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ORLANDO, Fla. (June 25, 2007) – Wyndham Vacation Ownership, the world's largest vacation ownership company and a member of Wyndham Worldwide's family of companies (NYSE: WYN), today announced it has opened a new 9,328 square foot sales center in Austin, Texas. As the company's first off-site sales center in Texas, this location will showcase the company's products and portfolio under its WorldMark by Wyndham brand to the city's area residents and visitors.
The sales center will promote the benefits of vacation ownership and enable area consumers an opportunity to acquire an ownership in WorldMark, The Club. WorldMark by Wyndham's portfolio encompasses more than 60 resort properties throughout the United States, Canada and Mexico. The sales center is located at 2400 South Interstate Highway 35, Suite 190, Round Rock, Texas.
"We look forward to solidifying our presence as we open our first sales center and further promote the tremendous value of owning a lifetime of vacation experiences," said Kim Rimmasch, executive vice president of sales and marketing for WorldMark by Wyndham. "This location will provide us with a link to the community and enable us to share the warm, gracious hospitality WorldMark provides to our more than 270,000 owners."
WorldMark by Wyndham markets and sells a credits-based vacation ownership program, WorldMark, The Club, which enables members to redeem their credits in the WorldMark network of resorts. This program provides WorldMark owners unsurpassed flexibility regarding resort location, length of stay, unit type, and time of year. Additionally, WorldMark owners receive exclusive redemption opportunities for a wide-variety of travel and leisure products, including air fare, cruises, specialized leisure activities and attractions.
About Wyndham Vacation Ownership
Wyndham Vacation Ownership, a member of Wyndham Worldwide's (NYSE: WYN) family of companies, is the world's largest vacation ownership business, as measured by the number of vacation ownership resorts, vacation ownership units and owners of vacation ownership interests. Wyndham Vacation Ownership develops, markets and sells vacation ownership interests and provides consumer financing to owners through its three primary consumer brands, Wyndham Vacation Resorts, WorldMark by Wyndham, and Wyndham Vacation Resorts Asia Pacific. Wyndham Vacation Ownership has developed or acquired approximately 150 vacation ownership resorts throughout the United States, Canada, Mexico, the Caribbean and the South Pacific that represent more than 20,000 individual vacation ownership units and more than 800,000 owners of vacation ownership interests. Wyndham Vacation Ownership is headquartered in Orlando, Florida, and is supported by more than 16,000 employees globally.
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Did American Idol's Top 13 rise to the occasion? Monday was the official debut of the Top 13 finalists and apparently, the debut of voting at the top of the hour. The night's theme is "This Is Me," which we take to mean we can totally psychoanalyze the singers by their song choice. Will anyone dare to do "Billionaire"?read more
Rock out with five classic songs including 'Unwell,' '3AM,' 'How Far We've Come,' 'Push,' and 'She's So Mean.'
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I had the ultimate fangirl day when I got the chance to go and meet Rob Thomas and Kyle Cook of Matchbox Twenty. This was the most exciting interview for me yet. Matchbox Twenty is so legendary, and I am a true fan of their music. Matchbox Twenty always writes the most perfectly crafted songs, and this new cd does not disappoint. It's so nice to hear a straight up band sans auto-tune and laze voice on the radio again! We talked about the bands new record North, and about the video for their firs
On his visit to New York as part of a charity match for Sentebale, a foundation he founded with fellow royal Prince Seeiso, of Lesotho, Prince Harry travels to Governors Island to square off against Argentine polo master and Ralph Lauren model Nacho Figueras. Among the celeb attendees at the match, known as the Veuve Clicquot Polo Classic, include Rob Thomas, of Matchbox Twenty; Mary J. Blige; model Carol Alt; Oprah Winfrey pal Gayle King; Susan Sarandon;
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Defacements for the installation of malcode
February 12th, 2007 by SecuriTeam, Filed under: Botnets, Commentary, Virus, Web
websense just released a blog post on how sites get defaced for malicious purposes other than the defacement itself, such as installing malicious software on visiting users.
this is yet another layer of abuse of web server attack platforms.
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Credit Suisse Accused of Illegal Tax Dodge, CEO Dougan Urged to Resign
NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- The code of silence that Swiss banks observe when protecting their clients from financial scrutiny is legendary. And Credit Suisse (CS) CEO Brady Dougan may have hoped that he'd be similarly shielded once U.S. tax authorities started to close in with a rumored $1.6 billion penalty for helping the bank's U.S. clients dodge taxes. No such luck.
From Swiss political parties like the Social Democrats to individual shareholders at a recent company shareholders meeting, the knives are out for Dougan. He is first in line to take the fall for dragging the bank into a complex U.S. Department of Justice investigation that could see criminal charges being pressed.
