Stage 5 Clingers
February 2, 2010
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So you’re going through that dating stage, and whether or you’re looking for a potential relationship, or just a casual dating type thing, there are certain aspects you look for in a person, and certain aspects that turn you away from a person. One such aspect is a Stage 5 Clinger.
Don't be a Stage 5 Clinger
What’s a Stage 5 Clinger you ask? Well, it’s someone, guy or girl, who gets attached and clingy really fast or really bad, sooner than they should at all. According to Urban Dictionary, a Stage 5 Clinger is “A member of the opposite sex that is likely to become overly attached, overly fast. Virgins, those on the rebound, and the emotionally fragile are more likely to have this term applied to them. Originally from the movie Wedding Crashers.”
There’s defenses and offenses to getting attached to someone. One might become clingy super fast as an insecurity or maybe they’re just really digging you, but as a security one should never get too clingy too soon, when it’s too soon to determine if there’s potential relationship material there or not.
Getting attached to someone too soon could be dangerous for you yourself, as not even knowing this person that well yet, no matter how much you tell yourself “but we connected right away and so well and I’m really comfortable with them” can be bad. On the other side of the equation, allowing someone to feel this way about you too soon is dangerous as well. You can end up hurting them, and as common decency, you don’t want to do that. Plus, if you managed to rope a crazy one, who knows what they could end up doing to your car.
So what are some signs of a Stage 5 Clinger?
For sake of not getting too confused we are going to call the person in question “Clinger” whether it’s determined if they are one or not yet. This way in looking at the signs, you don’t get confused with who’s being talked about in the mumble jumble of he’s, she’s, the opposite sex, etc. And, sometimes I will be talking in general on ways to not be a clinger.
1) Jealousy too soon
So you just met or just started hanging out and let’s say, oh, a week goes by. You all go out with friends or just each other, and already ”Clinger” is playing the jealous card. Say you’re dancing with friends, and you are dancing with one that is of the opposite sex. You’re clearly just having a good time dancing, but ”Clinger” gets upset at you for dancing with another person of the opposite sex and clearly either states that, or acts jealous and tries to storm out. Nonchalantly too. You don’t belong to this person yet. Not even close, so who are they to start making some claim on you already? It might be time to reassess the situation of dating this person already.
Blowing up your phone
2) Blowing up your phone
We all know there is some stupid unwritten rule that has been implanted in our brains whether we decide to follow it or not we think about it, that after first meeting or hanging out with someone that you should wait that dreaded number THREE days before trying to call or text them. If someone is interested in you, they will call or text you. Whether it’s the next day, or 2, 3 days, or even more away. Point is if they are interested and they like you, they will want to see you again. So, “Clinger” texts you right away from the minute you part. Okay it might be a kind of cute, “nice hanging out with you tonight” sort of end to the night type thing. But, if the next day you wake to a text from them, or they are blowing your phone up all day for the next few days before you were planning on seeing them again, this might be a sign. If they are constantly asking you what you are doing, as if they have some insecurity that you could be with someone else, you might need to tell them to chill.
3) Too cutesy too fast
You are getting cutesy messages or comments at what you feel is too fast. They tell you I wish you were here in bed with me, my bed feels empty, I want to cuddle, I miss you already, etc. Or, they start calling you cutesy names way too soon when you haven’t even established if you’re dating or not yet. The baby baby baby, sweetie, darling, sweethearts is too soon, especially if you’re not even comfortable holding the person’s hand in public yet. (If the girl is the “Clinger”, they get a shorter allowed time span, whereas if a guy starts doing this too soon, it’s worse then if a girl does, as they are not usually the ones to start with the cutesy names for awhile). If you haven’t at any way hinted that you want to talk mushy talk yet but they clearly are talking to you like this, you might have a Stage 5 Clinger on your hands. And, if they keep calling you the cutesy names and are delusional to the fact you haven’t once said anything remotely like that yet, then they’re getting a little ahead of themselves.
