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A Big Scam... Stay Away!!
Posted by Kingkesq2000 on 06/20/2006
RESORT EQUITY MANAGEMENT -- I have been trying to sell my timeshare for about a month, but I didn't know how to go about getting it done. These people, Resort Equity Management, called me and called me about selling my time share quickly and easily until finally I gave in. They told me about how they only sell to companies and how these companies buy so much and all the time. They said the average is 30 DAYS but not more than 3 months and that they guarantee my property will be sold. That was over 8 months ago and haven't heard a peep from them. In the third month I even lowered the price of the sale to almost 10 thousand dollars less than they said was a good selling price. and I still haven't herd from not one buyer or anybody from their offices still. I called no answer I emailed no return. I don't even see my property on the site for that matter. If you are looking for a company to sell your time share this is not the one. I wish I would have seen some of these complaints when I first started out to sell mine. I got took for my money, highway robbed scammed!!
Until I get some action, I will be all over the net with my complaints about this company. I will also be directing all the other complaints towards the others so they can all be seen and read. This is only the beginning for me. If I can get this on TV it will be!! that's a promise.
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Posted by Ponie on 2006-06-21:
I don't quite understand your comment 'until finally they drew me in.' Haven't you heard of that magical two-letter word? 'NO' I'm sure you've been very successful in selling it on your own.
Posted by Doe3001 on 2006-06-21:
" ...I will be all over the net with my complaints about this company....". Lets call this the "EXPEDIA effect": a massive response from a dissatisfied customer (after a company stole or tried to steal your money) in order to alert customers about how bad that company is. Do you need some help? read my posts
Posted by Anonymous on 2006-06-24:
"Timeshare rules to remember: 1) Timeshares are worthless and cannot be resold. 2) Don't attend timeshare presentations because you might be tempted to make a huge mistake and buy. 3) Prizes that are promised are usually overblown and of little value. 4) The best way to sell a timeshare is to use the timeshare and while you are there put the timeshare up for sale. When you do sell the timeshare, don't expect to get what you paid for the property." See (http://clarkhoward.com/shownotes/category/4/342)
Posted by Monty5 on 2006-06-27:
We too were taken by this company and have posted on here before to try and get the word out. We filed a formal complaint with the Florida State Attorney General's office about a year ago after finding out that this company was already under investigation by their office. I would recommend that anyone that has experienced this scam file a complaint with the Attorney General's office. It takes a little bit of time to complete their form, but worth it if collectively we can help with their case investigation and maybe put this company out of business.
Tried to get my money back from our credit card company, but they wouldn't do it. Am still trying that path and hopefully will use the fact that the Attorney General's office is investigating this scam to support my claim of fraud with the credit card company. Worth a try ...
Posted by jeffbrownswell on 2006-12-23:
I don't know how much you're asking but my father was in a similar spot two years ago. Listed it over and over again and paid to do it as well. Tried to donate it that didn't work either. All these companies are masters timeshare scammers.
A company called Timeshare Relief eventually contacted my father and we went to a presentation. It didn't seem like the best deal monetarily but he transferred through them. The surgery was pretty simple, they removed to tumor (I mean timeshare) and he feels like he got a pretty fair shake all in all. Just glad to out of that nightmare.
Posted by Fil@margate on 2007-02-26:
Resort Equity Marketing contacted me and initially they wanted $875.00 I said I didn't have that kind of money then the reduce it to 450. they debited my credit card I later pulled out and then they contacted me again I told them that I would think about it and they said the they guaranteed that the property would sell in 90 days. They the had thousand of people lined up at the Orlando convention center and that they needed these properties like mine because it was prime. Sure prime it makes their web sight look up scale and that is how they can grab more persons because the show the properties that are lucrative. I contacted them and they never sent me any information on the resale. Until lately that I kept insisting then they changed their game they call themselves an exclusive club they also claimed exclusive membership had expired and that they are doing me a favor to keep me on. So since I didn't like their service the were terminating me .When I told them that the false offer about the vouchers they decided to terminate because of course the did not want to ante up. What A Load The Sales person goes by Simon and you will never hear from her again and The Customer Service Supervisor call himself David
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Posted by Anonymous on 2009-04-23:
Drew, this site allows open opinions about business's on both sides of the fence. REM did you right, they did many more wrong. This web site has nothing to do with how people were screwed over or not by REM. Often comments like yours are just taken as the business posting a rebuttal and ignored.
You are free to post a "compliment" review any time you want about REM. If you use foul language or break a posting rule, yes your comments and reviews will get removed sorry to say.
Posted by Ponie on 2009-04-23:
I question the motives of anyone who registers to only post about one company--on a complaint that is close to three years old. And, no, drew. I don't work for a competitor, I work for myself.
Posted by BonillaBoy on 2009-05-28:
I question the motives of anyone who posts anything on this site, and I really question the motives of anyone who tries to take away the credibility of another person's post/comment.
Posted by Albita on 2010-01-25:
Resort Equity Marketing received a call on 6/25/09 could sell or rent your timeshare for a fee of $299 they debited my credit card. I called several times they would say call back next month. They got me thinking vacation, holidays people usually travel why not rent my timeshare come to find out the hard way its a scam they suck. So sorry for me and all the other people that got scammed of lots of money.
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Resort Equity Marketing - SCAM SCAM SCAM
Posted by Monty5 on 05/02/2005
ORLANDO, FLORIDA -- Stay away from this company and please do your homework before giving any timeshare marketing company your money! You need to read the Better Business Bureau of Central Florida's report on these guys.
We signed up with REM 1/05 to sell our timeshare condominium. This was over the phone and the sales pitch and guarantee seemed reasonable. However, in thinking it over and doing some additional research (BBB of Central Florida, etc.), we discovered that this was not the upstanding company that we were led to believe. Given the fact that we were told we had 7 days to cancel the contract, we figured we had an out without any issues. Only one problem, we were not given a contact number to reach this company by the phone sales person. Only told that our contract would arrive in a few days and that we had time to cancel once we received it. Attempting to reach these people at numbers listed on the Better Business Bureau's website were futile. We received our contract on the 8th day after we had agreed to sign up with them over the phone. How convenient?! We were now past the contractual 7 day limit for cancelling!!!!
We have attempted to cancel with them via phone, mail, etc. and asked for a refund since that time, but they say they cannot do that because they have already started marketing our timeshare. Yet, when we have asked for proof of the services they are providing, they cannot provide us any. The only thing that has been done is that our condo is listed on their website (along with hundreds of others). No other marketing has been done, contrary to what they led us to believe (i.e., conventions, other sales literature, etc.).
To test their marketing and follow thru on potential sales offers they are supposed to notify us of, we have put several offers out on the online system for our own condo. Used relatives' names/contact information (with their permission of course). We wanted to see what action, if any, they would take in notifying us of offers. That was approximately 5 weeks ago, and we have not received the 1st notice that anyone is interested in purchasing our timeshare. So what are they doing for the $685.00 we foolishly paid these con-artists?!?
And, oh by the way, the guarantee they offer of 2 round trip airline tickets if they don't sell your timeshare in 6 months??? Well, that's a scam too. In order to get those tickets, you need to purchase a 7-night stay at one of the resorts they are somehow affiliated with before they will send you the airline tickets. What an operation? Is the Attorney General of the state of Florida aware of any of this?
We are attempting, though our credit card company, to get our money refunded. Not sure what will come of this, but we have to try.
Stay away from Resort Equity Marketing or whatever new company name they choose to do business under in the near future!!!!!
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Company Response on 05/19/2009:
Resort Equity Marketing is a FOR SALE BY OWNER company. We are responsible for marketing and advertising the availability of your unused timeshare unit or points.
