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A missing poodle-mix named Frida was returned to her owners Monday, three weeks after she disappeared from her home and began a bizarre lost-and-found odyssey.
Frida wandered away from the family's Mid-City area home two days before Christmas. The Tung family plastered the neighborhood with fliers looking for the dog.
Then last week, a woman brought Frida to the Animal Medical Center in Van Nuys where the veterinarian found a microchip locator.
But before the Tung family could get to the facility, the woman fled with Frida.
On Monday, the Tung family told KTLA they received an anonymous call from a man who said he dropped Frida off at another animal clinic.
And this time, Frida was there waiting for her family.


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Here's a beauty that came to me via a friend and fellow 45 collector—an Alex Steinweiss cover for a box of Morton Gould 7-inch records on Columbia. Here's the wonderful Steinweiss script we've come to love contrasted against some microscopic Futura type amid some rather basic geometric line art. Simple and beautiful and a great example of Steinweiss' thin-line, slightly jittery, script lettering. Enjoy!
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Julie Plec is managing to keep herself pretty busy these days. As the creator of The Vampire Diaries and The Originals and producer of the upcoming CW show Containment, Julie is arguably one of the busiest women on TV, but she always has a little time to talk about her show-babies.
The creator/producer extraordinaire already has two successful shows in rotation, The Vampire Diaries and The Originals, and is getting ready to throw a third ball into the air with Containment, making it a true juggling act.
Plec chatted with The Hollywood Reporter about all 3 of her shows, teasing a little about each in a new interview.
On how long she sees Containment running
"I see it running as long as it can sustain itself. I can see it taking on various forms over [the show's length]. I don't think it has to remain contained to that containment. The 100-episode marker is such an enigma these days, because it doesn't really matter any more. I know it matters to a lot of people on the money side. It matters less to the people on the network side. It's whoever is bossiest about the number of episodes they want made. I haven't done in years a limited order show. It is so much fun. It is a dream come true. So I'd be happy to keep doing it on the small side for a while."
On Veronica Mars alum Jason Dohring's The Originals stint as Detective Kinney
"You know what's so funny: I love [Veronica Mars executive producers] Rob Thomas and Diane Ruggiero, but I never watched Veronica Mars. I only knew Jason Dohring because [Vampire Diaries executive producer] Kevin [Williamson] loved him so much on [the short-lived CBS drama] Moonlight. And then I realized, he's Logan that everyone talks about from Veronica Mars. I feel like I'm very lucky to have the person that so many people fell in love with in the past decade.
Jason's character is decidedly human. It's a nice breath of fresh air. He plays a detective. There is a crime that happens in the first episode, and he comes in to investigate it. He's working closely with some of our characters. The question is, how much does he know or not know about what's going on in the supernatural world? And what's going to happen to him as a result of digging too deep?"
On the upcoming Vampire Diaries romances
"The fundamental romance has hit the biggest roadblock of all-time in the form of a six to seven-decade coma. But there's something beautiful in the poetry of that. Damon's wild spirit and having to keep himself tame to wait for the girl — which of course that [wild spirit] is the Damon we met in season one – he was waiting for the girl. It's just a matter of what he gets up to as he's waiting for the girl that could get him into trouble. And I mean murderous trouble.
Stefan and Caroline are just trying like hell to see if thy can come together or not. I hope they do, because I like them. They're going to hit some pretty big twists and turns in their relationship — not through either of them being at any fault, but some things out of their control are going to intervene and throw a curve ball. But I think they're going to try and fight through it."
If you want more details from Plec on her shows, read the rest of the interview over at THR.
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The reality of Alzheimer and Tips for Carers
Alzheimer is a disease that affects the brain, it is the most common form of Dementia and this disease too can come in various forms like Parkinson's and Lewi body. It is not part of aging contrary to what some believed, though it occurs most frequently late in life, it is a disease that causes problems with memory, thinking, behavior, personal and interpersonal relationship.
This disease begins generally after the age of 60years, but in rare cases the mental disorder may begin as early as 30years, the rate at which the disease progresses is mostly vast and aggressive and an average patient is expected to live 8-10years after the onset of the symptom though it varies with patients, many people who live alone may fail to identify the symptom early enough thereby leading to late diagnosis. Therefore any issue that has to deal with forgetfulness and getting lost in a familiar place should be reported to a doctor.
The primary risk factors for the disease is age and family history, it has been proven over the years that people who have parents or siblings living with Alzheimer's are more likely to develop it than individuals who do not.
However, the emotional toll on patients and their families is enormous in which some relatives can distant themselves during this period, it is not that they are not concerned about the patients health or they do not care, the main reason why they avoid showing love and support to the patient is because they are too scared to face the reality of what might become of them in the nearest future, they have difficulty in comprehending the fact that they might also be in that situation someday. Dementia patient's are sensitive to their environment and often do very well with family members around, this why they throw tantrums anytime they are being taking to a hospital or an unfamiliar environment.
- Alzheimer's affect people differently so ask them how they are doing, and how you can be of help. This can be done in an early stage where the patient can communicate effectively.
- Family members should employ familiar surroundings to enhance mood and maximize existence.
- The use of simple sentence structure and frequent reminders about the content of their conversation will enhance easy and smooth communication.
- Supervised walk is very effective in other to exercise the body, and it is also advisable to use door locks or electronic guards to prevent wandering.
- Family member or care giver can also register with safe return through Alzheimer's association also name tag and medical alert bracelet will also be of great help .
- Understanding that they are still the same person and treating them as if nothing has changed will help both the patient and the care giver.
- People living with Alzheimer's likes to be independent so give them the chance to do what they can do and skilfully guide them through the once they find difficult to do.
- Do not allow them to stay idle always keep them busy with different activities like games and exercise, in other to avoid wandering or going near hazardous substances.
- Do not pull away even if you don't have an idea on how to help the patient, you can stay around for friendship and support.
Adjusting to Alzheimer Dementia is a gradual process and each person reacts to the diagnosis differently. so don't stress yourself trying to fix your formal lifestyle into the new one that the illness has brought you will only end of getting confused.
