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If Osama bin Laden were still alive today, one year after he was killed in a U.S. raid, he would hardly recognize the world he knew. Nor would he see the supposed "clash of civilizations" that he tried so hard to foment over two decades of violent jihad. Instead bin Laden would see Islamist radicals on the election stump in emerging governments in Egypt and Tunisia, pledging cooperation with senior U.S. officials, and even meeting with a few neocons in Washington. He would see a U.S. administration that, having killed most of bin Laden's confederates, is now ready to move into a post-al-Qaida era and engage with Islamist politicians as long as they renounce violence and terrorism. He would see Islamist parties that are passionately pursuing power and vested interests within their own countries (Egypt, Libya, Tunisia) rather than against bin Laden's old "far enemy," the United States.
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But there is one small subsection of the world bin Laden would recognize well, just as if nothing had changed. He would feel happily at home among some of his dependable (if inadvertent) allies in the United States: right-wing conservatives such as syndicated columnist Cal Thomas, who seem certain that their (and bin Laden's) cherished "war on terror" will go on forever. I discovered this after I wrote an article last week quoting a State Department official as saying "the war on terror is over." Now, to be clear, this idea has effectively been President Obama's policy since 2009, when he discarded George W. Bush's old phrase, "global war on terror," or GWOT, and sensibly refocused America's attention on eliminating al-Qaida, which is still the only enemy that has attacked us since 9/11.
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Still, many on the right were outraged by the article. "Well, if the war is over, I must have missed the peace treaty signing ceremony," Thomas wrote. "I also haven't noticed a decline in incendiary rhetoric, or the disarmament--or at least laying down of arms--that usually accompanies the end of war."
On the Web, other conservatives joined in: Barry Rubin, a zealously pro-Israel writer, addressing what he called the "great controversy" that "erupted" over my article, acknowledged that Obama had discarded the GWOT. But then Rubin went on to lament how misguided this approach still was. "In this context, then, all other revolutionary Islamist groups—the Muslim Brotherhood, Hezbollah, Hamas, and so on—are not enemies. They can be won over or at least neutralized as threats to U.S. interests," he wrote. This is dangerously naïve, Rubin concluded. The truth, he said, is that America's "interests and allies are increasingly menaced by a growing threat [revolutionary Islamism] whose existence, meaning, and scope current U.S. policy does not even recognize yet, much less counter effectively."
Yet Rubin's contention no longer appears to stand up well to the developing realities in the Arab world. Not only are bin Laden and most of his senior lieutenants (except for Ayman al Zawahiri) dead; the so-called Arab Spring has opened up new channels of expression, supplying for the first time in decades an alternative to violent jihad. Experts point to fractionalizing of the Brotherhood and Salafist groups, which will be forced to govern pragmatically in the jostle for influence and power in their home countries. And what is most interesting is that some U.S. conservatives are starting to agree with this proposition, and to see things in a very different way from Thomas and Rubin. Even prominent neoconservatives such as Bill Kristol and Charles Krauthammer have outraged their former allies on the right by saying the U.S. has no choice but to engage the new Islamist political parties formed by the Muslim Brotherhood (which renounced violence decades ago) and other former jihadist groups.
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"You have to speak to the Brotherhood because it's now in control of parliament and it's likely to win the presidential election," Krauthammer said on Fox News. "It will end up sharing the power or monopolizing it with the military, depending whether the military can hang on to the part of the power it has now. So to be realistic, you have to talk to them."
In fact, it's not entirely clear what role the Brotherhood will play. There is even some evidence that, as the The Wall Street Journal recorded on Friday, their influence is waning in the presidential stakes. But another prominent figure on the right, Reuel Marc Gerecht, a former CIA official who is deemed one of the most astute analysts of jihadism, wrote in The WSJ that it was always unavoidable that "Islamists who braved the wrath of rulers and trenchantly critiqued the moral breakdown of their societies were going to do well in a post secular age. What is poorly understood in the West is how critical fundamentalists are to the moral and political rejuvenation of their countries. As counter intuitive as it seems, they are the key to more democratic, liberal politics in the region."
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When a woman pushes her tits together, and the man slides his cock in between and thrusts (as you do) resulting in the woman recieving a pearl necklace
"Slide your hard dick in between my fat baps and I'll give you a tit wank! Oh! and I get a present aswell! You know how I love pearls!"
Anonymous tərəfindən 15 May 2003
The act of pleasuring oneself by thrusting the erect member between a generous pair of bristols. Typically concludes with the delivery of a pearl necklace.
Phwoaar! She's got a shirtfull. I'd love a good titwank in those.
titwanker tərəfindən 10 Aprel 2003
when a girl pushes her beautiful babalons together and the man rams his erect penis up and down the middle of them.
Bernard- "Cor' Blimey Did I Give Margeret A fuckin' Last Night. And A Neat Tit Wank!"
Joe Nazmdeh tərəfindən 05 Noyabr 2005
The act in which a male places his erect penis in between a womans breasts and then the woman pushes them in out towards the erect penis. The man rubs his penis up and down the chest causing a perl neclase to leave the mans bell end, and form around the front of the chest of the woman. During such a proccess the woman does not orgasm
After making my cliterus intense, i repaid him by giving him a tit wank, him being so generous offered me a pearl neckless also for which i repaid him with head.
JakeDaniels tərəfindən 05 Sentyabr 2005
The mans entirely unselfish act of thrusting between a generous pair of bristols for sexual gratification. Usual result is referred to as a Pearl Necklace.
Phwoaar! She's got a shirtfull. I couldn't half fancy a titwank in those.
titwanker tərəfindən 10 Aprel 2003
<verb><noun> Slang;
1) To rub one's genitals between a pair of breasts to cause orgasm.
2) Offensive slang; An insult.
1) To rub one's genitals between a pair of breasts to cause orgasm.
2) Offensive slang; An insult.
1) "Oh my god, I am having the uberest orgasm ever due to this extremely nice tit-wank you have bestowed upon my person."
2) "Dave, you silly tit-wank get back here before I burn your gerbil."
2) "Dave, you silly tit-wank get back here before I burn your gerbil."
Stuart Fletcher tərəfindən 18 Yanvar 2005
enjoyable sexual practice which often results in the male gifting his female partner with a 'pearl necklace'(q.v.)
Christ, she's got a shirtfull. I could fancy a good titwank between them.
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Lawrence Gallery is pleased to announce a new exhibit featuring the paintings of Justin Snow. "SNOW ACCUMULATION" will be on display October 3 to 31, 2013. An opening reception will take place October 3 from 4:00 to 6:30 p.m., with an artist's talk at 4:30 p.m. and is free and open to all.
