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This Web site and the services offered on it (the "Service") are owned and operated by Next Jump, Inc. and/or Next Jump Limited (collectively, sometimes referred to as "We", "Us", or "Next Jump"). Next Jump, Inc., is registered in the State of Delaware, United States of America, and have our registered office and main trading address at 261 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10016. Next Jump Ltd is registered in England and Wales under company number 06156435 and with a registered office and main trading address at 99 Waterloo Road, London, SE1 8UL. To contact us, please use the Contact Us page. The Service is provided to you pursuant to the terms and conditions of this Terms of Use and any operating rules or policies that may be published by Next Jump, (including the Privacy Policy), as may be amended from time to time (collectively, the "Agreements"). You shall mean you, any invitee of yours, and anyone who may receive a gift or credit from you which is redeemable by using the Service. BY USING THE SERVICE, YOU ARE INDICATING YOUR AGREEMENT TO BE BOUND BY ALL OF THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS CONTAINED IN THE AGREEMENTS.
By consenting to the Agreements, You agree:
To represent only Yourself on the Service, and no other persons, living, dead, or imagined; the Service may only be used by natural persons (i.e., individuals) on their own behalf and not by or on behalf of any commercial entity unless explicitly permitted by Us;
To provide accurate information to Us, including, but not limited to information required to register with the Service;
To not use the Service to: Reproduce, duplicate, copy, sell, resell, distribute, publish or exploit for any commercial purpose the software, products, or services provided by Us or obtained through the Service without obtaining our express, prior written consent. This restriction includes any attempt to incorporate any information from the Service into any other directory, product, or service.
To provide for Your own access to the Service, including but not limited to obtaining and maintaining all telephone, computer hardware and software, and other equipment and paying all related charges.
As part of the Service registration process, You will provide certain personal information to Us. Your personal information will only be used in accordance with our Privacy Policy. We reserve the right to, but we are not obligated to, inform You by email of changes or additions to the Service or of any of our related products and services.
Next Jump, Inc. and your organization will not be liable for any loss or damage incurred as a result of any interaction between you and a vendor accessible through the Service. All matters, including but not limited to delivery of goods and services, returns, and warranties are solely and strictly between you and the vendor.
You acknowledge that Next Jump, Inc. and your organization do not endorse or warrant the vendors that are accessible through the Service nor the goods and services that they provide.
In some instances you may redeem alternate currencies or credits for goods and services. In such cases, the conditions of Service described in these Terms of Use will apply.
In some instances, you may be permitted to invite others to use the Service and/or you may also provide a credit to a third party for use with the Service, in which case your invitee's and/or third party's use of the Service will be acceptance of the Agreements.
If you have a dispute with one or more vendors or other third parties, you release Next Jump, Inc. (and its officers, directors, agents, subsidiaries, joint ventures and employees) from claims, demands and damages (actual and consequential) of every kind and nature, known and unknown, arising out of or in any way connected with such disputes. If you are a California resident, you waive California Civil Code Section 1542, which says: "A general release does not extend to claims which the creditor does not know or suspect to exist in his favor at the time of executing the release, which if known by him must have materially affected his settlement with the debtor."
Next Jump, Inc. may feature special offers, referred to as Overwhelming Offers ("OOs"). Some of these OOs will be limited in terms of inventory and/or time, and Next Jump, Inc. may require that you register for and reserve the OO. When you reserve an OO, you are agreeing to conduct a transaction on the terms specified therein and within a specified period of time. In exchange for that representation, you may be awarded WOWPoints. If you fail to conduct said transaction, any WOWPoints earned via the OO will be deducted from your account once the time period in which you agreed to conduct the transaction has expired. If you have already withdrawn these WOWPoints from your account, your credit or debit card will be charged for the full dollar value of the wrongfully withdrawn points. In addition, your account will be locked and you will be unable to reserve future OOs. You will be charged $10 to unlock your account. You can only be awarded points once on any given OO, regardless of the number of reservations you may make or attempt to make. There may be other conditions associated with special offers and reservations. OOs commence and end at certain times. Next Jump, Inc. will make reasonable efforts to make sure its timekeeping is correct, and Next Jump's timekeeping will determine when offers start and stop. You agree to accept the results of the special offer reservations and Next Jump, Inc.'s administration and outcome of the reservation system for special offers. Next Jump, Inc. reserves the right to not award a special offer reservation to you if you: (a) failed to take all steps necessary to qualify to receive the special offer reservation; (b) attempted (in Next Jump, Inc.'s sole discretion) to reserve by methods that contravene Next Jump, Inc.'s reservation system and special offer rules; or (c) otherwise violated special offer rules.
In the event that the special offer reservation system malfunctions or there are other problems with a special offer involving, by way of example but not by way of limitation, an error in the number of available offers whether caused by a technical (hardware or software) error or by human error, Next Jump, Inc. reserves the right to cancel the special offer, not recognize any reservations, and/or reverse any transaction or benefits it may have awarded.
Due to excessive demand for some special offers, there can be technical systems failures. Next Jump, Inc. is not liable for any losses due to such technical failures. Next Jump, Inc. is not liable for computer, internet service providers, and internet failures that you may experience in general, and specifically as such failures relate to your attempts to reserve a special offer.
The pricing of services and products featured in special offers may be extremely favorable. You agree that should you purchase such services or products, you will not do so for personal economic gain or to re-sell such services or products.
In the event you purchase a product through the Service, and you return that product and/or seek a refund for that product or service, you hereby explicitly authorize Next Jump, Inc. to reverse any reward (without regard to whether or not the reward is in currency or alternate currencies) that you received when you purchased the product or service through the Service.
The following terms shall have these meanings:
In order to use the Service, you must complete all required information elements on the Service registration web pages and register a valid credit or debit card or bank account as a Payment Instrument to make Payment Transactions, Rewards Transactions, and pay fees and other obligations arising from your use of the Service. You must provide current, complete and accurate information and maintain it as current and accurate. We may require you to provide additional information as a condition of continued use of the Service, or to assist in determining whether to permit you to continue to use the Service. The Service facilitates the processing of Payment Transactions to complete a payment for a purchase between you and a Vendor. The Service will store information from Buyers, such as their Payment Instruments and shipping information, and will process Payment Transactions on behalf of Vendors through the appropriate credit card or debit card network or banking network. Next Jump may delay payment processing of suspicious transactions or transactions which may involve fraud, misconduct, or violate applicable law, this Terms of Service, or other applicable Service policies, as determined in Next Jump, Inc.'s sole and absolute discretion. You authorize the charge or debit to Buyer's Payment Instrument as necessary to complete processing of a Payment Transaction or a Reward Transaction. You also authorize the debiting or crediting to your Payment Instrument in connection with reversals, refunds, or adjustments through the Service.
In some instances, you may wish to transfer the value of alternate currencies such as WOWPoints to your Payment Instrument or some other account. To do so, you must elect the Payment Instrument or other account and provide sufficient information for us to initiate the transfer. You agree that we are not responsible for any transactions of any sort that cannot be completed because of faulty information or the fact that you did not provide appropriate authorization for the transaction. You also agree to our conversion ratio applied as the alternate currency is converted to dollars or any other currency, and you agree to pay any fee associated with such conversion and transfer to your Payment Instrument.
There are special rules that apply if you use your bank account as the Payment Instrument. If you choose to use a bank account as your disbursement method or rewards method, you accept and agree to these Terms and Conditions.
By choosing your bank account as your disbursement or reward method, you agree that: (a) you have read, understand and agree to these Terms and Conditions, and that this agreement constitutes a "writing signed by you" under any applicable law or regulation, (b) you consent to the electronic delivery of the disclosures contained in these Terms and Conditions, (c) you authorize Next Jump (or its agent) to make any inquiries we consider necessary to validate your dispute, which may include ordering a credit report and performing other credit checks or verifying the information you provide against third party databases, and (d) you authorize Next Jump (or its agent) to initiate one or more ACH credit entries (payments) for the specified amount(s) to your bank account, and you authorize the financial institution that holds your bank account to accept such payments.
