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Couple's bid boosts schools, but irks trail advocates.
The controversial sale of a parcel of land along Lake Superior's North Shore has netted $1.2 million for the state's school trust fund.
An Eden Prairie couple outbid the Wolf Ridge Environmental Learning Center in a public auction Wednesday for the 65-acre parcel, located about 10 miles north of Silver Bay.
Buyer Robert Schachter said he and his wife, Karen Rylander, have no plans to develop the property.
"The person who showed us the property thought it should be left untouched," Schachter said. "I have no plans to develop it, and I'm not in real estate."
Schachter said his wife, who is currently out of the country, was behind the purchase and he did not want to speak for her in regard to the parcel's future.
Rylander's name appears as a donor in literature for various conservation organizations throughout the state, including Duluth's Hawk Ridge Bird Observatory, Birch Island Woods Conservation Area in Eden Prairie, the Minnesota Zoo and Como Park Zoo, but it is unclear if the purchase is related to any conservation project.
The parcel went for nearly $400,000 more than the starting bid, which was set at $809,800.
"Its highest and best use was real estate," said Aaron Vande Linde, the Department of Natural Resources' school trust lands administrator. "This was a good time to sell. As proved by yesterday's sale, we got 1½ times the value of it."
The parcel includes about 1,675 feet of shoreline and has potential for development, according to a DNR sale description. With no aggregate resources and little timber cover, the DNR did not have any use for the parcel, Vande Linde said.
The sale has been controversial since it was first announced. Trail supporters had hoped to see a connection of the Gitchi-Gami State Trail built on the property, and others have lamented the potential loss of access to the shore due to private ownership.
Wolf Ridge, a nonprofit environmental learning center in Finland, Minn., was simply outbid at the auction, Executive Director Peter Smerud said.
"We put a limit on how much we could spend," he said. "It was just higher than we could go."
Given Wolf Ridge's location just a few miles away, the parcel would have made an ideal location for the center to integrate Lake Superior programs into its curriculum, Smerud said.
"We were looking at the land as a phenomenal resource to enhance education about Lake Superior," he said. "Lake Superior is a rare treasure, and we need to make sure we teach children about it and that they have a level of understanding."
Smerud said he hopes the parcel will be left mostly untouched. In the future, Wolf Ridge will continue to search for land along the North Shore, he said.
It's not out of the realm of possibility that other lakefront parcels will hit the auction block. The DNR will continue to identify trust land parcels for sale, Vande Linde said.
The $1.2 million raised from the sale — and the more than $750,000 raised from nine other land sales in St. Louis, Cook and Itasca counties this week — will be invested as principal in a statewide trust fund for schools.
Last year, interest and dividends on the fund, which is worth about $930 million, generated $26 million for schools throughout the state, Vande Linde said, and modest land sales must continue to keep up revenues.
"We have to weigh all factors on parcels," he said. "We don't just weigh recreational values we want to protect. We want to offer land with a high likelihood of selling to maximize the trust. It's a tough decision."
Another set of parcels is set to be auctioned in October, but the sale is not expected to include any additional Lake Superior shore properties.
The DNR previously had been unable to sell lakeshore trust lands without prior approval of the Minnesota Legislature. However, in an effort to increase funds available for schools, the Legislature eliminated that requirement last year.


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Two of my friends, Scott McConnell (@scottmcconnell7) and Andy Joss (@andyjoss82) are loyal Melo lovers. They joint wrote this piece about defending Melo. It's actually pretty good and pretty funny. I think you'll all enjoy it.
Recently, there have been an abundance of anti-Melo sentiments emanating from the world's most famous arena. Melo has been accused of being lazy, not playing defense, not sharing the ball, and even not trying. But we are here to defend the man who once brought such joy the people of New York.
When Melo arrived in Madison Square Garden, restored to the city in which he grew up, he was celebrated as royalty. Hailed as the messiah that would return the Knicks to the lofty heights that they once dwelled in familiarity. Once proclaimed by this very blogger to be the "best pure scorer in the league", those talents still reside in Melo's able body. The New York media and its faithful must learn patience with Melo, as they have time and time again showed this team throughout the past decade.
Like it or not, Melo is there for a purpose. And like or not, Melo will remain there for that purpose. The low blowing and finger blaming is an attitude worse than any act that Melo has committed. Let our message ring loud and clear: The New York Knicks need Melo to win a championship. Sure there may have been games where his effort looked lackluster, or his defense subpar. But Melo does know how to win a championship. Recall his freshman year at Syracuse and his magical run with the Orange to the championship. The media-created negativity that surrounds the Knicks star is the only true tumor to this team.
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We would like to leave this blog with a simple plea: do not bash our star for things that he may or may not have done. Instead celebrate his talents and support him for the fact that the Knick nation will not reach its goal without him. Carmelo Anthony would not be here unless he wanted to be, and Melo will bring titles back to the Garden.
In conclusion, many people think that Melo is the hero that New York deserves, but not the one it needs right now. Fair or not, critics will attack Melo for his perceived shortcomings in those times when the Knicks struggle. That is the heavy baggage that comes with the label of superstar and the accompanying max contract. Whenever the team does not perform up to the high expectations laid out, it is Melo who must take the blame. The media will ravage Melo's good name in an effort to assign blame for their beloved team's shortcomings. They attack him, because he is strong, he can shoulder the blame.


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I have been able to translate about 14 chapter but i am still looking for an editor/proofreader. IF you could pm me the times u are free and how your schedule works maybe we ca work something out. I don't want to post unedit text because some of the saying and wording doesn't feel right to me but i don't have enough knowledge in English to figure out what wrong with it.
I have waited for more than half year, and this is a good news. So please any editor step up and give me my best christmas present...^^
we have been waiting for a half year. Please, post your translation. It is ok(without editing).