Snow describes his paintings as, "They're all abstract explorations in the beginning; question marks." He continues to explain, "The meager splashing, scrawled, scribbled beginnings rarely reflect the finished product. It would seem that the freedom producing materials themselves allow the journey to reach a previously unseen destination."
Roberta Fallon, co-founder of theartblog.org, teacher, editor and critic, said of Justin Snow's work "...his paintings reflect the shifting moods of life lived on this planet. Some of Snow's paintings whisper and some shout."
Snow seems to be on a constant exploration, an exploration with no end in sight; a questioning...a question to which the only possible answer is to be found not at the end of the journey but at the beginning. That was fun. That was interesting... let's start again.
Timothy Hawkesworth an internationally recognized painter and charismatic teacher said of Snow's work, "He does not theorize. He paints. In the silence that comes with paint he lives out the hungers and fears, joys and despairs that make up his experience of life. These restless, vibrant paintings are a living record of his journey."
To quote Roberta Fallon again, "Snow's paintings satisfy the human thirst for communication, touch, and the play of the mind."
Snow attended the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and the Philadelphia Museum College of Art (now known as The University of the Arts) earning an Associate's Degree in Industrial Design. Snow is currently the Director of the Pagus Gallery in The Norristown Arts Building, curating and hanging 6-7 shows a year.
Snow has exhibited his work at the Main Line Art Center, PA., Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA., Plum Gallery, Williamstown, MA, Gallery Siano, Philadelphia, PA, Concord Art Gallery, Concord, PA., Third Street Gallery, Philadelphia, PA. , Ryan John Gallery, Northern Liberties, Philadelphia, PA, and Pagus Gallery, Norristown, PA.


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I have made this recipe so many times I have lost count. I made a few changes. Instead of sugar I used 1 cup honey. I took the milk and threw it in the blender with my honey to blend it together well. I also reduced the amount of cream by 2 1/2 cups and replaced it with milk. Then instead of refidgerating it over night I just tossed it in the ice cream maker and enjoyed it. SO SIMPLE and delicious. I have made chocolate (added 1/3 cup coco)AND mint chocolate chip(I used peppermint extract instead of vanilla and tossed in some chocolate chips) By far my favorite recipe!
It was very simple and easy, however , several family members commented that it tasted like cool whip.
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Reducing the sugar to ½C. improves the texture, increases the overrun to about 50%, and kills the over-sweet after taste. Unlike others, I found the recipe's vanilla amount to be perfect once the amount of sugar was reduced. There were reviewer complaints about a buttery or butterfat taste. I believe that to be due to trying to dissolve all the sugar without using an ice bath to keep the cream chilled. The room temperature and the natural temperature rise due to stirring or whisking would warm the cream enough that they were churning butter. It has happened to me in the past, and is a nasty surprise when butter is not the goal. Try whisking the sugar into the half-and-half, then stirring in the cream. This recipe is what ice cream is all about. Mmmm good!
This ice cream is so easy and has no eggs so you don't have to worry about raw eggs in the ice cream. It is a lot smoother and creamier than other homemade ice creams.
This is an excellent recipe...creamy, smooth and very quick to make. You can use a vanilla bean as well as vanilla extract. I would suggest letting it get really cold...freeze hard. Do it ahead, it is best then and holds up very well. People will think it is a cooked recipe. Yes, a keeper!
My family loved this ice cream . Having read the other reviews before making the ice cream, I doubled the amount of vanilla . I also added half of a package of instant vanilla pudding because it wasn't quite as thick as I'd have liked it to be.
Generally I make a cooked egg custard base which, being a Wisconsinite and hooked on our frozen vanilla custard here, is my preference. But today I was looking for something simpler, easier and less time-consuming. This was it. The proportions of whipping cream to half-and-half are a little heavier on the half-and-half than my general preference (2 parts cream, 1 part half-and-half) but the difference here was marginal and might suit better those who prefer a less rich ice cream. Since I used this as a base for blueberry ice cream (3 cups blueberries macerated with 3/4 cup sugar and the juice of half a lemon, then pureed) I omitted the vanilla. However, if I was to use this recipe as is, I would still reduce the amount of vanilla somewhat. Even with the addition of the fruit, which often tends to lend some iciness to the ice cream's texture, this was creamy and smooth. This is a rich and delicious ice cream, a worthy competitor to the cooked custard variety – I *almost* didn't miss the eggs.
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Jenson Button believes it was the McLaren's lack of pace before the summer break, and not reliability issues, that ultimately cost them the title...
Jenson Button believes it was the McLaren's lack of pace before the summer break that ultimately cost them the title.
All in all, 2012 was a disappointing year for McLaren, who finished third in the constructors' standings and had to be content with a fourth place for Lewis Hamilton and a fifth for Button in the championship.
While many would point to their reliability and pitstop problems as being more damaging to their season, the British driver doesn't agree.
"Sometimes you do get failures and you've got to rectify the issue," he said.
"But the most difficult part for us was before the summer break when we just didn't have the pace.
"The reason why we were not fighting for the title isn't just the reliability issues, the pace in that period of time wasn't good enough compared to our competitors."
The mechanical glitches may have grabbed more headlines, says Button, but this was due mainly to their timing. While the McLaren frequently performed reliably during tests, they were unlucky to be hit by so many issues on race weekends.
"We have had reliability issues, but when you actually look at it, the problems have all been at weekends," Button said. "We did 1400 kilometres at the young driver test and didn't have one issue at all, so we have been a little bit unlucky, I think."
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"Lewis had a good race in Canada and I had such a bad race, and it was good for the rest of the year in a way because we had the two extremes so we could look at the data, get in the simulator, change the balance around, and work out why I had so much degradation and he didn't.
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Does it seem that the price of your prescription goes up every time you refill it? For those who pay for prescriptions out-of-pocket or have capped prescription coverage, the rising cost of necessary medicine is troubling.
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explored the practice of pill splitting. Pill splitting saves money because the per-pill price usually does not vary significantly according to dosage. This is how it works: your doctor writes a prescription for a dosage level twice that of what you need. Then you split the pills in half and you end up with twice as many pills for the same price.
But be wary. Pill splitting may not be a good choice even if it means saving money. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) advises against pill splitting, unless the drug label states that it is okay. Some concerns over pill splitting include:
Here are other concerns you should be aware of regarding pill splitting.
In a 2002 study in American Journal of Managed Care, researchers studied if pill splitting can reduce the cost of drugs without compromising their safety and effectiveness. They also set out to identify the drugs that are most appropriate for splitting. These researchers examined the pharmacy records of a managed care plan at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston.
