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My name is Alex Samuelson and I am so excited to be teaching 2nd grade this year at Whittier! My journey towards Whittier began with receiving my B.A. in history from the University of Puget Sound. Because of a professor there, I was lucky enough to get a job out of college working for an educational non-profit called Playworks, which focuses on social and emotional learning through active movement and play. Through that job I was fortunate enough to be placed at Whittier in the fall of 2016. After that wonderful year, I knew I wanted to stay. Because of that, I pursued my master's degree in elementary education through the University of Minnesota. I am so thrilled to be back at Whittier!
Outside of my passion for teaching, I love traveling, the outdoors and spending time with my friends and family.
I am very excited to see all of the adventures this year will bring. Please feel free to reach out to me any time by stopping by our classroom (257) or sending me an email. Here is to a wonderful year!
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Tips For Designing An Ideal E-mail Marketing Message
As a way to maximize your email marketing campaign's value, ensure you tailor each section of your campaign to suit various kinds of customers. By breaking down your messages to put the requirements of each individual, your communication together might be a great deal more effective. In this article, you will find many different suggestions to help you target your prospects most effectively.
Attempt to only send one email per week. Your prospects, as if you, have busy lives and in all likelihood receive many emails each day. By bombarding them with multiple emails, they can quickly begin to disregard your messages without reading them.
Do not send out important emails on or around any major holidays. Because people are typically out of their offices and far from their computers, your emails probably will go unnoticed. Understand that there may be exceptions to this particular. These could include emails concerning Black Friday deals or any other campaigns depending on occasions.
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I am a painter, fiber artist, and apparel designer living in Grafton, Wisconsin. I earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee in 1992. Since that time I have been on a creative journey that has led me in many directions; painting, teaching, fabric surface design, sculptural fiber art, and apparel design. I cannot choose one over the others; they each bring forth essential parts of my creative spirit.
My paintings and fiber art have often been referred to as atmospheres; surfaces to enter into rather than to simply view on a two dimensional surface. My intent is to metaphorically communicate my deepest emotions and spiritual experiences of the mystery of the natural world through color, texture, and composition. Intuition, rather than conscious control guides me in the expression of these experiences onto canvas, board, and textile. I work in partnership with my materials allowing possibilities to evolve that are inherent in them and in me. In this way the truths I express of my immersion in nature evolve further as each viewer reinterprets the art piece through their own personal experience.
My paintings are created through varied processes involving oil paint, cold wax medium, and a variety of other mixed media materials. Layer upon layer of paint, dry pigment, metal leaf, and additional media are applied to the surface. As the meaning and composition begin to spontaneously form in a painting, the layers of paint and other media are scraped through to create a rich, textural image. The archaeology of the painting is uncovered and the history buried between the layers is revealed which creates meaning through abstraction.
My textiles are created primarily through the techniques of Shibori and direct dye application. Shibori is the ancient Japanese art form of folding, tying, and binding fabric to create intricate variations in color and pattern which reveal themselves as the fabric is untied and dried – much like watching a photograph as it is developed in the darkroom. My two apparel lines, Facets Fashions and Affluere Yoga Wear, have grown out of my passion for this work with textile. My love for the beauty and mystery of the natural world inspire my surface design work. My attempt to re-create this beauty on textile is then brought to life on the human form through its transformation into a garment. (To view a current collection of my apparel, go to http://www.facetsfashions.etsy.com and http://www.affluereyogawear.etsy.com)
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Chipmaker AMD has levelled criticisms against a widely used benchmarking suite, calling it biased in the favour of its arch-enemy Intel.
The move steps up AMD's efforts to ensure that its processors compare favourably with Intel's in the public eye, but some observers say both companies' rhetoric should be taken with a large pinch of salt.
In a presentation circulated to several hardware-oriented Web sites, AMD alleges that a recently released version of the Sysmark benchmarking tool, from industry consortium BAPCo, has been revised to downplay the strengths of AMD's Athlon XP processors, while emphasising tests that portray Intel's Pentium 4 in a favourable light. AMD also confirmed that it joined BAPCo earlier this year, with the aim of influencing the way next year's Sysmark is formulated.
Benchmarks create statistics that are supposed to make it easier to compare one processor's performance against another. Sysmark figures indicate a chip's performance in running particular applications, such as office suites, 3D rendering tools and Web applications. Since last year, AMD has been on a renewed crusade to convince users to pay attention to performance measures such as benchmarks, which are supposedly more accurate than clock speed. Athlon chips generally sport lower clock speeds than Pentiums, even if they offer the same real performance.
In its presentation, AMD claims that the way tasks within Sysmark 2002 have been chosen clearly favours Intel's chip architecture. Fourteen tasks that most favoured AMD chips were taken out, AMD claims. "Those accounted for most of our advantage over the Pentium 4," an AMD spokesman said.
The most dramatic change was the way scores for Internet content creation were calculated, AMD said. Compared with scores from Sysmark 2001, Intel chips scored slightly higher, while the score of AMD chips plummeted 20 percent.
An AMD spokesman said that the company had joined BAPCo (or the Business Applications Performance Corporation) in order to have "a more direct interest" in the way the software was formulated. "We want to look at the reasons behind what they did when discussing Sysmark 2003, and have our say as well," he said. BAPCo was formed in 1995 by Intel, Compaq, Dell, IBM and several trade publishers. CNET Networks, the publisher of ZDNet UK, is a member of BAPCo.
BAPCo, for its part, says that it ensures objectivity by building its benchmarks around retail software and focusing on actual PC users' level of usage. Each participating company receives one vote on the benchmark once it is developed.
Intel said that other benchmarks besides Sysmark have confirmed the Pentium 4's performance. "The vast majority have said that the Pentium 4 2.8GHz is the highest-performing processor," said an Intel spokesman.
Some observers have suggested that AMD may be exaggerating its portrayal of the changes to Sysmark 2002. Thomas Pabst, creator of the influential Tom's Hardware Guide Web site, said this week that laboratory tests did not show conclusively that the benchmarks had been changed to favour Intel.
Some industry analysts say that the argument is practically academic, because there is no universally agreed-upon standard for measuring real-world performance. "Benchmark standards are supposed to be objective, so it shouldn't matter who's in bed with whom. It should be irrelevant, but it's not," said analyst Andy Brown of IDC.
Benchmarks could be more convincing if all of the important parties involved agreed to a set of rules, Brown said. "If there were independent benchmarks, conforming to certain criteria, I think perhaps it would be a bit easier for the industry to plead its case," he said.
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For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord. Romans 8:38-39
I've always been impressed when I hear of a person who can make the best out of a bad situation.
The newspapers once told of a holdup man who tried to rob a Detroit store. The thief dropped his weapon and ran when he realized the cashier had set off the alarm.
It didn't take long before the store was swarming with uniformed police officers. I mean it was swarming with more than one hundred police. Observing all the men in blue, the store manager quickly picked up the public address microphone and announced: "We now have a special sale in progress for police officers only!"
That manager ought to get a raise for making the best out of a bad situation.
Not many of us have that ability.
When bad moments arise in our lives, we can easily become bitter, feeling frustrated and angry. Some folks feel God has it in for them and is getting satisfaction from watching them suffer.
That is hardly the way our loving God works. He not only wants good for us; He also promises, because of His crucified and ever-living Son, to help us when bad times arise. With Jesus by our side and the Holy Spirit working in our hearts we can be given the ability to see things differently and make the best out of bad situations.
That's the gift God gives us today –the faith to lean upon Him so He can make the best out of every situation.
From a devotion originally written for "By the Way"
THE PRAYER: Dear Lord, Paul knew full well the power of Your presence. Relying on You, he endured ill health, being shipwrecked, imprisonment, beatings, hunger, loneliness, and still could say, Your love was always there. When life is tough, grant us the confidence to trust You. In Jesus' Name. Amen.
In Christ I remain His servant and yours,
Pastor Ken Klaus
Speaker emeritus of The Lutheran Hour®
Lutheran Hour Ministries
Today's Bible Readings: Numbers 15-16 Mark 14:54-72
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Too many boy bands. Time to talk about Kpop girl bands!
For 'Brown Eyed Girls '
The KpopCharts Update are back, featuring new songs from Miss A, Block B, and Ga-In. Vote for them while you still can!
We talk about Psy's "Gangnam Style," Nu'est's "Action" and Brown Eyed Girls' "One Summer Night" for this week's KpopCharts update!
We talk about Brown Eyed Girls' Abracadabra, SHINee's Juliette, Girls Generation's Visual Dreams, and Secret's Shy Boy for this week's K Crunch Cocktail!
This week's K Crunch Cocktail includes BoA, Uhm Jung Hwa, Ga-In, and a new Japanese song by U-Kiss
We're revamping our K Crunch into something different, and trying to give you a new viewing experience.
We review Brown Eyed Girls Cleansing Cream for this week's Kpop Music Monday and get all profound and analytical and stuff.
We review Brown Eyed Girls' Sixth Sense for this week's Kpop Music Mondays and give away their new album as well. Woot!


