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Very friendly staff
My husband and I just stayed there over the weekend. The staff was one of the nicest we have ever encountered. We had a junior suite which was quite large and had the best views. There are fireworks at every Friday night Hooks game at the new Whataburger Field where a AA baseball team that is owned by the Nolan Ryan family plays and our view of them was PERFECT!
The bathrooms at this hotel definately show wear and they should renovate them but they were clean.Also wish they had chairs on the balconies so you can sit out with a cup of coffee in the morning.
The FREE Wi-Fi was really nice and appreciated!
There is no beach near by but you can have a nice walk along the bayfront as long as you wear a hat. This is by far the windiest city ever! Hence, the Windsurfing championships are held there.
Corpus Christi is just one of those towns that has the potential to be something and hopefully will one day.
Omni OK, nothing special
Stayed at the Omni Corpus Christi Hotel. Checked in at the Marina Hotel. Checked into the room, really nothing special. Certainly not what I expected from a hotel with a 4 diamond AAA rating. No high-speed internet, and the room was no better, and in some cases not as good as some I have experience in hotels such as LaQuinta.
Later that night, I expressed some dissappointment to one of the employees and was subsequently switched to the Omni Bayfront. What a difference. The room and the bathroom were much upgraded. They had Wifi. Even the exercise equipment was upgraded. Bayfront had a balcony that opened with a very nice view or the water, the balcony on the Marina didn't even open. The Bayfront property is the place to be.
They both had extensive pools.
The staff were very nice and the room was clean. However for a property with ratings such as this one, it still was a notch below Westin, Sheraton and Marriott which all seem better on a consistant basis The beds and the showers didn't quite measure up to those three.
I would stay here again if the price is right, however I would not pay a huge premium.
Good stay, good room.
The Omni in Corpus was convenient to the tourist sights (the aquarium, the USS Lexington, etc.). The room was well priced, and the breakfast buffet was to die for. It did cost, and was not included with the room, however. The service in the lobby and the restaurant was all very helpful and nice. The only problem was upon arriving in trying to determine which of the two Omni Hotels we were booked in, because there are two right near each other. The room was fine, nothing spectacular, but sufficient. The parking garage was attached to the hotel, and the parking was free. I would stay here again, and would recommend this hotel to others.
Would Go Back
For the money i spent, It was more like a 2 1/2 ** hotel! But given that this property is located in the heart of Corpus Christi, they can demand anywhere from $142 or above or slightly below. But measured on a National whole this is a low grade hotel. Our room in particular, included a king size with a Ocean view. The ocean view was great! Just primarily based on the idea that anywhere in the hotel would be a ocean view, except some rooms. Even so, the room I was in which was past the 12th, floor i believe the second to highest floor. The room was adequet at best..!
An example of its inadequentcy, One of the lights that are in the ceiling, just randomly fell down, and we pushed it back up in the ceiling. Secondly, the headboard broke, again, I called maintenence to fix this, which took :25 min. It was just very awkward and ruined my experience.
However, the staff was very friendly .. I believe "Maria" is the only staff memeber that is unpleasant. The bartenders are great, even down to the bell boys. But this is definitely not a hotel i would pay $142 a night. It is definitely not that great of a hotel property that would be so expensive. There are a couple of other places that are around Corpus Christi to stay. But of course I have not tried them, so I do not know how the accommodations are.
But, this hotel would be nice if it were in $90 range, perhaps lower with some kind of special rate!
Good, but not great
Stayed at the Omni Bayfront for 7 days in Aug.
We had 2 rooms back to back, both had a peculiar smell to them, Im pretty sure its a sanitizer of some sort. bathrooms needed an upgrade, along with the tv sets. the view was good, partial bayfront. Parking was good, very fast to elevators. beds were ok, nothing fancy. but heres the bad things that really made me think.
The policy of changing sheets once every three days has to go. you can ask them to change more often, but they seem inconvenienced, the food is good if you like buffet style, but it doesnt change from day to day, except on sundays, where they have a great choice of entrees. the air conditioners turn on every 5 minutes, and they both were LOUD! its because of the humidity, but they need upgrading. the towels were very used, and the bathroom toilet seat looked like a teething dog had got to it!! Overall, its ok, but there are better places in Corpus to stay, as I probably would choose to stay at rather than returning to this hotel
Pretty Nice
We stayed at the Omni Marina Tower Jul 25-27, 2004. I would recommend this property if nothing else for the beautiful view of the marina across the street. We went to the wrong tower (Bayfront) and stood in line for 10 minutes before realizing we were in the wrong place. They offered to check us in but we'd have to get our key at the front desk of the other tower. So we just drove over and checked in in the right place. Not their fault but just be aware and go to the right tower to check in. All parking is free, ample, and convenient which was a nice surprise.
Our room was on the 9th floor. It had a nice balcony but to our disappointment all balconies have been permanently locked. I'm sure they have a very good reason for this but it was a shame not to be able to go out and enjoy it. The room was definitely showing age -- the carpet was stained and the bathroom looked like it had seen better days. But the amenities were upgraded from a standard hotel and were very nicely done I'm sure in an attempt to compensate for the worn room. The bed was comfortable and had feather pillows (didn't use them so can't comment on whether they were comfortable -- MemoryFoam pillow goes wherever I go!).
We didn't eat at the hotel and didn't swim but the pool and restaurant looked nice. The staff was very friendly and accomodating and we were allowed a late check out.
The only complaint I have about this hotel was the elevator service was very slow. Almost every time we went to go up to our room there were 10-15 people waiting for an elevator. Since there are 3 elevators, I can only assume (and hope) one or two weren't working.
Overall, I would recommend this hotel and would stay there again if I ever go back.
Loved the Omni Bayfront Tower
We (2 adults/2 children) stayed at the Omni Bayfront on President's Day weekend and the entire experience was excellent. The views of the bay and the marina were the best I've ever seen and I've visited Corpus Christi many times in the last 7 years. The indoor/outdoor pool was great for the kids with mild temperatures in February. The food in both restaurants and room service was excellent and competitive in price with traveling out to a restaurant. The variety of channels on the TV had shows for all age groups and the selection for on-demand movies was extensive. We felt that for the price, one should strongly consider the Omni as a place to stay when visiting Corpus Christi.