Alzheimer is a thief and it robs its victim of ''THEMSELVES" as the diseases progress the patient begins to lose his/herself to the disease and eventually it will take over completely. This is the last stage where the care giver gets frustrated and overwhelmed, if you are reading this and you are in your early stage of the disease, it will do you do good to make the best of the time that you have now before you become oblivious and it will be sad because you might end in obscurity because people won't feel your impact while you are still alive.
Get a diary and document each day, volunteer for humanitarian or community service, serve in your local church or support groups, you know what 'Helping people while you are going through your own storm is the greatest blessing of all. Spending time with your loved ones and also being mentally and socially active may help delay the progression.
Above all keep fighting, don't give up, believe you can win this battle, commit yourself to your treatments and health-enhancing behaviors.
Source: Alzheimer's Association.


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Chris Powell, managing editor of the Journal Inquirer in Manchester, is a knowledgeable observer of Connecticut politics whose column appears in that paper and a dozen others in Connecticut and the Providence Journal in Rhode Island. When Powell became managing editor of the JI in 1974, he was the youngest editor of any daily in the state. I must here acknowledge that I wrote a regular column for the JI for about 15 years when Powell was also editorial page editor, drawing from time to time on his unfailing political memory. Powell, who off-line is screamingly amusing, agreed to submit to an interview broadly focused on the U.S. Senate race featuring the Democratic incumbent, Chris Dodd, and a crew of ebullient Republicans.
It is difficult to place Powell on the political spectrum except to say that he loves a good story and has a gift for poetic concision: "The General Assembly is little more than a nest of locusts. ..."
I recall once describing Powell as a "radical (small 'd') democrat," a title he did not resist. He is inclined to throw the truth around in his columns as if it were a bomb -- which it often is -- at which point many politicians, screwing wax into their ears, occasionally walk off in a huff.
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DP: The senatorial horserace involving Chris Dodd won't be up for a year, but speculators are taking bets. There are five Republicans in the race: Rob Simmons, Linda McMahon, Sam Caliguiri, Tom Foley, and Peter Schiff. Dodd appears to have recovered somewhat from an earlier bashing by embracing more fervently those on the left in his party. The P.T. Barnum among Republicans, McMahon, has lots of money, and money certainly does not hurt. The bloom on President Barack Obama's rose appears to be fading. Dodd has tied his prospects to Obama's plans for medical insurance, an industry still strong in Connecticut. And the role Dodd played as Senate Banking Committee chairman during the collapse of the housing market is sure to come up in the campaign. What are the Republican prospects for an upset in November? I realize that any predictions are subject to change. But can you give us a snapshot of the terrain so far?
CP: I suspect that Connecticut's Senate election will be determined more by doubts about Dodd's personal integrity than by doubts about his record, particularly his long subservience to Wall Street. That will be too bad, since, in providing what turned out to be the crucial support for the repeal of the Glass-Steagall Act and thereby letting commercial banks and investment houses merge, Dodd bears as much responsibility as anyone for the collapse of the world financial system. His Irish "cottage" and the terms of his mortgages are trivial by comparison, not that those things don't imply his having lost touch with Connecticut, a sense of entitlement as part of the ruling class. The polls say Rob Simmons is the strongest Republican challenger, and certainly he is the most credible, given his long record in public life. The other Republicans have a lot of heavy baggage: Linda McMahon's clownish business background and her unfamiliarity with issues; Peter Schiff's anarchistic ideology, his tax-resister father in prison, and his never having voted before; Tom Foley's only qualification being his fund raising for a former president loathed in the state; and Sam Caligiuri's inability to raise much money. It's Simmons' race to lose.
DP: Some people may be unfamiliar with the Glass-Steagall Act. It dates from the Roosevelt administration, I think, and suffered the death of a thousand cuts over the last half century. Who is responsible for its demise, and doesn't the destruction of commercial banks in the recession/depression give us reason to hope that it might be restored? The recession certainly cleared some dead brush away.
CP: The Glass-Steagall Act -- the one enacted in 1933 -- separated commercial and investment banking. The reasons for and against its repeal in 1999 are cited in the link above.
Basically, the repeal let the New York financial houses get as big as they wanted and do whatever they wanted, including putting at greater risk bank deposits insured by the federal government. The act's repeal was achieved largely as a matter of the political influence gained by the financial houses in both parties, but Dodd's support of repeal was deemed crucial in achieving a majority. I don't think that the New York investment houses have been destroyed. To the contrary, now they have taken over the government entirely. It's the government that has been destroyed.
DP: The state Republican Party has not had conscientious stewards. Lowell P. Weicker Jr., who served the state for many years as senator, was indifferent if not hostile to it. Former Gov. John G. Rowland was much in the habit of making compromises with the Democratic opposition in the General Assembly, though he did spend a little less than the Democrats wanted. Gov. Jodi Rell recently seemed to be talking the talk on spending reductions before she succumbed, for whatever reason, to the Democrats in the legislature. Connecticut's Republican Party has not been able to distinguish itself sharply enough from the Democratic Party to persuade voters to replace Democrats with Republicans in the legislature. There are no longer any Republicans, moderate or otherwise, in Connecticut's congressional delegation. The last two moderate Republican U.S. representatives, Chris Shays and Rob Simmons, were defeated in 2008 and 2006, respectively. Is party differentiation important or not? And if it is important, what should the Republican Party be doing, within the state and nationally, to make itself more enticing to the public?
CP: Yes, party identification is important because political competition is important. How could the Republican Party differentiate itself from the Democratic Party in a good way -- that is, of course, in a way I like? Maybe first Republicans should see how parasitic the financial system has become, thanks to lack of government regulation. There IS something worse than socialism, or at least as bad -- corporatism. The financial houses have bought the Democratic Party, so why should the Republican Party stay bought? There is an old tradition of prairie Republican populism to be restored. Chesterton's peasant proprietorship, with nearly everybody owning some property and thus having a capitalist stake in society, ought to be the objective, not coddling big money. After many years as a Democrat, I became a Republican in 1991 because it was, in Connecticut, the party that was not quite controlled by the public employee unions, and because Connecticut Republicans seemed to have less stultifying dogma than the Democrats did. In Connecticut's Republican Party one can express an unorthodox thought and the worst that will happen is that you'll be considered eccentric. Try it in Connecticut's Democratic Party and you'll be burned as a heretic.
