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Did you know that there's a not unsubstantial corner of YouTube devoted to pornographic videos that aren't pornographic? And did you know that thousands of people click these painfully unsexy clips daily?
Welcome to The YouTube Fake Porno Nexus, a weird pocket of YouTube where the most stultifying videos rack up millions of hits, thanks to the clicks of the bored and the horny. Is this the future of online content?
Last May, YouTube reported that 48 hours of new video are uploaded every minute. And unless you want to upload pornography, graphic violence, hate speech, or copyrighted material, you can generally get away with whatever total nonsense you wish to foist upon strangers.
To get a sense of how much unwatchable pap exists on YouTube, give the Dadabot video aggregator, which creates a randomized playlist of YT's least watched videos, a whirl. Never before did I appreciate just how much blurry footage of Bangladeshi cricket matches roams the digital ether.
Anyway, YouTube's ban on naturism inspires some bizarre behavior amongst its users. Every now and again, the "Related Videos" sidebar (which normally fails to live up to its name) will display a video boasting A.) a titillating thumbnail; and B.) several million views.
Clicking on this thumbnail inevitably leads to 1.) an excruciatingly unsexy video; and 2.) yet another sidebar jammed with highly viewed, misleading recommendations. And yes, most of these recommendations lead to even more ersatz erotica.
I have no idea how deep this netherworld of simulacrum smut goes — one would likely die of disappointment trying to plumb its depths — but I do know it abuts infinity.
Yes, dear readers, The YouTube Fake Porno Nexus is out there, and its tendrils ensnare more Related Videos sidebars every day.
For example, take a look at the sidebar above. Notice the video titled "Tit Ange" with over one million hits. Well, that thumbnail leads to a montage of a nice Francophone couple's baby photos ("tit ange" = "petit ange" = "little angel" in English). The nudity-promising sidebar thumbnails adjacent to "Tit Ange" lead to such saucy clips as a PG-rated Cameroonian music video. (Top Comment with 45 Likes: "thumbs up if u just wiewed it becouse u thougt u were going to see tits")
And this phenomenon isn't isolated to "Tit Ange." Thousands of randy web browsers accidentally stumble into The YouTube Fake Porno Nexus daily, experiencing blue balls on a global scale.
As I type this, Nirvana's music video for "Lithium" has 12,843,412 views. Compare this with the 14,565,134 views for the trailer for the $10-budget indie film Search for Son (NSFW), which somehow snuck bare breasts into its thumbnail. The Top Comments for Search for Son:
"do not waste time ....go to 1:06," 77 Likes.
"It seems more enjoyable to see boobs on you tube than to simply type porn into google," 38 Likes.
This latter comment sums it all up. Despite the fact that the internet is essentially a shadow dimension weaved out of gossamer receipts of lost pizza boys and cable repairmen, YouTubers still act like confused adolescents thumbing through the Caldors lingerie catalog. They desperately hope that the half-frowning brassiere model on Page 7 will disrobe entirely on Page 8. (Spoiler Alert: There is a sale on Kenmore dutch ovens on Page 8.)
How did I discover The YouTube Fake Porno Nexus? Touché. Last Sunday evening, I needed a YouTube clip to accompany a post about the orang minyak, Malaysia's oil-covered sex monster. (I eventually settled on a clip from the Shaw Brothers' sleaze classic Oily Maniac, but that's neither here nor there.)
I started by searching for "orang minyak Malaysia," which led me to this video, "orang minyak or thief with underwear."
And in the sidebar for that video (above), I noticed something called "Aksi Terlampau Sharifah Sofia Di Sofa," a 21-second video with 170,855 views and an attractive woman in the thumbnail.
Curious how this video deserved ~8,135 views per second, I clicked on it, only to discover an out-of-focus, fully clothed montage of Ms. Thumbnail (also a video review by mrcooljaybee85, "bull shit this video"). In that sidebar, I saw the asleep-at-the-wheel thumbnail for the aforementioned Search for Son (at left). My journey down the rabbit hole had begun.
Search for Son led to the Brazilian short film 台北電影節【惡女部落格】中文字幕預告 Camila Jam trailer (3,186,882 views; Top Comment: "never let your dick choose for ya´") to this non-topless Jennifer Aniston video (18,842,389; "We all know why we clicked on this video, right?") to "Lake" (2,205,109; "i should stop letting my dick choose the videos") to this horrifying medical dummy (28,462,473; "those are some strange cpr dummies"). And so on.
The internet is full of smut, so what makes The YouTube Fake Porno Nexus special? When I was 12 years old, some friends and I discovered a porno mag treasure trove hidden in a tree behind the neighborhood pool club. Horrified by our own sexuality, we lit the crusty magazines on fire.
In retrospect, this was a shitty thing to do, as these XXX periodicals were likely some poor homeless guy's collection of fine topaz and lapis lazuli. But what I'm saying is The YouTube Fake Porno Nexus is my childhood Porno Oak for the entire internet (if the tree was full of an adult bookstore's heating bills, that is).
We've reached a point where thousands of bored people stumble upon what is essentially an invisible, giant shoebox full of stained Redbooks and the carefully folded UK album art for Electric Ladyland. It's a communal experience, but atomized across continents. Furthermore, I've only explored a fraction of The YouTube Fake Porno Nexus that has organically coalesced to cater to heterosexual males. There are literal miles of misleading thumbnails out there to be unfulfilled by! Some of you must need dissertation topics!
It's as if we're all in the same prehistoric cave, hiding behind thousands of stalagmites and ogling Oog's auroch-blood drawing of two woolly mammoths rutting. But the cave is dark, and we are drunk on fermented bananas. In reality, Oog actually scrawled two sabertooth tigers doing their taxes. Also, taxes haven't been invented yet. That's where civilization is, and that's fucking insane.
PS: By labeling this article NSFW and only offering a one-nippled screenshot of Search for Son and Tim McGraw barely unbuttoned, io9 has become a de facto outpost of The YouTube Fake Porno Nexus.
PS, Part II: Top image from the worst virtual reality sex scene in history.


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|Tina Jeffrey
The recurring theme throughout the event was that HTML5 is mainstream. Even though HTML5 still requires some ripening as a technology, it is definitely the burgeoning choice for app developers who wish to get their apps onto as many platforms as possible, quickly and cost effectively. And when a developer is confronted with a situation where HTML5 falls short (perhaps a feature that isn't yet available), then hybrid is always an option. At the end of the day, user experience is king, and developers need to design and ship apps that offer a great experience and keep users engaged, regardless of the technology used.
