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Share Your Story
Share Your Dental Care Savings Story …
We occasionally ask our valued Members to share their dental care savings stories as a part of our "Share Your Story" Promotion. In return, we randomly pick one "Share Your Story" participant to receive a free discount dental plan or cash equivalent. We value your feedback as these dental care savings stories are a true testament to the savings, service and selection offered by DentalPlans.com.
Join a discount dental plan today and join the thousands of satisfied DentalPlans.com Members who are saving at the dentist!
Karen R. - Trotwood , OH - 02/01/2009
I found the Uni-Care 200 discount dental plan from DentalPlans.com over a year ago and I am glad I did. For a cleaning and exam I only have to pay $45, I would normally have to pay $90 if I didn't have the plan. Luckily I don't have many dental issues, but it is good to know that if I did I would pay a greatly reduced rate.
Thank you!
Cheryl O. - Andover , MA - 02/01/2009
I was blessed with my father's easy going personality, his wittiness, and his less than perfect teeth. On a recent visit to the dentist I was advised that I would not need one crown but two, not to mention a small cavity that needed to be filled. I asked for the price of the crowns and they said it would be $1,364 each. Yikes, so much for our trip to Disney.
My husband has a great job but it does not provide us with dental insurance. I should have asked before my cleaning but mentioned I had seen a dental plan online and had seen my dentists name along with it. The receptionist informed me that they did accept this dental plan and that it was a discount plan not an insurance plan. So I inquired the price of the crown with the discount plan.
She informed me that if I signed up for the discount plan (Aetna Dental Access) I would pay for my services off a different fee schedule. Bottom line what does that mean?
My dentist has contracted with DentalPlans.com to offer discounted dental services. That same crown that would have cost me $1,364 would now only cost $691 with the discount dental plan. What?? How is that possible? Same service for almost 1/2 the price. What gives??
I went home and signed up for the discount plan that was less than $90/yr at DentalPlans.com. I can now get two crowns for the price of one. Not to mention the filling I need for the cavity would have cost me $159 but with the discount plan is only $76. It certainly pays to investigate and be an advocate for yourself. I live in Massachusetts. Please do yourself a favor and check and see if your state offers this plan or something similar. It even states that you can have dental insurance along with this dental discount plan. Not all dental insurance plans cover everything; there is usually a cap as to what they will pay. Good luck with your future dental woes and keep smiling. I know I am.
Catherine S. - Bluffton , SC - 02/01/2009
Due to our struggling economy my husband and I find ourselves both unemployed for the first time in twenty years. Of course, during a time like this is when everything goes wrong, including dental problems. Since we had been insured most of our lives with almost total coverage we had no idea how expensive dental work had come to be. I ended up needing a root canal paying out of pocket over two thousand dollars.
When my dentist office saw that I was paying it myself they told me about the dental discount plans offered by DentaPlans.com. I immediately called and joined the Aetna Dental Access plan and was surprised at the very reasonable fee. I was a bit skeptical but little did I know I would very quickly be given a chance to try it out!
My husband woke up in the middle of the night with a toothache so the next morning we went right to our dentist's office. Of course he required a root canal. We had the work done and when we were ready to pay our dentist's office manager said, "Oh, you bought the discount plan," and immediately deducted almost half of the entire cost of the treatment! His root canal was not as complicated as mine so we ended up saving almost five hundred dollars for just that procedure.
Since then our two children have had cleanings and checkups- again for about half the normal cost. In the very short time we have been enrolled in DentalPlans.com we have saved enough to pay for our membership for about seven years! We are so pleased with this plan and tell all our friends about it.
In these difficult economic times it is so important to be able to save every dollar we can and of course teeth are so important to our general health and appearance, so we are grateful to have this plan available to us. Service has been great and it truly could not be easier. Thanks for the great dental plan!
Brian M. - Brandon , FL - 02/01/2009
Over two years ago my sister, who is on 100% disability, had to resort to corporate group dental insurance. It seemed like a good deal at the time until she was forced to see a specialist for anything but routine dentistry. Each visit required an initial consultation fee and the specialist price was sky high. Under our DentalPlans.com discount dental plan, we were able to find a great dentist who specialized in general and specialty dentistry. Not only was the yearly fee with DentalPlans.com lower, there were no maximums and the discounts for specialty work were much better. The Aetna Dental Access Plan saved the day for her- she needed over $5,000 of dental work and the very affordable dental plan from DentalPlans.com saved almost half!
As a self employed professional without company dental coverage, I was so impressed with the savings results of my sister that I became a member myself. It is so convenient to schedule both my sister's appointments as well as my own with one dental office. There have been no disputes over any fees or what is covered by the dental plan with our dentist. It was also nice that DentalPlans.com rewarded me with three free months for recommending another person.
A lady friend of mine works for an office that provided her with a group dental insurance policy. However, she experienced the same frustrations encountered by my sister from a corporate insurance plan which caused her to constantly be in dispute over what was covered and the amount to be reimbursed (not to mention the time on the phone trying to get things straight.) She is now a happy member of the Aetna Dental Access plan offered by DentalPlans.com and is so glad to be rid of all the aggravation of dental insurance.
Paula B. - Lubbock , TX - 02/01/2009
The Alliance HealthCard Gold plan from DentalPlans.com has helped me considerably. I am a single mother of three little boys with no outside help. I work a part-time job that does not provide benefits of any kind. I need a lot more dental work completed, but have to wait until I have the money saved. This dental plan was a God send due to my situation right now. Once again I thank you for providing this plan to individuals such as myself.
Diane R. - Birmingham , AL - 02/01/2009
I was sitting at my desk at work one morning last November when my lower denture plate broke apart in my mouth. I took it out, in horror, and realized that it was going to cost big bucks to fix. I had no lower teeth, so this definitely needed to be taken care of right away. I went to my dentist who told me that it would be $7500 to make a new lower and upper plate and that I would need both. I didn't sleep one minute that night. I got up the next the morning, went online, and Google'd "Medicare Dental Plans." DentalPlans.com came up. I called DentalPlans.com and enrolled in the Aetna Dental Access plan that day. I liked having a choice of many companies to cover me. It was easy to choose what would be best for me. I called the dentist I chose and he saw me the next day. He was very thorough in his evaluation of my needs. He agreed that I would need new plates for both my upper and lower dentures, and his cost for both was going to be $1600. I can't tell you enough how happy I was with the tremendous savings! He made my new dentures in a very timely manner, realizing that even on Medicare, I'm still working. I am so very happy with my dental plan and will be recommending this to everyone I know. Medicare doesn't help us with dental plans- we have to search and find our own and yours was definitely the best!
Craig A. - Gold Canyon , AZ - 02/01/2009
My discount dental plan has been such a great investment. When I retired, I found myself without dental coverage. I looked at the dental insurance plan that I had previously had while employed and quickly determined that the cost was too exorbitant for me. I then talked with my dentist and she was the one that recommended that I look at the discount dental plans on DentalPlans.com. The site made it so easy to compare different dental discount plans and also provided me with a list of local dentists that accept those plans. This alone saved me time and money in searching for just the right plan. The dental plan also provided me with an up-front fee schedule that allows me to know in advance what the low fee charges will be for each dental procedure.
I have now been a participant in the discount dental plan for the past three years and am extremely satisfied. The plan saves me hundreds of dollars each year in low-cost annual fees and keeps me smiling every time I walk into and out of the dentist's office. The plan encourages preventive dental care by offering low cost regular teeth cleaning and dental exams. When I recently chipped a tooth and needed a crown on that tooth, I saved over half of the cost by being a member of the American Dental Plan. The savings just keep adding up each year and that is why I will continue to participate in the discount dental plan.
