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The Art of Seduction
By Robert Greene
Producer Joost Elffers
By Robert Greene
Producer Joost Elffers
By Robert Greene
Producer Joost Elffers
By Robert Greene
Producer Joost Elffers
Category: Parenting | Self-Improvement & Inspiration | World History
Category: Parenting | Self-Improvement & Inspiration | World History
The Prosperity Bible
Fierce Conversations (Revised and Updated)
The Law of Success
The Laws of Human Nature
Get Out of Your Own Way
The Power Paradox
The Daily Laws
The Power of Your Subconscious Mind
Priase for the work of Robert Greene: "Compelling."—Forbes
"Greene's specialty is analyzing the lives and philosophies of historical figures like Sun Tzu and Napoleon, and extracting from them tips on how to manipulate people and situations—a cutthroat worldview that has earned him a devoted following among a like-minded readership of rappers, drug dealers and corporate executives."—The New York Times
"Illuminating."—The Guardian
"Machiavelli has a new rival. And Sun Tzu had better watch his back. Greene . . . has put together a checklist of ambitious behavior. Just reading the table of contents is enough to stir a little corner-office lust."—New York magazine
"Beguiling . . . literate . . . fascinating. A wry primer for people who desperately want to be on top."—People magazine
"An heir to Machiavelli's Prince . . . gentler souls will find this book frightening, those whose moral compass is oriented solely to power will have a perfect vade mecum."—Publishers Weekly
Table Of Contents
The Art of SeductionAcknowledgments
Part One: The Seductive Character
The Siren
A man is often secretly oppressed by the role he has to play – by always having to be responsible, in control, and rational. The Siren is the ultimate male fantasy figure because she offers a total release from the limitations of his life. In her presence, which is always heightened and sexually charged, the male feels transported to a realm of pure pleasure. In a world where women are often too timid to project such an image, learn to take control of the male libido by embodying his fantasy.
The Rake
A woman never quite feels desired and appreciated enough. She wants attention, but a man is too often distracted and unresponsive. The Rake is a great female fantasy-figure – when he desires a woman, brief though that moment may be, he will go to the ends of the earth for her. He may be disloyal, dishonest, and amoral, but that only adds to his appeal. Stir a woman's repressed longing by adapting the Rake's mix of danger and pleasure.
The Ideal Lover
Most people have dreams in their youth that get shattered or worn down with age. They find themselves disappointed by people, events, reality, which cannot match their youthful ideals. Ideal Lovers thrive on people's broken dreams, which become lifelong fantasies. You long for romance? Adventure? Lofty spiritual communioin? The Ideal Lover reflects your fantasy. He or she is an artist in creating the illusion you require. In a world of disenchantment and baseness, there is limitless seductive power in following the path of the Ideal Lover.
The Dandy
Most of us feel trapped within the limited role that the world expects us to play. We are instantly attracted to those who are more fluid than we are – those who create their own persona. Dandies excite us because they cannot be categorized, and hint at a freedom we want for ourselves. They play with masculinity and femininity; they fashion their own physical image, which is always startling. Use the power of the Dandy to create an ambiguous, alluring presence that stirs repressed desires.
The Natural
Childhood is the golden paradise we are always consciously or unconsciously trying to re-create. The Natural embodies the longed-for qualities of childhood – spontaneity, sincerity, unpretentiousness. In the presence of Naturals, we feel at ease, caught up in their playful spirit, transported back to that golden age. Adopt the pose of the Natural to neutralize people's defensivenss and infect them with helpless delight.
The Coquette
The ability to delay satisfaction is the ultimate art of seducction – while waiting, the victim is held in thrall. Coquettes are the grand masters of the game, orchestrating a back-and-forth movement between hope and frustration. They bait with the promise of reward – the hope of physical pleasure, happiness, fame by association, power – all of which, however, proves elusive; yet this only makes their targets pursue them the more. Imitate the alternating heat and coolness of the Coquette and you will keep the seduced at your heels.
The Charmer
Charm is seduction without sex. Charmers are consummate manipulators, masking their cleverness by creating a mood of pleasure and comfort. Their method is simple: They deflect attention from themselves and focus it on their target. They understand your spirit, feel your pain, adapt to your moods. In the presence of a Charmer you feel better about yourself. Learn to cast the Charmer's spell by aiming at people's primary weaknesses: vanity and self-esteem.
The Charismatic
Charisma is a presence that excites us. It comes from an inner quality – self-confidence, sexual energy, sense of purpose, contentment – that most people lack and want. This quality radiates outward, permeating the gestures of Charismatics, making them seem extraordinary and superior. They learn to heighten their charisma with a piercing gaze, fiery oratory, an air of mystery. Create the charismatic illusion by radiating intensity while remaining detached.
The Star
Daily life is harsh, and most of us constantly seek escape from it in fantasies and dreams. Stars feed on this weakness; standing out from others through a distinctive and appealing style, they make us want to watch them. At the same time, they are vague and ethereal, keeping their distance, and letting us imagine more than is there. Their dreamlike quality works on our unconscious. Learn to become an object of fascination by projecting the glittering but elusive presence of the Star.
The Anti-Seducer
Seducers draw you in by the focused, individualized attention they pay to you. Anti-seducers are the opposite: insecure, self-absorbed, and unable to grasp the psychology of another person, they literally repel. Anti-Seducers have no self-awareness, and never realize when they are pestering, imposing, talking too much. Root out anti-seductive qualities in yourself, and recognize them in others – there is no pleasure or profit in dealing with the Anti-Seducer.
The Seducer's Victims – The Eighteen Types
Part Two: The Seductive Process
1. Choose the Right Victim
Everything depends on the target of your seduction. Study your prey throughly, and choose only those who will prove susceptible to your charms. The right victims are those for whom you can fill a void, who see in you something exotic. They are often isolated or unhappy, or can easily be made so – for the completely contented person is almost impossible to seduce. The perfect victim has some quality that inspires strong emotions in you, making your seductive manuevers seem more natural and dynamic. The perfect victim allows for the perfect chase.
2. Create a False Sense of Security – Approach Indirectly
If you are too direct early on, you risk stirring up a resistance that will never be lowered. At first there must be nothing of the seducer in your manner. The seduction should begin at an angle, indirectly, so that the target only gradually becomes aware of you. Haunt the periphery of your target's life – approach through a third party, or seem to cultivate a relatively neutral relationship, moving gradually from friend to lover. Lull the target into feeling secure, then strike.
3. Send Mixed Signals
Once people are aware of your presence, and perhaps vaguely intrigued, you need to stir their interest before it settles on someone else. Most of us are much too obvious – instead, be hard to figure out. Send mixed signals: both tough and tender, both spiritual and earthly, both innocent and cunning. A mix of qualities suggests depth, which fascinates even as it confuses. An elusive, enigmatic aura will make people want to know more, drawing them into your circle. Create such a power by hinting at something contraditory within you.
4. Appear to Be an Object of Desire – Create Triangles
Few are drawn to the person whom others avoid or neglect; people gather around those who have already attracted interest. To draw your victims closer and make them hungry to possess you, you must create an aura of desirability – of being wanted and courted by many. It will become a point of vanity for them to be the preferred object of your attention, to win you away from a crowd of admirers. Build a reputation that precedes you: If many have succumbed to your charms, there must be a reason.
