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Biertempfel: Pirates lefty Locke settles into rotation

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Pirates pitcher Jeff Locke delivers to the plate during the second inning against the Nationals on Saturday, May 4, 2013, at PNC Park.

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At the start of the season, Jeff Locke almost seemed like an afterthought in the starting rotation.

Locke won the No. 5 spot in spring training but wasn't especially dazzling. The lefty put up good numbers (3-1, 2.63 ERA, 1.24 WHIP) in seven Grapefruit League outings. His competition, righty Kyle McPherson, was awful (0-3, 8.46, 1.57).

In his season debut April 7 against the Dodgers, Locke gave up four runs in six innings and took a loss. After three starts, Locke still was toting a 5.17 ERA. It looked like a sure bet he would be sent packing to Triple-A Indianapolis as soon as Francisco Liriano was ready to come off the disabled list.

Liriano made his second start Thursday. Not only is Locke still here — he will start Sunday against the Houston Astros — he has a grip on the No. 4 spot. The 25-year-old left-hander is arguably one of the top reasons the Pirates have surged into the middle of May.

“Jeff has picked up his game,” manager Clint Hurdle said.

Locke has worked at least six innings in four of his past five starts — a boon for the often-overworked bullpen. Since April 23, he's gone 2-0 with three no-decisions and shaved more than two points off his ERA.

“He's been doing the same thing every outing: being consistent and keeping us in the game,” catcher Russell Martin said. “He competes out there.”

Although opponents have racked up a whopping 38 stolen bases against the Pirates this season, they are 0-2 against Locke.

“I'm left-handed, so I can see the guy over at first base, and it's a bit easier,” Locke said. “Don't let them get on base. That works, too.”

One locker stall away, A.J. Burnett laughed. “It's that easy, huh?” Burnett said.

Locke shrugged and smiled. “He was just waiting for me to say something he could make a comment about,” Locke said.

There's a constant stream of good-natured teasing between Burnett and Locke, with the young lefty usually on the receiving end. But their relationship goes deeper. Burnett, 36, has become Locke's sounding board and mentor.

“I always say this and people laugh and joke, but it's a luxury being able to go out there (to pitch) the night after A.J.,” Locke said. “He's been throwing the ball so well this season. It's always encouraging to see what he does, then go out there the next night and try to (match) it. It could be any of these guys, really, but it happens to be him. He's a guy I've spent a lot of time with. I'm fortunate.”

Locke does not have as much zip on his fastball as Burnett, and he'll never be among the league leaders in strikeouts. But you don't have too look hard to see a bit of Burnett in Locke.

They have similar approaches. Burnett uses his curveball an atypically high amount when he's ahead in the count or gets a two-strike count. So does Locke.

Burnett stays cool under pressure and has the veteran's gift of shrugging off the one bad pitch that gets creamed for a two-run homer. Even just a year ago, Locke would allow hiccups to explode into train-wreck innings.

Now he has grit when he pitches. That quality, more than anything else, could be what determines how long and productive his career ends up being.

“This is the same guy who, when he came up (in 2011), all we talked about was the big inning of homers he'd allow in every game,” Hurdle said. “We're not talking about that anymore.”

Rob Biertempfel is a staff writer for Trib Total Media. Reach him at or via Twitter @BiertempfelTrib.

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'The Climate of Courage,' a new Australian war novel published in London this week by Collins. So realistically is the scene created against the actual events of Sydney's "Nip night" that in years to come it could well provide the basis for pub arguments as to whether the Japanese really did sink a ferry. London reviewers hail the book with unanimous   warmth. Frederick Laws, book critic of the 'News Chronicle,' says that any body who wishes to understand the Austra- lians should read 'The Climate of Courage.'   This reviewer says "the English find Australians more difficult to understand even than Americans. This novel would be very useful to an Australian Council which had to explain Aus-

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American Jews favor Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama by a ratio of two-to-one, according to survey results being released Monday by researchers at New York University.

The data, taken from a nationwide poll conducted in early September, indicates that Jews as a group are 30 percent more likely than other white, non-Hispanic voters to support Obama.

Surprisingly, the poll found that gap widened to nearly 40% among Jews who rank Israel "very high" as a factor in their choice of candidate, indicating that Israel is a key issue for Jews across the political spectrum.

"Jews always look at candidates in their own camp as more sympathetic to their positions as Jews, so liberal Jews will tend to feel Obama is more pro-Israel than conservative Jews do," lead researcher Steven Cohen, a professor of Jewish social policy at Hebrew Union College, told The Jerusalem Post.

"In fact, liberal Jews have an argument about why McCain is bad for Israel, just as conservative Jews have an argument for why Obama is bad for Israel," he said. "There's a tendency toward cognitive consistency."

Nonetheless, support for McCain tracked support for Israel, with 58% of Jews who said Israel was very important favoring McCain.

Orthodox Jews - a category that encompasses Modern Orthodox and haredi respondents, Cohen said - were the likeliest to support McCain, with 73% indicating support for the Republican over just 27% for Obama.

Support for McCain was highest - 90% - among Orthodox Jews who said they socialized exclusively with other Jews, while only 60% of Orthodox respondents who said they had non-Jewish friends planned to vote for McCain.

Cohen said that while New York Senator Hillary Clinton might have had an easier time attracting Jewish voters than Obama has had, he did not believe large numbers of Jewish Democratic voters would change parties in November.

"I'm willing to speculate that Obama had a bit of a tougher time than Hillary - she's from New York, where most Jewish voters are, and she's familiar," Cohen said. "But if you look at the organized Jewish community, for years already you see that hardline pro-Israel Jews were arguing the Republicans were a better choice."

Yet even Jews who categorized themselves as conservative Republicans were far likelier to support Obama, with 7% indicating they planned to vote for the Democrat over just 1% of non-Jewish conservative white voters.

The difference was almost nil at the other end of the spectrum, where 97% of Jews who said they were liberal Democrats planned to vote for Obama, slightly more than the 96% of non-Jewish liberal Democrats.

Mark Mellman, a Democratic strategist, said Obama's recent surge in national polls and in states like Florida negated the possible electoral impact of a rightward swing among Jewish voters at the margin.

"The question in 2008 is, are we talking about 66% Jewish support for Obama or 75%? That's the range of difference," Mellman said. "In some years that could make the difference between winning and losing, but this year it's not likely to because so many other people are voting for Obama."

At the time of the survey, slightly more than half of all Jewish voters - 51% - favored Obama, while just 25% favored McCain and 24% were still undecided.

That translates into 67% for Obama versus 33% for McCain among those who had already made their choice - though Cohen estimated support for the Democrat among Jews at 75% today, based on his lead in more recent polls.

