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Yesterday I wrote a blog looking at the different ways in which fashion retailers handled the process of capturing customer data when they signup to email alerts.
It turns out that the procedure varies quite drastically between sites, with some businesses requiring just your email while others need to know a great deal of personal information.
A day later and the welcome emails have arrived, however not all of the brands could be bothered to roll out the red carpet.
Though I signed up to 16 email newsletters only 11 welcome emails arrived, with ASOS, Schuh, Miss Selfridge, Boohoo and Office failing to get in touch.
And here's a quick look at the types of messages I received from those that did welcome me to the fold...
Subject lines
The standard format is "Welcome to (brand name)" though there are a few variations. For example Reiss takes the opportunity to say thanks, Hugo Boss asks to confirm my subscription and New Look says "Welcome aboard & Good Luck!"
The most unique subject line comes from Threadless, which calls me "pal" and "special BFF." This is slightly quirkier and inline with the brand image, so it makes a good change from the standard subject line.
Sender name
The sender is a small detail but can actually have an impact on whether people open the email or not.
While a majority of the companies have opted for their brand name or a more descriptive variation, such as "H&M Fashion News," a couple of them have clunky default names.
River Island's comes from 'email@example.com' and Next's is the rather cold 'email@example.com.'
These come across as being a bit spammy, so the brands in question should take action to make the sender name more appealing.
As with the sign up process, the exact content of each welcome email varies between retailers. Selfridges takes the opportunity to try and get me to personalise my emails, as I avoided answering its questions at the sign up phase.
Also, the header to Selfridges' email is almost identical to its ecommerce site, which is a good way of maintaining consistency across its digital properties.
Overall it's brief and to the point, which is a good idea for a welcome email.
Hugo Boss is also extremely brief, however it also suffers from a lack of any imagery so it's really quite dull, even for a welcome email.
Mr Porter has one of the best welcome emails in my opinion. It's attractively laid out and again takes the opportunity to spell out exactly what I've signed up for.
There's also a decent CTA directing me to visit Mr Porter, should I feel the urge to continue shopping.
As with Selfridges the header is very similar to its ecommerce store, which helps maintain brand consistency.
Among the other retailers, Topshop packs in the most content, perhaps a bit too much actually, with four different sections describing various offers. Only the most dedicated shopper would bother to read it all.
However Next manages to come up with the worst design, opting for a dull plain text layout complete with a load of unappealing hyperlinks.
There are a few options for your welcome email CTA, depending on how much personal information was collected at the sign up phase.
It can be an opportunity to ask subscribers to part with more personal data, which is exactly the route taken by Selfridges and the CTA is the most prominent feature of its welcome email.
In contrast, House of Fraser collected all the information it needed so opts to try and get me back to its ecommerce site. Unfortunately it's make a really bad effort at designing a CTA.
And at the other end of the scale, Reiss doesn't bother with a CTA at all, it just says thanks for signing up and asks politely if I can add the company to my address book so that emails continue to arrive in my "in-box."
H&M's effort is also worth flagging up, as it comes with a 25% off code but there's no CTA trying to encourage the subscriber back to its ecommerce store other than the rather bland "Happy shopping" hyperlink.
It's a great opportunity to drive a few extra sales, so this email is a bit of a missed opportunity.
Mobile optimisation
Stats show that up to 41% of email is now opened on a mobile device and that figure is growing.
However businesses have been quite slow to react, as 32% of respondents in the Econsultancy/Adestra Email Marketing Census 2013 said their strategy for optimising email for mobile is 'non-existent.' A further 39% described their strategy as 'basic'.
This quite accurately reflects the situation among the retailers I looked at, as only Next's welcome email was readable on my smartphone, and that was because it used a plain text layout.
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Nice work David. It's striking how many brands miss the opportunity to cross promote their social channels at this stage too. And how many don't bother monitoring replies to these kinds of emails. We did a similar study just published, that you might like: dotMailer.co.uk/hittingthemark - there are some smashing welcome emails in there.
Great idea for a blog post, and very interesting stuff too.
I like Cliff's point - such a simple little extra, and works really well whether people receive the email on their computer/phone/tablet.
The Next 'text only' one is good too - probably difficult to get stuff like that past the marketing department, but works really well for exactly the reason pointed out at the end. Text only emails often feel a bit more personal too.
On the Next text only campaign they are potentially missing a trick regarding priority inbox at Google.
The campaign doesn't exactly compel you click through and the text only nature means there is no open tracking. This means their initial level of engagement with the user is going to be lower in Google's eyes than say the Selfridges campaign which complies the user to at least download the images as a minimum.
Design is important if it focuses on impact. But results are the key driver to email design including accessibility in mobile. I wonder if Next has the best CTR? It's hard to judge with our subjective marketing opinions about what actually works best. Be great to have some actual results...
I work for boohoo and would just like to clarify that we do have comprehensive conversion and welcome programmes in place. We do have a test segment that falls straight into newsletters so maybe you were part of this.
Great follow-up to your previous article, David. I can't believe that Next has got such a dull welcome email and the same goes with Hugo Boss. As I mentioned in your previous post, I quite like the H&M offer but as you explored they could really improve on CTA in their welcome email. You would suppose that big brands will have their emails optimised to the last bit but as you can see some of them make elementary mistakes.
Thanks for your comments everyone.