Where can I find the Vietnamese audiobooks? I'd like to help out but my Vietnamese is pretty elementary, when I tried to read the Vietnamese translated version of the comic that was hard enough but I got the gist none the less. If I can help in anyway let me know, I can only try..
Just finished reading all the available parts from the other forum. If you want, please post what you have and we csn have multiple people editing it and reposted.
please show charity on us poor souls who can't read Chines nor Vietnamese by translate this awesome novel thank you
I will begin posting starting next week. I am start off from where mooy left off on the zhu xian website. I haven't be able to contact mooy about transfering her work to this site for the translation. To all the reader that was anticipating this I am really sorry for making you wait. To anyone who hasn't read this yet here is the link for mooy translation on the zhu xian forum http://jd-forum.perfectworld.com/sho...d.php?t=393891 . As I am using the vietnamese version of the story some of the names I will be using will be different from mooy, also mooy translated the names into what was used in the english version of the game but I believe in using the actual asian name even if it is the viet version to give the story more of a feel. If I somehow can get mooy permission to transfer her translation to here I will go and edit the names so that it will match the ones I use. Suifuron and mastercake if you guy have skype or msn it will be alot easier to communicate rather than through email. To suifuron and mastercake I apologize for not answering your message until now I been housing myself up in my room studying for 3 month studying for the MCAT. I will be done this week and will be free starting next week. If you guy are still interested you can contact me at [email protected] or contact me here or you can reach me at ramenaddiction on skype.
http://truyen.hixx.info/truyen/truye.../Tru-Tien.html as for audiobook as for the audio book they can be found http://archive.org/details/AudioTruT...nThuyetSongLai .
Don't worry about the delay honpaka, real life takes priority. Unfortunately, I have never used skype but you can contact me at my email if you need help with the editing [email protected]
Heh, it has been a while so I will have to re-read Zhu Xian. Not that I mind :P
I will be emailing the 2-3 chapters after where mooy left off hopefully friday night or saturday morning to you and mastercake.
If you still need a proofreader I can help out a bit. =)
Thank you guys .
My apology guy but the first chapter will be up by sunday. I have failed to see that mooy seperated her chapters into parts so i skiped 1 chapter by accident so i will be translating that today.
Thanh Long(known as Meri Koon in game, translation of name from viet version is Clear/Jade Dragon)
At this moment, a man had came to help Vampire Devil up. The bald man who seemed to know him, went over to him and whispered something. Ghost Lord smiled without saying a word, seemingly relaxed, not careing for the mighty adversaries. Next to him a handsome pale faced scholar quietly exchanged a glance with him.
Suddenly a hoarse voice that laughed , emergedThuong Tung you bastard, do you still remember your grandpa?
The disciples of the Righteous schools frowned. The voice camed from a fierce looking midget that was glareing at Thuong Tung like a hungry wolf.
Thuong Tung coldly laugh and said Devil, do you remember the sword wound from back then
Everyone saw the midget clench his teeths in anger, his hatred for Thuong Tung as clear as day. His hand rose to his chest to massage his chest as angerly said Good, good, how could I forgot,but I thought you had forgot. This is very good. This sword wound will be repaid.
Thuong Tung coldly ignored him, and turned to face the two people that has just arrived.
To Nhu face showed with worried as she saw that the enemies' cultivation was profound. They were most likely elder of the Evil Schools that has not appearred in a long time.
Just hearing the exchanges between the midget and Thuong Tung she softly whispered to Dien Bat Dich Who are these people?
Dien Bat Dich frowned and said The midget's name is Bach Doc Tu, he is from Thousand Poison Sect. The bald man is Doan Moc Lao To from Rare Stone Mountain. They rarely show up in the Martial World. They along with Vampire Devil were our targets hundreds of years ago. As for the those two, one appears to be Ghost Lord From Ghost Sect, as for the handsome paled face scholar, I have never seen him before.
To Nhu took a cold breath. In the battle hundreds of years ago between Evil and Good, her cultivation was still in the early stages, and therefor did not participate in the battle. However the names of the elders from the Evil Sect was known far and wide especally Bach Doc Tu and Doan Moc Lao To whose reputation was in par with Vampire Devil.
Suddenly Doan Moc Lao To turned to face the Righteous disciple and screamed Van Kiem Nhat, Van Kiem Nhat did that bastard come?
This is a excerpt that i translated from the viet version. This is the beginning of the chapter known as Meri Koon from Mooy translation on Zhu Xian. I apologize for any bad grammer and spelling as this is unedited. I just wanted to upload this to see if people like the style and wording of the translatation as compared to Mooy. I will try to shaped/fix my wording and style according to the response from you guys. While I wait for response I will continue translating in this style. Another thing that I would like your input on is the names of the character. I am haveing a hard time translating the names so in my translation I used the viet version of the name. The way I thought of to improve this was to put a little Character introduction at the beginning of each chapter that a new character is introduced in so people know the character. If anyone can think of anything better that would be great.
Last edited by honpaka; 03-30-13 at 11:47 PM.
Thanks for the translation. Can you change the names to the former ones(mooye used)? The viet names is very confusing.
I will try my best but I nevered played the game before so I have no idea about the character names that the game use. And the Glossary that Mooy has posted don't include the minor character like the midget and bald dude. As you can see she used the chinese name for those character too. What I can do is use the Chinese name for the main characters/ translate the name into a better english sounding one. As for the sect name I will keep those like Mooy. Hopefully the Chinese name will not be confusing for you guys when it comes to the important character.
Yi Zheng = Shi-Tos Sifu
Onara = Shi-To
Xavion = Song Daren
Vasp Caelo = Cang Song
Qing Long = The Character the chapter was named after and is one of the four guardian of the Ghost Sect. English name is Azure Dragon.