Expected better
We stayed at the Omni Marina for one night on the 31st Jan 03 on our drive around southern Texas. It wasn't bad, but our room was starting to look a bit tired especially the carpet and bathroom and the staff were also not over enthused. Probably wouldn't stay there again should the need arise.
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We checked in Jan. 16 for 3 nights. It was a very nice experience. We only ate breakfast there and it was really nice and not that expensive. If we go back, we will stay there again.
Great Hotel!
Stayed at both the Omni Marina & The Omni Bayfront hotel in 2003. Note that when making a reservation you have to request either the Marina or the Bayfront or you could end up getting whichever one they choose for you based on avilability. I highly recommend the Marina it is much nicer (the rooms are cleaner and newer.) Both hotels have a great atmosphere and view however. At the Bayfront your balcony doors open and they do not (in any room that I know of) at the Marina so keep that in mind. Overall, service was great and friendly, rooms are clean and pretty!
Highly recommend!!
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There is a lot of head shaking around me these days. My kids shake their heads when I head to bed at nine because I am so tired after a big training day. My in-laws shake their heads at the idea that I would willingly jump into a jellyfish infested body of water and swim over two miles while being thrashed about by 1500 other swimmers. My husband shakes his head at the ever-growing pile of laundry, left there because it was either my long run or laundry and the long run won out. And even my running friends shake their heads as I explain that I gave up booze as part of the training regime.
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But I will be racing myself because this race is more than just another race. For me, this race has been a journey. A journey that started thirty years ago, when, as a thirteen year old I sat on the arm of my father's Lazy-boy and watched Julie Moss crawl across the finish line of the Hawaiian Ironman.
I was not a particularly athletic or graceful girl. I had played softball but only half-heartedly and only for one season. I roller-skated every weekend but only because there was music and friends and, truth be told, a snack bar. And although I was a cheerleader I freely admit that I wasn't that kind of cheerleader. I wasn't particularly fit. I couldn't complete astounding gymnastic feats. The only thing I had going for me was that I was vertically challenged and was not afraid to be on the top of any pyramid.
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This is the tenth of 16 articles that I will post throughout the season, previewing the Colts' upcoming matchup. I'll attempt to analyze some strengths and weaknesses of both teams, a few areas to focus on, and a couple of key individual matchups. -Kyle is sick this week, so I'll be doing the Weekly Matchup Preview for this week. ~Danny Overview: The Colts and the Jaguars may not have the most intense rivalry in the league, but it is one of the more interesting ones. Although the Colts have always been the superior team, the Jaguars have often been able to pull out last second wins. Now that their places are reversed, and can the Colts pull out a lucky win or will they continue this losing streak?
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- Maurice Jones Drew. The Jaguars may not be having a great year running the football (13 overall in total yardage, 27th overall in ypc), but Jones has done a great job, racking up 740 yards with 4.5 yards a carry. MJD typically plays well against the Colts, but whether he can consistently move the sticks will decide this game.
- Stopping the Run. The Jaguars are having a great year stopping the run (11th overall), and this is because of the many off-season acquisitions added to their front 7. Some of these players include Paul Pozluzny and former Colt, Clint Session. If the Colts want to stay competitive, they will need to be able to run the ball effectively.
- Stopping the Pass. The Jaguars are 8th in the league in pass defense. Curtis Painter will most likely struggle this game (as he does every game), as the Jaguars are a great defensive team this year.
- Total Offense. The Jaguars are currently dead last in the league at points scored, scoring about 12.2 points a game. The Colts are currently 30th in the league, scoring 14.2 points per game, so don't expect this to be a high scoring game.
- Passing. The Jaguars jettisoned quarterback David Gerrard early this season, and started Luke McCown and Blaine Gabbert. Neither of these quarterbacks have a QB Rating of over 65 and the Jaguars are currently dead last in the league for total passing yardage.
- 3rd Down Conversions. The Jaguars are 29th in the league at 3rd down conversions, converting a terrible 30% of their 3rd downs. Most of this has to do with their poor quarterback play however, and the Colts should try to force the Jaguars into many 3rd and long situations if they want to get off the field.
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- Running The Football. The Colts have a great 3-headed monster in Addai, Brown, and Carter. They are currently averaging 4.5 yards a carry and are averaging about 100 yards per game. The Colts will need to consistently win up front against the Jaguars' elite front-7 in order to win this game. Hopefully, the loss of Brody Elridge to injury will not negatively affect us.
- Receivers. The Colts have many great players at the skill position, even with Dallas Clark out. Reggie Wayne, Pierre Garcon, Austin Collie and even Jacob Tamme (although he hasn't done much this year) have all proved that they are reliable threats that can spread a defense, and the Jaguars may not be able to contain all of these players.
- Volume Tackling. The Colts currently have 3 of the top 10 tacklers in the league (Pat Angerer, Kavell Conner, Antoine Bethea). They will need to play a crucial role in stopping Maurice Jones Drew.
- Stopping the Pass. Honestly, why was Kelvin Hayden and Justin Tryon let go? The Colts are currently 24th in the league in pass defense, and are allowing a whopping 71% of passes to be completed. This with the fact that we're tied for 29th in the league with 13 total sacks, may even give the bad options the Jaguars have at quarterback, a chance to win this game.
- 3rd Down Defense. The Colts are dead last in the league on getting off the field on 3rd down. In order to win this game, the Colts will need to force many 3rd and long situations and allow Freeney and Mathis to terrorize Blaine Gabbert.
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- The Jaguars' Offense. The Jaguars don't have many good options at Wide Receiver and their Quarterback has suffered due to it. Expect them to focus heavily on running the football and staying away from third and long situations.
- Pass Protection. Freeney and Mathis will need to beat Monroe and Britten consistently and terrorize Blaine Gabbert during 3rd and long situations to get the offense off the field.
