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Swirl Named Best Mobile Company at 2017 DMN Awards
March 08, 2017
BOSTON, MA – Swirl Networks Inc., the leading Mobile Presence Marketing platform provider, has been named winner of the 2017 DMN Award for Best Mobile Company. The DMN Awards, formerly known as the Marketing and Tech Innovation Awards, showcase the most innovative campaigns, platforms and people in marketing today.
Swirl was recognized for its Mobile Presence platform by a panel of more than 30 senior marketing professionals from a range of companies including Univision, IKEA, Wells Fargo, Xerox, Pearson and Warner Music Group. More than 150 entries were evaluated for this year's program. Other finalists and award winners in the Marketing Tech category included Adobe, Epsilon, Experian, Oracle and Salesforce. The award winners were announced in New York City on March 1st at the annual DMN Awards Event.
Swirl's Mobile Presence Marketing platform helps leading retailers connect the digital and physical worlds to engage and influence consumers while they shop in-store. Powered by digital location signals including GPS, WiFi, Bluetooth beacons and Visible Light Communication (VLC), the Swirl platform allows retail marketers to connect with shopper smartphones at the precise time and place they are making purchase decisions. In-store mobile marketing campaigns delivered through the Swirl platform are helping leading retailers see significant improvement in key performance indicators, such as a 41% increase in average basket size and a 36% increase in mall to store traffic conversion rate.
"Mobile presence is becoming an increasingly critical component of every major brick and mortar retailer's omnichannel strategy," said Hilmi Ozguc, Swirl Founder and CEO. "Using the Swirl platform, marketers are delivering more personalized experiences to shoppers at every touchpoint, whether they are in the store, near the store, or online. We are honored to be recognized by DMN for our efforts in enabling these retailers to harness the power of indoor mobile location to connect the digital and physical worlds in a scalable and meaningful way."
About Swirl Networks
Swirl offers leading retailers the industry's first complete mobile presence management and marketing platform. By leveraging GPS, WiFi, VLC and Bluetooth Low Energy beacon signals in their brick and mortar stores, large-scale retailers rely on Swirl to generate greater value from every shopper visit. Swirl works with industry leaders including Lord & Taylor, Urban Outfitters, Timberland, Samsung, Oracle, Google, Facebook, Cisco and many more. Swirl is backed by top-tier investors including Twitter, Simon, Hearst, SoftBank and Longworth Venture Partners.
About DMN
DMN is the leading provider of digital and data-driven marketing analysis, research and content for senior marketing executives. Serving an audience of 150,000 readers per month, DMN content offers both deep knowledge of key marketing strategy issues and surface-level understanding of emerging news and trends.

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Alejandro Escovedo, Los Lobos & Bob Weir, Steve Earle, Rich Mattson, Johnny Fritz, Gurf Morlix, Roy Zimmerman (of the Foremen), Teaque Alexy, Heatwave & Landman, Dr. John, Barrelhouse Chuck & Kim Wilson….etc.
Had to play some music by Leon Russell, Mose Allison, and Leonard Cohen in the mix today, which also included music by the likes of Mavis Staples, Blue Rodeo, Drive By Truckers, Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Lee Rocker, Magic Dick & J Geils, Sabyre Rae Daniels, and more.
Nicholas David paid another visit as guest DJ to Freewheelin' today. Always fun to share the airwaves with him….and as an added bonus, most of the groovy tunes were provide by The Feelin', with a few thrown in by me. We're already scheming to do this more often.
Jack Klatt stopped by; new holiday song by Erik Koskinen; plus Steve Kaul & The Brass Kings, JJ Cale, The Pretty Things, Tas Cru, Tucky Buzzard, Leon Russell, Sharon Jones, and much more.
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Horsed cavalry and horsemanship in general played a tremendous role throughout human history. Our life might have been different without those magnificent animals.
It is indeed extremely ironic that the horsed cavalry ultimately almost reached its perfection when it was finally relegated to history.
After ten centuries of battlefield dominion the cavalry started loosing it's supremacy around the 14th century, when infantry acquired the deadly long bow and the spectacular Swiss pikeman almost eliminated the cavalry from the Western battlefields. Horsed warriors were mostly to be found in the tournaments which were just a sport spectacle detached from military reality. However it was at this point that European riders (finally free from heavy lances and even heavier shields) developed an interest in scientific horsemanship and science of equitation.
This new school of equitation produced a rather bizarre and extremely specialized animal, a "pleasure horse", object of art of manege, a big heavy creature, over bent and slow, which was able to carry men in full plate armor and perform various feats of equine athletics, known as "airs above the ground".
Despite its aristocratic esthetics, this kind of horse proved to be extremely useless in real battle and almost no cavalry horses could have enjoyed the specialized training that would make them into a "pleasure horse". Yet, it was the military ideal during the Thirty Years' War.
Nevertheless there was another school of equitation, a more natural and practical one, which was represented by the horseman of Turkey and Eastern Europe which never faced the deadly arrow hail of the English long bow and did not use the heavy full plate armor.
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The KOBOX studio is a unique environment. Both locations have a bespoke studio space including Aquabag's, male and female locker rooms and the KOBOX Kitchen, selling healthy food and snacks. Our Chelsea location also boasts a vintage training ring and personal training area.
The main studio space is unique to KOBOX. A professional standard sound and lighting system sets the tone for a Fight Club meets Nightclub environment.
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Preschoolers aren't just discovering new plants at Mercer. Now, they're discovering new books too.
Staff with Harris County Public Library (HCPL) and Mercer Botanic Gardens share some of their favorite nature books, from Jack and the Beanstalk to Don't Eat the Bluebonnets, with children every Monday from 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. during Storytime in the Gardens at Mercer.
"This is a great opportunity to introduce your child to the story-book setting of Mercer Botanic Gardens," said Mercer Interim Director Jim Nutter. "It's the perfect place to let your child's imagination run wild."
Mercer recently expanded the popular program, which was previously held monthly, after HCPL partnered with Mercer staff to provide weekly readings in the gardens. The additional reading times will help replace programs previously offered at Baldwin Boettcher Library, which closed due to flood damage.
"Although the future of the library building is uncertain, we want everyone to know library services will continue," said Commissioner R. Jack Cagle. In addition to Storytime in the Gardens on Mondays, HCPL brings the Summer Reading Program to Mercer starting Tuesday, June 5. Tuesdays and Wednesdays feature programming for elementary school children, and Thursdays offer fun and learning for teens. Young readers will have the opportunity to win prizes by earning points for books they read. For more information, call 713-274-4160.
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Release Date: July 6, 2016
Cast: Salman Khan, Anushka Sharma, Anant Sharma, Amit Sadh, Kumud Mishra, Parikshit Sahni, Randeep Hooda
Director: Ali Abbas Zafar
Genre: Action, Drama, Romance
Duration: 2 hours 50 minutes
If it's Eid, it's got to be a bonanza for Salman's fans. Continuing that trend this year too is Sultan, in which Salman attempts to woo the audience with the role of a persistent, headstrong fighter who will never back down and not stop at anything till he achieves his goal. Yes, we have heard this story many times before, but it appears that repetitions do not matter when it comes to Salman Khan and his movies. The theme may be similar to that of popular movies such as Rocky Balboa, Bhaag Milkha Bhaag, etc., but the storyline has new flavors, which makes it an interesting watch.
The movie catches up on the life of Sultan (Salman khan), a wrestler from Haryana who falls head over heels for wrestling champion Aarfa (Anushka Sharma). But Aarfa is not willing to dance around with Sultan that easy, which prompts Sultan to take upon the challenge of winning the gold medal in the Olympics. However, after winning the gold medal, Sultan sinks deep in arrogance, which destroys his relationship with Aarfa. Sultan wins over the world with the gold medal, but loses Aarfa, who meant the world to him. However, life gives Sultan a second chance when he is recommended for a martial arts championship. Thereon, it's a tough road that Sultan walks to become a winner once again, as he continues to fight his personal and professional insecurities.
Among the various Salman Khan movies, Sultan is certainly different because this is the first time you get to see some reality such as the huge middle-aged paunch that Salman's character develops while he lives an inconspicuous, lonely life after his separation with Aarfa. This may be a shocker to some of Salman's fans, but one aspect of maturity is accepting reality and learning to deal with it. So, in that sense, Sultan may be the next level in the evolution of Salman as an actor and his movies. Anushka has also done a good job and the same goes for other actors in the movie.
Go for Sultan to experience how life can pull you down anytime and understand why you need to bounce back and fight again. There's plenty of action and adrenalin-pumping moments to keep you entertained all throughout.