Zhu Que = Red Phoenix, one of the four guardian
Xuan Wu = Black Tortoise, one of the four guardian
Bai Hu = White Tiger, one of the four guardian
Baiduzi = An elder of the Thousand Poison Clan. He is a midget that has a grudge with Cang Song.
Elder Duanmu = An elder of the evil sect. As of the current chapter it is unclear what sect he belongs to.
Ghost King = Also know as Master Vim in mooy translation but like I said I dislike usually english name and I will soon be changing this to the legit Chinese name.
A moment later, as the golden light faded away, everyone saw that the paled face scholar had been unfazed by the attack and using only one hand to block Shi-Tos Shatterer. Stuck in the air Shi-To was unable to advance forward.
The pale faced scholar laughed and said Young man, you should go practice for a hundred more years.
Suddenly with a wave of his hand, a burst of light was seen before Shi-Tos body was sent flying backward and his Shatterer staff blown high into the sky.
Yi Zheng, Herald of Vigor, immediately flew up to catch Shi-To. Seeing that the wound was nothing major his heart relaxed. Anger flared in him as he turned to face the scholar ready to strike.
Suddenly Taoist Cang Song raise his hand to stop him, and coldly said In the end who are you to be in possession of the Ring of Empyrean Light that has been missing for more than a thousand years! Why is it in your hands?
Just a moment ago Yi Zheng was brimming with anger but with those few words he suddenly became speechless before he could utter out, What? Ring of Empyrean Light?
Of the people that was present, eight out of ten were shocked. Zhang Xiao Fan who was curious, asked Song Daren: Senior Brother, is that esper really powerful?
Song Daren was still in shocked before he nodded and replied, I have heard Sifu said that the ring is a magical treasure from the Nine Skies but had been lost for thousand of years. I never imagine that it would resurfaced today.
Zhang Xiao Fan began to slowly inhaled the icy night air, only to see the paled face scholar smile before answering Taoist Cang Song, I am but a lowly scholar under the command of Ghost King. Ghost King grinned and shook his head before he bellowed out, Brother Long you are much too modest!
At that very moment Elder Duanmu, standing beside Bai Duzi, was heading towards Vampire Devil but when he heard Ghost King called the pale face scholar Brother Long, his eyes immediately scanned the mans sleeves. Even though he could not see the esper, having heard the exchange between Cang Song and them, there was no doubt that it must have truly been a magical treasure.
The magical treasures from legends were all suppose to have many wondrous abilities, and those that sought immortality place magical treasure above all else! It was no mystery that everyone present was now trying to catch a glimpse of the magical treasure while harboring the secret desire to possess it for themselves!
The three elder and the scholar merely appeared at the same time and were not acquaintance. They only know that not long after they had appear, there appeared a mysterious person next to Ghost King whose cultivation was profound, indeed an expert.
Baiduzi momentarily looked at the scholar's hand before turning to Ghost King and said : Ghost King, we have never met this gentleman before, cant believe Ghost Sect had such an expert..
Ghost King smile and said: Brother Bai, our Ghost Sect is just a small Sect of the Holy Fraction, naturally can't compare with your Thousand Poison Clan.
Baiduzi huffed angrily, his Thousand Poison Clan was one of the four main Sect of the Holy Fraction, this time only because of the sect master's order did he come to this barren wasteland, speaking of which this was his first time leaving the sect during the last hundred years.
Even though he hasnt left the sext for the last hundred years he was still aware of current happening in the world. Within the four major Sect of the Holy Fraction at the current moment, Thousand Poison Clan, Lupin, and Longevity Hall were all Sects that had solid foundation and rose to prominent after the collapse of the Blood Forging Hall and death of the Blackheart Elder eight hundred years ago. Only Ghost Sect, a minor sect, suddenly rose to prominent three hundred years ago. Their experts were as numerous as the autumn leaves. Along with the other 3 sect they controlled the Holy Fraction.
The power balance within the Holy Fraction was always changing, unlike the time where Blood Forging Hall dominated and had total control. Each of the four major sects had numerous minor sect under its wing and there was always a struggle for power. On the surface however ,towards the enemy they showed a face of unity.
Before Baiduzi departure, the Thousand Poison Clan's master has given him specific instruction to keep an eye on the Ghost Sect and find out their secrets and strength. In recent years a rumor within the Holy Fraction was that the Supreme Scared Manual Holy Scripture of the Holy Fraction was in the hand of the Ghost Sect.
At this moment however, Holy Scripture was nowhere to be seen and instead there was the Ring of Empyrean Light which has been missing thousands of years. Baiduzi deep down was astonished, knowing that Ghost Sect's strength was unfathomable, his face was slightly smiling but in reality he was more miserable then when he was crying.
He said: Ghost King surely must be joking, who doesnt know that Ghost Sects strength is like the rising sun, but we have never met this Brother Long before, and is very curious about him.
Ghost King calculatingly look at Baiduzi then smiles and says: Since you have said that, right or wrong you will have to met eventually. Brother Bai do you know that 300 hundred years ago in our Ghost Sect there was four Holy Guardian.
Baiduzis face changed colors, Elder Duanmu who was speechless said: What, Qing Long, Bai Hu, Zhu Que, and Xuan Wu are still alive?
The scholar and Ghost King looked at each other and laughed. He then said: Correct, I am indeed Qing Long.
Within the Good Fraction there was no reaction, however Baiduzi and the Evil Fraction were astonished. Three hundred year ago, when Ghost Sect rised up, beside the previous Ghost King only the four Guardians were notable. Their influences expanded day by day, only after years of battle and bloodshed that their influence became what it was today. Needless to say one can imagine the skill level of those four.
Qing Long let out a sigh and turns toward Ghost King and said: I am old now, look at the Good Fractions disciples, they show no fear, it looks like they have never heard of me.
Ghost King laughed and said: Brother Long dont have to worry, the young one dont know you now, but from now on your name will be known throughout the world.
