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Friday the 13th looms large for Hopkins—or does it? Will it really matter if, on that day, we learn that after 16 consecutive years, we are no longer ranked No. 1 by U.S. News and World Report? Not really, says Joann Rodgers, executive director of Marketing and Communications. "Of course we'd be sad to lose that cachet, but people will always associate us with excellence in medical care." Some hospitals have opted out of the rankings, claiming they're not scientifically rigorous. But, notes Rodgers, rankings like these and hospital report cards are becoming more important to the public. "It's better to be a player. As a target for all this praise, we have a responsibility to do our best. Besides, it's a huge morale booster—and a lot of fun."
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Patrick Walsh performed his 4,000th nerve-sparing radical prostatectomy on June 13. The former director of urology was honored at a symposium in the spring on the 25th anniversary of the operation he developed, now a standard in urology. Walsh's patients have ranged from the rich and famous (John Kerry, Roone Arledge, the king of Belgium) to the average guy, all of whom receive Walsh's personal counsel and home phone number. At age 69, he has no plans to stop operating, he told local media. "I'm still at the top of my game."
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For the first time, Johns Hopkins Community Physicians has ventured into Charles County. The 16th Community Physicians practice to open in Maryland, it offers primary care, chronic disease management, immunizations and treatment of minor problems. It's also the first paperless office. Already, more than 400 patients have come through the doors. What's next for Community Physicians? New locations in Annapolis, Kent Island and Canton Crossing, where alternative medicine, e.g., acupuncture, will be available—another JHCP first.


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HIV/AIDS Blog Central: Perspectives From the HIV/AIDS Community
Introducing Project Haven (Video)
By Nolan Hill
April 9, 2014
Sometimes all it takes is hearing a story that you connect with to realize that everything is going to be OK. I want to make sure everyone knows that you are not defined by your disease and that there's so much more, and that you are still you.
An Ill Partner, an Ailing Pet: When the Tables Are Turned
By Bob Leahy
April 8, 2014
Last time I wrote on this topic I expressed the thought that with many HIVers now living long and productive lives they would increasingly be required to be caregivers rather than recipients of care. My partner is undergoing treatment for prostate cancer, after all. and while the prognosis is pretty good, the balance of who needs help in our relationship, physical and emotional, and who doesn't, has shifted.
Esconder Que Estoy Enferma No Es Algo Bueno
Por Maria T. Mejia
8 de abril de 2014
Este mes de abril será el 25 aniversario conviviendo con el VIH. Los últimos 2 años de vivir con el VIH han sido los más difíciles para mí y muchos no saben esto. No me gusta para mostrar o decirle a la gente cuando me siento enferma, y es muy frustrante para mí saber que estoy haciendo todo que debo y más y todavía se siente como que estoy como un bebé -- y cualquier virus anda en el aire lo cojo y estoy enferma de nuevo. Parece que no he podido tener un descanso. He escrito antes acerca de sentirse atrapado ... nunca completamente enfermo de hospitalización y nunca 100 por ciento saludable para sentirse bien.
Hiding When I Am Sick Is Not a Good Thing
By Maria T. Mejia
April 8, 2014
This April will be my 25th anniversary living with HIV. The last 2 years of living with HIV have been the hardest for me and many do not know this. I don't like to show or tell people when I feel ill, and it is very frustrating for me to know that I am doing everything I am supposed to and then some, and still feel like I am a baby -- exposure to any virus or bug and I am sick once again. It seems I haven't been able to catch a break as far as getting ill and I have written before about feeling stuck ... never completely ill for a hospitalization and never 100 percent healthy to feel good.
24-Year-Old Former Porn Model Given an AIDS Diagnosis
By Jermaine Wright
April 8, 2014
So I'm doing my usual Facebook searching, and came across a very interesting video of a former porn model who, at 24 years old, was diagnosed with AIDS. Justin Washington, more publicly known as Snow Bunni, recorded a video for The Luckey Star Blog of himself in a hospital bed discussing his recent diagnosis, briefly explaining who he was, and very briefly touching on how the party lifestyle took him over.
Infected! Oh, My!
By Rev. Andrena Ingram
April 5, 2014
How many of you remember being told that you had tested positive for the antibodies which cause HIV? I remember it like it was yesterday! The results were shocking, nothing would EVER be the same! I was filled with dread, I was filled with shame, and I was filled with fear. Took me a few years to get comfortable in my skin.
When People With HIV Became Suicide Bombers
By Mark S. King
April 2, 2014
Maybe we should blame the criminal prosecutions of people with HIV on the mythical legend of Gaetan Dugas, also known by his slanderous nickname, Patient Zero. Dugas was a gay flight attendant from Canada who, according to Randy Shilts' 1987 book And the Band Played On, was among the first people with HIV in the United States.
Meth, PrEP and What Could Have Been
By Aaron Laxton
March 25, 2014
Let me take a second to debunk a commonly held myth: "Meth is not fun or pleasurable." That simply is not true, in the beginning. The fact is that there is something about the experience of using meth that seemed attractive to me. The truth is that there came a point where it became far too much work to achieve the same high that you had the first time I used. This is commonly referred to as "chasing the high" not to mention the toll that my body paid in the process of that futile mission. This mission could best be described as "my love affair with meth."
