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Travel Trade Gazette
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Marketing data: Map the future
Wed, 17 Jun 2015
Location data and behavioural data are two concepts that Nicholas Kleanthous, marketing analyst at Yudu Media, believes will significantly influence the future of digital travel marketing
It's all a matter of timing
Thu, 21 May 2015
Certain triggers can help you organise the timing of your email marketing. Charles Nas-Omogiafo, Yesmail's director of client services, reveals what to look for
What Simon Reeve's been saying to Kuoni customers
Wed, 6 May 2015
?Finding a spokesperson with an honest approach and a bit of star quality can work wonders for your agency's reputation. Katherine Lawrey chats to TV adventurer Simon Reeve, who has been meeting Kuoni clients up and down the country
In the picture: How an independent agent became Leica's travel partner
Wed, 22 Apr 2015
How do you secure a commercial relationship with a 150-year-old global photography brand? Develop a niche and shout about it, agent Julie Croucher tells Chloe Cann
More than a selfie: Behind The Flash Pack's award-winning viral coup
Mon, 13 Apr 2015
The operator was the only a Platinum winner at this year's Travel Marketing Awards - and all it took was a flight to Rio, some smooth talking and a head for heights
ASA clears 'Booking Dot Yeah' advert
Wed, 18 Feb 2015
The OTA's controversial ad attracted 2,345 complaints, but is in the clear after an Advertising Standards Authority investigation
How a small village agency cracked Facebook
Fri, 13 Feb 2015
Romiley-based Key Holidays may not have a million Likes, but its engaging approach is getting people into the store
Which brands stood out at The Telegraph Cruise Show?
Mon, 2 Feb 2015
Fresh from attending the consumer cruise show, communications specialist Jeremy Skidmore looks at how leading lines are differentiating themselves
How SuperBreak and Virgin Trains teamed up to help agents sell London
Mon, 26 Jan 2015
The short breaks specialist and the rail operator joined forces to offer marketing collateral, fams and tailored incentives
Great travel videos on an SME budget: 7 tips from a professional
Wed, 14 Jan 2015
Want to create quality videos without breaking the bank? Greg Brand, creative director of travel video company Travizeo, has some pointers
Could a local radio slot boost your business? It worked for these three agents
Thu, 13 Nov 2014
Putting yourself forward as a travel expert on a radio show can boost your profile and even lead to bookings, finds Charlotte Cullinan
The brains behind Kuoni's in-store look
Fri, 24 Oct 2014
From foreign artefacts to tailor-made furnishings, Julie Day ensures the stores pique customers' interest. Chloe Cann meets her
Thorne Travel sees 110% rise in bookings after THAT advert
Mon, 13 Oct 2014
The Scottish agency which caused an internet storm after its spoof video went viral has seen bookings rocket 110%, and has received enquiries about five different reality TV series
Haslemere Travel launches loyalty scheme
Wed, 8 Oct 2014
Luxury agent's 1221 club offers a "thank you" to its most faithful clients
The uniform question: what should agents wear to work?
Wed, 8 Oct 2014
An effective branding tool or a distraction from selling? Debbie Ward discovers how staff dress codes vary across the industry
One year in, how well is Funway's MoneyCard scheme working?
Wed, 10 Sep 2014
As the pioneering rewards plan reaches its first birthday, we chat to three agents about how it works for them
Cash in on days out: four agents who run their own coach trips
Wed, 3 Sep 2014
These small companies have turned away-days into a valuable sideline and a driver of new business. Debbie Ward hears how they did it
Remove barriers to sales: 9 steps to a more engaging agency
Thu, 7 Aug 2014
It's time to make high street agencies a welcoming and comfortable place to shop in, says Advantage's Mark Rowe
Brand USA's trade director on marketing the American dream
Mon, 7 Jul 2014
Being proactive, following the lead of operators, looking for ways to innovate, and of course Megafams. Gerry Boyle reveal his top tips for promoting the USA
The biggest show in Ayrshire: Thorne Travel's new ad
Wed, 4 Jun 2014
A Scottish agency's 1,000-strong flash mob video went live this week. Here's how they made it
Four ways to use an SME-sized advertising budget
Wed, 7 May 2014
From local newspapers to Google, Charlotte Cullinan talks to agents using a variety of different advertising streams
The old-school London agency cashing in on 'digital fatigue'
Wed, 9 Apr 2014
Could this confectionary-shop-turned-travel-agency be Britain's oldest independent? Chloe Cann chats to owner Stephen Worswick
Keep it clean: how to look after your client database
Mon, 7 Apr 2014
Looking after data can be daunting, especially if it's in a mess. Anne Stagg, digital business development director at Communisis, has some advice on how to tackle disorderly databases
Barrhead's Grand Design: Sharon Munro on building the agency's first luxury store
Wed, 19 Mar 2014
?Three months since opening its doors, Barrhead Travel's first luxury-themed store has seen the average booking price treble
Marketing: Go quackers for travel promotional gifts
Wed, 29 Jan 2014
Investing in branded promotional gifts is an effective way to get your name out there. Debbie Ward chats to Jeff Nicholson, from Nicholson Promotional Supplies, about what works for travel clients
Marketing: The value of a business development manager
Wed, 15 Jan 2014
Abbotts Travel has employed Danny Sperling to build its digital presence and improve supplier and client relationships
Marketing: Grow your cruise business
Fri, 8 Nov 2013
Debbee Dale, director of Debbee Dale Development, provides a few tips on how to increase your cruise business
Marketing: Picture the scene
Wed, 24 Jul 2013
Rebecca Swift from iStockphoto picks out visual trends
Marketing: Ten steps for direct success
Wed, 10 Jul 2013
Souk Response directors conducted an ITT Masterclass about direct marketing
Marketing: tips and insight from Global Travel Group's Darren Zabinski