What has made matters worse for Credit Suisse is that when Swiss rival UBS (UBS) was being charged for similar misconduct in 2009, Credit Suisse's top management was issuing statements ruling out similar problems at their bank. Since then, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder has only intensified his scrutiny of big banks.
As recently as February of this year, in testimony in front of the U.S. Senate, Dougan sought to deflect the blame for tax dodging onto a small group of company executives. Bizarrely, the Senate proceedings descended into senators and Dougan sparring over how much taxable money Credit Suisse helped its clients hide.Dougan steadfastly maintained that only $7 billion was hid from the Internal Revenue Service, while the Senate's estimate was $10 billion. Did a few billion really seem worth haggling over, given the grave charges involved? Additionally, Dougan seems to have committed the cardinal sin of defying the Senate's expectation that he punish more than just 10 of the 1,800 Credit Suisse staff in the U.S. He might have felt that acceptance of large-scale culpability would have led to his own punishment as well. But he finds himself in the same position a couple of months later anyway. Dougan might also lose his job because of poor performance in his central function -- to keep the bank's revenue and profits headed north. The bank has fallen short on its earnings estimates for three straight quarters now. JP Morgan downgraded the stock to underweight from neutral. Return on equity was just 8%, compared to a target of 15%. While the bank had anticipated the penalty from the U.S. authorities, industry watchers say it is highly unlikely that the bank has set aside the rumored $1.6 billion that they may be penalized. This will make a big hole in next quarter's numbers, and Dougan might find it impossible to dodge the double whammy of poor results and the investigation. Though he has not indicated any desire to let go of his job, on second thought he might appreciate any way to save face and escape the hot seat. This article represents the opinion of a contributor and not necessarily that of TheStreet or its editorial staff. At the time of publication, the author held no positions in any of the stocks mentioned, although positions may change at any time.
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Throughout the past couple of years, Eco Products have taken over. From soaps to computers to billboards, most companies look for a way to advertize their green efforts. While walking through an isle in the grocery store one afternoon, I wondered, are all these so called eco products true in their claims? My skepticism was validated when I found that many of these products miss-use the term green, and eco, and are committing the environmental sin known as green washing.
According to an environmental consulting firm, TerraChoice, an astonishingly low 2% of companies are truthful in their environmental claims. TerraChoice then notes, [t]he remainder mislead consumers about the environmental benefits of a product or the practices of a company. 1
With endless greenwashing, how can we tell what product is the result of truly good environmental ethics? The answer: indexes and plans are already being created by reputable sources to help stop greenwashing for good. Some of these major plans are Newsweeks Environmental Rankings for Americas Top 500 Companies, and Walmarts Sustainability Index.
Newsweek Magazines environmental ranking of Americas 500 biggest companies was not an easy feat. Attempting to create criteria and weight system required a number of experts and countless hours of research. After months of work, Newsweek finally completed a ranking system called the Environmental Impact Score or, EIS.
The EIS addressed many aspects of how they created the guidelines: Four of the major elements that contribute to the overall EIS are: greenhouse gas emissions (including nine gases in total, with carbon dioxide the most important in many cases), water use (including direct, purchased and cooling), solid waste disposed, and acid rain emissions (sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxide and ammonia), all normalized by revenue. 2
Some of the companies in the top 20 were Hewlett-Packard (1st), Johnson & Johnson (3rd), Nike (7th), Starbucks (10th), Sprint (15th), and Kohls (18th). There are many benefits to this report. The report, which can be purchased in full, gives very detailed information on each company and also breaks down the rankings by each industry. Some of the different categories are: Retail, Pharmaceuticals, Media/travel/leisure, Industrial Goods, Financial Services, and Oil and Gas.
This is especially helpful to the consumer. If a person wants to buy a computer from a company that practices good environmental ethics, they can use Newsweeks report to find what the best company is and why. This is a step away from greenwashing because the consumer can get an idea of how to judge an environmentally ethical company using means other than the companys own label.
For over a year now, Walmart has been developing an ambitious, comprehensive plan to measure the sustainability of each and every product they sell. Walmart calls this plan the Sustainability Index and plans on displaying it on labels within the next two years. Other companies that are involved in the Sustainability Index include Procter & Gamble, General Mills, Tyson, and Unilever, among others. Because Walmart is such an enormous entity grossing $408 Billion in 2008, the Sustainability Index has the potential to completely transform the way manufacturers of consumer products measure their environmental impact, and compete for favorable treatment from Walmart.3
Walmarts other motivation to create the Sustainability Index is to teach the consumer how to judge a truly green product. Senior director of business strategy and sustainability at Wal-Mart, Rand Waddoups, notes: "We understand green-washing. [Our customer] doesn't. She [or he] may not even be aware that it's going on."4
Both Newsweek and Walmart have the power to control the fate of a product or company depending on how high it is ranked. Some critics wonder if Newsweek and Walmart have the right to take on such a powerful position. As someone who is concerned with waste, I believe that these indexes and rankings are reliable and for now may be the best way to ensure that consumers buy real eco products, ultimately limiting greenwashing.