- Curtis Painter. We all know Curtis Painter is inconsistent, and he plays poorly whenever he has bad confidence. He will have to snap out of the poor play that got him benched last week, and successfully run the offense.
- 3rd Down. Both teams are horrible at getting off the field on third down, and on converting third downs. Both teams will look to stay away from third and long, but the Jaguars may have the advantage here, because their defense is superior to the Colts'.
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Both teams have been playing poorly this season and its time for both teams to step it up. The Colts playing against one of their long-time division rivals will need to get our players motivated and start playing football the way they have the past 10 years. This will be a close, yet low scoring game, that will be decided by whichever horrible head coach misuses their timeouts the most.
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I've hinted at this topic in the past. Well, I've skirted around the issue, really. But now, as my son Kyle begins his last month as a fifth grader I feel compelled, once again, to beg the question:
How young is too young for a girlfriend?
Back when I was young and it wasn't uncommon to see a Tyrannosaurus Rex walking down the street, dating was for teenagers, about 16 (on the average) at the very youngest, I'd say.
In fact, my siblings and I weren't allowed to start mingling with the opposite sex until just a few years ago. We're all in our 40s, btw.
But, what I'm hearing from my 'tween son - when he can pull himself away from returning texts from about 47 different little girls daily - is that he and all of his buddies have girlfriends.
"As in, friends who happen to be girls, right?" I said, my throat beginning to close as beads of sweat collected on my brow.
"Mom, please, you're being ridiculous - and a little weird," Kyle said, completing sloughing off my question.
My breathing became labored.
It was then that I began taking close note of precisely how many calls from girls Kyle gets on our house phone per day. I lost count - and consciousness - after about 72.
What do these little girls want? Are the evil little vixenellas after his lunch money? Perhaps they're looking for someone to transport their books to and from their lockers? Are they after candy? Flowers? Gulp, jewelry?
My new pal Nancy Haskins of Liberty shared my terror.
"Oh, it's ridiculous. Why are these girls calling and texting our sons all the time? Why aren't they busy at their own houses?" she said, feeding my furor.
Yeah! Are these wily women trying to weave their spells over our innocent young sons? I pictured the Lady Gaga wannabes sitting around in their stilettos and fishnet, plotting how they'd manipulate our doe-eyed boys.
And just as I was gasping into a paper bag in response to thoughts that Kyle could show interest in a Haley Reinhart-typed harlot rather than a down-home sweetie such as Lauren Alaina (OK, America, I'm still ticked about Haley making it into "American Idol's" top three over James Durbin, but I digress), Dad chimed in on the matter.
"Patty, calm down. Texting is just today's version of passing notes. You're making a big deal of nothing," came the irritatingly calm voice of my husband Kerry.
Did I mention that he was a Casanova of the first order back in his youth - a technique which began when he got in trouble at nursery school for napping on the same carpet square as his "girlfriend" Billie Jo?
Kerry and I aren't speaking right now.
How I long for the good old days when girls were terrified to call boys. Laughed my sister Gina, "I know. If we ever got caught calling a boy, Dad would've started lopping off fingers, right?"
Listen Dad, I know that I fought you back in the day, but only now do I see how right you were. And I have lived a very full life without that pinky finger, anyway.
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These biscuits are tasty and rich, with a good layer of chocolate on top. They're great for dipping in tea/coffee - but my mother does have a tendency to drop half the biscuit in the tea, she does that with pretty much every brand of biscuit though so I think that the problem is with her not with the biscuits (and luckily she has limited interest in the interweb and doesn't know my dooyoo name so is not going to yell at me! (cue evil laugh.)) I've never dropped half the biscuit in my coffee anyway, though I do occasionally drop large pieces on the floor.
They are a lovely rich biscuit, but sometimes I find that they can cause indigestion, particularly if you have a couple. Maybe this is some ingenious plan to prevent people becoming over-weight through too many biccies - because you really don't feel like having too many biccies with these. Good for moderation I suppose!
The packaging is a little different now to what is shown on the dooyoo page - the font, for a start, screams at you a bit less (which in my opinion can only be a good thing!)
These biscuits do crumble - tiny crumbs get everywhere, but I don't really mind that. Most biscuits crumble but these do leave a lot of crumbs even in comparison. They don't make as much mess as, say, a Cadbury's flake, which was invented, I'm convinced, by someone with a rather large share in a vacuum cleaner factory, but it's still fairly noticeable.
I good biscuit then, of the everyday as opposed to the luxury variety.
It's no wonder that I've put on a few pounds lately - all of a sudden I have a list of things to review that I don't usually eat. I'm partial to a plain digestive biscuit in the winter but rarely go for choccie biscuits, however a bright blue packet of chocolate digestives caught my attention in Marks and Spencers recently, I wouldn't normally have bought them but that day I was shopping on an empty stomach and found myself with a basket full of items I would normally never buy.
The packet was not particularly big but because the biscuits were well packed, you actually get more than you think you're getting and layers of biscuits go on for longer than expected, combined with the biscuits filling nature they end up proving pretty good value for money.
Other biscuits pale in comparison to digestives, there's something about their oatyness that is not only delicious but also filling and somewhat comforting, chocolate biscuits without a layer of oaty goodness below are barely worth buying the saltiness of the oats brings out the sweetness of the chocolate and the two compliment each other perfectly.
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The High Court came down heavily on Soumya's co-passengers for the indifferent attitude shown towards a helpless girl who was thrown out of a moving train.
"Had a helping hand been extended to lift the girl from danger on hearing her cries for help, the untoward incident could have been avoided," the Bench observed while confirming the death sentence of Govindachamy in Soumya murder case.
"Facts are stranger than fiction. Gone are the days of men rising to the occasion as heroes or warriors to save fellow human beings from danger. The insensitivity to respond and selfishness to be non-responsive on part of fellow passengers of a running train to extend a helping hand has resulted in a grave tragedy," the court observed.