Qing Long laughed out loud all the while staring at his right arm, his laugh full of sorrow and sadness.


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We know that the Nokia Lumia 920 Windows Phone captures impressive night photos. The optically stabilized camera with BSI sensor sheds light on some of the darkest scenes.
But how does it compare with a stand alone digital camera? Windows Phone Central Reader, Keng Chang, took the issue to task and compared his Canon 1DX DSLR to the Lumia 920. The results aren't all that surprising but does speak highly of the Lumia 920's low light performance.
Keng's set up was to mount the DSLR on a tripod and take a series of photos at various ISO levels with both the DSLR and Lumia 920. While the DSLR was supported by a tripod, the 920 images were taken handheld, using the tripod as support. First the Canon 1DX image.
And now the Lumia 920 image.
Taking a look at the settings for the brightest of shots, the Canon 1DX image was shot at f2.8 with a shutter speed of two seconds at ISO 800. The Lumia 920 on the other hand was shot at f2.0 at a shutter speed of one second at ISO 800.
The one second difference represents the one stop difference in the aperture settings of the two lenses. While the 1DX clearly sheds more light on the subject the 920 doesn't do a bad job of things. Keep in mind that the Canon 1DX has a full-frame sensor that is vastly larger than the 1/3" sensor of the Lumia 920.
Here's the full comparison captured by Keng using both Night and Auto Modes on the Lumia 920.
While the Lumia 920 is impressive in its own rights with optical stabilization, the DSLR gives you far more controls over the shot, has a better auto focus system, and overall has more horsepower. Even though these two cameras are in separate leagues, the Lumia 920 does a respectable job of things.
Big thanks goes out to Keng Cheng for the photos!


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For over 335 years, Hudson's Bay Company has been a name that means trust. We value you as our customer and are committed to honouring the trust you've placed in us.
This is Hudson's Bay Company's Privacy Policy. It describes the steps we take to protect your personal information and how and why we collect, use, retain and disclose your personal information, whether obtained online, in our stores (including Hudson's Bay, Zellers or Home Outfitters), or through the offering and delivery of one of our services such as Hudson's Bay Credit, Hudson's Bay Rewards and Hudson's Bay Financial Services (collectively in this Privacy Policy "Hudson's Bay" "we" "us" or "our").
What is personal information?
Personal information means any information about an identifiable individual, other than certain business contact information. This includes information such as your name, address, telephone number, birth date, payment card numbers, purchase information and e-mail address.
Collection, use and disclosure of your personal information – provision of goods and services
Hudson's Bay collects, uses and discloses personal information in order to provide you with goods and services and/or information on products and services you might be interested in. We also collect, use and disclose your personal information to comply with legal and regulatory requirements and as otherwise may be permitted or required by applicable laws.
a) Collection
We collect your personal information in connection with the provision of goods and services to you, including but not limited to situations when you:
We collect personal information about you for various purposes, including to:
In most cases we collect personal information directly from you. However, in some cases, we obtain certain personal information from other sources. Unless there is a legal exception, we will obtain your consent to collect personal information about you from other sources.
b) Use
Personal information will not be used without your consent for purposes other than those for which it was collected. From time to time, we may wish to use your personal information for new or additional purposes. We will obtain your consent to use your personal information for such new or additional purposes before doing so.
Additionally, some retailers in our stores are licensees and they may collect information from you. Unless you are advised otherwise at the time of collection, any personal information collected by these organizations is collected on behalf of Hudson's Bay and will be used and maintained by Hudson's Bay. These organizations will likely have their own privacy policies that will also apply to your personal information that they collect. They can furnish you with a copy of their privacy policies.
We may use your personal information in connection with the purposes for which you have provided it. For example:
When you make purchases or returns in one of our retail stores or online:
We will use your personal information as is necessary to process your transaction, including payment and shipping, to verify your identity and address, and to administer our post-purchase survey. When making returns, you may be asked to provide personal information for fraud prevention purposes.
When you purchase major home fashions, e.g. appliances:
We will use your personal information as is necessary to ensure proper delivery of your purchase, follow up on any service matters, assist you with any manufacturer warranty claims, and to process extended warranty renewals.
When you create a Gift Registry with Hudson's Bay:
We will use your personal information to publish your name and event date so that purchases can be made from your registry, follow up on any service matters, advise you of any fulfillment matters, allow you to track or delete items from your registry, and to manage the completion of your registry.
When you join the Hudson's Bay Rewards program:
We will use your personal information to establish and administer your Hudson's Bay Rewards account and/or to determine your eligibility for the program. We will also use your personal information to communicate with you about special offerings for certain accountholders, such as advance sales notices, invitations to events, and mailing of fashion guides.
When you sign up for our eNewsletter or other communication channels:
We will use your personal information to email you our eNewsletter. If you wish to unsubscribe from our eNewsletter, please click the "unsubscribe" option that appears at the bottom of every eNewsletter. If you opt in, we may use your personal information to mail you special offers and/or materials. If you sign up for Hudson's Bay Mobile, we will use your mobile phone number to text you special offers.
When you join our clientelling list or enroll in personal shopping:
The information you provide when you join our clientelling list is collected by Hudson's Bay to administer our clientelling program. Your information may be shared by our affiliates when you sign up for the clientelling program at certain counters. If you wish to have your name removed from our clientelling list, please contact a sales manager at the store where you provided the information. When you enroll in personal shopping, your personal information will be used to select and deliver merchandise and to process payments or returns.
When you engage with Hudson's Bay on social media:
When you interact with us on social media, the personal information you provide may be used to determine your identity, respond to your customer service inquiries, questions or comments and take other appropriate actions in response to your inquiries or postings.