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Well, now we own our own actual piece of land, it's very exciting to start planting stuff and and be able to watch it grow! Our garden already had a few shrubs but not much interesting things, just some hydrangea bushes and a few roses (oh and a huge peony I discovered underneath a massive bush!). But, we have discovered a big plum tree along with two apple trees at the bottom of the garden (I didn't realise one was a plum tree until our neighbour mentioned the abundance of juicy plums that the previous owner wouldn't pick and didn't let them pick them either). There are some smaller trees that look recently planted and to that patch we planted a peach tree, which already has little fuzzy baby peaches on!
I have been working on the lawn, sewing grass seeds and mowing to get it nice and even. And I have planted fox gloves and lupins and aquilegia which are all my faves (and are rabbit proof) and a wisteria at the front.
this little raised bed I made is doing well and in the middle is a mimosa which I hope will grow to a good height.
the nemesia smell like vanilla ice cream and those smaller white flower ( I forgot the name) smell like honey.
I'm trying to keep a nice patch of daisies on our lawn, it seems a shame to mow over them.
and this iris popped out of nowhere in the side alley...
The garden is very long and sunny. I sit in it with my cup of tea watching our littleun, and I simply can't believe we have actually achieved this, I could almost cry!


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Well - here I am on Day 6! 124 hours since my last fag!
Today has been a real mixed bag - this morning I woke exceptionally early - awake before my OH which is highly unusual!! Had abit of morning craving - but not as bad as it would have been if still smoking - so easing.
However, this evening - wow - that has been hard - the "just one" thoughts are almost constant - I know that I can't have "just one" - it will be "just ten" as I will smoke the whole sodding pack and then will lose the momentum and it will be "just xxxxxxx" - who knows how long it would take me to get back on the wagon!
Anyway - just need to get over this little hurdle and tomorrow will be a new day and I will be getting closer to a week!
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With extreme cold temperatures in the forecast, that is a ripe wind chill coming which will be severe enough to make your outdoor pipes freeze and cause your pipes, even in an unheated crawl space, to freeze. It is amazing what one burst pipe with street pressure can do. The best way to prevent this catastrophe from happening is to shut off all of the water going to the outside and keep a slow drip of water in any areas above an unheated crawl space so that the water always keeps moving.
If you have a hose bib on the outside of your house (the spigot where you hook up your hose - and make sure you disconnect your hose), then there should be a shutoff valve in your basement right in line with the exterior hose bib. Most of the time, the shutoff valves are usually in the ceiling of the basement. The valve itself will be one of two types:
Quarter Turn Ball Valve
The quarter turn ball valve looks like a lever handle for a door. If this is the case in your home, you will turn the lever a quarter turn so that it is perpendicular to the pipe. Make sure to never use a wrench on the lever. Using a wrench can put too much leverage on it and break the stem valve which will make a bad situation even worse. If the lever will not close by hand, be sure to call a plumber to replace it entirely. Once the valve has been turned, this will shut off the line so that no water will be able to go out of the bib if the exterior bib freezes over.
Twist Knob Valve
The valve could also be just a valve with a twist knob which will look like the one on your exterior hose bib spigot. In this case, turn the valve tightly to the right, clockwise, until it stops and the water will be shut off.
Unheated Crawl Space
In many cases, first floor kitchens or bathrooms are built over unheated basement crawl spaces. If you have this type of crawl space, the pipes beneath it can freeze. To prevent this situation from happening, you will need to run one of your sinks in the room over the crawl space. Allow slowly dripping water to flow through the faucet so that it will make it much harder for the water to freeze. The water flow is similar to a flowing river taking longer than a lake to freeze in the same temperatures. Just the smallest movement of water will make the chances of the pipe freezing much lower.
If the room above the crawl space is a bedroom or office, the crawl space itself should not have any pipes in it. Double check, however, because there is always the chance that pipes are there which go to a second floor bathroom, and in that case be sure to slowly drip water from that second floor sink.
In general, all of this should also be done if you are going away for a winter vacation so that you don't come home to a water emergency and a huge and expensive mess.
Brad Gosselink has worked in residential carpentry for almost 20 years.