It also wondered "how cruel those people could be who dissuaded a willing person to respond to such cries for help". A resident of Konichira, who was also travelling in the passenger train, had heard the cries of a lady from the ladies compartment. Though he wanted to pull the alarm chain to stop the train, he was dissuaded by a middle-aged man, who was standing at the door at the right rear-end of the general compartment.
The middle-aged man told him that the girl had jumped out and escaped. When the Konichira-native repeated the request to pull the alarm chain, that man told him not to disturb other passengers and warned him to not drag others 'unnecessarily' to court, the verdict pointed out.
The Bench observed that the foremost duty of every member of the public is to extend a helping hand to the needy and to hear their cries with an open heart so as to lift them from danger.
Inaction on part of fellow passengers in the other compartment, who remained as mute spectators, sounds more cruel than the brutality committed by the rapist. Such continued silence will pave way for such criminals to continue such the crimes according to their whims and fancies, it," it said.
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Technology companies trying to reinvent higher education through online instruction are looking to win over the group with the most to lose from the effort: professors.
Coursera, one of the biggest providers of Massive Open Online Courses, or MOOCs, plans to announce Thursday it will open its doors to professors at 10 major university systems to create their own online courses.
Until now, Coursera content has come almost exclusively from professors at the world's most prestigious institutions, making it vulnerable to charges that it was helping to create a system where elite professors would produce the content and eventually cost faculty at less selective schools their jobs.
The contracts broaden Coursera's audience, currently 3.68 million people, by giving it access to more than 1.25 million students enrolled in the combined university systems. Professors will be able to incorporate MOOCs into their campus-based classes, creating a blended model designed to free up time for more classroom discussions as students watch lectures on their own.
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"I think that what we're looking at here is not a job loss but rather a change in a job description to something that I consider to actually be more challenging and more intellectually stimulating than just delivering the lecture," said Daphne Koller, co-founder of Coursera.
Still, many critics within academia remain concerned that MOOCs will eventually limit live lectures to the wealthiest schools. Meanwhile, faculty at cash-strapped public or midtier colleges might be displaced by low-paid staff who lead discussions after students have watched lectures from other schools' star professors online.
"Higher education is being disrupted just like the steel industry or the newspaper industry," said Ray Schroeder, director of the Center for Online Learning, Research and Service at the University of Illinois Springfield. "From that shakeout, a lot of people will become unemployed."
The popularity of MOOCs, which have been accessed by millions of students and adopted by scores of schools around the globe, is fueled by soaring college tuition and student debt. But as administrators ask professors to forgo their traditional lectures and incorporate MOOCs into their curricula, faculties have begun pushing back.
At Amherst College, faculty voted in April against joining edX, a nonprofit initiative led by Harvard University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The philosophy department at San Jose State University in California this month wrote an open letter decrying MOOCs as harbingers of the dismantling of departments and a diminished quality of education.
Last week, 58 Harvard faculty members signed a letter calling for faculty oversight of edX. If MOOCs proliferate and replace professors at public schools, that could eventually mean fewer jobs for Harvard's graduate students and ultimately fewer Harvard professors to teach them, said Peter Burgard, a Harvard German professor who signed the letter.
"We've been told that [MOOCs are] not a doomsday machine, but that sort of doomsday scenario is not unreasonable to expect," Mr. Burgard said.
Sebastian Thrun, chief executive and co-founder of Udacity, another Silicon Valley-based MOOC, said jobs wouldn't be lost because making school less expensive would encourage more students to pursue a degree.
We should "not assume that the market size is fixed," he said. "You take something that is expensive and make it less expensive—why would it be bad?"
EdX is supporting teachers at partner school San Jose State by opening the Center for Excellence in Adaptive and Blended Learning this summer. Initially, the center will serve faculty at the 11 California public universities that now use edX courses.
Despite these overtures, some faculty remain wary. "I'm a tenured professor, but I do have anxiety on some level of being replaced," said Maria Gonzalez, an associate professor of English at the University of Houston, one of the schools that just entered into a contract with Coursera. "It's hard to see how it would happen in the humanities, but there are those of us who are trying to push back against that."
Coursera will open up its platform to professors in public university systems from West Virginia, New York, Tennessee and Kentucky, among others.
Initially, some schools may just import existing MOOCs, while others are expected to create new ones for use within their own institutions. Some university systems also have expressed an interest in reaching out to adult learners wishing to take university classes for credit at reduced cost.
"Each system is looking at where they can make the biggest impact on the students in their state," Ms. Koller said.
Kathleen Bollard, vice president for academic affairs at the University of Colorado—one of Coursera's new partners—said the contract aims to "give faculty options, without creating concerns about losing jobs."
Lorenzo Anaya, a 20-year-old junior studying mechanical engineering at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque, one of the schools with which Coursera signed a contract, said the prospect of MOOCs at his school sounded "like an incredible idea if it's going to make college more affordable." But he also has some reservations. "It's hard enough for one professor to connect with 200 students in their own classroom. I'd be worried that one professor trying to connect with 100,000 students would be impossible," he said.
Even if individual faculty jobs remain safe, some say there is still cause for concern about how secure entire universities might be amid the tumult.
"People often ask me which institutions are going to disappear as a consequence of this massive change," Ms. Koller said. "It's the ones that take the ostrich strategy. If you stuck your head in the sand and hope that all this will just go away, you're going to be in serious trouble."
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For those who think THEY are in financial problems
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Big properties that need a car to get accross...
I have never thought they were in finacial problems. The Watchtower corporation/s investment departments are doing better than ever i reckon.
The franchise itself might not be bringing in what it used to, but the watchtower will always keep it afloat for tax benefits
Are you infering that because the Watchtower Bible and Tract society have all these buildings and property they are not having financial problems?
Consider some other examples of organization's that have or are having financial problems
1. The United States (lots of buildings and land)
2. General Motors (lots of buildings, land, and machinery)
3. Chrysler (same things a General Motors)
4. California (Lot's of land and quite a few buildings)
5. Many other states with the same things as California
etc. etc etc
At this point, I don't think the watchtower society is having financial problems at present but I think (and I think they do too) there business model points to financial problems ahead. IE
lower rates of contribution
more members from third world countrys who need finanical help
Cash flow at this point is not a problem because of all the real estate recently sold in NYC but if expenditures continue as they are, and income being what it is, they could be facing some financial problems in the future despite all the land and buildings.
