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This video is for viewing purposes only, No copyright infringement intended Joan promises to support Toni as the wedding approaches, but repeatedly neglects …
Separate Lives
Growing up as an only child, I made friends rather quickly cause I was bored and a social butterfly. Even though my mom repeatedly taught me not to talk to strangers, strangers were more interesting than anything I had going on. I needed accomplices, people I could blame if something broke.
I've had various versions of "Girlfriends" throughout my life, I've been Joan, Toni, even accused of being Lynn in my early 20's (the rumors were unfounded). These women that have been in my life for over the past 10 years or more…I can't even describe how amazing they are.
I believe in the concept of soulmates, I'm not referring to member's of the opposite sex, soulmates can be any person in your life that makes you whole, loves you unconditionally and understands you even when you're not making sense to yourself. A soulmate is more than your friend, they are someone you can't be without. That kind of faith, trust and loyalty it stands the test of time, trials and tribulations.
People change, situations can harden your heart, life can mold you into being a different person than you originally start out; sometimes better, sometimes worse. Recently I've had to assess my immediate circle and realize that one of my soulmates, well…we've grown apart. While I understand things fall apart, it leaves an aching emptiness because it couldn't have come at a worse time.
Or it could have.
Having to love someone that has shown you their worse is hard but it can be done. Having to love someone that betrays your trust is a dealbreaker for me.
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I hate it when certain people push my fucking buttons. All of my calm turns to "Let me throw it right back at you."
Yes I can be as nasty, mean, and assholish as you…I can also be as cold as a Russian Winter.
Live this, everyday.
"All the love I gave you? I want it back."
I would be such a different person if I could take back the love I gave out to unworthy people. No walls, no trust issues, just simple and sweet. What I am now…takes an act of Congress to love.
Dearest Chicago,
You break my heart, consistently and constantly. Life is more than anger and guns and violence and weed. Sit your ass down and figure out what you want to do in life, what you strive to be, who you want to be. Who wakes up in the am and decides, "I want to shoot someone?" If that's what your mind set is, then you need help..not from your friends, not from family, not from a gun, you need to seek out someone that can help you from within. HELP yourself and take 5 minutes to make a rational decision. Running on emotion all the time will get you killed or locked up or both. If you don't care if you live or die, then do us a favor, kill yourself. If you're that mad at someone, talk it out, fight it out, stop trying to take lives.
Chicago, I can't defend you anymore, you're not the city I fell in love with, you're not the place that raised me to be the amazing citizen I strive to be. You're a stranger who won't leave well enough alone. Perhaps you'll get what you deserve in the end.
Disappointed Former Resident looking for a new love
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7-Year-Old Zora Ball Is the World's Youngest Game Programmer
The youngest person to create a full version of a mobile application video game. A first grader at Philadelphia's Harambee Institute of Science and Technology Charter School, she's already more accomplished than everyone you know.
Ball built the app in the Bootstrap programming language, and unveiled her game at FATE's "Bootstrap Expo" at the University of Pennsylvania.
Apparently some grumpy olds were suspicious that her older brother was really the mastermind behind the program, but Zora showed them. When asked to reconfigure the app on the spot, Ball showed naysayers what was up when she executed the request perfectly.
"We expect great things from Zora, as her older brother, Trace Ball, is a past STEM Scholar of the Year," said Harambee Science Teacher Tariq Al-Nasir. No pressure, baby geniuses, but there's an entire world for you to save. Please hurry.
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How can a Gemini with a short attention span write a book? SMH, I don't know but ya'll pray for me, I'm gonna need it.
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Before it was known as Chi-Iraq or the Bloody City or however the media is painting it today, Chicago was and some days is a beautiful place. I'm not biased, I've been to many a city in America but there is something almost majestic about Chicago. Ask Michael Jordan, Ask Oprah.. Ask our President Barack Obama. In the 70's, Chicago was once a community of great citizens.
Living in Englewood was a good time back then. The entire block looked out for you, made sure no one snatched you up, made sure you didn't play in the streets with traffic coming and once those street lights came on, no one was outside under the age of 18.©
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A bookstore in Buenos Aires, Argentina in an old theatre where you can drink coffee on the stage. Three of my favorite things in one… I could cry.
Wow.. I love this. Wonder if we could convert the Chicago Theatre to this.
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Sign me up for all of these.
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15-year-old Hadiya Pendleton was fatally shot yesterday at a Chicago park about a week after she attended President Barack Obama's inauguration and performed at inaugural events with her high school's band and drill team, the Chicago Tribune reports.
A 16-year-old boy with Pendleton in the park was wounded in the attack and remained in serious condition Tuesday night.
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YES, I'm getting this album, hahahaha.
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Prayer Dress LMAO
Some of these I'd like to see happen though..
Can we please tal about
Usherboard on Top. ::death::
Moment of Death" "excuse me ms… are you saved?"
I can see "Me, Myself, and God" working out
Yall aint no type-a shit for this.
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PHL flag flutters anew in Japan property
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08 Jun 2013
OVER the weekend, one welcome news that greeted the country (outside of the Azkals' triumph in Hong Kong, the resurgence of the stock market and the upcoming upgrades) was the hoisting of the Philippine tricolor in Nampeidai, a shopping and leisure district in Tokyo, Japan. That property was earlier sold in a 50-year build-operate-transfer scheme to businessman Masahiro Nagayama in a 2008 transaction that had many Filipinos protesting, as it forms part of the war-reparations payment to the country.
Philippine Ambassador to Japan Manolo Lopez made that symbolic raising of the Philippine flag in a simple ceremony dubbed "Balik Nampeidai." It was a culmination of an eight-year litigation that saw the Japanese winning his case before the Regional Trial Court in Pasay City in 2008 before the Court of Appeals thumbed down the deal.
