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Warren County for years erroneously billed Front Royal to keep its prisoners at the jail, according to the town attorney.
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Town Council at its work session learned Front Royal had given Warren County between $1,750 and $2,850 -- the latter paid so far this fiscal year -- for prisoners picked up by the police department and housed at the jail. The billing information provided by officials to Town Council showed Front Royal paid an average $2,118.75 per fiscal year from 2004 through 2011.
Town Attorney Douglas W. Napier told council his interpretation of the state code bars counties from charging incorporated towns within the jurisdiction for prisoners held at the jail. Napier also cited an opinion of the Virginia Attorney General's office which affirms his assertion.
"So in the absence of any law to say that the law has changed, I'm of the opinion the attorney general's opinion is still good," Napier told council. "Nobody's ever challenged it. It's been standing law for the last 30 years at least and as far as I'm concerned it's very clear."
The Attorney General's Office issued an opinion to the Rockingham County Sheriff's Office which asked if the county could bill the towns within the larger locality for prisoners taken from the smaller municipalities. The attorney general, citing Virginia code, stated that Rockingham could not bill the towns nor the city of Harrisonburg the cost to house inmates.
Front Royal likely will give notice to the county about its objection to the bills, Town Manager Steven M. Burke said.
More than one councilman questioned not only the billing by the county, but also whether Front Royal could seek a refund of the money it paid over the course of nine years.
Councilman N. Shae Parker asked if the county charging the town went against the law in the first place but other councilmen said it likely does not.
"I don't see where there would be any harm in at least approaching the county and saying 'although we will not be paying this in the future it would be nice if you could return some of the funds that we did pay up to this point," Parker said. "Worst they can say is 'no.'"
Napier advised that he saw the situation as the town voluntarily paid the money to the county.
"What I'm getting at is the county should choose to voluntarily pay what they erroneously billed us," Conkey said.
"I think it's worth asking," Mayor Timothy W. Darr said.
Jails such as the Northwestern Regional Adult Detention Center have agreements that dictate how localities served by the facility pay to house prisoners. The regional jail divides local funding costs among Clarke, Frederick and Fauquier counties and Winchester, then calculates what a jurisdiction pays depending on how many prisoners it sends to the facility. An agreement would take the funding and payment issue "out of the statute," Napier explained.
Even if Warren County enters a funding agreement with the regional jail, to include Shenandoah and Rappahannock counties, Napier said the county would not have the authority to bill Front Royal for its prisoners.
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When you are sitting in a boring lecture and you need something to do to make those minutes tick by just a little bit quicker I highly suggest reading Texts From Last Night. If you have friends as ridiculous as I do you will read things that apply to your life and it is hilarious because all these posts are submitted by other people clearly similar to you. It is easy to read pages and pages and page. Before each post there is the area code of the city the post is submitted from and you can easily check out what ridiculous shenanigans others from your city are up to!
It's the sequel to Double Dream Hands!!
There is no better way to procrastinate and waste time than informing yourself in the issues that face us today. It can be overwhelming though, it can be extremely overwhelming to try and know every parties stance on every single issue. I know that is how I feel, but I tend to have a "top 3" and focus on those 3 across all parties. An amazing and informative tool is CBC's Vote Compass. The short 10 minute quiz asks you a variety of questions asking you your opinion on the major topics facing Canadian's today.
So if you are still unsure of who you are going to vote for at the polls tomorrow I highly recommend you try this site to help you figure it out!
I was reading my school paper the other day and I came across this super appropriate article aptly titled "The best ways to PROCRASTINATE during final exams", and now for your reading pleasure here is that list:
- Make extremely complicated and fancy meals because I mean, you can't not eat
- Visit Narnia
- Find religion and lose it while listening to R.E.M.
- Read every article in The Peak
- Constantly double-check that you still have 10 fingers
- Take up whittling
- Just sleep now and then you can get up extra early to finish studying
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- Marathon viewing of every single Ernest Goes To… movie
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- Create a flowchart detailing the narrative progression of LOST
- Write list of ways to procrastinate
This website is seriously the greatest thing ever invented for procrastinators. Whether you are a minimalist procrastinator or a hardcore one… this website will not become your best friend. I have to limit myself from exploring all the things this website has to offer because I know I will be sucked in for hours. When you sign up for StumbleUpon you are asked to highlight what you interests are and you can list as many as you want to. There are hundreds of different topics ranging from commerce, home/living, and sports. Once you have selected your interests you can start "Stumbling Your Interests".
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"The city, however, does not tell its past, but contains it like the lines of a hand, written in the corners of the streets, the gratings of the windows, the banisters of the steps, the antennae of the lightning rods, the poles of the flags, every segment marked in turn with scratches, indentations, scrolls."
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In a country not usually known for it's footwear, Paraboot stands out as one of the finest French shoe manufacturers. Remy-Alexis Richard, the founder of Paraboot, began creating footwear in 1908 with the intention of developing an "indestructible shoe." In 1926 Richard came to America and realized that American's had begun to wear shoes made from a material that Richard had never seen before, rubber. Richard traced the material back to the Amazon, where he then brought it through the Para sea port (the source of the brand's name, Para-Boot) before arriving in France. The merits of rubber were instantly recognized by Richard and Paraboot began producing handcrafted shoes in nearly every style on top of a durable rubber sole. For over a century, Paraboot has remained a family owned business (Remy-Alexis' grandson Michael still runs the company today) and has adhered to the same goal of producing sturdy, quality footwear.
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JC, Agreed and the traditional cracking stuff can come in handy
in the right situation.
Say I am pen-testing an application...It requires authentication
credentials to run.
Also, the software has a demo mode & full version mode.
Not much to go on so I'll take a stab in the dark.
Application is custom written 2 parts, client and server.
Server listens for connections from clients
Client has 2 modes / demo and full. It is presumed full can do more stuff.
A security review should be a comprehensive check of many areas. Thus a
holistic approach, and at a tech level should include checks like the
- buffer overflow attacks against client and server
- clear text packet sniffing
- usual sql injection and other auth bypass methods. (cookie/session/fags)
Also because a part of the application (the client) is a local binary, i
it is important to do 'other' checks for attacks that may allow;
- admin (god)
- access to extra features
- more 'time/credits/funds' etc (kisok type thing)
- local storage of credentials. clear text files / databases
These checks could include the following;
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* Traditional cracking methods
- window enabling
* sending wm_enable to enable buttons etc.
