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Does anyone have any experience using an emergency space blanket as their ground sheet while tarp camping?
I cut one to go under my BD tent last year for a trip into Lassen National Forest. After 4 nights of camping in everything from sand to pine needles, I had no problems. If you take care to move sharp objects as you should anyway, the mylar resist puntures pretty well. Bring duct tape for any emergency repairs.
I tried half a space blanket with a tarp and didn't much like it. It was too flimsy and crinkly for my taste and was a pain to fold back up. On the other hand, I had a converstion with Golite's Coup last week about poncho/tarping and found that he likes space blankets for tarp camping and finds them plenty durable.
BAck in my BUL (before ultralight) days, I used the Sportsman's model Space Blanket for a ground sheet and that worked very well, but they are something like 12oz if I remember right. It would be nice to see them make something lighter, but still have some reinforcing fiber.
very, very lighttrue can't fold them up like new, but still pretty *BEEP* smalli have been using the free ones i got from completing marathons
Yeah,Dale. The Sportsman's Blankets are great. I use to use part of one as a ground sheet but stopped doing so because of the weight. Something like it but at half the weight would be ideal.
It proved too noisy for me. Any movement would result in that loud, crinkly noise and would keep me up. I have since switched to window insulsation plastic for my groundsheet. It has just about the same weight and durability characteristics of mylar sans the noise and the dual-use capability.
Thanks for the replies.Durability and noise definately seem to be an issue. I've seen some space blankets that have tyvek on one side and the reflective material on the other. I wonder if these would solve some of the problems. For those of you who have tried it, did you notice any insulation value in useing a space blanket at a ground sheet. I.E. heat being reflected back up to you.
I use a mylar space blanket for my ground sheet and although it is noisy, it is also very light. My sheet is cut to approx. 96"x 48" and weighs 1.13 oz. They are also very cheap and can be easily replaced when they become useless.
i have used the polycryo groundsheets from gossamergear - i have noticed that the ground seemed colder than when i was using the space blanket for groundsheet. i think it does reflect some heat.
I seriously doubt you are going to realize any noticeable heat reflection...especially if you are on a pad of some sort and inside a sleeping bag. The emergency blanket I purchased from REI is not noisy after a couple of uses. Tyvek stays way noisier for far longer and is far heavier. If you are looking for a lightweight ground sheet to keep your stuff clean and dry...Mylar is great. It is so inexpensive that I would recommend you go buy one and try it in the back yard. When you can get a 8 foot by 4 foot tarp for 1.13 oz....what else do you want?
has anyone tried using these reflective blanket things as shelters? Do they have a temp rating? I know they're reputed to cover you in sweat (not terribly desirable), but they seem like a potential super-duper-ultra-light sleeping system. (I should qualify that I mean the mylar ones that weigh about 4 oz)
Tinny at minibulldesigns reports that he's been OK down to 45-50F in the Thermolite Bivy from adventure medical kits.Mind you that he's a northerner (Maine). YMMV
Yes, I've used emergency blankets as shelter. Reinforced the edges and made pullouts with narrow fiberglass strapping tape. Noisy. Very noisy. But servicable for a super light shelter.
I have used "space Mylar" for a long time by taking a normal size and folding it over 2 pieces of 3/8"foam. One for sholders and one for hips.I tape the foam in place, then fold the remainder over. then I tape the edge. I use Mylar tape. This gives me a double layer of water prof, full length portection.I notice a great amount of cold ground transmission at my waist area if I do not have somthing to palce under my waist area, such as a shirt.Somehting under the legs helps also, but is far less important.If I choose to patch, I use Mylar tape. Usually the assebley lasts 6 to 10 nights. The foam is reusable. The noise is of no concern after a full day fast packing.I have often thought pine neetles would punch many holes in it. Were I hike it is all rock and or sand (desert) so I have not verrified this concern.I am constructing a Tarp Shelter for experiment. I am reinforcing edges with Mylar tape and integrating string line for tension, just like a comercial tarp. I anticipate the noise, during wind, will render it usless, not to mention destroy it in short order. We will see.
Edited by Ultradave on 05/13/2006 00:42:58 MDT.
My experience with a mylar space blanket is noisy, noisy, noisy. Try it and see if you like it.
What about making a 'mylar/space blanket' sandwich between 2 sheets of polycycro? Just spray some 3M 77 on both cyro sheets and place the mylar on one, cover with second sheet run through rollers. Now that would be a reflective groundsheet, that cut to size, would be worth it's weight in the shoulder seasons.If not why?
I have successfully used a mylar emergency blanket cut to size as a tent footprint for a total of 8 nights with the same piece. I have pitched the tent on both sandy and high needle/duff sites and while sharp objects have left impressions in the material, there are no major holes. It also gets very "quiet" after a couple of nights use. I cannot speak to the heat reflective properties, but it is remarkably durable for it's weight, given my application.
> If not why?Radiant heat barriers (space blankets) need an air gap between the heat source and the reflector to be effective. A space blanket sandwiched between two polycryo sheets will still conduct heat very well when you lay on it. For non-emergency use, the best plan is to bring sufficient insulation against conductive and convective heat loss to the ground so that there is no significant radiant heat to be lost. (Cold fabric, i.e. the outside of your sleeping bag or the bottom of your sleeping pad, is not a significant source of radiant heat.)IMHO, space blankets are generally advertised for emergency use because that's precisely when you aren't likely to have sufficient insulation to prevent convective heat loss (i.e., to the wind), so when you wrap a space blanket around yourself you will reduce convective heat loss and have the crucial air gap to allow the space blanket to reduce radiant heat loss from your warm body. That's why you usually see sketches of people hugging their knees: laying down would increase conductive heat loss and remove the necessary air gap underneath the body.The best place for a space blanket is on the inside bottom of an air mattress (I don't know why manufacturers don't have that as an option; I suppose adding down is lighter?), or slung under a hammock. Just laying on one isn't going to do much for you, IME. However, two sheets of laminated polycryo might last longer than two individual sheets used one after the other. I have had great success using a single sheet of polycryo, but on the last night of a recent trip a two-inch tear in the edge of the sheet instantly turned my large polycro ground cloth into two odd-sized small polycryo ground cloths when I shook it out :(
Edited by Otter on 11/29/2006 15:22:00 MST.
