon Rondo late in Miami's 120-107 win Tuesday night. As Wade drove by Rondo, the Boston guard grabbed Wade -- admittedly high -- and slowed him down, but not pulling him to the ground or anything. See the play below. Rondo was given a Flagrant 1 on the play, and not much came of the play other than the skirmish, which could be seen in the video. It's clear that Wade took exception to the play as it happened, and even looked to be ready to throw the ball at Rondo, but thought better of it. He then had to be held back by teammates, and he wasn't much happier given time to cool off after the game. When asked about the play, Wade was pretty blatant in what he thought. "It was a punk play by him," Wade said. "The league will take care of it. ...
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During the summer of 2013, Sen. Ted Cruz flatly predicted that an "Obama-like grassroots tsunami" would bring President Obama to his knees and Obamacare would be repealed.
What happened was the federal government shut down, thanks to the Cruz "tsunami"? The Republicans paid a stiff price.
Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus is using that same word, "tsunami," in flatly predicting yesterday that Republicans would defeat the Democrats in 2014.
It was Priebus who released a report just a year ago, that he called the "most comprehensive post-election review" ever made of an electoral loss.
It was scathing self-report on the state of the Republican Party and made some key points of the devastating 2012 loses, which included the White House and the U.S. Senate.
Priebus said that "Our message was weak; our ground game was insufficient; we weren't inclusive; we were behind in both data and digital; our primary and debate process needed improvement," Priebus said of Mitt Romney and the GOP's 2012 loss. "There's no one solution. There's a long list of them."
Fast-forward a year and it appears that the Republican message is still "weak," they lack a "ground game" and most important, they are still not the party of "inclusion."
Inexplicably, Priebus said at a breakfast sponsored by the Christian Science Monitor, "I think we're in for a tsunami-type election in 2014. My belief is, it's going to be a very big win, especially at the U.S. Senate level, and we may add some seats in congressional races."
But nothing has changed and the report, "Growth and Opportunity Project," has not been implemented.
Yet Priebus scoffs at the suggestion, as he was asked repeatedly, that comprehensive immigration reform—something the autopsy report strongly endorsed, has not passed in the House due to intense opposition from the far right.
"I would caution you not to impose your definition of what comprehensive immigration reform is," he told a reporter. "There's a general agreement that we need to have serious immigration reform, but I don't believe there's general agreement as to what that reform is."
Sounds like Priebus are on the same path as Ted Cruz. Then another "autopsy" will be ordered.
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Moneglia is a popular tourist resort situated on the Riviera di Levante, in the Province of Genoa. This province is within the northern Italian region of Liguria. There are a large choice of self-catering accommodation available for travellers looking to spend their holidays in Moneglia, to include tasteful apartments enjoying views of the Riviera and the Gulf of Genoa beyond.
As well as the many pretty beaches and coves to be found along the Riviera di Levante, tourists looking to spend their holidays in Moneglia will find a wealth of historical and cultural places of interest to be found in and around the town. These include the Church of San Giorgio, which was built by Benedictine monks in the 14th century. The church houses a number of interesting artefacts and wooden sculptures. The Monleone Fortress and Villafranca Tower are of particular interest to historians spending their holidays in Moneglia, as their long and interesting histories date back to the 12th century.
Visitors looking to spend their holidays in Moneglia way wish to travel further along the coast to explore the number of charming old fishing ports to be found on the shores of the Riviera di Levante. They may also wish to travel inland and explore the surrounding beautiful and often dramatic scenery of Liguria. The main attractions are the large number of unique and picturesque villages which dot the landscape. Genoa, the largest city in the region, is within a comfortable driving distance and is a popular draw for those visitors enjoying their holidays in Moneglia. The city's long and fascinating history is reflected in its many museums and buildings, along with its well preserved ancient walls and fortresses.
Visitors looking to enjoy their holidays in Moneglia, Italy, are drawn by the region's comfortable Mediterranean climate. Summer temperatures in Moneglia can reach up to 36 degrees Celsius. Winter temperatures seldom drop below 8 degrees Celsius. Moneglia experiences an average annual rainfall of around 21 inches and boasts 2,200 days of sunshine a year.