My colleague Rich Balsewich, senior enterprise developer at BlackBerry, hit a homerun with his presentation on the multiple paths to building apps. He walked us through developing an HTML5 app from end to end, and covered future features and platforms, including the automobile. A special shout-out to Rich for plugging my session "The Power of HTML5 in the Automobile" held later that afternoon.
My talk provided app developers with some insight into creating apps for the car, and discussed the success factors that will enable automakers to leverage mobile development — key to achieving a rich, personalized, connected user experience. Let me summarize with the salient points:
|What's needed
|What we're doing about it
|The automotive community wants apps, and HTML5 provides a common app platform for infotainment systems.
|We've implemented an HTML5 application framework in the QNX CAR Platform for Infotainment.
|Automotive companies must leverage the broad mobile developer ecosystem to bring differentiated automotive apps and services to the car.
|We're helping by getting the word out and by building a cloud-based app repository that will enable qualified app partners to get their apps in front of automotive companies. We plan to roll out this repository with the release of the QNX CAR Platform 2.1 in the fall.
|The developer community needs standardized automotive APIs.
|We're co-chairing the W3C Automotive and Web Platform Business Group, which has a mandate to create a draft specification of a vehicle data API. We're also designing the QNX CAR Platform APIs to be Apache Cordova-compliant.
|Automotive platform vendors must supply tools that enable app developers to build and test their apps.
|We plan to release the QNX CAR Platform 2.1 with open, accessible tooling to make it easy for developers to test their apps in a software-only environment.

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My husband always hand writes me a love letter for V-day. This heartfelt gift means more to me than just about anything else. He usually accompanies it with a single red rose from the grocery store. The most inexpensive gifts are often the most valuable.
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I'll admit that I'm not as crazy for V-Day as I once was. The romance is still there, but my husband and I quit getting extravagant with our gifts once more of our money started going toward diapers. Still, it's the little things that can touch your heart, so why not start small with a personalized gift that won't break the bank? Here are our favorite tips:
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Fortunately (for me) I have a completely frugal husband, who goes to the grocery store daily (after work) and finds mega deals. So, on Valentine's Day, if he finds a beef tenderloin, or even a lobster (to which at the end of that day, they are often 1/2 price) he will pick up a wonderful surprise and make an elegant surf and turf candlelit dinner.
I am grateful that knows the deals and it helps to have a good repoir with the store workers. When we go there together, you'd think he worked there!
handmade cards with personal sentiments are my favorite way to save. SO much more personal and keepsake-worthy
My traditional Valentine's Day gift for my husband is fortunately homemade. I make him a cherry tart (from frozen cherries, none in season so early; avoid the canned filling: awful) with a shortbread crust and put a cut-out shortbread heart in the middle of it. He loves it every year. And it's not too expensive or time consuming to make.
Please count me in for the drawing!
I try to come up with something different every year. This year, weather permitting, I will be building a large bon fire for my sweetie and I to roast marshmallows together and I'll give her a hand written letter I've composed for her.
Starting this year, my husband and I are trying something new. Instead of going out to an overpriced restaraunt along with everyone else in the world, or buying flowers that will be dead in a day or two, or chocolate which I will end up wearing on my hips, we are getting together with some other couples and are having a soup and sandwich valentine's party. Each couple has signed up to bring something and we're going to play games. It's a Valentine date, but it's not going to cost us an arm and a leg.
For our first anniversary my husband and I went out to a nice restaurant where we had creme brulee for dessert and it instantly became my new favorite. A few years later, he had gone back to school and money was tight. For Valentine's Day he surprised me by learning to make creme brulee himself and serving it for dessert. (He also made dinner.) I couldn't have been happier even if he had taken me out for an expensive dinner. And his creme brulee is much better than the restaurant versions.
My wife and I are going out on a different day and having a "babysitting swap" with another couple to save money.
We avoid all the horrific, crowded, overpriced Valentine's day "specials" at "romantic" restaurants and cook at home. We buy expensive ingredients we don't normally allow ourselves and cook and clean together. But sometimes the cleaning doesn't happen until much later...
Ridiculously elaborate homemade cards are my favorite (then again, I'm 19 and my parents still have tons of paper doilies, glitter, and the like at home for free).
if you're single just stay in. that's the most frugal tip i can give. don't be desperate for a date, it is just one day of the year full of exaggerations and unnecessary splurging.
I love these give aways :)
I also love at-home romantic dinners. Deck out the house with candles, dance in your living room; no need for reservations or overpriced wine.
Handmade cards are always the best. They're much more meaningful than a Hallmark card. They're from the heart. They're more personal. And best of all, they're ridiculously cheap in comparison to Hallmark.
I've taken to writing love notes as an alternative to spending money. I find that spending some time in a heart-felt note, expressing reasons and examples of my devotion, is much more meaningful than flowers or even (gasp!) chocolate as a v-day gift.
V-day isn't only for couples but for children of all ages.during this time of hardships its nice to let our loved ones know just how special they are. Write little notes and stick them in their backpacks.also leave them little riddles they have to figure out before they get home from school and then have their favorite snack made for them. It not only makes them feel special but it makes you happy as well.
We have 2 young children and we'll be making heart shaped cookies for special people on Valentine's day.
Homemade gifts are always the best. I do a lot of different crafts, so a valentine's gift might be a scarf or a hat (after all, it's winter!), a handmade plushy, a beaded necklace or bracelet (for my mom, not my bf!), a handmade card or mini scrapbook. I also love to bake and make candy, so Valentie's Day is my second big baking holiday after Christmas! I make cookies and use red and pink sprinkles on sugar cookies, and pink and red m&ms for chocolate chips!
Love notes every day starting the first of February, and home made, heart shaped chocolate chip cookies on the holiday itself.
I don't know if this really counts as a V-Day tip, but it has saved us money.... My husband and I decided when we first got married that it was more important to us to celebrate our anniversary than Valentine's Day. It seemed silly for us to have two romantic holidays a year, so we chose to celebrate the one that was more meaningful for us. An added benefit is that flowers are affordable and it's much easier to find dinner reservations if you aren't celebrating at the same time as everyone else!
I am planning to make some valentine's day coupons for my hubby...everything from making his favorite peach pie to chores, and more romantic stuff. :)
We always attend a free wine tasting so that we are able to enjoy different wines and not spend a dime. If that tasting also has nibblers, then that's an added bonus.
I have to say that the best V-day I ever had was when we stayed home in our bathrobes, watched a movie and ordered pizza. High romance, low cost!!
