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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minneapolis-based Target Corp. plans to remodel about 400 of its general merchandise stores across the nation in 2011, building upon the discounter's latest strategy to bulk up its grocery offerings.
That's on top of the 350 general merchandise stores in the nation that Target remodeled last year in rolling out its "P Fresh" concept, which typically increased its grocery offerings by 40 percent.
At the same time, Target, which has about 1,750 stores in the nation, has scaled back new-store construction. The company was to open about a dozen new stores last year and anticipates opening 21 new stores in 2011, including one SuperTarget.
Target has about 50 stores in the Twin Cities area, including 23 SuperTargets and 27 general merchandise stores. The company remodeled most of its Twin Cities-area general merchandise stores in 2010, bringing to an end a two-year process in carrying out the work in this market, Target spokeswoman Amy Reilly.
Minneapolis-based Ryan Cos., whose business ties with Target go back 60 years, has headed up a significant number of the store-remodeling projects. In 2010, Ryan was the general contractor on 31 Target remodeling projects across the nation, including eight in the Twin Cities, according to a Ryan representative.
This year, Ryan Cos. expects to oversee remodeling of 29 Target general merchandise stores, including three in Minnesota (one each in Virginia, Brainerd and Moorhead).
A key challenge for Ryan Cos. is to do the work with as little disruption to shoppers as possible, because Target keeps its stores open during the renovation. A Ryan official said company construction crews undertake the noisy work during late night hours and the lighter, quieter work during the main shopping hours.
The cost to remodel each Target store averages from $2 million to $4 million and takes about 15 weeks to complete.
Industry observers have said that Target's focusing of its capital spending mostly on grocery expansion makes sense because it can remodel several general merchandise stores for the same price as building a SuperTarget.
In earmarking about $2 billion on capital renovation for the store remodeling over two years, Target is hoping for increased customer traffic, more frequent shopper visits and bigger basket purchases per visit, Reilly said.
So far, early results are encouraging: Target's same-store sales in stores with the expanded food offerings are up 6 percent to 10 percent, Reilly said. That range includes the boost Target is getting from a new reward program the company launched this past fall, she said. The reward program gives Target debit and credit card holders a 5 percent discount on purchases.
"Specifically, the 5 percent program is expected to add about one percentage point to same-store sales in Q4 and between 1 and 2 percent to same-store sales in 2011," according to a recent Value Expectations report from the Chicago-based Applied Finance Group.
Meanwhile, Target is also gaining a bigger piece of the Twin Cities' grocery pie. With its P Fresh initiative and several SuperTarget stores, which have full-scale grocery departments, the company now commands more than 10 percent of the market and is probably No. 2 behind leader Cub Foods, said David Livingston, a grocery analyst in Waukesha, Wis. (Livingston estimates Cub has about 22 percent of the Twin Cities' grocery market, with Target's ranking probably second now only to market leader Cub Foods.)
By expanding its array of groceries to about 34 sides of the aisles from the previous eight to 12, Target has strengthened its standing as a "one-stop shop" for consumers, Reilly said.
John Dean, a Twin Cities grocery analyst, said Target's P Fresh conversions now give the retailer the space of about a 30,000-square-foot grocery store within the confines of its typical general merchandise store, which is about 126,000 square feet.
"It (the P Fresh program) makes it more convenient," Reilly said, adding that shoppers can now get most of their groceries at a regular Target store.
Livingston said Target's P Fresh initiative has raised its profile with shoppers as a go-to place for groceries. P Fresh includes fresh produce, meats, deli, dairy, frozen foods and dry staples at its general merchandise stores.
"They (Target) are getting stronger on price reputation," Livingston said. "They are closer to being on par with Wal-Mart with pricing," he added, noting that Target's credit and debit card reward program has made the price of its groceries more competitive.
Target's gains in grocery sales in the metro area are coming at a time when sales in that sector are flat but competition keeps on rising, said Dave Brennan, co-director of the Institute for Retailing Excellence at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul.
Dean agrees. The gains made by Target and rival Wal-Mart, which also has been expanding grocery sections in its regular merchandise store, are coming at the expense of traditional and upscale grocers. Dollar stores also have joined the fray, with about 25 percent of their sales now coming from grocery products, Dean said.
Target initially tested P Fresh in a few stores in late 2008 and then implemented the program at 35 stores in the Philadelphia market in fall 2009 before rolling out the initiative across the nation this year.
Meanwhile, Target has used the P Fresh remodeling as a chance to update a few other departments, including beauty, home, electronics and shoes. Changes include the installation of LED lighting, as well as lowered shelves and widened aisles, Reilly said. For the most part, Target has improved design efficiency rather than downsized any departments, she said.
But whether any departments get downsized "varies from store to store" and market demands, Reilly said.
(© Copyright 2011 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.)
Great! They are doing an awesome job of it, and the Archer Farms products are really good. The SLP location has some good stuff!
I hate Target and will never shop there.
I worked there for 3 years, and I try not to go there as much as possible. I can't stand the way they treat their employees. For a multi billion dollar company to pay their employees a little over minimum wage and hiring one person after another (so that the people that are "lifers" only get 12 hours a week, is b.s). They pile on the work load and you don't get paid for it. They hire people right out of college that have no idea how to use any of the equipment and in general, have no idea what they are doing anyways. This company sucks.
They do treat their employees real bad I worked for Target for 23 years .And they fired me for stupid reasons.I gave them my whole adult life and new managment took away my job because they did not like me or the fact that I had more retail experience than they had..thanks alot cracker jack ETL team of store #950!
YouknowWho, I am not making little of your situation, but the good thing about a free market economy is that if you do not like the pay at one company, you can bring your skills to another company that values them more by paying you more. Target is not a "bad" company for what it pays its employees. Obviously the pay is good enough for those people who want to work there. If service at Target declines because it is hiring lesser-skilled employees, then consumers will respond by shopping there less frequently.
I've worked of Target for 22 years and have never been treated badly or unfair. I am proud to work for a company that gives back so much to local communities. Target does so much for so many. Most people have no clue! It really makes me sick that people make oveall assumptions of a compnay on little information.
I've been shopping at the Target downtown Minneapolis for the past several years. I've seen a lot of the same employee's working there even today so it must not be that bad of a job. It sure gets busy sometimes so I admire everybody's hard work. I hope they expand the grocery section downtown!! I know they did last year but I want more! They should somehow add another level to this Target and turn it into a Supertarget! That be awesome!
Boy, some people sure are complainers……………………….I LOVE Target,my sister-in-law retired from there and she has not a bad word to say!!