I Am Considered an HIV Criminal
By Aaron Laxton
March 25, 2014
"Why should I care about HIV criminalization? People who purposely expose others to the virus should face justice." This response is nothing new. By now, I am well-acquainted with answering the question. As an HIV-positive male who is living in a serodiscordant relationship, prosecution under HIV criminal statutes is an ever-present fear. It does not matter that my partner is aware of my HIV positive status or that I am undetectable and on antiretroviral therapy. Conversely, if you are living with HIV you need to be aware that HIV criminalization impacts you.
Ms. Chanel, Part 2
By Rae Lewis-Thornton
March 21, 2014
I pushed my Chanel handbag to the side and my toilet bath began. I tore off a good size piece of toilet paper and dipped it into the ice-cold toilet water. Then, I began to wash my body. I wiped off as much as I could from my behind, and then flushed the toilet paper. I pulled off another piece of toilet paper, dipped it in the ice-cold toilet water and repeated the procedure. Dip, wipe, flush, dip, over and over. After I'd gotten every single ounce of poop from one part of my body, I proceeded to the next until every trace was gone.
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From playing the Zanzibar Lounge on 5th Avenue in Gary to the first-ever concert in Yankee Stadium and now to being part of six-time Grammy Award-winner Billy Joel's franchising performances at Madison Square Garden, Crystal Taliefero's career has been one impressive feat after another.
Taliefero, skilled at percussion, sax, harmonica and vocals, has played with Joel since 1989 and was even hailed as the music industry's Best Secret Weapon according to Rolling Stone Magazine's 125-plus People, Places and Things Ruling the Rock 'N' Roll Universe.
"The whole ride has been amazing," said Taliefero. "You never know what Billy's gonna do next so you just keep focused and ready."
Joel recently signed an exclusive music deal to perform at New York City's legendary Madison Square Garden once a month, becoming a franchise at the venue.
"Being part of this has been a real blessing," said Taliefero. "I was receiving all of these congratulatory messages on social media and next thing I know we are part of history being made."
Taliefero has also performed with a range of music icons that have included the likes of Faith Hill, John Mellencamp, Bruce Springsteen, Garth Brooks, Brooks & Dunn and Joe Cocker, to name a few.
In Spring, Taliefero and colleagues launched Nashville-based Rodidah Productions, an all female music entertainment/production company specializing in helping young musicians in the industry.
"I am passionate about helping others fulfill their dreams," said Taliefero. "I love what I do and there is no greater satisfaction than to have someone else rely on us to help attain theirs. I'm so lucky."
Taliefero is no stranger to giving back as she often visits schools, music programs and individuals encouraging them to never give up and attain life's fulfillment.
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Fatigue After Breast Sucking Worried I Have HIV
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HIV risk nipple sucking on lactating woman (BREAST MILK and HIV TRANSMISSION)I am 30 years male and had a protected sex with female sex worker 5 months ago . I kissed her nipples also .I felt she was lactating. is breast sucking or nipple sucking on a lactating woman carries risk to HIV infection or any STD s. I got...
Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.
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Posted by Anonymous, 3 RepliesHi Forum,
I am worried about something that happened last night. I sucked a strippers breast and a bit of fluid came out of her nipple which i tasted. It tasted kindof sour. We didn't do anything else.
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12 weeks ago i sucked girl breast ( i dont know HIV states ) for 20 second
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Saam Farahmand Gets the Ladies Dancing
Everyone has a song they love to dance to. That universal truth was director Saam Farahmand's starting point when he set out to capture his friends moving to their favorite tunes in his ongoing project Video Portraits. Farahmand dips into his personal rolodex for subjects—a wide ranging group including The Misshapes' Geordon Nicol, artist Matthew Stone and Soulwax's David Dewaele––then films them dancing in his "blue box." The resulting footage is projected onto a wall as he deejays. For today's NOWNESS edit, Farahmand handpicked a sampling of ladies getting down that includes The Big Pink's Akiko Matsuura and New York-based writer Karley Sciortino. "His only real direction was 'Drink this glass of wine and do whatever you want,'" says Sciortino. When not filming his friends, Farahmand shoots spots for commercial clients such as Guinness and Nokia, and music videos for the likes of Klaxons, Mark Ronson and The Business International, and Hercules and Love Affair.


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Our list of the twenty richest, based on scholarly estimates and adjusted for inflation, includes entrepreneurs, warriors, and robber barons. We did not include monarchs, whose vast wealth is considered public.
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You'll notice much of the list come from England and America. Partly this happens because that's where estimates were available. But it's also true extreme private wealth occurred only several times in history, such as: The great lords of England, the Gilded Age, and today's credit bubble.
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U.S. equity markets were besieged by sellers today as concerns about the state of the global economic recovery and sovereign debt problems in Europe continue to weigh heavily on stocks. Making matters worse were bearish reports from The Conference Board on Chinese growth and U.S. consumer confidence.