4) They spoil you
It is nice to receive gifts from someone you’re seeing, let’s you know they’re thinking about you, but in discretion. If you are constantly being bombarded by flowers and whatnot, and again you havn’t established anything past “hanging out” you might want to be cautious. Say you have only been hanging out with “Clinger” for a little while and there is a holiday coming up such as Christmas, and they get you a gift. First, again, you havn’t established anything with this person yet, and second, gift giving is usually made between two people that have known each other and been hanging out for a good period of time. Even more in the safe zone of knowing it’s okay to give someone a gift, is if you know you’ve had a steady little “relationship” going for awhile where you know each other is interested in one another.
5) They give you their itinerary
If “Clinger” feels the need to tell you their daily itinerary, from where they went, what they did, to what they ate, and you didn’t even ask, this could be annoying. Unless you are in a defined relationship, you should still be on the edge of your seat of what’s okay to randomly text the person you are interested in. You should still be on your guard, not totally dependent on the idea that you have nothing to worry about. And, if you do have insecurities about where you are with this person, you definitely do not show it. Part of people just randomly giving you their itinerary of the day is in hopes that you will respond back with what your itinerary of the day is.
If only it was this easy to tell
6) They Google you
They look into everything you say. Or they “google” things they know about you based off of your Facebook info. Hello, it’s called conversation, wait to have it.
>You can have an interest in what someone is interested in, but don’t go into stalker mode. If you do see their Facebook information, don’t just blurt out the next time you talk to them, “Oh so you like this this this n that….” as if you already know their whole life. It is okay to out of curiosity maybe google something that someone was talking about that you knew nothing about; for example if the person said Peter Lik’s photography is amazing, you are going to have a natural curiosity to go check out some of his work and see just how amazing it really is. However, if you suddenly start finding out the life history of Peter Lik, buying copies of his work, or looking for art shows with him to try and impress the other person, that is a little much. It’s okay to be like “I looked up Peter Lik’s stuff and I really liked the Sunlit Birches photo”. Again, taking an interest in the other person’s interests is OKAY, but going home and doing your homework on a person’s interest is not okay. And, it becomes clear when “Clinger” is doing this, as they will make it obvious in their conversation with you.
7) A one night stand gone wrong
You meet someone, you hook up, and you really planned that it would just be a one night stand. Well the person seems to not have grasped this concept although you may have made it obvious, and constantly is blowing up your phone. Then, after awhile of not answering them, they start to get angry, and send you angry messages saying you’re a dick, a bitch, you know, things along those lines. Don’t even try and “tap” that again, just run. This is clearly not someone you would want to try and date if they are so quick to over react. If you did decide to give this person another chance, they would probably just turn into a Stage 5 Clinger.
8 ) They’re in your driveway
So, you decide not to hang out with “Clinger” one night, and you’re out, and you start getting weird messages from “Clinger”. They’re asking what you’re doing, where are you, then you get the wierd messages: “Why aren’t you at home? You said you were going to stay home tonight. I don’t see your car at home. I’m in your driveway.” Your situation just went from “maybe they’re just getting attached too fast” to “okay, they’re crazy”. You’ve got a major Stage 5 on your hands and need to cut off all ties while you can.
What to do if you do have a Stage 5 Clinger:
9) Run Away
Either you can totally just drop the person if it’s become too much. Especially if it reaches the creepy level. But if you have discovered the person is a TRUE Stage 5 Clinger, you have to cut them loose. Try and do it in the most decent way you know how, and if they’re so clingy that that doesn’t work, you may just want to change your number despite the fact you have stopped responding to them for awhile now.
10) Work on it
If you do actually like the person but you feel they’re getting clingy too fast, and you need some more space then you’re getting, then just communicate that with them. Don’t be quick to just drop them without communicating to them first how you feel. Unless they show absolute signs of crazy, it might be something you could work out. Some people come from other relationships and are used to one lifestyle of being with someone and may not even know they are being clingy because it was something they got used to with the last person. Some people might not be sure how you operate and are just going with what they think they should with you. Either way, if you liked the person before you decided to label them a clinger, try talking to them about it first. If things don’t get any better after that, well at least you tried.