The deal is said to stink to high heavens, with the transaction said to have been non-transparent and smacked of slush funds paid to brokers. The Filipino community in Japan protested against it, as it meant the selling of an asset considered part of national patrimony. Credit for the recovery of the property goes to the triumvirate of Lopez, Foreign Secretary Alberto del Rosario and Solicitor General Francis Jardeleza.
First Gen woes
FIRST Gen, the listed power company of the Lopezes, may have to make do with lower revenues due to a fire that struck its San Lorenzo power plant. The stock-market talk is that the company may be forced to declare a force majeure because the fire, which hit the plant's transformer in its Unit 60, could affect the delivery of its contracted capacity to the Manila Electric Co. (Meralco).
The plant has a rated capacity of 500 megawatts, but because of the fire, its generating capacity has been reduced by 250 MW. This means that it could only be paid just half, and even that is not yet sure. Under its contract with Meralco, First Gen can charge the full 500 MW it generates even when it can only deliver 83 percent of what is deemed as net-dependable capacity. But since half of the contracted amount is affected, it can only be paid the 250 MW.
First Gen's problem is that spare parts are hard to come by and it would need about six months, since the transformer's bushings have been affected. That means the company will have reduced revenues until December should a scheduled net-dependable capacity test slated for the next two months show that the 250 MW of its capacity has been affected as a result of the fire.
Casiño to push for social reforms
MAKABAYAN bloc's Teddy Casiño, who lost his Senate bid, vows to pursue "social reforms" from the outside, and that has certainly warmed the hearts of members of the Digitel Employees Union, who are fighting for their cause in dominant telco Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co.
Casiño, who "graduated" from his stint in the House of Representatives, promised to push for his advocacy for the passage of progressive measures. He was supposed to have been the Senate pointman for measures that were passed in the House. Once again, there are seven representatives who were elected under the party-list system of the so-called Makabayan bloc.
Said the third-termer: "I am very much satisfied with my accomplishments in my nine years in Congress, but there are still a lot of issues that need to be addressed by lawmakers. At the same time, there is a strong need for advocates who can take up people's issues in the Senate. While Makabayan party-list representatives have been gaining ground in the House of Representatives, marginalized sectors have yet to find reliable partners in the upper house." So Casiño will continue to provide a voice to the marginalized "from the outside."


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Jack (given name)
|dʒæk (jak)
|Middle English, indirect diminutive of "John"
|Other names
|Related names
|John, Jacob, Jackie, Jackson, Johnny, Jacqueline, Jacques, Jake, Jay, Jayceon, Jaco[disambiguation needed], Jacobi
|Look up Jack or jack in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Jack /ˈdʒæk/ is a male given name, although in some cases it can be used as a female given name (A shortened versioned of "Jacqueline" or "Jackie", for example),[1] and sometimes as a surname. In English it is traditionally used as the diminutive form of the name John, though it is also often given as a proper name in its own right.
The name Jack is unique in the English language for the frequency of its use as a verb and a noun for many common objects and actions; and also its use in many compound words and phrases: jack-of-all-trades, jackknife, jackpot, jack tar, hijack, union jack, jack straw (scarecrow), apple jack, lumberjack, jackhammer, jackdaw, jack o'lantern, jack-off, jack-in-the-box, jack of clubs (playing cards), etc. The Encyclopædia Britannica article on the history of the word "jack" linked it directly to the common name: "Jack, a word with a great variety of meanings and applications, all traceable to the common use of the word as a by-name of a man." [2]
The name Jack probably originated as a medieval diminutive of the name John, originally as "Jackin" (earlier Jankin).[3][4] Alternatively it may be derived from the name Jacques, which is the French form of the name Jacob.[3] There is also a theory that it is Celtic in origin, meaning "Healthy, Strong, Full of Vital Energy" (compare the Welsh word iach, "health"), from a putative Ancient British *Jakkios.[5] Whatever its origin, the name and also the word "jack" were long used as a term to refer to any man, especially of the common classes.[2][6]
Given name[edit]
In England, Wales and Northern Ireland, "Jack" was the most frequently used male name for the years 2003–2007.[7][8][9] The high status of Jack as a male given name is a recent phenomenon. For all of the 1800s and the first half of the 1900s, William or John held the title of most frequent male given name.[10] A closer look at London shows that in 1994 "Jack" was the most popular name in the city, but does not appear among the top-ten most popular in the preceding 970 years.[10][not in citation given] A survey in December 2008 showed that Jack is the most popular name in the UK for the 14th year running, since it took over from Thomas in 1994.
In 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2013 Jack was the most common boy's name in Australia.[11]
According to the United States Census of 1990, "Jack" is an uncommon American name, the given name for 0.315% of the male population and 0.001% of the female population.[1][12][13] However, the frequency of use of "Jack" as a baby name has steadily increased from the 160–170 rank prior to 1991 to a rank of 35 in 2006.[14]
Jock is the Scottish form of the name Jack.
