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Compatibility Combinations
Aries Woman/Aries Man
There maybe fireworks at dawn with this combination. Lots of fun. But the down side is the power struggle. Who will be the centre of attention? A competitive but entertaining coupling. A shared fitness regime keeps it sweet.
Aries Woman/Taurus Man
This is to be avoided 24/7. But it can work if independence is respected. Mutual support has to be a given. Whilst good communication is fundamental. Things fall apart where one or the other is taken for granted. Aries is a hothead!
Aries Woman/Gemini Man
A stimulating combination, providing hours of endless fun. Time alone is important & keeps passion alive. Flirting with others can lead to fun & games. Whilst playing away from home is quite likely from time to time. Not relaxing!
Aries Woman/Cancer Man
An odd combination: Cancer is an old softie who likes to know what's going down. Whilst Aries is demanding & up for anything. It can work with good communication & mutual understanding. These two are tantalisingly different.
Aries Woman /Leo Man
A dynamic duo! This sizzling combination is too hot to handle. But it's lots of fun. Never mind the burn out factor. It gets heated very quickly. But may subside if the intensity can't be replaced with warmth, tolerance & forgiveness.
Aries Woman/Virgo Man
This is a bit of a clash waiting to happen. Would you even bother? Of course love covers a multitude of sins. But Virgo's obsessive nit-picking can get a bit much. Aries is a live wire that Virgo may never control or get to grips with.
Aries Woman /Libra Man
A sexy, coupling! Libra is a scream who provides hours of entertainment. Game for a laugh & generally up for it, Libra has to be patient with Arian impatience. Aries finds Libra's inability to make a decision exasperating!
Aries Woman /Scorpio Man
Scorpio is probably too intense & deep. Aries may not be able to keep up & is quite superficial at times. Scorpio likes to run the show & is not at all flexible. Whilst Aries is dynamic & full-on. If Scorpio falls in love, Aries may scarper!
Aries Woman/Sagittarius Man
This is great fun. Frolics galore & lots of laughs keep these two interested & interesting. The social whirl provides hours of entertainment. But Aries & Sagittarius may find it difficult to sit still for more than 5 mins: exhausting!
Aries Woman/Capricorn Man
Capricorn likes watching Aries act on impulse. But the Zodiac Goat is quite staid & predictable. Aries may get bored in the long term. Capricorn has to let go a little. Whilst Aries makes compromises & enjoys that earthy sensuality.
Aries Woman/Aquarius Man
These two need to compliment each other by blowing hot & cold at the same time. Intense passion at the hot moments is worth hanging around for. But healthy respect & independence are important when Aquarius needs privacy.
Aries Woman/Pisces Man
If these magnets attract rather than repel, all is well. Pisces is a hopeless romantic. But may not be able to handle the volatile Aries temperament full time. Small doses work wonders & keep the interest alive. A mutual decision!
Taurus Woman/Aries Man
Instant magnetism has to develop into lasting love or this fizzles out. Aries may have second thoughts re commitment & has to be kept on a short but loose lead! Taurus loves to control so may not manage the balancing act for long.
Taurus Woman/Taurus Man
A hot steamy combination initially which can deteriorate into a power struggle. These two poetic souls should give each other a chance. Mutual support & friendship work along with sensual moments & heartfelt communication: bless
Taurus Woman/Gemini Man
Put the breaks on this! Gemini is flirtatious & may drive Taurus nuts by going after friends, neighbours, & strangers. Ok if Taurus has the patience of a saint & can turn a blind eye. Romance factor may make it all worthwhile though!
Taurus Woman/Cancer Man
This provides warmth & companionship: great for mutual understanding & support. Good friends at least & when passion fades, these two are life long mates. Taurus must not play the martyr or sulk when Cancer is moody or grim.
Taurus Woman/Leo Man
Leo is flamboyant & not comfortable with Taurus' caution. Leo unnerves predictable Taurus who hates to be challenged. It 'happens' so long as notable differences are accepted. Powerful if it works: dismally depressing otherwise
Taurus Woman/Virgo Man
Great rapport: a quite magical, earthy combination. Definite soul mates these two! Sexy goddess meets Mr loyal & reliable: what can go wrong? Virgo's attention to detail suits Taurus' ability to organise. Great compliments abound.
Taurus Woman/Libra Man
Libra is full of ideas. So practical Taurus must be careful not to bring the 'air head' down to earth with a bang. Tongues will have to be bitten for this potential clash to work. Libra humour tickles the fancy lightening up the mood.
Taurus Woman/Scorpio Man
A Love: Hate relationship that can swing between the two extremes. A bit of a head wreck when it's a bad day. But intensely passionate when the sun is shining. A roller-coaster ride that is tumultuous & unpredictable: not boring!
Taurus Woman/Sagittarius Man
Sagittarius needs a permanent option on freedom. Whilst Taurus loves to feel safe, stable & secure on the home front: not an easy combination. If Taurus lets go whilst Sagittarius goes off on one, it can work. But it's not an obvious pair!
Taurus Woman/ Capricorn Man
This is the stuff of friendship certainly: an earthy connection. But stubborn wills & tempers can kill off the passion fairly lively as a grim stalemate sets in. Someone has to bend or peace will never be restored. Sensual links hit the spot.
Taurus Woman/Aquarius Man
Aquarius is everyone's friend & stays on good terms with the EX factor. This is difficult for Taurus, but not impossible. Grownup discussion sorts out most problems. But an air of silent resistance can make things awkward. A bit cool!
Taurus Woman/ Pisces Man
Pisces leans heavily on sensible Taurus & shouldn't give in so readily. Taurus invades space in the nicest possible way & Pisces is not complaining. But this can be intense, if not a little possessive. It is for keeps, but care is needed.
Gemini Woman /Aries Man
Great natural rapport between these two: they both flirt for
Gemini Woman /Taurus Man
He's all man, very physical & sensual. She has no problem staying interested. Gemini has a lively, mind & keeps Taurus amused for hours: a delicious combination altogether.
Gemini Woman /Gemini Man
These two have the measure of each other. They can both play games & change like the wind. Surprisingly there is little tension as they have an innate understanding: anything goes! A childlike union!
Gemini Woman/Cancer Man
Cancer man is caring, kind & possibly too clingy for carefree Gemini. This could get a little cloying & claustrophobic. Cosy, but restrictive: his moods may be too much to bear!
Gemini Woman/Leo Man
He is a drama Queen, but Gemini loves his antics. He is warm, generous & loads of fun. However, Gemini is required to play the glamour role til the cows come home: could get tedious over time…
Gemini Woman/Virgo Man
This will be instant attraction, or instant dislike. The love/hate thing is liable to play out in a roller-coaster ride. She is funny & witty, but he is intellectually superior & loves to prove it: yawn!
Gemini Woman /Libra Man
A sexy combination that will spend a lot of time in the boudoire! He has a mischievous mind & will keep her amused for hours: don't ask! It's romantic & sweaty…
Gemini Woman/Scorpio Man
Great for commitment this one if they can get past the love/hate stuff & control issues. It can be quite dramatic, but never boring. These two stay interested: she is fun, he is brooding…
Gemini Woman/ Sagittarius Man
This is a powerful physical attraction that rarely fades, even once they have split! These two are a great match: better stay together to avoid the annoying ex factor!
Gemini Woman / Capricorn Man
She is indecisive & he is a professional quiz-master: not likely to be much fun. She hates being cornered & he turns into her father!
Gemini Woman /Aquarius Man
A meeting of minds: these two keep each other hooked for hours on end. He doesn't give much away, which drives Gemini nuts, but keeps her in place!
Gemini Woman/ Pisces Man
He is adaptable & changeable & so is she. They are very different, but also very similar! He indulges her fantasies, but she may need more definite signs in time…
Cancer Woman/Aries Man
He is passionate & full of it, which she finds thrilling but uncomfortable. She is more discreet & intense! She needs security & safety in time: commitment sends him packing: oops!
Cancer Woman/Taurus Man
An easy-going combination, which is heaven sent! These two understand each other. There is mutual acceptance & admiration. He loves security, she is cosy & they both love food!
Cancer Woman/Gemini Man
He loves variety & needs his mind stimulated, whereas she is the queen of emotion who gets intense. He may not be able to handle her cloying nature & she won't know where she stands.