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MADISON, Miss., Nov. 1 (UPI) -- Fred Funk, using a possible invitation to next year's Masters as an incentive, shot a 7-under 65 Thursday to take the first-round lead at the Southern Farm Bureau Classic.
Dicky Pride, Mark Brooks and Cameron Beckman were tied for second at 66 in the last full-field event on the PGA Tour this year. Some players are trying to earn enough money to retain their PGA Tour cards and others are trying to get into The Masters.
Funk is aiming for the latter. The top 40 players on the money list after this week will make it to Augusta in 2002. He is 48th with $1,073,804 and needs the $432,000 top prize to have a chance at first major event of the year.
"I'd love to win this thing and not only (reach) the top 40 and get into Augusta, but also Kapalua," he said, referring to the winners-only event in Hawaii.
Funk will have to continue to shake off a bad hand in order to move up on the money list. He injured it in a June motorcycle accident when he flipped over the handlebars and landed on his left shoulder.
"The shoulder part is a lot better," said Funk, who has one top-10 finish since January and is winless since 1998. "I have tendinitis or bursitis in my left hand."
Funk received a cortisone shot in the hand three weeks ago. He was scheduled to undergo surgery Tuesday but said there were "too many ifs" because of the injury's proximity to a nerve.
"I'm scared of what it might do," he said.
While Funk battles his injury, he does not have to battle to retain his playing privileges for 2002, which cannot be said for a host of others.
If they have not done so already, the top 125 on the money list after this event will retain their tour cards for next season. Bradley Hughes entered the week 125th and shot a 72 to tie for 67th.
Among those chasing Hughes is Pride, who has earned just $133,422 in 26 starts and needs his first win in seven years to remain a tour member.
Kirk Triplett shot a 67 and leads a group of five players tied for fifth. Among them is Brandt Jobe, who is $9,257 -- about a 42nd-place finish in this event -- behind Hughes in 126th.
Veteran Steve Pate, a six-time winner on the tour, also shot a 67. He needs to place no lower than third to jump into the top 125.
The top 30 money winners excluding No. 2 Phil Mickelson, who is home after the birth of his second child, are in Houston this week for the Tour Championship.


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Oklahoma man plans to move after windfarm becomes new neighbor
MARLOW, Okla. - Aaron Bratcher can remember growing up near the Grady-Stephens county line.
He remembers the quiet nights and how his children wandered across the street to pick blackberries.
Things have changed.
"It's not country anymore. It's not quiet," he said, standing in the shadow of his new next-door neighbors. "You can't have a peaceful evening anymore."
Not since the newest residents moved in, just a stone's throw from his porch.
Bratcher first saw the wind turbines on the horizon last summer.
This spring, they moved closer, bringing a substation just beyond the fencing of his front yard.
"It's right in front of my house. Listen to the noise," he said, motioning to the construction site behind him. "You wake up with it and go to bed with it. It's constant. I mean, if I wanted to live by a substation, I would have built one in front of the house."
At first, Bratcher considered sticking it out, in the home he's had since the early 1990s.
He continued to work his farming and ranching businesses on 520 acres of land east of Marlow, before realizing the noise and the irritation was too much.
"You wake up every morning to beep beep beep and all this noise, and you come home and it's noisy until dark," he said. "We're selling out. We're going someplace else."
Bratcher tried contacting the Oklahoma Corporation Commission and the Department of Environmental Quality for help but to no avail.
An OCC spokesman tells NewsChannel 4 no state agency has jurisdiction over where turbines and substations are placed.
Though energy companies have to file paperwork, there is nothing illegal about placing wind technology on private property.
NextEra Energy, which owns the substation, did not immediately return messages seeking comment.
A new state law, passed this year, declares turbines and substations must stay one-and-a-half nautical miles from all runways, public schools and hospitals, but makes no mention of private homes.
"It's getting where landowners have no rights," Bratcher said. "There needs to be something out there to protect the landowner."
Bratcher said he doesn't mind the sight of the turbines now dotting the landscape, but he wants lawmakers to mandate a sound barrier or a minimum distance turbines and substations must stay away from homes.
He hopes, by sharing his story, he can spare other homeowners the aggravation he's experienced.
"They just came in and took over," Bratcher said of the energy company. "Rural America is just going away."
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This article is all about the World Poker Tour.
Many of you have been sitting on your couch watching TV and flipped across poker on television. The World Poker Tour made its debut in 2002 with Texas Hold'em and its audience has been growing since.
Poker can now even been seen on ESPN. Who would have guessed that the poker world would grow to be so huge? Many of you have dreams about getting a poker tour one day and becoming a professional poker player but they buy-ins are just much too expensive. The buy-ins will usually range from $ 2,500 to $ 25,000. That is a lot of money for someone to buy with a risk of not being successful 퍼스트카지노.
With the growth of online poker world, getting into these tournaments has become much less expensive then the 2,500 or 25,000 buy-ins. Now offer poker sites are referred to as Satellites which can be bought into as little as $ 1 up to $ 1000. The higher you buy players are going to be and the more seats awarded to a larger tournament there are going to be. With $ 5, you can spend your evening playing at the poker tables and your entrance to a $ 2,500 poker tournament at the Bellagio! Buy-in for $ 500 satellite and who knows, you can be at the World Series months later.
It might be easy to jump into these satellites and win a seat, but there is going to be very stiff competition. Why would other players want to buy in the upfront for the full amount they would try to win a seat for cheaper? This is the best chance of success. With direction and practice, you can find yourself sitting up against the greatest in no time.


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one of our final adventures of the summer was made possible by yet another daily deals site. i scored half price tickets to do an urban pirate cruise in b'more. gg and papa were here too, which made the trip even more special for the boys. we were also joined by our neighbors, tyler & jake and their mom, sara. upon boarding the ship, everyone was given some pirate gear, a tattoo and a pirate name. it wasn't long before i became mom to "angelfish andrew" and "junkyard jacob." jacob was quite hesitant about the whole experience, but much to my surprise, andrew jumped right on in. he even volunteered when they asked for someone to come up and demonstrate how to properly use the life vests.
the funniest part of the adventure, was that even while jacob was whining/crying, he would listen and follow the instructions...so there were times he was dancing and shaking it, all with a face full of fear and uncertainty. it really was hilarious! the boat cruised around b'more harbor for about an hour.
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Biting in Becoming Judas
It could be said that Becoming Judas is a book about teeth. Many of the poems incorporate mouth images, and these images are constantly devouring each other.
I've always had a thing for teeth—I just didn't know that I was baring this obsession in my work until friends started sending pictures of my book and their mouths closing around it, teeth close to the cover, the pages squeezed by their incisors. In Becoming Judas, I did what poets have done for centuries; I revealed my private obsession, my love / fear of being bitten, of being forced to bite back. I believe that good friends do bite back against the way life wants to swallow you. I believe at our best we allow life to swallow us. There is a tension in this—a tension to teeth. As a writer, my responsibility is to bite back, claim my soul against the culture of my time, claim my writing time, bite back against anyone who tells me it can't be done.
My friends asked, What's with all these teeth? Well, there are a mouthful of reasons for teeth—here are my top 32:
1. The etymology of "bite" ties back to "beetles"—leaps to The Beatles. So when I write about John Lennon, I'm alsowriting about biting. This makes me giggle.
2. My most striking feature is my overbite; people know me by my rabbit-mouth smile.
3. "Young of the coney," that is the etymology of rabbit. Coney can be read as "fur" or "fish" or "cunt," depending
on how far back you trace its edges.
4. My smile is a furry fish.
5. My smile is a "wedge," a "hollow place."
6. When I cross paths with a photo of myself, all I see are those teeth jetting out like the slick edge of a knife.
7. As with any knife, I have mixed feelings about my jagged smile.
8. Also known as a "horizontal overlap," an overbite is a constant reminder of horizons.
9. It doesn't take any effort to bite my own lip.
10. I'm biting all the time—the line between here and there, between running and flying.
11. The horizon is pressing against our lower lips.
12. If I really like you, I will ask to know your teeth by my tongue.
13. When no one is looking, I like to bite my own hand.
14. My grandmother always dreamed of toothless women laughing; she didn't like it.
15. I loved it when my grandmother told me about the laughing toothless; it seems like the perfect secrete shared.
16. The only time I ever ran away from home was to go to the dentist. I was 5. When caught, I grounded myself from Easter.
17. I wanted to understand nitrous oxide.
18. My 4 year-old brother said nitrous oxide is the door to outer space.
19. When my wisdom teeth came out, I fought going under.
20. With too much anesthesia, I told the nurses: I "half" to get out of here. Go to Vegas. Marry David Cassidy.
21. I think I love you, so what am I so afraid of?
22. Teeth are human pearls.
23. The first tooth I lost, I swallowed.
24. My mother claims her first lost treasure, I swallowed.
25. We all carry in us a window.
26. Our teeth give us a view of death.
27. I always look a horse in the mouth.
28. False teeth in a cup look like a happy fish—swimming.
29. Laughter is the perfect secrete shared.
30. Where there are teeth, there is sure to be a tongue—
31. menudo—
32. and marrow.
Please consider adding your own thoughts on biting–pictures of biting–bite, bite, bite. Bite and I'll send you something, something delicious.