The appearance of "Jack" as a surname is much less frequent than its use as a male given name. In 1990 United States, this surname is shared by about 0.007% of the population, though the geographical distribution of the surname has been broad since at least 1840, at which time there was a modest concentration of Jacks in Pennsylvania.[12][15][16] In the late 19th century, the geographic distribution of Jacks in England was also broad, with enrichment in North East England, Yorkshire and the Humber and southern North West England.[17] In 1891, the highest concentration of Jacks in the United Kingdom appeared in Scotland. The surname is considered almost exclusively Scottish.[18]
List of people with given name Jack[edit]
- Jack the Bulldog, Georgetown University mascot
- Jack the Ripper, pseudonym of unidentified London serial killer active from 1888 to 1891
- Jack Albertson (1907–1981), American actor
- Jack Barakat, guitarist for All Time Low
- Jack Black, American actor, musician and comedian
- Jack Buchanan, Several people
- Jack Charlton, English footballer
- Jack Dee, English comedian
- Jack Dorsey, founder of Twitter
- Jack Douglass, YouTube comedian
- Jack Dugger, American football player
- Jack Hoffman, American
- Jack Hoffman (American football), American football player
- Jack Kerouac, American novelist
- Jack Kevorkian, American doctor
- Jack Klugman, American actor
- Jack Lemmon, American actor
- Jack Littlejohn, Australian Rugby League player
- Jack McConnell, former First Minister of Scotland
- Jack Nicholson, American actor
- Jack Nicklaus, American golfer
- Jack Palance, American actor
- Jack Reed (disambiguation), Several people
- Jack Souther, an American-Canadian geologist
- Jack Straw, British politician
- Jack Vance, American author
- Jack Vettriano, Scottish painter
- Jack Wilshere, English footballer
Jack in fiction[edit]
- Jack, an archetypal English hero
- Jack Bauer, main character in the TV series 24
- Jack Branning, fictional character from the BBC soap opera EastEnders
- Jack Shephard, main character in the TV series Lost
- Jack Harkness, main character in the TV series Torchwood & reappearing character in the TV series Doctor Who
- Jack O'Neill, main character in the TV series Stargate SG-1.
- Jack Tripper, fictional character in the TV sitcom series Three's Company and Three's a Crowd
- Jack Donaghy, fictional character in the TV series 30 Rock
- Jack Bowser, a character from the reboot of Electric Company in their 24 Seconds segments.
- Jack Carter (Eureka), a character in the TV series Eureka
- Jack Landors (Power Rangers SPD) 1st Red SPD Ranger"
- Jack Sparrow, fictional character in the Pirates of the Caribbean films.
- Jack Torrance, fictional character from the film The Shining.
- Jack Reacher, fictional character from the film of the same name
- Jack Skellington, fictional character from the film Nightmare before Christmas
- Jack Dawson, fictional character from the 1997 film Titanic
- Jack Bell, from Terrence Malick's The Thin Red Line.
- Jack Frost, fictional character from the film Rise of the Guardians.
- Jack Crawford, fictional character from the film The Silence of the Lambs.
- Jack Campbell, fictional character from the film The Family Man
- Jack Burton, fictional character from the film Big Trouble in Little China
- Jack Ryan - a fictional character from the Tom Clancy films
- Jack Powell, fictional character from the film of the same name Jack.
- Ballin' the Jack - a popular song that introduced a dance of the same name
- Jack Straw (song) - a song by The Grateful Dead
- Captain Jack - the title of an early Billy Joel song about a heroin dealer
- Hit the Road Jack - a song written by Percy Mayfield and recorded by various artists
- Big Jack (song) - a song by AC/DC
- The Jack - a song by AC/DC
- Happy Jack - a song by The Who, and the U.S. title of their second album
- Jack and Diane - a song by John Mellencamp
- Smackwater Jack - a ballad by Carole King
- Jack Barakat - lead guitarist for punk rock band All Time Low
- Hey Jack Kerouac - a song by 10,000 Maniacs
- Jack and the Beanstalk, a classical story
- Jack Aubrey, an officer in the Royal Navy of the Napoleonic Wars, one of the two main characters in the Aubrey–Maturin series by Patrick O'Brian
- Jack (webcomic), a furry webcomic by David Hopkins
- Jack Noir, one of the main villains in Homestuck
Nursery rhymes[edit]
- Jack and the Beanstalk, an old fairy tale known throughout the world
- Jack and Jill (song), a nursery rhyme
- Jack Be Nimble, a nursery rhyme
- Jack sprat, a nursery rhyme
- Little Jack Horner, a nursery rhyme
Video games[edit]
- Jack (a.k.a. Subject Zero), a squad member from the Mass Effect series. It is worth noting that she is female, and "Jack" is merely a nickname. Her real name is revealed to be Jennifer in Mass Effect 3.
- Handsome Jack, the main antagonist from Borderlands 2.
- Jack (a.k.a. Big Boss a.k.a. Naked Snake) from the Metal Gear Solid series.
- Jack (a.k.a. Raiden), also from the Metal Gear Solid series.
- Jack Wynand (a.k.a. Jack Ryan), the silent protagonist of Bioshock.
- Jack of Blades, the antagonist of Fable.
- Jack Tait (a.k.a. Mad Jack), the homophobic and racist protagonist of Grand Theft Auto.
- Jack Cayman, the protagonist of MadWorld and Anarchy Reigns
- Jack (mascot), the official spokesman for the American restaurant chain Jack in the Box
- Jack Frost, mythological bringer of winter
- Jack Pattillo of Achievement Hunter
- Eyeless Jack, a creepypasta character that steals people's organs
- Laughing Jack, the killer clown from creepypasta
See also[edit]
- ^ a b "Name search results". Search name files from 1990 Census. United States Census Bureau. 2007-09-07. Retrieved 2008-02-09. "NAME(female):JACK ; RANK:3217; %FREQ (CUMM FREQ):0.001 (88.832)"
- ^ a b JACK (Encyclopædia Britannica, 1910). Retrieved 2011-02-04.
- ^ a b "Jack". Thinkbabynames.com. n.d. Retrieved March 30, 2012.