We do have an unsatisfactory rating with the BBB, however we are in the company of WalMart and many actual vacation property resorts. We have done business with over 48,000 clients of which we have 131 complaints. Although we are making efforts everyday to improve this rating we do not feel this speaks for our services.
We of course strive to accomplish the goal of successfully finding our clients a buyer or renter for their unit, however if this does not happen within our guarantee period we offered (at the time) 2 roundtrip airline tickets. This is simply a courtesy gift and not intended to replace the service we will continue to provide if the property had not yet rented/sold. Please understand we are not affiliated with the company these tickets are issued by.
At any point in time, so long as the account was kept active by the client, they may have viewed their personal listing on our website. We also have a customer service department more than happy to help any questions our clients may have.
In addition, we do have a 14 day cancellation policy from the original sign up date. If the contract was received on the 8th day there is still enough time to make the cancellation.
We do apologize for any inconvenience.
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Posted by laedebug on 2009-05-01:
maybe if you kept in touch with the company you would have results as in any business those who stay on top get taken care of first if you dont participate you are at the bottom of the totem pole if you want result you need to make sure they happen. You most likely signed up and forgot about the entire thing until 180 days rolled by well guess what I talked to they every two weeks and within 90 days
Posted by troney on 2009-08-03:
i agree if you had a bad experience with Resort equity marketing than you didnt keep up with your timeshare! i have listed a total of 8 properties with Dyson M. at REM and all have been taken care of in the time frame he has told me. He keeps in contact with me just as much as i do with him. If you have had a bad experience than blame yourself if you want something taken care of keep up with it just as you should!!!
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Timeshare Advertising Ripoff
Posted by Fil on 02/26/2007
KISSIMMEE, FLORIDA -- Resort Equity Marketing contacted me and I fell for their tale. I paid $450. Initially they wanted $875.00 I then withdrew my account and asked for credit the then did so and re-established it in April they had already recredited my account and I have no yet received the second credit approval. I called them every month and no one wanted to answer the call and kept leaving messages. When the so called Customer service supervisor spoke to me Check this out He claimed that REM was an exclusive club and that my membership was expired. What A load. They never sent me any information on my timeshare showing on what other media it was posted just only the web site. They said that the would advertise until sold . They offer ticket to fly any place in the world but when you claim the vouchers they want you to rent the highest price and make money off you. They are a big scam They never contact you unless they want more money if you call them to keep track of your sale the flag you in order that they won't make a mistake and call you again
. But with me they did and I caught on when I told them that I had already listed. The scam is that they will be going this week end to the convention center and their will be Thousand of persons to promote your timeshare with. Sales person Simon the Customer service David and They will not get back to you the are closed on the most busiest days for sale in Orlando Saturday when the know that the owner might showup at their door.
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Posted by adzidek on 2007-02-26:
"Sales person Simon the Customer service David and They will not get back to you the are closed on the most busiest days for sale in Orlando Saturday when the know that the owner might showup at their door. "
Posted by SAJ on 2007-02-26:
Adzidek, thanks for clarifying this for me, as I was really confused reading the complaint!
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Posted by Beenscammed on 03/03/2006
I purchased a timeshare at Sheraton Plantation at Myrtle Beach, SC in 2004. After having some financial problems, I decided to sell it. First of all...Resort Equity Marketing contacted me. They guaranteed on the phone that unlike some of their competition, they would be able to sell my time share within 60-90 days. That was almost 8 months ago. They assured me that not only did they list it online but made a conscious effort to sell it in person to companies who have business trips to the Myrtle Beach area. I have NEVER received an offer. I have contacted them several times and never get my phone calls returned. When I do get through, rather than assure me that they are trying to sell it, I get the impression that I am interrupting a bunch of high school kids playing video games. The representatives are rude, and disrespectful. When I contacted them about the free airline vouchers, I received a package that did give free airline tickets WITH AN EXPENSIVE 7 DAY VACATION PACKAGE!!! They are liars and thieves and I hope that someone will read this and save themselves the money and humiliation that I have faced. Once I do sell the timeshare, I will NEVER buy another one because of the scam I have dealt with on this one.
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Posted by dsmith68 on 2006-03-07:
Timeshares must be the dumbest thing going to purchase. I can not imagine why anyone would purchase one.
Posted by scamkiller on 2006-03-09:
I really feel your pain. My wife had a similar problem with a company called vacation register. They got us for 1800!!! That was until we met another company called D & M group eneterprises inc. The first thing they did was help us get our money back. Not only that but they sold our property in AZ in 45 days! If that wasn't enough they taught us how to protect us from scams. We love them their number is 866-968-8889
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Posted by Gentle on 03/13/2007
Resort Equity Marketing is a BIG scam. The company promised to rent or sell my time share for a fee of approximately $600.00, boasting that they have corporate businesses waiting in line to do so and that there rental time is approximately 30 days. Nine months later I am still waiting for my unit to be sold or rented. I have not had a single consumer inquiry regarding the sale of the unit.Customer service is poor.Whenever I try to contact a representative I have been told that the agents are busy, the phone rings continually or the call is not returned.
Once I was able to get a fax through to a manager inquiring about why my timeshare had not rented.He called back and told me my unit may never rent.This is of course after they collected my money.My advice to anyone who gets a call from REM to market their timeshare is say NO! It's a SCAM.
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Posted by poppapia on 2007-03-13:
My advice is that anyone considering buying a time share send me their money instead.
Posted by Foxfire660 on 2007-08-31:
I was in the same position and then I found a company that I could Donate my Timeshare to. It cost me no money and I received a $4900.00 tax credit to boot. The Charity is a Wildlife Refuge and the Company that handled everything was www.trejesto.com. They were great and everything was done in a couple of weeks. I would highly recommend them.
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Resort Equity Marketing - Scam!
Posted by Wlester on 02/19/2005
ORLANDO, FLORIDA -- My wife and I had signed up with REM to rent out our timeshare in Orlando since we could not be there every year at the same time. REM calls us telling us that they GUARANTEE the rental. They send us some literature saying that they send info to corporations, attend travel shows, etc... After 4 months, I sent an e-mail to them saying that I want some sort of proof that they are doing anything other than having our property listed on their website. Of course, I get nothing, other than a call from one of their flunkies telling me that they are in fact doing these things, but they can't show proof. What a scam! They charge you $600-$700 guaranteeing that they will rent the property, which will cover the fees and plus some. Well, it will be 6 months after the end of March, and nothing at all from them. They say that if they don't come though that we will get 2 airline tickets, but I am sure that that will be a lie also!
Lousy customer service, lousy company, period!
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Posted by tander on 2005-02-19:
I don't understand why can't you rent it out yourself?
Posted by BobJohn on 2005-03-21:
I'm nosey. How much does your timeshare rent for if you pay the management company $600-700? I took a look at Orlando and 2-bedroom units rent for around $900 a week.
Posted by Monty5 on 2005-05-02:
We, too, have had a bad experience with Resort Equity Marketing. We are trying to get our money reimbursed through the credit card company we used to charge the $685.00 fee to sell our timeshare. Resort Equity Marketing will not honor the contract they entered into. We have put numerous 'offers' in for our condo through their online system and have never, ever received notification of the offers from them. The only thing they appears to have done is list the timeshare online and that's it. No other marketing has been done and we have asked for proof, they say they can't provide that. Better Business Bureau of Central Florida has a negative report on these guys as well. And, by the way, as far as coming through on the airline tickets after 6 months - there is a scam associated with that as well. In order to get those tickets, you will need to purchase a 7 night stay at one of the resorts they are affiliated with! Stay away from this company!!!!