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Stepping on the Toes of the Muse
I've been dancing with this blog when suddenly across the room I see another face, and rudely I break away and stride across the floor and when I get close enough I see that she's who brought me here at the beginning. I hold my arms out and we come together gliding and weaving, and I know I'll step on her toes and breathe on her and lean on her too heavily and not know what to say. It's always been like that; I'll never learn properly. But somehow she wants to go home with me.
Stop by again, guys, we'll put some music on. I don't know when -– maybe tomorrow, maybe in a couple of months. Seeya. Love you guys.
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Vatic Note: In case, no one has noticed, the push is on through massive propoganda to make the US the new nazi's on the block, without looking behind the curtain. Russia is being painted as a good guy and all of this in the Ukraine is made to look like a total US operation. Here is what I think.... Malaysia airlines disappeared right immediately after it was exposed that Blackwater was in the Ukraine sniping and killing individuals on both sides. Why do I think that?
Now why is that important that Blackwater involvement be covered up? If it were pursued and confirmed, it may have resulted in proof that they were privately hired. What does that mean to the PTB? Why try to distract us from pursuing that line of questioning? Because that meant it was very likely that these mercenaries were hired by the bankers. Why do I think this distraction was planned as just that, a distraction? Because of this!
The royalty in Britain, the Illumed Germans, the Dutch, especially since Netherlands is the home of the Bilderbergs, would also be exposed and they have remained pretty well hidden through all of this....and yes, then you have the USA currently occupied and controlled by AIPAC, ADL, and SPLC all through the Homeland Security. Those organizations report to Rothschild, so there you have it.
Boeing, whose plane is involved, is definitely a part of the global agenda and that was proven way back when we found a document in one of their copiers called "The Lawful Path: Silent Weapons for Quiet Wars".... (written in 1958 and revised in 1979) and so far that is exactly what we have had.
Remember, Putin would not be where he is today had it not been for his relationship with the khazar Zionists since he would never have been allowed to be "KGB" if he did not have such a relationship and that also means he is very familiar with black ops and psych ops. It also means that not one country is the bad guy, it means the entire class of elite on this planet from damn near all the countries are bad guys, including the US. Putin, once it was leaked about Blackwater owned by Bill Gates, backed off of escalating the entire operation into a war.
Why did he do that? Because it would have proven to be an arranged war and with us armed, we could easily turn on them with all that advanced military equipment, built by the military industrial complex. The evil ones have had so many "EXPOSED" false flags, they just can't afford another one at such a critical time. They must have WW III with the US as loser, or they are toast.
Therefore, its critical that every one of us goyim support such a war and demand to fight in it. I am sure the powers that be are having trouble not just with the citizens of the US, but of all countries. It means, then, that only the bankers and their families would be left to fight in it and heaven forbid that happens. Now Jay Rockefellers arm waving "Cry" filmed by C-Span, makes a lot more sense. He screamed "THE INTERNET SHOULD NEVER HAVE BEEN CREATED", IT IS RUINING EVERYTHING." And he was right. Its not near as easy as they had planned.
Just look at how long we have been distracted by this missing plane? Long enough for it all to calm down in the Ukraine. Gee, what a surprise. "AND BY DECEPTION, WE WILL CONDUCT WAR"..... Mossad's favorite saying on their wall in Israel. Now they will have to plan another excuse for conducting WW III and get us to buy off on it. No thanks.
Malaysia Airlines Passengers Alive: Official At Secret Meeting
by Deborah Dupre, Before it's News, 3/21/2014
Hishammuddin Hussein, Malaysia's transport minister, said Thursday night at a secret meeting in Kuala Lumpur with Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 passengers' families that he believes all the passengers are still alive. This has been reported by Associated Press, The Guardian and CBS News.
Malaysian transport minister said he "believes that my child and all the other passengers are still alive," said Hamid Amran, father of a child on Flight 370, speaking about transport minister Hussein after a secret meeting with him, other officials and families of passengers, according to an Associated Press report. "I will not give up hope."
Officials held a secret meeting Thursday evening exclusively with Flight 370 passengers' relatives in a hotel near Kuala Lumpur. Journalists were banned. Afterwards, groups of people left looking distraught, according to an Associated Press report. Hamid Amran, who had a child on Flight 370, said questions asked at the meeting made it "apparent that Malaysia's military is incapable of protecting its own airspace".
Debris False Hope, Jeapordising SAR
There have been continual false leads since the Boeing 777 disappeared March 8 above the Gulf of Thailand en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing. The plane was diverted toward the Maldives and then headed south from there – some say. US officials, very quiet for over a week after the MH370 went missing, are now guiding the world to believe the plane's now in Pakistan, possibly readying for use in a terrorist attack.
"The chances of it being debris from the airplane are probably small, and the chances of it being debris from other shipping are probably large," said aviation Prof. Jason Middleton, of University of New South Wales in Sydney.
CBS This Morning contributor Michio Kaku, physics professor at City University of New York, said the area is "quite turbulent, and even a gentle current of five miles an hour could carry debris of hundreds of miles across;" the search is a "literal race against time; and "the black box has a beacon, but that beacon has a battery — a battery with a life 30 days. And we've already lost two weeks, so the window of opportunity is closing very rapidly."
About possible debris being spotted and the numerous false alarms, Hussein said, "Any leads that we receive must be corroborated and verified, because if found false not only will it jeopardise our search but it will give false hope to the families." He said the search was continuing in the northern and southern search arcs delineated by analysis of satellite data, that sweep north to Kazakhstan and south to the southern Indian Ocean, 2.24m square nautical miles of land and sea.
MH370 vanished shortly after taking off from Kuala Lumpur early on 8 March with 239 people on board. Officials have said they believe it was deliberately diverted from its route to Beijing, but have not ruled out a catastrophic event.
The Malaysia Airline's Boeing 777 had an uninterruptible autopilot installed. It is uncertain whether the MH370 pilot had been trained to use that modification. American pilots are not trained to use them in case of a hijack attempt.
In the article, MH370 $Multi-Billion Patent Passengers: Pilot Warned About Crisis, Gagged, Speaks Out, we see that former seasoned former pilot Field McConnell, fired for blowing the whistle on aviation insecurity issues, said:
"And at the end of the day, every airliner that has an auto-uninterruptible autopilot, making planes a very complex remotely controlled flying vehicles, but it should only be remotely controlled if there's a threat against the aircraft or the people on board."
"I presume that it's possible that someone on board the aircraft, if they are a software engineer for instance could trigger the remote control of it, but I think its more likely that someone at a ground station, or even an Air Force AWACS aircraft or the Navy aircraft could gain authority from the operating company, in this case Malaysia."
Experts have said the MH370 pilot tried to scramble jets, possibly indicating he did not know how to use the uninterruptible autopilot, and/or it had been overridden.
"I think the most likely scenario is a rogue player whether a front end crew doing it manually or malicious external mode doing it remotely – took the plane off its flight plan and headed to another destination," McConnell said. "Once the rogue controllers got control of it, some benign positive safety conscious remote control was established and the aircraft was landed at one of these many airports that can land a plane."
Whether the plane could be controlled after a rogue terrorist organization takes control and is flying it to another destination, and whether the system allows the airline to override the rogue controller cannot be answered "with any degree of certainty," McConnell said, adding that these questions need to be asked of Malaysia Airlines and the Federal Aviation Association. These officials have not publicly provided an answer to these questions.
Hussein told reporters that "This is going to be a long haul," and, "The focus has always been to find the airplane, and the focus is to reduce the area of search and possible rescue."
The transporation minister indicating passengers are alive concurs with Retired Air Force General Thomas McInerney, who continues maintaining that the missing Malaysian Airlines flight might very well have landed in Pakistan. He said Tuesday his theory is based on more than mere conjecture.
"General, I've known you a long time, I know you too well to know that you're not just making this up, this is not something you've concocted. You've spoken to a number of people, am I correct?" Sean Hannity asked McInerney during Tuesday night's "Hannity" episode on Fox News. (Video below)
"Yes, but that's all I want to say, Sean, please," McInerney responded. Regarding passensgers, McInerney said, "I don't know anything about their status."
McInerney pointed to U.S. and Israeli militaries' actions in recent days, suggesting much more is known about the missing flight than so far revealed: "First of all, let me say, when the U.S. Navy quits their search — their ship search — they must know something in the Indian Ocean," he said. "When the Israeli Defense Forces, when they increase their air defense alert, they must know something."
"My concern is, if this airplane could be used as a bearer of a weapon of mass destruction or even conventional munitions that could attack a carrier, the Israelis, other allies, American Forces, for instance," he added. "We have to be very alert until we know exactly where this airplane is."
McInerney said he believes "both pilots may have been complicit" and the U.S. knows much more than it is letting on. "I think they want to be very cautious because they don't want to embarrass certain other nations that we're working close."
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Adding an RSS feed.Posted by kevinpfromnm.
This is mostly the same as standard rails. Hobo does shorten the controller side if you don't need any filtering.
In your controller, add an index_action for your feed.
index_action :rss
Hobo index actions will paginate for html requests but by default do not for xml requests.
Then add the view file under
xml.instruct! :xml, :version => "1.0"
xml.rss "version" => "2.0" do
xml.channel do
xml.title "news"
xml.link url_for(:only_path => false, :controller => 'posts')
xml.description "news items"
@posts.each do |post|
xml.item do
xml.title post.title
xml.link url_for(:only_path => false, :controller => 'posts', :action => 'show', :id => post.id)
xml.description post.body
xml.updated_at post.updated_at
xml.guid url_for(:only_path => false, :controller => 'posts', :action => 'show', :id => post.id)
The above is from a feed I created for a posts controller. Substitute your fields as needed.
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On December 17, 2009 txinto said:Hi, I am trying to create a simple rss feed in a subsite, but I got an error. I think the results are coming like an array (not a collection), and I think this method is wrongly trying to paginate them. Is it a bug or must I try to find the way to get them as a collection?
NoMethodError in OffersController#index
undefined method `total_pages' for #<Array:0x1051a06e8>
Application Trace | Framework Trace | Full Trace
/Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/will_paginate-2.3.11/lib/will_paginate/view_helpers.rb:197:in `total_pages_for_collection'
/Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/will_paginate-2.3.11/lib/will_paginate/view_helpers.rb:98:in `will_paginate'


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Hello all. My name is Ken and my amateur radio call sign is W2REZ. Like a gourmet meal can contain many ingredients, this blog will also contain an array of subject matters. I hope to stir your palate and encourage you to learn many new things focusing on the numerous aspects of communication.
I look forward to all your comments and interactions with this blog.


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Author: Lindsay Detwiler
Title: Who We Were
Genre: Romantic Comedy
Release Date: February 25, 2017
Publisher: Hot Tree Publishing
Cover Designer: Claire Smith
"I guess that's the thing about high school reunions, though. They make you snap a little."
In the ten years since high school graduation, Maylee's career, living arrangements, family, and especially her love life are at a standstill. When her twin brother, Mitch, falls for her high school enemy at their ten-year reunion, Maylee's life is catapulted into chaos.
Maylee's hatred for the blonde-haired Josephine isn't the only thing she discovers at her reunion. Benson Drake, the introvert from high school, has matured into a sexy intellect. Now a writer and bartender, Benson's grown into a man with a perfect balance of quirky wit and sex appeal. After a wardrobe malfunction, a spy mission gone wrong, and a dangerous cup of coffee, Maylee and Benson explore something they never even thought about during senior year. Along the way, they find out that reconnecting with the past can change you… or maybe just help you find your true self.
I guess that's the thing about high school reunions, though. They make you snap a little. At least I can admit to it. This has to be the first step to admitting psychosis, right?
Mitch thinks I've taken it too far. Shauni, of course, thinks I'm doing the right thing.
"Show those snotty jerks just what you've become," she told me yesterday. "Especially the blonde. Show her you've won."
I'd smiled, munching on my lunch of celery and carrot sticks in my attempt to shed a few more ounces of water weight. Nevertheless, the whole time I was asking myself a very hard question: Have I really won? If I'm going to so much trouble to fool my classmates into thinking I've done so well for myself, aren't there deeper problems than booblessness and a flabby waistline?
Maybe the problem isn't my body type, my hair, or any of it. Maybe it's because at twenty-eight, I thought life would be a little different, a little bit more… grown-up.
Looking in the mirror, however, I know I can't pretend to be all introspective and mature about it. Even though I know it's ridiculous, there's a part of me deep down that does want to show her I've done okay for myself, no matter what. I want the girl who tortured me in high school, who convinced me I was a mousey nerd, to realize I blossomed.
Even if it is a bit of a lie. Or a lot of a lie.
"Let's go," Mitch yells from the living room. I sigh.
No more introspection. It's go time.
It's time to face my past.
My Review
As someone who went to school with a 'Josephine' who made my life miserable, it was easy to connect with Maylee from the beginning. I couldn't get mad at her for the way she reacted throughout the story because I could see myself making the same decisions. This was a great story of lifelong friendships, second chances at love, and how some people can change even when others can't. I love everything about this book, the characters were well written and real, the story was captivating, and the ending was satisfying even though it made me cry...twice
A high school English teacher, an author, and a fan of anything pink and/or glittery, Lindsay's the English teacher cliché; she love cats, reading, Shakespeare, and Poe.
She currently lives in her hometown with her husband, Chad (her junior high sweetheart); their cats, Arya, Amelia, Alice, and Bob; and their Mastiff, Henry.
Lindsay's goal with her writing is to show the power of love and the beauty of life while also instilling a true sense of realism in her work. Some reviewers have noted that her books are not the "typical romance." With her novels coming from a place of honesty, Lindsay examines the difficult questions, looks at the tough emotions, and paints the pictures that are sometimes difficult to look at. She wants her fiction to resonate with readers as realistic, poetic, and powerful. Lindsay wants women readers to be able to say, "I see myself in that novel." She wants to speak to the modern woman's experience while also bringing a twist of something new and exciting. Her aim is for readers to say, "That could happen," or "I feel like the characters are real." That's how she knows she's done her job.
Lindsay's hope is that by becoming a published author, she can inspire some of her students and other aspiring writers to pursue their own passions. She wants them to see that any dream can be attained and publishing a novel isn't out of the realm of possibility.
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Feds: $100M Charity 'Scammer' Refuses To Reveal Identity• ABC News (video)
In interviews with investigators, the fugitive who was captured in Portland, Oregon this week has refused to answer questions. His fingerprints yielded no matches. And when handed documents to sign, he scrawls only "X," according to U.S. Marshal Peter Elliott.
"He's not giving up anything," Elliott said. "Nothing. Nada."
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This guy is a scumbag, but I admire his "FU I don't have to give you anything" attitude.