- message forging
* 'option' on a menu will send a message to the parent/activewindow. Even if
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We did a test once where the 'low access' client app could be forced to
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From: johnny cyberpunk [mailto:johncybpk () gmx net]
Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2004 6:53 AM
To: pen-test () securityfocus com; full-disclosure () lists netsys com
Subject: Re: Reverse Engineering thoughts
hi n30,
what you are doing is not reversing the tool for security bugs, it's
traditional cracking stuff.
my opinion is, that this can't be reported directly as a security problem,
but you can point out that
they should improve there software with a harder copy protection, such as
runtime binary
encryption, anti-debugging stuff and so on.
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From: "n30" <n30_lists () hotmail com>
To: <pen-test () securityfocus com>; <full-disclosure () lists netsys com>
Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2004 7:36 PM
Subject: Reverse Engineering thoughts
Hello Folks,
Just wanted your opinion.
Say I am pen-testing an application...It requires authentication
to run. Also, the software has a demo mode & full version mode.
Now using RE (Reverse engineering), I can change the ASM & create a small
patch file to bypass the auth & convert the demo mode to full version
Is this a security problem?? What should be my recommendation??
This is assuming that I work for a pen test firm & the company wants us to
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10 Reasons To Be Thankful For Feeling Broke
- Wednesday, April 03, 2013
This blog post first appeared over at www.allisonvesterfelt.com - you can read more about Allison there!
I've been worrying about money a lot lately. It's probably unwarranted, given the fact that I have all of my basic needs met, and haven't missed a meal, well, ever — but when I look around my life I can't help but see a few things I need, and even more things I want, and it makes me feel frustrated that I can't afford to buy any of them.
I use the word "broke" really intentionally. We're not poor. We're just in one of those seasons where things seem extra tight, and we feel extra frustrated by the lack of freedom we have financially.
But the more I obsess over it, the more I realized that living with less is actually a blessing. Here's why.
1. It grows my creativity
When resources are limited, I have to get creative. I believe this creativity is not disconnected from my artistic creativity. My husband and I have been searching old warehouses for useful materials, making a coffee table from an old elevator pulley. We're also working on crafting a bed frame out of salvaged wood pallets, building a bookshelf, and refinishing a dresser we found at a thrift store.
2. It limits stupid spending
As much as I hate to admit it, when I have money, I'm more likely to spend it — and spend it impulsively. I end up buying things that are enjoyable for a time, but that a few years down the road are probably going to be sitting in my garage, or in a storage unit, or at Goodwill, unused. Having limited finances forces me to really think before I make any purchases.
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My monetary goal is to save up $20,000 by June 2015. I'm not crazy, right? It's entirely possible, isn't it?
Progress update: Have learned 180 French words (and can assemble some sentences). Still a long way to go.
The Duolingo app is amazeballs. I've learned 54 words in French so far (including how to read short phrases and full sentences!). If you haven't checked out the app, I highly recommend you to do so. If French isn't your thing, you can learn Spanish, Italian, German, or Portuguese instead.
I got in touch with DeafJapan about the possibility of teaching ASL to Japanese students (thanks to Julie Mason and Paul Guo for the connection). It's a non-paid 15-to-25-hours-a-week internship and boarding is paid for by the program. They want me to submit a resume and a short video. After that, I'll have more information about the program, including whether or not they'd be interested in having me teach. However, because I won't be able to teach until late 2015, the program might not even be around by then. We'll see what happens.
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Well I wasn't going to because Monday's RAW was 'miss-able' and boring to be quite honest, but if you insist:
Q1 - 3.62 rating / 5.21 million
Q2 - 3.27 rating / 4.70 million
Q3 - 3.30 rating / 4.75 million
Q4 - 3.16 rating / 4.55 million
Q5 - 3.32 rating / 4.64 million
Q6 - 3.30 rating / 4.62 million
Q7 - 3.20 rating / 4.48 million
Q8 - 3.42 rating / 4.92 million
The Q2 hour breakdown doesn't match up to what was reported for some reason, but ah well.
As for, from a ratings perspective 'how to book' RAW's after WrestleMania, it surely would be along the lines of:
Q1 - CM Punk and Chris Jericho
Q2 - MITB build
Q3 - SD! title build
Q4 - Kharma destroying someone
Q5 - Shaq and Show
Q6 - Undertaker and HHH
Q7 - MITB build
Q8 - Rock and Cena
Regardless of what this forum likes/dislikes, Cena will be in Q8 through the 'Chamber to 'Mania. If you're to look at the four key angles:
- Punk/Jericho
- Rock/Cena
- HHH/Taker
- Show/Shaq
It makes sense from a viewership standpoint that Show/Shaq gets the nod for starting hour 2, that is likely to bring in non-WWE casuals compared to HHH/Taker, if Rock316AE has the breakdown for the RAW after No Way Out 2008, I believe the above is proven.
I think Punk/Jericho has to be in the starting quarter so it has a lot of viewers before a drop and a climb upwards. (alternatively, you put HHH/Taker in Q3 instead of Q6 so the big segments are spread out)
I wonder if WWE may tease Rock vs someone on a RAW leading up to WrestleMania (Rock vs Miz for arguments sake given their past 'history') only for the match not to begin to pop a big number? Would make sense and I don't think it would take away from Rock/Cena one bit.
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In April, there was a bombing during the Boston Marathon that left three people dead and injured more than 260 others. On Thursday, federal prosecutors announced they will seek the death penalty for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the suspect accused with the crime.
"After consideration of the relevant facts, the applicable regulations and the submissions made by the defendant's counsel, I have determined that the United States will seek the death penalty in this matter. The nature of the conduct at issue and the resultant harm compel this decision," US Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. said in a statement, via Boston.com.
"We support this decision and the trial team is prepared to move forward with the prosecution," Boston US Attorney Carmen M. Ortiz said in a statement.
If found guilty and given the death penalty, it would be the first federal execution since 2003, when Louis Jones Jr. was put to death for the kidnapping and murder of 19-year-old Army Pvt. Tracie McBride.
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How to Plan for Business Success
- Friday, February 12, 2010
Is planning biblical? I believe it is. The Bible encourages us to write down our visions and plans. However, all plans must be submitted to the Lord continually for new direction and clarity. Today things change rapidly and it is very difficult to develop plans much farther out than five years. And even that is questionable. Technology is changing so fast that a five-year plan will be obsolete in six months. My suggestion: write your plans in "pencil."