5. Create a Need – Stir Anxiety and Discontent
A perfectly satisfied person cannot be seduced. Tension and disharmony must be instilled in your targets' minds. Stir within them feelings of discontent, an unhappiness with their circumstances and with themselves. The feelings of inadequacy that you create will give you space to insinuate yourself, to make them see you as the answer to their problems. Pain and anxiety are the proper precursors to pleasure. Learn to manufacture the need that you can fill.
6. Master the Art of Insinuation
Making your targets feel dissatisfied and in need of your attention is essential, but if you are too obvious, they will see through you and grow defensive. There is no known defense, however, against insinuation – the art of planting ideas in people's minds by dropping elusive hints that take root days later, even appearing to them as their own idea. Create a sublanguage – bold statements followed by retraction and apology, ambiguous comments, banal talk combined with alluring glances – that enters the target's unconscious to convey your real meaning. Make everything suggestive.
7. Enter Their Spirit
Most people are locked in their own worlds, making them stubborn and hard to persuade. The way to lure them out of their shell and set up your seduction is to enter their spirit. Play by their rules, enjoy what they enjoy, adapt yourself to their moods. In doing so you will stroke their deep-rooted narcissism and lower their defenses. Indulge your targets' every mood and whim, giving them nothing to react against or resist.8. Create Temptation
Lure the target deep into your seduction by creating the proper temptation: a glimpse of the pleasures to come. As the serpent tempted Eve with the promise of forbidden knowledge, you must awaken a desire in your targets that they cannot control. Find that weakness of theirs, that fantasy that has yet to be realized, and hint that you can lead them toward it. The key is to keep it vague. Stimulate a curiosity stronger than the doubts and anxieties that go with it, and they will follow you.PHASE TWO: LEAD ASTRAY – CREATING PLEASURE AND CONFUSION
9. Keep Them in Suspense – What Comes Next?
The moment people feel they know what to expect from you, your spell on them is broken. More: You have ceded them power. The only way to lead the seduced along and keep the upper hand is to create suspense, a calculated surprise. Doing something they do not expect from you will give them a delightful sense of spontaneity – they will not be able to foresee what comes next. You are always one step ahead and in control. Give the victim a thrill with a sudden change of direction.10. Use the Demonic Power of Words to Sow Confusion
It is hard to make people listen; they are consumed with their own thoughts and desires, and have little time for yours. The trick to making them listen is to say what they want to hear, to fill their ears with whatever is pleasant to them. This is the essence of seductive language. Inflame people's emotions with loaded phrses, flatter them, comfort their insecurities, envelop them in sweet words and promises, and not only will they listen to you, they will lose their will to resist you.11. Pay Attention to Detail
Lofty words of love and grand gestures can be suspicious: Why are you trying so hard to please? The details of a seduction – the subtle gestures, the offhand things you do – are often more charming and revealing. You must learn to distract your victims with a myriad of pleasant little rituals – thoughtful gifts tailored just for them, clothes and adornments designed to please them, gestures that show the time and attention you are paying them. Mesmerized by what they see, they will not notice what you are really up to.12. Poeticize Your Presence
Important things happen when your targets are alone: The slightest feeling of relief that you are not there, and it is all over. Familiarity and overexposure will cause this reaction. Remain elusive, then. Intrigue your targets by alternating an exciting presence with a cool distance, exuberant moments followed by calculated absences. Associate yourself with poetic images and objects, so that when they think of you, they begin to see you through an idealized halo. The more you figure in their minds, the more they will envelop you in seductive fantasies.13. Disarm Through Strategic Weakness and Vulnerability
Too much manuevering on your part may raise suspicion. The best way to cover your tracks is to make the other person feel superior and stronger. If you seem to be weak, vulnerable, enthralled by the other person, and unable to control yourself, you will make your actions look more natural, less calculated. Physical weakness – tears, bashfulness, paleness – will help create the effect. Play the victim, then transform your target's sympathy into love.14. Confuse Desire and Reality – The Perfect Illusion
To compensate for the difficulties in their lives, people spend a lot of their time daydreaming, imagining a future full of adventure, success, and romance. If you can create the illusion that through you they can live out their dreams, you will have them at your mercy. Aim at secret wishes that have been thwarted or repressed, stirring up uncontrollable emotions, clouding their powers of reason. Lead the seduced to a point of confusion in which they can no longer tell the difference between illusion and reality.15. Isolate the Victim
An isolated person is weak. By slowly isolating your victims, you make them more vulnerable to your influence. Take them away from their normal milieu, friends, family, home. Give them the sense of being marginalized, in limbo – they are leaving one world behind and entering another. Once isolated like this, they have no outside support, and in their confusion they are easily led astray. Lure the seduced into your lair, where nothing is familiar.PHASE THREE: THE PRECIPICE – DEEPENING THE EFFECT THROUGH EXTREME MEASURES
16. Prove Yourself
Most people want to be seduced. If they resist your efforts, it is probably because you have not gone far enough to allay their doubts – about your motives, the depth of your feelings, and so on. One well-timed action that shows how far you are willing to go to win them over will dispel their doubts. Do not worry about looking foolish or making a mistake – any kind of deed that is self-sacrificing and for your targets' sake will so overwhelm their emotions, they won't notice anything else.17. Effect a Regression
People who have experienced a certain kind of pleasure in the past will try to repeat or relive it. The deepest-rooted and most pleasurable memories are usually those from earliest childhood, and are often unconsciously associated with a parental figure. Bring your targets back to that point by placing yourself in the oedipal triangle and positioning them as the needy child. Unaware of the cause of their emotional response, they will fall in love with you.18. Stir Up the Transgressive and Taboo
There are alway social limits on what one can do. Some of these, the most elemental taboos, go back centuries; others are more superficial, simply defining polite and acceptable behavior. Making your targets feel that you are leading them past either kind of limit is immensely seductive. People yearn to explore their dark side. Once the desire to transgress draws your targets to you, it will be hard for them to stop. Take them farther than they imagined – the shared feeling of guilt and complicity will create a powerful bond.19. Use Spiritual Lures
Everyone has doubts and insecurities – about their body, their self-worth, their sexuality. If your seduction appeals exclusively to the physical, you will stir up these doubts and make your targets self-conscious. Instead, lure them out of their insecurities by making them focus on something sublime and spiritual: a religious experience, a lofty work of art, the occult. Lost in a spiritual mist, the target will feel light and uninhibited. Deepen the effect of your seduction by making its sexual culmination seem like the spiritual union of two souls.20. Mix Pleasure with Pain
The greatest mistake in seduction is being too nice. At first, perhaps, your kindness is charming, but it soon grows monotonous; you are trying too hard to please, and seem insecure. Instead of overwhelming your targets with niceness, try inflicting some pain. Make them feel guilty and insecure. Instigate a breakup – now a rapprochement, a return to your earlier kindness, will turn them weak at the knees. The lower the lows you create, the greater the highs. To heighten the erotic charge, create the excitement of fear.PHASE FOUR: MOVING IN FOR THE KILL
21. Give Them Space to Fall – The Pursuer Is Pursued
If your targets become too used to you as the aggressor, they will give less of their own energy, and the tension will slacken. You need to wake them up, turn the tables. Once they are under your spell, take a step back and they will start to come after you. Hint that you are growing bored. Seem interested in someone else. Soon they will want to possess you physically, and restraint will go out the window. Create the illusion that the seducer is being seduced.22. Use Physical Lures
Targets with active minds are dangerous: If they see through your manipulations, they may suddenly develop doubts. Put their minds gently to rest, and waken their dormant senses, by combining a nondefensive attitude with a charged sexual presence. While your cool, nonchalant air is lowering their inhibitions, your glances, voice, and bearing – oozing sex and desire – are getting under their skin and raising their temperature. Never force the physical; instead inflect your targets with heat, lure them into lust. Morality, judgment, and concern for the future will all melt away.23. Master the Art of the Bold Move
A moment has arrived: Your victim clearly desires you, but is not ready to admit it openly, let alone act on it. This is the time to throw aside chivalry, kindness and coquetry and to overwhelm with a bold move. Don't give the victim time to consider the consequences. Showing hesitation or awkwardness means you are thinking of yourself, as opposed to being overwhelmed by the victim's charms. One person must go on the offensive, and it is you.24. Beware the Aftereffects
Danger follows in the aftermath of a successful seduction. After emotions have reached a pitch, they often swing in the opposite direction – toward lassitude, distrust, disappointment. If you are to part, make the sacrifice swift and sudden. If you are to stay in a relationship, beware a flagging of energy, a creeping familiarity that will spoil the fantasy. A second seduction is required. Never let the other person take you for granted – use absence, create pain and conflict, to keep the seduced on tenterhooks.