Wed, 19 Jun 2013
How Globals' Darren Zabinski hopes to turn marketing on its head
Marketing: Analysing budget spend
Wed, 29 May 2013
Read about the latest trends from research consultant Spike Marketing, which were analysed at a recent Cimtig seminar
Marketing: Profile of Hays Travel's Helen Curran
Wed, 15 May 2013
The marketing manager tells Gary Noakes about Faraway projects and learning from The X Factor
Marketing: How to target email blasts
Wed, 1 May 2013
Teradata eCircle manager Simon Bowker tells Debbie Ward how travel firms can improve their direct email marketing
Marketing: Profile of Advantage's Mark Rowe
Wed, 10 Apr 2013
The consortium's head of marketing speaks to Gary Noakes
Marketing: CIMTIG gold winners
Thu, 28 Mar 2013
Marketing professionals gathered for the Chartered Institute of Marketing's Travel Industry Group awards last week. Patrick Whyte met some 'gold' winners
Marketing: How to distribute own-brand magazines
Wed, 6 Feb 2013
Jesse Whittock investigates what options are open to agencies seeking to create their own-brand magazines for clients
Marketing: Agents take the St Lucia Travel Challenge
Wed, 16 Jan 2013
A recent competition saw agents sell St Lucia with a £5,000 budget
Marketing: Travel Marketing Summit report
Wed, 9 Jan 2013
TTG reports on developing trends outlined at the inaugural Cimtig industry event
Marketing: Altering its course
Thu, 13 Dec 2012
EasyJet's Peter Duffy on the airline's subtle rebranding strategy
Marketing: VisitEngland's Alex Mawer in the spotlight
Wed, 28 Nov 2012
VisitEngland's marketing director is on a high after an extraordinary year. Katherine Lawrey speaks to Alex Mawer
Marketing: Work better with LGBT customers
Wed, 14 Nov 2012
The industry's message to LGBT consumers should be stronger, argues Ian Johnson from Out Now
Marketing: Helping Tui's messages fly
Thu, 11 Oct 2012
Tui UK's Jeremy Ellis on his plans for the Thomson and First Choice brands
Marketing: How to stage client events
Wed, 12 Sep 2012
Top tips from Pulse Group's Tim Spencer
Marketing: Focus on comparative advertising
Wed, 15 Aug 2012
Gary Grieve of Capela Training runs through the pros and cons of comparative advertising
Marketing: Motor ahead in customer retention
Wed, 25 Jul 2012
What travel can learn from other industries about customer relationship management
Marketing: Photographic trends round-up
Fri, 13 Jul 2012
Find out what Getty Images had to tell travel marketers at a recent Cimtig event
Feature: How to build your blog
Mon, 25 Jun 2012
Find out how to drive website hits, client loyalty and bookings via your company blog
Marketing: Flight Centre profile
Wed, 30 May 2012
Flight Centre's head of marketing talks seasonality and idea sharing
Marketing: Strike gold with silver spenders
Wed, 23 May 2012
How to market holidays to mature travellers
Marketing: 'adventure' and 'experiential' tourism
Thu, 17 May 2012
How and why travel sellers should market more immersive travel
Tune into a marketing masterclass
Thu, 10 May 2012
You can still listen to the Looking for New Business: Methods Old & New webinar recorded at this year's TTG Virtual Luxury
Marketing: Keep clients onboard
Wed, 9 May 2012
Tips from an Ace Masterclass on finding and keeping cruise customers
Marketing: Report from the Travel Marketing Awards
Thu, 29 Mar 2012
Find out what makes a winning campaign, including tips from the winners and judges
Marketing: Live stream your client events
Wed, 14 Mar 2012
Karen Simmonds switched on to live streaming via the internet for her latest event
Marketing: Study to be a social butterfly
Thu, 23 Feb 2012
Christer Holloman, author of The Social Media MBA, explains how the travel trade could turn more profit from social media
Marketing: Cimtig tips for the Olympic year
Thu, 9 Feb 2012
Patrick Whyte joined senior industry figures at a Cimtig panel discussion last week to share views on marketing in the Olympic year
Marketing: The psychology of mobile marketing
Wed, 1 Feb 2012
Kuoni's head of marketing, Naomi Wilkinson, explains how she is targeting smartphone users and getting customers to create campaigns for her
Marketing: Think like a bride
Wed, 25 Jan 2012
When and how should you market to brides-to-be? Huw Williams, director of travel marketing consultancy Souk Response, offers some insight
Marketing: Stretch your budget
Fri, 13 Jan 2012
How to make the most of a limited budget, according to the Hotel Marketing Association
Marketing: Business positioning 101
Wed, 14 Dec 2011
Before you launch headlong into your 2012 campaigns, Gary Grieve of Capela Travel Training explains why you should first refine your business proposition
Marketing: Gay market gains
Wed, 23 Nov 2011
Following a seminar on the growing gay travel market at WTM, Carlie Trotter looks at why and how UK travel firms should be targeting LGBT consumers
Marketing: Put on a good show
Thu, 10 Nov 2011
Considering holding your own event for consumers? Philippa Jacks finds out how a Channel Islands travel agency has seen its consumer travel show become a successful annual event
Marketing: Business books reviewed
Thu, 3 Nov 2011
TTG gets the verdict on three of the latest marketing books from the Travel Marketing Group
Marketing: Breathe life into your brand
Wed, 19 Oct 2011
Mergers, lawsuits and brand fatigue have led to a few rebranding exercises in the travel marketplace this year. Carlie Trotter checks in with Travel Alberta, a marketing organisation involved in a destination makeover, to find out about successful rebranding
Marketing: Get bookings bubbling for Cruise Week
Wed, 31 Aug 2011
With National Cruise Week kicking off later this month, Carlie Trotter finds out how to capitalise on the publicity
Marketing: Finding a friend in Facebook
Wed, 3 Aug 2011
Following the launch of the Facebook for Business advice portal last month, Capela Travel Training's Gary Grieve takes a fresh look at what it takes to excel on the site and why some travel firms remain unconvinced
Marketing: Tips from a Tipto award winner
Wed, 20 Jul 2011
Diane Denney has plenty of clever marketing tricks up her sleeve after winning this year's Tipto Independent Proprietor of the Year award.