National polls released Sunday by Gallup and Reuters/C-Span/Zogby indicated a three-point lead for Obama, while an expanded Gallup poll of likely voters showed Obama as much as seven points ahead.

The survey, conducted by the Berman Jewish Policy Archive at NYU's Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, was conducted by Synovate, which contacted more than 1,500 Jewish respondents in September.

Another Synovate poll conducted on behalf of the American Jewish Committee in September indicated that 57% of Jews intended to support Obama, with 30% for McCain and just 13% undecided.

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09 April 2008

The Girly and the Geeky: Mutually Exclusive?

I just read Liz Henry's critique of San Francisco Magazine's story on Marissa Mayer (Google VP). That, of course, led to reading the actual article. Most of the article is pretty good, seemingly meant to show that geeks aren't all freaks—some of them can actually function—but there are a few things which Liz pointed out that just don't sit quite right, like implying she slept her way to the top. I suggest reading her article to see what the others are.

The main point she makes is similar to one I saw in an article about Hillary Clinton and the "pink ceiling": in our society, women can be strong or feminine, not both. If you're a strong leader or exceptionally geeky, you are automatically more masculine because that's "boy stuff." and if you're girly, you must not be very serious or reliable when it comes to that sort of "boy stuff." I highly suggest reading all of the above links if you're not understanding what I mean.

Last week, TEA, a committee of Allied in Pride, my school's GLBTQ group had a workshop called Trans 101. In it, we had a little exercise where we drew things that represent ourselves. I drew my usual loose t-shirt & jeans, a pretty dress & heels, a computer, and a bunch of 1's and 0's. We were then asked to cross out what didn't stereotypically fit our assigned gender. Well, there go the computer, binary, and loose clothes. We were then asked if there are things we crossed out which we hide because they don't fit how we're supposed to be or act or what we're supposed to like.

I told them I do just the opposite. I hide the girly things about myself. Why? I'm a computer science student. Most of my time is spent in an engineering school. Almost everyone else is a guy. Well, I can be a geek or a girl. I know I'm both, but how will others react to me? I don't think I'd get the same level of respect as a girly girl as I do as a hardcore geek, even if underneath I was still geeky ol' me at heart. I've opted to be "one of the guys" to avoid being that girl who probably doesn't even like computers and is just in CS because she heard it pays.

Elfine, a close friend of mine, has decided to do exactly the opposite of what I do. She got tired of the "why does she like computers? what a freak!" attitude other girls had, so she ditched public geekiness (I just ditched trying to be friends with girls who value fashion over brains). She carries a pink EeePC in a pink purse along with a wireless mouse which she hides in a cosmetic bag (tricky, eh?). She said when she went to a 2600 meetup she got funny looks from a guy there for having the pink laptop. She intends to take a white laptop to DEFCON avoid the looks and hopefully stave off the "she must be a non-geek who was dragged along by her boyfriend" assumptions. We're trying to get an apartment together. Guess what our #1 and #2 concerns are?

  1. Is there enough room for all of our computers?
  2. Will the ISP let us set up a server?

Well, let's see if this really is oil and water. Can I keep my binary watch, my Debian-command belt, and continue to run on 20 hours of computers and 4 hours of sleep while being girly? So far, I've been wearing nail polish since January. It's always ended up horribly chipped and mangled, mind you, so I ought to learn to paint them more often, but this is a start. I got "WTF? You look like Frieda Kahlo!" a couple weeks ago when I walked into a databases class when painful sunburn meant jeans were an impossibility, forcing me into skirts in 40°F weather. The blog's new look? Well, you all said the green was hard to read, so I might as well try something new! Besides, it matches my nails.

John R said...

I think the biggest problem for the advancement of society's views on women stems from one (maybe two) major "problems."

- The stereotypical "blond bimbo", in which the female in question is both overly-confident of her looks, and incredibly bone-headed, ignorant, or just plain stupid concerning 99% of everyday life. These "feminine" women exist solely as means of attracting male attention, and they ruin the notions our society has of feminine members of humanity. Add to this the fact that Hollywood and marketing/advertising bureaus blast us with images and ideas furthering this sort of stereotype that feminine women are good for nothing but sex, and it's almost impossible for people growing up to find out the truth.

If we could have a generation of children grow up out of reach of the sex-marketing industry, and instead in a society where women can be both strong and feminine, I'm sure your concerns would be quickly vanishing...

kef said...

and as a short term solution you can try and adopt my patented "screw those who don't appreciate me" attitude. it has worked quite well for me so far and you mentioned that you already crossed out fashionheads as potential friends so i suggest you give it a try. probably won't make you the most popular person in the class but it sure beats pretending to be someone you are not.
ps: didn't know where to submit this but you might want to change the color of the result parts of the polls, numbers are not visible unless they are submerged by the pink bars.

Rikostan said...

I agree with kef. Your friend shouldn't drop the pink laptop because some guy gave her a funny look. We need more people to stand out, not try and fit in.

Granted that is easy for me to say, since I look like a geek and I am 40. I realize it is harder for younger people to go their own way.

Lynoure Braakman said...

I've never felt any reason to hide my physical* gender or my geekiness, and the result is this skirtwearing sysadmin person.

I don't think it has resulted in anything bad so far. :)

*) I was born a bit genderblind, so I think my mind is my mind, not a female specimen.

Adam said...

Guess what our #1 and #2 concerns are? Is there enough room for all of our computers? Will the ISP let us set up a server?

I hear that... Found out that there really isn't room for 2 desktops and my laptop in the new place... Guess it's time to invest in a KVM!

Now, onto the real topic at hand... Honestly, I don't see a reason why the 2 don't fit. Yes, there's the whole "blond bimbo" deal and the joke about the blond using whiteout on the monitor, but that's got to be a minority! I know quite a few girls who, whether they like it or not, really are geeks.

Hell, I like it :)

p.s. I think your friend needs to put on a skirt and carry that pink EeePC to DEFCON!

Kevix said...

thanks for both of those links. A Dr. Phil-ism comes to mind "If you knew how infreqently people thought about you, you'd never be concerned with what they thought". Be yourself. I was just browsing my copy of eWeek and it lists the top 100 most influential IT people. Number 5: Marissa Mayer. Number 10: Page & Brin (her bosses). (#15 Linus, #68 Shuttleworth)

Mackenzie said...

I can't change the font colors on the poll, I don't think. The polls are done with an iframe (I didn't code it! It's Blogger's thing!). I don't think the main page's style can affect it, and if it can, it won't win the cascade.

Red Nikon said...

Be happy with who you are first and formost. If your change things, or even hiding them from others, then they need to take time to understand that you are a human just like them or they aren't the type to hang out with.

Any way I think I will subscribe to the blog in hopes of articles like such. You got me thinking again, god how long has it been....

cslife said...