Ooooh, Ipod ... daydreaming. We have definitely gone frugal with Valentines gifts. We usually keep it very casual. My husband loves beer and I seldom buy it (he does buy it himself), so I treat him to a 6-pack of something local. He usually gets me something small and chocolate, and we're both happy!
one year i made an elaborate dinner of all supposed aphrodisiacs, including dessert of handmade chocolates topped by edible flowers. just looking up the aphrodisiacs and deciding what to make was fun all by itself ... there are some crazy ones!
My husband and I are newlyweds, and this is our first valentine's day as married folks. My tip for this year is to talk about our goals - dream and let ourselves think about all the ways NOT spending money on a big NYC dinner will allow us to fund our future (even a little bit). You don't need money to dream.
The best things in life are free. Write a poem. Take a moonlit walk together. Watch an old movie on DVD. Or better yet, do all three.
My husband and I celebrate V-day a week or so later - that way, the restaurants are all not booked, places are not crowded and we get to have our own special day. We used to go out to eat, but with a baby now, it gets harder. So we cook dinner together and watch a movie at home snuggled in the couch (with or without a wine) and talk about our dating days and pre-marriage/pre-baby fun days.
I like to make heart-shaped pancakes. If you don't have pancake molds, you can use a cookie cutter to "carve" hearts out of regular pancakes (and eat the evidence). This is a great brunch.
My birthday is a week after V-Day, so we usually skip Feb 14 and celebrate both on Feb 21.
My other cheap tip: buy V-day chocolates on sale the next day. :-)
My husband is a great amateur photographer, and this year for Valentine's Day, I'm giving him a private photo shoot. I'll set up a background and good lighting, assemble some fun props (a feather boa, for instance) and let him take some silly but sexy boudoir pictures of me. It's nothing kinky -- I promise -- but something fun we did when we first got together that I know he'll love trying out again. No one else will ever see the photos, of course. But instead of a trinket to put in a drawer or flowers that will wilt, we create a great experience together, a bonding moment both of us will remember for a long time. Cost: $0.
There is no substitute for something made by your own hands. Dinner, Woodworking, Massages, chores etc. My wife will take any of the above!
Since we both enjoy cooking together, we splurge on some good-quality seafood or meat and cook a really nice meal for ourselves, and then enjoy dinner together. We've been considering dry-aged steaks... total dinner cost would be $30 for two of us, at most.
How about a coupon to your spouse for your spouse to enjoy a day off. Essentially you would agree to tend to the children and to the chores on a day of your spouses choosing so that your spouse could do whether she/he wishes.
I'm going to make my boyfriend a homemade valentine, red construction paper, lace, magic markers and all! :)
We like to create a romantic setting, candles, fine china, etc. And then have a very filling helping of a local fast food joint. This year we are leaning towards Jimmy John's or Arbys.
We've tried doing the nice restaurant thing, but with how busy they are we're better off at home.
Great post and comments - I think that men don't realize how very important this day is to women (and even women don't like to think it is) But, a man can really damage a relationship by ignoring that day or letting it slide by a bit.
The easiest and cheapest thing to do on V-day is buy a carton of strawberries, melt some chocolate, and dunk away. Feed each other and let the fun begin! ;)
Write a love poem for your spouse with dry erase marker on bathroom mirror. That's sure to put a smile on his/her face! If you don't want to come up with your own, try Pablo Neruda's 100 Love Sonnets.
my dad does this for my mom and it might just be cheap- but I find it romantic...
Every year he gives her the same card with a new note on it. I'm not sure how many years he's been doing it, but the card is pretty full and each new note is unique. It saves money and also is a reminder of all the years of love.
I like to make a really nice dinner at home and have a bottle of wine that we've bought and save for a special time. Also, I make dessert. Last year I made chocolate lava cakes.
More fun and cheaper than going out.
I've never been really into Valentines day, and I hate all the money wasted on flowers, chocolate, dinners, etc (I know, I'm such the romantic). So, a few years ago, I told my boyfriend that I didn't want anything, but if he had to buy me something, all I wanted was some of those candy conversation hearts.
Well, he took me up on it. He came home from work, tossed a big bag of candy hearts at me, and we had a nice dinner, but nothing special.
That's when I realized that I did want some romance. A bottle of wine and some flowers might not be practical, but it's nice to splurge on things once in a while!
Luckily, my boyfriend knew me better than I knew myself. Later on that night, he proposed.
So I got a bulk bag of candy and a diamond ring in one night.
My tip - celebrate more than just "romantic" couple hood love. I'm having a board game party with friends to celebrate platonic love. So instead of going out some place with too much food, that's too expensive, with too much of a crowd, I'll be at home with my loved ones playing games and enjoying a potluck meal.
If you are going out to eat on Valentine's Day, go for a nice breakfast or lunch - it's often much cheaper than dinner!
Another thing I like to do on Valentine's Day is to make breakfast in bed for my fiance and me... then we can snuggle and eat pancakes :)
So, I'm not a big fan of most types of candy and I don't care for chocolate. The one type of candy I enjoy is only available at Valentines. Yes, I love those chalky, cheesy Sweetheart candies with the love messages.
And what's really strange is that I like them best when they're just a little stale.
When we first started dating, my (now) fiance worked at pharmacy. The pharmacy always carried those individual boxes of Sweethearts.
A few weeks after Valentines Day, he'd show up with an entire display box full of Sweethearts! Once the holiday was past, he would save the entire stock from being tossed in the garbage.
And they're stale...just like I like them! There's probably not many girls out there who'd be happy with free, stale candy for Valentine's Day. :)
If you're looking for handmade but are all thumbs, there's always etsy.com- not everything is inexpensive, but there are bargains to be had. I just turned down diamonds in favor of a handmade piece of jewelry for about $20. Unique and cheap!
Valentine's is the day my husband and I got engaged, so when we had money we would spend it getting a nice room out by Point Reyes (where we were engaged). Even then we always brought our own homemade meal and dessert. So to continue in the tradition, but make it even more frugally we could go just for a day trip. This also means we can bring our two daughters (which saves on babysitting) and we can all play at the beach or go for a hike. It can still be romantic and make for a great family memory. Plus, there are never crowds at the park on Valentines. (Just remember to bundle up a bit.)
Make a card, make a nice dinner, stay home and snuggle.
Really, do you need all the comercial stuff?
I've taken a photo with my 2 year old and put it in a pretty heart-shaped ornament...that's what my husband is getting this year for Valentine's Day. I will make him dinner and dessert, too, of course. This is a very frugal and sweet way to say I love you!