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It's easier to bike in New Haven now. You can cruise alongside Wharf Drive for five comfortably scenic miles. Also, barriers protect you from oncoming traffic. So, that's a plus.
New Haven Independent went along for the inaugural run of Connecticut's first protected bike lane. Honestly, it looks pretty spectacular. The path spans from Brewery Street, near IKEA, to Long Wharf Drive. Then, the path deviates onto the Long Wharf Nature Preserve for another mile.
Basically, the ride treats you to waterfront views throughout your loop between City Hall and City Point.
Also, motorists riding along that loop no longer have to deal with bicyclists on the road. So, that's pretty awesome for anyone who's ever had to share the road with a flock of them.
Basically, everyone now has their own space. And, by the looks of it, no one's complaining. Actually, everyone says this has been a long time coming.
Matthew Feiner, who founded Elm City Cycling, told the Independent:
"It's so visible and so dynamic. It's more than just a bumper sticker that says, 'Hey, watch out for bikes,' […] For a New England city to have this, it's unprecedented."
The owner of Devil's Gear Bike Shop went on to say how the lanes makes sure everyone shares the road. Nothing's worse than honking your horn because a cyclist wants to bike in the middle of your lane.
The loop serves everyone from hobby riders, to pros, to people simply using another method to get to work.
Now, there's plans for Forbes Avenue, over the Tomlinson Bridge, and on Edgewood Avenue from Forest Road to Park Street on the table. So, if you love heading over to Lighthouse Point Park, getting there without a car will become much easier in the future.
In addition, Hartford expressed interest in constructing its own protected bike lanes.
However, they're running into traffic problems, especially with speed limits. While officials reduced the speed limit on Wharf Drive to 25MPH, Hartford officials aren't having the same luck.
But, as more people explore reducing their emissions or those who simply want to increase their physical activity, these routes are a godsend.
This removes the fight for road supremacy. Let's be real, bikes and cars have a hard time co-existing on the road. Depending on who you ask, the other tends to always be in the wrong. This takes that fight out of the equation by drawing a line and telling each party which side is theirs.
Should the state put up more dedicated bike lanes? Do the benefits of constructing them outweigh the possible consequences?
More importantly, would you use them?
I did and, honestly, I enjoyed them. When I studied abroad in Belgium, bike paths were EVERYWHERE. Within a month of using them, I didn't think they were that weird.
Then again, more people own bikes than cars in the EU. So, that accommodation is more out of necessity than courtesy. But, it did allow for harmony on the roads.
Maybe it's time for Connecticut to experience that same harmony.


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Contents List
- 1 How Data Recovery Process Work
- 2 How to Recover Deleted Photos on Android No Root
- 3 Video Tutorial
- 5 Final Verdict
In this article, we will show you how to recover deleted photos from your Android Device without root and even without a PC. We have mentioned about an amazing application that will help you to retrieve your deleted pictures.
Therefore, just read the article completely and follow the given instructions carefully. And this will help you to recover your deleted photos from your Android device.
How Data Recovery Process Work
So many people raise questions like "Can we restore the deleted photos after 10 days, 10 months or 10 years?". So let me explain this procedure in the simplest way.
Let us suppose that we have 1 GB storage and we have some photos in it. Then we deleted those photos from there. The photos will be deleted but they will be still present in the memory of your device as hidden files. And you can always restore them anytime whether it is 1 month, 1 year or 10 years until some new files take the place of those photos.
How to Recover Deleted Photos on Android No Root
- Active Internet Connection
- Dr.fone Application
Note: The best part of the Dr.fone App is that it will recover your file with the same details and same quality and size. And it works for all Android devices.
Download Photo Recovery App
Steps to recover photos with Dr.fone App
- Firstly, Download and Install the Dr.fone App on your Android device.
- Once the Application is installed completely on your device, then Open the App.
- After that, Tap on the Quick Recovery Button from the screen.
- The scanning process will now start on your device.
- After the scanning process gets completed, then it will show you the list of all the deleted photos.
- Just select any of the photos of your choice.
Also Read:- How to Recover Deleted Files on Phone Without Root
Video Tutorial
1. How do I recover permanently deleted pictures?
There are several methods to recover permanently deleted pictures from your device. Some methods include Root access in your device and some of them require a PC and data recovery software. But the easiest method to recover deleted photos is using Dr.phone application.
2. How do you retrieve deleted pictures?
If you want to retrieve your deleted pictures then the easiest method is using Dr.Fone Application. It can help you to recover your deleted photos. Other than this, you also apply other advanced methods also that will include PC or Root Access.
3. How do you get your deleted photos back on Samsung?
If you want the easiest method, then download the Dr.Fone App and it will help you to recover the deleted files on your device. There are some advanced methods are also available to recover deleted photos, but you will either need to root your device or a PC for the same.
4. Can you recover permanently deleted photos from Google photos?
Yes, there are possibilities to recover permanently deleted photos from Google Photos. If you have deleted the photos in the last 60 days, then you can recover them easily from the Google Photos. Because Google Photos keeps the deleted files in the trash folder for 60 days after deletion.
Final Verdict
Finally, we are in the ending section. I hope this article will help you and you will like it. If the shared information has helped you then share this information with your friends also.
And if you have any query or doubts related to this topic then you can ask us in the Comments Section. At last, Thank you for visiting here. Keep visiting here and keep showing your love.


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by SHELBY JEHLE
Staff Writer
So where is the one place that we all know and despise yet secretly find it fun to go to? WALMART!! Thats right, Walmart, the store known not only for its cheap prices and large amounts of products available, but also for its customers. The main thing we associate with Walmart is hilarious people that enter that store giving it such a bad reputation.
With things like a website completely devoted to the People of Walmart, it is no wonder that we judge this poor store so harshly. Approximately 300 pages of people from all walks of life, maybe with purple afros or possibly short shorts and knee socks with six inch heels, really make Walmart an interesting place to be. No matter the look or the situation, we judge so harshly, when in reality we should be supporting and feeling pride for a place that we can all enter in our scuzziest pair of pajamas to buy a random waffle maker at 11 o'clock at nigh,t like I have done for no apparent reason.
Another thing to address is the fact that we all shop there. I don't know a single person that hasn't been to Walmart at least once in their life. It is a store that all types of people of all different lifestyles can go to and enjoy the good deals and the freedom to look terrible and have nobody caring, yet we do care. People judge when Wal-Mart should just be a place of freedom. Therefore, I say, we all shop there and usually come out with a little regret, but also a little extra cash in our pocket, so nobody has the right to really hate or judge Walmart, unless they have a viable reason of course.
I know that every single person that shops at Walmart looks at it as the lesser sad version of Target, but in all reality if you have to shop there it is really not that bad of a place at all. Now even if you're still a little skeptical about Walmart you can't deny that if you are just looking for something interesting to do with your friends one night at 2 am, going to our 24 hour Walmart on Mooney and seeing what or who you can find could be fun. It might be a crazy looking' person in cat tights or it might be an amazing deal on frozen dinners, either way it's going to be fun and rewarding. So take in that free layaway and love Walmart for all it has to offer instead of judging it and feeling ashamed to shop there.