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We're now running a Forge server featuring the Lord-of-the-Rings mod, MC 1.7.10.
It's a lot of fun, surprisingly reliable, not very laggy, and has massive depth.
Built-in protection and faction systems, trading, and lots of new creatures.
This is one impressive distraction, although there are a hell of a lot of new items.
So we made it worse by adding Bibliocraft, JABBA and BetterStorage.
(Well, we needed places to *put* all that stuff)
Fastcraft is recommended. So is a lot of patience. MobGriefing and FireSpread are allowed.
KeepInventory is set to true. Bandits and Invasions may appear.
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I have my regular 6 month neuro checkup today. I hope he has my latest MRI results because I'm not sure if I'm still in a stable state and I'm curious what the MRI will show. I've always thought it was weird that the MRI's can look stable with no active lesions but my symptoms can be worse. I also want to talk to him about Ocrevus.
The nystagmus in my eyes that is the bain of my existence has for sure worsened. I'm wondering if it could be the new drug I'm on for incontinence. When I looked it up...sure enough...blurred vision can be one of the side effects. But then as I was reading more about the drug, I was horrified to discover that it is one of many that has been found to be linked to a higher dementia risk!!! I was shocked to see this so I've printed out the research to take with me to my appointment. I like my neuro and generally he makes good recommendations but this is freaking me out.
And because I never do anything the easy way...LOL...I'm also meeting with a realtor to talk about finding my next home. I've been staying with my sister and family since September and while I'm grateful, I'm anxious to be back in my own place. I wanted a small house again, just smaller than the last one with less yard. Everyone and their cousin who seems to have an opinion on what I should do thinks this is crazy and that I should live in a condo instead. So...I'm confused about what would be best. A condo feels like I'm giving up more of my life to M.S. but on the other hand I consistently overestimate what I can do.


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Ahmadinejad, who strides the world stage but cannot manage his country's economy, is under attack from powerful domestic politicians. He has been a good man to work with, and now he needs America's help.
President Obama should conduct policy toward Iran with great care, if recent reports that Iran's parliament has been plotting impeachment of Ahmadinejad are true. For example, if Obama were to withdraw the highly threatening armada he is currently strengthening in the Persian Gulf, that might lessen tensions enough to give anti-Ahmadinejad politicians in Tehran more room for maneuver. Ahmadinejad is easy to hate and very useful for all Washington types who aspire to empire, not to mention America's great friends the right wing, Zionist leaders of Israel who also aspire to empire. When Ahmadinejad is gone, in certain quarters, he will be greatly missed.
So keep the pressure on; put every aircraft carrier not headed for Korea right up on the edge of Iranian territorial waters; refuse to negotiate any reasonable compromise at nuclear talks that would attract any Iranian nationalist. Keep Iran unified under the gloriously defiant leadership of Ahmadinejad and Khomenei, neither of whom has a clue, evidently, how to manage the economy or satisfy popular aspirations for civil liberties. These men need global tension to justify their hold on power; go ahead: make Ahmadinejad's day.


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A few years back for my birthday my husband got me a set of magnets with the sarcastic housewife theme. I fell in love with them... and the whole concept of taking those wonderful illustrations from the 1950's & adding captions to them, sarcastic captions to be exact. I just think they are hilarious, so I posted some here for you today to make you giggle.
(Sidenote: I am not a angst homemaker. I am not a suppressed housewife. I love doing what I do. But these things are so funny, and often have that glimpse of truth, which makes them even funnier.)


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April 3, 2018 from WMHS on Vimeo.
Attention members of the ACT 30+ Club: New club t-shirts will be ordered soon, so all current and new members need to drop by Mrs. Elliott's room (4201) to give her your t-shirt size. Deadline for submitting your size is Friday, April 6.
Attention all current sophomores and juniors who are interested in the teaching or coaching profession:
STAR is a class offered as an elective just for you! Juniors must have a 2.5 GPA, and sophomores must have a 3.0 GPA. There is a short application to fill out so see Mrs. Hunt in room 4209 if you need one. The application deadline is this Thursday, April 5. Also, this class will be taught 5th period.
WMHS's drama department presents our spring musical, Willy Wonka! Student performances will be Thursday and Friday. If you'd like to attend, bring $1 to your 1st period teacher by Wednesday (tomorrow). Freshmen and sophomores will attend the show on Thursday and juniors and seniors will attend Friday. Teachers and students, we need your help promoting our show. Go to our school's Facebook page and share the post about the community performances. Ask your parents to share as well.
Willy Wonka cast members, stop by Miss Kiper's room 6204 before 3rd period to get your signature in the Playbill. Please spread the word to all cast members. This must be done today or your signature will not be in the playbill.
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The West Monroe Rebels and Alexandria Senior High Trojans split a doubleheader at West Monroe's Shelby Aulds Field on Saturday.
The Rebels won the first game, 6-3, while the Trojans took the second game, 11-0.


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Canadian horror/dark fantasy writer Kelley Armstrong has a nice list of 10 favourite horror novels in a recent issue of the Globe and Mail.
Here it is:
- The Shining by Stephen King
- The Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris
- The Turn of The Screw by Henry James
- The Exorcist by William Peter Blatty
- The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson
- The Hellbound Heart: A Novel by Clive Barker
- Let Me In by John Ajvide Lindqvist
- Relic by Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child
- The Amityville Horror by Jay Anson
- Misery by Stephen King
Armstrong talks about the entries in the original article.
I've read half of them, with a couple more on my to-be-read list. How about you?


