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WDW Parks General Discussion
Distinction between "theme park enthusiast" and "Disney Adult"
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Tom Morrow
People of all ages have always loved Disney, but in the last decade the trend of the "Disney Adult" has grown tremendously. A "Disney Adult" isn't just an adult that enjoys Disney, but rather an adult that has made Disney, the brand, their entire lifestyle and personality. We see them everywhere now. They go to the parks "Disney-bounding" and gush over every single shoe-horned character insertion. They vlog about it. They become social media "influencers" entirely around it. They largely don't know and don't care about WDW's history and legacy, and applaud at classic, beloved stuff being removed in place of new, lazy IP insertions. They see the new characters on the Epcot parking lot signs and think "wow, so cute!" because thematic integrity doesn't matter to them, and they can't even comprehend why others would be upset about it. To them, Disney Parks = a celebration of Disney IP and nothing more.
The distinction between the Disney Adult and someone who simply loves quality theme parks and themed entertainment has to be made clear. I would wager that most of us on here are the latter. Enjoying Disney media alone does not make one a "Disney Adult", but even if you fully embrace that, you're likely here on WDWMAGIC because you also loved WDW for the unique, one-of-a-kind quality immersive experience it provided.
For most of WDW's existence, it was possible to have a WDW vacation without being constantly bombarded by Disney, the brand. Sure, the characters and IP were always there, but they weren't everywhere. There was always a balance. You could spend a week at WDW and see very little "Disney" stuff if you wanted. You could love WDW for everything it had to offer without being someone who cares about Disney, the brand, and their IP. This is, unfortunately, no longer the case, and the company is rapidly moving further and further away from that version of WDW.
The irony, is that for most of WDW's existence, WDW adult fans often had to justify their enthusiasm because WDW has never been good at marketing itself as a place with something for everyone in its advertising, always instead opting for shots of characters hugging kids and teacups and Dumbo. "Why do you like Disney World so much? Isn't it just for kids?" "Well no, actually, (massive list of awesome all-ages and even some adult-oriented things to do)." At which point that person could, if they cared enough, do some research into all that WDW actually offers and see that you were right.
But today, the opposite is true, WDW IS that version of itself it has always marketed, where you are bombarded with characters and IP at every step. The current version of WDW caters almost exclusively to kids and the Disney Adults who eat the branding up. Those of us who are simply lovers of theme parks and themed entertainment now have to justify that we like it, largely because of how it used to be, and not because of the Disney-brand fest that it now is.
So yeah. A Disney Adult and a fan of WDW/Disney Parks, while not exclusive, are not the same.
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Tom Morrow said:
The irony, is that for most of WDW's existence, WDW adult fans often had to justify their enthusiasm because WDW has never been good at marketing itself as a place with something for everyone in its advertising, always instead opting for shots of characters hugging kids and teacups and Dumbo. "Why do you like Disney World so much? Isn't it just for kids?" "Well no, actually, (massive list of awesome all-ages and even some adult-oriented things to do)."
So yeah. A Disney Adult and a fan of Disney Parks, while not exclusive, are not the same.
I agree with most of that. I will say there is also a difference in those who love parks in general and your Disney theme park enthusiast. I find just from this site alone many who only visit Disney but never step foot in any other park out there.
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Jrb1979 said:
That is a good point. WDW represented the best of theme parks and themed entertainment, so it's entirely plausible for someone to enjoy WDW for those reasons but not visit other parks.
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Animaniac93-98
People of all ages have always loved Disney, but in the last decade the trend of the "Disney Adult" has grown tremendously. A "Disney Adult" isn't just an adult that enjoys Disney, but rather an adult that has made Disney, the brand, their entire lifestyle and personality. We see them everywhere now.
Social media has really accelerated this, but I would wager that comparatively few "Disney adults" actually go to the Disney parks more than once a year. That's more of an aspirational thing, which is why vloggers attract so many viewers who want to go to the parks often, but can't for one reason or another.
Over time, platforms like Tumblr, Instagram and TikTok have made it easy for those within a certain age group to share their nostalgic love of Disney animated movies which brands like Funko and Loungefly have exploited to great success. It may not be practical to fly to Florida and stay at Art of Animation, but it is easy to share gifs and memes, create thrift-store character inspired fashions and follow people and order merch online. A lot of this content is fan made and fan curated which makes it more appealing and feel more personal. It's largely harmless, but it does create an audience who is often uninformed about the very thing they dearly love.
The lack of knowledge about the park and company's history is why so many self-described fans think a "themed ride" is like when Paramount built those Top Gun coasters. Put a logo or piece of iconography on something and it's "immersive". When you don't have a strong point of reference or much travel experience, you're not going to be overly critical of such things. Same thing applies to rack rates at Disney hotels or food in the restaurants. The desire for food to be photogenic first and edible second is not a good trend.
The company's mistake is trying to take advantage of these fans by talking down to them, instead of creating something that exceeds expectations (and appeals to a much broader audience than the most enthusiastic brand advocates). They want to cash in on nostalgia and familiarity and in doing so have sacrificed the creativity that originated the things people are nostalgic about today. We see that with what has happened with EPCOT. It remains to be seen if the Disney of today will have the same level of intense nostalgia 30 years from now.
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Animaniac93-98 said:
I don't it think it will have that same level of intense nostalgia. It's mainly due to that kids today aren't attached to the IP as much as older generations were.
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Poseidon Quest
This thread seems to suspiciously mirror my Twitter war earlier.
To comment though, I completely agree. Theme parks themselves are expressions of art and are important cultural reflections. Disney parks themselves have arguably been a form of high art since the inception of Disneyland. This of course isn't without exception as even Walt had issues with quality control, but generally, leadership in the company made an effort to set the standard for themed entertainment and often strived to out-do themselves. These values clearly aren't important to Iger, believing that it is easier to appeal to a more general population who only engages with Disney at a superficial level. If people don't dedicate a lot of time to engaging with theme parks at a deeper level then that's fine, but along with this strategy came a rabid, extremely superficial demographic that I think you're referring to as the "Disney adult". While I can say I'm generally interested in Disney's media side of things and their inner workings as a corporation, I have always been primarily interested in theme parks overall, believing until the last few years that Disney would also continue to lead the industry. When rumors of IP heavy projects came around or when they were announced, I dreaded what they would do to the parks, but I was always cautiously optimistic. Now though, it has become clear to me that Disney leadership only views their parks as malls with rides that they reluctantly maintain, concerned only with sales and cross-promotion with their media division. Their new attractions clearly reflect a lack of real investment, hoping that mediocrity can get by using easily identifiable IP as a crutch.
The "Disney adult" which I was accused of being (ironically by actual Disney adults), is the kind of person who spends an abnormal amount of time shilling for the company. The number of people who I've seen attack others for criticizing unpopular, anti-consumer policies is really quite annoying. If anyone expresses that something is thematically inappropriate, they're attacked personally and told that Disney is for kids. Ironic, since most really young children I've seen are primarily interested in chewing on queue chains or doing anything other than engaging with the parks. Even older children of elementary school age know when they're not particularly entertained. Kids aren't stupid, but Disney leadership's constant and surface-level character inclusion, indicates that they certainly think they are.
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^ I am unaware of your Twitter war, for the record!
Excellent points though. "Disney Adults" are not only quick to applaud/shill for anything the company does, but attempt to reverse and deflect criticism and complaints with "You care too much about something for kids!" Ironic, when they're the one shilling for the "kids stuff". Literally seeing this stuff on Facebook right now regarding the Epcot signs. Excuse me, but I'm the one arguing against the kid-oriented signs at the park adults go to drink at, you're the one arguing in favor of it under the guise of "not caring".
The weird push by these people and the company lately that proposes that kids don't care about things they don't already know about is literally proven false by the rest of WDW's history. Kids in the 90's fell in love with Tower of Terror, for instance, despite probably never having seen The Twilight Zone. Very young toddlers don't care, and older kids aren't dumb and will enjoy anything that is good quality. They can also definitely tell the difference between characters and IP being included organically vs. being superficially slapped on stuff where it doesn't fit.
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Kids in the 90's fell in love with Tower of Terror, for instance, despite probably never having seen The Twilight Zone.