Valentines day is really important to me. As it is one of my favorite holiday's, I tend to go all out. However since there is an economic crunch and I don't think it would be smart to spend 200+ this valentines day. I've found that If I cook dinner at home *candle lit of course* and pick flowers out of my own garden. The thought and work that went into the whole ordeal makes it that more special. No matter how much money you spend will never replace what YOU do for him/her.
If we have a gift card to a decent restaurant (we usually do from Christmas), we go out. If not, we make dinner at home and might pick up dessert.
When we go out, we tend to go out on a day other than the 14th - dinner prices seem higher on Valentine's Day and many restaurants seem focused on getting you in and out.
Last year, I went to the meat counter at the local gourmet market and purchased a cooked crab (one is plenty for two adults), and had the butcher crack it for us. I made baked potatoes and a nice salad and splurged on a nice bottle of wine. I set the table with our wedding china and pretty flowers and candles. The best part is that my "accomplices" were our two tween-age daughters, who were our waiters for the evening. They thought it was a hoot, and it is nice for them to know that Mom and Dad really are still in love (OK, maybe just a little gross, too, which is also hilarious). Then, after the dishes were cleared, they set out an ice cream sundae bar with all the fancy toppings we never buy, and we all sat down together for dessert.
Make her favorite dish, pack it up and have a late night picnic at any local park. Champagne is a must!!!
My hubby LOVES anything I bake so this year I'll be making him some heart shaped cookies and his fav. banana bread to take in his lunches ;) i love that he's so easy to please!
My valentine plans a little trip to a special place- our favorite place to take walks, a trip to the zoo, a picnic in a local park, a play at the local community theater. The memories of these times together mean much more to me than some trinket would. Some times its free, some times it costs a little, but it's always very sweet and thoughtful. And I think it's even more romantic because it doesn't put us in debt!
My birthday is only 9 days away from Valentine's, so I'd like to skip it all together. My husband is opposed to that, he likes spoiling me too much. This year I have to work on Valentine's day (I work fast food), so all I want is for him to cook dinner, and a nice long bubble bath. A massage would be nice, too.
Other ideas would be to watch a DVD while sipping hot cocoa, playing board and or card games, or (one of my hubby's favorites) playing computer games together. As long as you are spending quality time together, doing something you both enjoy, and keeping the passion going, there will be no need for the fancy stuffs. You can't put a price tag on love.
While on a tight budget, what I recommend for all those lads out there is to hit Krogers a bout 2 days before V-Day and look in their discounted flower section. You can pick up quite a few deals on a variety of different beauties. The last time I hit their discount buckets, I came away with 2 dozen spray roses for $2.99 a dozen; 12 long stem roses for 50 cents a piece, and a nice plethora of floral mixes for under $3.00. I took them home, properly cut them and arranged them in my fancy vases. However, I had so much leftover, I used my recycled glass jars and made beautiful mini bouquets to put all around the house. Talk about brighten a lass' day when she walks in and you have 5 to 6 different arrangements throughout the house! And all for under $20. Good luck lads!
Go to the place you had your first date. Which was inexpensive even for college kids (and would seem that much more affordable now). (This is a tip for old married people like me.)
My dad has sometimes forgotten to buy a card and has, on a few occasions, given my mom last year's valentine card that she saved. However, to make up for his mistake, every year he'll decorate the whole house with all of the v-day cards from their 30 years of marriage and add one new one. The stack of cards is pretty thick now, and it is a reminder of how love grows over time.
Heart-shaped chocolate-chip cookies (nuttin' sez luv lahk chockolit), and lots of shaving cream hearts on the bathroom mirrors!
My dear husband does this for me since I'm a frugalholic. He buys flowers for me at a discount florist and then brings them home and adds to them with different exotic things growing around the area. He uses one of the vases I find too pretty to discard.
For dinner: he buys some prime steaks, potatoes, salad and a veggie. He serves us drinks and we grill while the potatoes are cooking. The veggie is easy to grill right along side the steaks and the salad easy to prep ~ more together time. Makes for a very romantic evening.
V-day will be just another day for me. I intend to curl up on the sofa with some hot apple cider and watch a nice horror movie or two. Family and friends are welcome to join if they can stomach it.
We keep costs down on V-day by not celebrating it! (My hubby usually sends me a card anyway, though. :)
We don't really celebrate it all that much--we just send each other e-cards (free) and watch a netflix movie.
I think the most important thing is to make whatever you do meaningful to that person. If you do that, you will get more bang for your buck no matter what.
We don't really exchange gifts, although I always get my partner some of his favourite chocolate- I always wait till it's on sale though so he is getting a white chocolate reindeer (he had halloween truffles at Christmas and will get the Valentines chocolates for his birthday at the end of March)
Thankfully he doesn't care about the wrappings on his candy!
Aside from this we stay in and make one of our favourite meals together and watch a movie from our collection.
As it falls on a weekend this year we might get the bus out of the city and go for a hike as well. Mostly we view it as a reminder to squeeze a few extra cuddles and "we time" into our day.
Years ago I mailed letters and cards to Valentine, NE for a postmark. I think it gives the letter and card just that something extra special.
These days, there's a whole list of places. From http://www.education.com/magazine/article/Ed_Teach_Kids_Postmark/:
"To get a postmark, simply enclose a pre-stamped, pre-addressed envelope and mail it in a large stamped envelope to:
(Town Name) Valentine Re-mailing
City, State ZIP Code
Here are some popular choices:
Bliss, NY 14024
Heart Butte, MT 59448
Juliette, GA 31046
Loveland, CO 80538
Loveville, MD 20656
Loving, NM 88256
Romance, AR 72136
Romeo, MI 48065
Sugar City, CO 81076
Valentine, NE 69201
Valentine, TX 79854
Valentines, VA 23887"
The kids and I make sugar cookies cut out with heart cookie cutters and ice them with pink icing. We also make homemade cards. I made my husband his favorite gingerbread cake but bake it in small heart shaped pans.
It is not the gift that counts, it is the thought.
My husband loves chocolate covered pretzels, but instead of buying them this year, I'm going to make some for him.
mY FRUGAL IDEA
Newspaper roses.
Great for having the kids help too.
Can't remember where I found the idea- but I can't claim it as my own. Anyway:
Cut newspaper sheet into a circle.
Fold in half.
Roll into a cone shape.
Twist pointed end.
Open up wide end to look like a rose.
Twist a green 'pipe cleaner' for the stem, around the twisted end.
Go nuts with red or whatever paint...
Let dry, and surprise your valentine....
Very cheap, doesn't die, and recyclable...
Do I win?
Buy her a ring, but wrap it in tin foil and use an index card instead of hallmark. You may not save on the ring, but you do on the other stuff. Plus it's a nice touch.