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Detailed plans and building designs for Grimsby's new leisure facility are being unveiled to the public in a one-day roadshow this month and residents are being asked their views on the designs.
Before a formal planning application can be submitted, it is essential that the opinions of residents, leisure facility users and other interested parties are gathered.
As part of the consultation roadshow, the design team, elected members and council officers will be asking for feedback on the accessibility of the new facility, its potential impact on the local area, the look and feel of the building and its layout and design.
The roadshows will be taking place on:
- Tuesday, March 5 from 12 noon to 3pm at Grimsby Central Library;
- Tuesday, March 5 from 5pm to 8pm at Cleethorpes Leisure Centre;
- Wednesday, March 6 from 12 noon to 3pm at Scartho Road (Grimsby Pool); and
- Wednesday, March 6 from 5pm to 8pm at Cromwell Road (Grimsby Auditorium).
Visitors can complete a comment card with their views. Anyone who is unable to attend the roadshow can view all the documents online at www.nelincs.gov.uk/resident/sport-and-leisure from Tuesday, March 5, to Friday, March 13. An online e-comment card will also be made available on this site.
Councillor Mick Burnett, portfolio holder for culture and tourism said: "This is your opportunity to see the impressive three dimensional designs of how the new facility could look as well as speak to those people who have been involved in drawing up the designs.
"We want to know what residents think and we are asking for feedback on specific issues in relation to the design in order for us to proceed to the next stage of the planning application."
Following the consultation a report will be compiled, which will be available as part of the planning application submission and will be available to view at http://www.nelincs.gov.uk/resident/sport-and-leisure/ by April 2013.
North East Lincolnshire Council is embarking on a phased approach to the replacement of ageing leisure facilities. The development of a new leisure facility to be built on the land adjacent to the current Grimsby Leisure Centre and Grimsby Auditorium is phase 1 of the project. The new facility will replace Grimsby Swimming Pool and also the fun pool within Grimsby Leisure Centre, creating a brand new county competition standard facility, fully accessible and with supporting gym and fitness facilities.
The initial phase of works will concentrate on the design and build of a new swimming pool, learner pool, health and fitness suite and supporting facilities. The second phase of works will look to replace the current Grimsby Leisure Centre with a range of dry leisure facilities, such as a new sports hall and in door bowls provision.
The formal planning application for the new centre will be submitted in March 2013 and if successful, work will start on site in November 2013.