I've used them cut down to size. Not bad, if you don't mind the racket.Also, I once got a batch for around 50 cents apiece at a clearance store. Brought one on an overnighter without having a chance to cut it down. When I arrived at my campsite and tried to unfold it, the thing just stuck together in places and shredded into unusable tiny stripes, bits and pieces. Had to sleep with a duff bed under my quilt.Hope this is helpful.Eric
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Millennium Development Goals
7. Dark Continent? Poverty, AIDS and war: The everyday tsunami
Ann-Louise Colgan
...There are some people in the world's wealthy countries who forecast that 2005 will be a decisive year for Africa...
In 2005, a confluence of major international events will also spotlight Africa's poverty-related challenges, and will highlight the need for the world's richest countries to do more in support of Africa's efforts. In July, Britain will host the G-8 summit in Scotland. In September, a United Nations (UN) Special Summit will review progress on the Millennium Development Goals, which aim to reduce by half the number of people living in extreme poverty by 2015. In December, the World Trade Organization's (WTO) sixth ministerial conference in Hong Kong will reveal whether the Doha round of global trade talks have secured new deals to benefit the world's most impoverished countries.
Civil society campaigns in the U.S. and in the U.K. are also pushing 2005 as a special opportunity for rich country leaders to address poverty in Africa and other impoverished regions. They are optimistic about victories on debt cancellation, aid and trade this year.
It is important to note that these international meetings and campaigns are Northern-dominated and rarely include African input. Indeed, they can have the effect of drowning out African voices. Meanwhile, on the ground, African civil society campaigns and some African governments continue to demand real action on priority issues defined by Africans.
Then how should we measure the outcomes of these opportunities? For, while a new international focus on Africa is warranted, and while much more can and must be done to address the continent's challenges, the sad reality is that 2005 risks being another year of "compassionate showmanship" rather than a year of sea change. The poor track record of the U.S. and other rich countries when it comes to Africa requires us to watch carefully what transpires in 2005 and to be clear on how we will measure the success of their actions this year and beyond.
As genocide continues to unfold in Darfur, Sudan, the failure of the Bush administration and other rich country governments to stop another such crime against humanity in Africa may yet be the darkest stain on their record in 2005...
This Year's "Hot Topics" - Debt, Aid & Trade
This year's calendar of global events and negotiations indicates an international focus on three key issues of importance to Africa - debt, aid, and trade?and some progress is likely on each in 2005.
On debt, activism around the world in recent years has led to a growing realization on the part of rich countries that something must be done to address the debt crisis in the world's most impoverished countries. There has also been an increasing acknowledgment that the current debt relief framework?the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) Initiative?has failed to resolve this crisis. African countries continue to struggle under an unsustainable burden of debt, and are still required to spend some $15 billion in debt service payments to wealthy creditors each year. Most African countries must spend more on debt service payments that they can spend on health care and education combined...
There are still some differences between the U.S. and U.K. in these regards... Despite these disagreements, there are indications that an agreement can be expected in 2005 on some form of debt relief or cancellation for some sub-set of deeply impoverished countries.
Meanwhile, civil society groups and some governments in Africa and elsewhere in the global South continue to call for outright and unconditional debt cancellation, emphasizing that these debts are illegitimate and should not have to be repaid. They urge the Bush administration to apply the same standard it has in calling for the cancellation of Iraq's odious debt to the odious and illegitimate debts of African countries...
Even after debt cancellation, additional development assistance will still be required for African countries to be able to address the challenges of poverty and HIV/AIDS. 2005 is a benchmark year for the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), a set of international development goals that seek to improve health, education and the environment across the world, with the overarching aim of reducing by half the number of people living in extreme poverty by 2015.
When the UN meets in September to review progress toward these goals, it will be clear that while some regions are on track, Africa remains the exception. In fact, an interim UN report has revealed that, at current pace, Africa won't reach these goals until 2169?and that will still only have reduced poverty there by half. The United Nations states that meeting the MDGs will require a doubling of annual development assistance from rich countries to impoverished countries throughout the world, to $135 billion in 2006, then rising to $195 billion by 2015. It describes this as "entirely affordable," particularly when the world's military budget is $900 billion a year...
...Not only are aid flows insufficient, the patterns in which they are directed increasingly reflect geo-strategic concerns rather than efforts to reduce poverty. An Oxfam report from December 2004 warns that the "war on terror" and related geo-strategic calculations are dictating where aid money is directed in a dynamic reminiscent of the Cold War. Over the past three years, flows of aid from the U.S. to Israel, Egypt, Jordan, Iraq, Turkey, and Afghanistan were equal to aid to the rest of the world combined. Furthermore, when up to 70% of U.S. foreign aid is tied to an obligation to use that money to buy goods and services from the U.S., this immediately undermines development efforts in African countries...
HIV/AIDS & Genocide in Africa - International Failures
It is not yet clear to what extent African priorities of defeating HIV/AIDS and promoting peace and security will feature on the agenda of rich countries in 2005. But what is already quite clear is the abject failure of these countries to respond to such priorities in Africa with the urgency they require.
The latest annual AIDS epidemic update released in December 2004 reveals that sub-Saharan Africa is still by far the worst affected region in the world?home to up to 28 million people living with HIV/AIDS, or 64% of the global total. African women, particularly young African women, are disproportionately affected by this pandemic (http://www.unaids.org/wad2004/report.html). It is estimated that almost four times as many young women as young men now live with HIV in sub-Saharan Africa...
...Beyond the inadequate funding levels, the approach of U.S. policies on HIV/AIDS continues to contradict what are some of the most important ways to address this crisis in Africa. Rather than promoting access to cheaper, generic versions of essential HIV/AIDS medications, the Bush administration places a priority on its ties with the pharmaceutical lobby, and instead approves only the use of expensive name-brand drugs. These generally cost three times as much as the generic versions, thereby reaching only one-third of potential beneficiaries.