- ^ Campbell, Mike (n.d.). "Behind the Name: Meaning, Origin and History of the Name Jack". Behind the Name. Mike Campbell. Retrieved March 30, 2012.
- ^ "English words of British origin - dexsowā". Google Sites. n.d. Retrieved March 30, 2012.[unreliable source?]
- ^ "Dictionary entry, jack". Dictionary.com. Ask.com. Retrieved March 30, 2012.
- ^ "Top 100 names for baby boys in England and Wales". National Statistics Online. Office for National Statistics. 2007. Retrieved 2008-02-09.
- ^ "Jack and Katie are the most popular baby names in Northern Ireland". News. Department of Finance and Personnel, Northern Ireland. 2007-12-19. Retrieved 2008-02-10. "Jack has been the most popular boys name since 2003...."
- ^ "Jack and Emma were the most popular first names in Northern Ireland in 2003" (PDF) (Press release). Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency. 2004-01-02. Retrieved 2008-02-14. "Jack and Emma were the most popular first names given to children whose births were registered in Northern Ireland in 2003"
- ^ a b Galbi, Douglas A. (2002-07-20). Long-Term Trends in Personal Given Name Frequencies in England and Wales. 1.1. (self-published). Retrieved 2008-02-10.
- ^ "Australia's 100 most popular baby names". Kidspot. April 2, 2013. Retrieved 2014-01-10.
- ^ a b The male, female and total populations of the United States in the 1990 census were 121,239,418; 127,470,455; and 248,709,873, respectively. Information from "General Population and Housing Characteristics: 1990". 1990 Summary Tape File 1 (STF 1) - 100-Percent data. United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2008-02-09.
- ^ "Name search results". Search name files from 1990 Census. United States Census Bureau. 2007-09-07. Retrieved 2008-02-09. "NAME(male):JACK ; RANK:53; %FREQ (CUMM FREQ):0.315 (48.102)"
- ^ Popular baby names
- ^ "Name search results". Search name files from 1990 Census. United States Census Bureau. 2007-09-07. Retrieved 2008-02-09. "NAME(last):JACK ; RANK:1852; %FREQ (CUMM FREQ):0.007 (50.991)"
- ^ "Jack Family History Facts 1840". Family Facts. The Generations Network, Inc. Retrieved 2008-02-10.
- ^ "Jack Families Living in England and Wales in 1891". Family Facts. The Generations Network, Inc. Retrieved 2008-02-10.
- ^ http://www.ancestry.co.uk/facts/Jack-family-history-sct.ashx Retrieved 08-24-11
|This page or section lists people that share the same given name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change that link to point directly to the intended article.


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Authors Explore Fantasy in From Homer to Harry Potter
- Thursday, September 21, 2006
Title: "From Homer to Harry Potter: A Handbook on Myth and Fantasy"
Authors: Matthew Dickerson & David O'Hara
Publisher: Brazos Press
The early part of this decade saw a growing interest in fantasy literature, due in no small part to two very successful movie franchises. Of course, I'm talking about "The Lord of the Rings" and "Harry Potter."
At the time, I was a member of the board of directors (and later president) of the Mythopoeic Society. We saw a lot of people new to fantasy come to appreciate fantasy literature. Since then, the buzz for fantasy has dwindled a bit, but there is still a strong interest in the fantastic, with more movies, such as "The Chronicles of Narnia" and Phillip Pullman's God-hating "His Dark Materials" both coming soon to a theater near you.
Why this interest in fantasy? There is a bit of testosterone involved in it, I must admit. My inner dude just loves those cool fight scenes from "The Lord of the Rings," and my sons, when they re-watch the extended versions, fast forward past all that mushy stuff (what there is of it) to the battles. Who cares if the elves didn't come to Helm's Deep in the novel? It makes for some great cinematography. And what about the covers of fantasy novels? True, they're not as lurid as they were during the hey-days of Valejo and the Brothers Hildebrandt, but there are still plenty of covers which show that in pseudo-medieval cultures women in general can't afford much clothing and have impossible body mass indexes.
But hormones only get you so far. There's got to be something more, especially when you consider that there are lots of women reading fantasy these days. (Harlequin has even launched its own fantasy imprint, Luna Books, trying to cash in on this growing niche.) There is indeed something more going on in fantasy that makes many enjoy it as a genre.
Christian fantasy authors J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis both wrote on the topic of fantasy literature (as well as creating two of the most beloved fantasy worlds), but what they wrote is limited to a few sentences here, an essay there, a personal letter, etc. What has been much needed is a more consistent analysis of fantasy and its relationship to the Christian faith. It's something I've considered doing over the years, but Christian publisher Brazos Press has beat me to it with "From Homer to Harry Potter: A Handbook on Myth and Fantasy" by Matthew Dickerson and David O'Hara. (Dickerson is also the author of "Following Gandalf," which was one of the few quality LOTR-related books that came out during the release of the films.)
For Dickerson and O'Hara, however, the question is not "what is fantasy?", but "what is myth?" Even though English professor and Tolkien scholar Tom Shippey has declared that "the dominant literary mode of the twentieth century has been the fantastic," Dickerson and O'Hara rightly point out that "fantasy" as a genre really only extends back one or two hundred years, if that. However, mythic stories go back all the way to man's first inclination to tell tales.
The mythic, then, is where we should look, and Dickerson and O'Hara do a wonderful job walking us through a history and definition of what the mythic actually is. At the highest level, a dictionary definition of "myth" gets us pointed in the right direction: "A story of great but unknown age which embodies a belief regarding some fact or phenomenon of experience, and in which often the forces of nature and of the soul are personified."
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Penny: I give up. He's impossible!
Sheldon: I can't be impossible; I exist! I think what you meant to say is, 'I give up; he's improbable'.