Cancer Woman/Cancer Man
Both have an innate fear of rejection, so this takes a while to warm up. It can become rather intense. But the magic is there, especially once commitment sets in.
Cancer Woman/Leo Man
He knows everything & is extremely flamboyant at times. But once he calms down he is the purring pussycat. She simply has to stroke him frequently!
Cancer Woman/Virgo Man
He is sensible & pragmatic, whilst she loves the hidden mystery of life. These two are different, but she may need his grounded nature. He loves her tenderness.
Cancer Woman /Libra Man
He is idealistic & visionary, which suits her mysterious nature. He has the fantasies & she makes sure they happen. It's an up & down thing that works!
Cancer Woman /Scorpio Man
He is a control freak, but she loves being tied up & controlled (up to a point). She is feminine & he is Mr passionate: a great combination emotionally & physically!
Cancer Woman/Sagittarius Man
These two are magnets drawn together by their differences. She is secretive & sensitive & he is 'out there' & up-for-it! He is the eternal optimist keeping her buoyant & happy!
Cancer Woman/ Capricorn Man
He needs to control his life & the lives of those around him. She needs to keep her emotions under wraps. It could be a bit repressed without good communication. But it can work…
Cancer Woman/Aquarius Man
He needs to move on when he gets the measure of what's going on. So she has to stay mysterious & not too clingy to keep him. This involves game playing, but it can 'find its feet'…
Cancer Woman/ Pisces Man
Both these two are sensitive & intuitive: a psychic combination, so there will be few secrets & endless chats about the Universe. He can't make decisions which suits her: she can run the show!
Leo Woman/Aries Man
A fiery, passionate meeting, that can burn out quick. A very physical connection, but these two are very self-absorbed which is tedious: they need to look at each other!
Leo Woman/Taurus Man
She is a drama Queen, whilst he is a behind the scenes kind of guy. He likes to take it easy. But Leo has to be in the thick of it, stirring things up. He may tire of her attention seeking.
Leo Woman/Gemini Man
Leo is all heart, whilst Gemini does the head stuff. These two live differently & think 'out of sync'. He is witty & fun & she is sociable: good friends, but commitment sucks!
Leo Woman/Cancer Man
He is moody & silent, whilst Leo never shuts up! She is fiery, needs attention, but loves his air of mystery. Cancer is passionate but in a discreet way. He may dampen her ardour if he can't handle it!
Leo Woman/Leo Man
Two lions are intense, fiery & competitive. They vie for power & only one can reign supreme. It's a challenge that could get tedious. Both are proud & will not admit mistakes.
Leo Woman/Virgo Man
She is always on a mission with too much on her plate. He is down to earth & fairly laid back. She is demanding & he may tire of her need for drama. He hates hassle!
Leo Woman /Libra Man
These two love the social buzz. Both take pride in their appearance & have 101 friends. But she is very definite & may hate his dithering nature. It's Ok if he lets her make the moves…
Leo Woman /Scorpio Man
She is a showy tease who is dramatic & insatiable. He is difficult to satisfy & likes to control things. A powerful attraction with a lot of kissing & making up going down!
Leo Woman/Sagittarius Man
A hugely physical connection, that is passionate & playful. Commitment issues don't usually surface. So long as these two are having fun, all is well. To be taken at face value!
Leo Woman/Capricorn Man
She is exciting, dramatic & fiery: he is earthy sensual & dynamic. Both understand control issues differently. So this can work & these two are quite complimentary!
Leo Woman/Aquarius Man
These two opposites definitely attract. There's a sense of destiny hanging in the air: a magical, mystical rapport. It comes unstuck when he wants to wander & she needs to settle.
Leo Woman/Pisces Man
A warm, spicy combination: she is intense & he is dreamy! It's all quite passionate & romantic, until he starts to dither. Let Leo run the show & all will be well.
Virgo Woman/Aries Man
Opposites attract! She is private & he is 'out there'. But this can work as a passionate, intense combination. He will be delighted at her bedroom antics: it's his secret!
Virgo Woman/Taurus Man
These two earth signs connect in an earthy, passionate, intense way: there is no need for words. Natural connections mean this union makes so much sense. There is little in the way.
Virgo Woman/Gemini Man
He is mischievous, which keeps her amused. Both ruled by Mercury, these two are sufficiently different to stay interested. Lots of chats & mad times. Don't mention the 'C' word!
Virgo Woman/Cancer Man
He is needy & emotional once he has let his guard down. But Virgo is sensible & pragmatic. She can be cool when it gets too intense. If the work is done, these two can make it.
Virgo Woman/Leo Man
A potential clash here, for Virgo is always right, but Leo thinks he is! Oops! Leo is too proud to admit a mistake. So Virgo has to be kind & forgiving…rather a lot!
Virgo Woman/Virgo Man
A mutual understanding society that may lack intensity & passion. Great friends who have long chats & sort the world out. Ok if they don't need to 'walk on the wild side'…
Virgo Woman/Libra Man
A sweet combination that comes close to perfect at times. He is idealistic & considerate, but wants to get it right all the time. Admirable, but Virgo may need outside interests.
Virgo Woman/Scorpio Man
He is passion personified & is hungry for more. She loves this & her secret sexy side can come out to play. He can be assured that it's all for him, so he feels comfortable & accepted.
Virgo Woman/Sagittarius Man
Great for romance, but Virgo must be up for it! She needs a sense of adventure & crazy streak. Sagittarius loves Virgo & will go to the ends of the earth: she must too! Give & take…
Virgo Woman/Capricorn Man
There is a great & sexual rapport between these two. It is passionate, accepting, intense, & can stand the test of time. Good levels of companionship & understanding…
Virgo Woman/Aquarius Man
This is an intellectual meeting of minds, an unusual combination. She loves his detached cool view of life, but may miss intense passion. He loves her sensible streak & up-front nature…
Virgo Woman/Pisces Man
He is intuitive & romantic: she is earthy & sexy. The sexual rapport & mutual understanding is great. These two get the balance right. It's not too intense & not too cool.
Libra Woman/Aries Man
This is an intense, immediate attraction. He takes the reigns & runs the show. But Libra loves it! A compatible match indeed: she is witty & funny & he can do his own thing.
Libra Woman/Taurus Man
He is down to earth & sensible, so she may feel short-changed romantically. If she can leave aside her expectations & take him as he comes this can work. A good double act!
Libra Woman/Gemini Man
He is sexy & hilarious & so is she! These two are not too intense & simply enjoy each other's company. There is lots of fun to be had, until the commitment issues surface!
Libra Woman/Cancer Man
An exotic combination! He is emotional & mystical, whilst she loves romance & jovial fun. She won't get much of this when he hides under his shell, so she might get frustrated!
Libra Woman/Leo Man
It's a hedonistic match between these two. With a mutual love of material goods & an appreciation of beauty, both love life itself! Works when there's glamour, sex, & lots of money!
Libra Woman/Virgo Man
Virgo is ideal for Libra romantically & in the long term. But there will be adjustments to make along the way. He may get 'picky' & critical which could kill patience!
Libra Woman /Libra Man
Instant understanding & rapport between these two airheads! Lots of chats & fun times, but will they ever decide on anything? Now there's the rub! A sexy combination: love actually!
Libra Woman/Scorpio Man
It's a deep, intense, sexy connection between these two. They are very different & spend lots of time exploring why. There is little conflict, if Scorpio makes the decisions.
Libra Woman/Sagittarius Man
This is a fun duo! She must keep up with his spirited nature & he can make the decisions. If she can accept him for who he is this works. It's full of life but not 'lovey dovey'.
Libra Woman/ Capricorn Man
He is no nonsense, earthy & sensible, but she loves to be wined & dined. She must ditch her expectations & work out if she loves him! Different approaches to life cause a clash…
Libra Woman /Aquarius Man
Very sexy mind games go on between these two. There's great attraction & it starts in the head! His independence may frustrate her & she may not feel 'connected' over time.
Libra Woman/ Pisces Man
It is fantasy heaven when these two get together. Shared dreams, visions & magic mean these two may never leave the bedroom. Work needs to be done when the rot sets in…
Scorpio Woman/Aries Man
These two definitely get stuck in! There is a great spark between them & a whole lot of mischief. He is a party animal, but eventually she will want something more…
Scorpio Woman/Taurus Man
There is magnetic attraction between these two zodiac opposites. It's a love / hate thing that can run on & on & on! It's erotic, tantalising & down right infuriating too!