1 http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/04/98-of-green-labeled-products-are-actually-greenwashed.php.
2 http://www.newsweek.com/id/215522.
3 http://www.thebigmoney.com/articles/judgments/2009/07/13/wal-mart-become-green-umpire.
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Listen, children;
Your father is dead.
From his old coats
I'll make you little jackets;
I'll make you little trousers;
From his old pants;
There'll be in his pockets
Things he used to put there,
Keys and pennies
Covered with tobacco;
Dan shall have the pennies
To save in his bank;
Anne shall have the keys
To make a pretty noise with.
Life must go on,
And the dead be forgotten;
Life must go on,
Though good men die;
Anne, eat your breakfast;
Dan, take your medicine;
Life must go on;
I forget just why.
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The Beacon: suzannah's blog
A Visit with Gaspar
The crew of the Oceana Ranger had to take an impromptu break late last week when a wild bottlenose dolphin named Gaspar befriended Ranger's ROV.
Gaspar lives among the fjords, or "rias," of Galicia, on Spain's northern coast, and he is something of a local celebrity among the people there. His newfound friendship with the ROV has interrupted the crew's work, but according to what we've heard, everyone is enjoying the distraction.
To view more photo's from the Ranger 2008 expedition, please click here. To donate on behalf of the Ranger 2008 expedition, please click here.
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Oceana on NBC Nightly News
NBC Nightly News interviewed Oceana's Santi Roberts in a segment on overfishing. The piece also includes Oceana footage of a bottom trawler in action, mowing over an innocent octopus. Check it out.
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Where Tuna Meet Oil: Economic Indicator?
In the May issue of Harper's, Jonathan Rowe argues that the Gross Domestic Product is a poor measure of an economy's health because it only tallies spending, and doesn't take into account whether the spending actually adds anything to our quality of life. According to the GDP, he writes, "a terminal-cancer patient going through a costly divorce" is "the nation's economic hero." Likewise, the GDP measures increased fossil fuel use as a positive, since it burns dollars; in actuality, the nation is poorer because its irreplaceable natural resources are diminished.
Where am I going with this? I think I've come across a real-world example of Rowe's thesis: according to an industry group, high fuel costs could take up to one-third of the world's longline tuna fleet off the oceans. This is great for the yellowfin and bigeye tuna usually targeted by these boats, but of course the industry group and the article posit that this "bad" for the economy.
Our natural resources aren't considered in the GDP, and so most talk of "stimulating" the economy doesn't paint a full picture of what's really going on. As we burn fuel, cut down trees, scoop out tuna and lop off mountaintops, we irrevocably give up parts of the planet, parts of ourselves even, for the sake of positive statistics.
As Rowe concludes, "The purpose of an economy is to meet human needs in such a way that life becomes in some respect richer and better in the process." Leaving some tuna fish in the sea, I think, moves us closer to this ideal.
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Aboard the MarViva Med
Just two weeks into its maiden voyage, Oceana's new research vessel MarViva Med has started giving up the goods: rarely-seen images of bluefin fishing in progress.
Time is running out to save these creatures, which are big, sleek fish often considered the tigers of the sea. View an exclusive slideshow of MarViva photos showing bluefin fattening cages in the Mediterranean, and stay updated with blog entries from Oceana photographer Keith Ellenbogen.
MarViva Med joins Oceana's Ranger in documenting destructive and illegal fishing techniques. Its mission this summer focuses on bluefin tuna, one of the world's most overexploited fish species. The European Union has ignored the advice of its own scientists and continued to set quotas for Atlantic bluefin well above what the dwindling population can handle.
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A marine miracle
A right whale that attracted attention from a New England Aquarium researcher as it thrashed around in the water wasn't injured, as it first seemed: It was giving birth.
Now we have the first-ever photographs of a right whale calving. There are only about 400 of these critically endangered creatures left. Click here for a slideshow of this rare event.
[Photo courtesy NEAq/NMFS via Boston WCBV/TV]
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It's a happy day for Peace Pec, an 835-pound manatee who was released into the wild after a stint at a manatee hospital in Tampa, Fla.
Peace Pec was found tangled in crab trap line so badly that his left fin had to be amputated. Despite his injury, he is expected to thrive. Happy trails, big guy.