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Sheldon: Leonard, you may be right. It appears that Penny secretly wants you in her life in a very intimate and carnal fashion.
Leonard: You really think so?
Sheldon: Of course not. Even in my sleep-deprived state, I've managed to pull off another one of my classic pranks. BAZINGA!
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The Farmer's Luck
"There was once an old farmer who had worked his crops for many years. One day, his horse ran away. Upon hearing the news, his neighbors came to visit. "Such bad luck," they said sympathetically. "Maybe," the farmer replied.
The next morning the horse returned, bringing with it two other wild horses. "Such good luck!" the neighbors exclaimed. "Maybe," replied the farmer.
The following day, his son tried to ride one of the untamed horses, was thrown off, and broke his leg. Again, the neighbors came to offer their sympathy on his misfortune. "Such bad luck," they said. "Maybe," answered the farmer.
The day after that, military officials came to the village to draft young men into the army to fight in a war. Seeing that the son's leg was broken, they passed him by. "Such good luck!" cried the neighbors. "Maybe," said the farmer."
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All: CFI Group's research found that customers who thought a contact center was located offshore ranked their experiences significantly lower (26 points on a 100-point scale) than experiences at onshore centers. They also indicated they'd be twice as likely to defect. What were customers' biggest issues with offshore centers? Do they tend to have a negative perception of such centers, regardless of their actual service levels?
Teodoru: Clearly there is some backlash due to the offshoring of jobs. There is some negativity there. We asked outright, "Does the location affect your likelihood to do business?" But the more interesting thing was, the number of people that said "yes" was the same whether or not they thought (contact centers) were offshored. So it isn't as if there is this knee-jerk reaction driving the negativity.
The far bigger issue is that customers just aren't getting their problems resolved by the offshore agents. This is primarily driven by the PC industry. It has done a lot of offshoring, which clearly has not worked. The issues are complex; the reps couldn't solve the problems; customers left angry. This drove down (customers') satisfaction with the call, and clearly, their overall satisfaction with the (computer) companies. It ended up translating into a lower stock price for some of the companies. So it's a big issue.
All: Yes, I see that PC call centers only got a 64 (on a scale of 100), largely based on the fact that customers were less likely to get their issues resolved on a single call. Is this because, as you said, problems associated with PCs tend to be more complex? Or are there other issues?
Teodoru: I have a horrible grasp of French. Yet I can go to France and find my way around a little bit and probably order a cup of coffee or a meal. But if I wanted to discuss a business problem with someone in France, I wouldn't get much past "bonjour." I think you've got some of that going on here. You've got very complicated issues. Just look at the computer on your desk and think about the 5 million ways you could describe its keyboard in a script. So when you try to describe your problem, if those words don't appear on a script, the agent might not know the American colloquialism. So you end up getting this bizarre inability for the agent to even understand what you are asking. With onshore, there's less of that. If you call (a computer component) "this thingamajig," you might still be able to get the agent to understand what you are talking about.
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DIXMOOR, Ill., (UPI) — An Illinois woman says she and her adult son haven't said much to each other since they both began running for the presidency of their small community.
Wendy and Randall Casey live in the same house in Dixmoor but seem to be avoiding one another as they drum up votes in the upcoming village president election, Wendy Casey told WMAQ-TV, Chicago.
"We just interact, saying, 'Good morning,' and, 'Good evening,' when he comes in from work," she said.
She said Dixmoor, a low-income town south of Chicago, has been on the skids for years, and has gotten to a point that a fire engine was recently repossessed.
The village board has been a revolving door of resignations. The incumbent president was removed from the ballot because he had no fixed address and was living in his office.
Both Caseys told WMAQ they were serious about winning the election and did not want their living arrangement to be a distraction.
"I don't want to embarrass the people of Dixmoor," Randall said. "The people of Dixmoor have had enough embarrassment."


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Some of the most interesting wines I tasted at the 1998 Expo were made from varieties of grapes used in the Rhone region of France, such as Syrah, Mourvedre and Grenache. These days, the Rhone grapes are being grown in numerous winemaking regions, including Australia and California, and are responsible for many excellent wines. For me, the highlight of the Expo was the chance to taste 10 years of Syrah from one of California's most famous producers and vineyards, the Edmunds St. John Durell Vineyard.
If you would like to attend the Boston Wine Expo, the next one will probably take place in late January or early February, 2002. You can find details on my Boston Wine Expo Information Page and on the official Boston Wine Expo website.
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Zen Studios released the first trailer for its digital Star Wars Pinball game, the first tables including Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back, Boba Fett and Star Wars: The Clone Wars.
Starting Feb. 26-27, the games can be downloaded on Xbox LIVE, Playstation Network and through multiple mobile platforms.
The trailer teases viewers with engaging game play, which features fast moving graphics, authentic sounding audio and iconic homage to the original trilogy.
The first trailer introduces the gravely, accented voice of Boba Fett and pans to a view of a vast arena, which includes the Sarlacc Pit; secret doors harboring Stormtroopers, Jabba the Hutt and Darth Vader; icons of other bounty hunters; and dozens of moving pieces.
The Boba Fett game will feature several options to execute action. The goal for the player is to complete missions by scoring a certain amount of points, triggering letters to spell out specific words, or hitting various targets – all the while avoiding being sucked into the Sarlacc Pit.
This isn't Zen Studio's first venture into digital pinball. After a number of original titles, they've released a half dozen Marvel franchise theme games. Officials stated there will be about 10 Star Wars digital tables available planned for this series.