I shop at Walmart, they do have grocery's and are cheaper.
Never worked at Target, but sure love to go there. It's always clean and the employees are always helpful. Thank you for screening your employees before hire.
I love Target,but I wish the management was better at the Midway store.How come the Roseville store is better stocked?
One of things Target should add to they're shopping carts is a product called the Shopping Cart Caddy. It simply is snapped in place between handle and child seat and creates and instant win win for the customers and Target.
Many other retailers are considering it and it would keep Target one step ahead of the others.
I hope they add it soon, or at least my wife does.
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by ART PAPAS, BULLHORN
Originally published: January 29, 2017
Publisher: VentureBeat.com
A number of technology businesses like Salesforce.com, Slack, and HubSpot have recently generated headlines for their efforts to foster employee equality and diversity. Salesforce.com has received kudos for trying to normalize its gender wage gap and instituting a rule requiring all internal company meetings to include at least one woman. HubSpot has instituted a diversity candidate interview quota for senior hires. And, Slack's CEO, Stewart Butterfield, takes the aggressive approach of shaming hiring managers who attempt to "hire another white guy" because "people don't like to look like a chump."
I can't think of a single tech company that is as diverse in terms of gender and ethnicity as would be desirable. Company leaders shouldn't want their employee base to be homogenous – diverse workforces are smarter, more creative, and more productive. If your business has an employee base with a wide diversity of perspectives, backgrounds, and ideas, you will out-innovate, out-market, out-sell any competitor operating in homogeneity. Those competitors will miss opportunities that you won't. Their marketing won't resonate with their audience the way yours will because they will not understand prospects and customers the way your employees do.

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text: Hello, Spandexlessers. Spandexists? Spandexelles? Spandexites? Anyway, Hello, Collective-Noun! The Editors at Spandexless are inbound to beautiful Bethesda, Maryland for this year's Small Press Expo, or SPX . We're going to check out all the coolest in new small press comics, most of which are Spandex-less (and proud). We're hoping to make new friends, schmooze with all the elite in the comics scene, and learn more about this medium that we call home. Let us know if you want to flag us down by tweeting us (@spandexless )


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Here's a little clip from my latest book, Holding Out For a Hero, when the heroine, Cassie, comes back to her hometown after moving to the big city with her rich British boyfriend:
As I sat beside Janice on the glider and tucked my legs up under me, Trina lifted her glass. "To our long-lost friend, Cassie. And may we all find a dose of whatever you're taking, girl, because you look like a million bucks."


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The Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) has awarded the Education Division of the College of American Pathologists (CAP) the status of Accreditation with Commendation as a provider of continuing medical education for physicians.
Northfield, IL (PRWEB) August 28, 2008 -- The Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) has awarded the Education Division of the www.cap.org [College of American Pathologists] (CAP) the status of Accreditation with Commendation as a provider of continuing medical education for physicians.
This Accreditation is a significant accomplishment as only about six percent of all providers seeking accreditation or re-accreditation are awarded this highest level of distinction.
"To ensure optimal results and patient safety," said William F. Hickey, MD, FCAP, chair of the CAP Council on Education, "the CAP prides itself on providing pathologists with the highest caliber of timely, practical continuing medical education. Therefore, recognition of our efforts by an external accrediting body is most encouraging."
The College was awarded a six year accreditation, a rating that indicates optimal compliance with the AACME standards. This rating demonstrates overall excellence in the delivery of continuing medical education program activities and recognizes the CAP's performance as exemplary.
"We are very proud of having attained this level of recognition," said Constance Filling, CAP vice president of education. "As our goal is to help our members excel in all areas of laboratory medicine and ensure the highest caliber of patient care, this award certainly attests to the effectiveness of our efforts."
Education, offered in the areas of anatomic and clinical pathology, practice management, and laboratory procedures, focuses on practical education for both pathologists and laboratorians. CAP education is offered via a broad range of formats, including online training, audio conferences, podcasts and live events.
For more information on this award or to obtain more information on http://www.cap.org/apps/cap.portal?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=education [education programs] offered by the College of American Pathologists, contact the Education division at 800-323-4040, extension 7011, or visit www.cap.org.
About the College of American Pathologists
The College of American Pathologists (CAP), www.cap.org], is a medical society serving more than 17,000 physician members and the laboratory community throughout the world. It is the world's largest association composed exclusively of pathologists and is widely considered the leader in laboratory quality assurance. The College is an advocate for high-quality and cost-effective medical care.
About The American Academy of Continuing Medical Education
The mission of the American Academy of Continuing Medical Education (AACME) is to promote global excellence in public health, by defining, reviewing, and publicizing CME standards related to CME structure, process and outcome; measuring healthcare organization's CME performance against the AACME's peer-set standards; enhancing the knowledge of physicians and health care professionals through the highest level of accreditation standards for continuing medical education programs (CME) that are vital for their ongoing knowledge and skills they need to provide their patients and communities with optimum care and which will assist them in understanding the disease mechanism, diagnosis, and treatments.
AACME achieves its mission through a voluntary self-regulated system for accrediting CME providers and a peer-review process responsive to changes in medical education and the health care delivery system worldwide.
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Royal Agricultural University, Cirencester. GL7 6JS
29th August – 30th August 2018
Cost: £80
The Royal Agricultural University is the oldest agricultural college in the English Speaking world, the college was established in 1845 and currently occupies over 25 acres of land in the Gloucestershire countryside.
In 2015 the University was ranked first of all UK universities for carbon reduction in relation to income and achieved an internationally recognised environmental management standard as a reflection on their dedication to their Environmental and Sustainability policies and practices.
Camp Experience & Opportunities
The Royal Agricultural University, Triple Arrow camp will be running solely as a day camp with no residential option. Throughout the two day camp, all campers will experience a variety of lacrosse activities.
Campers from beginners to advance will be provided with coaching specific to their skill level to aid individual and personal progression.
**Please be aware that campers will not be provided with lunch whilst attending camp and a packed lunch must be brought by each camper on each day of camp.
Drop-off & Pick-up Arrangements
Campers will need to arrive between 09:30am-10:00am on Wednesday 29th August for registration.
Registration will take place in the opposite the main reception on the grass fields located parallel to Tetbury Road. (please see map link).
On Thursday 30th August campers should arrive for 9:15am to make a 9:30am start.
Drop-off for all campers will take place at the grass fields where camp staff will be waiting. If you are required to park please do so at the designated parking locations shown on the map link available below. If you arrive via Stroud Road please park in Stroud Road Car park and make your way to pitches the via the pathway behind Bathurst Wing (number 3 on the map).
