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Open Back Green Satin Long Prom Dress with Slit, Open Back Green Formal Dress, Green Evening Dress C707
Open Back Green Satin Long Prom Dress with Slit, Open Back Green Formal Dress, Green Evening Dress C707
Item Details:
- Silhouette: A-line
- Waist: Natural
- Sleeve Length: Sleeveless
- Item Number : C707
How to Provide custom size
How to Provide custom size
Perfect-fitting Dress shows your Charming Figure! Perfect-fitting dress starts with correct measurements. Before custom-made your own dress, we recommend you to find a professional local tailor who can help you measure accurately. And, we need the measurements below and how to take them correctly.
Please DO NOT measure yourself alone!
Custom Szie We need These
Bust: ''(This size is your full bust measurements)
Waist: '' (This size is your smallest of your body part measurements)
Hip=Butts: ''(This size is your biggest of your body part measurements)
Height without shoes: " (It is from your top head to the floor without shoes, it is very important!!!)
Height with shoes: ''(It is from your top head to the floor with shoes, it is very important!!!)
Height of shoes: ''
Bust: ''(This size is your full bust measurements)
Waist: '' (This size is your smallest of your body part measurements)
Hip=Butts: ''(This size is your biggest of your body part measurements)
Shipping Policy
Shipping Policy
1. Order Processing Time
When we receive your order, we will contact you within 24 hours to confirm your order information, and will ship within 7-20 working days .
2. Shipping Fee and Shipping Time
Standard shipping is $35, shipping method UPS /USPS /TNT , shipping time 15-20 working days
Expedited shipping is $65, shipping method: Fedex / DHL, shipping time 7-15 working days
The shipping cost is prepaid before sending, so there will be no extra shipping cost, please note for some countries, there will be customs taxes, this tax should be paid by buyers, in order to save your cost, we usually write less price on the invoice.
Please refuse to sign the package if you find the package is broken and contact with us at the first time, we will help you solve all the problem.
3.Delivery website
To better communicate with you, please provide a valid email address and check emails after you have purchased for any updated information. Once you have placed your order you will be contacted by e-mail to confirm your order. If your billing address is a P.O. Box, then you must provide us with a physical address by email.
Tracking Your Order
You can check your order information at here
We have partnered with a number of reputable shipping companies for the destinations we service including DHL, TNT, UPS, FedEx, USPS and so on. Whenever the order dispatches, we will send you track number so you can follow the status.
Here are the links to all the delivery companies we use so you can track your order
DHL: http://www.dhl.com/en.html
UPS: http://www.ups.com/tracking/tracking.html
TNT: http://www.tnt.com/portal/location/en.html
FedEx: http://www.fedex.com/us/track/
USPS: https://www.usps.com
Return Polciy
Return Polciy
We realize that it is difficult to purchase a dress over the Internet, and we really want you to be happy with your purchase. So please read the return policy
Return Policy:
1. Because each dress is hand-made, there will be at most a little difference between the product picture and the product you receive. If you request 100% same as the picture, please don't make payment. I am sorry for it.
2. We will accept returns if dresses have quality problems, wrong delivery time, we also hold the right to refuse any unreasonable returns, such as wrong size you gave us, or you do no not love it after you received it and some other reasons for it. We refuse return the items without any quality problems
3. If you find the Dress is in wrong color or measurements, please send us clear pictures within 3 working days since you receive the dress. You can return and refund after our confirmation.
4. If there is obvious quality problem with the dress, such as large dirt, broken or defects surface, please send us clear pictures within 2 working days since you receive the dress. We can solve this thing together.
5. Since computer screens have chromatic aberration, especially between CRT screen and LCD screen, we cannot guarantee that the color of our products will be exactly the same with the photos you see. And the same color but different fabric must has chromatic aberration, so if you asked us to return money back just because chromatic aberration, we will not accept.
6. If you return it, Please carefully follow our guide:
1). You must contact us within 2 days (48 hours) from the reception of your dress(es). Please state the problem of the received goods and the reason for the return. Provide us with photos of the dress, to show evidence of damage or bad quality, this also applies for the size, or incorrect style and color etc.
2). Item must be returnedin 7-14 daysupon delivery date.Item(s) must be returned in its original condition with no signs of wear, tear, or odors. you can try the dress on, but be sure not to stretch it or make any dirty marks, otherwise we will refuse the return. We only accept products in their original condition, and we cannot process any products that are returned without our approval. Any returns without our approval can not get any refunds or exchanges.
3). Return shipping charges will be the buyer's responsibility. It is buyer's responsibility to pay for the shipping fee of sending back and exchange.
4). The shipping method that we used for u then when u ship it back you must use the same one. If we ship the dress to you by DHL/UPS then you need to use this one too.
5)Please fold the dress inside out. The tracking number of the returned item must be provided together with the reference code issued.
Customers need to know :
All of the dresses don't come "on the shelf"(Our Dresses are all custom-made). We strongly recommend you to select "Custom Made" to ensure the dress will fit you when it arrives.
The custom-size dresses don't accept return.
If you have any other question about the dress, you can ask me at your time.
Thank you,
Color Chart
Color Chart
Color Chart
Chiffon Color Chart
Satin Color Chart
Elastic Satin Color Chart
Four-way stretch color cahrt
Size Chart
Make sure you choose our corect size. Please refer to our size chart, which is one of the most important step to make sure you will get a perfect dress.
Customer Reviews
Loved the dress it was a little to big and way to long. I sent in my length measurements but dress was 4 inches too long. Other then that I loved the dress it was beautiful.
Customer service reached out to me to verify her measurements to customize it free of charge without any change to the shipping dates. Let me tell you, it arrived early, and it fits her beautifully! We shopped all kinds of special events dress shops ad could not find one that fit this well without major alterations. I would not hesitate to order from this seller again in the future for my daughter's special events!
This is one of those purchases where you feel you receive a nice item at a good price. The dress fits according to the size chart and the color green is exactly as the picture - the dress is lovely.


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Retail Reset Merchandiser - FT
Acosta is currently seeking motivated and career-minded candidates to join its national network of retail merchandisers. We owe our continued success to the hard working, intelligent and innovative people who implement our retail programs every day.The Mandate Retail Service Merchandiser is responsible for effectively working in teams to perform reset and remodel work including, but not limited to, reading and implementation of plan-o-grams, new item placement, void corrections, and special merchandising activity.
The ideal candidate is a self-starter, quick learner, has a strong attention to detail, and works well in a team situation. They must possess excellent organizational skills, strong communication skills and the ability to build relationships with business partners.
Read and follow a plan-o-gram to effectively complete reset and remodel work. Have a working knowledge of merchandising and retail terminology.
Perform duties such as moving and cleaning shelves, installing new racks and shelves, displaying merchandise properly, placing shelf strips and attaching tags properly, checking date codes and plan-o-gram integrity, and processing packouts, restocks and reorders as necessary.
Assist in gathering and moving materials, supplies, fixtures and equipment necessary for the assigned set work.
Partner with store personnel and co-workers to achieve and maintain merchandising excellence, discuss changes, and build an effective working relationship.
Report and discuss observations and issues with Mandate Senior Area Manager/Mandate Area Manager.
Effectively and accurately work with web based applications to indicate work availability, check schedule for work assignments, accept work assignments, receive work documentation and information, record work start and completion times, record work mileage, record work expenses, record work time and attendance, and complete training activities.
Effectively and accurately prepare, process, submit, and manage documentation related to assigned reset and remodel work.
Perform job safely by demonstrating full awareness of his/her surroundings. Utilize proper safety techniques and equipment use when necessary. Be proactive in alerting management to any unsafe act or condition to prevent injuries.
Perform other duties as assigned.
Understand and follow all Acosta policies and standard operating procedures.
At least 1 year of Customer Service experience preferred. Prior sales agent, retail and reset responsibility experience preferred.
Strong demonstration of the following core competencies: Quality Commitment-Maintain quality standards that meet and/or exceed expectations Detail Oriented- Ensure work accuracy Customer Service-Provide a level of service to customer concerns Communication Skills-Ability to communicate effectively
Must be comfortable utilizing Technology (i.e. smartphones and handheld devices)
Must be able to lift and carry individual cases of product, shelving, or displays of up to 60 pounds.
Must be willing and able to work in cold environmental conditions (i.e. refrigerated and freezer sections of retail stores) for limited periods of time.
Must be able to operate or learn how to operate a computer, calculator, fax machine, telephone, paper cutter, copier, hammer, screwdriver, drill, case cutter, hand truck, and pallet jack. Must be able to climb and stand on a step stool or ladder.
Must possess strong interpersonal, organizational, decision making and leadership skills. Must be able to read and communicate effectively with others.
Must have access to the internet on a daily basis. Must be able to work effectively in web based applications, email applications, and word processing applications.
Must have a valid driver's license and be able to drive in a car for extended periods of time.
Acosta Sales & Marketing is an Equal Opportunity Employer
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Framebuffer Object
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|GL_EXT_framebuffer_object, GL_EXT_framebuffer_blit, GL_EXT_framebuffer_multisample, GL_EXT_packed_depth_stencil
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Framebuffer Objects are a mechanism for rendering to images other than the default OpenGL Default Framebuffer. They are OpenGL Objects that allow you to render directly to textures, as well as blitting from one framebuffer to another.
Framebuffer objects are very complicated. As such, we need to explicitly define certain terminology.
Image: For the purposes of this article, an image is a single 2D array of pixels. It has a specific format for the pixels.
Texture: For the purposes of this article, a texture is an object that contains some number of images, as defined above. All of the images have the same format, but they do not have to have the same size (different mip-maps, for example). Textures can be bound to shaders and rendered with.
Renderbuffer: A renderbuffer is an object that contains a single image. Renderbuffers cannot be bound to shaders or otherwise rendered with; they can only be attached to FBOs.
Framebuffer-attachable image: Any image, as previously described, that can be attached to a framebuffer object.
Attachment point: A named location within a framebuffer object that a framebuffer-attachable image can be attached to. Attachment points can have limitations on the format of the images attached there.
Attach: To connect one object to another. This is not limited to FBOs, but attaching is a big part of them. Attachment is different from binding. Objects are bound to the context; they are attached to each other.
