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Arlington County has enjoyed near-perfect weather today, with blue skies, plenty of sun and a high of only 82. What better way to celebrate the end of a beautiful summer day than to attend one of three outdoor concerts taking place this evening?
Summer concert series Rock at the Row kicks off tonight at 7 p.m. in Pentagon Row's plaza area (1101 S. Joyce Street) with Bon Jovi cover band Slippery When Wet. The concert series also includes a VIP section with craft beers and food samples.
Residents less enamored of Bon Jovi can head over to Rosslyn for its "Throwback Thursday" concert in Freedom Park (1101 Wilson Blvd). Tonight's concert features Baltimore-based cover band Sly 45. It's the last scheduled Throwback Thursday concert until September.
Also tonight, the Village at Shirlington (2700 S. Quincy Street) will hold its weekly Shirlala music festival, which started in June. Playing from 6:30-8:30 p.m. will be alternative rock band Lloyd Dobler Effect. In addition to the live music, there will be $5 wine tasting courtesy of local cheese and wine bar Cheesetique.
All three concert series are free and open to the public. Rock at the Row's lineup was announced earlier this summer. Shirlala's remaining performances are below.
- July 23: Paul Pfau (pop, rock and blues)
- July 30: Ewabo (reggae and tropical steel drums)
- August 6: The Morrison Brothers Band (Southern rock)
- August 13: Dan Haas Trio (pop rock)
- August 20: King Teddy (swing)
- August 27: Sandra Dean Band ft. Daryl Davis (50s and 60s tribute)
Photo via lloyddoblereffect.com
Crystal City's upcoming, eighth annual Twilighter 5K will give runners the opportunity to pound the pavement in the cooler hours of a summer evening.
The race is scheduled to kick off at 8:30 p.m. on Saturday, July 25. The relatively flat course will start and finish at 2121 Crystal Drive, between 20th and 23rd Streets.
The opportunity for a twilight run isn't the event's only selling point: there will also be a post-race party with deals on drinks and food at several local establishments, as well as cash prizes for the course's top finishers.
Pacers, the run organizer, is billing the race as a great way for high school cross country runners or teams to get energized for the upcoming season. Runners can sign up online; registration is $40 for adults and $20 for high school students.
The run is sponsored by the Crystal City Business Improvement District, an ARLnow.com advertiser, and Vornado/Charles E Smith.
Photo via Crystal City BID
Parents and teachers at Barrett Elementary have started a weekly outdoor library to encourage kids to keep reading during their vacation.
The program, Barret Book Blast, was created by the Family and Community Engagement committee at Barrett Elementary as a way to combat the seemingly inevitable "summer slide" in reading comprehension.
The outdoor library can be found every Friday from 4:30 – 5:30 p.m. outside of the Gates of Ballston Community Center (4108 4th Street N.). At the weekly event, which is run by Barrett Elementary teachers on an entirely volunteer basis, neighborhood kids can check out up to three books or listen to a librarian from Arlington Public Library read some stories.
Barrett Elementary teacher Emily Sonenshine estimates that on June 19, the program's second week, almost 65 children came by to check out books and visit their teachers. Sonenshine added that attendance at the weekly checkout hour has been consistently on the rise.
This Friday will mark the program's fourth week. Sonenshine says the events are scheduled to continue through the summer, ending Aug. 28.
The books for the outdoor library were supplied by donations from Books for America and Donors Choose, as well as neighborhood donations.
Photos courtesy Emily Sonenshine and Jen Flores
Two summer concert series in Arlington will feature cover bands paying homage to the best music the 80s and 90s had to offer, big hair, goofy sunglasses and all.
Pentagon Row has announced the line up for "Rock at the Row," and Rosslyn's "Throwback Thursdays" has five performances remaining.
"Rock at the Row" is in its 13th year, with concerts starting next month. The performances will take place Thursday evenings from July 16 to August 20 in Pentagon Row's plaza area. In addition to the music, there will be craft beers and food samples in a VIP section.
The schedule, below, includes several locally-known cover and tribute bands, as well as a special Saturday evening concert by the 257th Army Band:
- July 16: Slippery When Wet (Bon Jovi tribute)
- July 23: Kristen and the Noise (cover band)
- July 30: White Ford Bronco (90s cover)
- August 1: 257th Army Band (special Saturday night concert)
- August 6: The Reagan Years (80s tribute)
- August 13: The Rockets (cover band)
- August 20: Gonzo's Nose (cover band)
All performances start at 7 p.m. and are free and open to the public.
If "Rock at the Row" isn't enough of a music fix, residents can head to Freedom Park (1101 Wilson Blvd.) and check out Rosslyn's "Throwback Thursdays".
The series features cover bands "embracing the best of the 80s and 90s," according to the event page.
Performances were scheduled to start the first Thursday of this month (June 4), but that evening's concert by The Reflex was rained out and has not yet been rescheduled.
The series kicked off June 11 with a performance by Flannel Junkies. It was to be followed last Thursday (June 18) by Toxic Mouse, but that concert was cancelled due to bad weather.
The five remaining performances, below, are scheduled to take place this tomorrow evening (June 25) and every Thursday evening in September:
- June 25: Lloyd Dobbler Effect (cover band)
- Sept 3: White Ford Bronco (90s cover)
- Sept 10: Back To Zero (cover band)
- Sept 17: Herr Metal (80s cover)
- Sept 24: Hand Painted Swinger (cover band)
Concerts start at 6 p.m. and are free and open to the public. Washington Wine Academy plans to offer $5 beer and wine to those of age at all remaining performances.
Photo via thereaganyears.com
Graduation Live Streaming Nixed — Arlington Public Schools canceled internet live streaming of its high school graduation ceremonies this year due to budget cuts. Graduation ceremonies has been streamed online for the past two years. [InsideNova]
Police Foot Chase in Pentagon City — Last night, after the Pentagon City mall was evacuated due to a power outage, mall security spotted two men lingering and entering closed stores. Police were given a lookout and one of the alleged suspects was spotted outside the mall. A foot chase ensured and the man was apprehended behind nearby Pentagon Row. No word yet on any changes.