Here are a few scriptures on planning:
"All this," David said, "I have in writing from the hand of the LORD upon me, and he gave me understanding in all the details of the plan." 1 Chronicles 28:19
The plans of the diligent lead to profit as surely as haste leads to poverty. Prov 21:5
Where there is no revelation, the people cast off restraint; but blessed is he who keeps the law. Prov 29:18
Then the LORD replied: "Write down the revelation and make it plain on tablets so that a herald may run with it. For the revelation awaits an appointed time; it speaks of the end and will not prove false. Though it linger, wait for it; it will certainly come and will not delay. Hab 2:2-3
Then the LORD said to Moses, "Write down these words, for in accordance with these words I have made a covenant with you and with Israel." Moses was there with the LORD forty days and forty nights without eating bread or drinking water. And he wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant--the Ten Commandments. Ex 34:27-28
Why You Need a Written Plan
The purpose of a marketing plan is to simplify the execution of the marketing idea: moving goods or services from concept to customer. You may ask, "Why do I even need a plan?" The answer is because without it, you are likely to use your limited resources in a wasteful way and thereby fail in the effort.
For almost everything we do, we have a plan to accomplish it. Whether your plan is one page, five pages, or 50 pages, a good plan will always have the basic SOS formula: S-Situation: Where are we now? O-Objective: Where are we going? S-Strategy: How are we going to get there? These elements do not always have to be in this order, but any good marketing plan will have this formula included somewhere.
God Calls You to Plan Beyond Your Capability
Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see (Hebrews 11:1).
Let me share another perspective on planning by way of a story I wrote about in my devotional series, TGIF. "The CEO walked into the president's office after reviewing his new marketing plan for the next year. It was a well-prepared, thoughtful plan.
'This will not do!' exclaimed the CEO. 'This plan describes how you will achieve these objectives through your own planning. I am certain you can achieve these objectives through normal business operations; however, you have allowed no room for faith in your plan. Now you must determine what God wants us to trust Him to accomplish through this business. You must go beyond what you can naturally achieve.'
What was this CEO saying? If you and I want to experience God in business at the practical level, we must be willing to trust Him for more than what our natural abilities can accomplish.."
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A bill that would phase out door-to-door mail delivery over the next decade passed its first hurdle on the way to becoming a law. [More]
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Mailman Sentenced To Six Months In Prison For Failing To Deliver 44,900 Pieces Of Mail
You know that feeling you get when you see the day's mail is just a collection of junk — circulars, promotional postcards and credit card offers? One mailman felt that same frustration, only it just made him want to not have to deliver all that stuff and just hide it in his dead mother's home and a storage facility — about 44,900 pieces of it, all told. [More]
Another Day, Another Delivery Driver Chucking Packages From The Truck Window
Is there some kind of delivery driver discus event in the works that we don't know about? Because why else would we keep seeing FedEx (not just once, but at least twice), UPS and now United States Postal Service employees chucking packages here, there and everywhere? [More]
Woman Receives A Birthday Card From Her Parents — That They Mailed In 1969
While neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays the couriers of the United States Postal Service from their appointed rounds, someone's got some explaining to do as to why a birthday card mailed in 1969 just reached its intended recipient, 45 years later. [More]
Neighborhood Residents Can't Get Mail Delivered Because Of One Chihuahua
In the latest round of that ancient fight between man and beast that is the tense relationship mail carriers have with residents' dogs, a Chihuahua (to be fair, a Chihuahua mix) is effectively holding one neighborhood hostage. The United States Postal Service says the local mail carrier can't deliver mail to a block in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, because the little dog's reign of terror makes it impossible to do so. [More]
Postal Carrier Accused Of Trashing 1K Pieces Of Mail Because He Didn't Feel Like Delivering Them
For someone who doesn't work for the United States Postal Service, it would be annoying to stop every few feet and drop something off. But when you're a mailman, that's your job, annoying or not. One postal carrier is accused of dumping over a thousand letters and packages — just because it was a bother to actually deliver them. [More]
The USPS Spent $180,000 On An Empty Post Office Over Six Years
In case you haven't heard, the United States Postal Service has been in some troubled financial waters in the last few years, to the tune of hundreds of billions of dollars it owes the government in payments to its employee pension system. And so the fact that it spent $180,000 on a closed post office for five years must, well, sting the agency a little bit. [More]
120,000 Pieces Of Mail Lost In Fiery Inferno After USPS Truck Collides With Another Semi
If your long lost lover lives near Orange County, California you might be waiting a little bit longer to finally hear from him/her. A U.S. Postal Truck carrying 120,000 pieces of mail went up in flames yesterday after two big rigs collided on the freeway. [More]
Americans Cling To The Idea Of The USPS' Existence, But We Can't Really Explain Why
When the United States Postal Service floated the idea of taking away Saturday mail delivery, Americans basically gasped and yowled, "Noo! You can't!" We love getting mail every day but Sunday, downright adore it, but… why? That's a lot harder to explain. [More]
Your Eyes Do Not Deceive You: USPS Price Hike Brings Cost Of A First-Class Stamp To $0.49
Remember when it only cost a quarter to instantly get in touch with someone from a payphone? Then we all got nostalgic when the price started creeping up, until cell phones made that fond remembrance less of misty, water-colored memory. Now it costs almost two quarters to send a less-than-instant letter or card, with the new price of first-class stamps rising from $0.46 to $0.49. Kick in, nostalgia! [More]
Here's How Your Kid Can Write To Santa Claus And Get A Response From The North Pole
Santa Claus is real, so that's not up for debate. But because he is kind of devoted to email these days instead of old-fashioned letter writing, the United States Postal Service has decided to help out to make sure your kid can send a letter to Santa and get a personal snailmail response from the North Pole. [More]
Vegas Lady Liberty Sculptor Sues USPS Two Years After It Used The Wrong Image On Stamp
Two years ago the United States Postal Service admitted it made a huge mistake by issuing a "Forever" stamp featuring the Statue of Liberty. Not that Lady Liberty isn't the perfect subject for a stamp, but because the agency used an image of a replica sculpture from a Las Vegas Casino. Back then it was all "shrug, everyone likes it so we'll keep it." Here is where what goes around appears to be coming around. [More]
Not everyone is in love with the boy wizard: After the United States Postal Service unveiled its newest collection of stamps featuring characters from the Harry Potter movies, some collectors are ticked off. "Harry Potter is not American. It's foreign, and it's so blatantly commercial it's off the charts," said one. "The Postal Service knows what will sell, but that's not what stamps ought to be about. Things that don't sell so well are part of the American story." [via the Washington Post]
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"Hollywood is a place where they'll pay you a thousand dollars for a kiss and fifty cents for your soul." Marlyn Monroe
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Hearts on Fire: Jesuits-in-Formation to Give Summer Retreats for Young People
In collaboration with the Apostleship of Prayer, a group of young Jesuits led by Jesuit Father Phil Hurley, will be giving retreats this summer for young people in the mid-Atlantic States.