Framebuffer Object Structure
As standard OpenGL Objects, FBOs have the usual
glGen*/glDelete* creation style. As expected, it also has the usual
glBindFramebuffer function, to bind an FBO to the context.
target parameter for this object can take one of 3 values: GL_FRAMEBUFFER, GL_READ_FRAMEBUFFER, or GL_DRAW_FRAMEBUFFER. The last two allow you to bind an FBO so that reading commands (
glCopyPixels, etc) and writing commands (any command of the form
glDraw*) can happen to two different buffers. The GL_FRAMEBUFFER target simply sets both the read and the write to the same FBO.
When an FBO is bound to a target, the available surfaces change. The default framebuffer has buffers like GL_FRONT, GL_BACK, GL_AUXi, GL_ACCUM, and so forth. Each of these buffer types can have multiple images (the depth buffer of the back buffer is one image) and so forth. FBOs do not have these.
Instead, FBOs have a different set of images. Each FBO image represents an attachment point, a location in the FBO where an image can be attached. FBOs have the following attachment points:
- GL_COLOR_ATTACHMENTi: These are an implementation-dependent number of attachment points. You can query GL_MAX_COLOR_ATTACHMENTS to determine the number of color attachments that an implementation will allow. The minimum value for this is 1, so you are guaranteed to be able to have at least color attachment 0. These attachment points can only have images bound to them with color formats.
- GL_DEPTH_ATTACHMENT: This attachment point can only have images with depth formats bound to it.
- GL_STENCIL_ATTACHMENT: This attachment point can only have images with stencil formats bound to it.
- GL_DEPTH_STENCIL_ATTACHMENT: This is shorthand for "both depth and stencil".
- Note: If you use GL_DEPTH_STENCIL_ATTACHMENT, you should use a packed depth-stencil internal format for the texture or renderbuffer you are attaching.
Attaching Images
Now that we know where images can be attached to FBOs, we can start talking about how to actually attach images to these. Of course, in order to attach images to an FBO, we must first bind the FBO to the context.
You can attach images from any kind of texture to the framebuffer object.
Remember that textures are a set of images. Textures can have mipmaps; thus, each individual mipmap level can contain one or more images.
A 1D texture contains 2D images that have the vertical size of 1. Each individual image can be uniquely identified by a mipmap
A 2D texture contains 2D images. Each individual image can be uniquely identified by a mipmap
Each mipmap level of a 3D texture is considered a set of 2D textures, with the number of these being the extent of the W coordinate. Each integer value for the depth of a 3D texture mipmap level is a layer. So each image in a 3D texture is uniquely identified by a
layer and a mipmap
Cubemaps contain 6 targets, each of which is equivalent to a 2D texture. Thus, each image in a cubemap texture can be uniquely identified by a
target and a mipmap
Array textures are much like 3D textures. Each image in an array texture can be uniquely identified by a
layer (the array index) and a mipmap
The highlighted words above are significant, as they match the parameters of the following functions used for attaching textures:
void glFramebufferTexture1D(GLenum target, GLenum attachment, GLenum textarget, GLuint texture, GLint level); void glFramebufferTexture2D(GLenum target, GLenum attachment, GLenum textarget, GLuint texture, GLint level); void glFramebufferTextureLayer(GLenum target, GLenum attachment, GLuint texture, GLint level, GLint layer);
target parameter here is the same as the one for bind. However, GL_FRAMEBUFFER doesn't mean both read and draw (as that would make no sense); instead, it is the same as GL_DRAW_FRAMEBUFFER. The
attachment parameter is one of the above attachment points.
texture argument is the texture object name you want to attach from. If you pass zero as
texture, this has the effect of clearing the attachment for this
attachment, regardless of what kind of image was attached there.
Because texture objects can hold multiple images, you must specify exactly which image to attach to this attachment point. The parameters match their above definitions, with the exception of
When attaching a non-cubemap,
textarget should be the proper texture type: GL_TEXTURE_1D, GL_TEXTURE_2D_MULTISAMPLE, etc. When attaching a cubemap, you must use the Texture2D function, and the
textarget must be one of the 6 targets for cubemap binding.
- Legacy Note: There is a function,
glFramebufferTexture3D, specifically for 3D textures. However, you shouldn't bother with it, as the TextureLayer function can do everything it can and more.
Renderbuffers can also be attached to FBOs. Indeed, this is the only way to use them besides just creating the storage for them.
Once you have created a renderbuffer object and made storage for it (given a size and format), you can attach it to an FBO with this function:
void glFramebufferRenderbuffer(GLenum target, GLenum attachment, GLenum renderbuffertarget, GLuint renderbuffer);
The parameters work mostly the same as with texture attachment. The
renderbuffertarget param must be GL_RENDERBUFFER. The
renderbuffer parameter is the renderbuffer object's name.
Framebuffer Completeness
Each attachment point in a FBO has specific restrictions on the format of images that can be attached to it. However, it is not an immediate GL error to attach an image to an attachment point that doesn't support that format. However, it is an error to try to use an FBO that has been improperly set up. There are also a number of other issues with regard to sizes of images and so forth that must be detected in order to be able to safely use the FBO.
An FBO that is valid for use is said to be "framebuffer complete". To test framebuffer completeness, call this function:
GLenum glCheckFramebufferStatus(GLenum target);
You are not required to call this. However, using an incomplete FBO is an error.
The return value is either GL_FRAMEBUFFER_COMPLETE if the FBO can be used. If it is something else, then there is a problem. Below are the rules for completeness, and the associated return values you will receive if they are not followed.
Attachment Completeness
Each attachment has its own completeness rules. Empty attachments are complete by default. Otherwise, it must adhere to the following rules:
- The source object for the image still exists and has the same type it was attached with.
- The image has a non-zero width and height.
- The layer for 3D texture attachments is less than the depth of the texture.
- The image's format must match the attachment point's requirements, as defined above.
Completeness Rules
These are the rules for framebuffer completeness. Order matters.
- If the
glCheckFramebufferStatusis the default framebuffer (FBO object number 0), and the default framebuffer does not exist, then you will get GL_FRAMEBUFFER_UNDEFINED. If the default framebuffer exists, then you always get GL_FRAMEBUFFER_COMPLETE.
- All attachments that are set as a draw buffer or read buffer (see below) must be attachment complete, as defined above. (GL_FRAMEBUFFER_INCOMPLETE_ATTACHMENT when false).
- There must be at least one image attached to the FBO. (GL_FRAMEBUFFER_INCOMPLETE_MISSING_ATTACHMENT when false).
- All draw buffers (see below) must specify attachment points that have images attached. (GL_FRAMEBUFFER_INCOMPLETE_DRAW_BUFFER when false).
- If the read buffer is set, then it must specify an attachment point that has an image attached. (GL_FRAMEBUFFER_INCOMPLETE_READ_BUFFER when false).
- All images must have the same number of multisample samples. (GL_FRAMEBUFFER_INCOMPLETE_MULTISAMPLE when false).
Notice that there is no restriction based on size. The effective size of the FBO is thus the intersection of all of the sizes of the bound image (ie: the smallest in each dimension).
These rules are all code-based. If you ever get any of these values from
glCheckFramebufferStatus, it is because your program has done something wrong in setting up the FBO. Each one has a specific remedy for it.
There's one more rule that can trip you up:
- The implementation likes your combination of attached image formats. (GL_FRAMEBUFFER_UNSUPPORTED when false).
OpenGL allows implementations to state that they do not support some combination of image formats for the attached images; they do this by returning GL_FRAMEBUFFER_UNSUPPORTED when you attempt to use an unsupported format combinaton.
However, the OpenGL specification also requires that implementations support certain formats; that is, if you use these formats, implementations are forbidden to return GL_FRAMEBUFFER_UNSUPPORTED. This list of required formats is also the list of required image formats that all OpenGL implementations must support. These are most of the useful formats. Basically, don't concern yourself with GL_FRAMEBUFFER_UNSUPPORTED too much. Check for it, but you'll be fine as long as you stick to the required formats.
Multiple Render Targets
Modern shaders allow the user to render to multiple render targets simultaneously. To facilitate this, FBOs (and the default framebuffer) have a mapping that allows the user to define which fragment shader outputs go to which buffers. The way this works is somewhat complicated.
When linking a fragment shader, the user will assign each fragment shader output variable to a number, between 0 and GL_MAX_DRAW_BUFFERS. The draw buffers list in the FBO (or the default framebuffer) is used to map between the values set into the fragment shader and the attachment names in the FBO (or buffers in the default framebuffer).
For example, let's say your fragment shader defines the following outputs:
out vec4 mainColor; out vec2 subsideraryInfo;
When you link your shader, you use
glBindFragDataLocation to assign 0 to
mainColor and 1 to
It is up to the draw buffers state in the FBO to state where these get rendered to. To set this mapping, you use this function:
void glDrawBuffers( GLsizei n, const GLenum *bufs );
This function sets up the entire mapping table in one shot. The indices in the list correspond to the values set with
glBindFragDataLocation, so the list can only be as large as GL_MAX_DRAW_BUFFERS. The entries in the
bufs array are enumerators referring to buffer names in the framebuffer.
When the default framebuffer is active, these enumerators are from the list of the default framebuffer buffer names. GL_AUXi, GL_BACK_LEFT, and so on. When an FBO is active (in the GL_DRAW_FRAMEBUFFER slot), these enumerators are GL_COLOR_ATTACHMENTi values (less than GL_MAX_COLOR_ATTACHMENTS, of course). In either case, an entry in the list can be GL_NONE, which means that the output (if the shader outputs a value for it at all) is discarded.
If you are only setting up one draw buffer, you may use
glDrawBuffer. It takes one enumeration value and sets the fragment data location 0 to draw to that buffer. All other fragment data location values are set to GL_NONE.
Framebuffer Bliting
The reason for the separation of GL_DRAW_FRAMEBUFFER and GL_READ_FRAMEBUFFER bindings is to allow data in one buffer to be blitted to another buffer.
A blit operation is a special form of copy operation; it copies a rectangular area of pixels from one framebuffer to another. It is not the same as a simple
glCopyPixels, as it has some very specific properties with regard to multisampling.