Economic Chief Has a Plan For Arlington — New Arlington Economic Development Director Victor Hoskins says he has a plan for economic growth in the county that will reduce the county's office vacancy rate from the current 21 percent to 10 percent over the next six years. The plan includes "a mix of much more aggressive marketing efforts, incentives and other government aid, and the help of 'frenemies' in competing local governments such as the District and Alexandria." [Washington Business Journal]
A-Town Plans 'Sunday Funday' Summer Kickoff — "Ballston's rowdiest bar," A-Town Bar and Grill, will be kicking off its summer "Sunday Fundays" this weekend with "squirt guns, beach balls, popsicles, barbecue, water balloons" and multiple DJs. [Clarendon Nights]
First Week of Summer — This is the first full week of summer and the first full week of summer break for Arlington public school students. High schools, middle schools and elementary schools let out for the summer on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday of last week, respectively. School will begin again on Tuesday, Sept. 8, the day after Labor Day. [Arlington Public Schools]
Bus Enforcement Begins on Memorial Bridge — Police will reportedly begin enforcing the 10-ton load limit on the corroding Memorial Bridge today, effectively banning "most buses." [Patch]
Realtors: Presidential Election Will Have Little Impact — The upcoming 2016 presidential election won't have much of an impact on the real estate market, most local realtors interviewed by the Sun Gazette said. According to one: "It affects the market some because we have turnover, but nobody leaves Washington. Those who leave office become lobbyists and buy bigger houses. If there is a change in parties, those coming to town rent." [InsideNova]
Arlington to Reach Out to the 'Casual' Cyclist — Arlington County is working with a Vancouver-based communication firm on a video documentary project that will reach out to and encourage casual cycling as a means of transportation. The idea seems to be to deemphasize the Lycra-clad image of "Capital 'C'" cycling in favor of more casual, fashionable and lower-speed cycling. However, in the comments of the linked article on the county's Mobility Lab blog, some "lifestyle" cyclists don't seem to like the idea of dividing cyclists into two different groups. [Mobility Lab]
Flickr pool photo by Brian Irwin
Arlington residents willing to brave the summer heat have a few more options for outdoor entertainment starting this month.
Outdoor movie festivals at Market Common Clarendon and Penrose Square on Columbia Pike have both announced their weekly lineups.
"Dinner and a Movie on the Loop" will take place on four consecutive Thursday evenings at Market Common Clarendon (2700 Clarendon Blvd), starting this week. The event was started last year as Now Playing at the Loop.
Market Common has added dinner to the mix this year, with a different local restaurant is providing a fixed-price meal before each movie, beginning at 7:45 p.m. In addition, guests can round out their family-friendly cinematic experience with free candy, popcorn and water.
All movies start at 8:30 p.m. and are free and open to the public. The schedule is as follows:
- June 18 — How To Train Your Dragon 2
- June 25 — Grown Ups
- July 2 — The Sandlot
- July 9 — The Wizard of Oz
Summer Movies @Penrose Square, a free outdoor movie series at Penrose Square (2597 Columbia Pike), started last Saturday (June 13).
The event, sponsored by the Columbia Pike Revitalization Organization, will continue into September. The schedule is as follows:
- June 20 — The Hundred Foot Journey (8:45 p.m.)
- June 27 — Now You See Me (8:45 p.m.)
- July 11 — The Imitation Game (8:45 p.m.)
- July 18 — Enough Said (8:45 p.m.)
- July 25 — The Grand Budapest Hotel (8:30 p.m.)
- Aug 1 — Life of Pi (8:30 p.m.)
- Aug 8 — Chef (8:15 p.m.)
- Aug 15 — Birdman (8:15 p.m.)
- Aug 22 — The Second Best Marigold Hotel (8:15 p.m.)
- Aug 29 — How to Train Your Dragon (8:00 p.m.)
- Sept 5 — Big Hero 6 (7:45 p.m.)
- Sept 12 — X-men: Days of Future Past (7:30 p.m.)
- Sept 19 — Interstellar (7:15 p.m.)
Guests are encouraged to bring their own chairs or blankets to both festivals.
CPRO is also sponsoring another movie festival on the Pike this summer. Starting on August 16, CPRO will screen a movie every Sunday until September 20 at the Arlington Mill Community Center.
The movies at Arlington Mill will start at dusk. A schedule is expected to be announced mid-July.
Starting today, Clarendon residents will have an additional option for dinner every Thursday, courtesy of a new weekly gathering of food trucks.
The DMV Food Truck Association is helping to organize Clarendon Food Truck Thursdays, which will bring two to five food trucks to the corner of North Irving Street and Washington Boulevard from 6:30-8:30 p.m. every Thursday for the rest of the summer and part of fall.
The truck lineup will change from week to week. Tonight features Arepa Zone, which offers Central and South American cuisine, and Bada Bing, which slings cheesesteaks and other "sangweeches."
Weather permitting, Food Truck Thursdays will continue through the end of October.
Clarendon co-working company Link Locale began Food Truck Thursdays last summer. This year, the food truck association is organizing the weekly event in partnership with Link Locale.
"Clarendon Food Truck Thursdays are a great option for Arlington residents looking for affordable, freshly prepared and quick bites for dinner,"said the association's executive director, Che Ruddell-Tabisola.
The Crystal City Business Improvement District has revealed the lineup for its annual outdoor summer movie festival. The theme this year: espionage.
The movies begin on June 1 at sunset with "Mission: Impossible." Other spy-themed movies include "RED," "Argo" and the "Bourne Identity" series.
The movies are shown weekly on Monday at sunset — around 8:30 p.m. — and are held rain or shine, except in the event of dangerous weather.
Families are encouraged to bring a blanket to the free event. The outdoor "theater" is located in the courtyard of an office building at 1851 S. Bell Street.
The lineup is:
- June 1 — Mission: Impossible
- June 8 — Mission: Impossible II
- June 15 — Mission: Impossible III
- June 22 — Mission: Impossible- Ghost Protocol
- June 29 — Charlie Wilson's War
- July 6 — RED
- July 13 — Argo
- July 20 — Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
- July 27 — Body of Lies
- Aug. 3 — Enemy of the State
- Aug. 10 — The Bourne Identity
- Aug. 17 — The Bourne Supremacy
- Aug. 24 — The Bourne Ultimatum
- Aug. 31 — The Bourne Legacy
If Monday's weather didn't tell you that spring and summer are just around the corner, then this will: Arlington County is looking for summer camp volunteers.
The county looks for teenagers every year to help plan and lead activities for the young children who attend the camps. Volunteers must be 13 years or older by May 1 and at least two years older than the campers they supervise.
Arlington is offering more than 100 different camps this summer for kids from ages 3 to 13, in everything from fly fishing to ultimate Frisbee to "fashion boot camp."
Volunteers work for four, non-consecutive weeks in the program of their choosing, but not everyone is guaranteed a spot in the most popular activities. Teens and parents can download the volunteer application and send it to:
Hadyn Kihm
Department of Parks and Recreation
Volunteer Office
Langston Brown Community Center
2121 N. Culpeper Street
Arlington, VA 22207
Applications received after May 1 may be put on a waiting list, depending on demand. Parents interested in registering a camper for this summer can do so online.
Photo via Arlington Parks and Recreation
Even though school is open and traffic is back up to nightmarish levels, summer isn't officially over until the autumnal equinox on Sept. 23.
To celebrate the dwindling days of the season, the Columbia Pike Revitalization Organization and Trinity Episcopal Church are hosting "Beach on the Pike" on Saturday (Sept. 13), a day-and-night-long, beach-themed event around Penrose Square, at the intersection of S. Barton Street and the Pike.
The festivities kick off at 8:30 a.m., with registration for Bike to the Beach, which starts at 9:30 and takes cyclists throughout the Penrose and Arlington Heights neighborhoods. Events then continue on until well after midnight.