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"Revenge For Nothing" is a brutalist minimal jack track centered around a relentless one-note bassline and a jackhammering snare. Sounding like something you'd find on a dusty DAT belonging to a Chicago OG, a rough comparison would be the unhinged acid tracks Adonis made with James "Jack Rabbit" Martin. The B-side, "Red Dogon Star," is the highlight, a great example of the dream logic that sets Pittman's tracks apart. Some classic house elements—organ stabs, lush strings—are present but the pieces refuse to fall into place, making the final product banging yet misshapen. This feeling is compounded by an equally bizarre melodic hook. Pittman does a call and response with two basslines, as one thrums through delay and the other divebombs. The track ends unceremoniously, like the power went out in the midst of Pittman's oddball jam.
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Thursday, February 4, 2010
Booking Through Thursday--Winter Reading
Today's Booking Through Thursday question is:
The northern hemisphere, at least, is socked in by winter right now… So, on a cold, wintry day, when you want nothing more than to curl up with a good book on the couch … what kind of reading do you want to do?
Interesting--winter reading as distinguished from summer reading? I equate the phrase "summer reading" with vacation reading--easy-to-tote, easy-to-concentrate on beach reads. But my actual summer reading is more or less the same as my reading the rest of the year.
I can see how winter reading, defined here as the reading you want to do when it's cold outside and you're curled up with a book someplace warm, would be about comfort. I just posted about my comfort reads when I have a short attention span, like when I'm sick--cookbooks!
But on a typical cold, winter day (which we've been having more than usual this winter--cold and rainy days interspersed with our normal 70-degree winter wonders), I might curl up with something comforting, or something that really transports me to another time and place.
I have two favorite comfort reads, Pride and Prejudice and Persuasion, both by Jane Austen. I'd curl up with either, any day, blustery or otherwise.
I just finished Sally Gunning's historical novel Bound, which took me to colonial Cape Cod, and gave me a thorough yet entertaining picture of the life of an indentured servant then and there.
And I'm almost through Colum McCann's Let the Great World Spin, which transported me to 1974 New York. This book, with it's poetic language and wonderful descriptions, is an immersive experience, and definitely worth curling up with.
But lately I have had so little time for reading, that any time with any book is an absolute pleasure.
Do you have any favorite books for a wintery day?
15 comments:
- Alayne said...
Austen is definitely a great pick for cold weather. My BTT is at The Crowded Leaf.
- February 4, 2010 at 8:15 AM
- Lori@Escape Between The Pages said...
Jane Austin Rocks! I love Emma and Sense and Sensibilty. But I don't know if they would be my comfort reading. Here's Mine
- February 4, 2010 at 9:02 AM
- Stefanie said...
See as how there will still be snow on the ground in April, when I get tired of the cold I want a book that is cheery and colorful and takes me away to someplace warn. At the moment I seem to have found it in Sea of Poppies.
- February 4, 2010 at 12:54 PM
- J.S. Peyton said...
So glad to hear you're enjoying "Let the Great World Spin." I started it a while ago, but I had to drop it when I cut my "currently reading" pile down to 3 books. I can't wait to get to it, though. It sounds like something that'll be right up my alley for this season.
Also, Stefanie is right about "Sea of Poppies." It's another one of the books I had to cut from my CR pile. But it was warm and fun, and all-around excellent. Just like summer. :)
- February 4, 2010 at 2:14 PM
My only requirement is that the book is plot-driven. I am having Persuasion on my shelf, I'll get to it very soon. :)
- February 4, 2010 at 3:06 PM
- Iliana said...
I don't really have "winter" or "summer" reads either but now comfort reads, oh those I go to at any time!
- February 4, 2010 at 4:18 PM
- Gentle Reader said...
Alayne--She's great for warm weather, too :) Thanks for the link to your BTT!
Lori--I love Emma and Sense and Sensibility, too. Thanks for linking to your post :)
Stefanie--I keep hearing good things about Sea of Poppies. I'll have to get my hands on a copy!
J.S.--I'm almost finished with Let the Great World Spin, and I'm enjoying the writing quite a bit. I'm going to have to read Sea of Poppies, too. I also need to cut my "currently reading" pile down, it's gotten way out of control with all those books I got during the holidays!
Matt--looking forward to hearing what you think about Persuasion!
Iliana--I know, the seasonal reading thing is a funny concept to me, since my reading doesn't vary according to the seasons as much as it does to my mood!
- February 4, 2010 at 6:51 PM
- Amy Henry said...
Some great titles here. I've found Bloodroot by Amy Greene to be a nice winter read, as were the Per Petterson titles (In the Wake, Out Stealing Horses) that I read earlier.
I definitely prefer weightier books in winter (subject matter not physical weight, LOL). I can give it more attention. My summer reads are just more lightweight and require less focus (easier to watch baby play in sand that way!)
- February 6, 2010 at 12:00 AM
- Dorothy W. said...
I don't really make distinctions among the seasons in terms of reading. I don't have summer or winter books. What matters more for me is whether I'm in the middle of the semester or not. If I have a lot of grading to do, that will affect what I read, but the temperature doesn't matter so much.
- February 6, 2010 at 4:16 PM
- Gentle Reader said...
Amy--Ooh, thanks for reminding me of the Amy Greene, I'll have to put that on my list :)
Dorothy--Temperature doesn't make much difference to me, either--it's all circumstance--how much time I have to read, what mood I'm in, etc. I can imagine grading would put a damper on your reading. As a part-time job I sometimes read scripts for a movie producer, and when I've got too many scripts to analyze, not only do I not have the time to read, I don't have the brain power to focus on it!
- February 6, 2010 at 6:19 PM
- Little Miss Nomad said...
The Little Stranger is perfect--just don't read it before bedtime.
- February 7, 2010 at 11:20 AM
I just finished Let the Great World Spin which I wound up liking a lot although I had to push myself through some of the hooker chapters in the middle. I felt a real tone change about 2/3 of the way through and I really enjoyed the rest and the way he pulled everything together.
- February 7, 2010 at 12:03 PM
I think the winter lends itself to nice long books -- the perfect time to tackle a multi-volume nonfiction classic like Churchill's "History of the English-Speaking Peoples" or Shelby Foote's "The Civil War: a Narrative."
- February 8, 2010 at 1:29 PM
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Two San Carlos residents who ran an illegal marijuana-growing operation in their home agreed in court Monday to reimburse Pacific Gas & Electric Co. $27,390 for stolen power, according to the San Mateo County District Attorney's Office.
Alexis Morgan Bennight, 59, and John Scott Breisch, 53, were arrested Aug. 5, 2011, after police discovered an indoor pot farm inside their residence on the 1300 block of Elm Street and a separate growing operation in a warehouse on the 900 block of Terminal Way.
Police also arrested San Carlos resident Ryan Schofield, 34, in connection with the illegal warehouse operation.
Assistant District Attorney Al Serrato said Bennight and Breisch pirated electricity to their home to grow the pot plants.
On July 25, 2012, Bennight and Breisch were each sentenced to six months in jail after pleading no contest to a felony charge for operating the marijuana facilities, and Schofield to 120 days in jail after pleading no contest to one count of felony theft of utility services. All three were also given three years probation.
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Today, we're helping celebrate the recent release of Speechless by Hannah Harrington with a cool contest thanks to our friends at Harlequin Teen!
First, here's what Speechless is all about:
Everyone knows that Chelsea Knot can't keep a secret. Until now. Because the last secret she shared turned her into a social outcast – and nearly got someone killed. Chelsea has taken a vow of silence – to learn to keep her mouth shut and to stop hurting anyone else.
Speechless explores the real-life teen issues of bullying, mean girls, LGBT awareness and hate crimes. Compared to the many books already out about bullies, Harrington's novel stands out for its authentic voice and unflinching portrayal of what it means to be part of the bullying. In October 2012, Harlequin TEEN will be releasing a brand new survey that has interviewed 1,500 girls between 13-18 years old on the subject of bullying.
What's more, Harlequin Teen has partnered with the nonprofit Love is Louder to help spread awareness with the book Speechless.
Love is Louder is a movement that started when actress Brittany Snow, MTV and the Jed Foundation decided to do something to help those feeling mistreated. Hundreds of thousands of people just like you have come together to raise the volume around the message that love and support are louder than any internal or external voice that brings you down.
Now thanks to Harlequin Teen, we're giving away a finished copy of Speechless and a branded phone skin. Here's how to enter:
The Contest
Just fill out the Novel Novice Speechless Entry Form and tell us about a time when witnessed, experienced, or stood up to bullying.
The Prize
One (1) winner will receive a Speechless/Love is Louder phone skin and a copy of Speechless.
The Rules
- Open to U.S. and Canada only
- One entry per person
- Use the entry form
The Deadline
All entries are due by midnight (PT) on Tuesday, October 2nd.
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etcML – Free Text-Analysis Tool
The etcML, Easy Text Classification with Machine Learning, website allows the user to upload their own data, and then, using the various built-in algorithms, run the already trained machine learning classifiers against that uploaded data to tag the text with sentiment (positive, negative or neutral), topic (such as politics, sports, business and the like) or with the user's own classifiers. In addition to uploading data which is to be classified, the user is able to upload pre-labeled training data and train a classifier to predict tags for the uploaded raw data.
This is truly an amazing system. A tutorial on how to upload your own data and training data sets as well as create and train your own classifier is also available.
Daniel Gutierrez, Managing Editor of insideBigData reports:
Have you every wondered whether a certain TV network has a specific political bias? Is your favorite news source fair and balanced? A group of Stanford computer scientists have created a website with the ability to answer such questions for free using machine learning technology.
The newly launched website is called etcML, short for Easy Text Classification with Machine Learning.
Machine learning is a field of computer science that gives computers the ability to acquire new understanding of data content in a more human-like way. The etcML website is based on machine-learning techniques that were developed to analyze the meaning embodied in text, then perform sentiment analysis – to gauge the text's overall positive or negative sentiment.