In addition, the Bush administration's embrace of the ideology of the religious right has led it to promote an abstinence-only approach to HIV prevention strategies at home and abroad. This perspective dangerously places a premium on ideology over science and flies in the face of what is known about the most effective ways to stem the spread of this disease in Africa and elsewhere. And abstinence-only prevention programs do little to support the needs of women, when many of those contracting HIV are staying faithful to one partner, and when effective prevention clearly hinges on women's sexual and reproductive rights.
Meanwhile, the Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, which has proven to be an effective mechanism for addressing this pandemic in some 127 countries, remains under-funded by the U.S. and other rich countries...
The year has begun with a natural disaster of unprecedented proportions in the Indian Ocean, and, as the world struggles to help the countries of South Asia respond to this crisis, there are fears that this may divert attention and resources from Africa's needs in the coming year.
What is perhaps more significant is how the rapid and massive resource mobilization for the tsunami victims stands in stark contrast to the minimal level of global attention and resources given to crises that are less visible but equally deadly in Africa. In the first two weeks after that natural disaster, international donors pledged more than $5 billion to tsunami relief?an amount almost equal to the total amount that the UN received for all humanitarian relief efforts globally last year. The global AIDS crisis, which costs about 3 million lives each year, received pledges of only $3.6 billion from all rich country governments for the whole of 2004.
If 2005 is to be a decisive year for Africa, the U.S. and other rich country governments must replace compassionate charades with serious action in support of Africa's most urgent priorities. They must cancel Africa's debts, greatly increase their funding to fight HIV/AIDS, fulfill their previous promises on trade-related reforms, and support multilateral efforts to promote peace & security in Africa, with the immediate priority of ending the genocide in Darfur.
- Introduction
- Goal 1: Poverty and hunger
- Goal 2: Education
- Goal 3: Gender equality
- Goal 4: Child mortality
- Goal 5: Maternal health
- Goal 6: HIV/AIDS and other diseases
- Goal 7: Environment
- Goal 8: Global Partnership
- Introduction
- Do 'Global Goals' ever make a difference?
- Some criticisms of the MDGs
- Accountability in Africa: whose problem?
- The Right Kind of Aid
- Africa needs a hand up, not a hand out!
- Development: EU Heroes and Villains listed
- Dark Continent? Poverty, AIDS and War
- Water: a Common Denominator
- Problems Aplenty in a World of Plenty
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Citing a poor sales performance through the holiday season, Sears Holdings Corp. plans to shut 100 to 120 Kmart discount stores and Sears department stores.
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HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill. – Citing a poor sales performance through the holiday season, Sears Holdings Corp. plans to shut 100 to 120 Kmart discount stores and Sears department stores.
The retailer gave no timetable for the move and said Tuesday that it has not yet made a final determination of which stores would be closed.
The company also added that more store closures could be upcoming, saying that it would act more decisively with poorly performing store locations.
"Given our performance and the difficult economic environment, especially for big-ticket items, we intend to implement a series of actions to reduce ongoing expenses, adjust our asset base, and accelerate the transformation of our business model," Lou D'Ambrosio, chief executive officer of Sears Holdings, said in a statement. "These actions will better enable us to focus our investments on serving our customers and members through integrated retail — at the store, online and in the home."
For the eight weeks ended Dec. 25, same-store sales fell 4.4% at Kmart and 6% at Sears, according to the company. Comparable-store sales also were down 1.8% at Kmart and 3.3% at Sears for the fiscal year to date.
Kmart's quarter-to-date comp-store sales decline reflects decreases in the consumer electronics and apparel categories and lower layaway sales, according to Sears Holdings. Meanwhile, the quarter-to-date dropoff at Sears stems mainly from a poor performance in the consumer electronics and home appliance categories, with more than half of the decline in Sears occurring in consumer electronics, the company noted. Sears' apparel sales were flat, and the Lands End department in Sears stores was up mid-single digits.
Adjusted EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization) has declined as well, due to lower sales and continued margin pressure, Sears Holdings reported. The company said it expects its fourth-quarter consolidated adjusted EBITDA to be less than half of last year's total of $933 million ($795 million domestically and $138 million in Canada).
As a result, Sears Holdings said that in the fourth quarter it expects to record a noncash charge related to a valuation allowance on certain deferred tax assets of $1.6 billion to $1.8 billion. The company added that it also may recognize in the fourth quarter an impairment charge on some goodwill balances of up to $600 million and that the charges would be noncash and, combined, are estimated at $1.6 billion and $2.4 billion.
Sears Holdings outlined several courses of action, led by the store closings. "We expect these store closures to generate $140 million to $170 million of cash as the net inventory in these stores is sold and we expect to generate additional cash proceeds from the sale or sublease of the related real estate," D'Ambrosio stated. "Further, we intend to optimize the space allocation based on category performance in certain stores. Final determination of the stores to be closed has not yet been made."
The company said it expects to slash its 2012 peak domestic inventory by $300 million from the 2011 level of $10.2 billion at the end of the third quarter due to cost decreases in apparel, tighter buys and a lower inventory position at the beginning of the fiscal year. The retailer also aims to improve gross profit dollars via sharper inventory management and more targeted pricing and promotion, as well as to pare fixed costs by $100 million to $200 million.
"In addition to the specific store closures, we will carefully evaluate store performance going forward and act opportunistically to recognize value from poor-performing stores as circumstances allow," D'Ambrosio added. "While our past practice has been to keep marginally performing stores open while we worked to improve their performance, we no longer believe that to be the appropriate action in this environment. We intend to accentuate our focus and resources to our better-performing stores with the goal of converting their customer experience into a world-class, integrated retail experience."
Sears Holdings stated that it expects the store closing and inventory reduction plan to cut peak inventory in 2012 by $500 million to $580 million and lower its peak borrowing need by $300 million to $350 million in 2012 "from levels that may have resulted in 2012 without such actions." The company said that as of Dec. 23, it had $483 million of borrowings outstanding on its domestic revolving credit facility, leaving it with more than $2.9 billion in available credit.