All questions relating to any disbursements or credits made using your bank account should be directed to us, and not to the financial institution that holds your bank account. We will not send you a periodic statement listing transactions that you make using your bank account. The transactions will appear only on the statement issued by your bank or other financial institution holding your account. Save the reports that you are provided when an order has been placed, and check them against your bank account statement. You may Contact Us regarding your Next Jump orders or any disbursements made to you using your bank account. You may also view your transaction history for your Next Jump order at any time in on the Next Jump Web site.
If you believe that any disbursement or debit transaction initiated by Next Jump (or its agent) with respect to your bank account is erroneous, or if you need more information about any such transaction, you should Contact Us as soon as possible by writing or e-mail using the address or e-mail address provided in Section 5.4.2 above. In any event, we must hear from you no later than 90 days after the date the questionable transaction FIRST appeared on your bank account statement. When you contact us, provide us with the following information:
If you provide us with this information orally, we may require that you send us your complaint or question in writing within ten (10) Business Days. A "Business Day" means Monday through Friday, excluding federal banking holidays. We will attempt to determine whether an error occurred within ten (10) Business Days after we hear from you and will correct any error promptly. If we need more time, however, we may take up to forty-five (45) days to investigate your complaint or question. If we decide to do this, and your inquiry or complaint involves any amounts debited from your bank account, we may transmit a provisional credit to your bank account for the amount you think is in error; so that you will have the use of the money during the time it takes us to complete our investigation. If we ask you to put your complaint or question in writing and we do not receive it within ten (10) Business Days, we may not grant provisional credit of the disputed amount. We will tell you the results of our investigation within three (3) Business Days after its completion. If we determine that there was no error, we will send you a written explanation, and we may, and you authorize us to, debit your bank account for the amount of the provisional credit. You may ask for copies of the documents used in our investigation.
If any fraudulent or unauthorized transaction occurs from use of your bank account using Next Jump disbursements, we will reimburse you for your losses from such transactions if you inform us within 90 calendar days from when the unauthorized transaction is posted to your bank account statement from Next Jump (or its agent). Notify us promptly by contacting Customer Service. You may be required to comply with Section 5.4.3 (Error Resolution Policy) to be eligible for reimbursement. If any fraudulent or unauthorized credit transaction occurs from use of your bank account
If any fraudulent or unauthorized credit transaction occurs from use of your bank account (or a bank account belonging to a third party acting in concert with you), we have the right to reverse the transaction, and you explicitly grant us that right.
If you do not inform us within 90 calendar days after any fraudulent or unauthorized transaction is posted to your bank account statement, you may not get back any money you lost after the 90 days if we can prove that we could have stopped someone from taking the money if you had told us within such time period. If a good reason (such as a long trip or hospital stay) prevented you from telling us, we will extend the time periods accordingly.
Notify us at once if you believe the password associated with your Next Jump customer account has been lost or stolen, or if someone has attempted (or may attempt) to make a transfer from your bank account without your permission.
You agree to accept all disclosures and other communications between you and us on this Web site or at the primary e-mail address associated with your Next Jump customer account. You should print and retain a copy of all such disclosures and communications.
If we fail to credit/debit your bank account in accordance with these Terms and Conditions, in the correct amount, we may be liable for certain losses directly caused by our failure as the law may impose in such cases. However, there are some exceptions. For instance, we will not be liable where: (a) you do not have enough money in your bank account; (b) your bank account is closed or withdrawals restricted; (c) any terminal or system was not working properly and you were advised of that before you initiated the payment; (d) circumstances beyond our control (such as flood, fire, power outages, mechanical or system failures); (e) your financial institution refuses to honor an ACH credit/debit; (f) your instructions are lost or delayed in transmission to us; (g) a reasonable security concern, such as unauthorized use, causes us not to honor your instructions; (h) this payment option has been discontinued or suspended; (i) we advise you that your request will not be processed; and (10) other exceptions allowed by law. If our error was unintentional and resulted from a bona fide error, our liability is limited to actual damages.
We may in our discretion change these Terms and Conditions, Next Jump's Terms of Use and/or its Privacy Notice at any time without notice to you. If any change is found to be invalid, void, or for any reason unenforceable, that change is severable and does not affect the validity and enforceability of any other changes or the remainder of these Terms and Conditions. We reserve the right to subcontract any of our rights or obligations under these Terms and Conditions. YOUR CONTINUED USE OF YOUR BANK ACCOUNT ON NEXTJUMP AFTER WE CHANGE THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS, NEXTJUMP 'S TERMS OF USE AND/OR ITS PRIVACY NOTICE CONSTITUTES YOUR ACCEPTANCE OF THESE CHANGES.
If your full order is not processed by us at the same time, you hereby authorize partial debits from your bank account, not to exceed the total amount of your order. If any of your payments are returned unpaid, Next Jump reserves the right to charge you a returned item fee of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) or the maximum amount allowed by law, which may be added to your payment amount and debited from your bank account if we resubmit an ACH debit due to insufficient funds. We may initiate a collection process or legal action to collect any money owed to us. You agree to pay all our costs for such action, including any reasonable attorneys' fees.
To cancel a purchase and request a refund, please follow the instructions and procedures contained on the Next Jump Website. When you cancel a purchase in accordance with these procedures, Next Jump (or its agent) will initiate a credit to your bank account for the correct amount.
The Service may contain content supplied by third parties and links to Internet sites maintained by third parties. Next Jump, Inc. and your organization do not, in any respect, control such content or operate such third-party sites and do not guaranty the availability of any email from or links to third-party sites. Third-party content and links are included solely for the convenience of users, and do not constitute any endorsement by Next Jump, Inc. or your organization. Next Jump, Inc. and your organization are not responsible for the accuracy or reliability of third-party information and you assume sole responsibility for the use of third-party information.
Next Jump, Inc. reserves the right to modify or discontinue the Service at any time without notice to you and Next Jump, Inc. shall not be liable to you or any third party should Next Jump, Inc. exercise its right to modify or discontinue the Service.
Next Jump, Inc. reserves the right to modify the Agreements at any time. You are responsible for regularly viewing the Agreements. Continued use of the Service following any such changes will constitute your acceptance of such changes.
Next Jump, Inc. reserves the right to charge fees at any time for access to all or portions of the Service with your full understanding and acknowledgement of the charge. If Next Jump, Inc. so elects, it shall notify you via email and shall post notice in other appropriate locations on the Service.
Next Jump, Inc. reserves the right to not refund users if the Service is cancelled for any reason before their membership is up.
All contents of the Service are the property of Next Jump, Inc., participating vendors, or advertisers. The Service content may not be copied, distributed, or transmitted in any way without the prior written consent of Next Jump, Inc.; provided that you may download, print, and store a single copy of the Service for personal, non-commercial use. You may not modify the content in any way, nor delete any copyright or trademark notice.
Any information, ideas, suggestions, or communications sent by you to Next Jump, Inc. through the Service becomes the exclusive property of Next Jump, Inc. Subject to the terms of the Privacy Policy Next Jump, Inc. is entitled to use, reproduce, disclose, and distribute any information submitted for any purpose without restriction or compensation to you.
You acknowledge that in order to administer the Service, Next Jump will collect information about you and your Payment Transactions from participating vendors. You authorize third parties and their respective agents to disclose to us any and all information with respect to your Payment Transaction from such participating vendors. In addition, by transacting with any participating vendor by means of any Payment Instrument other unique account or identifier, you hereby authorize us and our agents to collect any and all information from any merchant, credit card processor, issuing bank, other card issuer or any available source with respect to the Payment Transactions made using your Payment Instrument or other unique account or identifier. You authorize us to use any such information and to disclose such information (a) to our representatives and agents, (b) to third parties, where necessary or convenient for transfer or redemption of your accumulated rewards or otherwise in connection with the program, (c) to comply with requests, orders or subpoenas from courts of law or any regulatory, legislative or administrative bodies and (d) otherwise in accordance with the terms of the Next Jump Privacy Statement on our website. You represent that you have full authority to transact with Payment Instrument and other unique account or identifier registered in the Service and to receive information about the Payment Transactions effected using Payment Instrument identifiers. You authorize us to disclose such Payment Instrument, accounts and identifiers to affiliated and unaffiliated third parties for the purposes set forth in this paragraph, even if you never make use of the service provided by one or more of those third parties.
Next Jump, Inc. may immediately terminate your registration for any reason at any time. Upon termination, you will cease to use the Service. You may terminate your registration by contacting Customer Service.