All good observations and I would/should add the huge new complex they are in the planning stages and seem to be going ahead with.
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I agree with Idrnomo. Overhead for any business is a bitch-more so when revenue is low! And I would imagine with all that property, 'God's Organization' has its' share of expenses.
Sorry WTBTS, but as my daddy used to say "The Bigger They Are The Harder They Fall!"
It may depend on what you mean by financial problems. What "division" are we talking about? If we're talking about division of the business related to publishing, ya they may not be getting returns on their investment so they downsize. I never thought too deeply into dividing wts into "divisions" but quickly off the top
Assemblies Halls
WTS properties including land
Investment Assets
KH fund
If printing isn't making money they will continue to downsize until it may be more profitable to offload it to a third party to print the trash. This way they won't need to update the machinery, and they eliminate the liability of having people working on their premises.
If KHs don't cover their own costs, KHs will be sold off and congregations merged while wts gets the proceeds of the sale. Many KHs have excess capacity that's not being utilized. 2 or 3 congregations pet KH leaves a lot of nights where the KH is not being used. You can easily have 5 congregations per KH if need be.
Assembly Halls, same thing, if they can't make enough they will force congregations to make extra congregational donations towards the assembly through a guilt trip by means of local needs and a anonymous vote.
DC - we already have a rumor of moving those to Assembly halls. Whether true or not it's one possibility of managing the future costs.
WTS properties - They are sitting on profits, they are moving out of cities to larger land properties which will be build with slave labor, and will allow for nicer living quarter for the GB and the top while at the same time the profits from the sale of Crooklyn buildings will be re-invested in assets that will bring greater returns - stocks, land in the country. Farm land may very well be a good future investment at this point.
Investment Assets (stocks/bonds,futures, etc.) - are well taken care off, and we'll most likely never know what kind of sums they're playing with. If they're making or losing in this area we'll never know.
KH Fund is obviously profitable, otherwise they would use external source for their insurance needs
Missionaries, were a liability and money burner which needed to be overhauled so they were replaced with uber-elder-spy class to keep a closer eye on wts' paying customers (jws).
As the cult moves forward, they will become more lean with focus on JWs to be more willing to accept any and all of GB directions, less educated, more sacrificing. That's why we see more GB worship, more anti-education, more anti individualism and continued anti-internet propaganda. Today's JWs are less educated than general public and are also a liabilities to wts so that may also be why we hear that JWs are not wts' volunteers nor are JWs wts' representatives. WTS is making a greater distinction between themselves and r&f for liability reasons.
Their business model is changing and they are adopting by cutting costs and moving money losing assets into asset classes that seem to have better returns in the future. So as a whole, I doubt they are having financial problems, but some divisions may very well be major money losers and in need of realignment.
I agree with IDRNOMO. I think they are asset rich but cash poor
I agree with IDRNOMO. I think they are asset rich but cash poor
another good reason to reduce the size of the monthly mags, its all about cash flow when running a business (printing company). Ink suppliers, paper manufacturers, gas stations and maintenance folks for the printing presses all want to be paid. Yes there are costs associated with a server farm, but much less than the printed material.
You hit the nail on the head with your paragraph about the cult moving forward and focusing on JWs to be more willing to accept more @%##.
I am a "fader" and have seen the religion changing over the last decade or so. From what my "friends" there tell me, the religion (and I will quote my friend) "wants us to look out for each other". While they may think this is good, I am reading between the lines. There are too many needy people there looking around the hall for all kinds of assistance. So, it isn't just about "preaching the good news" in the territory. The religion is certainly changing (for the worse) and it does certainly expect members to "sacrifice". Oh really??
There is trouble on the horizon and any responsible person barely hanging on to a job who is still active in this religion is going to be targeted left and right!


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text: : ... "percent complete" of a task is a ridiculous progress metric. : Tasks have only three states: not started, started but not finished, and finished. : It is reasonable to ask for an estimate of the remaining (uninterrupted) time to complete a task (i.e., ETC - see Completion Headroom in http://c2.com/ppr/episodes.html), but a much better progress metric is percentage of use cases / scenarios that pass acceptance tests. Use case scenarios are either implemented, or they are not. : So, if 10 of 25 use cases pass acceptance tests, it's not 40% complete? If 10 days have been spent and 10 more are predicted, it's not 50% complete? What is the "myth" here?The myth is that the amount of work remaining can be determined by a simple calculation of the total work minus the work done. However, it's often the case that after working for 10 days, you may predict you will take 10 more days, but in fact you may have done much less or much more than half the total work required. Those 25 use cases are unlikely to all require exactly the same effort, so it's a myth to believe that the time taken to complete 10 use cases to acceptance tests is 40% of the total time it will take to complete all 25. The 40% is a mathematical fiction. -- StevenNewton So, why is it "a much better progress metric is percentage of use cases / scenarios that pass acceptance tests"? Because of the LawOfBigNumbers?. If you have 20 use cases that you believe have the same level of complexity, after you finish 10 of them you are very near 50% done - you may be 40% or 60%, but certainly not 80% done. This happens because some use cases will be a little harder and some a little easier, and these deviations from the norm will tend to cancel out. This assumes you estimate well how much time you spend in your "average" use case, but even if you don't, this approach allows you to adjust your estimates mid-course. Let us suppose you are a ProjectManager that didn't estimate well your "average" use case in the beginning. You thought it would take 1 week to complete each of the 20 use cases, but you only hit the 50% mark after 15 weeks. You have some time to ManageExpectations? or even call for help from a senior DreamTeam. On the other hand, your buddy ProjectManager didn't care to split a similar project in smaller chunks, but set the same schedule: 20 weeks. After 15 weeks, everyone is confident they are "80% done, boss!", and that they can make up for some "minor" slips. By the middle of week 18, panic strikes the team: "Oh my God, we are doomed!" By now, it is too late to do anything but to push the deadline a month further. This is repeated until SomethingAcceptable? is delivered or the sponsor decides to PullThePlug?.