Marketing: Direct mail boosts domestic bookings
Wed, 13 Jul 2011
Jo Muir of The Co-operative Travel Trading Group tells TTG about winning the VisitEngland best domestic campaign award at this year's Brits
Marketing: Coping in a crisis
Wed, 13 Jul 2011
While big operators may have an entire team dedicated to crisis management, agents also need to have a strategy for preserving the value of their brand in and after a crisis, says Capela managing director Gary Grieve
Marketing: Agents boost awareness of Bermuda
Wed, 29 Jun 2011
Last month, agents from all over Britain came up with ways to promote Bermuda Day and grow customer awareness of the destination for our exclusive fam competition. Now the 10 marketers bound for Bermuda have been chosen, we hear from two of the best
Marketing: Focus on sponsorship
Thu, 9 Jun 2011
Marketing expert Gary Grieve looks at the power of sponsorship as the Olympics countdown begins
Marketing: Reel in clients online
Wed, 1 Jun 2011
Want to know how to catch customer attention online? Read on…
Marketing: how to use Google Maps to maximise user experience
May 2011
Google Maps can be used for much more than simply plotting hotel locations
Marketing: learning from retail giants
May 2011
What can agents learn from retail superbrands like Debenhams and M&S?
Marketing: is there a future in SMS marketing?
Fri, 13 May 2011
Let's talk about text….messaging


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March 2nd, 2013 · Gallery Update, General News, Pistol Annies
Kelly Clarkson helped Sony Music Nashville rock its annual boat show with a performance of a brand new song. The Grammy-winning pop goddess and American Idol alum debuted "Ain't Gonna Like This," with Miranda Lambert, Ashley Monroe, and Angaleena Presley aka the fierce country trio Pistol Annies, backing her.
Unfortunately, only a bit of the live performance has made its way to YouTube. But a snippet is all we need to knowl that the track, which finds Kelly declaring her loves for a wide array of musical genres and performers, like Coltrane, Johnny, and Elvis, is an absolute killer.
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"Kickboxing Geishas": A Lecture at Pomona College on How Modern Japanese Women are Changing Japan
Veronica Chambers, an acclaimed journalist, and author of Kickboxing Geishas: How Modern Japanese Women are Changing Their Nation, will give a lecture on that topic on Friday, January 26, at noon. She will address how Japanese women today are leading a socio-cultural movement that is shaking Japan's gender stereotypes to the core.
A geisha's white features were once a familiar archetype. But in today's Japan women wear many other faces: girlish and sexy, traditional and trendy, sophisticated and punk. In her book, Chambers goes inside the world of the new Japanese women who are freely mixing East and West, burying stereotypes and defining a new zeitgeist.
While Japan is often thought of as the land of the new: super technology, big business and a perpetually hip culture, Chambers found that for most women Japan was more like 1970s America than anything remotely 21st century.
Chambers observes that opportunities for woman in corporate Japan are still rare. Women who aren't married by the age of 30 are called "losing dogs." Shop-happy, twenty-somethings live with their parents and spend their disposable income on Louis Vuitton. But Chambers also encountered pioneers who have changed what it means to be a woman in Japan: the wildly costumed Yamamba girls, career women and entrepreneurs, fashionistas, and the Christmas Cake Girls (those who are over twenty-five and remain happily single).
Publishers Weekly writes: "With compassion and warm wit…[w]riting in a hip, visually vivid and entertaining style, Chambers fluently places the courage and isolation of these women in a briefly sketched social and economic context…"
Chambers was an editor for the New York Times Magazine and a culture writer for Newsweek. Her work has also appeared in Vogue and Glamour.
This lecture will be held at Pomona College's Oldenborg Center (350 N. College Way, Claremont), and is organized by the Pacific Basin Institute and co-sponsored with the Oldenborg Center for Modern Languages & International Relations. The lecture and luncheon are free. For further information, call: (909) 607-8065 or (909) 607-1159.
The Pacific Basin Institute is dedicated to expanding and enhancing comity and shared knowledge among the nations and cultures that face the Pacific. A valued study, media production and research center for the distinguished, PBI also offers books, film series and lecture programs to a general as well as academic audience. Since the turn of the past century Pomona College has been a leader in Asian Studies among American universities.


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My name is Kelly and I excited miceage opted to add forums. I am a vet on the RADP and intercot forums and am a WDW cast member on haitus to attend school in the frigid Northeast.
I love WDW trivia and music and participated every year in Goofy's mystery tour AND at one time had almost a complete set of all the songs from the WDW forever kiosks...BUT some random idiot, whom I doubt would have an appreciation for such music, stole them and several other things on a car trip. Can you tell I am just a bit bitter?