According to Reuters, The Conference Board on Tuesday corrected its leading economic index for China to a 0.3 percent gain in April rather than the 1.7 percent rise the group earlier reported.
The Conference Board's U.S. consumer confidence index fell from a revised 62.7 in May to 52.9 in June. Consensus estimates were that the index would only fall very slightly to 62.0.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 268 points to close below the 10,000 level at 9,870. The Dow traded in a range between 9,812 and 10,202. Year-to-date, the widely watched blue chip stock index has lost 5.35%.
The SPDR S&P 500 ETF (NYSE: SPY) lost 3.09% to $104.21 on Tuesday. Ominously, SPY volume was very heavy, with over 360 million shares trading hands compared to a daily average of just 262 million. Once again, volume has been heavy on down days, and light on up days – not a good sign.
Gold moved marginally higher, as the fear trade was back on across Wall Street. COMEX gold futures gained $1.80 to $1,240.40 an ounce. The SPDR Gold Trust ETF (NYSE: GLD) added 0.15% to $121.27. All-time highs were breached on an intra-day basis in the GLD yesterday, before prices pulled back. Look for a re-test soon.
The rally in Treasuries continued in a major way during Tuesday's session. The iShares Lehman 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (NYSE: TLT) jumped 1.09% to $101.07. Treasury notes with a 10-year maturity are now yielding an ultra-low 2.9545%.
Keep a very close eye on the bond market to gauge the near term direction for stocks, as the continued push into Treasuries is suggesting investors are frantically reducing risk exposure.
The U.S. Dollar was higher today, as money flowed into dollars and away from currencies which are perceived to entail more risk. The PowerShares DB US Dollar Index Bullish ETF (NYSE: UUP), which tracks the performance of the dollar versus a basket of foreign currencies rose 0.48% to $25.08. The closely watched EUR/USD pair is now trading at $1.2188.
Tesla Motors (NASDAQ: TSLA) began trading on the Nasdaq exchange today after the company's IPO raised over $220 million. Tesla is a Silicon Valley electric car maker. The shares surged an incredible 40.53% to close at $23.99. The deal had been priced at $17 which was above the expected range of $14-$16. The size of the offering was also expanded by 20% on Monday due to strong demand.
[ Source: Benzinga.com ]
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Posted April 9, 2010 at 8:14 am
by Business Insider:
A few weeks ago, we highlighted many of the cool startups that have popped up in New York City in recent years.
And now we turn to Silicon Valley.
Over the past few weeks, we've asked VCs, angel investors, entrepreneurs, and other tech journalists about their favorite up-and-coming Valley startups. We've written about many of these companies before, obviously, and we'll be writing about many of them again.
In this list, you won't see companies that have been around for years and raised multiple rounds of capital. Instead, you'll see the some of the next generation — startups working on ideas so exciting that VCs and angels are lining up to throw money at them.
(We would like to thank Brendan McManus of Startup Digest for contributing to this list, as well as all of the investors and entrepreneurs who provided valuable insight.)
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Posted April 1, 2010 at 10:32 pm
by Silicon Valley Blogger:
How did I get started on the self-employment track? By accident. And that's because I'm not really much of a risk taker when it comes to my career and income.
I'm much more willing to take risks with investments, yes. But with my work income? I'm a little bit more nervous about that. So when I tried my hand at an online web experiment, the last thing in my mind was that I'd turn it into a "business" or a new "career path".
Well that's what I did with regards to blogging. Becoming a "pro-blogger" was the last thing I'd ever thought I'd become, but not two years later, I guess I'd describe myself as one. Quitting my job and leaving my IT career for now was something I wanted to try, to see if I could sustain my household financially by blogging full time and by doing other independent projects as a freelancer.
So how's it been so far? Pretty good. It's done wonders for my overall health and disposition since I'm the only one around who breathes down my back to get things done . Income-wise, I can say that I am "getting there" (or getting by…).
I haven't been in this entrepreneurial mode for too long, but I thought to let you know about some of the things that I've learned so far, as someone newly self-employed.
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Posted March 19, 2010 at 12:05 am
from Minyanville.com
It's been a full decade since investors reached the pinnacle of the high-flying dot-com era. On March 10, 2000, the NASDAQ peaked at 5132.52, marking the height of a market colored by all the hallmarks of a bubble: crowds of bullish analysts, valuations based on speculation rather than revenues, hundreds of "virtual" company duplicates, and would-be experts trading with the irrational faith that they'd see the end coming in time to cash out.
Our retrospective package looks back at the crash that followed, taking $5 trillion out of the market over two years. Here, we revisit the wrongheaded ideas, "new economy" language, and big personalities that helped fuel the fire.
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Posted March 3, 2010 at 11:12 am
by Darren Dahl:
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If you have ever wondered about the differences in incorporating your small business as either a C-corporation or an S-corporation, pay attention. What follows could save you thousands, if not millions, of dollars if you ever decide to sell your business.
The basic difference between the two business entities really comes down to taxes.
C-corporations pay a corporate tax on their earnings, and their shareholders pay a personal tax on whatever dividend income they receive.
S-corporations, which are also known as flow-through entities, pay out earnings as dividends to their shareholders, who then pay a personal tax on the income they receive.