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The world suddenly knew of the possibility of the existence of something that only some in the business knew may be possible: that by marinating and massaging journos or media house-owners, news can be published or aired…
How the News Media Can Stay Independent
There's a gentleman who may want to remain anonymous called Firoz Bakht Ahmed who regularly sends me opinion pieces that he wants published in the paper I work for, Hindustan Times. The articles always deal with some aspect of Muslim incoherence or show of outrage that Mr. Ahmed, praise be upon him, is in turn outraged as a liberal Muslim about. Essentially, he's the liberal Muslim voice that many liberal non-Muslims find missing in such asymmetrical media debates.
The only problem is that Mr. Ahmed doesn't write too well. It's not only the quality of language that I'm talking about — that, after all, can be cleaned and dolled up by my colleagues and myself. But it's the fact that most of his observations are repetitive ("…the self-proclaimed leaders of India's Muslims are more interested in looking after their own vested personal interests than that of the community was never in doubt…") and banal leaves a deeper impression on me than his value as an anomalous media Muslim or, for that matter, a rare type of media liberal.
But what clinches the deal for me as an editor responsible for publishing various opinions, is the fact that Mr. Ahmed is keen on bringing me kebabs and biryani. Mind you, not all the time (that would be too crass) but during Eid or other special occasions. This is usually preceded or followed by yet another flurry of articles he wants published. No quid pro quo is mentioned or suggested. But it's there in the air, at least in my naturally crooked mind. Sometimes the kebabs are replaced with words of praise on sms: "Great page-1 write up today! Will u take one from me? Regards! Firoz."
The reason I have brought up this supply-demand relationship is that what's true in the domain of an opinion section of a newspaper involving two small cogs in the opinion-sharing wheel holds true in the case of much, much bigger players in the hyper-active, crowded universe of news-information where more than kebabs can come into play. I don't want to bang on and on about the Radia tapes (the morning I write this, the Supreme Court cancelled 122 2G licences stating that the first-come, first-serve policy of mobile spectrum 'distribution' was a rotten idea that led to gigabyte-levels of corruption) but essentially, the possibility of the role of the news media as a facilitator between corporate houses and politicians spilled out into evening living room and other social media platform conversations.
The world suddenly knew of the possibility of the existence of something that only some in the business knew may be possible: that by marinating and massaging journos or media house-owners, news can be published or aired — or, more importantly, 'not' published or aired — that would nudge, push, pull or solidify VIP or popular opinion.
One reason why the news media has become such a potential drop-box for 'subjective information' – 'Kapil Sibal doesn't want to gag the internet, he wants to stop communal riots from breaking out' – is the very changed nature of the media. For those bemoaning the shrinkage of space for straightforward, no-frills news, I don't quite have much sympathy. To run the risk of letting out a cliché, television and its force-multiplier cousin, social network platforms like Facebook and Twitter, have ensured that we get 'what's happening' in more or less real time. In any case, reading about what the PM said in a gathering of switchmakers certainly requires much more than press release-style 'simple facts'. I certainly would prefer context, background and that dreaded word 'colour' in such a scenario. And in this fog of digressional/incidental information comes the sheep in wolf's clothing: opinion.
In this increasingly opinionating atmosphere of news media – where TV anchors make pronouncements in the manner teachers once made about drugs to school kids, or where reporters via the newspaper's news desk editors tip the report in a direction that can be as subtle as a drum beat in a song – there is bound to be the protagonists, or at least their emissaries, who will come to feed their 'perspectives'. And sometimes, it's about hypnotising the journalist into thinking something else than what the latter had thought of. I'm not talking about the journalist's or the editor's sometimes flawed line of reasoning being corrected by a non-objective party. Sometimes it's about telling the folks handling the day's news: 'Of course pigs can fly.'
So does it mean going back to the drab world of 'pure news' that only Press Council of India Markandey Katju will find riveting? Bloody hell, no – not that human nature and economics will allow that either. At the cost of sounding terribly naïve, even the digressionary tactics of the character assassins let loose in the media against Anna Hazare and his anti-corruption campaigners was worth its while in prime-time advertisement costs. Because for the viewer/reader, having <only> a government perspective is just a wee bit better than having <only> an anti-government perspective. So 'true' facts, whichever side of the Maginot Line they may be coming from, must be entertained.
The problem is that not too many media platforms – newspapers or tv channels – do that on a consistent basis. They pick a side and run with it, instead of picking up a story and running with it.
Of course, this over-veneration of all perspectives (read: news) has to confirm to journalistic professional check boxes. The opposite of 'Arushi's parents killed their own daughter' can't be 'No one killed Arushi'. Which is where like any precaution, news media should also practise safe intercourse of information and perspective. Professional prophylactics – fact checking, cross-checking, follow-ups, counter-questions, leading questions, background checks, etc. – should not be forsaken for the thrill of 'taking a side'.
As for the soft spots that make a media organisation or journalist pick a side for reasons other than journalistic conviction, it's the same ones that make my dear friend Firoz Bakht Ahmed mix his contributions with the allure of kebabs. The notion that the media, with clouds of information and perspective flies buzzing all the time above its various heads, can provide an access for the humble journalist and the surprisingly humble media owner in this country to things that aren't normally within its grasp. This could be a plot of land, money, favours, the notion of power that comes with having 'ready access' to the powerful.
Or it could be just plain kebabs.
My strategy in dealing with such a temptation? I accept the kebabs, give it to Daya, our office Man Monday-to-Saturday, and don't publish Mr. Ahmed's articles. I hope that one day, he'll get the message.