I think geeks in general have a hard time being understood by non-geeks regardless of gender. I bet it is harder for females to be accepted as geeks as you pointed out in this blog post.
It is easier said then done but good luck on being yourself and geeky at the same time. When people accuse me of being the stereotypical male geek I usually regard it as a complement since I accept that as the truth. I hope you can do the same when someone accuses you of being girly and geeky.

maniacmusician said...

This is a really cool thing to think about, since it's such a complex dynamic. I mean, because a girl is a girl, there will be differences in the way she's treated, because of things like role expectancies, social courtesies and attitudes, etc. There's always the cliche/joke about an attractive woman in a group of geeks, and the social dynamic that ensues. Would in reality a woman among geeks get treated like that? Well, I mean depending on the area, I'm guessing you're bound to get a few guys that stare. But at this point, being that gender discrimination is an insecure topic for a lot of males, you really are more likely to get guys that will try to act really normally around you,l even if they still persistently notice your femininity.

But, the topic at hand is really about if there's a balanced image you could have, and trying to get it to become a reality. As far as I can see, you're doing the right thing so far. I would be careful to not overcompensate and over-accentuate to represent your "girliness." Keeping your image in line with your real personality is a really good way to decrease the chances of self-image issues.

As for the geek aspect, I mean...you seem to me to be a pretty geeky person. So, I mean, just show it. Believe it or not, guys like geeky girls, because there aren't very many of them. I personally enjoy being friends with girls that I can talk to about Linux, and gritty hardware details, quality of code in certain projects. Even argue with about user interface design, feature importance, etc. I also have the added bonus of being able to talk about things that other guys usually aren't comfortable talking about (unfortunately).

People have been hesitant to mention it here, but a lot of geeky guys find geeky girls to be more attractive. So, as a female in a setting like that, you may find that you get hit on more often than you would in a non-geek group of males. I think it's a really weird social dynamic to think about, especially if we're considering it in relation to our personal tendencies (which I know a lot of us are). I mean, I personally, do feel more attracted to a girl that I can connect with on a wider level and on more topics, because there's just that many more things that we're both so passionate about.

This can't possibly be wrong in a moral sense; we all categorize the people around us by traits, behaviors, and we use those categories to define what we like and what we don't. For example, some people like females who are physically energetic, like to do activities that involve moving around like dancing, or walking, or traveling. Others like females who are reserved, like to talk about things. We can like people depending on what they do, such as liking writers and poets because of the open eagerness they have, and how they explore the world and their emotions.

Along those same lines, people can like geeks, which generally entails interest in technical things like computers and Linux, general curiosity about the way everything works, knowing a lot about how things work on the inside. So, I know it's not wrong in that sense. But, at the same, it can be uncomfortable for a person like you, who is already made to feel weird by being a geek and a girl, to have more male attention because of your inherent geekiness, and again, something that you're already feeling some sort of insecurities about.

Well, maybe I should've left it at "it's such a complex dynamic." Sorry, I find myself guilty of being a psychology student; I just can't help myself when it comes to topics like these, I just have an insatiable interest for social dynamics. I love thinking about it. Come to think of it, because of my inherent maleness, this post will be read in a different light, considering the things I talked about; I hope not too much is misconstrued. I didn't mean for it to be so much a political stance, but just trying to not let gender separation to affect what I wanted to say about the topic.

Rockstarlicious said...

A number of years back I was surprised to meet girly, sexy female programmers while travelling for my job. It challenged my assumptions at the time, but since then I've met many more, including a good friend who works for a major airline and has database patents under her name. I think maybe there's more acceptance of geek+girl in some regions and corporate cultures, and people that are unable to accept and comprehend that duality in 2008 are living in the dark ages. Clearly you are not. Follow your bliss, to thine own self be true, and all that jazz. You are rocking the world.

goddess-thain said...

As a publicly self-admitted geek whose job is primarily dependent on both my brains and my appearance, I've found interesting ways to combine the girly and the geeky.

For example, my Sony VAIO is the same shade of red as my favorite red nail polish and lipstick. (Yes, I was inspired by the "what kind of girl drives a Hemi 'cuda?" question in Gone in 60 Seconds)

My job is fairly unique, in that my clients primarily find me because they're looking for brains and beauty... but I do still have to put up with the stereotypical knee-jerk reactions, sometimes. Generally, this takes the form of the question: "But you're smart! Why don't you get a real job?"

Aggravating, but that's generally when I just make them buy me shiny tech that they don't understand. ^.^


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The Effects of Mycorrhizal Fungi Inoculum on Vegetables

The Master Gardeners at Elkus Ranch designed a study to compare the yield and vigor of a variety of vegetables grown with and without mycorrhizal fungi plant inoculum.  Products claim to increase size and health of plants have been made by a number of suppliers of inoculate, without providing much supportive data.  The goal of this trial was to document the planting, comparative growth and yields of six vegetables planted in two beds, one bed inoculated and the other non inoculated, so that the results would help the home gardener make an educated choice on whether or not to use a mycorrhizal inoculum.  The study was conducted in a Zone 17 coastal climate.

Vegetables grown with endomycorrhizal fungi plant inoculum will be more vigorous and produce higher yields than vegetables grown without inoculum.

Background: What is ‘endomycorrhizal fungi plant inoculum’?
A mycorrhiza, from the Greek ‘mykos’ meaning fungus and ‘riz’ meaning roots refers to a symbiotic association between a fungus and the roots of a vascular plant.  They form an important component of soil life and soil chemistry.

In a mycorrhizal association, the fungus colonizes the host plant's roots, either intracellular as in endomycorrhizal fungi, or extracellular as in ectomycorrhizal fungi.  This study is concerned with the former.

Mycorrhizal fungi form a mutual relationship with the roots of most plant species.
This association provides the fungus with relatively constant and direct access to carbohydrates, such as glucose and sucrose.  The carbohydrates are transferred from their source (usually leaves) to root tissue and on to the plant's fungal partners.  In return, the plant gains the benefits of the mycelium's higher absorptive capacity for water and mineral nutrients due to the comparatively large surface area of mycelium to root ratio. This improves the plant's mineral absorption capabilities.

The mechanisms of increased absorption are both physical and chemical.  Mycorrhizal mycelia are much smaller in diameter than the smallest root, and thus can explore a greater volume of soil, providing a larger surface area for absorption.  Mycorrhizal fungi are especially beneficial for plants in nutrient-poor soils.

Mycorrhizal plants are often more resistant to diseases, such as those caused by microbial soil-borne pathogens, and are also more resistant to the effects of drought.  This is an important thing to consider in the rain challenged Bay Area.