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Sotomayor Firefighter Ruling Reversed by High CourtSheila Foster in Bloomberg, June 29, 2009
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June 29 (Bloomberg) -- A divided U.S. Supreme Court, reversing a decision by Sonia Sotomayor and two other judges, said a Connecticut city violated white firefighters' rights by canceling planned promotions because no blacks qualified.
The justices, voting 5-4, said New Haven improperly used race as a basis for throwing out the results of a pair of tests administered to candidates for lieutenant and captain positions.
The reverse-discrimination case has become a focal point in the debate over Sotomayor's nomination to the Supreme Court by President Barack Obama. An appeals court panel that included Sotomayor rejected the white firefighters' lawsuit, saying the city acted legitimately to avoid discrimination against blacks.
"Fear of litigation alone cannot justify an employer's reliance on race to the detriment of individuals who passed the examinations and qualified for promotions," Justice Anthony Kennedy wrote for the majority.
The justices divided along lines that reflected the majority's skeptical approach to racial preferences. Chief Justice John Roberts and Justices Antonin Scalia, Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas joined Kennedy's opinion.
Trade groups representing employers and human resource managers urged the court to uphold the Sotomayor decision. They said employers should have flexibility when they discover that an employment practice is having a disproportionate impact on particular racial groups.
Dissenting Justices
In dissent, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg said the ruling means that New Haven, which is about 36 percent black and 24 percent Hispanic, will be served by a fire department "in which members of racial and ethnic minorities are rarely seen in command positions."
She added: "The white firefighters who scored high on New Haven's promotion exams understandably attract this court's sympathy. But they had no vested right to promotion."
Still, Ginsburg's reasoning differed from that of Sotomayor and the appeals court panel. Ginsburg said the lower courts should have asked whether New Haven had an objective basis for fearing it would be successfully sued by minority firefighters under Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act.
The trial and appellate courts focused on the city's "intent," rather than the underlying evidence, she said. New Haven argued that it had a "good faith" belief that cancellation was necessary to avoid liability under Title VII.
From the Bench
Ginsburg, who took the unusual step of reading a summary of her dissent from the bench, said she would have supported a ruling sending the case back to the trial court level for additional analysis.
Justices John Paul Stevens, Stephen Breyer and David Souter also dissented. The justices today released their final opinions in their 2008-09 term, the last for the retiring Souter.
Kennedy said the city, in order to legally cancel the promotions, needed to have a "strong basis in evidence" that it would have been liable in a suit by black firefighters.
"There is no evidence -- let alone the required strong basis in evidence -- that the tests were flawed because they were not job-related or because other, equally valid and less discriminatory tests were available to the city," Kennedy wrote.
"This decision will change the landscape of civil rights law," said Professor Sheila Foster of Fordham University in New York City. In response to a question, Foster said the closeness of the vote doesn't diminish the ruling's impact.
Civil Rights Act
Twenty firefighters -- 19 white and one Hispanic -- sued, saying they were victims of racial discrimination in violation of the Civil Rights Act and the Constitution. The group was led by Frank Ricci, a dyslexic who said he studied up to 13 hours a day and paid hundreds of dollars to have someone tape-record the materials.
The Obama administration largely agreed with the city's legal contentions, while saying a lower court should revisit what the city's motivations were.
Conservatives hailed the ruling, saying it raised new questions about Sotomayor's fitness for the nation's highest court.
"Today's decision is a victory for evenhanded application of the law," John Cornyn, a Texas Republican who serves on the Senate Judiciary Committee, said in a statement. "And while the justices divided on the outcome, all nine justices were critical of the trial court opinion that Judge Sotomayor endorsed."
John Payton, the president and director-counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund, said the ruling "imposes new burdens on employers and makes it more difficult to maintain a discrimination-free workplace."
The cases are Ricci v. DeStefano, 07-1428, and Ricci v. DeStefano, 08-328.


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The University of Florida mens basketball, womens basketball and softball programs have been publicly recognized by the NCAA for their outstanding academic performance, with Academic Progress Rate (APR) scores in the top 10 percent nationally within their sport. This marks the third consecutive year the softball team has received the honor and the second straight for womens basketball.
Each year, the NCAA honors selected Division I sports teams by publicly recognizing their latest multiyear NCAA Division I Academic Progress Rate, with the intent to highlight teams that demonstrate a commitment to academic progress and retention of student-athletes by achieving the top APRs within their respective sports.
The APR provides a real-time look at a team's academic success each semester by tracking the academic progress of each student-athlete on scholarship. The APR accounts for eligibility, retention and graduation and provides a measure of each team's academic performance.
Floridas mens and womens basketball teams were the only SEC team in their sport to be honored, while the UF softball team was one of two recognized (Tennessee) in the conference.
This recognition adds to already impressive academic accomplishments by those programs. The mens and womens basketball teams placed a combined 13 players on the SEC Academic Honor Roll this season, including an SEC-record eight on the mens side. The SEC Academic Honor Roll for spring sports has not yet been announced, but last seasons list included five Gator softball players.
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The following is a guest post from Mikhail Damiani, CEO & Co-Founder of Blue Bite.
Lately, one would be hard-pressed to read through a tech journal or mobile-focused publication without finding some mention of NFC (Near-Field-Communication). But why the sudden surge of excitement and evangelization of the not-so-new technology? In fact, NFC has been around for years, and manufacturers like Nokia have been embedding the technology in their handsets as early as 2006, albeit, these phones have not made their way into the U.S.
With tens of billions of dollars in revenues from mobile payments on the line, the interested parties have been busy carving up the proverbial pie for the past few years, preventing the U.S. consumer from taking full advantage of the power of NFC. Finally, with the cell phone manufacturers, telecom companies, payment technology companies and other key players seemingly on the same page, the floodgates have opened and NFC-enabled phones have started crossing the U.S. border.
The first major announcement came from Google at the end of 2010 with its planned launch of the Nexus-S by Samsung in early 2011. Other manufacturers including Nokia, HTC, Blackberry and Motorola have also affirmed their commitment to NFC and will be rolling out new phones with the capability later in 2011. Market research from IHS suggests that 30% of all mobile phones shipped worldwide will be NFC-enabled by 2015. Based on current observations and depending on the rate of usage of NFC-enabled features by consumers, these numbers may prove to be extremely conservative. Speaking of consumer usability, what the average U.S. mobile phone owner will utilize NFC for is an interesting topic of conversation.