Scorpio Woman/Gemini Man
He needs to be kept on his toes. But finds compelling Scorpio sufficiently interesting to stay around. She can beguile him, hypnotise him & wrap him around her finger!
Scorpio Woman/Cancer Man
These two water signs love each other's deep brooding intensity. They keep each other amused for hours: even silences are golden & loaded! Good for the long haul!
Scorpio Woman/Leo Man
He's full of ideas & adventure, but she wants to run the show. Commitment issues maybe a spanner in the works if she gets too pushy. Jealousy can spoil things: he loves company!
Scorpio Woma/Virgo Man
She is passionate & chaotic in her emotional displays. He won't take the bait & is coolness personified. This may drive her nuts if she is looking for a reaction. Unfulfilling probably…
Scorpio Woman/Libra Man
He craves perfect love & romance & she is intoxicating. Her mystery & allure keeps him interested & as he is not pushy, she gets her own way. Let's hope he doesn't catch on!
Scorpio Woman /Scorpio Man
This sexual, emotional heaven & the power struggles add to the fun. However, once the physical side wears off, this can get messy. These two vie for control & outwit each other.
Scorpio Woman/ Sagittarius Man
He is a free spirit, who likes to come & go. Unless she has some diversion or secret she will hate this! A great fling & buzz of sexual energy lies here. But wedding rings? Mm!
Scorpio Woman/ Capricorn Man
Sexual dominance & power make this a heady combination. Mind games & sensual rewards are inevitable. She is intensely passionate; he is pragmatic & will not suffer fools…
Scorpio Woman/Aquarius Man
This is an erotic, sensual combination. Aquarius keeps Scorpio guessing & is detached, which drives her nuts in the nicest possible way! He is unconventional & kooky.
Scorpio Woman/Pisces Man
He is social, romantic & likes to go with the flow. There is an intense emotional connection if they can get past the dithering. She is more definite & needs answers he won't have…
Sagittarius Woman/Aries Man
This is an intense fiery combination: hot stuff indeed! But as for long term delights? I think not…unless there is a huge willingness to compromise & make it work.
Sagittarius Woman/Taurus Man
Taurus can be possessive & Sagittarius is a free spirit. There could be a clash over what's important. But essentially this is good stuff: dynamic & satisfying. Grows over time…
Sagittarius Woman/Gemini Man
These two are Zodiac opposites. This is a magnetic attraction with lots of fun & sociability. A zesty, dramatic relationship with a lot going down! Both can expect to be kept on their toes!
Sagittarius Woman/Cancer Man
He loves home, cosiness & security. But she is a free agent with a lot to be getting on with. Ok if he is willing to play house-husband. But there could be a clash over priorities.
Sagittarius Woman/Leo Man
Lots of glamour, flirting & messing goes on between these two! It's an exciting combination, than can weather a few storms. There is mutual understanding & respect. Watch re jealousy!
Sagittarius Woman/Virgo Man
He is captivated by her sense of humour & fun: he hasn't had it so good in a long time! But she may find him a bit ordinary & stuffy at times. She is late & he is on time: oops!
Sagittarius Woman /Libra Man
He is inclined to be too keen. She needs to think she can walk away at a moment's notice & come back when she feels like it! She will get under his skin, but he likes that!
Sagittarius Woman/Scorpio Man
He is liable to get intensely jealous of her friends, flirtations & commitments. She makes him feel dispensable, which of course he is! It is exciting though if he is cool enough to handle it!
Sagittarius Woman/Sagittarius Man
Mutual understanding here makes this a match made in heaven. They must allow each other room to breathe. But there is trust, compassion & a hot connection. Magic!
Sagittarius Woman/Capricorn Man
He is liable to look on her as a trophy or piece of property! She is rebellious when confined & constricted. So this will only work if he stays calm & taps into his earthy side.
Sagittarius Woman/Aquarius Man
A great combination that works if there is personal freedom, & space, room to breathe is essential. There is a mutual fascination. This can work for years if it doesn't get heavy…
Sagittarius Woman/Pisces Man
A sexy duo: the attraction is intense. But he is a slippery fish & she is equally unreliable. The fun begins when the arguments start. Making up is passionate: it's worth the fight!
Capricorn Woman/Aries Man
He is full of himself & she isn't far behind! This can turn into a battleground. Who has the upper hand in this domestic drama? Lots of sexy antics when it gets hot & heavy.
Capricorn Woman/Taurus Man
This is a great combination. These two are very earthy & sensual. But there is competition for control of the purse strings & it can get autocratic! Who runs the show: does it matter?
Capricorn Woman/Gemini Man
This is a sexy duo, but he needs constant stimulation. She may be too matter of fact for his tastes. He likes to be kept on his toes & she can be a no-nonsense control freak!
Capricorn Woman/Cancer Man
This is sexy, serious & emotionally intense. She makes him feel secure & grounded: but she will never replace his mother! But this lasts for the long haul, God willing!
Capricorn Woman/Leo Man
He is a poser & she loves status, so these two will be quite 'out there' socially. The best of everything is what counts, but they could get bogged down with material concerns.
Capricorn Woman/Virgo Man
An earthy, fulfilling connection, which becomes the stuff of long-term contentment. These two enjoy the same pleasures, tastes & preferences. Harmony reigns supreme!
Capricorn Woman /Libra Man
These two are very different which makes it interesting at first! However, her stubborn nature & his flippancy can become annoying. He needs perfection, she thinks she is perfect: oops!
Capricorn Woman /Scorpio Man
Both understand the constructs of power. So this is an ambitious pairing who can take on the world. They make good business partners & great lovers too! It can go sour though…
Capricorn Woman/Sagittarius Man
He loves the trappings of status & she is hungry for material comfort & credibility. Appearances count for a lot. Things have to be 'just so': watch that white carpet!
Capricorn Woman/ Capricorn Man
This is a sexy combination, but these two are very similar. The novelty could wear off. They are more like brother & sister after a time, but make great companions.
Capricorn Woman/Aquarius Man
These two are different & keep each other interested. But there is no chance of agreement once a difference of opinion is established. It's live & let live…or else move on!
Capricorn Woman/ Pisces Man
This is not easy! She is very definite & knows what's what (or so she likes to think). Whilst he is changeable & likes to go with the flow. A clash of personalities!
Aquarius Woman/Aries Man
This is a passionate & intense emotional connection. He likes to do his own thing & she must be careful not to dominate. But there is mutual understanding & great love.
Aquarius Woman/Taurus Man
He likes to possess things & she is fiercely private & at times independent. She will not explain herself at every turn, which may drive him nuts. He is passionate & sensual- nice!
Aquarius Woman/Gemini Man
He is great fun, but also a pain in the proverbial backside! He is liable to go off on one. She won't be able to handle him for more than 5 minutes, unless she turns a blind eye.
Aquarius Woman/Cancer Man
He may get jealous of her mates & the ex factor is a problem. She is liable to stay friends with previous lives & he will find this difficult. He needs her heart & soul: a bit intense!
Aquarius Woman/Leo Man
He is sexiness personified. These two are Polar opposites, so compliment each other well. This is a great heart connection. But loyalty is supremely important.
Love stuff!
Aquarius Woman/Virgo Man
These two have a lot to share & talk about. They are different but complimentary. With each other, they have everything they need. A healthy match indeed.
Aquarius Woman /Libra Man
This can be a lot of fun. But it is liable to get a bit silly & out of hand! He is a live wire & she may tire of endless laughter! It really can work so long as it avoids intensity.
Aquarius Woman/Scorpio Man
He is heavy & intense, which she detests! A battle of wills as he pursues her heart & soul & she runs quickly in the opposite direction! He will have to play games to keep her.
Aquarius Woman/ Sagittarius Man
He needs lots of freedom & space, which suits her down to the ground. A great combination devoid of possessiveness (well it has to be!). She likes her privacy & he is often away!
Aquarius Woman/ Capricorn Man
He is conventional & traditional, whilst she is kooky & eccentric. This is a clash of temperaments. Aquarius likes to do things differently & Capricorn follows the rules…
Aquarius Woman/Aquarius Man
A meeting of minds this. Hours of intellectual conversation means the bedroom antics may never happen! Mutual honesty & integrity make this run & run: heavenly love…
Aquarius Woman/ Pisces Man
He is charming & seductive with love skills to make her quake in her boots! He can get intense & falls heavily, which she may find tedious over time. He will have to stay cool!