You agree to indemnify and hold Next Jump, Inc. and your organization, their affiliates, officers, directors and employees from any and all claims or demands, including the payment of reasonable attorney's fees, arising out of or relating to your use of the Service.
User accounts must be registered in your own valid email address. You may only open one account on Corporate Perks. Holding other accounts with us, whether with the same or alternative email addresses, is against the terms of the site and we reserve the rights to the following actions:
Accounts will be labelled as "Duplicate Accounts" and may be closed by us immediately, without warning.
Any pending and/or approved WOWPoints may be removed from the account.
Any pending transactions may be cancelled.
All related accounts may be closed and locked.
We reserve the right to investigate further.
We also reserve the right to take any other lawful action in our sole discretion.
All offers listed on the site, whether through codes, directly from a link or otherwise, are provided in good faith from the Merchant or a party representing them, including, but not limited, to Advertising Agencies and Affiliate representatives.
These codes are provided to Corporate Perks solely for their use on Corporate Perks and should not be posted elsewhere. Sharing offers and codes outside of Corporate Perks is strictly prohibited and may lead to the closure of an account.
Whilst we endeavour to ensure all discounts work as expected, from time to time codes, discounts and links may not work. Corporate Perks makes no guarantee that the offer will work and if the offer does not work as expected users should not purchase, as Corporate Perks will not be liable to honour any previously advertised discount.
By registering a payment card in connection with transaction monitoring, you authorise the Publisher (via Sports Loyalty Card Limited (trading as Reward)) to share your payment card information with Visa, MasterCard, Amex and other necessary payment service providers (Payment Service Providers) to confirm your enrolment. You authorise the Payment Service Providers to monitor transactions on your registered card(s) to identify purchases in order to determine whether you have qualified for an offer linked to your payment card, and for the Payment Service Providers to share such transaction details with Reward and where applicable, the Publisher to enable your card-linked offer(s) and target offers that may be of interest to you.
You may opt-out of transaction monitoring on the payment card(s) you have registered at any time by removing or un-linking your card details from the Card Linked Offers page.
Except as otherwise provided elsewhere in these Agreement or in the Services, anything that you submit or post and/or provide Next Jump, including without limitation, ideas, know-how, techniques, questions, reviews, comments, and suggestions (collectively, "Submissions") is and will be treated as nonconfidential and nonproprietary, and Next Jump shall have the royalty-free, worldwide, perpetual, irrevocable and transferable right to use, copy, distribute, display, publish, perform, sell, lease, transmit, adapt, create derivative works from such Submissions by any means and in any form, and to translate, modify, reverse-engineer, disassemble, or decompile such Submissions. All Submissions shall automatically become the sole and exclusive property of Next Jump and shall not be returned to you.
In addition to the rights applicable to any Submission, when you post comments or reviews via the Services, you also grant Next Jump the right to use the name that you submit with any review, comment, or other Content, if any, in connection with such review, comment, or other content. You represent and warrant that you own or otherwise control all of the rights to the reviews, comments and other Content that you post via the Services and that use of your reviews, comments, or other Content by Next Jump will not infringe upon or violate the rights of any third party.
You are entirely responsible for such Submission. You agree not to transmit, upload, post, e-mail or otherwise make available via the Services any Submission that (a) is unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, tortious, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, libelous, invasive of another's privacy, hateful, or racially, ethnically or otherwise objectionable In addition, you agree not to transmit, upload, post, e-mail, or otherwise make available any software viruses, unsolicited or unauthorized advertising, solicitation or promotional material, including chain letters, mass mailings, or any form of "spam." You further agree not to (i) impersonate any person or entity, or falsely state or otherwise misrepresent your affiliation with any person or entity; (ii) "stalk" or otherwise harass, entrap or harm any third party; (iii) forge headers or otherwise manipulate identifiers in order to disguise the origin of any Submission; (iv) intentionally or unintentionally violate any applicable local, state, national or international law; or (v) collect or store personally identifiable data about others.
You understand that by using the Service's, you may be exposed to other people's submissions that are offensive, indecent or objectionable to you. Under no circumstances will we be liable in any way for any submission, including, without limitation, for any errors or omissions or for any loss or damage of any kind incurred by you as a result of the use of any submission transmitted, uploaded, posted, e-mailed, or otherwise made available via the Services.
The Agreements comprise the entire agreement between you and Next Jump, Inc. and supersede all prior agreements between the parties regarding the subject matter contained herein. Any waiver of any provision of the Agreements will be effective only if in writing and signed by Next Jump, Inc.
If a court of competent jurisdiction finds any provision or portion of the Agreements to be unenforceable, the remaining provisions of the Agreements will continue in full force and effect.
If you are using the US or Global product, You agree that in the event of a dispute, the law of the State of New York applies, without giving effect to its conflict of law provisions, and you agree to submit such disputes exclusively to courts in New York City.
If you are using the UK or product, You agree that in the event of a dispute, courts of England and Wales will have exclusive jurisdiction except that if you are a resident of Northern Ireland you may also bring proceedings in Northern Ireland, and if you are a resident of Scotland, you may also bring proceedings in Scotland.
Any notices to you or Next Jump, Inc. shall be made via either email or regular mail. Next Jump, Inc. may also provide notices of changes to the Agreements or any other matter by displaying notices to you generally on the Service.
You agree to comply with U.S. law regarding the transmission/export of technical data through the use of the Service.
These Terms of Use govern your relationship with Next Jump, LTD. ("Next Jump") and the Next Jump WOWPoints Service (the "Service")
WOWPoints registrations renew automatically unless card registration is cancelled by the member.
All cancellations of registered accounts take effect immediately upon action by Next Jump.
Cancellation of Card Registration: If the member cancels all card registrations, the member will not have access to accrued WOWPoint balance nor have access to WOWPoints offers.
Next Jump reserves the right to unilaterally modify or discontinue the Service at any time without notice to you for any reason, and Next Jump shall not be liable to you or any third party should Next Jump exercise its right to modify or discontinue the Service. In the event of program cancellation, Next Jump will refund posted WOWPoints balances to your registered card.
Next Jump reserves the right to modify the terms of the Service at any time. You are responsible for regularly reviewing the terms. Continued use of the Service following any such changes will constitute your acceptance of such changes.
Next Jump reserves the right to charge or modify fees at any time for access to all or portions of the Service. Next Jump so elects to modify its fees, it shall notify you via email and shall post notice in other appropriate locations on the Service. It is your responsibility to ensure that Next Jump has a correct email address for you. Next Jump is not responsible for any failed communication due to an incorrect email address or your failure to view any email from Next Jump.
Prior to Enrolment: You will not accumulate WOWPoints points based on any transactions you engage in prior to your upgrade to WOWPoints.
WOWPoints Accumulation: To access a given merchant offer and accumulate WOWPoints, your purchase must be made using the links provided on the Service. Each merchant offer is only valid during the times and on the conditions specified for each such offer, and we have no obligation to give you WOWPoints points if you do not fully comply with the terms of the merchant offer as described through the Service. Provided you have complied with the terms of the merchant offer, WOWPoints points will be issued to your registered WOWPoints account based on the total price of your purchases, inclusive of discounts or refunds. Shipping and handling costs and taxes may or may not, be included as a portion of the purchase price.
WOWPoints Accounting: WOWPoints will appear on your account statement after you have received the product or service you have ordered (typically within 2-14 days following your purchase [in some circumstances WOWPoints may be pending on the account statement for 1-90 days]). In any event, Next Jump will attempt to credit your account with WOWPoints points on a timely basis. However, you have the responsibility of making sure that your WOWPoints points are properly credited. Please retain copies of your purchase receipts for your records. Any claim you may make for WOWPoints which you earned through the Service but which we did not credit accurately to your account must be received by us within 60 days of the date you claim you earned them.
Expiration of WOWPoints: WOWPoints that we awarded (notwithstanding the WOWPoints listed as pending) do not expire.
Next Jump Disclaimers: Next Jump has no liability for any printing, production, typographical, mechanical, or other errors in any medium regarding the earning, redemption or accumulation of WOWPoints or any other aspect of the Service or for any delay or failure to credit WOWPoint to your account. Next Jump reserves the right to remove WOWPoints from your account if Next Jump determines that such WOWPoints were improperly credited to your account or obtained fraudulently. Next Jump reserves the right to require proof of purchase for the accumulation of WOWPoint s, and Next Jump Inc. reserves the right to delay the processing or redemption of any WOWPoints without notice to you as Next Jump deems reasonably necessary to enforce compliance with these Terms of Use.