Wendy H. - Reno , NV - 02/01/2009
My husband and my regular dentist turned us on to the Aetna Dental Access plan through DentalPlans.com when we didn't have dental insurance. The savings that my husband and I first received outweighed the cost of the dental plan itself. Our children's regular dentist did not participate in the plan. When we were told that one of our children needed over $1,000 in dental work done we went looking for a participating dentist. Not only did we find a great new dentist that we love, we also saved enough money by using our discount card that we had some preventative dental work done too!
Janet M. - Moody , AL - 02/01/2009
I have been so pleased with the Aetna Dental Access plan that I purchased from DentalPlans.com, it enabled me to get some much needed dental work that I otherwise would not have been able to afford. We do not have dental insurance coverage, so finding DentalPlans.com has been a life saver. Dental insurance is an ongoing expense and what I like about DentalPlans.com is that you pay once and that is it, no montly fee or papers to file, and you still receive decent discounts.
Arlene C. - Atlanta , GA - 02/01/2009
My husband and I love our Aetna Dental Access plan. When our dentist's office manager told us about it, we could not believe how reasonable the cost was and how much money we could save. We signed up immediately. Within a very short period, we found out how valuable the plan was. I had to have oral surgery which was very expensive, and the oral surgeon did not take Medicare. Our dental plan paid 25% which was a huge help to us. It has truly been a blessing. There are countless other instances of the Aetna Dental Access Plan's being extremely beneficial to my husband and me. We have saved on fillings, cleanings, exams, and even veneers for chipped teeth. I cannot count the numerous times we have saved money.
We practically have shouted from our rooftop to all our neighbors and friends about our dental plan. One can never know how wonderful it is until they personally experience it! We have been members for 2 years and have never regretted joining. With or without dental insurance, there is no other way to go. My husband and I often talk about how thrilled we are that we joined the plan. We wish we had known about it a long time ago. We think it is great for families with children, couples, or single people. There is something for everyone! We would like to go on record as saying that we could not be more pleased. Thank you for the opportunity to express our appreciation for the provided dental plans on DentalPlans.com, as well as other plans such as vision, hearing, prescription, and chiropractic. We are eternally grateful.
Annette B. - Lake St. Louis , MO - 02/01/2009
I had an old filling in my mouth from over 25 years ago and when I started feeling discomfort from this particular tooth, I knew it was time to go see a dentist. I went to a dentist who was very accommodating 2 years ago when I needed major dental work. He only charged me $20 for a consultation, but without so much as an X-ray, declared that I needed a porcelain inlay in the tooth, because it could not withstand a new filling. The procedure would be a mere $965! My boyfriend insisted that I get a second opinion and at least shop for perhaps a better price for the same procedure. We then looked at DentalPlans.com to discover which plan would cover that procedure and at what discount. I spoke to a very helpful representative over the phone and knew that I would eventually pick one of the discount dental plans offered, but first I wanted to see another dentist to get his recommendation. He took an X-ray and suggested that a filling would be just fine. His receptionist suggested a particular dental plan, Vital Savings by Aetna, and I contacted your company again. I got all of my questions answered clearly. We went online and I purchased the plan and printed my cards out 2 days later. The plan was $134.00 and with the discount, the filling was $63.00!!! Now I have coverage for 15 months, and a total savings of $768.00!!!! Thanks for having such a wonderful service!
Anne D. - Blairstown , NJ - 02/01/2009
Last year my husband started a new job. The new dental benefits would not cover our pediatric dentist who we loved. Through this new insurance we were limited to our choice of dentist. The only dentist his dental insurance covered in our area (30 miles away) was in a clinic. This new dentist was not looking out for my son's best interest and did not agree on the same treatment my old caring dentist recommended. My son and I were quite upset. So, I looked online for a new affordable dental plan. Evaluating the price, coverage and easy access to dentists, our family joined the Aetna Dental Access dental plan on DentalPlans.com. Our old wonderful caring pediatric dentist accepted this affordable discount dental plan. We returned to our initial, professional, caring, pediatric dentist. The outcome could not have been better. My son was happy to see his old dentist and I was thrilled with the service and the dental care discounts. Thank you Dentalplans.com!!!!!
Angela C. - Washington , DC - 02/01/2009
Last year I went out to lunch for my birthday with a coworker. We ordered our lunch and when it arrived I took one bite and all seven of my dental crowns began to crumble one after the other. It was unbelievable. I guess after 18 years it was inevitable. I was literally removing fronts and backs from my mouth as tears rolled down my face. Anna, my coworker and very dear friend, told the waitress what had happened and we took our food to go. It was terribly embarrassing, even more so when I returned to work with my hand covering my mouth and my lips caving in. Thank God for the DentalPlans.com, Avia Dental Program. The accountant at my dentist did a comparison of all of the available plans they accept and Avia was by far the best to choose. Your company comparatively gave me the best price for my dental work. It was that simple, I didn't have to contact DentalPlans.com- not one time about anything. Thanks!
Lisa C. - Mount Pleasant , MI - 11/01/2008
We lost our dental insurance in April 2008, so I needed to find an alternative method of payment. I have three children and did not want them to be neglected for lack of dental insurance. I looked on the Internet for dental plan options and came across DentalPlans.com. We now have an Aetna Access dental discount card. Having three children to take for cleanings and fillings is quite costly. Thanks to DentalPlans.com I have saved hundreds already on their dental work. It has saved us half the amount each time we have taken our children to the dentist.
I would highly recommend this dental plan to anyone. Without this plan, I would have owed several hundreds of dollars to the dentist. I did have the option to buy a dental insurance plan but the cost is outrageous, especially when you only go to the dentist once every six months. With the discount dental plan options, you only have to pay a one time amount fee and you're covered for the entire year. I am just very thankful I found your website.
Marie W. - Jacksonville , FL - 10/01/2008
While my husband was in active duty in the military, our dental insurance had no annual premium and no co-pays for basic services.
However, when my husband retired, that changed. The insurance premium was $1,200 per year to cover our family. This premium covered 100% of basic services, but only 60% of other services.
We simply could not justify the cost of the annual premium and considered not carrying any dental insurance at all and just paying out of pocket each time we went to the dentist.
This was not a good option for our family. As my husband and I get older, our dental care needs may require more than an annual check-up and cleaning every six months.
This dilemma is what prompted me to look up dental care discounts on the Internet. That is where I found your website. I learned the difference between dental insurance and dental plans, and realized that it did not matter which we had, as long as there was an agreement to provide services at a set price that was not cost-prohibitive.
I liked your website because you offered so many different plans, many of them from well-known, established companies. Since we were willing to switch from our current dental provider, I was able to pick whichever plan had the best fees and was accepted by dentists in our area.
I chose the Solstice Plus Plan One dental plan because it provided discounts on check-ups, x-rays, and cleanings.
There were quite a few dental providers in our area to choose from. I chose the one who was friendliest to me over the phone even though I had to wait for an available appointment. It is the best dental practice I have ever done business with.
Switching providers is really easy too! My husband had gone to a different dental provider that was near his place of employment. When he switched employers, that provider's location was no longer convenient for him. All we had to do was find another provider that accepted the Starmark plan on the DentalPlans.com website and contact that provider for an appointment.
In retrospect, I have been very, very satisfied with the Solstice Plus Plan One, with our local dental provider, and ultimately with DentalPlans.com. I took a risk by choosing the plan with the lowest fees, but they have been wonderful to deal with and my family has not had any problems receiving the dental care we need, when we need it.
We have literally saved thousands of dollars by using DentalPlans.com. If we had chosen my husband's retired military dental insurance plan, we would have paid $2,400 in premiums over the last two years. With DentalPlans.com, over the same two-year period, we have paid roughly $400 for the combined cost of our annual membership dues and fees for services rendered.