Instead of getting flower petals to sprinkle all over, I cut out flower petal shapes from construction paper, and wrote reasons I love my wife on them.
When my Mom was still alive, she and my Dad would go to the
local CVS or card store and read all the different cards.
They'd laugh and share cards and pick their favorites.....
before they left they would always pick the one they would
buy for each other ..if they had the money. Living on a tight
budget on their social security, it wasn't often that they
splurged on cards but they still had fun together. This is one
of my favorite memories of them.
The power of words, when you can speak/act upon each others love language. My husbands is quality time and mine is acts of service and when either of us is triggered in these areas we affirm the other. Valentines day is nice, but its something we try to manifest on a regular basis.
Not sure if this was mentioned, but the most frugal V-day gift is winning an iPod Touch and loading it up with 10 free songs as a mix-tape for your honey. Of course if I won it, I would just let her listen to it through headphones while I keep the iPod :)
It's important not to get too hung up on the idea of "stuff" and what you're "supposed" to do.
We like to get each other the goofiest cards we can find--something totally ridiculous and cheesy. We often have friends over for dinner on Valentine's Day--last year we had our friend whose partner was out of town over, and we had my (divorced) mother over. We made a fancier-than-usual dinner and got to treat two of our favorite people to it, who would have been alone otherwise. That was one of my favorite Valentine's Days.
If we do go out to celebrate, it's usually on a different night around the 14th, not on it. Who wants to join in that big cattle call of people, when all the restaurants are too busy and rushed anyway?
Best way to be frugal about V-Day? Don't celebrate it at all. Every day is a good day for showing your love. Why save the good heart-deeds for just one day? Making dinner for your honey every night, sharing a glass of wine over your favorite show, cuddling up at the end of a long day - perfect for every day of the year!
Go to a good bakery and get a nice dessert to split. Have a simple meal at home, eat your dessert and say (if you are a man) "Honey, let me do the dishes/put the kids to bed (or whatever your S.O. does each and every night)." You just relax."
Because as the saying goes, "There comes a time in every relationship when a man doing housework is a legitimate form of foreplay."
cook pizza or dinner at home, and then watch an old favorite movie! split dessert, or make rules that you can only spend $10 on gifts for each other- and leave the price tags on. cards and wrapping paper count towards the total- it'll make you be creative and thoughtful :)
In our house we *love* Thanksgiving food. We do the Thanksgiving thing every November, but then the weekend closest to Valentine's Day we do it all over again - turkey, sides, pie, everything (it's on the weekend because we don't have the time to cook that huge of a meal during the week). It all makes sense, at least to us, because we are so thankful to have each other through the good times and the bad that in a way the meaning behind Valentine's Day and Thanksgiving aren't all that different. So we spend a day cooking together and laughing together, and then we end up with a great meal (and a ton of leftovers) that we can enjoy together. I can't think of a better way to celebrate Valentine's Day.
P.S. We keep it thrifty by buying an extra turkey when they are on sale right after Thanksgiving, and then storing it in the chest freezer until February - this year I paid $6 for a 20# turkey.
we cook a very fancy dinner but it still costs MUCH less than going out and we have WAY more food :) then we go out for dessert.
Why not pick another day that's not Valentine's to celebrate your love for your special someone. Even just a week earlier (or better yet, later) and you're not fighting everyone for restaurant reservations, flowers and chocolate are cheaper (especially the chocolate if you can get it 50% off the day after) and it can be no less special.
The best thing I ever did was to let go of my expectations for what my dh and I "should" do for Valentine's Day--or any holiday, for that matter. Therefore, nothing we do is "wrong," from utterly no celebrations, to wild extravagances, to cuddling on the futon with a rented movie. If you haven't figured out how you feel about each other by now, no holiday will prove or disprove your level of commitment to each other.
I like #3 on Xin Liu's post: Cook a favorite meal at home. Sharing a meal is such an intimate practice, especially if you're conscious of it. And when you put your own effort into it, it's even more special.
We have never really gone whole hog with the Valentine's celebration thing, but it is a nice opportunity to cook a lovely dinner together. We try to create a theme - my favorite over the past 10 years has been "Places I Have Visited." So there were some crazy culinary matches, but all of the food was wonderful -- and what doesn't go with champagne?!
My boyfriend and I are both broke grad students, but we still want to have our special celebrations when we can. So this year instead of a big night out with 3 courses, wine, and all the works, I decided to make a reservation at a really fancy steak house in town - for lunch! The menu is almost identical to its dinner menu, but at a fraction of the price. We're just excited to finally go to this nice restaurant together and not break the bank - and this way, we can grab a bottle of wine and a DVD and just have a relaxing, low-key, low-cost night together at home while still having a full-out special day for ourselves.
We're hitting the fanciest restaurant in town--the day before Valentines, during the early bird special. Fantastic food, beautiful atmosphere--but no long lines or Valentines Day crowds.
I like to do something special for my hubby at work, too--bring him a single rose or some cupcakes. Something that makes the other folks at work jealous that he's married to such a cool wife. ;)
My frugal tip for Valentine's Day would be to have a Valentine's Day event the day before like a 'picnic' work lunch, so you surprise them and save some money and avoid all the other couples trying to do generic Valentine's Day things like having dinner at an expensive restaurant.
Surprise your significant other at work since February 13 is a Friday with a nice brown bag lunch you packed filled with heart shaped sandwiches (use a heart shaped cookie cutter), heart shaped cookies, some sparkling grape juice in place of champagne (and grape juice is definitely ok for work environment, alcohol may not be). Bring a nice little paper tablecloth from the dollar store, buy two plastic champagne glasses, have a little toast and talk about how much you mean to each other.
They're sure to be surprised and this is a gift from the heart -- which never costs much, but will mean a lot, and they'll always remember. :-) Happy Valentine's Day
Last year for Valentine's Day, I made my husband a booklet of dates - 52 different ideas for dates that I wrote on nice cardstock and bound together. The idea was that he could pick one of the dates each week. The ideas included a picnic in the park, or a visit to a local museum, or going to a movie, or just staying in.
He loved it and it was very fun to put together.
First I hit up Trader Joe's for some awesome, well priced roses on my way home from work. Then I swing home, will clean the house up and light some candles. Next, we have already talked about staying in and making a very simple and light meal. Chicken picatta and angel hair pasta. Then we will take a nice bubble bath. Even though it seems like the night is laid out, it moves seemlessly when you are in love ;o)
Great ideas everyone...we give homemade cards with original poems and artwork. Takes a little thought and means the most.
A picnic in your own living room (or hers).