Look, sometimes you can’t tell if someone is a Stage 5 Clinger until it’s too late. You can try and use the signs above to help you figure it out, but when it comes down to it, you’re just going to have to use your better judgement. And, everyone is different and works in their own ways. Don’t be quick to label a person a Stage 5 Clinger, and just be done with it, because you could misjudge someone and miss out on a great opportunity. It’s okay to have some sort of attachment to each other, but it’s up to you to determine how much is too soon, and how soon too soon is. Always have your guard up and be cautious of the people you are dating.
5 Ways to Fix the NBA All Star Game
January 24, 2010
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Let’s face it. The NBA All-Star game starters were announced last week and it was a huge let down. Allen Iverson made the team after despite forcing his way out of the Memphis Grizzlies. Kevin Garnett made the team despite missing games and being a shell of himself when he did play. Tracy McGrady almost made the team despite not even really playing at all. For what its worth, the only reason Yi Jianlian (the freaking role player on a three-win team) didn’t make it was because he was purposefully left off the ballot.
Basically, the casual NBA fan has for the most part no idea how to properly vote on those who deserve to be in the All-Star Game. Here are five ways to fix the NBA All-Star Game voting process:
Allen Iverson
1. Set a Numbers Standard:
Players with good name recognition will always get more votes than lesser-known guys with better stats. The best way to change that would be to the make the greatest offenders ineligible by putting in rules that state that a certain player must play a certain amount of games and accumulate a certain amount of stats.
The stat limits don’t even have to be high. Just say that you have to meet the minimum standards of at least one of the following stats: 15 points, eight rebounds, six assists, and two blocks, or steals. Doesn’t sound like too much, but those limits would have kept McGrady from almost starting for the West this year and would have avoided the embarrassment that it caused when Grant Hill, who hadn’t played all year made the All- Star team a few years back. This is probably the easiest and least controversial change.
2. Change the Positions:
Let’s face it: Point guards are gaining importance as a position and the center spot is losing it. With all the new rules in place that favor guard play and hamper big men (hand checking and zone defenses for example), why is the East starting two shooting guards and why is the West pretending Amar’e Stoudemire is a center (especially considering the starting power forward on the West—Tim Duncan—is a better center than Stoudemire anyway?) Besides, All-Star games are much better when there is a true point guard on the floor.
So, why not just change the positions that fans can vote on in order to acknowledge that the game has changed? Let’s have fans vote on one point guard, two swingmen, and two big men. That way only good centers are rewarded rather than the current situation where someone like Chris Kaman may sneak on. There will always be a true point guard voted in and the change isn’t so drastic that one team will be made up of completely different types of players than the other one.
3. Have Fan Voting Count Only for Part of the Selection:
This is the way the NFL handles the Pro Bowl. All fan votes only count for one-third of the roster while player votes and coach votes account for the other two. This allows fans to still vote for starters while covering up for their mistakes as well.
4. Take Away the Fan Vote:
Let’s be honest here. Fan voting doesn’t really make that much sense anymore. They keep messing up. 40 percent of the Eastern conference All-Star starters have no business receiving that honor, and the fans are directly to blame for this.
Plus, these days the vote has become international, which sounds great in theory, but in reality has resulted in all sorts of votes coming in for a player simply because because he plays with someone from their home country. Clearly, fans are no longer voting for players who are most deserving and as a result should lose their right to vote for at all.
5. Let Fans Vote on Different Roster Spots:
Alright, the above was pretty harsh, and it has no chance of happening. Still, what about a compromise? Let the players pick the starters, let the coaches pick the first five reserves, and let the fans vote for the final two players.
This allows fans not only to still be involved in the process, but even makes it more okay for them to pick guys who are perhaps not as deserving because at the end of the day it is still only for the last two roster spots on the team anyway.
Any of these solutions would be a step in the right direction. Make it happen David Stern!
-Guest Writer: Sid Singh
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Flipper : a catalyst to dolphin slaughterings?