The overwhelming majority of publications these days liken NFC to mobile payments. The ability to pay for things with your mobile phone and potentially replace credit cards is arguably the most powerful and transformational aspect of the technology. However, it is not its only use. With mobile marketing being the fastest growing segment of advertising, the ability to leverage NFC for new and improved ways to connect a brand with its target audience can be extremely appealing to marketers, agencies and consumers. Imagine walking into a movie theatre lobby and seeing an NFC-enabled display for an upcoming movie release. By tapping your phone in one designated area of the display, you can view the trailer of the movie, and if you like what you see, you can tap another area to purchase the ticket. This type of experience is truly revolutionary.
Companies have already started experimenting with similar applications. RMG Networks, a place-based media network with hundreds of thousands of digital screens across cafes, health clubs, airports, airplanes, pharmacies and casinos announced the launch of mTAG, an NFC-enabled platform allowing users to tap their phone to discover relevant mobile content associated with the on-screen creative at their current location. Google has deployed NFC-enabled "Recommended on Google Places" window stickers in a number of Portland, Oregon businesses which will allow consumers to get localized information about the venue they are standing in front of.
From a consumer's standpoint, NFC-based marketing has a few major advantages: unlike mobile apps, there is no need to download and install any applications or enable the phone's GPS, which gives rise to "big brother" concerns; unlike SMS, NFC doesn't collect personally identifiable information such as name and phone number, and the user will not be receiving any unwanted messages once he/she has left the point of interaction; NFC is also easier to setup than Bluetooth or WiFi, as it requires minimal modification of the phone's settings and can remain "on" all the time without draining the battery; finally, all interactions are fully opt-in and secure – the only way a consumer will receive anything, is by proactively tapping the mobile phone on the designated area. Marketers will benefit from the ability to micro-target specific locations and the audience in those locations who are most interested in the offer – thus, any such engagements are more relevant and valuable. As NFC-enabled handset saturation increases and users and marketers become more familiar with the uses of NFC, the types of campaigns and content will evolve in both creativity and usefulness.
Luckily for advertisers, the realization of mobile payments in the real world will take some time. This brief window of 9-12 months will allow for the familiarization of consumers with the marketing side of NFC. If implemented correctly, the average U.S. mobile phone user's inaugural NFC experience will be a rich media interaction with a brand, not a payment for groceries at the local supermarket. This type of introduction to NFC is essential to the success and sustainability of its use as a marketing tool. U.S. consumers are creatures of habit, and if the only connotation of NFC is mobile payments, it may be difficult to convince them that tapping their phone for entertainment content will be valuable and most importantly, will not result in a charge. By the same token, marketers and advertising agencies must ensure that the actual experience is as easy as possible and provides value for the consumer, that is, if they expect consumers to reengage in the future.
As long as these considerations are taken into account, NFC can prove to be a powerful medium for mobile phone users, and both its marketing and mobile payment capabilities can coexist and even flourish together in the near future.
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Mikhail directs all aspects of Blue Bite's business and operations. This includes building the management team, strategic partnerships, sales, and client management. Prior to Blue Bite, he worked as an investment banking analyst at GCA Savvian in San Francisco. Mikhail holds a B.S. in Finance and Management from The Stern School of Business at NYU.
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The one key central message of the Holy Bible is that Jesus Christ is the only way to God the Father and His dwelling place, heaven. There is no other way into the Kingdom of God! As you will see in the Scripture verses I will list below, Jesus Christ is God's only plan of eternal salvation for the entire world.
The Bible specifically says, without any other possible interpretation, that there is only one God, one faith, one baptism and one way to God the Father - and that is only through His Son Jesus Christ and His sacrificial death on the cross. Jesus says that He, and only He, is the way, the truth and the life leading to God the Father and that no one comes to the Father except through Him!
Many people, including some Christians, believe that God the Father honors all other religions as long as people try to live a good and godly life and try to stay out of trouble.
As you will see in the Scripture verses I will list below, this is not the way God the Father has everything set up. God will not honor any other religion, and He makes it very clear that it is only through His Son and His sacrificial death on the cross that will give people eternal salvation and thus eternal life with Him in heaven.
The Bible says that we are appointed for the defense of the gospel. It is our job, when called upon, to defend God and Jesus on the basics of our salvation. Here are two verses specifically telling us this:
There are 6 main principles to the basic message of God's plan of eternal salvation to the entire world. Here they are, along with all of the Scripture verses to back them up.
As stated above, there is no other name under Heaven by which man can be saved other than through the name of Jesus Christ! God the Father will not honor any other name, religion or faith!
Please note the extreme power and authority on the first four verses listed below. These first four verses specifically tell us, without any other possible interpretation, that Jesus Christ is the only way to be able to receive eternal salvation from God the Father.
Jesus Himself said in the New Testament that He did not come to bring peace - but division! What He means by this is that He is drawing a major battle line in the sand. You either believe in Him and everything that He stands for - or you do not. There are no middle or neutral grounds on this issue.
If you choose not to believe in Jesus and His message of eternal salvation through His death on the cross, then you will die in your sins and go straight to hell when you die - no if, ands or buts about it! The life that we are living down here on this earth is serious business! The choices that we make in this life will determine our ultimate fate in the afterlife.
Choose Jesus and the blood that He has personally shed for you on the cross - and you will become saved and born again - and you will then enter into the most incredible place imaginable when you die - heaven itself!
Choose anyone or anything else, and you will cross over into the most horrible place imaginable when you die - hell itself, and then eventually into the Lake of Fire and Brimstone after the Millennium has taken place, where the Bible says that the smoke of your torment will ascend forever and ever!
Here are three very powerful verses showing that God wants all men and all women to be saved through the Blood of His Son Jesus.
Notice that God is wanting all men and all women to accept His free gift of eternal salvation through His Son Jesus Christ. He is not making any exceptions either by race, color, creed or gender.