Disney-MGM Studios likely exposed many children to properties and themes they were unaware of before visiting. Along with educating them about how the media they consumed was made.
The assumption today would be to not build a theme park based on 1930s/40s Los Angeles, because there's no obvious point of reference in our media landscape for that, but that setting never had a negative impact on attendance or children's enjoyment of the park for the last 30 some-odd years.
The quality of a given product often transcends generational/cultural familiarity and actually creates curiosity in the subject.
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BrerFoxesBayouAdventure
One of the arguments for the removal of Splash Mountain was "no one alive today knows what Song of the South is". Personally think thats BS because we've had it around for 3 decades and people love it regardless of them having prior knowledge of who Br'er Rabbit was.
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OrlandoRising
I get a little tired of these holier-than-thou threads on this board where people wax nostalgic about an idealized Disney parks past that, and ignore how prevalent Disney IP has been in the parks for decades.
The reliance on IP is not inherently bad.
I also don't think you're theme park fan if you haven't visited theme parks that aren't run by Disney.
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OrlandoRising said:
We all know IP has been prevalent in the past. The difference is there was a mix of IP based attractions and original attractions like the ones in Epcot. Lately it feels like they have shoe horned IP where they can.
My issue with the direction they are in is that all 4 WDW parks are starting to feel the same. Just extensions of Magic Kingdom. At one point Epcot was a unique park, had little IP and some amazing original attractions. DHS felt different too with it's theme to old Hollywood.
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In addition to the post above, a majority of the most beloved classic Disney attractions are not IP based or only IP-adjacent. Until the last decade there was a balance. There no longer is.
If done right, no, not really. But they aren't doing it right. They aren't adjusting the IP to fit the parks. They are homogenizing the parks to excuse their lack of effort in IP placement.
Then you have cases like Ratatouille where, if they really wanted, they could have used the IP in a creative way that expands on the park's intent, but instead they just did a generic "escape the bad buy" adventure.
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LittleBuford
I don't fall into either of these categories. I'm definitely not a theme-park person—only Disney parks interest me—but nor do I fit your description of a Disney Adult. For me, the parks bring to life the wonder, magic, and happiness I've associated with Disney since childhood. IP is a big part of that for me, but I also value the stuff that's original to the parks.
I suppose I identify as a Pixie Duster. How that relates to your two categories I'm not sure.
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LittleBuford said:
It's separate I guess. "Pixie dusters" is a negative term for those who love the park experience so much that they refuse to see the faults. Disney Adults aren't about the park experience but rather the brand experience.
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It's separate I guess. "Pixie dusters" is a negative term for those who love the park experience so much that they refuse to see the faults.
I know it's usually meant negatively, but I'm OK with it. For me, it's not about refusing to see the faults—I certainly do—but rather enjoying the experience so much that those faults mostly pale into insignificance. I realise others feel differently and don't expect them to share my perspective.
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marni1971
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There used to be a balance. There no longer is. That is bad.
Epcot in particular - even lowercase Epcot - used to be better than this.
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marni1971 said:
I'm still of the belief that IP doesn't belong in Epcot. I have always wanted to see World Showcase finished like originally planned.
Poseidon had a good video out awhile ago on Europa Park. They are one of the best theme parks in the world.
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It's always annoying when I see someone say that The Great Movie Ride was "boring" because they didn't know what any of the movies were. The purpose of the ride was not to point and shout "Look I know that thing!", which is what Disney seems to believe makes up their core audience. To miss that the thesis of the ride was to celebrate cinema and to exemplify genre defining films is a large part of what I hate about the community currently. I suppose it's easy to write me off as elitist, but engaging and thoughtful artistry matters.
No it's not bad, but see the example above for how it's different. IP used to illustrate larger concepts such a celebrating cinema as an art form, or using a marketable figure like Bill Nye to educate an audience in an entertaining way on a ride are appropriate. Even the films represented in Fantasyland are fundamentally different than what you'll see today. Disney and his animators saw their films as expressions of art through the tedious medium of animation and wanted to bring that to audiences in Disneyland. Those films have a lot more artistic merit than committee produced, obligatory vessels of merchandise like Frozen and Moana. Not those these are inherently bad films or properties, but they aren't much more than pop art. To shove in a Danish story in the Norway pavilion, or try to justify that the Guardians belong in Epcot because there's a contrived, empty pavilion showcasing a fictional sci-fi planet is not equivalent. It is intellectually cheap and short-sighted. If that's the audience that Disney leadership wants, then they need to learn that their competition does this particular genre of ride better. Creating disinterest of their product among parks fans could lead to serious attendance issues if their more fickle audience decides that they prefer Universal's new multi-day resort instead.
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dreday3
Hate to break it to some of you, but to non-Disney people like most of my friends and family, everyone posting on these boards would a "weird" Disney Adult in their eyes.
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Too bad. Sherlock could have had another protege.
Cassie Lenue returned on Elementary Season 7 Episode 8.
Why? That changed by the minute with this pathological liar.
It was well into the second half before Sherlock determined Cassie's motivation.
Cassie, who Sherlock and Joan sent away on Elementary Season 4 Episode 7, was among the last people they expected to find on their doorstep.
I loved Cassie's new last name, short for "last name unknown." What an inspired choice for the former foster child who didn't know her history.
Joan and Sherlock rightfully couldn't trust a word coming from her lying mouth.
But she did serve them up a worthwhile case: a woman Cassie claims was her former foster mother who had been gunned down while buying clothes for her current foster children.
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But by the time Sherlock determined that Cassie had just located an unsolved case that would suck them in, they were already involved in an engrossing mystery.
It's been a while since I was involved with baby formula, so it was a surprise that it was a substance in which people traffic.
People can make billions selling formula on the black market? That was amazing.
It was such a thing that New Jersey had an interagency racketeering investigation going, although not too well.
Heather had agreed to be an informant in said investigation, but her being killed had caused it to stall.
So the New Jersey team was more than happy to pass it off to their New York brothers.
Cassie turned out to be a real secret weapon in this investigation.
First off, such a skilled liar can read people and tell if they are telling the truth.
She eliminated one murder suspect and flushed out the man who actually ordered Heather's murder, just based on her observations.
Cassie also has a future in loss prevention as she was able to pick out potential thieves on surveillance just based on their behavior.
Plus she proved she knew how to do research to back up her lives with so much truth as possible.
Still, Sherlock actually broke the case open when he figured out they were looking at the case wrong.
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This wasn't about a criminal organization eliminating a snitch in their midst.
Instead, it was a businessman smelling profit who was behind the murder.
See if I got this right: the state legislature getting rid of a subsidy for formula would reduce the amount of formula sold.
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Which in turn was going to hurt the bottom line of grocery-store companies.
So the foster mom was killed to slow the investigation and the resultant need for investigative action.
And it had nothing to do with the baby-formula mob, which is a funny concept about which to think.
No wonder Gregson and Marcus were smirking while listening to the explanation of the case.
In the end, Cassie went off the rails, confronting a grocery-store magnate after breaking into his home and blackmailing him for $2 million not to tell.
Her setting up a meet with the owner quickly exposed his fixer, who was the state policeman in the middle of the investigation.
The end of the case seemed a little abrupt.
But the episode was less about the case than about the evolving relationship between Sherlock and Cassie.
Cassie was likely lying when she offhandedly told Joan that she was the result of a one-night stand between Sherlock and her mother.
But you had to wonder because the two seemed so much alike.
After suspicious Sherlock determined what Cassie's end game was, he sat her down and gave her the benefit of his experiences.
The essence of his talk was that Cassie didn't need to be alone but that she needed to find a way to channel her gifts for good.
And frankly, that's what she did from then on for the rest of the episode.
Sherlock was right there beside her, showing her how it's done.
It's a shame this episode was so late in the series. Otherwise, Cassie could have become the new Kitty.
It was a sweet ending, with Sherlock offering Cassie's history to her, only to have her reject that.
Then he followed that up with an application for a name change, with her, in turn, asking for his help to come up with her new name.
The downside of this episode was that with Cassie getting so much screen time, we saw precious little of Gregson or Marcus.
This marks the second consecutive self-contained episode.