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We may share information that we collect within the HBC group of affiliated companies, including future affiliates. In addition, we may disclose your personal information to third parties as follows:
From time to time, we may work with other organizations to offer and deliver goods and services to you on our behalf. For example:
When you apply for a Hudson's Bay Credit Card or a Hudson's Bay MasterCard:
We will disclose your personal information to our co-venturer, Capital One, in order to determine your eligibility for a Hudson's Bay Credit Card or a Hudson's Bay MasterCard, and to administer your account. You should refer to the Capital One Privacy Statement for information about Capital One's practices regarding your personal information. We will use your personal information to establish and administer your Hudson's Bay Rewards account in connection with your Hudson's Bay Credit Card or Hudson's Bay MasterCard.
When you apply for insurance arranged for by Hudson's Bay Financial Services:
The insurance products arranged for by Hudson's Bay Financial Services are underwritten by third party insurance companies and service providers. Your insurance application submission constitutes your consent to disclose your personal information to such third parties to determine your eligibility for, and/or to provide you with the insurance product you applied for.
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We may disclose your personal information to third party service providers that perform services for us, such as delivery of goods and information processing. We require all such service providers to keep your information confidential and secure and to have privacy policies and security standards with respect to personal information that are comparable to ours.
Your personal information may be processed and stored in the United States (whether by us or by our service providers) and may be accessible to the United States government, courts or law enforcement or regulatory agencies through the laws of the United States.
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Subject to any legal exceptions, we will inform you as to why we are collecting your personal information and with whom it will be shared, if applicable, and we will obtain your consent at or before the time of collection. Depending on the circumstances, such as the way personal information is collected and the type of personal information, your consent may be implied.
We will not unreasonably require your consent to the collection, use or disclosure of your personal information for purposes other than those for which the information is collected as a condition to providing you with a product or service.
You may refuse to provide or withdraw your consent to the collection, use and disclosure of your personal information at any time, unless legal reasons prevent you from doing so. However, if you refuse to provide or you withdraw your consent, we may be unable to provide you with certain goods and services. If you would like to withdraw your consent, please contact the Hudson's Bay Privacy Office.
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Hudson's Bay may wish to use the personal information you provide to communicate with you for the purpose of offering you other products and services or allowing select organizations to offer you other products and services. These offers may be sent to you by mail, fax or electronically, including by email, text or sound messages, or by telephone by way of an Automatic Dialing Announcing Device at the telephone number you have provided to Hudson's Bay.
The collection, use and disclosure of your personal information for such marketing purposes is entirely optional and not required as a condition of doing business with us. You may withdraw your consent at any time. Because of distribution schedules, you may continue to receive marketing communications for a short period of time while your request is processed. If you would like to withdraw your consent, please contact the Hudson's Bay Privacy Office.
Maintaining and safeguarding your personal information
Hudson's Bay has adopted security measures appropriate to the sensitivity of the information to protect your personal information against unauthorized access, loss or theft.
Hudson's Bay limits access to personal information in its possession to those Hudson's Bay associates and sub-contractors who need to know such personal information to provide you with the goods and services for which the information was collected.
Hudson's Bay keeps your personal information only for as long as necessary to accomplish the identified purpose(s), and then securely destroys such information.
Accessing and accuracy of your personal information
You may request access to your personal information and an account of organizations to which such information has been disclosed. Hudson's Bay will respond within 30 days of receiving such request. If we are unable to provide you with the information requested within that time, we will advise you and will respond to your request within an additional 30 days. We will need to verify your identity before providing you with the personal information we hold about you.
There is no cost for such request unless you require copies of records. Hudson's Bay will advise you of the cost, if any, prior to copying those records.
Hudson's Bay may not be able to provide you with access to your personal information if the information cannot be separated from the records of others, cannot be disclosed for reasons of security or commercial confidentiality, or is protected by legal privilege. If we cannot provide you with access to your personal information, we will advise you of the reasons access is being denied, unless we are prohibited by law from doing so.
You may request a correction to your personal information by writing to the Hudson's Bay Privacy Office.
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We conduct video surveillance at our stores for security, fraud and loss prevention purposes and for incident reporting purposes. We use the images and information from such videos only as required for such purposes and for certain operational purposes, such as to measure traffic patterns in our stores. We may provide data from such video surveillance to law enforcement officials.
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To obtain a copy of the Hudson's Bay Privacy Policy, request a correction or to review your personal information, withdraw your consent to the use of your personal information or to ask questions about privacy at Hudson's Bay, contact the Hudson's Bay Privacy Office at:
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Our website will contain the most up-to-date version of this Privacy Policy; please review it periodically for changes.
Date of last update: November 20, 2013
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This website is owned and operated by Hudson's Bay Company in conjunction with its affiliates.
For security of transactions, we use the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) protocol, which encrypts any information you send to us electronically. The encryption process protects your information by scrambling it before it is sent to us from your computer. Once the website receives your transmission, we make commercially reasonable efforts to ensure its security on our system. Unfortunately, no data transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. As a result, we cannot warrant the security of any information you transmit to us, and you do so at your own risk.
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We may disclose personal information obtained through this website in order to co-operate with local, provincial, national and international authorities investigating improper or unlawful activities or to report improper or unlawful user activities on this website.
Your web browser places cookie files on your computer's hard drive. This website uses cookies to remember information you give us so that you don't have to re-enter the information each time you visit this website. Cookies also help us understand which areas of our site are popular by showing us how you and others use our site, in aggregate. For more information about cookies, including how to refuse them, please refer to our cookies page.
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Apart from information relating to shopping orders, HBC.com Membership or eNewsletters, we do not collect or wish to receive any information or other materials from you through this website that may be considered personal, confidential or proprietary. We will consider any such information and materials that you send to us to be non-confidential, and you will be deemed to have granted to Hudson's Bay an irrevocable license and consent to use, copy, display, and distribute such information and materials for any purpose whatsoever.
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The most popular article of the year in the Wall Street Journal was an excerpt of a book by Pamela Druckerman called "Bringing Up Bebe."