Pisces Woman/Aries Man
He is passionate & confident & she loves to be invaded! He loves her sensual reactions, but she may get a bit too intense at times. She must keep him interested & stay cool!
Pisces Woman/Taurus Man
She is sensitive & he is easily seduced by her feminine wiles. He melts when she walks by, & she loves his warm responsive touch. Finances may cause grief though.
Pisces Woman/Gemini Man
He is funny, light & bright, but may get up to things she doesn't need to know about! If she can turn a blind eye & take him at face value all will be well. Not easy…
Pisces Woman/Cancer Man
He is passionate, broody & moody which keeps her interested. She needs to be kept on her toes, so long as he is loyal. Great sexual connection this & her fantasies have a field day!
Pisces Woman/Leo Man
She is a dreamer, but he keeps it real. They may not be able to meet half way for long. He finds her kooky & intense, but may be waylaid by warmer natures & fiery temperaments.
Pisces Woman/Virgo Man
There is a great sexual connection between these two Polar opposites. She can read him like a book & they are intuitively in harmony: words need not be spoken. Great long-term
Pisces Woman /Libra Man
Romantic indeed, but he is an intellectual who needs constant mental stimulation. She likes to float along in dreamland & he is not the most grounded company!
Pisces Woman/Scorpio Man
Great stuff this: an intensely deep watery connection. But these two may drown in each other's company! He may get possessive as she floats along regardless, not paying attention!
Pisces Waoman/ Sagittarius Man
He loves to roam the green fields & she needs intense love & romance. These two seduce each other very easily: great for a fling. But it could end in tears! She must ignore too much…
Pisces Woman/ Capricorn Man
He is reserved & not the most communicative man on the planet. She needs to feel wooed & romanced at every turn. She may not feel fulfilled & he may get frustrated as he does his best!
Pisces Woman /Aquarius Man
He is proud & intellectually superior; whilst she has a different emotional agenda. It's sexy, but she will have to stay cool & develop outside interests. Anything can happen!
Pisces Woman / Pisces Man
This is fantasy heaven & very romantic. Will these two ever leave the bedroom & get on with life? They are liable to become co-dependent & may not do things separately: puppy love!


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DEERFIELD — How awfully kind of Super-Wimp James Earl Carter (a.k.a. Jimmy) to come all the way to Chicago to tell us that Mr. Reagan`s handling of the terrorist problem is all wrong. Little Jimmy`s own record on this score is, naturally, the model to follow.
And damned if he didn`t even, once more, bring Amy into it. Seems like old times!
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I've been getting questions about how I refinished our kitchen cabinets and so today I'm answering some of those questions.
We have put new wood around our windows and the marks have come through. Will this stop it, if so where did you get it? We used primer but some brown marks still came through. Also you can see the lines in the wood.
Are you talking about the Zinsser Primer? It is great for stain blocking. You can get it at Home Depot. As for unwanted grain in wood, use Dynamic Dyna Patch. Most paint stores carry it - got mine at Sherwin Williams. A little goes a long way so just apply enough on a flexible putty knife to fill in the grooves and then remove excess before it dries. The goal is to have very little sanding to do when it's dry.
Would it not break away after awhile though or shrink causing the paint to crack? Have you got any pics of those white cupboards real close up?
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Stephen Gately, who was found dead on Saturday aged 33, was a singer with the Irish boy band Boyzone and went on to establish a successful solo career as an actor.
With Ronan Keating, he had been one of the group's two main vocalists before the group disbanded in 2000. The split followed Gately's decision the previous year to admit that he was homosexual — a revelation that disappointed the legions of adolescent girls who made up much of the band's fan base.
With six number one singles and four number one albums which sold some 10 million copies, Boyzone was one of the biggest acts to come out of Ireland in the 1990s. The group became the biggest boy band in Britain and last year had re-formed for a comeback tour.
After Boyzone disbanded, Gately released a solo album New Beginning which included his version of the song Bright Eyes, which Gately recorded for a new television version of the film Watership Down. Gately was also the voice of one of the film's characters, Blackavar, which was created to look like him.
Another track from the album, I Believe, was also used on the soundtrack to the film Billy Elliott (2000).
Although New Beginning went to the top of the album charts, Gately was dropped by his record label, Polydor, in 2001 because of lacklustre singles sales. This led to a bout of mild depression, but Gately released several more solo singles and appeared in stage musicals including, in 2003, the starring role in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.
He appeared as the evil child-catcher in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang at the London Palladium in 2004.
Quiet and introspective, Gately rarely seemed at ease with the partying lifestyle of a successful teenage pin-up and, before admitting his homosexuality, struggled to explain his lack of girlfriends by telling interviewers he was shy and reserved with girls.
The fourth of five children, Stephen Patrick David Gately was born in Dublin on March 17 1976, St Patrick's Day. His father was a painter and decorator, his mother a part-time cleaner, and the family struggled financially. As a boy Stephen recalled being sent to school with shoes stuffed with cardboard to keep out the rain.
Stagestruck as a child, he joined a modelling agency when he was 14, won the all-Ireland disco-dancing championship and appeared in school musicals and plays, including a production of Sean O'Casey's Juno and the Paycock. Convinced that his future lay in showbusiness, he constantly practiced signing his autograph on the back of his schoolbooks. When another boy laughed at him, Stephen told him: "That'll be worth something some day."
His big break came in 1993, his final year at school, when he answered a newspaper advertisement and — with 400 other hopefuls — auditioned for the group that eventually became Boyzone. The band was the idea of the Irish entrepreneur Louis Walsh, later one of the judges on the television talent shows Pop Idol and, more recently, The X Factor.
When Walsh negotiated a recording deal with Polydor, the band enjoyed enormous succeess with chart-topping hits such as Words (1996), All That I Need (1998), When the Going Gets Tough, The Tough Get Going and You Needed Me (both 1999). In 1998 Gately was lead vocalist on their biggest hit, No Matter What, written by Sir Andrew (now Lord) Lloyd Webber for his musical Whistle Down The Wind.
But while Gately's career flourished, his personal life was in turmoil. His first boyfriend, Stephen Howard, whom he had known since childhood, became a heroin addict and hanged himself in 1995, two years after splitting up with Gately.
In June 1999 Gately was forced to admit his homosexuality to forestall a tabloid newspaper story "outing" him. Three years later, he broke up with his boyfriend, Eloy de Jong, a member of the Dutch boy band Caught in the Act. Another spell of depression followed, with Gately turning to alternative remedies including crystals, meditation and chanting.
In 2003 Gately went through a "commitment ceremony" in Las Vegas with his new boyfriend Andrew Cowles, an internet businessman, and entered into a civil partnership with him in London three years later. Gately subsequently disclosed that the disbandment of Boyzone in 2000 had led to a two-year addiction to prescription drugs, until the rock star Elton John helped him overcome his depression and introduced him to Cowles.
Stephen Gately was found dead at a house near Port d'Andratx on the western tip of Mallorca on Saturday afternoon. He is survived by his parents and by his companion, Andrew Cowles.


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Sally Jay Gorce, having just graduated college, is off on a Parisian adventure and her rich uncle is footing the bill. When we first meet her, she is spending her time doing nothing in particular. She stays out late with groups of American artists in French cafes some nights and others she spends in the arms of a married Italian man. Then she meets an old friend Larry, falls in love with him over an afternoon glass of wine, and does everything to get him to notice her, including audition for his play, in which she successfully performs. The book follows her around the artistic cafes and seedy gay night clubs of 1950s Paris and documents in Sally's own charming and hilarious words her trials and victories, her many lovers and various rivals.
Miss Gorce is a wonderful narrator because she is flawed and completely honest about it. She says, "I always expect people to behave much better than I do. When they actually behave worse, I am frankly incredulous." She has no delusions about herself and doesn't take herself (or anything) too seriously. She's not usually harsh with herself; she has brief pride when she accidentally does something well or kind and she fully admits mistakes and errors in judgement when she accidentally fails. She never gives herself too much credit, and she doesn't beat herself up about anything either. Sally Jay knows exactly who she is and what she's like, although she pretends not to. For a twenty-two-year-old woman, she cares surprisingly little what others think of her. She's in Paris to party. Sally Jay does what she wants.