Which is not to say that Connecticut's Republican Party still isn't too terrified of the public employee unions to try to restore public sovereignty over them. But at least there is always a chance that a Republican primary will nominate a candidate who is not exactly proud of being a stooge and a tool. Connecticut Republicans should stress that differentiation, since many people are coming to see that the biggest problems on the state and local level are the cost and inertia of the government class. Fiscal conservativism, restraint on government, and libertarian mores might have a chance as an opposition party platform in Connecticut, if not nationally.
DP: We both admire Chesterton who, along with his friend Hilaire Belloc, was an apostle of what he called "distributism." You've described it very well. I recall quoting Belloc's advice to the rich in a piece I did in the Journal Inquirer: "Get to know something about the internal combustion engine; and remember, soon you will die." It's doubtful either of the two would be permitted to write for most modern newspapers. In the Chestertonian scheme, everyone is invested in the social order. Here in Connecticut, the working poor, whose virtues Chesterton never tired of celebrating in hundreds of pieces he wrote for various publications, are "invested" only on the receiving end. The tax structure is such that people who we might consider upper middle class to rich finance the spending end. One of the reasons the stewards of public employee unions, mostly liberal Democrats, do not fear spending excesses is that their constituency is not heavily invested on the tax side. To put it bluntly: Spending continues to rise because the bulk of tax consumers do not suffer the pain of paying for improvident spending. How can this defect be ameliorated under the present political circumstances?
CP: Yes, taxes are as necessary to having a stake in society as property ownership is, and a tax system that exempts all but the very rich from bearing any of the burden of government is too progressive and fosters irresponsibility and selfishness over citizenship. I'm not sure what to do about this in the short term, other than to resist demagogic appeals for taxes on the rich that are meant only to get the hands of the government class on more money, not to increase fairness. In the long term, government could just stop impoverishing society in dozens of ways -- from the dumbing down of schools to the waging of stupid imperial wars to the subsidizing of childbearing outside marriage. But any decent society has to do something on its own to preserve a little virtue, to have some expectation of achieving prosperity through its own work rather than through parasitism. It would be good to teach self-reliance, but then you have to have an economy where people can succeed by relying on themselves, an economy full of opportunity, an economy where failure is not rewarded by the government. That's not Bailout Nation.
DP: We both know that moderates do have an advantage over philosophically committed candidates. Untied to political philosophies of any kind, they may more easily maneuver between the left and right poles. Of course there are disadvantages, particularly in a selection system that relies on primaries rather than party nominating conventions. Nominating conventions have tended to drive candidates to the political center, because the decision makers in nominating conventions are primarily interested in winning general elections and assembling winning tickets. The determining factors in selecting candidates in a primary -- or, in the present case on the Republican side, where there are multiple candidates vying against each other -- are different than would be the case in general elections. Would you agree that, among the Republicans vying for Dodd's seat, someone like Sam Caliguiri is more conservative than, say, Rob Simmons who, now playing to a conservative base for a Republican primary, has moved right of center on some issues? Dodd clearly has moved left of center, perhaps hoping to avoid charges launched from the left that he is in the pocket of moneyed interests. Ralph Nader's old chestnut that Dodd is "the senator from Aetna" has been tossed around among leftist bloggers with knives in their brains. Do you think that in placating the far left, Dodd will leave himself vulnerable to charges that he has abandoned the center?
CP: Simmons has a long record and will have to be careful with any new conservative posturing lest people be reminded of how that posturing conflicts with his record. I don't know that Caligiuri has a long enough record to be stereotyped as a reflexive conservative. He has voted alone against the pervasive budget nonsense in Hartford, but that could mean only that he's sane, not particularly conservative. Everybody who has voted against that nonsense has been proven right. Yes, Dodd is trying to secure his left after decades of being less the senator from Aetna than the senator from Wall Street. He'll probably be beaten only if his Republican challenger attacks him from the left AND the right, just as Joe Lieberman defeated Lowell Weicker for the Senate in 1988 by enveloping him, exploiting both liberal and conservative grievances against Weicker. (Who can forget BuckPAC?) Six years earlier Toby Moffett ran against Weicker only from the left and lost, if narrowly. Liberals might be tempted to vote against Dodd and for a moderate Republican who stressed Dodd's long subservience to the plutocracy. And true conservatives might not mind that at all, having no more sympathy than liberals for the bailout of Dodd's friends on Wall Street.
DP: That seems to be a useful strategy for Republicans. When Bill Buckley, whom you mentioned, was asked in Danbury what Richard Nixon was really like -- the president had just then returned from China, where he had clinked glasses with Chairman Mao, earning Buckley's enmity -- Bill asked his questioner, "Which Nixon? There are four of them." There are, we have agreed, at least two Dodds. There are five Republicans running against him. Let's explore the Peter Schiff salient. I have reviewed some clips of his appearance on Dennis House's program on WFSB-TV3, "Face the State." Schiff was being interviewed by House and two liberal reporters. You called Schiff an anarchist. Having viewed these clips, I'm not sure that he wouldn't take your observation as a high compliment. The reporters wanted quickly to decapitate him but they were having a hard time of it. The point of their questions, as I understood them, was something on this order: Schiff was going to Washington to be a U.S. senator, and Congress is a school for compromisers engaged in expanding the public good. Schiff was rigid in his views, a sort of anti-Ralph Nader. Apart from watching the heads of market regulators falling into the baskets underneath the guillotine, what on earth did he plan to DO when he got to Washington? Schiff said, in so many words, that he would busy himself disassembling the regulatory apparatus that had put a ball and chain on the nation's economy. What will Dodd -- the Ralph Nader Dodd -- do with this guy in a debate?
CP: I'd disassemble the nanny state as much as Schiff likely would, but I would also argue that it is the government's failure to regulate the big banks and investment houses, the government's having been taken over by big-money interests, that has plundered and laid low the country. I'm afraid that Schiff would hobble the government while leaving big money alone to keep running things. Yes, government is too big, but its job should be to see that nothing gets bigger than the government, the representative of the sovereign people. In any case, even if Schiff is right on certain things -- and I think he is -- I don't think he can be politically successful in Connecticut . What is likely to be his agenda is too extreme. Maybe just as important, I don't think Schiff is cut out for politics in the good sense. He acknowledges never having voted before, which does not indicate the love of country he says motivates him now. He co-authored with his father a book advocating refusal to pay federal income taxes. They are principled people, to be sure -- and Schiff's dad is in federal prison for his principles. But wouldn't Dodd LOVE a campaign where the Republican nominee had to explain THAT over and over! I've attended many financial conferences where Schiff has spoken and I don't think he's capable of listening to anyone but himself. I don't think he has the slightest political sense or talent. But we'll see soon enough.