@Sophie, thanks for clarifying that point. It's always good to get feedback from the brands in question.
Great review, and points taken about aesthetics etc. - but I'd love to know what the response rates are. Sometimes the simple but usable ones do better than the uber-designed ones... all depends on what the goals are. If anyone from these brands is reading this article please comment!
Yeah companies - can we have your results please? Better still, explain all the A-B splits and your demographic base, give the *exact* results over time and - don't forget - your rivals promise not to look at all the data you happily shared with your competitors that they can't be arsed to reciprocate. If we could have your future growth plans, media spend splits and strategy goals that would be equally *awesome*. Thanks!
Thanks Kev, productive comments.


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Serves: 4-6 as a side dish
1/2 pound new potatoes
1/2 pound red potatoes
2/3 cup olive oil, plus one tablespoon
1 bunch garlic scapes, roughly chopped into 1/2-inch pieces
3 tablespoons chicken stock
2 tablespoons white wine vinegar
2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
2 cloves garlic, minced
1/2 teaspoon whole grain mustard
2 teaspoons kosher salt, plus more to taste
1/2 onion, thinly sliced
1/4 cup basil, roughly chopped
1/4 cup Thai basil, roughly chopped
4-5 thyme stems, leaves removed and lightly chopped
1/2 cup cooked brown lentils
3/4 teaspoon freshly cracked black pepper
- Add the potatoes to a large pot of boiling salted water and cook for 30 minutes. Meanwhile, in a small skillet, heat one tablespoon of the olive oil over medium heat. Add the garlic scapes and sauté for about 5-8 minutes, or until the scapes are tender and gently charred. Remove the pan from the heat and set aside. Drain the potatoes and allow them to cool to the point where they are still very warm but you can comfortably handle them. Slice the potatoes into quarters and add to a medium-sized bowl. Pour the stock into the bowl and gently toss.
- In a small bowl, whisk the vinegar, lemon juice, garlic, mustard, salt and the remaining oil in order to make an emulsion. Pour the vinaigrette over the potatoes and gently toss. Add the onion, basil, Thai basil, thyme and lentils. Add the cooled garlic scapes and any remaining oil from the pan. Add the freshly cracked black pepper. Gently mix all ingredients to incorporate.
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The Enthusiasts Digital Workshop
A fun digital photography workshop which is an ideal starting point that also includes plenty of hands on practical exercises.
This is an ideal starting point for all enthusiasts. It's a perfect mix between theory and practical. If you made the transition over from film to digital apart from the obvious adition to the screen on the back and the lack of a film you'll have probably noticed that digital cameras have gained rather a lot of buttons and every camera has their very own on board computer. Sometimes we feel like we're flying the latest fly by wire Aeroplane. For the slightly elder generation you might well be thinking what went wrong with the old pin hole cameras to the modern technology of today!
Having said that the basics of an SLR camera haven't altered for many years now and once you've figured out where the buttons are then we'll show you what they are for and how they are going change the image that you get on the end photo. Ideally you'll have a digital SLR to come on this course. You can bring along your compact camera as long as it's got manual mode on it but we know most about Digital SLR's.
Course Highlights :
- Around 2.5 to 3 hours of hands on demonstrations and training
- Practical experiments using products
- An outline of shooting in manual mode
- Lens advice
- A brief introduction to using your digital SLR camera to shoot HD video
- Demonstration of basics of photo editing
- photo editing software download link reccomendations (freeware)
- Course size 12 - 18
- Additional Online Learning Resources after your workshop
This course mainly runs in
Shipston on Stour, South Warwickshire and in Witney, West Oxfordshire.
Is this workshop for you?
What you'll need for this course : Digital Camera (SLR Preferred), Bridge cameras are acceptable as long as they have manual mode but we won't be able to give you anywhere near as much help with these as the controls tend to be hidden away.
You'll need to have figured out how to adjust the following controls to come on this workshop. We will show you the why but you'll need to know the how part before you come along.
Speed, Aperture, White balance and ISO. The speed and aperture are often found just by the shutter release button.
We will demonstrate how to change these settings on both Canon and Nikon Digital SLR's but if you have a bridge camera then you'll need to farmiluar with them.
PLEASE help us to help you. We want this to be a photography workshop, not a camera workshop. It's no fun for anyone if we have to spend most of the time trying to help you figure out what controls are where. If we spent our time doing this there would be no time for the fun practical experiments. Therefore please learn the controls of your own camera before you come. There are video links to a few of the most popular cameras that we see. SEE HERE or hover over 'Already Booked' on the menu bar and then select 'camera controls'. If you happen to have a Canon Digital SLR then we'll show you in 30 seconds. Nikon DSLR's are also pretty easy.
Examples of digital SLR's - Canon **D, Nikon D**, Sony A**
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Extracting the original audio (with metadata) from the "Green Lines" video posted on the Null Corp channel gives an interesting result:
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I have no idea why but I always thought that, when exporting a video, premiere/FC/avid/etc would do a video+audio mixdown and the exported result would be two flattened video+audio files held together in a container/codec - hence my question about losing the metadata. I did not know that in fact the audio track and metadata would be still intact. Sorry for the dumb question.
Is there any new regarding this at all? I wouldn't really expect someone to have audio of this, but there is no word on what songs were performed? Is this still going on now? I can't seem to find any info on this other than the official page stating that they are "performing" every night at 8:00.