This spirited gal could win a lot of hearts, but I can see people of the theatre especially loving Sally Jay to death. She is a new and talented actress after all, so I feel like she could be a theatre major's best friend. She's dramatic yet along for the ride.
The Dud Avocado is considered a coming-of-age story and what better example of finding oneself than a student abroad. But this novel is light-years more lighthearted than The Bell Jar or The Perks of Being a Wallflower. It is also very different from every other coming-of-age story I've read because the conclusion leaves you wondering if Sally Jay did actually come of age. The unsatisfying and semi-blunt ending suggests that she did not really learn her lesson. In fact the story ends with Sally Jay heading to Japan, possibly to relive her crazy traveler's adventures. The last sentence is Sally's declaration "It's zymotic," of the Japan trip. "Zymotic" could have be 50s slang or just Sally Jay slang, but literally it is a 1800s adjective for a very infectious disease. Elaine Dundy could be referring to the return of Sally Jay's fever for travel, but she also might mean that she has been infected with the same quick trustfulness that got her into trouble in France.
What probably got this carefree and unassuming literary work a reprinting after half a century is its honest voice and Dalmatian spots of wisdom. For example, this line in particular pops into my head at almost every social event I've been to since reading this book: "I mean, the question actors most often get asked is how they can bear saying the same things over and over again night after night, but God knows the answer to that is, don't we all anyway; might as well get paid for it."
(Hooray for marking The Dud Avocado off my list! What's next? Frankenstein and A Beautiful Mess book club November selection, Lena Dunham's new essays.)


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Amidst all the junk mail and endorsements that you get in your mailbox every single day in the last few months, you might also have observed a solicitation for a professional card also known as a corporate credit card. If that is true you have to watch out more carefully. Although the World MasterCard from Capital One Financial Corp and the Citibank CitiBusiness/AAdvantage MasterCard look like any other credit card on offer, they couldn`t have been more different.
The interesting thing is that these professional cards aren`t covered under the latest regulations passed through the Credit Card Accountability and Responsibility Disclosure Act of 2009. The law amongst other things prohibits some controversial billing practices that are pursued by the credit card issuers to enhance their profitability. Another thing the Act takes care of is the sudden increase in interest rates of the credit card without prior notice to the customers. The bad news is that the rules do not really apply for professional cards.
Until now, only owners of smaller businesses and corporate executives were those for whom these professional cards were reserved. But ever since the new rules and regulations have been passed to bring reforms in the credit card industry, companies have been flooding the mail boxes of ordinary consumers too with these applications. In the first quarter of 2010 alone, the credit card issuers have sent the mails to over 47 million people. This represents a 256% increase from the same time last year as per the research firm Synovate.
The strictures passed by the Card Act have reduced the profitability of credit card issuers to a large extent. The credit card companies also haven`t been able to operate freely because of these rules and regulations. Banks would want to make up for some of the lost revenue by pulling customers out of the protected cards into the professional cards. According to Josh Frank one of the researchers at Center for responsible Lending, one of the consumer groups, credit card issuers are trying to get around some of the terms of the card Act. They are doing so by pushing professional cards to consumers who wouldn`t otherwise opt for these cards.
A lot of solicitations from J.P. Morgan Chase and Co. have gone to the mailbox of John and Gloria Harrison, a retired military couple living in Destrehan La, outside New Orleans. This includes offers for an Ink from Chase Card too.


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From 12 December 2002 Issue
A.I.P. Undercover
I got a phone call from someone who had been told about a neglected dog. We met within half an hour and went to the address we had been given. We walked behind the house, towards the dog kennels, in the backyard. There were no dogs barking. It was cold and the sun was setting.
Neglect is Abuse
One severely emaciated dog, a yellow lab mix, lay dead in his kennel. He had no food or water. His mouth was holding on to the chain link fencing which had imprisoned him, twenty feet from a house full of people. His paw extended out through the chain link fence, as if reaching for help. A tarpaulin had been strategically placed over the side of the kennel, to prevent neighbors from seeing into the dogs' prison. The kennel next to him also had no food or water. That dog had apparently been dragged out of it's kennel, dead. Her starved, lifeless body was lying just outside the chain link door.
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Why had the neighbors not called the police BEFORE the dogs died? Why had neighbors not called authorities when they saw the dogs had no food or water? Surely, these dogs had been barking for months, if not years. They barked and barked for help, but no one listened. A whole neighborhood of people and no one listening. Finally one woman heard the dogs' cries for help. One woman. One woman is all it took to ask a passerby for help. This brave female reached out to someone she didn't even know. I don't know her name, but whoever you are: THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR SAVING A LIFE!!
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Emaciated, scared, thirsty, fifteen pounds underweight, she cowered in her pen. It wasn't difficult to kick in the rusted kennel door and scoop her up. She smelled disgusting, her ribs protruding, her body weak and fragile from starvation. She was shaking with cold and fright. We looked into her sad, beautiful sunken eyes and saw a hopeful, grateful being smiling back at us.
At her new home, Lilly was given a bath, ate food, drank water, played with a dog friend and slept on a clean, soft blanket in the warm living room. She peed on the floor, but no one said anything, because we knew Lilly wasn't housetrained yet. Besides, because her internal organs had begun to shut down, Lilly's body could not produce much urine. Gradually, her body would adjust to the great food and adequate water intake. Lilly is now safe, happy, well-fed, being housetrained and is free from suffering. She is still underweight, but not for long!
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Germinal features individuals who see the stage as an empty and fruitful space where everything is in the making. Within this space, efforts will be made to create a system or, in more candid terms, one might say: a world.
As we watch it unfold, the actors take it as an opportunity to construct and deconstruct the history of sciences, technologies and societal structures in an experimental way, but always with the greatest care and good grace. Remaking everything, but without any moralistic intention.
In Germinal, we are indeed reinventing the wheel, but in doing so, we are questioning almost everything and putting it on trial, from the laws of physics to the foundations of social interaction. And this is done within the relatively narrow context of an empty performance stage.
If we had the opportunity to start from scratch, even in a space of 8 meters by 10 meters, how would we do it ?
Conception & direction: Halory Goerger & Antoine Defoort
With: Arnaud Boulogne / Jean-Baptiste Delannoy, Ondine Cloez / Beatriz Setién, Antoine Defoort / Denis Robert, Halory Goerger / Sébastien Vial and the voice of Mathilde Maillard
Technical conception : Maël Teillant
Technical direction : Frédérick Borrutzu / Colin Plancher
Technical managers & stage : Frédérick Borrotzu / Colin Plancher
Lighting : Sébastien Bausseron / Alice Dussart
Sound : Robin Mignot / Régis Estreich
Light consultant: Annie Leuridan
Set construction: Christian Allamano, Cédric Ravier and Danny Vandeput (Kunstenfestivaldesarts)
Production manager, outside eyes: Julien Fournet
Production assistant: Mathilde Maillard
Administration: Sarah Calvez, Kevin Deffrennes
General Secretariat and diffusion : Anne Rogeaux
Logistics: Pauline Foury
COPRODUCTION : La Biennale de la Danse de Lyon (France), Kunstenfestivaldesarts (Brussels, Belgium), le Phénix- Scène nationale de Valenciennes (France), Buda Kunstencentrum (Kortrijk), Kunstencentrum Vooruit (Gent, Belgium), le Vivat-Scène conventionnée d'Armentières (France), le Manège.mons/CECN/technocITé (Belgium), alkantara festival (Lisbon, Portugal), le TnBA-Théâtre National de Bordeaux en Aquitaine (France), Théâtre de la Manufacture – Centre Dramatique National Nancy Lorraine (France), NXTSTP (European Union Cultural Program), Festival Baltoscandal (Rakvere, Estonia) , Noorderzon Performing Arts Festival Groningen (Netherlands), Rotterdamse Schouwburg (Rotterdam), le CENTQUATRE (Paris), FTA (Montréal),Carrefour International du Théâtre (Québec)
SUPPORT : This project is supported by the Conseil Régional Nord-Pas- de-Calais and the Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication (DRAC Nord-Pas-de-Calais). European network : This project is supported by apap/Performing European network (DGEAC- Cultural Program).