The excerpt describes the moment in which Druckerman realized that French kids are much better behaved than American kids and then set out to discover why that is the case.
Not surprisingly, American parents went nuts about the story.
Some, presumably, read it as a "how to" manual. Others, presumably, read it as criticism.
Either way, the story struck a nerve.
And what were Druckerman's conclusions?
Why are French parents better than American parents at raising well-behaved children?
Here are two key points:
- First, French parents aren't as obsessed with making sure their kids are in training to become CEOs, world-famous composers, professional athletes, and Senators from the moment they emerge from the womb. French parents do make sure their kids do some "activities," but they don't schedule every moment as training for some specific future achievement. Rather they give the kids some time to learn how to amuse themselves.
- Second, and more importantly, French parents teach their kids to wait. Specifically, they teach them to defer gratification--to wait until later to eat candy, to sleep through the night, to wait a few moments until their parents have stopped speaking before interrupting them, and so on. American, parents, meanwhile, want to encourage every blurt or impulse as an example of self-expression and are too wimpy to teach their kids how to be patient.
This latter point is critical. And, ironically, it may do more to help make kids successful than any of the "training" America's over-scheduled toddlers and kids get in all of their various disciplines.
For decades, psychologists have demonstrated that the ability to defer gratification is one of the best predictors of future success. In the 1960s, the famous "marshmallow test" at Stanford showed that kids who were able to not eat a marshmallow for 15 minutes in order to be rewarded with 2 marshmallows went on to be much more successful in life than the kids who just grabbed the marshmallow immediately. Since then, this experiment has been refined and repeated, but the bottom line has always been the same.
(A colleague of billionaire Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg attributes his success, in part, to this ability to defer gratification--and he jokes that, if Zuckerberg had been given the marshmallow test, he'd still be sitting in the laboratory not eating the marshmallows.)
But teaching their kids to wait, and calmly and confidently teaching them what they can and can't do--instead of worrying that they don't really have the right to do this--French parents produce kids that can, for example, sit at restaurants without destroying the table and driving their parents crazy.
And, more importantly, they produce kids who can amuse themselves, wait patiently until a parent has stopped speaking before asking for something, and sleep through the night.
(Yes, French parents apparently practice the controversial parenting tactic called "Ferberizing," in which babies are left to scream themselves to sleep rather than picked up the moment the start crying--and, thus, are taught to put themselves back to sleep. In America, in some households, this tactic is viewed as a form of child abuse. This wimpy American parent with impatient children, for one, certainly viewed it that way).
You can read Druckerman's story here >
SEE ALSO: Downton Abbey Fiasco Shows That Ancient Media Practices Are Absurd In Today's Global World


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The Atlanta Veterans Administration Hospital received a letter filled with powder similar to those received locally and at the Richard Russell Federal Building last week.
UPDATE: This threat is now being reported by the FBI as a false alarm.
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The San Francisco SPCA awards financial aid based on annual household income (combined income of all earners in the household) and family size. Aid is available for:
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Munich is the third largest city in Germany. Munich attracts its guests with plenty of excellent museums, shopping outlets and art galleries. You should definitely take part in the Oktoberfest, which is being held here for almost 200 years, and is famous all over the world. You`d better start learning the city with Marienplatz square, which can be called the heart of the city. You shouldn`t underestimate the local museums, some of which are truly unique, interesting, for example, the Film Museum, the Museum of crystals. If you want to admire the lovely view of the city, climb one of the towers of St. Michael`s Church designed in a luxury baroque style. Do you want avoid any unpleasant experiences during your vacation in Munich? Then get ready for your trip in advance, in particular, you should order a transfer to the hotel in Munich. You can book it from our company. We will meet you at the airport and will drive you in a comfortable car right to your hotel. We can also arrange your return way from Munich to the airport, so that you could come to the airport just in time and be fulfilled with only bright, positive emotions and impressions about the city.
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When visiting Kufstein, you can book a per-hour car rental with driver from 2 hours/day and more. Meet and Greet service, offered by our company, will significantly simplify the meeting in the airport for the newcomers. Using a "car rental with driver" service you can vesit the places of interest, famous shops or outlets to do some shopping near the city, saving your time in this way. Kufstein chauffeur service offered by our company will cost you much cheaper to order a car rental with driver with us than to hire a taxi driver. To book the economy car or minivan with chauffeur or a comfortable premium class car, coach, shuttle bus up to 50 seats, please choose the button. Per hour rental in the left upper corner of the page, write in the [Departure:] field the departure point and number of hours.
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Pittsburgh Penguins captain Sidney Crosby will return to the lineup for Game 2 of the team's first-round playoff series against the New York Islanders.
Crosby had been sidelined since sustaining a broken jaw against the Islanders on March 30. He was centering a line with Chris Kunitz and Pascal Dupuis during Friday's morning skate.
Even without Crosby, the Penguins cruised to a 5-0 win in Game 1 on Wednesday.


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Eboo Patel: Crossing the Divide— With Faith
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Eboo Patel's aspiration is simple: for people of all religions, and those with no religion, to coexist in peace. He says it is his calling as a Muslim and as an American.
Spreading this message was not always easy after 9/11 when anti-Muslim sentiment ran high in the United States, but Patel rose to the challenge with grace and dedication. He founded the Interfaith Youth Core (ifyc.org) in Chicago in 2002, which he calls his "double full-time job." The 35-year-old father of two is also an advisor for the White House Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, and the author of Acts of Faith: The Story of an American Muslim, the Struggle for the Soul of a Generation.
Patel grew up in a Chicago suburb. He went to the University of Illinois, then studied at Oxford as a Rhodes scholar, taking a Ph.D. in the sociology of religion. His awareness of interfaith issues goes back to high school. In one instance, Patel did nothing to protect a Jewish friend who was the target of anti-Semitic remarks. Years later, his friend told Patel he had felt betrayed. Patel told the story to his father, who said that he had betrayed Islam, too.