Marlene S. - Toms River , NJ - 10/01/2008
My husband and I have always had health insurance, but dental was never included. When I found DentalPlans.com a few years ago, I was thrilled. We joined right away and got the Patriot Plan since my dentist was listed as a plan provider. There are several different plans and so many dentists to choose from. If I ever have to switch dentists, I will have no problem finding a new one in my area with my current plan.
We have saved a lot of money since we joined. My husband and I both had to have a few root canals and crowns. Crowns are very expensive, but I pay about half price using my discount dental plan. I've saved hundreds of dollars on each crown and we also save quite a bit on x-rays, cleanings and fillings.
Thank you so much, DentalPlans.com. I would recommend you to anyone who doesn't have dental benefits on their health plan.
Aimee T. - Hollywood , FL - 10/01/2008
I'm a 32-year-old mother of three, from Hollywood, FL, and it seems like moms are always the last to "being taken care of." I heard about DentalPlans.com from my dentist when I had to have a tooth pulled. After my Dentist viewed all of my x-rays, he referred me to DentalPlans.com. I enrolled in the Careington Care Plan. Instead of paying $263, with the Careington Care Plan, I only paid less than $50 for the extraction. With the savings from this plan, I will definitely be visiting the dentist more often. Thank you Dental Plans.com for healthier teeth, a brighter smile, and savings that everyone can enjoy!
Zona N. - Garnerville , NV - 10/01/2008
My wife and I lost all dental coverage when I turned 65. We were left paying full price at the dentist until my wife went online and found DentalPlans.com. Luckily there was a dental office near us that accepted the Avia plan. Between the both of us, we have saved over $2,000 compared to the local dental office we had been using. Our new dentist has a nice, friendly office and he does wonderful work.
Linda W. - Hamburg , PA - 10/01/2008
Last year, I took two of my sons for a dental check-up and cleaning. The first one came out and the assistant told me he had great teeth and that the charge was $307. I said, "Wow, it's a good thing he has GOOD teeth!" I then told her I would have to bring the other son in after I saved more money, since I have 6 kids. I immediately came home and searched on the Internet for a way to save money on my family's dental care. I found the Aetna plan and paid $159.95 for the family plan. The next week, I brought my other son in and he had the same check-up and cleaning. However, this time the bill was $116 - WOW what a savings! I saved enough money on one child's checkup and cleaning to pay for the whole family plan. Now that's savings!
Thanks DentalPlans.com!
Theresa V. - West Hazleton , PA - 10/01/2008
I am a 26 year old graduate student and clerk.
I was diagnosed with Lyme disease and Rheumatoid Arthritis in September, 2007. Over the past year, the medications used to treat my illness decayed my teeth. I do not have dental insurance since I am a student and I only work part-time.
My molar broke unexpectedly in September, 2008. I ran to an emergency dentist and found out I needed three root canals! I didn't know where to turn to since I did not have insurance. I found your site online and ordered Aetna Dental Access. Since then, I have had the three root canals I needed and I'm in the process of getting my crowns fixed. Your plan has saved me around $2,000 so far! I just wanted to thank you for helping people like me get dental work done. You have saved my teeth - literally!
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Do or do not…there is no try.Yoda to Luke Skywalker The Empire Strikes Back
A friend recently asked me, "In a start-up, how do you manage effort." This is an intriguing question. On the one hand, we learn the importance of trying hard…but on the other hand, effort without results is a recipe for disaster.The question is not in managing effort, but in measuring a variety of outputs. For example, suppose we have two companies in services. The first company bonuses employees based on the number of billable hours they generate. The top output, therefore, is billable hours. The second company values marketing. They have a formula that gives a percentage of revenue to any client an associate brings to the firm, regardless of who does the work. The measured output here is customer acquisition and retention in addition to the work done.
Some places measure effort in working hours. Others on a series of objective and subjective measures. All of this begs the question; is effort important?
Effort is measurable and valuable in one area, improvement. Improvement is change in measurable output. Sales went from X to Y…unit production went from X units/ hour to Y units per hour. This helps those people with potential who get off to a slower start, but may well prove valuable to the company in the future.
Effort usually turns into results. Coaching and management help people channel effort into the right direction and achieve the result they ultimately desire. Effort is important, but results drive your business forward.Sometimes effort is a measure of potential. If that potential is not turning into results, perhaps you have the individual in question in the wrong position. The effort is not turning into results. This is the 'square peg in the round hole' syndrome. If somebody is trying hard, but not achieving the desired result, despite your best efforts in coaching and training, perhaps you need to find another place for the individual. In today's labour market, it is difficult to find hard working people. Unfortunately, if you cannot find a place to take advantages of great effort in an area that will achieve results, then they should move on.

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Does anyone know the legal implications of redrawing and potentially digitising elements of an old blackletter font found in a type specimen book? I have found an alphabet I would like to use elements of for a logo design. The specimen is from an alphabet from 1579 in Lewis F. Day's book 'Alphabet's old and New' published in 1910 - the only details I can find about the alphabet is that it was Flemish and was taken from a rubbing of a memorial inscription. But in general what are the rules about redrawing/digitising potentially out of copyright non digitised alphabets? I am not looking to create a digital font file and sell it I just want to use elements of the font for a logo. Any advice or feedback on this comment would be greatly received!
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10 March 2017 - 5:40am#1
Reusing old blackletter type specimens / legal implications
10 March 2017 - 12:26pm#2
Given its age, you should be just fine -- even if you wanted to make a font from it. Bear in mind, I am not a lawyer. :-)
31 March 2017 - 12:42pm#3
It's beautiful! I agree with George that it's age would seemingly make it public domain. If you want to be sure, this copyright lawyer spoke at our AIGA meeting and she was very helpful: http://www.ogdenglazer.com/
6 April 2017 - 12:22pm#4
I can see no reason whatsoever to refrain.


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Prague's first shopping
centers started opening in the mid-1990s. These were
the smaller Vinohradský Pavilon and the malls built
inside the passageways on Na Příkopě Street. Larger,
western-style malls started appearing in the early
2000s. Since then, Prague has been experiencing
a shopping mall boom the end of which doesn't seem
to be in sight.
Below are some
selected Prague shopping malls. Their
opening times are subject to change. Please check the
store website for current information.
PALLADIUM is a large shopping mall located in the center of Prague, across the way from the Municipal House (Obecní dům). The five-story building holds 170 shops and 30 restaurants and cafés. It is easy to get to by public transport (you can enter the mall directly from inside the subway station), and if you drive, there are 900 underground parking spaces. Some stores you'll
find there are Benetton, C&A, dm drogerie markt, ECCO, Esprit, Foot Locker, Guess, H&M, iStyle, L'Occitane, Marks & Spencer, Mothercare, Puma, Sparkys, Starbucks, Villeroy & Boch, and many more.
Address: Náměstí Republiky 1, Prague 1
Getting there: Metro B
to náměstí Republiky
Hours: Supermarket - Mon-Fri 7 a.m.
- 10 p.m., Sat 8 a.m. - 10 p.m., Sun 8 a.m. - 9 p.m.
Shops - Mon-Fri 9 a.m.
- 10 p.m., Sat 9 a.m. - 10 p.m., Sun 9 a.m. - 9 p.m.
Restaurants - Mon-Fri 11 a.m.
- midnight, Sat 11 a.m. - midnight, Sun 11 a.m. - 11 p.m.
Website: www.palladiumpraha.cz
Arkády Pankrác
A modern mall opened in 2008 with a wide selection of clothing stores, a number of shoe shops and sport clothing shops. A large Interspar supermarket, drugstore, bookstore and a food court make the mall a good stop for all your shopping needs. Entrance directly from inside the Pankrác metro station.