Returns: Should you return an item or items purchased through the Service to the merchant for any reason or reasons, the associated WOWPoints you earned on that purchase or purchases may be debited from your WOWPoints account and would not be eligible for redemption.
Eligible Cards: To use the Service and accrue WOWPoints points, you must use a consumer payment card which has been approved by us for use under the Service, and which was issued to you in your name and for which you have payment responsibility. Each such payment card is an "Eligible Card". The payment cards that may be Eligible Cards are described generally below. The list of Eligible Cards below is definitive as to whether a payment card may be an Eligible Card, and any conflicts about the status of a payment card as an Eligible Card shall be resolved solely through reference to such list. The Service will only allow you to use an Eligible Card to make purchases from merchants, and you must first register each Eligible Card you wish to use with the Service in order to use it to accumulate WOWPoints through the Service. In order to validate your credit card, a pre-authorization in the amount of $1 will appear on your card statement. Once validation is received, usually 2-7 days, this pre-authorization will be removed from your statement. Your card will not be charged for this pre-authorization.
American Express® Cards: Most consumer American Express® branded or issued payment cards, issued to you in your name by American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc. or its affiliates ("AXP"), may be Eligible Cards. Certain AXP-issued or branded cards, including healthcare related cards, any prepaid cards, corporate cards, and any AXP Cards that were issued by a third party bank issuer, are not eligible and will not be accepted into the service.
Visa® Cards: Most consumer Visa® branded Member Bank issued payment cards, issued to you in your name by Member Banks, may be Eligible Cards. Certain Visa branded cards, including those issued by non-U.S. based Member Banks, or issued to cardholders with foreign (non-U.S.) addresses, are not eligible and will not be accepted into the Service.
Terms and Conditions Applicable to Eligible Cards: Neither the Service nor the merchant offers that you select to be provided to you through the Service will amend, supplement, change or replace any other notice or information that you may receive in connection with your eligible payment card account, including, but not limited to, any information provided to you on your periodic statement or cardmember/cardholder agreement. If you have any questions or concerns about your payment card account, you should contact the issuer of your payment card (such as by calling the number provided on the back of your payment card or use the online customer support for the payment card).
Information Collected: You agree to allow us to collect information about you and your purchases from Merchants and other sources of transactional data. In addition, by transacting with any Merchant by means of any registered credit card, debit card, charge card, loyalty card or other unique account or identifier ("payment card"), you hereby authorize us and our agents to collect any and all information from any payment card processor, issuing bank, association, merchant, other card issuer or any available source with respect to the purchases made using such payment card. You authorize us to use any such information and to disclose such information (a) to our representatives and agents, (b) to third parties, where necessary or convenient for transfer or redemption of your accumulated rewards or otherwise in connection with the program, (c) to comply with requests, orders or subpoenas from courts of law or any regulatory, legislative or administrative bodies and (d) otherwise in accordance with the terms of the Next Jump Privacy Statement on our website. You represent that you have full authority to transact with each payment card registered in the Service and to receive information about the transactions effected using such payment cards.
All memberships' upgrades are recurring unless cancelled. All memberships are annual.
Annual Memberships: Members will be charged the annual membership fee immediately after joining.
Cancellation of Annual Upgrade Membership: If the member cancels their annual upgrade membership before the twelve (12) month membership period has ended, the member will not receive a refund but will retain access to the site until the twelve (12) month subscription expires.
Gift Cards must be redeemed through the Next Jump Perks at Work web site, http://nextjump.corporateperks.com, within a year of purchase. In order to use a Gift Card, a user must be enrolled in WOWPoints™ with a valid credit card registered in the program. A user must link their Gift Card to their enrolled card account in order to activate their Gift Card. Users must visit the Gift Card merchant's online store by clicking on the "Shop Now" button and then make a purchase at the Gift Card merchant with the credit card account linked to their Gift Card. A rebate in the amount of the lesser of the total received Gift Card balance with that merchant or the amount purchased at the merchant will be credited back to the users linked account within 7-14 days from the date of their purchase. The user will be able to view their Gift Card balances from the Gift Card tab on the Next Jump Perks at Work web site
Gift Cards may not be redeemed for the purchase of products through in-store pickup. Gift Cards cannot be used to purchase other Gift Cards. Gift Cards cannot be used to cover taxes or shipping costs of your purchase. Received Gift Cards cannot be reloaded, resold, transferred for value, redeemed for cash or applied to any other account, except to the extent required by law.
Gift Cards and their use on the Next Jump Perks at Work web site are subject to Next Jump Perks at Work's general Terms of Use and Privacy Policy
The risk of loss and title for Gift Cards pass to the purchaser upon our electronic transmission to the recipient. We are not responsible for lost or stolen Gift Cards. If you have any questions, please see the Gift Card FAQ.
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Tom Lewandowski, MS, Ed, LICSW, St. Luke's Hospital Mental Health Service; is a psychotherapist with St. Luke's Hospital's Mental Health Service where, for the last 28 years, his work has been focused on families and individuals affected by schizophrenia and other disorders. Dr. John Glick, is a Board certified psychiatrist who's been working in community mental health since 1991 at the Human Development Center, where he works primarily with adults. David Fleissner had his first psychotic break in 1988. He will share his story of recovery on this episode of Speak Your Mind.
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Monitoring the Future: A Continuing Study of American Youth (8th. and 10th. Grade Surveys), 2011
- These surveys of 8th- and 10th-grade students are part of a series that explores changes in important values, behaviors, and lifestyle orientations of contemporary American youth. Students in each grade are randomly assigned to complete one of four questionnaires, each with a different subset of topical questions but containing a set of "core" questions on demographics and drug use. There are more than 450 variables across the questionnaires. Drugs covered by this survey include amphetamines (stimulants), barbiturates (tranquilizers), other prescription drugs, over-the-counter medications, tobacco, smokeless tobacco, alcohol, inhalants, steroids, marijuana, hashish, LSD, hallucinogens, cocaine, crack, ecstasy, methamphetamine, and injectable drugs such as heroin.
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Greg Marshall, with the latest
Crittercam, a new exhibit at The Woodlands Xploration Station, takes visitors underwater with whales, across the Serengeti with lions and over the Antarctic glacier with penguins. Its unique animal-eye view gives us an unprecedented look into animal behavior – and the world they live in.
Greg Marshall is a scientist, inventor and filmmaker who has dedicated the last 20 years to studying, exploring and documenting life in the oceans. Funded by the National Geographic Society, philanthropic foundations and U.S. federal grants, Marshall created CritterCam not only as a scientific tool, but also a major collaborative research program engaging scientists worldwide. Over the last 15 years Marshall's Remote Imaging Program has collaborated with over 30 scientific groups on over 50 different species.
Here, Greg answers a few of our questions about this amazing technology.
1. What inspired you to create Crittercam? Has it lived up to your expectations – or perhaps gone in a different direction from what you originally expected?
In 1986 I was diving off the coast of Belize for my graduate work when I encountered a shark. The shark sidled up and casually swept around me before disappearing back into the mist, but in that brief encounter I noticed a remora suckled to its belly.
In that moment it occurred to me how extraordinary it would be to be that remora and ride along with the shark. I imagined that a small camera in a streamlined housing could mimic the remora and allow me to vicariously observe the sharks behavior and ecology over time and through that alien space without the disturbing presence of a human observer.
I had just built an underwater housing for a small camcorder and proceeded to reconfigure it into the closest thing to an electronic remora I could devise. The resulting package looks like a monstrosity today, but when I strapped it to a captive turtle in a tank, the turtle simply ignored its backpack and behaved normally. This was the important test that showed me the concept had merit.
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I wrote a concept paper of the different components my electronic remora should have and over the years, continuously strived to make the package smaller, lighter and more powerful. Now, more than twenty years later, my electronic remora has shrunk to about the size of a flashlight. It can withstand pressures of 1,000 meters, is controlled by a sophisticated onboard microprocessor and is capable of recording a suite of environmental and geospatial data. Collaborating with experts around the world, my team and I have deployed Crittercams on over 50 marine species. So, it has lived up to my expectations in many ways.