Afternoon sessions will finish at 4:30pm, with pick-up between 4:45pm-5:00pm.
Parents are advised to park as detailed above and collect campers from the fields.
**Please be aware evening meals will not be provided for campers and they must be off-site before 5:00pm
As a minimum all campers must ensure they bring the following to camp each day:
*Lacrosse Stick
*Football boots/Cleates (Plastic Studs)
*Trainers for indoors
*Packed Lunch
Please ensure the 'Kit List' document below is downloaded for the full list of required items.
Reference Documents
Kit List– Day Camper
Royal Agricultural Map
Individual Registration
On September 1st 2016 English Lacrosse's individual registration came into effect, individual registration provides all registered individuals access to a comprehensive insurance package in addition to a number of other benefits, including;
– Discount on education and skills coaching and officiating courses
– Priority Access to tickets for English Lacrosse hosted events
– Access to offers from English Lacrosse partners
– Discounts on English Lacrosse Products
Find out more HERE
For Triple Arrow Campers, as part of the camp registration individual registration will be included on a pro-rata (£3) basis meaning campers will be registered from the July 31st – 31st August 2018.
What do you need to do?
To enable English Lacrosse to complete this process on your behalf all you are required to do is answer 'Yes' or 'No' on the camp booking form for the following question;
"Has the camper previously registered with English Lacrosse for the 2017/18 season?"
Please be aware this registration will only be valid from July 31st – August 31st and will cover girls partaking in the Triple Arrow Camps.


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Lee Westwood seeking Ryder Cup points
Rejuvenated Briton Lee Westwood will be scrapping for Ryder Cup points in the low-key Turespana Mallorca Classic this week instead of playing the World Matchplay Championship he won in 2000.
The former European number one did not qualify for the matchplay event at Wentworth, England, but could add 72,000 points to his Ryder Cup tally with victory in Mallorca.
Westwood comfortably leads the Ryder Cup table on 787,337 points which he has amassed with the help of two significant victories -- August's BMW International Open that signalled his return to the winners' fold after nearly three years, and the Dunhill Links Championship.
But the 30-year-old is taking no chances when it comes to qualifying automatically for Bernhard Langer's 2004 European Ruder Cup team.
"I just want to get qualification over and done with as soon as I can," said Westwood on Wednesday, the day before the start of the competition.
"This tournament was on my schedule a long while ago and I had no intentions of changing things just because I've had such a fantastic month or so."
Lying fifth on the European money-list, Westwood will not enhance his position greatly with a victory at the Pula course.
But success will mean three titles in six events for September's European player of the month, a far cry from his struggles in recent years.
Double major champion Jose Maria Olazabal is also at Pula and victory could ease the pressure on him to qualify for the end-of-season Volvo Masters.
The Spaniard holds the 60th and final qualifying place for Valderrama in two weeks' time and is only $3,000 ahead of closest rival Peter O'Malley of Australia.
The final qualifying event for the Volvo Masters is next week's Madrid Open.
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text: One of TSPC's lifters (Andrew McCabe) got a new camera so we played around with it all day yesterday in the gym and found the sequence option or whatever its called! Here are just a couple sequence pics of TSPC lifter Trique doing a couple snatches. One is of a missed snatch and one is of a made snatch! See if you can spot where the lift when awry! And if you can then leave a comment about it or just comment for the hell of it cause no one seems to be doing that on here! Quit being lazy folks and "SAY SOMETHING!" No really, if you are all that shy then ok I guess i understand! Anyway Hope you like the pics! Whats cool about these also is that we found a function on the camera that pics up only certain colors you want it to so we took them for that purpose as well and I for one love it!!! As for how our lifting is going at TSPC…everyone seems to be training great right now and make much progress in hopes for an awesome BAD MOTHER CHAMPIONSHIPS MEET! That is everyone, except Fletcher who has been out with an injured wrist and vagina from as far as this guy can tell bahaha!!! Don't forget to get your BAD MOTHER CHAMPIONSHIPS ENTRY BLANK into us asap! We've already started receiving them so I big thanks to those not waiting till last second like the last meet!!! Here are the pics and Make it a Great DAY!!!


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- Rosenboom Machine & Tool, Inc.17.Mar 2016
- Employee
Support from management
Upper management could use employee input.
Suggestions for improvement
- Listen to the employees
What I like about the company
Was a great experience learning CNC machining.
What I dislike about the company
Exceptionally hard work, heavy lifting even with cranes.
The following benefits were offered to me
- CompanyRosenboom Machine & Tool, Inc.
- CityBowling Green
- Are you a Current or Former Employee?Former job since 2012
- PositionOthers
- DepartmentProduction


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It's a good feeling to put your heart and soul into a blog, to discover that you have been nominated for an award. Who doesn't love to be recognized for your efforts?
I was nominated for this award by one of the few men who visit my site. But what I really appreciate about him is his desire to understand his wife better. My favorite part of his blog is the "Dear Wife" section.
Okay, now it's my turn to nominate 15 bloggers! I am going to select bloggers based on the amount of impact they had on my blog. If this award is new to you, then congratulations! you certainly earned it. If you are so good and are familiar with these types of nominations/recognitions, well it is just another confirmation from one of your followers to re-affirm how good you are. Here they are in no particular order. <Drum roll please>:
1.) Kristen Lamb's Blog – http://warriorwriters.wordpress.com/ – She is the social media expert! Her posts are always mixed with a good amount of humor.
2.) The Muffin – http://muffin.wow-womenonwriting.com/ – Great resource for women who love to write.
3.) Jennifer for Healing – http://jenniferforhealing.wordpress.com/ – This blog is written by my sister, who raises awareness on autoimmune diseases.
4.) Choose Freedom – http://www.daniellekjones.net/ – Written by a blogger who keeps it real and provides a lot of inspiration in helping you to live victoriously.
5.) Lysa TerKeurst – http://lysaterkeurst.com/ – My FAVORITE author and president of Proverbs 31 Ministries.
6.) Michael Hyatt – http://michaelhyatt.com/ – Incredibly inspirational and helpful in directing you to live out your dreams.
7.) Christian Work at Home Moms – http://cwahm.com/wordpress/category/cwahm-blogs/time-management-cwahm-blogs/ – This is just one of the many helpful blogs they offer. This one in particular is on time management.
8.) Lynn Cowell – http://www.lynncowell.com/ – Offers great advice on raising teen girls.
9.) Melissa Taylor – http://melissataylor.org/ – I especially enjoy the online Bible studies she does.