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Female lawyers earn a third less than males
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Interesting but would be good to have a bit more detail. Are the salary/bonus figures based on lawyers with the same PQE, at equivalent sized firms etc? If it is just an aggregate figure then it's not too surprising given the other statistic re. partnership levels.
How do firmsa justify the male / female pay gaps? Or is it more a case of the females not knowing they are paid less since there is little transparency of bands / grades?
Also, it's pretty clear why women are paid less - the threat of going off and getting pregnant. Especially when women hit a certain age or level of seniority - guess the partners give up on a woman's partnership prospects or likelihood of sticking around.
Suspect that stigma will never change - even in this day and age.
I think some departments are better at pay equality across genders than others - e.g. the 'softer' departments where there is a more nuturing environment and generally the partners care more about their associates. It's likely more prevalent in the more 'macho, aggressive departments, like corporate or banking, where there is most certainly an assumption that senior women will have a baby - and that's it, regardless of whether they're likely to take full maternity leave, whether they're likely to come back or not after said maternity leave, or what their personal care arrangements for that child might be. Absolutely disgusting.
Statistics schmatistics,
Does that mean that each individual female lawyer earns the same on average as each individual lawyer, but that for every 100 male lawyers there are 68 female lawyers? (Sounds about right if 48% of associates and 28% of partners are women). And that partners' bonuses are a bit more than associates' bonuses...?
Reminds me of the first joke I ever remembered - why do white sheep eat more than black sheep? Ans: because there are more of them.
I am always suspicious of statistics that aggregate across the piece without comparing like with like. For example, do the statistics show the gender make up in each type of specialism? Say, for example (and this is assumption rather than on any known factual basis), there was disproportionate representation of women in areas such as employment and family law compared with corporate law, the average salaries of a group of 100 men and 100 women may be lower than but that could be linked more to the fees generated by the corporate area of specialisation than for other areas than to the fact that employers per se are discriminating against women. I am not saying it does not happen but I remain to be convinced that discrimination in pay is endemic.
Similarly, the issue about the paucity of women at partner level relates to the lack of opportunity (whether the glass ceiling or lack of flexible working) rather than systematic pay differential on grounds of gender.
@AndrewJames, I agree that the article is unclear on what the statistics are derived from. The author does seem to be saying that the aggregate spend on male lawyers is more than on females, which of course stands to reason since there are less of them.
HOWEVER, I absolutely believe that sex discrimination and sexism exists in law firms, despite it being 2013 and how far we've come. Perhaps not at the junior levels or mid levels so much, but certainly for women in senior positions in City law firms.
Note that the report compares remuneration for females vs. males; it does not compare remuneration at equivalent seniority, or, to the point, remuneration at equivalent seniority, effort and commitment.
Clearly the underlying cause of the disparity lies with child rearing, and the reality that on the whole women spend considerably more time raising their children than men do. (Btw, I would assert that this is far less to do with men shirking as some may think, and is largely driven by gender stereotypes and gender expectations which women adhere to as much if not more than men.)
Assume that male and female lawyers are as likely as each other to have children (hopefully not a contentious assumption).
I would assert, from experience of both lawyering and child rearing, that taking a leading role in child care is wholly incompatible with the rigours of a full time job as a City lawyer. Indeed, the same may be said of merely taking an equal role in child rearing, or even much more than a cameo at breakfast - as you won't be there for dinner/bath/teeth/story/bed - and rising to the occasion when the better half says, "omigod I am knackered GET THEM OUT OF THE HOUSE" at the weekend, assuming you're not working that weekend.
Any lawyer who has made it to Partner at a sizeable City firm will have been through long stretches of late nights, all nighters, weekend work, often under incredible time pressure. It simply is not possible to have a significant involvement in the day-to-day life of child raising when in the office 14-24 hours a day, 27-30 days a month for months on end. Conversely, this is a rite of passage required of the majority of City lawyers in order to make partnership. The consequence is that, for so long as more women than men wish to take the leading role in raising their children, more men than women will rise to the higher echelons of the profession, and on average men will earn more than women.
If this is something which people find objectionable, then rather than complain that it is the firms' obligation to change - start your own 'child friendly' firm. Frankly, I may well choose to work there. But if I did I'll bet I wouldn't do the sheer number of hours, nor will the firm win the high stress, high pressure work which commands the highest fees, compared to lawyers at the big City shops. In turn, third parties (i.e. clients) will not pay as much for my services, and consequently I will not earn as much.
My own wife very much wanted to take the leading role in raising our children. In turn, I wasn't given the choice of being a stay-at-home Dad (without taking a massive financial hit for the family). Consequently, I earn much more than my wife. This isn't a result of some discriminatory conspiracy; rather, at worst, it is my wife who has succumbed to gender stereotyping (or perhaps just her strong maternal instincts).
Out of interest, her Mummy circle includes more than one Associate on maternity leave from well-known City law firms who express dread at going back to the law firm, have detailed knowledge of the maternity-leave rules, and practice scientific family planning of the 'how long do I have go back to work before I can take maternity leave with the next child' variety.
Looking at this from the other side of the coin, and from experience at a few City firms, I really believe that firms do not give a hoot as to their lawyers' gender. If you are always available, bringing in new clients, keeping existing clients happy, racking up the hours, churning out the bills, getting those bills paid, and in doing so generating cash for the firm, your race, gender, sexual preference or for that matter whether you exhibit one or more of an extremely wide range of personal oddities is of little if any consequence.
Anonymous @ 2:51. I wholeheartedly believe that women in corporate are paid less than male counterparts, within each specialist area. Anonyous @ 12:14pm hit the nail on the head - they are less nuturing, less 'forgiving', more presumptious and more aggressive.
Sadly, either the female (senior) lawyers either never speak up against differential pay, or do not know ... more likely the latter with these ridiculous bands and scales and points systems in place, and no transparency as to where you sit or why.
Mister Ogynous - " I really believe that firms do not give a hoot as to their lawyers' gender. If you are always available, bringing in new clients, keeping existing clients happy, racking up the hours, churning out the bills, getting those bills paid, and in doing so generating cash for the firm, your race, gender, sexual preference or for that matter whether you exhibit one or more of an extremely wide range of personal oddities is of little if any consequence."
What?!!! Sure, they're happy enough - happy to beast these yound women as they rise through the ranks, clocking X billable hours. They obviously couldn't care less whether said lawyer is male or female. But when you hit a certain level and pay becomes more discretionary - it does factor into pay, because the assumption is that the female lawyer doesn't need to be as incentivised since she's likely to have children and never come back. The male equivalent, however - him, they want to nuture and make feel more valued, since his chances of staying are "seen to be" higher.
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By Adam Minter