Antoine Defoort and Halory Goerger are artists in residence at Phénix-Scène nationale de Valenciennes, Beursschouwburg- Brussels and CENQUATRE – Paris and at APAP/ Performing Europe (DGEAC – Programme Culture). L'Amicale de pro- duction is supported by the Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication (Conventionnement DRAC Nord-Pas-de-Calais), the Conseil régional du Nord-Pas-de-calais, and Ville de Lille.
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Halory Goerger creates shows instead of building houses or repairing animals because it's better like that for everyone. He works on the history of ideas because that was the only topic left by the time he came along. Born in 1978, he evolved from poetry to performance and visual arts in 2004. Theater has become his major asset in plays such as &&&&& & &&&, Germinal or Corps Diplomatique. He co-curated France Distraction. He co-founded Amicale de Production. His work has been shown in Festival d'Avignon (IN, 2013), KunstenFestivalDesArts, Biennale de la Danse de Lyon (2012 et 2014), au Festival Trans Amériques (2012 & 2014), Théâtre National de Chaillot, Centquatre, Centre Pompidou Metz, Dublin Theatre Festival Wiener Festwochen, PICA (Portland), On the boards (Seattle), …
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So You Want To Teach International Law?
I've been busy over the last few weeks working on Temple's Faculty Recruitment Committee. Along with our other hiring needs, we're interested in bringing on another international law expert to bolster our recent hires in that area. As part of this process, I recently participated in the American Association of Law's Schools Faculty Recruitment Conference (impolitely a.k.a. as the "meat market"). For those of you who have not had the pleasure, it's an annual gathering at which candidates interested in getting into teaching are invited to screening interviews with various law schools based on the Faculty Appointments Register (FAR)—a common application of sorts to law teaching. In the weeks following the conference (such as this one), lucky candidates find themselves flying around the country for day-long "call-back" interviews and "job talk" presentations, with the hope of getting the elusive offer to join one of the 180-plus U.S. law faculties.
This is my third time through the hiring process (once as a candidate and twice as a faculty member), and I'm always struck by how many candidates declare their passion for teaching and scholarship on international law. Now, there's already plenty of general advice written on the process for folks interested in law teaching (see here for one blog's contributions to the genre). I'd suggest much of it holds true as well for those interested in teaching international law. What may be less apparent to international-oriented candidates, however, is the scope of the competition they face. In this year's FAR there were 880 candidates, of whom 155 (or 17.6%) declared a primary interest in teaching international law, international organizations, international business transactions, or trade. Many of these candidates possess all the qualifications suitable for teaching – they've taught already, they've published one or more articles, or they have real world experience in the practice of international law. But, even with increasing opportunities to teach international law, it's a pretty large pool for schools to choose from, especially where, in any given year, I suspect the number of international law hires to be a dozen or less. Indeed, in terms of candidate competition alone, it appears international law may now outstrip even constitutional law, which had 99 folks (or 11.25%) listing it as among their primary teaching interests.
So, how does one stand apart (and this advice goes for those of you currently doing call-backs, not just those who might try out the market in the future)? I'd offer three pieces of advice. First, be prepared to talk about method(s) for approaching international law – too often, I've seen candidates with more than a passing familiarity with international law doctrine, but little to virtually no understanding of the varying theoretical models that could be used to explain or explore that doctrine. I'm not saying you have to identify yourself with one camp or another, but you need to be able to distinguish the views of a New Sovereigntist, from a New Havenite, from a New Stream crit., and the implications of adopting one method or another. Second, when presenting your scholarship or scholarly ideas don't be afraid of the normative. Schools will certainly appreciate your ability to work with existing doctrine and–particularly if you have the skill set to do it–your ability to employ empirical methods to explain how international law actually operates. But, at least some members of the faculty will also want to see if you can go from an "international law is" to the "international law should be" analysis. This is often hard, particularly for folks coming from practice (myself included), but it's also an important part of how scholars think (don't misunderstand me, I'm not saying you have to be normative in your work, but you should at least be able to explore your work's normative implications). Third, and finally, putting aside the fact that the distinction may be illusory, if you can pitch yourself as more of a "private international law" expert, the competition decreases substantially. For example, of the 880 candidates this year, only 52 (5.9%) indicated a primary teaching interest in international business transactions or trade. Moreover, anecdotally, I often get the sense that IBT is more often a "curricular need" than the public international law survey course, where folks are frequently waiting in line for the opportunity to teach it.
I'd be interested in hearing from others on my side of the hiring process, whether my assessment of the relative needs for private and public international law is accurate, and if you're willing, identifying what other schools are looking for international law professors this year. As for all you folks currently running to and from call-backs right now — good luck.
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I would agree with you that there is more curricular need for private international law, including international business transactions, international trade, and international arbitration.
One other thing you did not mention is the applicant's willingness to teach a core class outside of international law. I think international law applicants do themselves a disservice if they do not market themselves as willing and excited to teach core classes. I have a primary interest in international arbitration, so contracts is a natural fit for me. International litigation types would do well to teach civil procedure. Others have a primary interest in international criminal law, so criminal law would be quite logical. Don't most law schools want entry level candidates to be able and willing to teach core classes outside of international law?
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Roger — Good point on the value of marketing oneself by offering a domestic curricular component. Although a few schools may be willing to look at a candidate solely for international course coverage, I think you're correct that the majority would also like to see a first year or equivalent (e.g., tax, corporations) course as part of the candidate's package. I'd also add that in my own experience, teaching a first year course (Property) actually seems to bring students into my international law class who might not otherwise have had an interest in the field.
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Are you weird and loud at heart? Do you have a larger-than-life personality, but need help showcasing it without being totally obnoxious to everyone around you? No worries— with the help of this article, your problems will end.
1Be social. Be an extrovert, start conversations with others, and socialize. Be talkative, but stop to listen to what others have to say instead of constantly talking over them. Be loud, and talk a lot - but not too much. Be aware of the point where people are starting to get annoyed because they can't get a word in edgewise around you, and then stop talking.
2Be confident. With confidence comes charisma, and others naturally flock to people with charisma. Be confident and don't worry about what other people think. Be yourself and love yourself.
3Be funny. Tell jokes, write funny jokes or stories, or simply be random and spontaneous. Watch funny TV shows to get ideas. If you find something on TV really funny, quote it in front of your friends to make them laugh. Remember not to make jokes at other people's expense - this will hurt their feelings and annoy them, and they'll think that you're obnoxious.
4Practice kindness. A sweet, loud person is much more endearing than a mean loud one. Work on being there for your friends, listening to others, and helping with and anticipating their needs. Give gifts, help out a friend who needs a boost, and be there when your loved ones need you. This will make all the difference.
5Be a positive person. Be happy and friendly; people don't want to be around people who are negative and who bring them down. Don't complain a lot, be positive! Be nice and friendly to people you just met. Be the kind of person that cheers up others. Always see the glass as half full instead of half empty, and find the positive aspects of every situation.
6Practice versatility. Gregariousness is great, but in more serious positions it can be insensitive. Learn to listen well to others, and be serious when you need to.
7Have fun! Have as much fun as possible. Live in the moment and be carefree. Don't take jokes too seriously yourself. Go to parties, throw parties, go to school dances, go to concerts and have a blast while you're there! Enjoy what life has to offer! Live your life while you can. Have as much fun as a person can possibly have! If you are having fun everyone will have fun too.
8Be true to your friends. Make a lot of friends, dump the ones who are bad friends, and love the ones who are good. You can never please everybody, so stick with the ones who like you. Get with your friends and be a good friend to them. These are the people who love you for who you are, weird loudness and all!
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I have a client that is going to use a POD solution, I believe printful.
But now he's considering inventory. Does anyone stock their own shirts, or work with a third company to handle inventory?
I know there is some savings buying your own shirts... anyone want to comment on their experience?
- imbecile0
Stock would be silly.
We do POD vinyl among other things.
Stock can get damaged in so many ways.
It's an added cost to maintain stock.
If he is using 3rd party fulfillment, no need for stock.
- Gnash0
What is your clients' goal by moving to an inventory model?
There are definitely savings buying your own shirts and stocking but you need to calculate the costs of unsold inventory, running out of stock, stocking multiple sizes, getting stuck with a design that just won't sell.... so many ways to hemorrhage cash when stocking your own inventory -- not even counting the cost for a 3rd party distributor
unless he's been in the biz and knows his sales well, it's a much bigger risk since you're putting all the money up front.