Called "Hearts on Fire" the retreat program is based on the tenets of Ignatian Spirituality, and hopes to introduce practical ways of connecting faith with daily life, as well as spiritually renew the participants through a series of talks and break-out sessions. From June 17 to July 16, the retreats will be in: Washington, D.C.; Philadelphia; Charlotte, NC; Baltimore and Richmond, VA.
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Asian exhibitors prep for CommunicAsia 2012
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Over at the Singapore pavilion, companies are putting the final touches on their booths.
BroadcastAsia 2012 will once again be held at Suntec. There will be a shuttle bus bringing visitors from one exhibition site to the other, as well as to Swissotel The Stamford Singapore.
At the OTT (over the top) lounge at BroadcastAsia, Mark Johns, product director at Switch Media, demonstrated how viewers can interact with commercials using their smartphones. By pointing the phone at a TV advertisement, the app redirects viewers to a Web page specified by the advertisers such as the product sales site.
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"Biggest disappointment thus far?"
James Harrison. I mean, where is this guy? I keep waiting, week after week, for him to burst out and start crushing quarterbacks, but he's barely on the field! While this is purely conjecture on my part, I think that Zimmer doesn't think Harrison knows the system yet; but remember – Harrison was cut four times as a player who couldn't learn. Dick Lebeau may not have figured out how to coach him, but rather just let him prowl and build the rest of the scheme around him.
An interesting film study would be if he and Troy Polamalu ever were out 'prowling' at the same time, and if so, how often? On the other hand, he may just be old-hat at this point, but I just find that so hard to believe.
A.J. Green. I understand that he gets double covered, but he isn't doubled on every play and he isn't helping Andy Dalton out at all. Highly unproductive so far.


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GE Healthcare Aisys and Avance Anesthesia Systems: Recall
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FDA MedWatch Safety Alert
GE and FDA notified healthcare professionals of a Class I Recall of specific lots of the Aisys and Avance Anesthesia Systems. The control board wiring harnesses have a defect which can cause the machine to unexpectedly shut down, terminating ventilation, anesthetic delivery, and potentially patient monitoring.
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The Big Mobile Marketing Match: Email vs. SMS
No doubt about it, email marketing has been king for many years in the new media advertising realm. The accessibility to potential clients, coupled with low-cost delivery has proven to be a boon for marketing campaigns across the board. Since spam filters have enhanced and email open rates have decreased, however, SMS text message marketing has taken a leading spot in digital advertising.
First off, there are a great deal more mobile users than email users. According to a study by Ericsson in 2014, there are reportedly 4.5 billion mobile users in the world. This number does not include users who own and use multiple devices. Each of these users has the capability of receiving a text message via SMS. The Radicati Group recently reported that there are a projected 2.5 billion email users around the globe. Essentially, that's about 45% more people who can receive SMS versus email.
SMS, unlike email, has not yet been impacted by spam – at least not in the same fashion. Often emails that are completely legitimate are considered spam simply because inboxes are inundated with junk mail. This has driven down the possibility of connecting with readers of email, with only 22% of messages having the opportunity to be opened and read by email users. SMS, in contrast, has a 98% open rate by mobile users, with only 1% filtered by spam text messaging.
Think about how the average mobile user addresses a text message versus an email. For years, email users have complained about the content of their inboxes, scrutinizing the subject lines to determine if each email is worth opening. When mobile users receive texts, however, they choose to open virtually all of them. It is still natural for mobile users to assume a text is coming from a more trusted source, whereas email users are highly skeptical of the correspondence they receive – especially if they do not recognize the sender. Perhaps as text marketing is adopted by more companies, this trend will alter toward the high filtration rate of email filtering. On the other hand, with such strict guidelines set forth by the FCC when it comes to SMS marketing, the level of spam texting may stay significantly low for quite some time.
The real benefit of SMS marketing is the increased rate of return. It's true that companies must still market via email, just as they must continue employing traditional advertising channels. But the open and click-through ratio for text messaging far surpasses that of email or traditional marketing methods. The numbers don't lie – consider ramping up your marketing game by developing an effective SMS campaign today. You'll be happy with the results.


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Timely is great for Twitter engagement except when you run a marathon
My friends Dan and Ethan over at Flowtown created Timely, a great application for posting messages to Twitter at the time you will get the most engagement from your followers and I started using it a few months ago. Truthfully when I first saw the application I did not care about the scheduling part based around engagement, I just wanted a place to keep tweets and links that I wanted to share at some point.
Previous to using Timely I used a note in Outlook where I would store tweets to things I found interesting and as I remembered each day at some random point I would tweet out this interesting tidbit. That worked fine other than the days I forgot to do it.
While Timely has all sorts of cool features and even more if you want to pay, which at this point I do not pay for the application, I just use it as a replacement for my notepad in Outlook. This use case works perfectly other than the day you run a marathon and in the middle of your run there is a tweet that goes out, so for a few days after that I got asked if I stopped on the course to send out that tweet.
I am still not sure if my Twitter engagement has gone up because of using Timely, right now I sort of feel like it might have gone down a little since the posts are clearly automated if you are look at the app that posted them. Either way I like using Timely as it replaced a crappy method of keeping track of things I found interesting and wanted to share.
Three lessons learned at Starwood Hotels, one social media and two business
I really love Starwood Hotels and I've stayed at many of their properties around the world, and enjoyed the benefits of the Starwood Preferred Guest Program. Having spent many nights with them, I was expecting a good experience when we decided to stay local for the Grasshopper yearly off-site planning session, and visit the Le Meridien property in Cambridge, MA.
