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Survey Reveals Attractive People Are More Likely to Land Job Interviews
Well, here's a whole new spin on getting the edge in the job market.
A new study has found that attractive people have more luck getting hired.
Researchers in Italy sent out 10,000 of the same exact resume, changing only the name and address and including different photos with each.
While only 30% of resumes received calls, that number shot up to 54% among women deemed attractive, while 47% of men considered good-looking did.
Only 7% of unattractive women were called, while 26% of ugly men were, proving beauty is in the eye of hiring manager.


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Caltrans issued the original Environmental Handbook in 1975 as a written compendium of guidance and procedures for processing environmental documents. Since that time the number of handbooks has grown to five:
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Microsoft's Bob Ward has a good post up on the CSS SQL Server Engineers blog about an upcoming web page that will completely document all of the wait types from the sys.dm_os_wait_stats DMV. There will be more detailed and practical information about the individual wait types compared to what is documented in Books Online. He is soliciting questions and suggestions on his blog for this project.
This is great news. I have long been a proponent of looking at wait types to get a better idea of the primary performance bottlenecks for a SQL Server instance. Below is a query that I use very frequently to monitor my top wait types.
-- Clear Wait Stats (as needed) DBCC SQLPERF('sys.dm_os_wait_stats', CLEAR); -- Isolate top waits for server instance since last restart or statistics clear WITH Waits AS (SELECT wait_type, wait_time_ms / 1000. AS wait_time_s, 100. * wait_time_ms / SUM(wait_time_ms) OVER() AS pct, ROW_NUMBER() OVER(ORDER BY wait_time_ms DESC) AS rn FROM sys.dm_os_wait_stats WHERE wait_type NOT IN('SLEEP_TASK', 'BROKER_TASK_STOP', 'SQLTRACE_BUFFER_FLUSH', 'CLR_AUTO_EVENT', 'CLR_MANUAL_EVENT', 'LAZYWRITER_SLEEP')) -- filter out some irrelevant waits SELECT W1.wait_type, CAST(W1.wait_time_s AS DECIMAL(12, 2)) AS wait_time_s, CAST(W1.pct AS DECIMAL(12, 2)) AS pct, CAST(SUM(W2.pct) AS DECIMAL(12, 2)) AS running_pct FROM Waits AS W1 INNER JOIN Waits AS W2 ON W2.rn <= W1.rn GROUP BY W1.rn, W1.wait_type, W1.wait_time_s, W1.pct HAVING SUM(W2.pct) - W1.pct < 95; -- percentage threshold for waits
It is pretty easy to figure out the more common wait types, but it will be great to have better information on the less common ones, along with information on corrective action (where it is needed).


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Treasure Island Media's Macho Factory comes from the rising Spanish company of the same name. And because it's TIM, you know it's going to be a relentless fuck fest of stunning proportions. Macho Serge is a director with an eye for hot, hung Spaniards fucking hard, and Macho Factory the movie collects seven of his hottest scenes. They were clearly chosen for maximum raw power and the men are some of the sexiest studs you know as well as some you don't—it's a great mix of established stars and newcomers.
Things get going with gorgeous Viktor Rom and hot Peruvian pig Pablo Bravo, who start off sucking cock and fucking doggy style in the bathroom. Soon they move to the bedroom, where Pablo can more comfortably accommodate all the positions. You'll see why Viktor won the HustlaBall Award for Best Porn Star in 2016.
Latin hunk Koldo Goran has a long, thick slab of fuck meat on a lean, lightly furry frame. As a handyman, he's doing much more than an ordinary bathroom makeover. Koldo and the appropriately named Extreme Cumhole get dirty in an aggressive pairing featuring piledriver action and a messy conclusion.
Alex "XXL" Macho is a dominant, muscular Black top based in Madrid. He's new to US porn viewers but has, it seems, been around for a while in Madrid. When Ronny Fucker brings him breakfast in bed, Alex has a big, tasty sausage to serve him in return. This interracial scene will start your day off right, too.
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Twenty-two years of doing nails takes a toll on the hands.
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Maggie's unhappy client got her revenge.
Maggie wonders if those uncooperative clients really have control issues.
Maggie has great expectations when a favorite long-lost client returns.
Maggie is fed up with clients who sound like 2-year-olds.
Maggie can stand only so much praise from clients.
Maggie recalls one crazy client who lost it right before her eyes.
Do "good" clients always earn their keep?
Maggie is not on board with the concept of a "free" hand.
After complaining about bad clients, Maggie feels it's only fair to acknowledge the many lovable ones.
Maggie wonders why it is that clients still don't know how to sit and extend their hands properly.
Maggie stood up a client — sort of.
It happens every year around this time — it's still light outside when most people are getting out of work. It's not raining. It's not cold, but it's not hot yet. Everything is green. People get spring fever.
Something that has changed during the time I've been doing nails is the proliferation of antidepressants available and the number of people they're being prescribed to.I've put some effort into understanding selective serotonin reuptake
It started with a simple inquiry from a prospective client who e-mailed to say that she wanted to book an appointment with me, but first she wanted to know if I did "full acrylic and not
I have been on the great quest for the Perfect Product [insert sound of angels singing] but, alas [dramatic sigh], I fear there is none.Part of the problem comes from looking at techs posting pictures to
I know I've mentioned in the past that I have never had so many "walk-ins" since I moved to a private office on the fourth floor of a semi-secure office building. I blame the Internet —
The other day, I was walking down the hallway to my salon just as the massage therapist next door was coming out of her room. She informed me that one of our other neighbors — an
I've always refused to make reminder calls. In part, because it's a time-consuming pain in the patootie. Especially for a night owl like me who's already fighting to survive in a diurnal society. Most people expect
This morning I was waiting on a client when she texted to give me a heads up that she was "running 10 late." I usually mark off a little extra time for this particular client to
I am working on a "professionally" worded e-mail template to "politely" explain my reasons for deactivating the self-booking feature on my online booking system for certain clients — or would-be clients, or wannabe clients, or whatever
For years I have tried to come up with a plan for some sort of end-of-year reward/punishment — yes, punishment — program for my clients based on their behavior throughout the year.Lots of business do this
It's been a year since I implemented online booking. For the most part, it has been a great addition to the way I do business. It saves me time, it ended most of the phone tag,
So a new client comes in the other day for a full set. She tells me that she's been stalking me online for a while and loves my work. But she has a regular nail tech,
Every time I see an ad or an article or some industry quip about ways to keep busy during the "winter slump" my eyes bug out of my head and I catch my breath. What "winter
I have worked very hard to set up my workstation in a manner that is ergonomic for me. I put thought into it when I designed my desk. I thought about it when I bought my
When doing rockstar nails in acrylic, I really prefer to do a French style. It's easier to change the colors this way — all I have to do is a backfill. If the client really wants
Have you ever been working hard to write up a really classy service menu and come up with the brilliant idea to refer to any of your one-of-a-kind creations as "artisan" anythings? I did once. I
Maybe it's because the weather is changing and we are in that rare, and short-lived, time of the year when the heat isn't on and neither is the air conditioning. So there are long periods of
No. I'm not talking about the actual company by the same name. I'm talking about the concept of keeping in touch. Lately, I've found myself frustrated from dealing with a handful of companies that seem not to
All my Facebook friends know that this week has been a rough one for me. After coming back from vacation all primed and pumped and ready to tackle another 21 years of doing nails and not
A few weeks ago I got a text from a potential client asking about booking an appointment and wanting to know if I could do a set "like this" and what would I charge for it. She
I believe I've mentioned that in the last few years I've had several former clients embark upon a career in the nail industry. Most of them didn't even tell me. Some of them were former clients
I used to think that once I built my clientele, I'd be set. I knew there would always be a few people who strayed off because they moved away or couldn't afford their nails anymore, but
I had my desk custom built almost 20 years ago. Since then, I've had a handful of jobs where I didn't use it — it also doubles as an excellent TV stand, student desk, and sewing
Right now my clients are loving the "accent nail" look — which they all seem to think of as "the new thing" even though it was SO the hotness back in the late '80s/early '90's when
Close to three years ago now, I got a phone call from a sweet lady in Montana...or maybe Idaho...or possibly Wyoming. Well, I got a call from a sweet lady who lived very far away from
The other night, lying in bed, trying to convince myself that 11 o'clock is a perfectly acceptable time to be in bed (I'm a night person. Going to bed before 1 a.m. doesn't really jibe with
If I ever have the opportunity to go back in time, one of the stops I'd like to make will be the late 1800s to Marshall Field and Company to speak to Mr. Field and Gordon
I'm sure we've all had a handful of those clients, right? The ones who just do not mesh with you? That first appointment is awkward and stressful. You ask them questions, they either give one word
Sometimes I can be a bit much. Or so I've been told. I talk a lot. I can be quite animated and I've never been very good at all that "polite conversation" stuff — always sticking
I really appreciate it when clients arrive early. It gives them time to put their purses down, put on their sweaters (I keep my AC set to "snow"), check their e-mail/voicemail/text messages or whatever it is
I think by far the most challenging aspect of my job is the personal interaction required. My job is not merely comprised of the physical act of performing services, but complicated by the need to effectively
When I decided to experiment with online booking, I was wary. Letting other people book services for me has never proven to go smoothly in the past and that was in salons with a professional receptionist,
How I charge for services has become increasingly varied over the last few years. It's not a simple matter of "how much is a full set" anymore, now it's more like, "Well it starts at X
I have such mixed feelings when learning that a new client is also a nail tech. I've long gotten over the anxiety of feeling judged, and I nary bat an eye anymore when someone tells me
Some days I'm all for a challenge. Bring me a photo of nails you found on Pinterest, bring me a dress you need to match, I'm all over it! The wheels get to turning and I'm
Coincidentally enough, my latest issue of NAILS arrived yesterday and, just as I was pulling it out of my tote bag and opening it up, the BF starts telling me a story about a competing auto