Performing a blit between framebuffers is quite simple. You bind the source framebuffer to GL_READ_FRAMEBUFFER, then bind the destination framebuffer to GL_DRAW_FRAMEBUFFER. After that, you call this function:
void glBlitFramebuffer(GLint srcX0, GLint srcY0, GLint srcX1, GLint srcY1, GLint dstX0, GLint dstY0, GLint dstX1, GLint dstY1, GLbitfield mask, GLenum filter);
The pixels in the rectangular area specified by the
src values are copied to the rectangular area specified by the
dst values. The
mask parameter is a bitfield that specifies which kinds of buffers you want copied: GL_COLOR_BUFFER_BIT, GL_DEPTH_BUFFER_BIT, GL_STENCIL_BUFFER_BIT, or some combination. The
filter parameter specifies how you want filtering performed if the two rectangles are not the same size.
Now one thing to keep in mind is this: blit operations only read from the color buffer specified by
glReadBuffer and will only write to the color buffers specified by
glDrawBuffers. If multiple draw buffers are specified, then multiple color buffers are updated. This assumes that
mask included the color buffer. The depth and stencil buffers of the source framebuffers are blitted to the destination if the
mask specifies them.
glReadBuffer state is stored with the FBO/default framebuffer, just like the
glDrawBuffers state.
Note that it is perfectly valid to read from the default framebuffer and write to an FBO, or vice-versa.
Multisampling Considerations
Multisampling is supported with the default framebuffer (through WGL/GLX_multisample) and/or FBOs (through multisampled renderbuffers or textures, where supported).
As explained in the article on Multisampling, a multisampled buffer must be resolved into a single sample before it can be displayed. Normally, this resolving operation is automatic, occurring during framebuffer swapping (though reading from the framebuffer can cause it to happen anyway).
Each FBO or framebuffer has a specific number of multisample samples (remember: an FBO cannot be framebuffer-complete if all of the attached images do not have the same number of samples). When you blit between two FBOs with the same number of samples, the copy is done directly; the destination buffer gets the same information the source had.
It is an error to blit between buffers with different numbers of samples, unless one of them has zero samples. You get this by not attaching multisampled images to that FBO, or not using multisampled default framebuffers.
In this special case, two things can happen. If the read framebuffer is the one with zero samples, then the draw buffer has all of its samples per-pixel replaced with the values from the read framebuffer. However, if the draw framebuffer is the one with zero samples, then it causes the multisampled framebuffer to have its multisamples resolved into a single sample per pixel. This explicit resolution is very useful when dealing with multisampled buffers.
As with all multisample behavior, none of this works at all unless
glEnable(GL_MULTISAMPLE) is in effect.
Feedback Loops
It is possible to bind a texture to an FBO, bind that same texture to a shader, and then try to render with it.
This is bad. Mostly.
It is perfectly valid to bind one image from a texture to an FBO and then render with that texture, as long as you prevent yourself from sampling from that image. If you do try to read and write to the same image, you get undefined results. Meaning it may do what you want, the sampler may get old data, the sampler may get half old and half new data, or it may get garbage data. Any of these are possible.
Do not try this.
It is possible to get the same effect by doing a
glCopyPixels or a
glBlitFramebuffer operation. Similarly, if you try to read and write to the same image, you get undefined results.
|Warning: This article describes legacy OpenGL APIs that have been removed from core OpenGL 3.1 and above (they are only deprecated in OpenGL 3.0). It is recommended that you not use this functionality in your programs.
The original form of FBOs was this extension. It lacked quite a bit of the above functionality, which later extensions granted. The biggest difference is that it has more hard-coded restrictions on framebuffer completeness. All of the images have to be the same size in the EXT spec, for example. Some of these limitations were hardware-based. So there may be hardware that supports EXT_FBO and not ARB_FBO, even thought they support things like EXT_FBO_blit and other parts of ARB_FBO.


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Not long after President Obama proclaimed in his second inaugural that "an economic recovery has begun," we learned that the U.S. economy actually shrank in the last quarter. Many economists believe this is a temporary setback. This recovery may be the weakest in American history, but the economy isn't cratering either.
Still, you can bet that if the economy continues to contract, Obama will propose the same remedy he always has: more "investments" in education, infrastructure and various industries of the future. It seems that whatever the ailment, Dr. Obama always writes the same prescription.
This is hardly shocking: Building roads and schools is a big reason why God created Democrats in the first place. And identifying the Next Big Thing -- and taking credit for it -- is something of a vocation for many liberal policymakers.
But are these really the drivers of economic growth?
Higher education in particular is almost universally championed as the key to "winning the future" -- a buzz phrase the president borrowed from Newt Gingrich a while back. New York Times economics columnist David Leonhardt calls education the "lifeblood of economic growth."
Often channeling such writers as Thomas Friedman, whose fondness for the Chinese economic model borders on the perverse, Obama routinely elevates education to a national security issue. "There's an educational arms race taking place around the world right now -- from China to Germany, to India to South Korea," Obama said in 2010. "Cutting back on education would amount to unilateral disarmament. We can't afford to do that."
Now, obviously, education is important and necessary for a host of reasons (and nobody is calling for "disarmament," whatever that means). But there's little evidence it drives growth.
British scholar Alison Wolf writes in "Does Education Matter?": "The simple one-way relationship ... -- education spending in, economic growth out -- simply does not exist. Moreover, the larger and more complex the education sector, the less obvious any links to productivity."
Nassim Nicholas Taleb, author of "Antifragile: Things That Gain From Disorder," argues that education pays real benefits at a micro level because it allows families to lock in their economic status. An entrepreneurial father can ensure his kids will do OK by paying for them to become doctors and lawyers. But what is true at the micro level is not always true at the macro level.
Think about it this way: Growing economies spend a lot on education, but that doesn't necessarily mean that spending makes them grow. During the so-called Gilded Age, the U.S. economy roared faster and longer than ever before or since, while the illiteracy rate went down. But the rising literacy didn't cause the growth. Similarly, in the 20th century, in places like China, South Korea and India, the economic boom -- and the policies that create it -- always come first while the investments in education come later.
There are similar problems with claims that infrastructure spending will pay off. When I was in college, prominent experts and journalists -- Lester Thurow, Robert Reich, James Fallows, Kevin Phillips et al. -- were insisting Japan would be the next world economic superpower. In the late 1980s, Jacques Attali, the first head of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, claimed that "America has become Japan's granary, like Poland was for Flanders in the 17th century." Attali did allow for the possibility that the U.S. West Coast might do OK, but only because it was "in the gravitational pull of Japanese financial power and geographic proximity."
Japan is now well into its third "lost decade." Over the years, it has poured money into "stimulative" infrastructure projects that have yet to stimulate and protected industries that have steadily lost their competitive edge. Economic growth has averaged less than 1 percent since 2000, while government debt is now more than twice its GDP. If a highly educated workforce, support for allegedly cutting-edge industries and lavish spending on infrastructure was the recipe for economic growth (and if debt didn't matter), Japan would be doing great.
Obama surely wants to see some real economic growth. Perhaps the problem is that he thinks investing in a much bigger cart to put before the horse will get him where he wants to go.


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Tuesday, January 29, 2013
My Creative Time Valentine Stamp and Die GIVEAWAY!
My Creative Time has donated the latest stamp and die set for me to give away. Check out all this Valentine goodness:
Chocolate Greetings Stamp and Die Set:
Lots of Love Stamp Set:
Love Collage Background Set:
Stitched Heart Layered Die:
Stitched Postage Frame Die:
Stitched Scallop Heart Die:
Forever Stamp:
1) Leave a comment below letting me know your favorite Valentine's candy. I love Godiva (who doesn't?) but on the more economical side, I love M&Ms. If you don't know how to leave a comment, check out the video HERE.
2) Subscribe or follow the blog.
My Creative Time's new stitched scallop heart die and Lots of Love stamp set.
I cut the "Love" at 1-1/2" using the Cricut American Alphabet cartridge, found pre-loaded on the Expression 2. The heart in the bottom right corner came from inside the "Love".
Then, I ran the My Creative Time stitched heart die through the Cuttlebug and then inked in the stitches using red ink.
Lots of Love stamp set. I really love this!
How are you coming on Valentine's Day projects? I am working away at some I hope to put up soon!
Want to see more of my projects?
Click HERE to see my gallery!
Subscribe to Obsessed with Scrapbooking to learn more about ways to use the Cricut in your scrapbooking!
455 comments:
Love your "Love" card, Joy! and I'd love to win Emma's wonderful stamps and dies!ReplyDelete
My favorite Valentines candy would come in a See's box.....love me some See's candy!
I love kisses! I love getting the big kiss for Valentine!ReplyDelete
Any dark chocolate, esp. truffles.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJanuary 29, 2013 at 12:53 PM
My favorite valentines candy has to be the conversation hearts...just saw some conversation Jelly Bellys though and they might win out! Thanks for the chance to win MCT goodies. I love Emma and her products. such a great company!ReplyDelete
Beautiful Card! Hmm....my favorite Valentine Candy are peanut butter cups..Right now anyway since I am craving them :)ReplyDelete
I absolutely live that sentiment you used! Thank you for a chance to win the wonderful products! My favorite chocolate is anything with nuts!!ReplyDelete
Amy V
I love chocolate but Reese peanut butter are my favorite - year in and year out. I follow you and love the projects that you do. Please keep up the good work.ReplyDelete
Terrific card! My favorite Valentine candy is a good quality very dark chocolate. By "very dark" I mean at least 72% cacao. Sure wish I had some right now! Thanks for the chance to win.ReplyDelete
I love your gorgeous card!! Awesome use of the stamps and dies!' Love Emma's products!!ReplyDelete
Thanks for the chance to win!! My favorite Valentina's candy has got to be Hershey kisses!!!
Chocolaterie Stam has the best chocolate in Des Moines, IA for any occasion. Love it!ReplyDelete
i love cadbury fruit and nut xxReplyDelete
i also subscribe zzzReplyDelete
lovely Joy - I am loving the stitched dies - very nice. also the Chocolate Greetings Stamp and Die Set - is perfect!ReplyDelete
My favorite Valentines Day candy .... I have been loving dark chocolate salted caramel lately - Costco sells one with nuts that I have been craving!
Thanks for the fun and inspiration!
Sandra ltb
by the way I follow you via google reader ... thanks for sharing your art!