Ultimately, an S-corporation can be more attractive because you'll most likely end up with more money after you pay taxes. Here's how:
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Posted February 24, 2010 at 9:06 am
by Robert Frank:
So much for the starving artist.
With art prices resuming their upward momentum–after a brief recessionary downdraft–it is now possible for a select group of globally hyped artists to become far richer than their collectors.
According to Artinfo's list of the seven richest artists, the richest artist in the world is Damien Hirst (he of the diamond skull), with a fortune estimated at $388 million.
He is the only artist assigned a specific dollar amount, which originally came from estimates by the London Times.
The rest is a list of names of "seven of the art world's wealthiest," leaving respectable room for..
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Posted February 21, 2010 at 2:05 pm
by Fred Wilson:
I went down to Philly yesterday and spent the afternoon with students and faculty at Wharton Entrepreneurial Programs, the entity that administers the entrepreneurship major/courses at Wharton and runs a bunch of fantastic"outreach" programs like the Venture Initiation Program.
WEP is run by Professor Raffi Amit and as we were making our way from one meeting to another, I said to Raffi that "you can't teach people to be entrepreneurs but you can teach entrepreneurs business." He replied to me that his research into the topic suggests that "there are no unique and defining characteristics of entrepreneurs" which leads him to believe that you can in fact teach people to be entrepreneurs.
That threw me and I've been ruminating on his conclusion ever since. I've been working with entrepreneurs for almost 25 years now and it is ingrained in my mind that someone is either born an entrepreneur or is not.
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Posted February 21, 2010 at 3:02 am
by Betsy Brottlund
via Openforum.com
With 85% of data breach occurring at the small business level, business owners need to secure online banking and data stringently.
Most of us are aware of the need to take sensible precautions — but how many of us regularly follow through? "I'll renew the antivirus software later," or "Let's back up next week" are phrases often heard, action never taken. Which is why, according to Identity Theft Resource Center, a San Diego-based non-profit group, the business sector data breaches climbed from 21% in 2006 to 41% in 2009, resulting in the worst sector performance ever.
Each year, thieves find new ways to hack small business owners' computers; lately, many hackers' strategy of choice falls under the guise of banking Trojans. According to studies conducted in 2008/9 by the FBI, hackers stole close to $100 million.
It's not just anonymous hackers on the net that are to blame, however. Each year, more and more breaches occur from inside an organization ranging from unhappy employees to human errors (i.e., misplaced laptops, equipment stolen from inside a workplace).
As a business owner, what can you do to be safe and protect your business from hackers and negligent employees? Secure your workplace by putting these 8 protocols in place for you and your employees.
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Discovering Things About Your Home
Because we work from home we spend a lot of time in various spots around the house. Typing from the kitchen table, reading on the couch and working in the office--we've become pretty familiar with our immediate surroundings. Last evening, while cooking dinner, we discovered something about our home set-up that we'd never noticed before...
We had our evening all planned out--cook dinner and watch American Idol (we know). Unfortunately, we got home late so we were making dinner just as Idol was starting. Not wanting to miss a second of our guiltiest pleasure (but also not wanting to burn the rice on the stove) we started to get concerned. Then we shot a quick glance to the right and it hit us--we could see the TV screen reflected in the hallway mirror. Because we rarely cook (or follow anything on TV) this discovery never had an opportunity to reveal itself until last evening. Which got us thinking--even though our home is small, we rarely use all of it. There are two chairs in the living room which we've sat in only once (at a party we hosted). Similar to Laure's call to action yesterday we have decided this week to discover more things about our home. We plan on accomplishing this by rearranging furniture and hanging out in spaces where we rarely spend time.
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Wonderful way to multi-task!
I have two living rooms now. Old hand-me-down furniture was replaced and put out in the garage to collect dust and die. I've always had the intention of giving away or getting it hauled to the dump. My room mate and I cleaned the garage and decided to put the old furniture to use and set it up. No we can hang out in there and read while doing laundry instead of going up and down the stairs and in and out of the house to take care of mulitple loads of laundry. It's also the coolest room in the house during summer so I'm sure it will become useful.


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I know You're with me.
I am your Lord! Seek Me as Friend & Lover of your soul, but remember I am also King of kings- sovereign over all. You can make some plans as you gaze into the day that stretches out before you. But you need to hold those plans tentatively, anticipating thatI may have other ideas. The most important thing to determine is what to do right now. Instead of scanning the horizon of your life, looking for things that need to be done, concentrate on the task before you and the One who never leaves your side. Let everything else fade into the background. This will unclutter your mind, allowing Me to occupy more & more of your consciousness.
Trust Me to show you what to do when you have finished what you're doing now. I will guide you step by step, as you bend your will to Mine. Thus you stay close to me on the path of peace.
//Proverbs 19:21
Many are the plans in the mind of a man,
but it is the purpose of the Lord that will stand.
my body's tired. my head is tired. my heart is tired.
1 The heavens declare the glory of God;
the skies proclaim the work of his hands.
2 Day after day they pour forth speech;
night after night they reveal knowledge.