Appendix A: Seductive Environment/Seductive Time
Appendix B: Soft Seduction: How to Sell Anything to the Masses
Selected Bibliography
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From time to time I have conversations with young professionals in the hospitality industry (usually twenty-somethings). These days it's not unusual for them to recount the six or eight different employers they've had in a similar number of years. Eventually they ask me how long I've been working at the Antlers. When I tell them it's been thirty-one years they immediately form an "L" with their thumb and forefinger, plaster it to their forehead and proclaim loudly for all to hear, "What a Loser!"
Ok, whatever.
After working at the Antlers since 1978, and the last twenty-two years as General Manager, even people who respect longevity often ask me, "Don't you ever get bored?" My answer is always the same … The hospitality business is NEVER boring. The old cliché that "every day is different" could not be more true. However, I also have the fabulous good fortune to work for a very unique Homeowners Association. Unlike most HOA's who operate almost entirely out of self-interest, the Antlers owners have always had a much more worldly view.
With a long history of good corporate citizenship, the Antlers HOA generously supports a plethora of local causes and non-profit organizations. Sometimes that's a donation of cash or more frequently complimentary rooms as in-kind support. That good will alone makes this an incredibly rewarding place to hang my hat. Beyond that though, the condominium owners here not only give me the freedom to pursue outside interests, but encourage me to do so. While that generally serves the Antlers well in the long run, it takes people with real vision to recognize and understand it.
The local Chambers of Commerce, Bravo Music Festival, the Vail Symposium and others have all benefited (I'd like to think) from the Antlers willingness to participate in a somewhat modified form of executive loan. Needless to say, none of that would be possible if it weren't for Chris Ratzlaff and the rest of our wonderful staff, picking up the slack. Ultimately the time and monetary commitment from the Antlers is significant. Of course it also provides for a serious amount of growth and reward for me personally.
Which brings us to this past Tuesday, when I had the honor of being named chair-elect for the Colorado Association of Commerce and Industry. CACI serves as the state chamber of commerce (www.cochamber.com). I've enjoyed being on that board for a number of years and on the executive committee for the past couple. I was surprised when they asked me if I'd serve as chair in 2011, since the majority of the board members represent large companies like Lockheed Martin, MillerCoors, Qwest, Wells Fargo, etc. I often feel like the country mouse in that arena, with my 40 employees and $5,000,000 in sales. Nevertheless, I guess the collective wisdom was that someone in tourism from the Western Slope, who truly represents small business, would be a healthy departure from the norm. I hope they're right.
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Work from Home Jobs Explained
I choked back the tears as I left for work. My daughter wailed, cried and clung then pressed her face against the window with tears streaming down her cheeks. Oh how I wished I had a work at home job so I wouldn't have to leave her. Feelings of guilt, helplessness and hopelessness almost overwhelmed me.
But that was about to change.
I worked 55 hours a week at a competitive, high-stress job for over a decade. After my kids were born, it was gut-wrenching to be away from them so much. On the job, my co-workers resented every family intrusion during working hours. And among my friends advice ran the full spectrum from "You'd be crazy to walk away from such a high-paying job" to "If it's so hard then 'just quit!" I sought compromise, and applied for every part-time or flex time position available; but evidently, those jobs were for people who weren't me -I was denied flextime every time I applied for it.
So why didn't I just quit?
Because I brought in over 70% of our family's income -that's why. Though I hadn't made enough to retire in the ten years I had been on the job, I theoretically made enough for my husband to stay at home -but that wouldn't have solved the problem. I wanted to be home more.
It all came to a head while I was on short term disability due to hypertension, bronchitis and adult onset asthma. In a moment of clarity, I realized that if this killed me, I MIGHT get a moment of silence at the company's next business meeting -but my family would never be the same. Was I really going to let a corporate work schedule drive me to an early grave? The company would get over my loss, my family wouldn't. And the stress was killing me.
I knew I had to change. I couldn't go on another day like that.
What I needed was a legitimate work at home solution -preferably a work at home job with high pay!
By the grace of God, I didn't get sucked into any time and money wasting work-at-home scams. But the get rich quick schemes were everywhere -a dime a dozen. And they seemed tailored to exploit mothers who desperately longed for a better work/life balance.
The first time I looked online, I found a wealth of information, -no real solutions.
Thanks to the Better Business Bureau Alerts and the Federal Trade Commission Website
I knew what to avoid. Envelope stuffing, medical transcription, assembly work etc. But knowing what "not-to-do" still didn't tell me what I was "going-to-do." I thought, prayed and researched. And four years later, I'm sharing what I discovered about various work at home jobs:
Multi-Level-Marketing plans (MLM)
Sometimes pyramid schemes in disguise. Essentially, in a MLM or direct sales system you start out as a distributor, or an independent business owner. The person who recruits you is your "upline" and the people you recruit are your "downline." You get paid a percentage of the sales made by your downline. Likewise, your "upline" gets a percentage of your sales.and so on.and so on.
The difference between an illegal pyramid scheme and a legitimate multi-level-marketing opportunity is the emphasis on recruiting and/or purchasing inventory. In a legitimate MLM, the emphasis will be on sales of the product, a pyramid scheme will stress recruitment and inventory.
Either way, this just wasn't for me. I didn't feel a sense of peace about getting a portion of my income from recruiting friends and family. Furthermore, attending meetings at hotels in the evenings or on the weekends was counterproductive to my goal of being home more.
Nor was I interested in selling makeup -no matter how well known the company was and no matter what kind of special colored car I could earn. The idea of investing in inventory, making space for marketing materials, attending hotel meetings, selling to and/or recruiting my friends and family didn't appeal to me. It was clear that direct sales of makeup wouldn't improve my current work/life balance.
Network marketing or home party based businesses:
A) If it turns out that there are very, very few people searching for things related to your subject, don't despair. Assessment B and C are equally important to ascertain whether your idea has the potential for profit. Going back to my "book reading hobby" as an example, type in the term "great books" on the Keyword Research Tool I mentioned above. Did you see that? Over 5,000 people type that into search engines every month. Plus it shows related phrases. With one simple step I can KNOW the size of my potential market as well as several keyword phrases I should aim to have my website show up in.
B) When you type in the same phrase, "great books" on Google it shows:
(Developed by a WorkingMom.com Guest Columnist Eric Holmlund) and he'll take you step by step through the process of setting goals, developing a vision, creating a website and signing up for affiliate programs, so you can begin to make money online.
Ready, Set, Go!