10.) Reneee Swope – http://reneeswope.com/ – Author of a great book I highly recommend, "A Confident Heart"
11.) Generous Living – http://generousliving.wordpress.com/ – Thought-provoking blogs to encourage you in your Christian walk.
12.) Bones in My Heart – http://bonesinmyheart.wordpress.com/ – A mother of 8 beautiful girls who allows us a peek into their lives and helps you to see God's faithfulness.
13.) Mediocre Musings – http://ricawrites.blogspot.com/ – Inspirational blogs from a woman who isn't afraid to admit that she isn't perfect…but how much God can use our flaws.
14.) Thinking Kids – http://thinkingkids.wordpress.com/ – The description says it all, "Raising thinking kids in an unthinking world."
15.) Glasshouse Marriage – http://glasshousemarriage.wordpress.com/ – A blog written by both the husband and wife…it's always great to get both sides!
Now on with the rules and requirements of this recognition:
VBA Rules
If you are nominated, you've been awarded the Versatile Blogger award.
- Thank the person who gave you this award. That's common courtesy.
- Include a link to their blog. That's also common courtesy — if you can figure out how to do it.
- Next, select 15 blogs/bloggers that you've recently discovered or follow regularly. ( I would add, pick blogs or bloggers that are excellent!)
- Nominate those 15 bloggers for the Versatile Blogger Award — you might include a link to this site.
- Finally, tell the person who nominated you 7 things about yourself.
7things about me
- I have never, ever regretted being a stay-at-home mom.
- I love animals so much I cannot stand to watch a show where they are killing and/or eating each other. In fact, I am so sensitive that I bawled and bawled one time because a bird hit my windshield.
- When I was in high school, my typing teacher told me that one day my name would be in print–this has technically come true.
- I was asked to leave my high school at the end of my sophmore year–a story I prefer to keep from my children.
- I do a great job keeping my home in order but get inside my car, forget it…it's always a mess.
- I am a binder queen…to me, everything can be organized in one.
- I mix whites with darks when I wash clothes.


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Comic-Con 2015: Joss Whedon Announces New Comic Book Series
There was only one comic book panel in Hall H this year, and it fittingly put the spotlight on geek icon, Joss Whedon: the creator of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, Firefly, and Dollhouse.
Oh… and he also directed the mega blockbuster Avengers films for Marvel Studios.
Earlier today, Dark Horse Comics presented Whedon's spotlight panel, and he announced his new six issue comic book miniseries called Twist.
As Whedon explained it, "[Twist] basically deals with the most important question there is, which is why isn't there a Victorian female Batman?"
Dark Horse Comics will publish Twist, and the preview art was drawn by Julian Totino Tedesco. However, a release date for Twist was not announced.
Whedon also joked about his half-decade working in the Marvel Cinematic Universe on the two Avengers films. "I feel like, five years ago, a tornado ripped up my house and dropped it in the land of Marvel… It's been a weird time."
To close out the panel, Comic-Con International's David Glanzer presented Whedon with Comic-Con's Icon Award.
"This is honestly the most beautiful murder weapon I've ever gotten," quipped Whedon."I didn't expect to get moved by it, but I really am. Thank you."


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The Criminal Cases Review Commission has referred the rape conviction of Mr Ali to the Court of Appeal.
Mr Ali pleaded not guilty but was convicted of rape at Birmingham Crown Court in January 2009 and sentenced to five years' imprisonment.
He tried to appeal against the conviction but the appeal was dismissed in 2010. He applied to the Commission for a review of his case in 2010.
Having considered the case in detail, the Commission has decided to refer Mr Ali's conviction to the Court of Appeal because it believes there is a real possibility that the court will now quash his conviction.
The referral is made on the basis of new evidence identified by the Commission that the complainant had previously made a demonstrably false complaint the circumstances of which were sufficiently similar to the complaint about Mr Ali that it is relevant to the credibility of the complainant in Mr Ali's case.
Mr Ali is represented by Rafiq & Co, 291 Roundhay Road, Leeds LS8 4HS.
Ministry of Justice Press Release: Monday, 14 October 2013


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ENGLAND vs Panama
1PM Kick Off
11AM Doors Open
*No booking fee on Reserved Entry & Raffle tickets*
*Vegetarian burger option available*
We've been waiting a while to announce this... so now that Gary Lineker has juggled some balls & the draw is done why wait any longer... lets get excited for RUSSIA WORLD CUP 2018!
********************************Want to watch the world cup on a big screen with your mates somewhere other than West Street?Join 600 other fans in full voice at Concorde2 and catch ALL of the ENGLAND games on Brighton's biggest screen with full sound & commentary played over the best PA in the cityAlso take full advantage of the 4 screens in the front bar, as well as a BIG screen in our outdoor covered smoking patio area!There will also be pre-match warm-up music, a customer ticket number raffle at each game to win a load of beers for you & your mates, plus a fancy dress competition with a HUGE prize!
Strictly over 16s only, photo ID required (valid passport or driving license).


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Gardening Group Visit to Dunsar Garden Centre
As the current co-ordinators, June and Graeme Butler are unable to make the meetings at present, Carol and Patrick Wilson are the contacts for information regarding this group.
As gardens are resting just now and the weather unpredictable, a group decision was made to meet at Dunscar Garden Centre to look around and talk about the shrubs, bulbs etc, and best positions for planting. We then exchanged other ideas over coffee and cake in their cafe. The chat was great and two hours sped by.
It was agreed we would hold our next meeting at the Wyvale Garden Centre, Southport Road, Leyland at 2.00p.m. in their car park, to check out what different plants are available there. This venue also has a good coffee shop and Carol has negotiated with the small clothing shop that if any of the group wish to buy anything she could give us a 10% discount. We hope to have time over coffee for a very funny ten minute quiz! Dunscar was time well spent with very enjoyable company.
When the weather does improve in March we can, of course, continue with outside visits. Hopefully numbers will increase to share more ideas and laughter. None of us are experts but by skill sharing we can all make improvements to our gardens. Remember, lifts to all venues can be arranged, please phone the co-ordinator.
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It is a very good hotel with a reasonable price, pretty close to city center. They offer every kind of shampoo and make up things. Also slippers. Free coffee and tea in every room and very helpful staff. Rooms and bathrooms are very big and...More
"Hotel is in quiet area near the town centre. No views to be had. All rooms appear high quality."
"Level four Room 403 is where I stayed and it was very quite and sound proofing in general really good."