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To Apply, send your resume and link to online profile to:
chris.colosimo at oracle.com, 650-587-3887
Job Code: IRC1261811
Job Title: Senior Interaction Designer
Career Level: IC4
Department Description: Oracle Primavera Business Unit
Location: Bala Cynwyd, PA (Philadelphia)
Job Type: Non-Exempt, Full Time, Employee Status
Telecommute: No
Travel: No
Oracle's Primavera Global Business Unit, the world's leading
project and portfolio management software company; has an immediate
opening for an experienced Interaction Designer. Oracle Primavera
provides the software foundation that enables all types of businesses
to achieve excellence in managing their portfolios, programs, projects
and resources. It is estimated that projects totaling more than $5
trillion in value have been managed with Oracle Primavera products.
The development group in the Primavera Global Business Unit is
focused on developing enterprise level solutions for our customers in
project intensive industries. Our applications provide project and
portfolio management, contract management, resource management, and
risk management solutions used by customers worldwide. We leverage
an agile development methodology (scrum) to facilitate the
development of our products. Our development practices include
empowered scrum teams, continuous build and integration, monthly
sprint reviews, and a heavy emphasis on testing early and often.
We are looking for a qualified User Experience/Interaction Designer
to lead our design team and focus on user interface design and
usability. We need an Designer with experience designing for web and
client/server applications.
The ideal candidate will have experience in user interface,
interaction design, user research and usability testing. They will
also work very closely with the business analysts to develop and
design the user experience and to ensure new functionality meets a
high usability standard.
Responsibilities include:
Define the user experience direction for existing products.
Plan, coordinate and conduct user research, customer validation, and
usability testing sessions.
Work closely with Business Analysts, Product Managers and customers
to analyze the business need and help define the feature set for the
upcoming releases.
Translate business requirements into intuitive interface solutions.
Provide coaching to UX analysts throughout the development cycle to
ensure that process flows, wire frames and design mockups adhere to
usability standards and design guidelines.
Mentor new hires to ensure their success as a UX analyst.
Develop process flows, wire frames and mockups with accompanying
interaction rules.
Define, write, and publish standards and guidelines for the overall
user experience, including design patterns, user/work flows, and
Keep abreast of trends in user experience, usability and interaction
design especially as they relate to emerging technologies.
Work with cross disciplinary teams to ensure team members understand
the design and how it translates the requirements into an effective
user interface.
Effectively present and persuasively convey design solutions to team
members and all levels of management.
Preferred Skills: BS Degree in Human Computer Interaction, Industrial
Engineering or related field of study, 5+ years experience in user
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Apple and Samsung continue to lead 'challenging' tablet market
IDC data shows sales are slowing due to rise in phablet devices
INTERNATIONAL DATA CORPORATION (IDC) has revealed that Apple and Samsung continue to dominate the tablet market, despite sales of devices beginning to slow.
Research firm IDC's latest report shows that while Apple and Samsung kept their leads in sales, the tablet market is starting to falter.
According to the report, sales of tablets, including sales of two-in-one PC hybrid devices, totaled 50.4 million units in the first quarter. That was just a 3.9 percent increase from the same period a year ago, and down 35.7 percent from the previous quarter.
IDC credited the slowing growth to the rise in popularity of phablets, with smartphone screen sizes getting bigger and bigger. The Samsung Galaxy Note 3, for example, has a 5.7in touchscreen, eliminating the need for a separate tablet. IDC said the weak growth also comes as sales of two-in-one PC devices have not been as impressive as hoped.
IDC VP of devices Tom Mainelli said, "The rise of large-screen phones and consumers who are holding on to their existing tablets for ever longer periods of time were both contributing factors to a weaker than anticipated quarter for tablets and [two-in-ones].
"In addition, commercial growth has not been robust enough to offset the slowing of consumer shipments."
Apple and Samsung aren't doing too badly in the tablet market, however, having shipped 16.4 million and 11.2 million devices, respectively, in the first quarter. While Samsung saw 32 percent growth year on year, it seems Apple began to feel the strain of the slowing market, as its market share slipped 16.1 percent.
As noted by IDC, however, this likely could be because users are holding onto their iPads for longer, rather than upgrading every two years.
Asus came third on IDC's list with 2.5 million tablet sales in the first quarter, which the research firm said was sparked by growth of Windows 8.1 tablet sales.
IDC researcher Jitesh Ubrani said, "Although its share of the market remains small, Windows devices continue to gain traction thanks to sleeper hits like the Asus T100, whose low cost and 2-in-1 form factor appeal to those looking for something that's 'good enough'." µ
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HUNTSVILLE, Alabama - A hazardous weather outlook for all of North Alabama shows the threat of gusty winds and small hail tonight and during the next few days, the National Weather Service says.
There is a low chance of thunderstorms Monday and Tuesday as a warm and unstable air mass will remain in place over the region. Wind gusts up to 30 mph are a threat.
A more organized storm system will bring better chances of showers and thunderstorms from Tuesday night through Wednesday, with the potential for strong thunderstorms and heavy rain.
There's a 20-percent chance of showers and thunderstorms Sunday night before 10 p.m. The overnight low will be around 65. The 20-percent chance of rain returns Monday after 1 p.m. Otherwise, expect mostly sunny skies and a high near 87. Monday night looks to be partly cloudy, with a low around 66.
Tuesday's forecast shows a 30-percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, but otherwise mostly sunny skies and a high near 87. The chance of showers and thunderstorms increases to 50 percent Tuesday night. The low will be around 66.
Wednesday calls for a 60-percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, with a high near 77.
Sunday's high temperature was 86, which was 9 degrees below the record set in 1936 and 6 degrees above average. The high temp a year ago was 76.
The sun will rise Monday at 5:46 a.m. and set at 7:40 p.m., bringing 13 hours and 54 minutes of daylight.


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Clock Opera put in a surprisingly dishevelled performance for a band whose reputation is based on their love and mastery of modern technology. The group from London, led by the singer, producer and multi-instrumentalist Guy Connolly, are touring to promote their first album, Ways to Forget, released this week. "Have you learnt the words yet?" Connolly asked the audience, rather optimistically, at the band's sold-out show in King's Cross, after they had finished the opening number White Noise.