Address: Na Pankráci 86, Prague 4
Getting there: Metro C to Pankrác
Hours: Shops 9 a.m. - 9 p.m.,
Interspar 7 a.m. - 9 p.m.
Website: www.arkady-pankrac.cz
Nový Smíchov
Smíchov is a stylish shopping mall and entertainment
center that spreads across three floors. It is located
near the Anděl metro station (line B). There's a large
Tesco supermarket and Datart electronics store
on the ground floor, 150 different shops, as well as
a food court and Palace Cinema multiplex on the third floor.
Address: Plzeňská
8, Prague 5
Getting there: Metro B
or tram 4, 6, 7, 9, 10, 12, 14, 20 to Anděl
Hours: Shops 9 a.m. - 9 p.m.,
Tesco 7 a.m. - midnight
Website: www.novysmichov.eu
Palác Flóra
Flóra is one of the larger malls, yet it feels almost intimate. It opened in 2003. Its
four floors are filled with 120 shops, a food court,
a Cinema City multiplex
theatre and IMAX. The environment is bright and airy
with an open central lobby. You can walk into the mall
right from inside the Flóra metro station (line A).
Address: Vinohradská
144, Prague 3
Getting there: Metro A
or tram 5, 10, 11, 16
to Flóra
Hours: Mon-Sat
9 a.m. - 9 p.m., Sun 10 a.m. - 9 p.m.
Website: www.atrium-flora.cz
Myslbek Shopping Gallery
The Myslbek Shopping Gallery opened
in 1996 as one of Prague's first shopping malls. It connects
Prague's New Town and Old Town, stretching between the
busy Na Příkopě Street and the historic Ovocný trh (Fruit
Market) behind the Estates Theatre. The site is named after
the sculptor who created the St. Wenceslas statue on Wenceslas
Square. Myslbek Shopping Gallery houses about 30 shops
and boutiques, and a few restaurants. Examples
of shops are GANT, Next, Korres, Mothercare, Intersport.
Address: Na
příkopě 19/21, Prague 1
Getting there: Metro A/B
to Můstek
Hours: Mon-Sat
9 a.m. - 8 p.m., Sun 10 a.m. - 7 p.m.
Website: www.ngmyslbek.cz
Černá růže (Black Rose)
The historic Černá růže passageway
at Na Příkopě Street was turned into a shopping center
in the 1990s. You will find some 50 stores and several
restaurants inside.
Address: Na
příkopě 12, Prague 1
Getting there: Metro A/B
to Můstek
Hours: Mon-Fri 9 a.m.
- 8 p.m., Sat 9 a.m. - 7 p.m., Sun 11 a.m. - 7 p.m.
Website: www.cernaruze.cz
Slovanský dům (Slavic House)
The Slovanský dům is another
shopping center located on Na Příkopě. Some stores you'll
find there are Nautica, Mexx, Miss
Sixty, Tommy Hilfiger, Cerruti Jeans, Beltissimo. The restaurants
that deserve a mention are Ambiente Brasileiro and
Kogo Café & Ristorante. There's also a large outdoor
garden and the Palace Cinemas multiplex theatre.
Address: Na
příkopě 22, Prague 1
Getting there: Metro A/B
to Můstek
Website: www.slovanskydum.cz
Vinohradský Pavilon (Vinohrady Market Hall)
The Vinohradský Pavilon was Prague's
first mini-mall. It is located in the historic Vinohrady
Market Hall that dates back to 1902. The mall opened
in 1994. It is now somewhat abandoned due to its larger
new competitors and its location, which isn't exactly handy.
There's a limited selection of stores and a grocery store
in the basement.
Address: Vinohradská
50, Prague 2
Getting there: Tram 11
to Vinohradská tržnice
Hours: Mon-Sat
9:30 a.m. - 9 p.m., Sun 12 noon - 8 p.m.
Website: www.pavilon.cz
Metropole Zličín
Metropole Zličín is a large fashion
and entertainment complex on the outskirts of Prague. It
includes a Cinema City multiplex theatre. The mall is located right at the Zličín metro
station, about a 20-minute ride from the center. It is
also accessible by car. A 24-hour Tesco supermarket
is located nearby (take the bus or drive,
we don't recommend walking).
Address: Řevnická
1, Prague 5
Getting there: Metro B
to Zličín
Hours: Shops 10 a.m. -
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A pink-haired drag queen scattered rose petals before the bride as she glided toward the altar, looking every inch the goth princess -- vampy eyes, raven bouffant, black lace gown and black Dutch rose nosegay. She swooshed with funereal drama past her guests -- burlesque diva Dita Von Teese, pop surrealist Mark Ryden and Bauhaus drummer Kevin Haskins among them. Waiting at the altar was her dapper, inky-haired groom. The DJ, lowbrow artist Tim Biskup, faded out the music -- a dirge by Sigur Ros -- and the wedding officiant cleared his throat. He was wearing, naturally, a giant Easter Bunny head.
"Ladies, gentlemen, friends and fellow bunny lovers," he intoned. "Welcome to the wedding of Jessicka Fodera and Christian Hejnal."
When goth rockers Fodera and Hejnal decided to get married on Valentine's Day 2006, the usual white satin thing was definitely not happening. Fodera, known professionally as simply Jessicka, once sang with Marilyn Manson, and went on to form a noise-pop outfit called Scarling with Hejnal, a guitarist and visual effects producer at Sony. At the heart of Hollywood's goth rock scene, they were introduced seven years ago by their mutual friend, best man Lisa Leveridge, who thought they would make a good couple because they were both "small musicians with black hair."


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I have no interest whatsoever in driving to Houston very late tonight, then driving a 2-hour traffic drive across stupid Houston in the morning AND Thursday morning just to have some bratty students ignore me because they have no interest in coming to a city that was flooded on the national news.
I think I would do better recruiting if I just gave out free booze. I'd go to any college that offered free booze.
Stupid work paying me stupid money to only work 4 hours in the next 3 days and spend the rest of the stupid time getting drunk with my stu--no, awesome cousin. Okay, maybe the job's not toooo stupid.
I keep meaning to liveblog the Real World/Road Rules challenges (because it's my favorite show in the entire world)...but it turns out I'm lazy and I mostly just watch them while playing Solitaire and going "Ohhhhh shit! That bitch is craaaazy!" the whole time. Maybe eventually.
HAHAHA...I went to google images to find a RW/RR challenge pic, and I came across this one to the left from The Gauntlet 3. I click on it, save it, then look down...and where did I find it? From one Mr. Dan Carlson @ Slowly Going Bald. Awesome.
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Human Rights Watch (HRW) released a report on the status of women in Pakistan called Crime or Custom? Violence Against Women in Pakistan. The report revealed epidemic levels of violent crime against women.
HRW reported domestic violence rates as high as 90 percent, a rise in so-called honor killings, and 8 reported rapes per day. Author Samya Burney said, Women in Pakistan face spiraling rates of gender-based violence, a legal framework that is deeply biased against women, and a law enforcement system that retraumatizes female victims instead of facilitating justice.
The previous government under Nawaz Sharif had harassed and attempted to silence womens rights activists. Burney stressed the need for the new government to take a more constructive approach. The resurrection of civil society in Pakistan should be a top priority for those in control of the country following the coup. As a first step, the nongovernmental sector must be allowed to function freely and independently.
Media Resources: Human Rights Watch - October 19, 1999
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In Memoriam: Mildred W. Dean
The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution has received word of the death of former employee Mildred W. Dean on October 10, 2008 at the JML Care Center in Falmouth. She was 91.