Anyway, nice to meet all of you!


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Speakin' of kimchi: How do you store yours?
I have a new jar of kimchi that's sitting in my fridge, triple bagged to prevent my milk and butter from tasting and smelling like fermented veggies. Then I noticed that there's condensation forming in the innermost bag.
Obviously, this means that my kimchi is alive and will eat my face next time I try to have some for dinner.
How do you store your kimchi and keep it from funkifying your fridge?
*side note: a friend in Seoul told me that the apartments in her building has a kimchi fridge out on the balcony -- and that this is standard. Man, I need one of those.
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Jon Hamm, January Jones, and Mad Men Cast Talk Booze and Babies on TODAY (VIDEO)
After a long hiatus (too long if you ask us), Mad Men will be back this Sunday, March 25, with its Season 5 premiere. In preparation, the cast sat down with TODAY's Matt Lauer to talk about everything from the show's appeal ("drinking"?) to January Jones's mothering skills (on- and off-screen). There's also the little — turned big — issue of Jon Hamm's alleged diss of Kim Kardashian, a comment he stands by.
And for the maddest of Mad Men fans... just how long will Don Draper's reign as the dapperest womanizer on television last? Creator Matt Weiner has the answer. Watch the full interview below!
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For Bud, the 10-hour distance turned out to be less freeing than frustrating: "We knew economically and professionally the arrangement was meeting our needs, but emotionally there was a major gap," he says. Last year, the Moseleys were apart on their anniversary. Now that Frances has moved back to Boston, they are celebrating their 35th year of marriage the way they started, under the same roof.
How to cope with unplanned separations
"I don't think anyone sets out to be in this situation," says Tina Tessina, a psychotherapist from Long Beach, Calif., and the author of The Commuter Marriage: Keep Your Relationship Close While You're Far Apart. But if you do have to live apart, knowing that the situation is temporary helps, says Tessina. She also advises not mixing up the "how much I care about you" phone calls with "I had to call the plumber today again" and all the other dreary minutiae of day-to-day living.
For those wondering whether long separations make infidelity more likely, Tessina's own private practice and research prove otherwise. "I don't find it to be a bigger issue for those separated than those married and living together," says Tessina. "There is always the opportunity. Living apart has its positives and negatives, as does living together, so you have to focus on the positives and make those as good as possible."
Lynne and Michael Brenan have embraced this glass-half-full attitude. It's not that they are oblivious to the downside of their arrangement. "It's a drag to be by myself during the week, but it just has to be this way for now, so I deal with it," says Lynne, 61, a sales executive for a specialty food company. She lives in their home in Itasca, Ill., outside Chicago, where she raised their four children, now ages 26 to 35, and has two young grandchildren nearby; while Michael, 62, manages a hotel an hour and a half away in South Bend, Ind. He gets home Friday night and leaves Monday morning.
"For now, we're not in a financial circumstance where either of us can retire," says Michael, who had a heart attack five years ago and hopes to work until he's 70. Two incomes allow them to go together to Europe once a year; this year, it's Scotland and London. And they're saving for a condo they hope to buy in downtown Chicago once they stop working and can sell their home.
Right now, their nontraditional marriage is feeling little pain. "The time we spend together every weekend is magical and more important than it might have been otherwise" says Michael. "It really helps keep the sparks alive. We didn't plan on living this way, but it has worked out well for us financially and emotionally."
The Straubs are also realists. "It's not perfect, but it's OK for now," says Fred. As Betty explains it, "It's like the mythological story where we are all born as one egg that splits in two and roams the earth looking for its other half. Well, I found my other half in Fred. It seems like the egg gets split apart Monday through Friday, but when we're together on weekends, we're back whole and complete."
Sally Abrahms writes on aging and boomers for national magazines, newspapers and websites. She is based in Boston.
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Posted at: 11/14/2012 6:31 PM
Updated at: 11/14/2012 7:18 PM
By: Ray Levato
It isn't quite winter yet, but we all know that snow is coming sooner or later. And if you have a snow blower and didn't use it much last winter, or maybe not at all , you may have problems.
This turns out to be a question about ethanol. Ethanol is made from corn. When added to gasoline at the pump, it was supposed to help make America more energy independent. But News10NBC has heard that food prices are up because there's a shortage of corn for animal feed. And now, News10NBC has learned ethanol is not good for your small engines.
Can't get that snowblower started? The problem could be a clogged carburetor or water in the gas tank.
Mandel Green, owns snow blower, said, "They say I have water in the gas and I was trying to find out. I don't have water. I guess the ethanol in the gas breaks up."
Mandel Green owns a snow blower. At times, he wishes he didn't.
Green said, "I have done that a couple times with my lawn mower and my snow blower. I guess what happens is it clogs up the carburetor. And every time I bring it out for that particular season, I always have to take it to the shop because they say I have water in the gas."
News10NBC asked Dave Aurand, owner of Wilson Hardware on Monroe Avenue, to explain the ethanol problem.
Dave Aurand, Wilson Hardware, said, "We've got a small engine carburetor here and what we like to see when we take them apart is a nice clean bowl. This is the part that holds the gasoline. This one when we pulled it apart had a little bit of gasoline, and half of it is full of water. So one of the issues we see with gasoline today with ethanol is that it attracts moisture. So we're getting water into our gas. Engines can't run on water."
Auto mechanic Paul Marone says most gasoline has contained 10 percent ethanol for years.