From 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., four Pike restaurants — RedRocks, Taqueria Poblano, P. Brennan's and Twisted Vines — will be hosting "Brunch on the Beach." The restaurants will be offering their normal brunch menus, but 10 percent of the proceeds will go to benefit the Arlington Free Clinic and the Northern Virginia branch of the Samaritan Ministry. Parties with six or more at the restaurants will get free leis.
Starting at 4:30 p.m., the real beach-themed events get started on the square. Live music from local band Nick, Ian and the Machine, demonstrations for children, games, and beach balls will accompany a beer and wine garden in front of RedRocks, with 9th Road S. closed for the day to give the feel of a block party, according to event organizer Denese Canedo.
During the festivities, Taqueria Poblano and L.A. Bar and Grill will be selling boxes of food for $8 a piece, and a dollar from each box will also be going to the two charities.
"There are a lot of free activities and things to enjoy," Canedo, a member of Trinity, said. "We wanted opportunities for people to not just spend and help us raise funds, but just to come out and enjoy."
At 7:30 p.m. CPRO will show the movie "A Shark Tale" outdoors at Penrose Square. After the movie, at 9:30 p.m., RedRocks takes over with Beach On the Rocks, a continuation of the block party, with more live music, drinks and dancing. That event is scheduled to go until 2:00 a.m., according to the Facebook page.
CPRO won't be trucking in sand to create a faux beach at Penrose Square, but attendees are encouraged to wear Hawaiian shirts and other beach-y attire to set the mood.
County Offices Closed for Labor Day — Arlington County government offices will be closed Monday for Labor Day. Pools and ART buses will operate on a holiday schedule. Trash collection will proceed as normal, but mulch delivery will be suspended. Parking meters will not be enforced. [Arlington County]
Last Outdoor Films of the Season — Rosslyn will be hosting its last outdoor film of the summer tonight. "Horrible Bosses" is slated to run from 8:00-10:00 p.m. at Gateway Park (1300 Lee Highway). The Columbia Pike Revitalization Organization, meanwhile, gets the honor of hosting Arlington's last outdoor film of the summer. "Gravity" will be shown at Penrose Square (2503 Columbia Pike) Saturday starting around 7:30 p.m. [Rosslyn BID, CPRO]
Courthouse: 'A Hot Spot Getting Hotter' — Courthouse "is on the cusp of being reinvented" says a county planner. Its walkability, abundance of retail and park proximity have all helped to contribute to its increasing desirability among homebuyers. [Washington Post]
Arlington GOP Adopts Local Platform — Billed as its "first local platform," the Arlington County Republican Committee approved a set of five guiding principles Wednesday. [InsideNova]
Photo courtesy Kenneth Edward Piner
(Updated at 1:15 p.m.) Pre-schoolers and elementary school students can do a lot more than read at Arlington libraries this summer.
Early last month, Arlington Public Library rolled out seven STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) kits — one for each branch — to encourage children to get hands-on experience with science in conjunction with its science-themed "Fizz, Boom, Read" summer reading program.
"The kids can come in, they can play with the kits, they can read books that correspond with the themes," Anne Womack, the library's youth collections librarian, said. "We saw other libraries doing this, and STEM is really important, so we thought we should do it, too. The kits are something to make kids see that science can be fun and hands on."
The kits are for engineering (as pictured above), earth science, the human body, insects, plants, a "snap circuit" for basic electronics and weather. Each one is designed so children can play independently.
"The girl who built the bridge in that picture, she did it on her own," Womack said. "She read the instructions and just did it. It's just hands-on science activities for the kids, not something that has to be parent or teacher-led."
Each kit has components for young children and late-elementary schoolers. They were paid for and partly designed by Dan Cross-Cole, a retired engineer. Womack was sitting in her office early this spring when she was told "there is a guy in the lobby looking for you."
It was Cross-Cole, who told her he "wanted to design some science projects for kids," Womack said. Library staff had already been discussing building the kits because they had seen them at other library systems, so Womack instantly agreed. Cross-Cole arranged to have the project paid for by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).
"[Cross-Cole] was a miracle," Womack said. "He just came to us out of the blue… [IEEE] paid for everything, and they've been really helpful in this process."
The kits will rotate throughout the library system for the rest of the summer. After the summer reading program is finished, Womack said they plan to circulate them among the different branches of the library.
Photo (top) courtesy Arlington Public Library. Bottom photo courtesy Anne Womack
It should be a comfortable weather week, with high temperatures in the mid-to-lower 80s through Friday.
With July, usually the hottest month of the year, coming to close this week, it appears that the D.C. region has dodged the usual 100+ degree heat waves of summers past.
In fact, the area seems to have had an inordinate number of relatively mild days this summer.
The Arlington County Fire Department will hold its second free firefighting summer camp this weekend to immerse girls in the demands of fire service.
From Friday to Sunday, 24 campers will stay at Marymount University with six female firefighter "camp mentors" as chaperons. With the guidance of ACFD instructors, the 13 to 17-year-old girls will learn about physical fitness, emergency medical procedures, fire history and fire behavior.
"This is hands on, so it shows them they're physically capable of doing it," ACFD spokesperson Sarah Marchegiani said."Most young girls are not encouraged to join the fire service or any physical career at all."
Although one of the camp's goals is to build self-esteem, the camp will encourage girls to consider careers as firefighters by giving them a real taste of the firefighter experience, according to Marchegiani. All campers will complete a CPR training course to become CPR certified, have fire extinguisher training and eat meals in the firehouse with ACFD firefighters. During one of Friday's activities, ACFD staff will burn a mock bedroom to show campers how a fire acts in such a situation.
Last year, Arlington held its first girls' firefighting camp. The CPR class is new to the camp this year, and campers will have more opportunities to handle firefighting equipment than they did last year, Marchegiani said.
"We think it's more important to build confidence in these girls and teach them to not limit themselves," Marchegiani said. "We anticipate the effects of this are more long term."
While ACFD is known for hiring the first female firefighter in the U.S. in 1974, it's comprised of less than 7 percent female, career firefighters on average, which is higher than the national average at 4 percent. The ACFD wants to encourage more young women to see themselves in a fire service career.
The ACFD increased camp registration size from 16 girls to 24 girls this year as a result of more firefighters assisting.The camp's registration is full, but ACFD plans to hold the camp every summer.


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Avon support thread #9
Started by Georgie Boy , Dec 16 2010 05:54 AM
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Posted 16 December 2010 - 05:54 AM
Time for a new thread link to old
Could members please note enquiries to Avon consultants are not to be posted on the boards please use the pm system or contact Avon direct.Threads of this nature will be deleted
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Posted 16 December 2010 - 10:48 PM
I'll take GOLD!
Got a nice surprise in my delivery yesterday...4 free products! 2 lip balms and 2 black suede body spray's. Nice one Avon!
Posted 17 December 2010 - 04:06 PM
I've never been in the top three before, so SILVER.
Aiden_mama, was that your campaign 3 delivery?
I put out both books 3 and 4 and have had hardly any interest in 4. Mustn't be much in it!
Anyway, unless I'm back here on Monday griping about a complete stuffup with my campaign 3 delivery, I would like to wish all of you a very merry christmas and for those who don't celebrate christmas, have a lovely relaxing time!
