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Thanx friends
Class of 2014!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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gah my winter break is only going to be from dec 23--jan 3
that will make going to singapore very difficult
i think mine is the same, gotta get used to short breaks from now on 🙁
how long were you planning your trip?
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believe me....I heard it all from my co-workers. They are relentless. And he is considering taking over my job when I leave....brave brave soul.
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i was really hoping for a solid 2 weeks to go, since it's a day of travel on both ends, plus a day of jet-lag recovery on both ends.
that would have given me 12 full days there. 20+ hours travel each way is a lot for 8 days.
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Wal-Mart to Offer Its Workers a College Program
By STEPHANIE CLIFFORD and STEPHANIE ROSENBLOOM
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — Now on sale at Wal-Mart: college degrees for its employees.
The purveyor of inexpensive jeans and lawnmowers is dipping its toe into the online-education waters, working with a Web-based university to offer its employees in the United States affordable college degrees.
The partnership with American Public University, a for-profit school with about 70,000 online students, will allow some Wal-Mart and Sam's Club employees to earn credits in areas like retail management and logistics for performing their regular jobs.
The university will offer eligible employees 15 percent price reductions on tuition, and Wal-Mart will invest $50 million over three years in other tuition assistance for the employees who participate.
Executives at Wal-Mart, the nations' largest retailer, said the company was not interested in entering the online-education field in a broader way. The point of the program, they said, was to help employees get more education and to build a better work force.
Even so, because of its size, Wal-Mart's internal changes often turn into industry standards, as with its efforts involving environmental sustainability. And with 1.4 million employees in the United States, even an employees-only program could have widespread implications.
"If 10 to 15 percent of employees take advantage of this, that's like graduating three Ohio State Universities," said Sara Martinez Tucker, a former under secretary of education who is now on Wal-Mart's external advisory council. "It's a lot of Americans getting a college degree at a time when it's becoming less affordable."
Wal-Mart estimates that about 50 percent of its employees in the United States have a high school diploma or the equivalent but have not earned a college degree. With the average full-time employee being paid $11.75 an hour, it was unclear how many of them will be able to take advantage of the new program. With the work credits and tuition discount, an associate's degree for a department-level manager would cost about $7,900.
Wal-Mart made the announcement at an early morning meeting at the Bud Walton arena here, where about 4,000 employees were invited to attend events scheduled around the chain's shareholders' meeting on Friday.
"It's important because it reflects the kind of company we are," Eduardo Castro-Wright, who heads Wal-Mart's operations in the United States, told the employees. "A company that says, ‘Anyone who wants to learn, who wants to grow with us, who is willing to work hard to get a college degree, can do that.' "
The employees clapped and nodded as Mr. Castro-Wright explained the program (though cheers seemed to be louder earlier, when Mr. Castro-Wright said that gas prices finally seemed to be dropping).
Jaymes Murphy, 24, a wireless salesman in a Wal-Mart based in Victoria, Tex., said he had been trying to take college classes while working, but found the scheduling difficult. But he said the program "gives me the confidence that I can go and not have to worry about sacrificing one thing or another."
"I can get my education," he said, adding that he would pursue his bachelor's degree online. "The way the economy's working, the way all the companies are working, you've got to go bachelor's."
The program will initially allow about 200,000 employees in positions like cashier, department manager and distribution center unloader to accrue credits for training they already receive in their jobs.
For instance, a department-level manager, who receives training from Wal-Mart in areas like pricing, inventory management and ethics, would be eligible for 24 credits, at no charge, toward a 61-credit associates' degree.
Employees can receive up to 45 percent of credit toward an associate's or bachelor's degree at American Public University via the on-the-job credits.
"It came out of an awareness that the jobs in our stores are really good jobs," Tom Mars, executive vice president and chief administrative officer of Wal-Mart U.S. said in an interview, "but if we want to make them great jobs, we really have to do something different to distinguish those jobs and our company from everyone else in retail."
When asked if Wal-Mart wanted to enter the online-education industry Mr. Mars said "no, no."
Even so, Wal-Mart appeared to acknowledge its wide influence in a letter about the program to the secretary of education, Arne Duncan.