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'sup dudes, the name's Melissa ;)
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➜I am seventeen years old
➜Lazy and sarcastic
➜Sassy and likes to tell it how it is
➜I enjoy doing anything creative - particularly drawing and of course, writing! ✎
➜I love ghost stories & making people laugh
➜I think I'm hilarious and crack myself up on a daily basis
➜I'm addicted to tumblr
➜I don't have a favorite movie/song/book because there's way too many amazing ones
➜I'm extremely picky with food and books and boys and just life in general
➜I am not the type to obsess over anything except food because food is great
➜M u s i c is my inspiration ♫ ♪
➜I am an inherent daydreamer; I find escape in the limitless expanse of my imagination
➜I have a very good sense of direction. It's like there's a visual map in my head, or something
➜Pretty sure I have some mild form of OCD; everyone who knows me would agree that I am a nitpicky perfectionist
➜The fact that some of these bullets take up more than one line unnerves me
➜Math is an evil, damnable subject that is out to get me
➜That green home button up there is basically the definition of me in blog form in case this hasn't fully satisfied your inner stalker
➜Like all other writers, I adore reading. I particularly enjoy indulging in romance novels that revolve around fantasy/paranormal/dystopian plots, and I have yet to willingly read a book that does not contain any of those elements unless it was a mystery or a classic
➜I am my own harshest critic when it comes to writing. So come at me bro ~
¢ υ я я є и т ℓ у я є α ∂ ι и g . . . "The Indigo Spell" by Richelle Mead
- ιи ραяα∂ιѕє ♥
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Odaiba (お台場) is another of Tokyo's famous tourist attractions. The name "daiba" literally means fort since this man-made island was originally built to protect Tokyo. There was a plan in the early 1990s to make this island as "futuristic Tokyo" but the plan was halted. Over the years, this has been developed and now hosts a lot of entertainment spots.
Here are some of the places we got to explore:
- Rainbow Bridge connecting Odaiba to the heart of Tokyo
- Replica of Statue of Liberty
- Decks Tokyo Beach Shopping Mall
- Aquacity Shopping Center
- Fuji Television Building (outside view only)
- Oedo-Onsen-Monogatari
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Takoyaki Museum
I never got the chance to see the Takoyaki Museum in Osaka even if I really wanted to. So it was a pleasant surprise to see that Decks Tokyo Beach Shopping Mall has its own version. From the entrance, you will immediately see the bustling excitement as staffs tout their products and you will savor the tantalizing smell of takoyaki being cooked. Of course, I was tempted and had my fill of one of my favorite Japanese food.
*Takoyaki – octopus-filled dumpling seasoned with different sauces
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This museum is located at AquaCity. It's described as a Science Museum that explores sound, lights and entertainment. It describes how basic scientific principles are used in newest technology. One of the things that immediately lighten my mood was the Smile Ranking where you smile and your smile is compared to other people's smiles. My ranking was #41 out of 168 participants. Not bad, huh?
Before exiting, there is a booth that allows you to take tests on your real age. It was hilarious – my face analysis result says I look like 22 and Allen looks 41. He kept protesting about the results. To be honest, I don't think I look 22. 25, maybe? Lol!
You can check their website here.
Oedo-Onsen-Monotagari is an Onsen (Hot Springs) Theme Park in Daiba. Allen did not want to go because he is not excited about going naked in a bath with a bunch of guys. But I convinced him that there are other activities there. He made me pay though!
When you get there, you'll be asked to wear a yukata (Japanese summer kimono). Mine was blue green and Allen chose blue. After dressing, we went to the meeting area which leads to the main street. This section has a typical Edo-style look and offers restaurants, souvenir shops and old-time amusements like Japanese fortune telling, blowgun darts, ninja-knife throwing. After dinner, we went to the foot bath just outside the building. It was quite freezing but the feeling of soaking your feet in the hot water was amazing. We spent quite some time there then went back inside to walk around the main street.
Allen enjoyed himself very much that he was asking me when we could come back! 🙂 But next time, I'll make sure he pays. Hehehe.
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The price of the harvester, however, seemed an insurmountable obstacle to its extensive use. The early settlers of the Western plains had little more than their brawny hands as capital, and the homestead law furnished them their land practically free. In the eyes of a large-seeing pioneer like McCormick this was capital enough. He determined that his reaper should develop this extensive domain, and that the crops themselves should pay the cost. Selling expensive articles on the installment plan now seems a commonplace of business, but in those days it was practically unknown. McCormick was the first to see its possibilities. He established an agent, usually the general storekeeper, in every agricultural center. Any farmer who had a modicum of cash and who bore a reputation for thrift and honesty could purchase a reaper. In payment he gave a series of notes, so timed that they fell due at the end of harvesting seasons. Thus, as the money came in from successive harvests, the pioneer paid off the notes, taking two, three, or four years in the process. In the sixties and seventies immigrants from the Eastern States and from Europe poured into the Mississippi Valley by the hundreds of thousands. Almost the first person who greeted the astonished Dane, German, or Swede was an agent of the harvester company, offering to let him have one of these strange machines on these terms. Thus the harvester, under McCormick's comprehensive selling plans, did as much as the homestead act in opening up this great farming region.
McCormick covered the whole agricultural United States with these agents. In this his numerous competitors followed suit, and the liveliest times ensued. From that day to this the agents of harvesting implements have lent much animation and color to rural life in this country. Half a dozen men were usually tugging away at one farmer at the same time. The mere fact that the farmer had closed a contract did not end his troubles, for "busting up competitors' sales" was part of the agent's business. The situation frequently reached a point where there was only one way to settle rival claims and that was by a field contest. At a stated time two or three or four rival harvesters would suddenly appear on the farmer's soil, each prepared to show, by actual test, its superiority over the enemy. Farmers and idlers for miles around would gather to witness the Homeric struggle. At a given signal the small army of machines would spring savagely at a field of wheat. The one that could cut the allotted area in the shortest time was regarded as the winner. The harvester would rush on all kinds of fields, flat and hilly, dry and wet, and would cut all kinds of crops, and even stubble. All manner of tests were devised to prove one machine stronger than its rival; a favorite idea was to chain two back to back, and have them pulled apart by frantic careering horses; the one that suffered the fewest breakdowns would be generally acclaimed from town to town. Sometimes these field tests were the most exciting and spectacular events at country fairs.
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Even before Auburn began its Equestrian program, Dr. Jennifer Taintor could be found taking care of horses on campus.
"When I used to manage the Horse Center, Dr. Taintor came in as a freshman student out of Miami and worked for me for four years," Auburn equestrian coach Greg Williams says. "She's very entrenched. To her, that is her place."