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There have been reports of hurt feelings among the bankers and brokers who have been the focus of public ire and Occupy Wall Street protests. And it is true that those poor, hard-working souls have been demonized and caricatured. Surely the much-reviled 1 percent does not consist of plutocrats in top hats or predators in blue suits, but of human beings just like the other 99 percent of us, albeit with more money and perhaps more to answer for.
That, in a way, is the message of J. C. Chandor's "Margin Call," which does a great deal to humanize the authors — and beneficiaries — of the 2008 financial crisis. But the film, relentless in its honesty and shrewd in its insights and techniques, is unlikely to soothe the wounded pride of the actual or aspiring ruling class. It is a tale of greed, vanity, myopia and expediency that is all the more damning for its refusal to moralize.
There are no hissable villains here, no operatic speeches condemning or celebrating greed. Just a bunch of guys (and one woman, Demi Moore) in well-tailored clothes and a state of quiet panic trying to save themselves from a global catastrophe of their own making. Watching them going about their business, you don't feel the kind of fury inspired by "Inside Job," Charles Ferguson's great muckraking documentary on the origins of the financial crisis, but rather a mix of dread, disgust, pity and confusion.
And also, above all, admiration for an extraordinary feat of filmmaking. It is hard to believe that "Margin Call" is Mr. Chandor's first feature. His formal command — his ability to imply far more than he shows or says and to orchestrate a large, complex drama out of whispers, glances and snippets of jargon — is downright awe inspiring. The movie rarely leaves the Manhattan offices of the fictional investment bank (loosely modeled on Lehman Brothers) in which it takes place and limits its action, which consists mainly of phone calls and hurried meetings, to a frenzied 24-hour period. Within that narrow frame the gears of a complex narrative mesh with ravishing clockwork precision.
"Margin Call" is a thriller, moving through ambient shadows to the anxious tempo of Nathan Larson's hushed, anxious score. It is also a horror movie, with disaster lurking like an unseen demon outside the skyscraper windows and behind the computer screens. It is also a workplace comedy of sorts. The crackling, syncopated dialogue and the plot, full of reversals and double crosses, owe an obvious debt to David Mamet's profane fables of deal-making machismo. Hovering over all of it is the dark romance of capital: the elegance of numbers; the kinkiness of money; the deep, rotten, erotic allure of power.
If no one in this world is patently evil, no one is innocent either. A young risk analyst named Peter Sullivan (Zachary Quinto) may be as close as the movie comes to a hero, but it is also possible to see what happens to him as a parable of how the system corrupts and exploits its most decent and honest minions. Working late one night Peter (who we later learn has a Ph.D. in physics) glimpses a sign of the apocalypse lurking in a mathematical model. Recent volatility in the market is threatening the stability of the mortgage-based securities that have been generating most of the company's profits, and the resulting losses are likely to swallow this bank and make trillions of dollars vanish into thin air.
Which pretty much happened of course. The task Mr. Chandor sets himself is not to explain, once again, what occurred in 2008 — though a comparison with the journalistic records suggests that "Margin Call" is broadly accurate — but rather to explore the psychological pressures and ethical choices at work among those who caught an early glimpse of the abyss and then helped push everyone else into it.
Peter alerts his callow co-worker Seth Bregman (Penn Badgley) and their immediate superior, Will Emerson, a cynical soldier played by Paul Bettany. In a gangster movie Will would be the midlevel enforcer, entrusted with the dirty work but denied real authority. His superior is Sam Rogers, played by a splendidly world-weary Kevin Spacey. Sam oversees the sales force that has been peddling the bad securities, and he must now carry the bad news upstairs, through several more layers of company hierarchy.
There is a tense showdown with Sarah Robertson (Ms. Moore), who seems to have promoted the scheme that is now unraveling and who may have ignored warnings about its outcome. Eventually word of what Peter has learned reaches John Tuld (Jeremy Irons), the charming, dapper, black-hearted boss of bosses, who arrives by helicopter in the dead of night, like a vampire summoned from the crypt.
One of the running jokes of Mr. Chandor's script is that the higher a person's rank, the less he is likely to understand what the firm is actually doing. This ignorance is almost a point of pride. "I don't get any of this stuff" — this line is repeated about Peter's discovery by Will, then Sam, then Sam's boss, Jared Cohen (Simon Baker) and then Tuld. In a further absurdity, one person who does get it, Peter's mentor, Eric Dale (Stanley Tucci) has just been downsized out of the company. As a security measure his cellphone has been disconnected, which means that his increasingly desperate former colleagues are unable to find him when he might be of most use.
Not that anything can really be done. The most chilling and most believable aspect of "Margin Call" is how calmly and swiftly its drama of damage control unfolds. A scapegoat must be found, and a survival plan worked out. The consequences are acknowledged — those we are living with now — and then coldly accepted in the name of a vaporous greater good. "We have no choice." "There is no choice." "It's not like we have a choice." These phrases are uttered again and again, by people who truly believe what they are saying. Some of them may have sleepless nights ahead, but none are likely to suffer very terribly. The accomplishment of this movie is that it allows you to sympathize with them, to acknowledge the reality of their predicament, without letting them off the hook or forgetting the damage they did.
"Margin Call" is rated R (Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian). Obscene language and obscene sums of money.
Opens on Friday nationwide.
Written and directed by J. C. Chandor; director of photography, Frank DeMarco; edited by Pete Beaudreau; music by Nathan Larson; production design by John Paino; costumes by Caroline Duncan; produced by Joe Jenckes, Michael Benaroya, Robert Odgen Barnum, Neal Dodson, Corey Moosa and Zachary Quinto; released by Lionsgate, Roadside Attractions and Benaroya Pictures. Running time: 1 hour 45 minutes.
WITH: Kevin Spacey (Sam Rogers), Paul Bettany (Will Emerson), Jeremy Irons (John Tuld), Zachary Quinto (Peter Sullivan), Penn Badgley (Seth Bregman), Simon Baker (Jared Cohen), Demi Moore (Sarah Robertson) and Stanley Tucci (Eric Dale).