- monospaced0
shellie knows a lot about this
- Miguex8
I run my own label nothing big but its a fun way to make extra $ on the side. From hats to jackets, lots of t-shirts.
I started with Merchline a while back, which at the time, would print, store and ship everything for me. I would just get a check at the end of the month.
Not handling your own stock has good and bad sides, it's not as simple as "one is better than the other". I have done both and I prefer storing it myself.
First thing is that POD services, while perhaps is a good way to start due to no upfront investment (other than your time) is needed, it gets limited pretty quick. If you are only going to do 50 shirts then this might do, but if you plan to expand and add embellishments most POD services can't help.
I ship on custom boxes, all my garments have woven or satin labels, none of them display manufacturer (or printer's) brand on them, I can also provided different products made by different manufacturers that were not available with POD services (usually only t-shirts), like wallets, keychains, jackets, etc.
And also, I always wonder "would I pay money for this if I saw it at a store." POD services are often more expensive per unit and quality wise fall short of what you can do with a real garment manufacturer. Merchline was great, eventually I convinced them to sewn my woven lables on t-shirts but they would still ship on their custom Merchline packaging and my clients would get Merchline promo flyers and stickers with purchase.
So, it depends how far in you want to go with branding, working with a garment manufacturer will give you more control.
Here's some of my own stuff:
- I'm using shopify now and I do everything, takes me a few minutes in the evening to prepare orders, post picks em up the next morningMiguex
- where's my QBN schwag bag??!
(dope stuff btw) :)PonyBoy
- Thanks! A good thing of POD services is I could respond "I have nothing on me, need to order online" hahaMiguex
- Miguex, do you mind sharing where you get your hats from? I'm tired of these generic stocks that I've been seeing?cbass99
- nice!Gnash
- cbass! yeah man, I get them made right here in SD just using yupoong blanks most of the time, they are better than new era (although NE owns them now)Miguex
- ok thanks man! i appreciate it. i've been using OTTO and a few others. I'll check out Yupoong and nice gear btw!cbass99
- thanks man! email if you want me to put you in touch w my printer/ embroiderMiguex
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The meeting was one in a series of town-hall events being held across Scotland in the run up to the vote which will take place on September 18.
Ms Sturgeon urged those in attendance to vote yes to create a "wealthier and fairer country" when the referendum on the nation's future is held.
She told those who gathered in Dunblane: "I believe that we as a nation should be independent and I will continue to believe that even if we don't achieve it.
"But this could be a once-in-a-lifetime chance, we might never get an opportunity like this again. We just want to have our fate in our own hands."
Speaking at a near-packed Victoria Hall in the town, Ms Sturgeon fielded a number of questions from the listening audience while addressing some key issues surrounding currency and European Union membership.
Regarding the EU, she stated that she could see no reason for an independent Scotland to be denied membership as one of the founding principles of the EU was that of national self-determination.
She said: "I would hope common sense would prevail as there would be no reason to deny Scotland membership to the EU.
"We haven't actually done anything wrong, we are simply hoping to exercise the democratic right to have control of our own destiny as a nation.
"It is up to the member states to decide but we have been a valued member for many years now and we do bring a lot to the table."
Over the weekend, European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso claimed that it would be "extremely difficult" for an independent Scotland to join the EU.


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Building an Asset in IT - The Offshore Solution for Middle East Banks
Current IT solutions are more often than not a hindrance to the Middle East's banks; Booz & Company explores the possibilities for banks to successfully utilize offshore IT development services.
Banks in the Middle East are being both energized and challenged by the innovative potential of technology in creating new products and services, which typically require new functionalities across a growing portfolio of platforms and channels. Although the continued push to deliver such products and services is helping banks to build new business, it is also significantly taxing their already-stretched IT resources, according to a recent study by Booz & Company.
In many cases, bank Chief Information Officers (CIOs) are discovering that their IT functions are overburdened by demands from business and the challenge of maintaining an ever-growing portfolio of technology solutions. As a result, they are significantly hindering the bank's ability to go to market quickly with new products and services.
The Growing IT Burden
Throughout the evolution of the financial-services industry, banks have harnessed new technologies to offer current and prospective customers increasingly sophisticated products and services. In the Middle East, banks attempt to meet evolving consumer needs while encouraging the use of low-cost electronic channels. However, as the pace of this technological evolution intensifies, bank CIOs are discovering that their IT functions are simply overburdened by the increasing demands placed on them, thus hindering banks' ability to go to market with new products and services.
"This challenge has been further compounded regionally by shortages in some local labor markets, such as shortages of technically trained graduates and difficulties in hiring foreign labor due to protracted visa application processes," said Ramez Shehadi, a partner with Booz & Company. "Regional CIOs are finding that different IT resourcing models are necessary for banks to bring to market new products and services in a competitive timeframe and at the high level of quality that customers now expect."
Scoring IT Resourcing Models
There are a number of resourcing models for banks to consider to effectively manage their growing IT development demands. Each has its own merits and limitations, but given the needs of regional banks and the limitations of the labor market, the most effective option is likely to be Offshore Development Center.
- In-house Staff: Banks can increase their IT function by hiring additional staff, which allows them to maintain control of the IT operation and keep proprietary knowledge in the bank. In addition, this model is simple to implement as it only requires recruiting new staff and integrating them into existing processes. However, this model is restricted by the available local talent.
- Contracting: Banks can assimilate contractors into in-house teams with the help of third-party vendors. Contracting presents a simplified hiring and termination process, and the bank keeps control of the IT function as it remains on-site, but third-party vendors are also affected by the availability of talent. The model is more costly than hiring an in-house team directly, because vendors add a premium for their service.
- Outsourcing: Banks can elect to remotely source people and processes from external vendors, particularly with technology that is neither proprietary nor strategic for the company. Outsourcing provides access to new labor and talent pools, and may generate labor cost savings if the vendor has established economies of scale. Drawbacks include reduced control over people and processes, potential loss of intellectual capital, possible cultural differences and high turnover rates typically seen among IT vendors.
- Cloud Computing: In addition to sourcing people and processes, banks can source the underlying technology in a cloud computing service model. This is slowly becoming a more popular option as vendors' experience and success in this arena continues to grow, however becoming fully dependent on a vendor can be a disadvantage due to the loss of technology ownership, which makes it difficult to undo such a partnership. There is also the potential for integration issues, as well as regulations that may prevent the exportation of customer data outside of the bank's home country.
- Offshore Development Center (ODC): With the ODC option, a bank develops its own dedicated talent pool where talent is more readily available, either nearby (near-shoring) or distant (offshoring). There are three forms of ODCS;
- Build-operate-transfer (BOT): The center is started and operated by a partner for a fee until it is transferred fully back to the bank
- Captive: The center is entirely set up and operated by the bank
- Joint ventures (JVs): Ownership is shared with a partner
ODCs are the most compelling model for Middle East banks for a number of reasons. They grant access to new labour markets and remotely established IT service providers while enabling the company to maintain partial ownership (in the case of a JV) or full ownership (in a BOT or captive model). This makes an ODC less risky than other sourcing options, while the added control of an ODC facilitates its potential repatriation once the required IT skill set is available locally. This option is increasingly critical to governments (particularly in the GCC) as they seek to develop the capabilities of their nationals.
Due to these advantages, ODCs have emerged worldwide as an increasingly attractive option; in fact, global spending on offshore IT services grew at a compounded annual growth rate of 24 percent between 2004 and 2009.
The banks of the Middle East have one advantage over their Western counterparts, in that they have a relatively low-wage professional talent pool within easy reach. Egypt, Jordan and the UAE boast healthy numbers of IT graduates, and India's tech-savvy labor pool and established IT service providers are close at hand.
Offshoring: The Devil Is in the Details
Of course, a successful transition to an ODC model requires highly effective execution. Setting up an ODC takes a large up-front investment, which can quickly turn into a loss if governance and integration issues are not thoroughly planned out.
"Beyond deciding which ODC model is the best fit for its business, a bank must develop a clear picture of what it requires from its IT function. In particular, it should decide which resources will go to the ODC and which should stay in-house," commented Lutfi Zakhour, a Principal with Booz & Company. "CIOs should evaluate the roles of IT function plays within the company; those that have a direct impact on the bank's ability to go to market and maintain its current IT capability should be retained in-house. Operational activities such as development and testing are stronger candidates for offshoring."