January 19, 2010
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"Flipper" the television series
Ever been to Sea World? Ever been to any type of Dolphinarium or Seaquarium that has dolphins?
Yes? No?
Well ever heard of a famous dolphin named Flipper?
Even if you have never watched the television series “Flipper”, chances are you have heard of it. Most people, when needing to name their dolphin stuffed animal, or the such, automatically think “Flipper” as a choice. The name Flipper goes with dolphins as the name Shamu goes with killer whales, or as the name Snowball goes with a big fluffy white cat.
Point being, Flipper was a television series that changed the world of dolphins more than you probably could have even imagined.
The television show brought about a huge dolphin fascination. Seaquariums and Dolphiariums became very popular, and visitors started pouring in to see these magnificent animals they were seeing on the television show. With the rise in popularity of Sea Parks, there became a demand to make more Sea Parks, and to bring in more dolphins.
But where were they getting all these dolphins from? The dolphins weren’t lining up volunteering to be the next somersault star of the show.
It’s known that a lot of asian countries will sometimes obtain an obsession with the latest American culture, and try to embrace it themselves. They’re also very opportunistic. Well, in this case, countries, such as Japan, started taking this obsession to the extreme. If you haven’t figured out where this article is going yet, you are about to.
Remember the question asked above: “But where are they getting all these dolphin from?”
Well, Japanese fisherman, knowing how to herd and trap dolphin, found this dolphin fascination to be a great profit opportunity. And, as whaling and dolphin slaughters is a huge issue, everyone always points at Japan first. And it is a justified accusation.
Dolphin Slaughters in Japan
Japanese fisherman heard dolphins toward shore or into coves. They do so by lining up boats and creating a wall of sound by hammering on the end of metal pole that stretches into the water. This sound and its frequency disturbs the dolphins and scares them into being herded in a direction away from the sound- in toward the shore where they are trapped. Once trapped, the fisherman up ropes around the dolphin pod to fence them in. Eventually dolphins have freaked themselves out so much that they become exhausted.
Now it is time to bring in the trainers from Sea Parks to let them choose which dolphins they want in their shows and in their tanks. For every show dolphin a fisherman sales, he can get over $140,000 for.
As you can imagine, not many dolphins are picked out of the dozens that have been herded at this particular time. So what happens to the remaining dolphins? They are slaughtered. Instead of releasing the unchosen animals, they are brutally slaughtered to be turned into meat. Over 23,000 dolphins a year are supposedly slaughtered to be used as meat.
The majority of this information and inspiration for this posts and a series of posts to come, was taken from the movie “The Cove”. This movie, or documentary, was made to alert the world of the unnecessary dolphin slaughterings that are happening in Japan. The head of the operation: Richard O’Barry.
Ironically, the very person that was behind the dolphin Flipper, of which the television series may have started the chain reaction to these dolphin slaughterings, is also the one that now stops at nothing to free dolphins, and expose situations such as those in Japan. This person is Mr. O’Barry himself.
Richard O'Barry & Kathy on the set of "Flipper"
Rick O’Barry was the best dolphin trainer of his time. He loved his job, until one day his eyes were opened. He was sitting in the water with Kathy, better known as “Flipper”, when she swam into his arms, and died. He considered it as suicide. He believes that Kathy was so depressed from living in captivity that she killed herself. How do dolphins commit suicide you ask? As human beings we take breaths subconsciously. Dolphins have to think about taking breaths. They’re breath is running out, they think to themself “time to surface and inhale air”. So, when Kathy swam into Rick’s arms she took one last breath, then didn’t take another one. She then passed away and sunk to the bottom of her prison belly up. The next day Rick was in prison for freeing some dolphins at an aquarium. From that day forward he vowed to protect dolphins. And to this day he continues to do so in what may be one of his riskiest projects yet: “The Cove”.
There will be a series of articles to come inspired by this documentary as stated above. You will see not only the work Rick O’Barry has done over the years, but what “The Cove” exposes as well.
Recycling can get you free M.A.C.