The study determined the 265 drugs most frequently prescribed at the study hospital and nationally. About half of these drugs cannot be split. These include drugs with the following characteristics:
Do not split pills without first discussing the safety of the practice for each of your medications with your doctor. For some patients, pill splitting is unwise, resulting in uneven dosing and ineffective treatment. Patients who have the following issues may want to avoid pill splitting:
If you are going to split pills regularly, invest in a pill-splitting device. They are easy to use and allow you to split pills quite accurately. Your pharmacist can show you how to use it.
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Clarence Thomas
From humble beginnings, by dint of hard work and a little luck, Clarence Thomas arrived at the pinnacle of American law. Only the second African- American appointed to the High Court, Thomas sought and achieved distinction as a conservative. And, as luck would have it in 1991, the Republican Party needed him. Thomas proved he was the right person at the right place at the right time.
Clarence Thomas was born on June 23, 1948, in Pin Point, Georgia. The second child and first son of M.C. Thomas and Leola Williams' three children, Thomas spent most of his childhood without his father who abandoned the family early in Thomas's life. Thomas grew up in poverty. The Pin Point community he lived in lacked a sewage system and paved roads. Its inhabitants dwelled in destitution and earned but a few cents each day performing manual labor. Thomas's mother tried hard to take care of Thomas and his brother and sister. She worked as a maid and collected from church charities to support her family. At age seven, Thomas' mother decided to remarry after the family's wooden house burned to the ground. Thomas's mother sent him and his brother to live with their grandfather, Myers Anderson, in Savannah.
Life with his grandfather introduced Thomas to better days which included regular meals and indoor plumbing. Thomas's grandfather also imparted upon his grandsons the importance of a good education. Thomas and his brother worked for their grandfather after school making fuel deliveries. In his spare time, Thomas often went to the local Carnegie library since the Savannah Public Library had not yet allowed blacks to enter.
At his grandfather's urgings to become a priest, Thomas left his black high school after two years to attend St. John Vianney Minor Seminary, an all-white boarding school located just outside of Savannah dedicated to training priests. Thomas suffered minor episodes of racism at his new school. His fellow schoolmates excluded him from social activities and made fun of his color. Still, Thomas persevered and graduated with a good academic record.
Thomas attended the Immaculate Conception Seminary in Missouri as his next step toward attaining priesthood. He left soon after, though, due to the severe racism he encountered in the school. After taking some time off, Thomas enrolled at Holy Cross. He participated actively in the formation of the Black Student Union. Thomas also supported the Black Panthers and once urged a student walkout to protest investments in South Africa.
In 1971, Thomas graduated ninth in his class with an English honors degree. The following day, he married Kathy Ambush, a student at a nearby Catholic woman's college. Thomas pursued his legal education at Yale Law School. While at Yale, Thomas's wife gave birth to his only child, a son named Jamal.
Thomas specialized in tax and anti-trust law. Instead of joining a law firm -- he had ample offers -- Thomas decided to return to Missouri to work in the office of then State Attorney General, John Danforth. The job allowed him to work in the tax division. When Danforth won an election to the U.S. Senate three years later in 1977, Thomas left the attorney general's office and became a corporate lawyer in the pesticide and agriculture division of the Monsanto Company. Thomas left Monsanto after two years and returned to Danforth to work as his legislative aide.
When Thomas attended a conference of black conservatives in 1980, a columnist for the Washington Post wrote an article about him that attracted the attention of the Reagan administration. President Ronald Reagan offered Thomas a job as the assistant secretary for civil rights in the Department of Education. Thomas accepted the job and Reagan soon promoted him to head the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). As the director of EEOC, Thomas supervised the entire federal effort to curb discrimination in the workplace. Thomas changed the practice of the EEOC under his leadership. He abandoned the use of timetables and numeric goals, allowing companies more flexibility in their hiring of minorities. Thomas also ended the use of class action suits that relied on statistical evidence of discriminatory effects. These changes in EEOC practice angered many civil rights groups.
During this time, Thomas experienced some personal difficulties. His grandfather died in 1983 and he and his wife divorced in 1984. He met Virginia Lamp at a conference two years later and they soon married.
President George H. W. Bush appointed Thomas to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia in 1990. When Thurgood Marshall retired from the Supreme Court in 1991, Bush decided to elevate Thomas to the Supreme Court.
Thomas's nomination met strong opposition from minority groups who opposed his conservative views on civil rights. Thomas weathered several days of questioning from the Democrat-controlled Senate Judiciary Committee. Like all recent successful nominees, Thomas was unwilling to express opinions about policies or approaches to constitutional interpretation. His questioners were unable to shake him.
His nomination seemed assured when a last-minute witness, Professor Anita Hill, came forward with charges of sexual misconduct when she worked for Thomas ten years earlier. The nation seemed transfixed by the ensuing testimony of Hill, then Thomas, and a parade of corroborating witnesses who spoke to a national television audience, preempting afternoon soap operas and competing successfully for viewers against the World Series.
After a marathon hearing to explore the Hill charges, the Committee failed to unearth convincing proof of Hill's allegations. The Committee reported the Thomas nomination to the full Senate without a recommendation. In the end, the Senate voted 52 to 48 to confirm Thomas's nomination to the High Court.
Since becoming a justice, Thomas has voted frequently with other conservatives. When Thomas began his tenure on the Court, many observers falsely predicted that he would simply echo the views of fellow conservative justice Antonin Scalia. From the start, however, Thomas has articulated his own conservative thinking.
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Using a varied mix of spectrometers, cameras, imagers, photometers and spectrographs each year, the Leonid MAC team flew in two separate aircraft to view and study the Leonid meteor storm.
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The compensation the Cubs will send to the Red Sox for Theo Epstein has been going on for seemingly ever. It's now in Bud Selig's hands and he'll soon rule on what the Cubs have to give the Red Sox. Apparently the Sox still want something significant, but as has been said time and again, there's no precedent for a significant package in this type of situation. When Andy MacPhail left the Twins for the Cubs the Twins received 2 mediocre prospects. The Red Sox have insisted all along that they will receive a significant value in return. At one time, and perhaps still, they wanted Matt Garza. That's not going to happen. It never was going to happen.
At first I thought Brett Jackson or Trey McNutt might be the guy sent to Boston. That was based on the player the Red Sox had agreed to send the A's for Billy Beane several years ago. That player was
Kevin Millar Kevin Youkilis. Although Youkilis was not the highly ranked prospect that Jackson is, the numbers in the minors were in some ways similar. Youkilis got on base more, but hit for less power. He was a little older than Jackson too. Brett Jackson won't be going anywhere though.