Light a candle. Turn off all electronics, sit and talk face to face for an hour. What else do you need?
I didn't have a chance to read everyone else's so I hope it hasn't been said already...
I think this is a nice thing to do in a park, but its always cold around here in February so we do it inside.
Instead of going to one of those "Paint your own pottery" places that cost a bunch of money I like to get 2 small canvases and one big one and some paint supplies from the craft store.
You can start with each person painting their favorite memory, or what you love about the other person or where you see the couple in the future on the little canvases without the other person seeing what you paint.
Then you two get together and paint something on the larger canvas together.
When you're done painting you can exchange the smaller paintings as gifts to each other and hang the larger one somewhere you'll both see it.
We usually get takeout from one of our favorite restaurants (with a coupon if possible) and I make a decadent dessert of his choice.
The candy comes the day after when it's marked down!
We love cooking a nice dinner together, but my favorite thing is to dig out the fondue pot I was given years ago, melt some chocolate, and dip strawberries (or other fruit -whatever isn't too expensive). pair that up with my favorite $6 champagne and we're good.
How about a homemade card, home-cooked meal, and a Netflix on the TV? The Perfect Valentine's Day for me and mine.


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Pharrell Williams' hit Happy has brought further joy to his music bosses by pulling off a rare sales feat.
The track has become only the fourth single to be declared triple platinum in the past 20 years, meaning it has achieved 1.8 million sales.
Happy, which featured in the soundtrack to the movie Despicable Me 2, topped the singles chart in December and it has not left the top 20 this year.
Music industry body the BPI incorporated data for online streaming into its sales awards earlier this month – at the same time the figures were incorporated into the singles chart – with 100 plays on legitimate services judged to be the equivalent of one sale.
Happy has notched up more than 25 million streams, the equivalent of 250,000 sales which has taken it past the 1.8 million barrier in addition to physical sales.
Gennaro Castaldo of the BPI said: "Every now and then a song comes along that captures the public mood and becomes a feelgood anthem for a generation.
"Happy is not only one of the most successful multi-platinum recordings of all time, it has taken on near-iconic status and has helped to propel Pharrell to global superstardom."
For singles to go platinum they have to have notched up 600,000 sales, while for gold the figure is 400,000 and for silver it is 200,000.
The only other singles to sell 1.8 million are Will Young's Anything Is Possible/Evergreen, Aqua's Barbie Girl and Elton John's Candle In The Wind 1997/Something About The Way You Look Tonight.
Colin Barlow, the managing director of Pharrell's music label RCA, said: "Pharrell is one of the most innovative producers, writers and performers to emerge from the world of music in the last 20 years."


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Inside, there's plenty of space for five passengers plus a good size trunk that offers 16.5 cubic-feet of cargo space. There are plenty of available features, though most are condensed into packages, resulting fewer choices and higher price tags. Overall, the interior is functional with good ergonomics but somewhat bland. In this segment, that is a solid combination.
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|My two little Packer fans before Super Bowl XLV
"...To love, honor, obey, and raise little Packer fans as long as you both shall live." I do.
|Our 2007 Family Christmas picture
I never watched football growing up, so I became a Packer fan by marriage in 1999 and never looked back. It's easy to get caught up in the love of such a team. When I took my Packer vows they were not far off from 2 Super Bowls, a win and a loss. Losing seasons and the Brett Favre drama lay ahead, but we enjoyed the ride!
|Outside Lambeau with our 1st born. It....was...COLD!
Both of our sons had their hospital pictures taken in Packer gear and if we have another child that one will be too. Our oldest son was born and we flew from Hawaii to Green Bay to have him baptized in my husband's church. After the baptism we drove to Lambeau Field and put his name on the waiting list for season tickets. My second son was born, we drove from Tennessee to Pennsylvania to have him baptized in my church and then drove a few days later to Green Bay, stopped by Lambeau and put him on the list for season tickets.
|Family photo by the Lombardi statue
Why you may ask? It can take 40 or more years to get season tickets. You used to be able to bequeath your place on the waiting list to someone in your will, but no more, so you've got to get on the list ASAP! You're still permitted to pass your season tickets on in your will, but you need to get them first! Hopefully, someday our kids numbers for tickets will come up and they'll have their own. For now, we're blessed to have family members with tickets and usually get to make the pilgrimage to Lambeau once a year for a home game. We'll brave the frozen tundra any time to watch our team play!
Needless to say Super Bowl XLV was a big deal in our house and we celebrated! Super Bowl Champions one more time and the Lombardi trophy is back in Green Bay where it belongs. Yeah, I guess you'd say I'm a full-on convert. You kind of have to be when you marry into a Packer family!
Thanks to Wendy Muha-Cayemberg for the inspiration for this post!
|Son, nephews and S.I.L. tailgating and staying warm
|Packers vs. NY Giants game - 26DEC2010
|Great action shot! Go Pack! Packers vs. Giants 26DEC2010


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Dr. Benor is Professor of Contemporary Jewish Studies at HUC-JIR's Skirball Campus in Los Angeles, where she teaches masters students in the Zelikow School of Jewish Nonprofit Management and undergraduates at the University of Southern California.
She has lectured widely about the social science of American Jews, sociolinguistics, Jewish languages, and Orthodox Jews.
She is the author of Becoming Frum: How Newcomers Learn the Language and Culture of Orthodox Judaism (Rutgers University Press, 2012, winner of the Sami Rohr Choice Award for Jewish Literature), as well as several articles in Jewish studies and linguistics. She is founding co-editor of the Journal of Jewish Languages and founder and editor of the Jewish Language Research Website and the Jewish English Lexicon.


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Since the Equal Parenting Alliance was formed we have received a constant stream of requests for help with individual cases, which we have responded to as best we can from our limited resource.
This year, 3 of our main advisers decided to set up a more organised support service to respond to the demand, and in the last 10 weeks alone we have handled over 300 enquiries.
To access this service, click on Need help with your case?" at the top of this page.
The initial enquiry is free, after which we make …
A new study provides compelling evidence that UK Family Courts are getting it wrong. Our courts, and CAFCASS in particular, favour one parent having primary care, believing this to be less disruptive to a child than shared care. This study set out to test that hypothesis, and found the opposite: "Those in joint physical custody report better psychosomatic health than children living mostly or only with one parent."
Its enormous sample size (nearly 150,000) makes the results statistically very reliable. It concluded shared parenting was better than the UK's preferred …
Woman jailed for 6 years for plotting to have ex-husband killed.
Man receives life sentence for attempted rape, and served 17 years until his conviction was quashed.