Edited by fancie, 17 December 2010 - 04:07 PM.
Posted 07 January 2011 - 08:54 AM
Well my last two campaigns have been a total waste of time!! I put in my order last night for campaign 4 and its the worst order i have ever had to put it i had to boost it up with stuff for myself :S
I am actually going to give up one of my areas which is further from home and recanvas my area close to my house which I can walk, problem is our district manager has now been shipped off to another area and we have stand in managers who are flat out and before we were able to get our managers spare books etc and if i recanvas with books i am going to have to buy them :S arghh.
Anyway over the whole Avon thing right now, its raining its yukky and I managed an hour sleep
Happy New Year All
Posted 08 January 2011 - 01:19 AM
You're not alone, Leisa-Jane!
Campaign 4 for me was also disastrous. 3 customers!
Although it was supposedly a new year sale catalogue - I think the whole book was a bit boring to be honest and the bargains were much better in the campaign 3 book.
I also topped the order up with the 'stationery' I needed. I ordered enough to keep me going for the next year I think!
Why not recanvass with the campaign 4 books you already have and if anyone is interested great, just backorder - if no one is interested, nothing lost.
I only found out in mid-Dec that extra books were available when my district manager sent me an sms saying she had plenty and asked if I wanted any to recanvass. Yeah like I would have time one week out from christmas to recanvass.
happy new year - let's hope business improves!
Posted 09 January 2011 - 11:08 AM
Hi ladies
Unfortunately everyone at this time of year will not be having good campiagns, everyone is recovering frim Christmas, going on holidays and getting kids ready to go back to school.
This is the low period which is why we are given the incentive of the knife set is you place an order every campaign in this low period.
Please don't get dishearted by your sales they should pick up in the nest couple of campaigns.
Posted 10 January 2011 - 11:25 AM
Thanks rubylilysmum. I'm not disheartened - I know that every business is cyclical - I was just a bit surprised - I expected a fairly big downturn as I had in previous campaigns immediately after christmas but in comparing 04/2010 to 04/2011 I am down 20 customers and have dropped from over $500 in sales to $100 this time. Still I'll pick myself up, dust myself off and keep going!
Posted 18 January 2011 - 10:08 AM
Happy New Year everyone....
Did anyone else have a "laugh" reading the apology from Avon management about the preChristmas fiasco?
Not only that, but I'm now on my second lost order in 4 campaigns. I was so ready to jump in to the New Year & make some $$$, & now have to grovel & apologise to my customers again & run around even more to get the next lot of orders in before they have even recieved their previous order. If Avon think I'm paying for goods I haven't received they can think again! Do you think they'll reimburse me for all the phone calls & extra fuel?
Thanks for the vent ladies, funny there's still no 2 way communication on the new Avon site isn't it
Posted 21 January 2011 - 01:05 AM
sabella, do you mean that the whole order was lost on the new system, or was lost during delivery?
Whichever way it happened that's terrible.
I'm just so cheesed off at the moment, a number of items that were shorted in campaign 2 and promised in the next order, then shorted again and once more promised in the next order (campaign 4), I have now been advised are discontinued and no longer available. Why not say so the first time. I've been advising customers not just yet, not just yet, sorry not at all.
Can you believe I am still waiting on 2 mascaras I ordered in campaign 1!
Posted 21 January 2011 - 10:09 AM
I know, this Christmas period has been just THE WORST for shorts. I was so cross because I have about $100 of orders that didn't come in time & now the customers don't want them of course. I'm not going to delete them from my order & when they come I'll send them right back for a credit - just to give Avon a taste of all the stuffing around they've given me!
& I still haven't got my C4 order, & have to put in my C5 order on Sun.... I was needing those $$ to pay for school hol activities http://www.essentialbaby.com.au/forums/sty...icons/icon7.gif.
They won't tell me what happened with my lost order, I had to wait for it to be 7 days late & they say they've sent out a replacement on Mon, but THAT hasn't arrived yet either.
I think Avon will be losing a lot of reps if they can't supply what's in the catalogs
Edited by sabella, 21 January 2011 - 10:10 AM.
Posted 28 January 2011 - 10:05 AM
I would like to pm Rachel15 but can't find her in the search function, so, if you're about, please ping me?
Posted 31 January 2011 - 09:37 AM
Poop, I just joined AVON, and now I feel really ripped off! Esp reading all your comments.
Can you tell me it will be ok! Or should I back out!
Posted 31 January 2011 - 09:28 PM
Baby~Blue~Eyes, it will be fine. Sometimes it is a bit frustrating when things don't necessarily go the way you want it, and Avon have just implemented a new internet ordering system, which unfortunately has had a few hiccoughs.
My wish would be that the company would have a way where reps could make suggestions but as it doesn't, frustration sometimes occurs.
Just remember to enjoy it.
Posted 21 February 2011 - 02:58 PM
Well I put my first order in and it arrived today. First month was rocky, but lets hope onwards and upwards this month!
I found the internet ordering easy. Lets hope it stays that way. Oh and I was only missing one item from my order, which was actually an item I ordered...
Posted 21 February 2011 - 08:55 PM
HI can I join in to.
I only recently joined Avon and I placed my second order online today. Took a while a few calls to customer service but in the end got it all working. Hope they dont leave anything out of my delivery later in the week my first order was fine. Sounds like it will eventually happen though.
Quick question from those that have been reps for a while. Did you do a territory and if so did you pick up any orders? I've done my whole territory and didn't pick up anything. My friends and family certainly wont sustain me being a rep so I really need to get those outside orders. Any tips you care to share?
Posted 23 February 2011 - 11:45 PM
Hop1, I have a territory and in my first 9 campaigns orders were over $700 in each (a few friends but not many - mostly territory customers).
Because I was given no instructions on how to canvass my territory I assumed that I needed to doorknock and speak to everyone, and so with very few exceptions, I did. If they told me they weren't interested in receiving any more books, I made of point of not going back as I think it would annoy them. However, a couple of those people have since seen me on my rounds and have requested a book.
Since then I have recanvassed, using the previous campaigns books to a few of the houses as I am lucky my territory includes my street and the couple of streets that run off it. All traffic has to pass my house LOL. So when I notice people moving out/in, I go doorknocking again. Because my territory had not had a rep for many years - at least 8, some of the people could only be described as 'excited' at the prospect of having a rep available again.
I have picked up a lot of customers through my friends and even DH. DH takes a book or two to work and leaves it on the table in the staff room and the ladies at his workplace just email their orders to me. Friends take their copy to their workplaces and share it around too.
Do you have children at school or pre-school? Perhaps you could ask the staff there if they would be interested in seeing a book. I would suggest when the pink bags and pens are available that you order a couple. Use the bag when you go to school/shopping, I still use the navy one I was given when I joined (starting to look a bit tired though), and a few mothers at school have come up and asked me if I am a rep and have then become customers.
It's a bit late and I'm having trouble thinking, so will come back with more if I can think of them.
Edited by fancie, 23 February 2011 - 11:49 PM.