While it was definitely enjoyable to continue this season's trend of revisiting favorite characters, neither recurring storyline was visited.
So we've learned nothing about Odin and the vigilante group he's part of or leading and nothing about the assistant FBI director who is blackmailing Sherlock.
Also, I'd like to get back to England for an episode or two in the five that remain, so we could visit with Morland and maybe even resurrect Mycroft.
Time is dwindling and there's still a lot of ground to cover.
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So enough with these one-offs. Let's push the pedal to the metal and go out in style.
There's been a lot of casting about, looking for a direction, with the only sure thing visiting with quite a few old guests.
That's not a bad thing, but it can't be the only thing.
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Cassie: Why do you have to be so mean?
Sherlock: Because I don't think you've said an honest word since 'Hello.'
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Someone I care about was murdered. I want to hire you to solve it.
Cassie [to Sherlock and Joan]
Permalink: Someone I care about was murdered. I want to hire you to solve it.
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 Josep Francesc d'Àustria-Este (1772)
 Maria Teresa d'Àustria-Este (1773-1832), casada el 1789 amb el rei Víctor Manuel I de Sardenya
 Josepa d'Àustria-Este (1775-1777)
 Maria Leopoldina d'Àustria-Este (1776-1848), casada el 1795 amb Carles II Teodor de Baviera
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El 1771 fou nomenat Administrador del Ducat de Milà pel seu germà Josep II del Sacre Imperi Romanogermànic, càrrec des del qual va promoure la creació del Teatre de La Scala de Milà. Amb l'ocupació francesa durant les Guerres Napoleòniques fou desposseït del seu càrrec i hagué d'abandonar la ciutat, igual que passà al seu sogre Hèrcules III d'Este, que hagué d'abandonar el ducat de Mòdena.

Amb la signatura del Tractat de Campo Formio el seu sogre, per la pèrdua dels seus feus, fou recompensat amb el ducat de Bisgòvia, el qual passà a mans de Ferran d'Àustria-Este a la mort d'aquell el 1803. A la mort d'Hèrcules III Maria Beatriu reclamà els seus drets sobre els Ducat de Mòdena per cedir-los al seu marit, si bé aquest passà a formar part del Regne napoleònic d'Itàlia, i per la signatura del Tractat de Pressburg (1805) hagué de cedir Brisgòvia al Gran Ducat de Baden.

Ferran d'Àustria morí el 24 de desembre de 1806 a la ciutat de Viena, sent nomenat hereu dels seus drets dinàstics el seu fill Francesc, futur Francesc IV de Mòdena.

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Buoyant times lie ahead for the Geraldton Fishermen's Co-operative thanks to growing demand in China for rock lobsters. The Co-operative is also seeking to diversify its rock lobster exports to a range of other countries.
Founded in the 1950s, the Co-operative is based in Western Australia, and has grown from a small handful of fishermen to the largest rock lobster exporter in the world. With sales of $450 million a year, 200 members and 350 employees, it still insists on remaining as it began; a co-operative owned by its members, who are all fishermen.
The Co-operative's main export market is China, where rock lobster is a prized menu item.


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With Its 'Work From Hyatt' Push, the Hotel Chain Courts 'Digital Nomads'
How the hospitality brand is betting on the pandemic-fueled remote-work boom and 'impulse travel' trend to revitalize business.
By: Barbara Thau, Senior Features Editor
Hyatt is angling to monetize a major lifestyle shift by targeting the remote-work population — from individuals looking for a change of scenery to families doing remote schooling. — Hyatt
Last spring, Francis Meynard, the chief financial officer of a commercial real estate firm, was all set to attend the i.CON trade convention in Huntington Beach, California. Then the world changed.
The industry conference was canceled, one of the countless events scrubbed from calendars when the pandemic hit, just as Meynard's daily 80-minute round-trip commute to his Sausalito, California-based office came to a halt.
Months later, Meynard and his wife opted to make the trip anyway, booking a stay at the Hyatt Regency in Huntington Beach via the hotel's new Work from Hyatt package, figuring, "we should just go down there, because the air is fresher" than by their San Rafael home amid the California wildfires.
Meynard now says the couple is planning more hotel stays, eyeing places like Lake Tahoe and Monterey, as the pandemic-imposed pivot from office-centric to remote work awakened him to the possibilities of a more flexible lifestyle, planting the idea: What if I could work from anywhere?
"You just have a different view of what you want to do and how you want to work, where you want to work. It's very positive for me. I decide more or less where I want to be, and I'm even more efficient because of that," he said. For one, "I don't have the commute. You're able to work and play a little bit, and not feel guilty about playing. It's something I'm going to continue to do."
With the expansion of its Work from Hyatt program, the hotel chain is now betting that Meynard is not alone.
As the pandemic-fueled rise of remote work and virtual schooling untethers Americans from on-site offices and the towns and cities they call home, Hyatt is "leaning into the work-from-anywhere trend … so families, couples and individuals can enjoy a seamless, much-deserved change of scenery," Asad Ahmed, senior vice president of commercial services, Americas, told CO—.
Work from Hyatt first launched on August 25, but when guest bookings revealed an appetite for working and learning remotely in a resort lifestyle setting, the company expanded the program in September from 25 hotels to nearly 90 in North America and the Caribbean. It's a nod to what Hyatt has dubbed the "impulse travel trend," fueled by the work-from-home movement, with an estimated 42% of U.S. employees working remotely today, according to Stanford estimates.
Hyatt's work-from-anywhere package also aims to recoup business hurt by the steep hotel occupancy level declines from COVID-19 that have battered the travel and leisure sector at large.
For the period ended October 10, U.S. hotel revenue per available room (how much revenue a hotel makes per room) fell 47.4% from the year-ago period, as occupancy levels sank 29.2%, according to the latest data from STR.
In its most recent quarter ended June 30, Hyatt logged a $236 million net loss, compared to a $86 million profit during the same quarter last year, while revenue per available room dropped 89.4% from 2019.
"COVID-19 has had a major impact on global travel this year," Ahmed said. "But we are confident in a long-term recovery. Creative packages and offers like Work from Hyatt are giving people a way to travel again when they're ready, helping drive demand and business to Hyatt hotels once again."
Creative packages and offers like Work from Hyatt are giving people a way to travel again when they're ready, helping drive demand and business to Hyatt hotels once again.
Asad Ahmed, senior vice president of commercial services, Americas, Hyatt
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Courting 'digital nomads'
Hyatt is not the only hospitality brand looking to capture the imagination — and bookings — of today's wanderlust-struck workers to revive business. Affordable luxury hotel chain citizenM, for one, recently launched its Global Passport program, inviting travelers to "move in with us."
When consumers sought Airbnb for "quarantine lodging" as the pandemic took hold, the home rental site's CEO Brian Chesky shifted gears to target the remote-work crowd, banking on the premise that officeless workers will continue to seek out a kind of housing tourism, be it a cabin in the woods or a houseboat. Meanwhile, the remote-work life has sent some families with kids "roadschooling," boosting the RV business and sites like RVshare and Outdoorsy.
These hospitality brands are all courting "digital nomads," Kate Lister, president of Global Workplace Analytics, told CO—.
Hyatt got an inkling that travelers were craving longer-term stays when bookings at its Destination Residences private home properties soared upwards of 75% over the summer. That's when "we saw guests were looking for more than just weekend escapes," Ahmed said.
With Work from Hyatt, the hotel chain's answer to serving remote employees is designed to "encourage work-life and school-life balance with the comforts of a premium resort experience," Ahmed said.
"Millions of professionals are still working from home and many kids are learning remotely. People are looking for more space, better weather and a respite from household chores. The seven-day minimum stay for the Work from Hyatt package allows guests to settle into a new virtual work or school environment and enjoy a change of scenery.
"Right now, we're seeing guests book stays from seven days to nearly four weeks," he said.
At $139 per night, Hyatt is dangling perks like rooms with workspaces; suites for families "to spread out"; discounted laundry services; and private rooms for virtual business meetings.