Paul Marone, East Ave. Auto, said, "Cars are built to handle it. We haven't trouble with cars much at all. But the small engines, the older ones are getting into trouble with this where the owner left the fuel in the carburetor and it sort of corrodes away some of the jets or plugs it up. And then you have to take it apart and clean it to get it to work again."
Last winter was so mild people may still have gas left over in their snow blowers. Paul Marone of East Avenue Auto says the secret is to drain the small engine out as you shut it down for the season. Most of them have a small valve underneath the fuel tank to turn the fuel off , then run the carburetor dry.
A handful of stations sell non-ethanol gas. Wilson Hardware sells a version of non-ethanol for small engines. It's expensive, $7.99 a quart. But they say it's catching on and cheaper than a carburetor repair.


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Reese's Shoe Drive - Donations will be received through April 11.
Reese realized during this past holiday season what it meant to give to others who are really less fortunate. On December 14, 2013 Reese along with her Aunt Kelly and the Cleveland County CBA/ABATE attended the "Ride to the Homeless Shelter" to donate toiletries, food, toys and clothing items to men, women and kids residing in the shelter. On this particular day it was very cold, windy and raining and finding a place to stand under the overhang was a must for Reese. After leaving the shelter Reese was full of questions. She wanted to know ALL of the details about the shelter, who lives there, why do they live there, what do they eat, where do they get clothes, do the kids really live there, can they have friends over, the process of standing in line to enter the shelter, etc. Throughout the next few weeks, every time we were in Shelby, a ride by the Shelter was a must. One night soon after Christmas, Reese began to tell us that she had been thinking about the people living in the Shelter and that she realized that she received more toys and clothes for Christmas than one kid should ever have. She began to tell us that she knew what she wanted to do for her birthday. She began to shed light on a plan that came straight from her heart. She began to tell us that when she was standing under the overhang at the Men's Shelter waiting on the bikes to arrive, she noticed 2 young boys who appeared to be very cold. She noticed that each of them had on shoes that were soaking wet and very worn out. She immediately without hesitation said she wanted everyone to bring shoes to her for her birthday instead of gifts. After the party is over she wants to take the shoes to the Shelter and deliver them herself. If she receives more shoes than the Shelter can take, she wants to take them to her school to give to children who need them. We were instantly in shock and amazed of how much thought she had put into her plan. Reese's dream has now been made into a plan, a plan that she herself has come up with. Please join us in celebrating Reese's birthday while giving to others in need. Luke 6:38 says: Give, and it will be given to you. Good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, will be put into your lap. For with the measure you use it will be measured back to you. All donated shoes will be going to the Men and Women's Shelter of Cleveland County and other organizations in need.
Please join Reese Gettys in changing OUR community one pair of shoes at a time by donating New or Gently used Tennis Shoes for women, men or kids. "No One Should Have Holes In Their Soles" Reese's Goal is 180 pairs of shoes.
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Shelby Eye Center, 1170 Wyke Rd. Shelby, NC
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Thursday, June 25, 2009
Bernanke: I Didn't Pressure BofA Into Merrill Merger
Maybe so. But he essentially created a "bank run" on Wachovia, causing it to fail even though it wasn't insolvent. The Fed said that Wachovia didn't have "enough collateral," so it didn't lend it money. This caused a run that forced the bank to be sold to Wells Fargo. Shareholders of Wachovia ought to be outraged. One of the Fed's main responsibilities--and the reason for its creation--was to prevent bank runs.
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- STF said...
Even without collateral, the Fed's own policy is to provide overdrafts at a penalty (albeit a substantial penalty). See page VI-2 of the Account Management Guide for banks at http://www.frbservices.org/files/regulations/pdf/amg.pdf In fact, the Fed considered a few years ago limiting banks' uncollateralized overdrafts in some instances but due to outcry from banks decided not to. Amazing.
What's the public purpose in demanding collateral if the regulators have been approving the assets all along? Just leads to a bank run, as happened here.
- June 25, 2009 at 4:19 PM
- googleheim said...
Is this an artificial bank run caused by bad policy, or is it similar to the classic ones as well ?
Of course the classic examples happened when there was no Fed.
Maybe there is no place for regulation anyhow in these matters.
Regulation when "they" want it
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Full detailed profile on Lucinda Walsh Played by Elizabeth Hubbard on As the World Turns Daytime Soap Opera.
Elizabeth Hubbard
Birthday: 1933-12-22
Holden storms into WorldWide to see Lucinda. He tells her that he is standing by Molly and if she doesn't let this go, she will regret it.
Lucinda goes to Lily's and tells her daughter that they are doing the right thing. Lily explains that she told Molly to go ahead and marry Holden. Lucinda is appalled but Lily is sure that he loves Molly now.
At WorldWide, Lily blows up at her mom for hiring a PI to dig into the Silas shooting. Lucinda tells her that she will always be Lily Snyder and she won't let her give up. Reading over the PI's report, Lucinda explains that Silas was shot execution style, not in self-defense. Lily doesn't think she can go to the police with this because it would make them look stupid. They mull it over. Lucinda is sure her daughter will regret it if she doesn't go after Holden this time. Lily may love Holden but she won't throw Molly under the bus. Lucinda pouts and leaves.
Luke goes over to WorldWide and runs into Lucinda. He tells her Holden's wedding will be today. Lucinda says that will never happen and she's sure that Lily has enough to stop it. When she picks up the phone to tip Lily off, Luke asks her not to interfere.