Posted 24 February 2011 - 09:18 AM
I think a door knock would be the best to give you a guide of who will be interested.
The local Rep of my area dropped off Avon door hangers and asked if you were interested in viewing the next campian to contact her. If your too shy maybe this might a good way of going.
Since I have only signed up socially, I have asked friends (Not that I have many here due to moving here not long ago, But looks like DH and I will move again soon.) My mum & SIL have taken booklets to work and left on the desk also. I have asked family members.
I found that adding samples that I have had some orders of those products. Might be a fluke due to this being my 2 campaign.
My second campaign is going way better then my first. Well in saying that I have two orders but they are more then what I made on my first.
My friend use to sell Avon years ago, and she had many of the Avon products. She use to invite customers around with a simple 'bring a friend' She use to get quite a turn out and double her customers. She would have a different type of parties
* Make Up
* Feet
* Hand
* face
Or she would just leave all the products out for her clients to try.
I hope this helps, I don't have any experiance as I am only doing it socially for now. But I do look forward to moving and getting a territory. In saying that I have heard where I am moving too doesn't have any Reps!
Edited by Baby~Blue~Eyes, 24 February 2011 - 09:19 AM.
Posted 24 February 2011 - 09:26 AM
People send out e-brochure I was wondering if someone could give me information on this. I would love to be able to email my friends up North!
Posted 25 February 2011 - 01:08 PM
Thanks for the tips. I think i'll door knock next time. My area manager told me just to leave them on the door step. I did introduce myself to anyone that was outside. I'll be a bit more proactive next time. I've just been given a retirement village hoping the older market might be better. What do you think is the average age of most of your clients? I tend to look at Avon being for the older age bracket.
I need some help / advice. Something didn't turn up in my order there is no record of it being backed ordered etc. It's like it's just dropped off with no trace. What do I do. This customer really really wants it's and it not in either of the current catalogues.
Posted 25 February 2011 - 04:34 PM
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Thanks for the tips. I think i'll door knock next time. My area manager told me just to leave them on the door step. I did introduce myself to anyone that was outside. I'll be a bit more proactive next time. I've just been given a retirement village hoping the older market might be better. What do you think is the average age of most of your clients? I tend to look at Avon being for the older age bracket.
I need some help / advice. Something didn't turn up in my order there is no record of it being backed ordered etc. It's like it's just dropped off with no trace. What do I do. This customer really really wants it's and it not in either of the current catalogues.
Ages of customers:
a couple of teenagers or very early 20's (buy for themselves - skincare, makeup)
quite a few in their 30's (buy for themselves and family - perfumes, makeup, skincare, body wash/deodorant)
quite a few in their 40's (buy for themselves and family - perfumes, makeup, skincare, body wash/deodorant)
a few in their 50's (buy for themselves - perfume, skincare)
a few in their 60's/70's (buy mostly giftware for family, perfume)
About the problem with the order Hop1, what was the item? Perhaps someone in your district might have one, perhaps purchased as a demo? Is the item advertised in the latest Sale booklet for campaign 8/9 (if you have received it)?
This is one thing I don't like about the new internet site, a comfirmation email used to be sent immediately after transmitting your order that listed everything you had transmitted, so if you left something off accidentally you could order it straight away. If it 'fell off' the system, you had proof you had at least ordered it. So you could keep this email until after you had received delivery. Now this info is only available until delivery date. A real pain.
P.S. another tip: ask your customers for feedback on products they buy, for instance when the Clearskin Professional range first came out, one of my customers bought it for her teenage son. I asked her to give me some feedback on it (as I don't use this product and my DD not yet getting spotty), you can't as a rep try every product yourself. If the feedback is positive great - if not I'm honest when other customers ask about it. I tell them that it did/didn't work for someone else, but if they're not happy Avon will refund them. I think being prepared to NOT recommend a product will enhance how your customers see you.
Edited by fancie, 25 February 2011 - 04:41 PM.
Posted 25 February 2011 - 09:25 PM
Thanks fancie that's interesting about the ages. I'll have to talk more to some younger market.
It was the perfect strap holder for your bra page 103 C6. If anyone has one i'll be happy to take it off your hands.
Also depending on what area depends on when your campaign finishes right? So someone may still be able to order from C6. If you can still order from C6 can you please pm me.
Posted 01 March 2011 - 02:50 PM
Can any order from the Birthday Bonanza? I tried but it didn't give me the option online!
Posted 01 March 2011 - 05:19 PM
It's ok I can order now!
I might just add, that this is my second campaign & I have double my sales already. Seriously first sale was nothing. But I love to say that I have doubled already! Whoop Whoop
Posted 02 March 2011 - 11:13 AM
BBE That's great about doubling your order. I didn't do to well first one either but second was really good. I'm onto my third and isn't look too promising yet. What did you do to boost your sales for your second campaign? I keep canvasing my territory but have only picked up one order so far and get less and less books back each time. I'll keep plugging along hopefully things pick up.
Posted 02 March 2011 - 03:13 PM
It is hard for me as I don't have a territory.
I emailed all my friends to see if they would like to view the catalouge on line. Got some bites from that. Which was good. And it saves a bit as your not buying books and so forth.
Took them to my mum's work & SIL where there are females working. Got some bites. (Both these I didn't do in my first campaign.)
My husband started FIFO so I don't have time with two children at home full time. (Actually my son does go to Daycare 1 day a week.) But he is working in my home town which have no reps. Next time he fly's up he is taking some booklets as my friends are all asking for stuff. This will be a big bonus.
I ordered heaps of samples and seem to be selling those products.. Not sure if it is a one off. But I am hoping that worked a bit.
Hope it picks up for you.
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Does anybody mind if the properties of the davex servlet are made configurable?
@Component(label = "%dav.name", description = "%dav.description", metatype=true)
And if not, can anybody apply that change?
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Would be glad if somebody else could verify that behavior. For me it looks like a major bug in the davexservlet but I also can't imagine, that nobody apart from us is using davex since august and I haven't heard any other complaints.
reverted commit in r1190409
Markus - it sounds like the issue is more about accessing DavEx when the anonymous user is disabled. Is that accurate?
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Favorite Dish: We did try a Happy Pizza which was very good but unless you are used th the so called "herbs" it isnt something you would eat everyday. I tried it because it seemed to be one of the attractions of VV but didn't go back for seconds.
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Obama held a dinner tonight to honor McCain and promote bipartisanship. Here are a couple excerpts from Obama's remarks:
We can imagine that the pettiness and bitterness and immaturity that often pervades our politics seems even more unworthy of our country from this perspective; that the incessant bickering and partisanship for the sake of scoring a few political points seems even smaller. And what seems bigger and more worthy of defending are those ideals we hold in common as Americans: liberty, equality, and opportunity.
Thank you, John, for your service to America and the service you will continue to render in the months and years ahead. And I'd like to close by asking all of you to join us in making this bipartisan dinner not just an inaugural tradition, but a new way of doing the people's business in this city. We will not always agree on everything in the months to come, and we will have our share of arguments and debates. But let us strive always to find that common ground, and to defend together those common ideals, for it is the only way we can meet the very big and very serious challenges that we face right now. Thank you, God Bless You, and may God Bless America.