Why do so many people feel obligated to greet me with the words, "Isn't it terrible...?" From a rape/murder three counties over to a missing child report three states over, people mire themselves in misery and feel
So, back to that Motorcycle class I took. Man, has that ended up being an educational experience! The sort that makes me think about my own industry a lot.That whole episode where we watched our instructors
I've been burned out before. Back in '02 I was so over my job that I started giving some serious thought to what else I might want to do for a living. I knew it wasn't nails,
How often do your clients tell you how much everyone loves their nails and asks where they have them done — only to have your clients end the story with how those same people who were
The problem with all those awesome pictures being posted on the Internet by polish and nail art bloggers and other do-it-yourself types of the nail art and fashion variety is that they do these amazing-looking things
I've gotten pretty good at just being blunt and honest when clients arrive too late. I'm usually pretty comfortable telling them that they missed their chance and will have to reschedule. I'm bad, however, at enforcing
Lately I've really been feeling self-conscious about some of the hand-painted nail art I've been turning out. My circles are wonky, straight lines are fuzzy, everything seems just a little off. Like my eyes are going, I'm
Once again, a new season has blossomed and failed to produce the colors my clients are clamoring for.This year? It's coral. Since about February (when the sun starts shining and the trees start blooming in these parts)
Over the years I have had so many people tell me they could never be "good at nails" because they can't paint. I've heard many different versions of this thought, but essentially it always comes down
I used to — back in the 1900s — have a couple of clients who were friends and coworkers. They occupied my last two Friday evening appointments and often kept me in the salon for hours
I've been in my current location for just over three years. That's not as long as the massage therapist next door, and almost a full year longer than the hairstylist across the hall. You know what I
Another post title that could go just about anywhere! But today, as I'm doing a gel-polish change on a set of toes, it occurs to me that this is the second person who has refused to
You probaby haven't forgotten that I broke my wrist. Actually, the doctor's report uses the word "shattered." *gulp* No wonder it hurts.The orthopedist has me off work till the first of the year, a total of
I didn't get around to writing my blog post on Thursday as usual. I had a surprise visitor. One of my all-time favorite clients moved to Utah earlier this year. She and her hubby have been telling
You know what's hard? Putting a price on my work. Back in the beginning of my career it was tough because I knew I sucked. Well, "sucked" is a strong word, but my work was not
Since I just wrote about calculating booked-ness (if I can spell it, it's a word!) I figured this would be a good time to write this post too. There's no such thing as a full book. OK ...
I think this is the problem. Seriously. Long have professionals passionately debated the reasons why people continue to go to cheap, lousy salons and pay for cheap, lousy nails. I've always wondered: Don't they know those are ugly
So one of my clients has opened a dance studio. This would ordinarily fall under the category of "stuff my clients do in their personal life that makes for interesting conversation but doesn't really involve me"
Why do they all have to talk with their hands while I'm holding a drill against their nail beds? Seriously, I appreciate the trust, but let's get real.Aside from chasing their hands through the air like
Common Sense, Conventional Wisdom, and Modern Psychology, all agree that when you find your life and your personal psyche muddied up with "toxic people," the best course of action is to simply eliminate them from your
What bee is in my bonnet this week? The repeat cancellations/reschedules. The clients who cancel their appointment with exactly 24-hours' notice, reschedule for the following week or the week after that (whenever I can next fit
The time of year has come when I spend too much time fixing nails and looking at green spots under nails that should have been tended to a week ago. Part of the problem is that
Switching your book from low-tech paper and pencil to new-fangled computer form isn't just an adjustment for you, it's an adjustment for your clients too. I made the switch in 2004 when I finally broke down and
Today has been one of the most bizarre days in my career... starting with totally not recognizing my first client — whom I have known since she was 11, over 10 years ago. Seriously, she was
For the last 19 1/2 years I have been rather stubborn about not making confirmation calls. I am not a babysitter, and I firmly believe that if you aren't responsible enough to keep the appointments you
Grumble grumble ... cursing under my breath ... grumble grumble ... grrrrrrr. Don't pretend you've never had a client like this — the one who ought to be a great client. Takes excellent care of herself,
Setting the right pricing for services is a non-stop nightmare. If I set my prices too low, I spend all my time defending my decisions to my colleagues. If I set them too high, I spend
Here's the thing — every time I have an acrylic client who insists that the pinkest pink is too pink, I show her the basic pink. Usually the issue is that they don't like pink. At
Oh my! I only realized a little earlier this afternoon that today is actually Wednesday! I took Monday off (yes, I normally work on Mondays and take Wednesdays off) because I had a sneaking suspicion that
Today one of my clients came whirling through the door in an unusually excited manner. She had just discovered "ombre" nails over the weekend and was eager to try them.I was at a loss. I wrinkled
I don't know if I've hit that age where I'm just no longer in touch with "these kids today," or if I've spent too long hanging out in professional circles that have left me out of
My number-one irritation with doing gel nails is the CLIENTS. They come in with these absurd notions that gel is so much "better" for their nails than acrylic and THEN they REFUSE to shut up and
Uh oh. So I got a call the other day from a client who's looking for "Shellac." Well I'm sorry. Although I do now have a smattering of brand-specific "Shellac" colors, including the corresponding top and
I live under a rock. Figuratively speaking, of course. Not that I wouldn't live under a rock literally if I could find a nice enough rock. But my point is, I have no idea who you're
I have two clients whose toenails are wrecked. We're talking some serious messed-up-ness here.Every month I scrutinize the new damage and determine whether or not the nails are even safe to work on while I answer
I've come to a reluctant truce with flares and we've been negotiating a treaty for the last year or so — we still have some fine points to work out, but thus far, flare nails and
I cannot seem to talk my clients into spending 10 minutes to write a positive review for me or the salon on Yelp ... or any other peer-review site it seems. I've posted numerous requests for reviews
I love teenage clients. Well, I traditionally have loved teenage clients. But the last two or three years now have increasingly highlighted the growing chasm between a 40-something Maggie and the 16- to 18-year-old girls from
I work by appointment. I have worked by appointment since I began doing nails 19 years ago. I went through all the standard growing pains of getting my service times down to what I felt was
Today has not been the most fun day I've had. It all started a few posts ago when I got on a tangent about disability insurance. It's true, I still don't have it. But I have
Many years ago, in another life, before I started doing nails, I used to be a client. For a few years I worked at a small mail order company that sold ancient coins and artifacts —
There are days when it's all I can do to keep nodding and smiling while trying to bite my tongue without it showing. Keep your head down, keep filing. How do so many people who seek professional
...traveling at 40 mph while another train leaves the same station traveling at 60 mph... I was never afraid of word problems. In fact, it came as a surprise to me in the 6th grade when I
I hate doing repairs. I certainly want to fix nails that have gone awry, but let's face it, repairs are time-sucks. And when your days are booked back to back, finding 15 minutes to squeeze in
At all the locations I have worked in in all my years of doing nails, I have never really loved walk-ins. They are very nerve-wracking for me.Even in a situation where you want walk-ins, since the
Naturally, over the years, I have met hundreds of people and done thousands of nails. And, as is the nature of the business, not everyone I've met has remained on my client list. Clientele turns over for
I believe I have mentioned (repeatedly) in the past that I hate being on the phone. Not just for work, but at all; I was terrible at being a teenager. Nevertheless, the job rather requires it. Only
It is now 4:32 pm on Thursday afternoon. I had hoped to work on this post much earlier today but, as it turns out, this is not only my first chance to touch the computer, but
I just said good bye to my last client and, as I was cleaning up my station and dusting off my pants to settle in for the short break I'd been looking forward to, heard myself
The problem is that I think everyone checks my Facebook page daily. Or follows me on Twitter. Or at least visits my regular website — where you can view my calendar and watch my Twitter feed;
You know what I hate doing? Nail art.Seems silly for someone who specializes in nail art to say, huh? But I don't mean that I hate doing nail art — I mean I hate doing just
At some point in your career — if you're going to work by appointment for very long — you're going to find yourself on an angry cleaning frenzy, or soothing your nerves with an unexpected latte
A while back I had a surprise visit from another nail tech who left quite an impression on me; and I don't really mean a good impression. She was looking into renting space in the same
We meet a lot of people in the course of our business. Not only do we meet our customers face-to-face, but we spend time with them, literally holding their hands, chitchatting about whatever is on their
When I started doing nails I spent my days sitting at my desk with nothing to do but paint sample nail art on tips and stare challengingly at the phone — daring it to ring. I
I never cease to be amazed — befuddled even — at clients who sit down across from me and put their arms up on my table, while leaving their chair three feet away from the table,
In 2002 my mother had a heart attack. At the time, she was working alongside me at the salon (she's also a licensed nail tech, but that's another story!) in the afternoons and going to school
Two years ago I entered some cupcakes into our local county fair and I got Best in Show. Yes, I'm bragging a little. But also just some background so it makes sense to you that the
So about that screaming ... I think I'm done now. I've been feeling that scream since mid-November and I really thought I'd be over it by New Year's Eve.As it turns out, this week has been
Whew! The last month has been busy for me! That sort of busy that leaves you sleep-deprived and hysterical and ready to snap, but not in debt at the end of the holidays. Well, that is,
I am exhausted. And famished. I haven't even had time to drink my pumpkin spice latte today. Don't worry, I still like it after it's been sitting on the corner of my desk for eight hours.