Taintor, an associate professor in the Department of Clinical Sciences in Auburn's College of Veterinary Medicine, helps Auburn's equine athletes do their thing, so the Tigers' top-ranked human athletes can do theirs.
Taintor earned all three of her degrees -- bachelor's, master's and doctor's -- from Auburn.
"I worked under Greg Williams for several years and learned quite a bit," Taintor says. "When I left and came back, the equestrian team had been started."
"Her passion of caring about our program is unparalleled," Williams says. "That part is amazing."
"To me, it's rewarding in that sense that they gave me so much, so now I can give back," Taintor says. "And this is a way I can provide support to the team, to give back everything that was given to me."
Taintor started working with the team in the '05-'06 season, the year the Tigers won their first of three national championships.
She helps oversee the 50 horses Auburn uses for training and competition.
"We provide support in trying to keep those horses as sound as possible," she says. "So they can do their job."
Nicks and scrapes from practice. Vaccinations. Nutrition. Dental care. Taintor's team does it all.
"She will do anything from the high-end work with the horses to running a score during a meet," Williams says. "She's a workaholic. She's always busy. There's no task for her that's too scary to tackle, or too little to be beneath her. She's just amazing."
Almost all of Auburn's horses are donated.
"I always say that our program in collegiate riding is sort of the rescue system for retired show horses," Williams says. "They're a lot of times, just some old guys. They had to be retired because they had an injury. It's so crucial to have a lot of constant, on-site care, just to make sure that they stay healthy and game ready."
Picture an aging basketball star who still loves the game but can no longer compete in the NBA.
"A lot of our guys are older," Taintor says. "They come to us. They've kind of gone through the circuit, and they're still good athletes, they just can't compete at that same high level. And so they get to drop a little bit."
That could mean practicing three times a week instead of daily, or scaling lower jumps than before.
"The horses enjoy it," she says. "To still be able to do what they want to do. But it's not the same intensity."
Having the College of Veterinary Medicine right across the street from the Horse Center provides what Taintor calls "an incredible teaching environment" for Auburn students.
"It's a chance for senior students to have that exposure to the sport horse industry," she says. "With the idea that, over there, the senior students get to do everything."
"Sports medicine for horses is a huge growing field," Williams says. "I like to feel like we're an amazing resource for the College of Veterinary Medicine, that they can come over and work on those horses and have them in an actual sports setting.
"They're evaluating them like that. They know that it's important to get them back in the arena," he says. "And they can see their results right there. It's definitely a win-win for both of us, and it's such a win for the horses."
The collaboration between student-athletes and educators makes a profound impression on future equestrian team members.
"It's a feeling that our recruits get to see," Williams says. "When you get to see the College of Agriculture, the College of Veterinary Medicine and Athletics. How they work hand in hand. Literally, they just can't get over how true the Auburn Family really is."
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Actually it's a piece of banana skin as I have a verruca, I cannot use a normal verruca treatment because of the position of the verruca, I'll try this for a few weeks & let you know how I get on.
Many years ago a friend of mine's 5 year old son had problems with warts, his hands were covered in them & the other children in his class were teasing him & refusing to sit near him. My friend is a charismatic evangelist & so was not keen when I suggested buying the warts from her son, eventually after trying many other treatments & many visits to the Dr's she agreed. I gave her son 50p & explained that I was buying his warts, he was worried to start with as he thought I was going to start cutting them off but I reassured him. By the end of the following week all the warts had disappeared.
DD phoned a couple of days ago, she has mastitis, I suggested a cabbage leaf in her bra, it is quite a well know remedy.
I always prefer to use a natural remedy whenever possible, honey to help heal wounds, clove oil for toothache etc.
The reaction of one of my colleagues shows why, many years ago, old ladies who had a lifes worth of country knowledge were burnt at the stake!
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- ravylesley said...
Hester I love hearing about traditional remedies.I never knew about the banana skin in the shoe for veruccas so thank you.As for the cabbage leaf I had heard of it and having breastfed four babies and had Mastitis a few times I was tempted to try it so will be intrigued to know whether it worked
- 24 May 2014 at 00:36
- Primroses Attic said...
I loved your heading and was really intrigued. Hester I believe that natural remedies mostly work. Many plants have healing powers. What did they do before all these pills and medicines. We now live in an age where we can make full use of most.
- 24 May 2014 at 01:28
- Angela said...
I do know that the inside of a banana skin is good for polishing your shoes - rub it on, buff it off! but never heard of the verucca treatment before
- 24 May 2014 at 02:42
- Tammy said...
When I bf, I found cotton wool balls soaked in cold peppermint tea an amazing relief! I used to make up a brew every couple of days and kept it in the fridge to use when required!
- 24 May 2014 at 04:15
- Frugal Queen said...
Duct tape is amazing at getting rid of verrucaes. It suffocates them and they die. Stick it on and it will soften the verrucae and you will literally be able to pull it off your skin. Works every time. Some people, me included are just prone to the piggin' things - it's a virus and they come back every few years.
- 24 May 2014 at 04:18
- Linda Metcalf said...
My Irish Grandmother "witched warts away"....it did work!
- 24 May 2014 at 05:22
Well done on passing on the cabbage trick, midwives in Scotland have been using it as an official cure for decades now, never fails, especially if you wash the leaves then put them in the freezer for 10 min...bliss...and a cure
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- 25 May 2014 at 06:01
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Though a few weeks ago I couldn't have disagreed more with the "NCAA Tournament team" portion of the above Jamar Butler quote (inspired by Walter Sobchak's "This is what happens when you fuck a stranger in the ass!" tirade?), I'm now fully convinced that the '07-'08 Buckeyes had the kind of heart, if not the kind of talent, to earn a spot in the field of 64.
Depending on how much value you personally place on the play-in game, OSU is now officially the 65th or 66th best team in the land. RPI rankings, for whatever those are worth (supposedly their weight in gold to the Tournament Selection Committee) placed the Buckeyes at 38th, before the win over YouMass. While on the subject, the last four wins OSU notched to finish out a suddenly satisfying season were over teams ranked 30th, 45th, 29th and 93rd, respectively (again, as of 4/3 and using bogus math.)
The game in NYC was as entertaining as one could hope for out of an NIT title match. OSU actually dug themselves out of a half-time deficit instead of tunneling deeper with errant perimeter shooting and the like. As far as the post game pandemonium goes, I missed the documented Butler catharsis but 11W and MotSaG have photos up. Though images from the post game celebration are far from Hallmark worthy, it would be an injustice to write off the NIT victory as insignificant--especially considering the steps made by Evan Turner, P.J. Hill (minutes are minutes), Dallas Lauderdale and the return of Kosta.