Source: http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2009/01/19/obama-pays-tribute-to-mccain/
I hope this does become a tradition. It's a very nice idea. What do you think?


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Zall Aug 15, 2007 6:43 AM
in response to Gerry StraathofI think the issue is needing be able to create two table of contents, which I'm not sure Pages lets you do.
breezy1 Aug 15, 2007 10:42 AM
in response to Adrian MattocksSteve Jobs has to make presentations. So he needed a ppt killer to boast about.
He does not write documents or calculate spreadsheets or make charts. That's for the underlings. So no help there.
Andrew Lee Aug 17, 2007 1:37 AM
in response to blackeyedI am stunned this is not possible. Its not a word processor if it can't provide numbered captioning of figures! Back to NeoOffice I guess... Looks like I paid $79 just for Keynote!
Zall Aug 17, 2007 6:47 AM
in response to Andrew LeeTo be fair, I don't think a lot of Word Processors on the Mac do this. I know Mellel ($49) and Nisus Pro ($79)do it. If you take the cost of iWork and split it amongst the 3 apps, Pages costs about $26, still $20 less than Nisus Writer Express, and it handles Word docs better than NWE.
I don't really consider Pages a Word Processor. More of a "I need to type something up real quick and maybe read a Word document" Processor.
So, for a $26 app it's not bad. I think a lot of us were hoping for more, but we've most likely got needs that fall out of Pages design intent.
Gerry Straathof Aug 17, 2007 8:26 AM
in response to ZallYou are correct. After sitting down and fiddling with it I discovered the same. Equally disappointing is the fact that the paragraph styles used in the text boxes do not show up in the table of contents for the main flow of text.
And you cannot insert a table of contents into a text box, which would have been extremely useful as you could then have your required 'two' table of contentses.
I did discover, however, that one can create a paragraph style that has the (a)...(z) list style and the numbers will increase as you insert text with this particular style. You can then 'turn on' that paragraph style in the table of contents.
In this case, you can use the Page Break, Layout Break and Column Break to split up your document when you insert the graphics and captions. Make the paragraph style for the figure lists centered and they will show up properly in the main table of contents.
You will not, however, get your figure list at the end (or beginning) of the document. Not without resetting your TOC, saving to PDF, and then inserrting the pdf page with the 'figure' PDF in your document where you need it (and having to do this again should you edit the document and cause the page numbers to change)
It's a workaround, and a bit of an awkward kludge, but the idea is there if you need it.
Gerry. (BTW I think the ability to set a paragraph style as an ascending list is pretty cool)
G1969 Aug 18, 2007 8:59 PM
in response to blackeyedI've just started a new discussion on the same topic! I fiddled around with Pages and quickly realized that this was NOT so great for technical paper. I have the same problem with Figures/Tables/Schemes. I need captions to be created automatically and updated automatically so that if a new figure is added, all the captions (Figure 23 becomes Fig. 24, if the new figure is added anywher before Fig. 23). I also need to be able to cross-reference it in the text so that the text is ALSO updated when new figures are added.
Another very severe limitation is that major bibliographic software (EndNote, BookEnds) do NOT work very well at all with Pages. It is a real shame and I agree with a lot of the previous post in that software developed by Apple is quite often crappy. They're sure can make any documents look nice (with all the layouts, templates, etc.) but they always fall short for less "artsy" people. So even though I like my mac, it looks like MS Word and Excel win hands down over Pages (and possibly Numbers, although I haven't wasted my time even testing it...)
AssetBurned Sep 1, 2007 7:23 PM
in response to blackeyedhmmmm i am wondering why Apple doesn't fixed this problem. at least they should make it possible to use more than one TOC in one document with different settings. In fact that would fix a lot of problems.
So iWork programmers do you hear what we need? just a small fix and we would be happy!
tonyfil Nov 15, 2007 11:16 PM
in response to AssetBurnedI hate to suggest it, but I am tempted to produce my document with Pages. When finished, export it to .doc and add all of the figures there. Seems like it works... it just kinda defeats the purpose of using Pages in the first place.
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Abdülmecid IOttoman sultan from 1839 to 1861 who issued two major social and political reform edicts known as the Hatt-ı Şerif of Gülhane (Noble Edict of the Rose Chamber) in 1839 and the Hatt-ı Hümayun (Imperial Edict) in 1856, heralding the new era of Tanzimat ("Reorganization").
Reşid PaşaMahmud's successor, Sultan Abdülmecid I, was determined to continue his father's programs and entrusted Reşid with the preparation of new reform measures. Elaborated in the form of a rescript, or decree (hatt-ı şerif ), this program was proclaimed on Nov. 3, 1839, and guaranteed to Ottoman subjects equality and security of life and property, without distinction...
TanzimatMany of the key provisions of the Tanzimat reforms were set forth in the Hatt-ı Şerif of Gülhane (1839; "Noble Edict of the Rose Chamber"). This document called for the establishment of new institutions that would guarantee security of life, property, and honour to all subjects of the empire regardless of their religion or race. It also authorized the development......to the series of Ottoman reforms promulgated during the reigns of Mahmud's sons Abdülmecid I (ruled 1839–61) and Abdülaziz (1861–76). The best-known of those reforms are the Hatt-ı Şerif of Gülhane ("Noble Edict of the Rose Chamber"; November 3, 1839) and the Hatt-ı Hümayun ("Imperial Edict"; February 18, 1856).
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text: The Hobbit was the first novel I read, waaaaay back when I was eight years old. Nearly 40 years later, I still read as much good quality fantasy as I can get my hands on. A huge and heartfelt thank you from this geek girl, George, for writing some of the best!


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Winter is my favorite time of year when it comes to Havergate Island. It is cold, windy, isolated and absolutely stunning! Winter is the time I see the short eared owls hunting over the saltmarsh and the marsh harriers gliding along the seawall. Barn owls, kestrels, Hen harrier and peregrines have also been regularly seen.
The volunteer work party are still working hard, we are preparing to extend our hide at the North end of the island to accommodate more people looking out onto North Lagoon, and we have also been working on the accommodation huts and generally tidying up the area. I have a never ending list of things to do on the island and with all this wind we have had recently I have added replace felt roofing on the huts to it!
Winter is a fairly quiet time of year on Havergate with minimal habitat work. We opened up the sluices and let the lagoons fill up to cover most of the islands. Doing this kills off a lot of the vegetation on the islands and makes them more favorable for nesting birds come spring and also makes the lagoons as a whole more favorable for wildfowl. On our last full island count we had over 400 wigeon, 67 Pintail, 700 Teal, 70 Gadwall and 163 Shoveler. I also had up to 6 Goldeneye last month on our small lagoon cottage flood.
Doveys lagoon looking full Jan 2016
Unfortunately due to the wind we have had to cancel 3 of our visitor trips (Nov, Dec and Jan) but I did manage to get a group onto the island for our wildfowl event on the 23rd Jan. We all had a great afternoon despite the fog rolling in over the island making it impossible to see out of the hides. Thankfully it had cleared within half an hour just in time for the boat trip back to Orford Quay.