Lucinda freaks out when Craig walks into Lily's. Lily explains to her mother that she bailed Craig out. Faith walks in and Gabriel storms out with Craig trailing after him. Lucinda wonders what her daughter is doing inviting an arsonist and a grifter into her house. Lily sends her daughter off and then explains herself to her mother. Lucinda lists his crimes so Lily lists theirs and refuses to change her mind. Her mother thinks she's just looking for a hobby because she's miserable about Holden.
Faith and Lucinda are still at Lily's. Lucinda tries to explain why Lily is acting so strangely. They exchange gossip and Lucinda moans that they will never get rid of Gabriel... unless... "You're a pretty girl. It might be an achievement to take one for the team," Lucinda suggests. Her granddaughter asks her if she's asking her to sleep with Gabriel. Actually, Lucinda wants her to plant some drugs on Gabriel. Lily returns and wonders why they both look so guilty. After Faith goes out, Lily accuses her mother of undermining her family and insists that she can look after things herself. She admits that she made a terrible mistake and still longs for Holden. Her mother tells her that she still has a chance with him.
Gabriel returns to Lily's and begins bickering with Faith. He tells her that she should get behind his relationship with Liberty so she can have Parker. Lucinda walks by them, telling him not to get too comfortable. Faith tells Gabriel he should be afraid of her grandma.
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Stourbridge-born man on a slow boat to Bogota — Part Eight
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THIS is the final instalment of the letters home written by Eric Rolph as he travelled from England to Colombia in 1930. We last left Eric on Monday, 21st April, 1930, as he made his way up the Magdalena River towards the Colombian capital Bogota.
He, and his travelling companion, Linsell, had reached the town of Beltran, having taken a train to avoid rapids in the Magdalena, where they hoped to catch another steamer on to Bogota. But the boat was not sailing, so they took places on a cargo boat, though it was not certain when that one would depart as the captain was waiting for instructions. So Eric and his friend took themselves to the local hotel to wait for news ...
"We went to the 'hotel' and the sight of it almost made us go down and pray the captain would get his cable. We went into the main 'dining' room and engaged a room provisionally, and ordered a meal.
We were led to our room which lay on the far side of the yard littered with old tins and garbage and inhabited by mosquitoes, chickens, pigs, filthy children and blasé looking vultures.
"The yard was bad, the room infinitely worse. It was built of old packing cases from which the names had not been removed, nailed onto uprights still covered with bark. The floor was of unplaned planks gaping with knot holes. There were two chairs made of pigskin stretched between two trestles.
The canvas was full of holes and someone had pushed his foot through one of the chairs. Between the top of the wall and the roof was a space of one foot of trellis work specially designed to let in a million mosquitoes for a midnight meal.
"Directly over the bed, apparently glued upside down to one of the saplings supporting the filthy, thatched, bug-ridden roof, with its pedant cobwebs, was an interesting beetle, over an inch long with antennae much longer. The whole place was crudely whitewashed and was the sort of place a selfrespecting fowl would turn his nose up at.
"We made a resolve not to sleep on the bed and amended it to not to sleep at all, if it so happened that we had to spend the night there.
We had our meal, we had taken the precaution to order boiled eggs and fruit – you can't get your fingers in those, as the man said to the waiter who had his thumb in the soup. These we ate in a nasty hovel with a cracked mud floor, across which ran often bugs, occasionally fowl and once a wee pig.
"I'll say this for the proprietress, she did not object to the pig. She (the proprietress, not the pig) was engaged in picking lice out of a brat's head. During the fish and soup Linsell and I formed the centre of an admiring circle of natives who had never seen Englishmen eat before and were apparently making the most of the opportunity. You can imagine our relief when, at 3.30, a man came from the cargo boat to say the captain was going to sail. He told us though that he had no passenger accommodation and that we should have to spend the night as best we could. We did not mind and at 4 o'clock we set sail on the potty little 'Zastre'.
"We had dinner – a vile meal. Foul food cooked under ghastly conditions by a dirty cook with hands deep in grime – we dared not look too closely as we were hungry.
"The upper Magdalena is a fast flowing stream and the scenery peculiarly Scottish – I could duplicate it in a score of places. A broad, swift, noisy river, the colour of a Scots stream in spate, low stony spits of land, a fringe of trees, a narrow plain sloping quickly up to fold upon fold of treeless heights, a sense of loneliness, a few wailing birds and over all a rich sunset. The hills fringing the upper Magdalena are limestone which explains the scanty vegetation in spite of the tropical heat and humidity. You should all visit the Scottish Highlands. They contain the cream of the world's scenery in miniature.
"At dark we pulled into the side and made fast. A wood burning vessel came down river during the night, sparks flying thickly 30ft in the air, the biggest and prettiest Roman candle I have ever seen.
"Tuesday, April 22. Well, last night I turned in at 10, by chucking myself down on the zinc floor of the ship, nothing on top or underneath. Yet I was so tired that I was asleep in five minutes. Linsell lay on a table with a travelling rug over him. I was not so fortunate.
"I slept soundly till 12 when a tropical thunderstorm broke. Now a tropical thunderstorm is the bee's knees.
Think of the worst storm you have ever known, multiply by ten, and you have a mild touch of a tropical storm. The rain does not 'fall' as we know it, large lakes descend vertically.
The landscape is illuminated free of charge by lightning, two minute rounds, one second intervals. There is also a sprinkling of thunder. I was getting wet from the spray and some kind hearted soul conceived the idea of putting me in the chief engineer's bunk which was apparently unoccupied.