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I'm currently working on a new documentary for ITV exploring a variety of issues people can face in their garden and or around their home including boundary disputes, nuisances next door, infestations, pests and weeds, sinkholes, erosion and flooding.
It would be great to have a chat with you and tell you more about the programme.
If you're interested in finding out more please call Jess on 0207 013 4076.
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We are now sold out. We will be building more home in 2020. Our nearest development is Maes Darcy, which will be opening later this year.
Located in Sketty a leafy suburb of Swansea, Hendrefoilan Park has a great selection of shops, restaurants, galleries and beaches at The Mumbles, as well as Hendrefoilan Primary School right on the doorstep.
What's more, all of our homes have been designed according to our award-winning philosophy of height and light which means higher than average ceilings and large windows that help create bright, open living spaces throughout.
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Hendrefoilan Park is located just off the main Gower road, giving easy access into Swansea City Centre and the beautiful Gower Coast. Situated in the desirable village of Killay, Hendrefoilan is extremely well located for access to the local amenities, which include the University's Singleton Park campus, Singleton Hospital, Olchfa Secondary School as well as being equidistant between Swansea City Centre and The Mumbles just three miles away.
Hendrefoilan Park, Hendrefoilan Drive, off Gower Road, Sketty, Swansea SA2 7PG
By road: Hendrefoilan is located just off the main A4118 Gower road giving easy access into Swansea City Centre approx. 3 miles away and the beautiful Gower Coast approx. 14 miles away.
By train: The nearest train station is Swansea which is just over 3 miles away from Hendrefoilan, where frequent direct trains can be found in to London Paddington station.
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The village of Killay is approximately 1 mile away has an array of shops, cafés, restaurants, banks, doctors and dentists. Swansea City centre is recognised as a regional shopping centre for South West Wales with big name brand outlets and the Quadrant shopping centre, the area has something for everyone. There are a variety of restaurants, cafés, bars, theatre and a leisure centre all close to the beautiful sweeping Swansea Bay and Marina.
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Roche Laboratories is reviewing general media buying and direct media buying duties for fat-fighting drug Xenical and influenza drug Tamiflu. Media and direct agencies have received RFPs from AAR/Bob Wolf Partners, New York, regarding the assignments. Total spending is estimated at $40 million to $50 million. General and direct media buying incumbents Impiric, Media Marketing Solutions and Media Direct Partners are all invited, according to executives close to the review.
Jeep, Chrysler unveil ads for 2001 model launches
DaimlerChrysler's Jeep and Chrysler units unveiled 2001 model launch ad plans. It said FCB Worldwide, Southfield, Mich., created nine TV spots for Jeep. The first arrives Sept. 9. Spending was not disclosed, but Jeep spent $283 million in measured media last year, according to Competitive Media Reporting. One new spot shows the Wrangler driving over the huge setting sun. Another shows a couple exiting a mud-covered Grand Cherokee Laredo in front of their posh home and getting covered with grit as the Jeep shakes off the mud like a dog. TV spots for the redesigned Chrysler Sebring sedan, coupe and convertible arrive Sept. 1.
Inside.com,`Standard' partner for new weekly
Inside.com and the Industry Standard will team up to launch a weekly magazine plumbing digital technology's transformative effect on entertainment and media. The magazine will be launched late this year, though its weekly frequency won't take effect until sometime in 2001. The Standard, majority owned by IDG Corp., will not invest cash in the venture, but will handle printing, distribution and subscription fulfillment. Ads will be sold by both the Standard and Inside.com.
Publishers Clearing House settles suits for $18.5 mil
Publishers Clearing House agreed to settle lawsuits filed by 24 state attorneys general by paying $18.5 million to the states for use either in restitution to consumers who spent more than $2,500 on magazines in any of the last three years or for consumer education campaigns. The company also agreed to limit some of its claims in advertising and direct mail. The settlement is similar to one Washington state negotiated earlier with American Family Publishers. Publishers Clearing House said it awarded prizes just as it had promised in its solicitations and believed its mailings "had always been clear to our many customers," but was settling to avoid the costs of prolonged litigation.
P&G confirms it has Clearasil up for sale
Procter & Gamble Co. confirmed it is seeking buyers for its Clearasil skincare brand (AA, July 31). The move is part of its plan to concentrate on its top brands. P&G said it hired Goldman, Sachs & Co. to seek bids for the brand, which it said represents less than 2% of its beauty-care sales. The P&G announcement added that the marketer will keep the brand if a buyer is not found. Last year, the company sold Prell shampoo and Coast soap in similar deals. Grey Advertising, New York, handles Clearasil, which was supported with $11 million in U.S. media last year, according to Competitive Media Reporting.
Amazon expands offerings to cars
Amazon.com, Seattle, expanded its offerings with a two-year partnership with online car-buying service Greenlight.com. The two companies announced a co-branding partnership in which Greenlight is paying Amazon $15.25 million. Amazon already owns about 5% of the private Greenlight. Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos told Ad Age his site will market the new car-buying service to its customers online, with no traditional advertising planned.
Drkoop.com getting $20 million infusion
On the brink of depleting its cash reserves, Drkoop.com received $20 million in financing from investors including Prime Ventures, JF Shea Ventures, Cramer-Rosenthal-McGlynn and RMC Capital. The health site also installed new management: Richard M. Rosenblatt, formerly senior VP, e-business services at [email protected], was named CEO; Drkoop co-founder C. Everett Koop, the former U.S. surgeon general, will continue as chairman, and former president-CEO Donald Hackett will remain a director. On Aug. 21, Drkoop also reported that the Securities & Exchange Commission was conducting an informal investigation into whether the company had violated securities laws.
Carat enters Japan with SPI purchase
Carat, the international media buying and planning specialist owned by the U.K.'s Aegis, has bought a majority stake in Strategic Planners International, Tokyo, Japan's first and only independent strategic media planning company. SPI only plans media because a handful of Japanese ad agencies dominate media buying in Japan. Aegis CEO Douglas Flynn said, "We will not undermine the unique positioning of Carat SPI, but on the other hand, we will be seeking ways to expand our presence in the market through cooperation with major Japanese agencies or other innovative means." SPI will be renamed Carat SPI K.K.
SEC, NASD reviewing E-Trade advertising
E-Trade Group advertising is under investigation by the Securities & Exchange Commission and the enforcement arm of the National Association of Securities Dealers, E-Trade disclosed in an SEC filing. The company did not comment on why its ads were under scrutiny, but said it had agreed to submit ads to the NASD for its review prior to their use for a three-month period ending Sept. 12 and was "cooperating fully."
OgilvyOne buys Lacek Group
OgilvyOne Worldwide, the marketing services unit of WPP Group-owned Ogilvy & Mather Worldwide, acquired relationship marketing agency Lacek Group, Minneapolis, from Electronic Data Systems Corp. OgilvyOne in a statement said it purchased Lacek Group, which specializes in loyalty programs, in an effort to expand its customer relationship management capabilities. Lacek Group will be run by General Manager Bill Baker, overseeing day-to-day operations in the Minneapolis office. He will report to New York-based Michelle Bottomley, chief relationship marketing officer at OgilvyOne North America and newly appointed managing director of Lacek Group.
Travelocity.com is launching magazine
Travel site Travelocity.com unveiled the first issue of Travelocity magazine. Travelocity.com is partnering with American Airlines Publishing to produce the every-other-monthly magazine, which is to hit the newsstands Sept. 5. Features include tips on using the Travelocity site as well as destination highlights. The magazine will retail for $3.95 and subscriptions are sold for $14.95 on Travelocity.com. Microsoft Corp.'s Expedia online travel service is also expected to launch a magazine this fall called Expedia Travels.
Merck & Co. to shift target for Propecia
Next year's marketing efforts for prescription hair-loss drug Propecia from Merck & Co. will focus on physicians. Y&R Advertising, New York, had handled the brand's direct-to-consumer advertising for the last four years, with spending estimated at $20 million. "Consumer initiatives have been met, and they're focusing 2001 marketing efforts on the physician business, which will continue to be handled by Sudler & Hennessey," said a Y&R spokeswoman. Sudler & Hennessey, New York, is a global healthcare unit within Y&R.
New Hilfiger post for Peter Connolly
Peter Connolly was assigned expanded duties as president-worldwide marketing and communications at Tommy Hilfiger USA, New York, a new post. He will be responsible for all the company's marketing, advertising and public relations activities. Mr. Connolly had been president-worldwide marketing and president of Hilfiger's Tommy.com. He will continue to head Tommy.com in his new post, the company said.
Kraft Foods said it has invested an undisclosed amount in Internet food retailer EthnicGrocer.com. According to a company statement, the strategic partnership initially will include placing Alene Korby, Kraft's senior VP-procurement, on the e-tailer's board and exchanging information with the online retailer about supply chain platforms and distribution efforts to reach ethnic consumers. Kraft did not comment on its level of involvement with EthnicGrocer.com's marketing efforts.