The Bible also tells us that God the Father is no respecter of persons, which means He loves each man and each woman equally and unconditionally.
The Bible says that faith without works is dead - but that is after you have received God's gift of eternal salvation. After you get saved, God has a plan and a purpose for your life, and this is where you will go to work for God into whatever your calling is going to be in Him.
But to initially receive the gift of eternal salvation from God the Father is simply done through faith and belief in accepting Jesus Christ as your personal Lord and Savior. Here are the verses:
The Bible specifically tells us in that last verse that all men and all women have sinned and have fallen way short of the glory of our God. The Bible says that there are none that are righteous before the eyes of God the Father.
As a result, none of our fleshly works, no matter how good we think they may be, will ever be good enough to get us into heaven or back into the good graces of our Lord and Savior.
Once you become saved and born again by accepting Jesus as your personal Lord and Savior, the Bible says that we are now made perfectly righteous before the eyes of God. The righteousness of Jesus has now been imputed to us. This means that we are now free to approach the throne of God for intimate prayer and communication, and when we die, we will all go straight to heaven.
Even though we will continue to commit sin from time to time, God will always forgive us as long as we properly confess each sin when it does happen. We will never become totally sinless or perfect. No one will ever become the fourth person of the Holy Trinity. Only God, Jesus and the Holy Spirit are totally perfect in Their actual natures and in all of Their ways. Humans and angels are not!
The Bible says that all men have sinned and will continue to sin, and thus will fall way short of the glory of our God. That is why Jesus had to come and die for all of our sins - which will include all of the past sins that we have ever committed, all of the present sins we are now committing, and all of the future sins that we will ever commit.
As a result of Jesus dying on the cross for all of our sins, God the Father now sees us as righteous and justified before His very eyes - now and for all of eternity, even though we are all still sinners! Talk about an incredible pardon!
Here are two very powerful verses showing us that we have now all been made perfectly righteous and perfectly justified before God the Father as a result of Jesus dying on the cross for all of our sins.
So not only do we get a full pardon and a full remission for all of our sins, but we now get to be made perfectly righteous before God the Father Himself. Righteousness and Redemption - what more could we ask for!
The Bible makes it very clear as to how to receive the Gift of Eternal Salvation from God the Father:
This acceptance of Jesus as your personal Lord and Savior must be confessed out loud before God the Father. It does not have to be done in a church. This can happen to anyone at anytime at any place. It can be done in the privacy of one's own bedroom. Here are three specific verses showing all of the above points.
Notice the last verse says to confess with your mouth, and with the mouth confession is made to receive salvation. This means just saying a good, basic salvation prayer out loud direct to God the Father from your heart.
Below is a good, basic salvation prayer to give to someone who wants to get saved by accepting Jesus as his personal Lord and Savior. Some people call this the "Sinners Prayer." Others call it a basic salvation prayer. Either title will work.
Say the following prayer out loud, believe it from your heart and you will be saved.
Dear Father,
I now believe that Jesus Christ is Your only begotten Son, that He came to our earth in the flesh and died on the cross to take away all of my sins and the sins of this world. I believe that Jesus Christ then rose from the dead on the third day to give all of us eternal life.
Lord Jesus,
I now confess to You all of the wrong and sinful things I have ever done in my life. I ask that You please forgive Me and wash away all of my sins by the blood that You have personally shed for me on the cross. I am now ready to accept You as my personal Lord and Savior. I now ask that You come into my life and live with Me for all of eternity.
Father, Jesus - I now believe that I am truly saved and born again.
Thank you Father.
Thank you Jesus.
For more information on the above Sinner's Prayer, we have another article in our site in the Prayer section titled "The Sinner's Prayer." In this article, we give you some additional information as to what goes on behind the scenes in the spiritual realm when God does start to move in on someone in an effort to try and get them saved.
All of the above are what I call the basics to understanding what eternal salvation through Jesus Christ is really all about. I'll be doing other articles on what it really means to be born again, as this comes off the story of Adam and Eve.
To lead someone into eternal salvation through Jesus Christ is really a work of the Holy Spirit. I will show you how God the Father will set people up, and why every Christian needs to be open and sensitive to letting God, through the Holy Spirit, direct you as to who you should witness to and exactly how to go about it. Now that your are saved, God wants you to become a fisherman for Him.
All of the above Scripture verses will give you major live ammunition to use when trying to get someone saved. The Holy Spirit will really move on someone if you stay with His leadings as to when to witness to that someone and exactly how to go about it.
According to the Bible, the greatest thing we can accomplish in this life is to get another person saved and brought home to the Lord - because with the gift of eternal salvation comes the gift of eternal life - which means that when we die, we will be able to enter into heaven to be with God, Jesus, the Holy Spirit, all of Their angels and all of our saved loved ones who have passed away and are now living in heaven.
To bring a person into that reality after they die is the greatest thing you can do for another human being! It is the ultimate superman scenario. You are literally saving their eternal life. I don't believe there is any other accomplishment that will bring about as much fulfillment as this one act will do.
I'll leave you with 16 good verses from the Bible showing you the extreme importance on God being able to use each and every one of us to get other people saved.
If you believe the Holy Bible is truly the inspired and infallible Word of our God, then there is absolutely no other interpretation or spin that you can put on the above verses. God the Father has made it as clear as He possibly could with the way that He has worded all of the above Scripture verses.
Bottom line - God's free gift of eternal salvation can only be received by accepting His Son Jesus Christ and the blood that He has personally shed for each and everyone of us on that day He died on the cross.
There is no other way into the kingdom of God! We either come through the blood and the cross - or we don't come through at all!


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Bruce Warner
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First appointed: February 20, 2012
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Bruce Warner is the president of The Warner Group LLC, which is involved in transportation, land use and management consulting.He has more than 32 years of directorial experience in a broad range of public works, public administration, economic development, land use and transportation.
As the former executive director for the Portland Development Commission, Warner was responsible for the overall leadership and management of the City's redevelopment, housing, and economic development programs and projects.
He has also served as the director for the Oregon Department of Transportation, the director of Land Use and Transportation for Washington County, a city engineer/building official for the City of Hillsboro, and the chief operating officer and director of Regional Environmental Management at Metro.