"While there is broad agreement about the need for more Americans to attain college degrees, we recognize that there is a healthy discussion under way about the best way to get there," wrote Leslie Dach, Wal-Mart's executive vice president for corporate affairs and government relations. "One of our aims with this program is to try some innovative approaches that seem promising, grounded in what is already known in the field."
He added: "We hope in this way to expand the education and employer communities' knowledge of what works most effectively, so that policy makers, other companies and other stakeholders can continuously improve such offerings."
Wal-Mart executives said it decided to work with an online university instead of a brick-and-mortar school after surveying more than 32,000 of its employees and learning that most of them wanted the scheduling flexibility afforded by online classes.
American Public University, which is based in Charles Town, W.Va., is reviewing all jobs at Wal-Mart to determine which ones will qualify under the agreement. By January 2012, some 70 percent of United States employees will be in jobs that have been reviewed by the university, Wal-Mart said. To be eligible for the program, employees must have been in the job at least one year full time, or three years part time, and must also score "above target" on their most recent evaluation.
By STEPHANIE CLIFFORD and STEPHANIE ROSENBLOOM
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — Now on sale at Wal-Mart: college degrees for its employees.
The purveyor of inexpensive jeans and lawnmowers is dipping its toe into the online-education waters, working with a Web-based university to offer its employees in the United States affordable college degrees.
The partnership with American Public University, a for-profit school with about 70,000 online students, will allow some Wal-Mart and Sam's Club employees to earn credits in areas like retail management and logistics for performing their regular jobs.
The university will offer eligible employees 15 percent price reductions on tuition, and Wal-Mart will invest $50 million over three years in other tuition assistance for the employees who participate.
Executives at Wal-Mart, the nations' largest retailer, said the company was not interested in entering the online-education field in a broader way. The point of the program, they said, was to help employees get more education and to build a better work force.
Even so, because of its size, Wal-Mart's internal changes often turn into industry standards, as with its efforts involving environmental sustainability. And with 1.4 million employees in the United States, even an employees-only program could have widespread implications.
"If 10 to 15 percent of employees take advantage of this, that's like graduating three Ohio State Universities," said Sara Martinez Tucker, a former under secretary of education who is now on Wal-Mart's external advisory council. "It's a lot of Americans getting a college degree at a time when it's becoming less affordable."
Wal-Mart estimates that about 50 percent of its employees in the United States have a high school diploma or the equivalent but have not earned a college degree. With the average full-time employee being paid $11.75 an hour, it was unclear how many of them will be able to take advantage of the new program. With the work credits and tuition discount, an associate's degree for a department-level manager would cost about $7,900.
Wal-Mart made the announcement at an early morning meeting at the Bud Walton arena here, where about 4,000 employees were invited to attend events scheduled around the chain's shareholders' meeting on Friday.
"It's important because it reflects the kind of company we are," Eduardo Castro-Wright, who heads Wal-Mart's operations in the United States, told the employees. "A company that says, ‘Anyone who wants to learn, who wants to grow with us, who is willing to work hard to get a college degree, can do that.' "
The employees clapped and nodded as Mr. Castro-Wright explained the program (though cheers seemed to be louder earlier, when Mr. Castro-Wright said that gas prices finally seemed to be dropping).
Jaymes Murphy, 24, a wireless salesman in a Wal-Mart based in Victoria, Tex., said he had been trying to take college classes while working, but found the scheduling difficult. But he said the program "gives me the confidence that I can go and not have to worry about sacrificing one thing or another."
"I can get my education," he said, adding that he would pursue his bachelor's degree online. "The way the economy's working, the way all the companies are working, you've got to go bachelor's."
The program will initially allow about 200,000 employees in positions like cashier, department manager and distribution center unloader to accrue credits for training they already receive in their jobs.
For instance, a department-level manager, who receives training from Wal-Mart in areas like pricing, inventory management and ethics, would be eligible for 24 credits, at no charge, toward a 61-credit associates' degree.
Employees can receive up to 45 percent of credit toward an associate's or bachelor's degree at American Public University via the on-the-job credits.
"It came out of an awareness that the jobs in our stores are really good jobs," Tom Mars, executive vice president and chief administrative officer of Wal-Mart U.S. said in an interview, "but if we want to make them great jobs, we really have to do something different to distinguish those jobs and our company from everyone else in retail."
When asked if Wal-Mart wanted to enter the online-education industry Mr. Mars said "no, no."