3 They have no speech, they use no words;
no sound is heard from them.
4 Yet their voice goes out into all the earth,
their words to the ends of the world.
In the heavens God has pitched a tent for the sun.
5 It is like a bridegroom coming out of his chamber,
like a champion rejoicing to run his course.
6 It rises at one end of the heavens
and makes its circuit to the other;
nothing is deprived of its warmth.
Sometimes the imagery in the Bible gives me chills. One of my classmates read this aloud in my Linguistics class, so lovely.
I listened to an old Tim Chaddick sermon last week and this line has been echoing in my mind//heart all week. Will I be bitter or better? Sometimes it's really dang hard to be better, but I've found so much peace & rest in the process of getting there.
Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, & faithful in prayer. - Romans 12:12
You can watch the sermon here.
I am trying to rip open the inconsolable secret in each one of you—the secret which hurts so much that you take your revenge on it by calling it names like Nostalgia and Romanticism and Adolescence; the secret also which pierces with such sweetness that when, in very intimate conversation, the mention of it becomes imminent, we grow awkward and affect to laugh at ourselves; the secret we cannot hide and cannot tell, though we desire to do both. We cannot tell it because it is a desire for something that has never actually appeared in our experience. We cannot hide it because our experience is constantly suggesting it, and we betray ourselves like lovers at the mention of a name. Our commonest expedient is to call it beauty and behave as if that had settled the matter. Wordsworth's expedient was to identify it with certain moments in his own past. But all this is a cheat. If Wordsworth had gone back to those moments in the past, he would not have found the thing itself, but only the reminder of it; what he remembered would turn out to be itself a remembering. The books or the music in which we thought the beauty was located will betray us if we trust to them; it was not in them, it only came through them, and what came through them was longing. These things—the beauty, the memory of our own past—are good images of what we really desire; but if they are mistaken for the thing itself they turn into dumb idols, breaking the hearts of their worshippers. For they are not the thing itself; they are only the scent of a flower we have not found, the echo of a tune we have not heard, news from a country we have never yet visited.
- C.S. Lewis
An excerpt from The Weight of Glory sermon; so beautiful and personally relevant.


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I would love to see him with some clipped chest hair, he would be extra hot. DYUM!
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This week on The Exes, Phil (Donald Faison) went and slept with a nun. There really isn't much more to say, but let's start at the beginning.
Having left Staten Island, the Key West of NYC, behind, Nicki (Leah Remini) is now slowly taking over the big city. She is running shit at the bar, loudly judging every single person around her, and, all in all, behaving in a manner very similar to every woman we hold near and dear to our heart. Even better, she is also getting ready too hit the singles scene with her newly single gal pal Vanessa. That is, until she finds out Vanessa is getting ready to give up men forever and become a nun.
How very Deloris Van Cartier of the young lady.
The nun-to-be runs into a slight problem however when she encounters Phil at the pub, and then decides to encounter Phil back at his place. And so, it seems, there will be no habit for poor, sweet Vanessa.
Elsewhere, Holly (Kristen Johnston) has suffered a horrible fall in a bathtub and is requiring around the clock care from Eden (Kelly Stables) and Haskell (Wayne Knight) as she recovers. What she is not saying is that this horrible fall came during some sex games with that Australian as they vacationed down in Costa Rica, at least in our mind.
As it turns out, Miss Holly is not the easiest patient, and Haskell and Eden decide to remedy this situation by drugging the little lady, a plan that seems sure to work until Haskell accidentally eats her tainted pudding. And then, like Romeo and Juliet (only the exact opposite) before them, Eden too starts shoveling in that laced dessert to shut out Holly's whining and demands.
That's what friends our for.
Back in the land of the Lord, Vanessa has decided her underwhelming night with Phil has strengthened her bond with the man upstairs, and is again ready to get all up in that pious lifestyle. She also happens to mention who the man was the made her question her faith, an admission that sends Nicki into high, sassy gear and she goes and grabs Phil so she can film him telling every woman in the bar what a dog he is. That woman really can do anything with that sassy strut and loud voice and those terrifying, terrifying looks.
Oh, and as for our boyfriend Stuart (David Alan Basche), he didn't really have much to do this week, but there was some mention of him being in some sort of closet, so fingers crossed her gets out of that closet next week.
Leaderboard (Who's Up & Who's Down)
Nicki (UP) — Basically, we're afraid what this fictitious character would do too us if we did not rank her as UP.
Holly (UP) — See above.
Eden (UP) — As long as she is still asleep.
Haskell (UP) — See above.
Stuart (EVEN) — We're not really sure what Stu was even up to this week.
Phil (DOWN) — The man is gonna have to find a new bar to troll.
Chris Spargo is a writer living in NYC who also wanted to be a nun after seeing "Sister Act." Less so after "Sister Act 2: Back In The Habit." Follow him on Twitter at @chrisonchris
Well guys, things are getting pretty bleak street with our friends on The Exes. Haskell (Wayne Knight) is turning into a creepy stalker who we are pretty sure is about to start making a hair doll of Nicki (Leah Remini) he will keep in his dresser, Stuart (David Alan Basche) is breaking into his old home for the sake of nostalgia, Eden (Kelly Stables) is trolling pubs in search of one night stands, and Holly (Kristen Johnston) is apparently so desperate to bill some hours that she is willing to represent people from the borough of Staten Island to make some money for her firm.