Work from Hyatt also offers family-geared fare including educational experiences for kids at its Carmel Valley Ranch hotel to "fun and inventive" food experiences, from picnic basket dinners on the lawn to in-suite barbeques, he said. And resorts like its Lise of Palms in South Carolina offer the option to book either a traditional home room or a vacation rental ranging from two to six bedrooms.
According to Ahmed, Work from Hyatt is the hotel chain's answer to serving remote employees, offering a resort experience while also promoting a balance between work and life. — Hyatt
Remote work meets impulse travel
Families with children represent nearly 20% of Work from Hyatt bookings; couples account for about 50%; and the remaining 30% is a mix of individual bookings, World of Hyatt rewards members and corporate clients.
By targeting the remote-work crowd, Hyatt is angling to monetize a major lifestyle shift. Over the past 15 years, remote work has been on the rise, as employers looked to attract and retain global talent and reduce real estate costs, Lister said. But the pandemic kicked the trend into overdrive. An estimated 9% of U.S. office employees worked from home full time pre-COVID, she said. "Post-COVID, that number soared to 77% based on the survey we did in May."
Forecasts indicate the remote-work trend is not a trend at all, but a lasting socio-economic shift, as employers increasingly reap the benefits of remote work culture, such as lower overhead costs and de-stressed employees that are more productive.
"What held remote work back for 40 years was that managers didn't trust employees to work untethered," she said. Since the pandemic, they see, "Yes, this can work, and study after study shows a big increase in the productivity of workers from 15% to 55% depending on the industry."
As Lister sees it, Hyatt Work from Home and programs like it are an outgrowth of the co-working trend, with hospitality brands positioning their spaces as a kind of WeWork with overnight stays and maybe even ocean views, too.
Hyatt has found that employees' newfound work flexibility has sparked an appetite for impulse travel that's showing up in booking patterns. "Pre-pandemic, people would typically plan vacations months in advance, but are now taking weeklong trips with a few weeks' notice," Ahmed said. "Further, nearly all Work from Hyatt bookings at this time are slated for 2020, indicating people want to feel the joyful anticipation of future travel in the near term," he said. "We are moving forward with a keen sense of experimentation that will advance our offerings, business and care."
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I used to hate the title I now proudly bear. Being a coaches wife is no easy job. It takes true sacrifice and commitment. I have cried many nights, feeling alone, or simply not feeling like a priority in my husband's life. In the earliest years of my husband's coaching career, I struggled. I resented the time commitment, and in time I began to resent my husband altogether. My relationship with my husband's team was one of competition. It was me verses them, and I made sure he always knew the score, as I pitted myself against his passion. I never wanted to come right out and give him an ultimatum, because I was afraid I knew what his choice would be. Not me. Of course, this may not be true, but I was never willing to take his biggest passion away.
I felt cheated as a wife. Surely this was not what I signed up for. In the early years of our marriage my husband coached 2 sports, at schools an hour or more from our home, and the issue of him being gone, or tired all the time when he was home, was the biggest thing we fought about. I would pace the floor and look at the clock getting angrier each minute he wasn't back by the time he said he would be. I would be outraged that he had to wait for parents to get their kids for over an hour after practices, or get caught up in some conversation with a parent or athlete till "way too late." Didn't he know I was home waiting for my turn to talk to him, which seemed to never come? Fourteen to eighteen hour days were becoming his norm, yet on a teacher's salary. By our third year of marriage I was so tired of this endless battle, that I decided something had to change. Since my complaints and requests seemed to go unheard, I decided I must be the one to change.
I worked so hard to be positive and supportive, but despite my best intentions when that witching hour would roll around and he'd be home at midnight on a Wednesday night, I'd explode once he walked in the door. I tried attending some of his events, in hopes of seeing him more, but my presence seemed to go unnoticed. I would become angry if he didn't get to tell me hello, and harass him about it later. "What is the point in me taking time to come if I don't even see you, if to you I'm invisible?" That was his world, and I clearly needed to get my own. I was tired of being second fiddle, tired of late night phone calls interrupting the little time I spent with him, tired of my needs being put on hold. Was it too much for a wife to ask for some undivided attention? To me it seemed if something had to be taken care of for the team, the whole world could wait, but if I needed something, I must wait till after the team was cared for. Birthdays, anniversaries, and holidays were either forgotten or shared. I hated to see the effort I perceived that he would pour into the team, versus the effort I thought he put into our marriage, but I kept the tally.
After our first child, I tried even harder to be a part of the sports scene. I showed up to more events even though I felt unnoticed, so our baby could see his daddy. I would smile through a clenched jaw at the athletes and parents who said hello. I really resented all the time they took away from my family. I began to feel like a single parent. My child would sometimes not see his father but once a week, as he was sleeping most nights when "coach" came home. I felt totally alone. And for what? The pay was terrible! When I calculated the meager check my husband got per season, it was clear to me he was working for well below minimum wage. Might as well call it volunteer hours, except of course nothing was tax deductible. All this sacrifice, and in my eyes I got nothing in return. At one point my toddler summed up the way I felt when he said, "mommy, is my daddy married to those wrestlers?" Why yes son, it sure seems that way doesn't it? I was tired of making excuses for why daddy couldn't tuck him in; I didn't want him to hear the bitterness in my voice when I talked about his father's frequent absenses.
Then something started to change in my heart. At first it was a desperate attempt to fix our marriage which I felt was rocky at best. I started to try to look for the positives. I would try to be thankful that my husband didn't work as a long haul trucker, or musician, always on the road, and I realized that I had it way easier than military wives. I tried to appreciate his time at home, however brief it was. Still that resentment lingered, and anger flared up each time my expectations weren't met. I would breathe a sigh of relief when the end of a season came, feeling like the time I'd waited for so long (my time) was here. And then I would be devastated when the season was never really over. Off season practices and events would start up unexpectedly (to me) within a few weeks. Just after my husband got over his after season fatigue, and as soon as I had gained him back, I felt I had lost him again.
When I felt ready to give up, and find something to lose myself in, so we could be like two separate entities that shared the same roof, (something I never wanted for my marriage) I decided to spend one more season being as supportive as I could. I began going to every event I could, no matter the inconvenience or the way I felt shoved aside. I decided to bite my tongue when he came home late. I decided to actually listen when he wanted to share something about the team with me. That is when I began to see a change in my husband as well.
He was really appreciative to me for showing up, even if I didn't get to spend time with him. He said the support mattered, and that he realized it wasn't easy on me. He began apologizing to me for being late, instead of fighting to defend himself. He even started trying to communicate with me about his schedule more. Then one day I struck up a conversation with one of the team moms. To hear the appreciation and respect she had for my husband was an eye opener. I had not had the same appreciation or respect for the often thankless job he does. I had seen his passion for kids as my enemy, and now for the first time, I began to see what my husband was really doing with all those hours away. He wasn't in a bar, or hanging out with the guys just to shirk his duties at home, or to avoid meeting my needs, just to spite me. No, he was busy shaping the lives of young men, the next generation. He was busy being a mentor, and a role model, so much more than just a coach. What he did suddenly became about so much more than just a sport.
I began to study my husband as he coached. Instead of being angry that he was surrounded by his athletes, too busy to nod his head my way, I watched him with them. The way their faces lit up when he motivated them was moving to me. The awe and respect they had for him, and the way he helped an athlete recover after an embarrassing loss were two things I'd missed when I was so angry. And then there was the way he dealt with others. I began to notice he was a man who treated everyone with respect. When he became head coach, he took pride in the character of his team. He was all about molding these kids into outstanding young men and members of society, not just pumping out the best athletes. He cared deeply about their reputation, appearance, and sportsmanship, but most of all he cared about their future. The kids began thanking me for the time I allowed him to devote to them, and that really made my hard heart melt. I found that he was father figure to them, especially to some of them who had no father. I heard the way the parents and other coaches respected him in the community. I had a new admiration and a new respect for my husband.
It was then that I went from being against my husband to being his helper. I became his biggest fan, his supporter. I love to be there at his events just to see him do what I know he was meant to do. Instead of dreading a new season, I get a little excited about "traveling with the team." I love to hear athletes come back and tell me how my husband has changed their life in some way. I have developed relationships with many of the kids and parents of the team. I no longer feel like an outsider, forgotten at home, but a part of a family, a part of something bigger than us: part of a team. It is not always easy and I still have days that I have to talk myself out of getting angry when plans are cancelled, there is another late night, or he is unable to show up to something, but I will tell you things are so much better now that he knows he has my support. I am finally on my husband's team.