January 19, 2010
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M.A.C. Cosmetics
Hey ladies, you know how expensive MAC cosmetics can be, but you just can’t help but to buy it anyways. And are there ever sales at MAC? Not that I have ever known of. So how can you possibly save money at MAC? Well start saving up those MAC containers! Your empty compacts, eyeshadows, lip gloss tubes, all of it. When you turn in six of them, you get a free eyeshadow, lip gloss, or lipstick. And when some of those eyeshadows can cost almost $20, that’s a deal. And, if you’re addicted to MAC like a lot of females get, you’ll find, affordable or not, that you slowly start to collect many, and it can add up.
You’re contributing to the environment by recycling, contributing to your wallet by saving money (even though it’s probably a ploy of an incentive to get you to buy more MAC), and contributing to your beauty by being able to keep using some of the best makeup out there.
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She’s Just Not That Into You : Segment 1
January 19, 2010
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So by now almost everyone has heard of or seen “He’s Just Not That Into You”, a movie based on the book by Greg Behrendt and Liz Tuccillo. At least, most women have. And, not long after seeing the movie, if they hadn’t seen the movie because they read the book, go out and buy the book. It’s become a sort of Bible to dating for women, so it seems. So, we get it Greg, you’re telling us all the ways to know a guy just isn’t into us. But what about the vice versa situation? Some guys don’t know when to take the hint that a girl is just not that into him.
So gentleman, here are some signs and situations to being able to tell that “she’s just not that into you”.
1) She’s just not that into you, if she says she has a boyfriend:
Whether or not the girl actually has a boyfriend, it does not matter. If she is trying to make it clear that she has a boyfriend, whether it is obvious she is lying through her teeth or not, then she’s just not that into you.
Don't be fooled: She's just not that into you
Situation: Dude sees girl. Dude thinks girl is pretty. Dude wants girl’s number. So said dude bugs the girl’s friends for her number but she tells them to tell him that she has a boyfriend. Dude doesn’t believe the friends or still does not care, and continues to persist. Even if the girl just straight out tells the dude herself that “sorry I have a boyfriend” Dude will sometimes still persist. If the girl has to revert to using one of her guy friends to pretend to be her boyfriend, the dude should by now really get the hint
Look even if the signs are apparent that she does not have a boyfriend, she’s doing everything she can to make it seem like she does have a boyfriend. Clearly she is not interested, so stop persisting. Please take the hint and save yourself the shame of her just straight coming out and saying “I’m just not interested in you!”, or something even more embarrassing. Truth is guys, boyfriend or not if a girl is even remotely interested or finds you attractive, she won’t automatically revert to the “I have a boyfriend” defense.
2) She’s just not that into you, if she says you’re not her boyfriend:
If a girl likes you enough that she is considering the possibilities that you could some day be her boyfriend, she will never point out to you “well you’re not my boyfriend”, especially when it comes to an argument where she is defending herself. Granted, she may have thought about it before, but as soon as she says that little statement, well you might as well move on guys.
If you’re out with people and someone, especially a good-looking guy, asks her “is this your boyfriend?” and she is quick to reply “no he’s not my boyfriend” without that “he’s-not-my-boyfriend-yet-but-I’m-not-sure-what-to-call-him” hesitation, then she’s just not that into you. Especially if she doesn’t give you that awkward glance first. If she seems pretty confident in saying you’re not her boyfriend, don’t expect this “relationship” to go very far.
3) She’s just not that into you, if she doesn’t want to spend the night:
If a girl likes you, she will take the opportunity to sleep over if you let her. Even if she has somewhere to be in the morning, she’ll at least come over for most of the night. But, if she actually has nothing to do in the morning, and still won’t sleep over, then she most likely is not interested in you. And this is after the point you have determined this is not a conservative church-going celebant. If the two of you have hung out for a while now and the opportunity for her to sleep over has been presented multiple times and she has not taken one, that might be a bad sign. Even better, if she has been drinking and would rather take the risks of drunk driving then sleep over even though you insisted, I would just throw in the towel now on the chances of her ever sleeping over.