"This scheme was the goods, it would have worked well, but for the fact that 5 minutes after I was comfortably ensconced the chief engineer turned up from a spell of duty and was surprised to find me where his thoughts were. He knew no English, I knew no Spanish (I was so flummoxed that it all went) and so I departed with smiling and gesticulating apologies. The floor was wet. I tried to sleep in a chair and did so from 1-2, then I awoke with my limbs still asleep. I restored circulation until 3 then slept in the chair till 4. I awoke then, we moved off at 5. I washed my face and combed my hair and called it a night.
"It rained until 12, when it cleared up. We passed through wonderful scenery.
At first the hills were thickly wooded then the limestone cropped out again and the vegetation grew sparser. The river twisted and turned like the Windrush below Naunton and in many places flowed through with 100 feet sheer limestone walls then the precipitous hills rising to 1,000ft almost vertically, with fantastically shaped peaks. The current was strong, in places we only made ¼ mile an hour and our average speed for the journey was less than 3mph.
The old tub quivered and shook and I thought she would blow up any moment.
"I saw some alligators, a freshwater turtle and many beautiful birds and the scenery was some recompense for the uncomfortable journey.
"Eventually, two miles away, the hills fell away and we sighted Girardot, behind it a background of mountains and cloud all jumbled together – the Andes. It took us 2 hours to make that 2 miles and we had taken in all 27 hours to do what usually took 10.
"We for some unaccountable reason did not make fast to the harbour, but pulled up alongside a filthy riverbank, when we were calmly informed that our heavy luggage could not be put ashore till morning as the path was too dangerous. We had to risk it and got our suitcases put ashore. We followed along a sort of goat track, wet and slimy, 10 feet above a 15 foot deep river, in pitch darkness Ugh! "Anyway we got to our hotel. This was a good one and we had our first really good meal since leaving the Crynassen. Pineapple, good soup, roast beef (tender), baked spuds and green peas, peche Melba and coffee.
Great! We turned in early as we were tired.
"Wednesday, April 23. Rose at 7, had a classy breakfast (enlivened by a wee humming bird coming down and helping himself to the sugar at an adjoining table in the open 'patio') and saw about getting our luggage ashore. It was raining heavily – we shall arrive at Bogota in the middle of the rainy season.
"We boarded the train and left Girardot at 9.30. The train went along the level for about 20 miles, then it changed engines and began to climb rather rapidly. We had on small locos, which can be driven from each end and the line climbed in zig-zag. As we rose the vegetation changed and as soon as we arrived on the plateau 9,000ft up it was almost like Scotland. The thin, cold, pure air cut ones nostrils like a knife and I found that one needed more lung energy to speak.
"We arrived at Bogota at 6pm and I like the place, the people, the 'Pension', everything but I will write more fully later. It was exactly 33 days since I left Brum and I think that Bogota must be the most inaccessible capital in the civilised world." There Eric's account ends but we do not know what happened to him after that.
The four letters he wrote home during his journey to Colombia are now in the hands of Nona Bloomer, Eric's cousin by marriage (her aunt married his uncle).
Nona would dearly like to know what happened to Eric.
We know that he was born around 1908, probably in Lye, and his birth was registered in the Stourbridge district. He had relatives in Dudley and Netherton but at the time of his journey his family lived in Yardley, Birmingham. He was contracted to work at a bank in Bogota for five years but we do not know if he stayed the full term or what happened to him afterwards.
Did he remain in Colombia or did he return to England? Did he ever marry or does he have any descendants alive today? Nona does not even have a photograph of Eric.
Any information on the later life of Eric Rolph would be greatly appreciated.


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We have an occurrence/attendance policy which says after 7 occurrences you are terminated. Pretty clear cut and though not well loved, it is understood.
The problem comes up each time we have inclement weather as we did last week and some employees cannot or do not make it to work. There is always consternation that they are charged an occurrence for what they cannot control.
We do however make sure that, if a city or town or the state in fact declares an emergency where people should not be on the road or if they are they are ticketed, we would not count that as an occurrence.
What do others of you do for inclement weather? Is it something you look at each time? Do you count an occurrence for employees under your attendance policy?
Any bit of information or opinion would be most appreciated.
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While my current employer's attendance policy allows for exceptions due to the weather (we usually follow what the schools are doing), I have had employees take advantage of this exception. I remember one employee who lives no more than 2 blocks from work calling me last year to find out if she had to come to work due to the weather. There was an ice storm the previous evening but she did not work until 2nd shift and the temp. got above freezing so the ice melted. I told her she had to report for work that day.
My previous employer's policy did NOT make any exceptions for weather. An occurrence was an occurrence, period. I had more than one employee complain to me about "having to take their life into their own hands" to get to work in bad weather but I always reminded them that they were the ones who got themselves into attendance trouble in the first place. It may seem harsh but when one of these employees walked off their job for the day because it was nice outside, go to the corner liquor store and buy beer, then sit in the public park across the parking lot drinking the beer and taunt the employees who were still working (the loading dock doors were open), I became hardened to their complaints.
Hope this helps.
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That helps tremendously - my morale most of all. Thank you so very much for your response and so quickly.
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We assess a "tempered" incident for weather related absences. This incident will disqualify an EE from perfect attendance awards, but if it gets to the disiplinary stage of discipline for attendance, we won't count the incident unless there is continued abuse. Do we get taken advantage of as LindaS outlined? Yes, but sooner or later the abusers will mess up and it will all be over with.
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If our practice is closed for the day, then we do not count the absence. If employees have to leave early, the time they leave is counted as time off (they can either use PTO or not get paid for the time. Hourly employees) This keeps the mad exodous from work from starting as soon as one snowflake falls in South Carolina.