I still wouldn't be surprised to see Trey McNutt involved. McNutt was highly thought of entering last season, but after a series of blisters and a baserunning collision his numbers weren't nearly as good as the previous years. He's not ranked in mlb.com's top 100 prospects. He's more than likely not going to be ranked in Baseball America's either. He's still young and the Cubs would much prefer to keep him so they won't be happy if they give him up.
Based on the bashing the Red Sox did of Theo Epstein shortly before he left I can't imagine that helps their case too much. If what they said is true then perhaps Selig should give them Alfonso Soriano and his contract. That's the type of compensation package I'd love.
It was mentioned awhile back that the Cubs and Red Sox could use the compensation if the Sox were to trade for Matt Garza. Maybe the Cubs throw in another low-level prospect at no cost or the Red Sox give up a little less in return. That's not going to happen at this point.
Selig said Friday night he'd like to have it done as quickly as possible. He said he gave the clubs more latitude in hopes they'd reach an agreement, but they couldn't. Selig said now it's his decision and that's OK, all part of the job.
Levine is essentially saying that the two clubs are no longer even discussing this and it's all up to Selig. Selig made some comment recently that were similar to this. As a result, the compensation will be a player or two going to Boston. The Sox could still go after Matt Garza if they wanted, but that's probably not going to happen given the asking price.
Speaking of Garza, I was doing a little more thinking about the arbitration values the two sides exchanged. The Cubs offer was $7.95 million and Garza asked for $12.5 million. It's interesting because there's such a large difference between the two figures.
The Cubs offer was ridiculously low. Garza received a raise of $2.6 million last year after a league average season in 2010. He wasn't significantly better than that in 2009 either. In fact, Matt Garza hadn't really been that good a pitcher until 2011. Despite that, he still received that $2.6 million raise. It was his second year of arbitration and since he's a Super 2 he'll have 4 of them. Assuming the player doesn't fall off a cliff players are paid more each time through arbitration. Garza earned $5.95 million last year so the Cubs only offered a raise of $2 million. That's more than half a million less than the raise Garza received after being average in 2010.
Was Garza's offer too high? Let's say Garza was a free agent and you were going to sign Garza for 1 year. How much would we pay? Off the top of my head I'd go with about $15-17 million. I'm fairly confident he won't be nearly as good as last season, but I'm also confident he's a better pitcher now than he was prior to joining the Cubs. I think 3 to 3.5 WAR is more than reasonable and probably a lot lower than many other fans are expecting. At $5 million per win that's $15 to $17.5 million.
I also wonder if the discussions the Cubs have had about trading Garza this offseason can or will factor into an arbitration hearing if it goes that far. It's plainly clear the Cubs think Matt Garza is an ace and that he's a rare talent. Theo has said so several times. If this can be used in an arbitration hearing Garza's representatives could easily talk about ace-caliber starters and their contracts. I don't know for sure if this can be discussed, but if you think about what these aces are being paid, it's more than the $15-17 million I'd give Garza for one year if he was a free agent.
Furthermore, the Cubs have asked for way too much in a trade. I can't help but think this is relevant information to determining how much a player should be paid. It may not be allowed in a hearing, but it should be. This is the best evidence we have of how much the Cubs value Matt Garza. It's clear the Cubs value Garza highly. It's even clear they value him more highly than the $2 million raise they offered.
But arbitration is about picking one of two numbers. The reason I started thinking about this again is because the difference between the two figures might lead to an extension. For awhile now I've been thinking if the Cubs signed Garza to an extension it would be at least a 4 year deal and perhaps as many as 6 years. Tim Lincecum was signed to a 2-year deal last week buying out his remaining arbitration years. The Cubs could do that with Garza.
I actually think they will. I think the big difference between the figures submitted hints at that. The Cubs can't take the chance that Garza earns $12.5 million next year. If he had a decent season next year he'd earn close to $16 million in 2013. If the Cubs wanted to trade Garza at that point he'd have very little trade value. It was obvious this offseason that the Cubs aren't yet interested in signing players to contracts for more than a few years.
If the Cubs were to sign Garza for two years the Cubs could still trade him rather easily. The question is how much is he worth over 2 years? Let's say he's a 3.5 WAR pitcher in 2012 and the win value is $5 million. The WAR decreases by .5 the following year and the win value increases by 5%. Over 2 years he'd be expected to provide 7.5 WAR. That's $38.4 million in value. Factoring in arbitration that would be a 2-year deal for $26.9 million.
That's not what the Cubs are going to sign him to though. If Garza wins arbitration this year he'd earn $12.5 million and then maybe $16 million next year for a total of $26.5 million. If the Cubs were to win arbitration they'd pay him $7.95 million this year and about $12 million the following year for a total of $20 million. Split the difference and call it a 2-year deal for $23.25 million.
The Cubs would retain about $15.15 million in surplus trade value, which is almost exactly what we estimated it would be based on earning $8.7 million in 2012. Assuming the Cubs and Garza meet somewhere in the middle they'd pay him $10.2 million next year and about $15 million the following year. If that happened the surplus trade value would be about $2 million less.
Signing Garza to a 5-year extension doesn't make a lot of sense in my opinion even if you think he's better than the projections. Signing him to a 2-year deal keeps his cost down and the Cubs retain almost all of his previously estimated surplus trade value.


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In multi-animal households, it seems there is always one bully who wants to be the boss and tell everyone else what to do. Spirit Essences Bully Remedy reminds the "big cheese" that things are fine without needing to patrol everyone else, and that it is not necessary to dominate in order to live harmoniously.
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Spirit Essence remedies are not like medicines or drugs and need not be swallowed; once the drops contact the animal, they are doing their job.
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You want your animal companion to think of the remedy as a good thing, so never try to force it. Use one of the alternate methods if your animal does not like its mouth to be handled. See below for instructions on administering SpiritEssences.
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Review Rating: 3.5
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Ingredients - Pure Eldorado Natural Spring Water, flower and other essences*, ethanol (as a preservative), Reiki energy, and Full Spectrum Light
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For most behavioral or emotional problems, we recommend starting with 3 or 4 times a day, for 2 weeks. Once improvement is established, usually within 2-4 weeks, you can wean the animal off by gradually decreasing the frequency of administration. A few animals may need to remain on essence treatment long term. Adding a few drops to the drinking water, or once-a-day administration by mouth, will probably be adequate. We have also found that most animals will also benefit from long-term administration of a maintenance formula.