And those are the Six Steps to Working at Home and using the internet to help you do it. Now more than ever, you have the opportunity to be successful working at home. Thanks to PC's the World Wide Web and cyberspace there are endless legitimate work at home opportunities to help you achieve your desired work/life balance. Just remember to keep your goals in sight and to live each day according to your priorities.
Lastly, let me encourage you. The fact that you've read this far down into an article about How to Work from Home reveals two things in your favor. You've got a genuine desire to educate yourself on being successful, and you've got the ability to stick to something. You've already outdistanced the pack. In parting, I'll give you three pieces of advice to help you soar:
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The Susan G. Komen for the Cure Foundation, the world's largest breast cancer charity, has always been fairly conservative. Its founder, Nancy Brinker, is a major Republican donor; in 2000, she was a George W. Bush "Pioneer," raising at least $100,000 for his campaign, and Bush later appointed her ambassador to Hungary.
Still, until recently, it wore its politics lightly. "The fact that Komen is led by a Republican has never really translated to the way it's been perceived among women in this country," says Rep. Jackie Speier (D-CA), who has chaired many Komen events. "It's been perceived as a nonprofit doing good work."
That changed on Tuesday, when the foundation announced that it would no longer fund breast cancer screenings by Planned Parenthood. The money at stake wasn't much, less than $700,000. But its withdrawal sent a signal that Komen has taken sides in the Republican effort to discredit the country's largest provider of reproductive health care.
The ostensible reason for Komen's decision is a new policy prohibiting it from funding organizations under government investigation. Planned Parenthood is the subject of an inquiry by Rep. Cliff Stearns (R-FL), who is searching for evidence that government money has been used to fund abortions. But Stearns's investigation is a highly partisan affair based solely on evidence from anti-abortion groups.
"We question the basis for the investigation and whether Planned Parenthood is being singled out as part of a Republican vendetta against an organization that provides family planning and other medical care to low-income women and men," Reps. Diana DeGette and Henry Waxman, ranking members of the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, said in a letter to Stearns.
What really happened seems clear: Komen bowed to political pressure. Until quite recently, Planned Parenthood wasn't controversial among Republicans. It had a long history of conservative backing—Dwight Eisenhower once co-chaired the Planned Parenthood Federation along with Harry Truman, and Barry Goldwater championed it. It's not surprising that Ann Romney once donated to the organization; lots of Republican women did. And pro-choice Republican women like Brinker were fairly common—even Laura Bush said she backed Roe v. Wade.
In recent years, though, Republicans have become much more absolutist in their opposition to abortion, which has bled over into family planning. The right has run a systematic campaign to demonize and discredit Planned Parenthood, and Komen's decision shows that it's working.
A central part of that campaign is to deny that Planned Parenthood provides crucial health services besides abortion. Last year, Sen. John Kyl claimed that abortion is "well over 90 percent of what Planned Parenthood does." (When his office was informed that only 3 percent of Planned Parenthood's work is abortion-related, a spokesman said the senator's remark was "not intended to be a factual statement.")
"Planned Parenthood is first and foremost an abortion business, but Planned Parenthood and its allies will say almost anything to try and cover up that fact and preserve its taxpayer funding," said the young anti-abortion activist Lila Rose, whose organization, Live Action, purported to "expose" the absence of mammogram machines in Planned Parenthood clinics. In fact, Planned Parenthood performs manual breast exams and refers patients who need mammograms to radiologists, just like private gynecologists. The only deception here is by those who pretend that there's anything untoward on Planned Parenthood's part.
As the Republican Party's stance toward Planned Parenthood has changed, so has Komen's. In April, it hired Karen Handel as its new senior vice president of public policy. In 2010, when Handel ran, unsuccessfully, for the Georgia Republican gubernatorial nomination, she campaigned against abortion and Planned Parenthood—and won Sarah Palin's endorsement. Meanwhile, other Republicans have put pressure on Brinker. David Vitter, the Louisiana Republican senator whose career as a family values champion has somehow survived multiple prostitution scandals, told Newsmax that he wrote her a letter in May "urging her to take this step." There was probably no way Komen could maintain links to both Planned Parenthood and the GOP.
In the end, the decision will probably hurt the Komen Foundation more than Planned Parenthood. Many activists had already criticized the foundation for its ties to the insurance and pharmaceutical industries. Now women's health advocates all over the country are reacting with fury, inundating Komen's Facebook page with complaints. "I'll be joining thousands of other women and men who will boycott SGK due to this decision," wrote one of thousands of commenters. "Pink will stink!"
Meanwhile, in the 24 hours after Komen announced its decision, Planned Parenthood raised $400,000 in online donations from outraged supporters. The Amy and Lee Fikes Foundation donated $250,000 to a new Planned Parenthood "Breast Health Emergency Fund." Komen's Connecticut affiliate publicly objected to the new policy, writing on its Facebook wall, "Susan G. Komen for the Cure Connecticut enjoys a great partnership with Planned Parenthood, and is currently funding Planned Parenthood of Southern New England. We understand, and share, in the frustration around this situation." The Denver Komen affiliate said it planned to continue grants to Planned Parenthood despite the national policy.
Still, Komen's shift reifies the right-wing myth that Planned Parenthood merely pretends to offer legitimate medical services. It represents a blow to the idea that any aspect of women's health care can remain unpoliticized. "We're talking about breast cancer here! We're not talking about abortion," says an exasperated Speier, who spoke out against the group's decision Wednesday on the House floor. But when it comes to Planned Parenthood, Republicans can't talk about anything else.


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text: Before Dawes rocked the stage at the Vogue on Saturday, July 20th they were kind enough to invite us to a sound check party. Playing a few songs for a select few winners, WTTS staff members and of course a handful of Vogue employees below are some photos of that party. A big thank you to Bazbeaux's Pizza for providing a few pies for everybody to enjoy as well.


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5 deadly spots
Every restaurateur knows about Cursed Locations, the addresses where no venture survives. Here's a look at 4 trying to break the streak -- and one that failed.
1025 Barton Springs Road
Currently: El Chilito
Past occupants: Gypsy Italian Bistro (2007-2008), Rockhound's Café (2006), Castleberry's Café (2003-2005)
Legend has it that in the 1980s, 1025 Barton Springs Road was a hippie commune, with tents and pods stretched along the cliffs behind the property.
"Wacky. That's Austin," laughs Carlos Rivero, a six-year veteran of Austin's restaurant scene. In August, Rivero became the fourth entrepreneur in five years to open a restaurant at the address, which has also been home to an architecture firm and a beer garden.
"I've wanted to go into that neighborhood for some time," says Rivero. "Barton Springs Road is a landmark address."
Rivero chalks the high failure rate of 1025 up to the inexperience of its recent tenants -- newbie restaurateurs looking to capitalize on the neighborhood's high traffic volume. As the hosting grounds for events such as the Austin City Limits Music Festival, the locale is also home to Zilker Park, a 350-acre area popular for its swimming pool and botanical gardens.
Gypsy Italian Bistro, the address' latest casualty, received lots of good press for its innovative cuisine but was a little too fancy for the area, says Rivero. Gypsy's chef, a recent graduate of Le Cordon Bleu, "was a first-time operator with very limited experience in the restaurant business -- as a sit-down, full-service Italian restaurant, the place wasn't very well capitalized for this particular location," he says.
So far, Rivero's idea -- opening a second outpost of his taco stand, El Chilito -- has fared better. The Mexican joint, with prices ranging from $1.59 to $5.50, has seen sales increase each month since opening.