Joe Esmonde
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First appointed: June 4, 2013
Current term expires: March 31, 2018
Joe Esmonde is the Business Representative for the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 48, a labor union that represents active members and retirees who work in a wide variety of fields, including utilities, construction, telecommunications, broadcasting, manufacturing, railroads and government. Esmonde has been a part of the organization for 25 years.
Originally from Philadelphia, PA, Esmonde received his Bachelors Degree from Wheeling Jesuit University in West Virginia. After moving to Portland, Esmonde completed a five-year apprenticeship with the IBEW training center and has been a distinguished member since. He has served on many boards including several health and pension trusts boards.
Esmonde rides bus lines 44 and 45, which serve his neighborhood, and is also a frequent rider of Portland Streetcar. Esmonde and his family have lived in Southwest Portland since 1980.
Shelley MartinEmail Shelley
District 3: SW Portland Map (PDF)
First appointed: June 1, 2015
Current term expires: May 31, 2019
Shelley Martin is a labor and associate relations specialist at Fred Meyer, Inc. She has years of experience advising on labor and employee issues at more than 100 stores across four states.
Martin offers an experienced perspective on matters of finance and policy, including administration of collective bargaining agreements. Her professional achievements are matched by her dedication to groups including Junior Achievement and the Tualatin Chamber of Commerce.
Martin is a native Oregonian living in Tualatin, and her interest lies in maintaining the agency's integrity while creating a safe and efficient transportation experience.
Lori Irish BaumanEmail Lori
District 4: SE Portland Map (PDF)
First appointed: June 1, 2015
Current term expires: May 31, 2019
Lori Irish Bauman is senior counsel at Ater Wynne, LLP, a Portland-based law firm. Her years of practice focusing on business litigation have brought her to forums including the Oregon Supreme Court and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, where she has briefed and argued appeals.
Bauman's experience as a member of the board of directors of Catholic Charities of Oregon has informed her interest in supporting and enhancing services to people with disabilities. Additionally, her service on the Multnomah County Library Advisory Board and with non-profits such as the City Club of Portland has familiarized her with a host of public policy and governance issues.
Bauman, a resident of Southeast Portland, looks to serve the region's diverse population while advancing economic development.
Dr. T. Allen Bethel
Board Vice President
District 5: N and NE Portland Map (PDF)
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First appointed: March 1, 2010
Current term expires: February 28, 2018
Dr. T. Allen Bethel is the senior pastor of Maranatha Church of God, where he has served since July 1994. He is also involved in many civic activities, including serving on the boards of Warner Pacific College, North Portland Bible College and the Albina Ministerial Alliance.
Dr. Bethel has extensive experience with mass transit and public involvement with organizations and businesses in the Portland region and will work to ensure transit, project development and community involvement are all closely aligned. As part of the "Big Dig" project in Boston, MA, he served as chair of a task force charged with managing the relocation of a light rail line, the public meetings about the relocation, and the design and construction of the necessary new stations.
He earned a bachelor of theology degree from Kansas City College and Bible School, graduating cum laude with further study from the Nazarene Theological Seminary. Dr. Bethel also has a master's in religious education from Gordon Conwell Theological Seminary and an honorary doctorate from the Southern California School of Ministry.
Travis Stovall
District 6: E Multnomah County Map (PDF)
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First appointed: February 20, 2012
Current term expires: February 19, 2016
Travis Stovall is president of The Stovall Group, a consulting firm he founded to assist start-up businesses and companies looking to grow and reorganize. As a healthcare administrator, he has directed multi-million dollar development projects.
Stovall is active in the community and has been recognized for his leadership of the Gresham Area Chamber of Commerce.
He holds a degree in Business Administration and Finance from Union College in Lincoln, Nebraska.
Craig Prosser
District 7: Clackamas County Map (PDF)
Email Craig
First appointed: December 1, 2011
Current term expires: February 28, 2018
Craig Prosser is recently retired after six years as the City of Tigard's city manager. During that time, he made major improvements to two key intersections on Pacific Highway, funded in part by the City's first local gas tax. He also oversaw the City's recent bond rating upgrade from A1 to AA, a two-level increase during difficult economic times.
Prosser has been in public service for more than 35 years. Prior to his role as Tigard's city manager, he served for six years as their finance director, developing the city's annual operating budget and five year financial forecast. He was also instrumental in putting together a consortium of 24 Oregon cities to conduct the state's first joint audit of a utility franchise (Portland General Electric), recovering $3.2 million for the consortium cities. Prosser served over six years as Metro's Financial Planning Manager, supervising the Financial Planning Division, developing the annual operating budget, and instituting Metro's first five-year Capital Improvement Plan.
He served on the Lake Oswego City Council from 1995 to 2000 and on the board of directors at the Three Rivers Land Conservancy from 2000 to 2004 (including two years as the Three Rivers Land Conservancy's treasurer). He is currently a member of the Lake Oswego Budget Committee.
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Low Temperature Growth of In2O3and InN Nanocrystals on Si(111) via Chemical Vapour Deposition Based on the Sublimation of NH4Cl in In
1 Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, Materials Science Group, Nanostructured Materials and Devices Laboratory, University of Cyprus, P.O. Box 20537, 1678, Nicosia, Cyprus
2 Department of Physics, Research Centre of Ultrafast Science, University of Cyprus, P.O. Box 20537, 1678, Nicosia, Cyprus
Nanoscale Research Letters 2009, 4:491-497 doi:10.1007/s11671-009-9266-1Published: 21 February 2009
Indium oxide (In2O3) nanocrystals (NCs) have been obtained via atmospheric pressure, chemical vapour deposition (APCVD) on Si(111) via the direct oxidation of In with Ar:10% O2at 1000 °C but also at temperatures as low as 500 °C by the sublimation of ammonium chloride (NH4Cl) which is incorporated into the In under a gas flow of nitrogen (N2). Similarly InN NCs have also been obtained using sublimation of NH4Cl in a gas flow of NH3. During oxidation of In under a flow of O2the transfer of In into the gas stream is inhibited by the formation of In2O3around the In powder which breaks up only at high temperatures, i.e.T > 900 °C, thereby releasing In into the gas stream which can then react with O2leading to a high yield formation of isolated 500 nm In2O3octahedrons but also chains of these nanostructures. No such NCs were obtained by direct oxidation forTG < 900 °C. The incorporation of NH4Cl in the In leads to the sublimation of NH4Cl into NH3and HCl at around 338 °C which in turn produces an efficient dispersion and transfer of the whole In into the gas stream of N2where it reacts with HCl forming primarily InCl. The latter adsorbs onto the Si(111) where it reacts with H2O and O2leading to the formation of In2O3nanopyramids on Si(111). The rest of the InCl is carried downstream, where it solidifies at lower temperatures, and rapidly breaks down into metallic In upon exposure to H2O in the air. Upon carrying out the reaction of In with NH4Cl at 600 °C under NH3as opposed to N2, we obtain InN nanoparticles on Si(111) with an average diameter of 300 nm.