That is such a sweet card! I'm just now discovering Emma's awesome products, what a fabulous prize!ReplyDelete
My favorite candy is Ghirardelli Chocolate with raspberry filling. Delish!
Great card!! My favorite vday chocolate is almond rocca. Thanks for this great chance to win!ReplyDelete
Jess M
I'm already a follower of the blog
I have to choose? I would say the chocolate covered caramels from the big red heart box of chocolates...yummy!ReplyDelete
Wonderful card! I love Emma's stamps and dies. I guess my favorite Valentine's candy is Hershey's Bliss Raspberry -- but I really like the soft conversation hearts, too. I've been a follower of your blog for a long time. Thanks so much for the chance to win these awesome stamps and dies!ReplyDelete
Anything chocolate will do. Thanks for the chance to win!ReplyDelete
- Rebecca YahrlingJanuary 29, 2013 at 1:26 PM
Godiva dark chocolates are my fave! Very cute card.ReplyDelete
Love your card and the sets. Thanks so much for the chance to win them. My favorite candy is pretty much any kind of truffle. Love those. Yum!!ReplyDelete
I love the tart heart candies. Sometimes they are called sweethearts. What a fabulous set of stamps! Thanks for the opportunity to win!!ReplyDelete
What an adorable card! My favorite candy would have to be cinnamon gummy hearts. Thanks for the chance to win this fun prize pack :)ReplyDelete
Great card! I love Good & Plenty candy. Thanks for a chance to win.ReplyDelete
Beautiful card!! My fav Valentine's candy is the conversation hearts!ReplyDelete
Chocolate in any form is what I want for Valentines Day. Thanks for the giveaway!ReplyDelete
Thank you for sharing such a cute card. My favorite valentine candy is dark chocolate covered almonds (I know, they aren't the typical valentines..., but I love them)ReplyDelete
MCT stamps are perfect, love the collage stamp! Your cards is so nice too! My favorite chocolates are the Lindt dark chocolate truffles, oh my!! Thanks for the chance to win.ReplyDelete
Carmen L
I would love to this! I would have to say my favorite Valentines candy would be anything chocolates. No nuts though.ReplyDelete
I LOVE Lindt chocolate, oh now I want some! Economically I get by with cinnamon jelly hearts and M&M's.ReplyDelete
My favorite valentine candy is the conversation heart. Other than that I love anything CHOCOLATE. I would love to win Emmas stamps and dies, thanks for the chance.ReplyDelete
I like any kind of chocolate with nuts.ReplyDelete
I love Hershey kisses. I love MCT stamps and does. I have been following you for a while.ReplyDelete
Hi Joy! I love turtles! Yumm. Thanks for sharing with us daily and for all of your fabulous giveaways!ReplyDelete
Love your card so cute. I love Rolos.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJanuary 29, 2013 at 1:46 PM
I like all candy but LOVE dark chocolate truffles above all others! thanks or the chance!ReplyDelete
Lindt chocolates. Thanks so much for an awesome giveaway!!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJanuary 29, 2013 at 1:48 PM
My favorite has to be Hersheys chocolate kisses.ReplyDelete
Oh I love these stamps!!! They are um delish! My favorite Valentine candy...though you'd think it's chocolate...it's conversation hearts....they just taste that much sweeter...and I play word games with my husband...every yr for 20 yrs!!! Love it...boy these could fun messing with him this year!! Him he's def a chocolate man! HUGS thanks for share!! Can't wait to see the other items your working on! Have fun!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJanuary 29, 2013 at 1:49 PM
I am obsessed with cinnamon jelly hearts this year. Maybe a new favorite!ReplyDelete
TGD in Centerville
The dies look really fun. Would love to win a set. Thanks for the opportunity.ReplyDelete
My ALL TIME FAVORITE candy is Fannie Mae PIXIES!!! My sister sent me a box for Christmas. Unfortunately they only lasted 24 hours! OMG they are DELICIOUS! Yummy in my tummy!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJanuary 29, 2013 at 1:52 PM
OMG >>>Please, Please Please...I hope I win!!1This set of stamps & dies is AWESOME!!! So many things to make and do with them. I am so excited about the possibilities!
Thanks for the chance to win these wonderful items from Emma. My favorite Valentine candy is anything, I mean anything chocolate.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJanuary 29, 2013 at 1:52 PM
My fave candy is Lindt truffles..yum! Cute card sample you showed us today...very pretty. Also, what fun with the great drawing..thanks!ReplyDelete
Lothringen from MI
ots of Love and How did I get so Lucky are my fave 2 out of these. My favorite Valentine's candy is the silly conversation hearts! I am a simple gal! LOLReplyDelete
I think my favorite Valentine candy would be sugar cookies.ReplyDelete
Dawn A from Carson City
I forgot about my favorite candy! I have a very fond memory of my Daddy giving me a big red heart full of chocolate on Valentine's Day. I was so amazed and felt so loved. So a Big Red Heart Box is my favorite on V-Day.ReplyDelete
Turtles are my absolute favorite. Thanks for the opportunity to win the stamps. The postage stamp is a design that I'm starting to see on many cards and layouts!!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJanuary 29, 2013 at 1:55 PM
Plus I love Lint white choclate truffels the best!!ReplyDelete
your card is so nice, thanks to you and to EmmaReplyDelete
upnurse at aol dot com
I love Hershey kisses! And I love Emma's stamps and dies. What a great prize!!!ReplyDelete
- Phyllis CJanuary 29, 2013 at 1:59 PM
I love any thing that has dark chocolate and marshmellows togetherReplyDelete
I've got to say Godiva dark truffles are my favourite, they are so devine and good for you too with all the antioxidants, well that's my excuse anyway : )ReplyDelete
I love anything chocolate, but at Valentines I just can't seem to resist conversation hearts.ReplyDelete
your card is very nice, thanks for the great giveaway.
I have been a follower ever since I started my blog. Several years now. I guess my favorite candy is "Hershey Candy Kiss'es". Hope all is well with you and yours. Thanks for a chance to win. I love these stamps and don't own any yet.
Great cards! I don't know why PC doesn't make that font available to purchase, it's a really nice one. I guess my favorite candy is english toffee. It's just the perfect combo of chocolate on the outside and yummy buttery toffee on the inside.ReplyDelete
Oohhhhh such valentine yumminess. It would be sublime I win these goodies. firstname.lastname@example.com
- Erin L.January 29, 2013 at 2:04 PM
Anything chocolateis my favorite for Valentine's Day and for every holiday really! This giveaway would be wonderful to win!ReplyDelete
Really cute card and my favorite valentine candy is Hershey Kisses!ReplyDelete
Pretty much anything chocolate with do, but I love Ghiradelli squares, especially the caramel filled or raspberry filled! I really need to get going on my Valentines!ReplyDelete
My favorite Valentine's Candy is like so many others....Hershey's Kisses. Just simple sweet goodness. Thanks for giving us a chance to win I really love this set! Good luck to all!! But I hope I win!!ReplyDelete
M&M (peanut butter filled) are currently my fave but I'd eat just about any candy offered. (blush)ReplyDelete
Anyday or everyday, chocolate covered raisins win out over every other kind of chocolate for me.ReplyDelete
Thank you Emma!!! For such generous contribution!!!! And to you Joy for sharing this card with us!!! I love kisses, ferrero rocher and peanut m&ms - truth is I love pretty much everything chocolate!!! LOL!!!- thanks again for all you do and share and for the chance to win!ReplyDelete
Have a wonderful da!
Being diabetic I cannot enjoy candy! :-(ReplyDelete
But I would really enjoy winning this set. It is wonderful!
Well I'm a big fan of pretty much any kind of chocolate but Dove chocolate is probably my fav.ReplyDelete
A very BEAUTIFUL card!!My favorite chocolates would be Godiva, Chocolate Covered Pretzels and m&m's with peanuts!YUMMY!ReplyDelete
Have a Wonderful day,
- AnonymousJanuary 29, 2013 at 2:14 PM
Hi Joy,ReplyDelete
Firstly, I love following your site, love getting your emails with crafty ideas and chances to win! My favorite Valentine's candy are the the red heart jubejubes!! YUM! Keeping my fingers crossed, wold love these stamps!
Basset Hound Crazy Tara
Your card is really pretty! And thanks for the chance to win this wonderful prize. My favorite Valentine candy is Brachs Conversation Hearts--probably because it's the only time of year I can get them!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJanuary 29, 2013 at 2:16 PM
Love your card... and my favorite Valentine candy would have to be chocolate covered caramels. Yum, yum!ReplyDelete
Glenda from sunny Florida
Love Love love this website it was sent in my email where have you been?? lol very inspired by your cards i love my cricut and love your work will visit often.ReplyDelete
My favorite valentines candy is chocolate covered cherries Yummy
I subscribed :)
Hugs ~Tanja
Love your card! My favorite candy is Dark Chocolate covered Marshmallow yummmmm and of course anything Chocolate! Thanks for the chance to win such cute Stamps and Dies. They would make a fantastic addition to my craft room.ReplyDelete
I love Reese's peanut butter cups...especially shaped in hearts! Yummers!! DianeReplyDelete
My favorite Valentines treat.... is strawberry cheese cake...so good to me! Thanks for sharing your talents with all of us! :)ReplyDelete
What a BEAUTIFUL card, Joy!!! :)ReplyDelete
I love, love, love My Creative Time's stamps and dies!!!!!!!!!!!! Thank you so much for the chance to win them!
It sounds crazy, but my favorite Valentine's candy is a box of those cheap chocolate-covered cherries that they sell in the pharmacies! ;) I love any kind of candy, but I think I associate these with the holiday, because it's the only time of the year that I give in and buy them. To be honest, I can't eat the whole box (more than 1 or 2 really). But it just feels like such a treat!
Thank you for sharing and for the chance to win!
Crafty hugs,
partridgelu at yahoo dot com
My favorite is anything with DARK chocolate!ReplyDelete
I love sour fruity stuff, there are always some yummy hearts in that category available around Valentine's.ReplyDelete
what a lovely giveaway!!!!Thanks!!! Love the Card. My favorite candy is conversation hearts because it is the only thing that doesn't give me a migraine. firstname.lastname@example.com
I love your card!ReplyDelete
My fave Vday candy is Russell Stovers Roman Nougats!