In other ways, it has surpassed them. I conceived of Crittercam as a scientific tool, a way of studying animal behavior in places people access. What I didn't expect was the tremendous attraction the resulting images hold for people. Every time we deploy, Crittercam brings home the animal's point-of-view… a perspective that allows people to connect with the animal and its struggles to survive. It's this empathic experience that I didn't necessarily expect when I invented Crittercam and that we have been able to share through many National Geographic films – and the Crittercam exhibit.
A penguin shows off his Crittercam.
2. What was the biggest challenge you faced in developing Crittercam? Are there particular animals that take to wearing the cameras better than others? What animals presented the biggest challenges?
Initially, the biggest challenge was to convince anybody that the concept had merit. I had the initial inspiration in 1986 and at the time video cameras were relatively huge. Whenever I would talk about the idea, people would look at me like I was nuts.
Wild animals don't seem to react to the systems…I think they are simply too busy dealing with much more significant things that impact their lives, like finding food, avoiding predators or engaging in mating activity. But some species are easier to work with than others. Sharks and whales, for example, never leave the water and therefore the challenge lies in finding them, approaching them and encountering them long enough to attach a Crittercam. Seals, turtles and penguins make it somewhat easier since they return to land to raise their young, so we can wait for them to come to us.
The hardest animals we have deployed Crittercam on are leopard seals. These are large, predatory seals that live in the Antarctic pack ice. They are solitary and widely spaced, so they are hard to find, hard to approach, hard to sedate and just plain hard to work with. It took us six months to conduct one deployment. But despite the challenge, leopard seals also embody the reason we do this work: their world is melting, yet we do not know the simplest things about them.
We are changing this planet, we need to understand the impact our behavior has on the creatures we share this planet with so we can protect their future – and our own.
3. What contributions has Crittercam technology made to our understanding of animal behavior? What is the most surprising thing you have discovered through the use of this technology?
Collaborating with scientists around the world, we have deployed Crittercams on whales, sharks, sea turtles, seals, penguins, sirenians and fish. We've also now evolved the concept from sea to land and have worked with lions, tigers and bears.
A leash with a lens: Crittercam on a female lion.
What the system captures during deployment on wild, free-ranging animals is data from the animal's point of view, insights into their fundamental behavior and ecology. This data helps us to understand how the animals function in their environment. We publish in peer-reviewed journals, and our papers are read by like-minded scientists who can use these published results to help impact management decisions.
In an ongoing research collaboration with NOAA we discovered the endangered Hawaiian monk seals' critical foraging habitat. Not only did we capture animal-borne imaging data that fundamentally changed our understanding of the animal and what it needs to survive, but as a by-product of the research we produced the PBS Special "Hawaiian Monk Seals: Surviving Paradise", raising awareness about an endangered species few people even know exist. In collaboration with SCRIPPS, we deployed Crittercams on emperor penguins and experienced – for the first time ever – how they hunt and feed under the ice. We told that story in "Emperors of the Ice", another PBS Special, and used some of these same images in the Oscar winning feature film "March of the Penguins." These and our other films are geared for a lay audience but carry a strong conservation message.
Our ultimate objective is to inspire people to care… because that is, after all, the only way we'll ever do the hard work of conversation.
4. How does the technology continue to develop, and what kind of testing is involved? Are there any animals that could not wear Crittercam? How did you make sure that the cameras are safe for animals to wear?
As technology progresses so does Crittercam. I have a dedicated team at National Geographic and we are constantly working to make the systems smaller, more robust and more powerful. The smaller the package, the smaller the species we can work with. The more data we can record, the more we learn about the animals.
Before we ever deploy systems on animals, we need to test them. As a matter of principle, we thoroughly test each system comprehensively on the bench before deploying on an animal. My lab at National Geographic has a pressure chamber, so we can ensure the system integrity down to 3000 meters. After the systems pass the bench and lab tests, we can start deployments on animals in controlled settings. One of my favorite test subjects is my six-year old son, Connor. He is a young, active mammal and loves to put new Crittercams through their paces. You can check him out on the National Geographic Kids site under "Connorcam."
When I deployed that first Crittercam prototype on a turtle, I had no idea whether it would be safe for the animal or not. I didn't know what her reaction would be and was prepared to remove the system immediately if she seemed disturbed. But she didn't seem to react at all. With every new species we work with, we have to make this same assessment.
The good news is that I've been developing animal-borne imaging for over 20 years now. There were many things I didn't know when I started out and that I had to learn by just doing and either failing or succeeding. Over the years, my team and I have built on those experiences and today's systems and deployment methods are based on principles we proved along the way.
Coming soon to Crittercam: bugs-eye view.
At the moment, some species are still too small to carry Crittercam. I'd love to deploy on smaller penguins, but to accomplish that we'll have to shrink the system more. People also keep asking about insect cams. Same story there – it'll just take time, but it will happen and it will be an amazing perspective.
5. What do you hope people will discover at the Crittercam exhibit?
I hope people will discover and be as excited as I am about this new perspective on the world. We are more and more isolated from the wild and the fact that we share this planet with many other living things. Crittercam provides a connection to other creatures, a way of seeing the world from an animal's point of view. I hope people who visit the exhibit will learn something about animals and the challenges they face, but first and foremost I hope they'll discover in themselves an empathy with these animals as they swim with sharks, dive with whales and stalk with lions. And I hope this experience can help spark an inspiration to care and conserve these animals and the habitats they depend on and call home.
Greg Marshall is a two-time Emmy Award winner for cinematography and sound, for the National Geographic Specials "Great White Sharks" (1995) and "Sea Monsters: Search for the Giant Squid" (1999). He has created, produced or executive produced more than 70 natural-history-themed conservation films. See the results of his groundbreaking research in Crittercam, now on display at The Woodlands Xploration Station.


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Publications: Chok, Stephanie
Journal Article
Northcote, J., Lee, D., Chok, S. and Wegner, A. (2008) An email-based Delphi approach to tourism program evaluation: Involving stakeholders in research design. Current Issues in Tourism, 11 (3). pp. 269-279.
Chok, S., Macbeth, J. and Warren, C. (2007) Tourism as a tool for poverty alleviation: A critical analysis of 'Pro-Poor Tourism' and implications for sustainability. Current Issues in Tourism, 10 (2). pp. 144-165.
Conference Paper
Chok, S. and Macbeth, J. (2009) Labour justice and sustainable tourism: the centrality of equity as a sustainability principle. In: BEST Education Network's Think Tank IX, 15 - 18 June, Singapore
Northcote, J., Lee, D., Wegner, A. and Chok, S. (2009) The Tapestry Tourism Futures Project: Lessons learned for governance in community tourism planning. In: CAUTHE 2009 18th International Research Conference, 10 - 13 February, Fremantle, Western Australia pp. 1176-1183.
Lee, D., Chok, S., Northcote, J. and Wegner, A. (2006) Evaluation of the community placement of the Tapestry Tourism Futures Project. In: 16th International Research Conference of the Council for Australian University Tourism and Hospitality Education –CAUTHE 2006, 6 - 9 February, Melbourne
Book Chapter
Chok, S., Macbeth, J. and Warren, C. (2007) Tourism as a tool for poverty alleviation: A critical Analysis of 'Pro-Poor Tourism' and Implications for Sustainability. In: Hall, M.C., (ed.) Pro-Poor Tourism: Who Benefits? Perspectives on Tourism and Poverty Reduction. Channel View Publications, pp. 64-73.
Lee, D. and Chok, S. (2005) Developing a tourism system: A tapestry of knowledge. In: Carson, D. and Macbeth, J., (eds.) Regional Tourism Cases. Innovation in Regional Tourism. Common Ground Publishing Pty Ltd, Altona, Australia, pp. 41-51.
Chok, Stephanie (2013) Labour justice and political responsibility: An Ethics-Centred approach to temporary Low-Paid labour migration in Singapore. PhD thesis, Murdoch University.
Lee, D., Chok, S., Northcote, J. and Wegner, A. (2008) Evaluation of the community placement of the Tapestry Tourism Futures model. CRC for Sustainable Tourism, Gold Coast, Queensland.