DP: I've seen Sam Caliguiri perform in person only twice. Both times he was speaking to the choir, groups of Republicans in Coventry and Bloomfield. He will have a money problem, of course; Simmons less so because of his national contacts and his standing so far as the leader in the Republican race. McMahon and Foley will self-finance their campaigns. Caligiuri's narrative is fetching: The son of an Italian immigrant who made good, in part because of sacrifices endured by his parents, he learned the importance of honor and straight dealing at his father's knees. When Waterbury was sinking in a swamp of corruption, Caligiuri was then going under anesthesia for an operation and awoke to find himself the serendipitous acting mayor of Waterbury. He let it be known early in his administration that he would not seek a term of his own, a move that defanged his opposition. He initiated important reforms in his hometown and would pursue the same path in Washington as Dodd's replacement. Caligiuri presents himself as what one might call a pragmatic conservative, someone able to cut through the Berlin Wall of egotism and partisanship in Washington to achieve goals that would advance the common good. Dodd, he says, has been corrupted by Beltway politics, an eventuality he hopes to avoid through a self-imposed term limit that will allow him to focus on needed reforms. Not an unappealing narrative. There is an unspoken, honorable tradition among political commentators in Connecticut, who view themselves as no respecters of money in politics, to make an honest effort to level the playing field by giving quality coverage to neglected opponents. In Caligiuri's case, since most media commentators are liberals, this would require them to lay aside their political preferences and embrace what they may take to be a conservative scarred with leprous sores. Are they up to it? Or is Caligiuri in the wrong race? In that column in which you described the General Assembly as a "nest of locusts" -- wish I had said that -- you suggested that Caligiuri should run for governor instead.
CP: As a political and ideological matter, I can't see why any Republican would deny Simmons the Senate nomination. He has vast experience, a record of much political success in competitive districts, good ability to raise money, and in the polls does the best by far of the Republican Senate candidates. Caligiuri is already crowded out of the Senate race behind Simmons and the three self-funding multimillionaires. But as a candidate for governor Caligiuri likely would stand out as the only candidate saying something, the most specific on fiscal policy matters. He has voted against consensus budgets because he knew what they were going to lead to -- the disaster Connecticut is in now. He's smart, decent, attractive, and has relevant experience in government that goes beyond his brief time in the legislature. None of the likely Republican candidates for governor is well known or rich enough to finance his own campaign, and Connecticut remains a Democratic state. So the only way the Republican nominee for governor will have any chance will be if his message is pointed and fearfully relevant. If people are still angry next year, such a candidate might be heard, and the right message might be worth more than money.
DP: Barack Obama, a persuasive rhetorician and devoted man of the left, was a year ago swept into office on what some regard as rather amorphous promises of hope and change. Democrats in Connecticut may be surprised to learn that Republican conservatives were very much put off by ex-President George Bush's irresponsible spending. And some conservatives were deeply divided on the utility of the war in Iraq. Buckley, for instance, citing John Adams, thought it was imprudent to fight a war in Iraq in a vain attempt to shower the country with the blessings of democracy. Some things have changed nationally. President Obama, making a distinction between a war of necessity (Afghanistan) and a war of choice (Iraq), is expected to commit more troops to Afghanistan. Dodd's positions with respect to recent wars have "evolved." He was opposed to the first Persian Gulf War, fearing that it might become a Vietnam-like quagmire. Dodd supported Bush's war of choice in Iraq at first and later opposed it, along with other leading Democrats, when Bush's prosecution of the war seemed to be failing. Republican neocons now appear willing to support Obama's prosecution of the war in Afghanistan, though they suspect that he will try to win that war on the cheap, refusing to commit enough troops. As far as I know, none of the Republicans in the Senate race, apart from Schiff, will be willing to exploit Dodd's vacillations on recent wars -- because, unlike George Will, they believe that the war in Afghanistan, the graveyard of empires, is winnable. Are they missing an opportunity?
CP: I sure think so. The public opposes both wars now because it perceives them as not WORTH winning. The country is not and never will be prepared to commit the resources necessary to win these wars, if winning can even be defined. The United States was not attacked from Iraq or Afghanistan in any sense that the resources of those countries were used to attack us. We were attacked because of our own failures of airport security, immigration enforcement, and border control -- failures that, remarkably, continue. To send soldiers to risk their lives when their country is not prepared to commit every resource to their success is a criminal betrayal, treason. But somehow this proposition can't be expressed by anyone running for office, even as most people probably would agree with it.
DP: You have been involved in the news business most of your life. Traditionally, the news media has played an important role in candidate selection, sometimes through endorsements, explicit and implicit, always through its role as a trusted information provider. With the rise of Internet blogs and other unfiltered, raw information streams, including talk radio and extra-party advertising, the role and direction of the mainstream media have shifted: Reporters have blogs, and news reports now draw on unedited raw information in an attempt to outpace instant news providers. Some dare call it gossip. One is reminded of Soren Kierkegaard's sassy observation that once the modern world perfects the means of communication, it will find that it has nothing worthwhile to say. Like the whisper in the whirlwind, Kierkegaard thought that in the future the truth would be hidden in a welter of babbling. Are the news media progressing or regressing? Are they capable of advancing the public virtues you and I find so necessary in our modern atomistic epoch? And what effect will these changes in the means of communication have on our politics -- for good or ill?