These 2 articles appeared in the same edition of the Birmingham Mail on 13/12/13. There are a number of facets to each of the stories. The man always denied the offence, on grounds of mistaken identity, and the discovery of recent DNA evidence appears to support that defence. The woman had a string of extra-marital affairs, and she tried to hire a hit-man …
"We live in a culture in which men aren't allowed to be victims and women aren't allowed to be anything other than nurturing. However, statistics indicate that female child abusers not only exist, but in numbers approaching those of males."
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By Elizabeth Willmott Harrop – posted Thursday, 2 September 2010
Female child abusers are the 21st century equivalent of lesbians in the Victorian age: not legislated against because they do not exist. The nature of woman being incapable of "deviancy", as the bigoted Victorians said. Hence in New Zealand, …
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"The father has no entitlements, but is usually expected to pay for everything. Even when the mother is responsible for the break-up, the father must subsidise the abduction of his children."
Family 'contact centres' will normalise the wrongdoings of a heartless, misandrist family law system
I COULDN'T help noticing the enthusiastic media welcome for the announcement by Barry Andrews, Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, of the possibility of a pilot scheme for "contact centres". The Minister was responding to a study carried out for the Family Support Agency, calling …
75% of child abusers were alienated from one of their parents.
This disturbing consequence of parental alienation has come to light in recent research by the Australian Institute of Criminology.
The Institute found that "Almost three in every four offenders had either no contact or minimal contact with at least one biological parent" (Australian Institute of Criminology Intrafamilial adolescent Sex Offenders: Psychological Profile and Treatment, Trends and Issues in Crime and Criminal Justice, no. 375, June 2009. p.2).


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It's been called England's most stellar performance since the team took the World Cup thirty years earlier. A tie in this final group game would have would put both sides through to the knockout round, but England was in no mood to be forgiving hosts. England was already winning at half-time thanks to Alan Shearer's penalty. But nobody could predict what was coming: England needed only 11 second half minutes to score three more times. Suddenly, the situation looked even bleaker for a talented Dutch side as, in the other group game, Scotland's lead meant that the Dutch were headed home early on goal difference. But Dutch substitute Patrick Kluivert came off the bench to net the goal which eliminated the Scots. With England's local rivals now out of the tournament, it was pretty much the perfect night for the country which gave football to the world.
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- 6. Czechoslavakia 2-2 Germany (Czechoslavakia Won 5-3 on Penalties), Euro 1976
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Richard Lyons, dean of UC Berkeley's Haas School of Business, and Silicon Valley serial entrepreneur Steve Blank are to head up a programme to commercialise university research and fostering innovation in the Bay Area. The hub will commercialise research from three Californian institutions, Stanford, Berkeley and UC San Francisco, and is being funded through a three-year, $3.75m grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF).
The grant is for one of three Innovation Corps Regional Nodes - I-Corps - to be announced this month by the NSF. The other two - the first in the Washington DC, Maryland and Virginia region, the second in New York - are headed up by an engineer and a scientist respectively, rather than by a business academic and practitioner.
"Our three universities are the source of so many ground-breaking discoveries that can be put into service of society and this grant will allow us to develop next-generation processes to tap them and bring them to market," says Prof Lyons. "Getting better at this means more jobs, more economic value and better lives."
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ArmadilloCon traditionally has a panel "What You Should Have Read This Year". The panelists are usually people who are closely familiar with science fiction, fantasy, or horror genres: most of them are book sellers (like Willie) or editors (like Diana Gill). In this panel they talk about new noteworthy books that they recommend to everybody who likes these genres. This year the panelists were Bill Crider, Willie Siros, Diana Gill, and Zane Melder.
Some memorable or amusing moments from panels where I didn't take enough notes to yield an article of its own:
Ideas Somebody Should Write a Book About
Looking for an idea? Watch our panelists brainstorm.
What's the latest strange discovery? Our panel talks about the most recent results and odd topics they've seen.
Looking for new ground in speculative fiction, art and science.
On "Stump the Panel" the panelists are supposed to come up with mundane and science-fictional uses for objects supplied by the audience. Indeed, in Rhonda Eudaly's, S. Andrew Swann's, and Lou Antonelli's imagination things like a pen, a nail file, and a box of Tictacs become something completely different. Especially the nail file. Rhonda had to restrain her imagination regarding this object, because there were children in the audience. :-)
Here is an article about an older "Stump the Panel" at the ArmadilloCon 2006, featuring James P. Hogan's inimitable wit.
Pictures from ArmadilloCon 2008 are available in my photo gallery.
Panelists: C. J. Mills (moderator), Alexis Glynn Latner, Louise Marley, Wendy Wheeler, Elizabeth Moon, Uncle River
Synopsis, according to the ArmadilloCon program: You need a religious society for your work, but you have no idea where to begin and how complex you should make it. Should you have a couple of pages written down? Or should you make another book that describes the entire pantheon and religious rites?
Pictures from Armadillocon 2004 are available in my photo gallery.
Synopsis, according to the ArmadilloCon program: Myths as springboard for worlds and plot ideas in fantasy and science fiction. Mythic elements in science fiction. The Hero's Journey reconsidered. This panel explores myth as inspiration and diagnostic.
My summary: How do the writers on the panel use myth in their own work? If a story is inspired by myth, is it necessarily predictable? Is that a bad thing, or is predictability exactly what SF readers want?... Do the limitations in our understanding of how the modern world works give rise to new myths? For example, does average person's erroneous understanding of how the Internet works morphs into a myth? Or does science leave no room for myth? What would it take for a myth to arise in our "rational" times?
Panelists: Kay Kenyon (moderator), Louise Marley, Neal Barrett Jr., Jayme Lynn Blaschke
There was one other panelist that wasn't listed in the program. I think it may have been Mikal Trimm.
The official summary "Our panelists pull out all their knowledge and create a world before your very eyes, with assistance from R. Cat Conrad on the white board." as it turned out, misrepresented the format of the panel.
Panelists: Gloria Oliver (moderator), Mark Finn, Rie Sheridan, Caroline Spector, Rachel Caine, R. Cat Conrad
Mark Finn. I thought we were going to have to build a world.
A panelist. No, no, make them work!
So it was the audience that built the fantasy world, not the panelists. The latter provided feedback in a form of wisecracks (Mark Finn), by coaxing the audience to think through the issues involved in building a fantasy world (Gloria Oliver) and seek out plot devices that would turn the raw fantasy product into an actual story material (Caroline Spector).
One thing the audience didn't need was to be prodded into activity. The topic was selected cleverly or fortuitously enough to send the audience's imagination into overdrive.