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He's got one of the most distinctive voices that you may not have heard yet. Singer/songwriter Matthew Ryan is back with his new album on 00:02:59 Records, From a Late Night High Rise. Ryan dealt with some personal issues that deeply affected his songwriting on this release. He talked to us about that as well as wishing Bob Dylan didn't exist, to leaf blowing, and to Arby's Market Fresh sandwiches.
Bullz-Eye: So how long have you been in Nashville?
Matthew Ryan: Man, it's been a long time. I can't believe it, yeah. It seemed like I just moved here; then all of a sudden it was 12 years.
BE: Where are you from?
MR: Just outside of Philly. I actually was raised there and then my folks and then I moved down to Delaware.
BE: Okay. Are you an Eagles fan?
MR: No. I mean, yeah, yeah. Oddly enough, for some reason my family all liked the Dolphins. So I kind of grew up a Dolphins fan. Of course I followed the Eagles, and still do, actually. Now I'm following the Titans.
BE: Yeah, they're doing pretty well. I'm actually from New York, so I'm a Giants fan.
MR: (laughs) Oooo.
BE: Yeah, it's been a rough year.
MR: It sure has, man.
BE: So all the critics seem to be really digging your new album so far, which I think is really cool, too. How do you feel about it?
MR: You know, being where my career's been, it's always nice when the critics dig it. You know, in theory, you know it's writers and music journalists that are really informed listeners, you know what I mean? I don't know what they measure it against. I don't know how people do that. I could never be a journalist. I don't like much at all. That's probably true with you guys too (laughs). It's nice, it's nice that people seem to be getting where I'm coming from.
BE: Sure.
MR: But you know, audiences are the most important thing. You just want to continue to try to grow that.
BE: Right. And your music has kind of gone through some changes. I know when I first started listening to you, it was more like a rock/alt-rock vibe, and now it seems to be kind of scaled back and lo-fi. And I read that you were inspired by real-life tragedy, too. Has that been the reason for your music to sound kind of darker?
MR: I don't know, man. I don't really hear my stuff as dark. To me, it's beautiful. I can't have any sort of objectivity about how it sounds. But as far as the change, you know, the way that technology has come around for artists, it's just become really easy to kind of get that stuff recorded. So I think part of what's happened is just, being the utilitarian musician that I am, it's just like messing around on the tools that I have, and I wanted to sound and feel like something, you know? So I think that the more affordable the technology has gotten and the more stuff I've done at home, the more it's become what it is. It's always changing, and I think that's part of the job of an artist too.
BE: Do you feel you write best when inspired by real-life events?
MR: For me, writing is something that happens every once in a while. I used to push myself to do it a lot and I think that's the kind of writer that I am. And you've got to hopefully say something that's universal or something that tells a greater story. I don't know, unless you're writing fiction I think everything is inspired by real life. (laughs)
BE: You were on a major label, right?
MR: Yeah.
BE: Like one that merged, and then you got caught up in a numbers game. What brought you to the label you're on now, or what brought them to you?
MR: I've known Abe Bradshaw, the fellow that owns 00:02:59 (pronounced Two Fifty-Nine), for a bunch of years. It's a weird thing, I feel really ambitious (about) what I'm trying to accomplish as an artist. But when it comes to labels, I'm pretty lazy. I just don't like to have to sell myself to people, which I guess can be a good or a bad thing.
BE: You mean to labels or to your audience?
MR: To labels. So Abe had approached me, and he asked me if I had anything I wanted to put out, and I said "Yeah," and so we did it.
BE: It was that easy?
MR: (laughs) Yeah, and that is kind of the way that I've been operating the last few years. It's weird, because that's always the way I've been with girls, too. That sounds ridiculous, doesn't it?
BE: That's hilarious.
MR: I don't know what it is. If I was more full of myself this morning, I probably would give you a long interesting bunch of bullshit. It just kind of happens.
BE: Okay. (laughs)
MR: I just don't like having to sell myself. Some people are really good at that, and some people come about it naturally. I'd rather just…
BE: You'd rather just get to a point where they're all coming to you, right? Is that what you mean?
MR: Well, no. It's just hopefully that the work speaks for itself and you don't have to do any sales pitches. You don't have to make any promises about how fast it can go and all that.
BE: So do you have more than one album you're going to do with them, or is it just album to album?
MR: I don't know. We're talking about it. I'm making another record right now that I'm trying to get done before the end of the year. I probably won't put out another one on 00:02:59, but you never know. Things have changed so much; I think it's good to keep moving.
BE: What are your plans for touring in 2007?
MR: I'm going to do a tour with Tim Easton in February. I'm really looking forward to that. I'm a big fan of Tim's stuff, particularly his last record. So we're going to do that and there's talk of a couple other tours in March and April. And hopefully we'll have this next record that I'm finishing out, mid to late next year. And just keep moving.
BE: Yeah, that's good. You have to. Are you touring by yourself or with a band?
MR: For this record, I'll be doing a three-piece thing. It's a pretty ambient record, so it's kind of dishonest to pare it down to an acoustic thing all the time.
BE: If you could, who would you most like to tour with?
MR: That's a tough question. That's a really tough question.
BE: Besides Tim Easton.
MR: (laughs) Right! You know, there's nobody I really want to tour with. I think as far as my ambition in touring is to just continue to grow an audience. There's something that happens when your music becomes part of somebody's life. I can't really say that there's anybody I want to tour with out there.
BE: Okay.
MR: Although there is a lot of good stuff. I just really want to have a direct line to an audience.
BE: Who are your biggest influences musically?
MR: Man, I like a lot of music. I guess the last few years, the Clash has meant more and more to me. They are just so good, I think they are clearly the most important punk band, but they may be the most important rock and roll band, as far as I'm concerned. They're great songs and they're fighting for something. Fighting for something greater than themselves, which I think is how we should all live.
BE: Do you have any singer/songwriters that you've looked up to in your life?
MR: Oh, man, there's Leonard Cohen and Bob Dylan. Obviously, those guys are monuments and all that, you know what I mean? Bob Dylan, I kind of wish he didn't exist. He's so fucking good. And Leonard Cohen is much the same, except I don't wish he didn't exist. (laughs)
BE: I know where you're going with that.
MR: I mean, Bob Dylan is great. Bob Dylan and Leonard Cohen. And there's a hundred other ones that I think are really special that maybe so many people don't know about or haven't heard the name.
BE: Have you been compared to Springsteen at all?
MR: Yeah, I've gotten that. It's a funny thing. I definitely like Springsteen. He's really good, you know? Springsteen is great. He's a tough one to be compared to, though, because with Springsteen it's….
BE: Yeah, (Springsteen) and Dylan are in totally different classes.
MR: Yeah, it's weird. What I love about Springsteen is much what I love about the Clash. I mean, he leans so hard. But I don't have that type of personality, so whenever I get that comparison, or somebody says that, I just don't want there to be any expectations beyond who I am. I mean, Springsteen, you know, sliding across the stage and kissing on Clarence and all that stuff. He's amazing. But those are big shoes. Those are really big shoes.
BE: I think a lot of it is your voice.
MR: Yeah, it's a funny thing because, and I'm not trying to be too involved in my own mythology. I think it might be a dialect, because I'm from right near where he's from.
BE: Oh, that's true.
MR: I grew up about 45 minutes from where he grew up. But it's funny, because growing up I listened to the Jesus and Mary Chain and early Psychedelic Furs and stuff like that. So I can honestly say I never really spent any time trying to sound like Springsteen. I was more trying to sound like Richard Butler from the Furs. When you're first trying to be an artist a lot of times you go through this stage of imitation. That being said, when I got to know his stuff, particularly The River, I mean it is really great stuff. I wish I could write just one of those songs.
BE: Well you're doing pretty good yourself!
MR: I'm getting there. Like I said, what I really love about Springsteen is he's a self-made man. And I can really admire that. Besides the fact that he's written a bunch of great songs and has really inspired lives. In addition to that, I really want to win and want to prove that things haven't changed so much.
BE: So with that, how do you feel about the current state of the music business?
MR: I think it's the Wild West, you know? You can easily blow yourself up in the Macy's Day parade thing, which I have no interest in. But I think if I keep doing good work and keep being more and more specific, then you can make a case for integrity and hard work. I don't know how fashionable that is. I don't think things have changed that much, really. Obviously the more traditional support systems aren't there, but that's a good thing. Because you really get to prove yourself, you know?