CP: On the whole, I'd say the news media are regressing, even as I'm glad of the democratizing influence of the Internet. But of course Internet sources are often unreliable, superficial, unaccountable, and even ill-intentioned. I'll kick the mainstream news media as much as anyone else but I don't think the good journalism that has blossomed on the Internet has yet compensated for the good journalism that has been lost in the decline of printed and commercial TV and radio news. But we may be looking in the wrong place for the source of the problem. Where the people maintain their civic virtue and patriotism, they will find a way to get reliable information. Maybe the best measure of civic virtue is voter participation, and it has been steadily declining for decades. My newspaper is largely a local newspaper and puts the better part of its resources into reporting about municipal government. On municipal government's biggest day in Connecticut, the biennial municipal election, in a typical town maybe 40 percent of the voters vote. And those who are registered to vote are perhaps only 80 percent of those who are eligible to register. Do the math -- 40 percent of 80 percent -- and it seems that on municipal government's biggest day in Connecticut only about a third of the adult population is even remotely interested. On a typical day my newspaper devotes 10 pages to things more or less related to public policy and one page to celebrity gossip and fruitcake stuff. The election participation figures suggest that, as a business proposition, we may have this exactly backwards. If you want a better public life, get a better public.


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More than $6.5 million will be invested across Australia's fisheries following the announcement of 22 new research projects from the Australian Government's Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC).
The FRDC grant to Deakin was received by Dr Daniel Ierodiaconou and Dr Craig Sherman and is to be used on a project on the Victorian abalone fishery that integrates high-resolution habitat mapping, hydrodynamic modelling and genomics to identify the patterns of connectivity between patches and populations of abalone.
For more information on the grant and other associated projects click HERE.


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His6-Ubiquitin Mutant with K6 only
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His6-Ubiquitin Mutant with K6 only
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This ubiquitin mutant contains only a single lysine, K6, with all other lysines mutated to arginine. This mutation renders ubiquitin able to form poly-ubiquitin chains with other ubiquitin molecules only via the K6 lysine.
Product Information
Stock:Soluble and stable in aqueous buffers up to 5 mg/ml.
MW:9.3 kDa
Purity:> 95% by SDS-PAGE
Supplied:This is a lyophilized powder
Use & Storage
Typical concentrations for non rate-limiting support of in vitro conjugationreactions range from 200 μM-1 mM depending on experimental conditions.
Store at -20°C after solubilization in desired buffer. Avoid multiple freeze/thaw cycles.
Baboshina D.V., et al. (1996) J.Biol.Chem. 271:2823-2831
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No Response Means…Wait Longer
The debate over the "No Response Means No" policy many literary agencies have adopted has been buzzing over the literary blogosphere for days now and—I just can't help it—I have to add my two-cents worth.
Some agents are defending their right to simply not respond to queries that don't interest them (you can catch two of their blog posts here and here.) And, if we're going to keep objective about it, it is, after all, their right. You, as the author, are not their client. They don't actually owe you anything. There's no law or decree binding them to even read your email.
I can appreciate their reasons for deciding not to respond. 1.) It takes time out of the day, time that is better spent with clients or, as one agent wrote, kids 2.) It opens the agent up to receive angry responses 3.) It creates a very negative frame of mind to deliver all that bad news.
I respect these agents. I read their blogs and think almost everything they say is super-awesome. I do have a mind of my own in here somewhere, though, and I have to respectfully disagree with them. Here's why:
It's not that hard to write rejection letters. This is a process that could be long and drawn-out, if I didn't do it so often that I've streamlined it into a mindless, automatic, quick process. Mine's a bit longer than others' because I have a compulsion to obsessively track everything that crosses my desk. Here's how I do:
- I ask authors to place the word "query" somewhere in the subject line of their e-query. This prompts my email program to automatically place the email in my "queries" folder and send the author an automatic response to let them know I've received their query and what to expect from me as far as response time, etc. Time: 0 seconds.
- When I get around to reading queries (every day, at some point), I log each query in my giant Excel spreadsheet of every query I receive and my response. I do this so that Excel's autofill feature will tip me off if I've received a query from an author more than once and so that when authors say, "Hey, I queried you and…" I'll know what they're talking about at a glance. It also helps me compile statistics so that I can have fun making blog posts about them. Time: 5 seconds
- When rejecting, I simply hit "reply," select a pre-written and preformatted signature from the drop-down menu, remove the word "query" from the subject line so if they respond it doesn't go in my query folder and hit send. Time: 5 seconds.
- Update my spreadsheet with my response: 2 seconds.
So the total time I spend on each author to reject a query is 12 seconds. The total time I would really need to spend on rejection letters is probably closer to 7 seconds, without my obsessive logging.
I don't mind angry attacks from rejectees. And besides, I'd get angry responses from those I ignored if I never responded, anyway. I get it. I totally do. Their whole family told them they're a brilliant writer, their high school guidance counselor sent them off to college with a request for a signed copy of their future first novel, they've sent their query and their high hopes to a bzillion agents only to have them dashed. And now I've broken the camel's back by saying I wasn't hooked. I'm sorry, angry rejectee. I'm not being sarcastic; I really am sorry that things didn't turn out the way you expected. I hate when that happens too.
I would not want to be the author who gets no response. I would imagine that sending your brain-child out into the world and receiving no response would be agonizing. After putting myself in the author's shoes, I cringe at what I know my mind would do to me. I'd jump and squeal at the response and then I'd feel really stupid when I figured out it was an auto-confirmation. Doh. Then, I'd obsessively check my email all day long for six weeks, just waiting to hear that response. I'd peruse the agent's blog and twitter account, hoping to catch a glimmer of something or imagining how great it would be to be the client of this agent. I'd re-read my submission until I had no perspective at all. Then, when no response came, I'd drive myself nuts wondering if the agent got it at all. Maybe it was in her spam folder. Maybe she accidentally deleted it. Should I follow up? Is that in poor taste? Will I be blacklisted for being annoying? Maybe she…well, maybe… This would be my own personal version of a long, drawn-out hell.
If I can spend 12 seconds and rescue authors from that, I will.
A caveat: I sometimes delete queries without ever reading them. Yup. I do that. If the author sends me an email with just a link that I have to then click on, or a Word document attachment as their query, I'll just delete it because it will take longer than those 12 seconds, taking time away from all the authors who did follow the guidelines.
Finally, what do you think? Would you rather get no response at all or a form response? Would you rather wait something like six months and get a rejection letter that had lots of feedback or only two weeks and get an email that just read: "no?"
Posted on September 14, 2011, in Advice, blog, book publishing, literary agency, logging submissions, manuscripts, queries, slush pile, submissions, writers and tagged dos and donts, form rejections, no response means no agents, no response means no corcoran, no response means no janet reid, no response means no rachelle gardner, query response time, rejection, rejection letter, rejection response time, standard query format. Bookmark the permalink. 18 Comments.