Millie was born in Adams, MA, on December 20, 1916. She was the daughter of the late Justyn Wilk and Aniela (Kocierski) Wilk. She attended schools in Adams and graduated from Adams High School. She also attended the Bliss Business School.
Millie joined the Institution in January of 1964 working for John Ryther as a secretary in the Biology Department. In 1965 she was transferred to the Business Office working in Accounts Payable and in 1967 moved to the Document Library as a Library Assistant. In 1974 she was promoted to Staff Assistant in the Document Library. She retired in 1983. She was rehired on a casual basis and left in 1984.
Her previous work experience included eighteen years with Montgomery Ward and Company terminating as a Department Manager. Millie also worked for the IRS and Sears Roebuck and Company.
She enjoyed travel and working in her yard. She was also very devoted to her grandchildren.
She was the widow of Cyril J. Dean, whom she married in November 1943. He died on March 16, 1963.
She is survived by a daughter, Virginia D. Kussman, and her husband, Dr. Michael J. Kussman, of Chevy Chase, MD; two grandchildren, Joshua D. Kussman and his wife, Laura, of Arlington, VA, and Deana Kussman and her husband, Steven Quan, of Bethesda, MD.; one sister, Doree Marceau of North Adams; two brothers, Henry Wilk of Adams and Arthur E. Wilk Sr. of Williamstown; and nieces and nephews. She was pre-deceased by five brothers and one sister, Frank, John, Stanley, Theodore, and Justyn Wilk, and Sophie George.
Graveside services took place on Tuesday, October 14, at the Eastlawn Cemetery, Williamstown, MA. Memorial donations can be made to the JML Care Center in Falmouth or to the charity of the donor's choice through the Flynn & Dagnoli-Montagna Home for Funerals, Central Chapels, 74 Marshall St., North Adams, MA 01247.
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From Sydney to Cootamundra, from city to the country. Living a simple life, being frugal, being more self-sufficient and kinder to the environment. Growing our own vegetables, raising our own egg producing chickens (even with a rooster that snuck its way into the flock) and making more food and cleaning products from scratch. Hopefully doing all this while finding more time to spend with each other.
Monday, 26 November 2012
Long time between posts
I just really didn't seem to have the desire to sit don and write anything, Im not even sure where this post is going to go either to be honest.
I have even been slack at reading all the blogs that I enjoy. There seems to be a lot of reading going on for me lately and perhaps that is why the blog world has taken a fall.
I have enrolled todo a course by correspondence and so I have been doing a far whack of reading for that, there are lots of notes and lots of thinking about what I am going to write down for answers to my assignments. It might just be time to get stuck in and start trying to put the thoughts into a nicely written formatted draft.
I still haven't found a good blog reader for the iPad, maybe this would help. If anyone can suggest one that would be handy.
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Hope you're enjoying your correspondence course, Stacey!ReplyDelete
How have you been since Blogtoberfest? I just wanted to let you know that I'm hosting another (albeit gentler and more introspective) blog challenge over the month of December called #reverb12.
Would be so rapt if you joined us!
There's a little giveaway too. :-)
Details here: http://isawyoudancing.blogspot.com.au/p/reverb12.html
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MOBILE, Alabama -- A Mobile 20-year-old who was out on bond in a rape and sodomy case dating from December 2009 now has been charged with rape and sodomy in connection with a June 2009 attack, police said.
Joseph Rhodes was arrested this morning after police said that DNA test results they received Jan. 31 tied Rhodes to the June 2009 attack. Rhodes was located at a Victory Drive address this morning, police spokesman Officer Christopher Levy said.
Rhodes has now been charged with 1st-degree rape and sodomy in the June 2009 attack. Jail records state that a bond hearing for Rhodes is scheduled for Friday.
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Box Office Report: 'Total Recall' Battles 'The Dark Knight Rises' -- Find Out Who Won
Here's your weekend box-office returns (new releases bolded):
1. The Dark Knight Rises - $36.4 million
2. Total Recall - $26.0 million
3. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days - $14. 7 million
4. Ice Age: Continental Drift - $8.4 million
5. The Watch - $6.3 million
6. Ted - $5.5 million
7. Step Up Revolution - $5.3 million
8. The Amazing Spider-Man - $4.3 million
9. Brave - $2.8 million
10. Magic Mike - $1.4 million
The good news for Sony this weekend is that they managed to open this year's Colin Farrell remake to more in three days than LAST year's Colin Farrell remake (Fright Night) could do in its entire run. The difference being that Fright Night (other than actually being good) cost about one-fifth of what it took to make Len Wiseman's Total Recall. On the flipside of things, Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight Rises (other than being exceptionally good) is almost certainly not going to challenge Joss Whedon's The Avengers for the box-office crown this year, but it is unlikely that anything else in 2012 is going to challenge Batman's second-place finish. The only question is just how high on the all-time list it can climb?
Based on our Olympic-opening chart from last week where we listed the top opening weekends of films to debut since 1992 during the three weeks of the Summer Games, Total Recall would actually come in second, behind only Alien vs. Predator ($38.2 million) and just ahead of Tropic Thunder ($25.8). Not too bad on that level, nor even on the list of unnecessary remakes from the '80s and beyond (or simply just remakes from the '80s and beyond). Here is where Wiseman's Verhoeven remake ranks amongst those homegrown entities.
Clash of the Titans ($61.2 million), The Karate Kid ($55.6), Friday the 13th ($40.5), A Nightmare on Elm Street ($32.9), Total Recall ($26.0), Man on Fire ($22.7), My Bloody Valentine 3D ($21.2), Prom Night ($20.8), Footloose ($15.5), Arthur ($12.7)
There are no foreign remakes like The Grudge and Dragon Tattoo and especially no United Federation of Britain cinema either. Even with some impressive openings in that grouping, only Clash, Karate and the Man on Fire reached over $75 million in domestic ticket sales. That may be a feat that Total Recall has trouble reaching as well. Beyond what hopefully will be some poisonous word-of-mouth, it will be faced with not only The Bourne Legacy in its second week but The Expendables 2 in its third. If it makes half of its gross next weekend, Sony should be very pleased. Anything less and they will need around $300 million outside of the U.S. just to recoup its costs. Not an easy task considering the best any film with Colin Farrell in it has done overseas is Minority Report and that also featured the appeal of Tom Cruise and Steven Spielberg.
Fairing better for Fox, at least compared to last week's The Watch, is the third entry in their Diary of a Wimpy Kid series, Dog Days. It's $14.7 million was not near the vicinity of the spring launches of the previous two films (grossing $22 and $23 million respectively). Neither were big successes outside of the U.S., and with Paranorman coming out in a few weeks, this could prove to be a relative disappointment for the studio. Fox owned the number three, four and five slots this week. The Watch is proving to be a bigger bomb than even Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, but both are pretty much a moot point with Ice Age: Continental Drift in the $700 million vicinity worldwide.
The bigger continuing story, though, is The Dark Knight Rises. As should have been expected it finished on top for the third straight weekend, but still resides about $40 million off the pace of the second film. (It was about $26 million off last weekend.) Still, if $500 million might be slowly creeping out of range, in no way should Warner Bros. or anybody be disappointed with its numbers. That would just be stupid. By this Monday it will have passed Jurassic Park for 20th on the all-time chart (remember when it became the all-time box-office champ in 1993). By next weekend or very shortly thereafter it will become only the 15th film in history to hit $400 million domestically and only the 12th to do it in its initial run.
In 11th place on the all-time chart is Toy Story 3 ($415 million) and TDKR is $65 million ahead of its pace. Ninth place Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest ($423 million) is $33 million off of TDKR's range. It is also $40 million ahead of seventh place Shrek 2's $441 million. Keeping on track means Nolan's film should finish with at least $450-480 million, trumping all the films in its path that took a rerelease or two to garner their current rankings (i.e. Phantom Menace, Star Wars, E.T. and The Lion King) and resting it comfortably right behind The Dark Knight as the fifth highest-grossing domestic film of all time.