Welcome to the week of Thanksgiving. It is for me, as well as for many of us, I'm sure, a three-day work week. When I lock the door at the end of an exhausting but profitable
Ooof. I am tired. You know the kind of day I've had; you got up in the morning, went to work, looked at your book. You saw a couple of new clients scheduled, but they're clients
Fads are fleeting. At least, that is what I've heard. Fashion moves at the speed of light and we all know we'll need a new purse next season. And new shoes. And new — well, pretty
There's a little newspaper-style publication that gets sent out to salons in California called California Stylist. Apparently they have them in other states too, and I have a series of thoughts concerning the publication itself, but
To continue the DIY theme in another direction, some "stuff" hit the proverbial fan on a networking forum recently when a major figure in the industry stepped forward to ask for input on a project to
There's a lot of discussion out there regarding the do-it-yourself nail market. I remember when Backscratchers introduced their Extreme line there was a lot of sentiment from professionals who didn't want to add the service to
One of my clients passed away a couple of weeks ago. It was quite unexpected. She was only 50 and she'd been in for her regular appointment just the week before.I got the call from a
Many a year ago I closed my shop, packed my belongings, and headed to the big city. But before I did, I made sure to find another tech in town to refer my clients to. I
It occurs to me that I have mellowed considerably over the years. When I started doing nails, back in 1992, it always struck me as odd that people would continue to come back to me when
I believe I have lamented in the past about my clientele's complete lack of interest in fancy stiletto nails. No stilettos. No super-long nails. Very little 3-D art. I don't even get to do those hideous
A few days ago I got to fix a set of rock star toes. A friend of a friend had had her toenails done at a local salon just up the street from me last Saturday.
It took several of my younger clients over a year to talk me into a MySpace page. That was several years ago and all I ever heard was about how much drama there was on MySpace.
I spend so much time bragging about how much I love my job, I feel kinda guilty on these days when I don't particularly want to be here. It's not that I'm not loving my job
My toe is still numb. The big toe on my right foot. Actually just the upper left corner at the edge of the free edge of the nail. It's been numb since sometime around February or
I am getting pretty sick and tired of defending fantasy nail art and stiletto nails. That's just all there is to it.I have a digital picture frame on the shelf near my desk. The slide show
I don't know how some of you fellow techs out there do it. Keep your schedules to "normal" business hours, that is. Who are your clients? Where did you find an entire clientele comprised of people
I backpack. Camp. Hike. Wheel (as in, drive off road in a 4-wheel-drive.) And now, canoe. Point being, I like to go outside. And while outside, I like to wander off to places where there are
You may recall the BF and I recently became homeowners. And, seeing as how we are nearing the end of the moving process, it looks like we may also survive to live "happily ever after" after
I've talked it over with a few other folks in the personal service industry — pretty much anyone who works by appointment with people — and we all agree: It doesn't take long before you develop
I have to remember to change my habits. I keep telling myself I'm going to start settling with my clients at the beginning of their appointment, before I start the service, instead of at the end
So you recall the other day when I said I Minxed my tootsies instead of being productive and organizing my nail art drawer? First off, this morning that came back to bite me in the butt when
Here in the central San Joaquin Valley of California, we don't get much diversity in our weather. It's mostly hot. From April to the end of October — all hot. Then November gets here and it's
Personally, I think my polishing skills are fine. They may not be the best in all the land, but they are certainly competent, and distinctly professional. Believe me! I have let clients polish my nails before. It
I decided that I would try not to bog down the blog with endless musings of my rise to fame and fortune as a champion nail competitor — especially since, at this rate, it's entirely possible
Nails by Janae Felkins, New Waves Salon (Lancaster, Calif.) It has long been my stance that Visalia runs nearly 10 years behind the times when it comes to the nail industry. Seriously. I can't tell you how
Social networking sites like MySpace and Facebook sure have thrown a wrench into things. Look. We all have clients who make us crazy. And sometimes our very favorite clients are having an off day and that
Yesterday I got a call from a bride-to-be who wanted some pricing info for her bridal party. Yikes. In all my years of doing nails, in all the salons I've worked in, the ONLY brides who have
I moved to the fourth floor of a downtown office building a couple of months ago. Aside from the overall "cool" factor of being downtown, and having an office in a historic building with an awesome
So I'm sitting here at my computer at home on a very rainy Monday. Very rainy. The kind of rain everyone thinks only happens in Washington state. It's supposed to rain all week. Which is cool
So, I got a message via Facebook yesterday regarding all my ranting about the Dr. Oz fiasco. She wanted to know what I thought the answer was. Of course I sat down and wrote back. And,
Thing is, we all love nail polish. For most of us, our introduction to the very concept of nails as part of our overall fashion image goes back to the first time our moms — or
Here in the central valley of California we like to brag about being the largest agricultural producing region on the planet. That means that we have a lot of guys who drive tractors — along with
I know not everyone can paint. In fact, I've heard some people exclaim they can't even paint a wall. So when nail art trends lean toward embellishments and decals, I understand why these styles catch on. Right
The problem is, there's no nice way to tell someone they're being obnoxious, but sometimes you really need to do it anyway. I don't want to offend my clients. Especially not the ones I like. I don't
For years I have maintained that Harry Gordon Selfridge was an IDIOT who did a vast disservice not only to the business world, but to the consumer world as well, by coming up with this inane
You know, loving your job doesn't mean that you love it every day. Some days are filled with too many people with too many voices and too many opinions. And by the end of it all
About two weeks ago my schedule started off looking pretty well-filled out for the week. By the end of Tuesday afternoon, however, I'd had nine cancellations and my schedule looked more like Swiss cheese. My first instinct
When we find ourselves in the position of having to end a relationship with a client, we usually say we have to "fire" a client. I'm not sure if we actually "fire" clients or if we
Once upon a time I recall driving by one of our local bail bonds businesses rather late at night and noticing that they were open. It struck me what an odd job it must be to
Here's a photo of my most recent practice set. Here are nails by top international competitor Lynn Lammers. So, I'll be headed to the IBS Las Vegas show in just a few weeks. I'm excited because I haven't
So the other day I came home and was updating the BF about my current "Weakest Link." I've been wrestling with myself lately about this client because, quite frankly, I'm just not that into her, and
I mean, I didn't love my proms. They were abominable. Both of them. Junior and senior. Just horrid. I blame my dates on both accounts. However, since being freed from the horrors of high school and going
I was reading an article recently about salon safety. It was geared toward consumers and was intended to help people choose salons wisely. For the most part I am all over this. I think there needs to
It is ridiculous that it should take me over two hours to finish my last client of the day. Sure, occasionally, the last client of the day represents that final "ahh" when you relax and realize
I've got this one client … You know where this is headed, don't you? So I've had this client, off and on, for several years. And for several years, off and on, I've come this close to
I just don't understand why people want to squirm when they're getting their nails done. It seems like a no-brainer that you would want to sit still. I mean, sure, there's always the Murphy's Law factor
I don't do confirmation calls. For one thing, as we've discussed, I'm not keen on using the phone any more than necessary. For another, it's not my job to manage your schedule for you. I have
Years ago, when my nail salon experience consisted of sitting on the other side of the table for an hour or so every other week, my nail tech often scolded me to stop "helping" her. I
You all have the BF to thank for this: I have a new favorite website. No. It's not nail-related, per se. It's entirely dedicated to customer service, from the perspective of people who have to offer customer
Look at the smile line on these nails Lois did on my client.A long time ago, before I bought my PDA, I had a three-ring binder for my appointment book. I printed out the calendar sheets
I remember when nails that flared were a sign of poor sculpting skills. I used to have a client who went to another tech for her nails and came to me for her nail art. She
This morning the BF and I were discussing various merchants and their reasons for refusing to open locations in our area, or reasons why they no longer have locations in our area. Here in Visa-ville we have
So the holidays are upon us once again. No matter which ones you celebrate (and I say celebrate them all!), this time of year offers some big occasion to make sure you are stressed out to
It's not that I don't like children, exactly, it's more like a severe allergy. Every time I'm around them I start to itch and break out in hives. Nevertheless, I managed to suffer through several years
Wednesdays are supposed to be my "getting s**t done" day but lately my Wednesdays have been filled with running errands with my mom instead of running my own errands. So here I am trying to get
You'd think that with four days off in a row you'd have logged onto the NAILS website Monday morning, clicked the link to your favorite blog, and been greeted with a shining new entry from Maggie.