BE: Yeah, I think you're right. I think that all of the really great artists will rise above.
MR: It's interesting, because I think about it all the time. It's an interesting thing to do with your life. But where I come from, you have to have something to show for it. Now that doesn't mean getting all puffed up. It's just means that in some ways it's your …
BE: You need to make a living out of it.
MR: Yeah, yeah, yeah. You've got to make a living. You've got to have a retirement. It's a difficult thing and it's also a beautiful thing and I think it's worth it. I feel good about it.
BE: So you had your release party in New York City?
MR: Yeah.
BE: That's where the label's based?
MR: Yup. They're in Brooklyn
BE: Are you planning a Nashville release at all?
MR: I've been talking to Grimey's. Grimey's is the only store that has it here. I just think it is such an excellent store.
BE: Yeah, it is.
MR: It seems utterly independent to me, which I really appreciate. I'm thinking about doing something over at Grimey's, but Nashville…..I love living here, but I don't like playing here so much. (laughs)
BE: And why is that?
MR: Oh, no reason. It's just like trying to put on a play in Los Angeles.
BE: Because of all the songwriters here?
MR: Yeah, yeah.
BE: So where do you typically play in Nashville when you do play here?
MR: At the Mercy Lounge.
BE: Okay. And we are doing a big year-end feature at Bullz-Eye. What are your top three albums of 2006?
MR: Oh, man. I don't even know if they were released in 2006. Man, I'm no good at this stuff. Let me think.
BE: (laughs) Well, what are you currently listening to that you really like?
MR: Oh, man, I've been in the studio, so I've been like in bad shapes as far as that stuff goes. Yeah, let me think though for a second because I know that there's been stuff out there that I've liked. Um….dammit! I just listen to a bunch of stuff. Man, I don't know. I really don't know! (laughs)
BE: Believe me, I know. People ask me that question and I really have to think about it.
"Bob Dylan, I kind of wish he didn't exist. He's so fucking good"MR: Yeah, you just don't want to say what comes to mind, because a lot of times that's like going into a restaurant and someone asks you what you want to drink and you say Coke. You know what I mean? (laughs) It's just like the first thing that comes to mind. "Ahhh…give me a Coke."
BE: Well, okay, so that is actually my next question. What is your favorite place to eat on the road?
MR: (laughs) Oh, man. I'm going to betray myself now. Those damn Market Fresh Sandwiches at Arby's. I mean, I'm talking about being able to get something to eat without any risk of getting sick or anything. I mean, that's a good sandwich!
BE: Okay. Do you see yourself in one of those Arby's commercials with the hat on? (laughs)
MR: I was actually thinking about that the other day. Umm, no. But I've got an idea for an ad for them. Like we're …ahh, never mind
BE: No, you can tell me.
MR: Oh, no. It was funny to me. It's one of those things that I don't think would transfer well. (laughs)
BE: So what is your least favorite place to eat on the road?
MR: Oh, man. Um. McDonald's. I haven't eaten McDonald's in, like, eight years. It's so bad.
BE: Just the quality of the food?
MR: Yeah, just the quality of the food. You can take a bath and the next morning your hands will still smell like those french fries.
BE: (laughs) That's so true!
MR: I've felt this way before the damn documentary
(Morgan Spurlock's "Super Size Me").
Something ain't right, you know? Something's not right about that.
not saying Arby's is so much better, but that Market Fresh Sandwich…they
got me. Whole wheat bread? It's a good sandwich. (laughs)
BE: What are your hobbies do you have besides music?
MR: I'm actually looking for some hobbies. My latest one's been that I've got a leaf blower. And I just blow the leaves over into the corner of my backyard.
BE: (laughs) Okay.
MR: I'm serious. You ever use one of those things?
BE: No.
MR: I'm telling you, it's one of those things you don't know about until you use one.
BE: Okay.
MR: It's so much fun.
BE: And you get addicted to it and you have to go out and do it?
MR: Yeah, yeah. It's kind of like having a jetpack when you're a kid.
BE: Well we've got a pretty big yard. I could probably use one right about now.
MR: My suggestion would be to get the electric ones if you can get a long enough cord because if you go with the oil and gas mixture ones, that's just…I don't know if you're real good at math, but…
BE: It's a pain in the ass. I have to do that with my trimmer. It's the same thing.
MR: See, I've got an electric trimmer too. Those things are great.
BE: Yeah, you never have to worry about filling it up with anything.
MR: (laughs) No! You get that mixture wrong and you're fucked!
BE: (laughs) Right. Okay, well I think that's all I got. Do you have anything else you want to plug?
MR: Not really.
BE: Do you have any particular markets you're touring though yet, or do you know that yet?
MR: I know we're going through New York and Minneapolis and Louisville. Pretty much, we're going to be hitting a lot of the Midwest and the Northeast and some of the Southeast and all that good stuff.
BE: Okay, well sounds good.
MR: Yeah, man. Well thank you, Mike.
BE: Yeah, thank you!


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In Warsh which surahs do you have to do taqleel whether you read madd badal with 2/4/6 counts.
In warsh which surahs do you have to do taqleel whether you read madd badal with 2/4/6 counts and in other surahs you have option when reading madd badal with 4 or 6 counts.
There are 10 surahs in which the aayaat ending with an alif which is originally from a ya' () is recited with only taqleel, with no other option, as long as there is not a ha alif attached to . These suwar are:
When there is is other places besides the last word of the aayah in these same suwar, or in any other surah whether it is the last word of the aayah or in the middle of the aayah, then there is a relation between how long we lengthen medd al-badl and whether we read with taqleel or no taqleel. If we are lengthening , two counts, then we read an alif which is with a fath only (no taqleel). If we lengthen then we read an alif which is with taqleel only. If we lengthen six vowel counts then we can read the aliffat which are either with no taqleel or with taqleel.
There are exceptions to this as there are some combinations or words in which we read the alif with taqleel with no other option.
For full details, please read the section on taqleel and imaalah rules for Warsh:
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The Unwritten rules of Winter Golf
With the recent spell of cold weather we've been dealt a harsh lesson of how to keep warm on the course.
So when the wind whistles and the temperature drops think layers, layers, layers and unless you've been tipped the wink that George Clooney's on the course, forget about fashion and the fact you're probably going to waddle from tee to tee.
Keep your thongs and G-strings tucked well away in your drawers until they're needed in the warmer months to avoid those unsightly vpls – what we girls do for fashion! Instead keep those kidneys cosy by slipping into big bloomers, the kind that pull right up to your midriff.
Invest in a thermal vest (avoid beige unless you want to look like your Granny) and remember your mums wise words about "tucking it in"
Okay, you're unlikely to nip off for a hot date straight after the golf course wearing your 'Bridget Jones' and unflattering undies but believe me they'll plug any gap nicely so there won't be any wind whistling up your jacket.
Don a hat but avoid the woolly, prickly variety or you'll be frantically scratching by the 2nd hole with fellow golfers wondering if you've picked up a few nits.
Accept the fact that you'll start off feeling like a block of ice but are likely to be steaming nicely by the 5th hole (earlier if you're menopausal) and by the 10th tee you'll have probably boiled over and peeling bits off.
Outer mittens are a godsend but can prove cumbersome - you try tying up your laces or negotiating zips and pockets with 1" of wadding.
Threading your mittens together through your sleeves may revive childhood memories of sensibility, particularly as you're likely to slip them off and on about 100 times during a game. Do bear in mind striking your golf club with a pair of mittens dangling from your arms could produce a most unusual flight path.
Recognising the silhouette of golfing friends on the golf course, even with 20:20 vision, can be fraught with disaster as you strain to distinguish individuals from an army of rotund, well clad, Michelin like figures. Best to be overfriendly and wave to everyone to avoid offending.
Looking on the bright side, winter may have it's challenges but there are perks stepping onto the course in the nippy weather, for instance:
- You're likely to have a speedy round - let's face it who's going to waste time looking for balls.