The CIO should then endeavour to understand the linkages between individual IT functions and the various technology solutions, taking into consideration the degree to which the technologies are strategic, are customized or standard in the marketplace, and are controlled by regulations governing issues such as cross-border transmission of data.
Finally, CIOs who turn to an ODC as an offshoring solution should know going in that they require sufficient setup time and additional manpower to initiate and manage the relationship. That means there will likely be pockets of downtime, either during the launch process or later during handover periods, when the bank has more IT employees than the current workflow demands. These temporary inefficiencies are more than offset by the IT function's heightened abilities to support new products and respond to the day-to-day needs of the business over the longer term.
Laying the Groundwork
"Issues that may arise during or after the implementation of an ODC can generally be avoided if the bank works to ensure, from the beginning, that key readiness requirements are met," said Zakhour. "These typically center on effective demand- and vendor-management capabilities. Failed ODC projects have shown that a bank cannot expect an ODC to remedy current weaknesses in these areas; rather, the CIO should make a concerted effort to understand and solve these inadequacies before offshoring."
- Demand Management: Weak communication and misalignment between IT and business divisions can lead to lost revenues and market opportunities if not addressed. When relations between these divisions are strained and dysfunctional, an ODC model can do little good. Mature IT demand-management governance and processes are required to ensure that they are interacting efficiently and effectively.
Collaborative efforts begin with IT and the ODC co-operating to identify the right IT solutions for various business requirements, and then prioritizing and synthesizing them across the bank's business units. As part of this process, the IT function should strive to consolidate overlapping IT requirements shared by the business units. It should also include quality assurance checkpoints across all steps of the IT development life cycle, as well as hands-on involvement of the business user in the testing phase to ultimately ensure that the solution meets the needs of the business.
- Vendor Management: Inevitably, banks that increase the amount of IT work completed externally will come to increasingly rely on a network of distinct vendors. As such, they will need to strengthen their capability to effectively manage such relationships. Typically banks focus these efforts on the procurement management phase with well-defined tendering processes. But as vendor relationships become more complex and meaningful to the business, the IT function will need to develop additional capabilities, such as strategic sourcing, contract management, operations management, and performance management.
Banks that opt to offload some of their IT tasks to an offshore development center must have processes in place to closely monitor their vendors' day-to-day operations, so that they can identify and promptly resolve issues before those issues graduate to major problems. Similarly, a fully defined vendor performance management framework, one that includes key performance indicators and targets, is critical to ensuring that project tasks meet the desired requirements and SLA terms, and that the objectives of IT and the overall business are aligned. Such a framework should continually evolve over time to improve efficiency levels and ensure that the latest technologies and capabilities are at the bank's disposal.
Shehadi concludes that as banks in the Middle East continue to offer more sophisticated products and services in lockstep with market demand, IT resourcing models will become even more integral to their day-to-day operations. "They hold a key advantage over their Western counterparts in this respect, as they do not have to look far for help. Workers with the requisite IT skills both inside the region and nearby have created opportunities for Middle East banks to offshore some of their less strategic, but still time-consuming, IT tasks."
Nonetheless, banks must take care when turning to others to manage their growing IT burden. IT offshoring can introduce significant risks to the business, risks that can quickly turn an ODC 'solution' into a money-losing venture. It is therefore critical for banks to plan for and mitigate these risks by ensuring their IT capabilities and processes are up to the task of effectively managing their IT demands and their vendor relationships. Banks that put in the necessary work up front, and as the ODC gets up and running, will be best positioned to create a dynamic portfolio of products and services and ultimately earn the right to win.
Click here to download the pdf report by Booz & Company.


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Georgia Agriculture Commissioner Tommy Irvin has filed a formal letter of support to the U.S. Secretary of Transportation Mary E. Peters for direct, non-stop flights between Atlanta and Shanghai, China.
We can load airplanes with 'Georgia Grown' fresh fruits, vegetables, poultry and other agriculture products and have them on dinner tables in China the next day," says Irvin. "This is exciting, and it will help not only Georgia farmers, but agricultural interests nationwide."
In his letter to Transportation Secretary Peters, Irvin cites China as being Georgia's third largest export market with more than $22 million in annual sales of poultry, Georgia's leading agricultural commodity.
The agriculture commissioner says China is a top destination of Georgia exporters doing more than $979 million in business.
"Georgia is proud of the growing number of Chinese companies that have headquarters here in our state. We welcome the opportunity to continue building important and valuable business relationships with China," Irvin wrote to Peters.
"A direct flight is needed between China's largest city and one of the largest cities in the South and one of the most important transportation hubs in America."
Irvin's request comes in support of a Delta Airlines proposal for a new non-stop direct flight between the two cities.


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I have been leaving in Goteborg for 4 years now and have to constantly move because of renting second-hand. I was wondering if some of you might have some tips regarding how to find first hand contracts from your experience? Boplats is obviously not working for me...
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Some of you may be saying "Oh great, another wannabe foodie".
But HOLD THE HECK UP! I promise you will get a good laugh out of this!
So I decided to bite the bullet, pay $30, and have a nutrition plan sent to me. What I got in return... I was not expecting.
6:30 A.M Let's start with breakfast. It is recommended that I have 5 egg whites + 1 egg+ 1/4 oats! Yea, there was no way I was making all those eggs stay down. I opted to make 'fluffy' oats and put my egg whites in them. I added some Sriacha to make them have a kick ;)
9:30 A.M In case you didn't know I'm a teacher. I'm
lucky needing a break and my kids have special. I'm supposed to eat ANOTHER 5 EGG WHITES + 2 Rice Cakes + 1 cup Spinach. Yea, there was no way that was happening. I mean, just 3 hrs ago I ate more than I typically have for breakfast and lunch! But I tried. I got down 1 hardboiled egg white and a rice cake with a teaspoon of pb.
3:30 Snack time! I had 1 cup spinach I was supposed to have in the morning + an egg white. One of my students said I looked nauseous.
5:30 P.M Now this is the really interesting part. I'm supposed to have 2 dinners! Yep 2! Do you know how much effort it took to get down 1?! Needless to say, I just repeated lunch and called it good. Then I went and worked out.
8:00 P.M After my workout I had 1 scoop of Perfect Fit Protein with 8 oz of Chocolate Almond Milk. I was actually ready to drink this and enjoy it!
Think I'm done? Oh no, not yet. So after all this food I have to prepare my body for sleep. WHO THE HECK CAME UP WITH THAT?! Really? Ok. I'll follow the rules. Enter 1/2 cup plain greek yogurt, 2 tablespoons of PB and tons of cinnamon. I seriously choked this down.


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The Fossil Hunters exhibit covering the work of the TW:eed project closed at National Museums Scotland on August 14th after an extremely successful run beginning in February. The exhibit showcases some of the tetrapod, fish and arthropod fossils found by the TW:eed Project and explains how scientists reconstruct the environment they lived in. The exhibit tells the story of how life evolved on land, with specimens from the early Devonian of Rhynie, this project and Carboniferous tetrapods from East Kirkton. My favourite part are the fabric artwork diorama reconstructions of the ancient tetrapod world, they are magnificent!
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Over 62,000 people visited the exhibit to much acclaim. Visitors to the exhibit included many from overseas, including significant numbers from the US and Canada, but also France, Poland, Croatia, Indonesia, China, Venezuela, India, Italy, Mexico, New Zealand, Germany, Switzerland, Portugal, and Spain. The exhibit clearly appealed to a very wide cross section of the public, and numerous visitor comments reflect the enthusiasm for the research into early tetrapods around the world;
'Very enlightening. Enjoyed the videos especially, really brings it to life. Reminded me of searching for fossils as a kid – inspired me to look again!'
'Fascinating, well explained exhibition. Scotland is so special.'
'Absolutely brilliant – fascinating to make link between science, technology and geology. Love the local links too – great exhibits and easy to understand. 10/10!'
'One of the most interesting exhibitions I have seen anywhere!'
Components of the exhibit are now set to tour Scotland:
- Biggar and Upper Clydesdale Museum from 15 October 2016 - 15 January 2017
- Montrose Museum and Art Gallery from 21 January - 3 April 2017
- Museum nan Eilean (Lews Castle) from 13 April - 24 June 2017.
If you haven't already seen it I do hope you get the chance!
Until next time