Posted by scamkiller on 2006-03-09:
I really feel your pain. My wife had a similar problem with a company called vacation register. They got us for 1800!!! That was until we met another company called D & M group Enterprises Inc. The first thing they did was help us get our money back. Once we received our money back they beat the other company by 250% not only that but they sold our property in AZ in 45 days! If that wasn't enough they taught us tools to help us in protection ourselves in the future. I love to pass on a good, HONEST company so heres their number 866-968-8889.
Posted by troney on 2009-08-03:
I really don't know why you didn't get it sold or rented with them if you kept up with your timeshare like your suppose to than you wouldn't be sitting here bashing a good company. I have listed numerous properties with them and all have been sold and rented within the time frame my representative Dyson told me. Every time i go on vacation i buy a timeshare just so i can make money off of it. Dyson M. has gotten me at least 5000 more than i pay for it every time. i think you all should read and follow directions on how to do things!!!!!!
Posted by greenmonkey99 on 2009-12-22:
REM is a scam. They did the same thing to me after touting they had a special agreement for marketing. Assuring they could rent the place out. Please spread the word, they are a disservice to the Time Share owners. They horribly misrepresent themselves and provide no services as described. Time for another Class Action against them.
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Posted by Bobtailmomma on 09/25/2008
Let me tell ya that when REM called my wife and I about our timeshare they gave us one heck of sales pitch and boy were we suckered. An agent of REM called us and told us that they wanted to rent out our time share for us. The deal seemed really good. They even told us that as soon as we paid them the $1195.00 one time fee we would get a check overnighted for the entire amount of the rental assuring us that REM cannot take any money from the rental fee for any reason do to it being against the law.
We were told that we would get the check regardless if the timeshare rented today or next month. They told us that we could split the $1195.00 into two payments. They asked for a credit card or debit card number to make the payment. We okay'd a debit payment for $500.00. Within about two days my wife found "My 3 Cents" and when I read the complaints on REM I just about had a cardiac.
We googled REM and found their phone number to be a home phone. My wife and I immediately contacted our bank to stop the transaction do to the payment transaction not having been completed yet (I Love My bank) because our bank was checking REM out as well. We were unable to stop the transaction however our bank told us that when REM completes the transaction they would take legal action against REM for fraud. Yeah Baby!! And they did. The bank refunded our $500.00 and filed fraud charges against REM.
Finally something being done about the REM scam artist.
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Posted by chemman on 2008-09-25:
I'm glad to hear you got your money back! And thanks for posting here to help warn others!
Posted by Anonymous on 2008-09-25:
This is a great review, just shows the scammers and con men don't always get away with it, thanks!
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Posted by Matt1971 on 04/21/2009
After reading some other reviews, I see I didn't get taken as bad as some! My service cost $585 back in July 2005. If it didn't sell in 180 days I would get 2 free airline tickets to anywhere in the world (limited to their 10 or so places - IF you pay for the hotel or resort, which was waayy more expensive than buying the plane tickets and paying for the resort through Expedia! - I guess they are making money with that too). Anyway, they DID list it on their website, they DID send me the packet for choosing where I wanted to vacation - after it didn't sell the first 6 months. I didn't bother sending for the packet the second time - couldn't afford it! Anyway, after re-activating my ad (you have to do this every 90 days - OR ELSE!) 4 or 5 times, I forgot to do it. REM didn't call to remind me, so I kept forgetting. Fast forward to April 2009 -- I call to renew my ad (and lower the asking price by half). I am told my ad was CANCELLED because it hadn't been renewed in such a long time, and I COULDN'T renew it! I asked to speak to a supervisor, was transferred and received voicemail. Didn't get a callback.
I am planning on calling every day that I'm off work until I talk with a supervisor or manager. The only thing my contract says regarding this situation is "Resort Equity Marketing assumes that my property unit sells or rents within 90 days, unless I advise them to the contrary, prior to the expiration of the 90 day period. Upon notification Resort Equity Marketing will renew my ad at the company's expense. Resort Equity Marketing will advertise my property unit until it is rented or sold."
Anyone for a CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT?
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Posted by Matt1971 on 2009-05-28:
Update: I never did get a callback from a manager or supervisor after leaving a message (no one was ever able to take my call). I called this morning and asked the person who answered to transfer me directly to a supervisor and they screwed up and DID! Anyway, I talked to the customer service supervisor. She basically said that since it has been a while since I renewed, that they cancelled my contract and that the contract stated very clearly that would be the action taken if you did not renew. I read the contract item to her that she stated was very clear and asked her if it even implies that the contract would be cancelled (the word canceled never appears on the contract!). She said yes it is clear! I guess I'll call back again on Monday and bug them about it! WORD OF CAUTION: If you are planning on advertising your property, ask that a contract be emailed or mailed to you BEFORE you give them any money! Most of the time they will not do it BECAUSE IT IS A SCAM. If they do send you one, read it carefully before you pay - understand everything that is written or implied. I have had two other companies contact me via phone in the past couple of years about selling my property. When I asked that a contract be sent to me to read before I made the decision, one of them hung up! The other took my email address and said I would get it shortly and to call them back. I never got a contract! Just a word of caution.
Posted by patcmc on 2009-07-07:
Is there any positive feedback about this company?
Posted by madbluegreen on 2010-01-15:
I would be interested in a class action lawsuit! I think that's a good idea. Also, I think all of these people that have a complaint should file one with the BBB because I looked and they do not have very many complaints. We should flood the site with complaints!!! We can't get anywhere by staying quiet and shrugging it off.
Posted by PepperElf on 2010-01-15:
problem is the BBB doesn't always do much
it only works if the company in question actually cares what the BBB says.
pretty much it's like M3C or PFB, just bigger, with a rating system.
Posted by Slimjim on 2010-01-15:
Do you all want a class action lawsuit or do you want your $500 back? You won't get both. Class wins, REM has to change an internal policy and the class members get a few bucks each-maybe. File complaints with both your state's Attorney General and REM's headquartered state's office. Outside of a small claims case, it's your best bet.
Posted by goduke on 2010-01-15:
Here's the outcome of the class action: everyone of the plaintiffs will get 1 month of free listing, and the lawyers will walk with $250,000. Still interested?
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Scam to the Bone!!
Posted by Peedofff on 02/19/2007
ALTAMONTE SPRINGS, FLORIDA -- This review concerns a marketing institution that deals in the marketing of time shares. In @ May of 2003 My wife and I received a phone call from Resort Equity Marketing out of Altamonte Springs, Florida. At the time, my wife and I were discussing selling our time share at Westgate Smokey Mountain Resort In Gattlinburg TN. When we received this call from REM we were told that for @865.00 they would market our time share for us. Mrs. Gina Robert's who was in the employ of REM told us that an average turn around time for a sale was around 30 days. She also told us that we would receive phone calls from potential buyers. As of today, we have not yet received one call. Not to mention that we found out that it was our responsibility to update our contract @ every 4 months. What kind of a company takes money to market a product and then relies on its customer to update their own contract. If we don't update the contract our time share sits in limbo (not being listed) until we reinstate it. It has been almost three years without so much as a phone call from REM or a potential buyer. We ask for our marketing data and they cannot provide it. We have reduced a $16-$20,000 property to about $9500.00 dollars. I did call Westgate and confirmed the price of what their time shares are selling for, and according to that price, we are underselling by A $10,000.
I know that our property is a very hot seller, so all that I can come up with is that REM is only a listing agent. That's funny, because we never heard that verbiage over the phone. All that I can say is that were taken buy a company that is more concerned about taking your money and not at all concerned about your welfare. SCAM, SCAM, SCAM The Central Florida BBB should really take a look at the operations of REM and protect the innocent that fall into their trap.
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Posted by adzidek on 2007-02-20:
If it's such a hot property, and you're selling it so far below what it's worth, why are you still holding out hope that these people will sell it - THREE YEARS LATER!!!
You should have sold it on your own after the first 4-month contract expired.