I'm excited to check out this game, once it's available. This is a fresh way to experience the Star Wars universe and there's a reason pinball games have been a popular arcade style game for more than three decades. However, I wonder who this game is aimed toward – I feel it will be embraced more so by the original trilogy generation.
I have a feeling Zen Studios is also not quite sure which demographic will download this game the most, explaining their choices in initial releases. The Empire table will appeal to the OT players, the Boba Fett table will demonstrate stand alone character power and the Clone Wars table is probably targeted toward the younglings.
Depending on which of these versions proves most popular will most likely decide which direction the company steers for future releases.
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My wife and I opened our stocking stuffers this morning and I was ecstatic to find she got me the coolest memory drive I've ever seen – the Boba Fett flash drive released by MIMOCO.
When MIMOCO released its line of Star Wars flash drives, it did not take long for the Boba Fett USB device to sell out. In response to its popularity, the company released a new version of the Boba Fett MIMOBOT in its Series 7 collection.
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Once in a great while, a heavy academic tome dominates for a time the policy debate and, despite bristling with footnotes, shows up on the best-seller list. Thomas Piketty's Capital in the Twenty-First Century is such a volume. As with Paul Kennedy's The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers, which came out at the end of the Reagan Administration and hit a nerve by arguing the case against imperial overreach through an extensive examination of European history, Piketty's treatment of inequality is perfectly matched to its moment.
Like Kennedy a generation ago, Piketty has emerged as a rock star of the policy-intellectual world. His book was for a time Amazon's bestseller. Every pundit has expressed a view on his argument, almost always wildly favorable if the pundit is progressive and harshly critical if the pundit is conservative. Piketty's tome seems to be drawn on a dozen times for every time it is read.
This should not be surprising. At a moment when our politics seem to be defined by a surly middle class and the President has made inequality his central economic issue, how could a book documenting the pervasive and increasing concentration of wealth and income among the top 1, .1, and .01 percent of households not attract great attention? Especially when it exudes erudition from each of its nearly 700 pages, drips with literary references, and goes on to propose easily understood laws of capitalism that suggest that the trend toward greater concentration is inherent in the market system and will persist absent the adoption of radical new tax policies.
Piketty's timing may be impeccable, and his easily understandable but slightly exotic accent perfectly suited to today's media; but make no mistake, his work richly deserves all the attention it is receiving. This is not to say, however, that all of its conclusions will stand up to scholarly criticism from his fellow economists in the short run or to the test of history in the long run. Nor is it to suggest that his policy recommendations are either realistic or close to complete as a menu for addressing inequality.
Start with its strengths. In many respects, Capital in the Twenty-First Century embodies the virtues that we all would like to see but find too infrequently in the work of academic economists. It is deeply grounded in painstaking empirical research. Piketty, in collaboration with others, has spent more than a decade mining huge quantities of data spanning centuries and many countries to document, absolutely conclusively, that the share of income and wealth going to those at the very top—the top 1 percent, .1 percent, and .01 percent of the population—has risen sharply over the last generation, marking a return to a pattern that prevailed before World War I. There can now be no doubt that the phenomenon of inequality is not dominantly about the inadequacy of the skills of lagging workers. Even in terms of income ratios, the gaps that have opened up between, say, the top .1 percent and the remainder of the top 10 percent are far larger than those that have opened up between the top 10 percent and average income earners. Even if none of Piketty's theories stands up, the establishment of this fact has transformed political discourse and is a Nobel Prize-worthy contribution.
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Piketty writes in the epic philosophical mode of Keynes, Marx, or Adam Smith rather than in the dry, technocratic prose of most contemporary academic economists. His pages are littered with asides referencing Jane Austen, the works of Balzac, and many other literary figures. For those who don't like or trust economics and economists, Piketty's humane and urbane learning makes his analysis that much more compelling. As well it should: The issues of fairness of market outcomes that he deals with are best thought of as part of a broad contemplation of our society rather than in narrow numerical terms.
All of this is more than enough to justify the rapturous reception accorded Piketty in many quarters. But recall that Kennedy seemed to hit the zeitgeist perfectly but turned out later to have missed his mark as the Berlin Wall fell and the United States enjoyed an economic renaissance in the decade after he wrote; similarly, I have serious reservations about Piketty's theorizing as a guide to understanding the evolution of American inequality. And, as even Piketty himself recognizes, his policy recommendations are unworldly—which could stand in the way of more feasible steps that could make a material difference for the middle class.
Piketty's argument is straightforward, relying, as he says in his conclusion, on a simple inequality: r>g, in which the rate of return on capital exceeds the growth rate. Its essence is most easily grasped by thinking about population growth. Think first of a world where couples have four children. In that case, an accumulated fortune will dissipate, as the third generation of descendants has 64 members and the fourth has 256 members. On the other hand, if couples have only two children, a fortune has to be split only 16 ways even after four generations. So slow growth is especially conducive to rising levels of wealth inequality, as is a high rate of return on capital that accelerates wealth accumulation. Piketty argues that as long as the return to wealth exceeds an economy's growth rate, wealth-to-income ratios will tend to rise, leading to increased inequality. According to Piketty, this is the normal state of capitalism. The middle of the twentieth century, a period of unprecedented equality, was also marked by wrenching changes associated with the Great Depression, World War II, and the rise of government, making the period from 1914 to 1970 highly atypical.
This rather fatalistic and certainly dismal view of capitalism can be challenged on two levels. It presumes, first, that the return to capital diminishes slowly, if at all, as wealth is accumulated and, second, that the returns to wealth are all reinvested. Whatever may have been the case historically, neither of these premises is likely correct as a guide to thinking about the American economy today.