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Further to a recent High Court decision we comment on the potential importance of subordination agreements in practice and also outline a recent new class of property ownership…
Whither Subordination?
A recent court decision has subjected subordination arrangements to judicial scrutiny[1]. With their validity long queried by some commentators, this article examines why bankers should always consider the need for subordination of other debts before parting with their loan monies and looks at the status of contractual subordination provisions in the light of the recent SSSL case.
A typical funding structure will involve some level of gearing. The owner(s) will contribute their investment by way of equity injection, but very often part of that investment will also be made by way of debt, whether secured or not. Sometimes this fact is later overlooked when a bank is considering lending into the borrowing company. This can leave an unwelcome legacy for the bank down the line. Even where other lending is unsecured, another lender will, unless the matter is otherwise controlled through a subordination arrangement, be at liberty to take all action available to it under its loan documentation or general law. Should there be a dispute between this other lender and the borrower, a demand could be made (assuming the loan is then due) and follow up action taken (perhaps litigation or a petition for winding up on account of the borrower's alleged insolvency). If the other lender holds security, then the bank will presumably want to prioritise the ranking of its security interests ahead of the other lenders. In the context of real estate, the arrangements will likely identify who has prior fixed charges over the property, security over any accruing rental streams and how ancillary floating charges in competing debentures are to rank. Moreover, the bank will want to be sure that it regulates the circumstances in which the other lender is entitled to enforce its security. Such matters will be addressed in any properly drawn deed of priorities. Priority of security and debt subordination arrangements are usually covered in an all-embracing intercreditor deed.
Such arrangements should limit (or exclude) the leverage any other lender might have with the bank. The concept of subordination has developed as a means to neutralising or, at least, controlling the rights of other lenders (as junior creditors) vis a vis the borrower and the bank (as senior creditor). Whether a contractual subordination arrangement is effective has, however, received limited attention from the courts. The SSSL case represents the latest statement of the court's position on this and serves to offer useful guidance to bankers and lawyers alike.
The case arose following the Save petrol group's collapse and the ensuing liquidations. There were substantial inter-company debts owing within the group. A third party creditor (AIG) sought to enforce a pre-insolvency agreement whereby certain of those inter-company debts were contractually subordinated behind payment of monies owing to AIG. AIG's claim hinged on whether such arrangements would be in breach of a long established principle of English insolvency law concerning the equal treatment of unsecured creditors[2]. It was held that it was open to the group companies to subordinate their payment claims behind those of AIG, that the liquidators were not entitled to question the same and the fact that the group companies could not, as a result, collect in an inter-company debt until AIG had been paid did not disturb the pari passu principle.
SSSL is a timely reminder for banks to carefully assess whether any other lending or debt (present or future) ought to be subordinated to their own. If so, the case provides welcome support for the proposition that carefully drafted subordination arrangements should be valid and effective.
Commonhold – a new concept
Lenders should be aware that a new way to own and manage interdependent buildings such as office blocks, flats, or other commercial or residential developments was introduced on 27 September 2004. Known as "commonhold", it combines freehold ownership with membership of a limited company, the Commonhold Association, which owns and manages the common parts of the building. In a commonhold scheme, individual ownership will be by way of a freehold rather than a reducing leasehold interest, which may appeal to lenders. Questions are bound to arise however regarding the financing of "flying" freeholds, which banks have traditionally shied away from. Other potential difficulties include a lender in possession having to take over the borrower's commonhold rights and obligations and the need for safeguards in the commonhold agreement to ensure charges over commonhold areas are enforceable upon a winding up. Time will tell the extent to which commonhold is adopted in a commercial and mixed-use context.
Also published in the APB newsletter.
[1] RE SSSL Realisations (2002) Ltd (formerly Save Service Stations Ltd) (in liquidation) and another company, Manning and others v AIG Europe (UK) Ltd [2004] EWHC 1760 (Ch).
[2] The so-called pari passu principle of distribution of assets was upheld in the leading case of British Eagle International Airlines Ltd [1975] 1 WLR 758. This was decided in light of the statutory order of application of assets now set out in section 107 Insolvency Act 1986 and Rule 4.181 of the Insolvency Rules 1986.
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My name is Deborah Jean and I'm a feedsackaholic...There, I said it!What could be more fun than handling fabric covered in flowers in late winter? I'm starving for all the colors of my yard flowers right about now but the vintage feedsack fabric I've been gathering for making pillows is feeding my appetite for the bold and brilliant colors of a summertime garden at it's peak! Instead of getting my hands dirty in garden soil I've been humming along with my grandmothers sewing machine making more VINTAGE pillows for my booth at the Antique Mall.
Working with these homespun fabrics also got my detective juices going.
Sometime in the 1920's, an enterprising manufacturer of cloth bags hit upon an interesting idea - maybe he could sell more sacks if they were decorated to be more desirable for the farmer's wife. And the era of the printed feedsack began. No longer just beige muslin, with advertising for the feed company, now sacks began to appear in a wide variety of popular colors and prints. And paper labels were applied, like the one pictured above, so that the fabric could be reused without the advertising. Sharons Antiques
Feedsack fabric has been used for making doll clothes, P.J's, dresses, aprons, quilts, hand towels, curtains and more by clever farmwives over the years. I bet today's clever farmwives can come up with many more uses for these beautiful fabrics of yesteryear. It's also highly collectable and desirable to fabric-aholics. I would love any resources you have for these lovely pieces of the past!
No pattern necessary!
- measure and cut your fabric in to a 22 x 22 square.
- turn fabric inside out and sew three sides together with a 1 inch seem allowance.
- leave a large enough opening to insert your pillow form.
- turn fabric right side out and insert pillow.
- pin opening together and sew it closed by hand or with your machine.
Up-cycled feedsack fabric makes adorable cafe' curtains, valances, aprons, tote bags, framed artwork and of course pillows!This suburban farmwife is having more fun whipping up these beautiful pillows... The feedsack cloth is soft to the touch but sturdy enough for accent pillows on an over stuffed chair, tossed on the bed for a bit of vintage charm or just simply propped up on your favorite side chair in the kitchen to admire and enjoy all day long! I've got a few more on the work table and more feedsack fabric on the way which I'll post soon PLUS a beautiful up cycled pillow created from embroidered pillow case edges.
Here is another wonderful resource for vintage feedsacks.
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This has got to be the worst car tinting job I have ever experienced
the guy was recommended but a reputable Repco Sales Manager and he was nice enough to do it on a public holiday without extra charge-
He is a mobile car tinter, the tinting took about 3 hours and when I drove off i had found he had tinted a mosquito on my drivers side. I called him u and i drove back and he pulled the tint back and redone it. then I asked him about all the other bubbles he said it was normal and they were just water bubbles and it should dry out.
Today 5th march 2015 is day 3 and the bubbles have not dried out it is not water it is simply sand/dust and hair, I message him and he said I had to wait 1 month for it to fully settle.
What can I do?
I really regret going to him.
I chose convenience over mainstream.
For everyone out there do not make the same mistake as I have.
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These little bubbles are all over the windows. I am one unsatisfied customer.
the only thing I can do now is wait 1 month
Please do not use this guy Chung from Infinit Tint 0468359954


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The former Detroit Pistons center Bison Dele and his girlfriend have been reported missing during a boating trip, the woman's stepfather said yesterday.
Relatives last heard from Dele and his girlfriend, Serena Karlan, two months ago, said Karlan's stepfather, Scott Ohlgren of Boulder, Colo.
Dele's boat was scheduled to sail from Tahiti, to Honolulu. Dele, formerly known as Brian Williams, played on the Chicago Bulls' championship team in 1996-97. He later signed with the Pistons.Continue reading the main story


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5. Most of your discussions and conversations spin around money and budget
It's not right if your conversations are dominated by financial arguments. Those who argue about money and budget should understand that it does harm to their marital bond. Do not let your arguments be centered on financial problems. This kind of issues is a truly negative phenomenon. More than that, if this sort of discussions arises more and more often, it means that you are in trouble. Your bills, payoffs, balances and other banking operations should not dominate in your conversations.