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Posted by Guida on 08/11/2007
This company took my money and I never heard back from them. It's been a year. I never received an offer. Don't waiste your money!
I also never received the free airline tickets they promise you if they don't sell!
It's all hot air!
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Ninety-eight-year-old George Burns shares memories of his life.
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Burns believes that one of the reasons he was able to play God with such conviction was because once he came very close to meeting Him--when he was 78 years old. He had been playing bridge at Hillcrest one afternoon when he felt a sharp pain in his chest. He immediately quit the bridge table and went to his doctor's. The doctor took a cardiogram and rushed Burns to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, where the best heart-surgical team in the business opened him up and did a triple bypass the following morning. At the time, Burns was the oldest person in the world to undergo a triple bypass and survive, according to Fein.
Not only did Burns survive the operation, but he had not had a sick day since then until he slipped in the bathtub last summer, which resulted in surgery this fall to relieve some swelling in his head. But his long run of good health may be a testimonial to the fact that he ignored his doctor's advice to quit cigar smoking. Burns was so grateful for the job done on him by Cedars-Sinai, that on his 90th birthday in 1986, he contributed his name and energy to a hospital fund-raising campaign. "Burns was made honorary chairman," explains Fein, "and we put a group together that raised over $100 million for Cedars." At the end of that fund-raising drive, Cedars-Sinai thanked the comedian by persuading the city of Los Angeles to rename a two-block street just west of the hospital, between Beverly Boulevard and Third Street, "George Burns Drive."
Moreover, Burns' name, footprints, handprints and cigar print are written in cement in the forecourt of the Grauman's Chinese Theater in Hollywood. He also has three stars on the Hollywood Boulevard Walk of Fame--one for radio, one for film acting and one for his work as a recording artist.
Unlike most people his age, of which there are few, Burns does not believe in looking back or yearning for the good old days, although the name of his first song album for Mercury/Polygram might belie that: "I Wish I Was 18 Again."
"I Wish I Was 18 Again," written by Nashville composer Sunny Throckmorton especially for George Burns, was released as a single in 1980 and was an immediate hit and launched the comedian on a fifth career--that of a recording artist. He followed "I Wish I Was 18 Again" with a second album, George Burns In Nashville and encored with Young at Heart, an album that features the title song and the classic, "As Time Goes By." His rendition of "Young at Heart" was so touching that it was included on the soundtrack of a two-reel documentary short of the same name, which was about two people who find love and marriage in their 80s. The short won an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Subject, and Burns' voice on the soundtrack was a major contributor to its success.
Between turning out hit song albums and doing television specials with such guest stars as Matthau, Ann-Margret, Denver, Goldie Hawn, Johnny Carson and Hope, Burns has also managed to find time to become a best-selling author. The books he has turned out in collaboration with David Fisher and his live-in writer, Hal Goldman, include: Living It Up, They Still Love Me in Altoona; The Third Time Around; How to Live to Be 100 or More; The Ultimate Diet, Sex and Exercise Book; Dr. Burns' Prescription for Happiness; Dear George; Gracie: A Love Story; All My Best Friends, and his latest, Wisdom of the Nineties. Two of these tomes, Dr. Burns' Prescription for Happiness and Gracie: A Love Story, held positions on The New York Times' best-seller list for 18 and 20 weeks, respectively.
Today Burns occupies a unique position in show business. "I would say that George is the highest-earning person his age in the world," claims Fein. "Nobody at 98 is earning what he makes. There are old people with huge incomes, but it's from clipping coupons and stock dividends. But George is actually out there in the field earning it as an actor."
But Burns will not accept any more picture offers because, by his own admission, at his age it's difficult for him to remember lines in a movie script. That's why he sticks to doing his one-man show at Caesars Palace and in places like Cincinnati, North Carolina and Miami.
"I already know the jokes and the songs I'm going to sing. I've been doing them for 50 years in theaters. Invite me to your house to dinner and I'll do them in your living room, too. But only if you'll let me smoke a cigar."
"How long a show do you do?" I ask him.
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Using only household items you can make a 1 oz waterproof fire-starter that burns for 15 minutes. It's perfect for camping, backpacking, or even your backyard fire pit. No need to buy fancy fire starter logs, here you'll need to gather a few household items that would have otherwise been thrown in trash.
Step 1: Step 1 - Gather Materials
1. Dryer lint
2. An empty egg carton
3. Old Candle Stubs (or in my case, a box of canning wax - $3*)
4. Dental floss
5. Scissors
6. New Belgium beer (not required, but hey, that's how it happened)
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Step 2: Step 2 - Cut the Wax
Step 3: Step 3 - Fill Egg Carton with Dryer Lint
Step 4: Step 4 - Cut and Fold Compartment
Step 5: Step 5 - Tie Each Compartment with Dental Floss
Step 6: Step 6 - Melt Wax
Step 7: Step 7 - Lower Fire-Starters into Jar or Can
Step 8: Step 8 - Let Fire-Starters Dry
I also happen to keep scented candles that have burnt past the wick and I usually just put them on the furnace to melt and make it smell nice... problem is I have a floor furnace and have kicked them on accident on multiple occasion. I'm glad I can take both my obsessive collections and combine them into something useful that also feeds my pyromania!!!
Great instructable!
the heavier the rain the more of them you use at once I guess :)
Regardless, I was looking for a good recipe for waterproof firestarters, and this one worked perfectly.
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Both competed as "Independent Olympic Athletes" last year in London. Marial competing under the IOC banner makes sense since South Sudan wasn't ready to make their Olympic debut and (despite living in the United States for a long time) he wasn't an American citizen. Marial though has a chance to represent the United States in Moscow (if he chooses to do so):
http://www.runnersworld.com/elite-runne ... us-citizen
Plus if South Sudan isn't ready by Rio, he could be under the flag of the United States, basically following the path of Lopez Lomong.
Bonevacia as an Independent Olympic athlete was very confusing to me (as was the other two athletes from Curacao who competed as Independent Olympic Athletes). It's confusing because he's from Curacao and that's a Dutch territory. Plus, Churandy Martina and Brian Mariano are also from Curacao, and yet when the Netherlands Antilles dissolved both switched to the Netherlands and yet Bonevacia (and the other two from Curacao) did not. I would guess that if he wants to compete in Moscow this year, he's going to have to wear Dutch colors.


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DIY: Outdoor Wireless Access Point/Signal Repeater
In my previous post, I went over how I created a weatherproof Wi-Fi camera rig. I decided to write a separate entry about how I got Wi-Fi signal to the camera during the construction process of my new home.
This project was installed about a year and a half ago and has been functioning since. There have been times I needed to reboot the repeater throughout the year, so it's not like you can install it forget about it (unless you buy commercial products, not a Linksys). You also have to keep an eye out for growing shrubs and trees, since that will limit your signal over time.
First up, you're going to have to have access to an internet connection (DSL/Cable). I had the luxury of having my parents near by, so I didn't have to deal with any neighbors trying to secure an internet connection during construction (check your area and see if anyone has their wireless wide open… you might just want to repeat that signal).
I hope this post gives you some ideas as how to easily setup an access point outside your home. Maybe you have a park across the way that you'd love to work at, but can't because you need to be connected… this project can surely make it possible.
Lets begin.
The Parts List:
- A HyperLink 8db Compact Omnidirectional 2.4ghz Antenna or a HyperLink 8db Patch Antenna
- 2 Linksys WAP11's 802.11b Access Points (or any newer models that support repeater mode)
- 1- 10″x10″x4″ PVC enclosure from Home Depot
- Misc PVC parts for Antenna Mast attachment, PVC Glues, Silicon, etc
- Double-sided foam tape
- A few power tools… drill, screw, etc.