To see dates and information about our trips please see www.rspb.org.uk/havergateisland. All booking information can be found here or call Minsmere on 01728 648 281 for more details.
It is that time of year again when we take October Storm out of the water to antifoul her and have her annual inspection (which she passed with flying colours!) We had an exciting trip up the River away from Havergate towards Aldeburgh where she was hauled out on a trailer. Whilst she is on the trailer we get the opportunity to antifoul the hull and really check it over and make sure everything is in good condition.
However she has been out of the water for 2 weeks now due to having some work done on her prop shaft and some other minor repairs. We plan to get her back in the water tomorrow and I am looking forward to getting to Havergate and seeing what is about.
Over the summer we have the help of volunteers who stay in our hut on the island. These volunteers have been coming to Havergate for a number of years so they know what to expect and how remote and basic it is. They are invaluable and really make a difference in helping to keep the island and its infrastructure in good shape. Here is a blog from Becky who spent a week on Havergate at the end of August.
A week in the life...
Having an entire island to yourself for a week is always an exciting prospect. Occasionally you have to share it with visitors but once they go, it's all yours again.
So, what's it like living on Havergate Island? Well, there's no running water, no shower, no mains electricity, no internet and no television. But there is now a lovely new composting toilet rather than a chemical porter pottie, birds galore and an ever increasing number of hare's. And of course as much bird watching as you can squeeze in.
Here is a brief diary of my week spent on Havergate Island in September this year. I have to say, I timed it with the weather to perfection, I had glorious sunshine every day.
Saturday, arrival day. I managed to meet Lyndsey really early and got on to the island before the day visitors arrived. It was good to be back and to see the improvements to the volunteers accommodation. It was quite badly hit in the tidal surge of 2013 but I have to say that it's definitely 5 star now. As much as I'm not a girly girl, it's nice to have Lyndsey add a few feminine touches. Needless to say there was very little work done today as there was too much bird life to go and see.
Sunday saw the Bawdsey bird group come over. It's always nice to have a chat with the birdwatchers who come over. It was good to see that a Spoonbill had made an appearance too. Definitely one of the highlights of Havergate Island in my opinion. Unfortunately it's not all about the bird watching, there is work to do as well. Today's job was to paint the new door on the tool shed.
Monday I had the Island all to myself. It was also the day of the lunar eclipse. I set my alarm clock for 1am and shuffled out of bed in my sleeping bag, I stayed awake for an hour and saw no change in the moon. I eventually figured out that if I reset the alarm for just before 4am I'd get to see the copper coloured moon. When the alarm went off again I got out of bed shuffled out into the living area in my sleeping bag. I have to say I did actually see the moon in my bleary eyed state but it was much smaller than I expected it to be. Needless to say I had a bit of a lay in before cracking on with cleaning and painting the little footbridge nearest to Main Hide. Today's bird highlight was a male short eared owl and a Peregrine.
Tuesday Lyndsey came out and we collected lagoon samples from Doveys and Cottage Flood. This is the first time I'd collected samples on the Island so it was quite interesting. It was also quite amusing as I'd managed to get my wader well and truly stuck in the mud. Good job I had a walking pole with me so I could pry my wader out of the mud. Lyndsey showed me how to sift through the samples so that I could get on with them during the week. Once Lyndsey had left I made a start on painting the stairs and hand rails on the new Main Hide. Not a great deal of bird watching today as I was too busy, but the Marsh Harriers and the male Short Eared Owl put in a good appearance.
Wednesday started off with sifting through some of the lagoon samples. It's quite interesting to see what little beasties are present. Next was to finish off the little footbridge by the North Hide and to finish painting the stairs and handrails at Main Hide. Due to the lunar eclipse earlier in the week the tides were much higher than I'd ever seen on the Island before. The footpath leading to and from the jetty was flooded today as was the little footbridge you'd walk over to get to Belper's Hide after getting odd the boat. The footbridge was under at least 2 inches of water. The bird highlight of today was the return of the Spoonbill.
Thursday saw the local voluntary working group come out with Lyndsey to continue working on the Main Hide and to grease the sluices. As I'd never greased the sluices I thought I'd tag along to see how that was done. Once the working group left I painted the new additions to Main Hide, prepped another footbridge for painting and sifted through some more lagoon samples. Thursdays bird highlight were the two Spoonbills and quite a few Goldcrests hanging around outside the Main Hide.
Friday and sadly my final day on the Island this year. At least I had the Island all to myself for one more day before having to return to civilisation on the Saturday. I spent most of the day trying to squeeze in as many of the jobs left on my job list. I painted another little footbridge leading to North Hide, cleaned the insides of all the hides, sifted through a couple more lagoon samples and I did the quarterly inspection. I did manage to get in a bit of bird watching today too and saw three Spoonbills. One of them had coloured rings so I'm hoping Dave will find out where it was rung for me. Whilst stood in the kitchen area that evening looking out of the window I managed to see a Sparrowhawk swoop down and take another bird, a little sad but always exciting to see.
Saturday was home time but not without first seeing a flock of Goldcrest arrive on the Island. They were quite tired and kept flying into the windows of the volunteers hut. One actually managed to get into the accommodation and I had great fun trying to get it back out again.
I was homeward bound but I couldn't resist nipping to the Hollesley Reserve en route. What a difference a year has made here too. So much more bird life there than I saw last year. It was also lovely to bump into Dudley the volunteer reserve guide. I would definitely recommend a visit here and if you're lucky enough to bump into Dudley he'll give you some good pointers as to what to look out for. I managed to spot one of the two Little Stints Dudley had told me about.
So, why do I go back every year? The solitude, the getting away from the hustle and bustle, the getting to go places on the reserve visitors aren't allowed, getting to see the bird dramas no one else gets to see and of course volunteering for the RSPB.


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Jimmy and Sandy Wilson
Jimmy and Sandy Wilson, of Brevard, celebrated their 40th anniversary on May 12, 2012. They were married May 12, 1972, in Calvary Baptist Church, in Brevard.
She is the daughter of Darlene Mullins, of Winston Salem. He is the son of the late Dee and Christine Wilson. They have two children, a son, Dee Wilson, and a daughter, Kristin McCora and her husband, Edwin, all of Charlotte.
They celebrated their anniversary with a Caribbean Cruise in the early spring. Longtime friends and their wives, whom he met while serving our country in the Vietnam War, from 1969-1970, accompanied them. The couple also attended a celebration dinner with their children.
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Come to decide
Things that I tried
Were in my life to get high on
When will I know
That I really can't go
To the well again to decide on
When will it kill me
When can I really see
To take my chance and ride on
I don't consider Monett or Ruffnuts to be actual "ones". Board trashing, subhuman pumpers & pollution posters don't count.
PFE was then grossly overbought. Look at your fave RSI & other OB/OS indicators then, as your betters told you to do. That it had a runup is exactly why you should have sold.