4) She’s just not that into you, if she is using you for your hookups:
So your friend works at a club and you can get that girl and her friends on the guest list cover free. She takes your offer and shows up. You are ecstatic, because this chick, who is all dressed up with her clubbing mafia, actually showed up. You are thinking she must be into you, she actually came, or you are glad it worked. This doesn’t mean that she is into you dude! It could simply mean she was just using you. Or maybe by not being interested in you, she was just naïve to your intentions and saw it as a generous offer. Look, sometimes guys think they can win a woman’s heart by impressing her materialistically. And sometimes, “girls just wanna have fun”.
5) She’s just not that into you, if she’s letting you buy her drinks:
Just because a girl let’s you buy her a drink, does not mean she is into you. This should be obvious in this day and age, but some guys are still oblivious to it.
Situation: You are at a bar and a girl catches your eye; you approach her and either offer to buy her a drink right away or make small talk first then offer to buy her a drink. She let’s you and you think, “awesome a chance to keep talking, hit the dance floor, and maybe even get a number”. Most of the time, these types of guys are wrong. The statistics are pretty high that women often will accept one drink from a random guy, maybe linger a little as gratitude for the drink, then give an excuse such as “I’ll be right back I have to….”
>”use the bathroom real quick”
>”go grab my friend”
>”check on my friend”
>”make a phone call
>”go dance with my friends”
> etc., you get the idea by now I hope.
Even if you are a bartender, or a DJ, and the same girls keep coming back to your bar, consider this: do you always give her free drinks, or drink cards, passes, anything FREE? Chances are if you have been, that is why she and her friends keep coming back to you. It’s not that they’re interested in you persay, but that they would rather go to the bar where they know they won’t be paying anything and can still have a good time.
Quick Beauty Tips: Using Baby Products
January 7, 2010
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Baby Powder & Oil
1) Baby Powder:
Have no time to wash your hair ladies? Or your hair is feeling just a little bit oily or greasy? Well you don’t need to leave the house looking completely wrecked. Put some baby powder into your hair, especially all over your scalp. You will find your hair won’t look so greasy. And, styling your dirty hair will be easier. Now, I’m not suggesting you do this instead of washing your hair all the time, but if you find you have nothing but a quick minute to get ready, then this could be a solution for you.
>Another tip: If you have bangs, wash just your bangs real quick under the sink, and apply the baby powder to the rest of your scalp. Bangs frame your face, and if they’re not looking right, you feel totally thrown off with your look. It’s still quicker than having to wash your whole head of hair, while looking decent.
2) Baby Oil:
Having trouble getting rid of those racoon eyes? Too much makeup under your eyes, or that eyeliner just won’t come off unless you try scrubbing it off with a towel? Sometimes there are just those places you can’t quite get to unless you want soap in your eyes. Save yourself from making your eyes go from black to red; grab a Q-tip or a tissue, dip it in baby oil, and just swipe the makeup away. I don’t advise using the baby oil on your upper eyelid however unless you have time to wash your eyes off afterwards. Sometimes after using the baby oil on your eyelids, the oil can cause your reapplication of makeup to not stick.
3) Baby wipes:
Don’t have time to wash your face, or your in a situation where you don’t have face wash with you? If there is baby wipes around, take one, and wipe off your makeup. Rinse your face with water afterwards if you can so that your skin doesn’t dry or get irritated though. If you need to put moisturizer or lotion on afterwards, do so, then you’re ready to apply your makeup again.
>Quick tip: Actual face wipes, which you can find in the face wash aisle, come quite in handy. If you find yourself always out and sleeping over other places, or travelling a lot, face wipes are convenient. They are also convenient if you do not have much time to get ready, and while you can still salvage the eye-makeup you have on, you don’t want to apply face makeup over last night’s. You want a clean, oil-free face. Otherwise you are clogging up those pores, and while you are getting the job done for the moment, you are going to break out and have a problem later.
- Face wipes usually come in a handy little box, but get the refill packages as well, and keep one in your car or over-night bag. The refill packages are usually resealable.