Maybe he'll meet up with the one-finned seal that bit off Buster's hand in Arrested Development.
[Photo credit: Chris Urso/Tampa Tribune]
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Through the looking glass
Picture this: coldwater reefs up to six stories high, so fragile they will break if touched.
That's what researchers found off the coast of Vancouver less than three miles from a sewage treatment plant. These glass reefs, the discovery of an innovative project that lays cameras on the sea floor, were thought to have gone extinct more than 145 million years ago.
Large, slow-growing reefs like this can be shattered in an instant by destructive fishing techniques like bottom trawling. Oceana has already protected more than 620,000 square miles of Pacific Ocean floor from trawling, but the discovery of these beautiful and delicate glass corals gives us more reason to push for wider protected areas. Imagine what other underwater treasures we don't even know about that have already been lost to this wasteful practice.
[Photo courtesy REUTERS/Australian Research Council.]
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Ubiquitous Google strikes again
Google has already been good to Oceana, and now the online behemoth may be cooking up something else for the oceans.
Reports have surfaced that Google is planning an underwater counterpart to its popular Google Earth maps: Google Ocean. The company is keeping mum for the moment, but a global 3-D database of seafloor terrain could be a boon to amateur oceanographers and scientists alike.
Oceans may cover 71 percent of the world's surface, but very little is known about the seafloor. Most people think it's flat and sandy like the beach, but in fact the ocean is home to diverse geographic features from volcanoes to canyons to enormous seamounts. I think an accessible database like Google Ocean could really help people understand why something like bottom trawling is so devastating.
[Photo is a screenshot of a bathymetry map, which shows estimated depth of the seafloor. Image credit: David Sandwell and Walter Smith/Scripps Institute of Oceanography]
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Go green, Emme!
Model and TV host Emme enjoyed Oceana's presentation at the NJ Go Green Expo last weekend, according to her iVillage Simply Green blog.
"I am committed to living a simpler and more sustainable life today," Emme writes. Hey, have your people call our people - we'd love to have another conscientious celebrity on our team.
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Seals for science
Weddell seals may look round and ungainly on land, but these sleek creatures can swim up to 90 minutes without resurfacing for air - and this underwater longevity is helping scientists unlock the mysteries of the changing Antarctic.
The seals have the most southern range of any mammal, and they're also extremely docile, which allows scientists to glue tracking devices to their heads without stress on either party.
As the Southern Ocean warms, ice melts and the salinity and density of the water decreases. Thanks to the Weddell seals, scientists are beginning to understand what this might mean.
"They're really giving us a window into the Southern Ocean in winter in a way that we haven't been able to see before," said one scientist.
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Edgar Martínez
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Edgar Martínez
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- Bats Right, Throws Right
- Height 5' 11", Weight 210 lb.
- Debut September 12, 1987
- Final Game October 2, 2004
- Born January 2, 1963 in New York, NY USA
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Edgar Martinez was a major star during his 18 years in the major leagues, posting an Adjusted OPS of 147, tied with Mike Schmidt and Willie Stargell at #45 on the all-time list. His lifetime averages would be a dream year for most players: .312/.418/.515. He ranks #21 all-time for career on-base percentage (just above Stan Musial), and #63 all-time for career slugging percentage (just above Willie McCovey).
Martinez was signed as a free agent for the Seattle Mariners by scouts Coco Laboy and Marty Martinez on December 19, 1982. He spent his entire career with the Mariners, playing from age 24 to age 41. He started as a third baseman, and couldn't find an everyday big league job until he was 27 years old. Most of the games during his career were as a designated hitter, which he did almost exclusively for the last nine years of his career. His best year was 1995, when he finished 3rd in the MVP voting, with a .356 batting average, 116 walks, 52 doubles, 29 home runs, 113 RBI and 121 runs scored. A model of consistency, he did not go more than eight at bats without a hit the entire year. His double to win the ALDS against the New York Yankees that October remains the most dramatic moment in the Mariners history.
Although Martinez never won an MVP award, he was a seven-time All-Star, and led the league twice in batting, three times in on-base percentage, twice in doubles, once in runs scored, and once in RBIs. Although not thought of as a slugger, Martinez had 309 home runs in his career, putting him at #100 on the all-time list. Although he never appeared in a World Series, he was a valuable contributor on the great 2001 Seattle Mariners that won 116 games during the regular season.
When he retired, he held two significant marks that were, ironically, surpassed on the same day by different players: on April 2, 2011, David Ortiz drove in his 1003rd run as a DH, surpassing Martinez's career RBI record at the position, and Ichiro Suzuki overtook him for most hits in Mariners history.