Even so, Wal-Mart appeared to acknowledge its wide influence in a letter about the program to the secretary of education, Arne Duncan.
"While there is broad agreement about the need for more Americans to attain college degrees, we recognize that there is a healthy discussion under way about the best way to get there," wrote Leslie Dach, Wal-Mart's executive vice president for corporate affairs and government relations. "One of our aims with this program is to try some innovative approaches that seem promising, grounded in what is already known in the field."
He added: "We hope in this way to expand the education and employer communities' knowledge of what works most effectively, so that policy makers, other companies and other stakeholders can continuously improve such offerings."
Wal-Mart executives said it decided to work with an online university instead of a brick-and-mortar school after surveying more than 32,000 of its employees and learning that most of them wanted the scheduling flexibility afforded by online classes.
American Public University, which is based in Charles Town, W.Va., is reviewing all jobs at Wal-Mart to determine which ones will qualify under the agreement. By January 2012, some 70 percent of United States employees will be in jobs that have been reviewed by the university, Wal-Mart said. To be eligible for the program, employees must have been in the job at least one year full time, or three years part time, and must also score "above target" on their most recent evaluation.
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thats nice
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yo stoney, check out this girl initialed nl in the miami fb group. according to her bio, she graduated from college at 16 and acts in mvs, tv shows, and sings/writes songs in her free time. is she for real?
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is she hot
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All I need for my apartment now is a TV for the living room, some rugs, a sofa, food and cable/internet. 👍
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I checked out of curiosity and she's average looking. Puts me to shame though since when she was getting her masters I was probably passed out in my friend's basement.
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you would.that's why i didn't ask if she was beautiful
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Where's a good place to buy HDTVs for cheap? I need a 40" 1080p preferably with 120Hz, but not necessary.
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oh man...today someone tried the most terrible pick up line I've ever heard on me....it wasn't even funny, just embarrassing...for both of us.
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I was getting off the elevator and this guy that was walking away kind of turns around and looks at me. And says "has anyone told you that you should be in movies, you look like a celebrity: flawless and innocent"....I didn't even know what to say except WALK FASTER.
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try some of the deals sites, like fatwallet, dealnews, or slickdeals. u could start with dealnews, since they hand out star ratings for the deals they find, which makes it easier for laymen to pick out the good ones.
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omg...so many things wrong with that, so many lol. u should go out with him just for the giggles 🤣 im sure hes got a whole repertoire of them 😆
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I was afraid that I'd somehow run into mexicandr in real life. TERRIFYING!
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See in that situation I'd have just gone with "I'm sorry to interrupt/bother you [depending on the situation], but I just had to tell you - you are very [or stunningly] beautiful"
Direct approach ftw?
Then again, the (one) time I tried it... it didn't work too well. But I'll keep trying it
Maybe all pick up lines are doomed for failure from inception?
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Shady pawn shop?
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hey met; just got this email from circuit city - TV might be bigger than what you need but..
http://www.circuitcity.com/applicat...24CN&cm_mmc=EML-_-Main-_-CCEM324-_-circuit324
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See in that situation I'd have just gone with "I'm sorry to interrupt/bother you [depending on the situation], but I just had to tell you - you are very [or stunningly] beautiful"
Direct approach ftw?
Then again, the (one) time I tried it... it didn't work too well. But I'll keep trying it
Maybe all pick up lines are doomed for failure from inception?
Try posing it as a question next time. It usually works for me?
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Anytime "beautiful" is in the first few sentences a guy says to me...he is marked as a creeper and aint getting any further...thats just in my case thoughSee in that situation I'd have just gone with "I'm sorry to interrupt/bother you [depending on the situation], but I just had to tell you - you are very [or stunningly] beautiful"
Direct approach ftw?
Then again, the (one) time I tried it... it didn't work too well. But I'll keep trying it
Maybe all pick up lines are doomed for failure from inception?
oh man...i dont even know where he came up with thatwell thatd be kinda interesting, actually, at least for us the audience
or why guys feel the need to say these things to me all of a sudden...do I look that gullible?
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Damn, that's pretty awesome. I'm not opposed to bigger than 40" it just seems that I can't afford any bigger.
Maybe I can split the price with my roommate and buy his half out later.