If an employee feels they cannot get to work safely, we do not demand that they come in, but they have to use a PTO day. It is not counted towards our unscheduled absence policy. Yes, there are people who do take advantage of this, but as one poster said, they eventually mess up or use up all their leave.
Our area is so diverse that some areas are almost impassable while others closer in to the city have their roads cleared a lot sooner. Also, some areas lose power a lot quicker than others and also slower to get it back on.
We try to work with employees on these type issues.
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I share the thinking of Linda S. in that: an absence (occurrence) is an occurrence. Trying to differentiate will result in the dilemma of excused vs. unexcused absences and the myriad of options will evolve. If attendance is an issue for your employer (as it s/b) I couldn't agree with you more that 7 absences should lead to an invitation to leave. Seven absences in a 12 month period is simply too many in my opinion. Either someone is too ill to be a reliable member of your workforce or they're taking too many mental health days and then get in trouble for bona-fide illnesses.
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OWENLADY: This is one of those places where management judgment comes to bear. While it must be an occurrance, as specified by your policy, it will always be given room for management decision to address the issue in a positive manner.
You probably should have a sunset clause for the 7 seperate events or is that 7 events in a career, if so I doubt the UI would support your company policy, if you terminate a long term employee who has had 7 events over a 12 year period of time, unless the 7 events were supported with write-ups and additional progressive penalty steps prior to seperation of an employer/employee relationship for pour attendance.
We must always remember that our products or services never get accomplished by the excused absence. My favorite way of explaining to our employees is that: "the doctor's excuse, PTO day or whatever reason an employee is absent" does not put baby "piglets" on the floor or in the baby basket. Paper/excuses only puts more pressure on the team to get the job done. Ice Hockey is the only team action I know of where a missing player/s does not stop the game, but everyone is trained to pick it up and play the game short handed, regardless of the circumstance. We too must keep rolling, but it certainly does not help the efficiency of the unit.
Absentism and Tardiness is the number #1 & #2 reasons for termination in our company. We have 3 days out and the 4th day one can be terminated within a 9 month period of time. Usually, once we get pass the 120 day period our attendance issues are no longer a concern, unless something different happens at work or at home. At that time we start over on the discipline process, but we never forget about the total amount of time lost to an absent event. When required, we include the amount of time lost in the current issue to make sure we address what was an old habit (if that is the case) coming up once again.
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To EVERYONE who has replied. Thank you so much. I so appreciate and value the opportunity to seek input from so many capable people. Sometimes it feels as if, for me at least, HR is the biggest, darkest hole there ever was!
We do 7 occurrences per rolling year. But if someone reaches 6 the 2nd year in a row, it is typically a Performance Improvement Plan and they are told if this happens again, they face termination.
Again, thanks to all.
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We actually have two separate policies. In our plant in NYC, most people either walk to work or use mass transit (or are within a block or two of mass transit but choose to drive). Therefore, unless the weather is really harsh (a foot or two of snow, or a layer of ice that makes walking dangerous), ees are expected to work when the building is open. Therefore, they must use a PTO and it is counted under the attendance policy.
In NJ (which gets more snow and ice than NYC), people drive to work. Therefore, we are a lot more lenient. The ee can (not must) use a PTO. It is not counted under the attendance.
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I awoke this morning to the sound of heavy RAIN
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Making delicious liquid nitrogen ice cream at High School Chemistry Day 2010.


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Late November, Apple released iOS 4.2.1 which afterwards got the jailbreak treatment. Jay Freeman (creator of Cydia) and iPhone developer Chpwn, made a number of improvements on Cydia itself which makes me want to update to 4.2.1 and jailbreak right away. Since Cydia bought Rock, we were hoping to see a new Cydia interface or something that would totally change Cydia, but unfortunately that didn't happen (yet).
What are these new features and improvements? Here's the list:
- reduced loading changes time
- section remapping optimizations
- faster reloading data
- faster, native search
- uses public SDK classes whenever possible
- rewritten, faster web views with zooming support
- changes badge works again
- more stable webviews (no crashes when queueing)
- redesigned settings page
- redesigned stashing page
- faster scrolling of table views
- bug fixes
- ads no longer break the package views until restart
- much better queueing UI
- stabler refreshing bar
iPad improvements:
- landscape
- popovesr
- modal views that cover only a portion of the screen
- less annoying errors with bad internet connections downloading packages
- updated section mappings, less typo'd sections
NOTE: The new Cydia that's included with the latest RedSnow jailbreak has a lot of bugs on older firmwares (below 4.0), so install only on iOS 4 and onwards.


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While some chefs make a straight shot into the culinary world, there are those like Chef/Owner John Stowe of Rockland's Rustica Cucina Italiana who take a more circuitous route.
After years of travel and working at various professions, John found an opportunity and a niche in the former store Market on Main on Rockland's bustling Main Street. When the Rockland business came up for sale, John and his wife considered the venture and took the plunge.
Years of on-the-job-training brought John to his current place in the Rockland community. Read all about his travels and learn his story in the new issue of Maine Food & Lifestyle magazine.
Chef John Stowe's Grilled Chicken and Broccoli Aglio e Olio.
image for MF&L by Lorena Stackpole
Rustica Cucina Italiana has a wide variety of authentic Italian cuisine offerings to satisfy all diners. Chef John shares one of his restaurant's most popular dishes, Grilled Chicken and Broccoli Aglio e Olio, in issue Number 13 of Maine Food & Lifestyle magazine. Subscribe today!