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Human civilization has developed very slowly. In the ancient times man was totally dependent on nature for his needs but as he learnt abut agriculture he started interfering with the laws of nature. He shaved off the forests for agriculture and tamed many wild animals for his food and clothing. He left the caves and started living in houses. With the development in man's lifestyle, several civilizations of Summaries,
Egypt and Indus
valley spread over the vast areas of the world. It is a general belief that man
has conquered the nature but still he cannot control natural disasters.
Eating relations in a community
All the living beings on the earth utilize solar energy and get essential elements from atmosphere, lithosphere and hydrosphere. Animals and plants either depend on plants or on other animals for their food. A balance exists between living and non living things in the nature. Whenever any element of nature increases or decreases in large proportions, ecological balance gets disturbed. The study which deals with the relationships of life forms with each other and with their surroundings is called ecology. A group of animals living in a particular physical environment is called ecosystem.
Today rapid industrialization and ever increasing human requirements have disturbed these natural elements and created an ecological imbalance. Increasing population, emission of carbon dioxide and other toxic gases by factories and vehicles, occurrence of acid rain, nuclear tests and poisonous chemicals have posed a serious threat to the ecological balance. The entire earth and its inhabitants are affected by pollution. Life on earth is endangered. Now, the man ahs realized the need of ecological conservation and safety of environment. Public awareness is being created for the protection of life on the earth. Many programmes for a better environment and conservation of natural resources are being carried out all over the world. The scientific conservation programmes are mainly based on the principles of ecology. We can get a better environment only when every body, specially the children, becomes aware about it.
To study the ecosystem, it is necessary for us to acquire deep knowledge of the trees, plants, ponds, rivers, lakes; air, water and land; crops and creatures; marine animals, etc. this way we will be able to make our ecosystem even better. It is our duty as well as responsibility to ensure the safety of our food chains.


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Address Book Views (ABVs) are unlike most Exchange Server objects. For example, when you create a new object (e.g., a mailbox) in Exchange Server, you can usually change that object only within the site in which you created it. However, you can change ABVs from any site. Therefore, to avoid the possibility of two administrators changing views simultaneously, you need to administer ABVs centrally.
In addition, Exchange Server replicates ABVs between sites every 4 hours, independent of the default 3-hour replication defined by the directory replication connector schedule. If you want to decrease ABV replication traffic, you can change this interval by going into raw mode. In Exchange Administrator, go to Start, Run, and enter the path to admin.exe followed by the /r switch. The path will look something like
Click OK to open Exchange Administrator. Select Address Book Views, then File, Raw Properties. In the Object attributes window, select Period-Rep-Sync-Times, as Screen A shows. Click Editor, then OK to view the schedule. In this dialog box, you can select the interval you want; in most cases a 12- to-24-hour interval is acceptable.


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IMPORTANT UPDATE - Computer Software Service Tax Repealed
On September 27, 2013, legislation was signed repealing the sales and use taxes on computer software services retroactively to July 31, 2013. The legislation requires any business which collected this tax between July 31 and September 27 to return it to the customer who paid it. Businesses which have already filed a return and submitted these taxes to the Department of Revenue are eligible for a refund by electronically amending their returns on MassTaxConnect. Vendors must return these refunds to customers within 30 days of receipt. The legislation also gives vendors until December 31, 2013 to file for these refunds. See TIR 13-17: Repeal of the Computer Software and Services Tax for further guidance on the repeal and information about filing for refunds. DOR will post further guidance on the repeal and information about filing for refunds on Monday.
Here you will find a general overview of the changes as well as links to any notices, forms and Technical Information Releases providing more detailed information.
Cigarette & Tobacco Excise Increase
What's changed?
The Massachusetts Legislature recently enacted an increase to the excise on cigarettes, cigars, smoking tobacco and smokeless tobacco products. The new law is effective July 31, 2013.
What are the new rates?
The excise on cigarettes will increase as follows:
The cigar and smoking tobacco excise imposed by the General Laws of Chapter 64C will increase from 30% to 40% of the wholesale price of the products, and smokeless tobacco products will increase from 90% to 210% of the wholesale price.
What do I need to do?
Cigarette Retailer Licensees are required to take an inventory of all cigarettes on hand and complete Form CIN (Cigarette Inventory Tax Return for Non-Stampers) at the opening of business on July 31, 2013. Form CIN is used to report and pay the increase in the excise due on stamped packages of cigarettes, including stamped packages of little cigars, in inventory as of the opening of business on July 31, 2013.
Retailers with two or more locations may file a consolidated return so long as they follow the instructions on Form CIN. Payment of the inventory tax must be remitted with Form CIN by August 20, 2013.
Form Cigar 2, Cigar and Smoking Tobacco Excise Return, for the quarter ending September 30, 2013 will include two tax rates to report cigars and smoking tobacco purchased, imported, manufactured or acquired in Massachusetts. For the period July 1, 2013 through July 30, 2013, you must report products at the old rate of 30% of the wholesale price of the products. For the period July 31, 2013 through September 30, 2013, you must report the products at the new rate of 40% of the wholesale price of the products. Form Cigar 2 will be mailed to you in September 2013 and will be due October 21, 2013.