- Not everyone will be a tough cookie like you so there'll probably a scarcity of golfers on the course which means no hanging around
- Bad weather's one of the best excuses you can have for a rubbish round
- You can justify consuming a whole Mars Bar on the basis of needing extra warming calories
- Temporary tee cups are much larger – thank goodness
Of course, there's always the option to hibernate and hunker down until the Summer but the lack of exercise tends to have a rapid, thickening effect on the waistline. So if you want to avoid the 'cuddly look', engage your endorphins, get the gear and tiptoe out onto the turf.
Finally, the next time you're struggling to hammer a tee peg into the frozen ground, think of the poor green keeping staff when they have to sink another cup!
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Annual disease testing for Citrus tristeza virus (CTV) is nearly complete at LREC. Each year we test all field trees for presence of the virus using the Direct Tissue Blot Immunoassay method, which is a form of ELISA. This year we have more than 11,000 trees to test. CTV is found in the phloem tissues of citrus plants, and virus titer is typically highest during April in the San Joaquin Valley.
Field technicians Cody McCarter and Jessica Seymore work as a team to collect the tissue, which can be in the form of young flushing stalks or leaf petioles. The stalks or leaves are taken from the tree and the ends snipped with a cigar cutter for a smooth cut that is pressed onto a nitrocellulose membrane. The leaf material is then discarded, as the blots made onto the membrane contain enough phloem to reveal presence of the virus. Membranes are processed in-house in a laboratory, and results are obtained within four hours. Trees that are found to be infected are removed in order to protect research plots and foundation trees from infection.


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ETSU (11-29, 8-16) was out hit 15-11, but had five home runs on the game. The Bucs three errors led to five unearned runs, and each team left five runners stranded.
The Bruins tied things up in the top of the second on a sacrifice fly by Derek Hamblen to make the score 3-3. In the bottom of the second, the Bucs retook the lead as Nick Belcher (
In the top of the third,
In the top of the sixth, the Bruins scored two more runs on a RBI triple by Derek Wiley and a RBI single by Wagner to make the score 12-7.
Hoilman continued his hot hitting in the bottom of the sixth as he blasted a three-run shot to left center to cut the Bruins lead to 12-10. The Bruins added to their lead in the top of the ninth on a RBI single by Zeblo, RBI doubles by Packy Elkins and McCall and a two-run home run by Testa to make the score 17-10.
In the bottom of the ninth, Hoilman hit his third home run of the day as he hit a solo shot over the right field fence to cut the Bruins lead to 17-11.
Russell's home run in the second inning was his 16th of the season and puts him first in the Atlantic Sun in home runs, and 2nd nationally. Mendez and Belcher each had good days for the Bucs as Mendez went 3-for-5 and Belcher was 2-for-4.
The Bucs are back in next week as they will head to
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BU..............213 132 005 - 17 15 1 (15-24, 11-13 A-Sun)
ETSU..........340 003 001 - 11 11 3 (11-29, 8-16 A-Sun)
Pitchers: ETSU - Matt McGahey; Josh Means (5); Chas Byrne (6)
BU - Nate Woods; Dave Swinehart (7); Jimmy Stanley (8)
Win - Nate Woods (2-2) Loss - Josh Means (1-7)
HR - ETSU - Paul Hoilman 3(6); Nick Belcher (5); Anthony Russell (16)
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Scott, you left off the Spirit old Obi-Wans!(Unless that was intentional because of the E2 one)
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Earlier this week, I linked to Mel Kiper's first mock draft. He had the Eagles taking Wisconsin offensive tackle Gabe Carimi.
Here's a look at a few others that have popped up:
ESPN.com's Todd McShay also has the Birds taking Carimi:
The Eagles have been up-and-down with their offensive line picks in recent years, but while Carimi has some limitations athletically there is little doubt in my mind he's NFL-ready and will be a quality starter at right tackle for the next 10 years. He's the most technically sound and consistent lineman in this year's class.
Andrew Perloff of SI.com has the Eagles taking Texas cornerback Aaron Williams:
Opponents too easily picked on whoever wasn't being covered by Asante Samuel last season. The Eagles would be very happy if the Longhorns corner was still available.
Rob Rang of CBSSports.com has the Eagles taking Miami cornerback Brandon Harris:
The Eagles feature one of the league's best corners in Asante Samuel, but have struggled with consistency on the other side without journeyman Ellis Hobbs, who missed almost half of the season with a career-threatening neck injury. Harris struggled early on in the Sun Bowl loss to Notre Dame, but his speed and agility make him one of the draft's top corners and a good value here.
The Titans fired their defensive coordinator, Chuck Cecil, earlier this week. And while Jim Wyatt of The Tennessean calls it a longshot, he said the Titans are interested in Jim L. Mora. Mora, of course, was mentioned in connection with the Eagles' and Broncos' openings, but withdrew his name from consideration for both opportunities.
Per Wyatt, Eric Mangini has emerged as a candidate for the Titans.
The Eagles, meanwhile, are expected to interview Saints defensive backs coach Dennis Allen today.
And finally, if you missed it from Friday, I posted a piece about Brandon Graham's production as a rookie.
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Very neat type of game, and yeah I had to do it... I made a pecker. Sorry. Interesting though, but yeah would be nice with playable characters.
Great! I wish I could learn how to do this without flash >_<
So this game is nice and i made 3 worlds one of them are very bad it just nothing but 2 of them are the cool world i just made cool world 2.0
When I read this was similar to Minecraft I feared the canvas might be endless, but I'm glad there's a frame within which you build. It's an easy canvas to build on, and fun to create, even though it feels a bit lifeless without any form of motion apart from the background, or characters that walk around and interface with what you build. It'd be pretty cool if you could, for example, use this like a level editor, and build short obstacle courses that other people can then complete. There could be a highscore system, or time-based medals for each level (that authors design), maybe replay capabilities too... it could evolve into something really big, this little gadget! As is, it was a fun idea though. I like that you're able to share and vote on levels too, and have them saved indefinitely via NG servers. Good game!


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- Unintentional suffocation is the leading cause of injury-related death among children under 1 year of age.
- In 2009, children under 5 accounted for 94 percent of the unintentional suffocation-related deaths among children 14 and under.
- Approximately 50 percent of toy-related injuries resulting in ER visits involve children under 5.
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Safe Sleep
Safe Kids supports the concentrated efforts of several federal agencies and the American Academy of Pediatrics involving safe infant sleep practices. The guidelines urge placement of a baby on his/her back in a crib, the use of a firm sleeping surface, and keeping all soft objects out of the crib (pillows, bumper pads, stuffed animals, comforters and other items). Safe Kids strongly opposes a proposal to create a distinction in standards for crib bumpers.
Emerging Trends
Safe Kids keeps its radar focused on emerging trends that could create new risks for kids. Most recently, these trends included distracted driving, TV tip-overs, and the ingestion of button batteries or tiny rare-earth magnets. Safe Kids has this unique capacity partly because 90 coalitions are connected to children's medical institutions. Safe Kids learned about the magnet threat (right) from its New Orleans coalition, which is allied with the New Orleans Children's Hospital. The hospital was treating a 22-month-old boy who swallowed six of the magnets, which connected internally and did serious damage to his digestive tract.
Policy Prescription
Crib Deaths/Suffocation
Safe Kids supports H.R. 3418, the Stillbirth and SUID Prevention, Education and Awareness Act. (SUID is Sudden Unexpected Infant Death.) The bill would standardize the child death review process and promote public education on safe sleep environments.
Rare-earth magnets smaller than a pea are used to produce adult stress relief toys, but it takes only a few magnets from such toys to become dangerous when swallowed by a child. The magnets are attracted to each other in the digestive system, causing tears and blockages. To increase awareness, Safe Kids and the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) issued a joint warning about the danger. Safe Kids supports CPSC in its action to take rare-earth magnet adult stress products off shelves and e-shelves and wrote in favor of the rulemaking to prohibit the sale of rare-earth magnet sets.
Button Batteries
Swallowing button batteries poses a severe risk for kids. We support the cooperative approach of industry and the CPSC in working together to prevent injury through packaging, warnings and innovation. We also support the Button Cell Battery Safety Act of 2011, S. 1165.
Television and Furniture Tip-overs
Safe Kids also supports the CPSC's educational efforts regarding the danger of untethered furniture and televisions falling over on children at play. Additionally, Safe Kids released a research report stating that every three weeks a child dies from a TV tip-over.