"If I was asked to gamble on Carlos doing well in that location, I would," says Virgina Wood, food editor for The Austin Chronicle. "I've seen his track record at other locations -- he's a good businessman." -Maggie Overfelt
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WASHINGTON, DC – On Christmas Day, 1864, Laura Jones made a desperate call on the President of the United States. She absolutely had to get in to see Abraham Lincoln.
A holiday peacefulness had settled over the White House, even though America was still caught up in the throes of the Civil War.
Lincoln had just finished signing a stack of papers. He laid down his pen and sighed.
"What is there left to sign, Mr. Secretary?" Lincoln asked Gideon Welles. "Are we finally through for the day?"
"Mr. President, there is this one special request from a 23-year-old woman who has been trapped in Washington since the war began," Welles responded.
"She desires to have a pass to travel in Richmond in order to have a Christmas wedding to her sweetheart, Jamie Joe Ballinger – a Confederate soldier."
There was a long pause. Then, according to Lincoln's butler, Billy Slade, the President had him go and tell the woman to come in.
Lincoln spoke briefly with the forlorn Laura Jones and her sincerity seemed to make a deep impression on the President.
After silently listening to Laura's story, Lincoln gently nodded his head, and with a few strokes of his pen, proceeded to write some words on a card.
He handed the travel pass to Miss Jones and wished her a Merry Christmas. Laura Jones could not speak.
Her eyes brimmed with tears of happiness. She was so grateful she fell to her knees before the President.
"Get up," said Lincoln in a soft fatherly tone of voice. "Do not kneel to me, but thank God and go."
"Goodbye, Mr. Lincoln," she said. "I shall probably never again see you until we meet in Heaven."
President Lincoln was deeply moved. "I am afraid with all my troubles I shall never get to the resting place you speak of, but if I do, I am sure I shall find you. That you wish me to get there is, I believe, the best wish you could possibly make for me. Goodbye, Miss Jones."
Helping Miss Jones, a young woman in love with an enemy soldier, was one of the nicest Christmas presents Lincoln ever gave. And it was his last. Less than four months later the 16th President of the United States was shot dead at Ford's Theater.
WASHINGTON, DC – On Christmas Day, 1864, Laura Jones made a desperate call on the President of the United States. She absolutely had to get in to see Abraham Lincoln.


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Blake M. Petit's "Think About It" blog gives a book review of the Firefly graphic novel "Those Left Behind".
As a link between the TV show Firefly and the movie Serenity the book seems perfect for fans of the show. People like me who haven't seen the show won't understand it...fortunately, BitTorrent is downloading Firefly for me as I type, so I can save the money at Rogers Video (which only had disc 3&4 from the "Complete Firefly Series", which is still 2 more discs than Blockbuster carries), and still learn all about the little Whedon TV show that could (but didn't quite).
The biggest complaint on that site:
The artwork by Will Conrad is passable, but suffers from the same problem as a great many film-to-comic adaptation: namely that the artist works so hard trying to replicate the features of the actors the artwork as a whole suffers. Those interpretations that don't work look even worse compared to those that do, and on the whole the designs are overly-detailed and don't quite blend with the comic book world. Comic artists need to learn from animators who do shows based on live-action properties. Rather than going for a photorealistic version of the characters, it's better to come up with designs that suggest the actors, but still fit in the artist's own style.is one which I am well familiar with. Star Trek comic properties are generally guilty of this flaw, particularly in Worf and LaForge. Ironically, the best "animators who do shows based on live-action properties" is probably either the original Star Trek animated series, or "The Real Ghostbusters". (For the latter, compare the animated characters to the actual actors)
Special Appeal to Serenity fans:
The 2006 Spacey Awards are coming up, and as always Space:The Imagination Station presents numerous awards where fans can vote on. Serenity is up for Best Picture. (Nathan Fillion is also up for "movie hero" but despite his Canadianness is unlikely to beat Batman and Obi-Wan Kenobi (Aeon Flux and Sarge from DOOM are likely going to round off the category). Still, anybody reading this is encouraged to go cast a vote for the quirky little movie that nobody believed in.
Bonus link:Q. What is the difference between Firefly and Serenity?


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Editor's note: The following is the introduction to a special e-publication called Civil War Innovations. Published in September 2012, the collection draws articles from the archives of Scientific American.
Any Civil War buff is familiar with the technological advances of that era: the carnage caused when tactics failed to accommodate breech-loading rifled muskets and artillery pieces, the truly revolutionary introduction of armored ships and railroad networks, and the merely tantalizing deployment of submerged warships and reconnaissance balloons. Historians still argue about the extent to which the Civil War was the first "modern" war, but it is impossible to deny that the technology with which it was fought foretold the ways in which future wars would become bigger, bloodier and more devastating. Fewer people realize, however, that a similar explosion in technological creativity occurred away from the battlefield.
Newspapers became tools of mass communication in the 1830s with the invention of the rotary press and the application of steam power to printing. These and other innovations brought down the price of newspapers; by the 1830s and 1840s newspapers such as the trio of New York papers founded during this time—the Tribune, the Sun and the Herald—were sold for a penny and reached massive audiences. The development of the telegraph in the late 1840s sped the gathering and distribution of news; the Associated Press was founded in 1849 to take advantage of the new technology. The gradual knitting together of the nation by railroads—especially in the North and Midwest—further hastened communication.
During the antebellum years, these communication technologies facilitated the anti-slavery campaign that started in earnest in the early 1830s, allowing abolitionist broadsides, brochures, books and newspapers to be distributed cheaply and widely throughout the North and helping Frederick Douglass and other abolitionist speakers spread their message to northern towns large and small. Indeed, it could be argued that the rapid expansion of communication technologies in the decades leading up to the war, which made it easier for reformers to get their arguments out, gave abolitionists a far greater role in the sectional conflict than their numbers would suggest.
Once the war started, communications technologies ensured that Americans would have much better access to war reports and images than in any previous war. Hundreds of newspaper reporters traveled with armies from Virginia to Mississippi, bringing news to soldiers' families back home faster than ever before. Although often wildly inaccurate—newspapers ran stories without checking facts or independently confirming accounts—they pulled civilians into the war. Newspapers were filled with stories and maps and casualty lists; people who had been children during the Civil War recalled years later that they had eagerly followed the progress of "their" armies—in which fathers or older brothers often marched—through their local papers.
Magazines such as Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper and Harper's Weekly went a step further: They sent dozens of intrepid professional artists and illustrators into the field—Alfred Waud and Winslow Homer were only the most famous—and employed the fairly new technology of "electrotyping," which used a combination of chemicals and electric current to make more detailed and easily reproduced prints. As a result, these "illustrated weeklies" could show realistic images of the war in as little time as a few days. Readers could see lines of battle or columns of retreating men, dead and wounded soldiers, freed slaves and war heroes.
Like other weeklies of the time, the Scientific American covered the Civil War extensively, with a lengthy section of each issue devoted to reports of the latest skirmishes and assessments of the situation—including naval activities along the coast. In addition to these field reports, the magazine also published hundreds of articles about the new technologies that were being deployed during the war or tested for possible use. Almost every issue that appeared during the war years contained multiple articles on the newest developments in the construction of warships and weaponry. A sampling of those articles, which focused on the technology of the war rather than its chronology, appears in this Scientific American Classics compilation.