Thanks very much for this post, Lauren. It's nice that you took the stand that a literary agent should acknowledge the query by sending a rejection (if she or he doesn't like it) instead of just ignoring it. It's not polite not to respond, and as you demonstrated .. the excuse that it takes time to send a rejection .. is not a serious excuse.
I always prefer to get a rejection than no response. With no response, you might wonder if the e-mail got lost. A rejection makes it clear.
While it will be wonderful if agents will give feedback with comments after a few months, it's not realistic to accept it. Literary agents get many queries and feedback like this will be time consuming for the agent. Reading your blogs can give clues for feedback.
Thanks again for voicing your views, even when they go against those who have many more years as agents. Your views are the right ones. Best wishes in finding great novels among all the queries and some who will be great best sellers.
Thanks for posting your thoughts on this. Part of becoming a writer is become savvy to the business of writing. Your post really helps.
Queries are part of the business, so it completely makes sense that different agents would have different ways to respond…
But…that being said…
When it's ready, I'll take my "business" to someone who is thoughtful enough to respond. It's the kind of relationship I would want to have with any prospective business partner.
While still fairly new to the querying process, the main thing that annoys me just a little is when an agent requests a full, so he/she saw something in the MS initially to request it, and THEN they keep it six months just to send a FORM response back! No comments. No helpful hints or critiques to help the writer understand why it took SIX months to send a standard rejection after initially seeing potential. I must say, Lauren, that you always approach these touchy topics with nothing but class. I highly respect that about you, and I look forward to re-querying you with a MS you just can't help but love. Just don't keep it for six months. LOL Thanks for educating us all the time.
Hey Lauren, I have to say while sending out many queries myself and some of the agents were kind enough to send a form letter while some didn't send anything, I feel is just a kind of respect, just as it is to put on our letter Dear Name of Agent instead of Dear Agent. Of course a perk would be if the agent gave some insight as to why they rejected so we could learn, but I appreciate the fact they replied and are so busy these days with so many queries. About the nasty replies, it is definately not called for or professional.
Excellent and funny post. While I agree that non-responders are a bit annoying, much worse are those who don't respond to requested submissions, and worst of all are those who wheedle an exclusive from an author and then don't bother to respond to the full. The only acceptable excuse is that the agent had a brain hemorrhage while reading it. (In fact, I once received a query rejection from the estate of an agent who died the year before. They actually went through his slush pile and sent back all the envelopes. So if a dead agent can respond to an unrequested query, a live agent should show the same professionalism for stuff they actually asked for.)
Thanks for taking the time to send a response! You're right, it's definitely frustrating to submit and never hear back – especially when it's an agent you really feel might fit with your work. Some no response means no agents don't have an auto-response either, which always makes you wonder if they ever received it.
Spot on with the personal, long, drawn-out hell.
As a querier (can I say that?) in that very place right now, my current perspective is that the form rejections hurt just as bad as the no responses. The non-form rejections are *almost* encouraging. And the requests for fulls are like a roller coaster that starts out high and plunges you into a new personal hell of waiting. 🙂 (NOT THAT I'M COMPLAINING!)
But when all is said and done, I chose to query the agents I did because, from what I learn by cyber-stalking them, I *think* they'll like my stuff, and I *think* I'll like them. So, if your policy is NR or respond to everyone, as long as you have deliberate reasons for your decision, I can be fine with either.
And I appreciate you taking the stand you do for the reasons you do. 🙂
Just wanted to say, I've never laughed so hard while reading a post. Your imagination is impeccable. Perhaps you should give up agenting and start writing for that ultra small niche market of wannabe writers. You'd have them in stitches. I can just see the book trailer now!
Fabulous post and nice insight into how you review your queries! I think you hit the nail on the head with how it can affect writers – for many no response is the writerly version of hell! The hamsters in our brains just can't stop circling around the "what ifs?"
I do completely understand and respect why some agents have a no-response-means-no policy, but I'd be lying if I said I couldn't help wondering if my query ever actually reached them. I think the happy medium is an auto-response with a brief message along the lines of "We got your query and we'll be in touch in X weeks if we're interested. If you don't hear from hear from us by then, it's a pass." That way it eases the obsessive writer's brain and essentially pre-sends the rejection if needed. Then it's a happy surprise if the writer gets a request. And who doesn't love a happy surprise? 🙂
LOL! You say, "After putting myself in the author's shoes, I cringe at what I know my mind would do to me." And you then go on to describe… me (and probably a thousand other writers)! IMO, your ability to put yourself into our shoes so accurately has put you on the right side of this debate. Thank you! OK, I need to go check my e-mail. 'scuse me…
I have had queries and replies get lost, so the auto response saying the query has been recieved is the most thing to me.
That would be 'the most important thing to me' *blushes*
Great post! While I can definitely appreciate the point of view of the "no response means no" camp, I really wish every agent would respond, even if just with a form–I certainly don't expect feedback on a query. This could be because I'm anal–I keep a detailed spreadsheet, and hate having to make the judgement call of when to close a query out. If the agent has auto-replies with a timeframe–"I've received your query and will be in touch within four weeks if I'm interested in seeing more"–that helps a lot. It's the ones that you send into the void never to know if they were received or read because there was never a reply that are the most frustrating.
I have to admit–the "it opens me up to nasty replies" bothers me a lot. 99% of writers will never send a nasty reply, and the ones who will are likely to do so with or without a rejection. ("How dare you ignore me" types.) It's letting a few people ruin it for everyone else, and what's more–a nasty reply is unpleasant, but all it takes is deleting it.
Thanks for putting yourself in the writer's shoes–you hit it spot-on with the anxiety 🙂


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It was time to go home. Fall had reached New York, and the rain just kept on falling for a week, while I was finishing up. It was not hard at all to leave the dirty, rain-splattered streets, and go to Volda.
The trip went by in record time: I left JFK 19:00 NYC time and was in Volda after 13 hours: 14:00 Volda time. My luggage couldn't keep up though, it arrives today after a little break in London.