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Ford recorded a 45% hike in auto sales in China in May with record sales of passenger vehicles.
The Dearborn-based automaker sold 70,540 passenger vehicles last month in China.
The Focus compact car remains the top-selling nameplate in China. The new Focus as well as an older generation of the car that is still available, combined for 27,345 sales last month, up from 23,140 a year earlier. So far this year, Focus sales are up 87%. Some of the boost comes from Fords decision to build the new Focus in China.
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|Serum calciotropic hormone levels, and dental fluorisis in children exposed to different concentrations of fluoride and iodine in drinking water.
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|PMID: 20368085 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE
|BACKGROUND: High fluoride exposure can result in dental fluorosis. Fluoride and iodine are coexistent in the drinking water of areas in China and may affect the prevalence of dental fluorosis and osteogenesis. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between serum calciotropic hormone level, and dental fluorisis in children exposed to different concentrations of fluoride and iodine in drinking water. METHODS: A pilot study was conducted in three villages located in the Kaifeng and Tongxu counties of Henan Province, China in 2006. Children aged 8 to 12 years, born and raised in the three villages were recruited. The fluoride levels in the samples of urine from these children were detected by fluoride ion selective electrode. Calcitonin and osteocalcin levels in the serum, and serum calcium were measured by radioimmunassay and flame atomic absorption spectrometry, respectively. RESULTS: Fluoride levels in urine were significantly lower in children from control area (CA) as compared with those from the high fluoride & iodine areas (HFIA) and the high fluoride area (HFA) (P < 0.05 respectively), and no statistically significant difference was found between the children from HFIA and HFA. Additionally, calcitonin levels in the serum were significantly lower in children from CA and HFA as compared with that from HFIA (P < 0.05 respectively), and osteocalcin levels in the serum was lower in children from CA than those from HFIA (P < 0.05). No statistically significant difference in serum osteocalcin concentrations was found between children from HFA and HFIA. CONCLUSION: This study provides an evidence that iodine exposure may modify the serum calciotropic hormone levels related to fluorine exposure.
|Yue Ba; Jiang-yuan Zhu; Yue-jin Yang; Bo Yu; Hui Huang; Gang Wang; Li-jun Ren; Xue-min Cheng; Liu-xin Cui; Ya-wei Zhang
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Improving Public Safety Communications in the 800 MHz Band
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News Media Information 202 / 418-0500445 12th St., S.W.
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Washington, D.C. 20554
Released: August 10, 2012
WT Docket 02-55
Comment Date: August 24, 2012
The Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau seeks comment on Nextel Communications,
Incorporated's petition for temporary waiver of Section 90.210 of the Commission's rules (emission
mask), codified at 47 C.F.R § 90.210, relative to the mobile and portable radios used in the 800 MHz
public safety communications system, call signs WPQF924 and WNMD429, licensed to Genesee County,
New York.1 The request for a temporary waiver, if granted, would permit the Genesee County mobile
and portable radios -- but not base stations -- to be operated with 5 kilohertz frequency deviation, thereby
accommodating Genesee County's Four-Level Recovery for Extended Distance (FRED) encryption
Interested parties may file comments on or before the dates listed on the first page of this Public
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request(s) to which the comments are directed. Parties may file comments using: (1) the Commission's
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1 Nextel Communications, Inc. Petition for Temporary Waiver, Aug. 7, 2012 (Petition). Nextel Communications,
Inc. (Nextel) is a wholly owned subsidiary of Sprint Nextel Corp. Id at 1 . The Petition may be viewed by accessing
the Commission's Electronic Comment Filing System (ECFS) at http://apps.fcc.gov/ecfs/.
2 Four-Level Recovery for Extended Distance (FRED) is a modulation scheme used within certain Motorola
simulcast systems to improve coverage of encrypted channels in a simulcast network. FRED will not reliably
operate on the inbound link (mobile/portable-to-base) with the 4 kilohertz deviation required to meet the emission
mask applicable to NPSPAC channels. Accordingly, Nextel proposes that the Genesee County portable and mobile
radios operate with 5 kilohertz deviation, which would result in their waveform exceeding the emission mask
applicable to NPSPAC channels. See 47 C.F.R. § 90.210. Nextel proposes that the waiver terminate if and when
Genesee County discontinues use of its FRED encryption. Petition at 6-7.
3 See Electronic Filing of Documents in Rulemaking Proceedings, GC Docket No. 97-113, Report and Order, 13
FCC Rcd 11322 (1998).
If multiple docket or rulemaking numbers appear in the caption of this proceeding, ECFS filers
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While families are enjoying some quality time together in the snow, many skiers and boarders were ecstatic to see an ivivva pop-up store in Whistler Village.
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We only have a month to meet all the amazing athletes travelling through Whistler. Our pop-up store is only open from Dec. 6 until Jan. 6, 2014.
3) complimentary yoga everyday
We have complimentary in-store yoga classes everyday at 4:30pm to stretch out sore ski muscles. Some girls have been coming everyday during their winter vacations.
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what's the coolest thing about our pop-up store?
Straight from the lips of our store educator Justine: the girls! (yes, you.)
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