Even if you pay for 24 nights and a conference room, the hotel's "free WiFi" is going to cost you
In addition to paying for food, beverages and eight hotel rooms for three nights, we rented a conference room for our sessions. When we arrived early in the morning, I wasn't expecting my room to be ready (and it was not) so I went right to the 3rd floor where our meetings would be held for the duration of our stay. After I grabbed a bottle of water and something to eat, a few others from the Grasshopper team joined me and we started getting ready to settle in with our laptops. Just as we did so, we discovered that the "free WiFi" that was available in all of the guest rooms and the lobby was blocked. Easy fix right? Wrong.
When we asked the conference manager if we could have the password to access the internet in the conference room, he came by a few minutes later and casually asked if we could sign something. Upon further inspection, that "something" was an agreement to pay $250/day for internet. That's right: After paying for eight hotel rooms for three nights, for a total of 24 nights at an otherwise empty hotel (with free internet in the rooms) we were being asked to pay for using the internet in the conference room. I gave the hotel the benefit of the doubt and spoke with the hotel manager who referred me to the events and catering manager.
Making excuses never makes a customer feel better
After getting passed off to the events and catering manager, and listening to her many excuses as to why the $250/day price tag for WiFi was justified, and how she couldn't do anything about it for us, she then told me, "All of the other hotels in this area charge the same or more and we call them every month to verify our pricing is fair." I was at a loss for words. Looking past all of the problems—that the hotel manager did not care, could not help and just passed blame—I couldn't believe that the events manager even admitted it was an actual policy to charge this access fee. Worst of all, she actually admitted spending time each month "calling other hotels" to "verify" their pricing!
So, what lessons did this experience reinforce? Here they are:
Lesson #1: Just because your competitors do something does not make it right.
If your competitors apply a ridiculous fee for conference room WiFi, you're getting an opportunity to be different, so stand out and do the right thing. Don't do what Starwood did and justify fees by saying that they make you "just like everybody else." Instead, use the opportunity to differentiate yourself; offer a substantially lower price to use the internet in the conference rooms, or better yet, make it free, just like all of the WiFi in the hotel rooms!
Once giving the hotel and the management a chance to make things right, I turned to Twitter and voiced my frustration with these two tweets to test the Starwood Hotels social media team.
The social media team did respond and ultimately sent me an email and tried to work with the hotel. After explaining my issue, the person from their social media team called the hotel and spoke to "management"—probably the same staff members with whom I'd spoken initially. After all of this, here was the email I got from the social media representative on Twitter:
"Our role is to act as mediators between our properties and our guests, so that we can bring our guests concerns to the hotel level and encourage them to provide the highest level of service possible. Your concern that the hotel charges an exorbitant amount for meeting room internet, while offering the same amenity free of charge for guests in their rooms, is valid."
Perfect setup for bad news, and the bad news was to come…
"I have spoken with Andrea, the Front Office Manager at the hotel, and explained your concerns. I mentioned that we appreciated the way in which you contacted us online without immediately blasting the hotel, the reasonable nature of your concerns, as well as the potential impact of a negative resolution. She did consult the hotel sales team regarding your comments, and the hotel has made their decision. In the end, their prices are competitive within the region, they will maintain the stance that their charges for meeting room internet use are justified."
Lesson #2: Having a social media team is useless when they have no power to fix things. Just give them the ability to give $500 courtesy credit at minimum.
I totally appreciate that the social media team tried to make this situation right, and that the hotel had the final say, but the experience did point out some great lessons for any business or entrepreneur trying to understand how social media can help their brand.
If you're going to go social, make it a serious component of your business, not simply a front that is completely disempowered to make any decisions. What's the point of interacting with your customers on Twitter if in the end you can't do anything for them? Make sure that your social efforts match up with those of your business—otherwise, social media won't do anything for you. People will see right through it.
Lesson #3: Ask a frustrated customer what would make them happy, and you'll make them a brand evangelist.
The hotel never asked me what would make me a happy customer (all I wanted was free internet, like in the lobby and hotel rooms). Worst of all, everyone I dealt with at Le Meridien in Cambridge seemed totally disinterested in helping me or making their hotel stand out among a sea of options in the Boston area. If they'd just taken the time to find out what would resolve the situation quickly and efficiently, I wouldn't be writing this post. They also had other options: could have given a $50 discount, given the next day's internet for free, maybe even tossed some free meals our way, almost anything to show they at least listened.
Final thoughts
So, it's pretty clear I won't be raving about the experience I had at Starwood's Le Meridien property anytime soon, but these are still some excellent (and very basic) lessons for entrepreneurs about creating brand loyalty and respecting your customer. If nothing else, we can take this bad experience and turn it into an enlightening one.
Who will you French kiss this New Years?
Everyone knows that the week after Christmas (and before the new year) is pretty slow; at Grasshopper alone, I think at least half of our office is on vacation. Certainly a good time for a break, but if you're like the folks at Moosejaw, it's also a great time to experiment with some fun (and slightly bizarre) marketing. Case in point is the online retailer's promotional email sent out today, cleverly titled, "New Year's Eve Frenching Service."
Frenching service?! Right away I'm interested, since this is not the typical "10% off today only!" email. Why would a retailer who sells The North Face and skiing gear send this out? Curiosity piqued, I open the email and find this:
So, what is this? This is a stellar example of the kind of creative marketing that everyone is looking for, and can't figure out. Even though the email had nothing to do with the products they sell, here's why it worked:
- Amazing copywriting that grabs you. Groupon's got over 100 writers. Why? Because they understand that they key to hooking people is with great, lively copy. Moosejaw's email succeeds because the writing is hilarious, engaging, and completely irreverent. Most brands fail at emails like this because they play it safe with stiff, formal copy. Don't. If you want to get noticed, include copy that grabs a reader's attention.
- Timely messaging. This fun "promotion" would only work at New Year's or Valentine's Day so the timing was perfect. Even better that this is a historically "slow" week for email, so I might actually read an email from an online retailer versus sending it to the trash.
- Brand personality. Anyone can send an email with a deal, but this email is actually in line with the Moosejaw brand (which, if you know anything about their brand, is a little quirky, definitely different, yet still polished). When you get a box from Moosejaw, it is most likely reused (not recycled), the wrong size, and has lots of stickers on it. These people understand how to make their individuality work for them, and they attract customers who appreciate that level of quirkiness.