In cases where the problem is mild, or had an acute cause, such as death of a companion or a move to a new house you may only need to use the prescription a few times before the problem is solved. In that case, the prescription may be discontinued.
For situations where you can catch the animal when it is doing the problem behavior, giving the prescription at that moment may be especially helpful. For instance, if the problem is compulsive licking, give the prescription when you see the animal licking, either by mouth or topically (as long as the skin is not raw or irritated) so that the animal licks the drops off its skin.
Remember that SpiritEssences are not treating specific behaviors, but rather the emotional or energetic imbalances underlying them. By helping the animal feel happier and more secure, we increase the likelihood that behavioral problems will be correspondingly diminished or eliminated. While no treatment can be guaranteed to work 100% for every single case, it is a very rare animal that does not noticeably respond to SpiritEssences.
Try not to let the dropper contact anything that can cause contamination when the dropper is put back in the bottle. However, if this occurs, simply rinse the dropper in hot running water before replacing it in the bottle.
If you are treating only one animal in a multi-animal household, it is perfectly all right to put the prescription in the common drinking water. It will not adversely affect the other animals, and may even be beneficial if those particular essences are also appropriate for them. If several animals in a household are being given different essence combinations, administer the drops by mouth or topically around the head and ears. For some of our formula sets, a base formula is given in the common drinking water, and specific formulas are given to each animal individually.
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I would buy this product again.
By Cat Lover
from San Diego, CA
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Comments about Spirit Essences Bully Remedy:
I have a male feral cat & used this product on him to calm him down & try & curb his fighting w/every cat in the neighborhood. This is a great product,only wished it lasted longer. It definitely helped him! Was a much more loving cat. Wasn't so worried about what was going on around him. I put it on him @ least 3 times a day. He didn't like it in his food. The product definitely works & is very easy to use.
Bottom Line Yes, I would recommend this to a friend
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this worked for my dogs - re-ordering
By julie
from yulee, florida
it worked and i'm thankful. can't wait to get more
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Didn't help and made the cat throw up.
By Jeri
from CT
It was ineffective on this cat. She stayed aggressive and threw up from the remedy.
Bottom Line No, I would not recommend this to a friend
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It's very effective!
By Carlene
from Mobile, AL
We have a 9 year old dog that has always had quite a bit of an attitude. We recently added a rescued puppy to the home. There were some dominance issues going on and things would get a little tense at times. Sometimes a little more than tense. I've only been using this for a few weeks now and the results are rather amazing. The older dog is much more tolerant of the puppy now. She seems to be a lot happier too. No issues anymore! I've been adding a few drops to the community water bowl as well as a couple of drops in the older dogs food bowl. Very easy to use. Worth every penny to me!
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Some improvement noted in a short time
By owned by cats
from Pennsylvania
Have an indoor cat that started to mark his turf and bully his housemates since he has noticed a stray cat that has been hanging out in our yard. I have noticed some improvement, he does not seem as "tense" and he's still picking fights but not nearly as often.
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By Artlady
from Oklahoma
This stuff really works. It takes a while to build up in their system. Overall, it causes them to be a lot more tolerant of other dogs. It's not 100% the answer but with behavior modification it makes things much better.
Works well.
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We use this for our dogs who are agressive toward each other. The fights seem to have stopped. Over the long term, I think this product does help. Adding it to their water is a really convenient way to add doses during the day.
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By "Nutsie"
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i have eight (8) Golden Reterivers, and at times things get testy with 4 young males.I use bully in every meal and this has made a great effect on all involved. All your products work very well.
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Didn't last long enough
By Diane
from Poland, Maine
Not very successful with my dogs. Didn't seem to have enough "punch"
Somewhat disappointing
By gingergirl
from Columbus, OH
Well, so far my neutered yet domineering, bullying male cat is still exhibiting signs of jealously chasing other cats away as well as down right terrorizing my most timid. It has been 4 weeks and I have administered according to directions, on a daily basis with no interruptions. I'm still hopeful that this one will work, as I have had good success with other flower essences in the past.
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- Libbey Koppinger
- Toledo, OH
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Attending College IS a Right. Enrich the person & the future (theirs & ours) via Mandatory 4 yr Higher Ed in the US or Compulsory K - 16
The purpose of education is to provide for the whole child - mind, body and spirit. Yet maturation from child to adult takes longer than we've previously recognized. 18 yrs may be the age of emancipation, but 23 - 25 yrs is when our brains reach maturity.
Now is a time of unpresidented technological enlightenment. A time when boundaries and borders are lifted, virtually and otherwise. We enjoy medical and scientific advancements, extreme activities and ideals to match, diversity and more equality than ever before. Certainly there is much to change yet - and with all our forward movement, there remain many injustices to right, discoveries to be made, theories to prove and even worlds to explore beyond what we know right now.
I propose that we take the steps needed to match this Enlightened Era of Advancments - by fostering what could become a true Renaissance in Education. I believe youth of today should receive the full benefit of a K - 16 compulsary education.
It is wrong to limit potential based upon income. Should people who will ultimately shape our world be told our belief in their potential is up. Expired? at 17?
Yet that is what we are doing. We limit their viability, their potential and waste opportunity for national growth and positive change when we allow the atrophy of educational opportunity based on age, not maturity. We discriminate based on income, penalize middle class families with extraordinary debt.
Instead, Imagine a nation of Renaissance Men & Women; Educated, Active, Aesthetically minded, but for the first time in Western civilization, this balance of person and intellect also carries the torch of Equality, Diversity, Innovation.
Because all they gained they were GIVEN, freely - regardless of race, creed or color, blind to gender or sexual preference or religious affiliation. Without the weight of debt. No longer are the benefits of Higher Education a privilege, but instead a Right. To benefit the individual, & strengthen the nation.
Douglas Bell
Dec 7 2011: Hi Libby,
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I'll leave the "how are we going to pay for it" for someone else
Making any kind of service mandatory for 20 and 21 years olds is going to be a very tough sell. We can't even get better than 70% of our youth to graduate from High School. I don't see very many of these kids thinking that another 4 years is a great idea.