If the development of mass communication technologies during this period made the war seem more real to civilians, a very different stream of technological innovation reflected the grim actualities of war during the years afterward. The thousands of men maimed by the improved arsenals of both armies inspired entrepreneurs to design new and improved prosthetic limbs. The Patent Office granted 133 patents for artificial limbs and other prosthetic devices between 1861 and 1873; at the same time, the federal government and many states also established programs that distributed artificial arms and legs to veterans free of charge.
The empty sleeve and the crutch became the most obvious symbols of patriotism and sacrifice in the years following the war. Perhaps 60,000 men survived the war as amputees, and inventors and investors sought to make the prosthetics industry more profitable by turning out more realistic-looking artificial arms and legs. They used natural woods, dyes and leather covering to make artificial limbs appear more natural, but also tried to make them more functional by inventing new types of joints, ball bearings, springs and rubber bands to substitute for ligaments and tendons, and other mechanical innovations to try to create a natural gait and to allow men to conceal their disability if they so desired. A promotional book by one manufacturer of prosthetic limbs attributed the growing markets for entrepreneurs and inventors to the bloody, increasingly industrialized wars of the 1850s, 1860s and 1870s—when the British, French and Russians fought in the Crimea; the United States and Confederacy fought in America; and Prussia crushed France.
In words that no doubt represented the attitudes of most of the inventors of the technologies described in the following pages, one inventor of prosthetic limbs bluntly stated "the bent of human ambition is for the acquisition of money instead of a few plaudits from the world." The Civil War provided a huge market for the application of new technologies to the myriad facets of warfare, from the political to the medical. Most of the inventions and ideas reported by the Scientific American during this crisis probably failed to earn fortunes for anyone. But they were nevertheless part of the grim yet creative application of technology to the challenges and opportunities created by the Civil War.


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(CNN) -- Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick named Paul G. Kirk as the interim U.S. senator from Massachusetts on Thursday.
Paul Kirk will fill the Senate seat left empty by the death of the late Sen. Ted Kennedy.
Kirk will fill the U.S. Senate seat left empty by the death of former Sen. Edward M. Kennedy. Patrick said Kirk will begin serving immediately.
"[Kirk] shares the sense of service that so distinguished Sen. Ted Kennedy," Patrick said.
Kirk will not seek the open seat in January's special election, Patrick said, "but for the next few months, he will carry on the work and the focus of Sen. Kennedy, mindful of his mission and his values and his love of Massachusetts."
Primaries to fill the seat for the remaining three years of Kennedy's six-year term are set for December 8, while the general election will take place on January 19.
Kirk said the appointment to the Senate seat is a "profound honor" that he accepts with "sincere humility."
"During our years together, I was personally privileged to have had Sen. Kennedy's friendship, his trust and his confidence," Kirk said. "He often said that representing the people of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the Senate of the United States was the highest honor that he could possibly imagine. And it's certainly nothing I imagined, but it will be my highest honor as well."
Kirk said he expected to be sworn in on Friday.
The appointment gives Democrats a crucial 60th vote in the Senate as the chamber weighs President Obama's health care proposal.
Patrick said Kirk was chosen among 6 finalists for the post.
Kirk was a longtime senior aide to Kennedy and served as chairman of the national Democratic Party in the late 1980s.
Two Kennedy family associates told CNN on Wednesday that Kirk was the family's favorite to fill his vacant Senate seat. One source said Kennedy's widow, Vicki Kennedy, was among the family members supporting a Kirk appointment.
In a statement released Thursday, Obama called Kirk a "distinguished leader, whose long collaboration with Senator Kennedy makes him an excellent, interim choice to carry on his work until the voters make their choice in January."
The family of Kennedy said Patrick "could not have selected a more outstanding person to serve as Massachusetts's interim senator than Paul Kirk."
"Senator Kennedy always said that serving the people of Massachusetts in the United States Senate was the greatest honor of his life. He would be so pleased that Paul Kirk will also now have that honor," the family said in a statement.
But Rob Jesmer, executive director of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, said the appointment "has nothing to do with principle, and everything to do with politics."
He accused Democrats of naming an interim senator in order to get another vote for the health care legislation.
Massachusetts lawmakers voted Wednesday to approve a measure giving Patrick, a Democrat, the power to appoint an interim replacement for Kennedy until a new election can be held.
Republican State Sen. Scott Brown has announced that he will run for the seat on the Republican side, while state Attorney General Martha Coakley, Celtics co-owner Stephen Pagliuca and Rep. Mike Capuano are battling for the Democratic nomination.
CNN's John King, Gloria Borger and Rebecca Sinderbrand contributed to this report.
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NEW YORK — By the end of Tuesday night, Orioles manager Buck Showalter had reached the 1,000-win milestone, left-hander Brian Matusz had sidestepped club infamy and designated hitter Nick Johnson had finally exhaled in a 7-1 victory over the New York Yankees.
It was literally a time for popping the champagne corks and offering a toast -- which was done in the visitors' clubhouse after the game as a tribute to Showalter, who became the 58th big league manager to win 1,000 games in his career. He earned it in the same town where he got his first -- on April 7, 1992, when he debuted as Yankees manager.
"It's kind of embarrassing, quite frankly. I don't make any bones about it. I love baseball players, and it's been an honor to manage this long, with so many good people -- general managers and owners and people who give you an opportunity," said Showalter, 55, who has managed four teams in 14 big league seasons. "I'm looking forward to tomorrow and the focus being off it a little, but I'm very appreciative of the players. They made me feel very young tonight, even though I'm an old goat."
When the game ended, the players all gathered at home plate on the urging of first base coach Wayne Kirby and waited for Showalter to reluctantly arrive. He was encircled by his players, received some hugs and some head rubs, as if he had just hit a walk-off homer.
"Buck wanted no part of it. He didn't want all of the attention; he was like, 'Let's go, let's go,'" shortstop J.J. Hardy said. "We finally got him in the middle of the circle, and it was a pretty cool moment. We also got him in the clubhouse here with a little champagne toast, and also a fun moment."
The other celebrations Tuesday were more about relief than milestones.
Matusz, the club's beleaguered 25-year-old left-hander, had lost 12 straight decisions -- the longest active skid in the majors -- before picking up Tuesday's win with 61/3 strong innings. It was his first since June 6, 2011. One more defeat and Matusz would have tied Mike Boddicker (from September 1987 to May 1988) for most consecutive losses in club history.
"It's nice to be able to get that win and kind of get out of that losing drought," said Matusz (1-3). "And put that in the past and move forward and not hear about that."
Johnson, the 33-year-old veteran and .286 career hitter before the season, entered Tuesday on an 0-26 skid to begin his Orioles career, worst for any position player in club history. He extended his record to 0-for-29 before hitting a double into the right-field corner in the eighth against Rafael Soriano.
"It's been tough. But you've got to keep working, try to get good pitches to hit," Johnson said. "You go through things like that, sort of think too much. It kind of gets in your head and you think too much at the plate instead of going up there getting a pitch and do what you do."
The Orioles (15-9) also broke their own mini skid, with their first win against the Yankees (13-10) in five tries this year. It allowed them to hold on to second place in the American League East, one game behind the Tampa Bay Rays.
"It's tough winning here in New York. They have great fans, and obviously, New York is a great team," Matusz said, adding that the victory gave the Orioles "a little bit of momentum going into tomorrow."
Matusz ended his personal nightmare in impressive fashion. He allowed just one run -- a solo homer in the first inning by Curtis Granderson that came close to landing in the third deck -- on six hits in 6 1/3 innings. It was Matusz's longest start and first road win since throwing seven innings against at Tampa Bay on Sept. 27, 2010.