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Wednesday, October 8, 2014
Drunkard's Path quiltalong.........
I made this top in 2011 and haven't quilted it yet. It will hang in my living room when I finish it. I don't have the dies for my Studio cutter so I will be using the templates in the photo above again.
I pulled some of my African fabrics that I think will look good with those leftover batik pieces.
I will need a lot more variety in batiks in both lights and darks too. I will shop my stash later today.
This quilt top was made by my friend Otis, one of the art quilters who gave me permission to use the photo. He finished sewing it at my house Monday. These DP blocks are 4" and this piece is about 40" square.
11 comments:
- Linda Swanekamp said...
Maybe I should pull out all the leftover blocks from my daughter's quilt, Made with these templates you have and see if anything can be added to make a new one. Maybe I should link up also, although I can't imagine how to rescue these blocks I have!
- October 8, 2014 at 7:20 AM
- patty a. said...
The fabrics are wonderful. I think the combination of the batiks and African fabrics will be stunning. I need to get going on my DP. I will be out of town on Friday so I will not be able to link up until Monday.
- October 8, 2014 at 7:30 AM
- Karen - Quilts...etc. said...
I love the drunkards path pattern there are so many things you can do with it. I have made several over the years but I do not have any left in my house, love the colors you are using and the one you show by your fellow art quilter
- October 8, 2014 at 8:21 AM
- Chris said...
Your batiks DP top is stunning! I saw the "blood moon" eclipse this morning, and it reminds me of that. Awesome!
- October 8, 2014 at 8:37 AM
- Vicki W said...
Pooh, I love Otis' DP quilt!
- October 8, 2014 at 8:52 AM
- Needled Mom said...
Your finished DP top is really beautiful. I love the different sizes of the circles.
- October 8, 2014 at 9:22 AM
- JJM said...
It is always a treat to catch up with your blog after being gone for a few days. From last Friday's DP through today's DP. From a bridesmaids dress, African fabrics to triangles . What a 'fun tour' I had this morning . And what a great design Otis did with his piece. Really like it.
- October 8, 2014 at 10:30 AM
- Sharon said...
Your DP looks like such a fun play with circles! And Otis' quilt with that circle print! It plays well in the DP block.
- October 8, 2014 at 9:35 PM
- Charlotta said...
Do you know what your setting is going to be, or are you going to make a bunch of blocks and then play with them to find out how to put them together?
I thought I could do the latter when I made my first DP quilt, but got hopelessly lost and ended up with a bunch of blocks and NO IDEA of how to put them together. So I had to get help from a more experienced friend who helped me come up with an actual design - quite orderly - which enabled me to calculate how many additional blocks I needed, in what color combinations etc.
I think I could surely be a lot less restrained if I tried today and make something more like what you've made for your living room - which I like a lot.
- October 9, 2014 at 2:38 AM
- Connie Kresin Campbell said...
Your post reminded me that I have those same templates and......quite a few blocks that haven't been put into a quilt. I'll have to pull them out!
- October 9, 2014 at 8:06 AM
- Caroline Heinrichs said...
I love DP and your colors are so gorgeous!!
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FALMOUTH — A School Board task force met for the first time last week to discuss potential changes to the policy governing drugs and alcohol.
Chris Murry Jr., chairman of the board's policy committee, said the conversation about the drug and alcohol policy is not a result of two parties involving Falmouth High School students this year that led to several arrests, but that the 6-year-old policy requires some review.
"What happened in June, while unfortunate, and clearly there were issues associated with that, is not the primary motivator," Murry said. "Over the past six years we have had a policy in place and there have been ups and downs with it and we have to address those. We can't deny those incidents happened, they were in the press and public, but this should not be looked at as reactionary to those incidents because that's not the right conversation to have."
He said that this is only the beginning of a process that will last seven months.
The task force includes students, school officials, parents, coaches, boosters, community members and police. At the first meeting the group discussed what the major concerns of committee members were and what the policy should discuss.
"The conversation is about what needs to be revised and what needs to be changed," said Analiese Larson, School Board chairwoman. She said some of the topics that came up were whether the policy should be in effect for just the school year versus the calendar year, tobacco use versus drug and alcohol use, and whether students who violate the policy should be allowed to practice with sports teams or participate in extracurricular activities
"So many things came up that we really need to examine and dialogue," Larson said.
Both Murry and Larson said that any new policy requires the support of the entire community.
"(Our) policy will only be as effective as the commitment in the community," said Murray. "This is a community issue, not just a sport issue."
Falmouth Police Chief Ed Tolan agreed and said the Police Department wants to work with the schools to make any new policy as effective as possible.
"We have to enforce and monitor the situations that are occurring off school property, parties and those type of events, and we work with the schools, but there is only so much we can do (with out a specific policy)," Tolan said.
The chief said he thinks the committee should consider educational programs for first offenses, so policy is not strictly punitive.
Several focus groups will start meeting in November and December. In addition, Larson said there will be open meetings so that the public can have input on policy decisions.
"We really want community involvement," she said. "The policies are only as good as the communities that are going to support them."


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The Age of Individuals
In the Taylorist averagarian system of standardization and hierarchies where the system prevails and the average employee is expendable, a 2013 Gallup Study found that 70% of employees felt disengaged from their job. Google and Costco have turned away from this system of Taylorization and have now been named to the list of "Top Places to Work" due to their new philosophy toward the individual. If you hire great people, give them good wages, treat them with dignity, and give them an honest path for a career, great things will happen.
Costco truly believes in finding a good fit. One of Costco's strategies to finding good fits is by identifying students from local colleges who are already working part-time for them who are a good fit. They hire these people for fulltime work when they graduate. Costco finds this strategy much more beneficial than actively seeking out and hiring graduates from prestigious universities. Costco also gives their employees great benefits and pays them 75% more than Walmart does and has still been profitable every single year since they went public. A lot of Costco's success has to do with employee loyalty and low employee turnover costs. This is helping them beat Walmart at their own game of low costs and efficiency. Walmart has any extremely high employee turnover costs due to its Taylorization system.
Another interesting case is Zoho Technology Corporation of India who took on the behemoth Microsoft. In the beginning Zoho couldn't afford to hire the kind of talent that Microsoft could, so Zoho had to look for talent in different ways and in different places. Amazingly, even against all these odds, Zoho quickly became known for creating great stuff with a talent pool that none of their competitors would have hired.
Zoho's founder and CEO Sridhar Vembu found that there was little or no correlation between grades and perceived quality of diploma and on-the-job performance as computer programmers. This made him wonder why all the Big Boys were wearing blinders and made the narrow pathway of college a pre-condition to be hired in their companies. Zembu decided to cultivate talent himself by creating his own Zoho University where he would not only give raw, unproven kids a shot, but he would even pay them to go to his school. His school was self-paced, had no grades and used feedback based on projects. And guess what? It's working! Vembu has hired some amazing unknowns from some of the poorest neighborhoods in India from his university program who have gone off to do great things.
Since Vembu doesn't agree with evaluating people based on averages, Zoho doesn't have performance reviews. There are no score cards. There are no employee rankings. If a manager has a concern with an employee, they have a one-on-one discussion so the manager can address it and help that employee right then and right there rather than several months later at a nerve-racking performance review.
Zoho pays fair wages and great benefits. It identifies talent and nurtures it. And that talent responds by being fully engaged and extremely productive. Zembu says that if you treat individuals with respect, as individuals, you will get more out of them than what you put into them. These simple common sense strategies based on individuals over the system is how Zoho can compete with the Big Boys while using a talent pool that the Big Boys would never even look at, let alone consider hiring and working with.
So, what are you capable of doing with your people?
Dan Blanchard is an award-winning author, speaker and educator. To learn more about Dan please visit his website at: www.DanBlanchard.net. Thanks.


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Well its not really secret it's sign posted in the library. I think it is on level 7 or 8. Like the SMR it is worth a visit. From here you can see most of Brum, including Cambrian Wharf.
They are doing some wonderful stuff in the city of late, but if you visit don't forget the older buildings the like of which will never be built again.


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As we can see from the graph this is serious, it is more of a dip than at the beginning of the credit crunch. I decided to plot the Prime Ministers and parties onto the graph, it highlights mainly that David Cameron inherited an economy in recovery and has now knocked it down into near to a double dip. This graph also highlights how John Major managed to recover GDP from the 1990s recession and then hand the boom over to Tony Blair who kindly have Gordon Brown the bust!
It seems that Fiscal policy is more important than George Osborne hoped, lets hope that this is just teething problems for Crowing out theory. Theoretically all this negative growth means is more surplus capacity for new businesses to expand into as the public sector contracts..
Yet to say that GDP is all a result of Government policy would be wrong though. Its easy to blame Gordon Brown for the credit crunch but in reality it was not his fault. Equally to colour in this dip blue and blame it on the coalition is also naive. George Osborne has blamed the fall in GDP down to the cold weather.
If we break down the figures it is true that construction was the driving factor behind the fall in GDP however to say it was all down to bad weather I think is also being naive, there have been many Government construction projects canceled in the wake of budget cuts, this also could have hurt construction. According to this BBC article the ONS said: '...even if the weather impact had been excluded, activity would have been 'flattish'" So even the snow can't explain the poor performance!
All in all wether the negative growth was the Governments fault or not going down a road of fiscal contraction during a period of negative growth is reckless.