If doing Power-Over-Ethernet (not repeater mode), you'll also need:
- Cat5e Connection Box
- Volt Meter (to check cable resistance)
- Cat5e cable (outdoor direct burial type)
- New power supply to accommodate length of cat5e cable
You'll need to find an enclosure that will fit your access point. Most of the time, the case is bigger than the actual electronics inside… so if you are having trouble finding a case, you can always dismantle the access point/repeater, however, this will void your warranty. For my WAP11, I took some measurements and headed to my local Home Depot. I found they had a 10″x10″x4″ PVC box that looked perfect for this project.
I wanted the status LEDs to show thru the bottom of the enclosure so I had to remove the front of the WAP11. The photos above show how I did this. I took the front part and stacked it on the back of the WAP11. This gave me some support and the height was perfectly in the middle. I marked and drilled the 3 LED holes. I filled them up with clear silicon so the LED lights could still shine thru. I also attached some double-sided foam tape so I could secure it in the enclosure.
In the photo on the right, you can see the complete naked enclosure. My first attempt was to have a full outdoor Access Point. To do this, you need a wired ethernet connection and power. So I took the PoE (Power over Ethernet) route. That worked for about a year, but, because I didn't used outdoor grade cat5e cable when I buried it, one day it suddenly stopped working. I think a rat ate it or it just corroded. If you are planning on doing PoE, then you'll want to follow the detailed how-to instructions provided on the NTCwireless site and BE SURE TO USE outdoor rated Cat5e cable!! If you don't want to deal with volt meters and ohm's law, the check out Hyperlink's PoE solution.
The 8db compact Hyperlink omnidirectional antenna I used has a mast attachment, so I bought a 2″ PVC pipe and cap and attached the antenna to that. I only attached one external antenna, so I'm not doing a true diversity system like the Linksys originally had. You can turn off the other antenna or keep it on… your tests may yield different results. Omnidirectional is great if you want to spread the 8db signal over 360 degrees. Sometimes you want to use a directional antenna. Let's say the park you want to check email at is right across the street, and the the picnic table 30 degrees to the right. You could use a patch antenna and blanket just that area with a full 8db. So instead of an 8db (or whatever) omnidirectional antenna, which spreads that 8db over 360 degrees, you can give a 30 degree spread more of the 8db signal.
Next, I attached all the cables to the WAP11 and powered it up. Again, if you are setting your system up as just a repeater, then all you need is power. If you are setting it up as an outdoor access point, then you'll need to provide power and ethernet. Having done both, I like the repeater method. It's easier than running a cable… but you spend more because you need another WAP11 to act as the main access point.
After I mounted everything inside, I found an area I thought would work the best and did all the network setups. Then I ran some tests. Depending on tree coverage and any structures, there is pretty good coverage… it can only get better with more access points and/or bigger antennas. Flat, clear areas do better than hilly, treed areas (trees suck up the signal and metal structures reflect) For now, the coverage is pretty much want I need… but I'm thinking about putting a Wi-Fi Amplifier on the repeaters. That should really light up the block… and maybe even a visit from the FCC!
Below is an "artists rendering" of my signal spread. My terrain is a bit hilly, so I don't get the same coverage as if I were on flat lands.
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Whisk the lime juice, mustard, salt, and pepper in a small bowl. Slowly whisk in the oil until combined. Whisk in the garlic, ginger, cumin and coriander seeds, turbinado sugar and turmeric.
Combine the vinegar and 2 tsp. salt in a large bowl. Let sit to dissolve the salt. Put the potatoes and 2 Tbs. salt in a 6-quart pot and add enough cold water to cover by 1 inch. Bring to a boil over high heat and reduce the heat to maintain a simmer. Cook the potatoes until barely tender when poked with a fork or skewer, 5 to 10 minutes. If the potatoes aren't all the same size, remove them as they are cooked.
Gently drain the potatoes in a colander and set aside until just cool enough to handle. Cut the potatoes into 3/4-inch chunks. Add the potatoes to the bowl with the vinegar and gently stir with a spatula to coat. With your fingers, pull apart any pieces that are stuck together.
Gently fold the chickpeas and cilantro into the potatoes. Whisk the vinaigrette back together and fold enough of it into the potatoes to generously coat them (you may not need all of the dressing). Season to taste with salt and pepper. Serve while still slightly warm, or at room temperature.
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The swift motion puts two types of muscle fibers (fast- and slow-twitch) into play, which tones your arms more quickly.
Stand with feet hip-width apart, a weight in right hand, left hand on hip. Bend and raise right elbow so weight almost touches right shoulder. Step forward with left leg, extending right arm to chest level (as shown), as if throwing a ball. Step left leg back to start as you retract right hand toward right shoulder for one rep. Do 10 reps. Switch sides; repeat.


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If those are your last names, as designers, you have an obligation to start a sweet ass studio. That's what Sofie Hannibal and Nan Na Hvass did in 2006. The work they've produced since is even more impressive than their moniker.
The duo has worked in damn near every format imaginable (awards, interiors, print, textiles, environmental, etc etc) and it's never diluted their trademark style. Something to aspire to.
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Casita Encanto is a charming 1 bedroom apartment located in San Diego, California near the Gaslamp District. French doors open up onto a private redwood deck that overlooks a beautiful, lush, tropical shade garden. Sit on the deck and enjoy the fragrance of the night blooming jasmine and the flowers of the Trumpet trees. Catch the morning sun on our redwood deck overlooking the entire neighborhood. Go out in the morning in the spring and pick organic nectarines and peaches from our fruit trees.
We created Casita Encanto based on what we like when we travel. Luxury and comfort are very important to us, as well as having a complete kitchen where we can cook our meals, rather than always eating out. I like to be able to wash my clothes when necessary
We are located in a well-established, unique, eclectic, middle class neighborhood, where no two houses are alike. The neighborhood is zoned agricultural with a 1/2 acre minimum lot. You won't find any apartment buildings or sidewalks here, but the occasional rooster or chicken can be seen crossing the road. It is peaceful and quiet with a country feel, just minutes from downtown San Diego. We have lived in this neighborhood for 19 years and absolutely love it. It is the best kept secret in San Diego.
We are within 10 minutes of many fun tourist attractions: Seaport Village, the San Diego Convention Center, Petco Park, Balboa Park, the San Diego Zoo, The Embarcadero, Old Town, Coronado Island, the Silver Strand Beach. The Gaslamp District is packed with wonderful restaurants, great music venues, and live theater. We are only 15 miles from the International border.
We are within a 15 to 30 minute drive from the following: Knotts Berry Farm Soak City, most San Diego County beaches, Seal World, Lego Land, the Wild Animal Park, Birch Aquariam and Indian gaming. There are many great hiking areas throughout San Diego County. There is no end to the fun things to do and see while visiting us.
apartment rental amenities
- Queen size bed with 2 inch tempurpedic foam topper;
- Queen size sleeper sofa with a very comfortable air mattress;
- Full kitchen;
- Washer/dryer;
- Propane gas grill;
- Very comfortable living room furniture;
- Private hot tub with outside shower;
- HD TV, CD/DVD player, IPOD player, Cable, Wifi
- Private redwood deck
- Great shower with instant hot water
vacation rental rates
125.00 to $185.00 per night, two night minimum stay.
One week - $750.00; to $1,000.0; one month $2,500.00
$300.00 refundable deposit
Peak Season - 7/1 - 8/31
$185.00 to $245..00 per night, two night minimum stay.
One week - $1,100 to $1,300
one month - $3,000
No 10% hotel tax
Minimum price based on double occupancy - $15.00 for each additional guests. 2 children stay for free.