Sometimes I avoid confrontation. Not because it makes me nervous or because I'm afraid to face anyone, but because I'm so #[email protected] mad that I know I won't be able to remain coherent, let alone professional. So
MaryAnne has been my client for more than a year now. She is a senior at one of the local high schools, and she has been a swell client who I always enjoy having her in
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Ok, maybe you haven't ever even given it a second thought...maybe you figured it was all just in the X and Ys of life. But, it is pretty interesting if you listen to this animal fact as to just what does determine the sex of the hatchlings.
Leatherback Turtle Eggs Girls or Boys Animal Fact
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Oh now don't tell me you didn't just learn something from an old lady with a head full of stuffing. Puppets...they aren't as silly as you thought, eh?
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I have a small issue with the water foams visibility, I noticed the visibilty of the water foam at the beaches changes depending on your view angle.
Here is an example, where you view from top down and can clearly see the fully spectrum of the foam on the coast:
And here another picture where you look normally straight from the coast and most of the foam has disappeared from view, even though the player has not moved further away, just the view angle has changed.:
The problem with that is, that ingame you normally play from the first person perspective and hardly ever get to see top down, so you hardly ever see the foam effect except a little bit of it, when you look top down.
I noticed that there is a similarity to the caustics postFX which behaves the other way around, it is there if you look straight but goes away as you look down.
I would like to change that, so that the foam is always visible, any ideas how to do that?


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NYTimes: 'No Place in a Democracy' for Anti-Tax 'Purists' Like Grover Norquist
Anti-tax activist Grover Norquist has suddenly become liberal Public Enemy #1 as the media pressures Republicans to accede to rising taxes. Frank Bruni devoted one of his excessively personal New York Times columns Tuesday to demonizing Norquist: "Is Grover Finally Over?" The text box: "Pledges are for purists, who have no place in a democracy." Is that how the paper feels about regulatory activists like Ralph Nader?
I once took a long train ride with Grover Norquist. This wasn't intentional. We found ourselves next to each other on the line to board an Acela from Washington, D.C., to New York, and we fell into a conversation, by which I mean that he did a great deal of talking, in that faintly maniacal way of his, while I presented a captive audience. He continued to talk as we walked along the platform and was still talking as we entered the train, so it was more or less unavoidable that we sit together. Besides which, I was genuinely fascinated, which is a very different adjective from amused.
Norquist was evidently guilty of regaling Bruni with the case for Mitt Romney choosing the governor of Puerto Rico, Luis Fortuño, as his vice presidential nominee. Bruni used the tale to accuse Norquist of not being a serious policymaker.
Someday someone will write a dark history -- a farce, really -- of how he managed to bring nearly all of the Republican Party to heel, compelling legislator upon legislator to lash themselves to his no-new-taxes pledge. Until then we'll have to content ourselves with his misfortune over the last few days. No sooner had a nation digested its turkey than his goose began to be cooked. The spreading rebellion in the Republican ranks was manifest on the post-Thanksgiving Sunday talk shows.
Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina dissed Norquist on ABC's "This Week," saying that "when you're $16 trillion in debt, the only pledge we should be making to each other is to avoid becoming Greece." On NBC's "Meet the Press," Representative Peter King of New York also stressed that the country's current fiscal woes trumped vows made in less debt-ridden times, and over on "Fox News Sunday," Senator John McCain signaled a receptiveness to new revenue, another dagger to Norquist's dark heart.
All three Republican lawmakers were echoing previous comments of their own and of a small but significant cluster of colleagues, whose numbers continued to grow on Monday, when Senator Bob Corker of Tennessee, appearing on CBS's "This Morning," pronounced himself "not obligated on the pledge." It's as if some spell has at long last been broken, and the formerly bewitched villagers are rising up to defy their evil overlord and insist on the possibility of life and even mirth without a deduction for corporate jets.
In a recent appearance on a Times webcast, he joked that government did need some funding, for "a military strong enough to keep the Canadians on their side of the border," har-har. And he called taxes "thoroughly icky." Then he winked, as if this were all just fun and games. To him, maybe. But the fun is fading fast.
Billionaire investor and liberal hero Warren Buffett also took a crack at Norquist in the latest of one of his many op-eds for the Times calling for higher taxes on the rich. The Weekly Standard took Buffett to task for hypocrisy:
Warren Buffett is by now no stranger to the national debate over federal tax policy. In 2009, he penned a New York Times op-ed calling for "truly major changes in both taxes and outlays." Two years later, he returned to the Times with a widely publicized call for large tax increases on the "super-rich," noting that his own effective federal tax rate (17 percent) was far less than his employees' rates (ranging from 33 to 41 percent). President Obama liked the idea so much, he called for Congress to pass "the Buffett Rule" in his 2012 state of the union address.
Given that long, well-publicized history, there isn't much news to be found in Buffett's latest Times op-ed this morning, calling once again for a minimum tax on millionaires. Except that Buffett opens this one with a rifle shot at Grover Norquist specifically, and supply-side economics generally:
Suppose that an investor you admire and trust comes to you with an investment idea. "This is a good one," he says enthusiastically. "I'm in it, and I think you should be, too."
Would your reply possibly be this? "Well, it all depends on what my tax rate will be on the gain you're saying we're going to make. If the taxes are too high, I would rather leave the money in my savings account, earning a quarter of 1 percent." Only in Grover Norquist's imagination does such a response exist.
It's a catchy opener, attracting headlines and guffaws from the expected quarters. But I'm struck by his opener because I can think of at least one real-world example in which a rich investor nearly spiked a deal due to taxes: Warren Buffett himself, as recounted in Alice Schroeder's terrific biography, The Snowball.
Norquist himself responded to Buffett on CNN's Piers Morgan Tonight on Monday: "And for Buffett to not understand that if you take money out of the economy it's gone is a little bit odd. He's willing to write it. If he wants to write a check, he should write a check and shut up about what everybody else should do."
-- Clay Waters is Editor of the MRC's TimesWatch site.


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(EDGE) A federal appeals court says Kansas prison officials aren't deliberately indifferent to a transgender inmate who says her medical treatment is so poor it violates her constitutional rights.
The 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday upheld a lower court ruling in favor of prison officials in a dispute with Michelle Renee Lamb.
Lamb was born male but has identified as female since a young age. She receives hormone treatment, testosterone-blocking medication and weekly counseling sessions in prison. But she wants greater doses of hormones and surgery.