(for transactions occurring between July 1, 2013 and Sept. 30, 2013)
Form CT-11C, Non-Stamper Cigarette Excise Return (for transactions occurring on or after July 1, 2013 and September 30, 2013)
Form CTS-8C, Untaxed Cigarette, Smokeless Tobacco, Cigar and Smoking Tobacco Return (for transactions occurring on or after July 31, 2013)
More information
Gasoline and Special Fuels Excise Rate Increases
What's changed?
The Massachusetts Legislature recently enacted a three cent per gallon increase on the gasoline and special fuels excise. The gasoline excise imposed by Chapter 64A of the General Laws and the special fuels excise imposed by Chapter 64E of the General Laws are increased from $0.21 per gallon to $0.24 per gallon. The new law is effective July 31, 2013.
What is the new rate?
Taxable sales or use on and after July 31, 2013, are taxable at the new rate of $0.24 per gallon.
What must I do?
The July 2013 tax return must cover the period from July 1, 2013 through July 30, 2013, at the old rate of $0.21 per gallon. The closing inventory for July 2013 must be taken on July 30, 2013.
The August 2013 tax return must cover the period from July 31, 2013 through August 31, 2013, at the new rate of $0.24 per gallon. Opening inventory for August 2013 must be taken on July 31, 2013.
Fuels Excise Forms for Transactions Occurring on or after July 31, 2013
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IAC Learning Management System
IAC Learning Management System
In January, 2014 IAC launched its LMS platform which offers IAC MEMBERS ONLY access to the Relias Learning Management system and its many libraries of courses, at significantly reduced costs.
For as little as $ 17.75 for an annual licensure fee per user, an agency can have full access to the functionality of the Relias system including the ability to load their own content, track both online and live training, and issue certificates. These features support the documentation of training provided to staff and related reporting features allow the agency to assess their own compliance.
As an added bonus, IAC provides all users with access to courses IAC has created based on OPWDD and other standardized content covering a variety of topics including courses for Board of Director members. Auto-enrollment into these courses will ensure that staff are exposed to training in such topics as fire safety both at time of hire and annual as indicated.
IAC member agencies can, for additional costs, subscribe to any of the Relias libraries including the popular I/DD library which offers over 300 relevant courses including Personal Outcome Measures training courses created by CQL. These courses not only provide basic information for new hires, they also build on the skills long-term staff have mastered.


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Happy Father's Day! Today, I am going to a baseball game with my dad and I can't think of a better way to spend the day.
Growing up, I was definitely a Daddy's Girl. My favorite thing to do with my father was cooking. My mom was the baker in our house and taught me the value of following recipes exactly. On the other hand, my dad taught me that sometimes you have to chuck the recipe out the window and go with your gut. He loved to experiment with spices and flavors. He loved to take the ordinary and make it extraordinary with a dash of this or that and a handful of chopped garlic. Yes a handful! My dad LOVES garlic To this day, he still raves about The Stinking Rose, a restaurant in San Francisco devoted to garlic. He only went there once and it was 20 years ago but he still raves about it.
Since today is Father's Day, I decided to create a recipe that my father would want to eat on his day. So I asked him what he would want to eat, no matter what. After all, he should get to choose the meal he eats today. Right? His response was simply grilled fish. Then he clarified that he would want a grilled whitefish, like grouper or cod. Something light and flakey and grilled to perfection. My immediate thought was a grilled with a blueberry mango salsa, which led to the question as to what type of fish would go with that. My father suggested tilapia or mahi mahi.
Over the last two weeks, my father and I have discussed what to spices should go in the marinade and what ingredients to use in the salsa. I have really enjoyed talking this process through with my dad. In the end, the recipe that I created (with my father's help) is a dish that my dad would really enjoy. The citrus marinade gave the fish a light and refreshing flavor while the salsa added a sweet and spicy kick. It would go great with a brown rice or quinoa and a steamed vegetable like green beans or broccoli.
- 4 tilapia fillets, 5-6 ounces each
- 6 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil (EVOO), plus extra for brushing
- 1 orange, zested and juiced
- 4 clove of garlic, chopped
- ½ teaspoon salt
- Freshly ground black pepper
- 1 mango, cubed
- ½ cup of blueberries
- ⅓ cup chopped bell pepper
- ¼ cup jalapeno, seeded and chopped
- ¼ cup cilantro, chopped
- ½ tablespoon freshly squeezed lime juice
- ½ tablespoon honey
- In a small mixing bowl, combine orange juice, orange zest, and olive oil. Whisk until thoroughly mixed. Add garlic, salt and pepper. Place tilapia fillets in an air tight container or in a large freezer bag. Pour marinade over fillets and seal container. Lightly toss to make sure fillets are completed coated. Place container in refrigerator for 30 to 60 minutes.
- While the fillets are marinating, prepare the grill. Brush the fillets with additional olive oil. Grill until the tilapia just flakes with a fork, about 5 minutes on each side.
- In a medium mixing bowl, combine mango, blueberries, bell peppers, and jalapeno. Lightly toss. In another small bowl, whisk together lime juice and honey. Just before serving, add the lime-honey mixture and cilantro to the blueberry mango salsa.
- Top each fillet with ¼ of the blueberry mango salsa. Serve and enjoy!