- Trust in team members. I doubt this came from some marketing genius at Moosejaw, but instead, a team member that had a fun idea and was allowed to run with it. In a typical company you could never send an email like that to your valuable mailing list, but at Moosejaw, you can do it. Guess what? It works—after all, here I am writing this blog post about Moosejaw.com.
This is creative email marketing done right. Nice job, Moosejaw.
Observations While in a Virgin Lounge for 8 Hours
Sitting in the Virgin Atlantic London Heathrow lounge for more than 8 hours today gave me a chance to see the operation from busy to slow, and then back to busy again. While waiting to depart for South Africa, I was lucky enough to enjoy some food, a quick rest and an entire movie on my laptop. Here are a few observations about the Virgin Lounge, created by a company I love.
All about the experience. As a flagship location for Virgin, the London Heathrow lounge is pretty big, but from the minute you enter it's all about the experience. Case in point? Two greeters (not behind an impersonal window) welcome you, then you step inside to an entirely different universe. Fun, modern design, plenty to eat for free, friendly staff and the unmistakable "kid in a candy shop" mentality make it easier to forget you're in an airport. Don't want to talk to anyone? Make your own snacks and just kick back.
Branding without logos. In the Virgin Lounge, everything is branded: the color of the LED lights in the ceiling, the leather couches, the menus and even the table numbers. Everywhere you look it just oozes Virgin Atlantic without having a single logo anywhere. But how do they do that? By selecting a "look and feel" and letting that carry over into every dimension of their brand both in the air (just look at the seats, the flight attendants' uniforms, and the bar area) and on the ground inside of the lounge. It may be James Bond meets Austin Powers, and a little off-beat, but they don't do anything half-way, which results in an extremely memorable brand that doesn't rely on a logo as its only means of identifying itself.
Give the feeling of "free." Inside of the Virgin Lounge, everything is "free," from the martinis you order while you wait to the upscale deli where they'll make you a sandwich exactly how you want it. Need internet access? That's free, too. How about a service from the on-site spa? Yup, one service per visitor is free as well. With all of these amazing amenities, it's fun watching Virgin Lounge newbies' faces; they'll look at the menu (which has no prices but also does not say it is free) and then ask a server just for confirmation that everything before them is in fact, free of charge. At the Virgin Lounge, they make you feel like a rock star, even though, who are we kidding though, none of this is free since you've paid (or used American Express points like I did) for an Upper Class ticket. Somehow, though, it doesn't matter—by purchasing a ticket, Virgin makes you feel like you've purchased a lifestyle.
Hidden process improvements. When you sit back and think about it, it makes a lot of sense to serve full dinners to passengers in a lounge where you have staff and a kitchen compared with on a plane. I am sure it saves on food costs, makes the staff on the plan happier and the best bonus of all:it feels exclusive to the customer.
Double duty. Spending so much time in the lounge, you get to see all the uses of it and it is for more than just passengers. There were a number of Virgin staff having meetings, talking with clients, and making use of the space. I might have expected to see flight staff, but there were none, however a group of at least ten staff had a meeting for an hour upstairs. Greatway to use the space you already have.
Turn a cost center into revenue. For a number of years, Virgin has offered the Bumble and Bumble salon at the lounge and even on planes at one point I think and it use to be all free with the limit of one service. Now you can get as many services as you want, but the first one is free and there are upgrades to all the free services. Nothing is too expensive but what a great way to turn a cost center into a revenue center; I have no idea if it's profitable or not, but same staff and resources are generating some revenue now.
It was a very pleasant day in the lounge and I am sure I will visit again, just hoping some day (though doubtful) I will run in to Sir Richard Branson here.
Why Cycling Is A Lot Like Entrepreneurship
This past season I completed four sprint triathlons after a friend completed his Ironman journey. Beyond finding a sport made for entrepreneurs that I enjoy, I now know why all entrepreneurs should cycle.
- Unknown roads with hills
Even with GPS, you will end up on roads you have never been on and turn corners to see hills that just hurt to go up, which is very similar to the entrepreneurial journey. You might even expect the hill that is coming, but on that day, for some reason, it is just more difficult than the last. You might find the next week that you fly up that hill. As entrepreneurs we travel down roads all the time that we have never been down and need to figure out when to turn to get back on course or when to push further away from the course. The experience on a bike is just like this because it forces you to confront physical limitations that translate into the same kinds you face in business.
- Flat tires and limited tools
Shit happens, but then you need to figure out how to adapt quickly with limited or the wrong types of tools. It could be a flat tire or a shifter breaking and you are 30 miles away from your start—whatever the situation, you need to figure it out and get going again. This happens all the time as entrepreneurs, from servers going down to customers leaving; no matter what the obstacles, you figure it out and keep going.
- Unpredictable drivers
Until you are on a bike, you never realize how stupid and careless drivers can be to cyclists. From turning in front of you to beeping when they pass, it is nothing you can plan for or expect, it can throw you for a loop. Sound familiar as an entrepreneur? Competitors make changes that effect you, market conditions change without warning, and lots more.
- Focused time
The disease that is entrepreneurship (and yes, it's a disease) makes for very busy lives; I know from experience that it is impossible to get focused time other than in the shower. Riding a bike for 40 miles gives you the opportunity to put down the phone and email and concentrate on riding. When you get away from these time- and energy-sucking activities, that's when you'll get the great big ideas that change the world and all that good stuff.
The rest is all a bonus: get outdoors, see amazing things that would pass you by in a car, and great exercise. Go get a bike today, venture out to places you might not otherwise and enjoy life.
How to Break the Trust of Your Customers in Just One Day: Lessons Learned from a Major Mistake
As entrepreneurs and human beings, we make mistakes everyday in our business, but most of the time the mistakes are small enough so that it doesn't land us in the press for all the wrong reasons. On Monday, October 11th, Chargify made a massive mistake in making the announcement about a change in pricing; as far as mistakes go, this one was pretty gargantuan. Plain and simple, we did a horrible job of communicating a change that wasn't driven by greed or stupidity, but was part of our desire to better support our customers that are really trying to grow viable businesses. I could sit here all day and try to convince you that our change in pricing really was part of a plan to provide better service, but really, does it matter? When it comes to matters like these, the intentions do not matter as much as perceptions, emotions and how we treated the community.