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See in that situation I'd have just gone with "I'm sorry to interrupt/bother you [depending on the situation], but I just had to tell you - you are very [or stunningly] beautiful"
Direct approach ftw?
Then again, the (one) time I tried it... it didn't work too well. But I'll keep trying it
Maybe all pick up lines are doomed for failure from inception?
i think pick up lines are lame, i prefer a simple hey im ibvs. or if ur feeling aggressive, u can go with hey im ibvs, wanna ****?
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Damn, that's pretty awesome. I'm not opposed to bigger than 40" it just seems that I can't afford any bigger.
twss galore
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hmm so what would work ? 😕
also maybe guys say stuff like that to you because... you look beautiful? Just a guess here
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I finally have a job. Phew. That took a little longer than I anticipated. Even though I probably don't start for a week.
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haha I will agree with the resident part but I dunno where that dude got the celebrity part loli think its just a case of celebrity residents making the dudes nervous
doubt that it would work...but can't speak for every drunk girl out there 😉hmm so what would work ? 😕
also maybe guys say stuff like that to you because... you look beautiful? Just a guess here
...cmon..I am really not that attractive(I will agree with "cute" as an appropriate term)...besides can you seriously see yourself doing that to someone who IS?!
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👍 grats dude! Research job?
... yes?
I do some really, really stupid (or another way to put it - brave) things. It's like I learned about fear, but I didn't learn about the part where "if you are afraid of something / it seems a stupid thing to do... don't do it". So I do stuff like this... and walking on hot coals. Jumping out of a 3rd story window. Getting deported from a country.
You know, the usual.
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kudos to you I suppose...no gain without risk of public humiliation. I know there is no way I am letting on that I think a guy is super attractive without some indication that the convo is going to go in my favor lol.
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hmm so what would work ? 😕
also maybe guys say stuff like that to you because... you look beautiful? Just a guess here
see dude, thats just terrible lol. i think pick up lines are actually better as sort of a secondary ice breaker, like after uve already started talking for a minute, then mix it in kinda like a flattering joke. first impression is mostly about looks anyway so if u just introduce urself, shell talk to u if she thinks u look good enough.
i think calling a girl beautiful should only be done casually with a smile in the beginning.
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Heh that's the unfortunate situation of being a guy. Usually; we are the ones who have to risk the public humiliation / getting shot down 👍
Heh I tend to agree. But I always try all possibilities - right now, the "start w/ a pick up line" - even a direct one - doesn't really work. But just talking and then getting into it does seem to work. Of course, if it's a completely random person - starting that initial talk is slightly difficult
Still searching for a primary ice breaker I guess. But hey; I always fly by the seat of my pants so 👍Also; if you don't look good, I guess you're SOL?
I guess I'm whipping out that white coat everywhere I go...
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who does that right?
it was like a man in a suit too...in the hospital where I work..
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Hah tell me about it. Like how I gave up a really nice 9-5 job in a pharmaceutical company to go back to school and then apply to medical school? 😀 It's great when it goes well. Here's hoping it continues to! 👍
Dingy this is why we should've totally gone to the same med school. I'm stupid enough to take big risks and you've got good direction and advise. Together; we'd be unstoppable *mwahahaha*
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Apparently, a man in a suit 😆 i'm sorry, i'm sorry - that was so stupid but I just had to
But yea; looks like you've got some wierdos at your hosp - you sure he wasn't escaping from the psych ward?
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har har har
lol I think his suit would be a different color (white) and have longer sleeves if he was making a run for it from the ****oo's nest 😛
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If he was middle aged or older that would make it super creepy.
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Heh that's the unfortunate situation of being a guy. Usually; we are the ones who have to risk the public humiliation / getting shot down 👍
Heh I tend to agree. But I always try all possibilities - right now, the "start w/ a pick up line" - even a direct one - doesn't really work. But just talking and then getting into it does seem to work. Of course, if it's a completely random person - starting that initial talk is slightly difficult
Also; if you don't look good, I guess you're SOL?
well looks are all relative, if ur going after a girl who looks much better than u, then u prolly something better than just a pick up line, u know, like that white coat u mentioned
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he looked in late 20s....and still creepy considering most people tell me I look ~15 years old when they meet me lolIf he was middle aged or older that would make it super creepy.