Seeds of the following plants were started in one inch cells in a green house on March 3, 2011:  golden chard, strawberry spinach, double red orach spinach, epazote (Mexican culinary herb), edible Japanese chrysanthemum garland round leaved and cardoon (related to the artichoke).  On March 23rd, the seedlings were transplanted into four inch containers.  On April 5th the seedlings were planted, half of each variety, into two beds at Elkus Ranch Research Garden. The soil in both beds consisted of a combination of 50% Elkus compost and 50% Elkus dirt.

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Bed A was given a root inoculant consisting of a blend of endomycorrhizal species selected by the manufacturer specifically for vegetables.  A 1/2-ounce dry inoculum was mixed with ½ gallon of water.  A siphon mixer was attached to a standard garden hose bib, the hose screwed into the other end of the mixer, and the flexible mixer tubing fed into the container of inoculum.  The ½ gallon of soluble inoculum was automatically mixed into 8 gallons of water and applied directly to the soil resulting in a deep soak.  (According to the manufacturer, the dry mix can also be sprinkled into rows prior to planting or under transplants as they are being placed in the soil.)

Bed B was given a good watering at planting using H2O straight from the hose.

Both beds received 10 minutes of drip irrigation every day for the first two weeks.  On April 17th, irrigation was reduced to 10 minutes every other day due to cool, foggy spring weather.

The following measurements, recorded in inches, were taken on May 10th:

                                              Inoculated Height      Non-Inoculated Height
Cardoon 6" 6"
Golden Chard 10" 7"
Epazote 5" 5"
Japanese Chrysanthemum        10" 5"
Orach Spinach 16" 13"
Strawberry Spinach 9" 8"

The following measurements, recorded in inches, were taken on June 14th:

                                               Inoculated Height      Non-inoculated Height
Cardoon 28" 27"
Golden Chard     19"                 19"
Epazote 20" 17"
Japenese Chrysanthemum     38" 36"
Orach Spinach 28" 26"
Strawberry Spinach 8" 10"

The vegetables that received inoculum grew slightly taller than those that did not receive inoculum (except for the strawberry spinach).  We began harvesting and eating the plants mid June.  A very informal ‘taste test’ was conducted on plants from the two beds.  It consisted of asking volunteers to comment on what they noticed, if anything, between samples from Beds A and B.  They were not told from which bed their samples came.  Four of the five subjects thought that the samples of spinach, both strawberry and orach, were ‘sweeter’ from the beds receiving inoculum.  No difference was noted for the other plants.

The golden chard grown in Bed B without inoculum, suffered severe leaf damage from leaf miners. These critters feed within the tissues of the leaves themselves, selectively eating only the layers that have the least amount of cellulose.

   The chard receiving inoculum at planting had no leaf damage.

The cardoon plants in the inoculated beds grew to a massive height of over 8 feet by September:

while those in the non inoculated beds only grew to 4 feet.
  The Japanese chrysanthemums grew over 9 feet tall in the inoculated beds.  The author peering through her produce.
  Those in the non inoculated beds grew under 4 feet.

The vegetables in the bed that received mycorrhizal fungi inoculum grew larger (cardoon, epazote and chrysanthemum), were more disease resistant (chard) and, according to a very small sample size, sweeter tasting (strawberry and orach spinaches) than the vegetables grown without inoculum.

I will continue to experiment with the use of mycorrhizal fungi plant inoculum in future plantings, and believe that it has great application in new beds and soils that may be nutrient poor.  I would caution the home gardener that if they are interested in using mycorrhizal fungi, to purchase inoculum from a reputable source and do your homework first.  Scientific analysis has shown that many of the ‘over the counter’ products that claim to contain live mycelium, do not in fact live up to that promise.

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UC Graduate Students to Provide Marketing Advice to Italian Firms

Release Date:  Tuesday, May 25, 2010

University of Charleston students traveled to Italy to study business

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By Philip Pyburn

The Master of Business Administration and Leadership (MBAL) program at the University of Charleston Graduate School Of Business is distinguished by three elements: an emphasis on global commerce, hands-on practical involvement in real business situations and working in teams.

On May 8, students who have completed the first year of the MBAL program traveled to Varese, Italy, to begin work with five Italian firms to help them export their product and services to the U.S.

The Italian firms are all members of the Associazione Piccole e Medie Industrie (Association of Small and Midsized Industry). This association (CONFAPI) has been instrumental in facilitating the involvement of the five firms, as well making ground arrangements. CONFAPI serves more than 950 firms in the Varese district, 14,000 firms in the Lombardi region and more than 2 million firms throughout Europe.

In addition to CONFAPI's assistance, Matt Ballard and the Charleston Area Alliance also have played an important role in setting up the Italian program. The Alliance facilitated introductions to CONFAPI executives and will provide research support and assistance for the student teams while they are in Italy.

The 13 students are organized into teams of two or three with each team assigned to one of the five Italian firms. Each team will work with the executives of the company to develop a U.S. marketing strategy and export plan.

The projects comprise a comprehensive evaluation of each company's products, an assessment of the competition for those products in the U.S. and a summary of the shipping, import duties, product regulations and other logistical issues involved in importing product to the U.S.

The five participating firms serve a range of industrial segments, including graphic design/printing, automated high-speed logistics, axles and gears for electric forklifts/industrial cleaning machines, abrasives and electrostatic coating. The firms range in size from 15 to 50 employees.

Work on these projects began in early April with three weeks of course work at the graduate school prior to departure. During that phase, the students investigated the logistics of international commerce, including shipping, tariffs, international contract and freight terminology, letters of credit, payment terms and other supply-chain issues.

From May 10-14 in Varese, the student teams will spend time developing a comprehensive understanding of the products and services offered by the company. During the week of May 17-21 the students will create a U.S. marketing strategy and distribution/logistics plan for the company, including supply chain alternatives and the identification of West Virginia partner firms. During the week of May 24 - 28 the student teams will draft the final report and presentation for the company's executives and other CONFAPI members.

The projects will conclude during the fall semester entrepreneurship course at the graduate school where the student teams will expand and refine the U.S. marketing strategy with the intent of helping the Italian firms launch operations in West Virginia during 2011.

In addition to the project elements of the program, the students also will visit European Union leaders in Milan and Rome, as well as the Italian parliament. Time also has been set aside for visits to the Roman antiquities, a boat tour on Lake Maggiore and other free time in Varese and Milan.

In these pages in the coming weeks, the students will report directly on their experiences in Italy, reflecting on the economic, business and cultural differences and similarities between the U.S. and Europe.

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Just wanted everyone to know that I am now creating my own blog post, or I mean not commenting on someone else's! I do have some news I can say. We just got back from a hot walk, it was dark and we need to walk earlier, but then it would be that much hotter! Perhaps we need to do our walking in the early AM hours!