Coaches wives, new to the experience, hating the job your husband does, or somewhere back and forth between love and hate, I have been there. If you feel stuck in an endless cycle of being unable to genuinely support your husband in what he does, let me encourage you: "get in the game." If you relate with the story above, and feel you have not made much progress, start small. Decide to be forgiving if he isn't home on time. Listen to him talk about how a game went, and give him some encouragement. Pat him on the back for the job he does once in a while, though you feel it takes so much from you. Don't make him feel like the only place he can't win is at home, then what reason will he have to want to be there? Show up to a game; get involved. Start to lower your expectations of the time you will spend together, and focus on being appreciative of any little time that is available. No one needs your support more than your husband. He is there supporting his team and their parents all the time. There will be times when he feels like a failure, and when he feels like everyone is against him. Don't be a part of that tide. Be on his team. Build him up, rather than knock him down.
Often the type of marriage you will have rests with you, ladies. I have found that if you will make the first move, he will usually respond. You can choose to be bitter and miserable, letting his coaching career come between you, or you can work to have it be something that brings you together, a love you share. You can't change this thing he loves that God put in his heart for such a good reason, so be for him, even if you don't feel like he is for you. I promise it will make a difference. You will never be happy sitting on the sidelines waiting for a change in the game that may never come. Only when you become a part of his world will you be immensely rewarded by the work he does. You can take joy in knowing that your support is the reason for your husband's success as a coach, yes, but more importantly, as a man. You can take pride in the wins, you can comfort in the losses; you can know that in every life that was impacted for the better, you played a part. You can reap the harvest, if you help your husband sow. Chances are when you become a part of his world, he will want to become a part of yours.
Trust is what I have been struggling the most with lately. Over and over again I read the words "trust in the Lord your God, lean not on your own understanding," Proverbs 3:5. I don't know exactly how many times it is mentioned in the Bible, but I know I come across the word trust almost everyday, and I need to be reminded to take this attitude twice as much. Trust involves risk, and while I think I have surrendered fully to God, somewhere in the back of my mind, it is really frightening to trust him again after being hurt. Is it because I am blaming him? Maybe, without meaning to.
My oldest son, who would have been big brother to these three little "buds," asked what we were doing, and helped us to say a prayer and toss the flowers. We told him that each flower stands for a brother or sister he would have had. He asked why he couldn't have them now, and we explained they are in heaven with God. He asked why God took them away to which we replied, "the Lord gives and the Lord takes away. He knows what we need, and he has good things planned for us, so we have to trust him when things don't seem fair." He really seemed to be ok with the whole idea. My youngest, who will be two next month, helped as well. Seeing the joy on his face when he threw the flowers in, reminded me of just how blessed I am and how much I have to be thankful for.
It is hard to move forward and try again, to be excited, when I know what the outcome could be. Anxiety is a better explanation for how I feel. I am anxious as I try, anxious as I wait to find out, anxious as I wait to see if I can carry the next child. The doctors have given no reasonable explanation for these three losses. They can only suggest I see a specialist "if it happens again." Thanks, good to know you can't help me. Luckily I know who can, the one who reminds me to be anxious for nothing, but instead to pray about everything. I was blessed to have some ladies from my Bible study at church lay hands on me and pray for me. I do believe in the power of prayer!
I have many questions. I go back and forth with the knowledge I have as I try to make sense of it all. For example, I know that God does not like to see his precious daughter hurting. I also know that we live in a fallen world, and the result is pain and misery. These things are not out of God's control, but he did warn us they would happen before the fall. They are not a part of his design, yet he allows them in our lives. I also know the Lord has a plan for each life, he knows the number of our days before we are born. Still, I believe there are some things, or maybe many things, we will never make sense of in this lifetime.
Following God is not going to stop my troubles and make my life wonderful; I've learned this first hand. God seems to be the perfect scapegoat when we are trusting him with our lives and things don't turn out the way we think they should. We blame him for not stopping what we know he could, for not intervening when we think he should have. After all if he is so loving, then what the heck did he just let happen to me? (I've tasted that anger and disbelief before.) What tends to be so easy to forget is that hardship and pain will always be there, but with him, under his care, we will get through it. He will lead us: "In all your ways acknowledge him and he will direct your paths,"Proverbs 3:6.God never promises when you sign up to give your life to Him that your pain is over, or that life is going to be a beautiful walk in a sunshiny park from here on. No, I never found that in the small print. In fact he explicitly promises in John 16:33 that in this world we will have trouble, but we should take heart, because he has overcome the world.
So if God's not going to answer all my prayers the way I think he should, if he won't stop bad things from coming my way, then why on earth should I follow him? Why not just be happy, "living it up" and doing whatever my flesh desires? I'll tell you why, because that life doesn't fulfill me. Once you have reached the end of yourself, and nothing on this earth is pleasing to you–as Solomon puts it "meaningless, it is all meaningless"– you begin to long for the only one who can fill the emptiness that is looming inside of all of us. I have tasted living water, and bread of life; nothing else can satisfy. Besides, if I'm going to go through hard things in this life, regardless of whether I'm a Christian or not, I sure would rather do it with hope than with hopelessness. I would rather do it with the God of the universe to comfort me, to mold me, to bring me through, and to give me peace, than go it on my own with none of the above. I have felt alone before in misery. I've even turned my back on God blaming him for my pain, and the times I chose to do this led to the most depressing and darkest times of my life. But when I was in the pit, he rescued me; he lifted me up. When I was looking for anything else to fill my void, he was there, waiting with arms wide open and a heart full of love. There is no condemnation in him. God doesn't promise to stop our troubles, but does promise to be with us in them. He promises to lead us out of them, to give us a hope and future, and to use them.
So with this knowledge, why am I not bouncing around in total joy and strength all the time? One word, surrender. It is a constant battle of wills to take on this new and very different mentality. I forget the truth of God and lean on what I know to be true. Learning to not lean on your own understanding is truly a process, thankfully one that does get easier. Of course I have struggled to surrender myself completely to God! What human being hasn't? But I cling to the knowledge that when life doesn't make sense to us, he has already made sense of it. It is all for a purpose, and I refuse to be stuck in a bewildered state, forever wondering why so many terrible things have happened to me. I try to live by these words: I am an overcomer. I am more than a conqueror. I am not a victim, I am a victor!
God help me truly surrender all to you. To come to a place in my heart of peace in all circumstances of life, because I know you. Through time in your word, you have revealed your character to me. I stand on your promises now. I trust that with you I can do all things, and apart from you I can do nothing. You give me strength. I will trust in your plan for my life through the good and the bad. I look forward to the hope I have found in you, of a future after this life, one without pain, or sorrow, where my troubles truly will be redeemed, and will trouble me no more.
Today, I am 28 years young. Birthdays have always been pretty important to me. I guess because it is a chance for people to let you know how significant you are. It's important for everyone to feel significant. We all want to matter; we all want to feel noticed, wanted, needed, and I think deep down we all want to make an impact. I remember one time when I was a young teen, no one in my family told me happy birthday. I went through the day crushed that my own parents had forgotten the day of my birth. By the time I got home that day I was an emotional teen-girl mess. My mom told me happy birthday when she saw me, and apologized that things had been so busy she hadn't been looking at the day. But I'm sure I was quite dramatic about it, and made her feel terrible. Bursting into tears, I lamented over how no one cared about me. I felt so wounded, so unnoticed, insignificant even.
Over the years, I have come to care less if other people remember, though it is nice when they do, and Facebook makes it easier, Amen? I no longer take it as a personal insult if the day is not full of well-wishing friends and family. In fact yesterday when my sister texted me about how she wasn't going to be able to "make it," I had to think for a while, and remember what she was talking about. Make it, to what? Did I miss something? We aren't supposed to meet up till Sunday… is this part of a group text for something I wasn't invited to, or does she have the wrong number? Then it dawned on me, oh, tomorrow is my birthday. We are supposed to have dinner. Wow, do I feel old now? No, canceled plans and memory lapses simply aren't so hurtful anymore. What really makes my birthday significant to me is the time I spend reflecting on the impact I am having in this life. It's a reality check for me, a time to inventory how I'm doing.