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When the condo is too good a thingPosted by Liz under Bachelorettes , Bonding , Volunteers' Bunnies
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Our 3 buns seem to have decided that their condo is the most marvelous place in the world and they don't care to come out to play. (Thanks, Stephanie & Rachel, our bunnies really do love the place to pieces.) Now, I'll admit that we also took up the giant 8×10 livingroom rug for the summer, so they don't have all that traction. But hey, I got them a smaller 5×7 rug, that doesn't count as a good spot to romp? I considered getting one of those woven grass or bamboo rugs, but I know it would just be automatic bunny food.
Echo and Lookout seem to love racing around together. Their relationship seems to have developed into one of older and younger sister. When in their cage, they can frequently be found flopped together on the bottom floor in the shade, Lookout using Echo's flank as a pillow. I really have to get pictures, its priceless, especially after all the time we spent working on getting Lookout socialized. Don't let yourself think that Beanbag is being left out, he's getting his fair share of cuddly moments too. I always smile when I walk into the sun room and find the three of them piled together at the bottom of the second floor ramp, chilling out and grooming.
Holly is having a grand time as well. She's becoming more comfortable with her life in our home. She's gotten time to run around regularly and spends most of her time these days with her ears up rather than down. (This is a big improvement for a scared little bunny.) She stretches out in one of her two litterboxes (the one I have taken to calling her "safety box", like a kid with a safety blankie), she leans her chin against the edge and drowses in the late day sun. When she's out, she is very curious about what we are doing. She even tried to type by coming over and standing with her front paws on the edge of Matt's laptop the other day. Its so good to see her becoming more active that I almost hate to discipline her when she does something wrong. Hopefully we will continue to see her coming out of her shell as she regains more of her trust in people.
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Allan Says:
June 21st, 2006 at 8:25 am
There's something terribly precious when a bunny that was otherwise very scared takes to slowly loving you back.
Allan Says:
June 21st, 2006 at 8:59 pm
I just had a thought. Maybe if you stopped paying for the AC and the internet in their condo, they'd come out more?
Jessica Says:
June 22nd, 2006 at 7:48 am
If she cuts off their internet, how would they finish the bunny plot to take over the world?
Post pictures!!! I know you know how. :P
Liz Says:
June 22nd, 2006 at 8:44 am
Heh. Yeah, we keep trying to change the encryption so they can't use the wireless router, but somehow they keep hacking in. I suspect that its Lookout's fault. I'm not too worried though, they are too busy trying to figure out how to move the air conditioning into their room to finish their current plot for world domination. As long as it stays hot, I don't have to worry about them taking over.
Holly actually let Matt put his hand under her nose the other day. It was such a big step for her. We really think that she's a very special girl. We are hoping that we can find a good family for her. She deserves it and has so much love to give.
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June 23rd, 2006 at 10:46 pm
I am so glad the condo is working out! I knew you would love it. We absolutely love ours and so do the clowns (Eve and Dorian). They spend a lot of time lounging in it and only really want to come out in the evening, which is fine, I guess! I am also glad your trio is getting along so well. Nothing but love and roses with Eve and Dorian…
Good luck with Holly. She sounds like she is on her way to becoming more comfortable with people. Good work!


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Posted by Larry T. Nix at 9:15 AM
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- David Nilsen said...
I love bookmobiles so much. I wish we still had ours at the library I work at. I do post pictures of our old ones occasionally, if you want to see them. http://520and4th.tumblr.com/tagged/bookmobile
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Unfortunately, hackers have created these type of infections with numerous components. Each one of them is located in a different place on the system. If you want to remove Facebook Malware warning, you must identify and eliminate all of them as well. Likewise, it becomes almost impossible.
For this reason, we highly recommend Reimage Reimage Cleaner Intego. This professional tool will quickly scan your computer files and locate all of the elements that might be supporting malicious activity on your system. Also, it will protect your PC from further infections after Facebook Malware warning removal as well.
Malicious links are the primary distribution source of the scams
During our years of experience, we have noticed that most of the people get infected with various types of malware and potentially unwanted programs[2] by clicking on suspicious and dangerous links. This cyber threat also spreads the same way as people are convinced to visit the rogue page by hackers.
Usually, people receive an innocent looking message which claims about something exciting, like:
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Give me one SHARE as my gift, only one SHARE.
Because I don't Have one leg Nobody shared My picture
As soon as criminals catch user's attention, they append a link which is set to start the download of an adware program. This application is created to deliver fake malware warnings to Facebook users and trick them into downloading more potentially unwanted programs.
Therefore, it is crucial to monitor your online activity: never open messages and emails from people you don't know, do not click on potentially dangerous links, do not accept friend requests from people you are not familiar with and avoid visiting unreliable websites.
Facebook Malware warning removal is a must for everyone
As we have already mentioned, such cyber infections are dangerous due to their ability to infiltrate the system with other potentially unwanted programs. NoVirus.uk[3] team reminds that all infections have negative consequences on the PC, starting from slowdowns, freezes, and even permanent damage.
For this reason, you must remove Facebook Malware warning and do it quickly. If you leave it on your system for an extensive period of time, there is a substantial risk that you will encounter more problems in the long-run. Thus, please, do not delay the elimination.
Facebook Malware warning removal can be completed with a robust antivirus. You will find our recommended software down below. Download it, run a full system scan and make sure that none of the components are left on your PC.
You may remove virus damage with a help of Reimage Reimage Cleaner Intego. SpyHunter 5Combo Cleaner and Malwarebytes are recommended to detect potentially unwanted programs and viruses with all their files and registry entries that are related to them.
To remove Facebook Malware warning, follow these steps:
Uninstall Facebook Malware warning from Windows systems
Start Facebook Malware warning removal by uninstalling all suspicious software on Windows:
- Click Start → Control Panel → Programs and Features (if you are Windows XP user, click on Add/Remove Programs).
- If you are Windows 10 / Windows 8 user, then right-click in the lower left corner of the screen. Once Quick Access Menu shows up, select Control Panel and Uninstall a Program.
Uninstall Facebook Malware warning and related programs
Here, look for Facebook Malware warning or any other recently installed suspicious programs.
- Uninstall them and click OK to save these changes.
Get rid of Facebook Malware warning from Mac OS X system
- If you are using OS X, click Go button at the top left of the screen and select Applications.
- Wait until you see Applications folder and look for Facebook Malware warning or any other suspicious programs on it. Now right click on every of such entries and select Move to Trash.