Thanks for the chance to win some awesome stamps & dies!
americanmommy at cox dot net
I loooove anything with chocolate and peanut butter...but is it weird that I also crave Conversation Hearts this time of year? ;)ReplyDelete
Honestly, Emma's stamps and dies are the best out there. I seriously need to get more soon :)
Pretty card! I LOVE that stamp and die set... very fun!ReplyDelete
My favorite Valentine candy is See's dark chocolate truffles! And Chocolate Butter, and Bordeaux!
Thanks for a chance to win that fabulous set! Fingers crossed....
I love hershey's w/ almonds candy barsReplyDelete
I have been a subscriber and a follower for a long time and I look forward to the emails stating that you have a project. I get so inspired from them. My favorite candy is a Hersey Kiss.ReplyDelete
Anything CHOCOLATE! I especially love dark chocolate! :) YUMMY! And for my more economical choice.. Hot Tamales!ReplyDelete
I am IN LOVE with Emma's stamps and dies, and can't even begin to tell you how beyond thrilled I would be win these! Just the thought of it is exciting! LOL!
Your "LOVE" card is beautiful... great colors and patterns. :)
- Tammy JonesJanuary 29, 2013 at 2:29 PM
Beautiful card! Your work is always so beautiful. I like chocolate covered nuts, maybe throw in some caramel. Anything but those big heart shaped boxes of candy with creamy centers!!ReplyDelete
Tammy Jones
jones tammyp at bellsouth dot net
Thanks for the chance to win. My favorite chocolates are Turtles. I really enjoy all your videos. Keep them coming.ReplyDelete
Mary Ann
Hamilton, Ont. Canada.
- AnonymousJanuary 29, 2013 at 2:32 PM
Wow, awesome giveaway! I love the sweethearts and peeps. Can't stop eating them. Thanks for the chance to win.ReplyDelete
- Lisa C.January 29, 2013 at 2:35 PM
Hmmm, my favorite Valentine candy is Reece Peanut Butter cups, no wait.., M&M's (Peanut), no wait...Dove hearts....or maybe Sanders dark chocolate salted caramels or a box of Godiva chocolate.....ohhhh, too many to choose!!! I'm in a chocolate stupor now lol! Guess those super cute Valentine stamps of yours will have to fufill my chocolate cravings now :) Thanks for the chance to win!ReplyDelete
I love ANYTHING chocolate but Heath/Scor bars are my favorite! Thanks for the chance to win.ReplyDelete
I love Hershey's kisses with almonds!ReplyDelete
Chocolate. Oh and chocolate. Oh and did I say chocolate? lolReplyDelete
Love your card. TFS.
dmcardmaker (at AOL)
(email follower)
For me, it has to be chocolate (pretty much any kind). I love Dove hearts, or Reece Peanut Butter cups, or any kind of M & M.ReplyDelete
Thanks for the chance to win.
I have always enjoyed your videos and beautiful cards.ReplyDelete
My favorite Valentine's candy is the cinnamon heart shaped candies. That's my substitution for chocolate.
What a wonderful "sweet" way to do a give away! I have to say that I love anything chocolate as long as it is not dark chocolate. It its made of chocolate I love it!ReplyDelete
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Candy? Um, anything dark chocolate, m & m's with peanuts.ReplyDelete
Super adorable card and love the stamps, sure could use them!!!!!!!!!
Beautiful card Joy! I love that stitched scalloped heart die! Thanks for the chance to win it :) My favorite Valentine's candy... I love the conversation heart and the cinnamon jelly hearts!ReplyDelete
Oops...I messed up my comment...had to start over. My fav Valentines treat are Hershey Kisses(American ones)...The Canadian ones actually taste different(yucky!!)Love your card...what an awesome giveaway!! I absolutely LOVE LOVE LOVE My Creative Time products...a great company with fabulous stamps and dies!! Love to win!!! Lee-Ann :)ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJanuary 29, 2013 at 2:48 PM
My favorite Valentine candy is anything chocolate!ReplyDelete
Wow! What a great giveaway! I'd love to win!
Cathy A.
I love any type of chocolate but Kisses are my favorite!ReplyDelete
What a cute card! Chocolate is my favorite, milk, dark, filled or solid. I'll take it any day.ReplyDelete
Thank you for giving me a chance to win the great giveaway!
- Angelic From CaliforniaJanuary 29, 2013 at 2:53 PM
Love your blog, and the LOVE card.. Wish I had more time, and money for another hobby such as this... M&M's all time fav... Peanut M&M's at that...ReplyDelete
Hope I win.
from angelic over at Creations Sew Heavenly
who doesnt love a big milk chocolate heart by anyone!@!!! thanks for the opportunity to win great prizesReplyDelete
Joy my fav chocolate candy is aside from Godiva like yourself...is dove cho's and I love all of Emma's stamps and dies, would love to win!ReplyDelete
You must be my long lost twin, ha ha ;- ) I do ration my Godiva to make them last, but can't stop going back to those M & M's! Thanks for the chance to win.ReplyDelete
Very pretty card. Love the stamps & dies from My Creative Time. Would love to win them.Thanks for the chance.ReplyDelete
Chocolate kisses with nut in the center and Ghirardelli Squares... all flavors!ReplyDelete
Your Valentine's Card is way cute! I love Dove Chocolate and try to hoard some of the heart shaped pieces from the basket we put together for my mother-in-law every year.ReplyDelete
I love lindor chocolates and your beautiful cards.ReplyDelete
I have also never said no to M&M's :0)
Hershey's kisses are my favorite!! Love your card today! Thanks for a chance to win!!ReplyDelete
Your card is beautiful! Wow, love the stamps and dies! What a great giveaway! Thanks for a chance:) My favorite candy is peanut M&M for sure!ReplyDelete
Sherrie K
Wowzer!! What a great giveaway! I'm not big on the expensive chocolate anyway! I'd have to say my all time favorite is Reese's Peanut Butter Cups...hope that counts as chocolate!ReplyDelete
What an AWESOME giveaway! I love, love, love peanut M&M's! I am a follower and subscriber! Thanks for a chance to win!!!!ReplyDelete
I love the layering in your card - very elegant! I have the Chocolate Greetings set from MCT and have been making cards with it. I would love to win the set. Thanks for a chance to win!ReplyDelete
Oops - forgot to list my favorite Valentine candy. I love any chocolate - especially dark chocolate and chocolate covered cherries.ReplyDelete
- Tracy ForsbergJanuary 29, 2013 at 3:11 PM
Beautiful!! My DH knows he can always win my heart with peanut M&Ms! thanks for a chance to win.ReplyDelete
I love all candy, but enjoy Star bursts the most of any candy. Would love to win this release! I have been following you for several years.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJanuary 29, 2013 at 3:17 PM
My favorite Valentine candy is the Necco brand conversation hearts.ReplyDelete
Really cute card. My new favorite candy is the chocolate covered cherry flavored Hershey's kisses. Yummmmmm.... Thank you for the chance to win some great stamps. PS Since the robots can't read, why are the captcha's so hard?ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJanuary 29, 2013 at 3:18 PM
love the card..sometimes forget about the pre-loaded cartridges. my favorite valentines candy would be reese's hearts..or any chocolate at all! cgreerReplyDelete
- AnonymousJanuary 29, 2013 at 3:22 PM
Joy your card is wonderful. I love red - a power color.ReplyDelete
Love all Emma's products. Thanks for a chance to win.
I love dark chocolate with sea salt. I also love Fannie Mae's chocolate mint melt aways. You don't see these around to much anymore.
Have a great day,
Mary O'Neal
- Suzanne LJanuary 29, 2013 at 3:26 PM
Fannie May turtles are the best!ReplyDelete
Joy,I LOVE your LOVE card! So cute!ReplyDelete
My favorite candy for Valentine's day or any day is Dark Chocolate M and m's! Toostie Rolls, especially the larger ones - are a close 2nd for me!
Yum...chocolate--I'll take it all (but among my favorites are the little boxes of valentine assorted chocolates and, of course, Reese cups!ReplyDelete
I love Dove chocolates. I love the your card, too!!ReplyDelete
I love the Scalloped Heart die! Beautiful!ReplyDelete
WOW! What a fun and AMAZING giveaway!!! LOVE the whole release! I think my favorite has always been, and remains, Twix bars! Yum!ReplyDelete
CHOCOLATE< CHOCOLATE and MORE CHOCOLATE!!! your card is just lovely! Love the dreamy stamp and dies!!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJanuary 29, 2013 at 3:42 PM
That card is adorable! I'm new to this blog (just subscribed) and brand new to stamping... would LOVE to win this gorgeous stuff!ReplyDelete
My favorite Valentine's Day (or ANY day) treat is a box of soft centers from See's Candies. Oh, man....
Very cute card. I absolutely LOVE LOVE LOVE peanut butter M&Ms!!!ReplyDelete
Shawn Spencer
I absolutely love cinnamon red hots and cannot wait for V-Day every year just so I can get ahold of some!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJanuary 29, 2013 at 3:49 PM
What a great prize. I would be heaven with all of that. I am a follower of both of you and Emma's and love both of your work. I love Chocolate with Peanut Butter. Thanks so much for a chance to win.ReplyDelete
Sharon D.
- LindaveJanuary 29, 2013 at 3:54 PM
I love chocolate covered PretzelsReplyDelete
or anything Chocolate.
OMG that collage background stamp is to die for, would love to win it. I could sit and eat M&M all day, but I'm sure my HIPS would not like that...lolReplyDelete
Thanks for the chance to win.
Sandie O
What an amazing giveaway, thanks for the chance. My favorite would have to be a Heath Bar. Absolutely my favorite chocolate treat!!!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJanuary 29, 2013 at 4:03 PM
Well my favorite Valentine candy would include anythingReplyDelete
but those conversation hearts!
I think thosre are a,
either you love them or
hate them, kinda like
"circus peanuts"!
great card. tfs. i'm a hershey kisses (dark choc) person myself.ReplyDelete
I absolutely love what you did with Emma's Scalloped Heart die. It's the perfect backdrop for the fancy LOVE cut. I love the cherry cordial Hershey Kisses. I could eat an entire bag. Thanks for sharing your beautiful card and for the opportunity to win Emma's newest release.ReplyDelete
Russell Stover Nuts Crunch and Chews box. Yum!ReplyDelete
Wonderful Valentine's card! I love how you stacked up the different hearts!ReplyDelete
I love Turtles from a local candy shop. I think they call them something else, but it's basically pecans with caramel and chocolate! Yum!!! Thanks for the chance to win some fabulous goodies that won't make me change jean sizes!