The court noted a prison doctor testified that Lamb's existing treatment had "proven beneficial" and believed surgery was unnecessary. The court argued that even if the doctor were wrong, prison officials couldn't have been deliberately indifferent by following a medical doctor's advice.


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Overland Park police say woman reports abduction
OVERLAND PARK, Kan. (AP) – Overland Park police are investigating a report that a gunman abducted a woman from a hospital parking lot, forced her to take money out of an ATM and then had her drop him off back at the parking lot.
Police say the woman reported the gunman accosted her in the parking lot Friday morning and demanded she drive him to a nearby bank where he had her withdraw an unknown amount of money. The woman says the suspect then had her drive him back to the hospital where she dropped him off and he fled on foot.
The woman says the gunman's head was covered by a baggy white cloth. She describes him as a stocky black man in his late 20s or early 30s.
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text: Mary Anne Case: "Feminist Fundamentalism" by UChicagoLaw published on 2013-12-23T17:10:03Z At a time when so many different religious fundamentalisms are coming to the fore and demanding legal recognition, this talk will seek to vindicate feminist fundamentalism, defined as an uncompromising commitment to the equality of the sexes as intense and at least as worthy of respect as, for example, a religiously or culturally based commitment to female subordination or fixed sex roles. Both individuals and nation states can have feminist fundamentalist commitments, as the talk will illustrate. Mary Anne Case is Arnold I. Shure Professor of Law at the University of Chicago Law School. This talk was recorded April 9, 2008 as part of the Chicago's Best Ideas lecture series.


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A new report says Baltimore police were underprepared and disorganized during the protests and rioting that followed the death of Freddie Gray.
The report, "Lessons Learned from the 2015 Civil Unrest in Baltimore," was conducted by the Police Executive Research Forum at the request of the city's former police commissioner, Anthony Batts. The report focuses on the police response from April 25 to May 3.
The report says the department's command center was overcrowded, officers had inadequate training and equipment, arrest policies were murky, and officers were unsure of who was in command positions.
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HIV and HPV
i tested negative for HIV. does this mean that i don't have HPV?
Nope! A negative HIV test means you don't have HIV! Silly boy!
HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) and HPV (human papilloma virus) are two very different viruses. See below!
Dr. Bob
hiv and hpv May 20, 2007 My path report showed CIN-I and HPV. Does this mean I am positive for HIV?
Response from Dr. Frascino
No, HPV (Human Papilloma Virus) and HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus) are two very distinct viruses. Testing positive for one does not automatically mean you are positive for the other. CiN-1 stands for cervical intraepithelial neoplasia stage 1. This condition can be cause by several strains of HPV. It will require follow-up with your gynecologist. If you've placed yourself at risk for HIV (unprotected sex, sharing IV drug paraphernalia, etc.), you'll need a specific HIV test three months or more after your last potential exposure. You can read much more about HPV and HIV in the archives. I'll reprint some information about HPV below.
Good luck.
Dr. Bob
HPV and HIV May 17, 2006
Hello, My boyfriend has HIV and I do not. We have protected vaginal sex daily and he performs oral sex on me regularly. I also perform oral sex on him, but only for a few minutes, and never to the point of ejaculation. We have also engaged in some light rimming. He has a good Infectious Disease Specialist. I get tested regularly for HIV.
Recently, after seeing a commercial on television that talked about the correlation between HPV and cervical cancer, he mentioned that his last two girlfriends (they were before he knew he had HIV, and they had unprotected sex) had abnormal cells that were scraped off/frozen from their cervices (sp?). Anyway, this kinda freaked me out. I have never noticed any lesions on him. He can't go in for an examination yet, because his health insurance is not in effect yet.
I have not noticed any lesions on myself, but thanks to our public school system sex education, we don't have any information on HPV. Thank God for that commercial.
- Can we still have oral sex? 2) Can he be tested for HPV? 3) If I have it, will I have an outbreak? 4) Does this disease go away or will he/we have it for the rest of his/our lives? 5) If I have the cancerous type, and the abnormal cells are removed, am I contagious to him for reinfection? 6) Is [male condom] protected sex good enough if we don't see any lesions?
Response from Dr. Frascino
The first step is to learn a bit more about HPV. I'll post an item from the archives below that addresses the basic facts about HPV. It addresses most of the specific questions you raise. The next step is to find out if your boyfriend has HPV or not. His HIV specialist will screen him. If you have additional questions after that, write back and I'll try to assist.
Be well. Stay well.
Dr. Bob
Human papillomavirus (HPV) February 22, 2006
What Is HPV?
How Is HPV Detected?
Can HPV Infection Be Prevented?
How Are HPV Infections Treated?
The Bottom Line
NOTE: In the U.S., counseling and referrals are available on a national human papillomavirus (HPV) hotline. Call toll-free at 877-HPV-5868 (877-478-5868). Hours are from 2 p.m. to 7 p.m. Eastern Standard Time Monday through Friday.
What Is HPV?
There are over 100 viruses known as human papilloma virus (HPV). They are common. One study found HPV in 77% of HIV-positive women. HPV is transmitted easily during sexual activity. In fact, it is estimated that 75% of all sexually active people between ages 15 and 49 get at least one type of HPV infection.
Some types of HPV cause common warts of the hands or feet. Infections of the hands and feet are usually not transmitted through sexual activity. Several types of HPV cause genital warts on the penis, vagina, and rectum. Those with HIV can get worse sores in the rectum and cervical area. HPV can also cause problems in the mouth or on the tongue or lips. Other types of HPV can cause abnormal cell growth known as dysplasia. Dysplasia can develop into cancers of the penis and anus, and cervical cancer in women.
Dysplasia around the anus is called anal intraepithelial neoplasia (AIN). The epithelium is the layer of cells that cover organs or openings in the body. Neoplasia means the new development of abnormal cells. Anal intraepithelial neoplasia is the new development of abnormal cells in the lining of the anus.
Dysplasia in the cervical region is called cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN). One study found AIN or CIN in over 10% of HIV-positive men and women. Another study showed that women with HIV infection have a much higher rate of CIN than HIV-negative women.
How Is HPV Detected?
To detect HPV, health care providers look first for dysplasia or genital warts. Dysplasia can be detected by Pap smears. They are usually used to check a woman's cervix. They can also be used to check the anus in men and women. A swab is rubbed on the area being checked to pick up some cells. They are smeared on a glass slide and examined under a microscope.
A new HPV test called a reflex test is being used to follow up on Pap smear results that are not clear. It can indicate who needs more careful examination or treatment. The reflex test identifies which types of HPV are present and can indicate if aggressive treatment is needed.
Some researchers believe that anal and cervical smears should be checked each year for people with elevated risk:
People who have had receptive anal intercourse.
Women who have had cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN).
Anyone with under 500 CD4 cells.
However, other researchers think that careful physical examination can detect as many cases of anal cancer as anal Pap testing.
Genital warts can appear anywhere from a few weeks to a few months after you are exposed to HPV. The warts might look like small bumps. Sometimes they are fleshy and look like small cauliflowers. They can get bigger over time. Your health care provider can usually tell if you have genital warts by looking at them. Sometimes a tool called an anoscope is used to look at the anal area. If necessary, a sample of the suspected wart will be cut off and examined under a microscope. This is called a biopsy.
Genital warts are not caused by the same HPV that causes cancer. However, if you have warts, you may have also been exposed to other types of HPV that could cause cancer. Can HPV Infection Be Prevented?
There is no easy way to tell if someone is infected with an HPV. People who don't have any signs or symptoms of HPV infection can transmit the infection.
Condoms do not totally prevent transmission of HPV. HPV can be transmitted from person to person by direct contact with infected areas that aren't covered by a condom. To get the best protection from condoms, use them every time. Put them on before any contact with a possibly infected area.
Men and women with HIV who are sexually active may want to have a regular Pap smear, anal and/or vaginal, to check for abnormal cells or early signs of warts. A positive result can be followed up to see if treatment is needed. Promising preventive vaccines against some HPV types are being developed.
How Are HPV Infections Treated?
There is no direct treatment for HPV infection. Some people "clear" an HPV infection (are "cured"). They can later be infected with HPV again. Dysplasias and warts can be removed. There are several ways to do this:
Burning them with an electric needle (electrocautery) or a laser.
Freezing them with liquid nitrogen.
Cutting them out.
Treating them with chemicals like Trichloroacetic Acid (TCA), Podophyllin or Podofilox. NOTE: Podophyllin and Podofilox should not be used by pregnant women.