So my birthdays have become a lot less about what people are doing for me, and a lot more about what I am doing here. For the past few years, my birthday has brought up the thought, "I wonder how many years I have left." I hope I have a long life ahead of me. I know I'm young yet to worry about that. It's less of a worry though, and more of a musing. Besides, I have classmates that are already gone, and you never know, you really don't.
I have often felt like I will be young (in years) forever. I know that's not true, on this earth, youth will fade so quickly, as I'm told. I know there is a place I will be forever young, but I have really had to fight to hold onto the youth in my soul. I was always one of those really mature kids. My mom says I was born a little adult. I've been told a number of times that I am "wise beyond years." I never really took it as a compliment; somewhere inside, I always wished I could just be a kid, and not think so deeply, not be so bothered by things. The truth is, I focused much of my childhood on growing up too fast. I wanted the freedom adulthood brings, since I felt like an adult trapped in a child's body.
I have been keenly aware and concerned about life's problems, since I can remember. I don't feel I have ever been carefree, except for some time in late adolescence when I tried to take a break from it all by frequent intoxication. Even when I was drinking though, I couldn't seem to escape the philosophical side of myself, and my misery would wind up being compounded after having the short burst of freedom from inhibitions. Why can't the world be more perfect? Why is their so much suffering? Why is life so unfair? I remember becoming so melancholy right around puberty, and so overwhelmed by the prospect of living in this fallen world, that I locked myself in my bedroom for a long time and cried. My mother, worried sick, had to get a family friend to come talk me out of my funk. I told her I didn't want to get older, I didn't see the point of school and work, I didn't want to live in this world. This wasn't the way we were meant to live, and I knew there had to be something better than a future I felt was getting worse and worse. She held me while I cried, and encouraged me to get a grip. But my 12 year old heart was broken over the state of things, and I didn't sense much hope.
Somehow I pulled myself up and kept on going. I think everyone thought I was just melodramatic, but I struggled with depression off and on. Though I had a strong connection to God from early on in my life, and I felt he was constantly pulling me back to him, I kept running away. I was a bit of a loner in school, and I went back and forth between wanting to be liked and seen as "cool," to feeling like no one understood me, or ever would. It was here I decided to learn to keep people at arms length, and here where my faith in God became a secret. The longer this went on, the more nonexistent faith and friends became.
I was never taken for counseling as a child or teen, but there were many times life felt like too much for me to bear. The best solution for me seemed to be to numb out, and to walk through mindlessly, taking pleasure in things, and the fleeting enjoyment in earthly comforts. Even though I was raised in a Christian home, and rededicated my life to Christ at 15, I would frequently walk away from my faith. I would feel strong in it at times, and then when troubles came, again I would despair. It didn't seem worth it to keep trusting in God when I was living in a battleground, a wasteland.
For most of my adulthood, you know, the point in my life I had waited and pushed so hard to reach, I felt aimless. I floundered, like a "lost soul swimming in a fish bowl, year after year," to quote my favorite Pink Floyd song. I felt like I didn't know who I was, or why I had been put here. And like I did as a child, I would often hope this life was all just a dream, that I would soon wake up from and be in my real life, one much better than this. The older I got, the more that dream faded, and hopelessness set in.
Soon the hopelessness had gotten so bad that I felt I was wasting my life. I struggled to get up each day. I had wandered to the foot of the throne in search of mercy. I sought God with vigor during some problems in my life after my first son was born. I felt I was supposed to make a difference, but I didn't know how. So through prayer, I came up with a new purpose. Again, I would recommit my life to Christ, and stay home to raise my children in his ways. It seemed crazy, but it became the most important thing to me. I had to give the children I planned to have the hope I had been searching for. I had to help them learn to impact the next generation.
But as good as that idea seemed, when it came down to it, I couldn't achieve it. I didn't know what to do. My husband wasn't exactly on the same page spiritually; he fully supported me staying home, but it became clear he wasn't ready for the same level of commitment to a close walk with Christ. We weren't in a church, and I felt lost with no one to guide me. Every attempt I had to fulfill my purpose and have a deeper walk with Christ seemed to be interrupted by one crazy hardship after another. I so longed to make each moment count, as that was my motto, but it seemed impossible when I was just holding on for dear life, praying for the moments to pass quickly. Life was a boat in a raging sea, and I felt I would go overboard at any moment. It didn't take long for me to lose sight of it all and drift back into the aimless existence I was so familiar with. That is till this past year.
A series of events that only God could have orchestrated brought me to a point of brokenness I have never known. And finally I sought him for full surrender of my life. I wasn't any good at it, so I gave it back to the author and asked him to please fix the mess I had made. I can happily tell you that while it hasn't been easy to give up control in any way-in fact, it has meant continually dying to myself and everything I held dear, including my pride-I wouldn't trade this past year of heartache for anything. And I look forward to revealing the ways God is bringing me on this journey to living life on the narrow road, one stumbling step at a time.
This year feels like a fresh start for me. Something is different. I feel like I finally know what it is to be living. No I don't have all the answers, never will, and I don't feel I have got it all together. I haven't yet arrived at my destination. I will always be a work in progress as long as I'm here, but I have learned something I didn't know before. I have a new captain of my ship who gives direction and meaning to my life. I have so many goals and things I feel I have left to accomplish, and I am going to work like the time is short, because you never really know. I will take it one day at a time, yet I know there will be days I feel discouraged, where I fail, feel attacked and overwhelmed, and start to lose sight of the truth. I still feel like I'm wasting time when I am not "doing something" all the time, but I cling to the fact that nothing is ever wasted when you have given your life for the cause of the kingdom.
I have a hope and a future; I have an identity and a purpose. I am driven. I know what I am here for, and I know full well that it won't be easy. I will have to pick up my armor and fight everyday to keep going, to fix my eyes on what is unseen, on why I am here. I will have many battles and trials to come, but I face them with full confidence that I will come through. Because my life is hidden in Christ, I already know the outcome He has promised. Eternal victory, and that is something to live for!
I want to be a giver. I want to encourage you with the hope I have found; I want you all to come to the realization that you are not alone. I want to show you that when you choose to give your life to the giver of life, He doesn't waste a thing. Every experience you have gone through, every heartache, every seemingly insignificant moment, is used, past, present, and future, to develop you as a person. This is how God molds you into your final product, all finite moments working together to build a beautifully unique story. I am confident that "He who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Jesus Christ" Philippians 1:6. The story of your life is one that no one else will ever have. Your distinct experiences and moments, the big ones and the mundane, are one of a kind events that will only happen once, ever, in the history of mankind. Isn't that crazy to think about? Isn't it all the more reason to live intentionally, thinking about each action, each choice that we make? You will never happen again; you can never get time back once it is gone.
Still, it is so scary to be real about who we are, and what we have been through. I have been putting off what I feel is a calling to write for that very reason. I get nervous every time I think about the stories I feel I should share. It takes real risk to be vulnerable, and to put your personal life out there for others to know. Fear of rejection often keeps us hiding, and putting on our best face for others. This pretending is taught to us from an early age. We often learn to be someone different in the lime light, and keep our family matters private. Never let others know your weaknesses, lest they use them against you, right? The question, "how are you?" is often met with a forced smile and a resolved "fine, and you?" Of course we never actually mean to know how the other person is. We don't want to move into their lives, or invade their privacy.
Why is it that we don't want to let others in? Why do we feel we can't be human with each other, and let the truth of our flaws, and weaknesses be known? It is hard, but these flaws, these struggles, they are teaching me something; I have learned they are useful. And it is that "something" I now feel compelled to reveal. I don't want to be known by my "I've got it all together and everything is great" front. I want to be known as someone who lived unafraid of rejection, unafraid of letting others in, and of fully giving and receiving love. So I will tell my story of redemption and hope. I'll be transparent about the good, the bad, and even the ugly along the way. I will share with you the truth I have found. I do this with the hope that in telling my story, you will not feel alone, and you will feel able to tell yours. I hope you will journey with me as I seek to show you how not a thing has been wasted in my life, and I hope you will begin to see how not a thing is wasted in your own.