Russell Stover Nuts Crunch and Chews box. Yum!ReplyDelete
Thanks for the chance to win. I'm a major reese's peanut butter cup fan and I love it when they come out in the heart shape. They seem to have more peanut butter in them.ReplyDelete
God Bless
Sherry Wolfe
- AnonymousJanuary 29, 2013 at 4:12 PM
Love your card. I love Lindt milk chocolate truffles and Hershey kissesReplyDelete
Great new stamps and dies! We have a local chocolate company -- Malley's -- that makes the best chocolates.ReplyDelete
I too LOVE M&M's BUT..........IF my Hub is hoping to be a GOOD Valentine Date, I will find some See's candy on the 14th!! LOVE me some See's! YUM, my mouth is watering just thinking about Lemon Cremes!! Thank you SO much for the opportunity to get some AWESOME Val Day stamps!!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJanuary 29, 2013 at 4:20 PM
Rose said...ReplyDelete
I So LOVE Your Card & EMMA'S STAMPS SET & DIES!I LOVE the little Hershey Kiss Die cut way too cute! My FAVORITE
V-CANDY IS DOVE TRUFFLES OR anything CHOCOLATE I'm easy to please when it comes to CHOCOLATE something?
Love your card and all the products! I really like Lindor Truffles, any flavor. Yummers. Getting hungry thinking about them!ReplyDelete
Cute Card, Love the stamps and dies. Chocolate any Chocolate is my favorite.ReplyDelete
My favorite is almond joy but for Valentines day it would be herseys kisses. Beautiful card.ReplyDelete
I love anything chocolate and that includes Emma's stamps.ReplyDelete
I love most anything chocolate, especially dark chocolate, but really like Lindt Truffles. thanks for an awesome giveaway, this would give me a boost on my valentine cards;ReplyDelete
I love peanut m & ms but anything chocolate works for me! Thanks for the chance to win.ReplyDelete
Chocolate covered cherries and assorted chocolates!! Thanks for the great giveaway!!ReplyDelete
Lovely card! I have done 40 cards to sell this next two weeks...wish me luck! I LOVE Hugs and Turtles.ReplyDelete
Kit Kat bars are my favorite. That is a very cute card and I love the stamps.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJanuary 29, 2013 at 4:40 PM
Oh, I love Emmas stamp. My favorite candy is hershey kisses. And of course in red for valentine's day. Thanks for the giveaway.ReplyDelete
- Debbie JJanuary 29, 2013 at 4:42 PM
My favorite Valentine candy is conversation hearts!!ReplyDelete
As long as an item contains chocolate, it is my favorite! I am addicted to the stuff!ReplyDelete
Thanks for the great giveaway!
For a real chocoholic, valentines day is our special holiday. This year I can give my love a card that I made myself. Thanks for your inspiration.ReplyDelete
I love cinnamon hearts! Yummy!!ReplyDelete
What a beautiful card, I love Emma's stamps and dies!ReplyDelete
You're a girl after my own heart, Godiva is it for me!!!
Thanks for the chance at a GREAT prize!!!!
My favorite candy would be Ghirardelli squares - dark chocolate and caramel! The only thing better than that would be winning MCT stamps and dies - I love Emma's products!!!grnmvLReplyDelete
Oh I think my favorite candy is the Hershey's kisses. Can't ever get enough of them. I would love to win Emma's new stamps. She has the best stamps and design team around (IMO). Thanks MelissaReplyDelete
- AnonymousJanuary 29, 2013 at 4:55 PM
What a cute card.ReplyDelete
I love all chocolates, but there's nothing so special as a great Kiss on Valentines Day, Hersheys Chocolate Kisses are my favorite !!
Super cute card and what a fabulous give away.ReplyDelete
I just See's candy nuts and chews. So yummy!!
- AnonymousJanuary 29, 2013 at 5:02 PM
I love the stamps!!! and love milkReplyDelete
chocolate in any form.
Your card is so adorable. I am an M&M (with peanuts) to the very end. However, I will slide some Ghiradelli in there now and again. Thanks for the chance to win.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJanuary 29, 2013 at 5:06 PM
my favorate candy is Lindt lindor. so creamy. Your card is beautiful, have cricut 2 and didnt know that was on there. AnitaReplyDelete
I love anything with caramel in it! But is there any candy that isn't delicious?ReplyDelete
KathiB from Vegas
What great sets of stamps and dies! I'd love to win!! Being from Kansas City originally, I love Russell Stover's candy, especially the dark chocolate caramel. Mmmmmm!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJanuary 29, 2013 at 5:21 PM
Really like your card and the giveaway. My favorite valentineReplyDelete
candy would be the ones that come in the big heart-shaped box, caramels and cremes. email@example.com
- AnonymousJanuary 29, 2013 at 5:21 PM
I love just about anything with chocolate, but it is always a special treat to have See's Candy!ReplyDelete
Rhonda from Brea!
- BarbaraRJanuary 29, 2013 at 5:26 PM
Love your card and giveaway. My favorite valentine card is cherry juju hearts. Have to stop myself from eating them by the bagsful!ReplyDelete
Love your stamps!!! and love ReeseReplyDelete
fabulous project!!! I love candy hearts...have them hidden away so my girls don't find them...ReplyDelete
Candy!!! I really love all the chocolate out there peanut butter cups, snickers, almond joy and I can keep on going. Love the projects!!ReplyDelete
Joy, your card is so pretty, I would love a chance to win some of these goodies. My favorite candy is Dove chocolates, YUM! Thanks, Shari (cricutrookie)ReplyDelete
I love chocolate kisses with almonds...just a small bite of sweetness with a little bit of crunch. (The problem is when I have several...or more than several bites! :p)ReplyDelete
Thanks so much for the chance to win these awesome stamps and dies!
I love candy hearts along with any stamp that I can use to make candy hearts.ReplyDelete
Hi, my favorite Valentine candy is the sour cherry balls by Brachs. They are SO yummy! Of course, along with anything chocolate! Thanks for the chance to win!ReplyDelete
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What a super card! The stitched hearts are fabulous!ReplyDelete
I LOVE specialty shop truffles at Valentines. (Well, I love them all the time but they are a special treat for Valentines!!) On the less expensive side, red and white heart-shaped jubes are a hit too.
Thanks for the opportunity to win!
I would absolutely love to win these wonderful Valentine stamps and dies.ReplyDelete
My favorite candy is Lindor Chocolate Truffles by Lindt. OMG, now I really want some!
My favorite valentine candy is Reese's buttercups! Mmm. These are a danger in my possession. :0PReplyDelete
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Beautiful card!! My favorite Valentine's Day candy is any good quality dark chocolate!! Thanks for a chance at the giveaway!!ReplyDelete
Lindt truffles just melt in my mouth so I enjoy them very much!ReplyDelete
Your LOVE card is so pretty! How fun to find the embellished LOVE word preloaded on your Expression 2!
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My favorite Valentines candy has to be the Hersheys Kisses. Thank you for a chance to win. Awesome giveaway!! Hugs, VelmaReplyDelete
Cute card, great give-away. Thanks for a chance to win.ReplyDelete
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I love your card and I'd love to win the stamp and dies. My favorite Valentine's candy is turtles!ReplyDelete
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Adorable card! My favorite Valentine candy is a toss up between M&Ms and Hershey Kisses. Just about any kind of chocolate works for me!ReplyDelete
my fav v-day candy is anything white chocolate or the russel stover chocolates that are filled with the strawberry cream. thanks for the chance to winReplyDelete
My all time favorite candy is Fanny Farmer mint chocolate bar. I will settle for Russell Stovers Chocolate though! :) Thanks for the giveaway.ReplyDelete
Chocolate covered cherries are hands down the best Valentine's Day Candy!ReplyDelete
I'm not picky as long as it's chocolate.ReplyDelete
WOULD LOVE TO WIN THIS. I WAS BORN THE DAY BEFORE VALENTINES AND HEARTS HAVE ALWAY BE A FAVORITE OF MINE.ReplyDelete
- Elaine S.January 29, 2013 at 6:51 PM
Some Turtles and this My Creative Time's new stitched scallop heart die and Lots of Love stamp set, would make an ideal Valentine's gift for me. I love the card you made with it.ReplyDelete
THANK YOU so much for posting another project to share. Have really missed your posts and projects. Hope you are ok. I love peanut M and M's!ReplyDelete
I love red hot cinnamon candies the most. Thanks, Joy for the chance to win.ReplyDelete
Your card is very pretty! TFS. And thanks even more for the chance at your wonderful giveaway! How nice of you and so sweet of Emma to provide! I love chocolate caramels! Also love strawberry and chocolate licorice twists.ReplyDelete
anything dark choclate! would love to win!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJanuary 29, 2013 at 7:03 PM
Chocolate...chocolate...chocolate! What a cute card and great stamps too.ReplyDelete
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//July 18, 2013
ROUND ROCK, Texas — Michael Dell believes he can revive the company bearing his name if his group of investors can buy it for $24.4 billion. But that deal is in danger of falling apart, increasing the chances that the personal computer giant's founder might not be CEO much longer.
The formidable challenges already facing Dell Inc. and its CEO got more daunting Thursday with the slumping company's decision to delay a vote on Michael Dell's proposed buyout.
The postponement until next Wednesday signals that a five-month campaign by Michael Dell and the company's board hasn't overcome the staunch resistance of billionaire Carl Icahn and other shareholders, who argue that the buyout price is too low and discounts the company's long-term prospects.
Michael Dell's offer has the support of three shareholder-advisory firms and is backed by the financial clout of buyout specialist Silver Lake Partners and a group of lenders. It would take the company private so that Michael Dell can try to engineer a long-term recovery without the glare of Wall Street and its fixation with quarter-to-quarter expectations.
The offer works out to $13.65 per share, or more than 40 percent below where the stock stood in early 2007. That was when Michael Dell returned for a second stint as the company's CEO — just a few months before Apple Inc. started selling the iPhone, which triggered a mobile-computing revolution that left Dell Inc. on shaky ground.