Eliminate Facebook Malware warning from Internet Explorer (IE)
Remove dangerous add-ons
Open Internet Explorer, click on the Gear icon (IE menu) on the top right corner of the browser and choose Manage Add-ons.
- You will see a Manage Add-ons window. Here, look for Facebook Malware warning and other suspicious plugins. Disable these entries by clicking Disable:
Change your homepage if it was altered by virus:
Click on the gear icon (menu) on the top right corner of the browser and select Internet Options. Stay in General tab.
- Here, remove malicious URL and enter preferable domain name. Click Apply to save changes.
Reset Internet Explorer
Click on the gear icon (menu) again and select Internet options. Go to Advanced tab.
- Here, select Reset.
- When in the new window, check Delete personal settings and select Reset again to complete Facebook Malware warning removal.
Remove Facebook Malware warning from Microsoft Edge
Reset Microsoft Edge settings (Method 1):
- Launch Microsoft Edge app and click More (three dots at the top right corner of the screen).
- Click Settings to open more options.
- Once Settings window shows up, click Choose what to clear button under Clear browsing data option.
- Here, select all what you want to remove and click Clear.
- Now you should right-click on the Start button (Windows logo). Here, select Task Manager.
- When in Processes tab, search for Microsoft Edge.
- Right-click on it and choose Go to details option. If can't see Go to details option, click More details and repeat previous steps.
- When Details tab shows up, find every entry with Microsoft Edge name in it. Right click on each of them and select End Task to end these entries.
Resetting Microsoft Edge browser (Method 2):
If Method 1 failed to help you, you need to use an advanced Edge reset method.
- Note: you need to backup your data before using this method.
- Find this folder on your computer:
- Select every entry which is saved on it and right click with your mouse. Then Delete option.
- Click the Start button (Windows logo) and type in window power in Search my stuff line.
- Right-click the Windows PowerShell entry and choose Run as administrator.
- Once Administrator: Windows PowerShell window shows up, paste this command line after PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> and press Enter:
Get-AppXPackage -AllUsers -Name Microsoft.MicrosoftEdge | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register $($_.InstallLocation)\AppXManifest.xml -Verbose}
Once these steps are finished, Facebook Malware warning should be removed from your Microsoft Edge browser.
Delete Facebook Malware warning from Mozilla Firefox (FF)
If this potentially unwanted program has managed to install extra elements, you can get rid of them by deleting unknown entries from Mozilla.
Remove dangerous extensions
Open Mozilla Firefox, click on the menu icon (top right corner) and select Add-ons → Extensions.
- Here, select Facebook Malware warning and other questionable plugins. Click Remove to delete these entries.
Reset Mozilla Firefox
Click on the Firefox menu on the top left and click on the question mark. Here, choose Troubleshooting Information.
- Now you will see Reset Firefox to its default state message with Reset Firefox button. Click this button for several times and complete Facebook Malware warning removal.
Erase Facebook Malware warning from Google Chrome
The fastest method to get rid of Facebook Malware warning from Chrome is to uninstall dubious extensions and reset the browser.
Delete malicious plugins
Open Google Chrome, click on the menu icon (top right corner) and select Tools → Extensions.
- Here, select Facebook Malware warning and other malicious plugins and select trash icon to delete these entries.
- Click on menu icon again and choose Settings → Manage Search engines under the Search section.
- When in Search Engines..., remove malicious search sites. You should leave only Google or your preferred domain name.
Reset Google Chrome
Click on menu icon on the top right of your Google Chrome and select Settings.
- Scroll down to the end of the page and click on Reset browser settings.
- Click Reset to confirm this action and complete Facebook Malware warning removal.
Uninstall Facebook Malware warning from Safari
Remove dangerous extensions
Open Safari web browser and click on Safari in menu at the top left of the screen. Once you do this, select Preferences.
- Here, select Extensions and look for Facebook Malware warning or other suspicious entries. Click on the Uninstall button to get rid each of them.
Reset Safari
Open Safari browser and click on Safari in menu section at the top left of the screen. Here, select Reset Safari....
- Now you will see a detailed dialog window filled with reset options. All of those options are usually checked, but you can specify which of them you want to reset. Click the Reset button to complete Facebook Malware warning removal process.
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- ^ Malware. SearchSecurity. Information Security information, news and tips.
- ^ Sabrina Berkenkopf. "Potentially Unwanted Programs": much more than just annoying. G DATA. Internet Security.
- ^ NoVirus. NoVirus. Security and Spyware News.
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Like so many of you, I've spent much of the past year on an endless #KonMari-induced purge. And like many of you, while I was happy to throw away and donate plenty of clothing, shoes, and accessories, I've also tried to maximize the purging experience and make a little dough from my fashion mistakes. I've had a lot of friends in real life ask me where to sell, so I thought I'd recap for readers as well.
- eBay is where I go to sell electronics, and also designer merchandise including handbags and shoes (I've been selling a LOT of shoes since I started working at Christian Louboutin). While the experience on eBay can be tedious (ughhghghgh eBay buyers!) and the final selling fees a bit high, I find that almost everything I expect to sell on eBay does, and sometimes for more than I was expecting. For example, I always list my iPhone when I upgrade to a newer model and they'll generally sell within an hour (yes, an hour) at a Buy-it-Now price that negates the price I paid for the upgrade. Boom! Just ensure that you include high quality images and a detailed description of your item, including any flaws. This rule applies to selling on any online forum.
- Poshmark is a fashion-specific app, with an active and engaged community of "Poshers." On Poshmark, I list primarily accessories including shoes, handbags and jewelry from more contemporary brands. I've listed a few items of clothing as well, but stylized, on body images tend to work best for clothing and I'm a little lazy for that. I've had a great experience on Poshmark overall - the selling experience is easy peasy from listing to shipping (you'll use the prepaid Priority Mail label Poshmark delivers to your inbox immediately following a sale). They take a 20% fee on all final sales, and Poshers DO like to bargain. Expect to negotiate and pad your asking prices accordingly. The online consigment space overall is hot - there are a LOT of sites that specialize in everything from designer (Vaunte or Tradesy) to more mass brands (think Thred Up) but I've found that Poshmark has the most active community. Follow my closet here, if you're so inclined!
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