As for Mr. Koufos, the Mediterranean Mystery, all eyes turn to him between now and April 27th to see if he will return to Columbus for another season. Your guess is as good as any, as there seem to be few insider tips floating around about his leanings. Matta's philosophy on early departure seems to be even more laissez-faire (see: realistic) than Tressel's so if the Draft experts come a-knockin' then don't expect coach to stand between his prized recruit and the money he already turned down once. However, the good news for everyone that doesn't have a name rhyming with Mosta Loufos, is that neither NBADraft.net or DraftExpress list the OSU center as a first rounder.
The obvious "negative" to returning would be the possibility of being overshadowed by the pure-post player master work of incoming freshman B.J. Mullens. Jealousy, of course, is best remedied with a trip to the Final Four.
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US designates Paris attacks suspect Salah Abdeslam 'global terrorist'
The order, announced by the state department, freezes any assets held by Abdeslam in US jurisdictions and forbids Americans from doing business with him.world Updated: Apr 05, 2016 22:50 IST
The United States on Tuesday designated Salah Abdeslam, a leading suspect in last year's jihadist attacks on Paris, as a 'global terrorist' under US law.
The order, announced by the state department, freezes any assets held by Abdeslam in US jurisdictions and forbids Americans from doing business with him.
"Belgian-born French citizen Salah Abdeslam is an operative for the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant," it said, using a former name of the Islamic State (IS).
The US Treasury Office of Foreign Assets Control separately confirmed that Abdeslam's name has been added to its list of specially designated foreign nationals.
The 26-year-old was arrested on March 18 in a police raid on a hideout in the Brussels district of Molenbeek and is due to be extradited to France.
He is accused of being a surviving member of a gang that launched a series of attacks on civilian targets in Paris on November 13 last year that left 130 dead.
French officials believe Abdeslam was the driver of a car that brought attackers to the Stade de France sports stadium just north of Paris.
"Authorities found his DNA both on a discarded suicide belt and along with traces of explosives in a Brussels apartment," the State Department said.
"Abdeslam stated after his arrest that he planned on conducting a suicide bombing outside of the Paris soccer stadium, but had 'backed out.'"
Four days after he was arrested, the Belgian capital was struck by coordinated suicide bombings at an airport and a metro station.
The suspects in these attacks are alleged to have links to Abdeslam and the Paris attacks cell.
Khalid El Bakraoui, who blew himself up at the metro, rented a flat in Brussels where Abdeslam's fingerprints were found.
And one of the two airport bombers, Najim Laachraoui, drove to Hungary with Abdeslam in September.


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Feb 16 (Reuters) - Nordstrom Inc gave a profit forecast that missed Wall Street's expectations and said its gross profit margin would dip this year as it invests in beefing up its fast-growing online business.
Shares slipped 1.3 percent to $51.80 in afterhours trading.
Nordstrom said sales at stores open at least one year would rise 4 percent to 6 percent in the fiscal year that ends next January after increasing 7.2 percent last fiscal year.
But the upscale department store operator, which tends to give conservative profit forecasts, said it expects earnings of $3.30 to $3.45 per share for the fiscal year ending next January, below the $3.59 per share expected on average by Wall Street analysts, according to Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S.
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A journalist observes life in the far north.
Monday will be one of the hardest days for the Snow Dogs. Alec said they are climbing up to stash some food and gear before their move to high camp. The climb will be over a great incline, the steepest climbing on the entire route. There are also crevasses. The team spent today going over safety and crevasse rescue, Alec said.
After taking the gear up tomorrow, the team will spend one more night in 14,200 camp, or Camp 3, and take a rest day before moving to high camp, where they will spend a night and then perhaps try to summit.
By the way, Alec said that there is a park ranger, who lives in a tent, at high camp, which is 17,200 feet.
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And they made a calf in those days
Whilst Moses was in the mount; this was done in imitation of the Egyptian idol Apis or Serapis, which was an ox or a bullock; and it was made of the golden earnings of the people, which were melted down, and cast into the form of a calf, and graved by Aaron with a graving tool, ( Exodus 32:2-4 ) And so the Syriac version here reads in the singular number, "and he made them a calf"; this was a most shameful and scandalous piece of idolatry. The Jews themselves are so sensible of the horribleness of it, and of the guilt of it, and of the reproach that lies on them for it, that it is common for them to say F3,
``there is not a generation, or an age, in which there is not an ounce of the sin of the calf.''Or, as elsewhere F4 expressed,
``no punishment befalls thee, O Israel, in "which there is not an ounce of the sin of the calf".''And offered sacrifice unto the idol;
an altar was built, and proclamation made, that the next day would be the feast of the Lord; and accordingly early in the morning the people rose, and offered both burnt offerings and peace offerings, ( Exodus 32:5 Exodus 32:6 ) and rejoiceth in the works of their own hands; for so the calf was; and which rejoicing they showed by eating, and drinking, and singing, and dancing.
F3 T. Hieros. Taaniot, fol. 68. 3.
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Apparently, we've got an hour or two before summer ends. They say endings are only doors to brighter beginnings. Sure. I've written five paragraphs yet either it gets deleted or I delete them on purpose. It seems as if words are too minute for something undeniably colossal. Yes, those two months are only specks in time's age but it did feel like forever.
Feels like graduation again – when you know you might not see for a long time those teary-eyed expressions posted on those unreadable faces, when you know they'll be busy doing something else other than those hw-copying days, late night cramming sessions, crying blues…whatnot, when you know that after this will be another chapter and part of you doesn't want to let go. Haha. this thing might be too late for graduation but what the heck. I feel like pouring.
time time time. grr. maybe i'll continue this. maybe not. argh. hahaha. blogging plus this crazy song playing in my head makes me cry. probably i'm just missing someone and i know we're fighting time and making it stop. i'll miss you. i am missing you. i even made this mistake of turning the volume down that i didn't hear the message thing. sorry. 😦 let's all wish MAY will come back and stop. just like that.
there's no one to talk to right now and heck, i'm feeling very very very heavy. i hate crying. no, really. yey the ardorable nee called. 😀
the song playing in my empty head? "it's the start of something new..feel so right to be here with you." please let me be. hahaha.
toodles. one below:
what the heck. photobucket destroyed it.
i'm bored.again. the demise of that blissful speck in space became the precursor of tonight and tomorrow's undeniable boredom. sheesh. if only i had anything on my to-do list. everything there will either drive my screws loose or drag me to zzz's.
oh i remember.haha. during our first prosec trip, i bought two cards. one is a birthday card, if i'm right. the other is an apologetic card which i bought for my mom but didn't give because we got along shortly right after. talk about coincidence/fate, i HAVE to say sorry to someone.
if i put more and more and more, what will happen to this entry? hmm. haha. my handy dandy lime green notebook is empty. i tore off all the pages. 😐 lalalala.booooring boooooring.(if i say boring, it has this booooring tone.) i'm boooring my eyes onto the screen while my butt is boooring itself to the chair while my mind is boooring its curly gummy parts to some information my body needs while while..uhm… my heart is booooring over a cutie. 😀 the booooring words in the sentence mean:
- To make a hole in or through, with or as if with a drill.