It's like an episode of Orange Is the New Black.
Let's start with Haskell and his leering ways. Dude has decided he has to have Nicki but, unfortunately for us all, seems to have learned the art of wooing a woman by watching how the villains behave in Lifetime movie marathons, And so he spends his nights silently sitting at a bar in a pub just staring at her as she bartends, this before setting her up on a blind date with his fake friend Pete.
Haskell's plan, because those always work so well, is that once this dude Pete is a no show, he will sweep in and be there for Nicki and finally get his chance. Nicki, for her part, gets all hot and tarted up in a red dress and thong, checks with her mother to make sure it's okay she sleeps with danger, and heads on down to the pub for some rebound sex. Problem is, Haskell does have a friend Pete who randomly shows up, and this guy has a pretty hot face and a voice like that phone in Her, so Nicki is immediately smitten. Hey, we'd hit it.
Lucky for Haskell, this Pete seems to be a mini-Madoff, so he pays the dude to ditch the date and then sweeps in when Nicki gets ditched. The plan doesn't really work though as Nicki puts our boy in the friend zone, and Haskell sadly heads home to do things we'd rather not think about.
Meanwhile, with his boyfriend preoccupied trying to score a girl, Stuart is forced to get some help from Phil (Donald Faison) when he learns his wife is selling the house they lived in for 18 years. Help because he decides he wants to break in to relive some memories. It's a stupid idea and he gets his due when his wife and her new man show up and he and Phil are forced to watch the two bump uglies in a nearby closet as they hide out. But hey, maybe that's what he was hoping for all along.
And like we said, Holly and Eden we're just passing by in this episode, Eden to score some pub tail and Holly to maybe bring Nicki on as a client.
Let's hope something positive happens with these kids next week.
Leaderboard (Who's Up & Who's Down)
Stuart (DOWN) — Now breaking into homes.
Nicki (DOWN) — May soon be murdered in her sleep and made into a human doll by Haskell.
Holly (DOWN) — Now repping clients whose biggest asset is an above-ground pool.
Eden (DOWN) — Girl, get thee to a free clinic.
Haskell (DOWN) — Straight up stalker.
Phil (DOWN) — Dude, it may be time to cut your loses and run away from this group. Quick.
Chris Spargo is a writer living in NYC who is fairly certain he has done far creepier things when trying to woo men than Haskell, but is going to judge Haskell regardless. Follow him on Twitter at @chrisonchris


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The complete company rankings
Here's a look at the methodology and full results of the MSN Money-JZ Analytics customer service survey for 2012.
MSN Money asked JZ Analytics to conduct an online national survey in which 1,500 randomly chosen respondents rated customer service at 150 companies from 15 industries. The response choices were "excellent," "good," "fair," "poor," "I haven't had an interaction with this company's customer service" and "not sure." The poll was conducted from June 15-18 and has an overall margin of error of plus or minus 2.6 percentage points.
We used several criteria in choosing the companies, including those with the largest sales in such customer-facing industries as retail, hotels and restaurants. We also reviewed the lists from the previous five years to ensure that the survey would reflect how companies are doing over time. In addition, we went back over the comments we received from readers on previous surveys to make sure we hadn't overlooked companies that were notorious for bad service but not quite large enough to make this year's initial list. Then we revised the list to reflect name changes, ownership turnover and sales trends.
Once JZ Analytics compiled its results, we eliminated the responses "not familiar" and "not sure" from the tallies to focus attention on the responses from customers who were familiar with the companies and expressed opinions about them.
The final cut for our list eliminated companies that had fewer than 500 responses that met the aforementioned criteria. That level of response corresponds to what JZ Analytics considers a sample size with a margin of error of plus or minus 5 percentage points. That left 101 ranked companies on the list below.
The 10 companies with the highest percentage of "poor" rankings became our Hall of Shame. Using the same methodology, the 10 with the highest percentage of "excellent" rankings became our Hall of Fame.
One trend that held from past years: Banking, credit card and cable companies continue to fill most slots in the Hall of Shame. Sorted by industry average, these three drew the highest percentages of "poor" ratings for customer service in our poll. Delivery, online and specialty retail drew the highest percentages of "excellent" ratings.
"What strikes me is that the same industries -- banks, credit cards, cable -- seem to show up in the hall of shame every year. Particularly financials. Is there something about these industries that causes that, perhaps (inconvenience or complexity) that it's harder to walk away?" said John Zogby, JZ Analytics senior analyst and founder of the Zogby Poll. "Retail does fairly well, likely because if you have a bad experience, you just don't go back."
Here's a look at the best and worst industries for customer service in our survey:
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|Credit card
|Hall of Shame industries
|% Excellent
|Specialty retail
|Big box
Below is the complete list of companies and survey responses. Clicking on "Excellent," Good," "Fair" or "Poor" sorts the chart by that response. Clicking on "Company" returns you to the alphabetical list.