Having spent the last two days focused on what we did wrong, and responding to the numerous inquiries and complaints from customers, I've had a great opportunity to identify where we screwed up. If that reflection were not enough, I also watched as two (1,2) posts about the Chargify price change made it to the top of Hacker News with over 180 comments (mostly negative). Then, of course, there was the article on TechCrunch, and a blog post on Inc. pointing out our blunder, too. To put it simply, the last twenty-four hours have sucked, and they should never have happened, but they did, and now we need to learn something and try to earn back our customers' trust.
Communicate early and often
Just one of the huge mistakes we made was sending one email, without any warning, notifying all customers of a large price increase. This broke a trust that we had developed with our customers over a long period of time, and will take much to repair. We should have communicated our need and desire to remove free plans and provided more information about how this would happen, and over a period of time leading up to the change. Maybe this could have been as simple as starting the communication three months ago, or as difficult as calling every single customer and talking to them on the phone to notify them of the change. Bottom line is that we should've done it better. It just wasn't right.
Perceptions matter, so be open with information
As a result of our horrible communication, the perception of the pricing change was that it was because we just wanted more money, but that wasn't the case. We should have shared the data we collected for over a year that demonstrated quite clearly to us that only 0.9% of customers were paying us at all, and that there was a direct correlation between those that did not pay anything and a high volume of support requests. Even though this informed our decision to make a change in Chargify pricing, we didn't bother to share that with you. Mistakes like these are important lessons and we learned that we should've told you a long time ago what we ourselves were finding in the data collected.
Free customers go out of business or never launch
Many of you have asked why we don't just go back to offering some kind of free service. A year ago, we here at Chargify thought it made sense to offer a free plan—after all, wouldn't it just allow more people to start and grow their business to the point where they'd be paying customers anyway? It's a good idea, but as it turns out, that's not what happens. In the past year, we discovered that those businesses that we thought would initially pay nothing and then grow into paying customers just never ever did; for the most part, launches never happened and they went out of business. The hard truth is that many, many people try to turn hobbies into businesses and it just doesn't work. While everyone deserves a shot to start a business, our theory that non-paying customers would eventually turn into paying ones just didn't pass the test when it was put into practice. Although we should've shared this with you so that our decision didn't seem out of the blue, we simply can't support free accounts and provide the kind of service we want, plain and simple.
"What bleeds, leads"
Everyone knows this phrase from our media-obsessed culture, and it holds true for tech blogs and the related community when a company makes a gargantuan error. Chargify's price change hit the top of Hacker News twice, garnered almost 200 comments, and then the icing on the cake for a shitty day were a couple of articles on TechCrunch and Inc.com. Like other web app startups, we had tried to get TechCrunch coverage for a long time, and although they loved covering one of our competitors, they never covered Chargify until it was time to report something negative. We can argue about the merits of even wanting to be on TechCrunch, as my friend Paras Chopra did in his post, "Demystifying the TechCrunch Effect," but we did actually get the coverage we wanted, and had very high signup days. So, while we should issue a big thank you to TechCrunch for the press, we don't plan to screw up as royally as this again, which means we probably won't ever be covered by them in the future. That's fine; we'd rather have happy customers instead.
Free customers have the time to complain
There is a big difference between bootstrapping a business, which I have done a number of times, and trying to test a hobby to see if it is viable as a business.
Over the past year, we discovered that the customer that never paid had the highest support load. Once we made the announcement about the price change, the same applied to complaining about Chargify across multiple public channels. Those customers that were working on a hobby business, or just something they were not investing in significantly, seemed to have the time to tweet all day long, post multiple negative comments on every possible channel available, and shout the loudest. This is not to say we did not get valid complaints from great customers—boy, did we ever—but their complaints were well considered, included real information and were mostly in private forums.
Freemium gets a lot of talk; thankfully few use it
Everyone's always talking about freemium, but very few people actually use it, and we discovered this in looking at our customers for the past year. The reality was that less than 0.4% of customers had any sizeable number of free customers on their accounts. For the small amount who did, Chargify has taken care of them and will not charge them. We should have communicated why the pricing was simplified to include just customers with no distention and handled the few edge cases better. Freemium is a hot topic these days, but far less people are actually using it than is widely reported.
Stand firm, but listen
Making a big decision that may change the direction of a business is not easy and you must stand firm in that decision, but be open to listening to and engaging the community. We will not offer a totally free option as that is not good for our business or for our customers, but we did make a $39 plan available to those that supported us during our growth. Should we have offered this option before our major announcement? Yes. Would we love to go back and do it over again? Yes, but the reality is that's not happening, so we need to do the next best thing and support those who have supported us with a $39 plan.
This is a huge and unsettled topic about which we are still getting feedback on each day. Maybe we should have offered a grandfathering option, maybe we should have given a grandfathering option to those that already integrated, maybe we will do all of this, but at this point we have not. The issue here is that it really depends on the business, the pricing change and how dramatic it is for each customer. Looking back, the best option would have been a grandfathering option which allowed the previous pricing but only included community support. Still an open topic.
After personally replying to more than one hundred tickets, tons of comments across multiple publications and on Twitter, threads on Hacker News and many other channels, it was important to look back on all of this feedback and see what went wrong so our team (and others) can learn from it. Regardless, we broke your trust, trust that took a massive amounts of time to build, and now we may never get it back. I don't have any neat solutions for you and I don't want to feed you crap. All I can say is that we have learned more from this mistake than from anything before and will use that knowledge to change the way we think about everything related to Chargify. That might not seem like enough of a mea culpa from me, but our desire has always been to empower entrepreneurs to succeed with real tools and solutions for growing business, and that mission hasn't changed. That was the driving force behind this pricing change, and whether you believe that or not is your call; we will show you our commitment to you, our customers, with our actions now.
Big Omaha 2010 was a great experience, thanks to Jeff, Dusty and their entire team.
(Source: siliconprairienews.com)
After seeing the Shepard Fairey Supply & Demand show at the ICA Boston last year I wanted an original piece and after much searching and time I got this amazing one. It is an AP (artist proof) on metal in a great matching frame. Information about the piece can be found at zarts, a pretty cool site for art information.
EO Alchemy 2010 Presentation
A few months ago a friend from LA invited me to talk at EO Alchemy 2010, what a great event. Amazing set of speakers, great event production, and everything was done right. Here is the video of me speaking at the event. Warning: I start a bit slow as I had been up for 24 hours.


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Comments from 4qthhh
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|2012-05-10 16:16:33
|Bobbie in the Summer of 1967
|Excellent. I hope there is a sequel. Pregnancy would be a bummer, but OC's were just beginning to be used in young girls to regulate bad periods, so it is possible her mother took her to a doctor to get them.
