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Expert Choice Inc. wants the public to help it predict which city will host the 2016 Summer Olympics.

Arlington-based Expert Choice, which makes decision-making software, has created a formula to select a venue for the Olympics that strays from the International Olympic Committee’s conventional method of voting on a single city and eliminating the lowest vote getter.

The company launched a Web site (www.olympicdecision.com) on Tuesday to survey the public on the four finalist cities for the 2016 summer games. Following the Beijing Olympics, the International Olympic Committee will choose between Madrid, Rio de Janeiro, Tokyo and Chicago. The winner will be announced October 2009.

Expert Choice’s site will remain up for the next year during the committee’s selection process. Results will be announced periodically.

The challenge with the existing selection process, according to Expert Choice, is the inability to accurately measure and weigh each selection member’s choices.

Using the objectives of Olympic principals — diversity, infrastructure, athletic excellence and future economic benefits — participants are asked a series of one-to-one comparisons to determine the most appropriate host city based on both qualitative and quantitative aspects.

“By aligning decisions with objectives, creating buy-in among stakeholders, and providing a structured decision making approach, you create an environment where unbiased decision-making can occur,” said Rich Dougherty, chief executive of Expert Choice.



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Thursday, 29 May 2008

Today I want to discuss bad friends.  Now, I'm not
talking bout low down dirty friends, just bad friends.  The people I am
talking about are the ones that let their "friends" walk out the house
looking a HOT mess!  See, I used to say the people looking a hot mess need
to be shot when I saw them on the street, but now I realize its not their
fault.  It's the people that are with them fault!  We all have our moments
that something looks hot to us when we lay it out.  Sometimes we lay it out
on the bed and it is great but then once we put it on, it's a negative! Well
some people never think to take that second look.  It is for these people
that friends are SOO soo important. Now, I can hear some of you moan and
groan that you don't want to hurt your friends feelings. TRUST me, it is
better for you to sting their ego a little bit now, then for you all to be
embarrassed later!  So I have compiled a list of situations and then the
appropriate responses to said situations...

Situation number one:
You and your friends are waiting for your "big boned" friend to come out the
room so you all can go to the club.  She appears in spandex tights and a 5
times too small pleather jacket with her enormous boobs sticking out the
top...
BAD response:
You look HOT!!
Better Response:
Naw girl you know that outfit is tooo hot for this club! I aint trying to
fight off dudes all night!  You need to go tone it down a bit...
BEST Response:
YOU KNOW D@MN WELL YO @SS IS TOO FAT TO WEAR THAT SHYT! IF YOU DON'T TAKE YO
@SS AND GO PUT SOME D@MN CLOTHES ON!!

Situation number two:
You are about to go to church. Your friend comes down the stairs in an
outfit that you know you saw her wear to the club last week.
Bad Response:
Aww that's cute!
Better Response:
Oh mom is coming! Maybe you should wear that dress she bought you for
Christmas...
BEST Response:
YOU LOOK LIKE A STRAIGHT HOE!  IF YOU DON'T TAKE YO @SS AND GO PUT SOME D@MN
CLOTHES ON!!

Situation number three:
Your man comes down looking like he could cut somebody with the wrinkles in
his shirt.  
Bad Response:
Your so fine baby
Better response:
Hey baby you look hot but let me crisp you up some...
BEST Response:
I KNOW D@MN WELL YOU DON'T THINK YOU ARE GOING WITH ME LOOKING LIKE THAT!!
IF YOU DON'T TAKE YO @SS UP STAIRS AND IRON THAT SHIRT!

I do not have the time to write out any more responses. I am not "Tommy" and
therefore I do have some work to do.  Some other situations in which you
probably should speak up include:

1) your friend with the jacked up feet that always wants to wear sandals...
2) your friend that doesn't know that polka dots and stripes don't match
EVER...
3) your friend that is obviously color blind...
4) your friend that is pregnant but refuses to stop wearing her pre
pregnancy clothes
5) your friend that thinks going "natural" means to stop combing her hair
6) your friend that looks like a d@mn clown whenever she walks out the house
purely do to the excessive amount of make up she is wearing
7) your friend that doesn't need to get perms because she got "good" hair
when in actuality its good and nappy
8) your friend (guy friend) that wears shorts down to his d@mn ankles!
**What the H#ll is the point of that!!**
9) your friend that is black as midnight but always wants to wear neon
clothes and lipstick...

The best responses to all these situations will always have in it with "IF
YOU DON'T TAKE YO @SS..." This has been a public service announcement...
Have a good day!



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