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KILLEEN — Staff Sgt. Harold Brent Lee, 45, of Killeen died Thursday, June 7, 2012.
Services will be at 2:30 p.m. today in First Baptist Church in Wheeler with the Rev. Randy Wallace officiating. Burial will be in Wheeler Cemetery. Arrangements are by Peppers Family Funeral Home of Wheeler.
Staff Sgt. Lee was born Aug. 3, 1966, in Wheeler to Mr. Harold Loyd Lee and Mrs. Sylvia Nell Smith. He
graduated from Wheeler Independent School District in 1985. Staff Sgt. Lee entered the Army on Aug. 1, 1987. He completed his basic training and combat signaler training at Fort Gordon, Ga. He served on active duty for more than 11 years and served his past three years with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 7th Battalion, and 158th Aviation Regiment at Fort Hood.
Staff Sgt. Lee's awards include Army Commendation medal fifth award, Army Achievement medal fourth award, Army Good Conduct medal fourth award, Army Reserve Components Achievement medal, National Defense Service medal second award, Armed Forces Expeditionary medal, Armed Forces Service medal,
Non-Commissioned Officer Professional Development Ribbon with No. 2, Army Service ribbon, Overseas Service ribbon with No. 3, NATO medal, Global War on Terrorism service medal, Sharpshooter Marksmanship badge M-16 Rifle, Driver's badge, The Army Lapel button and the Adjutant General Individual Award.
Staff Sgt. Lee was a member of the First Baptist Church, where he was actively involved in the singles
ministry. He was an avid Texas Longhorns football fan. He enjoyed fishing and bicycling. His true love was the military.
He is preceded in death by his father and a sister, Joanie Lee Brogdon.
Survivors include his mother, Sylvia Shuler and husband Leo of Wheeler; a brother, Mike Lee and wife Tina of Wheeler; and three sisters, Lucretia Davis and husband Eddie of Wheeler, Melannie Gates and husband Roy of Weatherford, Okla., and Lori Barnes and husband Justin of Stephenville.
Sign the online guest book at www.peppersfuneralhome.com.
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The famous frisky felines who fouled up traffic on the New York City subway this summer have found a forever family.
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Most Old World army ants belong to the tribe Dorylini. This tribe was formerly classified as the subfamily Dorylinae, and is composed of two genera, one of which (Aenictus) was formerly placed in its own tribe, Aenictini. The other genus, Dorylus, contains the aggressive "driver ants", of which there are some 70 species known.
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Flu still hanging around Erie County
Flu season keeps on chugging along in Erie County.
An additional 34 influenza cases were reported to the Erie County Department of Health last week, 15 weeks after the season began around Thanksgiving. Flu season usually lasts about eight weeks.
"It's been one of our longer seasons," said Charlotte Berringer, R.N., director of community health for the county Health Department.
The number of cases is down from 53 reported the previous week, but flu remains in the area. Flu patients are still seeing their doctors and going to emergency rooms, though not as often as during the peak of flu season in January.
"We are still seeing patients, but we are on the downswing," said Ferdinando Mirarchi, D.O., UPMC Hamot's medical director of emergency medicine.
A total of 973 flu cases have been reported in Erie County this season, the highest number -- except for the 2009 H1N1 outbreak -- since flu became a reportable disease in 2003.
Most of the county's flu cases in recent weeks have been type B, a flu strain that often spikes toward the end of the season as type A cases decline. Twenty-six of last week's 34 cases were type B, Berringer said.
Flu isn't the only viral illness making the rounds. Mirarchi said the Hamot ER is still seeing plenty of people with severe colds and gastrointestinal illnesses.
"Even when you have the flu, you see a lot of other illnesses that look a little like flu but aren't flu," Mirarchi said.
To prevent the spread of flu and other viral illnesses, Berringer recommended frequent hand-washing and covering your mouth when you sneeze or cough.
DAVID BRUCE can be reached at 870-1736 or by e-mail. Follow him on Twitter at twitter.com/ETNbruce.


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Homogeneous Charge Compression Ignition of Methane
Application ID: 1852
Homogeneous Charge Compression Ignition (HCCI) engines are being considered as an alternative to traditional spark- and compression-ignition engines. As the name implies, a homogeneous fuel/oxidant mixture is auto-ignited by compression with simultaneous combustion occurring throughout the cylinder volume. Combustion temperatures under lean burn operation are relatively low, resulting in low levels of NOx emission. Furthermore, the fuel's homogeneous nature as well as the combustion process itself lead to low levels of particulate matter being produced.
Although HCCI combustion shows much promise, the method also suffers from a number of recurring problems, one of the more important being ignition timing. The following model examines the HCCI of methane, investigating ignition trends as a function of initial temperature, initial pressure, and fuel additives.
This model solves the reaction kinetics, mass, and energy balances describing the detailed combustion of methane in a variable-volume system. The large amount of kinetic and thermodynamic data required to set up the problem is readily made available by importing relevant files on the CHEMKIN format into the Reaction Engineering interface.
This application was built using the following:Chemical Reaction Engineering Module
The combination of COMSOL® products required to model your application depends on the physics interfaces that define it. Particular physics interfaces may be common to several products (see the Specification Chart for more details). To determine the right combination of products for your project, you should evaluate all of your needs in light of each product's capabilities, consultation with the COMSOL Sales and Support teams, and the use of an evaluation license.


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A prominent figure in the history of Aboriginal resistance in Australia, Foley was centrally involved in the establishment of the Aboriginal Tent Embassy in 1972. His activism continued in many of the campaigns for land rights and justice, including the massive protests at the Brisbane Commonwealth Games and the Bicentenary celebrations in the 1980s, the successful campaign to save Northland Secondary College in Melbourne and the protests that stopped the Jabiluka uranium mine in the 1990s.
Foley's acting credits range from Phillip Noyce's 1977 movie Backroads to last year's hit stage show at the Melbourne and Sydney Festivals.
A lecturer in history at Victoria University, he recently completed a PhD on the history of Aboriginal organisations and struggles in Redfern in the late 1960s and early 1970s.