Rather than relying on the types of desktops and laptops made by Dell, more people are embracing convenient and powerful smartphones and tablet computers to connect to the Internet and handle other common computing tasks. In a telltale sign of the upheaval, tablets are expected to outsell laptops for the first time this year.
Michael Dell plans to invest heavily in tablets and a new breed of hybrid PCs that offer the touch-screen controls of mobile devices. That commitment is likely to depress the company's earnings until the additional spending pays off. At the same time, he wants Dell to become a diversified seller of technology services, business software and high-end computers — much the way IBM Corp. successfully transformed itself in the 1990s.
Unlike IBM, Michael Dell believes the radical makeover can be better done by a company that isn't facing Wall Street's pressures to increase profits and revenue from one quarter to the next. That's why he structured his buyout to end Dell's 25-year history as a publicly held company — a run that has made the 48-year-old CEO one of the world's richest people, with an estimated fortune of $15 billion, according to Forbes' latest rankings.
Michael Dell and a four-person board committee overseeing the company's sale negotiations will make last-ditch efforts during the next six days to persuade opposing shareholders to change their minds while also prodding apathetic shareholders who didn't cast their ballots to weigh in with a yes vote.
The proposal needs the backing of just over 42 percent of Dell's outstanding stock to be approved. Less than 50 percent of the stock is needed because Michael Dell's 15.6 percent stake in the company isn't counted in the balloting.
Shareholders representing at least 20 percent of the votes are known to be in opposition.
'A period of massive uncertainty'
It's possible that Michael Dell and Silver Lake could sweeten their offer to sway the holdouts, although many analysts are skeptical that the bid will be increased because the PC market and Dell's financial performance have deteriorated even further since the deal was reached in February. The board says it already wrangled six bid increases from Silver Lake and Michael Dell during the negotiations leading up to the agreement at $13.65 per share.
Michael Dell isn't sharing his thoughts publicly. He showed up at Thursday's meeting at the company's Round Rock, Texas, headquarters with several other board members. But he made no remarks and walked out without answering questions after the gathering was quickly adjourned to give him and the board more time to find a way to get the deal done.
The hope for a better offer, or at least getting a deal done, seemed to help Dell's stock Thursday. After the delay was announced, the stock gained 24 cents, or 1.9 percent, to close at $13.12.
If Michael Dell's deal collapses, it would thrust the company and its stock into turmoil, said Needham & Co. analyst Richard Kugele.
"We fear that Dell is entering a period of massive uncertainty, where nearly all options are negative, disruptive and MESSY," Kugele warned Thursday in a research note.
The immediate worry would be a possible overthrow of Dell's entire board, one that would also lead to Michael Dell's ouster.
Icahn, Dell's second largest shareholder behind Michael Dell, is teaming up with Southeastern Asset Management, another major shareholder, in an attempt to replace Dell's 10-member board with an alternative slate. That slate would back a complicated proposal to distribute nearly $16 billion in cash to stockholders while still leaving them with a stake in the company.
In a joint statement, Icahn and Southeastern Asset said Thursday's delaying tactic "reflects the unhappiness of Dell stockholders" with Michael Dell's plan.
Dell hasn't scheduled the date of its annual meeting, but Icahn contends the law requires one by Aug. 14. Last year, the company held its annual meeting on July 13. Dell spokesman David Frink declined to say whether the meeting will be held by Aug. 14 this year.
If his mutiny succeeds, Icahn has already pledged to dump Michael Dell as CEO. He hasn't identified whom he has in mind to run the company.
Even if the Icahn-led rebellion is thwarted, Kugele questions whether Michael Dell will want to remain CEO of a publicly held company that is trying to make wrenching changes to adapt to a shift in the way people are engaging with technology.
Worldwide sales of laptop and desktop machines have fallen from the previous year in five consecutive quarters, the longest slide in industry's history, according to research firm Gartner. Dell, the world's third largest PC maker, saw its shipments slip by another 4 percent during the April-June period, despite aggressive price cuts to spur more sales.
Michael Dell has proposed contributing $750 million and about $3.7 billion worth of stock toward the buyout. The rest of the $24.4 billion would come from Silver Lake and lenders, including a $2 billion loan from longtime Dell partner Microsoft Corp.
To get a deal done at that price, Michael Dell and the company's board will have to sway shareholders such as Joe Whitlock, who attended Thursday's brief meeting. Whitlock, a longtime shareholder who said his stake "isn't enough to make a difference" in the outcome, didn't vote Thursday. Although his stockbroker had advised him to support the buyout, he began to have second thoughts and said the $13.65 per share being offered "is undervalued for the stock."
Icahn, Southeastern and other shareholders have reached similar conclusions, arguing that Dell Inc. has already made inroads in business software and other promising technology niches that are likely to drive the stock price higher within the next few years. They contend the deal currently on the table would unfairly allow Michael Dell and his backers to reap all the gains after buying the company at what will eventually look like a bargain price.
The alternative drawn up by Icahn and Southeastern proposes buying up to 1.1 billion of Dell's nearly 1.8 billion shares for $14 apiece. That would ensure existing shareholders would also still own stock, if they choose, so they could benefit from a turnaround. The bid would also distribute warrants giving shareholders access to some additional stock in the future. Icahn and Southeastern estimate their plan is worth $15.50 to $18 per share. Combined, Icahn and Southeastern own a nearly 13 percent stake in Dell.
Dell's board contends that shareholders are better off taking cash now and transferring all the risks of an uncertain turnaround to Michael Dell and his backers.
It's a gamble that others have been unwilling to take. Dell's board says it approached dozens of potential buyers about making a bid for the company and couldn't find any takers.
After reaching the deal with Michael Dell and Silver Lake, Dell received an offer from another buyout group, the Blackstone Group. But that bid was withdrawn in April after Blackstone reviewed Dell's books and was scared off by the company's "rapidly eroding financial profile."
It has been a harsh comedown for one of corporate America's greatest success stories.
While still a teenager, Michael Dell started PC's Limited, now known as Dell, from his dorm room at the University of Texas in Austin in 1984. He initially sold computer disk drives, but soon was assembling computers and undercutting conventional retailers on price. He raised $30 million by taking the company public in 1988. Dell went on to change the PC business with low costs, customized orders and direct sales — first over the phone and later the Internet.
Dell's stock hit a split-adjusted peak of $60 during the dot-com boom in 2000 when the company was still riding high amid booming sales of PCs. Many analysts believe the stock could plunge below $9 and test its lows reached last fall if there isn't a deal in place to sell the company.


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Pelican in mangrove, El Guamache, Margarita island.
Efforts to restore marine ecosystems that store vast amounts of carbon have received a boost with the launch of a new website that provides the latest blue carbon science and policy.
Coastal ecosystems are some of the most productive on Earth. They provide essential services such as protection from storms and nursery grounds for fish. By storing 'blue' carbon from the atmosphere and oceans, they are an essential part of the solution to climate change.
"Our knowledge and action to maintain and restore coastal ecosystems such as mangroves, saltmarshes and seagrasses have increased significantly in the last two years," says Dorothée Herr, IUCN's Coordinator of the International Blue Carbon Initiative, of which IUCN is a partner.
"Several efforts are under way to further improve the management responses we can take to make costal ecosystems one of the solutions to reducing climate change," she adds.
This week sees the launch of the International Blue Carbon Initiative's new website. The initiative, which focuses on mitigating climate change through the conservation and restoration of coastal and marine ecosystems, is a collaboration between IUCN, Conservation International and the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of the United Nations Educational, Social and Cultural Organization. www.thebluecarboninitiative.org.
The website provides up-to-date information on the Initiative's scientific and policy working groups, a general overview of blue carbon science and policy, as well as a compilation of existing field projects led by many partner organisations around the world. It will also foster greater collaboration and coordination within the global blue carbon community.
As part of wider climate change mitigation and adaptation efforts, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) is organizing a workshop later this year on the technical and scientific aspects of ecosystems with high-carbon reservoirs such as coastal marine ecosystems.
"This is an encouraging step on the international policy front to ensure coastal 'blue carbon' ecosystems are appropriately integrated into global mitigation activities," says Dorothée.
In parallel to international discussions, many field projects are continuously gathering new information from the ground and have started to stimulate management responses. A new report Profiles in Blue Carbon Field Work shows that a global community of scientists, policy makers and stakeholders is rallying around the concept of blue carbon as a nature-based tool to help mitigate global climate change.


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Is an hour of pleasure worth a lifetime of shame?
Over at Down Goes Brown a recent post asks if the 2016-2017 Colorado Avalanche are the worst team of the salary cap era. I'm sure a lot of people asked the same question that commenter DK asked.
I'm surprised the Oilers don't show up anywhere in this article. They were so utterly putrescent for so long, I thought for sure they'd at least be a contender in one of the categories (particularly the "optics" category; in the year they won the McDavid sweepstakes, they were the only bottom-feeders who didn't seem to be there by design and they still wound up a stone's throw away from the blatantly-tanking Sabres and Coyotes).The quick answer to the question is that the comparisons were clearly being drawn against teams in a specific season. Funny as it might seem, the Oilers have a mediocre contender for this category. Their worst season was "only" 62 points.
(Click all images in this post to view them full-sized)
As you can see, that mark was beaten by six teams in the salary cap era, 7 times. An eight case would have been caused by the Florida Panthers in 2013: had they played a full season they would be projected to hit 61.5 points, so round whichever way you like to make the Oilers look bad. It still isn't that bad. With seven or eight other team-seasons to look at, the Oilers "Fall for Hall" season just didn't make the cut.
They did have a lot of bad seasons, mind you. Just none historically bad. They were also saved by the random loser point fluctuations, as demonstrated by this chart showing each team's best and worst seasons over the salary cap era:
* The 2013 and 2016-2017 seasons are excluded
You'll also notice that they haven't been very good. Sure St. Louis managed a 21-win season in 2005-2006 (the same season they traded Chris "Can't Keep it in his Pants" Pronger to the Oilers), but they also won 52. Hell, even the perpetually tanking Buffalo Sabres had a killer season in the salary cap era. The Oilers had a 41 win season that year they made it to the Stanley Cup Finals, but that's still just barely squeaking into the playoffs. You can be a bad team without being an atrocious team is what I'm saying, and the bad Oilers teams just aren't bad enough. When looking at "who was the worst team in the NHL during the salary cap era" Edmonton just isn't in the conversation.