Best wishes,
Doug Bell
Dec 7 2011: Hi Doug - When we look at why kids drop out, much of it has to do with with socio-economic factors that require change. In order to be a catalyst for change - where do we start? The country remains so divided among political lines for instance. To be without an education that allows you to compete - one that teaches language, real world skills, aesthetics, global diversity, just as an example. I know it's Utopian at best - and unrealistic - for now. But if Vocational schools and Colleges were merged - if value and merit was given to (just as an example) workforce and labor development, farming and agriculture, in the same manner it is to liberal arts and fine arts - I think we might actually give our young people more hope for the future. I think there is much for everyone to learn - and to be quite honest - the amount of young people who graduate college without a real skill - is astounding. And out of balance. That we view each other still as Blue Collar, White Collar, etc - speaks to the fact that as a society - we with-hold education, the beauty of it, the fun of it, from so many. Some education at a higher level really is about maintaining wonder, curiosity and a healthy respect for how much there s to learn. Further - maybe much of the problems we see in 20 - 21 yr olds is due to what we give them - way too soon. For all the kids who turn away from furthering their education, how many would actually jump at the chance? Would the vision of life beyond high school become less unrealistic if there was still a path to direct them? Would more time to teach and learn make a difference in the quality of education?
It wouldn't be easy - for sure. And it might not be a good idea. But once we become to used to the way things ARE, it's harder to imagine what COULD BE. How would this be funded, hopefully with money. ;) JK Like I said - this is about suspending disbelief - and bringing up the pro's and cons. (and yes - there are many hurdles)
Dec 10 2011: Hi Libbey, who will pay for it? First, we have the problem, of getting children to live. To live to the age of college. It is not a right. It is earned. :)
Paul Lillebo
Dec 8 2011: I appreciate your eagerness to spread higher education around, but considering it a "right" granted to all would be a hard sell. Enormously expensive, of course, and not doable in the current economic environment.
- +2
Some countries, more socialized than the U.S., do offer free higher education, e.g., Norway, where I'm writing from. But there's a limited number of seats, and while the education is free the applicants must compete for the seats with grades and entrance exam results. A minority of the applicants actually get in.
There's no reason to believe that everyone would be better off with a college degree. And if everyone had a college degree, lots of needed jobs would go unfilled. Where would you find a mechanic or a bus driver? I think the essential problem is that of leveling the playing field and removing handicaps: motivating and assisting children from homes where education is not a priority to get excited about learning, and later to assure that motivated but underfunded youths can get the education they seek, whether academic or in the trades.
And by the way, I'd say age 35 is closer to the age of maturity. (When you're 35 you won't think you were mature at 25.)
Seth Powell
Dec 7 2011: Libby,
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Speaking as someone who wanted out of school as soon as possible, I would have hated to have been obligated to attend an additional four years. Nor am I convinced that doing so would have 'helped' at all. What type of curriculum are you proposing for the additional four years? It seems to me that you should instead seek to teach more in the time already allotted than to request the taxpayer fund an additional four years of someone's education.
Are you anticipating the 13th grader to live at home, or will the taxpayer pay for his dorm room/K13 apartment in addition to his schooling?
How will the teachers of these 'higher' grades be compensated? Will the taxpayer provide tenure and multiple teaching assistants?
Is this secretly a ploy to greatly increase membership in public education teacher unions? That's is the only reason I can imagine for such a proposal.
When you say education is a right, what do you mean?
Human beings have a fundamental right to learn _ what?
Dec 7 2011: Hi Seth ~
It's a weird concept right? I agree. My thinking was, this is a total paradigm shift. But if we look at learning, and the way the world has changed, I think we should assume that "College" as we know it today would have to change if we took this proposal - just for sake of argument - and really thought about it.
That said - yes - I am asking you to suspend your disbelief here. And I agree - if this was met with the feeling that it was forced upon young people - well, that would NOT be the goal.
Starting with the institutions themselves... I can imagine most Colleges would be totally against this. But I wonder what the benefits of publically funded college would be? Would athletics find better balance with academics? Would the decrease in borrowed money from banks be replaced with people investing earned income and actually using credit (if at all) in the way it was intended?
As for who would pay for this. Yes. Publically funded. But what if College was actually more directed toward the future and still put everyone on a level playing field? What if it afforded you a chance to really take stock of yourself and your interests, helped you direct those things into a career you'd actually enjoy - or help you make informed choices about your future. When I say "education" I mean - somewhere along the lines, the love of learning is lost to rigorous and often ineffective method. If education is to change - then it should change in a manner that addresses things like you are talking about - I don't mean people who don't currently have a college education are less than - not in any way. In fact - the smartest people I know personally didn't go to or finish college. The way we view learning can be drastically different. I see this as a chance to give a chance - to kids. 17 year olds are just that - kids. What I hate to see, is wonderful minds and ambition, shot down. That's all. I guess what I mean is: Everyone has a right to the opportunity. Regardless of means.Dec 10 2011: Libby, universal education is a nice sentiment with which it is hard to argue. (but I'll try anyway). I am afraid "compulsory education" as you seem to suggest qualifies as an oxymoron in my experience. They used to sell sweatshirts at the ASU bookstore with a cartoon horse stating "they can send me to college but they can't make me think". The stellar failure of western education in most instances begins with this fallacy of requirements and quotas. Surveys recently have shown that the retention level one year later of the "good " students who graduate from high school is about 20% of the sacred cow curriculum. This is a farce which no one should find amusing. Now if what you meant to suggest is that we support a persons efforts to learn till age 25 I will give you my full support.They have this in varying degrees (no pun intended) in most of northern Europe. There if you show reasonable aptitude and desire you can follow any course for an average of $1000 a year. Education in America and the West in general is unfortunately still predominately 19 century in its goals and concepts. Sending everyone, not just our best and brightest to the existing intellectual abattoirs that are basically nicely landscaped concentration campuses will not save us, since so few get out alive now(with a fully functioning brain). What we need is Ken Robinsons revolution in mode and method, conception and content and then make it available to all at an affordable price.
Douglas Bell
Dec 7 2011: Hi Libby,
- +1
It's obvious that you are passionate about education and have a love of learning. I do too. That does not mean that everyone shares our feelings.
I feel strongly that a person at the college level needs to have a stake in their education. That it can't be given to them, or however gently, pushed upon them. It's their life, and although there are economic contstraints for some, only they can be responsible for their choices.
Best wishes,
Doug Bell
Grant Nieddu
Dec 7 2011: Libby,
- +1
I think that the impetus is now upon us to take advantage of the education free to us. College, though valuable in its education, has already been rendered virtually useless (see the current amount of college grads that can't get work.) On top of that place the insurmountable debt.
I would fully agree that the Level of Education should be free and available (which it currently is for those with access to the internet.) It is in need of individuals willing to create valid curriculum.
But the brick and mortar college is falling to the wayside in irrelevance. Perhaps an overhaul of the education system would make it more appealing to me.