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I wish to say thank you to all of the Ouray County voters who voted in the 2012 election. To my supporters, thank you. I am truly honored to have been selected to serve Ouray County for a second term as county commissioner. To everyone, I want nothing more than to find ways to work together, because we all love Ouray County and we all want the best for our communities, land, water, and livelihoods.
A strong democracy cannot exist without having informed and engaged citizens. Democracy also cannot exist without having multiple candidates come forward to provide open dialogue on policies and issues and to give voters choices. I wish to thank my opponent Jack Flowers for being willing to step forward as a candidate. He is a good man and neighbor. Our race was tough, and I appreciate that we were able to have positive campaigns centered on the issues. I sincerely hope Jack continues to be interested and will be active in county government.
No candidate runs without a lot of support, help, and sacrifice from family members and volunteers. I want to thank my husband Jeff and our kids for handling the extra stress and challenges of this campaign year with unending grace and understanding. Many thanks also go to the volunteers who opened their homes and businesses, and contributed with their hands, minds, and hearts.
Last, I wish to thank The Watch owners and staff for providing thorough coverage of our local government affairs and of this election. Having a good, local, fair, free press is an amenity that I think we sometimes take for granted. To have reporters waiting for returns and writing articles at the midnight hour shows your dedication to our communities and counties.
I encourage anyone with a county matter on their mind to email me (email@example.com), call me (970/258-0836), or stop by my office at 380 W. Clinton in the Lupita's building.
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Category: Theology
Guy Fawkes is Satan: The Truth About Anonymous and the Digital Revolution
I'm surprised I didn't see it before. I've been working on a research book about Satan as a revolutionary hero: a tradition of liberal rebellion against totalizing and corrupt government, starting from Prometheus, going through Paradise Lost, Moby Dick, the Modernist and Romantic Movements, ending in today's Super Heroes.
I've already considered contemporary revolutions as part of this same tradition: I can prove that The American Revolution, the Free Rights, Gender Equality, Racial Tolerance and all other movements of liberation and progress are indebted to the Satanic tradition, rather than a religious one.
Hackers shutting down websites and taking on huge corporations, using technical skills, and organizing mass protests are also firmly on Satan's side of the line. (Technology has always been associated with Prometheus and Satan – who give humans these skills and knowledge against God's wishes).
But for some reason, I hadn't until today recognize the importance of the Guy Fawkes mask, which was used in the movie "V for Vendetta" and has since become a symbol of rebellion and revolution – something for protesters to wear into battle to protect their identities from the persecution of authorities.
Guy Fawkes is Satan
I don't need a whole entire book to prove this point … Read More »
The Poetry of Atheism: Emily Dickinson Celebrates International Blasphemy Day
Oops, it's 2:56AM here in Taiwan and I was just reminded that September 30th is International Blasphemy Day. Luckily, since most of the world is half a day behind, I still have time. I decided to celebrate by dusting off this post about Emily Dickinson I've been meaning to publish for about a year.
It vexes me to see Christians and other religious people quote Emily Dickinson's Poetry in support of their faith, when she spent so much time, irony and wit mocking her religious contemporaries with blasphemous poetry. She refused evangelical conversion point-blank, and denied Christianity in favor of a naturalistic (Pagan) spirituality. Some may claim that she is not "an Atheist" but rather deeply devote – but this trespasses over her very cutting criticisms and mockery of Jesus and the Christian God, whom she saw as a cruel tyrant. There is also a tendency in literature studies to avoid the straight-forward anti-religious tone of the poems and interpret Dickinson's poetry more imaginatively.
Dickinson is actually pretty easy to understand and appreciate – unless you disagree with her. Then suddenly she becomes "cryptic" and "mysterious" and "difficult". Giant edifices of literary theory have been constructed around the idea that Emily is hiding … Read More »
Red Lights Review 2012: Simon Magus confronts Doubting Thomas about Paranormal Phenomenon
"I just need to know how he does it."
This is the consuming passion of Psychologist Margaret Matheson (Sigourney Weaver) as she investigates a world-renowned blind psychic Simon Silver (Robert De Niro), who has resurfaced after decades for a final appearance.
The movie builds and builds, with supernatural attacks leading up to the death of Margaret. Her partner Tom Buckley (Cillian Murphy) takes over the case, determined to solve the mystery.
"Forget about Silver, there are certain things it's better not to know," says his girlfriend Sally (Elizabeth Olsen).
"I just need to know," Tom responds.
At this point in the movie, the implied moral seems to be this: that rigorous skeptics and scientists will be destroyed and their skepticism will consume them; they will break like waves against the paranormal rocks of our mysterious universe.
Margaret and Tom seem to be the fanatics, trying to use logic to solve the incredible paranormal power that they can't accept as real.
Silver, meanwhile, has come back to prove to the world that his powers are real:
"It's a matter of absolute priority that science begin to learn all it can about these forces. We can't wait any longer. The aim of my public appearance is just to generate … Read More »
Sound of my Voice 2012: Christianity is a Cult, is Jesus a Fraud?
If you need a mystery to solve itself by wrapping up all loose ends, you might not like Sound of my Voice, the new movie directed by Britt Marling, who also plays the main role as Maggie — a time traveler from the future sent back to save the ones she loves from the coming economic and ecological collapse.
The plot follows Lorna and Peter, a young couple determined to do something important with their lives, as they infiltrate the cult and try to record video of Maggie. First they have to learn the rules, the complex secret handshake, and 'train' in an isolated location, before finally being allowed to meet the enigmatic time-traveler.
But as Maggie winds her powerful personality deeper and deeper into the psyche of both Peter and Lorna, and eventually drives them apart, they start to question. Is she a fraud? Is she lying? Or is she really who she says she is?
Maggie has cult leadership down pat – she gives then she takes, praises then insults. She can be cold and mean, but then loving and forgiving. When asked a direct question about herself or the future she comes from, she stalls, evades, reacts in anger, or … Read More »
Why the End of the World Makes us Feel So Good: Revolution Season Premiere vs Hunger Games
Procrastinating from work (which I always feel to be a colossal waste of my life, yet necessary to prolong it in comfort) I downloaded the Series Premiere of a new TV show called "Revolution". It's just beginning. It shows a modern family: toddler playing with an Ipad, daughter zoned out watching cartoons on a plasma screen, mother on her phone with daddy, and another pair of guys driving and sexting someone.
Suddenly, all the power goes out – and it won't ever come back on.
I watch the globe-map of the USA becoming dark as all electricity fueling our modern life dries up, and I'm thinking, "AWESOME."
Why is this so thrilling to me? Why are our favorite fictional beings – zombies and vampires – slowly giving way to End of the World Scenarios that lead to a Post-Apocalypse setting? Specifically, about Revolution, or Massive Social and Political Upheaval?
"Governments fell. Militias rose up. People starved. Sickness, without medicine, fires, without firetrucks. If you were smart, you left the city. If not, you died there."
And then suddenly, after probably 90% of the population of the human race has died in the violent upheaval, a small portion of survivors are living an idyllic Medieval lifestyle … Read More »
The Other Side of Evil: The Truth about the Fall of Lucifer and the Tyranny of Heaven
Several months ago I stumbled across a book on Amazon. A mediocre cover, no reviews, but I flipped through it and it caught my interest: speeches by Satan defending himself, a topic close to my heart (and my research). This week, stalling on some other projects and feeling inexplicably lazy, I spent most of my time on my antique oriental couch absorbed in what turned out to be one of the greatest books I've read, possibly ever.
This is the review I posted on Amazon:
If you want to learn about the fall of Lucifer, the creation of mankind, and the war in heaven, you have three main sources: The Bible, Paradise Lost, and The Other Side of Evil. It is not lightly that I compare this new book with these two classics; this massive achievement is a retelling of Satan's biography, given in first-person, explaining as it were "the ways of Satan to Men."