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How To Easily Catch Solgaleo In Pokemon Ultra Sun
After you defeat Kahuna Hapu on Poni Island in Pokemon Ultra Sun - thus completing your Island Challenge as a whole - you will be able to find Solgaleo with Lillie in Mahalo Trail back on Melemele Island. Not being able to properly take care of Solgaleo like a true Pokemon Trainer would, Lillie will ask you to battle and capture Solgaleo so it can continue to travel alongside you.
Like so many other Legendary Pokemon, Solgaleo makes for a very difficult capture. To start, odds are it will be at a level equal or higher than most of the Pokemon on your team, sitting at a pretty decent Level 60. It will also probably be faster than most of your Pokemon, having a 97 Base Speed Stat (one of the highest speed stats for all Alola Region Pokemon). And let's not forget the offensive and defensive strengths it has, plus its exclusive ability that prevents its stats from ever being lowered. Yeah, unless you're using a Masterball on it, which is never recommended, Solgaleo will be one tough capture.
Since Solgaleo sits at a manageable Level 60, you should definitely only try using Ultra Balls on it, but only after getting its HP as low as you possibly can. This can be incredibly difficult to do, since it won't have any problem crushing all sorts of holes in your team as you try to do this. And that's why you should make sure to have more than the average amount of Ultra Balls, Revives and Max Potions when facing it.The move known as False Swipe is also a nice attack to have on one of your Pokemon, guaranteeing that Solgaleo will be left with at least one HP after being hit by it, should you have the TM or a Pokemon that knows this move. Thunder Wave also works best as a status conditioning to make Solgaleo easier to catch, since it's permanent (unlike sleep) and it doesn't cause Solgaleo to lose any HP. If you have the Rotom Power that makes it easier to catch a Wild Pokemon, then you should definitely consider using it here as well. And don't forget to ALWAYS save before facing Solgaleo. It's a safety precaution, one that has worked since the first generation of Pokemon, so definitely make sure you do it before facing this former Cover Legend.
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February 14th, 2010 at 10:54 am
A Screw-In Coffin
in: Great New Product, New Inventions, Science & Technology News
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A series of burial containers having means by which they can be pressed, agitated, screwed and or self bored into a receiving material, provide low cost interment methods with hermetic sealing, security locking, plaque and memorial markers and built in flower and flag receptacles. They greatly excavation labor and burial costs while providing the respectful funeral services currently practiced. They also decrease the land space required for each burial and provide for burials in normally unused areas within the cemetary, greatly increasing the number of burials possible in each cemetary. The apparatus and methods can be used for all sizes of humans and pets as well as for undergound storage of equipment. supplies, food, water, fuel or other such material as may be reaquired to be made.
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Most interesting.
Seems like it could be a cemetary space saver. Or a way to cache "contraband"!
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Nothing beats a great paint job, especially one you've done yourself. Give yourself the best chance at success by following the instructions. Using poor quality tools or incorrect techniques can result in added time, more costs and a lot of frustration.
Before starting, get the basics sorted with:
- the recommended paint roller sleeve
- matching roller frame
- matching paint tray and tray liners
- synthetic paint brush 60mm
- synthetic paint edger 38mm
- drop cloths
- quality masking tape
- flat paddle for mixing paints
- filler and filling knife
- sand paper
No matter the season, mould is not a good look.
Remove it from your walls and ceilings with Selleys Rapid Mould Killer by scrubbing the wall with bleach solution (1 part household bleach with 3 parts water). Ensure your eyes, skin and clothing are well protected then apply the solution to the mould with a thick scouring pad. Leave the solution on the wall for 15 minutes then wash with water. Prime the surface with Dulux PRECISION Stain & Mould Blocker. Follow with Dulux Wash&Wear +PLUS Kitchen & Bathroom which offers a 10 year guarantee against mould growth. Improved ventilation will assist with prevention of future mould growth.
Previously painted or varnished surfaces
The preparation required for previously painted surfaces is determined by the condition of the previous coating. If the surface is intact and in good condition, it can generally be painted with only a little preparation.
Low sheen or matt surfaces in good condition can be painted over after they have been cleaned with Selleys Original Sugar Soap to remove any dirt, grease or grime that may affect adhesion.
Glossy surfaces need to be cleaned with Selleys Original Sugar Soap and then sanded to a dull finish with a medium grit (P80) sandpaper. There's no need to sand back to bare timber, just enough to rough-up the surface so the next coat of paint will have something to grab onto.
Removing wallpaper
When removing wallpaper, some people choose a remover solution such as Selleys Wallpaper Peel/Stripper, while others choose to hire a steaming machine. Most vinyl wall coverings can be peeled off by hand when dry. They may leave a backing paper residue, simply sponge on a little warm water to soften it. You can then peel or scrape it off with a broad-bladed scraper.
Dealing with some uncooperative wallpaper? Try scratching it with a very coarse sand paper to help the steam or remover solution get through.
Water stains
Before you cover that water stain you need to know where it came from and fix the source. Once the leak is contained, do an adhesion test to check the integrity of the existing paint. If the paint is sound, clean the surface then apply Dulux 1 Step Oil Based Primer Sealer & Undercoat before applying your topcoat.
Filling and patching
Every wall has a story through its cracks, scratches and holes. Before you turn over a new page with a fresh coat of paint, you'll need to fill them in.
For interior wood, there are a number of fillers you can like Selleys Plastic Wood and Selleys No More Cracks™ Interior Wood Filler.
Before you begin, make sure the area to be filled is clean. Apply the filler with a spatula or putty knife. Flexible filler like Selleys No More Gaps Multipurpose Gap Filler is recommended for places like the joins between architraves and walls, where movement is likely to occur.
Filling holes in plasterboard or hard plaster is easy. Simply scrape away any loose paint and plaster, and fill the hole using Selleys Spakfilla Rapid. If the edges of the hole are cracked and unstable, a self-adhesive patch will make the job easier. Larger plasterboard holes will need a patch inserted. To do this, cut away the damaged section and use contact adhesive to put in wood or plasterboard backing strips, before fixing the patch onto the strips.
TIP: A quick wipe with a damp sponge before the filler sets will smooth out small ridges and save on sanding time later.
Bare plasterboard
Before painting your new plasterboard it's important to get the base right.
Remove all dust from the surface by wiping it down with a damp cloth. Once dry, prime the surface with Dulux 1 Step Acrylic Primer Sealer & Undercoat to provide a sealed and stable base for your top coat.
Bare set plaster
Remove all dust from the surface by wiping it down with a damp cloth, once dry, seal the plaster with Dulux Sealer Binder.
New timber
For woodwork, sand with a medium grade sandpaper in the direction of the grain and then prime with one coat of Dulux 1 Step Acrylic Primer Sealer & Undercoat. This prevents tannin staining and provides excellent adhesion for the paint.
Covering dark or bright colours
To cover dark colours with a minimum of fuss, undercoats can provide better hiding power than applying extra coats of the final finish. Apply one coat of Dulux 1 Step Primer Sealer & Undercoat to cover dark colours. If you are painting with some light colours, a tinted undercoat will also improve the covering power. The requirement for a tinted undercoat will be identified when tinting the top coat. Dulux Wash&Wear +Plus Super Hide provides superior hiding power due to concentrated levels of titanium pigment, it is ideal for covering darker walls in as few coats as possible.
A final check
Whatever preparation regime you use, it's critical that prior to painting, the surface is clean and free from any oils, grease or dust. Brush or vacuum the surface to remove any dust and then clean the walls with Selleys Original Sugar Soap, rinse and allow drying before painting.
Masking tape for preparation
Masking before you paint makes the job faster and cleaner. Push the edges of the tape down firmly to ensure straight edges.
Ensure the masking tape is removed at a 45° angle before the paint dries completely. If the paint is too dry, the masking tape can rip the paint film when it is removed. If the paint dries before the tape is removed, using a sharp blade, score the edge of the tape before removing so that it doesn't pull paint away from the wall.
Clear out the room
Start with a blank canvas.
Before painting, clear the space. Take down any curtains, mirrors and pictures. Move lightweight furniture out of the room and cover larger items with plastic sheets or drop cloths and tape plastic around pendant light fittings. If you're painting outside, it's handy to tie back surrounding plants so you have clear access to the areas you want to paint.
As for fixtures and fittings, always remove as many as you can before painting. Carefully scrape old paint out of screw slots before you try to unscrew them.
Clean walls before painting
Thoroughly washing walls with Selleys Original Sugar Soap will remove grease and dirt, providing a clean surface that ensures the best possible performance from your finish coats
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A Wedding Emergency Kit?
I am asked very frequently about our Wedding Day Emergency Kit. When I first started I DO Wedding Consulting, I read everything I could about supplies and then outfitted a suitcase with all that I thought I needed. Of course, over time, I have added items. Now, over a decade later, the kit is pretty much complete, and I rarely have to add a thing. As I wrote in my book, I DO: A Wedding Planner Tells Tales, "There will almost certainly be things that go wrong, mishaps, and mistakes, but most can be corrected, either with creativity, scissors, a glue gun, or a smile. I bring along my huge emergency kit and am prepared for most minor glitches. And as with any unwelcome surprise, a sense of humor goes a long way."
Most of the emergency items are self-explanatory, but some have additional uses… and here is a sampling:
1. Chalk (it takes out dirt marks, animal marks, and more on a gown and on shoes)
2. Cold packs (the kind that don't drip, to be used by the wedding party as they are taking pictures on a hot day. It keeps them cool without having them get wet)
3. Crochet hook (for hooking buttons on a wedding gown, suite, shirt, or others)
4. A glue gun (A wedding planner can't leave home without this! I have used a glue gun to glue heels on shoes, petals on a boutonniere, and much more.)
5. Hair dryer (For hair, of course, but also for spills. One mother of the bride spilled water down the front of her gown right before the processional started for the ceremony, and we dried it quickly and off she went.)
6. Hanger with mesh covering (Believe it or not, that funny little piece of spongy material that covers the hanger can be rubbed on clothing to remove deodorant stains. It works brilliantly! Or use a makeup sponge.)
7. Money and/or credit card (When the father of a bride forgot his tux shirt, I had to call a local men's store and have them deliver one right before the wedding party left for the church.)
8. Lots and lots of safety pins in various sizes. Someone stepped on a bride's gown, and the whole bustle ripped. I pinned the entire bottom of the gown up and under so the bride could dance.
9. Sandpaper (I scuff the soles of the wedding party's shoes so the wearer doesn't slip with new shoes.)
10. Hand towels (Usually the bride and attendants have bouquets that have been sitting in water. I use the hand towels to make sure the bouquets don't drip on dresses.)
And that's just a start!
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A toddler wearing a Superman cape pinned to his T-shirt walks ahead of me beside his mother down the lake road. The mother stoops to hear his running commentary. He marches proudly like Winnie the Pooh's Christopher Robin, master of a universe provided by that mother. I wonder; is he healthy? Will he be happy? For how long will that mother's heart be unbroken? An unseen observer, I feel an unspoken prayer that they can hold this moment for eternity.
I'm reminded of another mother whose son donned Superman's protective cape as a toddler before anyone consciously realized he'd need all the protection heaven and earth could offer.
Author Linda Rupnow Buzogany shares the experience of raising a child with Type I diabetes in a nakedly honest, deeply personal account titled The Superman Years. It begins with a dream.
"I have studied dreams – my own and others – in my work in psychology for many years now, so it was not unusual for me to write down and reflect on the dream I had early in April 2000. In it, I took my diaper-clad son to a clinic, where a doctor told us "we" had diabetes. That was the end of the dream."
In an equally concise and comprehensive one hundred and thirty- four double spaced pages Linda Rupnow Buzogany shares her ordeal of dealing with a child stricken with Type I diabetes. This is the extended hand of a woman who was sanctified by fear to find faith, unfamiliar strength and renewed purpose.
I began the book in the wee hours of dawn expecting it to put me back to sleep but I did not close it once until the last word was read. As I reluctantly turned the last page I realized that the author had somehow written a sweeping history though it involved just a few pivotal years in a family's life whose drama centered round its youngest member. The book is a revelation of the terror and impossible exhaustion of raising a dangerously vulnerable child and the effect that has on the family. It is also a beacon of hope to any of us who are responsible for someone we love.
Here is a story of love; of the fragility of the family web, the challenges and victory of marital commitment under stress. She introduces the politics of medicine and educates the reader on the nature and specifics of diabetes. She describes instances of "the places that science cannot explain"; of communication in coma, of physical renewal through imagination and the potential of both waking and sleeping visions in a world apart from modern medicine. She introduces the perception of animals to loved ones. She describes how she found self- compassion and equanimity in crisis through yoga.
Isolation, fear, loss of power can become a prison that separates the inmate from light and love and faith. For a parent with an at risk child these are the elements of a living nightmare. In The Superman Years, Buzogany navigates her nightmare with selfless insight and unruffled compassion.
The book is divided into six chapters titled: Dreams, Coma, Powerlessness, Sleep Deprivation, Imagination, Seizure and Vision. Within these Buzogany relays intimate accounts of a life as it is unraveling in real time. Buzogany who is a psycho-therapist herself does not leave the reader depressed by a story of sorrow but buoyed up as by her example it is clear; we can help ourselves and we can help our loved ones despite sleep deprivation, spiritual exhaustion and insurmountable odds. Her account is a cool comforting hand on a furrowed brow.
Whether you are looking for support and information as a caregiver or parent or you simply wish to read an engrossing autobiography, I cannot recommend this book enough. The covers are worn from reading and rereading and it has an honored place on the shelf where I keep my favorite books.