His candidacy for the Hall of Fame runs into the obstacle that voters know how to evaluate players who hit 400+ home runs or had 3000+ hits, but Martinez has neither. Those voters are not so clear on how to evaluate a player like Martinez who had a .312 batting average (remember, Dale Mitchell hit .312 but was not seriously considered), with 2247 hits (Al Oliver was a batting champ with 2743 hits who was dropped from the ballot when he didn't get enough votes the first year of eligibility), 1219 runs scored, 1261 RBI, 309 home runs, and 514 doubles. None of those alone is enough to get in, so the question will be if the voters can evaluate the package as a whole. It should also be borne in mind by Hall of Fame voters that Edgar Martinez did not enjoy his first full season in the big leagues until the age of 27. Appropriate comparisons might therefore be made to other late bloomers who eventually made it to the Hall of Fame, such as the pitcher Dazzy Vance. In voting totals for the Hall of Fame released in 2010, Martinez received 36.2% of the vote; he fell to 32.9% in 2011 but bounced up to 36.5% in 2012 and fell back to 35.9% in 2013, his candidacy apparently stalled. He had another big fall in 2014, when almost all holdovers saw their vote total decrease because of a strong first-year class; he was at 25.2% and well down the list of candidates.
He is a cousin of Carmelo Martinez.
Among some of the distinctions and honors received by Edgar Martinez are the following:
- Hispanic Heritage Baseball Museum Hall of Fame 2003
- Recipient of the Roberto Clemente Award 2004
- World Sports Humanitarian Hall of Fame 2007
- Seattle Mariners Hall of Fame 2007
- Latin American Baseball Hall of Fame 2011
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- 7-time AL All-Star (1992, 1995-1997, 2000, 2001 & 2003)
- 5-time AL Silver Slugger Award Winner (1992/3B, 1995/DH, 1997/DH, 2001/DH & 2003/DH)
- 2-time AL Batting Average Leader (1992 & 1995)
- 3-time AL On-Base Percentage Leader (1995, 1998 & 1999)
- AL OPS Leader (1995)
- AL Runs Scored Leader (1995)
- 2-time AL Doubles Leader (1992 & 1995)
- AL RBI Leader (2000)
- 20-Home Run Seasons: 8 (1995-2001 & 2003)
- 30-Home Run Seasons: 1 (2000)
- 100 RBI Seasons: 6 (1995-1998, 2000 & 2001)
- 100 Runs Scored Seasons: 5 (1992, 1995-1997 & 2000)


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And I'd swear the ears were shrunk.+4
That last picture gave me my first laugh of the day.
Thanks BFH+4
Usually I can avoid spewing coffee on the keyboard.
They should also doone of the avg schlub of a middle class tax paying citizen.+4
How strange, the stress seems to be improving Moose's looks. The Chitlin Circuit is working for her.+2
Ya know, seeing this, I'm almost glad that Romney was spared the nightmare that he would have to endure as POTUS.
Let him enjoy his lovely wife and family and his hard-earned money, and screw the idiots who can't see beyond the end of their noses.
And I think the Won will look much worse than that…
if he's still around.
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Okay, perhaps I'm being a little thin skinned, but I don't give a flying crap how the presidency may age the president. We have a socialist in the white house who is destroying this country. I am far more concerned with just how decrepit this country is going to look after four more years of that communist poser.+8
Why didn't we just elect Morgan Freeman?
They are both just dumbass actors.+9
Michell's so ugly, they use her face to make gorilla cookies.
Hey, at least we'll have the Obama's and Biden around to laugh at for four more years.+5
I really doubt Michelle would lose weight and dress better in her later years.+7
They should show a photo of the people in our country who still actually work for a living with epmty wallets and their pockets turned inside out cuz that's how we will look in 4 years.+2
Thanks for that one BFH
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God bless all of you+9
Apparently you're assuming Mooch will retain her current fashion consultants.+3
I think Sanford and Son's Aunt Esther would be a better one for Michelle Obama+1
In four years the rest of us will look like this:+2
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rick — I'm so insulted. As for you, BFH, I KNEW Moms Mabley, and Moochelle is no Moms Mabley.
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Illustrated Vancouver Vol 30 – Making Headlines
Those observant among you might have noticed that Illustrated Vancouver had ceased publication about a month ago. This extended hiatus was not entirely planned; it was an amalgam of factors — the convergence of the Vancouver International Film Festival, pressures of work, life, and about 6,000 other forces. For a while it seemed like no one noticed…but recently, there have been far too many noteworthy items; I've decided I cannot remain silent forever. Thanks to those who have sent in submissions; I will get to them as I am able.