Dish Network has always been courteous and helpful. They will stay on the phone with you until a problem is resolved. They never act like I'm a bother to them. AT&T on the other hand is hands down the worst company I have ever dealt with! 1st of all, just try to talk to a live person, and then hope that person speaks English. Then, if that happens, I get disconnected or have a terrible connection! This with communication giant!
I think if I have to stay on a phone on hold for over 3 hours before talking to a human is poor custmer service and dicect tv is the worst I cancelled , or so I thought the NFL ticket they said no you didnt say cancell you said you wanted to get rid of it REALLY and if your service goes out good luck trying to get it fixed
For example,.I am a DISH Authorized retailer, and new customers get free equipment, installation, etc. - it's a part of competitive retailing to obtain new customers. DirecTV does it, everyone gives "special" perks for new customers.
When an existing customer (who got whatever the current "deal" was when they signed up as a new customer) wants the current '"freebie" that new customers get, they complain that the service is lousy because they didn't' get what they wanted.
I'm not defending DISH here or claiming they are better than they are rated,just explaining why these customer service ratings can be overrated sometimes.
The bottom line is - good customer service in my mind is someone who is sympathetic to your situation and does what he/she can to solve your problem, and if they can';t then give a clear, acceptable explanation of why they couldn't do what you have requested'
I live in a rural, multicultural area and don't mind someone with an accent picking up. I can still, in a moment tell if they are American. They show interest and enthusiasm. We all have a way of understanding each other. I miss that when calling Citi, or B of A. etc.
As far as banks go, I have found that my local bank is much better than the larger ones, Regonal, and local.
And the tellers seem to be nicer, and know who you are. The big banks seem to rotate them, and they have no clue who you are, and treat you as such.
I have a local bank, and one at Chase. I took advantage of the Chase 125 buck new account deal, and that was a big mistake. But I was hard up for cash. But I can not close it for at least 6 months, or a year, I need to find out. They are bad as far as accounts to people at my income, and make it hard to open a savings account. They want you to open with 300 dollars, and keep it, or they charge you a service fee. My local and a regonal does not do that, and welcomes you open with 25, and add to it, and has no fees. And very friendly.
I also thought that Chase was secure, and I was worried about that when the banks started to fail. Well, looks like I was wrong, at least to a point. They just lost Billions on doing that same thing that got banks in to trouble the last go around. And that bothers me.
They also make is hard for the little guy to invest. They do deal in Stocks, but they want 30 dollars for EACH AND EVERY share. No matter what it cost. Thats crazy!
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Lesbian (and bisexual) girls have tragically little young adult fiction to themselves. According to recent research by YA author Malinda Lo, about 0.25% of published YA books in the US are about lesbians. And yet, for such a short list of works, it was surprisingly hard to track them all down - there are plenty of GLBT YA lists, but these tend not to actually separate out the lesbian books, and to be dominated by gay male stories.
I've been trying to read more queer books, and it's so hard to find anything that isn't m/m fantasy.
I mean, I get it. I do. But I'd like to see stuff with f/f as the main romance, not off to the side or half-mentioned or what.
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Queer ladies and dragons: yes.
I feel really sure I read some f/f fantasy recently but I can't remember what and Goodreads is not helping me. Probably I am thinking of Jacqueline Carey's latest (ugh I am terrible with titles, they are all called Naamah's something), although like you said, the f/f relationship is kind of off to the side. And there aren't any dragons, which is a huge flaw, tbh.
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The Bermudez Triangle by Maureen Johnson
A Love Story Starring My Dead Best Friend by Emily Horner
Deliver Us From Evie by M.E. Kerr (A classic with a great heroine)
From the Notebooks of Melanin Sun by Jacqueline Woodson
Kissing Kate by Lauren Myracle (Check out her recent book about hate crimes, Shine.)
Addie on the Inside by James Howe (for younger teens)
Ash by Melinda Lo (whose work is referenced in the above post)
Some of my favorites who write about similar topics include David Levithan, Francesca Lia Block, and John Green. There is quite a bit more fiction for gay young men as opposed to teen women. However, when I'm doing research for displays and recommendations, I find this bibliography by Rainbow Boys author Alex Sanchez extremely helpful.
Also check out the "Closet Club" posts in Reading Rants!, a bibliography of the best teen literature out there from a prominent teen librarian, Jen Hubert Swan.
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Washington went 19-for-24 from the line, while Utah (10-15, 3-11) was 3-for-5.
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It's pretty sad, or whatever you want to call it, when two grown men can hug and a sigh of relief comes across old time fans everywhere. And that is exactly what happened in March when Don Shula and Jake Scott broke their decades long feud with a hug, an "I missed you", and 10 minutes of small talk.
I won't bother trying to paraphrase the article that Dave Hyde wrote on the Sun-Sentinel. Follow this link to it and read it yourself. Hyde once flew half way around the world to talk with the reclusive ex-Miami Dolphin.