Economists universally believe in the law of diminishing returns. As capital accumulates, the incremental return on an additional unit of capital declines. The crucial question goes to what is technically referred to as the elasticity of substitution. With 1 percent more capital and the same amount of everything else, does the return to a unit of capital relative to a unit of labor decline by more or less than 1 percent? If, as Piketty assumes, it declines by less than 1 percent, the share of income going to capital rises. If, on the other hand, it declines by more than 1 percent, the share of capital falls.
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Celebrate our 12th year of good work with dinner, dancing, auctions and other entertainment, while overlooking a magnificent view of the Richmond International Raceway's track. Your
participation will help us to raise the necessary funds to continue our mission to rebuild lives and
communities through relationships, training, transitional jobs and economic
Boaz & Ruth's Host Committee welcomes you to this event!
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When: Saturday, October 25th from 6:00 - 10:00pm
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ROLAND TR-909 look inside and repair service
Here is a look inside the Roland TR-909 Rhythm Composer where I do a quick service and repair and look around the circuitry.
TR-909 and Korg Monotron Delay performance
Amazing performance!
Monomachine and TR 909 patterns
Background info: Borrowing a TR 909 for a bit. A few test patterns on the Elektron Monomachine and Roland TR 909. Here the Monomachine is synced to the TR 909. This TR 909 has an earlier version of the MIDI specification and does not always follow MIDI perfectly. Vice versa works fine. Switching patterns manually on both the 909 and the Mono.
Roland TR909 for iPhone and iPod Touch, yesss!!
Here's another addition to iPhone / iPod touch, the author of the beautiful, minimal iPhoneSynth has created a drum machine inspired by Roland's classic TR-909. Basic features, but it could be fun to hash out a drum pattern for your next tune on the subway: IR-909 is a drum machine for the iPhone inspired by the Roland TR-909. IR-909 features a 16-step sequencer, 4 patterns, 8 different drum sounds and the ability to adjust tempo(BPM) and shuffle amount.
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Employees at a Duluth Korean restaurant weren't careful when handling eggs and other raw foods and it cost them a failing inspection score.
Nulbom Restaurant, 2550 Pleasant Hill Road, scored a 39 on its routine inspection after having recently posted scores in the 90s. The restaurant was marked down for cross contamination of bacteria when raw egg dripped from of an employee's gloves onto some red leaf lettuce in the prep cooler.
Another employee did not change gloves between handling raw octopus and scooping green onions to garnish a customer's food. The onions and lettuce were thrown away.
Megan Bowen, one of the managers at Nulbom, attributed the low inspection score to new employees who did not know all of the health procedures. She said they were training the staff now in anticipation of a follow-up inspection this week.
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Medical diagnosis often requires the patient to describe their symptoms. If the description is 'off' the diagnosis will be 'off'. Researches from Germany's Fraunhofer Institute for Software and Systems Engineering have developed a respiration monitoring system free of stethoscopes or large machines. Embedded in an article of clothing – like a shirt or t-shirt – is a built-in monitoring system called RespiSENS, which collects data and transmits the information for analysis to a handheld device (a PDA or phone). The device is also designed to provide 'guidance' during exercise, and can also be used during sleep, a time when we can't monitor our own breathing habits (apparently I snore like a freight train). Once the data is collected it can then be sent to their doctor for analysis, and wala, no more guessing. Look out for more info and a presentation of this technology at CeBIT '08.
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Home » For Parents » Vanderbilt Resources
Vanderbilt Resources
The services of the office of Wellness Programs & Alcohol Education include:
- Vanderbilt Recovery Support for students
- Contact for AlcoholEdu, an online educational program required for first year and transfer students
- A walk-in resource room with books and brochures on various topics including: Adult Children of Alcoholics, Marijuana, Alcohol, Prescription Drugs, and Smoking. Self help books are available on a weekly loan basis
- 12 step books and access to local meeting schedule
- Scheduling presentations for residence halls, classrooms or student organizations
- Host Responsibility Training
- Support for alcohol-free students, recovering students, or students who are cutting down
Alcohol & Drug Counseling and Services
Psychological and Counseling Center (PCC) provides a certified substance abuse therapist, who can help students enter a treatment facility, prepare to return to campus from rehabilitation, or develop relapse prevention plans. Contact Dorothy Gager for more information. PCC also provides long-term counseling/therapy. Cost of services is covered in the undergraduate and graduate students activities fees.
Office of Religious Life
Students can access counseling through their respective campus ministries or the chaplain and assistant chaplain of the university. No fee involved.
Vanderbilt Medical Center
Most medical insurance will cover some cost, but always check your policy. The substance abuse therapist at PCC can assess and refer to this treatment program or a treatment program near home.
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There are several meetings within walking distance to Vanderbilt. The Friendship House is the AA meeting house (within .5 miles of campus) and is open Sunday – Wednesday 8am-10pm, Thursday 8am-11pm, and Friday/Saturday 8am-Midnight.
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Vanderbilt's Alcohol Policy is included in the Vanderbillt Student Handbook.
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sewer repairs, Subaru repairs and air conditioning repairs, a broken stovetop is a minor issue.
It died, and as we researched replacements, we discovered that the previous owners did a not-so-fabulous job DIY'ing the granite countertops. The hole they cut for our 1980s stovetop is so wonky that virtually no current brands will fit in its place. And cutting the hole bigger could crack the granite (it's tiled), and we can't swing new counters right now...SO. We searched and finally found a stovetop that fits. It's being installed later this week.
In the meantime, I've grown quite creative in using our oven, outdoor grill and microwave to prepare meals.
The kids' favorite? Spaghetti squash.