Selected by educator and author Parker Palmer: "Eboo's personal offering of heart and mind, and his widely lauded work on interfaith cooperation, give me hope in a world dangerously fragmented by religion-driven animosities."
"In Islam, [you] stand up for those who are suffering, especially when they're close to you, and especially when that suffering is a result of religious prejudice," says Patel. He decided never to be silent about prejudice again.
Patel believes religion is the most volatile cultural divide the world faces, and youth can be a force behind either violent radicalism or peace and justice. "Our long-term goal is to help make interfaith cooperation a social norm. We think that if a generation of college students is inspired to become interfaith leaders, and first change their campuses, then they will go on and change the world."
The idea of campus interfaith groups is catching on. More than 200 colleges have participated in IFYC Interfaith Leadership Institutes.
Patel, a widely praised spokesperson for tolerance who also deals with hate comments on his blog, says there will always be people who believe we're better apart than united.
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Blame must be assigned to the faults that we've had and I'd like to take full responsibility. Although all has been resolved, I must explain to all what happened and why it took long to fix. We've had a rocky start to the New Year but we have time to make up.
I would also like to apologize to those that believed that it's our intention to close the site.
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I humbly thank you for sticking through and helping to calm the members, and rectify issues that you could have, in my absence.
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Of all, I owe you the most. You have been the force that keeps the servers online and a lot of you contribute beyond that to our community. To you, I extend my deepest apologies.
It is my hope that you didn't run out of space storing all those covers yet to be uploaded. I also hope that we can reignite your passion for sharing the covers that you love.
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Why were covers broken?
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Why weren't these issues solved earlier?
This has much to do with me. From the start of the year, personal life swallowed me and left me with little to no time for online. That has been resolved and I'm here.
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Now, I have hundreds of messages to respond to and dozens of issues to resolve. It may take me a week to get to everyone but the least that I can do is respond personally to all.
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If there's anything I've learned about American politics over the past decade, it's this: First, regressives will do anything - and I mean anything - to obtain power (the real purpose of which is to loot the public fisc of all items not securely nailed to the floor). And, second, just about everything they try works when employed against an American public possessed of stunning political immaturity.
It comes as little surprise, therefore, that two things happened over the last couple of weeks. One, that Barack Obama was swiftboated by means of a bogus inference in order to make him look like an angry black radical. And two, that a lot of dumb voters went for it.
It was pretty inevitable, really. I mean, the guy was getting rather, um, uppity, if you know what I mean. Winning elections and all. Mobilizing millions of voters. And so on. Plus he's talking like he might actually, really, seriously, shut off the government teat of Iraq war no-bid contracts, NAFTA/WTO-based cheap labor, and massive tax transfers for the hyper-wealthy. This shit had to end.
True, John McCain is not quite as reliable a special interests whore as, say, Mitt Ownme, but he knows where his bread is buttered, and sometimes it seems like he even genuinely believes all the crap they feed him. Anyhow, he's far more controllable than some Democrat, especially one who seems increasingly able to get voters (with a massive assist from the complete failure of Bush and the regressive agenda) to cease responding to the cues for which they've been so well trained these last decades. Hear that bell? Salivate now. We say "Jump"? Ask "How high?" See that grainy image of a black criminal? Vote Republican. Oh, and please be sure to hand over your wallet before exiting the building.
No doubt about it, people. The American plutocracy paid good money to create such a well disciplined voting class, and they're not about to let that investment go down the drain without a fight.
The damn thing about it, though, is that Obama hardly gives them anything to work with. I mean, the guy is mild-mannered to a fault. He's inspirational when he speaks, never angry and alienating. He was supposed to be vulnerable for opposing the stupidest foreign policy decision ever made, but instead all except the most low-wattage voters see Iraq as, well, the stupidest foreign policy decision ever made. I mean, the guy doesn't even really seem black.
That only leaves one option remaining, then: Swiftboat the SOB. Find some tangential pseudo-vulnerability that goes after Obama's biggest potential asset and turn it into a negative. Is he coming off to a mesmerized public as some kind of post-ideological, post-racial-divide healer who could unite the country and return us to our sanity? Then he must be turned into Eldrige Cleaver. All that's needed to complete the picture is a big 'fro, a beret and an AK-47 with a menacing tilt to it.
Preposterous? Think it can't be done? So did I, until I saw a guy with three Purple Hearts and a Silver Cross turned into a weak, wimpy, lying coward, in order to make sure that a weak, wimpy, lying coward who went to Margaritaville instead of the Mekong Delta during the Sixties could be portrayed as some sort of macho tough guy, and thus steal another four years in the White House.
Fortunately, Obama is no John Kerry. The latter waited three weeks to respond to the attacks against him. He might as well have waited three years. Obama didn't make the same mistake. And when he did speak, what a tour de force it was.
The most stunning feature of his speech was the least overt. This was a speech about his pastor, but that was not its central motif. This was a discussion of race, of course, but that was not its deepest theme.
What really mattered most about this speech was the way in which Obama addressed us. American politicians have treated the voting public with barely concealed contempt for so long now, we've largely forgotten what respectful discourse looks like. On March 18th, Obama reminded us.
Forget about charisma, a very much overrated if not dangerous characteristic in politicians anyhow. What matters instead is this: It's been decades since someone spoke to the public with this much honesty and sophistication about our society and its choices. It was breathtaking just to witness that level of esteem pointed in our direction.
All the more so because of the epoch we've just survived. George Bush is far from the only contemptuous politician in recent history, but he is surely the worst of the lot, and his politics are instructive because of that.