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On the condition you are attempting to support the assurance of your team or encourage initiative in employees, here's a short guide to for organizing a rewarding team building activity that will transform your team into resilient unit.
Proper planning
Make sure you team building activities are planned thematically. Each session should build on the previous sessions and should include a progression in initiatives. The progression should include:
- Individual challenges
- Partner challenges
- Small Group challenges
- Full-team initiatives
Ice Breakers
When athletes are preparing for competitions it is necessary for them to warm up in preparation for the activities they will complete. This also goes for team building. Similar to a warm up, your team building activities should begin with an ice breaker. Ice breakers should be fairly simple and encourage an open mind and spirit in participants.
Community Agreements
Simply put, a community agreement is a set of rules that all participants must abide by during your team building activities. Although you want participants to enjoy themselves and have fun, you must also foster both an emotionally and physically safe environment.
Post Team Building Debrief
From various perspectives, post team building debriefs are as essential. One mistake that numerous team building leaders regularly confer is to concentrate only on the activities themselves and disregard any type of question and answer session with their team at the end of the team building session.
Employees thoughts and feelings should be explored by asking them to:
- Explain what they saw
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As the workday grows ever longer, an increasing number of companies are offering alcohol as an office perk, according to The Wall Street Journal. Employment lawyers say the trend can lead to problems including drunk driving, assault, sexual harassment or rape.
Companies offering alcohol on site say it helps attract employees, connects them with others in different divisions, and encourages them to stay in the office longer. Some employers stock full bars and beer fridges, while other offer on-site taverns.
Employees who don't drink for health or religious reasons, or who are recovering alcoholics, can feel excluded and uncomfortable when their coworkers drink in the office, the article notes.
Providing alcohol at the office also brings up liability issues. Employment lawyer Craig Annunziata told the newspaper if an employer serves alcohol and something goes wrong, the company may be held responsible. He adds some of the risk could be covered by liability insurance. "I'm not seeing a lot of upsides when there is alcohol in the workplace," he said.
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I have had some interesting experiences since I began substitute teaching a couple of months ago. There have been times when I felt like I was going to explode and just wanted to walk out of the class and the building, never to return. There have been other times when I just considered myself blessed by being amongst children with whom I have interacted.
The worst day so far was when I subbed for a junior high biology teacher at a school in a not-so-great area. There were over 40 students in most of my classes ... It just wasn't pretty. I remember texting Mark mid-way through the day saying, "I'm in hell." It certainly felt like it. He texted back expressing compassion, then wrote, "Try to find the Buddha in each one of them." Um, wrong thing to say. I texted back, "I'm more worried about find MY Buddha." I have not returned to that school.
Interestingly, however, I substituted at a high school in that same area and the kids were respectful and well-behaved. Perhaps because it was a Resource class, i.e., an English class for kids who are learning-challenged. The regular teacher had left a quote of the day on the blackboard to be discussed, something Judy Garland said:
"Always be a first-rate version of yourself rather than a second-rate version of someone else."
We had some interesting discussions about that quote. I asked each class if they knew who Judy Garland was. Blank stares. "How many of you have seen the original Wizard of Oz movie?" I asked. Recognition. I explained that Garland acted in a number of movies, but her real fame came later, as a singer. One of the kids said, "What kind of music did she sing? R&B?" How could I explain what kind of singer Judy Garland was to a group of kids who were born a whole generation after she died? I didn't try.
Speaking of Judy Garland, I found another quote of hers that I liked:
"For it was not into my ear that you whispered, but into my heart.
It was not my lips you kissed, but my soul."
More recently, I had an opportunity to substitute in another junior high in a poorer area of Salt Lake. In fact, when I met the teacher for whom I would be subbing before school, he told me that this school's area was the poorest in the state. Nevertheless, the classes were, for the most part, reasonably well-behaved. (Ooooo ... Did I just reveal a prejudice?)
One of my classes at this school was composed of a dozen or so ESL (English as a second language) kids. Some of them, the teacher had told me, were refugees. After I took roll, I asked them to tell me where they were from and how long they had been here. Three of them were from Nepal. Another girl was from Iraq, another from Egypt, another from Indonesia. A couple of boys were from "Africa," they apparently choosing not to say which country. Others were from Mexico. I told them that I used to be a lawyer and had lived in Utah for 17 years. (Is that possible?)
One of the things that touched me about this class was how they helped each other read and pronounce words, sometimes translating in their native language to another child. Another rewarding moment came when one of the students said I'd be a really good teacher if I decided to do that (i.e., if I become certified). I was surprised and asked why. Several of them immediately said, "Because you're so nice. Kids like that. Most substitutes are mean and they just yell at you." Now that was heartwarming.
Another poignant moment came in another class as I was teaching about the Great Depression. I asked the kids why it is important to learn about the Great Depression and about what it was like back then. Some of them commented that we study history so that we won't make the same mistakes. I then talked about the financial collapse in the fall of 2008 and the Great Recession that followed in its wake. One of the students proceeded to describe how his family used to live in Sandy, a relatively affluent suburb of Salt Lake; but his dad had lost his job and their house was foreclosed and they had to declare bankruptcy and move to the area served by the school. He was very matter-of-fact about it. Considering my own current financial situation, I was touched by his candor and equanimity. I was grateful that I was in that classroom that day.


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Then came other technology companies looking to flash their Web credentials on television, such as Microsoft Corp., which is taking the trend to its logical conclusion by running a TV spot that begins with "e-anything."
Call it the rise of the not-so-silent "e."
Largely because of the Internet's impact on commerce, business-to-business advertising on television is booming. A telling example: Computer and software commercials, a significant portion of which are b-to-b, increased 146% between the first half of 1998 and the first half of 1999, according to Competitive Media Reporting, New York.
More than computers
But the Internet effect extends beyond computer and software manufacturers jockeying for positions in the Web economy.
Computer and financial consulting companies--many of which, such as Electronic Data Systems Corp., have advertised only sporadically in the past--have also launched ambitious TV campaigns to trumpet their Web prowess. Competitive Media figures indicate financial services ads, a large segment of which are b-to-b in focus, increased 119% in the first half of 1999, compared with the same period last year.
Similarly, Competitive Media data indicate .com advertising ballooned 266% between the first half of 1998 and the same period in 1999. Most of the pure .com advertising on television is consumer-oriented, but CNET, which has a strong b-to-b element, has allocated a large segment of its aggressive $100 million branding campaign to television.
The time-honored way to reach people who influence the selection of technology or consulting services has been through targeted computer and business publications. With TV spots, the waste is "tremendous," says Jane Deery, senior VP-group media director at technology media shop Carat Freeman, Newton, Mass.
For instance, of the nearly 20 mil-lion people watching "ABC's Monday Night Football" in a typical week, only 118,000 are CIOs or VPs of information technology, according to IntelliQuest's "Computer Industry Media/Business Influencer Study Version 6.0."
At the same time, "Monday Night Football's" coverage is excellent, reaching on average nearly 50% of the total CIO population of 242,000 in the U.S., according to the study. The branding message of running a spot in prime time is clear, Ms. Deery says: "Part of it is you're a player. It's kind of like the cost of entry."
Following IBM's e-example
Despite the waste inherent in TV advertising for b-to-b marketers, the strategy can be effective.
IBM, Armonk, N.Y., designed its e-business campaign, which was created by Ogilvy & Mather, New York, to show that the mainframe-era champion would be a player in the Internet age. The integrated campaign debuted on television and in The Wall Street Journal in October 1997.