Be sure to check out these other great dishes inspired by the fathers of the #SundaySupper community:
Dad's Favorite Main Dishes:
- Father's Day Ribs by Jane's Adventures in Dinner
- Chorizo Burgers by La Cocina de Leslie
- Whiskey Sliders by Cravings of a Lunatic
- Beer Can Chicken by Crazy Foodie Stunts
- Pesto Shrimp Roll Sandwich by Growing Up Gabel
- Cast Iron Filet Mignon with Wine Sauce by I Run For Wine
- Grilled Tilapia with Blueberry Mango Salsa by Runner's Tales
- Chicken Wings for Dad by The Not So Cheesy Kitchen
- Fish with Black Bean Sauce by Hezzi-D's Books and Cooks
- Spaghetti with Homemade Meatballs by Curious Cuisiniere
- Tamale Pie Ring by Treats & Trinkets
- Grill-Roasted Chicken & Vegetables by Foxes Loves Lemons
- Grandma Papina's Lamb Stew by Webicurean
- Barbecue Beans and Ribs by Food Lust People Love
- Skillet Meat Lasagna by Peanut Butter and Peppers
- Panko Crusted Snapper by Supper for a Steal
- Gluten Free Bourbon Honey Grilled Pork Chops by No One Likes Crumbley Cookies
- Boiled Shrimp for Father's Day by The Catholic Foodie
- Dad's Famous Baby Back Ribs by Family Foodie
- Turkey Stuffed Peppers by Ruffles & Truffles
- Lightened Up Fish Biriyani With Fresh Dill by Sue's Nutrition Buzz
- Cauliflower, Potato, and Cheddar Pierogi by Healthy.Delicious
Dad's Favorite Appetizers and Sides:
- Spicy Caramelized Bacon Wrapped Smoked Oysters by Noshing with the Nolands
- Tuna Pasta Salad – Dad's Recipe by Juanita's Cocina
- Grilled Bok Choy by Shockingly Delicious
- Bacon-Cheddar Potato Salad by Home Cooking Memories
- Couscous Tabbouleh by Soni's Food
Dad's Favorite Desserts
- Dad's Cheesecake by Table for 7
- Cheese Crackers by The Urban Mrs
- Coconut Cream Pie by Cookin' Mimi
- Chewy Oat Cookies with a Banana Bread Influence by What Smells So Good?
- Homemade Nutter Butters by Pies and Plots
- Shoot for the Stars Chocolate Cupcakes by Ninja Baking
- Golden Coconut Bars by Magnolia Days
- Classic Oatmeal Raisin Cookies by NeighborFood
- Velvet Cookies by Cindy's Recipes and Writings
- Pecan Pie by Small Wallet Big Appetite
Come celebrate Father's Day with the Sunday Supper Team! We would love to have you join our Twitter #SundaySupper chat starting at 7:00 pm EST. Follow the #SundaySupper hashtag throughout the day to see the amazing recipes. We look forward to seeing you. To join all you need to do is follow the#SundaySupper hashtag and share your favorite tips and recipes. Be sure to check out our #SundaySupper Pinterest board for more delicious recipes and photos.


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Disney's Polynesian Villas and Bungalows lies along the Seven Seas Lagoon and offers up first-class views of Magic Kingdom's "Wishes" fireworks display as well as the Electrical Water Pageant. Walt Disney World's iconic monorail system sweeps right through the resort, providing quick and easy access to the Magic Kingdom park, Epcot park, the Transportation and Ticket Center and several other resorts directly bordering the Seven Seas Lagoon. Other parks can be easily reached via bus.
The resort's grounds are shared with Disney's Polynesian Village Resort - the standard, non-timeshare sister resort. Swathed in palm trees and tropical flora, dotted with tiki torches and koi ponds, Disney's Polynesian Villas and Bungalows feels every bit as exotic as its namesake. These "longhouses" are shaped in the classic oceanic style and embellished with deep, red woods and exotic patterning. The lobby and shared interior areas are every bit as tropical and bright as the exterior - breezy, open-air areas and indoor greenery add life and vibrance.
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Disney's Polynesian Villas and Bungalows' new Deluxe Studio unit elevates the average studio with more storage space, "longer" rooms and a kitchenette. The Deluxe Studio isn't the only new concept to be found, however - the Bora Bora Bungalow unit is set to become a hit for guests with large parties! These free-standing units are built right over the lagoon and feature two bedrooms, a full kitchen, separated living and dining areas, gorgeous lake views and even a private plunge pool that overlooks the lagoon. Whether you choose the Deluxe Studio or Bungalow for your trip, count on the warm colors and custom-crafted Polynesian decor that made the original Polynesian Village Resort so iconic.
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The wait for the opening of Disney's Polynesian Villas and Bungalows has been a long one, but now the door is open to both DVC owners and guests! Are you excited to give Disney's Polynesian Villas and Bungalows a try - perhaps even have a trip of your own planned? If so, don't forget to leave a review on RedWeek!