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I just got an e-mail that Marriott Vacation Club is buying ILG, who owns the Vistana, Sheraton, Westin, and Hyatt timeshare networks, Interval International, and several other travel companies. What does this mean for me and other timeshare owners within these companies?
Great question, with answers to come over the next six to 12 months. RedWeek interviewed Marriott and other industry execs to address this question and analyze the impact of the ILG acquisition. Here are our findings, and they go way beyond just Marriott, Westin, Sheraton, Hyatt, and Interval.
Consolidation Changing Timeshare Landscape and Options for Owners
Background: The timeshare industry has been in a very major flux since 2008, when the US recession forced companies to cut back on spending. Financing dried up for building new resorts; thousands if not millions of travelers stayed home; timeshare sales stagnated (along with all other travel-related spending). Meanwhile, Internet companies invaded the travel market while online travel agencies (Expedia, TripAdvisor, etc.) started providing instant, or near instant, online reservations for hotels, timeshares, travel packages, and vacation homes.
The travel world changed, forevermore, and it is still changing as a result of the economic pullback of 2008. One obvious sign: big companies with profitable resorts and sound business infrastructure bought smaller resort chains; mid-level timeshare chains with financial issues sold themselves to the highest bidder; legacy resorts started failing as older owners dropped out, strapped by increasing delinquencies that the resorts could not overcome.
What remains, to this day, is the continued escalation of consolidation. Big outfits are getting richer, while smaller resorts struggle to adapt to the changing economic environment. It's the Pac-Man theory of Darwin's "survival of the fittest" law as applied to timeshare.
Where the Marriott Acquisition of ILG Fits Into This
With more than 400,000 timeshare owners and a very reliable brand reputation, Marriott Vacation Club was already one of the world's leading timeshare companies, second only to Wyndham Worldwide in the number of owners. The $4.7 billion acquisition of ILG's shares, due to close by the end of the year, adds 250,000 more owners to the Marriott network as it assimilates the owners, assets, and 40 resorts held by the Westin, Sheraton, and Hyatt timeshare chains, Interval's vast exchange network, the VRI management company, the Aston hotel chain (primarily in Hawaii), and other companies. The implications for owners are huge, but still to be determined since nothing will be announced until after the acquisition is finalized. But at the very least, current Marriott owners can expect greater access to the Westin, Sheraton, and Hyatt resorts. Owners at those clubs, meanwhile, can anticipate greater and easier access to all of MVC's resorts and travel packages.
"When we combine with ILG, we will have seven upper-upscale and luxury brands with over 100 vacation ownership properties around the world," said MVC CEO Steve Weisz during a recent quarterly conference call with Wall Street analysts. "Together, we will have access to 100 million members in the Marriott Rewards, Starwood Preferred Guest, and Ritz-Carlton Rewards loyalty program for our six Marriott vacation ownership brands and access to almost 10 million members in the World of Hyatt loyalty program to fuel the growth of the Hyatt Vacation Ownership business."
Those are big numbers by any stretch of the imagination and they may catapult Marriott Vacation Club into the #1 position in vacation ownership (next to Wyndham). As Wyndham owners may already know, Wyndham Worldwide is spinning off its hotel and timeshare divisions into two separate public companies, with closing due by the end of June. The new Wyndham timeshare company, called Wyndham Destinations, will become a joint alliance with RCI, the world's largest exchange company, and include all of Wyndham's resort management services.
And Then There Were Two...
When the dust settles on these major business moves, Wyndham and Marriott appear set to dominate the US timeshare landscape while other companies, including Disney, Diamond, Bluegreen, and others pursue their own expansion plans. Private equity company Apollo Global Management, meanwhile, is already pursuing plans to take Diamond Resorts public after buying the company for $2.2 billion two years ago. So, at the least, more changes are afoot in the industry.
For the short term, Marriott's purchase of ILG should have no impact on Marriott owners or members of the affected ILG clubs, Marriott officials said.
"Until we have a chance to consolidate the programs, nothing will change," said Ed Kinney, MVC's vice president of communications. "I have had calls from owners of both clubs (Marriott and Vistana) who want to know if their cruises or vacations are impacted. Nothing is going to interrupt owners' vacations."
During the next six months, Kinney added, Marriott will be reviewing the best way to integrate the companies to ensure a smooth transition for a future program that, he said, "provides the best services, infrastructure, and products" for owners, employees, and shareholders.
For all concerned, the acquisition is being portrayed as a "win-win" for the companies and their customers. But as timeshare owner forums will attest, speculation among owners is already rampant with questions about what might lie ahead — including the impacts on maintenance fees, sales programs, and travel options.
One change seems clear — and it is based upon the very recent history of the Marriott hotel chain's year-ago purchase of the Starwood hotel network and rewards program. It has taken Marriott a full year to resolve the transition issues and announce a new integrated program. It goes into effect August 1. Timeshare owners should expect a similar measured rollout and implementation of MVC's new timeshare program. In the meantime, we will keep RedWeek readers posted on all major developments that impact their use and enjoyment of timeshares.
What do you think about this latest merger? Tell us in the comments below.


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I find some of the best ideas on Pinterest, and this is one of them. Unfortunately, this school district blocks Pinterest, so I can't find the link to the original idea to include in this lesson plan post. That's a bummer, because I always try to credit my sources. I will try to log on […]Read more "Family Hands"


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I've spent the entire day so far in panels. I present to you my scattered impressions:
The Power of Myth
On it: Amber Benson, Esther Friesner, Thomas Greanias, me, Les Klinger, Seanan McGuire, Michael Scott, and Thomas Sniegoski
The take-away: Michael Scott, the Nicholas Flamel guy, knows a lot about myth. And has a dreamy Oirish accent. Amber Benson (Tara on Buffy, plus she wrote the Calliope Reaper-Jones Novels) is really smart, in addition to being kind to fawning fanboys (please don't ask me how I know this). Actually this panel, despite its slightly vague title, was intensely wonderful. Mythology is really weird, and fantasy writers have interesting ideas about it — we revere it, but also we pillage it and steal from it and desecrate it.
(More on Techland: The Guy Who Hates Comic-Con, Part III: Stormtrooper House Party)
Sci-Fi That Will Change Your Life
On it: Annalee Newitz, Charlie Jane Anders, Lou Anders, Meredith Woerner, Cyriaque Lamar, Marc Bernardin, Bonnie Burton, Douglas Wolk
The take-away: Lots of good things came out last year! Including Dash Shaw's Bodyworld, Warren Ellis's Freakangels, and Paolo Bacigalupi's The Windup Girl. Also some people like Chuck.
(More on Techland: The Guy Who Hates Comic-Con, Part II: Hope Kills)
Once Upon a Time: Fantasy authors discuss whether Epic Fantasy requires bigger-than-life heroes and heroines.
On it: Lynn Flewelling, Christopher Paolini, Patrick Rothfuss, Brandon Sanderson, Megan Whalen Turner and Brent Weeks
The take-away: Making your hero a Mary Sue is not necessarily a bad thing. Prophecies and Chosen Ones are fine as far as they go, but they raise serious plotting problems. It's fine to make up a language, but unless you're an actual philologist like Tolkien, be careful. Adds Paolini, "apostrophes are really fun!" I knew Rothfuss was hilarious, but I'd totally forgotten how funny Paolini is in person.
(More on Techland: The Guy Who Hates Comic-Con Goes to Comic-Con, Part I)
The Visionaries
On it: J.J. Abrams and Joss Whedon
The take-away: I'm sitting in this now, and it's not over, but so far I've learned that when he was young Abrams repaired Steven Spielberg's super-8 films for him. And Whedon is definitely directing The Avengers. Also, they're both really funny. But that's not news. Also, Whedon thinks the Avengers Annual where Adam Warlock dies is a neglected classic. And he's having a huge squee about Abrams' Star Trek.
More on Techland:
Comic-Con International: What to Get in Line For Early
Where to See Techlanders at Comic-Con