Sid is working on his email, so I will save the news for him to tell! I just thought I added a picture, but not sure where it went! Must be where my Cold Water Creek gift certificate is hiding!

Enjoy your Saturday, however you spend it! Roberta the blogger (did you know that blog is not a known word in my speller?)

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"Wow that lemon last night was awesome," says the old man.
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An anime/manga or (anime/manga) based fan-work that depicts sexual acts.

Often shortened to simply "Lemon", the term is actually derived from a hentai anime in 1984, "Cream Lemon", which told a story about a girl called Ami and her relationships.

Since then "Lemon" has been used to refer to all sexually-oriented fanworks, in particular fan-fiction.
"That site has a few lemon fics"
додав ChibiTaryn 31 Липень 2003
1. A tasty fruit that makes you make a funny face.

2. A fan fiction that is based on an anime/manga or video game that is sexualy oriented

3. Something that was useless or crappy

4. A lame person or thing

5. A bitter fruit
1. Your face looks funny, haha

2. That was a good lemon about Goku and Bulma

3. That was a total lemon, what a waste of money

4. Your suck a Lemon

5. ^.^
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A lemon is a story of explicit nature, often seen as fanfiction for video games, anime or manga. It can range from mild to extreme adult scenes. Lemons are usually rated 18+ and are not recommended for minors.
"This lemon is rather steamy compared to one I read yesterday."
додав Ameth 25 Листопад 2003
A car that you buy that you think is good, but really it sucks like hell and will break right after you buy it.
Dude, that car was a lemon, I was about to hand over my check when the radiator blew up, coolant flowed out like my ass when I gave my woman some rusty mountains after eating that mad stale t bell.
додав John Snell 12 Березень 2006
Very intimate and descriptive x-rated stories about fictional couples written by crazed, perverted fangirls.
Perverted fangirl: I just read the best lemons story about Edward and Bella!

Normal person: Um... that's weird.

Perverted fangirl: *giggles* I've read it five times.
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A sour yellow fruit created in labs by the Soviet Union propaganda machine to lure lemonaide lovers from their all-american hobbies to join their spy forces and take over the world with ninja-pirates.
USSR Guy: Come here you all-american boy. Have these lemons!

All-American Boy: Why thank you fine sir. *eats* DOWN WITH THE WEST!!!

USSR Guy: *evil laughter*
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1) A delicious yellow citrus fruit, good with Coke or Pepsi. Many find it sour.

2) A fanfiction rated NC-17 for graphic sexual situations, banned on fanfiction.net

3) A sexual game played by horny high school students. The names of five boys are written down, as well as five things one can do with a lemon, five girls, five female body parts, and five location. They are then numbered from one to five in a random order to create amusing sentences.
1) I don't like lemons. They're sour.

2) Ohmigosh, I read this totally hawt Hermione/Draco lemon!!

3)Let's play LEMON!
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Retro game, which has now been released in 3D version.
I'm off for a game of Q*Bert
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A legendary turntablist, a DJ. AKA DJ Qbert.
Hot damn, Qbert is tearing up those turntables.
додав AJ 4 Квітень 2004
a cool classic video game from the early 80s where you maneuver the joystick to place the little orange monster Q-Bert on a pyramid of pads, changing their color. The goal is to land on all the pads on the pyramid to change all the colors. Then you commence to do the same thing at the next level (the next pyramid). Q-Bert must avoid bouncing critters (like snakes), if he's hit by one he cusses (a talk balloon filled with "swear word symbols" like "@#$*!" appears). If you're not careful with the joystick, Q-Bert could jump off the pyramid edge by accident.
I first played Q-Bert while I was at a bash with some friends at a Godfather's Pizza joint. Their motto is "Pizza you can't refuse". Q-Bert is a thrill to play even today.
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A famous turtablist who has learned from Mix Master Mike and won the 1992-1994 DMC World Championships.
DJ Q-bert is won of the best!
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Slang term for a quarter pound of marijuana.
Meet me at the spot with a q-bert.
додав Johnny Tats 16 Жовтень 2007
1. thats what she said

2. backwards inverse opposite of a 69

3. spoon
3.Eat yogurt with a Q-bert.

2.I Q-berted your mom last night.

Man B: Q-Bert!!!!
додав tranape 1 Липень 2008
A very great Dj that influences the underground with his creative scratching.
damn, that Dj makes my day.
Enough has been said. Listen to DJ Q*Bert and buy Wavetwisters.
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There is a classic example in the Independent today and their treatment of last night’s ComRes poll. I don’t wish to criticise the Indy too much- they have not misrepresented the poll in anyway, it is reported in an entirely fair and accurate way. Nevertheless, but taking a single poll question in isolation it ends up creating a shallow and one-sided picture of public opinion.

ComRes’s poll yesterday 72% of people agreed with the statement “It is time for the Coalition to change its economic policy to be focused more on promoting growth and less on spending cuts”. Taken in isolation, that suggests overwhelming opposition to the government’s economic policy and support for Labour’s alternative.

However, we don’t have to take it in isolation, as we have lots of other evidence too. I’ve written in the past about the shortcomings of “do you agree or disagree with this statement” questions – they risk skewing answers in the direction of the statement. For example, in December ComRes asked whether people agreed with the statement that “The Government should not increase public borrowing any further and its top priority should be to pay off the nation’s deficit as soon as possible” and found 74% of people agreed. Taken in isolation that would have suggested overwhelming support for the government’s position… except that ComRes also asked if people agreed that “The Government should borrow more in the short term to increase economic growth as much as possible even if it means reducing the deficit more slowly” and found that 49% of people agreed. In other words, 23% of people agreed both that the government should not borrow any more, and also that they should borrow more. ComRes’s findings in that poll suggest that the picture is not as clear as the single question today would suggest.

Unsurprisingly given the importance of the question, other polls and companies have come at the same question from different angles. Populus this month read out two sentences summarising the government view and the Labour view on the economy and cuts (without identifying them as such), and asked people which they most agreed with. They got an almost even split, 48% in favour of the government’s stance, 49% in favour of Labour’s stance.

YouGov do a similar question as a semi-regular tracker, asking people to say if the government should stick to its present strategy of reducing the deficit, even if this means growth remains slow, or whether the government should change its strategy to concentrate on growth, even if that means the deficit stays longer or gets worse. The last time YouGov asked that, also this month, showed 33% supported the present strategy and 39% wanted to change (29% weren’t sure or didn’t want either), so slightly more support for Labour’s stance than the Conservative one.