Other, less common treatments for warts include the drugs 5-FU (5-fluorouracil) and Interferon-alpha. 5-FU is a cream. Interferon must be injected into the warts. A new drug, imiquimod (Aldara®), has been approved for treatment of genital warts. Cidofovir (Vistide®), originally developed to fight cytomegalovirus (CMV), might also help fight HPV. A new drug called HspE7 has shown benefits in early research.
HPV infection can last for a long time, especially in people who are HIV-positive. Dysplasia and warts can return. They should be treated as soon as they are found to reduce the chances of the problem spreading or returning.
The Bottom Line
Human papilloma viruses (HPV) are fairly common. Different types of HPV cause warts or abnormal cell growth (dysplasia) in or near the anus or cervix. This abnormal cell growth can result in cervical or anal cancer. Genital HPV infections are transmitted through sexual activity.
HPV infection can last a long time, especially in people with HIV.
A Pap smear can detect abnormal cell growth in the cervix. It can also be used to check the anus of men and women. Although Pap smears may be the best way to detect early cervical cancer, careful physical examination may be the best way to detect anal cancers.
The signs of HPV infection -- warts or dysplasia -- should be treated as soon as they show up. Otherwise, the problem could spread and be more likely to return after treatment.


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Have you ever heard of the so called Dutch door type? Do you have any idea about this door type? Well, this particular type of door has its different names in other term. In British English it is called as a stable door while in Hiberno English it is known as half door. The name of this door in Hiberno English implies its shape which is actually divided into two parts horizontally. Back in the early times in New England this type of door is called as double-hung door. So, now you get the idea of this door type already?
Back then the main purpose of this doo was to keep animals away outside a farmhouse, keep the children inside while at the same time let the air to circulate through the top section of the door. Basically you can open either the upper door or the lower door only depending on our purpose to open the door itself. Meanwhile the origin of its name Dutch was derived from the fact that it was highly popular in Netherlands during the period of 17th century. This type of door was also popular in several paintings originated from the Dutch.
At first this type of door was used in North-American passenger type of train cars. The purpose was to allow the crewmen of the train cars to interact with others safely and also to simply inspect the train itself. Yet the use of this type of door is getting more and more obsolete as the rules have changed regarding the passenger train cars.
So, if you want to create a unique appeal in your house, you can clearly consider the use of this type of door in certain areas or building. You may actually use this type of door as an entrance to your house as long as you consider the use of another door. It means that you have to consider using double-door. Otherwise you can simply do a bit of experiment in using this door in certain sections of your house.
In term of the construction of this door type, you will find it in two independent door sections that could be moved freely without any attachment into the other half. There should be 4 hinges with 2 hinges on each part. There will be lock and doorknob on the bottom part and a latch will be placed on the top upper part. Today you can still clearly get this so called Dutch door for your house.
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North Korea threatens US over response to rocket launches
SEOUL, South Korea – North Korea is threatening to retaliate for what it calls U.S. double standards over recent rocket launches by Pyongyang and U.S. ally Seoul.
A North Korean Foreign Ministry spokesman did not elaborate on what that might entail in his comments Saturday to the official Korean Central News Agency. But Pyongyang has recently threatened to conduct its third nuclear test in response to what it calls U.S. hostility.
Washington says Seoul's rocket launch Wednesday had no military intent while Pyongyang's in December was a test of banned ballistic missile technology.
The U.N. Security Council has imposed new sanctions on Pyongyang for its launch. Pyongyang says it should be allowed to launch satellites for peaceful purposes.
Both Koreas say their satellites are working properly. U.S. experts say Pyongyang's satellite is apparently malfunctioning.
Pyongyang's state television made no mention of the South Korean launch Wednesday, but about an hour after liftoff it showed archive footage of North Koreans cheering the North's three-stage rocket from last month. Images from the launch frequently appear in North Korean propaganda.
The satellite launched by Seoul is designed to analyze weather data, measure radiation in space, gauge distances on earth and test how effectively South Korean-made devices installed on the satellite operate in space. South Korean officials said it will help them develop more sophisticated satellites in the future.
South Korea did need outside help to launch the satellite: The rocket's first stage was designed and built by Russian experts. North Korea built its rocket almost entirely on its own, South Korean military experts said earlier this month after analyzing debris retrieved from the Yellow Sea in December.
Kim Seung-jo, South Korea's chief space official, told reporters that his country should be able to independently produce a rocket capable of putting a satellite into orbit by as early as 2018.
Spending on science and technology is expected to increase under South Korea's incoming President Park Geun-hye, who takes office next month. She pledged during her campaign to increase such spending to 5 percent of South Korea's GDP by the end of her five-year term.


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EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) Justin Tuck knows there is a way to neutralize Green Bay quarterback Aaron Rodgers. Thinking about rattling him is probably not the way to go for the slumping New York Giants.
``I don't know,'' Tuck said of Sunday's game between the two most recent Super Bowl champions. ``We haven't rattled him yet. We've had success against him, slowed him down in his progressions because of some different looks. As far as being rattled? No, I haven't seen that yet.
``I hope I'm wrong. I hope we get an opportunity to rattle him on Sunday.''
For a primer on how, exactly, to unnerve the NFL's top-rated passer, Tuck might want to go back to last year's playoff game in Green Bay, where Osi Umenyiora and Michael Boley split four sacks and applied enough pressure on Rodgers to induce him to throw a game-sealing interception to safety Deon Grant.
That 37-20 Giants win was a far different affair than the teams' regular-season matchup, in which Rodgers threw for four touchdowns to go along with 369 yards passing in a 38-35 victory. Included in that one was a two-minute drill in which he maneuvered through the Giants' defense to position Mason Crosby for a game-winning, 31-yard field goal as time expired.
He looked then like he could not be shaken. In fact, he has taken on that same persona in both his regular season wins against the Giants, averaging 386.5 yards passing. He's thrown for eight touchdowns in those games.
The Giants' goal, then, is to interrupt that run of dominance by duplicating their playoff performance. To wit: hit him, cover his receivers, and make him throw the ball early.
But that could be easier said than done. After a slow start, Rodgers has led the Packers (7-3) on a 6-1 roll, including a five-game winning streak. He's thrown 24 touchdown passes and four interceptions over that span.
He has thrown multiple touchdown passes in four of those seven games, looking cool and calm the whole time, even as he scrambles for yardage and extend plays to allow standout receivers Randall Cobb and Jermichael Finley to maneuver into open spaces.
If the Giants learned anything about handling Rodgers in 2011, it came from that playoff game.
``I don't think we did anything too different,'' safety Antrel Rolle said. ``We had a couple of personnel changes. We disrupted and took away his primary targets. And the defensive line and linebackers did a good job getting after him.
``I'm not saying not everyone did their job in that first game, but it comes down to whoever is hot on that particular day. It's a matter of last man standing.''
The easiest way to become that man would be to put Rodgers on the seat of his pants, as Umenyiora and Boley did last season. That, the Giants hope, would make him a bit antsy.
``Any quarterback can be rattled,'' safety Kenny Phillips, who could end his six-game absence because of a sprained right knee Sunday. ``It starts up front.''
Having Phillips back could allow the Giants to go back to the three-safety combination that was so successful against the Packers in the playoffs. Grant is no longer with the team, but Stevie Brown has proved a valuable replacement for him. With Rolle and Brown starting, and Phillips coming in as the deep safety, the Giants would have an extra option in the secondary that could increase the pass rush pressure on Rodgers.
That doesn't translate to rattling for Tuck. But it would be the next best thing.
``Rattle? He's played in a lot of big-time games. He's gotten hit a lot, and we want to hit him hard,'' Tuck said. ``That Seattle game (a 14-12 loss in Week 3), they hit him left and right every play, but that second half he came out and he was still as good as he always was.''
The Giants are looking to end a two-game losing streak.
``We just have to handle our game plan and approach it as a playoff atmosphere,'' Rolle said.


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This Two-Year-Old Onion Story Perfectly Predicted CNN's Shocking Steubenville Rape Trial Coverage
CNN earned the ire of thousands over the weekend when it aired coverage of the Steubenville Rape trial that was shockingly sympathetic toward the rapists.
"Incredibly difficult, even for an outsider like me, to watch what happened as these two young men that had such promising futures," correspondent Poppy Harlow told anchor Candy Crowley, who then turned around and asked a legal expert to weigh in on the "lasting effect" being found guilty of rape will have on the lives of "sixteen-year-olds just sobbing in court."