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Scaling and Root Planing (Deep Cleaning)
The initial stage of treatment is usually a thorough cleaning that may include "scaling" to remove plaque and tartar deposits beneath the gum line. The tooth roots may also be "planed" to smooth the root surface allowing the gum tissue to heal and reattach to the tooth.
Tartar and Tooth Scaling
Tartar is plaque that has had time to harden and is that white (sometimes yellow) substance found at the base of the tooth just above the gumline. Tartar is usually requires professional care for proper and thorough removal. Tooth scaling is a service that involves using a tool that is specifically designed to break-apart and remove tartar. We gently run the tooth scaling tool completely around the teeth surfaces of teeth that have any signs of tartar which effectively cleans the gumline and smooths the tooth enamel. Every time you come in for a dental checkup, tooth scaling is performed to help prevent future dental problems such as cavities and gum disease.
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A comparison with the speech act will allow us to go further and not limit ourselves to the critique of graphic representations alone, looking from the shores of legibility toward an inaccessible beyond. The act of walking is to the urban system what the speech act is to language or to the statements uttered. At the most elementary level, it has a triple "enunciative" function: it is a process of appropriation of the topographical system on the part of the pedestrian (just as the speaker appropriates and takes on the language); it is a spatial acting-out of the place (just as the speech act is an acoustic acting-out of language); and it implies relations among differentiated positions, that is, among pragmatic "contracts" in the form of movements (just as verbal enunciation is an "allocution," "posits another opposite" the speaker and puts con tracts between interlocutors into action). It thus seems possible to give a preliminary definition of walking as a space of enunciation. (…) The modalities of pedestrian enunciation which a plane representation on a map brings out could be analyzed. (…) Walking affirms, suspects, tries out, transgresses, respects, etc., the trajectories it "speaks."
Richard Long, A Line Made by Walking (1967)


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Posts Tagged 'The Who'
Putting the Roll back in Rock n' Roll!
by Treadmarkz
Like any other kid, I went through many stages concerning the question "What do you want to be when you grow up?" One of those stages was "Rock Star". Of course. Who doesn't? It would fulfill two of the more basic needs of an adolescent boy: Get girls, Get attention. I have never seen a major nationally-known rock band with a member in a wheelchair. Honorable Mention: Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys and Syd Barrett of Pink Floyd developed mental disabilities in the 60s but both were drug-induced. Roger Daltrey had a stutter, but only for one song, "My Generation". And Rick Allen from Def Leppard lost and arm and continued to drum, and they were one of the most successful bands in the 80's.
Upon researching this subject, I came across something that I, having spina bifida, found fascinating. John Mellencamp and Hank Williams, Sr. were both born with mild forms of spina bifida. I wish it were more widely known that two talented people such as these had Spina Bifida. Don't get me wrong, there are immensely talented people with Spina Bifida all over the world. But let's face it, people look up to well-known celebrity types. However, in the end, we all just represent ourselves. It wouldn't give me any credential that I didn't already possess if one of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Green Day or Korn were in a wheelchair. I'd just like to see a band like that. I know plenty of guys in wheelchairs who play guitars, so it is bound to happen.


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A recent employment tribunal case about employment status also has implications for tax law. The case turned on the test of whether there was sufficient, or any, 'mutuality of obligation' to create a contract of employment.
Mutuality of obligation (MOO) for employment status in terms of both tax law and employment law is a master and servant test of whether there is an obligation on the worker to work and an obligation on the other party to pay him or her and to continue to make work available during the time of the contract. This is sometimes known as 'specific MOO' as opposed to MOO in the wider sense, which all contracts need to have in order to enforceable.
The case of Hafal v Lane-Angell was heard by the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) (reference UKEAT/0107/17/JOJ). Miss Lane-Angell (LA) was a bank worker for Hafal Ltd (H). LA would tell H when she was available for work, whereupon H would put LA on an its on-call shift rota. If work was available, H would telephone those on their rota who could accept or reject the work. H operated a 'three strikes or you're out' policy, so that if a worker on the rota was unavailable on three occasions when H telephoned them, they were not included on future rotas. LA was removed from the rota under this policy and claimed unfair dismissal.
The EAT, overturning the decision of the Employment Tribunal (ET), found that the working arrangement demonstrated no obligation to provide or accept work and there was no overarching contract of employment.
The EAT decided the question of whether LA was an employee by reference to MOO, applying MOO case law to both the written evidence and to the facts. The EAT decided that there was no overarching employment contract subsisting throughout the period of the engagement. The terms of the appointment letter were clear; they negated mutuality of obligation in respect of work being offered or performed. These terms were borne out by the facts. The ET's findings, far from indicating an ongoing overarching contract, supported mutual obligations only during the periods when LA was on the rota. There were no findings or evidence that supported such obligations for the periods between the rotas.
Accordingly, the EAT allowed H's appeal and substituted a decision that LA was not an employee of H.
Given the importance of MOO, as exemplified by this case, we find it strange that HMRC's check employment status tool (CEST) does not include specific MOO as a determinant of whether or not someone is an employee or within IR35.
When IR35 etc first surfaced the Courts had decided that MOO was the sine qua non of employment status - control and substitution could not trump them. In my experience/estimation HMRC have tried to pretend MOO doesn't exist because all too often it knocks their arguments for six. Our side have tended to play into their hands by allowing more emphasis on control so it is heartening to see that MOO is alive and kicking.


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Children are our greatest joy. From their innocence to mischievousness, there's always some new way they explore the world with all its beautiful colours. Most kids are born with innate sensitivities towards crafts, arts, and music. These talents should be nurtured and cared for, encouraged and given a new dimension to discover more unique skills. Jewellery making is one such craft. It is therapeutic, increases focus and concentration, and improves motor skills.
Not only is jewellery making an excellent way to introduce something brand new and novel to children, but also is a great way to relax and spend time with them. Quality bonding time with kids is a sporadic thing that takes place once in a blue moon. Jewellery crafts promote creativity and give a boost to the self-confidence of your children. Kind words, encouragement and the opportunity to create and wear something new is sure to bring out the best in your children.
Let us look at some ways to make homemade jewellery with Katie from Orla James.
Clay beads jewellery
If you have little girls at home who want to express their own fashion sense, then the clay bead jewellery is sure to be a hit. Polymer clay is available at almost all craft supply stores and comes in a variety of colours.
To make clay beads jewellery, you will need a little polymer clay, mineral oil, an oven-proof pan, thread, toothpick, and a needle.
Cut up the clay into small pieces, add a drop of mineral oil, and round them up into little balls. Once done, pierce the ball with a toothpick through the centre. Lay all the colourful polymer clay beads on a baking pan and bake according to the instructions on the polymer clay packet.
Once done, let the beads cool and thread the beads (with the help of the needle) to fashion a bracelet, necklace, or a friendship band to give to friends.
Coloured pasta necklace
Coloured pasta jewellery is a fun way to spend time with kids. Boys and girls love wearing coloured pasta necklaces while they play with friends or just run around the park. All you need are pasta shells (preferable penne), hand sanitiser, freezer bags, matchstick, strong thread, tape, and food colouring.
In the freezer bags, add a handful of pasta and a drop of sanitiser. Shake well so that all the pasta is coated well. Now add food colouring and shake the bag to cover all pasta shells with the colour. Empty the pasta shells onto an old newspaper and allow to dry off completely.
Make separate freezer bags for different colors.
Once dried, tie the thread to a matchstick and secure it with a little tape. Now you can make bracelets and neck pieces for your kids from regular pasta. Use a Sussex wedding photographer to capture great images of these since they've worked with jewellery pictures before.
Ready-to-seed jewellery
Most parents today feel the need to teach their children about reuse and recycling. Boys and girls are more aware of the ecological balance of our world than many adults. Ready-to-seed jewellery is a beautiful way to help your little one with his or her green thumb.
What you will need are seeds, clay (preferably air dry), dry vegetable compost (without manure or animal parts), bowl, toothpick, food colouring, hemp twine, and paintbrushes.
Mix the seeds, compost, and clay together in the ratio 1: 1: 4. (1-part seeds, 1-part compost, and 4-parts of clay) and knead together in a bowl. Once done, roll the mixture into bead sized balls or oblong pieces. Pierce through the centre of these pieces with a toothpick. Let dry over the next few days.
Once dried, use a paintbrush and paint organic food colour (undiluted) directly on to the beads. Let dry. Now thread together with hemp twine.
This jewellery is ready to plant whenever your little ones get bored with their jewellery. Simple bury the fashion pieces in the soil, provide water and wait for your seeds to grow into plants.
Toilet roll bracelet and anklets
Keeping in mind the eco-friendliness and do-it-yourself for this project, we bring you the toilet roll bracelet and anklet. What you need are toilet roll cores, glue, wool yarn, and transparent tape. Cut the toilet roll core into three equal parts (you can slice the roll to make an expendable bracelet or anklet) and start wrapping the wool yarn in clean lines. Use tape to secure the end of the thread to the core before starting. Once done, glue on to the base to keep secure. Use colourful wool yarn or single toned ones to add colour to the jewellery. Your anklet and bracelet are ready to be worn!