But first I would like to share some breaking news, which to be honest, already broke about a month ago. A little paper in town called The Vancouver Sun has published a hardcover account of their first 100 years in print. Making Headlines: 100 Years of The Vancouver Sun can be ordered directly from the Vancouver Sun's estore, among many other places I'm sure. The Sun are offering pickup from the lobby of 200 Granville Street, Monday through Friday 8:30AM – 4PM, ($34.95 +$1.75 tax = $36.70) or delivery right to your doorstep for an additional $8 shipping. See their estore for more details and some preview images of the book. In this column, they report overtaking the runaway cook book on Kale!
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Our next blog will likely come to you during or shortly after the 21st STN EXPO that starts next weekend in Reno, Nev. Until then, a few items of interest to wrap up this week.
The School Bus Driver International Safety Competition begins Saturday in Charleston, S.C., as part of the National School Transportation Association's Annual Summer Convention. To get in the spirit, read this month's Web Exclusive on Larry Hannon, winner of a record eight titles at the event spanning back to the 1980s.
We've seen a lot of interesting uses for retired school buses but this one's for the dogs. Literally. The co-owner of Sheba's Doggy Day Camp in York, S.C., converted a former school bus with custom accommodations to transport dogs to her day camp (left).
On Thursday Montana's Board of Education amended the current rule on hiring school bus drivers (ARM 10.64.201) to mandate criminal background checks before initial employment. The state made this change to clarify the stipulation in Montana law that school bus drivers be "of good moral character."
The amendment was prompted by the results of last year's safety audit by the Legislative Audit Committee, which found that at least 64 of the state's 1,435 drivers actively employed during the 2011-2012 school year had convictions, including for drunken driving. Several had been arrested on felony warrants or had multiple convictions, one had an active arrest warrant and another was listed on the state sexual and violent offender registry, according to the Billings Gazette.
School bus drivers must also have a safe driving record, as defined by having no more than one moving traffic violation in each of the past three years, no DUI convictions in the past three years and no conviction resulting in a suspended driver's license for five years.
Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me ... Bay District Schools in Panama Beach, Fla., is hoping there isn't a third time after a 12-year-old boy was arrested for the second time in the last month for going for a joyride in a school bus. On Wednesday, a Franklin County Sheriff's deputies pulled over a bus that they had observed driving erratically. That's when they discovered Michael Propst behind the wheel — again.
"He just got out of (the Department of Juvenile Justice) yesterday on the last case where he stole the bus from us," Mike Jones, the district's safety and security officer, told The News Herald.
No injuries were reported aside from some potentially bruised district egos.
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A briefcase is a narrow box-shaped bag or case used mainly for carrying papers and other documents and equipped with a handle. Lawyers commonly use briefcases to carry briefs to present to a court, hence the name. Businesspeople and other professionals also use briefcases to carry important papers and, today, laptop computers.
Briefcases are descendants of the limp satchel used in the fourteenth century for carrying money and valuables. It was called a "budget", derived from the Latin word "bulga" or Irish word "bolg", both meaning leather bag (the Irish also means 'stomach'), and also the source of the financial term "budget".
Godillot of Paris was the first to use a hinged iron frame on a carpet bag, in 1826. There then followed the Gladstone bag and the Rosebery, an oval-top bag. Eventually these became the modern metal-framed briefcase. The first of what is known as the modern rectangular briefcase is said to have been invented in the late 1850s.
- A portfolio is a handleless case for carrying in the hand or under the arm.
- A folio case is a portfolio with a retractable handle.
- An attaché case is a box-style case made of leather (occasionally aluminium), scrunched over a hinged frame that opens into two compartments. It was traditionally carried by an attaché, a diplomatic officer attached to an embassy or consulate officially assigned to serve in a particular capacity. In recent years, leather pouches (usually slightly larger than a sheet of A4 paper) with a zipper sealed compartment have been referred to as attachés or poche document holders. (e.g., cultural attaché; military attaché).