"I'm feeling like I'm getting better and better, being able to make those pitches and get out of an inning and not letting things escalate," Matusz said. "It feels good to be able to go out there and attack the zone with confidence, to be able to come away with it."
He struck out four batters and walked just one, which didn't come until the second-to-last Yankee he faced in the seventh. Sidearmer Darren O'Day made sure the runner he inherited from Matusz didn't score by getting Alex Rodriguez to pop up to catcher Matt Wieters with the bases loaded in the seventh. The announced crowd of 37,790 booed Rodriguez and the Yankees as the inning ended.
"I am so proud of him. He pitched really well," Showalter said of Matusz. "A lot of guys would have pulled the dirt in around him after the home run from Granderson. Boy, he pitched well."
Johnson also lauded the young left-hander. Johnson felt like he cost Matusz a win in his last start Thursday against the Toronto Blue Jays when he made a key error.
"He's been pitching well, and he should have had that win last time and I [messed] up that ball. And he is throwing so well, you never want to make errors," Johnson said. "So this is awesome for him, and I'm extremely happy for Buck. Not a lot of people have [gotten 1,000 wins], so I couldn't be happier for him."
Johnson nearly broke his slump in the Orioles' three-run sixth when he hit a sinking liner to left that Eduardo Nunez rushed toward, then misplayed. Nunez was charged with an error -- and Johnson a hitless at-bat -- but two runs did score on the play to give the club more breathing room. Before his double, Johnson had been just seven hitless at-bats away from tying pitcher Wes Stock, who was 0-for-36 in an Orioles career that spanned from 1959 to 1964.
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It was Johnson's first hit since May 5, 2010 -- which also came at Yankee Stadium, but was against Orioles reliever Alfredo Simon while Johnson was in pinstripes.
"I think our team was as happy about that as anything that happened tonight because he's so well respected in our clubhouse, the professional that he is, and the great spring he had," Showalter said of Johnson. "Who knows, he may not make an out for a while. And he takes it well, but you know there have been some sleepless nights for him."
The Orioles' big night was aided by early homers from Chris Davis (a solo shot, his fifth, in the second) and Hardy (a two-run homer, his fourth, in the third) against Phil Hughes (1-4).
But, in the end, the evening belonged to Showalter, who admitted he was a little emotional after trying to deflect the attention and attempting to focus on Wednesday night's rubber match in the Bronx.
"I'm an old fuddy-duddy. There's not a day that goes by that something about this game doesn't tug at my emotions," Showalter said. "You can't play this game without emotion. It just lends to not wearing it on your sleeve, unfortunately. But I certainly have my moments. I'll move on."


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A test that determines the grade level of writing found Michelle Obama broke a record by delivering a speech written at the 12th-grade level. Ann Romney broke a record too, with a 5th-grade level speech — the lowest in the history of convention speeches by wives of presidential nominees.
The grade level is based on sentence length and the number of polysyllabic words used. Longer sentences with longer words mean a higher grade level. For example, on women's issues, Mrs. Obama said, "He believes that women are more than capable of making our own choices about our bodies and our health care…that's what my husband stands for."
Mrs. Romney addressed women by saying, "I love you women…You are the best of America. You are the hope of America. There would not be an America without you. Tonight, we salute you and sing your praises."To be fair, Ann Romney's original draft was written at a much higher level than the speech she wound up delivering. I found a copy of her draft edited by Romney's campaign managers. Here's an excerpt.
"While there are many important issues we'll hear discussed…tonight I want to talk to you from my heart about our hearts. I want you to turn off your brains, especially if you're a woman, and really concentrate on your hearts. That's what I try to do. That's the only way I'm able stand up here tonight and encourage you to vote for my husband…
"If you listen carefully, you'll hear the women sighing a little bit more than the men. It's the moms who always have to work a little harder, to make everything right…You know it's true, don't you? You're the ones who always have to do a little more. You know what it's like to work a little harder during the day to earn the respect you deserve at work and then come home to help with that book report which just has to be done…I'm not sure if men really understand this, I know for sure Mitt doesn't, because he doesn't understand most things related to women, but I don't think there's a woman in America who really expects her life to be easy. In our own ways, we all know better!
"I learned a long time ago not to expect equality and hopefully you have too. Suck it up because my husband doesn't have any interest in addressing sexism. He waffles on equal pay for men and women, would allow insurance companies to charge women more than men, and has vowed to shut down Planned Parenthood. So, ladies, don't expect any breast exams, pap smears, contraceptives, or UTI treatments.
"It has been 47 years since that tall, kind of charming young man brought me home from our first dance. Not every day since has been easy. He lacks human warmth and is emotionally unavailable. And sometimes the elevator for our cars takes an inordinate amount of time. But he still unintentionally makes me laugh because he puts his foot in his mouth consistently and is extremely awkward. I said tonight I wanted to talk to you about love. Look into your hearts and try to ignore what your brain is telling you…
"You can trust Mitt. He may not trust you, if you're a woman, to make decisions about your own body. He wants to overturn Roe v. Wade and is inconsistent about exceptions for rape and incest. He chose a running mate who believes in no exceptions whatsoever and distinguishes between forcible rape and good old-fashioned American rape. But trust Mitt. I have lady parts and I trust him, so if you have lady parts, you should trust him too.
"He loves America. He thinks it's the right height.
"He will take us, the wives of men in the top 1 percent, to a better place, just as he took me home safely from that dance."


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They didn't want it to end this way, but it will.
After 10 years, five albums and roughly 1,500 shows, the Bridge — one of Baltimore's most successful bands — will take the stage one last time on Thanksgiving Eve. Without any opening acts, the final show will simply be 41/2 hours of the band's trademark mix of folk, rock, blues and improvisation.
Though never mentioned alongside high-profile Baltimore acts such as Dan Deacon and Wye Oak, the Bridge has accomplished what many bands from the area haven't: an annual set at the All Good Festival, a slot at Bonnaroo, international gigs, an album produced by Los Lobos' Steve Berlin (this year's "National Bohemian") and one of the more devoted fan bases the city has seen.
It wasn't enough.
On May 26, the band posted on its website "A Farewell from the Bridge," explaining that "at the end of the day, the economy won, and we are forced to close up shop." There were no fights or creative differences. In an era where nearly every aspect of the music industry struggles to be profitable, the Bridge simply couldn't sustain itself.
The band's relationship with Baltimore is complicated. While the Bridge cultivated a die-hard, grass-roots fan base that regularly packed Federal Hill's 8x10 every week in the summer, the band never gained acceptance from what it calls "the hipster media" or its more famous peers.
"They're the biggest band from the area since Jimmie's Chicken Shack," says the 8x10's co-owner Brian Shupe. "They were too big to be ignored. [The press] couldn't accept them, so instead they had to be snarky to them."
It wasn't just at home. While national media outlets such as Rolling Stone fell in love with Baltimore's idiosyncratic scene — the quirky Deacon and Wham City, the D.I.Y. art-punk movement led by Double Dagger and Ponytail and Pitchfork-darlings such as Beach House and Animal Collective — the Bridge was the ignored "jam band," a label that in some circles is the kiss of death.
Kenny Liner, who plays mandolin and beat-boxes, takes pride in the fact that his band became so popular that the cool kids had to eventually acknowledge them.
"I saw Double Dagger at Ottobar [recently], and they made fun of our band from the stage," Liner says. "I was thrilled we were big enough to be that joke. I was in the front row. I'm a huge fan of them."