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Philip Reeve – Railhead – Blog tour 20 October 2015Tuesday, October 20th, 2015
T is for Trainsong
In some ways, the trains which ply the lines of the Great Network are just like the trains we know. They have locomotives, carriages, a buffet car; they run on rails, and pull up at platforms. But in other ways they are quite different. Each train has a brain; a mind of its own, housed in the sleek-hulled locomotive. The locos are born in the trainworks of the Corporate Families, but once their minds come online they stop being mere vehicles and become individuals, intelligent and self-aware. They choose names for themselves, sometimes delving into the deep archives of the Datasea to find phrases from the deep past which they feel best suit their character – the Lounge Lizard, the Weather Report, the Lie Detector, the Pretentious? Moi? They download maps of the Network and complicated schedules of the K-bahn Timetable Authority, and they are off, riding the rails, slamming through the K-gates. Their eyes are cameras, mounted on their hull and on the ceilings of the carriages they tow. Their hands are maintenance spiders – many-legged robots which wait in hatches on the loco's hull until it needs them to climb out and make running repairs, or eject an unruly passenger. Their huge minds talk constantly to the small, semi-intelligent systems of the track and the stations, to the signal boxes and points. And in their memory banks they carry news from one world to the next. For the trains are the only things which can travel faster than light, so the only way to send information to someone on another planet is to carry it with you on a train, or send it in a train's brain. The Network Empire would quickly cease to function if it weren't for the trains, patiently updating the datasea of each world they cross with news from others, further up the line.
Some of the locos enjoy human company, chat to their passengers, and make human friends all over the Network. Others are reserved, busy with their own thoughts, their conversation limited to occasional passenger announcements. A few have been known to to write poetry or compose novels (He Was The Thunder, She Was The Rain, written by the freight train Crystal Japan while it made its lonely journeys up and down the Eastern Branch Lines, is a 27th Century classic, still widely read). A tiny minority have become unstable, and had to be forcibly retired. But what they all have in common is that they love their work; speed is freedom to them, and the interdimensional tingle as they slide through the K-Gates is bliss. That is why they almost all sing, their great, strange voices booming like whales, hooting like pipe-organs, repeating their own trademark musical phrases in countless variations so that passing trains will know them. People living miles from the K-bahn will hear them dimly through their sleep, and wake from dreams of wild journeys and far-off stations.


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World War II Interviews
Joseph Todisco
U.S. Army 1942–1945
At the age of 22, Joseph A. Todisco was called up to join the Army. After learning to fire artillery weaponry and helping to write ground-to-air... more >>
Leslie W. Van Tassell
U.S. Army 1939–1945
Interview discussing Mr. Van Tassell's service during World War II as a medic and signal corps switch board operator in Germany and France.... more >>
James Vanderpol
James Vanderpol was a high school student in the Netherlands when it was invaded by Germany in 1940. Labeled as Jews by the Nazis soon afterward... more >>
Remo G. Vinci
U.S. Army 1939–1945
Interview discussing Mr. Vinci's service with the U.S. Army's 854 Aviation Engineers in the Pacific, building airstrips in Kwajalein Atoll (Mars... more >>
Henry Walter
U.S. Army 1941–1949
Escaping Austria as the Nazis advanced across Europe and outwitting the Gestapo in Czechoslovakia, Henry Walter arrived in America, was drafted ... more >>
Harry Westcott
U.S. Army 1943–1946
Harry Westcott was drafted into the Army in August 1943, shortly before his 19th birthday. Westcott became a part of the 75th Infantry Division ... more >>
Claire Maxfield White
U.S. Army 1943–1945
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Manuel Witt "Manny"
U.S. Navy 1942–1945
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April 29, 2013
On Monday May 13th from 5:00 7:00 PM, Congressman Mike Capuano will host an open house in his new Randolph satellite office. The office is located at 6 South Main Street in Stetson Hall, Room 124. It will be open on Wednesdays and Thursdays from 9:30 AM to 2:30 PM.
"Depending on where you live in the 7th CD, it may be easier to utilize our new Randolph office. If you have a chance on the 13th, I hope you'll stop by our open house to say hello," stated Congressman Capuano.
For a complete list of office locations, please visit Congressman Capuano's website at capuano.house.gov.


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Kineo Pacific Takes Home Three LearnX Awards
Kineo Pacific has once again been honoured with three major wins for their work in Asia Pacific, including two platinum awards at the 2014 LearnX Impact Awards.
Kineo is the recipient of two Platinum Awards, which includes Best eLearning Model Online for Education New Zealand's Agent Programme, a bespoke elearning programme, designed to train global education agents to promote New Zealand as a study destination to students. Additionally, Kineo's innovative animated product knowledge training video for Medibank, received the Platinum Award for Best eLearning Design Video. To top it all off, Kineo also received the Gold Award for Best Rapid Authoring eLearning Design for their custom built product knowledge training modules for Tradelink.
"We're very pleased that our work for our clients has been formally recognised by the judging committee at the LearnX 2014 Impact Awards. The results are a true testament to the great work and effort by our team in New Zealand and Australia, and to our clients who partnered with us on these innovative, award-winning projects. We're truly honoured to have our work win such high accolades at this year's LearnX Awards," said Nolen Smith, Managing Director of Kineo Pacific.
The team will also be celebrating the win for Adapt Learning, which also received the Platinum Award for Best eLearning Design Technology, second year in a row.
The LearnX Foundation is a small, non-profit organisation that supports and promotes advancements in workforce learning. LearnX aims to amplify the impact of learning and supporting technologies through shared learning experiences. The foundation's annual LearnX Impact Awards aims to identify and celebrate exceptional accomplishments of individuals and organisations in learning and development across a plethora of industries and award categories.