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I love this--it turned out great--and love the fabric choice!ReplyDelete
This is so impressive. I wish I could do things like this!ReplyDelete
I saw this project and was super impressed! It really does look professional.. I wonder how she got the buttons so tight??ReplyDelete
Um, all I can say is WOW. That is so impressive its humbling. I feel like I might not even be able to sew the tufted button, lol. Thanks for sharing! xoxo ShelliReplyDelete
Amazing!! It looks like a very expensive purchase!! She did a fab job!ReplyDelete
This looks so professional. I think the buttons really give it that tailored look. Great project!ReplyDelete
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Holy moly! That does look professional! And the fact that it started out as a console table is very cool!ReplyDelete
It looks fantastic. I love the idea of putting wood pieces around the side. Looks so much more professional.ReplyDelete
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WOW! Who would have thought this wasn't professionally done? This is a genius reuse!ReplyDelete
Kat did a fabulous job on this transformation. I could not believe it was the same piece when I saw it transform from table to ottoman.ReplyDelete
I am always amazed by DIYs like this- she did a brilliant job!ReplyDelete
so funny you posted this! I come here every day to read your blog (you're my fav up-and-comer) and just yesterday I sprung the news on my husband that I had bought an ottoman at Goodwill for $7.99 and that I was going to reupholster it.ReplyDelete
absolutely gorgeous and absolutely the most unique DIY ottoman I've seen! Thanks for sharing!!! I'm still trying to decide how to make a gigantic/wide ottoman for my living room... This definitely helps!!!ReplyDelete
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Great job, Kat! And beautiful choice of fabric. It does look very professional!ReplyDelete
Wow...what a great project! Love the fabric she chose.ReplyDelete
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oh wow! thats a GREAT before and after.... hmm, any chance someone with no reupholstering experience could make something that professional?!ReplyDelete
Incredible! Looks great.ReplyDelete
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Maybe Kat should go into upholstery work. She is really good:) I never would have guessed this to be a regular sized table.ReplyDelete
I love how she made all the lines match up! That's definitely advanced. I'm currently recovering a headboard so I have a new respect for work like this. It looks amazing!ReplyDelete
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I love this! I am so inspired. Do you happen to know approximate dimensions? It looks just the perfect size and I'd like to try and duplicate. Thanks!ReplyDelete
Giving your old furniture a refreshing look is one way to cut down on expenses. Instead of getting rid of old furniture, there are ways wherein we could improve their appearance and functionality. This is one great example that many can follow if they want to improve the look of their tables and other kinds of furniture.ReplyDelete


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Lead singer @ShaunDiviney, together with @ShortStackBand and bass player @AndyClemmensen are trending after the Australian rock band announced they're breaking up.
#AusPol continues to trend, with the repercussions of the QLD elections featuring, together with the Opposition Leader's inappropriate comments about the Prime Minister's dress sense.
In New Zealand, @PNC06 is trending after the New Zealand band released their album to download for free.
South Australians have sent #Foxconn trending with concerns about Apple's supply chain. Carbon Tax critic David Murray is also trending in the state, with people criticising his critical stance.
App Design this Home is trending in Western Australia. The simple app allows users to design, build, and decorate a virtual home. Another stand out app this week has been the rise of the Pictionary-like Draw Something.
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San Diego is now to home to what is believed to be the largest net-zero energy commercial office building in the country, according to the building's tenant, LPL Financial, and developer, Hines. Tower II at La Jolla Commons, the new headquarters of the large independent financial broker-dealer group, is a 13-story, 415,000-square-foot office tower that utilizes three fuel cells to convert biogas into an estimated 4.3 million kilowatt-hours of electricity. The building, however, requires less than 2.9 million to operate. As a result, unused power will feed into the area's power grid, with enough electricity to power 750 homes.
To monitor and manage the tower's reduced energy consumption, energy meters are located throughout the building and all surplus power is pushed back to the grid through San Diego Gas & Electric. The building, which houses 1,600 employees, includes heating and air control disks in an under-floor air distribution system, allowing for the customization of individual workspaces and reducing the overall energy demand.
Tower II at La Jolla Commons, which cost about $60 million to construct,is outfitted with 5,790 LED lights that feature automatic dimming capabilities based on the degree of available natural light, along with sensors that turn lights off by detecting unoccupied spaces.
The building isn't just energy efficient. Approximately 88 percent of the tower's water consumption—about 2.5 million gallons annually—is recycled and used for irrigation and other needs. The landscape design is expected to require less water than more lush green spaces.
The structure is the second building to join La Jolla Commons. The first tower, designed by L.A.-based AECOM and completed in 2008, earned LEED Gold certification and is an Energy Star-labeled property. AECOM also served as the design architect for the Tower II, along with San Francisco-based Gensler, which designed the interior, and Houston-based Hines as the developer.
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CHARLOTTE, N.C., October 25, 2012 — It was a huge night for "The Panda" in San Francisco in Game One of the World Series, as Pablo Sandoval pounded out three home runs in his first three times at bats.
By the time Detroit was able to slow the Sandoval surge, the game was no longer in doubt. With the score 7-1 in the bottom of the seventh "The Panda" added a single for a 4 for 4 night with four RBI.
It was reminiscent of Reggie Jackson's three-homer night for the Yankees in Game Six of the 1977 Series against the Dodgers, but Sandoval's feat may have been even more dramatic.
With the Giants fresh off a three game comeback series against the Cardinals and facing Tiger ace, Justin Verlander, Sandoval kept the momentum alive by sending a 0-2 pitch into orbit in dead center field. It was the first time this season that Verlander has yielded a 0-2 home run.