Already open to the idea that Satan's backstory needs to be fleshed out and that in Satan's rebellion hides the truth and epicenter of the entire Christian edifice, I've read countless attempts to justify Satan's rebellion and highlight the cruel tyranny of God – but most fail.
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How to Profit From the Coming Rapture
I started writing this post a couple years ago as a response to a very silly book called "How to Profit from the coming Rapture". Here's the description:
"Taking the familiar form of a how-to investment guide, HOW TO PROFIT FROM THE COMING RAPTURE instructs those readers who will certainly be left behind (Jews, Catholics, Muslims, Buddhists, Hindus, less ardent Protestants, and many more) on how to exploit the inevitable demise of the world in order to make a tidy profit. Sure, the rivers and seas will run with blood, locusts will swarm, mountains will move all over the place, and famine will strike. But for the five billion of us left behind, the post-Rapture world will be a time of even more unique investment opportunities.
Disclaimer: I haven't read the book. I don't plan to. So this is not a book review. But I like the idea of the book and think it is worth discussing.
I assume the book is tongue and cheek – pointing out how ridiculous we sinners will be when the Christians are gone but we keep thinking about money, rather than turning to God.
Since Jews, Catholics, Muslims, Buddhists, Hindus, less ardent Protestants … Read More »


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LOST ROCKERS peeks under the dusty rug of music history and tells the stories of great forgotten musicians.
LOST ROCKERS is the new film from Paul Rachman and Steven Blush, makers of the AMERICAN HARDCORE punk rock documentary that premiered at the 2006 Sundance Film Festival and was theatrically released by Sony Pictures Classics. LOST ROCKERS reveals great musicians overlooked by pop culture. It offers insight into what it takes to "make it," and why so many of equal talent to famous stars fall through the cracks. The film tells the life stories of these forgotten artists — of different eras, genres, creeds and orientations — from their doomed paths to fame to their ultimate redemption. You'll experience amazing music you can't believe you never heard.
LOST ROCKERS has only just begun. We've shot our first four interviews (Gloria Jones, Jake Holmes, David Peel and Dr. israel) with many more to come, including famous rock stars commenting on their lesser-known contemporaries. Completing our research and moving into the post-production phase will require travel across the US, UK and Europe. Your contributions will help put us on this path.
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Starting today and continuing through April 1, Soil Tech will be installing 13,000 linear feet of sediment logs, 17 acres of hydromulching and 650 feet of willow wattles within the Manzanita Canyon area scorched by the blaze.
The Nevada Land Conservancy was awarded a Truckee River Fund grant for emergency restoration measures. Soil Tech was awarded the contract by the Nevada Land Conservancy.
Residents are encouraged to limit their use of the access road during restoration activities
Community members interested in helping to restore the canyon should call Keep Truckee Meadows Beautiful at 851-5185.
Also, victims of the Caughlin Fire can stop by select Starbucks this weekend to receive free native grass seed for their yards.
The Nevada Land Conservancy has teamed up with Starbucks to provide the seed to those affected by the Caughlin Fire at no charge to citizens. The seed was donated to the Nevada Land Conservancy by a grant received by the Nevada Division of Forestry.
Citizens will receive one-sixth acre bags (approximately 7,500 square feet of coverage) of seed and instructions for seeding by hand. Citizens will be asked to provide proof of residence and identification to claim the seed.
There are two pickup locations scheduled for this weekend:
• 8:30 to 11 a.m. Saturday at the Starbucks at 4798 Caughlin Pkwy.
• 8:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. Sunday at the Starbucks, at 6890 S. McCarran Blvd. (Lakeside Drive and McCarran Boulevard)
The Nevada Land Conservancy anticipates being able to hold a similar event for the victims of the Washoe Fire at a later date.
For more information about this program, contact Lynda Nelson at 997-3982 or Tracy Visher at 742-0046 at the Nevada Land Conservancy.


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Ben Greenberg was already familiar with the campus of The Jewish Theological Seminary before arriving at the William Davidson Graduate School of Jewish Education, having attended Schechter Day School when it was located at JTS.
Now, several years later, with an undergraduate degree in History and Judaic Studies from SUNY Binghamton under his belt, Ben has returned to JTS, where he finds The Davidson School's programs to be a natural fit.
While working as the teen director at the Manhattan Jewish Community Center, in charge of social programming for teenagers, Ben realized that he wanted to continue working with young people. When an intern at the JCC who was a Davidson School student recommended the school's programs, Ben took a closer look at JTS. The more he researched, the more he felt The Davidson School would be the best place to continue his educational journey.
Now in his second year as a JTS student, Ben is working on his graduate degree in Jewish Education with a concentration in day school education, while also earning credits at The Graduate School of JTS towards a second master's degree in Modern Jewish History. Here he has the resources for all of his academic interests. "I wanted to combine my passion for Judaism and my passion for teaching; history teachers have such a great opportunity to open their students' eyes to new ways of thinking and new perspectives," Ben says.
Part of Ben's enthusiasm stems from the warmth of the JTS community. "The people at The Davidson School are warm and accommodating, and the professors really care about how you are doing as a student academically and personally," Ben says, adding, "And I also love the Dining Hall for the great food and opportunity to share ideas with my classmates and professors."
By using so many of the resources available at JTS to his advantage, Ben is constructing an educational experience that, from the course work to the kosher dining options, will truly provide ample food for thought.


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Phil Rosenthal
January 20, 2013
We have become a nation of theater critics, judging everything before us not solely in terms of what is said or done but the quality of the performance.
This is the legacy of the public relations business, which lost one of its leaders last week with the death of Chicago's Dan Edelman at age 92.
Over the course of Edelman's career in strategic communication — which began as part of a World War II Army unit that combated the Nazis' psychological warfare and ended atop the world's largest independent PR agency — the work of shaping an image, conveying a message, and effectively interacting with the media and general public moved out from the wings to center stage.
Spin and branding have gone from jargon to common usage, terms your mother might not only use but use correctly. An increasingly media savvy and wary public is looking beyond the news to the forces, counsel and ultimate goals that shaped it. And there's nothing wrong with that until it obscures what, if anything, is truly important about the story being told.
Look at the headlines of recent days, and think of just how much discussion has been focused on the PR machinery at work.
Some of the stories are trivial yet elevated to the level of something we're supposed to care about, such as cyclist and lab rat Lance Armstrong seeking to undo years of lying and cheating in a sit-down with Oprah Winfrey, or Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te'o's star-crossed romance being exposed as fiction. Other stories have more weight.
Nearly all of them, however, have been scrutinized, at least in part, on the stagecraft and strategic communications involved.
There is nearly always a discussion of the effectiveness of the strategy behind the message being advanced and how it was conveyed — what's being sold, how it's being sold, whether we're buying it and why. Then there's the analysis of how it's covered, whether the media got it right, asked too many or too few questions, missed what should have been the point — either through negligence or bias or both.
"The way it's evolved over the years is the public has become very cynical of news media," said Vince Wladika, an East Coast-based consultant who's among the most hard-core PR spinners I know. "That also makes (the PR person's) job hard because you get a good story and it's a true story and the public, a lot of times, dismisses it as too good to be true. So it's certainly not easy.
"We've definitely become a much more cynical society than when Edelman started his business. You can also make the case that the reporting or the reporters have become more cynical. But you can also say they're smarter and do their research more. … The consumer is smarter, too, and the flip side of that is you've got to be buttoned-up more when you present stuff."
Even the Chicago Bears' hire of a head football coach was analyzed on the basis of the figure cut by Canadian Football League import Marc Trestman and how he conducted himself in his introductory news conference — both in the mainstream media and in the social media Greek chorus of Twitter. At least to the extent that it wasn't completely overshadowed by the Te'o story.