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SLS NOIDA | Workshop on Transaction Sequence – Equity and Debt
Reported by Akanksha Vishnoi
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Published on August 17, 2018 By Saba
Training and Placement Cell, Symbiosis Law School, NOIDA in association with J Sagar Associates, Mumbai has organised One Day Workshop on Transaction Sequence – Equity and Debt on August 18, 2018 from 09:00 am – 04:00 pm.
Background: 2017-18 has witnessed increased activity of Mergers and Acquisitions in India attributable to various reforms in law and policy including the relaxation of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) by Government of India. Insolvency and Bankruptcy, 2016 brought a distinguishable change in regulatory scenario in India. The Code provides for time-bound settlement of matters regarding insolvency and bankruptcy of corporates and natural persons. The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 creates conducive environment for healthy companies to look for inorganic growth opportunities in entities undergoing insolvency resolution.
The Workshop on Transaction Sequence- Equity and Debt will give students an overview of equity and debt investment transaction process in India. Students will get acquainted with important concepts such as transaction structuring, term sheets, legal due diligence, regulatory considerations and transaction documentation. Overall the workshop will equip students with practical knowledge required for performing the role of a transaction lawyer in India. The speakers will also share their career experience as Transaction lawyers with learners and clarify any query which students may have for pursuing a career in corporate law.
Resource Persons:
Mr. Manav Raheja, Partner, J. Sagar Associates, Mumbai
Mr. Manav has over 13 years experience in Mergers & Acquisitions, Private Equity investment transactions and Real Estate matters. He represents promoters, emerging companies, financial and strategic investors in an array of legal matters in the corporate law sphere. Mr. Manav also advises entrepreneurs and startup companies by hand holding them through the legal and regulatory environment of doing business in India.
Mr. Manav also works on Real Estate transactions, including Conveyancing and leasing matters, property management and development agreements. He has been part of some of the largest investments in the Real Estate sector in India in the last few years. Prior to attending law school, Mr. Manav gained valuable experience in Capital Markets at the Mumbai offices of Standard Chartered Mutual Fund (now IDFC Mutual Fund) and Merrill Lynch. Mr. Manav is a postgraduate in Law from Boston University School of Law (Banking and Financial Laws). He is Alumnus of Government Law College (2005), Mumbai University.
Ms. Anjana Potti, Partner, J. Sagar Associates, Mumbai
Ms. Anjana specialises in banking and finance with expertise in debt restructuring, structured and project funding (secured, limited recourse and syndicated), financing of inward and outbound mergers and acquisitions, real estate financing, and general banking products. Ms. Anjana has advised Indian and multinational banks and financial institutions extensively on corporate and debt restructuring and investments into distressed assets in the energy, manufacturing, roads and port sectors.
Ms. Anjana also advises on asset and mortgage backed securitisation and has been acknowledged for advice on risk participations and other bespoke structuring in the securitisation market. She has also advised private equity funds, corporates, and sovereign funds on share and asset acquisitions across various sectors and jurisdictions including advice on funding structures for such acquisitions and related documentation. Ms. Anjana has been practicing law since 2005. Before joining JSA, she was an Of Counsel with Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas for over two and a half years after being an in house counsel at ICICI Bank Limited for almost nine years. Ms. Anjana is Alumnus (2005) of National Law School of India University.
Mr. Ronak Shah, Associate, J. Sagar Associates, Mumbai
Mr. Ronak practices in the areas of General Corporate Commercial Mergers & Acquisitions and Real Estate. Mr. Ronak also has a keen interest in emerging businesses and has advised and provided legal assistance to entrepreneurs and start-up companies and early stage investors. Before joining JSA, Mr. Ronak practiced as a Chartered Accountant independently and with Dalal Doctor Associates where he gathered invaluable experience & expertise in the areas of Accounting & Audit, Taxation and Finance. Mr. Ronak is Alumnus of Rizvi Law College (2016), Mumbai University.
Mr. Parth Jain, Associate, J. Sagar Associates, Mumbai
Mr. Parth Jain is a law graduate from Mumbai University and a Company Secretary, with an experience of over 7 years in corporate compliance, banking and commercial laws. Mr. Parth has been a key resource in major transaction involving corporate restructuring activities, joint ventures, mergers & acquisitions, private equity investments, fund raising and regulatory compliances. Mr. Parth has a very good experience in Due Diligence for the purpose of various big tickets Merger and Acquisition, Debt Restructuring and Equity Funding. Mr. Parth is Alumnus of K C Law College (2014), Mumbai University.
Time: 09:00 am – 04:00 pm
Venue: Seminar Hall, Third Floor, Academic Block, Symbiosis Law School, NOIDA
Contact persons: Dr. Meenakshi Kaul, Assistant Professor & Head – HR and Training, Training and Placement
Mr. Siddharth Kanojia, Assistant Professor & Head – Placement, Training and Placement
Ms. Pallavi Mishra, Assistant Professor & Head – Internship, Training and Placement
Email: hr@symlaw.edu.in
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Ajax captain Matthijs de Ligt has been continually linked with a move to Old Trafford over the last few weeks although it is thought that the centre-back has rejected an offer from the Red Devils.
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Jail inmates and the law: India
From Indpaedia
This is a collection of articles archived for the excellence of their content.
1 Legal aid
1.1 Delhi's clinic
2 Sentence review/ Sentence Review Boards
2.1 HC: Convicts freed at 'whims' of review board
3 Sex with partners
Delhi's clinic
Aamir Khan, Court clinics to offer free legal aid to visiting inmates, September 25, 2017: The Times of India
Jail inmates brought to district court complexes in the city, August 2017;
From Aamir Khan, Court clinics to offer free legal aid to visiting inmates, September 25, 2017: The Times of India
In a first, over 4,000 jail inmates visiting lockups at various Delhi court complexes every month, will be able to avail of free legal aid through `clinics' set up by Delhi State Legal Services Authority (DSLSA).The first of these clinics will be inaugurated in Dwarka.
The aim of the clinics is to provide legal help to the accused or convicts who otherwise are unable to discuss their cases with lawyers due to paucity of time or other constraints, besides enabling free legal aid to those who cannot afford it. Even those who already have free legal aid lawyers can find space for interaction.
DSLSA member secretary Sanjiv Jain said, due to several constraints, legal aid lawyers are unable to visit the jails and interact with their clients before the evidence is recorded or argu ments begin in the trial."Many inmates do not get a legal representation as a result. The clinics will make things convenient for both lawyers and inmates," he said.
When an inmate is produced in court, they are first taken to the lockup in the re spective court complex. Delhi has six court complexes with lockups.
Additional secretary Naveen Gupta recognised these lockups as the best place for the clinics to come up. "The inmates can be made aware of other rights that not only an accused can exercise during investigation or trial but also a prisoner in custody," he said.
DSLSA has decided to depute one legal aid counsel from 10am to 5pm every day at these clinics. The lawyer will be available even on weekends and public holidays. They will be paid an honorarium equivalent to a front office advocate on the DSLSA's panel.
Sentence review/ Sentence Review Boards
HC: Convicts freed at 'whims' of review board
HC: Convicts being freed at 'whims' of review board, December 14, 2018: The Times of India
Delhi high court expressed concern at the manner in which convicts were being granted premature release on the "whims and fancies" of the Sentence Review Board (SRB).
A bench of Chief Justice Rajendra Menon and Justice V K Rao said there has to be "transparency" in the process while hearing a public interest litigation (PIL) seeking fairness and impartiality in the functioning of SRB while dealing with the issue of premature release of convicts.
"A convict should know why he or she is not being released while another was being released," the bench said while issuing notice to Delhi government and seeking its stand on the plea by advocate Amit Sahni.
HC also referred to the "apprehension or likelihood" of bias against certain prisoners based on caste or religion, as alleged in the plea while seeking the government's stand.
The PIL seeks a transparent process, the court said, and asked the Delhi government if it did not agree with the points made in the plea, it should give alternatives "to ensure transparency".