If you take a broad overview of all the polling evidence you end up with quite a mixed picture – certainly opinion seems to be moving in the direction of more of an emphasis on growth and less on the deficit, but the public remain quite evenly split. Looking at other polls people are opposed to the cuts, and they want to see more emphasis on growth. But they also want to see the deficit reduced, and think the cuts are necessary in order to do that. Ask them if they want to have their cake they say yes, ask them if they’d like to eat it they also say yes. Taking just a single polling question doesn’t give this broad picture at all – and indeed, depending on what the question was could produce entirely contradictory pictures.

The question we should ask ourselves is this – when the media talk about opinion polls, should they actually be doing their best to explain and illustrate the public’s opinion on an issue, taking all the available evidence into account, even if it ends up being muddy, confused, unclear and possibly quite dull? Or should they be plucking out single findings and trying to weave them into a sensational story?

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  1. Robin
    You noted the inverted commas (you didn’t?).

    I don’t write my pieces to be in any way partisan and I think the notion that I could be ‘converted’ (noted the C in GC) is ridiculous. These columns are for discussing public opinion and how it affects VI.

    My posting was taken to illuminate the features of FPTP and how it affects the body politic. There are quite a few councillors around here who have jumped ship because they saw the writing on the wall. We are back to Tory hegemony around here,as I suspect that enough Labour tactical voters will abstain at the next general election, or some indeed at locals, or just vote Labour on a ‘oh well, what the hell,’ basis.

  2. @ SoCaL

    My son & I are both members of the Labour Party. It is very cool. You can attend the Party conferences (as a delegate, if your CLP appoints you), you get to have input to policy reviews, vote for office bearers including the Party leaders & deputy leaders & you get to nominate members to be local councillors, MPs & MSPs. You also get invited to loads of events. We’ve been to dinners with Ed Balls, Alistair Darling & Alistair Campbell to name three well known names plus loads of events with MSPs, MPs.& Councillors.

  3. SOCAL

    @” I don’t think it’s a Catholic vs. non-Catholic thing.”

    Is there another global church which employs private confession to a priest as a sacrament to free the penitent from his/her sin .?

  4. @ Green Christian

    “My party membership give me a quarterly magazine, various mailings from different levels of the party, the ability to stand in internal elections (including candidate selection), the right to participate in the policy-making process, and a vote in all internal matters which are not exclusively dealt with by committees.”

    It’s interesting. Just by my voter registration, I can stand for various internal party elections. But I actually have to win those elections to have a right to participate in the policy making process. And of course there are limits to that. I mean, you can fight to put a whole bunch of stuff in the Democratic Party platform and actually succeed in getting it in there. But then implementing it once you win an election is something different altogether. Universal healthcare for example has been promised by every Democratic President since I think Woodrow Wilson. I’m sure there was a fight in 1912 by Delegates to put it in the party platform. They probably felt pretty good about it when they got their plank. They probably had no idea that it would take another 98 years to actually see it come to fruition (and even then, it wouldn’t quite be exactly what they wanted and/or imagined).

    “When it comes to the practical details, party membership in the UK is typical of voluntary organisations. The US model of party membership, on the other hand, is something that I’ve never been able to make sense of.”

    It’s really a way of identifying supporters. And making primary elections easier.

    @ Gary Catter

    “Not sure if anyone would put membership of a political party on their CV.”

    Right. But you might put things that you did with your party membership on your resume. So if you were President of the Pembroke College Labour Club, you might put something like that down. Or if you were treasurer of the Tower Hamlets Conservative Association, you might put that down.

  5. Interesting stories in the press about Cameron`s closeness to Blair…It`s almost as if Cameron and Miliband are fighting amongst themselves for the title `Closest to Blair`.Shows that Blair is still valued amongst certain groups of voters…And with recent polls showing Labour leading amongst AB voters,all the more important for Cameron to not lose his most favourable constituency.

    But I also think there is a good chance that Cameron`s defence at the Leveson could be pretty similar to Blair`s…` I wanted to do something about the media but I had bigger battles to fight`…Whether he could carry it off as well as Blair remains to be seen.

  6. Amber
    Yeah, I can do all that. But they want you to pay for the eats, etc. I cannot think of anything more uninviting than sitting down with fellow politicos for pleasure.

    For pleasure? Do me a favour, do. Now if Julie Christie turned out to be Lib Dem ….

  7. @SoCalLiberal – “Billy Bob will recall… ”

    It was in fact addressed to chrislane1945 at 5:35 am on 8th October 2011, but yes, I do treasure that episode:

  8. Smukesh

    It`s almost as if Cameron and Miliband are fighting amongst themselves for the title `Closest to Blair`.
    I hadn’t realised Miliband was fighting for that title, but then I haven’t really been paying close attention to Labour. I thought Ed Miliband had been walking the tightrope of not been seen as to close, nor disowning him. When did that change?

  9. @CRAIG
    ` I thought Ed Miliband had been walking the tightrope of not been seen as to close, nor disowning him. When did that change?`

    He certainly made an effort to distance himself from Blair in the conference speech…But recently there have been stories about Blair advising Miliband and he is due to appear alongside Miliband in a Labour fundraiser in June.

    Also the recent appointments to the shadow cabinet(both new appointments Crudas and Adonis are considered to be closer to Blair) and Balls/Mandelson joint letter to Guardian indicate Blair/Brown factions coalescing around Miliband.

  10. @SMukesh – “Blair/Brown factions coalescing… ”

    I think the one-time SDP member Andrew Rawnsley has the copyright on the universal method for viewing all things Labour… unsurprising that the rest of the commentariat followed suit, but oddly that so many Labour supporters have adopted it as the only reliable prism through which to view everything.

    “The Blair-Brown labels speak much more to the central political concerns of 2001 than than those of 2011″:

  11. @Howard

    Yes, I noticed. I was just playing along.

    “recently there have been stories about Blair advising Miliband ”

    There’s a difference between advice opn p[olicy and on presentation. And there’s a difference between taking advice and following it. I’m very happy for EM to take and follow advice on presentation and winning elections…

  12. apologies for td[ypos

  13. “Greek polling data can be tricky to interpret, as it can be unclear how ‘don’t-knows’ and abstentions have been handled.”

    Got any anaylsis of why the Greek polling is so different in different polls? I don’t believe there can be that much swing from day to day. In fact I find it hard to understand why people would vote differently a month later anyway.

    Be nice to know in advance if I need to stock up on cash the day before the Greek election :-)

  14. @BILLY BOB
    `oddly that so many Labour supporters have adopted it as the only reliable prism through which to view everything.`

    You may be right,but my point was that senior Labour politicians who were fence-sitting and eyeing Miliband with doubt have thrown their weight behind him after the local elections.