Given the Onion-y nature of CNN's coverage, it may not be all that surprising to learn that The Onion did a story two years ago that shares some disturbing similarities with CNN's take.
"I was a staff writer on the Onion's show 'SportsDome' which aired on Comedy Central in 2011," writes Krister Johnson in the intro to Onion Sports Network story "Athele Overcomes Rape." "This is one of the stories we did—full credit to David Iscoe for the idea and script. It could have been produced by the CNN team covering the Steubenville rape verdict."
Who needs Onion-like stories in real life when actual Onion stories are becoming real life?


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When God is Not Enough
"You have made us for yourself, O Lord, and our heart is restless until it rests in you" (Augustine, Confessions). "There is a God-shaped vacuum in the heart of every man which cannot be filled by any created thing, but …Read More
A Heart for Adoption
To be loved by the Father through the Son in the Spirit is to be caught up into an ever-flowing eternal love that progressively transforms, often painfully so, the one who is loved. As those who have been brought graciously …Read More
The Loving Father
"God is love" (1 John 4:8). He is also Father, Son, and Holy Spirit—three persons, yet one God. We must never lose sight of the oneness of God, yet we relate to each of the persons in a different …Read More
The Motivation for Love
In his twentieth century classic, The Screwtape Letters, C.S. Lewis imagines the demon Screwtape writing to his nephew Wormwood about the need to discover the secret as to why God loves humans. He writes, "The truth is, I slipped …Read More
Enduring Love
There once were two weddings. The first took place on a pristine beach on a lake high in the mountains. The setting was breathtaking. The young couple showed that sweet nervous excitement that made everyone smile. A classical guitarist picked …Read More
The Love of God
The picture the Bible presents of God's love is one in which His love, even in eternity past, even before the creation of anything, is other-oriented. This cannot be said (for instance) of Allah. Yet because the God of the …Read More
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There may be nothing in the realm of religion by which people vainly attempt to establish their acceptability to God more than by acts of public or private worship. As a result, worship can degrade into one of the most …Read More
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It's easy to miss the fact that Isaac strove with God for twenty years over his wife's infertility before seeing a positive answer. His son, Jacob, showed similar persistence when he wrestled with the angel at Peniel. This …Read More
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In John 17 we are invited to listen in as Jesus talks intimately with His Father. That prayer is often called the "High Priestly Prayer" of Christ. Thinking as I do that we read the Bible far too quickly, it …Read More
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Pardon gives Houston single mom a fresh start
Ester Hewitt got what she thinks might be the best gifts this holiday season: a 15-year burden lifted from her shoulders and the chance for a fresh start.
On Friday afternoon, Hewitt, 37, found out that Gov. Rick Perry granted her clemency for a criminal conviction she received in 1997 for hindering apprehension. The governor's office announced Friday that Hewitt and 13 others were granted full pardons by Perry.
Each case was favorably recommended for clemency by the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles, as the law requires.
"This has just been something that has been following me for many years," said Hewitt, who lives in south Houston. She didn't know she'd received the pardon until she spoke with the Houston Chronicle. "This is the most amazing Christmas present ever."
The Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles could not be reached for comment Friday.
A single mother of two, Hewitt can still recall the events that led to her conviction. She said she was 22 when police officers came knocking on the door of her Galveston County home looking for her roommate.
Scared and confused, Hewitt told police they could not enter her house without a warrant, she said. Her daughter, 1 at the time, was asleep in another room and she did not want her to wake up to the chaos.
The police stormed the house anyway and Hewitt said she quickly grabbed her daughter and ran outside.
Before she knew it, she was sitting in jail for over a month, charged with hindering apprehension. She was convicted after pleading no contest to the crime and offered time-served in the county jail as her punishment.
For the last 15 years, Hewitt has been doing the best she can for her daughter, now 16, and her 12-year-old son. But with the criminal conviction on her record, finding a job that offers good pay has been difficult. She works three jobs, that includes a night shift, to support her family.
The conviction has also meant she could not become a nurse - her lifelong dream. A year ago, Hewitt enrolled in a nursing program at San Jacinto College. However, she's not been able take many of the advanced classes because the college doesn't allow those with criminal convictions to take the courses.
Speaking to lawyers over the years, she learned she had little chance of having her record expunged.
"This pardon was my only hope," said Hewitt, who applied for clemency in October 2011.
Along with Hewitt, three others from the Houston area were also granted full pardons: Mary Lee Cloud, 50, who was convicted of carrying a weapon in 1989; 38-year-old Glenn Sabastian Lyon, convicted of criminal mischief in 1995; and 45-year-old Matthew Tristan, of Humble, who was convicted of assault in 1985.
Hewitt is ecstatic about the news of her pardon. She feels like she can get a better job and make more money to save up to send her children to college.
"I just feel a huge sense of relief," Hewitt said. "I feel so liberated to be able to live my life."


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Is a fourth Lady Byng in the offing for Datsyuk?by John McGourty
That's the NHL's theme for the 2008-09 season and it's an apt question when it comes to the nominees for the Lady Byng Memorial Trophy as the League's most gentlemanly player.
Is this the year that Tampa Bay Lightning right winger Martin St. Louis reverses the outcome of the Lady Byng voting the past two seasons and unseats Detroit Red Wings center Pavel Datsyuk, who is seeking his fourth straight Lady Byng?
Both players are among the finalists this year, along with New Jersey Devils left winger Zach Parise. They will be on hand for the 2009 NHL Awards, which will be broadcast live from the Pearl Concert Theater inside the Palms Hotel Las Vegas on June 18 on VERSUS in the United States and CBC in Canada.
Tickets to the NHL Awards in Las Vegas and the exclusive NHL After-Party are available at ticketmaster.com/nhlawards.
Character counts and the three nominees for the 2009 Lady Byng have it in spades.
Perhaps the most misunderstood trophy in sports, the Lady Byng rewards "the player adjudged to have exhibited the best type of sportsmanship and gentlemanly conduct combined with a high standard of playing ability." In other words, it rewards production done with class. It's not a "consolation" trophy as some have called it and it doesn't identify gutless players as some have insisted. Need proof? Check out this list of past Byng winners: Wayne Gretzky, Ron Francis, Joe Sakic, Joe Mullen, Mike Bossy, Jari Kurri, Marcel Dionne and Syl Apps Jr.
You couldn't push around Apps, Alex Delvecchio, Sakic, Johnny Bucyk, Toe Blake, Frank Boucher or Bobby Bauer, and they all won the Lady Byng.
The award has been almost exclusively the province of forwards. No goalie has won and only two defenseman have been honored, Bill Quackenbush and Red Kelly, both in the 1950s. Kelly won three times as a defenseman and once as a forward, in 1961, with Toronto.
Pavel Datsyuk, Detroit Red Wings -- Datsyuk is bidding to become the first player since Boucher in 1931 to win the Lady Byng four straight times. Boucher won a total of seven, the all-time leader. Gretzky won it five times.
Datsyuk led the Red Wings with 65 assists, fifth in the NHL, and 97 points, fourth in the NHL, and his 32 goals were third on the team and 23rd in the NHL. He led the Red Wings with a plus-34 rating, third in the NHL. Datsyuk had 11 power-play goals, second on the Red Wings to Henrik Zetterberg's 12.
Datsyuk led the League with 25 power-play assists and 36 power-play points. He also had a goal and an assist while playing shorthanded. He finished second on the Red Wings, behind Kris Draper, and ninth in the NHL by winning 56 percent of his faceoffs. He was 17th in the NHL with 17 road goals. He was rough on Central Division rivals, scoring 11 of his goals, tied for 16th in the NHL.
Datsyuk doubled up last season by also winning the Frank J. Selke Trophy that goes to the NHL's best defensive forward. Datsyuk's defensive skills are the key to his line's success. He led the Red Wings with 89 takeaways. The next nearest teammate was Zetterberg, who had 42. Only Pittsburgh Penguins center Evgeni Malkin had more, 94, and he led the NHL in scoring this season, a good indicator that this is an important category.
An award for gutless players? Think again. Datsyuk was second among Red Wings' forwards with 33 blocked shots. Datsyuk, at 5-foot-11 and 194 pounds, is a mid-sized, fast and shifty skater who adds great stickhandling and passing skills that make him the offensive leader of the defending Stanley Cup champions.
Zach Parise, New Jersey Devils -- Parise emerged as one of the NHL's top stars in his fourth season. He played in his 300th game, got his 100th goal and 200th point this season.
Parise's determination is evident in every shift and he is the primary reason for the great improvement in the Devils' offensive attack.