For more details on the 2014 LearnX Impact Awards, click here. For more information on Kineo Pacific's learning solutions email firstname.lastname@example.com.
Kineo Pacific will also be co-hosting the LearnX Conference on October 14th at the Melbourne Exhibition and Convention Centre - for more details about this spectacular event, click here.


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St. John's United Methodist Church
311 E. University
Georgetown, TX 78626
Telephone: (512) 863-5886
Fax: (512) 605-3763
Office Hours
The church office is available Monday - Thursday from 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM.
St. John's is located on University Avenue (also known as Texas Highway 29) in Georgetown.
From the south take Interstate 35 North and take exit number 261.
From the north on Interstate 35, take exit 263 and follow the access road 2 miles south to Texas Highway 29.
Go east on Texas Highway 29 (University Avenue) and continue 1 mile east of IH35.
St. John's will be on your left just past the Georgetonian Executive Suites.
There is a large parking lot in the rear.
The church office is in the tan brick house facing University Avenue.
Rev. Darren Walker
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Kathryn Price
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Andrew Taylor
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Christine Studebaker
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Johnnie Kovar, Building & Grounds Supervisor
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Gaston & Jeanne Ntambo
At St. John's, our mission includes:
Mission Statement
The mission statement will define the work we believe God is leading us to do. "Love God. Love Others."
Mission mantra
God's love: nothing more, nothing less, nothing else.
Mission Scripture
Matthew 22:36-39 "He replied, "You must love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all you mind. This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: You must love your neighbor as you love yourself."
Core Values
These core values will guide how we seek to live out the mission statement.
- Humility-The recognition of our relationship with God as created. It is the acceptance that we are limited by nature. It is the realization that we have a choice in submitting ourselves in love to divine grace. Humility is the willingness to efface oneself to God. Humility seeks to place God and others before ourselves.
- Joy-Joy is God given gladness that is not at the mercy of circumstantial happiness. It is the uplift of one's spirit, courtesy of God's love. It is a fruit of living life led by the Holy Spirit.
- Integrity-Integrity is the quality of being honest and having strong moral principles; moral uprightness. It is generally a personal choice to uphold oneself to consistently moral and ethical standards grounded in the love of God.
- Learning-The activity or process of gaining knowledge or skill by studying, practicing, being taught or experiencing something: the activity of someone who learns.
St. John's has been a part of the Georgetown Community for over 140 years.
We started as a group of Swedish immigrants who joined together in their homes to study, worship and pray and built our first church building in 1882. At that time, we were known as the Swedish Methodist Episcopal Brushy Church (Svenska Metodistkyrkan at Brushy).
The original church stood at the intersection of Westinghouse Road and FM 1460. Our church cemetery is still at this location.
In 1906 we moved to town, to our present home at 311 E University Avenue. And in 1938 we changed our name to St. John's Methodist Church.
In 1968, when the Methodist Church joined with the Evangelical United Brethren Church, St. John's became St. John's United Methodist Church.
Come join us and share in our rich history and heritage of celebrating God's love.
"A History of St. John's United Methodist Church, Georgetown, Texas, 1882-1982" (pdf 47.9 MB) compiled and written for the occasion of the one hundredth anniversary of the founding of St. John's United Methodist Church, March, 1882--October, 1982
Our Organization
The United Methodist Church policy requires 5 governing committees to oversee the administration of our church and congregation.
These committees are:
- The Administrative Board - this group is comprised of the chairs of all other committees, along with several at-large members. It is the primary governing body that oversees the local congregation.
- Staff, Pastor, Parish Relations Committee - this is the "HR" committee that oversees the pastor and staff of our congregation.
- Finance Committee - this is the group that oversees the financial well-being of the church.
- Trustees - this group manages the physical plant, repairs & maintenance and improvements.
- Nominations Committee - this group seeks the guidance of the Holy Spirit in nominating those would serve the congregation in leadership and service through teams and committees.
We have a host of other teams and committees that facilitate how our church interacts with one another, other congregations and the community at large.
- Evangelism
- Missions & Outreach
- Women's Ministry
- Technology
- Small Service Projects
- Youth
- Children
- Music & Drama
- Caring Ministries
- Value Meals
A wedding in our facilities is always a Christian worship service. The ceremony is one of the most sacred and beautiful of all the worship services of the church. In this setting a man and a woman in the company of their loved ones and friends pledge themselves to each other as husband and wife under the blessing of God in holy marriage. The pastor of St. John's UMC may officiate at the wedding ceremony. Pre-marriage sessions are required by the St. John's Pastor. In order to make a reservation please contact the church wedding coordinator to confirm dates, policies and fees. We look forward to hearing from you.


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The euro plunged to its lowest level in nearly two years Wednesday as investors fretted that European leaders won't be able to prevent Greece from making a messy exit from the region's shared currency.
The euro fell to $1.2573 late Wednesday from $1.2720 late Tuesday. It fell as low as $1.2544, the lowest since July 6, 2010. The euro has come down sharply against the dollar since last August, when it was worth $1.45.
European leaders were meeting Wednesday to find a way to keep Europe's debt crisis from spiraling out of control. They haven't announced any concrete plans.
The likelihood of Greece leaving the euro has been growing since early May, when parties opposed to the terms of the country's financial rescue won at the polls. New elections are planned for next month.