I'm half kidding, of course. They are still seriously in the conversation for the worst team of the salary cap era, just don't look at individual seasons. Look at the aggregate. [Actually he's kidding again: as you're about to see, the Oilers aren't even debatable as the worst team of the salary cap era... -ed]
Here's a complete list of all 30 teams over the salary cap era† sorted by total number of wins. Try not to act surprised who's on top.
† This ignores team naming and location changes, so the Winnipeg Jets are under Atlanta Thrashers, Seattle Coyotes are Phoenix Coyotes, etc.
In fact, you'll find that the Oilers aren't only the worst team, but they are by a surprisingly large margin. Let's look at that list of total wins in the salary cap era again, this time showing how far behind the next team in line each NHL squad is:
33 games back of Down Goes Browns' Toronto Maple Leafs for "fewest regular season wins in the salary cap era", as of the morning of today: March 16 2017. (ie. it doesn't include the Oilers-Bruins game being played right now where Oilers have a 4-2 lead). That's easily more than double the next highest gap. That's patently ridiculous. The Oilers are the worst by a substantial margin and that won't change anytime soon.
Including tonight's Bruins game the Oilers have only 13 games left in the season. Say the Leafs stop winning games effective immediately. It means the Edmonton Oilers would need to win every game between now and November 21st (the date of the Oilers 20th game of the 2016-2017 season) in order to tie Toronto. Another 3 games to pass Florida (assuming Florida and Toronto don't play each other over that same span).
But that's unrealistic. Let's do something a little more realistic. Let's imagine the Oilers starting today put up historically high win percentages while the Leafs, Panthers, Islanders, Coyotes, and Blue Jackets all put up historically low win percentages. The best win% was the Chicago Blackhawks in 2012-2013 who put up a .802 win percentage. Now factor out the 1/9 games that feature an OTL and you get the Oilers putting up a .837 win percentage. See, that's way more realistic than winning every game. Now let's imagine all five teams the Oilers are chasing put up the same real win percentage as Buffalo did in 2013-2014: .2609. How long until the Oilers catch up? Well, don't hold your breath.
As our future begins, the Oilers start quickly banking more wins than the other four teams. But after the 13 games of the 2016-2017 season the Oilers are still way behind.
After a whopping 58 games of this unrealistically high pace the Oilers finally surpass the Toronto Maple Leafs to be only the second-worst team of the salary cap era. Four games later they finally pass the Florida Panthers and become the third-worst team.
In 75 games the Oilers will pass the Brooklyn Islanders. 80 games to pass Phoenix (who may not even be Arizona by the time this scenario, which I remind you is literally too optimistic to be possible, comes to pass), and then finally after 89 games they pass the Columbus Blue Jackets to merely be the sixth worst team of the salary cap era.
As I stop to yet again remind you that this requires the Oilers to set a new salary cap level of winning while all of their rivals become the 2013-2014 Buffalo Sabres, it still means the Oilers would be behind win-streaking, playoff-bound, suddenly cold Columbus Blue Jackets until 6 games remain in the regular season in March/April of 2018.
DK (Darryl Kates?) is right. The Oilers are saved from discussion only because they are the worst over a much much longer and more depressing period of time than a single season.
But hey, to borrow from the old joke in this post's title, at least all that historic failure paid off, right? The Oilers got McDavid and are making the playoffs, right? What can be depressing about that?
Oh. Well, at least there's a silver lining...
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Sarah Hoffman hates and fears Albertans
Minister Chubbs calls supporters of the PCs and Wildrose "sewer rats".†
If we've said it once, we've said it a million times. Destroy the NDP. Don't just defeat them. Don't just humiliate them.
Destroy them.
If they are still alive and doing things, Alberta loses. Stop them.
† Why do the lying Alberta NDP keep calling themselves the "party of hard hats"? Hard hats are used by blue collar workers doing things that offend David Suzuki. Don't let them get away with this lie. Then destroy them.
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By EILEEN SULLIVAN, MEGHAN BARR and KATIE ZEZIMA
An FBI official arrives at the Watertown neighborhood of Boston, Friday, April 19, 2013. Reports of explosives being detonated and police are telling reporters to turn off their cell phones. Dozens of officers and National Guard members are in Watertown, where television outlets report that gunfire and explosions have been heard. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
WATERTOWN, Mass. (AP) — Two suspects in the Boston Marathon bombing killed an MIT police officer, injured a transit officer in a firefight and threw explosive devices at police during their getaway attempt in a long night of violence that left one of them dead and another still at large Friday, authorities said as the manhunt intensified for a young man described as a dangerous terrorist.
The suspects were identified to The Associated Press as coming from the Russian region near Chechnya, which has been plagued by an Islamic insurgency stemming from separatist wars. A law enforcement intelligence bulletin obtained by the AP identified the surviving bomb suspect as Dzhokhar A. Tsarnaev, a 19-year-old who had been living in Cambridge, just outside Boston, and said he "may be armed and dangerous."
Two law enforcement officials told the AP that Tsarnaev and the other suspect, who was not immediately identified, had been living legally in the U.S. for at least one year.
In Boston, still on edge over the attack on the marathon, and its western suburbs, authorities suspended mass transit and urged people to stay indoors as they searched for the remaining suspect, a man seen wearing a white baseball cap on surveillance footage from Monday's deadly bombing at the marathon finish line.
"We believe this man to be a terrorist," said Boston Police Commissioner Ed Davis. "We believe this to be a man who's come here to kill people."
Authorities urged residents in Watertown, Newton, Arlington, Waltham, Belmont, Cambridge and the Allston-Brighton neighborhoods of Boston to stay indoors. At least a quarter of a million people live in those suburbs. All mass transit was shut down, and businesses were asked not to open Friday. People waiting at bus and subway stops were told to go home.
The shutdown came hours after the killing of one suspect, known as the man in the black hat from marathon surveillance footage.
All modes of public transportation were shut down, including buses, subways, trolleys, commuter rail and boats, said Joe Pesaturo, spokesman for the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority.
The suspects' clashes with police began only a few hours after the FBI released photos and videos of the two young men, who were seen carrying backpacks as they mingled among marathon revelers. The bombings on Monday killed three people and wounded more than 180 others, and authorities revealed the images to enlist the public's help finding the suspects.
The images released by the FBI depict two young men, each wearing a baseball cap, walking one behind the other near the finish line. Richard DesLauriers, FBI agent in charge in Boston, said the suspect in the white hat was seen setting down a bag at the site of the second of two deadly explosions.
Authorities said surveillance tape recorded late Thursday showed the suspect known for the white hat during a robbery of a convenience store in Cambridge, near the campus of MIT, where a university police officer was killed while responding to a report of a disturbance, said State Police Col Timothy Alben. The officer died of multiple gunshot wounds.
From there, authorities say, the two men carjacked a man in a Mercedes-Benz, keeping him with them in the car for half an hour before releasing him at a gas station in Cambridge. The man was not injured.
The search for the vehicle led to a chase that ended in Watertown, where authorities said the suspects threw explosive devices from the car and exchanged gunfire with police. A transit police officer was seriously injured during the chase, authorities said.
In Watertown, witnesses reported hearing multiple gunshots and explosions at about 1 a.m. Friday. Dozens of police officers and FBI agents were in the neighborhood and a helicopter circled overhead.
Watertown resident Christine Yajko said she was awakened at about 1:30 a.m. by a loud noise, began to walk to her kitchen and heard gunfire.
"I heard the explosion, so I stepped back from that area, then I went back out and heard a second one," she said. "It was very loud. It shook the house a little."
She said a police officer later knocked on her door and told her there was an undetonated improvised explosive device in the street and warned her to stay away from the windows.
"It was on the street, right near our kitchen window," she said.
Yajko said she never saw the suspect who was on the loose and didn't realize the violence was related to the marathon bombings until she turned on the TV and began watching what was happening outside her side door.
State police spokesman David Procopio said, "The incident in Watertown did involve what we believe to be explosive devices possibly, potentially, being used against the police officers."
Boston cab driver Imran Saif said he was standing on a street corner at a police barricade across from a diner when he heard an explosion.
"I heard a loud boom and then a rapid succession of pop, pop, pop," he said. "It sounded like automatic weapons. And then I heard the second explosion."
He said he could smell something burning and advanced to check it out but area residents at their windows yelled at him, "Hey, it's gunfire! Don't go that way!"
Doctors at a Boston hospital where a suspect in the marathon bombings was taken and later died are saying they treated a man with a possible blast injury and multiple gunshot wounds.
MIT said right after the 10:30 p.m. shooting that police were sweeping the campus in Cambridge and urged people to remain indoors. They urged people urged to stay away from the Stata Center, a mixed-use building with faculty offices, classrooms and a common area.
The suspects' images were released hours after President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama attended an interfaith service in Boston to remember the dead and the wounded.
At the Cathedral of the Holy Cross, Obama saluted the resolve of the people of Boston and mocked the bombers as "these small, stunted individuals who would destroy instead of build and think somehow that makes them important."
"We will find you," he warned.
In the past, insurgents from Chechnya and neighboring restive provinces in the Caucasus have been involved in terror attacks in Moscow and other places in Russia.
Those raids included a raid in Moscow in October 2002 in which a group of Chechen militants took 800 people hostage and held them for two days before special forces stormed the building, killing all 41 Chechen hostage-takers. Also killed were 129 hostages, mostly from effects of narcotic gas Russian forces used to subdue the attackers.
Chechen insurgents also launched a 2004 hostage-taking raid in the southern Russian town of Beslan, where they took hundreds of hostages. The siege ended in a bloodbath two days later, with more than 330 people, about half of them children, killed.
Insurgents from Chechnya and other regions also have launched a long series of bombings in Moscow and other cities in Russia. An explosion at the international arrivals hall at Moscow's Domodedovo airport in January 2011 killed at least 31 people and wounded more than 140.
Sullivan reported from Washington. Associated Press writer Pat Eaton-Robb contributed to this report from Boston.


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