What does a citizen in today's China have to do to capture the attention and empathy of local government officials? He or she might organize a petition or a march. Or, following the recent example of a group of university professors in Hubei Province, the citizen can get on his or her knees.

Literally.

On Nov. 1, a group of professors from Yangtze University in the city of Jingzhou gathered some students, made some protest banners and then headed downtown. There, they did something that absolutely rocked China's media and netizens: They knelt down before city hall to protest the debilitating effects of pollution coming from a nearby steel mill.

The sorry tale began in 2007, when Jingzhou Chuhang Special Steel Products Co., Ltd decided to build the unlicensed mill 100 meters from the gates of Yangtze University. Faculty and students complained to the local government about its construction; in return, they received silence. Soon, the mill began operations, swallowing scrap metal and then spitting out steel and smog. Yangtze University students and faculty soon developed sore throats and coughs -- even cases of leukemia were reported on campus. The steel mill's managers, however, took no heed, much less action to stem the pollution.

Throughout 2007, the university's faculty filed eight petitions with the local, provincial and national governments, asking that the unlicensed factory be shut down. The mill's managers, confident in their close relationship with local government officials and their shared commitment to economic development, continued operating, and polluting. Chinese government officials, at all levels, looked the other way.

Jingzhou's professors, however, would not be deterred. A decade ago, before the advent of social media networks and a 24-hour news cycle in China, the Nov. 1 kneeling protest may have never received attention. But the professors brought cameras, and soon images of the protest were featured in newspapers and microblogs, horrifying netizens and journalists raised in a culture where, for centuries, it was believed that scholars knelt for nobody.

Liu Yuan, a popular newspaper columnist, tweeted on Sina Weibo, China's largest microblog:

We should never propagate this kind of feudal signal. A hundred years has passed since the Revolution of 1911. If we think of ourselves as an ignorant common people as low as dirt, instead of as citizens of a modern society, officials will treat us with even more disregard.

Equally disgusted was Wang Quanjie, a local government official and university professor from Shandong Province. He also took to Weibo to vent his anger. His was aimed not at the Yangtze University professors for getting on their knees but at a society and government that would lower a traditionally respected class to supplicants. He wrote:

Kneeling professors: the weak's only resort in the face of bureaucracy and strong power; kneeling professors: a shame of history, society and country.

Kneeling, in Chinese culture, is a complex social act with multiple layers of meaning. It is typically a sign of respect and entreaty reserved for those to whom gratitude and obligation is felt, such as government officials, parents and –- traditionally –- a wife to her husband. In an influential 2010 essay, "The Resurgence of Chinese Kneeling Culture," commentator Li Nuoyen parsed three types of kneeling:

A kneel to bow is etiquette which lowly beings perform for noble beings, and it has the meaning of respect; kneeling to thank is the most profound body language for expressing appreciation, and it has a commendatory meaning; kneeling to beg is a kind of helplessness and surrendering, with a derogatory meaning.

Recently, the Chinese press ran photos of parents kneeling in gratitude before a woman who helped their injured daughter, and another of a mother who knelt with a critically injured son in her arms, asking for help. The images are disturbing because of the circumstances of the kneelers, but these voluntary instances of kneeling -- Li's second and third types -- are rather uncontroversial by contemporary Chinese standards.

However, over the last eighteen months, there have been other high-profile instances of Chinese students being forced to kneel in front of their teachers. These stories and images have caused intense reactions among Chinese netizens.

In some cases, the students were forced to kneel as a punishment. (In one prominent case, they were forced to write confessions while supplicating themselves.) In others, students kneeled at high school graduations or on the occasion of teacher's day to show gratitude to their superiors. In the cases that hit the press, repercussions often followed, including terminations of school administrators and teachers for making the students kneel. In one recent case, a student who exposed kneeling as forced punishment at her school was expelled.