If you want to know what story ideas and themes the audience came up with without reading their entire thought process, click here for the summary.
Pictures from Armadillocon 2004 are available in my photo gallery.
Summary: The panelists are supposed to make up a science-fictional or a fantasy use for a random object. The objects are chosen by the audience. Some of them are a bit mysterious: their everyday function is not apparent.
Panelists: Bradley Denton, Scott Bobo (moderator), Jessica Reisman, Kurt Baty, James P. Hogan
The program book said: "Want to hear about the best disasters in the fandom world?" Indeed, some of the fiascos, or merely weird stories, mentioned in this panel, were real pearls.
They swooned over Brad, even though he wasn't Pitt
To stir things up, put a dyslexic in charge of printing the program
Panelists: Janice Gelb, Patty Wells, Stephen Boucher, Brad Denton, Lynn Ward
Pictures from ArmadilloCon 2007 can be found in my photo gallery.
Description in the program book: Ever wonder why your favorite author looks a little scared when they see you? The panelists will talk about the tale-tell signs of a stalker and tell amusing stories about what has happened to them in the past. (For instance, did they call you at home during a baseball game?))
Since the stories told on this panel were somewhat personal in nature, the panelists' names were omitted.
Tips on how to properly stalk a writer
Unconventional gestures of admiration
John Scalzi's interview took a different format than the usual Guest of Honor interview. There was no interviewer; Scalzi paced back and forth, shooting the breeze with the audience. He probably didn't say anything one wouldn't find on his blog. It's how he said those things that made him so entertaining. He acted out various stories from his life as little skits, from a Hugo winner's attitude to getting to know 16-year-old girls. He also commented on Neal Stephenson, openly admitted to stealing from other authors, and talked about why he could not afford to be as polemical in "Old Man's War" as Heinlein was in "Starship Troopers". Finally, he revealed an unexpected fact about himself.
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Forehand had expected a battle from Mississippi State, but he didn't expect his team to end up on the wrong end of a 14-4 loss Wednesday night at chilly Ken Dugan Field at Stephen Lee Marsh Stadium.
"It was not what we intended," Forehand said. "Mississippi State is a good team. They exploit you.
"Their guys pitched better than we did. They hit the ball better than we did. We are having a hard time scoring some runs right now."
The Bisons gave up one run in the first, four in the second and three in the third. Mississippi State added two more in the fifth and four more in the seventh.
The Bisons slipped to 7-10. Mississippi State is 14-4.
Left-hander Chris Nunn, 1-1, started for the Bisons and gave up five hits, five runs and five walks in 1.2 innings. He was one of six Lipscomb pitchers that entered the game. Mississippi State collected 14 hits.
"This was the fourth start for Chris," Forehand said. "It was the first time he hasn't had his control.
"He is getting better. He has to learn with every appearance. He is a guy who is going to help us down the line. We have confidence in him. This was just not his night."
Right-hander Josh Cotham had the best outing, closing out the final 2.2 innings. He did not allow a run or a hit and struck out four of the eight batters he faced.
"We didn't pitch with any conviction until Josh came in at the end," Forehand said. "We were all timid in what we were trying to do."
The Bisons countered with two runs in the fourth and two in the ninth. The Bisons connected for eight hits. No batter had more than one hit. Lee Wilson and Aaron Spragg both had doubles for the Bisons.
This was the final game before the Bisons open Atlantic Sun Conference play this weekend at Kennesaw State. Game time Friday is 5 p.m. Saturday's first pitch is at 1. Sunday's game starts at noon.
"It was not the outing we wanted going into a conference series," Forehand said. "We have to get it turned around.
"We'll talk about this game Thursday. We will try to put it behind us and see if we can learn something from it."
Forehand saw some positives such as the hitting of Kyle Henry and T.J. Hoelzer, but he admitted that the good things were difficult to find.
"This was an ugly game all the way around," Forehand said. "I would have hoped we would have been able to put ourselves in a position to win in the end. After we gave up eight runs in the first three innings it was difficult for us to come back."
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After facing an uncertain financial future, Riverside, Calif.-based Pacific Coachworks, a travel trailer manufacturer founded by two former executives of Thor California in July 2006, is returning to full production, according to the Riverside Press-Enterprise.
The company, which builds the Tango and Tango Twist brands of travel trailers and fifth-wheels that can be towed, laid off most of its 150 employees in December. Executives plan to rehire 85 workers immediately. Tom Powell, founder and CEO, said he's confident the travel trailer market will see a rebound in the fourth quarter, but "we're still going to remain staffed as though it doesn't," he said.
He expects to have his full staff back by spring to work at the company's 66,000-square-foot factory, he said.
The nearly 60 dealers in the Western United States and Canada that the company still sells its recreation vehicles to have reported a pent-up demand for trailers, he said.
"The feeling now of most people is, 'OK, I've been through the worst recession since the Great Depression and I still have my job, my camper is still old and needs to be replaced,"' said Powell, adding that lending for trailer purchases has loosened.
At its height, the company employed 187 workers who were building 10 to 12 trailers a day. Now the company can manage to make a profit by building just four to five trailers a day, he said.
Powell, a 32-year RV industry veteran, said he had hoped to restart production by February or March but, despite having orders, he didn't have the capital.
His company's fate may have been much different had he not made a private stock offering that closed on June 30 and gave him the funding necessary to stay open.
Powell wouldn't say how much was raised.
"There are a lot of people who are optimistic about 2010," said Jeff Kurowski, director of industrial relations for the Recreation Vehicle Dealers Association (RVDA). But they're not unrealistic, he said.
Industry forecasts indicate that the next year will see an increase in shipments but won't exceed the volume of shipments in 2005 and 2006. Financing remains a challenge both for dealers seeking loans to buy new models to sell and for customers who have to put more money down, sometimes 20%, on trailers and motorhomes than they did prior, he said.
Kurowski said dealers are saying they're running low on inventory and would like to order more if they can get loans.
There were 128,100 conventional travel trailers shipped in 2008 and another 57,000 fifth-wheel trailers, according to the Recreational Vehicle Industry Association (RVIA). The trailers accounted for 78% of the total recreational vehicle market in 2008.
Only 3.7% of all conventional travel trailers and about 4% of fifth-wheel trailers were built in California, according to the group.
Powell said 24 of his competitors have left the industry in the past two years — including Fleetwood Enterprises Inc. in Riverside, which filed for bankruptcy March 10 and sold its trailer division.
"There are dealers scrambling to replace Fleetwood products and Weekend Warrior products and 22 others," he said.


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