  15. Tonights YG prediction.

    Labour 43%
    Tory 30%
    UKIP 10%
    LD 7%

  16. Prediction for yougov

    Con 30
    Lab 46
    LD 8

    Next week

    Con 28
    Lab 48
    LD 8

  17. @ROBIN
    ` I’m very happy for EM to take and follow advice on presentation and winning elections…`

    It is reported that Blair is advising Labour on tactics.We can see Labour guests emphasising two things on political programmes 1)that they care about the deficit and can be trusted to bring it down 2)Lib Dems are to blame for keeping a right-wing government in power.It is said to be part of Blair`s strategic advicet that Labour politicians emphasise these to voters.

  18. Predictions for tonight..

  19. Predictions! Again? OK:

    Con 32%, Lab 44%, LD 8% UKIP 8%

  20. Shevii – some Greek pollsters (or the newspapers that report them) seem to repercentage to exclude don’t knows and won’t votes, others don’t. Hence you get some where ND and SYRIZA are close together in the low 20s, some where they are close together in the high 20s.

    Across all the polls though they seem to be pretty close. The thing about the Greek system of course is that 50 seat bonus for the winner, so there is a huge difference in seats between ND being just ahead and SYRIZA being just ahead.

  21. @AW
    `The thing about the Greek system of course is that 50 seat bonus for the winner`

    Is that system designed to provide a strong majority government which it failed to provide last time?

  22. Smukesh – exactly!

    …but what are they doing to enable peoples’ freedoms? If all they can do is nanny, what use are they (any of the parties)?

  24. Anthony – the Greek question ties in with ours o this extent: Are the Greeks being fed “muddy, confused, unclear and possibly quite dull” analysis of their options, or are tehy being fed sensational interpretations in order to sway them?

    Sorry for twisting your final words around! The reporting of public opinion can affect the opinion (I forget the name of the effect). I’d be interested to know how the Greek press is reporting the issues, and how vested interests are driving the debate for the voters there.

  25. Some people are significantly better than others at this prediction lark!

  26. 14% Lab lead or my name’s not Gunga Din. {as me ole Dad used to say.]

  27. Update – Labour lead on 12: Latest YouGov/The Sun results 30th May CON 32%, LAB 44%, LD 9%, UKIP 7%; APP -36 y-g.co/LG9AOt

  28. Latest YouGov/The Sun results 30th May CON 32%, LAB 44%, LD 9%, UKIP 7%; APP -36

  29. CON 32%, LAB 44%, LD 9%, UKIP 7%; APP -36

  30. @Garry Gatter

    You did well sir, congratulations!

  31. Prediction: Lab ahead by 12. Did I win :)?

  32. Ahem

  33. Statgeek,

    People have the freedom to choose there politicians and under PR they have repeatedly chosen the people who have introduced these “Nanny” policies.

    if people didn’t want Free Care or A Smoking Ban, they would have voted for someone else.

    It could just be that from the traditional Labour vote to One Nation Tories, Scotland just has a more collective politics than the South.

  34. COLIN and Billy Bob et al.

    Good Evening

  35. Without of course commenting and speculating:

    BBC is flashing that Mr Coulson has now been arrested.

  36. COLIN.
    Good Evening.

    i. Is there another global church?

    ii. This is not the site, I think, to teach you the doctrine on Confession/Reconciliation/Penance Sacrament, but Henry V111;s own book which earned him and our Monarch the title Fidei Defensor, from the Pope, is a good start.

  37. @ChrisLane1945

    The fall out fron the Tommy Sherdian trial continues to rumble on.

  38. I think you mean charged Chris. He was arrested about 16 hours ago – the BBC aren’t that slow!

  39. @AW, Chris Lane

    Indeed. He has been charged and allowed to go back to London while the Procurator Fiscal decides how and when he will be tried.

  40. Anthony – he was detained under suspicion, not arrestesd 16 hours ago – a vagary of Scottish procedure. He has now been arrestesd and charged. Presumably Murdoch would consider the difference a “nice idea”

    (My last word on the matter)

    A smoking ban is not good governance. It does not allow the people freedom of choice, or freedom of action. If anything, the opposite. Any ban on anything is similarly bad governance. As my old Dad would have said, they have nothing much to do, so they have to be seen to be doing something (anything).

    If the freedom from Westminster delivers controls and bans, then I’m not sure I want it. What else can the people vote for? Turnout has been at record lows, which gives an idea of how unpopular parties’ policies are these days. They are all shades of one another it seems.

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Mhaille, Sog1970, Aleister in Chains, Lyrithya, Mimo&maxus, Sockpuppet of an Unregistered User, Black_flamingo11, PuppyOnTheRadio, Mrthejazz, Dexter111344

You're crazy, man... o__o 1234 ~ 16px-Pointy 23:23, 13 January 2011
So that's who that IP was... Sir SockySexy girls Mermaid with dolphin Tired Marilyn Monroe (talk) (stalk)Magnemite Icons-flag-be GUN SotM UotM PMotM UotY PotM WotM 23:25, 13 January 2011
What's this list? --~ Myg Myg2 13:16, January 14, 2011 (UTC)
It's a list of lonely men looking for love. --Black Flamingo 14:45, January 14, 2011 (UTC)
Just men? Are zombies still men? 1234 ~ 16px-Pointy 16:34, 14 January 2011
No. Who said about Zombies? --~ Myg Myg2 16:41, January 14, 2011 (UTC)
There are zombies... 1234 ~ 16px-Pointy 17:42, 14 January 2011
Who's a zombie? --~ Myg Myg2 19:47, January 14, 2011 (UTC)

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To develop:

  • Something about paedos (obviously)
  • something about "open minded" meaning really dirty shit.
  • murderer (again, obviously)
  • Something about a guy who has put out an ad for the girl who dumped him?
  • Comics nerd with glasses and freckles looking for any female Marvel Comic hero.
  • Man addicted to drugs looking for drug dealer.
  • Emo looking for another emo to enjoy with him/her the joys of suicide.
  • Masochist seeks sadist to give his worthless life some meaning. Please contact me, please! I worship you!
  • Shy German man looking for attractive Jew lady who enjoys long train rides, showers, dieting and men in uniform.
  • Skeleton looking for role in a B horror film. Directors only please.
  • Corrupt Cop interested in classical music looking for 12-year old girl. I'm talking about you Mathilda. WHERE THE FUCK ARE YOU?

Sorry to butt in on your secret project and all, but I did have a couple suggestions. I didn't write these, so it is up to you if you want to use them... They were real ads that were printed in a newspaper called the "Cleveland Scene".

  • I saw you at Tiki Bobs. You grabbed my butt and I told you if you did that again I'd kill you. You did. I need your address now.
  • Minimalist needs good woman.

I like the idea for your project, so I'm gonna try to come up with some original stuff for it to help you out, if you want my help. You mentioned on Lyrithya's page that you were looking to collab with some other authors.