With the campaign, IBM intended to "move from perceived thought follower to thought leader--set the agenda," according to Ogilvy & Mather. The TV spots showed the Internet is about more than spinning logos and other cyber tricks; it is also about simplifying supply chains and maximizing profits.
The IBM spots have gone a long way to making e-business a household word. Awareness of the term has increased by more than 111% since the campaign began, according to Ogilvy & Mather's research.
"We didn't want this to be a phrase that IBM owned," says IBM's Marilyn Mersereau, VP-brand advertising. "We wanted to make it an industry term where we were seen as the leaders."
Despite its recent stock woes, IBM has come to be perceived as an Internet leader, especially in light of others adopting variations of e-business in their own slogans. Hewlett-Packard Co. adopted "e-services," and Oracle Corp. has billed itself "the engine of e-business."
More players
The Internet has increased TV advertising in categories beyond hardware and software. In financial services and consulting, for instance, Andersen Consulting, New York, was among the first to use TV advertising as the Internet became increasingly important to businesses.
In computer services and consulting, EDS, which competes with IBM in computer services--an arena that it once defined--launched in September the first global integrated marketing communications campaign in its 36-year history. The ads for the Plano, Texas-based company debuted during the National Football League's telecasts on CBS, Fox and ESPN. The reason for the campaign, which was created by Fallon McElligott, Minneapolis: the Internet.
The Web has reshaped the landscape of the computer services and consulting industries.
While accounting firms such as Andersen Consulting and Ernst & Young have swooped in to provide businesses with Internet computing services, EDS has struggled, in part because it failed to include e-business as a part of its brand. In the first quarter, the company reported a $20.6 million loss on $4.3 billion in revenue and subsequently announced it would cut 5,200 jobs.
The campaign, which focuses on EDS' e-business capabilities, is an attempt to boost the company's Web profile, says Bruce Odza, EDS' director of advertising.
"We're competing for business with a lot of different companies, and a fairly important part of this competition is marketing communications," he says. "That's why we're advertising. This is a requirement now."
In the brief weeks since the campaign debuted, EDS has seen ample evidence of its effectiveness. Mr. Odza says the visits to EDS.com are up 50%, requests for sales calls up 700% and telephone calls up 600%.
CNET's mixed results
Like EDS, San Francisco-based CNET sees television as a medium for building brand. And for CNET, the result of building brand is to drive traffic to the Web site, which is a technology portal that competes with ZDNet, Ziff-Davis' San Francisco-based online business unit.
CNET's campaign debuted July 1, and so far the effort has met with mixed results. In July, CNET edged ahead of the ZDNet sites in unique visitors, 8.2 million to 8 million, but CNET actually declined in visitors for that month, from 8.3 million in June, according to Media Metrix, a New York-based Web ratings service.
In August, as the campaign continued, CNET increased its unique visitors to 8.5 million, but ZDNet's unique visitors surged to 8.6 million, according to Media Metrix. In September, CNET's number declined again, to 8.3 million unique visitors. For the same period, ZDNet once again had 8.6 million unique visitors.
In the wake of the lack of desired results, CNET has shelved the "edgy" TV spots from Citron Haligman Bedecarre Euro RSCG, San Francisco, which featured a proctologist and the standard humor that generally accompanies any mention of the profession. Instead, CNET turned to Leagas Delaney, San Francisco, and will be using creative that is "quiet and simple and stark," as Annie Williams, CNET's VP-marketing, told Advertising Age, a sister publication of Business Marketing.
But notice that CNET is making no move to trim its $100 million campaign.
And despite the uncertain results of this campaign, b-to-b marketers can expect Internet-influenced b-to-b advertising to continue simply because the Internet is expected to become increasingly lucrative. Echoing a similar report by Forrester Research, Cambridge, Mass., a report from New York-based Goldman Sachs & Co. estimated b-to-b e-commerce will swell from $39 billion in 1998 to $1.5 trillion by 2004.


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After investing a few more hours, I still found myself unmoved. Hoping to gain some insight as to why it has been so popular and how I could come to love it myself, I decided to take to Facebook and Twitter to ask friends, family, colleagues and associates the following question:
Do you love/like/hate Borderlands? Please tell me why!
@TheL4stQuestion: Best played with friends. Solo, it's a bit meh. Good to just zone out and grind, but becomes another beast with co-op.
@GarciaINCIDENT: It was good for a bit and then got repetitive and grindy to me. Nice ideas though. Kinda fun with other people at least.
@RaygunBrown: I loved the art style & guns. Hated that quest givers were basically cardboard cut outs. Story/world felt lifeless.
@shiggyninty: Becomes better when its Broderlands. But I loved it. Art was different and loved the guns.
@neinhandle: Art, guns and loot.
@JoelGreenius: Borderlands is amazing when playing co-op with some mates! You'll like it soon enough :P
Via Facebook:
Alex Connolly: I like Borderlands. Actually, I quite like Borderlands...just needed a little more NPC action and non-enemy life out in the wilderness.
Reuben Damen: I like because its the best RPG fps, many hours playing LAN co-op, very awesome game.
Blake Thompson: I liked it, was a fun FPS to play more than anything. I can't stand most of the CoD/BF/CS games in comparison.
Matt Pfingst: Love. Awesome 2 player, graphics are brown, the end.
Lincoln Damen: Hate. Complete lack of plot/story, crappy controls and soulless environment and repetitive missions. Liked the robot.
Jason Stubbs: Like. It just feels kind of pointless after a while though. Very cold. But the gameplay makes up for it. It could be likened to a one night stand.
Sam Phillips: Loved it. The mix of cell shaded graphics and hyper violence had me hooked. The dialogue was funny enough to make up for any lack of solid well defined story line. Like Reuben said, we spent alot of time shooting skags in their mouth flaps and being freaked out by the maniacal panting of those little midgets.
So for those in the love/like camp, a very strong theme was apparent: I should be playing with friends or, if that wasn't possible, with others at the very least. This observation troubled me somewhat, as I've always played Borderlands in public lobbies and very often with company in tow. Granted, very rarely was I playing with friends, but most always I had a few randoms along for the ride. Art direction was another much-applauded aspect of the 2009 release, and I'd agree that the cel-shaded look suits an apocalyptic wasteland quite well. Finally, the lovers and likers seem to have great affection for the copious amounts of loot (specifically: guns) on offer to players throughout their respective adventures.
The haters and the indifferent have all brought up the same issues that ultimately ended my last three attempted playthroughs: it's repetitive, it's (invented word time) grindy and the game's story elements felt lifeless. If you can't find good company for your journeys through Pandora, you're left with an inhospitable wasteland with few redeeming features.
Equipped with knowledge of what to look for and what to avoid, I returned to Pandora with a renewed sense of purpose. I played from an open lobby for seven hours and saw of lot of what people liked. I saw, collected and sold an impressive cache of guns and equipment. I found an explosive pistol that helped me rack up many a satisfying kill. I played with a diverse range of characters: some who helped with my quests, some wandered off and acted without rhyme or reason, none were known to me personally. I meandered throughout the great expanse of Pandora and let time pass me by on what was -- outside of the world rendered on my laptop -- a miserable, rainy day. It wasn't entirely unenjoyable.
I was still able to see those flaws, however. They were still obvious to the point where I can say, with confidence, that I'll never be able to love it like a great many of my friends and fellow Bitmobbers. The quest radar is just plain useless: I lost about forty minutes searching for an item that the game was telling me was really close by. I battled scores (and scores and scores and....) of skags. I "interacted" with no more than three NPCs, all through the use of menus and with a bare minimum of spoken dialogue.