Douglas Bell
Dec 7 2011: Hi Grant,
- +2
I agree that it's quite possible to spend $250,000 on a college degree that doesn't get you a job. I would disagree that this is the only outcome. I know several recent graduates who spent $80,000 for a Bachelors degree and had multiple offers for professional positions. Jobs that are 1) important to them and society, 2) cannot be performed without college training, and are 3) well paid. Now, they did "settle" for a well respected state university whose tuition, room and fees are less than $20,000 / yr. And they also studied things like calculus and organic chemistry.
Frankly, I don't have a lot of sympathy for someone who complains that their $60,000 /yr private college gives them a degree in a field that does not have $100,000 / yr jobs (or even $40,000/yr jobs).
There is a broad spectrum of higher education. Some is very expensive, some less so, and some is pretty reasonable. From what I've seen, new options are constantly coming available and new ideas are welcome.
Best wishes,
Doug Bell
Paul Lillebo
Dec 8 2011: "But the brick and mortar college is falling to the wayside in irrelevance."
- +1
That's news to me. And apparently to many others, since "brick and mortar college" enrollment (in the U.S.) is higher than ever, and continues to rise, both at the undergraduate and graduate levels.
Grant Nieddu
Dec 9 2011: Paul, though no one can argue that enrollment is up for many reasons, high enrollment does not imply it as relevant or useful.
- +1
For example, I manage a branch of a Fortune 500 business. In recent job interviews I was interview PhD and MBA graduates who were far less capable of the job than the "uneducated" individuals and entrepreneurs who came through my doors.
Further, to Libby's point that it should be a human right is taking it a step too far. Watching Sir Ken Robert's TED talk on the state of education reveals a need for a major overhaul in the education model. This is true, and especially true in the developed world. But when speaking of human rights, we must look at the broad spectrum of the human race.
I therefore look to our work in Haiti over the last 4 years to consider if the brick and mortar, debt-ridden model of education would work for them. Most of my Haitian friends want the education, the ideas, the resources that is available to the rest of the world. They just could neither imagine a) where to even find a brick and mortar college, nor b) taking something that they could not obtain debt free. Borrowing that much money is not an acceptable paradigm in the least.
The level of education, the access to information I agree is relevant and useful; it could be a human right.
The Americana college experience should not.
Dec 9 2011: You're right that my comment doesn't suggest that traditional education is relevant, it just suggests than many people think it is. I happen to think it is, since it normally instills a degree of rigor and care in thought and research that is hard to cultivate otherwise.
Like you, I've had the experience of hiring and working with people where the level of formal education was no indication of their fitness for the job. But of course that depends on the circumstance. For the same reason I don't think that employees (e.g., teachers) should be paid extra for additional degrees, as they often are. Frequently the extra degree is indeed irrelevant. (I must say that some of the least relevant degrees come from non-traditional institutions, like web-based colleges.)
Clearly Haiti's approach to education and its funding needs a different model from that which may work in the U.S. What they do have is available manpower, if that can be put to productive use. Best of luck with your work there.Dec 7 2011: In my opinion, this topic has little to do with education, and more to do with the function of capitalism and competition in our education system at the collegiate level.
You can find quite a bit of compelling discussion relating to this topic here:
Grants, scholarships, and military service are all viable options for high school graduates to pursue higher education. The motivation to pursue higher education is not limited by income.
Secondary and primary schools are already expected to 'turn out' students who are actually prepared by measurable means for college, and this happens annually, by the millions, to better success than any other country in the world. This is not only measured by through testing but also through observation of the multitude of students who go directly from high school to 4 year colleges and graduate with degrees in their chosen field.
We live in a capitalist society yet your proposal is socialist in nature, and now is certainly not the time that our nation needs more socialism. You are correct that funding is a major issue in this concept. The best quality education costs the most- as is the nature with any product. If this wasn't the case than the United States would not be the leading developer of technology, medecine, and innovation worldwide. Socializing collegiate education would destroy the competitive nature that has made our collection of universities the best the world has ever seen.Dec 7 2011: Let me add this - initially - if compulsory seems too crazy for most of us - then, what about just Free? Much like education now - but at the College level. There are schools of excellence - true excellence - that are public. And pretty lousy schools that are private. And vice versa. Would accountability improve if secondary and primary schools were EXPECTED to turn out students who were actually prepared, by measurable means for college? Not measurable only thru testing - but by realtime observation.
Funding is certainly a gigantic issue - but it's not a deal breaker. Or is it? There are colleges now that offer free tuition - but not to everyone. That said - if not via enhanced education opportunity that is equitably available - recognizing we might need more than is offered right now - what might be another answer?Dec 18 2011: Thanks Paul :) I think you hit on some critical points. My favorite: competition to be educated. That's at the heart of my topic. I think all people, regardless of station in life, or career path - should have the opportunity to learn. To formal education. The mechanic who is also a botany major might just be the person to engineer a plant based fuel that's better than what we have today. The bus driver who was a pysch major might propose changes to mass transportation that provide the passenger with therapeutic respite on their journey and so on.
It's about loving to learn, and having real access to formal education, and educators, for the purpose of the enriching the whole person.
It requires a paradigm shift in what we value. I think that to separate the trades from higher learning is a HUGE mistake in the first place. Being able to do more than one thing, well - gives our kids more choices. AND it encourages creative thinking, applied perhaps from what was learned in either discipline - to solve problems in a whole different field.
A pipe dream maybe, but I guess we have to start somewhere.
Everything you say though, especially in this economy, is true. Yet how can we turn things around if we do what we've always done - even in regard to education?
Thanks so much! And you are right about 25 vs 35! LOL I myself have never minded getting older - but will say, I do at times miss the days when "ignorance" was bliss! ;)Dec 10 2011: Hi Chad ~
Thank you - and great comments. Yes - my proposal is intended to support the individual in their educational pursuits beyond the age of 17. (you hit the nail on the head!) What wonder about regarding current statistics, for all levels of education really - and especially pertaining to student apathy, is: WHY?
I think to believe that all students are apathetic and unappreciative speaks to the survey, not the reality. Like you, I agree that to base education on grading systems and outdated methodology is ridiculous. But I think we need to dig deeper. Remember a time in your life when learning was about discovery, curiosity - to be really engaged in the pursuit of learning is quite different that being forced to learn. II see an immense amount of pressure in kids from age 13 yrs on about the rest of their lives, and I think in part - we can't judge outcomes by measuring faulty present day criteria. I think you are right about Mr. Robinson - in fact, one of his critical points in terms of what education can and should be, s all about removing any/all barriers that prevent young people from learning. I think stress, home, financial, environment - play a huge part in this. To assess an already burdened and even immature audience (immature meaning young and age appropriately so) by metrics pertaining to how they managed to make their way through the current system via outcomes is what I don't quite understand about how we look at enacting change. We impose undo rigor on students, and then ask them why they haven't learned. Weird. So in my mind, (and I LOVE your analogy) Lifting the barriers to going to college is about what students need to be viable in todays world. It isn't a reward. College shouldn't be thought of as a privilege. I certainly think my idea may be way too extreme. But sometimes the idea in the extreme is a great place to start conversation. I think your comments are just excellent. Much appreciated!Dec 7 2011: Good clarity, Doug. Agreed.Dec 7 2011: Hi Libbey, I like your proposal. The way I interpret it is: education is not a consumer product.