Giants starting pitcher, Barry Zito, helped his own cause at the plate with a two-out single in the fifth to up the score to 5-0.
Other standouts for the Giants were Marco Scutaro who continued his torrid hitting since coming the San Francisco at midseason from Colorado.
Defensively, Grego Blanco had two gems in left robbing Miguel Cabrera of a hit in the top of the third and doing the same to Prince Fielder in the top of the sixth. Both were diving catches on low line drives that could have given the Tigers an offensive boost.
But the night belonged to Sandoval who thrilled the already raucous San Francisco crowd with three dingers. The second home run went to the opposite field in left on a hitter's count of 2-0, while the third four-bagger was almost a carbon copy of the first at more than 400 feet to straightaway center.
Each of the home runs came off Verlander who got a taste of Sandoval's bat in at the All-Star game in Kansas City in July when the Giants third baseman tripled.
San Francisco put up crooked numbers with a three spot in the third and two more in the seventh. They added single runs in the first, fourth and fifth.
Barry Zito was relieved by Tim Lincecum after working five and two-thirds innings with one walk and three strikeouts while scattering six hits. It was a rare situation where a Cy Young winner relieved another Cy Young winner in a World Series game.
Lincecum was equal to the task throwing nothing but goose eggs, retiring seven straight and not allowing a hit to the powerful Detroit lineup. He struck out five in two and a third innings.
Meanwhile, Zito only threw 83 pitches during his outing, which should allow him to rest his arm more than usual before his next Series start. The victory was Zito's first ever World Series win.
Only one Tiger hitter had more than one hit in a game dominated from the outset by the Giants. Jhonny Peralta gave Detroit a small element of satisfaction in the ninth with a catchable 2-run homer that barely clearly the wall in center, but that was the biggest noise the Tigers made all night.
As for Sandoval, he joins Babe Ruth, Reggie Jackson and Albert Pujols as the only players who have ever hit four home runs in a World Series game.
The second game will put Doug Fister of the Tigers on the mound against Madison Bumgarner for the Giants. For now, the 2012 Series belongs to San Francisco with a 1-0 lead after taking the first game by a score of 8 to 3, and zoos all over the world are cheering for "The Panda."
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One of the doctors on board will be Sister Mariana Koonce of the Diocese of Knoxville.
"We know there are so many needs out there and so many people who can utilize these services," Sister Mariana Kooce. "We're excited that we've been gifted with this opportunity to meet some of those needs."
The St. Mary's Legacy Foundation is launching the new mobile clinic.
The van has already been ordered for the St. Mary's Legacy Clinic and plans are underway to begin building and staffing it.
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Friday, April 3, 2009
Strawberry Pancakes, Don't Make Me Wait
Flowers are seriously exploding everywhere right now. It's almost too much visual stimulation. My mom bought this blazer for me eons ago and I refused to wear it, because I deemed it "uncool." I found it hidden in the back of my closet a little while ago and, low and behold, I love it now. Thanks mom...years later.
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- emma said...
i LOVE how your shirt matches the flowers!
- April 3, 2009 at 12:59 PM
- Flashes of Style said...
You look so beautiful! I love your style :) And these pictures are lovely. I am just about to go on a blossom hunt with my new camera :)
- April 3, 2009 at 1:32 PM
- Emz said...
Omgosh I love those flowers! hehe, I love finding things that were "uncool" and totally fit now! It's so fantastic being like yes, I can finally wear this!
- April 3, 2009 at 4:10 PM
- Shin said...
I love your oversized white jacket! It looks so chic on you and the pictures of those flowers are a perfect start of spring and warm weather to come! xxoxoxo
- April 3, 2009 at 5:11 PM
- Mari said...
ANSWER: Thank you :D
Me likey your outfit, and the flowers are so beautiful!
- April 3, 2009 at 5:12 PM
- Vain and Vapid said...
The jacket does look great on you. It's funny, I think all moms love Ann Taylor....
- April 3, 2009 at 10:03 PM
- Delmy said...
Thanks for the comment!
Lovely outfit
- April 3, 2009 at 10:48 PM
- Marylou said...
Le blazer blanc : <3
j'en cherche un desesperement mais aucun n'est assez beau pour moi, le tien est parfait :)
- April 4, 2009 at 3:54 AM
- miky said...
you look stunning"!!!!!!!!
love the blazer
- April 4, 2009 at 9:01 AM
- Mode Junkie said...
you look amazing babe!! and i love finding hidden treasures in my closet. thank god you did not sell it or give it away.
- April 5, 2009 at 4:19 AM
- The Stylish Wanderer said...
ohhh absolutely beautiful. i love the flowers and your outfit. what camera do you use?
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