Some players are described as "strong on their skates" and Parise is a prime example. He is average-sized at 5-foot-11 and 190 pounds, but strong as a bull and well-balanced. That allows him to play effectively against players 20 or more pounds heavier. If he was a graduate of your power-skating school, you'd have video of him on your home page.
The son of former NHL player J.P. Parise and a product of Shattuck-St. Mary's Prep and the University of North Dakota, Parise's hockey education is second-to-none and he's a sponge for hockey knowledge. He has an awareness of the game's history and former players that is rare in young players. His postgame analyses are detailed and informative. He treats everyone with respect and is widely admired for his honesty and directness.
"Lack of penalty minutes, I guess," Parise said when asked why he was a finalist. "I'm pretty polite to referees. I do get emotional or pretty excited during games, but I'm not breaking chairs or anything."
Parise had a big season. He played every game and finished third in the League with 45 goals and fifth with 95 points, up 29 points from a year ago, his previous career-best. Parise finished eighth in the NHL and second on the Devils with a plus-30 rating.
"I was pretty surprised when I found out from Mr. Lamoriello," Parise said. "There's been some pretty big names who have the won that award in the past. It's a pretty big honor. I didn't expect it. At all. It just kind of caught me off guard I guess. It always feels good to be nominated for a major award. "
Martin St. Louis, Tampa Bay Lightning -- In a sense, St. Louis ought to win this award because he has to work harder for it, checking a fiery personality for the team good. St. Louis is intense, driven to win and plays with a snarl but, somehow, doesn't take penalties.
That's thinking team-first.
St. Louis' competitiveness, combativeness if you will, stems from being told he'd never make it to the NHL because he is only 5-foot-9 and 177 pounds. He flies into scrums along the boards and comes out with the puck. He carries the puck at blazing speed into heavily defended areas and gets his shot. He checks the puck carrier and turns the play up ice with precision.
He has been marketed by the NHL to demonstrate the great things about the game and its players, a champion who gives everything he has, gracious in triumph, or heartbroken and exhausted in defeat.
In 10 NHL seasons, St. Louis has never taken more than 38 minutes in penalties and had only 14 minutes this year.
Playing on a team that was in last place for part of the season, St. Louis is one of the cornerstones in the rebuilding process. He led the Lightning with 30 goals, 50 assists and 80 points. St. Louis had seven power-play goals and three game-winners and led all Lightning forwards with an average of 21:45 minutes of ice time.
St. Louis is five years removed from one of the greatest years any NHL player ever had. St. Louis won the Art Ross and Hart Trophies and the Lester B. Pearson Award in 2004, when he led the Lightning to the Stanley Cup. That's running the table.
To help you judge the most worthy recipient, NHL.com provides its points-per-penalty minute ratio. St. Louis produced 5.71 points per penalty minute; Datsyuk, 4.4 and Parise, 3.96.


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I was asked to create this sticky, but it's something I'd also been thinking about doing for a while, being the open-source advocate I am. The ones I'll initially list are ones I've personally tested against other software and continue to use.
Desktop Applications
Internet Browsers / Email Clients
FTP Clients
Image Manipulation / 3D Animation
Video Tools
Sound Editors / Rippers / Compression Tools
Compression & Backup
Media Players
Network Administration
System Tools
Personal Finance
Games / Simulators
- SourceForge - Comprehensive directory of open-source projects.
- WEBI.ORG - Free and Open Source Software Directory.
- Open Source Alternatives - Find open source software alternatives to well-known commercial software.
- AlternativeTo - Provides a large list of open-source and other alternatives to popular commercial software.
Desktop Applications
- LibreOffice - Office suite
- OpenOffice - Office suite.
- Notepad++ - Fully featured text editor with syntax highlighting.
- PDFCreator - PDF creation software.
- Electric Sheep - Psychadelic screensaver.
- InfraRecorder - CD/DVD burning software.
- StarDict - Cross-Platform and international dictionary Software. It has powerful features such as "Glob-style pattern matching", "Scan selection word," "Fuzzy query," etc.
Internet Browsers / Email Clients
- Mozilla Firefox - Extremely popular web browser, made very personalised and modular by the availability of extensions.
- Mozilla Thunderbird - Email client, made very personalised and modular by the availability of extensions.
- Lightning extension, for Thunderbird/Sunbird - Provides a calendar for Thunderbird/Sunbird (like Outlook).
- Provider for Google Calendar, for Thunderbird/Sunbird - Allows Thunderbird/Sunbird to read and write events to Google Calendar.
- Mozilla SeaMonkey - Web-browser, advanced e-mail and newsgroup client, IRC chat client, and HTML editing made simple.
FTP Clients
Image Manipulation / 3D Animation
- The Gimp - Photoshop Equivalent.
- Scribus - Desktop publishing. Equivalent to InDesign and QuarkXPress.
- Inkscape - Vector illustration, equivalent to Illustrator, Freehand, Corel Draw and Xara X.
- Paint.NET - Paint.NET is free image and photo editing software.
- Blender 3D modeling/animation software.
- POV-Ray - 3D modeling/animation software.
Video Tools
- FFmpeg - Video conversion utility.
- MediaCoder - Universal batch media transcoder.
- VirtualDub - Basic editor, featured encoder.
- VirtualDubMod - Basic editor, featured encoder.
- HandBrake - DVD to MPEG-4 converter. Outputs to MP4, MKV, AVI or OGM.
Sound Editors / Rippers / Compression Tools
- Audacity - Full featured sound editor.
- CDex - CD audio extraction and audio conversion.
- LAME mP3 Encoder (download) - Highest quality MP3 codec.
- RazorLame (LAME front-end)
Compression & Backup
- 7-Zip - Packs: 7z, ZIP, GZIP, BZIP2 and TAR. Unpacks: RAR, CAB, ISO, ARJ, LZH, CHM, Z, CPIO, RPM, DEB and NSIS.
- Cobian's Backup - Highly featured scheduled backup software, which supports a lot of features normally only found in commercial backup solutions.
Media Players
- MediaPlayerClassic - With the right codecs, will play virtually anything and everything.
- VLC Media Player - Natively supports a large range of video formats.
- MPlayer - Natively supports a large range of video formats.
- Songbird - Desktop Web player, a digital jukebox and Web browser mash-up.
- aTunes - Audio player and manager.
Network Administration
- Wireshark - Network analyzer previously known as Ethereal.
- TightVNC - Simple remote access.
- [email protected] - More featured remote access.
- Open Kiosk - Kiosk management system suited for use in controlled computing environments such as public access systems, libraries, school computer laboratories and internet cafes.
- Putty - Telnet/SSH client.
- OCS Inventory NG - Automated network inventory and deployment system.
- Nmap - Network exploration or security auditing (port scanner).
- BO2K - Remote control of systems, including network, registry, passwords, file system, and processes. Based on Back Orifice.
System Tools
- ClamWin Free AntiVirus - (doesn't support on-access scanning yet)
- Clonezilla - Drive cloning (like Ghost) and system deployment.
- GParted - Hard disk partitioning...
- Partition Logic - Hard disk partitioning and data management.
- Rufus - A small utility that helps format and create bootable USB flash drives, such as USB keys/pendrives, memory sticks, etc.
- Synergy - Share a single mouse and keyboard between multiple computers with different operating systems, each with its own display, without special hardware. Imagine the functionality of dual monitors (expanded desktop) except each monitor is connected to a different computer.
- Darik's Boot and Nuke - High security drive wiping.
- Eraser - Delete files securely off your hard drive utilizing DoD standards.
- Extended Password Generator - Generates pronounceable and random passwords.
- PGP (Pretty Good Privacy) - Encryption package.
- TrueCrypt - On the fly encryption. Supports volume encryption.
- Waste - Secure P2P.
- KeePass - Password Manager.
- DCFirewall - A rule based packet and application filtering firewall.
Personal Finance
Games / Simulators
- The Ur-Quan Masters (StarControl II remake)
- The Bub's Brothers (Bubble Bobble remake)
- Frozen Bubble (requires ActivePerl 5.6.1 and SDL_Perl)
- Scorched 3D (3D remake of classic Scorched Earth)
- Racer
- TuxRacer
- FooBilliard
- Open Transport Tycoon Deluxe - (OpenTTD) Transport Tycoon Deluxe remake.
- Celestia - Free space simulation that lets you explore our universe in three dimensions.
- Stellarium - Stellarium is a planetarium that shows a realistic sky in 3D, like you would with the naked eye, binoculars or a telescope.


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