I'm not sure they realize it's not actually pasta. You can bake or microwave the squash whole (just poke some holes in it with a fork first so it doesn't explode...we microwave it for 10-12 minutes, depending on the size). Then, slice it open, scoop out the seeds and scrape out the flesh with a fork (the kids love to help "make noodles").
Top it with tomato sauce, Parmesan & olive oil, or whatever you have on hand. We usually toss in a little garlic and fresh tomato, and maybe some sweet Italian sausage or grilled chicken. It tastes remarkably like pasta, but is much healthier (and doesn't leave you in a stupor afterward).
I'm trying to decide what I want to cook first once the new stove is installed....I'm thinking crepes. Or maybe I should find a meal that requires cooking on all 4 burners at once, just for the heck of it. Any suggestions?
our new favorite dinner
By Gina at 7:00 AM | Labels: affordable, cooking, DIY, organic
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- Timmi said...
I love spaghetti squash. I can't have gluten and gluten free pastas are crazy expensive! My youngest loves it too, but not my oldest as I can't fool her anymore. Hopefully you can make so crazy holiday meal or have a dinner party to break in that stovetop. Though I love crepes and blintzes! Unfortunately I am still trying to "tune" into my new ceramic cooktop as it seems to burn things in the middle, unlike my old coil burners. Best of luck
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"buyers are willing to pay a significant premium just to avoid buying your auctions"
Some are. I will probably just buy it all. Auctioneer can be set up to let you auto-buy with a shift-click, and I will hoover up the first few pages of cheap singles like that before buying the 20 stacks, and get the best of both worlds.
What is annoying, though you can't really blame the people abusing the bad interface, is the fact some people post pages of singles priced WAY above what the stacks cost, knowing full well that the default interface shows their stuff first.
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There are a number of people in Dnever that have those really cool, little motorbikes on which they ride during the summer. It seems like such a fun thing to do and something that will allow for you to save a bit of money when you are having to drive around during the summer months for work. As someone that constantly has to drive for work, it would be nice to just hop on the motorbike than go and get in the hot car again. Nevertheless, it is something that has always interested the author. The reason why this is brought up is because it service as the opportunity to highlight an interesting strategy that some of these people are employing.
They tend to store many of their motorbikes in storage units during the winter. This is a great strategy because it allows for individuals to have access to their bike, whenever the weather gets better, but also have a safe place for the bike to be stored when it is not going to be in use very often. A friend does this and it seems like a great strategy to ensure that the bike will be in good shape when it comes out for the summer. It would also work to keep it in a garage, but many people acknowledge that this may not be the best solution and as a result, they probably choose to keep it in the storage unit. This is a great point for anyone that is looking for more storage space.
Many of the homes in Kent, Washington do not have a lot of storage space because they were built to long ago. It seems that the people of the early 20th century did not accumulate many things and this is compared to the people of today that seemingly can't stop accumulating things. These two counterpoints often face-off when it comes to find room to store your snowboard and your surfboard in the same house. As a result, the storage rental units are a solution to seasonal hobbies. It makes it so much easier to be able to store your seasonal items during the off time of the year in a safe place that is conveniently located from your house. The same thing happens with the motorbike and it just seems like an ingenious solution.
Safeguard Storage is a great option for anyone that is looking to have extra storage space that may not be provided by their house. Not only is it conveniently located in Kent, but it allows for many first time customers to get a free month and check out all of the services that are associated with the place. One of the best ones is the promise to occasionally drive cars. Many people choose to keep their cars in the garage and the ability to store them there for an extended period of time is a blessing. Many people do not have the extra room for a snowboard, so a car is a tough sell.


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I am weeks post op and how should the wounds look? I am still not mending together, I am swollwn and cant sleep anywhere but on a chair reclined, my top of my stomach also too tight to stand up all the way I still walik hunched, is this normal and can a tummy tuck be so tight you cant walk upright after 4 weeks?
Progression of Wounds - Atlanta, GA
I am weeks post op and how should the wounds look?...
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You should keep in close contact with your doctor about the wound not coming together. Keep on top of that. Are you eating enough lean protein? That helps in the healing process greatly.
Being hunched over at 4 weeks is totally possible. I was hunched for about the first three weeks. But then after that when I got tired I would hunch a little by the afternoon. My tummy was extremely tight and I had a strong pulling feeling from the belly button down. It does feel bad but is normal. You could feel that for weeks so don't panic. I can remember saying "When will this end" on a daily basis for the first three months.
Take a look at my Month by Month diary and that should help you to know what is normal.
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Yes that is also normal. They pull everything down so tightly that it can hurt from under the breasts all the way down to the pubic area.
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I hear that a lot about the hunched over walking. Yes, I have heard of women still not standing completely upright at 4 weeks. Here are a few doctor answers about your issue.
Have you mentioned your concerns to your surgeon? He and his staff are there to see you through this whole process, and that includes post-op.
We'd love it if you'd consider posting a review in our tummy tuck community. You're likely to get some good responses there, too.
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Shopping at Costco is pretty cheap, at least when you consider unit pricing. But over at Helium.com, writer Suzanne Rose has come up with a handful of things to think about before clearing out the back of your minivan in preparation for a trip to the warehouse store. [More]
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In mission mode, players can set up fights between LFOs from different anime series. You can play mission mode solo or with a friend by select tag mission.
Eureka Seven: Attack the Legend, a bonus video game in the Eureka Seven hybrid disc, is a 3D mecha action game with characters from the original anime series and Eureka Seven AO. Here's who you can play as in situation, mission or challenge mode:
Renton Thurston, Eureka, Holland Novak, and Anemone from Eureka Seven.
Ao Fukai, Elena Peoples, and Fleur Blanc from Eureka Seven AO.
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