After that happened, the sky is the limit. A twosome or a threesome would be fun.
Anal could be worked in. The kids were the last of the enema generation so an enema before anal could add an interesting twist to the story.
Carry on. You write very well.
|2012-05-10 21:34:47
|Lost Virginity
|Absolutely blown away. A phenominal tendeer, loving story. I had tears many times. I don't think it possible you could ever top this one.
|2013-03-16 11:09:17
|All because of one F'n party: Change in the Tide
|Great series. Could not stop reading it.
You commented that this chapter was second to the last. It's been almost 4 months since this was posted. Please, please, please do the last chapter. What does she do to James? Does she ever get back with Andrew?
|2013-04-22 15:14:41
|Sharing Jack's Bed: Part 4
|Found your work by a fortunate link. Finished reading another author and checked on his "favorites list" snd this series showed up. Decided to read it and holy WOW. You are a phenominal anad accomplissshed author. one of the very best I have run across, I am going to bookmark this link. Keep up the good work and I am going to start reading the rest of your offerings. If they are half as good as this series I will be totally satisfied.
|2013-06-26 11:11:22
|Home alone with Alyssa, part 1
Keep writing. Ignore the negative comments. When you are creating a new story or a chapter just keep on letting your inspiration go where it will. Good authors have someone to edit their work, either free or paid. When you hit the creative streak, don't stop and fus about typos, etc. Just keep on going. You can eventually come back and fix the few mistakes. I read fairly fast, so any little mistakes are barely noticed. Just keep on creating.


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Hey everyone, so I decided to share with you my workouts that I'm doing for my FemShep cosplay, as well as a playlist that I have for my workouts. They're really simple, and I have more to add to this soon. This is what I'm doing to achieve a lean, fit and healthy/strong body for my FemShep cosplay this summer!
What I usually do:
Crunches during every loading screen of Skyrim/ME/AC3, or commercials if I'm watching TV, including a 30-day crunch challenge I'm doing with my boyfriend.
I do a 30 second plank every night before bed. It REALLY works your core!
I have a bad back so if I have a sore back that day, I do extra squats or crunches instead.
I do about 20 squats every day.
I also use my elliptical machine as often as I can.
On top of this, I'm also eating a healthier diet, cutting out junk foods as much as I can but also treating myself once in a while. I love eating LOTS of fruits and veggies, and I'm also eating whole grain (NOT whole wheat!) breads, and lean meats.
If you guys would like me to make more things like this, such as healthy foods, more workouts/exercises, or other cosplay things, just let me know! :) Hope you don't mind my puns haha.


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Tag Archives: MSNBC
Media manages to make Senator Gillibrand's teachable moment about sexism all about her mistakes
By Katie Halper | Published: September 9, 2014
Tweet The media never ceases to amaze me. Its victim-blaming knows no bounds. Whether its Ray Rice's then-fiancé who got herself attacked by not taking the stairs, or female celebrities responsible for getting hacked because they had naked photographs of themselves, the women who are assaulted and/or violated are always the focus. This victim-shaming is so [...]
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Video: Contextualizing California prison sterilizations
By Alexandra | Published: July 9, 2013
TweetI posted yesterday about the recently exposed forced sterilizations in California prisons. On All In, Chris Hayes explains why we should be outraged but not shocked by such reproductive coercion given the state's history of eugenics and unconstitutionally cruel prison conditions, in the news again today thanks to a 30,000-strong hunger strike. The clip is [...]
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Melissa Harris-Perry Show kicks off this past weekend, Chloe rocks the mic
By Vanessa | Published: February 21, 2012
TweetI think the last time I was this excited to get up on a weekend was for Saturday morning cartoons back in '87 (Gummi Bears, anyone?). Seriously though, I don't doubt that every feminist in America was freaking over this past weekend's debut of Melissa Harris-Perry's new show on MSNBC, which was — not surprisingly [...]
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"Do you think I'd be sitting here if they were called Empowerment Walks?"
By Vanessa | Published: June 6, 2011
TweetLove it. Morning Joe on MSNBC had our own Jessica Valenti on the show this AM to talk after her WaPo article this weekend that Maya mentioned in the WFR about SlutWalks and the future of feminism. Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy Get the transcript on MSNBC. Also, [...]
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A Historic Landmark in Chennai
Vivekananda House (known as Vivekanandar Illam in Tamil), an important landmark in Chennai is associated with the Sri Ramakrishna Math since 1897 when Swami Vivekananda stayed here for nine days after his triumphant return from the West. Later, Sri Ramakrishna Math, Chennai was founded and functioned at this place during its ten years from 1897 to 1906. Now, this historic place houses a permanent exhibition on Indian Culture and Swami Vivekananda's Life. Currently, Vivekananda House is maintained by Sri Ramakrishna Math and it's a source of inspiration to thousands of people who visit it every year.
Swami Vivekananda's 150th Birth Anniversary (2013 – 14)
Vivekananda Cultural Centre
Sri Ramakrishna Math, Chennai, is starting a unique Cultural Centre in the name of Swami Vivekananda who is the icon of youth on his 150th Birth Anniversary (2013-14).
The Centre shall promote study, research and practice of Indian cultural values in the light of Swami Vivekananda and provide training in achieving excellence in every sphere ofIndian life. The Centre shall function as an 'Academy for Human Excellence' to train the participants, through its multidimensional programmes, in achieving excellence through value assimilation and in adopting a healthy, holistic and culturally enriched lifestyle.
The Centre is coming up in the Vivekananda House (Vivekanandar Illam) Campus on Marina Beach Road, Triplicane, Chennai, and will be opened around the middle of 2014.
3D Movie on Swami Vivekananda's Historic Speech at Chicago in 1893
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Mini-Edward Scissorhands isn't creepy at all.
Someone wasn't a fan of getting his picture taken.
This photo was supposed to be about Leelu Dallas, but then her friend made that face.
Matt Groening will always be here.
We found Bane you guys!
Deadmau5 Deadpool!?!
Hoverboards by Mattel. Coming soon!
What's more fun: wearing this costume or the drinking it took to empty those boxes?
Kitt showed up and talks!
Every Iron Man Mark Suit up until this point.
Biz Markie is up in this!!
Her personality is three times as awesome!
The Game of Thrones signing madness!
Jedi Masters can't hang sometimes.