"The people I follow on Twitter, the Bears hire normally would be big news," said Peter Marino, vice president of communications at MillerCoors. "Then they have this press conference, and I've seen very little about what Marc Trestman is going to bring the Bears because this Te'o story is the dominant story. It's taking up all the air."
The Te'o story looms large in part because it is a rat's nest of all the things people look for when sizing up strategic communications at work: There's media mythmaking, crisis management, the dangers and benefits of the speed with which news and views travel in the wired world.
Deadspin.com broke the news Wednesday that Te'o's dead girlfriend was a hoax. The story racked up hundreds of thousands of views in minutes, and Notre Dame held a hastily arranged news conference at which the football star was deemed a victim. The media, which had accepted the girlfriend tale as fact, was immediately chastised for failing to adequately vet Te'o's too-perfect story of tragedy dovetailing into inspiration.
There was talk of deadline pressures that hampered fact-checking efforts. Some still suspected Te'o as complicit in a ploy to gain sympathy support among Heisman Trophy voters. And though parts of what happened remain fuzzy, a PR debate raged about whether Te'o needed to do an interview to get in front of the story.
Myths and mistakes have always found their way into the news ecosystem. What's changed is their life cycle, like the news cycle, has sped up considerably the increased scrutiny, awareness and exposure.
"You used to only have so many outlets to deal with, but now you have thousands more," said Wladika, who's worked in-house and out in advancing the viewpoints of NBC Sports, Major League Baseball, Fox Sports, Comcast, Sirius XM and others. "For the general public, you can argue that's fantastic. But from a crisis communications or strategic communications standpoint, it makes it infinitely harder because you have so many more folks you have to deal with and your news cycle is reduced."
Edelman's son and successor, Richard, eulogized his father at a memorial service Friday at Chicago Sinai Congregation by recalling the personal relationships at play in his father's public relations efforts.
The public has a different relationship with the media and the messages than they did when the elder Edelman was starting out. Nothing is accepted at face value. The danger is that when the theatrics draw too much attention, everyone loses sight of the story.
"It's a lot more complicated," Wladika said. "That's for sure."
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ANNAPOLIS, MD (June 3, 2010) – First Lady Katie O'Malley today issued the following statement following the passing of the O'Malley family Golden Retriever, Lady. Lady was 13 years old and she was euthanized on Friday, May 14, 2010. The decision to euthanize Lady was made in consultation with the family veterinarian who had treated Lady for over 3 years.
"A few weeks ago, we had to make a very difficult decision, and euthanized our family Golden Retriever, Lady. My children and Lady grew up together – she was a part of our family for over 10 years – and we are very sad to lose her."
"When we first got Lady, we adopted her from a woman who had health issues. Her kids were older and she wanted Lady to be around kids that would enjoy playing with her. My kids loved her instantly – she was very gentle with them – they would lay on her and watch TV. They loved her and she loved them."
"When she was younger, every Sunday, Lady would run 10 miles with me at Loch Raven. She loved to chase squirrels and jump in the dam."
"And as she got older, she got really attached to Martin and would get very sad when he left the house. When he returned, even when her hips got bad, she would go crazy jumping and barking. She liked sleeping at the side of our bed right next to Martin. He used to sing songs to her and she loved it."
"Lady O'Malley will be missed dearly."


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The "Fast Money Madness" contest drew closer to naming the top stock in the land Thursday, with a battle of technology giants, top-seeded Google and No. 2-seeded IBM, as well as a match-up between fifth-seeded Disney and No. 11 eBay.
(See the full "Fast Money Madness" bracket here.)
No. 1 Google vs. No. 2 IBM
StockMonster's Guy Adami voted for Google to advance to the next round.
"Google's going to have ups and downs, a lot of swings, but I think in the end the swing will be higher, so I'm going with the GOOG," he said.
Enis Taner of RiskReversal made it 2-0 in Google's favor.
"It's going to be a rocky ride, but they're developing applications and products in areas that are, so far, unconquered, whereas IBM is in a more staid environment, depending on international revenues for almost half of their revenues," he said.
Tim Seymour of EmergingMoney.com tipped the scales toward a 3-2 Google victory.
"You've got to go with Google here, and this is really a stock I think could really surprise people," he said.
Shelter Harbor Capital's Brian Kelly made it unanimous for Google among the "Fast Money" traders.
"My pick on Google is more about not wanting to be in IBM, especially after what we saw from Oracle, Red Hat, TIBX," he said.
The fifth vote, coming from the Twitter crowd, broke away from the traders' consensus and went to Big Blue.
No. 5 Disney vs. No. 11 eBay
Kelly noted the big business in kids and pets.
"Disney has the kids area wrapped up," he said. "Not only that, they also have content, and content is king in this world here, so I pick Disney."
Seymour also liked Disney.
"These guys control content, which means these guys own you all the way through the life cycle," he said.
Taner made it a Disney victory, but took time to talk trash on its competitor.
"I think on eBay, though, the problem for me with the stock is that it's a PayPal business with an add-on legacy business that's not growing," he said.
Adami took the contrarian position with eBay.
"I'll take eBay, just because I plan on, for the first time in my 49 years on god's green Earth to use that eBay thing," he said.
Twitter followers of "Fast Money" liked eBay, but Google advances.


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The Center for Academic Advising cordially invites you to take advantage of the services we offer both in person and on our website. We are here to assist you with your academic career at The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey. Our office works closely with transfer students and those students who have not yet chosen a major. We are also here to answer any questions you may have about our curriculum or graduation requirements. Please find us in the new Campus Center in Suite 242.
If you are a current New Jersey community college student, you can see how your credits will transfer to Stockton by visiting njtransfer.org
On this site you will find a wealth of information about Stockton's degree programs and other academic policies that are crucial to your ultimate goal of graduation. We hope that you will find this information helpful in your academic pursuits. If you would like to make an appointment to talk with an advisor, please call us at 609-652-4504.
Our Mission Statement
Consistent with the mission and goals of The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey, the Center for Academic Advising is committed to engaging students in the achievement of their own educational, personal, and career goals. Grounded in teaching and learning, the Center for Academic Advising helps prepare students to adapt to change in a fast-multicultural world. We seek to foster self-direction and an appreciation for a lifetime of learning in order that students might take their places as educated citizens in a democratic society.


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Anti-NGSS bill introduced in Michigan
House Bill 4972, introduced in the Michigan House of Representatives on September 12, 2013, would, if enacted, require that "[t]he state board model core academic curriculum standards shall not be based on the Next Generation Science Standards."
Polling climate in Ohio
Seventy percent of Ohioans accept that global warming is happening, according to a new report (PDF) from the Yale Project on Climate Communication.
Kansas Republican Party opposes the NGSS
The Kansas Republican Party recently adopted a resolution that calls on state leaders to "prohibit adoption of any standards that require the state to cede any measure of control over their drafting and revision, including but not limited to the Next Generation Science Standards," the Lawrence Journal-World (September 16, 2013) reports.
Editorial praise for Kentucky's adoption of the NGSS
The decision in Kentucky to adopt the Next Generation Science Standards was editorially praised by the Louisville Courier-Journal (September 15, 2013).
"Defending Science Education: Climate as a Second Front for Biologists"
A viewpoint column entitled "Defending Science Education: Climate as a Second Front for Biologists" (PDF), by NCSE's deputy director Glenn Branch, appeared in the September 2013 issue of BioScience, published by the American Institute of Biological Sciences.
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[shudder] I can't do the croc thing; I really really can't. I know they're supposed to be the most comfortable shoes in the universe, but they look like perforated rubber rafts. Fuuuuugly! :
(Says the girl who came back from Mexico with a hot-pink-pair)
Ok, I will not wear them to town or with socks. But around the house or to the beach? YES PLEASE!