It is the third type of kneel Li Nuoyen described, a begging kneel, that was clearly on the minds of Jingzhou's professors when they appeared at city hall on Nov 1. They had solid precedent: Last April, in the northern Chinese county of Zhuanghe, more than a thousand poor villagers knelt in front of their city hall in protest, hoping the mayor would dismiss allegedly corrupt local leaders. The mayor refused. But then, images of the protest circulated online and in the mainstream media, casting the mayor as an unsympathetic, unresponsive leader. It was an embarrassment to a Communist Party that still fancies itself a populist organization. Not long after, the mayor of Zhuanghe was fired.

Predictably, the Jingzhou government's reaction to the kneeling professors was less than enthusiastic. One photo shows a bureaucrat in a heated argument with the professors. Some media accounts claimed that he told the group, "If you want clean air, you should move to Africa." Other reports, however, disputed that the bureaucrat said this. Whatever the response was, it was already too late from a public relations standpoint: News and images of the kneeling professors quickly circulated widely online, stirring up much sympathy for them before the Jingzhou government could formulate an acceptable response.

Zhang Ming, a professor of politics at Beijing's prestigious Renmin University, asked on Sina Weibo:

Is there any good method for them except kneeling? Is there any good method for anyone in front of arrogant and indifferent power? Can you think of another good idea to handle the situation when you are bullied with no place to turn?

Likewise, when ifeng.com, the online counterpart to Hong Kong's Phoenix TV, asked its largely Mainland audience whether they agreed or disagreed with the professors' decision to kneel, roughly 60 percent of the more than 65,000 respondents agreed. Of those, almost half explicitly affirmed the statement that "kneeling can attract the public and media to put pressure on the local government."

Most netizens and newspaper editorialists also interpreted the kneeling professors as media savvy social networkers with a worthy cause."The professors' kneeling is helpful insofar as it is so shameful, so astonishing and so eye-catching," wrote an editorialist with the Guangzhou Daily. "To a certain extent, it is like performance art."

To be sure, many disagreed with the action, seeing it as lowering the status of intellectuals while raising the pride of local government officials -- who are, indisputably, the most despised class in contemporary China.

In the end, the kneeling protest may be futile. Despite a Nov. 3 order from the city government to shut down entirely, Jingzhou Chuhang Special Steel Products Co., Ltd. continues to partially operate its mill. And according to several media reports, economic development-minded local government officials have suggested that Yangtze University, rather than the steel mill, should relocate.

(Adam Minter is the Shanghai correspondent for the World View blog. The opinions expressed are his own.)

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stop thinking it's gonna be a checklist of this or that. it's just chemistry, which is a very delicate balance of everything you could ever hope to bring together onto a checklist.
Haha. You know what men want in women? Themselves!
I'm just going to stick myself... yahh, right here. Good.. easy does it..

Nice answers so far.
All of you!!!!
For me. Looks are not terribly important. However, I must be physically attracted. Since I love women of all shapes, most ages (I stay away from young ones) heights and ethnicity, I have a broad pallet from which to choose. Now, it comes down to personality. I like intelligence, patience and compassion, because you need those traits to deal with me. And, I need a filthy ***** in the sack. I'm into some freaky ****. She has to know that I love to go down and it can happen at any moment. I will spank her when she does something wrong. Of course, there will be plenty of aftercare. And, ball gags. There are times when a ball gag will be required. I'm not asking for much.
Wow what a bunch of BS. Confidence in yourself is what makes a guy dig you. If you feel good, are comfortable with yourself and know who and what you are(for real) and don't try to be something you're not, that shows confidence in yourself. When you have that, then everything else will follow and you will never have to ask this question again.
There is a difference between arrogance and confidence. Those who are confident have charisma. When you are confident in yourself, you send off little pick me sparks. Whether or not it's real is what determines if they'll stick around a little longer.
eyes *** and boobs and if your talking others personality is a big one
Really good question.......Hope more answers.
i wouldn't leave you sweet heart
what else did you wanna hear :)
in this case i would have to start writing a novel .
probably ! :)
from experience, a pleasant personality, screw looks, 99.9% of the time they are wenches
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