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Boston Red Sox prospect Bryce Brentz won't be participating in big league spring training camp this year due to an injury he sustained when he accidentally shot himself in the leg.The incident reportedly occurred last month and will prevent the outfielder from getting the chance to make the Red Sox roster on Opening Day. If not for the accident, Brentz would have had the opportunity to compete for Major League spot as a non-roster invitee.Here are the details from his untimely and unfortunate injury, courtesy of Red Sox general manager Ben Cherington:"He had an accident. He was at home cleaning a gun and accidentally went off. He was injured in the process. Fortunately for him it's something he's going to recover from and be fine and won't affect his baseball career. He wasn't 100 percent physically able, or wouldn't be at the beginning of camp. We ended up not bringing him to big league camp because he wouldn't be able to participate 100 percent."He was cleaning a gun and it accidentally went off. The bullet went into his leg and out the other side. I guess you could say he got lucky relative to what happened. I think he understands he got lucky and it's a serious thing and he has to be careful. He's here in Fort Myers and he's recovering and it's not going to get in the way of his future, but he won't be in big league camp."Brentz had the following to say about the incident."Everything is fine," Brentz said. "After the rookie program, I had an accident. Everything is fine, but I was cleaning my gun and it accidentally discharged on me and I sustained an injury. Nothing serious. That's why I was out of big league camp, because at the time I'm not able to participate fully, but I am recovering very fast and should be OK for the season."Brentz, Boston's first round draft pick in the 2010 Draft, batted .290 with 17 homers and 76 RBI in 127 games split between Double-A Portland and Triple-A Pawtucket in 2012. He is expected to start the 2013 campaign with Pawtucket.Brenth is rated as the 7th-best prospect in the Boston farm system by MLB.com.Via WEEI
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Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help, who rely on horses, who trust in the multitude of their chariots and in the great strength of their horsemen, but do not look to the Holy One of Israel, or seek help from the LORD" (Isa 31:1).
It is human nature to want to use whatever means available to us to succeed. However, a conflict arises when we place our total trust in ourselves instead of God. The idea of maintaining a proper balance between trust and obedience to God versus placing an over dependence upon our natural skill and resources has created problems since Genesis. We are prone to build strong defenses through our natural gifts to avoid failure and use all of our might to be successful in our endeavors. However, this can often be done at the expense of the supernatural in our lives. When it comes to receiving from God, it is important we don't make the same mistake Moses made when God told him to speak to the rock in order to receive water for the people. Instead, He struck the rock and failed to enter the Promised Land. The people of Israel often fell back to trusting in their own abilities and God had to send a reproof into their lives.
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Protesters at a weekend rally say they want perogies, not prorogation. The Facebook-born Canadians Against Proroguing Parliament held rallies across the country, including one in Thunder Bay that started at the Labour Centre parking lot Saturday afternoon. The rallies protested the prime minister's decision to close Parliament through prorogation until March. More than a hundred people showed up to protest at the Thunder Bay rally. Some carried signs accusing Harper of being a dictator while others called for MPs to get back to work. Don Radley, 78, came out to protest with his wife Kae, 77. The couple says they are concerned how Harper is running the country. They call him arrogant and accuse him of turning democracy inside out."It's just the last straw," Radley said. "He's like a 10-year-old boy who pushes and pushes and never misses a chance to stick his elbow in someone else's ribs." Emil Potvin carried a large poster he made with his wife, Ann. He said he wanted a big sign to ensure his point got across, and fought the winds that threatened to take it from him. Potvin's family traditionally votes Liberal, but Potvin said he is open to other parties' platforms. "Harper looked really good," Potvin said. "The SOB turned around on us. It's sad. He thinks we don't have a brain." Local musician Rodney Brown led protesters in a song he wrote just half-an-hour before arriving at the rally. Brown started the chorus alone, but many began singing along with him eventually.
Joyce Hunter, public relations for Canadians Against Proroguing Parliament Thunder Bay Chapter, said she was pleased by the turnout and that it was more than she expected. Hunter said more than 70 communities across the country were holding rallies similar to the one in Thunder Bay. The rallies will send a message to the government to get back to work, she said. "There are 37 bills that will be trashed because of prorogation," Hunter said. "We know there are private members' bills and they will continue. But the bills before Parliament affect Canadians on a day-to-day basis." Harper has twice used prorogation to suspend Parliament. He first used it after the 2008 federal election, when the potential formation of a coalition government threatened his government. He again used prorogation on Dec. 30. Hunter said she believes Harper used prorogation this time as a means to silence the committees that were investigating several issues before Parliament. One such issue included the treatment of Afghan detainees. "We want debate and we want healthy discussion," she said.
MP Bruce Hyer (NDP, Thunder Bay – Superior North) spoke at the rally saying he is still working despite prorogation. He called Canada's Parliament one of the weakest in the world. Hyer said the last year has been a waste, as only private members' bills will remain unscathed from the suspension. He was relieved that his climate change bill would survive into the New Year. "I'm really, really, really concerned about democracy in Canada," Hyer said. "Harper said it was a priority to recalibrate Parliament and then look at the silly, fluffy cabinet shuffle." Hyer said Harper is a realist and pragmatist and if he feels enough heat from the protests, he might reverse his decision.
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