In Bush's world, everyone is two-dimensional, at best. They're either good or evil. Folks is either with us or with the enemy. In Bush's comic book reality, no issue is ever nuanced. There's only right - which, remarkably, always happens to be his way - and there's wrong. Once asked if he could name any mistakes he'd made as president, a flustered Bush was unable to identify even a single one. (I wish I could have been there to assist him. We probably could have made a dent in it after a week or two.) He cannot conceive that anyone he's labeled evil could have legitimate grievances. He cannot imagine that America could ever have committed any crimes, such as using violence to achieve political ends.
Or so he acts when he speaks to us. I doubt he truly believes his own sorry shtick, which of course only makes it far worse.
Nor has the so-called opposition been much better. While their positions on issues might be slightly more thoughtful (and how could they be less so?), one has little sense from a John Kerry or a Hillary Clinton that they can say something just because it is truthful, as opposed to because they've calculated that it's popular. Theirs is different from Republican pandering in scale and destructiveness, but not in kind. It is still pandering for purposes of personal benefit.
And American politics have been deeply impoverished for decades now because of our politicians' contemptuousness. Worse, the effect has been cyclically corrosive. The more of it we get, the more of it we breed.
We live today in a polity characterized by the most unsophisticated public discourse, one where twenty-second scare ads win elections every time. And one where attempts at thinking through basic questions - such as whether our enemy resides in Afghanistan or Iraq - are ridiculed as effete intellectual elitism.
Look what it's produced for us. Whether it is the federal debt, falling economic standards, environmental crisis, or our diminished world standing that we're discussing - or, more likely, not discussing - Americans have dug themselves into failed policy holes of epic proportions. In very large part, this is because it's been mutually convenient for both politicians and voters alike to indulge in a Potemkin politics of fantasy.
But the stunning sub-text of Obama's speech is that we can think of these issues and the people involved in them as more than mere caricatures. In adopting this posture, he telegraphed to Americans more respect, and less contempt, than they've seen from any politician in three decades, ever since Reagan seduced them into assisting in their own looting.
When Obama reminded us that his former pastor had not only bad but also good ideas - like most anyone, black or white, emerging from the cauldron of American race relations might - he treated his listeners with a dignity and an intellectual esteem largely absent for a generation.
When he rejected the expedient route of completely disassociating himself from Reverend Wright, he demanded sophistication in our thinking. He asked us to use our minds rather than our emotional reflexes, and to invest more energy into determining our own fate than that which is required for passively imbibing deceitful television ads, cold beer in hand.
When he implored us to reject the divisions of race, religion and nationality that right-wing politicians have been exploiting for decades to divert attention from "the real culprits of the middle class squeeze," he showed a political courage that is as exemplary as it is rare.
And when he did all of these things - but especially when he showed us an intellectual respect that we frankly haven't often deserved - Obama demonstrated that he perhaps really might belong in that pantheon of American political giants that includes Jefferson, Lincoln, FDR and King, but precious few others.
He also made clear why those who peddle the politics of contempt have lately shown such desperation to somehow silence his revolution, a revolution not so much of policy - Obama is no V.I. Lenin; he's not even a Paul Wellstone - as it is of esteem. Think, for a moment, of the sheer absurdity of what they are asking you to accept on the face of their argument.
Has this man committed treason, like Scooter Libby, for example? No. Did he lie to the world at a cost of a million lives, like Bush and everyone else in his reprobate camp? Uh, no. Has he bankrupted the future of our children through his environmental, fiscal and foreign policies, like the entire Republican Party? No, he did not. Heck, is he even guilty of the heinous crime of screwing an expensive prostitute, like silly Eliot Spitzer? Nein.
Barack Obama's great crime, as the regressive noise machine (as well as a certain senator from New York) would have you believe it, is failing to quit a church where the pastor has controversial ideas. Let's say this again, because the absurdity of it is so astonishing (as with all regressive politics, once you look closely). This man is being excoriated for the crime of failing to quit a church whose pastor has ideas with which he doesn't entirely agree. That is why, it is being argued, Obama should be rejected as a contender to lead America as president.
This, by the way, while John McCain has been actively wooing televangelist (a modern euphemism for crook) John Hagee for his endorsement, despite that the good reverend has called Catholicism "a godless theology", blamed the Holocaust on Jewish "disobedience and rebellion", argued that Katrina was "the judgment of God against New Orleans", and claimed that the Koran gives Muslims "a scriptural mandate to kill Christians and Jews". Notwithstanding any of those slightly controversial remarks, McCain sought this clown's support, got what he wanted, and thus stated at a campaign event that "I was pleased to have the endorsement of Pastor John Hagee yesterday".
If it seems like a helluva logical conundrum that Obama gets trashed for comments his pastor makes, over which he has no control, while McCain goes scot-free after seeking the endorsement of a king-size bigot, well then welcome to Swiftboat Land. Park your brain over there, to the right. By the same 'logic', John Kerry, who went to Nam, became our national security wimp, while Wee Caligula, who couldn't even stay sober enough to show up for the faux service Poppy arranged to keep him out of the jungle, became our tough commander-in-chief.
Of course, logic has nothing to do with swiftboating, apart from the crucial requirement that it must be murdered in more ways than Rasputin was, and buried deep on some distant continent, lest anyone in America should actually awaken from their regressive-induced stupor long enough to ask why that emperor dude is running around in his underwear.
In truth, what Reverend Wright said is of as much actual concern to regressives as was John McCain's supposed black love-child or Willie Horton's crimes. Which is to say none at all. The point is to swiftboat Obama by injecting race into the campaign and frightening away closet racist voters. The point of doing that is to win power. And the point of that is to steal your money and your country.
That's why Obama's 'revolution' represents that most threatening commodity of all for those who employ contemptuous deceit to mask "economic policies that favor the few over the many," as he accurately labeled it.
It's a revolution, ultimately, of respect - and that's really dangerous. For the first time in a very long time, a presidential candidate is speaking to Americans as if they were grown-ups.
We're about to find out if anyone is listening.