You cannot recall anything, least of all facts & figures. Your memory is totally shot, if you ever had one.
"you apparently do not even remember it any more"
it's difficult to remember Anything when your lifescript is a cobbling together of ever shifting lies
> What a joke for you to think that I'm going to be clairvoyant enough to see major safety problems for Torcetrapib being announced
By that time other's on this board had already given you links to article which discussed differences in HDL particle size, between naturally-high HDL levels and those artificially-induced by torcetrapib.
But you blithely ignored them, to such an extent you apparently do not even remember it any more.
The technicals were just fine for Pfizer on 12/1/06 just before the adverse news on Torcetrapib.
The stock had surged by over 8% in three weeks from $25.71 on Nov. 10, 2006 to $27.86 on Dec. 1. If any of the "Big Boys" knew something, you'd think by the stock price action that it would be something GOOD - certainly not Torcetrapib failing.
As I have told you and others many times before, I have all of the facts and figures and Pfizer's prices and stats at my fingertips and I'm one person that will never be snowed. Why do you even waste your time trying?
Why am I not surprised that you have forgotten that Lord of the Kachings & other betters told you to sell PFE the very day before Torcetrapib was canceled, based purely on its technicals, which then you pooh-poohed, but now embrace?
A little less rhyme and a little more logic and reasoning on your part would serve you in good stead.
Since you brought up "the ride" though, know that as far as Pfizer goes, the intermediate-term trend is now up and I own at least the next eight months or so.
I'm very much going to enjoy the ride between now and at least the end of Q1-11 and I hope you enjoy watching me make it as I'm going to enjoy raking it in. The salad days are on their way.
Don't you wish you had listened to your betters who told you to cash out in Jan 2010, June 2007, Dec 2006, June 2005, plus at every other high point, & not to go maniacal in Nov 2004?


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From the e-mails, Tweets and comments we receive there are many fans who don't want to see Carmelo Anthony in a Nets' uniform. Many Nets probably feel the same way.
The question we have is why?
Not to the Nets, who play Anthony and the Nuggets tomorrow in Denver. We understand they don't want to see any of the guys they played with all this time leave. That's natural. The Nets do have a bunch of good guys and they get along well.
But from a fans standpoint, why wouldn't you want Anthony?
He would represent progress. He would give the Nets a chance to win every game, give them credibility and marketability as they make the move to Brooklyn within two years.
He would take some pressure off of Brook Lopez and probably make him better because of all the attention Anthony would receive.
We understand that everyone thinks Derrick Favors is going to be a star, but it's hard to know when. Anthony is a star now and that's what the Nets need, what they've been missing since Jason Kidd decided he didn't want to play here anymore.
We also know that many of you get excited when you read things like in last week's New York Post that Anthony doesn't want to play for the Nets. You wonder why the Nets don't pull themselves out of talks for Anthony.
We're not saying Anthony wants to play for the Nets. But here's another way to look it: if Anthony wants to play in New York, he has to keep saying he won't play in New Jersey or have people close to him say it. He wants Denver to deal him to the Knicks. As soon as someone close to him says he would go to New Jersey then the Nuggets have a relatively easy decision.
The Nets don't believe they're out of it anyway. They haven't been told by Anthony's reps that they shouldn't continue to pursue him. Sure this sounds like the LeBron James situation all over again, but the Nets are not going to back out now. They will keep themselves in the trade discussions until the very end, which is why, as we said in this blog, it makes no sense for them to consider trading Troy Murphy right now.
The Nets' thinking is why do anything while Anthony still is available and they still have the most too offer with Favors, two No. 1 picks and expiring contracts? They don't see anyone out there now who's going to make as big of an impact as Anthony will.
Also remember this Billy King quote from his introductory press conference:
"I just know in this league players become available. Pau Gasol became available and the Lakers had the pieces to get it done. The Celtics had the assets when Kevin Garnett became available. So you want to make sure you have the flexibility.
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It was pretty much the most romantic night ever, even before the proposal. Dan and I have always loved fireworks, and every year on the Fourth of July we make sure to catch the beautiful show over the beach in Sea Isle City. This year everything seemed perfect: the sun had set, but there were still traces of pink and purple in the sky; the promenade was lit up with grand, old houses in the background; boats were silently bobbing on the ocean;and although people had all come out to the beach, we managed to find our own little section on the sand near the water where no one was too nearby.
In hindsight I should have seen it coming... Dan, although seemingly calm, had made sure that we were both well-dressed and that none of our friends back at the shorehouse came with us. We watched the show and said sweet, gooey things to each other, and when the fireworks came to a dramatic close, Dan said that he had one more thing to make the night even more romantic. He had written me a poem.
Now I'm usually the writer, so I was especially touched by this. It was sweet and cute and sometimes funny, and thinking about it now, I'm pretty sure it's my favorite poem ever. This is particularly because the last line read, "I hope you've enjoyed the reasons why I love you, because now I will propose."
I stood there like an absolute fool, mouth gaping open and tears already starting, and even as he was down on one knee in the sand, holding up a black box that I could barely see in the darkness, I started bawling. Not cute little tears, but full on sobbing with little shrieks that probably made the people around us think that there was an Independence Day attack taking place. Looking at the mascara streaks in photos from that night, I'm sure I wasn't cute at all, but it was one of the greatest nights of my life. And it was only made greater when we finally stepped into some light, and I could clearly see the stunningly gorgeous ring he had picked out. (Seriously, this thing alone is enough to make a woman say yes. Getting Dan is just an added bonus ;)
(This photo does it absolutely no justice. It's a nearly flawless 1.24 carat diamond in a medium-height, four-prong setting with a white gold band. I always wanted a solitaire because I love the simplicity of the band against a beautiful stone... I never expected it to be this amazing though!)
Your ring is stunning. Your engagement story, one for the ages.
Your ring is really beautiful!!
Your ring is gorgeous! I just loved seeing your pics of Philly too. I am a Philly girl!
Happy wedding planning!
Dear Grace,
Thank you so much. Your owner is right, your black and white picture doesn't do you justice, especially with bringing out the sparkle in your one eye. I can also tell that she loves you and don't worry, you can tell your owner that shes not crazy. Pretty things should always have names. :)
Sparkle hug,


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Great Printer
on 7/10/2011
Great printer especially for the price! Easy to hook up and comes with both a color and black ink cartridge so you are ready to print as long as you have a printer cable on hand. The fact that it doesn't have a paper tray doesn't bother me. I am glad you can easily close the top because I have a ferret that crawls over things and it is easy to keep her out it.
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Commish: Big Ten has nothing to defend
Updated: April 6, 2009, 2:20 AM ETBy Mark Schlabach | ESPN.com
DETROIT -- Big Ten commissioner Jim Delany isn't sure why his league was criticized this season for playing what many analysts described as lousy basketball.
But with Michigan State playing North Carolina for the national championship at Ford Field on Monday night, and Penn State having already won the NIT, Delany said his conference represented itself well during the postseason.
"We were a very young league," Delany said Sunday. "I don't think we ever said we were the best. We said ...
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