- To form (a tunnel, for example) by drilling, digging, or burrowing.
but when i say it's so boooooring, it means ennui, listlessness and dissatisfaction resulting from lack of interest. there you go, hoodlums. a new word for BOREDOM, ennui.
i WAS in the mood to rhyme but since the rhyming frenzy dried up with the message, i'm going to go jabber my thoughts here. don't read it. it's freaky. once i swore that the word super is long gone in my vocabulary but i failed. here. i'll try again. super=cool*, divine, glorious, great, groovy*, hot*, incomparable, keen, magnificent, marvelous, matchless, neat, outstanding, peerless, sensational, smashing*, superb, terrific, topnotch, wonderful, ace, admirable, august, best, breathtaking, choice, elegant, elevated, exalted, excellent, exquisite, fab, fine, glorious, gorgeous, grand, greatest, in orbit, lofty, magnificent, majestic, marvelous, matchless, noble, optimal, optimum, outstanding, peerless, prime, proud, rad, resplendent, solid, splendid, splendiferous, splendorous, standout, state-of-the-art*, stunning, sublime, tops, unrivaled, very best, zero cool. hahahaha. yey. i love them all! they look so…splendorous. 😐
maybe i should go to sleep. breathing is starting to burden me haha….and i can't feel my heart beat that strong. grr. we used to have compets on who had the strongest chest sound. lalala. eyes are puffy and gray, too. what's happening? i miss my cutie. 😦 i want to sneeze*_*.
i'm in a crisis: should i watch the corpse bride (and remember the times when we were walking down the sidewalk and you told me the story…) OR play neopets (another puny excuse to escape ennui :D) OR go sleep (to heal and beautify myself. hahahaha).
chant this: trisha, thy cuteness, please come back to thy right mind. oh gods of cutiedity, let trisha come back to sanity and grant her all the wishes she may wisheth.ahem.
TOODLES. oh son of a noodle. the net connection's down.


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Let's take a look at the dictionary definition of the word "accountant."
ac·coun·tant (ə-koun'tənt)
n. One that keeps, audits, and inspects the financial records of individuals or business concerns and prepares financial and tax reports.
Basically, accountants are the ones who take care of all financial/numerical matters. Operational managers, according to Wikipedia, are people with "responsibility of ensuring that business operations are efficient in terms of using as little resource as needed, and effective in terms of meeting customer requirements." Apparently, I am an operational manager. Yet, on this project – involving European Commission and several partners from Italy, UK and France – I am writing all the invoices, making inquiries of the payment due dates and tracking what money is for what part. Then why the hell am I doing all financial matters? Because, our accountant cannot speak effing English. If I am doing all the invoices, tracking, and financial inquiries, then there's a problem. If all other programs' finances are managed by her and EC program is exception, then for sure there is a problem.
I had an issue with the accountant today.
Today, long-waited funding from our client, European Comission, has finally arrived. There has been a lot of trouble over this funding. First, they called off some sudden stock taking meeting, asking us to send representatives. And EC failed to set a separate funding for trip reimbursement. Second, since our clients and partners are Europeans, almost all offices and departments shut down all activities so they can go on their 3-months summer vacation. This caused an incredible delay and troubles on all the communications, including funding. Because there was no pre-set trip reimbursement funding, there were lots of rule-bendings, making-up documents and fly-under-the-radar involved. I was in the middle of that, not our accountant. Finally, the money from EC was wired. Obviously they sent everything as a whole, instead of dividing them nicely so we can track the money easily.
The accountant demanded me to pin-point the objects of each amount. It would have been much easier if I handed her all the invoices beforehand, but this time it was impossible: there were so many adjustments going on in a short amount of time, bending the rules, making up the documents and stealth-flying. Some I could answer right away, but some I had to ask our partners. Then the accountant said, "you need to be more responsible for the funding of this program. You are the operational manager." I almost got flipped. Excuse me? Well, guess who's writing all that invoices and making funding inquiries! And you expect me to track all of the fundings while dealing with hyperdemanding Europeans?
I: Well, here's the thing. It is not a one-time ready-to-go document sending. Sometimes one invoice has to be adjusted five times, not to mention all the communication involved and delays. So to me, it is quiet difficult to remember every single details
Accountant: I don't need an excuse (for sure I would have screamed if I were in a terrible mood). Don't you think you need to have better knowledge of funding details because you are the manager? The other manager who worked before you did not have this kind of problem, she always handed the invoice on time,
I: No, I am not making an excuse. I am trying to figure out a solution, because a. there are just too many details and adjustment to remember while managing the program, and b. as an accountant, you are having troubles of funding tracking because I don't remember all details. So why don't I just share the whatever information sent by our French accountant? I'll forward it to you.
Accountant: Er, no need, because I don't speak English…
I: (imaginary facepalm) okay, no, you don't have to worry – you just have to know the invoice number, object, and monetary amount.
Accountant: Uh, no, my point is that I keep reminding you about the money and you just need to be more responsible and…
I did not know what to do except eye-rolling. Our French partner has two people involved in this project. One is accountant and the other one is operational manager. When it comes to money, I contact their accountant, not another one. Our UK partner also has two people, one being the academic coordinator and another one being operational manager. Our Italian partner has only one manager, but they are involved only with 10% of the entire project.
As of us, Koreans, we do have an accountant with 9 years of experience. In other Korean domestic projects, when someone asks for invoices, receipts and such, everyone let the accountant handle the matter. For the EC program, I do all of what is originally our accountant's job – in other words, she's just sitting there. And she tells me that I need to be more responsible? If she really wants to say that to me, she either needs to learn English so I don't have to do all the funding communication while I don't really understand what's going on in the world of finance (and also can focus on operations), or at least tries to immerse herself on this project's communication rather than leaving everything to me, or hire another accountant who can speak English and concentrate on this kind of English-involving project.
But for sure I know that will not happen, and I'm leaving.


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