Let me do a little thought experiment. Let's suppose that against all odds, a catastrophic event falls upon us. Either a comet hits the planet or someone decides to start a nuclear conflict.
I see the purpose of our education as provide enough base that, in a scenario a dramatic as this, people would be able not only to survive, but to return to previous levels of advancement.
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So I have been thinking about this a lot lately. We live in a world surrounded with technology - some good and some bad. Facebook, Twitter, Google, Ebay, Yahoo etc. to name a few. I was wondering if there were any other ideas that were "out of the box" that would be different to the networking sites mentioned above. I am a person who wants to become a entrepreneur. This is also the main reason why I am starting to think about creating my own business at such an early age. Hopefully everybody can chuck in ideas/suggestions that you have. Who knows? Ten years from now, this might be the birth of a new networking site/business.
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Jun 8 2013: Hi LaMar,
What you have expressed is a great idea but then the problem with this is that the cost of such a site is too high. Identifying and classifying such great species is immense and world tours would need to be done to find them all. I would have certainly considered something like that if I had more budget. I am a young adult who is still just starting to save up. But nevertheless, it's a good idea.Jun 7 2013: When I am trying to think outside the box I start by finding the edges (current restrictions). So my first thoughts are computers only allow a small amount of senses to interact with the web and if you could somehow get more of the bodies senses to interact it would be something new
Jun 8 2013: Hi Phillip,
That's the same problem. I see that you have tried to explain this to me in a spiritual way and I have tried all the tricks of the book but I seem to have hit a dead wall. I will be having a conversation with some the upcoming entrepreneurs of today to try and come up with something new :)
Jun 8 2013: Definately not a short term idea here but maybe get a head start on creating the next new social network that will interact with http://www.ted.com/talks/miguel_nicolelis_a_monkey_that_controls_a_robot_with_its_thoughts_no_really.html
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Jun 7 2013: You might approach this challenge by considering the issues that interest you or people you know and then searching for whether websites that meet this need exist and serve their niches well.
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There is a Coursera course called the Design of Artifacts in Society, but also a book by that title that might cost a dollar to download, written by a professor and inventor at the Wharton School of Business at Penn, that walks through how to come up with an innovative product, where products can be manufactured items or apps or websites.
You might find this book or course interesting.
I notice also that if you do an internet search for "website ideas" you will get numerous sites that gather ideas for new websites.
Jun 8 2013: Hi Fritzie,
Yup you are certainly right about searching for websites that didn't exist. Actually I had given that a try myself but the problem was all the ideas were kinda incorporated around the major websites we use today. It was really hard to find any new inspiration of the web. The problem with coming up with a website that could be similar to facebook is like coming up with google plus. Most people thought everybody will migrate to google plus once its release and me personally haven't even visited the google plus homepage which was automatically created for me. It won't be popular. When Zuckerberg came out with his idea, it was something that the world hadn't seen before. That is what made Facebook work and that is what I am hoping to do but then the biggest problem is that I don't know what will work with the present day people or what they want.
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I really like your idea once more but the restriction with such a site is that it can only be done in a local level and not a national or an international level. If you were to do it in an international level, you would have to look at all the cemeteries in the world which I don't think will be an easy task and in the same way the budget needs to be sky high for such a project. My idea is to come up with something similar to Facebook which can be set up easily (Well not easily) for people to interact with each other. Twitter was a great idea! So was Youtube but maybe not stuff like Google+ cause it was something similar to Facebook so it didn't go down too well. My dream is to come up with something that is new and allows people all over the world to socialise with and I understand finding an inspiration is one of the biggest problems here.Jun 7 2013: Technology is such a major part of society now that your question is certainly worth creative thought. You mentioned Facebook as a networking web site that is popular - in regards to making networking technology in a sense more "out of the box", I think it would be awesome to incorporate the idea that the Ted conversations "Ideas Worth Spreading" has explored onto the platform of Facebook. The placement of an interesting and valuable debate section, such as the various other applications this site has added since the start of business, would provide Facebook users with a more formidable and perhaps meaningful path of expression. Best of luck in creating your own business - I love invention and creativity. Definitely consider "necessity is the mother of invention" while you explore ideas for your business: what do you think the environment, the people that you know or the world as a whole, is most in need of at this current time? Also, don't limit the thought process of "need" to the typical definition, i.e., do consider what may be supportive of say the morale of humanity versus an entreprenual desire.
Jun 8 2013: Hi KendI,
I absolutely agree with you! The only problem is that I am new to TED, so I haven't actually seen much of the videos and ideas displayed here. Were you thinking about any conversations in particular?
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Jun 7 2013: That's a tough one, Garry, gee, the thing is so vast that it's hard to think of any. I remember hearing a fellow from the Los Angeles Public Works Department being interviewed on the radio, and the host asked him, "Is there anything that people don't know about your job?," and the guy had an interesting answer. Maybe you could do a website Things You Don't Know That You Should.
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Jun 8 2013: Hi Greg,
If I may - it's actually harder than my economics essay this topic. I like your idea but then would you think that such a website would seem a bit amateurish? I seemed to have recalled seeing a similar website but then it wasn't hugely popular because it didn't get much people to socialise. There wasn't anything they wanted from it.
But I certainly think you have hit something just that there might be another way to develop that idea.Jun 8 2013: I want to be a millionaire to make a difference. I don't want the money for me and my family, I want to give it to the people less fortunate than me.
I think I want to create an app too for my site :)
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Jun 8 2013: Hi ZX Style,
I am not on the track to saving up and making a lot of money for me. I want to use the profit I get to help to make a difference. My plan is to donate as much as I can to the gatesfoundation.org
And I do not live in India, I live in Australia but thank you for the suggestion. And my passion is computers, I am planning to start on my degree in IT :)Jun 8 2013: You want to be a millionaire eh? :D
Make some revolutionary app bro. Cuz by 2018 >half population of planet earth will own a smart phone and that's a lor of smartphones! (Android/iOS)


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