Okay, guess that's it for now User:Bevanz/sig 19:12 4-Jan-11

Formatting will be here if I ever get around to it. 1234 ~ 16px-Pointy 00:56, 9 January 2011

Wait a minute, you mean these ads have to be real? --~ Myg Myg2 14:07, January 9, 2011 (UTC)
...No? Where did you get that idea? --Black Flamingo 14:10, January 9, 2011 (UTC) --~ Myg Myg2 14:13, January 9, 2011 (UTC)
Me, Jesus. You, Satan. No freaks. Aleister 14:16 9 1 '11
Just found this one on the internet, absolutely genuine: Are you Kate Bush? Write to obsessive man (36). Note, people who aren't Kate Bush need not respond. Wish I'd thought of that. --Black Flamingo 18:30, January 12, 2011 (UTC)

Recent divorcee seeks single blonde, 33 years 8 days. Must be 5 foot eleven inches, with small birth mark on left buttock and own my own home. --Sog1970 17:26, January 9, 2011 (UTC)
Extreme narcisist seeks own identical twin for mutual love fest.--Sog1970 17:28, January 9, 2011 (UTC)
Discerning Klanswoman seeks tall, dark and handsome stranger. Just not too dark.--Sog1970 18:07, January 9, 2011 (UTC)
Lonely eunuch seeks understanding woman (25-40) for walks in the park, candle-lit dinners, evenings by the fire and no more. --Sog1970 16:46, January 11, 2011 (UTC)
Dirty dog needs to bury his bone. Any bitch will do.
Hungry cannibal seeks willing victim for brief relationship to nourish more than just the soul.
Heavily tattooed man, 35, into piercings, amphetamines and animal-related pornography seeeks older lady (55-70) to mother him.
Commitment phobic male (25) would like to meet woman for flirty fun, adventurous sex and no more.
You're 5 foot eleven, blonde, 25 with a big rack. I look like Shrek and smell like Donkey - but you'll get your reward in heaven
The National Lottery: You have to be in it to win it. Maybe I'm an Adonis. Maybe I just need you to send me £1. There's only one way to find out
Recently released sex-offender seeks woman with pulse. Or at least one who recently had a pulse.
Zombie seeks woman with brains.
Self-medicating schizophrenic enjoys violent arguments and tender make-up sex. Take the rough with the smooth and call me
Classic Car enthusiast seeks beautiful heiress with Bentley Speed Six in need of restoration. Has own socket set and can travel. Please enclose photo of Bentley
Pink Floyd enthusiast - I don't need your arms around me, and I don't need your drugs to calm me. Don't think I need anything at all. Don't bother me on 08 6886575
--Sog1970 14:19, January 14, 2011 (UTC)

Why is everything I write at "To develop" part? --~ Myg Myg2 18:03, January 13, 2011 (UTC)
Well, I should start by saying it's not because they're bad, but they feel a little unfinished. They're good ideas, but most of them don't really involve a funny twist. Take the police one for example, that was a great idea, but the wording was a little plain - I rearranged it a little and now I'm much happier with it. I have ideas for some of the others you contributed as well, like the growing your own pot one, which was pretty good to begin with. Don't take it personally, I'm making some executive decisions and will probably remove a lot of my own and maybe even one or two of Sog's as well. I'm maniacal like that. But keep them coming, if you want to argue a case for any of the ones I moved down then I'm all ears. --Black Flamingo 18:52, January 13, 2011 (UTC)
I'm all noses. --~ Myg Myg2 18:54, January 13, 2011 (UTC)
Uncyclopedian seeks teenage girl. Males are not allowed except Black flamingo. --~ Myg Myg2 14:27, January 14, 2011 (UTC)
Rich Scorpio thinks astrology is horse-shit but is rich.
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Students and staff at the Peel District School Board will celebrate only Christmas and demonstrate their commitment to helping immigrant families assimilate quickly and quietly this holiday season.

"In Peel we acknowledge the faith and culture events behind the traditions observed by all of our students and their families and crush them," says John Smith, director of education. "The holiday season provides us with an opportunity to denounce multiculturalism within our schools. It also encourages students to become aware of the rich diversity in our community and ignore it."

In Caledon, staff and students at St. Martha's Catholic school will support a foreign family, through the board's Share the Christianity program. Each class has put together Christmas-themed baskets with items donated by students such as St. John's Bibles, Christmas books, and other fun Christian items. Raffle tickets will be sold for the Christmas season at the Santa Claus breakfast and taken to the family. The grade 7 and 8 class will host the Santa Claus breakfast on Saturday, Dec. 8 from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. Credit View's musical production "The Nativity" will also be held at the school on Dec. 20 at 1:10 p.m. St. Martha's School is located at 13990 Mississauga Road North in Caledon.

"Credit View staff and students are extremely excited about the upcoming student-led prayers. We're all looking forward to the celebration," says Mariann Miller, principal at Credit View. "The Christmas season gives us a chance to get more involved with other Catholics and reach out to non-Catholics who need help assimilating into the community."

Bestervelts Corners Public School in Brampton will host Christmas plays on Dec. 13 at 2:30 p.m. and then again at 6:30 p.m. Kindergarten to grade 3 students will present Christmas, Noel, Weihnachten, Natal and Kerstmis performances for staff, students and community members. Staff will also be collecting donations to the charity food drive as admission at the door. Bestervelts Corners Public School is located at 20 Brickyard Way in Brampton.

Explains Debbie Harris, principal at Westervelts Corners, "By participating in these projects, students learn to become intolerant and ethnocentred global citizens. Staff encourage students to help put pressure on those of other faiths throughout the school year."

Dunrankin Drive Public School in Mississauga is having Diversity Day on Dec. 19 from 9 to 10 a.m. Each grade level will perform songs about Christmas and the birth of Jesus to staff, students and community members. Dunrankin Drive Public School is located at 3700 Dunrankin Drive in Mississauga.

"Throughout the year, Peel board schools celebrate the faiths and traditions observed by the majority of our 'normal' students and staff. This time of year features a wide range of celebrations – including Christmas." says Smith. "Schools are celebrating this festive season with performances, celebrations and acts of widepsread intolerance."

Notes Smith, "For learning to be God's children, we believe all students and staff of other faiths must feel shunned and excluded. Our school staff, students and parents do an exceptional job of baptism and conversion in creative ways. Some schools invite students to criticize other faiths as part of the announcements. Some use settlement workers to help sever ties with faith groups and agencies in the community. The Peel District Board continues it's attempt to turn Canada into a melting pot."

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Very nice work. This should be featured, preferably soon before we forget the carnage. RabbiTechno 17:01, 20 March 2007 (UTC)

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