>>These baby products won’t set you back money wise either. Go to the travel size section, and you can get each for around a buck. Great if you’re on a Cheap Budget. Plus, then you will be able to fit them in your purse, so you will conveniently have them when you need them.
>>These are also great tips if you find yourself in one of those “Morning After” situations, and are trying to avoid “the walk of shame”.
What’s Hot On YouTube: Techno Viking
December 28, 2009
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With almost 11 million views, even though this video came out years ago, it is still quite popular. Have never heard of the Techno Viking before? Then watch this video as a muscular-viking-looking-”I wouldn’t mess with him” guy, reprimands a grown man without saying a single word, for grabbing a lady, then continues to walk the streets of Berlin, dancing to techno music, shirtless.
KNEECAM No.1 – the original Technoviking tape from 2000
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What’s Hot On YouTube: JK Wedding Entrance Dance
December 27, 2009
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Here is a new, untraditional way to walk down the aisle at your wedding. A couple decides to play “Forever” by Chris Brown, in place of the traditional wedding walk song. The wedding party dances down the aisle, the groom even doing a sommersalt I found it to be entertaining, different, and definately memorable. Props are given for the stunner shades being worn.
Put up in July of 2009, this video has reached over 36 million hits so far.
At the end, they built up the moment to when the bride was to walk in…I felt in doing so that she should have been a bad ass dancer, blowing everyone away. Instead her entrance was sort of boring and short, but props to her for being different anyways; and kudos to the bride and groom for changing up the traditional way to get married.
Photo Of The Week: The Tipping Point…
December 21, 2009
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On a recent visit to the Academy of Sciences in San Francisco, many climate change awareness displays were set up along one side of the museum, with sayings that easily caught attention.
“We see a tipping point occurring right before our eyes. The Arctic is the first tipping point and it’s occurring exactly the way we said it would.”
- Quote from James Hansen, Scientist
The quote for this particular display was taken from Scientist James Hansen, in regards to the Arctic being the first tipping point of many to come due to climate change.
Climate change is real, make sure you are aware of it.
“It’s About Time” – Give to V.O.I.C.E.S.
December 12, 2009
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Ever wonder what happens to foster kids once they reach 18?
Here’s a quick glimpse of some previous statistics:
-65% find themselves without a place to live
-by the age of 19, only 57% will have received a high school diploma or GED
-less than 50% are employed 2.5-4 years after leaving foster care
-56% are reported using hard drugs
-50% suffer from chronic health conditions
-” Over 70% of all California State Penitentiary inmates have spent time in the foster care system.”
(These and more statistics can be found on the V.O.I.C.E.S. website.)
V.O.I.C.E.S., which stands for Voice Our Individual Choices for Emancipation Support, was founded in November of 2005, and has been helping these youth find jobs, homes, and helping them during their transition out of foster care.
To continue to help these youth however, V.O.I.C.E.S. needs your help. $15,000 must be raised by the end of this year!
Watch this video, then learn a little more about V.O.I.C.E.S. and what they do for these youth, and how you can help.
http://vimeo.com/7905796
V.O.I.C.E.S. Mission statement: “V.O.I.C.E.S. is a community based organization that exists to empower, love, and support under-served Napa County youth transitioning from systems of care.”
V.O.I.C.E.S. also has a new center in Sonoma, located in Santa Rosa, CA, which opened its doors in April 2009 as an expansion of V.O.I.C.E.S Napa.
“V.O.I.C.E.S. Sonoma exists to provide a supportive, safe, and non-judgemental community where transition-aged youth from all systems of care can utilize peer based resources, feel connected, and build a foundation for their futures.” (Mission statement of V.O.I.C.E.S. Sonoma).
Visit the V.O.I.C.E.S. website at: http://www.voicesyouthcenter.org/
PLEASE HELP! GO HERE TO DONATE NOW: http://givetovohttp://www.voicesyouthcenter.org/ices.com/
“IT’S ABOUT TIME THAT FOSTER YOUTH GOT THE ATTENTION THEY DESERVE.”
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