Senior advocates Sanjay Jain and Hariharan, appearing for Sahni, questioned how the SRB was dealing with the issue of premature release. They also suggested that names of convicts, who are seeking premature release, be masked with numbers so that their caste or religion is not known to the SRB and to avoid "extraneous consideration."
"Right to legal representation must be also given to the convict, whose cases are placed before the SRB for the purpose of consideration for premature release. Meetings of SRB must be videographed to ensure transparency in its working and functioning," the PIL said, adding that the entire material placed before SRB — police reports, reports from jail, nominal rolls, report from social welfare department and other documents — must be forwarded to the LG for an independent decision if recommendations of the board are based on the material considered by it or not.
The petition also mentioned an instance where one inmate, Sikander Singh, died in jail awaiting the decision of SRB. It said the convict had already undergone more than 28 years of incarceration and his detention beyond 25 years was illegal and uncalled for.
Sex with partners
Ajay Sura, Jan 07 2015: The Times of India
HC allows jail inmates to have sex with their partners
In a historic verdict, the Punjab and Haryana high court has allowed jail inmates to have sex with their partners in prison as long as they are married and want to have a child. The court, in an order made public on Tuesday, held that conjugal visits or artificial insemination for progeny was a fundamental right of jail inmates.
Justice Surya Kant passed these orders while disposing of a petition filed by a couple, Jasvir Singh and Sonia, who are lodged in the Central Jail, Patiala, and who demanded conjugal rights for progeny. They were awarded death penalty by a trial court for kidnapping and killing a 16-year-old boy for a hefty ransom.
While the court denied the couple's plea due to the heinous nature of the crime, it enlarged the petition's scope in larger public interest. The judge held that right to life and personal liberty under Article 21 of the Constitution includes the right of convicts and jail inmates to have conjugal visits or artificial insemination as an alternative.
"A society which is currently involved in academic and intellectual debates on 'gay-rights' or the recognition of 'thirdgender' cannot shy away nor can it keep concealed under the carpet the pragmatic concept of conjugal visits of the jail inmates," the court observed. "To say it differently, time has come and before it is too late, the stake-holders must sit together and deliberate upon this crucial subject and take a holistic view." The court, however, held these rights were to be regulated by law and were the sole prerogative of the state. For this, the court ordered the constitution of a jail reforms committee to be headed by a retired high court judge. The committee would formulate a scheme for creation of an environment for conjugal and family visits in jail. forms committee to be headed by a retired high court judge. The committee would formulate a scheme for creation of an environment for conjugal and family visits in jail.
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A Band That Influenced The Beatles - Procol Harum's Debut Reissued On Rare Mono Vinyl For Record Store Day 2019
By Mark Smotroff | May 13, 2019 6:00 AM
The landmark debut album by England's Procol Harum -- featuring 1967 Summer of Love smash hit "A Whiter Shade Of Pale" -- has been an audiophile challenge for decades. But before I dive into the minutiae about this recording, some background is in order about the band as I suspect there are quite a few of you reading this who have no idea what Procol Harum is (they are still touring!).
Indeed, I have met many newer music enthusiasts these days unfamiliar with this group, so a tidbit culled from the liner notes of the 40th Anniversary CD of this record may offer some perspective:
"The Beatles went on to watch Procol Harum make their first UK concert hall appearance when they played at the NEMS Saville Theater in London on June 4 as a support to The Jimi Hendrix Experience. According to The Beatles' press agent, the late Derek Taylor, "A Whiter Shade of Pale' would later inspire John Lennon to write "I Am The Walrus."
This detail is also reaffirmed on the wiki page for the legendary Beatle song (click here for that)
That June 4th show was one of Hendrix's earliest in London and is notable because he opened it with a cover of The Beatles' "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band," an album which had only been released less than a week before the show. Click here to read more about that...
Perspective: Procol Harum was right in the thick of swinging London at that time and no doubt one of the hot bands people were watching at the time.
Musically, Procal Harum's eponymously titled album is a great record in any form you can find it. Here in America, we were treated to a version of the record that was, however, somewhat sonically maligned from the start (as were many early-to-mid-60s pop recordings). In this particular instance the recording -- which was originally made in Mono -- was electronically re-processed into Stereo for the release here in America. For those of you reading not in-the-know, "electronically re-processed " means "Fake Stereo" in 21st Century parlance.
That US version of the album -- issued in August 1967 -- also had an altered track listing compared to the original English version of the album (which came out in January 1968... got that?) adding in the band's breakthrough hit single "A Whiter Shade of Pale" at the beginning. That latter decision was probably wise in order to sell more albums; at the time in England, singles were considered a unique entity in their own right, so it was not included on that version of the album (I still find this a curious phenomenon).
So.... for those of you wondering why the 2019 Record Store Day re-release of the U.S. track listing version of this album is significant, that is because it was essentially the first version of their album to be released. According to liner notes on the 40th Anniversary CD, the delay in the UK hurt them there and the album did not chart when it was finally released -- it eventually reached #27 on the charts when the 1972 "doubleback" (aka "toofa") series reissues came out...
Those original US fake Stereo versions of this Procol Harum album are generally OK but when you finally hear the real Mono mix you realize just how wonky all that electronically processed jibber jabber they did to the recording back in the day really was (basically pushing low frequencies to one speaker and higher treble sounds to the other).
But wait, there's more: all this is compounded by the fact that there was in fact a Monaural release of this album in the United States, but it is difficult to find in any condition. By 1967, Stereo was fast becoming the dominant format over Mono and thus the fake Stereo editions are mostly what you find these days. Thus, a re-issue of that particular Mono version of the album was long overdue.
The original Mono American version of Procol Harum's debut was reissued for Record Store Day 2019 as a beautiful two LP set in full fidelity Mono sounding fuller than previous reissues I have come across.
In fact, comparing this new reissue to my 1972 "toofa" reissue, this new edition sounds markedly better, apparently mastered off the original analog tapes for the first time since 1967! It really sounds it with crisp highs, deeper lows, and overal good mid range balance.
Now some of you audiophiles might be mortified to know that this limited edition (of 1000) release was pressed on standard weight, multi-color vinyl - - hey it was a recording from the dawn of the psychedelic 60s right? Well you can rest easy knowing that the pressing that I got actually sounds really terrific, quiet and well centered and with no apparent sonic anomalies getting in the way of the music.
And what a joy it is to hear Procol Harum's early neo-gothic proto-prog psychedelic rock pop sounding this good. Gary Brooker's lead vocals are rich and round while Matthew Fisher's signature organ swells are lush in a way that I've never heard before on this album. Its haunting! The Mono mix is really tight, with the drums and bass forming a hotter rhythm bed than on the fake stereo versions.
This new version is so much better I really think I have no reason to hold onto my old original U.S. pressing (its only appeal as a collector's piece is that it is still in the original shrink wrap and has the original "hype sticker" on the cover).
Speaking of hype stickers, early pressings of the original album came with a giant size poster and that alone is something that is next to impossible to find out in the wilds of record collecting, at least at a reasonable price. So for the $40 price of admission on this reissue you get both sight and sound wonderment including a full size reproduction of the poster as well as the two beautiful multi-colored vinyl LPs. The bonus disc features one side of Monaural rarities and the other side has Stereo rarities, many of which have been previous released on CD -- this new re-issue sounds much better than the earlier CDs.
On Tidal, Procol Harum is available in its UK configuration as a 16-bit, 44.1 kHZ CD quality stream (click here for that). The recent true Stereo mix of "A White Shade of Pale" is also on Tidal, pulled from the Record Store Day 12-inch EP the band issued in 2017 as a prequel to this new 2019 release. Click here for that song and click here for my review of that EP.
From the hype sticker on the new LP, only 1000 copies of this reissue were made, sold primarily at independent retailers. Its not on Amazon as far as I have found but you may find copies on Discogs or eBay. Most stores in San Francisco sold out of this quickly but I found my copy at near by Mill Valley Music (note: this is a great record store carrying on the tradition begun by John Goddard's legendary Village Music. Owner Gary used to work there, thus the continuity). Mill Valley Music does do mail-order business so reach out to them to see if they can hook you up with a copy if you can't find one near you!


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