I'll admit that even now, Borderland's visuals hold up really well. The unusual style isn't processor-intensive (I'm playing on PC nowadays), and it looks just as clean as more recent FPS releases. I'll probably even buy the sequel at launch and try once again to fall in love.
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|Nyayo tea bushes in Irangi
It is that time of year again, my rural home of Kianjokoma on the foothills of Mount Kenya is awash with anxiety, excitement, and trepidation all rolled in one. You see, the bonus has come! As per Kenya Tea Development Agency (KTDA), small scale tea farmers countrywide will this October receive a total of Ksh 30.5 Billion as second payment otherwise known as bonus. Kianjokoma will share in this windfall, yeah!!
These couple of months leading unto Christmas was a most exciting time to visit Uma and Gaka (grandfather and grandmother) back in the village. Oh the air was festive. I swear the air was different, it was fresher it was tepid. Goats and sheep lost their lives as people gave thanks to their bodies. Christmas in the village was something I looked forward to all year. The chapatis made during that time were the tastiest ever, they still are. I kid you not. I honed my cooking skills from bonus related festivities, my chapatis are legendary. Oh Bonus!
|a plate of chapatis
Before it checks in though the bonus is met with anxiety and many trips to the factory or bank to check on whether the money has been deposited in individual accounts. There is also anxiety over how much per kilo the tea sold and woe unto any farmer's representative who happens to be on their path. He will be queried and badgered about the fall in prices, the delay in the deposits, he will be threatened with no re election in case the prices are not satisfactory, explanations about the Mombasa auction, frost and what have you just don't wash. I hear this year the prices have fallen, unfortunately for the farmer's representatives i.e. directors it is an election year. But I digress.
|part of this writer's family farm in Kianjokoma
It is not odd during this season to see old men clad in ill fitting suits and of ill discomposure hanging out in restaurants and bars (the kind with neon signs that scream 'bar and lodging') in the major towns, mostly Embu town, Meru, Nyeri, some even go as far as Thika. More often than not, draped on their arms will be a woman who reminds you of Clementine the one Lawino shares her husband with;
The beautiful one aspires;
To look like a white woman;
Her lips are red-hot;
Like glowing charcoal;
She resembles the wild cat;
That has dipped its mouth in blood;
Her mouth is like raw yaws;
Tina dusts powder on her face;
And it looks so pale....
Please note that these Clementine look-alikes are rarely locals, bonus brings with it local tourists from far parts of Kenya. Thus the trepidation from the long suffering wives and children who have spent all year being beaten by the bitter cold of the region endangering their health as they pick tea every day. In fact some are known to hang on the patriarch's coat rails as he goes to collect the bonus so as not to miss out on this annual boom. Without a doubt if you miss to catch him, the smell of chapattis in your homestead over Christmas will be a far fetched dream. If this delicacy does not grace the plates, the silly children will always blame the mother who will take it because she can never discuss their father's misdoings. In fact to the children he remains a hero until death. The sons aspire to be like him even when they have no school fees in January after the bonus boom. The coolest thing for them is to wake up every morning survey the land boundaries and then disappear to Kianjokoma town center. The daughters aspire to marry a man like their father and hopes to God not to end up like their mother whose back has bent from the heavy duties and on whose forehead there remains a permanent furrow dug by the heavy tea basket that she has to carry as she picks tea and as she takes it to the collection center.
|Two leaves and a bud
It therefore is no surprise that the women grow fat, more beautiful and vibrant after they are widowed. They can now access and control the means of production and on top of that the whole family can benefit from bonus.
To the good men gone ahead of us and those still around that ensure the Christmas chapati smell will not die in the villages of Kianjokoma I say cheers.
|Kiriru Farm
Photos courtesy of: Kianjokoma wako online https://www.facebook.com/groups/Kianjokomaonliners/?fref=ts


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Domtar Announces $59 Million Net Earnings for Q2 2012
Monday, July 30, 2012
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Domtar Corporation today reported net earnings of $59 million ($1.61 per share) for the second quarter of 2012 compared to net earnings of $28 million ($0.76 per share) for the first quarter of 2012 and net earnings of $54 million ($1.30 per share) for the second quarter of 2011. Sales for the second quarter of 2012 amounted to $1.4 billion.
Excluding items listed below, the Company had earnings before items1 of $59 million ($1.61 per share) for the second quarter of 2012 compared to earnings before items1 of$61 million ($1.65 per share) for the first quarter of 2012 and earnings before items1 of $98 million ($2.37 per share) for the second quarter of 2011.
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"We had a good operating performance in the quarter despite costs associated with lack-of-order downtime," said John D. Williams, President and CEO. "So far this year, our shipments have declined due to softness in market demand for paper but our average pricing and margins are holding up well. The ramp-up of the Appleton paper supply agreement and the conversion of the Marlboro, South Carolina mill to lightweight specialty and packaging grades will remove high volume paper capacity and help reduce the amount of potential downtime for the back half of 2012."
Commenting on the Personal Care segment, Mr. Williams added, "Our Personal Care business continues its growth, reaching annualized sales of over $425 million in the second quarter. The addition of EAM Corporation will provide a long term research capability to help further differentiate our offering and grow the business."
The decrease in operating income before items1 in the second quarter of 2012 was the result of lower shipments for papers and pulp and higher costs for both planned maintenance and for lack-of-order downtime in papers. These factors were partially offset by higher selling prices for paper and pulp, lower SG&A costs and the inclusion of Attends Europe for a full quarter.
When compared to the first quarter of 2012, paper shipments decreased 5.9% and pulp shipments decreased 5.4%. Paper deliveries of Ariva decreased 9% when compared to the first quarter of 2012. The shipments-to-production ratio for paper was 98% in the second quarter of 2012, compared to 100% in the first quarter of 2012. Lack-of-order downtime and machine slowdowns in papers totaled 23,000 tons. Paper inventories increased by 13,000 tons while pulp inventories increased by 15,000 metric tons as at the end of June, compared to March levels.
The Company will release its third quarter 2012 earnings on October 26, 2012 before markets open, followed by a conference call at 11:00 a.m. (ET) to discuss results. The date is tentative and will be confirmed approximately three weeks prior to the official earnings release date.
1 Non-GAAP financial measure. Refer to the Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Financial Measures in the appendix.
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As unfortunate as it is, and as pessimistic as it is, something that already exists cannot simply cease to exist as a concept. We have approximately 7,123,771,198 on the earth today, right now, and that number only continues to grow as we find new ways to extend our population ceiling; even the poor thrive to survive, battling Darwin's theory of natural selection and populating the desperate areas of the world with children who may not grow to be quite so fortunate as we are in life.
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Has your couch been seeing a little too much of you lately? There's nothing wrong with spending quality time in your home relaxing from a hard day's work. But if you're feeling like you want to get out more but keep getting snapped back into the same butt-shaped spot on your sofa's cushions, you might need a little self-pushing to get out the door.
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That sounds simple enough, and yet many of us come home too pooped to think all the time. Even if you have the intentions to go out, if you don't have specific plans and your brain is fried from too many meetings (that should have been emails), you might easily just decide to do nothing — the path of least having to make a decision. So before you get exhausted or worn down by the day, make specific plans to do something that involve specific locations, specific activities and specific times...and hold yourself to it.
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This one requires a little thinking ahead (and some work), but it's worth it. Shoving a pile of laundry to the side as you open the front door and throwing your shoes on a stack of stuff about to tumble over isn't exactly the kind of welcome wagon that will make you want to delve back into the world again. In fact coming home to a mess might just make you feel overwhelmed and like you can't go out ('cause you have to get this stuff done) — even if you end up saying "later" and plopping down on the couch again.
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Oldest trick in the introvert's book. Skip going home after work to instead go to specific plans (see above) and never get caught in your couch's tractor beam (well until you get home later).
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