Cris Jacobs, the band's singer and guitarist, says the "jam band" branding always perplexed him.
"I'm not really clear what the definition of that is," he says. "It's a wide palette you're dealing with. People think you sound like Phish and Disco Biscuits. We consider ourselves a band that took pride in the live shows and the musicianship."
But pride can't pay bills, a fact that Jacobs realized he could no longer ignore. Armed with an album they considered their best work and a new publicist to spread the word, the band hit the road in support of "National Bohemian" earlier this year. It was an opportunity to make new fans, play bigger clubs and to make some money. Then came reality: they were playing the same clubs to the same number of people.
At an Atlanta breakfast spot after a "ho-hum kinda show" with a "ho-hum kinda crowd," Jacobs knew it was time to be honest. He asked himself and his bandmates, "What are we doing?"
"We're still best friends, brothers," Jacobs says. "It's the reality of it. We're not 23 anymore; we're 33. Being on the road, not making money, being away from our families — it's taxing after a while."
It didn't always feel like a grind. There were times the band felt on top of the world, like three summers ago, when the Bridge played Switzerland's annual Blue Balls Festival. The band stayed in a penthouse that overlooked the city, had VIP access to the festival and played an "amazing" set in front of 2,000 people.
"There were definitely some times where we stopped and looked at each other and said, 'If it all ended tomorrow, [this was] awesome,'" Jacobs says.
For a band that's toured the world, its members get most passionate talking about their hometown.
"Every single place we'd go, I viewed it as being an ambassador to Baltimore," Liner says. "When we were in Europe, we always brought Baltimore with us. Even in Pittsburgh, I wore my Ravens gear."
Shupe, who experienced "world-class improvisational music" while on the road as a photographer with the Allman Brothers Band and the Grateful Dead, says it was the musicianship that set the Bridge apart.
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"They were willing to look down every hallway, open every door until they hit the right groove or note or rhythm in order to get the music to the next level," Shupe says. "They've been lucky to have a forgiving audience that lets them find the space they need. It's a delicate situation between band and audience."
That relationship will come to a celebratory head Wednesday, when the Bridge performs in front of the sold-out Rams Head Live audience. Jacobs and Liner are tight-lipped about the show's details, divulging only that the sets will follow a loose, chronological order and the advertised special guests are former members of the band.
When the Bridge — which also includes Dave Markowitz (bass, vocals), Patrick Rainey (saxophone), Mike Gambone (drums) and Mark Brown (keyboards) — packs up Wednesday, its members will be moving on, literally and figuratively. Liner is moving out of town at the end of the month, in need of a change. Jacobs and Gambone will get in the studio as part of the Cris Jacobs Band. The other members, Jacobs says, are taking time to "figure out their own deal," but everyone will be playing music in some capacity.
As the pressure has mounted — an early sell-out, friends begging for passes, the reality that the end is really here — it's natural to wonder if the band is nervous about Thanksgiving Eve. But this is Baltimore, the city the band "loves more than anything," so Jacobs says there's no need to worry.
"Our fans, especially in Baltimore, have been the support that kept [the band] going for so long," he says. "Once we hit the stage, I know we'll be fine. We'll be so happy to do it one last time."


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As a Tax Senior Manager within the Tax-Exempt practice, you will spend your time serving non-profit clients including health care providers, higher education institutions, private foundations, health plans, and other tax-exempt organizations. Your time will be focused on providing tax compliance and consulting services including restructuring, acquisition planning, tax controversy, exemption applications, unrelated business tax consulting and more. You will work directly with sophisticated clients, manage the tax engagement team, have access to an elite group of specialists when needed, and be connected to a strong support system from firm leadership to ensure you are set up for success in your role and career. As part of the Tax-Exempt practice, you will interact with and work with like-minded Tax-Exempt specialists from across the country on a regular basis.
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+ 8+ years' experience in federal taxation with a strong emphasis on tax-exempt organizations, such as: 501©(3)s and 501©(4)s including a combination within health care providers, health plans, higher education institutions, private foundations and other tax-exempt organizations
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Arrow Joins SAP® PartnerEdge® Program for Authorized Resellers as a Distributor; Solutions Available in US
ENGLEWOOD, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Arrow Electronics Inc. (NYS: ARW) today announced its new agreement with SAP America. Arrow is adding SAP products and solutions to its portfolio and is becoming one of the first distributors in the United States to join the SAP® PartnerEdge™ program for authorized resellers.
"Arrow is pleased to support SAP's channel both today and in the future as excitement about new technologies from SAP evolves," said Sean Kerins, president, North America, for the enterprise computing solutions segment of Arrow. "SAP is a highly strategic fit for the Arrow portfolio, given its solutions fall squarely within our key focus areas for the ECS business in North America, those being data-center convergence, mobility and business analytics."
Technology now available through Arrow's ECS segment include the SAP® BusinessObjects™ business intelligence solutions, as well as the SAP® Sybase® Adaptive Server Enterprise, the SAP® Sybase® IQ server, a relational database-management systems, the mobile device management solutions SAP® Afaria®, as well as mobile solutions from SAP.
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About Arrow Electronics
Arrow Electronics (www.arrow.com) is a global provider of products, services and solutions to industrial and commercial users of electronic components and enterprise computing solutions. Arrow serves as a supply channel partner for more than 120,000 original equipment manufacturers, contract manufacturers and commercial customers through a global network of more than 390 locations in 53 countries.
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On the heels of the series first trailer and the soon-to-follow Ryu trailer, "Street Fighter: Assassin's Fist" has debuted a new character-centric video focused on Ken. Check it out in the player below and catch the series on Machinima this May!
The live-action series, which is distributed by Content Media, is the brainchild of Ansah, a member of the creative team behind the hit fan film "Street Fighter: Legacy," which has received almost 5,000,000 views to date. Ansah, who also stars in the series (Akuma), wrote the script with Christian Howard, who reprises his role as Ken Masters from the original fan film. The series also stars Mike Moh as Ryu, Togo Igawa as Gōtetsu, Akira Koieyama as Gōken, Gaku Space as Gōki, Mark Killeen as Mr. Masters, and Hal Yamanouchi as Senzo. Through the coming of age story of Ken & Ryu, we are shown the back story of some of the game's most iconic characters, and over the course of the series we will see how the past, present, and future of all of those characters are intertwined, as the battle to become Ansatsuken Master threatens to tear apart another generation of brothers.
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Rival: Booker gay comments 'weird'
Republican Steve Lonegan, who is running against Cory Booker for Senate in New Jersey, on Tuesday called his rival's comments about speculation on his sexuality "weird" and said the Newark mayor was "acting ambiguous."
Booker recently addressed rumors about his sexuality, telling The Washington Post, "People who think I'm gay, some part of me thinks it's wonderful. Because I want to challenge people on their homophobia."
"I love seeing on Twitter when someone says I'm gay, and I say, 'So what does it matter if I am? So be it. I hope you are not voting for me because you are making the presumption that I'm straight,'" Booker said.
In response, Lonegan, former mayor of Bogota, N.J., told Newsmax's Steve Malzberg, "Maybe that helps to get him the gay vote, by acting ambiguous."
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"It's kind of weird," Lonegan added. "As a guy, I personally like being a guy."
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Mot du Jour: Raspberry
Mimi Berlin's word of the day/le mot du jour is: Raspberry. The late Carol Channing shows us when and how you can use this word in a very chique way. Prosito!
From the movie Thoroughly Modern Millie (Universal Pictures, March1967)
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