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Finally time again to post upcycle design made out of skateboard decks. You may have noticed that I'm a great fan of skateboards. I don't ride a skateboard, but sure do like the performed tricks, smooth movements and the way the boards and decks look. For many people skateboards have become a way to express themselves or even a lifestyle.
These decks are ready to be discarded after a lifetime of being 'beaten and battered'. Luckily there's a way to recycle them and, even better, many designers find ways to upcycle them into stunning design. Here are a few beautiful examples: Skate Guitar and Art of Board.
A dining chair that represents movement
The design in this post is called TULIP and is a creation by a company called Sitflip, founded in 2010 by Jörg Volgger, based in Bolzano | Italy. First started out in Vienna and now situated in the Alps of South-Tyrol, surrounded by marvelous mountains. Sitflip is an unconventional furniture label that converts the creative energy of skateboarding into compelling design projects.
Jörg Volgger is an architect and designer whose projects revolve around ideas like mobility, DIY and using materials and concepts for other purposes than they were originally intended for. He owns a lot of used skateboards and thought about combining two of his passions, skateboarding and design. And this idea let to his company Sitflip and their products. One of the first products was the Tre chair. A light and mobile chair that is constructed out of three used skateboard decks.
The Tulip dining chair is their latest upcycle furniture piece. Like every Sitflip product, it represents movement. The skateboard parts are flower like petals, gently following the lines of the body. The metal structure used for this chair is very sturdy and gives the design a slender and stylish appearance. The version shown here uses new skateboard decks, but I'm looking forward to a version that is made out of discarded decks. Personally I think that these old ones have so much more character and a story to tell with all their scratches and graphics. And of course, using old decks makes it all the more about upcycling.
Jörg Volgger:
"We are constantly working on new projects. Sustainability and an eco-friendly approach are at the base of every new product. Through our designs we always try to tell a story."
The design company doesn't see design as just the 'fulfillment of functional criteria'. No, for them the story behind the object makes their furniture stand out.
Sitflip also wants to be a platform for emerging artists wanting to express themselves on an unusual and innovative medium. Just like other Sitflip designs, the decks can be used as canvases. This way the skateboard chairs can be rendered into unique pieces of furniture art.
Photos © Arno Ebner
Tulip is unconventional skateboard furniture and will surely stand out in every interior. If you like skateboarding and want to bring a bit of skateboarding lifestyle into your interior, you should visit Sitflips website.


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To talk about "Lazer Team", I need to talk about Rooster Teeth a little bit first. I'll save any in depth talk for a separate post, but quickly, Rooster Teeth is a company that produces online content. From animated series to video game play based series to comedy series, they cover it. If you are a gamer who loves comedy, or a comedy lover who plays video games, I encourage you to check them out. Great, funny, entertaining stuff. For serious.
Now, they have created some online short documentaries and other things, but Lazer Team is a full-length movie, the first of many I hope. After a hugely successful Indiegogo campaign (over $2.4 million in one month – an Indiegogo record), they started production and finally released the film in select theaters worldwide this week.
I discovered Rooster Teeth and Lazer Team through my son, Jamison, who is an avid gamer, and comedy and movie lover, much like myself. So, when I saw that there was an opportunity to see this movie the week before his 15th birthday, They released the movie using the Tugg platform (more info about that here), where the showing of the movie is based upon the interest at the local market. We ended up with two screenings here in Columbus, and the last time I checked they were 50-ish tickets away from a third showing next week. Needless to say, Jamison was thrilled that we were going to get to be a part of this.
Shortly after I bought the tickets, I got an email with a link to limited edition merchandise available only to ticket holders. So naturally, I got two t-shirts for us to wear to the movie.
Fast forward to last night, and the screening. We arrived early, so we could secure good seats, and I'm glad we did. Both screenings last night were sold out, apparently there are lots of RT fans in Columbus. After sitting, I took the obligatory selfies, much to the chagrin of my son.
(I am not good at selfies. Clearly)
The movie started and being in that room with all of those fans was pretty awesome. Before the official movie kicked off, we got a nice message from Matt Hullum, CEO of Rooster Teeth, thanking us for being there and thanking any Indiegogo contributors that happened to be in the audience, of which there were quite a few. The movie starts and it was just as I had expected it to be. Now, non-RT fans may not love this movie, but I don't care, because I love them and I loved it. AV Club described it as resembling "a mash up of Super Troopers and Independence Day, with a smattering of Ghostbusters." Which is pretty much spot on. I'm happy to report that at this moment, they have a 64% on Rotten Tomatoes, which when considering the kind of movie this is, it could be much, much worse. Now, the audience score is at 90%, but it's a fan driven movie distributed on a fan-driven platform, so that makes sense.
Another perk, in addition to exclusive merchandise, we got some extra footage at the theater. After the movie ended, and after rousing applause, Matt came back and thanked us and then introduced a deleted scene, which was fantastic. And then he came back and introduced the blooper reel – which is one of my all time favorite things ever. I love a good blooper reel, and this didn't disappoint.
Every single person sat through all of the credits, naturally. And every single person who contributed to the Indiegogo campaign was listed in the credits. Love that.
It was a great experience. Some of my favorite moments were spotting all of the Rooster Teeth folks in various cameo roles in the movie. In particular Gus Sorola as "Disheveled Scientist," Chris Demarais as "Franksen," Barbara Dunkleman as "Cheerleader," and Blaine Gibson as "Hospital Guard #1."
Also (I think I was alone in my overwhelming excitement at this) Ed Robertson from Barenaked Ladies was in the movie! Yaaaaaas! He played a news reporter (naturally) and it made my heart so, so happy. (Please refer back to my post here about the Barenaked Ladies to see about their previous work with Rooster Teeth).
Ultimately, I'm super happy I got to share this with my son. Watching these YouTube videos and listening to the pod casts and talking about these people is something we share that is pretty awesome and cool. Being able to share this with him and having him enjoy it so much = very, very cool.
So, thank you Rooster Teeth, for allowing my son and I to have some pretty awesome stuff to bond over. You guys rock!
(Seriously. I take the worst pictures ever.)


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Keynes on Credit and Confidence
From the Columbia Business School Public Offering blog:
A Keynesian Lesson for Confidence, by Ray Horton: By happenstance I'm lecturing on John Maynard Keynes ... today. I don't ask my students to read the whole of The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money, which would indeed be cruel and unusual punishment, but I do require them to read chapters 10, 12 and 24. ... Chapter 12 certainly makes the carnage on Wall Street a bit easier to understand; it also is a reminder that recovery isn't going to be easy. Quoting Keynes:
A conventional valuation which is established as the outcome of the mass psychology of a large number of ignorant individuals is liable to change violently as the result of a sudden fluctuation of opinion due to factors which do not really make much difference to the prospective yield; since there will be no strong roots of conviction to hold it steady. In abnormal times in particular, when the hypothesis of an indefinite continuance of the existing state of affairs is less plausible than usual even though there are no express grounds to anticipate a definite change, the market will be subject to waves of optimistic and pessimistic sentiment, which are unreasoning and yet in a sense legitimate where no solid basis exists for a reasonable calculation.
So far we have had chiefly in mind the state of confidence of the speculator or speculative investor himself and may have seemed to be tacitly assuming that, if he himself is satisfied with the prospects, he has unlimited command over money at the market rate of interest. This is, of course, not the case. Thus we must also take account of the other facet of the state of confidence, namely, the confidence of the lending institutions towards those who seek to borrow from them, sometimes described as the state of credit. A collapse in the price of equities, which has had disastrous reactions on the marginal efficiency of capital, may have been due to the weakening either of speculative confidence or of the state of credit. But whereas the weakening of either is enough to cause a collapse, recovery requires the revival of both. For whilst the weakening of credit is sufficient to bring about a collapse, its strengthening, though a necessary condition of recovery, is not a sufficient condition.
These days, Keynes is not very popular in some circles; in truth, he is a bit hard on the neo-classicists in chapter two. But behavioral economics, which is now mounting a serious attack on the neo-classicists..., owes a lot to Keynes, as the above quote makes clear. As he wrote more than seven decades ago, strengthening credit is a necessary but not sufficient condition for recovery. We need to restore some confidence too, which is probably where political leadership comes in.
Political Leadership? Uh-oh.
Posted by Mark Thoma on Tuesday, September 23, 2008 at 09:36 PM in Economics, Financial System |
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