Spain's prime minister warned on Wednesday that his country couldn't continue much longer with its current high borrowing rates. Spain's 10-year bond yield is currently above 6 percent. Rising borrowing costs eventually forced fellow eurozone nations Greece, Ireland and Portugal to seek bailouts.
But Spain, Europe's fifth-largest economy, may have too much debt for the region's bailout funds.
In other trading Wednesday, the British pound fell to $1.5689 from $1.5777 late Tuesday. The dollar rose to 0.9552 Swiss franc from 0.9443 Swiss franc and to 1.0251 Canadian dollar from 1.0201 Canadian dollar.
The dollar fell to 79.47 Japanese yen from 80.14 yen.


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The writing team behind Bridesmaids is finally reuniting to make another female-friendship comedy.
Wiig will sit in the director's chair for the first time in the unnamed project. The former SNL star and her writing partner Annie Mumolo will pen the script together and share producing and starring credits. The duo were previously nominated for a best original screenplay Oscar for Bridesmaids.
Their new project will be about a pair of gal pals who get in over their heads. About what, in what context, in what way — Wiig and Mumolo are keeping mum about those details for now.
"We're very excited to be writing. We will be going into a cave for months to finish. An actual cave. We found one that's nice and big. We're putting a couch in there," joked Wiig and Mumolo in a statement.
"Kristen and Annie assured me that the film will be a searing and depressing drama, which is what the world needs right now. So we grabbed it. Perhaps more to the point, these two supremely talented ladies are always ahead of the comedy curve, and as we at TriStar push for originality, we are lucky as hell to be in business with them," said TriStar head Tom Rothman. "The chance to hopefully make Kristen's first film as a director is the cherry on top."
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Happy Yule Lad Day. Come Meet My Christmas Elves!Submitted by Pam on Sat, 12/12/2015 - 20:10
December 12th! Yule Lads, known in Iceland as Julesvenier, begin coming down from high peaks and mountain valleys of Iceland to deliver treats to good children.
English Paper Piecing - Two Template Fractal Kaleidoscope Christmas Ornament!Submitted by Pam on Wed, 11/11/2015 - 22:07
EPP (English Paper Piecing), as anyone who has tried it already knows, is highly addictive! Certainly I was hooked after folding and basting my first hexie. And now that I have had the opportunity to play with pentagons, diamonds, triangles, apple cores, and tumblers - well lets just say I am even more addicted than ever before.
EPP Pumpkins for HalloweenSubmitted by Pam on Thu, 10/15/2015 - 07:00
I love having lots of pumpkins and jack-o-lanterns around this time of year! Most of us do!!! But it kills me to have to watch them rot away. So in order to have my cake - er Halloween candy - and eat it too, I decided a couple years ago to indulge my fascination with fiber pumpkins!
Mini Tips and Tuts: Fluffing Up Flattened YoyosSubmitted by Pam on Fri, 09/13/2013 - 00:48
After a year in "wip storage" the little yo-yos on my "yoyo pillow" had become flat as a pancake - and NOT pretty. I came up with a little trick to restore them to their puffy fluffy pre-storage selves!
(I did not take a picture of them before fluffing - sorry. I wasn't planning to share this but my daughter has strongly suggested I should! So you will have to trust me - they really didn't look pretty.)
Mini Tips and Tuts: Reusing Pillows Already Living at Your HouseSubmitted by Pam on Fri, 09/06/2013 - 16:58
It suddenly occurred to me while I was preparing to visit my local craft store to purchase a pillow form for the sun painted fabric pillow that I have altogether too many pillows sitting around - many unused most of the year (holiday pillows). Why not simply create a slip case type cover and pull one of those pillows out of storage!
By reusing pillows I already own, I am saving between $15.00 and $20.00 per pillow and reducing the number of pillows I have stored in the closet!!


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Life is risk! What is a life without risks?
This one-minute long compilation is inspiring and motivating. It shows you the failures of some of the most successful people in the world. Every second is full of wonderful insights.
If you've never failed, you've never lived.
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Rosie Millard at Cannes - BBC News
Ian McKellen: "Ths is where I bang my head in the film."
Guests had to wear a special "medallion" and were warned of dire consequences if they a) turned up without it or b) lent it to anyone else.
The party boasted sets and costumes from the film itself, flown in from New Zealand, sound effects and huge sculptured orcs and trolls.
There were soldiers with winged helmets, ghastly dwarf assassins and "real" Hobbits who danced around what looked like something from Teletubbies but was in fact a real turf-covered Hobbit house.
I ventured inside the four-foot high home and came across Sir Ian McKellen, who plays the great wizard Gandalf.
"This is the actual set, you know," said the venerable actor in booming tones. "This is where I bang my head in the film. It's pretty amazing. I spent one year in New Zealand filming. Every day. No time for anything else."
"Liv Tyler... convincing everyone she could indeed speak Elvish."
In the great hall, wooden horses' heads and medieval flags hung from the hammerbeam roof, while an elf-maiden perched on a carved wooden throne.
From Tyler's Elvish to the interior decorations, it all looked thoroughly convincingly Middle Earth. Until you poked the stone mantelpiece or the vast carved gorgons, that is. Which were made of specially treated polystyrene.
It's all for show, of course, but then that is Cannes at Film Festival time.
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